Chapter 15: It's not that our army is too weak, but the Qin army is too strong!
In one day, the border fortified city that could be defended for half a month according to Wei Zhuang's plan was directly defeated by the Qin army's first trial attack.
It was really just a tentative attack. There were 5,000 defenders in the city at that time, and they were all experienced veterans, not recruits recruited in the past four years.
With 5,000 veterans and fortified border cities, the idea of the Qin army's vanguard at that time was just to give it a try. To see how effective it was, it was regarded as gathering intelligence.
But who could have imagined this result?
Qu Da took the lead. After ascending first, countless Da Qin soldiers rushed up with roars, and then they were defeated in a single charge.
When the city was first broken, the vanguard general thought there was a trap in the city and did not dare to go in directly. He first let a small group of troops enter the city and checked it three times inside and out before he felt relieved.
There has been no war for four years, and the combat effectiveness of the Korean army has declined to this extent?
Is the Han army too weak or the Qin army too strong?
This issue has been discussed by many generals in the army recently. Not only them, but even Wei Zhuang has asked himself this question more than once after receiving continuous intelligence.
On the first day, the fortified border city was breached. Wei Zhuang persuaded himself that the Qin army had bribed the traitor in advance, and the city would not be breached until the traitor betrayed him.
On the third day, a county on the border was destroyed!
The county town is the head of a county. In history, after Yingzheng unified the world, he divided the world into thirty-six counties. At that time, the world had been unified, and the seven kingdoms combined had only thirty-six counties.
Although today's counties are not as big as the later counties, Korea itself is a small country within a small country. The loss of a county is a major event that shakes the whole country. It is a real thorn in the bones.
At this time, even Wei Zhuang could not sit still. But he had no choice. The army was still gathering, and the speed of the army's gathering in the winter was also obviously affected.
On the seventh day, the Qin army had penetrated five hundred miles into the Korean border.
Although South Korea is also one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, its territory is really not large.
If it is Chu State, let alone five hundred miles, even one thousand miles or two thousand miles is not a big deal! Among the seven kingdoms, Chu State has the largest territory, and its strategic depth is unrivaled. The entire south belongs to them!
The capital of the Chu State was captured once by King Helu of Wu. If it were other countries, it would have been destroyed, but the Chu State was not afraid. The territory was large enough. Later, the Chu State borrowed troops from the Qin State and successfully restored the country.
Later, during the Bai Qi era, the capital of Chu State was captured again. When Qu Yuan heard the news, he threw himself into the Miluo River and committed suicide.
But who would have thought that Chu State would be restored again!
When it comes to this, no country would not envy it. So while the Yan State was being beaten on one side, it was still working hard to reclaim territory in the north, and it managed to conquer thousands of miles of land within a hundred years.
After seven days and 500 miles deep into South Korea, the whole country was no longer angry, but began to be afraid. Endless fear filled the hearts of every knowledgeable person, and it could not go on like this!
As for Wei Zhuang, Han Fei, and Zhang Liang, they all felt as if their brains had been hit. How could this be possible? Could it be that all the troops on the front line were made of paper?
Even if there are tens of thousands of pigs scattered in the mountains and forests, the Qin army may not be able to catch them all in seven days and seven nights!
Five hundred miles in seven days. The average army can only march thirty miles in one day. Even the elite can march fifty miles in one day. Seventy miles is the limit. Are they fighting or advancing with arms?
At that time, even Wei Zhuang could not withstand the pressure from above and below. Just when he was about to go out with the temporarily assembled army of 150,000, the Qin army stopped advancing.
Although he didn't know the reason, Wei Zhuang seized all the time to arm the army and prepare for the war. Han Fei also sent a request for help to the other five countries as the King of Han.
Half a month later, the Qin army moved again. This time Wei Zhuang came forward with an assembled army of 300,000 troops.
No one thought that the decisive battle would come so quickly, so fiercely!
Before this battle, even the most optimistic Meng Tian believed that this battle might last three months or even half a year. He was ridiculed by some conservative generals because of this view.
Some pessimistic old generals believe that if South Korea cannot be quickly destroyed within a year, the war may even end in vain due to the intervention of other countries.
However, facts are facts and will not be changed by anyone's will!
The decisive battle began when no one was prepared!
Zaozhuang was originally famous for its jujube trees.
In this era of extremely low productivity, a single date tree may be able to save a life at a critical moment, and there are at least tens of thousands of date trees here, making it a treasure in the entire South Korea.
At this moment, this place has become part of the battlefield, and the date trees have been cut down to be used as firewood. Three hundred thousand new Korean troops and veterans havetily assembled to fight against 150,000 Qin soldiers.
These soldiers enjoyed the blessings of 997 and worked hard to practice their killing skills every day. After hearing the news, they all screamed with excitement. When the scouts were patrolling, their eyes turned red when they looked at the Korean camp on the other side!
Four hundred and fifty thousand troops faced each other, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
Within the past seven days, 300,000 militiamen were finally in place.
Although they are militiamen, their comprehensive combat effectiveness is no less than that of the elites of the Qin State four years ago. With 300,000 militiamen, they can easily and completely digest a land of 500 miles.
Moreover, they also built a major road, a concrete road thirty meters wide and five hundred miles long.
In the past seven days, 500 general cannons have followed this road to join the army, and 30 general cannons have also arrived here.
If possible, Meng Ao is willing to continue the confrontation, but it is a pity that Wei Zhuang cannot bear it first!
There was another heavy snowfall in the past seven days, and 5,000 of the 300,000 Korean troops who lacked food and clothing froze to death! Many soldiers were in sleep and could never wake up.
Sometimes the quality of the tent is not good, and a gap is created by the heavy snow at night. When the next morning, the tent is completely dead.
Tent after tent died, or they froze to death directly, and the morale of the army dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. Even though Wei Zhuang had killed dozens of quartermasters in succession, and set an example by personally inspecting the camp every night, he still couldn't stop.
Keep this momentum going.
Without enough qualified grassroots officers, he could hardly suppress the army just by relying on his personal charm! And the consequences of the army leaving alone, Wei Zhuang could not even imagine, it would be too terrible!
"In just seven days, 5,000 of our troops froze to death and 30,000 suffered frostbite. However, the Qin army was so wealthy that it was almost unaffected and could not wait any longer."
"But our army also has many advantages in this battle..."
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