When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

Chapter 335: The Qin Army is Doomed to Tragedy
"Why would the Qi army launch an attack at this time?" In the Xianyang Palace, Lord Changping listened to the battle report from Taiyuan County with a look of disbelief.

Since the rise of military strategists, fighting without declaration has long become the tacit rule of all countries. Now the Qin army is also preparing for war, but the Qin people have never thought that Qi, whose overall strength is much weaker than Qin, would take the initiative to attack Qin.

"For a man like King Chong of Qi, whatever he does is understandable. There is no point in saying more now. The sudden attack of the Qi army only caused us to lose for a while. If the Qi army wants to take advantage again, they will have to use strength to speak." Although King Zheng of Qin felt distressed when a large amount of food and grass was burned in Jinyang City, he would not let it affect his mentality.

"Your Majesty, the troops dispatched by Qi this time are divided into four corps. There are not many Qi troops in the northwest, only 40,000 people, but they are all elite soldiers left over from the State of Zhao. Moreover, the leader is Li Mu, who has defeated our army several times. We cannot underestimate him just because of the small number of troops along this route." In the face of war, Wang Jian was the person with the most say in the Qin court.

"Li Mu's Qi army is just a detachment. We just need to remain undefeated." King Zheng of Qin reacted quickly. In Qin, besides Wang Jian, the one who was best at military affairs was King Zheng of Qin. After all, he was in a high position in the government and had the ability to win battles thousands of miles away. And with such abilities, who could deny the military prowess of King Zheng of Qin?

"Your Majesty, you have a good idea. The real place that will decide the outcome of the battlefield is still in Zhao. Judging from what King Chong of Qi has done in recent years, he has used the power of Qi, Yan, and Zhao to stand side by side with our Qin army in the east and west. Therefore, in the current war, the real place of decisive battle must be in Zhao, that is, the area around Handan County and Julu County." Wang Jian followed the words of King Zheng of Qin.

"According to the general's opinion, how many troops do we need to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army?" asked King Zheng of Qin.

With Qin's current national strength, it can mobilize 700,000 troops while maintaining the normal needs of the country. If it recruits soldiers to the maximum, together with Zhao and Han, it can also mobilize 200,000 troops. However, the fighting spirit of these troops is really a problem. Therefore, in the next war, Qin can only mobilize 700,000 troops at most.

"Qi is now divided into four groups. Li Mu's army has 40,000 soldiers. These 40,000 are truly elite troops. Li Mu is also a truly famous general. Against such a person, a field battle will only give him a chance. The only option is to defend the city to the death."

"There are about 100,000 soldiers and horses that marched south from Yishui. Only 40,000 of these 100,000 are the elite soldiers of the former Qi State, and the remaining 60,000 are the former Yan State army with limited combat power. The army is led by Wei Zhuang, the former general of the Han State. He is a disciple of Guiguzi and has good abilities. He can be a general, but that's all. Wang Ben is very experienced in facing him. We only need to give Wang Ben 50,000 soldiers and horses, which will be enough to ensure the invincibility of our army in a defensive situation." Facing the question from King Zheng of Qin, Wang Jian analyzed slowly.

"What about Southern Qi?" asked King Zheng of Qin.

Among the four Qi armies, one of them attacked Southern Qi. Southern Qi had now surrendered to Qin, so Qin naturally could not sit idly by and watch Southern Qi be destroyed.

"Even if the Qi army conquers Southern Qi, it will not have much impact on this war, because Southern Qi is located between Qi and Chu. If Southern Qi is destroyed, the relationship between Qi and Chu will become delicate. Moreover, Southern Qi is not so easy to be conquered. Defending a city is always easier than attacking." Wang Jian said.

"There are still 200,000 Chu troops." King Zheng of Qin reminded.

This time, the State of Chu finally turned to the State of Qi, and King Zheng of Qin could do nothing about it. After all, the people of Chu were not stupid. The three states of Han, Zhao and Yan were destroyed one after another. How could the State of Chu not have a sense of crisis?

Therefore, it is impossible for Chu to cooperate with Qin this time. The best option for Chu is to form an alliance with Qin to fight against Qin. No matter how much Qin's envoys say to Chu, it cannot change this fact.

"Your Majesty, the Chu army is vulnerable. If you give me an army of 100,000, I can keep the Chu army out of Yingchuan County." Before Wang Jian could answer, a younger general in the court spoke up.

In fact, he was not young, being over 30 years old. Except for King Zheng of Qin who became the King of Qin by inheritance, all the people in the court of Qin State had spent most of their lives to get to the point of being in the court.

He was just over thirty years old and yet he could hold his own place in front of King Zheng of Qin. He was already considered a young talent.

His name was Li Xin. He was from Longxi, Qin State, and was a leading figure of the younger generation in the Qin army. Even Meng Tian, ​​who had been a general for three generations, was slightly inferior to him. This was because of his ability, but also because his style of employing troops was most liked by King Zheng of Qin.

"Li Xin, military and national affairs are not to be taken lightly." Upon hearing this, Wang Jian looked at Li Xin. Even though he was as calm as he was, he couldn't help but reveal a look of dissatisfaction at this moment.

In Wang Jian's opinion, Li Xin was extremely unreliable. Although he could be considered a good general, he was too radical in combat. If there were an old general in the central army and he was appointed as the vanguard, he would naturally be an excellent vanguard. But if he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of an army, that would be a problem.

Based on Li Xin's ability and character, as the head coach, he may be able to achieve a big victory, but there is also a greater possibility of a big defeat. The difference between a big victory and a big defeat is just a fine line.

War is a matter of life and death. How can we gamble on such a matter?
So when Li Xin jumped out and said that 100,000 troops could stop 200,000 Chu troops, Wang Jian was quite disgusted.

The combat effectiveness of the Chu army is not as good as that of the Qin army, but the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is not weak either, especially now that the Chu army has dispatched 200,000 troops. It is true, but that does not mean that Chu will not reinforce its troops. Although Chu has lost territory to Qin over the years and even its ancestral land has become Qin's current Nanjun, the Chu army is not vulnerable. After all, Chu is a big country with the foundation of a big country.

Facing Wang Jian's accusation, Li Xin didn't care at all and said directly: "General, the Chu army has 200,000 soldiers. If we also send out 200,000 soldiers, how many troops will we have left to fight in Zhao? I am using 100,000 soldiers to defend against the 200,000 Chu army. Isn't it also to enable our army to use more soldiers to defeat the Qi army?"

"The Chu army is weaker than the Qi army. Our army can concentrate its superior forces to defeat the Chu army first, and then mobilize troops to Hebei to fight a decisive battle with the Qi army." Wang Jian also had his own reasons.

"General..."

Li Xin wanted to refute, but King Zheng of Qin did not give him a chance. He just said, "General, you are a mature man who is good at planning for the country. Li Xin, your suggestion is too radical. This battle is of great importance and we cannot afford any mistakes."

"Your Majesty..." Li Xin looked at King Zheng of Qin with surprise. He thought that King Zheng of Qin would agree to his suggestion.

Li Xin also knew that his plan was a bit radical, but in war, isn't it true that the bravest win when two meet in a narrow road? If he hesitated, he would just not fight.

Besides...

In fact, Li Xin also had his own selfish motives. At this time, three of the six enemy countries of Qin had been destroyed, and there were not many merits left for destroying countries. If he accumulated military merits step by step, when he could lead an army alone to destroy countries, there would be no country that could be destroyed by him.

So Li Xin had to seek victory in a risky situation. Of course, this risk was not what King Zheng of Qin and Wang Jian liked.

King Zheng of Qin only ruled half of the country, and King Chong of Qi was competing with him. Therefore, he did not think that 200,000 Qin troops could conquer Chu. "According to the general's opinion, we should focus on defense against the Qi army and concentrate our forces to deal with the Chu army first." King Zheng of Qin made the final decision.

Of course, King Zheng of Qin had another consideration. If he could not defeat the Chu army as soon as possible, and let the Wei State turn against him under the pressure of Qi and Chu, then Qin would be in even greater trouble.

As the situation developed to this point, King Zheng of Qin had already seen another problem. As Qin successively conquered the states of Han and Zhao, although the territory and national strength had increased, another problem also came with it, which was that Xianyang's control over the entire country had weakened.

As it is now, the Qin army needs to travel a long distance to Zhao to fight with the Qi army, while the Qi army only needs to march a few hundred miles. From this point of view, it is very disadvantageous to the Qin army.

Of course, these only made King Zheng of Qin feel a little pressure. He still had enough confidence in victory.

Although King Chong of Qi was powerful, King Zheng of Qin had never been afraid of anyone.

This time, the Qi army gained an unexpected advantage. When the Qin army stabilized the situation on all fronts and reinforcements from various places arrived one after another, the Qi army had already captured several cities in Zhao and completely opened up the passage from Linzi to Handan.

At this time, Wang Jian also led 200,000 Qin troops to Xinzheng, and then joined forces with 100,000 Wei troops to face the 200,000 Chu troops.

At the same time, Prime Minister Changping Jun left Xianyang and personally took charge of Xinzheng to provide logistics for the Qin army on the front line.

When the Qin State, the most perfect war machine in the world, was fully operational, the world once again felt the horror of being dominated by the Qin army.

The Chu State originally wanted to be the one to fish in troubled waters in a decisive battle between the Qi State and the Qin State, but they never expected that the Qin army would abandon the Qi army, which had a more fierce offensive, and actually attack them directly.

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With Changping Jun stationed in the rear of Xinzheng and Wang Jian leading the 300,000-strong Qin-Wei coalition force, the 200,000-strong Chu army was no match at all. They were defeated in less than a month and retreated all the way to Chen County. They could not hold out for more than ten days before the city was breached by the Qin-Wei coalition force.

At this point, the Qin and Wei armies completely occupied the upper reaches of the Huai River and could go downstream, directly threatening the Chu capital Shouchun.

Under such circumstances, the State of Chu had no choice but to ask the State of Qi for help.

"The State of Chu can no longer hold on." In the Palace of King Qi in Linzi, Yang Chong looked at the map in front of him. He had been waiting for a letter from the State of Chu asking for help. For this purpose, he prepared an army of 100,000 in Linzi, ready to march south at any time.

"Your Majesty, this is not very kind." Xunzi, who knew the inside story, was somewhat speechless. Yang Chong's behavior of betraying his allies was not in line with the Confucian disciples' outlook on life.

"There is no other way. Although our goal in Qi is to occupy all of Hebei, we cannot do without a stronghold in Henan. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to defend ourselves in the long-term battle with Qin." Yang Chong said.

It is true that Yang Chong's goal is Hebei, but he needs to have several attack bases in the Central Plains. Pengcheng happens to be an important part of Yang Chong's plan, but Pengcheng is in the hands of Chu. How to get Pengcheng from Chu is a problem for Yang Chong.

However, the time has come to solve this problem. Under the pressure of the Qin-Wei coalition forces, it is also very reasonable for the Qi army to help the Chu State to besiege Pengcheng, right?
Of course it is reasonable. As for how long the Qi army needs to help the Chu State protect Pengcheng in the future, that can still be discussed!

"Your Majesty, now that the Chu army has been defeated, Wei is strong enough to fight against Chu, and Qin is now able to free up its hands to fight a decisive battle with our army." Xunzi reminded.

"So it's time for me to set off. A decisive battle that will influence the world situation has begun." Yang Chong said with a distant gaze.

Yang Chong has waited for this moment for ten years. He has made sufficient preparations for this day and wants to let the people of Qin feel the power of the time traveler.

As both Qin and Qi were determined to fight a decisive battle, countless armies were quickly assembled in Handan County, which originally belonged to Zhao.

In this battle, in addition to the 100,000 soldiers and horses that needed to defend various key points, the Qin army assembled 550,000 troops in Zhao, and Qi also mobilized all its troops. In addition to Li Mu's Northwest Corps and the tens of thousands of troops that went south to attack Southern Qi and reinforce Chu, more than 400,000 troops were also mobilized. At one time, within a radius of 300 miles in Handan County, the assembled armies of Qin and Qi exceeded one million. Even the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao was not comparable to it.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhao State, there have been too many wars in this world, but there has never been a war of such a large scale. Just the front battlefield has assembled an army of 1.1 million, and with the side battlefields in various places, the number will be even larger.

Outside the city of Handan, the Qin army and the Qi army faced each other across the river, both looking for the most suitable time to launch an attack.

At the end of the 16th year of King Zheng of Qin, the weather was cold. After the Qin army and the Qi army had been testing each other, both sides chose the time for a decisive battle at the same time.

For a moment, on the plain outside Handan City, more than one million troops from both sides of the war rushed like a tide to the battlefield chosen by both sides tacitly.

The war is about to start.

In Xinzheng City, in the mansion that originally belonged to Yang Chong, Changping Jun was looking at the official documents sent in from various places and was able to judge the war situation on the front line from them.

"Success or failure depends on this battle. King Qi, please don't let me down!" Changping Jun said to himself without any hesitation in his heart. The Qin and Qi armies were about to fight a decisive battle under the city of Handan, and he also needed to fulfill the agreement he reached with King Chong of Qi.

At the end of the 16th year of King Zheng of Qin, Lord Changping launched a rebellion in Xinzheng, cutting off the food supply of the Qin army on the front line. The former lands of Han and Chu successively launched rebellions, causing a great shock in Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)