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

Chapter 336: Eastern Emperor and Western Emperor
"Changping Jun launched a rebellion in Xinzheng, and the general was defeated by the Qi army at the gates of Handan? How is this possible?" In the Xianyang Palace, King Zheng of Qin looked at the military report in his hand in disbelief. Even as calm as he was, he felt his hands and feet go cold at this moment.

Who was Changping Jun? He was his most trusted confidant. Changping Jun played a vital role in his expulsion of Lu Buwei. And there was also Wang Jian, his invincible general on the battlefield, whom he relied on as Wu'an Jun. But now, despite commanding an army of 550,000, he was defeated by the Qi army, which had a total strength of only 400,000. How could such a thing happen?

While King Zheng of Qin was shocked, he had to force himself to calm down. He didn't know why Changping Jun suddenly rebelled, nor did he know why his general was defeated so quickly by the Qi army despite having superior military forces. But he knew that the most difficult time for Qin was coming.

"Issue an imperial edict to recruit all males over the age of fifteen in the country into the army. Anyone who joins will be promoted one level to a higher rank." King Zheng of Qin quickly gave orders to Li Si beside him. The Qin State had almost exhausted all its strength for this battle, but now it had to lower the age for conscription. The defeat on the front line and the rebellion in the rear had left him with no choice.

Especially the rebellion of Changping Jun, which King Zheng of Qin had to resolve as soon as possible. He didn't know why Wang Jian was defeated, but he understood Wang Jian's abilities. He knew that even if he exchanged positions with Wang Jian, he could not do better than Wang Jian. So when it came to the defeat on the front line, he could only trust Wang Jian, believe that Wang Jian's defeat was not a tragic defeat, believe that Wang Jian could stabilize the situation, and believe that Wang Jian could reduce the losses of the Qin army as much as possible.

The key is Xinzheng. The rebellion of Changping Jun is too deadly. If Xinzheng cannot be quelled as soon as possible, a larger-scale rebellion will inevitably occur in the territories occupied by Qin in recent years. In particular, the existence of Changping Jun will threaten the retreat of Wang Jian's army. He must quell the rebellion in Xinzheng as soon as possible and stabilize the eastern front. Otherwise, it will not be as simple as losing troops and generals and losing the land of Zhao.

But how did the situation develop to this point?

Not only King Zheng of Qin couldn't figure out this problem, Wang Jian also couldn't figure it out. 550,000 Qin troops should be invincible anywhere, so how could they be defeated?
He had clearly made his deployment perfect, the generals of each unit had made no mistakes, and none of the soldiers had been afraid of fighting. But even in such a situation, a full 550,000 Qin troops were defeated by the Qi army in just one day. No, to be precise, it was not one day, but only one hour, one hour. In one hour, the Qin army was defeated by the Qi army from the front.

You have to know that the Battle of Changping lasted for two or three years between Qin and Zhao. How come we would encounter such an outrageous war now?
Wang Jian evacuated Handan City at the first opportunity and retreated to the west of Handan. With Wu'an City as his back, he kept reviewing the previous war, but he couldn't figure it out.

He was also a man who had been in battle for a long time. He thought that even if he could not win a decisive victory against King Chong of Qi, he would never be defeated in such a short period of time. However, the reality was very cruel.

Because something appeared on the battlefield that he had never seen or heard of before.

Thinking of the roar on the battlefield at that time, which was like the collapse of the sky and the splitting of the earth, even Wang Jian, who was used to death, couldn't help but feel terrified.

The tragic sight of limbs flying everywhere, the painful struggle of the Qin army in doomsday, and the battle formations formed by Qin men being torn apart in the fierce destruction, when Wang Jian thought of all these things, he couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

What made him even more desperate was that if he fought with the Qi army again, he still could not think of a way to defeat the enemy. If he was given another chance, he would still lose.

If I can't break that weapon, I will not be a match for King Chong of Qi even if I fight him ten more times. How could a weapon be able to change the outcome of a war? How could I have encountered such a thing?
Wang Jian racked his brains for a countermeasure, but was at a loss. He had never heard of that weapon and had only seen it once. It was really impossible for him to find a way to crack it in such a short time.

That kind of thing has never appeared in this world. Until now, he still doesn't understand what that thing is. How can he figure out a way to crack it?
However, although Wang Jian could not think of a way to crack the mysterious weapon of the Qi army, he knew what he should do. He had already faced the reality. After the previous defeat, Zhao could no longer be saved. The land of Hebei already belonged to Qi.

Especially since Changping Jun launched a rebellion in Xinzheng, with his retreat cut off, Wang Jian was no longer considering how to defeat the Qi army, but to safely bring these hundreds of thousands of Qin troops back to Qin. If the disaster of the Battle of Changping happened to the Qin army today, Qin might not have the good fortune of Zhao back then.

So at this time Wang Jian was only considering one thing, which was to allow the Qin army to withdraw safely to the south of the yellow river. For this, he could even give up the entire Zhao land.

So, the following thing happened in the Qin army camp. Wang Jian built the camp relying on the mountain terrain, and at the same time ordered his army to go through Taihang Mountain, enter Shangdang, and retreat to Xinzheng along Shangdang Road, and then meet up with Qin Wang Zheng who came from Xianyang, and try to quell the rebellion of Changping Jun in Xinzheng as soon as possible.

Wang Jian's decision can be described as a desperate move. Giving up Zhao's territory is easy, but it would be extremely difficult for the Qin army to fight back.

"Wang Jian is a general of Qin after all, and his ability to make decisions is extraordinary. It is a wise decision to trade space for time. However, he is thinking too much. For us, the most important thing is to cripple the Qin army. As long as we can cripple the Qin army, Zhao will still be ours. It is just a matter of time." Yang Chong was naturally paying attention to Wang Jian's actions. Yang Chong also had an accurate and clear judgment of Wang Jian's intentions.

After all, Yang Chong was also very clear that the reason he was able to defeat Wang Jian quickly was not because he was more capable than Wang Jian, nor because the soldiers of Qi were more brave and good at fighting than those of Qin, but because of his almost cheating methods. The first time something like artillery appeared on the battlefield, anyone who encountered it would suffer a bitter defeat. This was the imbalance of power brought about by time and space, which was beyond human power to contend with.

The generals in the big tent pretended to listen. At this moment, Yang Chong was already a man with a halo in their eyes.

Defeating the Qin army in one battle, and the Qin army was 550,000 strong, in the past few hundred years, who else could do this except Wu Qi? Now Yang Chong has done it.

“However, there are several places that we need to capture as soon as possible while taking advantage of our army’s great victory. Once the Qin State stabilizes the situation, it will be troublesome to capture them again.” Yang Chong changed his tone and said.

Immediately, the Qi army divided into two groups. One group headed towards Qin's Dongjun, determined to eliminate the Qin army's most prosperous county in the east that had been blocking Qi's gate for years. The other group headed all the way towards Jingxing Pass, intending to join Li Mu, capture Taiyuan, and then compress the battle line between Qi and Qin to Qin's Hedong line, making Jinyang one of Qi's five future capitals.

Under Yang Chong's arrangement, the Qi army attacked quickly. While the main force pressed towards Wang Jian's army, the troops were divided and expanded to the territory of Qin.

During the attack of the Qi army, the Qi army, assisted by artillery, was invincible. Relying on the dangerous places in Taihang Mountains, Wang Jian set up 39 camps, 20 of which were captured by the Qi army in one month. The Qin army suffered no less than 200,000 casualties, while the losses of the Qi army were minimal.

Faced with this cruel reality, Wang Jian realized that he could no longer hold on. Although the Qin army was durable, its bravery would only result in more heavy casualties before it could find a way to restrain the Qi army's artillery.

Fortunately, although news came from the front that Jinyang and Dingtao were captured by the Qi army, the rebellion in Xinzheng had been put down by King Zheng of Qin himself. What Qin needed to do next was to rely on the terrain to block the offensive of the Qi army as much as possible, at least to prevent the Qi army from invading Hedong and Yingchuan counties. This was the last bottom line of Qin.

Although Qin was once invaded by the enemy in Guanzhong, it was facing the coalition forces of five countries at that time. But this time it was the Qi army that defeated the Qin army on the battlefield. The impact of this incident on the mentality of the Qin people is really immeasurable.

Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel.

"I didn't lose this time. The one who really lost was King Zheng of Qin. It's unbelievable that King Chong of Qi was able to defeat the Qin army and make Qin completely lose control of the north of the Yellow River." On the bank of Yunmengze in Nanjun, Changping Jun, who fled here before the fall of Xinzheng City, listened to the military report from the north and laughed heartily.

After this severe blow, Qin will find it difficult to make any progress within several years. More importantly, after this war, Qi will rise completely and become a great power that can compete with Qin. From then on, the confrontation between Qin and Qi will become the mainstream of this great struggle, and Chu can stay in a corner in the confrontation between Qin and Qi, slowly accumulate strength, and then restore its former glory. In this process, Chu can even become a decisive force that can determine the balance of power in the struggle between Qin and Qi. At that time, Chu's status will be even more extraordinary.

However, Changping Jun's joy did not last long, as he received the news that all his family members who stayed in Xianyang were killed by King Zheng of Qin. This time he really could not laugh.

King Zheng of Qin was also in great pain as Changping Jun was suffering. In this battle with Qi, Qin suffered heavy losses. Wang Jian's troops lost more than 200,000 soldiers. The entire Zhao land was occupied by Qi, Dongjun was lost, and most of Shangdang was also occupied by the Qi army. What was more troublesome was that after capturing Jinyang, the Qi army went all the way south and directly attacked the city of Xiangfen, which was only one step away from Qin's Hedong County.

In this battle, the Qin army lost as many as five counties. The Zhao State at its peak was no more powerful than this. The territories that the Qin State had won after so many years of hard fighting were all returned in an instant.

What's more troublesome is that the Qi army was still attacking, which made King Zheng of Qin feel uneasy for the first time.

The situation that Qin was facing now was the worst since Duke Xiaogong. For a moment, even someone as confident as King Zheng of Qin felt powerless.

(End of this chapter)