Wang Lu asked: "Where is the Hanoi army?"
Meng Ao said: "There are ten thousand troops in Hanoi and they are still in Licheng. The Zhao army has arrived and surrounded them on all sides, but there has been no battle."
Wang Lu said: "The arrival of the Zhao army is an accident. Reinforcements from Guanzhong are coming and will arrive in ten days."
Meng Ao said: "The one who came to Zhao's aid was Kuo Ye. Now that Kuo is dead, how can I help him? Since he called for aid, he should have more food and fodder but fewer soldiers. Take advantage of his suspicion and fear and attack him, and he will be defeated."
Wang Lu said: "What's the plan?"
Meng Ao said: "It is only fifty miles from Lucheng to Licheng. The road is narrow. I will attack it with ten thousand elites and attack from both inside and outside. It will be defeated. As for Tongshan's soldiers, put out more suspicious soldiers to confuse them and wait for them to retreat. If you chase it, you will break it."
Wang He said: "Good. With ten thousand soldiers, do you dare to attack Li City?"
Meng Ao said: "I am willing to obey the general's order!"
It is not easy to gather 10,000 elites from the 100,000-strong army, because most of them have injuries and illnesses, and even those who do not have injuries or illnesses, after experiencing such a cruel battle, they are a little confused or even crazy. . Fortunately, Meng Ao had already noticed these problems when he was adjusting the entire army's defense line, and divided the soldiers into three lines. Thirty battalions of the most elite front-line soldiers were selected and used intensively as a mobile force. The three thousand men sent to garrison the three cities were sent from these thirty battalions. After the army was called up the next day, Meng Ao selected ten battalions from these thirty battalions, and then selected ten battalions from other armies that were in good mental condition but had some injuries to form an attack force and set off with great fanfare. They formed a team at the foot of Beishan. Meng Ao personally led the front team to set off. Halfway through the journey, it was already dark, so Meng Ao camped on the spot. Follow-up troops followed and set up camp one after another. Departing the next day, we arrived at the foot of Lucheng City on the same day. The defenders of Lucheng had already set up a camp for them at the mouth of the valley. Meng Ao sent out patrols to occupy the mountains on both sides.
Before the entire army arrived, Meng Ao took several doctors up the mountain and had a panoramic view of the Zhao army's deployment in the Licheng Valley. There were scattered fires everywhere, which not only exposed their position, but also exposed their strength. The valley is so narrow that there are no opportunities to take advantage of it, so we can only push through it in one flat wave. But Meng Ao thought, if the first few battalions of Zhao Army were defeated, Zhao Army would collapse! The rest of the time was a matter of pursuit.
The next day, Meng Ao led his troops and advanced another twenty miles. The patrol in front did not encounter the Zhao army patrol, and Meng Ao suddenly became nervous. He asked the troops to stop their advance and occupy the surrounding high ground as much as possible. Then order the patrol sentry to scout in the distance. In the afternoon, the sentinel reported that he had patrolled the Zhao Army camp. There was no one in the camp, only an empty camp! Meng Ao was shocked and led a battalion to break into the Zhao camp. It turned out to be an empty camp. He transferred back all the troops who had climbed the mountain unjustly and completely occupied Zhao's position. It was called to open the gate of Licheng, and inside was the Qin army in Hanoi. When asked about the situation, they found that they had no combat experience and could not tell the reason at all. They only said that Zhao's army was moving frequently under the city, seeming to be preparing to attack the city. They were frightened and guarded the city tightly, not daring to pay attention to him. Meng Ao was very helpless: the carefully prepared battle ended like this. He continued to send out patrol sentries, and sure enough, he found the Zhao army's defender thirty miles away. Meng Ao didn't know the situation and didn't dare to continue the pursuit, so he set up camp around Licheng. At the same time, someone was sent to report to Changping.
As soon as the people he sent to report left, a military envoy came to convey Wang Hao's instructions: Zhao Jun in the direction of Tongdao had retreated, and Zhao Jun in the direction of Licheng might also retreat, so that Meng Ao did not need to pursue, and the Zhao army in Licheng and Hanoi should be defeated as soon as possible. Troops withdraw.
Meng Ao conveyed Wang Lu's order to the Licheng garrison, and the Licheng garrison began to retreat the next day. Meng Ao waited in place for a day and saw that the Zhao army was still retreating, so he followed the order and retreated to Shangdang.
When Meng Ao was advancing towards Licheng, Wang Hao had already ordered the Nanjun Qin army still in Dongling to withdraw to Gaodu. Nanjun suffered heavy losses in Shangdang and gained little, but it relied on all its strength to resist Zhao Kuo's final charge and received a "profit" rating. Most of Nanjun's soldiers were injured and are recuperating in Gaodu. Therefore, the Nanjun troops withdrew to Gaodu without attracting the attention of others.
It was Wang Lu's own camp who went to Tongshan. He took his own camp to the high mountains north of Tunliu and found that Tongcheng's Zhao army had begun to retreat toward Taiyuan. After the Zhao army retreated, Wang Hao sent people to Tongdao to inquire. It turned out that there were rumors among the Zhao army that the Qin army had gathered a million troops in Changping, and more than 400,000 Zhao soldiers had been wiped out. Wang Hao secretly laughed after hearing this: Zhao Jun still doesn't know how many troops Changping can accommodate.
The two Zhao armies retreated, and the Qin army in Hanoi and Meng Ao's Qin army had both returned. Wang Lu announced the King of Qin's decree: all the Guanzhong army stayed in Shangdang, and those from other battalions who were willing to move to Shangdang were given a title and had land. Have a house.
There are about two to three thousand Qin troops in Beidi and Shangjun who are willing to stay. The Qin troops in the southern counties are still willing to go back: they have had enough of the cold and dry air in the north. They want to go home as soon as possible and eat a bowl of rice. Pour some fish soup on it and it became the call of everyone’s heart.
Wang Ling took over Shangdang's defense. The largest and most important cities in the seventeenth city of Shangdang are the four located north of Changping and surrounded by mountains: Changzi, Tunliu, Lucheng, and Xiangyuan. Now these four cities are almost deserted, and the fields and houses are overgrown with weeds. The royal tomb left 10,000 Guanzhong soldiers to garrison the fields here.
Both sides of Danshui in Changping are areas suitable for farming. Now they have been completely destroyed by the war, and the land needs to be reclaimed and houses built. The two to three thousand people left in Beidi and Shangjun (along with the hundreds of women and children given to them) lived along Danshui.
Tongcheng, Licheng, and Nishi further away are the only roads to Taiyuan and Handan, and each is stationed with a thousand men. This place has not suffered much military disaster, and it still maintains a basic population. The garrison here is mainly responsible for military work.
Along the Shaoshui River Valley, there are a series of cities. Although a series of wars took place in Changping, they still seemed to not understand the situation, and Wang Ling had to send troops to recover them one by one.
As for the more distant places such as Yanyu, Jicheng, and Yushe, they were unable to occupy them and could only leave them alone.
The Nanjun army repaired in Gaodu for two days, then took the wounded and headed for Mengjin. After crossing the river there, they had to travel thousands of miles before entering Nanjun. After arriving in Nanjun, they still have to walk for several days to reach their respective counties and towns.
At the same time that the Nanjun army left Gaodu, the Qin army in Bashu began to retreat to Hedong in batches via the Duanshi-Yicheng highway, while the soldiers in the north retreated to Gaodu. After crossing the river, they will enter Qin via Huohan and Jinghangu Pass. Although the two armies took different roads, they would both return home via Xianyang. The Bashu army, which has the farthest road, has to walk for three long months on the road.
Shangjun is the closest. Although the farthest one has to walk thousands of miles, if it is close, you only need to cross the river from Pishi to enter Shangjun. They will be the last to leave.
The Qin army in Changping was leaving, while a large number of prisoners from various counties in Neishi were gathered at Pubanjinkou. After crossing the Yellow River, they were arranged to camp around Puban. When Sima Jin and Pi Wan arrived at Pu Ban, tens of thousands of prisoners had already arrived. According to Xianyang's orders, these prisoners have been staffed with officials at all levels. The officials who temporarily served as the fifth doctor and the public transport came to Puban early to take over their troops.
Since the Battle of Changping, Puban has endured too much military transportation and exchanges, and the burden has been extremely heavy. According to the method discussed by Pi Wan and Sima Jin, the Qin army who crossed the river from Puban rested for a day, gathered their troops, and immediately advanced towards Pi's army. Sima Jin led the pro-camp directly to Pishi.
The Qin State's mobilization efficiency was extremely high. It only took ten days from the time when 50,000 prisoners were recruited to cross the Yellow River and arrive at Pishi.
From the time Qin conscripted prisoners, the princes paid close attention to the movements of this army. Now it was discovered that the Qin army was concentrated in Pishi, and the princes were all shocked: This is obviously because Changping has not been satisfied with the battle, and it wants to attack Taiyuan!
Sima Jin asked Pi Shi's order to inform the cities in Fenshang to prepare 500,000 shi of grain to fry millet for the Qin army.
The Changping War between Qin and Zhao was provoked by Pingyang Shouyangchengjun of South Korea, and it ended up like this. Not only was the Qin State not weakened, but the victorious Maoer was even more powerful than the tiger before. Naturally, Yangchengjun did not dare There is one word "no", and everything is accepted. The Koreans in Fenshang don’t know how to fry millet? It's easy to handle. Hedong will provide technical guidance, and Fenshang only needs to provide women.
The grain and women distributed by Fenshang counties were gathered in Pingyang, where Yang Chengjun personally supervised the mill milling! But if the quality is not up to standard, Wei Yangchengjun is the one to ask! Yangchengjun briefly asked about the movements of the Qin army, and Pi Shiling replied without reservation: "We will be in Taiyuan!" After hearing this, Yangchengjun felt chills all over his body.
After three days of repairing in Pishi, the Koreans in Fenshang could already see the figures of the Bashu and Qin troops on the mountain. Sima Jin ordered the entire army to set off in sequence, with a vanguard of 10,000 people, marching up the Fen River. Around the Fen River, there were many cities and merchants gathered. Wherever the army passed, Qiu did not invade. After marching fifty miles, they set up camp in the city. The elders of the city also recognized the interest and took the initiative to work the army with wine and meat.
The secondary army of 10,000 people, led by Sima Jin himself, advanced along the leading route. After five days of this, Pi's 50,000 men had all risen, and the vanguard had already reached Pingyang. Sima Jin also led the subsequent 10,000 Qin troops to Pingyang the next day. But the remaining 30,000 Qin troops did not continue north to Pingyang, but crossed the Fen River from Xintian and turned towards Yicheng. The Qin army coming down from the mountains turned towards the Sushui River Valley and headed towards Anyi.
The frontline troops mobilized frequently and occupied almost all roads. The King of Qin told everyone not to worry and wait for the Northern Army to cross the river before crossing the river through Mengjin. He also took advantage of the leisure time of the Northern Army to cross the river, summoned Li Bing and Meng Ao to Zhi City, expressed his condolences, and discussed future actions with the two again.
No one cares about Zhao Jun's wounded camp. The sick and wounded soldiers are stroked. Some of them are better and can struggle to move. Qin Jun allows them to return on their own, but does not provide food. Whether Zhao soldiers can return alive depends on their own survival in the wild. ability. Others suffered from cold and hunger, which the healthy people could not endure, let alone those who were seriously injured, all died. The Shangjun army who had not left yet was asked to help burn the corpses, and more than 100,000 corpses were burned for several days.
