Quwo, inside the commander's tent at the coalition camp
Pang Nuan, with gray beard and hair, was sitting on the commander's seat, wearing a military uniform, looking at the battle report in his hand, his expression was haggard, and he kept rubbing his brow, as if he was troubled by something.
Yan Ju on the side looked at Pang Nuan's sad face and couldn't help but ask: "General, why are you so sad?"
Pang Nuan sighed and handed the battle report to Yan Ju.
"Ah? The Korean army encountered a night attack!"
Yan Ju was shocked. The Korean army was in Jiaocheng, behind the coalition camp, but they encountered a night attack by Qin general Yang Duanhe.
The 50,000-strong army outside the city was attacked by nearly 100,000 Qin troops at night, and 40,000 of them were beheaded. Even Bai Yifei, the deputy general of the Korean army, was chased and had to cut off his hair and discard his robes to flee. Only 1,000 of his 3,000 white-armored troops were left. The remaining people.
If Ji Wuye in the city had not sent troops to rescue in time, and the Qin army was worried about the coalition rescue and did not dare to fight for a long time, otherwise the Korean army would probably have only one option left: to return to Xinzheng.
In the past, the Wei army suffered a disastrous defeat, and deputy general Jin Yao surrendered to Qin. Later, the Korean army was attacked, and deputy general Bai Yifei was seriously injured. Before the official attack on Hangu Pass, the armies of the two countries suffered heavy losses. This was a huge blow to the morale of the coalition forces.
"This can't go on like this."
Pang Nuan looked at the map with burning eyes, and pointed at Pubanjin's position with his fingers. He pressed his fingertips so hard that they turned white.
"Originally, I wanted to let all countries get the benefits they wanted and strengthen the fighting spirit of their armies, but instead, I didn't want Qin to seize the opportunity of the coalition forces to attack Qin's cities and defeat them one by one."
"I am ordering the armies of Chu, Yan, Han, Wei, and Wei to enter Quwo within half a month and prepare to attack Hangu Pass!"
Pang Nuan's military orders were very tough and did not give the other five countries' armies any excuse to delay.
But, this is on the surface.
In private, Pang Nuan wrote several more letters, with gentle and sincere words, hoping that the generals of various countries would act accordingly.
Yan Ju took the personal letter sent from Pang Nuan to the generals of the five kingdoms. As soon as he walked out of the tent, his arm was grabbed by a hand.
"Ju, let me deliver these letters for you."
The person who grabbed Yan Ju was none other than Zhao Cong, another deputy general of Zhao Jun.
Yan Ju looked hesitant, but after a moment he chose to hand Pang Nuan's letter to Zhao Cong.
He and Zhao Cong have been friends for many years. The two often feasted and hunted, so he was more aware of some secrets that ordinary people did not know.
For example, why did Zhao Wangyan appoint two lieutenants.
There has always been only one chief general and one deputy general in the army. No country has ever appointed two deputy generals, but Zhao Wangyan did so.
The euphemistic name is to share the pressure with Pang Nuan.
At such an advanced age, Pang Nuan had to command and deploy the Six Nations Allied Forces as well as the Zhao Army, which naturally took a heavy toll on Pang Nuan's energy, so Zhao Wangyan made such arrangements.
But what is the real reason... In the final analysis, it is because the Zhao army led by Pang Nuan, a Wei man who has lived in Dai for many years, mainly comes from Dai.
The word "Dai" can be said to be the most feared by the Zhao kings in the past dynasties, and its origin comes from the ancestor Zhao Jianzi.
The ancestor of the Zhao family has been coveting the land of Dai since Zhao Jianzi was a high official in the Jin Dynasty, and married his beautiful and fragrant daughter to the king of Dai. The king of Dai was obsessed with beauty, doting on the Zhao girl in every possible way, and was completely unprepared for the Zhao family.
After the death of Zhao Jianzi, Zhao Wuxie, who inherited his father's legacy, asked the king to meet with his sister on his behalf. The king of Dai was unprepared and was ambushed and killed by Zhao Wuxie at the banquet. The daughter of Zhao committed suicide because of the guilt of the king of Dai, and the descendants of the land fell into the hands of the Zhao family.
Since then, the contradiction between Zhao and Dai has laid the root of the disaster. Although the two places are both part of Zhao, they are full of contradictions. Dai is almost self-governing and maintains an attitude of obeying orders but not propaganda, gradually forming the Northern Zhao state. The situation of partitioning with Southern Zhao.
Northern Zhao took Dai as the center and occupied Yunzhong, Jiuyuan, and Dai. The army was mainly cavalry, and its strategic task was to defend against the Huns. Southern Zhao is centered on HD and occupies HD, Jinyang, Shangdang, Zhongmou, Xindu and other places. The army is mainly infantry, and its strategic task is to fight against the Central Plains Warring States Period.
In order to consolidate the national strength of Zhao State and compete with Qin State, King Zhao Wuling decided to divide Zhao State into two. Southern Zhao was handed over to the youngest son Zhao He as the King of Zhao; Northern Zhao was handed over to the eldest son Zhao Zhang who was deposed as the crown prince. Dai Wang, and himself claimed to be the master's father, thus integrating the national power of Dai and Zhao.
But in the end, both Zhao Zhang and Zhao He were dissatisfied with this. Zhao Zhang launched a rebellion and fought with Zhao He. He was defeated by the princes Gong Zicheng and Li Dui. He fled to the Sand Dune Palace, but was still directly beheaded by Gong Zicheng and surrounded the Sand Dune Palace. , Zhao Yong starved to death.
Since then, the conflict between Zhao and Dai has become more and more serious. Dai completely stopped obeying King Zhao's orders and did not even participate in the Battle of Changping. He watched Zhao fall into danger of annihilation.
Oh no, it’s not entirely true to say that Dairen didn’t participate in the Changping War.
After all, Lian Po was born in Daidi and joined the direct command of King Zhao, so this was one of the main factors why Lian Po was not trusted and was replaced by King Zhao.
In the past few years, although Zhao State was recuperating, it could not find the manpower and material resources to participate in the alliance. However, Pang Nuan, who had been living in seclusion for decades in the mountains of Chu State, stood up.
When he was under the command of King Wuling of Zhao, he was very familiar with the generals of Dai Di, and he even lived in Dai Di for more than ten years as a Wei man.
Under his lobbying, Dai Di reached a cooperation with Zhao Wangyan and sent troops and horses to provide money and food.
But when Daichi's army appeared near HD, the Zhao royal family's distrust of Daichi emerged again.
Back then, the Zhao people could kill the King of Dai and seize the land of Dai, but why couldn't the people of Dai kill the King of Zhao and seize the land of Zhao?
In a word, generation cannot be trusted.
Therefore, Zhao Wangyan appointed Zhao Cong.
Among the 150,000 Zhao army, 80,000 are from Zhao and 70,000 are from Dai. However, the only ones Pang Nuan can actually command are the 70,000 troops from Dai. The command authority of the other 80,000 troops is Zhao Cong, who is responsible for monitoring Pang Nuan and suppressing Dai Di's army, has a tight control.
The reason why Yan Ju was able to become another lieutenant general was because he was on good terms with the Dai generals and Zhao Cong at the same time. The Yan family had served Zhao for generations and was able to reconcile the two conflicting parties.
Yan Ju sighed sadly as he looked at Zhao Cong who couldn't wait to open Pang Nuan's letter even before he reached the tent. 0
Can such an army really defeat Qin?
…
Pang Nuan's prestige was still enough to order the six-nation coalition. The Korean army was afraid of being attacked again and rushed to Quwo at an unprecedented marching speed. Wei and Yan also obeyed Pang Nuan's orders.
Seeing this, the Wei army could not continue to stay in Hedong. They left 5,000 men in Bancheng and Yucheng each and rushed to Quwo.
On the contrary, Chu, as the leader of the coalition, was the slowest to arrive.
In a word, the noble gentlemen do not want to fight.
(2012 words)
(End of chapter)
