Although the Wei State paid more attention to the Ersang Pass defense line in the northwest, it did not mean that it did not pay attention to the Jiaxian defense line in the west.
Although Cao Bin did not think that the Qin army would come from the west, he still left the clan general Cao Wenzhao, Yu Hualong, Yu De, Ji Ling and other generals in Jiaxian, as well as a full 20,000 elite troops. Even if they faced The number of enemies was several times greater, and it was enough to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
But what Cao Bin never expected was that Yinghao would personally lead the army to attack the Western Front, and the Wei army, which was caught off guard, completely destroyed the four cities on the Western Front in just three days.
Before Yangyin City could react, it was attacked by the Detachment of Women at night;
Yuan Huan, who was incited to rebel in Jiaxian County, opened the city gate and was captured by Zhao Yun and his wife.
As for the two cities of Gaoting and Juntai, they did not have the cautious guards like Cao Wenzhao. Ji Ling deceived the city gates into opening them without knowing that Ji Ling had surrendered to the Qin Dynasty.
Gaoting guard Cao De was killed by Huang Zhong's arrows, and Juntai guard Xia Houfeng was also killed by Jiang Juan.
The 70,000 Qin army led by Ying Hao captured the four cities on the western front of Yingchuan in just three days. More than 20,000 Cao Wei defenders died in the battle, and nearly 10,000 of the rest were captured. However, the Qin army suffered only a few casualties. Not even four thousand.
You know, Cao Wei only had a total of 100,000 troops in Yingchuan, including 20,000 on the western front, 25,000 on the southern front, and 20,000 on the northwest. This alone was already an army of 65,000.
Han Xin had fought several battles and ambushes in Kunyang, and had already defeated nearly 10,000 Wei troops, and now Ying Hao had defeated 20,000 Wei troops.
Less than ten days after the war started, the Wei army in Yingchuan lost 30,000 troops. Cao Bin now only had 70,000 available troops, but he had to divide his troops to defend Kunyang, Yangdi, Ersanguan Pass, Xuchang and other places. land.
The total strength of the two armies of the Qin Army was as high as 160,000. Although the storming of Kunyang and the capture of the four cities on the western front resulted in a total loss of nearly 10,000 troops, the total strength was still 150,000.
If the 150,000-strong army led by Ying Hao and Han Xin cannot defeat Cao Bin's 70,000-strong army, then don't attack the Central Plains and just go to bed as soon as possible.
In fact, since Cao Bin failed to see through Han Xin's plan to surprise Kunyang, Cao Wei had already lost the initiative on the Yingchuan battlefield.
After Ying Hao captured the four cities of Jiaxian on the western front, Cao Bin, who only had 70,000 troops left in his hands, could not fight back with force no matter how he mobilized his troops. It was only a matter of time before Yingchuan was completely lost.
Of course, Cao Bin knew this, but even so, he still had to give up. As a famous general, he would never give up until the last moment.
"Trash, Cao Wenzhao is simply a trash."
In the Wei army's tent, after learning the news that the 20,000-strong army on the Western Front had been annihilated, Cao Bin was so furious that he couldn't help but cursed at Cao Wenzhao: "Twenty-thousand troops, 20,000, can't hold the three-thirds of the Western Front." sky.
Even if the Qin army captured 20,000 pigs in three days, they would not be able to catch them all..."
Because the western defense line fell so quickly, Cao Bin had no time to react. He had just received news of the start of the war on the western front, and the western front had already ended.
Cao Bin learned that when the Qin army encountered the western front, he was still leading the army to support Kunyang. However, Han Xin sent Chen Qi and Zheng Lun to lay a large number of traps on the road in advance, which greatly slowed down the Wei army's march.
The road that could have been completed in three days, Cao Bin marched while eliminating traps. He walked for four days without reaching the halfway point, so he had no choice but to take a long detour.
Chen Qi and Zheng Lun saw that Cao Bin had taken a detour and had no time to set up a trap, so they had to lead their troops back to Kunyang.
Without the intervention of the Qin army, the Wei army marched faster, but they did not expect to receive news of an attack by the Qin army on the western front halfway.
The news Cao Bin received was that the Qin army was encountered on the western front. He did not know that Ying Hao was also among the Qin army on the western front, so the order given to Cao Wenzhao was just to wait for reinforcements.
If he had known that Ying Hao was on the Western Front, Cao Wenzhao would have understood that Han Xin was just a pretense to attract him, and that the Western Front where Ying Hao was located was the real main direction of the Qin army's attack.
It is precisely because of this that the Qin army's offensive on the western front was so much more powerful than that on the southern front. In just three days, it broke through the four cities on the western front and wiped out all 20,000 defenders.
"Grand Commander, now that the western front has been completely occupied and the Qin army has invaded Yingchuan from the west, there is little point in continuing to defend Kunyang. It is better to abandon Kunyang and concentrate our forces to defend Xuchang." Cao GUI continued to make serious remarks.
After hearing this, Cao Bin slumped down on the handsome chair, feeling powerless and aggrieved.
Since he joined the army, he has never fought such a frustrating battle. The Qin army directly used its national power to crush it, and the leading general had no flaws. How could he hold on?
When Cao GUI said giving up Kunyang, he did not mean giving up just the city of Kunyang, but also more than a dozen cities such as Xiangcheng and Sicheng in the north of Kunyang, as well as Dingling and Linxian in the east of Kunyang.
Because once Kunyang is lost, these cities will not be able to hold it sooner or later. They don't know how to gather all the troops to defend the city of Xuchang.
Cao Bin naturally didn't want to give up the idea of building a city, but now that there was a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and us, he couldn't think of any other solution except what Cao GUI said.
"That's all we can do."
Cao Bin was worthy of being a famous general of his generation. He quickly regained his composure and said calmly: "It's just that the 30,000 Qin troops from Yecheng have now arrived at Kunyang City to join forces with Han Xin.
There are a full 60,000 Qin troops outside Kunyang City. With the troops in the hands of General Xue Ju, it may not be that easy to break out of Kunyang. "
"Grand Commander, the Qin army is powerful and its strength is more than twice that of our army. If you want to defend Xuchang, you must not give up any army." Cao GUI said solemnly.
When Cao Bin heard this, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought, and then said hesitantly: "But if you respond to General Xue Ju, I'm afraid it will be difficult to avoid a battle with the Qin army. Once there is a head-on battle and the losses are too large, don't you have to pay for it?"
"Grand Governor, I have a plan. Maybe we can avoid fighting the Qin army and rescue General Xue Ju."
Hearing Cao GUI's words, Cao Bin was overjoyed and said quickly: "The military advisor is coming quickly."
"We can..."
After listening to what Cao GUI said, Cao Bin's face was full of solemnity.
The plan is a good one, but there are certain risks. If Han Xin sees through it, he will suffer greater losses.
But Cao Bin knew the risks, but still decided to take the risk. After all, the matter was at this point, and if he still couldn't take the risk, he might not have any chance to take risks again.
"Since even Kunyang is about to give up, the defenders of the northwest cities can also withdraw and concentrate their forces to defend Yangzhai and Erban Pass."
When Cao Bin said this, his heart was bleeding. After all, there were four cities to the west of Epanguan: Lunshi, Yangcheng, Ruanxiang, and Ningshuju.
Since these four cities are the closest to Da Qin, their commerce is extremely prosperous and they are densely populated. They are important tax revenue centers for Wei.
Even Cao Bin would be reluctant to give up without fighting.
Under the continuous blows, Cao Bin was extremely aggrieved. For a moment, he even had the idea of burning down the four cities and dumping hundreds of thousands of victims to the Qin Dynasty to hinder the Qin army's food route.
But as soon as this idea came up, he was killed by Cao Bin. After all, if he really did such a sinful thing by hook or by crook, he would not only offend the Qin Dynasty completely, but also implicate the entire Cao family. , Cao Bin is not so irrational.
Cao Bin and Cao GUI decided the next strategic policy of the Wei army, which was to abandon most of the cities, concentrate their forces, and defend Xuchang, Yangdi, and Ersang Pass.
This is also the only way the Wei army can currently fight against the Qin army.
On the other side, after Ying Hao moved to Jiaxian County and learned about the tragic battle two days ago, he immediately rewarded Zhao Yun and other generals who had fought hard all night, as well as Ji Ling, Jiang Juan and Huang Zhong who had wisely captured the two cities of Gao's Juntai. .
Ying Hao did not expect that just attacking a small Jiaxian County would trigger a war between nine war-god-level warriors.
This was the result of Zhao Yun killing Yu Da first, otherwise it would have been Zhao Yun and other four tiger generals facing off against six war gods including Yu Hualong and his son.
Even if you win in the end, your losses may be considerable.
Although the Qin army won in the end and the four tiger generals defeated the five pox gods, Zhao Yun, the most powerful general in the army, was also injured and would have to recover from his injuries for at least a while before returning to the battlefield.
However, after Zhao Yun killed Yu De, his base strength broke through to 108, and Dian Wei's base strength broke through to 106 because of killing Yu Zhao. It can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
"Your Majesty, General Huang Zhong shot Cheng Cao De at Gaoting, and Jiang Juan also killed Juntai guard Xiahou Feng.
Cao De is Cao Cao's younger brother and has a deep relationship with Cao Cao. As for Xiahou Feng, who was born in the Xiahou family, he is Cao Cao's nephew and is also deeply loved by Cao Cao.
If Cao Cao learns that these two men died at the hands of our army, I am afraid he will resent our army even more. "
Zhao Yunhui reported that he was also vaguely worried that the original plan to force Cao Cao to surrender would be ruined by hatred.
Even before the war started, Da Qin had reached a unanimous conclusion that as long as most of Wei's troops could be eliminated and Cao Cao had no hope of victory, then Cao Cao would be able to be forced to surrender.
After all, Cao Cao is not alone. He has the Cao family and the Xiahou family behind him, so he will not ignore his family and fight to the end.
But war is never controllable.
Since the war between Qin and Wei began, many members of the Cao Wei clan have died at the hands of the Qin army, such as Cao Yin, Cao De, Cao Shuang, Xia Houfeng, etc.
Among these people are Cao Cao's uncles, younger brothers, and nephews. They are all the people closest to Cao Cao. It is impossible for anyone to avoid hatred.
Ying Hao also felt that if Cao Cao knew this, he would definitely hate himself to death, but he didn't care very much in his heart and said with a smile:
"Zilong, you are worrying too much. So what if Cao Cao hates our army? So what if he doesn't?"
Zhao Yun couldn't help but was startled, and then thought: Yes, no matter how much Cao Cao hates Da Qin, he will not let Da Qin lose a piece of flesh, and Da Qin will not attack Wei because Cao Cao does not hate it.
Zhao Yun was obviously thinking too much, but Ying Hao had no such thoughts at all and said calmly:
"Now that what has happened and the hatred has been forged, it is meaningless to discuss whether we hate it or not.
What our army needs to do now is to break through Yangzhai as soon as possible and march to Xuchang, thereby completely defeating Wei and forcing Cao Cao to surrender. Even if Cao Cao has hatred in his heart, he will only be able to hold it in until he dies of old age. "
"Your Majesty is wise, I ask for orders to lead the army to attack Yangdi." Zhao Yun took the initiative to ask for battle.
"Zilong, you are still injured. You cannot go anywhere until you recover. Please stay in Jiaxian County to recuperate."
"Your Majesty, my injury is not serious..."
"This is the imperial decree."
"This...will finally comply with the order."
Zhao Yun reluctantly accepted the order.
"Where is Ying Liangyu?"
"The end will be here."
"Sister Huang, you are the chief general and Zilong is the deputy. You will lead an army of 10,000 people and stay in the four cities of Jiaxian County."
"The general will obey the order."
"I will lead all the remaining soldiers and horses to attack Yangdi. Huang Zhong will lead an army of 10,000 people first."
Ying Hao's army, including the 10,000 Detachment of Women, totaled 90,000 troops.
Lu Bu and Qin Ji each led 10,000 troops and garrisoned Xuanyuan Pass and Dagong Pass respectively. They captured the four cities of Jiaxian County and suffered 4,000 casualties.
Now Yinghao still has 66,000 troops in hand, and 10,000 soldiers and horses are left to garrison the four cities of Jiaxian County, so the number of troops to attack Yangzhai is 56,000.
Huang Zhong, who was stationed in Juntai City, immediately led 10,000 troops to Yangdi after receiving Yinghao's name, and arrived at Yangdi City in only two days.
Zhang Guifang, the guard general of Yangzhai, naturally could not avoid the battle, but it happened that Zhang Feng, the guard general of Hu Zong, and Tai Luan, the guard general of Anting, each led their troops to retreat into Yangdi City after receiving Cao Bin's order. The army collided.
Huang Zhong saw that Zhang Guifang did not dare to fight, so he wanted to kill Zhang Feng and Tai Luan's troops first.
The combined armies of Zhang Feng and Tai Luan only had 4,000 soldiers and horses, and there were no cavalry. However, Huang Zhong's 10,000-strong army had 2,000 cavalry, so they would definitely not be able to defeat them, and they would not even be able to escape. .
Zhang Guifang thought about it and decided to go out for the rescue. After all, Zhang Feng and Tailuan soldiers and horses were also a supplement to the Yangzhai defenders, but they could not go out directly for the rescue. Instead, they let the two troops consume Huang Zhong first, but this speed must be grasped Well, if Huang Zhong were to defeat him, the gain would outweigh the loss.
Just after the formal battle between the two sides, Zhang Guifang immediately led an army of 12,000 out of the city to support Zhang Feng and Tai Luan five miles away at full speed.
When Zhang Guifang arrived with his army, Zhang Feng and Tai Luan were already on the verge of defeat. Zhang Feng and his deputy Xiao Yin had been killed by Huang Zhong, leaving only Tai Luan still struggling to hold on.
"General Tailuan, hold on, Zhang Guifang is coming." Zhang Guifang raised her gun and shouted.
When Huang Zhong saw that he was about to win, a Wei army suddenly appeared from behind. However, he was not surprised at all. Instead, he said excitedly: "Well done."
Even if he is outnumbered and outnumbered, Huang Zhong is not afraid, because even if he loses many people in the field battle, it will be a gain for Da Qin. Even if the Wei State is exhausted, it will not be able to defeat Da Qin.
"kill......"
Huang Zhong and Zhang Guifang shouted at the same time
While Huang Zhong and Zhang Guifang were fighting outside the city, a sudden change was taking place in Yangzhai City.
As a military advisor, Chen Gong actually planned to seize control of Yangdi City while Zhang Guifang was leading the army, and then dedicate Yangdi City to the Qin Dynasty.
