The name of the envoy sent by South Korea to ask Qin for rescue was Chen Zhen.
Chen Zhen was a Korean during the Warring States Period. His birth and death dates are unknown. The three kings of South Korea can be said to be the elders of the three dynasties. However, he is still a minor official, working under the sect of the Prime Minister of South Korea. He has some talents and is known to the Prime Minister of South Korea.
When Zhao and Wei jointly attacked South Korea, the King of Han consulted his ministers who should be sent to Qin for help. So, Han Xiangguo thought of Chen Zhen. The King of Han trusted Xiang Guo very much and entrusted him with full authority to handle this matter.
Hearing that Chen Zhen had been ill for a long time, South Korea's prime minister hurriedly came to Chen Zhen and said to Chen Zhen: "The world is difficult, the country is in crisis, and minor illnesses are not of concern. I hope you can go to Qin for important national affairs." ("Historical Records·Han Family")
Hearing this, Chen Zhen knew that his chance had finally come. Since the Prime Minister can come to the house to invite him in person, it means that the whole of South Korea attaches great importance to this matter. Therefore, Chen Zhen readily agreed and promised the Prime Minister that he would not return to his hometown unless he succeeded in persuading Qin. At that time, everyone was afraid of Qin State and talked about Qin's complexion. Chen Zhen's mission to Qin this time was indeed a long and arduous task.
After Chen Zhen came to Qin, he went directly to meet the current leader of Qin - Ranghou Wei Ran. Wei Ran knew that Zhao was about to attack, but in order to maximize benefits, Queen Mother Xuan and others still believed that some benefits should be obtained from South Korea. So, Wei Ran confidently said: "The matter in South Korea should be very critical, otherwise why would you be sent here specially?" Chen Zhen said, "This is wrong, there is nothing critical in South Korea." Wei Ran did not expect that, This unknown person came to ask for help from the powerful Qin State. He dared to be so arrogant and said angrily: "You are so insincere, how can you be an envoy for your king? As we all know, your Korean officials wanted to ask Qin for help." There are endless vehicles and horses asking for help. They all reported to our country that South Korea was invaded by the coalition forces of Wei and Zhao, and the situation was critical. You came and said it was not critical. How can you explain this? "
After hearing this, Chen Zhen said calmly: "If South Korea is in crisis, it will not come to Qin for help, but will change its position and seek refuge with other countries." The intention of Chen Zhen's words is obvious, because the situation in South Korea It was not that critical, so he could come here, otherwise he would have surrendered to Wei and Zhao long ago. What Qin is most afraid of is that the three Jins will truly merge into one, and then they will respond to each other and become monolithic. If Qin wants to seize these places, it will be difficult to reach the sky. Wei Ran naturally knew the depth of it. Seeing Chen Zhen's words, he quickly softened his expression and said hurriedly: "You don't need to see King Qin's face anymore. The State of Qin will send troops to rescue South Korea immediately."
This time Chen Zhen went to Qin to ask for help. Although it did not last long, it showed his outstanding diplomatic talent. Even Wei Ran, who had always been cunning and cunning, was influenced by his provocation. Wei Ran naturally had ulterior motives when he asked Chen Zhen whether the situation in South Korea was critical. However, Chen Zhen's answer was even more unexpected, which made Wei Ran feel strange and wanted to find out. Chen Zhen took the opportunity to point out the current situation: The reason why South Korea's situation is not critical is that South Korea will change its position and seek refuge with Zhao or other countries in critical moments, so that the crisis can be resolved naturally. In fact, the reason why Wei Ran agreed to South Korea was because he was afraid of losing an ally like South Korea, but more importantly, it was a strategy that Qin had planned long ago and then launched later - to lure Zhao to fight and find a way for the Qin army to attack Zhao. reason.
However, everyone in the Qin State knew that the Zhao State was a tough guy. The famous generals Zhao She and Lian Po, as well as the Zhao State's cavalrymen after Hu Fu's cavalry and shooting, were not easy to fight. If Wei Ran goes to fight in this battle, the Qin army may only have a 50% chance of winning. But if Bai Qi leads the army, the Qin army will reach a higher level both in terms of strategy and morale, and the chance of winning will be much higher.
This battle was a battle that Bai Qi had planned for a long time. In order to completely defeat Zhao, he had been studying the art of war and training his soldiers hard. Before going to war, the four people in power in the Qin State: Wei Ran, Empress Dowager Xuan, King Qin Zhaoxiang and Bai Qi, clearly analyzed the strategic intentions of the Wei and Zhao coalition forces: to make South Korea abandon Qin and surrender to Zhao. This is also what Chen Zhen meant.
As the saying goes, rescuing people is like putting out fire. Since it was decided to send Bai Qi to the rescue, speed became the biggest issue in the rescue. If you go too late, South Korea will inevitably surrender to Zhao. Although the rulers of the Three Jin Lands have their own ambitions, the common people among them have a common foundation and can easily form the same force.
Everyone understands the principle of "Speed is the most important thing in troops", but when it comes to marching and fighting, the word speed is not easy. At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops from Zhao and Wei had already broken through Huayang (south of today's Zhengzhou City, Henan Province), a military center in South Korea, which was less than a hundred miles away from Zheng (now Xinzheng, Henan Province), the capital of South Korea. Bai Qi's headquarters is in Xianyang, which is still more than a thousand kilometers away from Huayang. The mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and it happens to be a rainy day. So Bai Qi once again showed off his special skill: ordering the troops to take off their shirts and march with only their armor. It only took 8 days for 100,000 troops to rush straight to the Huayang front line like magic troops descending from heaven.
On the other side, the coalition forces of Wei and Zhao thought they were sure of victory, so they slowly headed towards Zheng, the capital of Han. The leader of the army this time was Mang Mao, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army. There are four articles about him in "Warring States Policy", but the specific information is unknown. Some people commented that Mang Mao was a deceitful general who could save the situation in dangerous moments and perhaps obtain small profits, but he had no great talent. The man who led the army this time was recommended by Mengchang Juntianwen. Later, Tian Wen was dismissed from the position of prime minister by the King of Wei because of this incident.
It was not that Mang Mao had no expectations for the Qin army's arrival. But he believed that even if the Qin army came for reinforcements, it would never be possible to arrive in such a short period of time, so when 100,000 Qin troops appeared in front of him like ghosts, Mang Mao was shocked, abandoned his troops and fled.
There is no general in the army, so it is naturally in chaos. The Zhao Wei coalition forces, whose military morale was in chaos, saw that Bai Qi's army was invincible among the coalition forces as if they were in no man's territory, and kept harvesting their heads. They could only fight on their own, just to save their lives.
In the blink of an eye, all 130,000 coalition troops were killed by Qin's sword. In fact, the two countries called the Allied Forces, South Korea and Zhao, actually fought independently, because the cooperation between the soldiers needed a period of running-in. In order not to affect the mobility and flexibility of the war, in this battle, the 130,000 troops under the banner of the coalition were actually Wei troops. If it were Zhao Jun, it might not be defeated so easily, especially under the command of Zhao Jun generals Lian Po, Zhao She and others.
Bai Qi's greatest wish in his life is to compete with Zhao's elite soldiers and generals. It's a pity that the general of the Zhao army who led the troops this time was not Lian Po, but Jia Yan.
Seeing the Wei army defeated so quickly, Jia Yan was shocked. At this time, Jia Yan could only lead the army to defend. As long as the Zhao army could hold on until the arrival of Lian Po's army, they would be able to defeat the Qin army under attack from two sides. Jia Yan also had considerable experience in leading troops in combat. Seeing the menacing attack of Bai Qi's army, he calmly set up a battle array on the bank of the Yellow River. Hu Yang, the vanguard of the Qin army, attacked several times and returned with disastrous defeats.
A few days later, the Qin army vaguely saw that Lian Po's army was approaching on the other side of the Yellow River. The dust stirred up covered the sky and the sun, and the soldiers' footsteps made the earth shake. To put it bluntly, this battle was the first time in his life that he faced off against Zhao Jun. Lian Po had become famous earlier than him and was the opponent he had longed for.
If Jia Yan's army is allowed to successfully support until rescue arrives, and the enemy army is waiting for work, the Qin army will inevitably be defeated. Since a strong attack fails, the only option is to outsmart them.
Bai Qi's strategy has always been to make a series of moves, overwhelming the enemy, and this time is no exception.
In the first move, Bai Qi sent an envoy to Zhao's camp to ask Jia Yan to surrender. Naturally, Jia Yan would not give in. When he saw the envoy, he almost violated the custom of "when two armies are fighting, do not kill the envoy". In fact, Bai Qi did not expect Jia Yan to lead his troops to surrender. This was just a trick on his part to cover for the second move.
The second move is to let 4,000 light cavalry quietly cover the flanks of Zhao Jun while the two sides are negotiating, and only wait until the two armies are in a stalemate before taking advantage of the situation to attack Zhao Jun. When the time comes, Zhao Jun will inevitably turn pale in panic, his military morale will be in chaos, great things can be expected, and success or failure will depend on this.
Sure enough, when the armies of Qin and Zhao were fighting in front of each other, the light cavalry was dispatched. They did not carry any armor, but directly attacked Zhao's camp with their flesh and blood. Soon, Zhao Jun showed signs of chaos and began to retreat slowly. According to the plan, Bai Qi ordered the army to deliberately leave a gap when surrounding the Wei army. He set up spears behind it and erected shields on the other three sides to gradually push the Zhao army towards the Yellow River. Soon, the general of the Zhao army, Jia Yan, figured out the Qin army's plot, but it was too late. After the Zhao army retreated to the Yellow River, there was no way out. The Qin army attacked Zhao Jun who had no way to retreat. Zhao soldiers were squeezed into the rolling Yellow River one by one. They were washed away by the Yellow River before they could even scream. Twenty thousand floating corpses almost blocked the Yellow River.
General Jia Yan saw that the situation was over and could not bear the humiliation, so he drew his sword and killed himself.
On the other side, Lian Po's army arrived just in time, staring at Bai Qi on the other side of the river with a pair of blood-red eyes.
In this battle, Bai Qi's army once again won a complete victory. Since Bai Qi's departure, the Wei State has suffered successive losses of troops and generals. In the battle of Yique, 160,000 troops were lost, and soon after, 80,000 troops were beheaded by Wei Ran. Now Bai Qi has killed another 130,000 troops. There is no one left in the entire Wei State.
Judging from the strategic situation at that time, Wei State was the backbone of the six eastern countries. Seeing that the Qin State was not stopping, it wanted to expand the results of the war and take advantage of the situation to destroy the Wei State.
The world is in danger!
King Zhao Huiwen could only immediately unite with Yan State to rescue Wei State. At this time, King Anli of Wei once again decided to exchange land for peace, so he gave the land of Nanyang (the area south of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River) to Qin. This time, although King Wei still used the old trick, it was still a wise move. Because Qin has realized that although Zhao lost 20,000 troops, its elites were not wiped out. The State of Zhao is planning for all countries to join forces to jointly attack the State of Qin. Therefore, King Qin Zhaoxiang sized up the situation and decided to accept the situation and accept Wei's retreat from Nanyang. In the second year, Qin combined the Nanyang occupied by Han and Wei with the Wan of Chu to form Nanyang County.
However, Wei State did not join Zhao State's alliance, but took the opportunity to fall into the arms of Qin State, and Zhao State's plan came to nothing. The Qin State finally broke the covenant after Mianchi, and it was logical to attack the Zhao State. But before that, Qin still needs to deal with the last hidden danger in its rear - Yiqu State.
What happened after that has been introduced in the previous episode. Empress Dowager Xuan of the State of Qin used an iron fist to kill King Yiqu, who had been with her for decades. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to destroy the Yiqu State and quelled the northwest border troubles. The Qin State had the most consolidated rear area in the world for its conquests. And Zhao State has already stood on the cusp of fighting the Qin army.
