The general walked and crawled into the King's Palace of Zhongshan, paid homage to the King of Zhongshan, and said: "Your Majesty, my army fought with the Zhao army at Que, and the whole army was destroyed!" After hearing this, the King of Zhongshan stood up and said in surprise: " What? Our army is in Que and the whole army has been wiped out." However, the Prime Minister of Zhongshan State was very calm. He walked out and faced the general and said: "The general is injured." The general said anxiously: "It doesn't matter if the general is injured. Please send troops quickly. ." The Prime Minister said: "We all know this already." He then looked at the guards who walked in and said, "Hurry and help the general down to recover from his injuries." The guards stepped forward and helped the general down.
King Zhongshan then sat down and looked forward blankly, saying: "It's over, it's over, our army has been wiped out. What should we do? What should we do?" The Prime Minister knelt down and faced King Zhongshan and said, "Your Majesty. , I would like to congratulate the king." King Zhongshan turned his attention to the Prime Minister and asked helplessly: "Prime Minister, what do you want to congratulate me for?" The Prime Minister said: "General Cockroach relies on the support of Qin State, and he doesn't care about it at all. In the eyes of the king, he is domineering in the court. Borrowing Zhao's army eliminated this hidden danger. From then on, General Cockroach did not have his own army. I should see how he speaks in the court? How to face it? For us ministers of civil and military affairs?" King Zhongshan relaxed and said, "What the Prime Minister said makes sense. Do we need to continue sending troops?" The Prime Minister said, "Continue to send troops. I will make Chang Feng a general and lead hundreds of troops." Ten thousand troops besieged Zhao's important town of Taiyuan." King Zhongshan said: "Okay, what the Prime Minister said makes sense." Then he looked outside the palace and said, "It is reported that Sima Changfeng has entered the palace."
General Changfeng entered the palace of Zhongshan, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty." King Zhongshan faced General Changfeng and said: "General Changfeng, I will make you the general of the expedition, and lead my million-strong army to the expedition." General Changfeng He knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he left the palace hall.
General Changfeng led the army from Gudu and set up camp at Queyu of Zhao State. General Cockroach learned that the army had arrived at Queyu, so he walked out of the crack in the stone and began to show his face. He ran towards the camp and stood in front of it. He was overjoyed and shouted: "Our army has finally arrived, finally arrived." The soldiers rushed forward, stretched out their long spears and said, "Who are you?" General Cockroach looked at him. Itself has lost its former prestige. Today's General Cockroach is living in hiding. He is dressed in rags like a beggar. How can these soldiers recognize him? General Cockroach looked at the soldiers surrounding him and didn't know how to explain it? Just when it was in a dilemma, General Cockroach rushed out, knelt in front of General Cockroach, and looked up: "General." General Cockroach's eyes were dull, as if he was stupid. The general kneeling in front of him said: "General, you have suffered." General Cockroach showed no expression on his face and just said: "As long as the army comes, it will be fine." Then he looked blankly at the camp. There were four people around, saying: "Get up." He helped the general up again. General Pian said: "Let's go, I will take you to see General Changfeng." General Cockroach said: "Okay, okay."
The partial general led General Cockroach into the military tent. When he faced General Changfeng, he kowtowed and said, "General Changfeng." General Changfeng faced General Cockroach and said with a proud smile: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! We didn't expect it! The mighty General Cockroach looks so miserable. Is this still the arrogant General Cockroach we used to have?" He turned to the generals and burst into laughter. The generals laughed heartily when they looked at General Cockroach's miserable appearance. Facing their ridicule, General Cockroach smiled secretly. Seeing how he was smiling but not smiling, he must have a vicious plan in his heart. Looking at General Changfeng with a solemn look, he said: "Today I lost, and I lost miserably. It was miserable. You can laugh at me, but I want to tell you that victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. The general only needs to give me twenty With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, I will definitely be able to capture Que Yu in one fell swoop and wash away the shame of defeating Que Yu." General Changfeng said: "I admire General Cockroach's courage as much as before. I see that Que Yu is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and Zhao Junjun Occupying a favorable terrain, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the general is given another 200,000 troops, what can the general do? General, this is just the courage of an ordinary man." General Cockroach still refused to accept: "The defeat at Que Yu this time was due to my carelessness. Because of the miscalculation, if the general gives me another 200,000 troops, I only need 200,000 troops, and I will definitely capture Queyu within three months. After capturing Queyu, I will then attack Handan, the capital of Zhao State, which is like picking something out of a bag." Changfeng said. The general just smiled and said: "General, you have a big appetite. On the order of the king, I abandoned the palace and went north to besiege Taiyuan. Taiyuan is an important northern town of Zhao State. This way, I can delay Zhao State and let Qin attack it. South Korea wins time. I think General Cockroach should know this." General Cockroach disagreed and said: "Que is between Handan and Jinyang, which is the throat of Zhao State. If Que is given up at this time, Zhao Jun will They will take advantage of the opportunity of our army to go north and pursue it. In addition, Jinyang's army is attacking from both sides. Aren't our armies attacked from both sides? Doesn't the general's move trap our army to death?" After hearing this, General Changfeng said: "General, can you? Don't forget, most of our army is cavalry and they fight flexibly. If Que and the army pursue from behind, this is exactly what I want. Que and the army are tired after coming from afar, while our army is waiting for work with ease. The strength of our army is to attack the shortcomings of the enemy's army, and it is not better to give full play to the role of our cavalry in attacking. I have recently observed the enemy's garrison and he knows how to use troops. I don't think he even understands this principle." Then he faced The generals said: "Send my general's order, and the army will immediately break camp and march north."
General Changfeng walked out of the military camp, looked at General Cockroach standing aside, and said contemptuously: "General, would you like to lead the horse for me?" General Cockroach did not answer and remained silent. The partial general couldn't bear to see his master being humiliated and said directly: "General Changfeng, we are all ministers of the Zhongshan Kingdom. It's too much for you to insult the general like this." General Changfeng raised his head and said: "He is just a defeated general. The whole army was annihilated in Que, and the king was tolerant of it without punishing it." He then turned to General Cockroach and said, "What? General, don't you want to?" General Cockroach suppressed laughter and said, "What's the matter? No?" Then he lay down and said: "General Qing, get in the car." General Changfeng raised his legs and stepped on its back to get on the car. General Cockroach stood in front of the carriage, his expression suddenly changed as he stood there, his eyes full of murderous intent, but it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. I believe that General Changfeng will die miserably, but the time has not come yet. General Changfeng stood on top of the chariot and whipped down. The blows on General Cockroach's back were painful. Holding the chariot shaft with one hand and running after the four horses, General Changfeng sat on the chariot, occasionally looking at General Cockroach running in front of the chariot, and shouted: "General Cockroach." General Cockroach looked back while running, Looking at General Changfeng sitting on the chariot, he grinned. General Changfeng faced the general running beside him and laughed loudly: "Do you think it looks like a lost dog?" The general next to him smiled and said: "It looks like it, very similar." General Cockroach turned around and his face changed. He became gloomy and had to tolerate it. He held the chariot shaft and ran after the horse.
The army soon arrived in Taiyuan, and wherever it passed, the people along the way were massacred. The army led by General Changfeng passed through a village, and then led the cavalry into the village, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil. Most of the houses were destroyed by fire. There are corpses everywhere here. It's obvious that the village has just been looted. The troops surrounded Taiyuan, and the general of Taiyuan sent troops to Handan to ask for help. A soldier came thousands of miles away, running non-stop to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and entered the Zhao palace to pay homage to Zhao Wangyong.
At this time, Qin soldiers besieged Yiyang for three months, and the city was running out of ammunition and food. The soldiers guarding the city were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, and even the bark and grass roots in the city were eaten up by them. At night, with a bright moon in the sky, these soldiers looked at the full moon in the sky, thinking about how they could go home and reunite. There is a howling wind, and the phenomenon of insects eating insects has appeared in the city. The guard patrolling the city looked at these soldiers. They were lying on both sides of the tower, already dizzy. The guard general asked the officer in charge of the military rations next to him: "Grain officer, how much food is left in the granary?" The grain officer said bitterly: "General, the army has been without food for many days, and insects have begun to appear in the city. If there is no more military supplies to help, Yiyang may not be able to defend it." The guard general looked outside the city and said: "The Qin army has surrounded me, Yiyang, how can we break out of the encirclement?" The general said: "If the general doesn't try, how will he know that he can't break out?" The guard said: "Okay, let's give it a try. I hope I can break through successfully." The guard named the three generals and said: "Han General Yuan, General Daotong, and General Zheng Ming, it's up to you whether you can break out of the encirclement." The three generals stood up and said, "The last general will wait for orders." The guard said again: "Remember, you must break out of the encirclement separately. This way, the chance of success is higher. You must not concentrate. You have to remember." The three generals replied at the same time: "I will remember this, general."
The three generals took out their war horses and rode out of the city. They observed the movements of the Qin army outside the city. Then they mounted their horses and broke out in three directions. Facing the incoming arrows, they rushed forward, jumped over the shields, rushed up to stab the Qin soldiers with long swords, and killed the Qin soldiers. General Daotong from the north came to charge on his horse, and General Qin's chariot galloped against each other. After fighting for several rounds, General Qin was beheaded by his horse. General Zheng Ming in the south was surrounded by heavy siege, tripped on a horse rope, fell off his horse, and was captured by the Qin army. General Han Yuan to the east was also trapped in a tight siege. He smashed the Qin army's head with a spear and hammer, and saw only blood spattering. He single-handedly challenged tens of thousands of Qin soldiers and charged back and forth with all his strength, breaking through the Qin army's heavy siege. The fighting in the east was particularly fierce, and many Qin soldiers were trampled to death by war horses. General Qin stood on the chariot and sighed: "This is a fierce general." Then he shouted: "General, please tell me your name." General Han Yuan rode on the horse and said: "Han Yuan is from Xinzheng. ." General Han Yuan came charging on his horse, and General Qin changed his horse and charged at each other, fighting each other. The Qin general raised his long spear to block, and saw the spear hammer coming down hard. The two generals rode in circles on their horses, and the spearheads and spearheads crossed each other. They were fighting hard. The hammer of the spear was pressed down hard, and General Qin suddenly felt a little difficult. He circled the spear head and pressed hard on it, slashing the spear head and stabbing it straight. When Han Yuan saw the spear pointed at his chest, he drew out the spear in his hand and blocked it. The horses galloped past each other, and the long soldiers collided with each other. Han Yuan turned his horse and charged forward, thrust his spear forward, and General Qin was busy blocking it. General Han Yuan rode past on his war horse, but was forced out of the encirclement.
