There is no way. Over the years, Qin State has indeed been somewhat neglectful of the defense system of Yanying Land. .z.
This is no wonder that the Qin State has been facing the Chu army. The Qin State has almost always been in an advantageous position. It has always been thinking about how to fight out Yanying, and naturally it has not thought about how to defend Yanying.
The Qin army that had hurriedly withdrew from Yingchuan County was busy returning to support Hangu Pass. Of course, even if the Zhao army under Sun Gu was not in front of Hangu, Wang Lu would not have time to reorganize the defense of the Yanying area. .
There was no way, Zhao Jun came too quickly and too urgently.
Facing tens of thousands of Zhao troops, the Qin army could still resist with Yingdu as the core, but facing hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops, the Qin army had no way to do anything.
The Zhao army does not even need to attack the capital of Ying. As long as the city is surrounded, the Qin army will collapse in a short time.
There was no way, during the evacuation of Yingchuan, the troops were safely withdrawn, but a large amount of ordnance, especially grain and grass, could not be withdrawn. As for Chendu, which was a transfer station, the Qin army did not even enter, let alone anything. Replenished the food supply.
If it weren't for the fact that there was still some food that had just been transferred to Yingdu, Wang Lu's army of more than 300,000 people would have been hungry when they arrived in Yingdu.
More than 300,000 soldiers ate horse chews. Although it only lasted a few days, it had already consumed more than half of Yingdu's granary.
Now that the main army has withdrawn, the remaining food is only enough to last the hundreds of thousands of troops for ten months.
Therefore, as long as Zhao Jun cuts off the food road in Shuzhong, the capital of Ying will be without food in less than a month.
It can be said that as Zhao's army of 500,000 troops pressed towards the Qin army, the Qin army was already on the road to defeat.
After all, this is what war is, and opportunities are equal for everyone and any country.
If you fail to kill your opponent with one punch, the opponent's punch after regaining consciousness may kill you.
Just like now, Qin State gathered almost all the power in the world and punched Zhao State with a fierce punch, but Zhao State found it in advance and dodged it.
Looking back, I realized that the door opened wide for me to deliver this punch, and I immediately became an opportunity for my opponent.
Suffering losses is inevitable. If you want to be tough, it is a stupid thing that stupid people will do. The best way is to avoid the opponent's circle as much as possible. Even if you pay a certain price, you must not let the opponent's iron fist hit your vital points solidly.
What is the key point of Qin today?
There is no doubt that it is Hangu Pass. As long as Hangu is lost, Zhao Jun's cavalry will be able to rush into the Guanzhong Plain in an instant. By then, even if Wang Hao brings back all 300,000 troops, it will not be Zhao Jun's. rival.
To hold Hangu Pass, it would be impossible for Wang Lu's troops to return for reinforcements.
In other words, the land of Yanying became a place that Qin must abandon.
Wang Lu, who knew the emergency on the front line, immediately suggested to the King of Qin, Sun Tzu Chu, to immediately abandon the land of Yan Ying and conserve his troops.
In fact, Zi Chu knew the danger on the southern front without Wang Lu's reminder.
Without hesitation, Wang Sunzi of Chu ordered Meng Ao from the land of Yan to immediately abandon the capital of Ying and transfer to Shu.
Wang Lu's reminder was timely, and Wang Sun Chu's order was decisive, but unfortunately, Li Mu's reaction was faster than the two of them.
To be precise, because of the confusion of Tian Dan's troops heading north, the Qin army had fallen into a lag in information.
As early as when Tian Dan led his army to detour to Hangu, Li Mu, who was stationed in Chendu, was not idle either.
Under the leadership of Zhou Qi, the 100,000-strong army indeed bypassed the capital of Ying. From the north and south, they circled between Shuzhong and the capital of Ying.
As General Tian Dan's 200,000 troops appeared at Hangu Pass, Zhou Qi's troops also quickly started taking action - advancing from the north to the south.
When Zichu's order finally arrived in Yingdu, when Meng Ao wanted to take the 150,000 Qin troops in Yingdu city back to the center of Shu, Zhou Qi's 100,000-strong army had already cut off the connection between Shuzhong and Yingdu. .
Meng Ao led his army to attack several times, but still could not break through Zhou Qi's blockade.
Afterwards, Li Mu also quickly moved south with the remaining 200,000 troops, approaching Yingdu.
Seeing that his retreat was about to be seized, Meng Ao had no choice but to lead his army back to Yingdu.
As a result, Meng Ao and the 150,000 Qin army were immediately blocked in the capital of Ying and unable to move.
This really cost Qin's life.
It doesn't matter the large area of the Yanying area, but these 150,000 Qin troops are something that the current Qin State cannot afford to lose.
You know, after almost all the men in Guanzhong and Shuzhong, Qin used force to squeeze out nearly 400,000 troops. In the battle with Zhao Jun, it had already lost tens of thousands. Once these 150,000 troops were wiped out by Zhao Jun again, , Qin's main battle strength will drop to about 200,000.
This is an almost unimaginable number.
Correspondingly, the number of Zhao Jun on the opposite side will easily exceed 500,000.
Two hundred thousand versus five hundred thousand, or a growing half million and a shrinking two hundred thousand, how can we fight? !
What's more, among the 150,000 besieged troops, there was also the successor of the next general selected and trained by Wang Lu for the Qin Dynasty. If this was strangled in Yingdu, it would make the battle more than ten years later, Who is going to fight?
Oh, maybe it won’t happen more than ten years later.
But even if it hadn't happened more than ten years later, Zhao Jun's two-front offensive situation was still very clear. No matter how strong Wang Hao was, he could only take care of one side! On the other end, Meng Ao still needs to be in charge.
The only good news may be that there is still enough food and grass in Yingdu to last the Meng Ao tribe for more than a month.
However, Zhao Jun did not seem to be preparing to take Yingdu in one fell swoop. Instead, after besieging Yingdu with a large army, the rest of the troops began to sweep the land of Yingying, apparently waiting for Yingdu to run out of food.
And this gave the Qin army time and opportunity to find a way to rescue them.
Well, how should I put it, Zhao Jun is afraid that you won’t come to the rescue!
Fortunately, Zichu did not mess up his life. After receiving the news that Yingdu was besieged and Meng Ao failed to break out of the siege, Zichu immediately informed Wang Hao who had arrived at the Hangu battlefield.
The meaning is very obvious, Wang Hao needs to make a decision whether to save him or not, and how to save him?
However, what can Wang Lu, who is far away in Hangu Pass, do?
To be honest, Wang Lu really regretted it. Since he had already decided to divide his troops and go north to rescue Hangu, why did he still covet the land of Yanying? Wouldn't it be better to withdraw all his troops to the center of Shu?
With the natural danger in Shu, even an army of 30,000 to 50,000 troops would be enough to contain Zhao's attack of hundreds of thousands of troops.
It's a pity that such a greedy thought led to disaster.
To put it bluntly, empiricism kills people, and Wang Hao is still careless after all. How difficult it is to defeat Yingdu City. Wang Lu, who followed Bai Qi to capture Yingdu City, naturally knows it very well.
However, Wang Hao apparently forgot one issue: the reason why the capital of Ying was so difficult to conquer back then was not only that the city wall itself was strong and the geography itself was excellent, but more importantly, the land of Ying was originally the territory of the Chu State, and the people in the city were The people strongly supported the Chu army, and the grain reserves in Yingdu were enough for the Chu army to fight for three to five years without any problems.
But now the Yingdu in the hands of the Qin army does not have the complete defense system it had back then. The people in the city are far from being able to fully support it, and Meng Ao does not have as much food in his hands as he did back then.
The city is still the same city, but its strength is completely different.
If you are wrong, you must pay a price.
Now that the encirclement of Yingdu has been formed, even if Wang Hao ignores the danger of Hangu Pass and the safety of the pass, personally leads his troops and goes south day and night to rescue, I am afraid it will be too late and he will not be able to rescue him at all.
It is said that one thousand things are ten thousand. For the present plan, the only way is to rely on Meng Ao himself.
Looking at the silk book in his hand, Wang Lu sighed helplessly again. He knew that with his sighs, his comrades would leave one by one, and the fate of Qin's country would gradually pass away in this sigh.
For a moment, Wang Hao didn't know why he was still persisting, because there was obviously no hope.
Yes, even Wang Lu was a little discouraged, let alone the generals and soldiers below.
Facing Zhao State, which has occupied most of the way, everyone understands that Qin State has no hope.
Now that there is no hope, what is the point of persisting?
Perhaps the only slogan left is "Old Qin, we will fight against the national calamity together", allowing the soldiers of the Qin army to continue to persevere.
Just when everyone in the Qin State was in confusion, and the words "surrender" were about to come to their lips, the man stood up again.
Yes, the old King of Qin, who had been idle for a long time, stood up again.
During a court meeting, the old King of Qin did three things with lightning speed, but it temporarily stabilized the turbulent court situation and people's hearts.
"First, go to the king's house, surrender to the State of Zhao, and exchange the land of Yanying and a large amount of goods for the return of Meng Ao and other 150,000 troops;
Second, open the inner treasury and collect all the goods to pay tribute to the State of Zhao. The rest will be used to provide compensation for the fallen soldiers of the Qin army and to provide supplies for the families who are serving in the army;
Third, he should bear his own guilt, renounce the dignity of the Duke of Qin, imprison himself in the ancestral temple to reflect, make his grandson Chu the Duke of Qin, and summon the general Wang Lu and the prime minister Tu Jia to assist in the government. ".z.
The first one, whether it is to remove the title of king or to be a vassal and pay tribute, seems to be a clear attempt to delay time.
Of course, Zhao Guo would not agree, let alone say that the 150,000-strong army would return to the mountains.
However, Old King Qin’s hand was on the third level. Of course he knew that Zhao Jun would not agree, but this seemingly meaningless move told all the Qin soldiers that I had tried my best.
When it was impossible to mobilize troops for rescue, but had to give an explanation to the Qin army, this was the best way the King of Qin could come up with.
Of course, just explaining is not enough, and here comes the second one, wealth.
Since the State of Zhao refused to return the "hostages", the State of Qin would naturally not surrender and pay tribute, or at least not give all its goods to the State of Zhao.
In other words, almost all the goods in the inner treasury are for the Qin army.
With hundreds of years of accumulation by the Ying family, it is still enough to stabilize the common people and soldiers at the bottom, and of course it is worthwhile.
After stabilizing the bottom level, the next thing to stabilize is Qin's middle and senior levels.
In addition to power, King Qin had no other bargaining chip.
The self-imprisonment of the ancestral temple is to release the power of the clan, and the above-mentioned general Wang Lu and the prime minister Tu Jia to assist the government are to release the civil and military power to the nobles of the aristocratic families.
Therefore, the new power structure with the king of Qin - clan - aristocratic families as the triangle will replace the previous structure of the king of Qin dominating and controlling the civil and military families, and become the holder of the power of the Qin State.
To put it bluntly, it is to transfer the power of King Qin and the wealth of the royal family to more people, thereby stabilizing people's hearts.
In this way, whether it is for oneself or for the family, whether it is for the nobles of the middle and high-level families or the soldiers and common people at the bottom, they are firmly tied to this chariot of Qin.
The crumbling chariot seemed to be reborn in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, the path forward of this chariot was blocked by Zhao Guo.
Even so, I have to admit that the old King of Qin is the old King of Qin. He has been in charge of the Qin Kingdom for decades. After all, he is not comparable to Zi Chu.
However, this is probably the last contribution of the old King Qin.
As for how long and how far this new Qin chariot can drive, the old King Qin, who was tied to the ancestral temple, can no longer be seen...
