In the winter of 252 BC, Qin Yiqu rebelled, and Wang He could not pacify it. He returned to Zhao to destroy Chu. When the emperor heard about it, he knew that Zhao was destined to be king.
Then he raised another 450,000 troops and divided them into three groups to destroy Qin.
Along the way, commanded by General Li Mu, a total of 120,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry entered the Yiqu grassland through Zhongshan. They met with Yiqu's army and attacked Wang Lu's headquarters of the Qin army.
The second route was led by General Zhou Qi, with 150,000 soldiers all serving as infantry, to attack Qin's Han Valley.
The three armies, commanded by veteran general Tian Dan, also numbered 150,000 troops, half on horseback and on foot, leaving Dashan Pass and advancing towards Xianyang.
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Obviously, although Wang Lu had decided to redeploy and use tough measures to completely solve Yiqu's troubles, it was a pity that it was too late.
Although the 150,000-strong army led by Wang Lu quickly surrounded Yiqu's main army of more than 30,000 people, the news that the Zhao army's cavalry broke into the Yiqu grassland had already reached Wang Lu before he could launch a general attack. In the wild ears.
Wang Lu knew very well that if he continued to attack Yiqu, he would not be able to annihilate them in a short time. Instead, he would fall into a situation where he would be attacked from both inside and outside by the Yiqu army and the Zhao army.
In desperation, Wang Lu had no choice but to withdraw from the siege and give up annihilating the Yiqu Army that had finally been surrounded.
The siege of Yiqu was solved.
However, it was also thanks to Wang Lu's skill in using troops.
In fact, Zhao Jun, under the leadership of Li Mu, scored several points faster than Qin Jun expected.
Just as the Qin army withdrew and gathered its troops, Li Mu had already led the Zhao army's cavalry to a place less than ten miles away from the battlefield.
Obviously, as long as Wang Lu hesitated for half a day, Qin and Zhao would have already fought together.
Although Wang Hao also has an army of 150,000, and the main force of Zhao's army may not have fully arrived, facing such a form of internal and external attacks, the Qin army is very likely to be severely damaged.
In other words, Wang Hao led the Qin army to avoid disaster almost by relying on his keen sense of battlefield.
It's a pity that under the current situation, no matter how keen Wang Lu's battlefield sense is, there is nothing he can do to save it.
Because Zhao Jun had the help of Yi Qu and his understanding of Zhao Jun's heavy cavalry, Wang Hao did not dare to stay on the grassland for too long.
Almost as soon as the Zhao army gathered its troops, Wang Hao led his 150,000 troops out of Yiqu Grassland, and based on Lishi Fortress, they launched a defensive posture and waited for the arrival of reinforcements.
However, in today's Qin State, where can one send reinforcements even one soldier at a time?
Just as Li Mu led his army to gallop on the Yiqu grassland, Zhou Qi's 150,000 troops were already outside Han Valley.
Facing 150,000 Zhao troops, the mere 80,000 troops in Hangu Pass did not dare to move at all.
As for the Qin army in Guanzhong, they were also held back by Tian Dan's army coming out of Sanguan.
Oh, no, not holding back, but surrounding tightly.
Tian Dan's army came out from Sanguan Pass and fought and won consecutively. First, they strangled the more than 10,000 Qin troops who were monitoring Sanguan Pass. Then they went straight into the middle of Guanzhong and captured the two Qin states of Yueyang and Jingyang. The former capital of the country.
In the end, Yongcheng, the last gateway before Xianyang, also fell into Tian Dan's hands.
In order to avoid losses in Xianyang, Prince Chu of Qin had no choice but to gather all the soldiers in Guanzhong to Xianyang.
Even so, the number of soldiers in Xianyang now only exceeds 50,000.
There was no way, even though Meng Ao's troops were completely wiped out and Li Mu led his army to occupy Hanzhong and Dashan Pass, Prince Chu of Qin went out of his way to raise an army of tens of thousands more.
However, with the constant consumption at Dashan Pass and Hangu Pass over the past year, by the time the Zhao army attacked, Qin's total military strength was only about 300,000. ..
As Tian Dan advanced, Qin lost not only its territory, but also its precious troops.
Therefore, when Tian Dan surrounded Xianyang, Zi Chu only had 50,000 men in his hands, while Wang Lu's 150,000 troops far away from Lishi Fortress were already the strongest of the Qin army.
Facing the endless Zhao army camp outside the city, Prince Chu of Qin also became ill and sought medical treatment in a hurry.
In order to protect Xianyang, Zichu did not hesitate to issue dozens of orders to the king. He ordered Wang Lun to leave the fortress and fight the Zhao army at Yiqu, and then led his troops back to Xianyang to aid.
This moment is just like that moment.
Qin General Wang Lu finally understood how Zhao General Lian Po felt by the Bishui River.
If you go to war, you will be defeated; if you don't go to war, the country will perish.
This is never a multiple-choice question, but a fill-in-the-blank question that must be answered incorrectly.
The difference is that at that time, Lian Po also had Wei and Chu who could provide support, and Zhao Kuo came out of the blue to break the deadlock.
But now, apart from Zhao and Qin, there is only one country left among the seven countries, Qi.
Not to mention that the current Qi State is no longer the Qi State that is known as the East and West Emperors together with Qin State. Even if it is, it is already too late for Qi State to send troops to save it.
Without him, Wang Lun's food supply would have been exhausted.
It's not that the King of Qin threatened Wang Lu to lead his army to fight immediately by cutting off the grain, but with the advancement of Tiandan, especially the successive losses of Yueyang, Jingyang, Yongcheng and other places, more than half of the grain and grass that the Qin State had hoarded for many years actually reached the Zhao army. in hand.
There is no way, as the former capital, Yueyang, Jingyang, Yongcheng and other places have a large number of granaries, so these places also serve as important food storage places in addition to Xianyang.
However, Zhao Jun's attack was so sudden that Qin had no time to transfer the food from each city.
Well, perhaps it should be said that from the bottom of its heart, the Qin State was still not prepared for Guanzhong to be easily broken through and occupied by the Zhao army, which allowed a lot of food and grass to fall into the hands of the Zhao army.
Of course, with Tian Dan's siege of Xianyang and the raids on surrounding cities, in fact, the King of Qin could no longer provide more food to Wang Lu through Xianyang.
Although there are more or less reserves of food in the surrounding cities controlled by the Qin army such as Lishi Fortress, these reserves are obviously not enough to consume Wang Lu's army of 150,000 people.
Therefore, whether it was for food considerations or to obey the king's orders, Wang Hao had to take action.
However, fighting Zhao Jun with heavy cavalry on the grassland is no different from seeking death. Wang Hao will not consider this option at all.
Then, there are actually not many options left for Wang Lu, and almost all the options he wants are accompanied by great risks.
But in the end, Wang Hao made up his mind: failure or failure.
"The army is ordered to withdraw from Lishi Fortress in batches from now on and march towards Xianyang." Wang Lu said seriously: "We must not let the news leak out, and we must not let the Zhao army on the opposite side feel our departure."
"The Chinese army left 10,000 people." Wang Lu then continued: "Pretend to be the main force and withstand the Zhao army's temptation and attack at Lishi Fortress."
Wang Hao, who was worried, then ordered: "Facing Zhao Jun's attack, we must respond quickly and toughly. We must not give Li Mu any chance to doubt."
"Yes." The messenger next to him agreed immediately.
Wang Lu's method is simple: Use a small number of troops to pretend to be the main force to attract the Zhao army on the frontal battlefield, thereby buying time for the real main force to return to Xianyang to relieve the siege.
The reason is to go back to Xianyang instead of Hangu Pass.
The reason is also very simple. Even if the war at Hangu Pass is urgent, it is still within the controllable range. But Xianyang is different. Once the King of Qin cannot bear the pressure or despairs and opens the gate of Xianyang to surrender, then It really makes no sense to me.
It should be said that this is the only promising way that Wang Lu can think of to make a comeback.
Although this plan is not difficult to implement, it is not ordinary.
The first thing to do is to deceive Li Mu's eyes on Yiqu Grassland.
Once Li Mu discovers the news of Wang Lu's departure, he will definitely take all his troops and follow him. Under the pursuit of the Zhao army, which is mainly cavalry, it is difficult for the Qin army not to suffer a loss.
The next thing to do is to kill the Zhao army that besieged Xianyang in the shortest possible time.
Yes, if you want to strangle, just repelling them is not enough, at least they must defeat and cause great damage to the Zhao army.
If it is just a repulse, the Zhao army can station in Yongcheng, wait for the Zhao army in Yiqu to go south together, and continue to attack from both sides, but the Xianyang dilemma still cannot be solved.
Only by causing greater losses to this Zhao army, and even regaining a lot of lost ground in one fell swoop, and even regaining the Great San Pass, can we completely avoid the possibility of being attacked from the north and the south.
Finally, after defeating the Zhao army that besieged Xianyang, they had to continue to attack Li Mu's troops heading south from Yiqu.
After a big battle, it is obviously difficult to continue to fight against a team that is not weaker than one's own.
It can be said that none of these three items is simple, but none of them can fail. If Qin is defeated, it will be over.
However, it is not impossible to achieve these three things.
As long as the army stationed at Lishi Fortress is firm enough and able to fight back without hesitation in the face of Zhao Jun's attack, it is still possible to temporarily deceive Li Mu;
At the same time, because the march was secretive enough, it should not be a big problem to launch a sudden attack on the Zhao army after approaching Xianyang. Not to mention completely strangling this force, at least defeating this group of troops. .
As for facing Li Mu in the end.
It can be said that this is the step that Wang Lu is most unsure about. After all, in the head-on confrontation, Qin Jun seems to be no longer Zhao Jun's opponent.
This really made Wang Lu feel a little ashamed.
But no matter what, this is the only possible way to succeed.
Immediately, the Qin army slowly evacuated from Lishi Fortress under Wang Lu's control.
It's a pity that Wang Hao still underestimated Zhao Guo's intelligence department.
There was no way, in the previous battles, there were many people in the Zhao army who impressed Wang Hao, such as the former heavy cavalry, but Wang Hao didn't know much about the intelligence work that was hidden behind the scenes.
Therefore, just when Wang Hao cautiously began to increase the number of troops and reduce the number of troops, his plan had actually been exposed to the eyes of Zhao Jun.
Not only Li Mu, but also Tian Dan and even Zhou Qi outside Hangu Pass have received the news.
There is no way, in this situation where the world is about to be unified, who in the world doesn't understand Zhao? !
