After Su Yue received the edict from the Marquis of Han, he rushed directly from South Korea to Zhao. Among the Three Jins, Zhao State had the largest territory, but Zhao State had to face Lou Fan, Zhongshan and other Yi Di in the north.
Before Wei's reform, the strength of Zhao and Wei were about the same. However, after Wei's reform and strengthening, Wei's strength had far exceeded that of Zhao.
Su Yue traveled north and soon arrived in Jinyang, where he was received by Marquis Zhao.
Zhao Hou naturally knew the purpose of Su Yue's coming, but Zhao Guoxian wanted to conquer Zhongshan and did not want to fight Qi Chu. Therefore, after meeting Su Yue, Zhao Hou said directly: "I already know your purpose of coming. It's just that Zhongshan State in the north of Zhao State has invaded. It needs to deal with Zhongshan State and is unable to deal with Qi Chu."
Su Yue smiled and said: "Zhongshan's country is a barbarian country. Although it has soldiers, it is trapped in it. To Zhao country, it is like a disease of mustard moss. Although it makes people irritated, it is not fatal. But Qi Chu is a danger very close at hand."
"I have never seen anyone who doesn't deal with the immediate disaster first and instead cares about trivial matters. There must be no such person."
"Zhao Hou, the three Jins are united. Wei and South Korea have formed an alliance against Qi and Chu. If Wei and South Korea fail, only Zhao will be left among the three Jins. Do you think Zhao can survive alone? The three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han are closely interdependent. Without it, can the tooth be saved?"
Zhao Hou was soon shaken. As he said, the three countries of Zhao, Wei and Han were dependent on each other. If Wei and South Korea were defeated by Qi and Chu, Zhao would not be able to hold on for long.
After thinking about it for a while, Marquis Zhao asked Wei to help deal with Zhongshan, and then agreed to form an alliance with Han Wei.
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Chu and Qi promised Qin to send troops, and soon the two countries' allied forces began to attack Wei. However, when they attacked, they discovered that South Korea and Zhao had also sent troops. At one time, there were actually five countries fighting in the Central Plains.
The Wei State defended the city, and with the help of South Korea and Zhao, although it was at a disadvantage, it was still able to encourage and persevere. Defend and compete for one city after another. Although Qi and Chu continued to gain victories and conquered cities and territories, their progress was not fast, and the two countries also had to be prepared for South Korea and Zhao to cut off their retreat.
War was raging in the east of Wei State, and the war with Qin State in the west was even more intense.
Wu Qi wanted to train Wei soldiers, but the land of Xihe was not completely occupied by Wei. Wu Qi commanded an army of 50,000 and Qin's army of 200,000 defended it.
Because of the continuous defeats, Qin no longer had any psychological advantage over Wei. On the contrary, Wei's morale was high. Therefore, the Qin army built a large number of fortifications in order to block Wu Qi.
Wu Qi saw that the Qin army was heavily defended and suffered too much loss in a strong attack. So he planned to lure the snake out of its hole and tempt Qin to attack. Immediately Wu Qi sent someone to deliver a message to Young Master Cheng, asking him to lead the army to slow down the march.
At the same time, he deliberately let the female cadres of the Qin army get the news. The Qi and Chu armies attacked Wei and won consecutive battles. Wei sent troops to reinforce.
When Qin learned that Qi and Chu were attacking Wei, Wei was defeated in consecutive battles and its morale was greatly shaken. After the Wei State mobilized its army to come back for reinforcements, the Marquis of Qin felt that this was an opportunity. The continuous defeats made him urgently need a victory to enhance his prestige. The Marquis of Qin immediately ordered the Qin army to attack.
In his opinion, if the Wei army returns to support and there is a threat from Qi and Chu in the rear, the remaining Wei army must be in panic. And he has 200,000 Qin troops, and Wei troops only number 50,000. The advantage is mine! It’s time to drive Wei out of the land of Xihe! So the Marquis of Qin personally ordered the main force of the Qin army to attack Wu Qi and uproot Wei's stronghold in Xihe.
The Qin army marched out together. The Qin army at the Xihe defense line cut off Wu Qi's retreat, and the Qin army stationed in Zhengdi also set out to attack Wu Qi. Two hundred thousand troops besieged Wu Qi and wanted to annihilate these Wei troops.
Wu Qi was not afraid in the face of danger, and 50,000 Wei soldiers went out to fight against the Qin army's 200,000 troops.
"Although the Qin people have 200,000 people, they are nothing more than a native chicken, a tile, a dog's ear, how can they compare with the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty?"
The soldiers of Wei under the command of Wu Qi were among the best in the world and were extremely brave in battle. Although the Qin army had 200,000 soldiers, their command and mobilization was bloated and slow, and they could not compare with the soldiers of Wei.
The two sides fought a decisive battle in Zhengdi. Wu Qi commanded the Wei soldiers to drive them like an arm. Although the Qin army had 200,000 people, how could it be fought with a large army?
Is it that easy?
Wu Qi led the army to quickly penetrate and attack the Qin army. The Qin army of 200,000 was like a bloated giant. Although it was powerful, it could not give full play to its military advantage.
Wei Wu's soldiers were extremely fast and fought bravely. Wu Qi attacked the Qin army, but the surrounding Qin army had no time to come, and the Wei soldiers defeated the Qin army. Relying on their local advantage, Wei soldiers broke through seven formations in a row. The Qin army was in chaos and collapsed.
The 200,000-strong army was defeated miserably. When the Qin army was besieging Wu Qi, Wei Gongzi took the opportunity to break through Qin's Xihe defense line. The Xihe defense line that Qin had worked so hard to build completely collapsed.
The State of Wei occupied the land of Xihe, and the State of Qin fled in panic. In order to block the advance of Wei's troops, the State of Qin established a defense line in Luoshui. After occupying the land of Xihe, Wu Qi did not continue the attack. Instead, he led a large army to return for reinforcements. He traveled hundreds of miles in one day and thousands of miles in seven days, rushing from the land of Xihe to the east of Wei.
Wu Qi led his army back to Wei State quickly, and then used South Korea to get behind the Qi and Chu coalition forces. At this time, the Qi-Chu coalition forces were continuing to attack Wei and did not realize that Wei's reinforcements had arrived.
When the Qi and Chu coalition forces attacked the city, Wu Qi's army took the opportunity to attack from behind the two armies. At the same time, Zhao and South Korea also sent troops at this time.
The Qi-Chu allied forces were horrified when they saw the Han, Zhao and Wei armies encircling them on three sides. Qi-Chu had always thought that the Wei army was still struggling with the Qin army, but they never expected that the Qin army was defeated in the first battle and the 200,000-strong army was wiped out. Nor did they expect that the Wei army would march so fast. They marched thousands of miles in seven days and launched a sneak attack while the Qi and Chu coalition forces were attacking.
Wu Qi commanded Wei Wu's soldiers to attack. The Qi-Chu coalition forces were temporarily united for profit. At critical moments, they wanted to use each other as a backing, and they did not work together at all.
As a result, both sides failed to cooperate at all, and were easily defeated by Wei soldiers. The Chu army's leader died in the battle, and the entire army was wiped out. The Qi army was besieged and had to surrender. Wu Qi defeated the Qi-Chu coalition forces in one battle and captured the Marquis of Qi.
Wei defeated the Qin army of 200,000 in one battle, defeated the Chu army, and captured the marquis of Qi. The world was shocked. Seeing Wei Guo's amazing results, all the countries in the world were shocked. The soldiers of Wei State in Wei State became famous in one battle.
At the same time, seeing that the Wei State had become so powerful in a short period of time, all the countries in the world began to invite Legalist scholars to various countries, hoping to reform and become stronger.
It's just that although these princes invited Legalist scholars, none of them could reform as unswervingly as the Marquis of Wei. After all, not everyone has the courage and skill to completely suppress the aristocracy.
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In the thirty-third year of Duke Wen of Wei, Wei attacked Qin. The Qin army sent envoys to Qi and Chu for help. Qi and Chu attacked Wei and rescued Qin. Yue joined forces with Han and Zhao, and the five kingdoms fought in Wei. He showed that the enemy was weak, and the Marquis of Qin made a mistake. He raised all his troops to attack, and waited for work. He defeated them in a big way, and the Qin army died in his home. Later, he led his army to march thousands of miles in seven days, and defeated Chu and captured the Marquis of Qi in one battle. ——"Historical Records·Biography of Wu Qi"
