The soldiers of the Yan State have been fighting against the Yi and Di all year round, and they are still very strong. However, because the Yan State is located in the north, the climate is cold and not suitable for farming. In addition, there are few people. Although the Yan State has a land of thousands of miles, its overall strength is among the other countries. It can only be considered second-rate.
"Has the Marquis of Yan ever remembered Duke Huan of Qi's attack on Lu?" Gongsun Mao asked.
"Qi Huangong attacked Lu?" Marquis Yan said in surprise.
Gongsun Mao smiled and said: "In the past, the state of Lu competed with the state of Qi. Duke Huan was defeated first, and then he followed Guan Zhong's plan. He sold grain at a low price and harvested grain at a high price. In order to make a profit, the state of Lu rushed to plant mulberry and hemp, but few Planting grain to earn money, three years later the land of Lu was covered with mulberry trees and hemp, but there was little grain."
"Shortly after Duke Huan ordered no more grain to be sold to Lu, Lu suffered a severe famine. Duke Huan easily defeated him, and the people rushed to seek refuge with Qi. Duke Lu could only cede territory to Qi and seek peace."
"How similar is the state of Yan today to that of Lu? The price of food in Yan is high and the people cannot afford to buy it, so they can only serve Qi. If Yan is not vigilant, Lu will learn from the past!"
Marquis Yan's face became increasingly ugly.
"Damn it!"
Thinking of the recent joint attack between Qi State and the Three Jin Dynasties on Huaihe, Marquis Yan immediately decided to teach Qi State some lessons.
"Your envoy, please report back to Duke Huai that the State of Yan is willing to form an alliance with the State of Huai and attack the State of Qi. When the army of the State of Qi moves south, Gu will send an army to attack the State of Qi."
"Marquis Yan, you are truly a wise monarch."
The dark clouds of war enveloped the Central Plains. The Wei State and the Song State were still at odds with each other. After the Huai State learned that the six countries were united to attack Huaihe, they began to send out large armies and at the same time recruited the four countries of Zhong and Cai to send troops.
Wang Pu sent Xu Feng to command 10,000 Tengjia troops and 50,000 ordinary soldiers to defend the Dabie Mountains to resist the Chu army. At the same time, he mobilized the naval forces of Chaohu and Wu to go upstream to block the possible Chu navy.
Dongfang used Huai'an as a base and mobilized 10,000 Tengjia troops and 50,000 ordinary soldiers, led by Shangqing Fan Jie from the north to Shangxiapi to build a defense line to deal with Qi.
As for the three Jin coalition forces, Wang Pu personally led 30,000 Tengjia troops and 5,000 Yulin guards and 100,000 soldiers to go north. At the same time, 50,000 troops and 5,000 Yulin guards were left to guard Jinling.
In addition to recruiting 300,000 troops, Huai State also recruited 200,000 civilians to transport supplies and grain. If Huai State's water transportation was not developed, the number of civilians needed would be even greater.
The Allied Forces of the Six Nations sent troops to attack Huaihe. As expected, Qi and Chu attacked from the northeast and west respectively, while the three Jin Dynasties attacked from the north.
The Song Kingdom was in an important position, with fertile land and a large population. If it fell into the hands of the Three Jin Dynasties, their strength would immediately increase. Wang Pu led his army northward.
The three Jin Dynasties gathered an army of 250,000 troops, plus the 50,000 troops of the Wei State, for a total of 300,000 troops, and there were also 200,000 civilians. It can be said that the banners covered the sky and the sun.
Three thousand Tengjia Army reinforcements from the Huai State arrived at Shangqiu first. The Wei State could not attack the Song State, so they wanted to encircle the Song State for reinforcements. Seeing that only 3,000 people from the Huai State came, they immediately wanted to take advantage of the Huai Army's unsteady foothold to launch an attack. attack.
Unfortunately, Wei Guoli didn't know that the vanguard of the Huai Kingdom was three thousand Tengjia troops. Even if you carry a heavy load and travel hundreds of miles, you can still go into battle. This time Wei sent troops to rescue, but they did not march with armor rolled up.
Therefore, after seeing the Weiguo army coming, the three thousand Tengjia troops immediately divided into six rows and formed a formation. Wei Qi, the general of the Wei State, was very surprised to see the Huai army arrayed like this.
"It is said that the Huai army is the elite in the world. In my opinion, it is nothing more than this. However, three thousand men and horses are arrayed horizontally. How can they win? Let's see if I defeat the enemy today!"
"The general is so majestic that the Huai State is at a loss to advance or retreat. He actually set up such a battle formation. This time the general defeats the Huai army and will shock the world!" the surrounding lieutenants complimented.
"General, the elites of the Huai Kingdom are well known to the world. Don't be careless. Why don't you test them first?" another person advised.
Wei Qi laughed and said: "The Huai Kingdom came from afar, with only 3,000 troops and no rest, and with such a formation, how can they be the enemy of our country? Who knows that the art of war says: wait for work at leisure, and strike first!"
He immediately pointed to the three thousand men and horses waiting in formation not far away and said: "Sun Tzu said: If ten are to encircle an enemy, if five are to attack it, if twice as many are to divide it, if there are only three thousand exhausted troops, I have an army of ten thousand people, so I have the advantage. How can I not win this battle?"
Immediately ordered the army to attack.
After Wu Shen Nai Qing Ji, he inherited his father's bravery. He had the power to pull an ox backward and fought bravely. Seeing that Weiguo was carelessly sending ten thousand people to attack, he immediately waved his hand to stop the army in formation.
Three thousand Tengjia troops took out their crossbows one after another and lined up to string them up. The Weiguo army used chariots as the vanguard and rushed directly towards the Huaiguo army formation, followed by the army behind them. This tactic has relied on chariots to crush infantry for hundreds of years.
Seeing the charge of the Patriotic chariots, Wu Shen sneered. Since the development of bows and arrows and crossbows, this tactic of relying on chariots to charge has become outdated, and can only be used to bully the barbarians. Now Weiguo actually used this tactic to deal with the elites of Huaiguo.
The chariots rumbled forward, and the defending army pressed forward. They did not make any tests at all, hoping to overwhelm the Huai army in one battle. The pressure of facing the chariot charge is extremely high. If the will is not firm enough, facing the overwhelming momentum, it will directly collapse and starve.
Huai Guo's Tengjia Army was naturally battle-hardened. Facing the chariot charge, three thousand men remained motionless. There was total silence in the battle formation. This surprised the defending soldiers who were charging.
Seeing the chariot rushing towards him, with only eighty steps left, Wu Shen immediately ordered: "Let go!"
'Bang bang bang! '
The dull sound of bowstrings sounded instantly, and the first row of five hundred crossbow arrows was released instantly. The crossbow arrows instantly passed through a distance of tens of meters. The horses rushing in the front row were instantly hit by arrows. The crossbow arrows were extremely powerful and penetrated directly into the bodies of the horses. The horses screamed. With a sound, they all fell over, and the chariots behind them were unable to dodge and crashed into them.
Then the second row of crossbowmen immediately stepped forward, and five hundred crossbow arrows were fired again. Then the third row, the fourth row, and six consecutive rows of crossbowmen continued to fire alternately. The entire military formation was in motion, and the flow of arrows continued without stopping. Like rain, falling one after another.
There was a continuous flow of crossbow arrows. Those chariots that were lucky enough to escape the previous round of crossbow arrows could not escape the second round. Under the continuous rain of arrows, they fell to the ground one after another, while the Patriot soldiers who charged behind the chariot It fell down like mowing grass.
The continuous arrows caused heavy casualties to the charging army of Wei State. Even the armored shields they wore could not stop Huai State's crossbow arrows.
The power of crossbows is inherently greater than that of bows and arrows, not to mention that the Tengjia Army is equipped with full-strength crossbows, which are powerful enough to weigh two stones (one stone is one hundred and twenty kilograms), and can penetrate the iron armor of the Huai Kingdom within fifty steps. What's more, It is the armor of defending the country. The Weiguo who rushed forward suffered numerous casualties.
Such heavy casualties directly caused the collapse of the Weiguo army. Seeing the enemy's defeat, Wu Shen immediately led his army to attack in a disastrous defeat. Ten thousand Guardsmen were killed and corpses littered the fields.
(End of chapter)
