The Huai army cut down trees around Daliang, quickly made a large number of siege equipment, and then began to attack Daliang City.
Daliang City is a tall city with the Yellow River at its back. The Marquis of Wei dug a chasm and dug a large water network around Daliang, making Daliang easy to defend and difficult to attack.
These ditches can not only block the attack of the army and irrigate farmland, but can also use canals and ditches to transport supplies.
Huai Guo's attack did not achieve much, but it kept Daliang on alert. At the same time, another part of the Tengjia Army began to attack the reinforcements in Wei State.
There are many Wei troops coming to rescue from various places. As long as the Tengjia Army seizes the opportunity, they will defeat or eliminate them.
In just a few days, Tengjia's army defeated tens of thousands of reinforcements, forcing Wei's reinforcements to gather and come back to support.
Just when everyone in the Wei State thought that the Huai State had sent a hundred thousand troops to attack the Wei State, the Huai State's camp was filled with straw men. The total number of troops in the entire military camp was only fifteen thousand.
Five thousand elite Tengjia troops, plus 10,000 elite troops, made the area near Daliang of Wei a state of chaos.
Pang Juan led his army back to the division. The army moved quickly and soon arrived near Yinyang. Yinyang is very close to Xu State and is still within the scope of Cai State. Cai State has been attacked and destroyed. Pang Juan did not realize that someone would ambush him here.
Yinyang was the only way for Pang Juan to return to his army. After Sun Bin sent a large army to attack Daliang, he personally led his army to Yinyang.
Yinyang is named after the Yin River. The water here is wide and the water flow is gentle, suitable for large armies to cross the river. There is a pontoon bridge built on the river. Pang Juan led his army to cross the river from here.
Just as the army was halfway across the river, a cry of killing suddenly rang out, and countless arrows fell from the sky. The Huai army took the opportunity to launch an attack. The Wei army was caught off guard and had no time to form a defense line. A large number of Wei soldiers were killed.
Sun Bin stood under the banner and shouted loudly: "Pang Juan, I have been waiting here for a long time!"
The surrounding soldiers shouted in unison, and a large number of arrows fell from the sky. Wei suffered heavy casualties.
The morale of the Huai State was high, and the Tengjia Army took the lead bravely. The Wei State army was basically not wearing armor because they were in a hurry. They were suddenly attacked, and many people had no time to put on their armor.
Pang Juan quickly put up a banner and commanded the army, hoping to stabilize the military formation, but how could Sun Bin give him a chance? He immediately ordered the Tengjia troops to attack those Wei troops who wanted to form a formation, and dispersed the Wei troops.
The Wei army was forced into formation, and a large number of soldiers were driven into the river. At the same time, the Huai crossbowmen also completed their formation. A low buzzing sound sounded, and a large number of Wei soldiers were shot and killed in the next second.
The blood of countless Wei people dyed the earth red. The blood gathered and flowed into the Yin River, and the river water was also dyed red.
Tens of thousands of Wei troops were blocked by the Yin River. The Huai army continued to attack. The Wei troops suffered heavy casualties and fled in disarray. A large number of Wei troops jumped into the water and tried to swim across the Yin River. However, the Huai army kept firing arrows, and a large number of Wei troops fled. die.
Pang Juan watched with grief and anger as the Wei army was defeated. There were fleeing Wei soldiers everywhere, and only some of the guards around him still maintained their formation.
However, under the continuous attack of Huai State, these personal guards could not withstand it. They picked up Pang Juan and ran towards the river, hoping to swim across the Yin River.
The soldiers of the Huai Kingdom shouted loudly: "Pang Juan has fled, whoever surrenders will avoid death."
"Pang Juan has escaped. Those who surrender will avoid death."
The Wei army was completely defeated, and a large number of soldiers who had nowhere to escape surrendered. The south bank of the Yin River was littered with the corpses of Wei soldiers. The river was filled with a layer of Wei army corpses, and the river was blocked.
The Wei army under the command of Pang Juan suffered heavy casualties. In addition to the more than 10,000 people who fled across the river at the beginning and more than 20,000 people who were captured, a full 20,000 people were drowned or killed.
Of the 100,000 Wei soldiers, nearly 50,000 were lost in the first battle. Even the commander-in-chief Pang Juan was escorted by his personal guards and fled by swimming. The Wei army suffered heavy casualties. Sun Bin gathered his troops and horses. He did not stay long and directly led his army to escort the prisoners away.
On the other side, after learning that the Wei army was ambushed and defeated, the Korean and Zhao armies quickly sent troops to rescue them. Unfortunately, apart from helping the Wei army collect corpses with the Wei rear army, they did not encounter the Huai army at all.
After crossing the river, Pang Juan fled for more than ten miles. Then he began to gather the defeated army and at the same time sent people to find the rear army. When the rear army arrived, they had gathered no more than 10,000 people in total. Adding in the 20,000 rear army and the front army who rushed back to the country first, Wei's 100,000-strong army was reduced to less than 50,000.
Seeing the heavy losses of the army, Pang Juan looked sad: "More than half of the 100,000 army has been lost, how can I have the face to see you again?"
After he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, the guards around him rushed up to hug him tightly and took away the sword.
"General, you can't. Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. We still need generals to lead us to avenge today!"
"Today's hatred must be repaid!" Pang Juan said bitterly, looking at the Wei army that suffered heavy losses in front of him.
After Sun Binyinhe defeated the Wei army, the army turned around and marched straight into Cai State. At the same time, Wu Qi's army also rushed to the capital of Cai State to besiege Cai Capital.
Sun Bin quickly found the place where South Korea stored grain and grass through secret guards, and then the army attacked at night, breaking through the stronghold where South Korea stocked up grain and grass and cutting off South Korea's grain road.
Just when Wu Qi's army attacked Caidu, a group of remnant soldiers fled to Caidu in panic. Only then did the Marquis of Han learn that the grain road was cut off and all the grain and grass were lost. He was immediately shocked.
Caidu has been in war for many times, and its original stocks have long been exhausted. Now all the grain and grass are transferred from South Korea. Now that the grain and grass hoarding stronghold has been captured, there is not much food and grass left in the city, and the Korean army is in danger of being annihilated.
Seeing this situation, Han Hou immediately decided to withdraw his troops.
However, it was too late to withdraw at this time. Wu Qi's army had already received news that Caidu was short of food. The army surrounded Caidu. Han Hou failed to break through several times. Instead, he suffered heavy losses and was blocked in the city.
Seeing that the food in the city was exhausted, the Marquis of Han had no choice but to surrender to the Huai army.
Han Hou was captured in the first battle, and the Huai army's momentum surged. When the Zhao army in Jiang State heard the news that Han Hou had been captured, they were so frightened that they did not dare to stay any longer. They abandoned the city and retreated hastily to the north. The Huai army took advantage of the opportunity to pursue , Zhao Jun suffered considerable losses in panic.
However, most of the soldiers were finally brought back.
South Korea was unlucky. Not only was the Marquis of Han captured, but more than 20,000 of the 100,000 Korean troops were killed or wounded. Twenty thousand of them fled, and the remaining 50,000 were captured and surrendered together with the Marquis of Han.
Jiang State and Cai State were recaptured by the Huai Army, but the kings of Cai State and Jiang State had died in the war, and their offices also suffered heavy losses, so Wang Kan moved the two offices to Huai State and divided them into two cities. The city asked them to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple. The lands of Jiang State and Cai State were merged into Huai State.
On the other hand, Zhongguo also suffered heavy losses due to this war. After some discussion, Zhongguo's official office decided to merge Zhongguo into Huaiguo. The official office moved to Jinling, and the small sect was re-merged into the large sect.
In the end, only the Huang Kingdom was left in the original four-nation alliance. After the Huang Kingdom saw that the other three kingdoms had been merged into the Huai Kingdom, they immediately "took the initiative" to write to King Kan, Duke of Huai, willing to offer his land and surrender as king. Wang Kan was overjoyed and immediately agree.
(End of chapter)
