Wei Zong led 5,000 Tengjia troops to guard Bao Valley, and 80,000 troops from Western Chu attacked.
Baogu Valley is not spacious, and the 80,000 troops of the Western Chu Kingdom can only line up in a long snake. The army was blocked by the Huai State after several attacks. The Tengjia Army was very powerful, and the location of the valley mouth was so large that the Xichu State's numerical advantage could not be used at all. Tens of thousands of troops were blocked in the valley, unable to advance or retreat.
The Western Chu State attacked three times in a row, but was repelled by the Tengjia Army. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army originally returned to help Hanzhong, but they were blocked at the mouth of the valley, and they were all very anxious.
In addition, the army's food and grass were about to be cut off, making the Western Chu army even more anxious. In the next three days, the Western Chu army attacked almost day and night, trying to break through the entrance of the valley. However, under the calm response of the Huaiguo Tengjia Army, they were all blocked.
Even under the fierce attack of the Western Chu State regardless of casualties, the Huai State's camp was destroyed. But just when the Western Chu army thought that it would break through the Huai Army this time, the Tengjia troops withdrew to the second line of defense.
After the Huai State occupied the Bao Valley, because the width of the Bao Valley was limited, the army could not line up, so Wei Zong built three camps in the Bao Valley. In other words, if the Western Chu army wanted to get out of the Bao Valley, they needed to break through. Three camps will do.
Just when the Xichu Kingdom was excited about breaking through the camp, thinking that they were going to leave the valley this time, a second camp appeared in front of them not far ahead.
After seeing another camp appear, the originally high morale of the Western Chu Kingdom suddenly fell to the bottom. Many soldiers of the Western Chu State even had the idea of what was the use of breaking this camp. If you break one, the Huai people can build two.
The Huai people can afford it, but they can't afford it.
Seeing this situation, the army of Western Chu State almost fell into despair, and Xiang Yun, the leader of Western Chu State, turned pale. Now there are only two ways left before him, surrender to Qin or surrender to Huai.
The Huai Kingdom and the Western Chu Kingdom had a feud for annihilation. Among the nobles who migrated to the Western Chu Kingdom, which family did not have an elder who died in the hands of the Huai Kingdom, and which family's fiefdom was not occupied by the Huai Kingdom.
These people were very hostile to the Huai State and were unwilling to surrender to the Huai State. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Western Chu State had no hatred towards the Huai State. In addition, the families of these soldiers were in Nanzheng, and they wanted to surrender to Huai State. As for surrendering to Qin, once these soldiers know about it, it is very likely that these soldiers will directly rebel.
When Wei Zong saw the low morale of the Western Chu army, he immediately knew that the time had come. So an envoy was sent to bring over the family members of the soldiers in Nanzheng City.
After occupying Nanzheng, the Huai State adopted the same method. The army sent soldiers to control order, directly killed all those who committed crimes, controlled the treasury, opened warehouses for the people to release grain, and controlled the nobles and wealthy households in the city.
Coupled with the curfew and the continuous sitting system, the entire Nanzheng was quickly controlled by the Huai army.
The morale of the Western Chu army was low, and they were unable to break through the Huai army camp several times in a row. At this time, the psychological pressure had reached the extreme. As long as there was an introduction, the entire army would fall like dominoes in an instant.
Wei Zong sent people to bring the family members of the soldiers from the Western Chu Kingdom in Nanzheng, and then asked them to stand in front of the camp and shout at the soldiers from the Western Chu Kingdom.
"Son, the Huai people have occupied Nanzheng. They did not massacre, but distributed food to our family. Your mother and daughter-in-law are fine. Come back quickly!"
"San'er, Mom is here. Mom is fine. The Huai people distributed food and allocated fields to our family. Come back quickly!"
The calls of their parents made the Western Chu army lose their fighting spirit. The soldiers in the entire camp looked at the coach Xiang Yun. Xiang Yun looked at the expectant eyes. He knew that this battle for the Western Chu Kingdom was complete. Defeated, he closed his eyes with a long sigh and said softly: "Surrender!"
As Xiang Yun finished speaking, the entire camp seemed to heave a sigh of relief. This time, he no longer had to die and could still be reunited with his family.
Soon the soldiers of the Western Chu State put down their weapons, surrendered to the Huai State, put down their weapons, and entered the Huai State military camp. Soon these people saw their relatives in their hometown, and they were completely relieved of their initial vigilance.
Wei Zong registered these soldiers and then released them home. All the people and surrendered soldiers in Nanzheng were grateful to Wei Zong.
Just after the Western Chu army surrendered, Xiang Yun, the chief general of the Western Chu State, also committed suicide in the camp.
As one of the few nobles in the Chu Kingdom, the Xiang family has always been an important noble in the Western Chu Kingdom. Xiang committed suicide, and the Western Chu Kingdom was almost at the point of destruction.
Wei Zong registered the soldiers of the Western Chu Kingdom and tied them together using the continuous sitting method. After these soldiers returned home after several hard battles, they completely lost their fighting spirit, and Nanzheng was firmly controlled by Huai State.
After Wei Zong left some troops in Shangyong and Nanzheng respectively, he began to lead the remaining cities to attack. Shangyong and Nanzheng have been captured. How can these remaining small cities be Huaiguo's opponents?
The Huai State army was like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves, conquering the Chu State cities on the Hanzhong Plain. The entire Hanzhong Plain also fell completely into the hands of the Huai Kingdom.
In order to prevent the Qin army from attacking, Wei Zong once again built a camp in Bao Valley.
At the same time, Wei Zong also left a large number of soldiers at the pass from Guanzhong to Shu, and mobilized Minzhuang to repair it.
There were 100,000 craftsmen in the Huaiguo army. After Wei Zong completed the occupation of Hanzhong, he began to transform and repair the roads in Hanzhong.
One hundred thousand people were distributed throughout Hanzhong, and a large number of craftsmen were recruited to build roads and repair water conservancy in Hanzhong. The work-for-relief method was adopted to allow the people of Huai State to obtain money and food.
It was not difficult for Huai State to capture Hanzhong and there were not many casualties, but the war between Qin State and Western Chu State in Bashu was very fierce.
Especially when the soldiers of the Western Chu State learned of the great changes in the rear, they continued to attack, harass and entangle them, trapping the 100,000-strong army of the Western Chu State in the land of Bashu.
Sima Cuo led the army to take advantage of the opportunity of the Western Chu army, which was shaken in morale and wanted to retreat, and suddenly cut off the Western Chu army's food route. The tens of thousands of Western Chu army were short of food and their morale collapsed. The Qin army took the opportunity to attack and defeated them. Beheaded tens of thousands. Sima Cuo occupied the land of Brazil.
After occupying the land of Brazil, Sima Cuo led his army to attack Bazhong and destroy Western Chu in one battle. At this time, the envoy from Xianyang also rushed over. It was really difficult to travel to Shu. At this time, Sima Cuo knew that Qin was at war with the five kingdoms and the country was almost destroyed.
After receiving the news, Sima Cuo had no choice but to give up and continue to attack Western Chu, leaving most of his soldiers to garrison, and then personally led 5,000 Qin troops to return for rescue.
After the Huai and Qin attacks, most of the Western Chu army was completely wiped out, leaving only some city defenders and tens of thousands of troops guarding Jiangdu.
(End of chapter)
