A few days later, Li Ji led his army to Yiyang. At the same time, the Qin army's 100,000 troops were also gathered.
Subsequently, the two sides launched their first battle on the great plain outside Yiyang.
In this battle, both sides had a total of 200,000 troops. The scene was extremely huge, and the battle line stretched for dozens of miles.
For this first battle, Li Ji also wanted to test Su Yi's strength against the bravery of the soldiers on both sides. Therefore, he arranged his troops in formations and outflanked them, maximizing the on-the-spot command ability of a commander.
Su Yi responded calmly and counterattacked his various strategic arrangements one by one. Then, with the courage of the Qin army, he carried out a certain frontal crushing.
In this battle, both sides suffered losses from each other. After the war, certain statistics and analysis began to be made.
On the side of the Qin army, all the generals gathered. Lin Chu took the lead and said: "Commander Su, according to the information we have received, Li Ji is an ancestor of the general of the Jin state. He has served in the army for more than ten years and has served as a general of the Jin state." In the original struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains, he captured many cities and fought sixteen large and small battles, with more victories than defeats. In the Jin Kingdom, he was the second-largest general besides Ren Ying."
"Well..." Su Yi nodded after listening and said: "Li Ji can be said to be a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. His advantage is that he has rich experience and never takes risks. This kind of person is actually very good. Difficult to deal with, as can be seen from today’s battle on the plains, his on-the-spot command ability and military talent.”
After hearing what he said, Goldman Sachs tentatively said: "Then, shall we continue to fight a tough battle with the Jin army?"
Su Yi shook his head: "Although our army is not afraid of this kind of face-to-face decisive battle, I don't like it. But if Li Ji insists on fighting today, we can only weaken his spirit first."
As he spoke, he looked around again and said, "Give me the order. From today on, we must stand firm without fighting. We must find Li Ji's weaknesses, attack his shortcomings, and then make plans."
"I have the order!" All the generals clasped their fists.
On his side, he temporarily decided to stick to Yiyang and look for Li Ji's flaws. On the other side, Li Ji also made the same summary of the battle.
In the Chinese army's tent, after listening to his subordinates' report on the casualties after the battle, Li Ji couldn't help but shook his head slightly and said:
"Today's battle shows how brave the Qin army is. The Qin people are no longer the same. Their officers and men are as good as tigers and wolves. If we continue fighting like this, our officers and men will not be as good as the Qin army on the frontal battlefield. This One thing, we must admit that only by knowing each other’s strengths and our own weaknesses can we avoid their strengths.”
He said it very seriously. When the Jin generals heard this, they first looked at each other, and then the deputy general clasped his fists and said: "Then, in Commander Li's opinion, how will our troops fight next? If we don't fight a tough battle with the Qin army, Yiyang will How to recover it?"
"It is too early to talk about regaining Yiyang now. The top priority should be to prevent the Qin army from continuing to penetrate into our country. Therefore, my commander-in-chief intends to first deploy several lines of defense after Yiyang. Yiyang is lost, but there must be no next step. Lose another city!”
After finishing speaking, he added: "In addition, the king of messengers, tell the king the current situation of the war."
After the First World War, Su Yi did not want to kill another thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses, so he began to make military plans and prepared to use strange moves to win. Li Ji was even more like this. At the same time, he was worried that Su Yi would continue to advance, so he led his troops to retreat. Dozens of miles away, in front of Yiyang, a defense line began to be deployed.
There was a brief lull in the fighting, and both sides were planning. More than ten days later, Li Ji's battle report also reached the Jin court.
Hearing that Yiyang had been lost, it can be imagined that King Jin was furious and couldn't help but cursed all eighteen generations of Bao Jing's ancestors.
Li Ji had already beheaded him because he had escaped from the battle, but the king of Jin was still angry. He crumpled the battle report on the king's case into a ball and threw it into the main hall:
"Behead! Kill Bao Jing, the dog thief, and his entire family!"
He was a king, so he was furious, and all the ministers below him were silent and lowered their bodies tightly, not daring to express their anger.
After venting his anger, King Jin took a few deep breaths, then looked at Prime Minister Jin and said, "Prime Minister, is there any news from Huan Guo?"
"This..." The Prime Minister of Jin hesitated for a moment and then said: "Back to your Majesty, after our envoys lobbied, King Huan agreed on the surface, but in fact, he was a bit pushy and obstructive.
"This common man!" King Jin was furious again and couldn't help scolding: "King Huan is a shameless villain! He is two-faced and vacillating! It's really not a plan!"
The Prime Minister of Jin swallowed his saliva and said tentatively: "The reason why King Huan is like this is just to have a wait-and-see attitude. But now, Yiyang has been captured by the Qin army. This is extremely unfavorable for our country, not only for the Huan Kingdom." The problem is more of a strategic issue."
"Then what's the prime minister's plan?" King Jin asked depressedly.
"It's better to send envoys to Qin to give it a try." The Prime Minister of Jin had no choice.
After hearing this, the King of Jin secretly shook his head and said: "Now the King of Qin, in the name of sending assassins to assassinate me, raises his troops to attack me. If you go to Qin at this time, do you think that the King of Qin will easily stop his troops?"
"If you don't give up, you have to give it a try. Maybe the king should give in. Isn't the Qin country poor? Maybe the king of Qin's gold and silver can promote peace." Jin Xiang said.
However, upon hearing this, King Jin found it difficult to accept: "Prime Minister, do you want me to submit to the little Lord Qin in that barbaric country?"
"This is not submission. As a monarch, your Majesty should understand that lost land is far more important than gold and silver. If we can exchange gold and silver for peace, why not?" said the Prime Minister of Jin.
King Jin took a deep breath again, and after a long silence, he said helplessly: "Okay, let's follow what the prime minister said and send envoys to Qin."
The Jin State, due to fighting on two fronts, did not want to fight with the Qin State anymore, so it sent envoys. At this moment, Su Yi captured Yiyang and killed 10,000 prisoners, which was also reported to the Qin State Court.
In the court meeting hall, some ministers began to impeach Su Yi on this matter, saying: "Your Majesty, in our land of China, although the countries are competing for hegemony, the killing of prisoners will definitely be confirmed. If our Qin army does this, then in the future, The people of the world will increasingly say that we, the people of Qin, are barbarians."
Another minister echoed: "Yes, Your Majesty, although Su Yi captured Yiyang, there was no need to massacre 10,000 prisoners. This is a big mistake. Your Majesty, you must not ignore it and you must not punish it."
Next, several more civil servants stood up and impeached Su Yi to some extent. In the end, Xiao Yuan was under pressure and could only say face-to-face:
"Okay, Su Yi's killing of prisoners is indeed inappropriate, and I will definitely ask him for his culpability! Now is not the time to talk about this."
As he spoke, he continued: "Now Yiyang has been captured by our army, and the door of the Jin Kingdom is wide open. In order to prevent Huan Kingdom from suddenly joining the war, I wish to send an envoy immediately to meet King Huan and lobby him. "
The King of Jin sent envoys to Huan, and Xiao Yuan did the same. At this time, the Central Plains also officially started the stage of war.
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