From the beginning of the fight to conquer the world

Chapter 90 The Battle of Guiling

During the reign of King Hui of Wei, the State of Wei sent General Pang Juan to lead 8 elite troops to attack the State of Zhao and surrounded Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao.King Qi Wei was about to expand outwards, so he appointed Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the army adviser, and led [-] troops to rescue Zhao.

I believe many people know the story of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, but I believe most people don't know what happened.

At the beginning of this war, Tian Ji adopted Sun Bin's tactics of "criticizing Kang and making falsehoods" and "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", and sent his troops to approach Pingling, an important military town of Wei State.

The Qi army was not resolute in attacking Pingling, and Pang Juan was not in a hurry to rescue him, and continued to do his best to conquer Handan.It wasn't until the Wei army had occupied Handan, and Sun Bin suggested that the Qi army send troops to attack the Wei capital Liang, forcing King Hui of Wei to order Pang Juan to lead his troops back to rescue.

After Pang Juan received the order, he had to abandon Handan, abandoned his luggage, and returned to the army day and night.Sun Bin judged that the Wei army must pass through Guiling when returning to the division, and immediately led the main force of the Qi army to go northward and set up an ambush in Guiling.

When the Wei army traveled a long distance to Guiling, the Qi army who was waiting for work suddenly attacked and defeated the Wei army. Pang Juan fled back to Wei alone.

Although the result of this war did not have a great impact on the state of Wei, it was mainly to let later generations remember the ability of Sun Bin, a master military strategist, and the example of besieging Wei and saving Zhao for future generations to learn from winning more battles with less.But this is also the first time that the Wei State has suffered a major defeat since it ruled the Central Plains. This is a heavy blow to the prestige of the Wei State's invincibility.

As for the battle of Ma Ling between Wei State and Qi State in the next few years, it directly pulled Wei State, the first hero of the Warring States, from the altar, causing a decline that lasted for nearly a hundred years, and finally evolved into what it is now dilemma.

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Guiling is a very special place.

To the south is Pushui, and to the north is the Jindi River, the old course of the Yellow River. As long as you pass Guiling and follow the Jindi River all the way to the northeast, you will be Diqiu.

Diqiu was originally the capital of the Wei State, and it is located on the south bank of the Jindi River.After Meng Ao seized the territory of the State of Wei, he forcibly moved the king of the State of Wei, Wei Yuanjun, to Yewang, and the State of Wei was now in name only.

Speaking of which, Wei Yuanjun and the Wei royal family are still relatives. He is the 43rd monarch of the Wei State, the son of Wei Sijun, the younger brother of Wei Huaijun, and the son-in-law of Wei Anli King.

In the 31st year of Wei Huaijun, Wei Huaijun went to the state of Wei to pay homage to King Wei Anli, and was executed, and King Wei Anli sent troops to destroy Wei, and Wei State perished.

In the end, King Wei Anli changed his son-in-law Wei Yuanjun as the monarch, and Wei Guo restored the country and continued to pass it on.Now Wei Yuanjun was destroyed by the Qin army again, and even the land became Qin's East County. If Qin Wangzheng didn't want to get a bad reputation of killing other monarchs at this time, maybe this guy would have died.

I have to say that this is the tragedy of a small country!

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When Li Chenfeng's [-] troops came to Guiling, the remnants of the Qin army had already brought their news back to the city. At this time, in a plain area less than ten miles away from Guiling, Qin's [-] cavalry had already spread out. Gained momentum and confronted Wei Jun.

It has to be said that the general of the Qin Army has full confidence in his troops, even if the enemy is twenty times his own...

Well, even if this number is just a bluff, Qin Jun doesn't know, but the opponent still dares to fight against him in the wild. It seems that the opponent is not only courageous, but also ambitious. This is because he wants to rely on the mobility of the cavalry , the advantage of strong impact, broke up the Wei army's formation in one fell swoop, and then divided and surrounded and eaten!

This is also the most commonly used and most effective tactic of the Qin cavalry.

But Li Chenfeng is not afraid of him!

"Array!"

With a loud shout, he saw a flag officer waving the flag in his hand, and amidst the clashing sound of iron armor, Wei Wuzu set up huge phalanxes of thousands of people in front of him.

Boom!

The huge shield on the back was held in his hand, and his right hand was a nearly ten-foot long dagger, covered with iron armor, like a demon god from hell, quietly waiting for the prey to come.

A murderous atmosphere was brewing on the battlefield, and the horses of the Qin army on the opposite side seemed to feel the murderous aura around them, and they all couldn't help but hiss to the sky, a little excited and uncontrollable.

This ten thousand Qin army cavalry commander is called Meng Xi, he is Meng Ao's nephew, and he can be regarded as a rising star of the Meng family, not much worse than Meng Wu, and has been serving as Meng Ao's deputy general, following him in the south and north .

The iron cavalry of the Qin Army was considered the earliest heavy armored cavalry. Both men and horses were covered with iron armor, and they looked as powerful as Wei Wuzu, who was the heavy armored infantry.

Is this a duel between heavy cavalry and heavy infantry in the earliest era?

Meng Xi looked at Wei Jun opposite, his eyes were full of the coldness of death.

Pulling out the long sword, he shouted coldly: "Kill over...!"

What does it feel like to have [-] cavalry charge into battle?

Looking at the Qin army's iron cavalry pressing down like a dark cloud in front of them, even the bravest warrior couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Li Chenfeng exhaled fiercely, even though he was confident that his current strength was absolutely no worse than that of the great general Zhu Hai back then, facing this situation, he still couldn't help being nervous.

Looking at the Wei soldiers around him, it was fortunate that Dianqing had brought in [-] veterans who had experienced battles this time. Otherwise, his [-] new troops, even if their individual combat effectiveness was stronger than others, would not have truly experienced cruelty. The baptism of the battle formation, in the face of the current situation, I am afraid that it is very likely to be directly crushed by the opponent's momentum!

"General, the enemy is coming!"

A slightly trembling voice sounded behind Li Chenfeng, it was Mei Sanniang.

Looking at this woman who is usually more wild and domineering than men, she turned pale at this time, and she was really frightened by this kind of battle.

"Wait, come a little closer!" Li Chenfeng had stabilized and said softly.

After the opponent had rushed to a distance of only 300 meters, Li Chenfeng finally gave the order.

"The ballista moves forward!"

With the waving of the command flag, the two rows of Wei soldiers who were originally standing in front retreated quickly, and then revealed a hundred loaded crossbow carts hidden behind them.

These ballistas of Li Chenfeng are all improved, with a total of three bow arms, each ballista can hold five spear-like arrows at the same time, and can shoot through heavy armor within [-] steps!

Meng Xi, who was taking the lead in the charge, frowned involuntarily as he watched Wei Jun's actions on the opposite side.

After seeing the huge bows and crossbows with wheels that Wei Jun withdrew, he was shocked!

Things like bed crossbows have already appeared, but at this time these huge crossbows are very bulky, so many of them are only used when defending or attacking the city.

Moreover, the bed crossbows equipped in various countries can only shoot one arrow. It is useless to carry too much effort and less force, especially in this situation where the two armies are confronting each other, it will not be very effective at all, let alone When facing cavalry.

Because the furthest range of the bed crossbow is only one or two hundred steps, at this distance, there is only one chance, and then it will be directly crushed by the cavalry.

(End of this chapter)