Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 74
Chapter 74: The Eastern Army Goes Northward
Sima Chong's defeat directly disrupted Xin Zhao's plan. His original idea was that Sima Chong's troops could go all the way south to Peicheng, forcing Han Qing to retreat, and he could take the opportunity to occupy the entire northern part of Peijun. Control Qi County, so that Peicheng is always under the threat of his own soldiers and led away by him.

Now that Sima Chong is defeated, the Eastern Army has once again occupied Qi County, Xue County, Fan County, and Gongqiu, and the entire front will move north. Hulu is already extremely dangerous as the rear of the Western Army, so Xin Zhao Propose to the kings of Zhao, Wei, Han, and Song to retreat and use Hulu as the front line.

"My Majesty, King Wei, King Han, and King Song, now that Sima Chong's army has been defeated, the four lands of Qi County, Xue County, Fan County, and Gongqiu that were originally occupied have returned to the enemy's hands. Hulu is no longer suitable at this moment. As the existence of the rear area, for the safety of the kings, the last general proposes to retreat to Fangyu, and at the same time send heavy troops to defend Hulu and Gaoping." Zhao Dao said.

"Marshal Zhao, do you really want to retreat to Fang Yu? It's just a defeat. What's more, hasn't our army already captured Lu County?" Song Wang asked puzzledly, in his opinion , victory or defeat is a common matter in military strategists, and now it's just a loss. Is it necessary to retreat?
Zhao Xin explained: "My lords, although we won the battle of Lu County, our army did not take the opportunity to take Taishan County and threaten the mainland of Chu. In fact, it was not very effective. On the contrary, the enemy occupied Gongqiu. , Fan County, the entire front will move northward, so that Hulu will no longer be the rear of our army, but will become the front line. This is a huge threat, for the safety of all the great kings, please evacuate the rear to Fang Yu."

King Zhao nodded after hearing this, and said: "Since Zhao Qing feels that the widow will be threatened by the enemy if he stays in Hulu any longer, then for the sake of the overall situation, the widow will go north to fight, what do the kings of Wei and Han think?" ?”

"What King Zhao said is true!" King Wei and King Han naturally would not disagree. Although withdrawing north would be a bit embarrassing, Xin Zhao has said that if he continues to stay in Hulu, he will become the leader of the Eastern Army in minutes. It's a target, it's better to lose face than to lose life. As for King Song, no one cares about his thoughts at all.

"Then I don't know how Zhao Qing will arrange it next?" Now that he agreed to withdraw, King Zhao asked Xin Zhao what he planned to do.

Zhao Dao said: "My lords, Han Qing is now stationed in Qi County, posing the greatest threat to Hulu. I plan to personally lead the army to Peicheng, forcing Han Qing to retreat from Qi County to Peicheng. At the same time, General Pang Kuo of Liang County The meaning of going south is no longer there, and in the end, he will be ordered to leave some soldiers and horses to guard Liang County, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will withdraw to the east."

King Zhao nodded, and said, "Since Zhao Qing has already made arrangements, let's do it."

After getting the consent of the kings, Zhao Xin immediately arranged the retreat. He first sent people to Liang County and Feng County to deliver letters, and ordered Liang County Pang Kuo to withdraw to Fangdong, Feng County Zhou Shen to withdraw to Hulu to consolidate the defense line, and then ordered Zheng Tuo and Chen Kai commanded the army to protect the kings and retreat to Fangyu, while he personally led 20 troops to Peicheng.

Zhang Di and He Jiong in Peicheng were overwhelmed with shock. Zhao Xin was famous, and now he led an army, so he hurried to Qi County, hoping that Han Qing would lead his troops back to help.

After Han Qing in Qixian County received the distress letter, he understood that this was a trap set by Xin Zhao. He wanted to use soldiers to surround Peicheng to force him to return to Peicheng from Qixian County and relieve himself of the threat to Hulu, but he knew that he knew it. I still have to go back, now Zhang Di and He Jiong are the only ones sending people a message, if I delay it any longer, I am afraid that the next time it will be the imperial decree of King Qi.

In extreme helplessness, Han Qing left Xie Xun to garrison Gongqiu and Huangfu Rong to garrison Fan County, and led the army back to Peicheng. As soon as Han Qing's army entered Peicheng, Zhao Xin retreated back to Hulu.

In July of the eighth year of Qianyuan, Han Qing and Huishan ambushed Sima Chong's troops of the Zhao army, and won a complete victory. They recovered Qi County, Fan County, Xue County, and Gongqiu, and moved the entire front northward, threatening the Western Army. At the back of Hulu City, Zhao Xin was afraid that the Western Army would invade Hulu and threaten the lives of the kings of the Western Army, so he moved the rear north to Fanghe City, Shanyang County, and ordered Zhou Shen to lead [-] troops to guard Gaoping, and Pang Kuo to lead [-] soldiers. Guarding Fangdong, Zhang Chuan led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Yunxiang City, Sima Chong led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Zou County, and Sima Song led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Xiayi. At this point, the Western Army turned from offensive to defensive and entered a comprehensive defense. .

In Peicheng, Han Qing was overjoyed when he learned that the Western Army had withdrawn to the north, so he summoned all the generals to discuss the matter.

"Everyone, in the battle of Huishan, we won a complete victory. Now our army's battle line has moved north, and the main force of the enemy army has been forced to retreat to Fanghe. Our army has successfully reversed the disadvantages and turned from defense to offense. Now the situation is favorable to our army. Therefore, This commander thought that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and lead the army northward to Hulu." Han Qing said happily that he fought against all opinions in the battle of Huishan, and this battle turned the entire battle situation of the Eastern Army from passive to active.

"Marshal please give an order!" All the generals responded.

Han Qing looked at the map and said: "Order the Yuefei Division in Fengxian County to join Zhuqiu's troops and march northward to defend the east, and seize the defense eastward; dispatch [-] troops to the north to Taishan County to join the Longchuan Division, and send an order to Taishan County The Longchuan Department ordered him to go east to Yunxiang City, looking for opportunities to recover Lu County; sent an order to Xiang Wei, ordered him to lead his troops north to Peicheng, and went north with his commander; dispatched [-] troops to Xie Xun's Department in Fan County, Order him to go north to Zou County; Huangfu Rong led [-] troops to the north to garrison at Gongqiu; the rest of the generals reorganized their troops and horses, and when the Xiangwei army arrived, they followed the commander to go north to Hulu."

"Here!" The generals responded.

In August of the eighth year of Qianyuan, the Eastern Army marched northward in a large scale. Yue Fei led an army of [-] to defend the East, and confronted Pang Kuo in Fangdong.

Xie Xun led an army of [-] to attack Zou County and confront Sima Chong's troops.

Long Chuan led an army of [-] to march eastward, conquering Bian County first, and confronting Zhang Chuan's troops in Yunxiang City.

Han Qing, the commander of the Eastern Army, led 20 troops northward to Hulu, while Xiang Wei, commander of [-] troops, garrisoned Gongqiu, forming a rivalry with Han Qing to put pressure on Hulu City.

In Hulu City, Xin Zhao stood on the top of the city, looked at the 20 Eastern Army below the city, and the handsome Korean flag hanging high in the camp, he couldn't help laughing at himself: "It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs. Xin Zhao also has today, unexpectedly being defeated by his former subordinates, forcing him to dare not even leave the city."

Since the start of the war, the Western Army has suffered heavy losses. In the Battle of Zhuqiu, it lost 65 soldiers and horses, and in the Battle of Huishan, it lost nearly [-] troops. In addition to the losses on other battlefields, the Western Army that used to be [-] is now only left. There are more than [-] troops, of which [-] guard Lu County, [-] guard Dong, and [-] guard Gaoping, leaving a part to sit in Fangyu and protect the kings. Now Zhao Xin only has more than [-] soldiers and horses. The horses are not much less than Han Qing's, but the Eastern Army is now in a state of momentum. If they rush out of the city to fight, the losses will be immeasurable and the chances of victory are not great. Therefore, Xin Zhao had no choice but to hold on to the city and wait for the opportunity.

Uncharacteristically, the Eastern Army launched a fierce attack on the various defense lines of the Western Army. The Western Army suffered heavy losses, especially the front line of Lu County, and the city of Qixiang was lost. Zhang Chuan was forced to retreat to Qufu.

After several battles, the Eastern Army gradually stabilized the situation after initial adjustments, and the two sides entered a tug of war.

But at this time, news came from the Han State that the Qin State raided Longguan and pushed into the county. Guanzhong was short of troops.

(End of this chapter)