Chapter 89: Riding a Horse to Sweep the Qin Land
In 248 BC, the six kingdoms jointly attacked Qin.
Zhao, Chu, Qi, and Wei each sent 150,000 troops, Yan and Han each sent 100,000 troops, totaling 800,000 troops, and rushed towards Qin.
This 800,000 army was not the kind of army that Yan State attacked Zhao, and was mixed with many elderly, weak, women and children.
This time, the army of the coalition was almost all composed of young and strong men, and was also given to the best generals, strategists, and the luxurious lineup of the various vassal states, which is rare in the world.
As soon as the teams joined forces, Meng Ao hurriedly led the Qin army to withdraw from Wei.
Wei Wuji commanded the army and entered Qin from Han Dynasty. He defeated Meng Ao on the south bank of the Yellow River and killed more than 60,000 elite Qin troops. Meng Ao fled in a hurry and was pursued by the coalition forces along the way. He fled directly to Hangu Pass.
At this time, the Qin State was facing an army of 800,000, and the government and the country were shocked. The Qin King was frightened all day long and ordered the country to recruit soldiers. All men over 14 years old were summoned and rushed to the battlefield.
More than 600,000 Qin troops were assembled in Hangu Pass and around him.
The Qin State, which was mobilized by the whole country, even though the number of troops in the coalition of the throne reached 800,000, was hesitant in front of Hangu Pass because the princes were unwilling to lose too much military strength.
Qin was afraid of joining the army and did not dare to start the war easily. The two confronted each other in front of Hangu Pass.
Two flowers bloom, each with one branch.
However, in order to resist the coalition army, Qin State almost recruited all adult men in the country, and the rest of the defenders in various places became extremely empty.
At the foot of Shaoyang Mountain, Zhao Jia was wearing Hu's clothes and commanded 20,000 cavalrymen, with a calm expression.
Beside him, Fan Zeng, Yuejian, Sima Shang, Zhao Bian, Biancheng and others were all wearing armor and riding on war horses to look into the distance.
"Young Master really wants to do this?"
Even though the arrow was on the string at this time, it was still difficult for me to calm down in my heart, and my face was filled with deep worries.
Zhao Jia stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance, and saw the beautiful mountains and rivers below, and said in a deep voice: "If you give up the best opportunity to weaken the enemy and strengthen yourself because of fear of the power of Qin, then Qin will only become stronger and stronger, and Zhao will only become weaker and weaker."
"This time the six countries joined forces, Qin State gathered almost all the national troops around Hangu Pass. We took this opportunity to capture Qin's territory."
Zhao Jia has been planning for this matter for a long time.
Although the Hezong army defeated Qin State and even reached the Hangu Pass, it finally withdrew from Qin State's territory and did not occupy any of the Qin state's cities at all.
Zhao Jia never understood the situation before that he mobilized troops to attack Qin without fundamentally weakening the other party.
After coming to this era, Zhao Jia realized the fear of the vassal states for Qin.
When the Hezong army reached Hangu Pass, Qin had lost a large area of fertile land. Unfortunately, several countries adjacent to Qin did not dare to truly take the Qin city for themselves.
It is just because Qin's power is too strong.
Even if the Hezong army defeated Qin, the vassal states bordering Qin were worried that after the army retreated, they would be retaliated for occupying Qin's territory.
It is precisely this worry that makes Qin State lose its territory after its defeat, which is really ironic.
In addition to temporarily curbing the expansion of Qin, this kind of victory not only cannot weaken Qin, but also greatly consumes the national strength of various countries.
It was just because Qin was a local war, and the supply line was relatively short.
On the other hand, the Hezong army comes from various countries, and the supply line is relatively complex. Just to provide the Hezong army with daily consumption, the vassal states are exhausted.
Such a large-scale war ended up not losing any land. On the surface, the Hezong army did defeat Qin, but in fact it was defeated.
Since Zhao Jia is determined to change history, he naturally does not allow such things to happen again.
If you win Qin, you will have to seize Qin's land and population. Only in this way can you weaken Qin and strengthen yourself.
"But what if Qin sent troops to seize these cities after the Hezong army retreated?"
Zhao Jia turned to look at Lejian and asked back, "Even if Zhao does not take the opportunity to occupy the Qin city, will Qin State not take revenge after the war is over, and will even send troops to attack Zhao State?"
During the music, he opened his mouth and finally shook his head.
This time, the six countries merged together was almost achieved by Zhao State.
If Zhao Jia had not deceived Qin and ceded three important cities to Qin and gave half of the Yan cities occupied by Qin, how could Qin have turned to attack Wei? So Prince Wuji asked the prince for help from the princes and launched a battle of Hezong?
The most important thing is that when Qin abandoned Zhao and attacked Wei, Zhao tore up the alliance, refused to ced the three negotiated cities, and drove the Qin envoys back.
After the Battle of Changping, Zhao State rebelled and gave the city promised to Qin to the rest of the countries, which caused King Zhaoxiang of Qin to be furious and sent troops to besiege Handan again.
Although Qin failed that war, it can be seen that Qin's vengeance will be revenged.
Before this, if Zhao Jia had not been sent to Qin to deceive Lu Buwei, the Qin army at this time might have been scattered in Zhao's territory.
By this calculation, no matter whether Zhao or Qin's territory is occupied at this time, Qin will not give up afterwards.
"So, how is the young master ready to deal with the anger of Qin?"
Lejian asked questions.
Zhao Jia did not answer, but Fan Zeng said, "National countries dare not occupy the Qin city because they are afraid."
"Today, Zhao State set an example, so the general thinks, Chu State, Wei State, and South Korea will be ready to move?"
"If these three kingdoms follow their examples and Qin Ruo attacked Zhao and seized the land, how could they sit idly?"
When he heard this, his eyes suddenly became brighter.
According to Lejian's original deduction, even if the Joining Army can defeat Qin this time, there will be a time to retreat.
At that time, Chu, Wei, and Han might not dare to occupy the city of Qin.
Now, it's a little different.
If Zhao set an example and took advantage of the opportunity of the Allies' victory in this war and occupied a large area of Qin's territory, the rest of the countries bordering Qin might not have allowed Zhao to be more beautiful than before.
They were indeed afraid of Qin's revenge, but they only expanded and ambitions, and they also existed in the hearts of every vassal state.
They were bullied by too much Qin State, and if possible, they would definitely rebound very violently.
What's more, even if Qin takes revenge in the future, it will also retaliate against Zhao, Chu, Wei, and Han, which took the lead in occupying Qin's territory.
"Li Si, I will not disappoint!"
Zhao Jia looked into the distance with his eyes extremely deep.
"Transfer our military orders and enter the Qin territory. If anyone resists and refuses to surrender, he will slaughter them all!"
With the issuance of Zhao Jia's order, 20,000 Zhao cavalry who had been hiding for a long time rushed out of the Shaoyang Mountain range and roared into the Qin territory.
Since King Wuling of Zhao was a Hu clothing and cavalry, the people of Zhao were proficient in cavalry and shooting skills, and could draw bows from left to right on war horses.
These 20,000 cavalry are elites carefully selected from the country. Whether it is riding or archery, they are the best among the millions of King Zhao.
On the contrary, the troops in the places attacked by Zhao Jia were almost drained by Qin.
After the Zhao cavalry entered the Qin territory and massacred the entire tribe of the three city guards, they finally began to destroy them. In just over twenty days, they had occupied hundreds of miles east of Shengshui and north of Puzi.
Zhao Jia's actions shocked Qin and the princes in the world. No one expected that Zhao would be so bold and arbitrary.
Chapter completed!