Chapter 24 Defeat
Bai Zhong’s analysis of the battle situation is very accurate, and Wang Li has experienced it many times.
From Yi'an to now, Bai Zhong seems to have seen with his own eyes how Li Mu arranges it, and what he said will basically come true. Wang Li really wants to know Bai Zhong's view of Fanwu.
"If King Zhao recalls Li Mu and Han Wei's support, the final result is that Fanwu will definitely lose."
Bai Zhong said casually.
Wang Li frowned and asked, "Bai Bai will be sure of you?"
"Sure!"
Bai Zhong nodded with certainty.
Even if he knew he would be defeated, he could not do anything in the defeated army. He could only remind Wang Li to minimize the losses as much as possible.
"I see."
Wang Li thought about it and left Bai Zhong. He immediately walked forward to find Huan Qi and Yang Duanhe, and asked him to meet Wang Ben. Even if he could not reverse the situation, he would have to minimize the losses as much as possible.
Bai Zhong did not ask about Wang Li anymore, and followed the army back, passed Lang Meng first, and walked for several days, and finally returned to Shangjun Daying.
Only after entering the Qin border can everyone regain a sense of security.
"General!"
"Bai Bai General, the general is here."
As soon as Bai Zhong got back to the tent, he heard his subordinates shouting out and bowed: "See General."
"Chief Bai Bai is welcome!"
Huan Qi looked ashamed and said, "It's me that I'm sorry for you, especially Bai Baijiang."
Bai Zhong waved his hand and said, "General, don't say that."
In his perception, it was already good that Huan Qi was able to lead the army back to Shangjun camp and became Fan Yuqi without escaping halfway.
Huan Qi sighed and said, "I am wrong, I am wrong. I will go back to Xianyang to apologize later. It should be inevitable that I will be guilty of death. Regarding your affairs, I will tell the king truthfully that you will ask for merit for you. Your ability is so strong that you should not be buried."
"Thank you, general, but it's really a death sentence?"
Bai Zhong asked.
Being a general in the Qin army seems to be a bit high.
"It should be a death penalty. It depends on the situation. Maybe it can be exempted from death penalty by reducing the title and money. If I can trust your analysis, it will not be like this."
Huan Qi's tone was a little depressed and said helplessly: "If I don't die, we will see you again in Xianyang. By that time, General Bai Bai has far exceeded my current achievements."
"Great send to the general!"
Bai Zhong wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
To some extent, Huan Qie's defeat in the battle was caused by himself.
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Chili.
This city has been beaten back by Li Mu.
The Qin army left here was killed by the Zhao army and escaped, and the war in the northern part of Zhao State was quelled.
"General, this is the military information sent by General Sima."
A personal soldier came to Li Mu and presented a piece of wood.
This kind of wood chip is also called wooden slips. Like bamboo slips, it is a tool for recording texts in this era.
The wooden slip sent back by the personal soldiers is divided into two parts.
The upper part is blank. The lower part writes the content, covers the contents of the lower part, and then tie it with a rope called shank made of thailand. When combined together, it is a letter.
Li Mu opened it and looked at it, saying, "The Qin army cannot be discovered on the border of Yan State, and there is no Qin State's border. Huan Qi is indeed heading towards Handan. I guess he doesn't dare to go to Handan, but meets Wang Ben's subordinates and then returns to Qin."
After saying that, he felt a deep regret.
If he had fought at that time, no matter how Zhao Wangqian opposed it, he would lead troops to approach Handan, and perhaps he would have been able to stop Huan Qi and wipe out the Qin army.
Especially the hundred generals of the Qin army.
Only by killing him can Li Mu feel at ease.
"General, the king's edict!"
At this time another soldier came over.
Li Mu took the imperial edict and looked for a while, and said lightly: "The king summoned me back to Handan to deal with Wang Ben and Meng Wu, and passed on my order. After the loss of the sun, the entire army would go south."
The day is lost, that is, the time is not yet there, between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.
After a long time, Li Mu led the cavalry to the south first, walked for about a day, and met Sima Shang, who was also heading south.
"General Li, I also received the king's edict."
Sima Shang said first.
Li Mu pondered for a moment and said, "I will deal with Wang Ben first. You can restrain Meng Wu. When I defeat Wang Ben, I will attack Meng Wu with you."
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A few days later.
Wang Li came to the Qin army camp outside Fanwu City and told Bai Zhong completely about it.
"That Bai Bai General is really that powerful?"
Wang Ben asked in disbelief.
Wang Li said affirmatively: "I didn't believe it either at first, but after experiencing this defeat, I have to believe it. He told me privately that he almost killed Li Mu, and then rushed out among the cavalry under Li Mu's troops. He was not only conspiring, but also brave."
Wang Ben said skeptically: "If he is really that powerful, it is a blessing for the Great Qin."
"He said that if Li Mu came to Fanwu, Aweng might be defeated."
Wang Li said worriedly: "I'm here to remind me, please pay attention!"
Weng is the name of a son to his father, and can also be called a father.
The name for mother is mother or mother.
"I'll think about it again."
Wang Ben had not experienced the Battle of Fat himself, and he still didn't believe it in his heart, just like Huan Qi at that time.
Wang Li had to persuade him again, but before he could speak, a deputy general came in and interrupted: "General! General Zhao Li Mu came to Fanwu."
"Li Mu!"
Wang Ben was shocked. He was just talking about this with Wang Li, and hurried out of the military camp to take a look.
I saw countless Zhao troops gathered outside Fanwu City in front of me, and then looked at the formation, which was no less than 300,000.
"The coalition of the three countries of Han, Zhao and Wei."
Wang Li glanced at the enemy's military flag and hurriedly said, "Aweng, the enemy's army is no less than 300,000, and our army here is only about 100,000. This battle cannot be fought."
"Retreat first!"
Wang Ben didn't care about anything else, nor did he want to fail like Huan Qi.
However, they set off their camps and retreated, and Li Mu led his army to attack.
This time, Li Mu's combat style was completely different from that in Yi'an. Instead, he personally supervised the army to attack fiercely and strongly, with 300,000 troops chasing 100,000 Qin troops, and did not want to give Wang Ben the ability to resist.
Although Wang Ben was at a disadvantage, his ability to command operations was not bad. With few enemies, he could just resist the attack of the coalition forces of the Three Kingdoms. In the end, he fled back to Lang Meng at the cost of more than 10,000 people.
Fanwu's Qin army had been driven away, and Li Mu immediately retreated and led his troops to attack Mengwu.
Sima Shang had already brought more than 50,000 people, plus a 100,000 Han and Wei coalition forces to contain Meng Wu near Yecheng.
Li Mu came back to help, and the army came in oppression. Meng Wu learned that Wang Ben had retreated and had to retreat back to Hedong, and also lost more than 10,000 people. The battle to attack Zhao ended like this.
If the Three Jin Dynasties hadn't joined forces, the Qin army would not have been defeated.
Wang Ben returned to Lang Meng and saw that Li Mu did not chase him. He temporarily set up camp here and then retreated after stabilizing.
He and Meng Wu could only try their best to minimize the losses.
"The hundred generals Bai Zhong are really brave and resourceful, and have the power of a general."
"This person must be valued by the king. Li'er, please follow me back to Xianyang immediately. I will tell the king everything about Bai Zhong."
Chapter completed!