The Qin State deployed 200,000 troops on the border. The general in charge of the army was named Yanping. He had been a guest of Lu Buwei's mansion for more than three years. He was familiar with military books and had great martial arts skills. He had the upper hand in several military and political conferences, and Lu Buwei was very impressed. of appreciation.
The deputy general is Meng Ao. He was defeated by Ji Jie twice. The reason why he was appointed deputy general was to remind Yanping at critical moments. After all, being able to fight Ji Jie is also an experience.
Yanping divided the 200,000-strong army into three parts. He led 100,000 troops to station in front of the Zhou army, and 50,000 people on each flank to ensure the safety of the flanks.
"With my army of 200,000, how can Ji Jie's 100,000 be my opponent!" Yanping said in front of all the generals: "This battle will completely annihilate the Zhou army, promote the prestige of our great Qin state, and bring honor to the Prime Minister!"
"Promote the prestige of our great Qin country and win glory for the prime minister!" All the generals shouted together, except Meng Ao.
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies in Yanping, Lu Buwei gave him great rights, including the appointment of deputy generals. Except for Meng Ao's deputy general, he was responsible for all the other personnel. Many people came from the same position as him. His disciples, these people obeyed his advice.
Seeing the disapproving expression on Meng Ao's face, Yanping asked, "Does General Meng have something to say?"
"No!" Meng Ao shook his head, thinking in his heart that you must not be arrogant, otherwise you will lose miserably. That guy Ji Jie never plays his cards according to the rules, and you will be fooled if you are not careful.
"Well, let's ask General Meng to lead a thousand cavalry as a scout team to find out the strength of Zhou's army, and then report the truth to me!" Yanping assigned Meng Ao a relatively "damaging" job.
Meng Ao felt resentful, but he could only obey the order. He clasped his fists and said: "The general has received the order, let's set off now!"
After Meng Ao left the tent, a group of generals criticized him, saying that he should not be so awesome despite being defeated at the hands of Ji Jie several times.
Yanping waved his hands, showing a very magnanimous look, and said with a smile: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. We cannot always judge heroes based on success or failure! I believe that under my leadership, we will win this battle. We must work together to make great achievements!”
"Work together and make great achievements!"
"Work together and make great achievements!"
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Listening to the neat roar coming from behind, Meng Ao smiled bitterly and shook his head. Yanping is not only conceited, but also likes to do some superficial work. If you have such time, you might as well spend it on studying Ji Jie carefully. Let me go and find out. Do you think the scouts are omnipotent regarding the reality of the Zhou army?
In fact, in addition to rectifying Meng Ao, Yanping can only rely on scouts to find out information. Sima Jing, who is in charge of intelligence work, has been controlled by Lu Buwei, including his capable subordinates.
Xianyang prison, dim lights, humid environment, smelly wheat straw, mice and cockroaches crawling around.
Sima Jing and several of his men were locked in the same cell, with heavy iron shackles on their hands and feet. They had not been able to eat or sleep well for several days, and several of them looked gloomy and mentally depressed.
Lu Buwei, dressed in rich clothes, covered his nose and walked in. Sima Jing seemed to have seen a glimmer of light. He quickly stood up and ran to the door of the cell, shouting: "Master Xiangguo, I am really unjust!"
"Unjustly accused?" Lu Buwei sneered and said, "Only you and I know about that matter. Could it be that I leaked it? Sima Jing, I, Lu Buwei, have led you well, but you betrayed me! I advise you to confess quickly. Come on, otherwise I will make your life worse than death, and so will your family!"
Sima Jing's body trembled, and the appearance of his two daughters and one son appeared in his mind. They must have been controlled by Lu Buwei. What should we do?
His heart skipped a beat, and Sima Jing gritted his teeth and said: "Master Xiangguo, I still say the same thing, I didn't betray you! If you don't believe it, you can kill me. I just think that I am unlucky, but the harm will not affect my family, even if I did this, and I won’t tell them, right? Please, for the sake of me being with you for so long, let them go!”
This time it was Lu Buwei's turn to be stunned. He wanted to use this to force Sima Jing to submit, but who would have thought that this guy was a bastard who had become determined after eating a weight.
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At a high ground not far from the Qin Army's main position, Ji Jie brought Ji Jian and Zhao Ling to check the Qin Army's camp.
Putting down the telescope, Ji Jie made an evaluation: "Yanping is indeed a bit of a crooked man. The Chinese army's camp is set up very carefully. People will have the idea of taking the camp at a glance, but you have to really put it into practice." If you take action, you will find that you have been fooled!"
On the surface, the Chinese army tent in Yanping was not set up in the center of the camp, but to the right. There were several other tents scattered around, and the number of guards was not very large. In fact, there was something special about it. .
There are at least tens of thousands of Qin troops stationed in the seemingly messy camp, who will attack from unexpected directions. If you rashly rob the camp, you will only be trapped in the enemy's position and have no way to go. No matter how many people come, it will be in vain.
With Ji Jie's reminder, Ji Jian and Zhao Ling also figured out the way.
Ji Jian wiped a cold sweat and said: "If I were the commander-in-chief of the Great Wednesday Army, I might have ordered the camp to be robbed tonight!"
Ji Jie smiled and said: "Isn't that strange? In a war, it's about who can dig the trap better and make the other party rush in! Since we have seen through Yanping's tricks, wouldn't we be sorry if we didn't take advantage of it? Lu Buwei, this old fox!"
"What does your Majesty mean?" Zhao Ling heard the clue from Ji Jie's words.
"That's right, use the trick!" Ji Jie pointed to the Qin army's camp and said: "Let's pretend to rob the camp, and when the ambush troops hidden around Yanping show up, we will bomb them hard! Zhao Ling led The cavalry feints to attack, and Ji Jian chooses an artillery position nearby. As long as they dare to come out, they will all be shot to death!"
"Got the order!"
In the middle of the night, Ji Jian completed the layout of the artillery position. Dozens of trebuchets were standing ready, and there were 3,000 close combat soldiers holding thunderbolt crossbows on the outside. Zhao Ling on one side received the signal and waved his hand with 6,000 cavalry towards them. Rush towards the Qin army's camp.
"The enemy is attacking!" A roar was heard, and the drums in Qin's camp were beating loudly.
"What?" Yanping sat up in agitation and asked: "Tell me again, the Zhou army's cavalry rushed here. Are you sure they are cavalry and not assassins who sneaked into the Chinese army's tent?"
The messenger nodded and said: "It's the cavalry, it's so dark!"
Yanping frowned, thinking something was wrong. I set up such a formation just to lure the enemy into taking the bait. They were coming, but how could they be cavalry? They should be assassins!
"General, there are many enemies, how should we deal with them?" the messenger asked.
Yanping said without thinking: "If you dare to use cavalry to attack my camp, the Zhou army is impatient! Order the soldiers who are ambushing in the military tent to go out to meet the enemy, and be sure to keep them out!"
"yes!"
"Order the two wings to move toward the center to encircle and annihilate the invading enemy!"