After Ji Xueling reunited with the besieged Zhou army, she led them to rush out without thinking. Although she successfully broke through, she fell into the situation of being chased by the Qin army. Moreover, at this time, she could only run forward with all her strength. If she stopped, she would have to Once again, we were trapped in a dilemma.
Moreover, most of the Zhou army officers were already panicking, and the only thought in their minds was to escape. Ji Xueling could only helplessly lead them to another camp, and sent out a signal for help, asking them to rush for help.
The Qin army pursued them all the way until reinforcements from the Zhou army appeared, and then quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
Statistics of casualties showed that the Zhou army lost more than 60,000 troops in this battle, plus a large camp and tens of thousands of various equipment. Ji Xueling was very upset. If she had not left the camp with 20,000 people, there might not have been any Such a tragic ending.
Including the 8,000 men lost in the forward battalion before, the remaining 100,000 men were less than 25,000.
In comparison, the casualties of the Qin army were much smaller, less than 30,000. The most important thing is that after the Qin army's victory in this battle, the morale of the Qin army was so high that the soldiers were no longer afraid of fighting the Zhou army. They had complete trust. My own general, Wang Jian, believes that if I follow him, I will definitely win the battle.
Ji Xueling reluctantly sent the battle report to Ji Jie in Bajun and requested military justice.
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When the good news was delivered to Xianyang, the court was filled with joy, especially Lu Buwei, who had single-handedly promoted Wang Jian against all the opinions of others. Now that Wang Jian had made great achievements, he felt bright in his face.
But then he thought about what Ying Zheng said that night, "General Wang Jian will bring us good news soon." Why would he be so clear about Wang Jian's upcoming victory?
Thinking of this, Lu Buwei couldn't help but look up and glanced at Ying Zheng who was sitting above him. He saw a faint smile on his face, not as cheerful as a group of ministers.
This must be a strategy formulated by Ying Zheng, otherwise he would not have known it in advance, and he was so calm afterwards. Lu Buwei is almost certain that this is what happened!
"Your Majesty!" Lu Buwei said tentatively: "Where do you think General Wang's main attack direction should be next?"
"Ba Jun!" Ying Zheng said these two words without thinking, and then closed his mouth.
Lu Buwei thought he would continue, but this could already prove his previous guess. But how did Ying Zheng and Wang Jian get together, and how did they contact each other?
Lu Buwei felt that he needed to check it out. He couldn't just be kept in the dark, absolutely not!
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Ji Jie was shocked when he received the defeat report from Ji Xueling. What was surprising was not that Ji Xueling was defeated, but that Wang Jian returned to Qin from Wei so quickly and caught Ji Xueling off guard.
After reading the detailed description of the battle in the battle report, Ji Jie shrugged and said to himself: "Wang Jian is indeed extraordinary. Ling'er is also a person who is familiar with the art of war and can draw inferences from one instance, but there is nothing he can do in front of him! It seems that I have to personally go out and meet this young talent, Xiong Ben obeys the order!"
"The general is here!" Xiong Ben walked in from outside and bowed his hands to Ji Jie.
"I will leave you with 80,000 cavalry, and Bajun and Shujun will each garrison 40,000!" Ji Jie said, "I will take 20,000 cavalry back to the camp!"
"Why, Your Majesty, are we in trouble?" Xiong Ben asked.
Ji Jie nodded and said: "When I encounter a difficult character, I have to deal with it personally. From now on, you will be the top guard of Bashu and Shu counties. Remember to guard the city and do not go to war, no matter what kind of advantage." If I put it in front of you, you are not allowed to take it, do you understand?"
"Xiong Ben understands!" Xiong Ben hugged Ji Jie again and said with a smile: "Thank you for your appreciation, your Majesty. I have never been the guard of a city, and one can manage two cities, haha!"
"You kid, you are so thoughtful when things happen!" Ji Jie patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll leave right away, I'll leave this place to you!"
Half an hour later, Ji Jie led 20,000 cavalry towards the Zhou camp. What he didn't expect was that Wang Jian not only planned to fight to the death with the Zhou army in the camp, but secretly went south to fight with Ji Jie while no one was paying attention. The way north is not the same at all.
Just as Ji Jie's team was about to arrive at the camp, they suddenly received a message saying that Wang Jian and his army had disappeared at the original camp.
"How could this happen?" Ji Jie quickly ordered the scouts: "Find the Qin army's position immediately, quickly!"
The scouts have been sent out for half a day, but no one has sent any news, which means that no one has found Qin Jin's whereabouts yet.
Ji Jie felt an ominous feeling in his heart. He suddenly thought of the reason, slapped his thigh and said: "Oh no, Wang Jian must have gone to Bajun. I have fallen into the trap of trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain! I hope Xiong Ben will not disappoint me. Bajun is terrible." Don’t throw it away!”
When he thought of this, Wang Jian was commanding elite troops to attack Bajun City. The two sides first engaged in an evenly matched artillery battle. While the Zhou army sent troops to carry the next batch of artillery shells, the Qin army began to attack the city. .
Xiong Ben stood on the city gate tower with an arrogant expression, pointed at the Qin army who was rushing here desperately, and said: "Beat me hard, let these grandsons know how powerful we are, and how powerful we are." I, Xiong Ben, am not a vegetarian!"
Arrows, javelins, thunderbolts, explosive packets, anything that could kill the enemy was used. The Qin army paid a huge price under the city wall.
At the Qin army's position outside the city, a general pointed at Xiong Bi on the top of the city and said: "General Wang, that is Ji Jie's vanguard general Xiong Bi. This man has great martial arts skills but is brave and foolhardy! But he can't hold on. , it seems difficult for us to fight our way into the city!"
Wang Jian waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't you know my habit? I never fight an uncertain battle! The frontal attack is just a feint, to gain time for one of my special teams, just wait, it won't take long Bajun City will soon change hands!"
A group of generals looked at each other. They didn't understand what Wang Jian meant. One of them asked: "Then we should continue to attack the city?"
"Of course, continue, don't let Zhou Jun see anything abnormal, and continue to attack with all your strength!" Wang Jian said.
The generals nodded, and the flag soldiers on the side gave orders to continue the fierce attack.
After a while, a violent explosion suddenly occurred in the city. Several warehouses storing ammunition and weapons exploded at the same time, followed by the reserve camp.
"What's going on?" Xiong Bihe asked: "Are they some spies of the Qin army? Where did they get the gunpowder?"
"I don't know!" One of the generals said with a wry smile: "We keep the city gates tightly closed these days. Even if a few spies enter the city through side doors, they can't come in with a large amount of gunpowder!"
"General, the situation is bad. All our ammunition and arrows were blown up by spies!" A soldier ran over in a panic and said, "Also, we discovered the Qin Bing team, which has always been very effective!"
Xiong Ben was stunned. Without ammunition and arrows, how could he fight this battle?