The prelude to the war began in the city of Hanzhong in the southwest hinterland of Qin.
Zilong's 100,000-strong army attacked the city all the way and took the city of Hanzhong with overwhelming force. Hanzhong was currently garrisoned by Qin General Li Dingkun, and there were more than 100,000 Qin troops stationed in the city.
Li Dingkun had heard the name of Qi General Zilong for a long time, and was very angry at the timidity shown by his generals. In his opinion, although Zilong was brave, a hundred thousand Qi troops wanted to attack and defend the city.
There was no chance of victory for the one hundred thousand Qin army. Li Dingkun sent an order to the Qin army to expel the people within thirty miles outside the city and escort all the people to the Qin land north of Hanzhong; at the same time, they would seize all the people's food and crops.
Transported to the city of Hanzhong; all crops that could not be harvested were burned. When the Qin army finished all this, there was a cry around Hanzhong, and the people cried and complained: The Qi army did not arrive, but was plundered by the Qin army first. I don’t know what the Qin army did.
The army is to protect the people of Qin, or to abuse the people of Qin.
There were also people in some villages who did not want to leave, so they gathered to fight against the Qin army who came to drive them away. The Qin army was unwilling to harm the people at first, but when Li Dingkun heard the news, he was furious and sent his own troops to fight the people or
Capture, or kill, and then burn the village to the ground.
There was also considerable criticism in the army about Li Dingkun's actions. Many of the soldiers guarding Hanzhong came from the surrounding rural areas. They felt quite resentful when they heard that their villages had been burned down and plundered by their companions.
In the commander's tent in Hanzhong City, Li Dingkun was discussing with several of his trusted generals. One of his generals frowned and said: "General, why do you have to clean up the villages outside the city? There is a lot of public resentment now.
There is also quite a bit of criticism among the military."
Li Dingkun glanced at the general with a gloomy expression, and said slowly: "I emptied the surrounding villages of the people in order not to leave guides and manpower for the Qi army. I poisoned the well water in all the villages outside the city.
The army has no water. I wonder how long it can stay. A hundred thousand troops have no local people to guide them. Where can they find water? Do they know what the local customs are like?"
There was a general beside him who nodded and said: "It turns out that the general wanted to cut off the Qi army's ears and eyes, and also poisoned and cut off the water. When the Qi army came, most of them were poisoned to death before fighting, and half of them were thirsty. We don't need to go to war."
, just wait to collect the corpses for Qi Jun!"
Everyone laughed together after hearing this. Only Li Dingkun's face was still gloomy, not happy. The generals had been with this general for a long time, and they knew that this general had such a face, so they didn't care. It was just in Li Dingkun's heart.
But there was a faint uneasiness. Although he was not afraid of Zilong, he also knew that Zilong was not in vain. I am afraid that the Qi army would not be easily repelled!
Zilong's army arrived at the foot of Hanzhong City. The spies in front had already reported to Zilong the situation outside the city. Before the army arrived, Zilong ordered people to dig new wells along the river and remove all the wells that had been poisoned.
The Qi army quickly set up camp outside the city and confronted the Qin army in the city.
Looking at the burned crops and farmhouses along the way, Zilong couldn't help but shake his head. In this war, only the people suffered. Of course, the enemy's army would plunder the people, and sometimes his own army would also burn, kill and loot.
In the eyes of the commander-in-chief in the war, the common people are just insignificant chess pieces that can be chosen or discarded at will.
Since Zilong came out of the mountain with King Wuyou, he has fought dozens of battles. He must win every battle, and he is already an invincible god of war in the eyes of the world. But as his reputation spread, what Zilong saw was
Eyes are devastated and the people are displaced. Zilong is even more convinced that just as King Wuyou said to himself: The country will not be unified for a day, countries are at war, and the people will suffer endlessly. Only by annexing countries as soon as possible and establishing a powerful country can we truly stop
Only by fighting can the people live a stable life!
Zilong discussed with Prince Duan, and the Qi army was on the right, and the Dali army was on the left. The two armies responded to each other. Regarding the attack on Hanzhong City, Zilong was not in a hurry to launch it. After all, there were also 100,000 Qin troops in Hanzhong City, and the Qin army occupied the city.
If you defend, you have occupied a favorable position, and if you come with your own troops, you may not necessarily be able to gain advantage by attacking the city.
Li Dingkun was also paying close attention to the movements of the Qi army outside the city on the city tower. He saw that the Qi army was divided on both sides of the Dali army, forming a corner of Hanzhong City. The camp was stationed in a semicircle, and the camp was dug deep.
The trenches were densely covered with antlers and twigs, and it looked like a long-term siege was planned.
Li Dingkun looked at it and was a little surprised: he had an army of 100,000 in Hanzhong City and sufficient food and grass. Even if the Qi army was besieged for the first half of the year, he would not be afraid of running out of food. However, the Qi army's food and grass were transported from Shu, and the road to Shu was difficult to pass.
, coupled with the difficulty of collecting grain and grass from Shu, it is really puzzling that a hundred thousand troops live outside the city.
Zilong sent an order to set up the camp within three days, and then sent troops to call out to the enemy. Li Dingkun also knew that the Qi army under Zilong was brave, so he strictly ordered the Qin army to stand guard and not to fight. This stalemate lasted for three days, and every day the Qi army
Or the soldiers of the Dali army shouted and cursed outside the city, while the Qin army shouted back inside the city. The two sides cursed until the sky was dark, but they did not fight.
Gradually, this scolding war became the only means of confrontation between the two opposing sides. The soldiers on both sides also enjoyed it. As soon as the Qi army arrived at the city and started scolding, the Qin army organized loud soldiers and began to scold back.
Li Dingkun also climbed up the city tower every day to watch what was going on in the Qi army camp. He saw the Qi army and the Dali army practicing in the camp, and the formations they practiced looked like they were attacking the city.
Li Dingkun was puzzled, so he asked the general to report back to the King of Qin, and at the same time contacted the surrounding cities to prevent the Qi army from raiding his rear. However, the news from the surrounding areas was also calm. Although the Qi army had troops to confront him, there were no soldiers.
Most of them focus on surveillance.
After another three or five days of this, the generals of the Qin army in the city were already a little impatient. They went to the commander's house to find Li Dingkun and asked to go out of the city to fight Zilong. Li Dingkun thought about it and sent troops to fight, regardless of victory or defeat, and took a look.
The reality of the Qi army.
On this day, the Qi army once again called for formation at the city gate. The drums sounded in Hanzhong City. As soon as the city gate opened, several Qin generals led five thousand Qin soldiers and came out of the city.
When Zilong heard in the camp that the Qin army was going to fight, he just smiled and said to Prince Duan: "This Qin army can't bear it anymore!" After that, he ordered several generals to go out to fight. Prince Duan saw that Zilong had no intention of going to fight.
Zilong asked for orders, willing to lead his Dali warriors to fight against the Qin army. Zilong smiled and said to Prince Duan: "Prince, don't be anxious, just ask them to fight for a few times. We will wait for Li Dingkun to leave the city before meeting him."
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Prince Duan didn't know Zilong's intentions, but seeing Zilong's confident attitude, he knew that Zilong must have a good plan, so he no longer insisted on going to war and only waited for news from the former enemy. On that day, three generals from each side went to fight.
Everyone has their own victory or defeat. At noon, they withdraw their troops and return to their respective camps.
Zilong was not concerned about the outcome of the battle. He only rewarded the victorious generals and comforted the defeated generals. However, the city of Hanzhong was filled with joy. The generals of the Qin army who had been suppressed by Zilong's reputation gathered together.
In the Commander's Mansion, everyone was overjoyed. Although the Qin army did not win, after the battle, the Qi army could not take advantage of it. It seems that the Qi army was nothing more than this. Perhaps only Zilong was brave, and the rest of the generals were not.
that is it.
Li Dingkun was also secretly amused. He felt that he had been too cautious before. If Zilong was brave, but he was a tiger and he had a pack of wolves, he might not be able to defeat Zilong.
After the first battle, the generals of the Qin army were less afraid of Zilong. They believed that Zilong was brave and invincible, but after all, Zilong was only one person. The so-called tiger could not defeat a pack of wolves. Now the soldiers of the Qin army and the Qi army
The horses were equal and the location was convenient. All the generals thought: Even if they could not defeat the Qi army, they could still hold on to Hanzhong City.
The next day, before the Qi army called for battle, a general of the Qin army took the initiative to lead his troops to fight out of the city. To say that the Qin army also had brave and skilled generals, there were several Qin generals who defeated the Qi army generals and the Dali generals.
, everyone still had their own victory or defeat on this day. Hanzhong general Li Dingkun did not go to battle, and neither did Qi army general Zilong and Dali prince Duan Kejian.
They fought like this for three to five days, and the two sides were still indistinguishable. However, the morale of the Qin army increased. For Zilong and the Qi army, they felt that it was nothing more than that.
Li Dingkun saw that he had not left the city to face the battle, and Zilong had not left either. It seemed that Zilong was waiting for him, so Li Dingkun decided to go out of the city in person to meet Zilong for a while to see what this world-famous God of War looked like.
, is it born with three heads and six arms?
Li Dingkun knew clearly in his heart that if Zilong did not come out for a day, the Qin army would still be afraid of Zilong. As long as he could defeat Zilong, the Qin army would completely eliminate its fear of Zilong. By then, take advantage of the situation.
It is not impossible to counterattack and repel the Qi army.
Li Dingkun is still very confident in his abilities. He joined the army at the age of eighteen and fought on the battlefield for more than 20 years. He has experienced hundreds of battles. Every scar on his body is a victory.
The head of an enemy. When Li Dingkun was young, he was known as a desperate gunman in the Qin army. In addition to his superb marksmanship, Li Dingkun was also fearless of death. Whenever he encountered a strong enemy, he would sacrifice his life and fight to die with the enemy.
, but also to kill the opponent. Often in this way, the opponent is shocked, but loses control and is killed by Li Dingkun.
Now that Li Dingkun has become the general of the Qin State, he rarely goes forward to fight the enemy personally. Moreover, as he grows older, Li Dingkun's courage gradually wears away. But now he is facing Zilong, who is known as the victorious god of war. In Li Dingkun's heart
The heroic spirit was gradually aroused.
Li Dingkun was neatly dressed, and ordered his men to bring his war horse and carry his iron spear. He climbed on the horse, grabbed the iron spear, and looked at the blade of the spear that had not drunk blood for a long time. He was filled with emotions. This spear was from the 20s.
Following me many years ago, I don’t know how many opponents I have picked off my horse. This gun has not been fired for some time, and the cold light on the gun blade seems to have lost its brilliance, although there are still soldiers who give it to me every day.
The gun blade is polished, but no matter how sharp the gun blade is, how can it be as murderous as the gun blade sharpened with the blood of the enemy! Li Dingkun weighed the big gun in his hand and said to the gun in his heart: Gun, gun, gun!
Today I will go with you to meet Zilong and see who is stronger with my gun or Zilong's!