Zhao Tuo was surprised when the Hanoi army from the north collapsed and fled to Waihuang City, abandoning their helmets and armor.
The invincible Qin army was actually defeated!
And it was not a small defeat. According to the soldiers who fled, their Hanoi general was actually beheaded by the Wei people. Thousands of soldiers under his command were killed and wounded in unknown numbers. It could be said that they were defeated thousands of miles away.
They fled all the way from Jiyang City to Humo Township in Yangwu County.
Some of the defeated soldiers fled directly to Yangwu County in the west, while others followed the road south from Humo Township and ran all the way to Waihuang.
After Zhao Tuo and Zhao Ben tried their best to collect the defeated soldiers in Hanoi, they counted them and found that there were actually 700 people, which was more than half of their thousand people.
"Wei Bao?"
When Zhao Tuo heard the name of Wei Jun's coach, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows with a look of surprise on his face.
He really didn't expect that the person who led the Wei army to win the battle of Jiyang would be Wei Bao. After all, what this person did in Chenliu before was very disgraceful.
Even Zhang Er, who was guarding a small county town, knew how to resist the Qin army before running away.
Wei Bao, a dignified son of the Wei Kingdom, had thousands of soldiers under his command, as well as the high walls and thick walls of Chen Liu. Facing the Qin army's attack, he fled without fighting. Such behavior was simply unworthy of the blood flowing in his body.
But now that he heard about the battle in Jiyang, Zhao Tuo stopped scorning Wei Bao.
He felt relieved a lot when he thought that this guy was also one of the princes who had risen in the late Qin Dynasty. To be able to occupy the position of King of Wei in troubled times, Wei Bao still had two skills.
Of course, the reason why Zhao Tuo remembered Wei Bao was not because Wei Bao was very capable.
But he once possessed a woman "who could give birth to an emperor".
In the end, the woman really did as the prophecy said, and the child she gave birth to became the master of the world and the emperor.
Zhao Tuo always liked to read this kind of gossip news, and it left a lot of impressions on Wei Bao.
"Wei Bao is going to lead his army to attack Waihuang. Do you think I should ask Zuo Shuchang for help?"
Yang Xiong sat in the main seat, looking uneasy, and asked for advice from the two five hundred masters under his command.
Because those defeated soldiers in Hanoi also brought news to Waihuang City. It was that Wei Bao was about to lead his army south, intending to regain Waihuang County and use it as a stronghold to attack Chenliu again.
Under such circumstances, Yang Xiong could not help but not panic.
The number of Wei Bao's men is much greater than the Qin army in Waihuang City.
Not only is the comparison of military strength, when the Wei army presses the border in a large scale, there will definitely be many Wei people raising flags in the Waihuang City that they just captured. Under this kind of internal and external attack, it will be difficult for the Qin army to defend.
Zhao Ben frowned and said, "I don't think the Wei army will go south to attack Waihuang."
Yang Xiong asked: "Why?"
"Wei Bao had the advantage of city defense at the beginning, and had the help of the common people in Chenliu, as well as tens of thousands of stones of millet reserves. In the face of our army, he still left without fighting. Now that we have captured nearby cities, he
Instead, they want to attack Waihuang and Chen Liu. This kind of thing is unreasonable, and I think there may be some fraud involved." Zhao Ben said in a deep voice.
Yang Xiong looked at Zhao Tuo again.
Zhao Tuo nodded and said: "I think so too. Now that the southern counties of Wei have been basically captured by our army, it would be meaningless for Wei Bao to capture Chenliu. Instead, the Wei army under his command will go deep alone and fall into the siege of our army.
Destruction is a matter of time."
"Attacking Chenliu is a recipe for death. Judging from Wei Bao's behavior when he abandoned the city and left, he would not do such a thing."
"Moreover, after the Wei army's victory in the Battle of Jiyang, the best choice should be to go east to support Taoqiu, defeat our Qin State's Dongjun soldiers, lift the siege of Taoqiu, and join forces with the Wei army in the city."
"But the Wei army did not. Instead, they chose to go west and ignore Taoqiu, which was being besieged. The reason why the Wei army commander made such a choice is probably because there are more important things to the west."
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"Looking at it this way, going south to attack Waihuang is more like a cover-up trick spread by the Wei army to scare our soldiers in Waihuang and Chenliu so that they can go west without worries."
Listening to Zhao Tuo's words, Zhao Ben's eyes were filled with admiration.
Yang Xiong nodded with half-understanding.
Suddenly, he slapped his thigh and shouted: "I know, the Wei army must want to go west to Xingyang to block the burst river, or dig a chasm to divert the river water. In this way, the enemy can be relieved."
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"We will not attack Yangwu County, but take Xingyang from the west!"
"The main force of the Qin army is surrounding Daliang City, and the rest of the partial divisions are also attacking the territory of Wei State. The interior of the Qin State is empty, with not many soldiers and horses. Our army should march at a rapid pace, but the Qin army in Daliang did not react.
, take Xingyang directly!"
"Xingyang was the place where the Qin army stored grain. The grain and grass stored in the city supplied the tens of thousands of Qin soldiers who besieged Daliang, as well as the more than 100,000 slaves and prisoners."
"As long as we can capture Xingyang quickly and burn all the food and grass inside, the Qin army of more than 100,000 people will have no food to eat."
"The siege of Daliang will break without attack. We, the Wei State, will never perish in this battle!"
"Sir, you will also become the greatest hero of Wei!"
Zhou Shi was riding on his horse, pointing to the west in the direction of Xingyang, high-spirited.
Wei Bao, who was on the chariot next to him, also became very excited after hearing this.
If things turned out like what Zhou Shi said, they went deep into Qin's interior alone, captured Xingyang, burned the Qin army's supplies of food and grass, and forced back the Qin army's attack on Wei, then they would have really turned the tide and saved the Wei state.
He, Wei Bao, will become the second Lord Xinling, no, he may even surpass Lord Xinling's status and become the most glorious hero of Wei!
Thinking of this, Wei Bao, who was not yet thirty years old, was already trembling with excitement.
He has now completely forgiven Zhou Shi.
After Chen Liu burned grain and abandoned the city, Wei Bao took advantage of the terrain to get rid of the following Qin army. He was planning to lead his soldiers to retreat to the east of Wei to protect themselves and survive.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the journey, most of the Wei soldiers gave up.
Most of these Wei soldiers were from Daliang, Yangwu, Huangchi and other places. Now their hometown is being captured by the Qin army. Their wives, children and children are not sure whether they are alive or dead. No one wants to follow Wei Bao and leave his hometown to survive.
So a mutiny broke out. Under the leadership of Zhou Shi, a Wei general who was born in Huangchi, the Wei soldiers took spears and halberds to persuade Wei Bao.
Wei Bao was also very happy and accepted the advice of his soldiers on the spot.
The Wei army gave up the idea of withdrawing eastward, and led the army northward under the leadership of Zhou Shi, back-attacking the Qin army under Jiyang City.
Then they attacked Hufu to the west and opened the road to Xingyang.
Now, it is even more important to do something important to turn the tide and save the country of Wei!
In addition to the three thousand soldiers of the Wei army marching westward, there were also more than a thousand clansmen, servants and villagers mobilized by the Zhang family in Hufu Township. They served as auxiliary troops for the Wei soldiers and followed them all the way with heavy supplies.
Among them, a young man with a beautiful face was sitting on a carriage. He looked at the direction of the Wei army's advance, thoughtfully.
"That Wei general named Zhou Shi is quite capable. He knows how to spread the news about attacking Waihuang and paralyze the Qin army there. As long as the Qin army believes this, they will definitely stay put and wait for the Wei army to go south."
"In this way, the Wei army will have no worries. Even the main force of the Qin army in Daliang will be paralyzed by this news, and will focus on the vicinity of Waihuang, and relax their vigilance to the north and west."
"If Xingyang is lost and all the food and grass are burned, the Qin army may not survive the day when Daliang City is broken."