Chapter 1549: The Three Kingdoms Alliance of Yan, Zhao and Han
Chapter 1549: Three Kingdoms Alliance of Yan, Zhao and Han
"Snapped……"
After reading the casualty statistics, Han Xin tried to restrain himself, but he still couldn't restrain the anger in his heart. In anger, he smashed the ceramic tea cup in his hand to pieces.
"Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, the vanguard army alone has caused such great losses to our army. What if the main force of the Qin army arrives?"
Han Xin's eyes were filled with anger, and he shouted angrily: "There is no need to fight, just surrender."
No wonder Han Xin was so angry. Previously, when the Qin army cleared the border and deployed defenses, South Korea had already lost nearly 10,000 troops. Now it has suffered 20,000 casualties, but only caused less than 4,000 damage to the Qin army.
South Korea is not a powerful country, but in just one month, it has experienced the fall of Wei County, tens of thousands of troops rebelled, and now it has lost 30,000 main troops under the attack of the Qin army.
For South Korea, which is in a difficult situation, it is nothing more than adding fuel to the fire.
Now that South Korea's total military strength is less than 80,000, even if it defeats the Qin army, both sides will suffer losses. It will surely face the covetousness of other princes. How will South Korea survive on its own?
After hearing Han Xin's reprimand, all the generals also looked aggrieved. This battle was indeed too frustrating. Eighty thousand infantry and cavalry formations could not defeat 40,000 iron cavalry, and they were passive from beginning to end.
Get beaten.
But in the final analysis, the root cause of the defeat in this battle was not the poor performance of the Han army, but the sudden surrender of Can Ming. Qin caught the Han army and Zhao army by surprise.
The surrender of the Qin Dynasty in the Canming Dynasty caused Jizhou to lose its barrier. The Qin army entered Jizhou without spending a single soldier. Taking advantage of the lack of response from the two countries, they used the autumn wind to sweep away the fallen leaves and cleanly destroyed all the forts on the border.
Seize the opportunity for the arrival of the main army.
That's how war is, one step comes first and every step comes first.
The Qin army had already taken advantage of it, forcing Han Xin to hastily fight. Although he won a great victory and weakened the Qin army's arrogance, he immediately paid a heavy price.
"My lord, the main force of the Qin army has not yet arrived, but the offensive is so sharp. It seems that they will not give up until they take Jizhou."
Nangong Changwan's eyes were full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "With the current strength of our army alone, I am afraid that we cannot defend it even if we want to. My subordinates proposed to urgently expand the army and mobilize the people to defend the city."
"Expanding the army again?" Zhang He exclaimed.
Although South Korea is more benevolent than Can Ming, it does not mean that South Korea's military service is not heavy. It has reached the limit that the people can support. If it expands its army, it will simply not leave a way for the people to survive.
"My lord, the general will oppose the expansion of the army." Zhang He said seriously.
"The general also objects."
Gao Lan agreed, but most of the generals, including Gao Ming, Gao Jue, and General Heng Ha, agreed with the expansion of the army. This also made Zhang He and Gao Lan anxious, so they both looked at the military advisor Jushou expectantly, hoping that he could stand up and say something fair.
However, he did not expect that Jushou also agreed to expand the army.
"Lord, it is inevitable to expand the army, but the number of ordnance in stock is not large. In my opinion, the army can be expanded by 20,000 at most." Jushou said seriously.
Han Xin pondered for a moment and then nodded and said, "Just do what the military advisor said."
As soon as this statement came out, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Ju Shou breathed a sigh of relief. They were all afraid that Han Xin would expand his army without restraint in order to defeat the Qin army, which would only accelerate Korea's demise. Fortunately, Han Xin did not do this.
Han Xin was busy expanding his army and mobilizing the people to rebuild the defense line, while Yuan Shao was completely stunned by the Qin army's combat effectiveness.
"Is this news true?"
Yuan Shao's eyes widened and he said with disbelief: "Han Xin's 80,000 infantry cavalry could not defeat Zhang Liao's 40,000 iron cavalry, but he lost 20,000 troops?"
"It's true." Yuan Tiangang said with a serious face.
"hiss……"
Yuan Shao suddenly took a breath of cold air. No one knew the power of Han Xin better than him, but even Han Xin was defeated by the Qin army. Although it was because he was caught off guard, a loss was a loss.
"Has Han Xin expanded his army after he returned?" Yuan Shao asked.
"Yes, urgently expand the army by 20,000."
"Send him 5,000 sets of boots and equipment for 10,000 troops."
"promise."
Looking at Yuan Tiangang's leaving figure, Yuan Shao felt a kind of fear in his heart for no reason. Originally, he had planned to use Han Xin's help to weaken the Qin army, but now he no longer dared to think so.
The Qin army is really too powerful. If they don't put aside their prejudices and unite, I'm afraid it will be too late even if they want to unite.
"Report... to inform my lord, Mr. Wang Mang has successfully persuaded Duke Yan to join the anti-Qin alliance, and the State of Yan has sent general Wei Qing to lead an army of 100,000 to support."
"Very good."
When Yuan Shao heard this, he was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Where is Wei Qing now?"
"It has entered the territory of South Korea."
"Well……"
Yuan Shao's smile couldn't help but stiffen, and then he smiled bitterly and said: "That's all, it's the same. By the way, is there any news from Wang Mang?"
"Mr. Wang Mang did not return with the Yan army, but went south to Qingzhou."
"Qingzhou? Songjiang?"
Yuan Shao frowned slightly and said: "This man is quite close to Qin Hao, so I'm afraid he won't join the Anti-Qin Alliance. It's just a waste of effort to lobby him.
Besides, even if all Liangshan soldiers and horses are dispatched, how many will there be? It doesn’t matter at all to the overall situation.”
What Yuan Shao didn't know was that the goal of Wang Mang's trip was not Liangshan, Song Jiang was just incidental, and his real goal was actually King Zhu Tianpeng of Qi.
What Yuan Shao didn't know yet was that Wang Mang went north to lobby Liu Che this time, and there were almost no setbacks.
Liu Che originally had the intention to resist Qin, and Wang Mang came on behalf of Yuan Shao and Han Xin. This was exactly what Liu Che wanted, so after a simple discussion, the two hit it off and reached an alliance.
Among the three families of Han, Zhao and Yan, Zhao is the strongest. Yan and Han were originally between brothers. However, South Korea lost Wei County first and was hit hard by the Qin army in the back. After these two blows, the national power has fallen far behind Yu Yan.
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This time the alliance was against Qin, Liu Che directly sent an army of 100,000, which can be said to be full of sincerity, and it also shows the firmness of his will to resist Qin.
Wei Qing led 100,000 Yan troops southward. After Han Xin expanded his army, he could also raise 100,000 troops, plus Yuan Shao's Zhao army, which had more than 200,000 troops.
The Yan-Zhao-Han Anti-Qin Alliance was only initially established. It already had an army of more than 400,000 and had the strength to confront the Qin army head-on.
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Wuguan.
[Ding dong, Zhang Liao led his army across the border between Han and Zhao, killing 20,000 enemies and damaging 5,000 himself;
There were two battles with Han Xin. In the first battle, he killed three thousand enemies and lost five thousand himself.
If we fight again, we will kill 20,000 enemies and lose 3,000 ourselves.
According to statistics, a total of 43,000 enemies were killed and 13,000 were injured. After deducting the losses, the reward is 300 summoning points. The host currently has: 3400 summoning points.]