Soldiers' lives are the least valuable on the battlefield. The so-called closeness to the people, the so-called benevolence, and the so-called strict discipline of their superiors are all to make soldiers willing to sacrifice their lives for them.
The battlefield is like this today. The war has lasted for three months and has passed its most intense initial stage. In these three months, three major battles have occurred, which have played a particularly important role in the change and development of the battlefield situation. factor.
Among them, in the north, that is, Wei State, under the Yewang City in Hanoi County, the 250,000 troops of Wei and Zhao had a fierce confrontation with the 200,000 troops of Qin State.
This time, Qin's northern army was commanded by Qin's famous general Meng Wu. Some people may not know exactly who Meng Wu is, but his two sons are definitely known to many people.
His eldest son, Meng Tian, once led a Qin army of 300,000 men to attack the Xiongnu in the north and captured thousands of miles of Hetao. And he single-handedly built the Qin State's Great Wall Army to defend the entire Qin State's northern border.
His youngest son Meng Yi is also an extremely famous person, with both civil and military skills. In Zhong Yu's previous life, there was also a very famous TV series, Shinhwa, which was created based on Meng Yi.
Being able to raise such two outstanding sons, Meng Wu will not be far behind.
At this time, in Zhao State, Lian Po was dead, and the country was full of incompetent and greedy people, with few who could fight.
However, he has a person that no one can ignore. His existence holds up half of the sky of Zhao State. It can be said that Zhao State was able to maintain it for such a long time after losing Lian Po and has a relationship with this person that cannot be ignored.
This person is Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State and one of the four military gods of the Warring States Period.
After Zhao State was defeated in the Battle of Changping, the Qin Army took advantage of the situation to attack Zhao State's HD. Thanks to Li Mu leading his northern army, he went south and defeated the Qin Army many times, and then Zhao State was able to support the arrival of reinforcements from various countries.
After that, the Qin army sent large armies to attack Zhao several times, but it was Li Mu's presence that repelled Qin's attacks.
Originally, according to historical records, the Qin State would go eastward in a year or two and begin its path of annexing the six countries and unifying the world.
When attacking the State of Zhao, he was frustrated because of Li Mu's existence, so he used Wei Liao's plan to bribe Zhao's treacherous ministers, framed and framed Li Mu, and Li Mu died. Soon, the State of Zhao also Then it was destroyed.
As for the Wei State, let's not talk about it. Since the death of Lord Xinling, there are no outstanding generals, and there are not many capable civil servants. They are rotten to the core.
However, this time when the army marched south, King Zhao did not take Li Mu with him. He did not trust Li Mu and thought that Li Mu's military exploits were too high and would shock the emperor. Instead, he left Li Mu in the northern Xinjiang where there was no danger, and led his army to the south alone, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to establish his supreme prestige.
This also gave Qin's general Meng Wu an opportunity. After many plans, Meng Wu threw out bait after bait, and finally relaxed the vigilance of Zhao and Wei.
Then his ambushed soldiers and horses suddenly rushed out, defeated the pursuing troops of the two countries, and forced them into a narrow valley to defend themselves.
To be honest, in order to lure these two prey, Meng Wu took advantage of King Zhao and King Wei's eagerness for success and wanted to make military exploits to establish prestige. He successfully seduced them and made them ignore many unsatisfactory things. Something normal.
However, as a price for the bait, Mengwu also sacrificed more than 50,000 soldiers, who were killed by the pursuers of the two countries on the way. Otherwise, how could these two greedy and cunning prey be easily believed!
But the plan succeeded in the end. After the final trap failed, he successfully beheaded 100,000 Zhao and Wei coalition forces through a counterattack.
Including the Zhao and Wei coalition forces that were killed when they retreated and fled, the entire Zhao and Wei coalition forces had sacrificed 130,000 people.
Now, there are only 120,000 troops left in the coalition forces of the two countries, of which 20,000 are left in Hanoi County for defense. In other words, only the troops trapped in the valley guarding King Zhao and King Wei are left. 100,000 people.
As for the 200,000 Qin troops in Mengwu, there were also 130,000 people. They did not need to defend, they all surrounded the kings of Zhao and Wei, constantly using various means to try to capture the kings of the two countries and use them to intimidate them. Both countries withdraw their troops or surrender.
The northern front of the coalition forces is already in extreme crisis. The two commanders-in-chief of the northern route have fallen into a deadlock. They will never be able to save the entire chessboard by relying on their own strength alone. They can only hope for reinforcements from outside.
The kings of Wei and Zhao, who were afraid of death, had already sent out messengers the moment they were trapped, rushing desperately to Zhao and Wei, asking for reinforcements from the ministers and generals in the rear.
This was a death order, and the two kings made harsh words. Anyone who didn't come would be a traitor, and those ministers who were loyal to the country could be killed on the spot.
After hearing the order from their king and understanding the crisis of the situation, the ministers of the two countries did not dare to be rude and quickly mobilized the few remaining soldiers and horses in the country and rushed towards the valley where their king was trapped.
However, after all, the two countries had experienced more than two years of war and were already exhausted. The young and middle-aged population in the country had dwindled so much that it was really difficult to recruit more troops and mobilize enough troops for rescue.
Among them, the State of Wei was the most obvious. Although it occupied the largest territory and had the largest population during this attack on Qin, it also killed the most people.
The territory regained by the Wei State had to be divided into half of its population to the Yu State, and the rest he led to fight, and almost all of them were already dead.
Therefore, under the reluctance of their prime minister, they sent a reinforcement force of about 50,000 people and rushed to the valley.
The Zhao State was much faster. They fought fewer hard battles. Although the population in the north was relatively small, they still left a lot of young people, and there were many who could fight.
After Zhao Guo received the summons, he showed his bravery and fighting side. The army was quickly gathered, and then appointed Li Mu as the commander-in-chief. When King Zhao was in danger, the first person who thought of saving him turned out to be him. Li Mu couldn't stand it.
After receiving the order, Li Mu did not dare to neglect, and quickly went south from the north, accepting the command of the 100,000-strong army dispatched, and went south under the starry night to rescue his king.
Mengwu of the Qin State is still worried about how to conquer the coalition forces of the two countries in the canyon. Although the coalition forces of the two countries are all defeated and have low morale, they are facing a crisis at this moment, and the combat effectiveness they have unleashed is still not enough. underestimated.
(End of chapter)