Anyi.

Anyi, which was originally the former capital of Wei, was attacked by the Qin army for half a month, but after all, it fell due to lack of strength, and now it has fallen into the hands of Qin.

At this time, in the Anyi City Guard, Wei Ran looked at the map hanging in the hall, and sighed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, the Chu army retreated too quickly, it only took ten days before and after, we only sent troops here, and the Chu army over there retreated." If Chu and Wei can fight for a month, then the entire Hedong will be owned by me. ”

As he spoke, Wei Ran looked at the map, shook his head and said, "Not now, because the time is too short, we just captured a few cities and barely occupied Anyi, and the reinforcements of the Wei State are almost here." ”

After that, Wei Ran looked at Xiang Shou and asked, "General Xiang, is the chief general of the Wei reinforcements confirmed that it is Gongzi An, the younger brother of Wei Wangyun?" ”

Xiang Shou nodded and said: "General, this matter is true, on the day Gongzi An was appointed as the prime minister of Wei, he was promoted by King Wei as the chief general of the reinforcements, and at this moment he is leading 150,000 reinforcements to Hedong." ”

"Childe An!" Wei Ran smiled disdainfully: "If Gongsun Xi comes, he may be able to temporarily withdraw from the army, but his son-in-law An, the prince and grandson who has never gone into battle to kill the enemy!" Hehe, the place of Anyi, plus half of Hedong, will be all wanted. ”

At this time, Bai Qi muttered: "General, according to my opinion, as long as we can defeat the Wei reinforcements, then we still have a chance to occupy the entire Hedong. ”

"Defeat the Wei reinforcements." Wei Ran was stunned, although he was moved, but he was unwilling to risk a decisive battle with the Wei army even though he had already achieved his strategic goal.

Thinking about it, Wei Ran shook his head and said, "It's too risky." Although Gongzi An of Wei is not very good, he still has 100,000 elite troops attacking Hanbei County of Chu State, and his combat power should not be underestimated.

On our side, because we didn't expect the Chu army to retreat so quickly, in order to occupy Hedong as soon as possible, we had already divided a large number of troops to attack Puban, Linghu, Zhidi and other places in the south. Now we have less than 70,000 troops in Anyi. And in order to prevent the Wei people from rebelling, we also have to leave many troops to suppress the Wei people.

In this case, the number of our troops is not even half of the Wei army, and in this case, it is better to go out of the city and fight a decisive battle with the Wei army, it is better to occupy Anyi and defend the city, and then wait for the army from the south to come, and then fight to the death with the Wei army. ”

"No, by the time our reinforcements arrive, it'll be too late." Bai Qi persuaded again: "General, the way of using troops is expensive and fast, and the battle is together, and the daily cost is a lot of money, the reason why the king agrees that the general will lead the army to attack Hedong is because the king thinks that Chu and Wei are holding each other, and our Qin army can easily take most of the land in Hedong, and even the entire Hedong."

However, now that Chu has withdrawn its troops, Wei has come to the aid with all its might. And although we used the method of fraudulently claiming 80,000 to avoid the rapid rush of various countries to help Wei, but in the past month, we have attacked many places in Hedong at the same time, and all of these cannot be concealed from the Wei people in Hedong. Therefore, now the Wei State has more or less known our reality and reality.

If the general adopts a calm approach, then the Wei reinforcements will definitely rely on the favorable location and people, and use a steady and steady method to fight a protracted war with us on the one hand, and ask for help from other countries on the other. At that time, in order to keep Anyi, the former capital of Wei, we will inevitably fall into a long-term war.

And this does not meet the king's expectations, once the king changes, how will the general deal with himself. ”

Wei Ran was shocked when he heard this, but he reacted, at this moment, it is indeed the stupidest choice to sit in Anyi, for the Qin State, the most advantageous thing is to quickly defeat the Wei reinforcements, and then take the east of the Wei River.

If not, then you should retreat to the area around Fenyin, give Gongzi'an and Wei a step, and then let Wei withdraw its troops, and finally rely on Fenyin to encroach on Hedong. Anyway, with the current weakness of the Wei State, he would definitely not fight a decisive battle with the Qin State for the sake of just one or two cities.

And this kind of thing is trapped in Anyi, not only the Wei State cannot afford it, but the Qin State also can't afford it. Once it really fell into a war of attrition, he didn't know who of the two countries of Qin and Wei would not be able to hold out first, but he knew that he, Wei Ran, the commander of the Qin army, would definitely be the first to be deposed by the King of Qin.

After thinking about it, when he was not sure, Wei Ran immediately stared at his son-in-law intently and asked, "Qi, if it is a decisive battle with the reinforcements of Wei, how sure are you?" ”

Bai Qi thought for a while, looked at Wei Ran and said, "Sixty percent." ”

"Sixty percent?" Wei Ran looked at Bai Qi hesitantly and said, "Is there really sixty percent?" ”

"Hmm" Bai nodded and said: "The main force of the Wei reinforcements first attacked the northern part of the Han Dynasty of Chu for two months, and then detoured to Korea to defend the city of Daliang, and then detoured from Daliang to Shangdang to Hedong, and fought for thousands of miles in half a year, which is a tired army.

And Gongzi An, the chief general of the Wei army, has never led the army to fight before, and this time he was promoted to Xiangguo and the chief general by the King of Wei, which will inevitably be difficult to convince the public and difficult to command.

And, calculating Gongzi'an's itinerary, he traveled all the way after leaving Daliang, which is exactly the manifestation of his meritorious service.

Such a commander-in-chief who could not control the army, with a group of exhausted and demoralized troops, could defeat him with only 50,000 troops and crush him with only 70,000 troops. ”

"Sixty percent sure, it's already ready for a fight." Wei Ran smiled when he heard this, and then asked, "Qi, how are you going to fight?" ”

When Bai Qi heard this, he immediately rode alone and said: "General, the last general asked the general to give me 50,000 troops and let me attack Jiangdu in the north." ”

"Jiangdu?" Wei Ran was slightly stunned, then his eyes lit up, and he laughed: "Good plan." ”

The other side.

Gongzi An led the Wei army to Shangdang County, where the road was dangerous, and a messenger from Jiangdu rushed to the army: "Xiangguo, Qin General Bai Qi led an army of 50,000 to attack Jiangdu, Jiangdu is in danger, please Xiangguo go to the rescue quickly, and Chi Zejiang will not be guaranteed." ”

"The Qin army is storming Jiangdu? This is not right, the news that we led an army of 150,000 to rescue is not kept secret at all, and the Qin army must already know about it. Now that the Qin army knows that we are coming, not only will they not retreat, but they will continue to go north to storm Jiangdu, which is a bit abnormal. Gongzi An muttered suspiciously.

At this time, the deputy general Wei Qi let out an exclamation: "It's not good, the Qin army plans to refuse my reinforcements with Jiangdu, and then take all the land east of my river." ”

"Huh?" Gongzi An was stunned when he heard this, and then reacted.

The eastern part of the river is a basin with the surging river to the west, the tall and steep Wangwu Mountain to the east, the endless Zhongtiao Mountain and the river in the gorge to the south, and the huge Luliang Mountain to the northwest.

Therefore, the main passage of the Wei State to Hedong Land is the Fenshui Basin, and Jiangdu, the capital of the former Jin State, is located in the passage, located on the bank of the Jiuqu fertile water, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

As long as the Qin army occupies Quwo and relies on the geographical advantage to intercept the Wei army, then the Wei army will not be able to pass easily, so Hedong will be dangerous.

At this time, although Gongzi An was anxious, he remembered the information from all over Hedong and knew that the number of Qin troops must be more than 80,000. So, he forcibly suppressed the panic and asked the messenger, "Are you sure that the Qin army attacking Jiangdu is only 50,000?" ”

"Xiangguo, a major military matter, how dare you lie."

Gongzi An nodded, and then asked Wei Qi, "What is the situation in General, Linghu, Zhidi, Pusaka and other places?" ”

As soon as Wei Qi heard it, he knew where Gongzi An's worries were, thought about it, and immediately responded: "Xiangguo, the news from Hedong, most of the passes along the river such as Puban have been conquered by the Qin army, and Linghu Zhidi and other places, because of the long distance and the main attack target of the Qin army, are still holding on.

The spies came to report that the Qin army that attacked Linghu and other places was still attacking the city, and it did not look like giving up halfway. As for the Qin army attacking Pusaka, it was too far away from Jiangdu, and even if it was a rapid march, it would not be able to reach Jiangdu now.

Therefore, the Qin army attacking Jiangdu now has a minimum of 50,000 and a maximum of 80,000, and it cannot be more. ”

Gongzi An immediately breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was 50,000 or 80,000, the number of the Qin army was far inferior to the Wei army.

Then, Gongzi An thought of the weakness of the Hedong region, remembered that the Jiangdu was ruined, and the garrison was seriously insufficient, so he couldn't help but be anxious, and in a hurry, he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, speed up, and rush to the aid of Jiangdu!" ”