Chapter 391: The Battle of Crossing the River (1)
"Woo-woo-woo-woo-"
With the sound of the horn, the Qin army immediately retreated, and in the blink of an eye, they all left the battlefield, like a black tide receding. And the Wei army and the Chu army did not pursue, because the Qin army was not chaotic and very orderly, if it was bold to pursue, it would be suddenly counterattacked by the Qin army and suffer a loss, which happened several times in the battle a few days ago, so after the Qin army retreated, the Wei army and the Chu army would not pursue lightly.
Xiang Liang let out a long breath and said, "It's like this again, what is the Qin army doing, and he withdrew after only two hits." The energy of the previous few days was all there, and I have been in Xingkou for five or six days, and I have not fought a good battle. β
Yuan Xuan said with a smile: "Young man, it's better to be calm, Qin Jun is now going to stir us up and be careless, and after we relax our vigilance, we will be caught off guard again, so don't be careless." In another hour, your time on duty will be up, so save all your energy and go play with them. β
Xiang Liang nodded and said, "Okay, we have practiced Keju in the past two days, and we will definitely be able to win the Daijun today." β
Yuan Xuan said with a smile: "I thought I wanted to beat our army in two days, young man, you are still far away, don't you know, Wu Anjun's juju technique is ten times better than his ability to use soldiers, haven't you seen it yet?" β
At this time, the offensive and defensive battle of Xingkou had been going on for nearly a month, and after three days of repairs and changes of troops, the Qin army launched an attack on Xingkou. And to attack again, the Qin army also changed the way of attacking before, no longer blindly attacking, but using harassment tactics, thunder and rain, before the attack, the war drums were beaten loudly, and the shouts were loud, but when it came to attack, it was a slight contact, and immediately retreated, sometimes not close to the position of the coalition army at all, just forty or fifty steps away, after shooting a few rounds of arrows, turn around and leave. And then after a while, the next attacking army came up again, and so on.
It also made the coalition army feel that there was nowhere to focus and was disturbed by the Qin army.
It turned out that after the attack a few days ago, Wang Jian also understood the defensive strength of the coalition army, not only to hold the position impenetrable, but also to use the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the Qin army, so blindly attacking would only make the Qin army wounded and lose generals, which was not beneficial.
So Wang Jian also changed his tactics, not seeking to conquer Xingkou all at once, but to make plans for a long-term battle, let the Qin army take turns to rest, and only sent a small force of troops every day to disturb the attack, and did not really fight, but only disturbed the coalition army from resting. And wait until the coalition forces are bored, exhausted, and vigilant, and then launch a full-scale attack on Xingkou.
In addition, just a few days ago, Qin Wangzheng's edict reached Zhongmu, severely reprimanding Han Teng for killing prisoners and slaughtering cities, and ordered Han Teng's title to be demoted by three levels, from Shao Shangzao to Zuo Geng, but remembering his previous merits, his military position remained unchanged and his food was unchanged, and he was transferred to Nanyang to garrison in case Chu sent a large army to rescue Wei.
In fact, after Wang Jian reported Han Teng's killing of prisoners and slaughtering the city back to Xianyang, it caused a huge shock in the court of Qin, and the ministers of Qin were divided into two groups, one group thought that Han Teng's behavior was nothing at all, because now Qin and Wei were hostile relations, and killing the prisoners of the enemy country and the people of the enemy country was also a reasonable behavior. However, a group of ministers believed that Han Teng's behavior would make the Qin State fall into a very big passive moral situation, and would cause hostility towards the Qin State within the Qi State and the Chu State, and it would also cause the Wei State to have the same hatred and hatred for the enemy, and fight to the death with the Qin army, which would also add a lot of difficulties to the destruction of the Wei State, so Han Teng should be punished.
Qin Wangzheng was also very annoyed by Han Teng's behavior, and the reason was similar to the opinion of the latter group of ministers, if the Wei State was really destroyed, killing tens of thousands of prisoners and killing tens of thousands of people would be nothing at all, but now Daliang City has not yet been captured. Just like Han Teng captured Xinzheng and killed more than 30,000 Korean clans, Qin Wangzheng didn't even pay attention to it, and even in Qin Wangzheng's heart, he would say that he killed it well, and it reduced a lot of troubles in the Qin State.
However, Han Teng Bi Jing is a person who has made great contributions to the Qin State, although this time the behavior is a bit excessive, but it is not suitable to be heavily responsible, so Qin Wangzheng made such a decision after careful thinking, only demoting Han Teng's title, not demoting his military position and food, and at the same time transferring him from the battlefield, which can also be regarded as a disguised punishment, which can be regarded as a punishment for Han Teng, but it is not too excessive.
After receiving the order of Qin Wangzheng, Wang Jian immediately sent Wang Ben back to the Zhongmu camp of the Qin army to replace Han Teng. At the same time, an attack was launched on the girder. However, the defense of the coalition forces in Daliang was also very tight, and the Qin army could not find any opportunity to take advantage of it, so it did not attack strongly, and immediately withdrew to Zhongmu.
ββββββββ dividing line βββββββββdividing lineββββββββ plateau is very clear about the purpose of the Qin army, this kind of long-term stubbornness, waiting for the enemy to make his own mistakes, this tactic is also used by the Qin state, because the Qin state has strong national strength and can afford it, and in the long-term confrontation attrition, the other party will often make mistakes because of impetuousness. In the Battle of Changping, the Qin army and the Zhao army spent three years, and finally consumed Zhao Guozi to make a mistake, and replaced the battle-experienced Lian Po general with Zhao Shi, who could only talk on paper, and finally defeated the Zhao army.
Of course, Gao Yuan believes that he will not make mistakes, and this will be beneficial to himself, because it will consume the strength of Qin and Wei, and if it really takes three years, it will be no better.
However, if this long-term consumption continues, it will be a great drain on the morale of the soldiers, and the Dai army is better, while the Chu army is originally a very emotional army, and the Wei army is also supported by one breath, so it is easy to slack off in the long-term attrition.
So the plateau also adopted some measures to maintain the morale of the soldiers, rotate the army, every 20 days, transfer an army from Daliang to Xingkou, and the replaced army returned to Daliang to recuperate. Although the war is tense now, the supplies in Daliang City are very rich, and the supply line has not been cut off, all kinds of materials, and many merchants from Qi have rushed to Daliang to do business, of course, they have been strictly searched when they enter the city.
Therefore, the prosperity of Daliang City has not weakened much, and the business of many taverns and women's houses is even better, and the soldiers who return to Daliang City have been rewarded more generously, and they can rest and relax in Daliang City. Anyway, all this money was taken from the treasury of Wei and generous to others.
The troops stationed in Xingkou only maintained a certain number of troops on duty to rotate and garrison, and other armies practiced every day, and at the same time organized some activities such as wrestling, technical competitions, and juju, so as to maintain the vitality of the soldiers and consume the excessive energy of the soldiers. At the same time, the plateau will also lead the army to fight two battles with the Qin army, so that the soldiers can go to the battlefield to move their muscles and bones and see blood, so as to maintain the morale of the soldiers.
During this period of time, the Fan Yong Army also attacked continuously, and there were good gains, breaking the two transport teams of the Qin army in a row, and the Qin army also knew, don't think that only you will make trouble, we will too.
On the whole, the atmosphere of the coalition forces was still good, and there was no tiredness, impatience, and war-weariness.
But the soldiers can relax, but the plateau does not dare to be careless at all, the light is loose and the dark is tight, a large number of scouts must be sent every day, closely monitor the movements of the Qin army, and release the kestrel every day to conduct reconnaissance in the air, lest the Qin army surprise attack. At the same time, Gao Yuan was not worried about the situation on the side of Daliang, afraid that he would be stationed in Xingkou, and the defenders of Daliang would be lax, and of course, he was also afraid that something would happen to the clan of Wei. Therefore, every two or three days, the plateau will rush to Daliang to check the state of the city defense of Daliang.
Fortunately, Xiang Dong is relatively stable, and he does not dare to relax, and the city defense of the beam is still relatively tight. In addition, with the successive defeats of the Qin army, the prestige of the plateau in the city of Daliang is in full swing, and most of the residents of Daliang regard the plateau as the savior of the Wei state, and even some of the more enlightened Wei clans have changed their attitude towards the plateau, which also makes the most stubborn clans dare not take it lightly.
In addition, during this period of time, Gao Yuan has also done a lot of things, the beacon towers along the chasm and the Yellow River have been built, and the fortifications and fortresses in Xingkou City and the outer part of the camp have also been completed, in addition, ninety percent of the soldiers who were wounded in the battle a few days ago have returned from injury. This group of people is a very valuable asset, because they have experienced the fiercest battlefields, and this kind of actual combat experience cannot be learned by recruits.
At this moment, the plateau received a return from the scouts, and the Qin army on the north bank of the Yellow River, Yang Duan and his troops, had collected six or seven hundred ships of various sizes, and were accumulating preparations, and it seemed that in the next few days, the Qin army was about to cross the Yellow River.
In fact, the plateau has been paying attention to the movement on the north bank of the Yellow River, because now the Qin army's army is firmly blocked to the west of the Great Liang, unable to cross the chasm one step, if the Qin army smuggles across the Yellow River, it can go straight to the back of the Great Liang City, not only to make itself vulnerable to the enemy, but also to cut off the Liang's supply line, so he must not let the Qin army cross the Yellow River.
However, during this period of time, the plateau was also fully prepared for this, not only repairing the beacon towers along the Yellow River, but also carrying out some transformation of more than 500 large and small ships collected to become warships suitable for water warfare, and also carried out some simple water combat training for boatmen and soldiers, and also set up more than 200 large rafts for use in case of need.
Now it is only necessary to grasp the time of the Qin army's crossing of the river in a timely manner, and the plateau has full confidence that it can prevent the Qin army from crossing the Yellow River.