A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 83 The Battle of Shanyang, the end of the war

"put!"

The crossbowmen of the Bai Kingdom fired their arrows first, because the crossbows of the Bai Kingdom have a farther range than any other in the world. It is estimated that only the Qin Kingdom can match it!

The coalition soldiers held shields in their hands and slowly pushed the ladders and siege equipment forward against the rain of arrows. However, there were still many unlucky ones who were shot in exposed places, fell to the ground all of a sudden, and were killed by the next wave of arrows before they could get up.

The soldiers behind the shield were still thankful that they had a shield. When they were not shot, they had already advanced to the range of the bed crossbow.

"Crossbow ready!" The operator of the crossbow aimed at the densest coalition formation.

"put!"

"Bang!" The dull Shi Genge fired a crossbow arrow with a thick hand at the coalition forces.

I saw that the tight coalition formation was torn apart by ten crossbow arrows. The coalition soldier looked at his comrade who was torn into bloody foam next to him, and his mind suddenly went blank. He actually forgot to move forward and use a shield to defend himself.

The coalition forces were in chaos. At this time, the White Army's arrow rain arrived at the right time, causing twice as much damage as the previous times combined.

Although the crossbow did great damage, the refill time was very slow. The coalition forces continued to advance under the pressure of the officers. The coalition soldiers saw that the life-threatening arrows were gone, so they quickened their pace.

Soon, the bed crossbow was filled and fired at the coalition forces again. Fortunately, the coalition forces were mentally prepared and it was not as chaotic as the last time.

A coalition officer shouted: "Brothers, their arrows take a long time to refill. Take advantage of this moment and rush to the city. Those who run fast have a higher chance of survival. Those who run slowly prepare for the next round of life-threatening arrows." !”

After shouting, as expected, many soldiers gave up their protection, put their shields on their heads with one hand, and rushed towards the city. He quickly rushed to the city. Sure enough, once he reached the city, he no longer had to be baptized by arrows and hurt by deadly arrows.

However, this resulted in the lack of human protection for the siege equipment. Seeing this, Sun Bin quickly reminded Bai Wei to concentrate firepower to destroy the siege equipment. Bai Wei reacted and ordered: "Send the order, change the rockets, and shoot at the siege equipment first!"

After the general obeyed the order, he shouted to the crossbowmen: "Change the rockets!" "Change the rockets!"

The crossbowmen coated the arrows in grease, lit them with torches, mounted their bows and crossbows, and prepared to fire.

"Target, siege equipment, prepare, release!"

I saw dense rockets shooting around and on the siege equipment. Soon, the siege engines were destroyed by rockets.

Seeing this, Wu Qi had no choice but to withdraw his troops with gold.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The infantry who ran to the city and were waiting for the siege equipment to arrive, then attacked the city. When they heard that Ming Jin was withdrawing their troops, they felt a sense of despair. They had already anticipated how much they would lose along the way of retreat, but there was no way. The siege equipment had been destroyed. There is no point in staying under the city.

If you run back, you still have a chance to survive. If you stay here, you will really be dead.

The coalition troops ran towards the road again, no longer using shields and even losing their weapons, just to run faster. Sure enough, the White army fired arrows when the coalition forces retreated. Fortunately, the coalition forces ran fast and only suffered two rounds of arrow rain.

But just these two rounds of arrow rain can't compare to the damage caused by the dozen or so rounds of arrow rain before.

Wu Qi looked at Shanyang City that was so difficult to crack. No matter how many strategies he had, he couldn't implement them!
Therefore, in the next few days, Wu Qi did not let anyone attack the south gate. Instead, he pretended to attack and let the armies from other gates take turns to attack. The east and west gates were okay, but the north gate was caught by Wu Qi's surprise and he almost captured the city wall.

Fortunately, the reserve army arrived in time and killed the coalition forces. So Bai Wei increased the number of troops at the north gate to 15,000.

In these ten days of continuous siege, the White Army lost 5,000 people, but almost 100,000 people had climbed onto the city wall. If the city had not been well defended, the coalition forces rarely touched the city wall, and the White Army's losses would have been even greater.

The coalition forces suffered more losses, with about 20,000 casualties, including 5,000 dead. The death toll on both sides was almost the same, all due to Wu Qi's precise command!
Wu Qi decided not to attack the city with force, but decided to conduct feint attacks at the four gates every day to tire out the white army and prepare some small plans on his own.

Soon, half a month later, Wu Qi used his numerical advantage to build an earth platform slightly higher than Shanyang City outside the south gate.

The coalition archers climbed onto the earth platform and shot arrows at the Shanyang city wall from a high position. This made the Bai army very uncomfortable and almost allowed the coalition forces to attack the city wall. Bai Wei asked Sun Bin for advice.

Sun Bin said: "It is better to build wooden sheds on the city wall to block the arrow rain from the opposite side, but we must pay attention to fire prevention."

Bai Wei obeyed and ordered people to build wooden sheds on the city wall overnight. The wooden sheds were covered with soil to prevent fire. As for the raw materials, the reserve timber in the city and the houses of the residents, the White Army had promised to pay compensation after the war. With their past trust, the people did not stop them too much. On the contrary, many people came to help carry the wounded and cook.

This time the wooden sheds were built overnight, and the people in the city also helped a lot, so Bai Wei ordered: "Exempt taxes from Dong County for one year and taxes from Shanyang City for three years." The people of Shanyang City became more motivated after hearing this.

Wu Qi saw that the earthen platform was no longer working. On the contrary, many of the archers on the high platform were killed by the white army's crossbows and crossbows. Wu Qi had to think of another way.

In the days that followed, Wu Qi dug tunnels, attacked at night, and attacked the north of the city together while focusing on the south of the city, and attacked the four gates at the same time. But they were all resisted by the White Army.

Wu Qi had no choice but to surround Shanyang, hoping for a breakthrough on the Quyang battlefield.

The current strength ratio between the two sides in Shanyang is 150,000 for the coalition forces and 80,000 for the White forces. Shanyang City was like a tortoise. Wu Qi had no choice but to hope that Shanyang City would run out of food.

On the other side of Daliang City, the two sides only fought one battle at the beginning. The main attacking Korean army found that they could not touch the city wall at all and suffered heavy casualties, so they began to lie flat and only besieged the city without attacking it. In the past few months, both sides That's how it came about.

There were even businessmen in Daliang City who went out of the city to do business with the Korean army, and they were coming and going in secret. However, this was all within the monitoring range of the White Army, so there was no opportunity for the Korean Army to take advantage of it. After all, both sides knew that the main force The battlefield is not here.

The Xiaquyang battlefield in the north. The two sides faced off with 800,000 troops. The coalition army was commanded by Wei Wuhou, and the Qi army was personally commanded by Qihou Tianhe. The two sides fought several battles, but they could not do anything to each other. The Zhao army was worried that Wei Wuhou would use him as cannon fodder, so he did not work hard. The results of these battles all depended on the 100,000 Wei army. Since the Qi army was commanded by Tian He, although its combat effectiveness was not very strong, it won by not being defeated.

So the two sides faced off like this, and they also placed their hope on a breakthrough in the southern battlefield. Ever since, the North-South battlefield has been in a confrontation where you count on me and I count on you.

Soon, the war lasted for half a year. Both sides were unable to cope with it. Because the combined national strength of the three countries was stronger than that of Bai Qi, the three countries of Zhao, Wei and Han believed that if they continued to confront each other, they would have a great advantage over the three countries, so they did not attack. Yes, just confront him.

Here Bai Wei also discovered the disadvantage and felt very anxious. At this time, Sun Bin said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in Baiguan?"

Bai Wei said: "What can these thirty thousand be used for?"

Sun Bin said: "The main force attacking us now is the Korean army. If we attack the city of South Korea, South Korea's domestic troops are now empty, and we must mobilize them. In this way, whether it is the Korean army mobilized in Daliang or the Korean army in Sanyang, the situation will be broken." ah!"

Bai Wei said: "How to notify Bai Guan? We are surrounded by water!"

Sun Bin said: "General, I would like to ask you to lend me your personal guard, Bai Zhuan Guard. I am going to break through the enemy forces in the north, enter Bai Pass, and then bypass Xirong Pass and attack from the hinterland of South Korea. In this way, the siege of Shanyang can be defeated." Understand, this battle can be won!"

Bai Wei was very excited after hearing this, so he said to Sun Bin: "I will give you two thousand white soldiers. If you can really rescue the siege, I will count your great achievements and promote you to general after the war."

Sun Bin took the order.

At night, because the White Guards are an elite unit, there is no such thing as night blindness.

Sun Bin led two thousand White Guards and slowly hung them all down from the corner of the northern city wall with ropes. When the number of people was all there, the equipment was also hung down. After the ropes were pulled up, Sun Bin led the team to reach the north of the coalition forces. military camp.

After waiting for a while, Sun Bin found that the coalition forces had no defensive loopholes, so they had to charge hard. So Sun Bin led the team and ran straight into the coalition camp. Even though the coalition discovered it in time, they were still defeated by the elite Baijiwei.

Sun Bin and the others quickly broke through the siege and disappeared into the vast night. After running for a while, someone put on torches and counted the number of people. They found that there were five hundred people missing, so they had no choice but to hurry on.

But before setting off, Sun Bin had already told them that they would meet at Baiguan after being separated.

After marching for two days, Sun Bin arrived at Baiguan and entered Baiguan after showing his token. After contacting the chief general of the 30,000 White Army, he took over the command and waited for five days. After finding that no White Guards had come to gather again, he decisively led his troops deep into the Taihang Mountains, detoured to Xirong Pass, and attacked the hinterland of South Korea.

A month later, Sun Bin arrived at Xirong Pass.

The nearest city outside was Yewang City. The army quickly arrived at Yewang City. The Yewang defenders did not expect that an army would attack. Two days later, Sun Bin captured Yewang City.

Here, on the night when Sun Bin broke through the siege, Wu Qi heard that only 2,000 people broke out. He thought that 2,000 people were useless, so he added 10,000 people to the north to continue the siege.

While the Marquis of Han was drinking and having fun in the palace, a minister came to report that "the wild king had been lost" and that several small cities around him had also been lost.

The Marquis of Han was shocked and ordered troops to be mobilized for support, but the minister said that all domestic troops were confronting the White Army in Shanyang and Daliang. Han Hou thought, "Anyway, this time is just to help Wei and Zhao. What does it mean if I lose the city? I also thought that I have been besieging the White Army for half a year, so I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous!"

So he decisively ordered the Korean troops in Daliang and Shanyang to return for reinforcements and regain the lost ground.

Soon, the Korean generals in Shanyang and Daliang received orders from the Marquis of Han to prepare to withdraw their troops. Upon seeing this, Wu Qi quickly called the Korean general to inquire. The Korean general said: "General, the Bai army bypassed Bai Pass and captured our Korean city from Xirong Pass. Now that the domestic troops are empty, your Majesty asked us to return to the country to support , I’m sorry, I have to obey your orders.”

Wu Qi asked: "Where did the White Army come from? Aren't the White Army all in Daliang and Shanyang?"

The leader of the Korean army also shook his head to express ignorance. Wu Qi clenched his fists. For the first time, he felt that this battle was so frustrating. Not only was he deaf, but he couldn't even capture a city.

There was no other way. The Korean army retreated and he was unable to support himself, so he had to withdraw his troops and return home.

When Bai Wei saw the allied troops withdrawing and knew that Sun Bin had succeeded, he relaxed. One of the generals said, "Why don't you take this opportunity to pursue us?"

Bai Wei looked at him as if he were an idiot and said, "What are you chasing? Are we using tired troops to chase an elite division that has more troops than us? Besides, is Wu Qi that kind of mediocre general?"

The general lowered his head in shame. Bai Wei ordered again: "Let someone go and tell Sun Bin that the troops can be withdrawn."

Soon, Sun Bin received an order to retreat as the siege of Shanyang and Daliang had been resolved, and the Korean army had returned home, so Sun Bin decisively withdrew to Xirong Pass with his belongings. Within a few days, the Korean army recovered several lost territories that were empty of the treasury.

Marquis Wu of Wei in the north learned that the winner had been decided in the south and the White Army had won, so he had to retreat with the Zhao Army.

This time the Five Kingdoms War ended with the victory of Bai and Qi. The Bai Kingdom captured all the cities west of Puyang, Liyang, Julu, and Songzi in the Self-Defense Kingdom, and all the land to the east belonged to Qi Kingdom.

The Bai Kingdom established Ye Commandery here, with Handan as the county seat. The territory of the Bai Kingdom changed to bordering Qi State to the east, Zhongshan State and Zhao State to the north, South Korea to the west and southwest, and Zheng State and Chu State to the south.

Daliang is the southernmost city of the Bai Kingdom. Further south of Daliang is the Chu Kingdom, to the west is the Zheng Kingdom, and to the east is South Korea. The land to the east is an enclave of South Korea, and this time it was also occupied by the Bai Kingdom.

This time, the Bai Kingdom suffered 50,000 casualties and increased its population by more than 500,000. The total population reached 2.6 million, which was half of Qi Kingdom and the same as Zhao, Wei, and Han.

Bai Wei ordered that the number be expanded by 100,000, with 100,000 stationed in Taihang Mountain, 100,000 in Dongjun, and 100,000 in Yejun. At the same time, Sun Bin was appointed as the general and the governor of Ye County to defend South Korea.

This battle made the world aware of Bai Guo's fighting power, and also gave Qi Guo a breath of relief, while several other countries were also ready to take action. Bai Guo, on the other hand, calmed down and digested the results of Ye County. Moreover, Dong County had not completely digested it. It would not take more than twenty or thirty years to digest it.

(End of this chapter)