Chapter 17 Zhao Kuo Second
The black military uniform, black armor, and black flags form a black ocean, and at first glance, they are invisible.
Above this vast ocean, there is a huge dark cloud, connected to the sky and the earth, giving people a heavy sense of depression.
Soon, the black ocean became closer and saw more clearly. The Qin army was excited, with high morale and high fighting spirit, singing war songs, and moving forward with firm steps, unstoppable.
The first one to arrive was the horse army (cavalry), the war horse was majestic, fat and strong, and you can tell that it was a top-notch horse. What's even more rare is that the riders are tall, like an iron tower, powerful, agile, and extremely exquisite in riding skills, giving people a feeling of "unity of man and horse".
"Okay! It's worthy of being a genius who came out of the Longxi River Valley!" Huang Shigong's eyes were so bright that he burst into tears, and he praised him loudly.
"It's really well-trained. Such a great horse army cannot match even the Huns!" Wei Liao also praised.
"Huns? Haha!" Qin Yiren laughed proudly and said, "At that time, my ancestors fought in the Longxi River Valley, and the light troops advanced and were unstoppable. The Huns didn't know where to pick up horse manure."
When people mention the cavalry during the Qin and Han dynasties, they will naturally think of the Huns, thinking that the Huns are good at riding and shooting and can live their lives on horseback, which is very troublesome. However, they don’t know that the Huns are far behind the ancestors of Qin Shihuang.
The Qin tribe was originally a nomadic tribe in the Longxi River Valley (Qingdaei-Tibet Plateau). This tribe is good at riding and shooting, sacrificing life and dying, and dares to fight to the death. It is famous far and wide. According to later generations, the Qin tribe disheveled his hair, wore leather armor, carried bows and arrows, with heads hanging around his waist, waved his scimitar, and rushed bravely.
In order to belittle Qin Shihuang, later generations scolded his ancestors for being uncivilized barbarians, which was why.
Speaking of cavalry, that is the specialty of the Qin tribe, how could it be bad?
These cavalrymen who drove to the city of Handan are the best proof.
Following the cavalry, countless halberds were driven by, and a long halberd about two feet long formed a halberd forest, which was intimidating.
The halberd is a long weapon from the Warring States Period, about two feet long. The handle of the halberd is made of wood, and the tip of the halberd is made of bronze. It shines with a golden light under the sunlight, dazzling and dazzling.
The Qin army's halberd is not only used to fight, but also an important part of the Qin army's formation.
In human history, there are two most famous square formations. One is the "Macedonian square formation". It was through this square formation that Alexander the Great conquered large tracts of land and established the famous "Alexander Empire". The other square formation is the Qin army square formation. Once the Qin army square formation is formed, it will be invincible, and even the cavalry does not want to shake it.
It is precisely because the Qin army has this formation in hand that the Qin army fought against six in one and fought against the six Shandong countries, and became stronger and stronger as the battle fought.
The halberds held long halberds in their hands, pointing to the sky, stepping on firm steps, and extremely agile, lined up in neat battle formations, and drove to the city of Handan.
"It's extraordinary!" Huang Shigong praised and sighed, saying, "People say that Shang Jun is like a tiger, and they practice many domineering skills, but they don't know that the Qin army he built is so great."
"That's right!" Wei Liao also focused his attention and agreed loudly, saying, "If you didn't see the Qin army's battle formation with your own eyes, you really don't know that Shang Jun is a rare military strategist, and his talent is not inferior to Sun Wu!"
Later generations knew that the Qin army was good at fighting, and they were invincible in battle and were defeated in every battle. Few people knew that this was done by Shang Yang. Everyone knew that Shang Yang's reforms were successful, and Qin Gong became a first-class Warring States Period, which defeated the six countries in Shandong. However, they did not know that Shang Yang was a rare military genius in Chinese history. The Qin army he built was the best portrayal of his extraordinary military talent.
Unfortunately, Shang Yang died too early and died young. His outstanding military talents were only revealed once. That is, he led the Qin army to recover Hexi and captured Gongzi Ang alive.
Later generations thought that this battle was because Gongzi Ang fell into Shang Yang's plan and was captured alive by Shang Yang. The Qin army defeated the Wei army and took back the land in Hexi. In fact, this is a big mistake.
Gongzi Ang was indeed a fool. He could only eat, drink, play, and fight. He was also caught by Shang Yang's plan and was captured alive by Shang Yang. However, the Qin army was facing the "Wei Wuzhang" at that time, which was a tough battle and a test faced by the Qin army's sharp soldiers. The Qin army defeated the Wei Wuzhang and achieved great success, verifying the correctness of Shang Yang's military management idea.
Wei Wuzhu was a heavy infantry trained by the famous general Wu Qi in Wei. This was the first heavy infantry in human history. It was full of iron armor and iron weapons. After arduous training, everyone was brave and good at fighting. At that time, looking at the world, everyone was using bronze weapons. This Wei Wuzhuhu used iron weapons. Once it appeared on the battlefield, it was an invincible steel fortress. Who could defeat the enemy?
It is precisely because of the existence of this Wei Wushu that the Wei Kingdom became the overlord in the early Warring States Period and commanded the world, and no one dared not to obey.
How strong is Wei Wuzhu's combat power? Sun Bin knew the most.
Sun Bin trained a group of "fighters" who were good at fighting individually in Qi, which greatly improved the combat power of the Qi army. He still did not dare to fight Wei Wushu head-on. Facing the Wei Wushu led by Pang Juan, Sun Bin had to repeatedly use tricks, yin* Pang Juan entered Maling and Guiling, whose terrain was divided, limiting the combat power of Wei Wushu, and exerting the technical skills of Qi martial artists being good at fighting individually, and defeated Wei Wushu.
In the Battle of Shang Yang's recovery of Hexi, the Qin army's sharp soldiers did not use the terrain to restrict the Wei Wushang, but instead fought head-on, defeating the Wei Wushang and defeating the Wei Wushang.
Looking at the Warring States Period, the only one who can defeat the Wei Wushu in a head-on battle was the Qin army!
"What a pity, Qin Xiaogong died too early and his ambitions were not fulfilled! Otherwise, Shang Yang would not have died so early!" Qin Yiren also sighed.
Qin Xiaogong became ill due to overwork and was exhausted. Once he died, Shang Yang would definitely die. What was the reason?
First, because King Huiwen of Qin and Shang Yang had a marriage, and the two of them could not pee in the same pot, King Huiwen of Qin could not value Shang Yang as Qin Xiaogong; second, King Huiwen of Qin could not let Shang Yang go. If a capable man like Shang Yang was let go, then he would build a first-class Warring States like Qin, which would establish an opponent for Qin.
Shang Yang cannot use it or let it go, so Shang Yang's fate is destined, with only one word: death!
The halberd is followed by a light infantry, carrying a hard bow and strong arrow, a Qin sword hanging on his waist, and a leather armor.
For the Qin people, riding and shooting is the most basic military technology, and everyone must master it. No matter what kind of military service, they must learn it. It is reasonable for light infantry to carry bows and arrows.
Behind the light infantry are archers, everyone is carrying a hard bow and strong arrow on their backs, Qin swords are hung on their waists, and wearing leather armor. At first glance, it is no different from the light infantry.
Behind the archer are large siege equipment, including rushing cars, crashing cars, stone throwing machines, and Qin crossbows...
These large siege equipment are very bulky and inconvenient to transport. Fortunately, the Qin State implemented "standardized" production, and all components can be exchanged, even dismantled and transported to the battlefield, and then assembled.
When we mention standardization, we think of ISO and think it was an invention by foreigners. But we don’t know that our ancestors were used in the Warring States Period more than two thousand years ago. Qin was the master of this. The copper arrow clusters in the Terracotta Warriors and Horses were tested by modern means and the error was no more than 0.02 mm.
How amazing it was that our ancestors had reached this level more than two thousand years ago!
Of course, the Qin State had to fully establish "standardized" production, and it was time for Lu Buwei to become a country. Lu Buwei was born as a big merchant and was very good at this. Under his request, not only large siege equipment, but even small arrow clusters were no exception. This was Lu Buwei's greatest contribution to Qin State.
The arrival of the 200,000 Qin troops was in order and there was no chaos at all, which was shocking!
The entire Qin army had no other sounds except for the heavy footsteps, hooves, flags and commands. If Qin Yiren had not seen him personally, he would not have believed that this was true.
This is so rare!
The Qin army drove to the city and began to camp. It was orderly and without any chaos. Everything was orderly. Soon, a huge camp appeared under Handan City, surrounding Handan.
"You guess, how many troops are sent by Qin?" Qin Yiren looked at the camp outside the city and praised it very much.
"Wang Ling's bluff will definitely scare King Zhao's courage!" Huang Shigong also emphasized the key point and praised it very much.
"Wang Ling is known as the 'eagle-eyed fox heart', and is worthy of this title. He is brilliant and clever!" Wei Liao also admired.
There were only 200,000 Qin troops, but Wang Ling bluffed and doubled the camp, creating the illusion of the arrival of 400,000 Qin troops to the king and ministers of Zhao. This trick was really clever.
As Huangshi Gong said, King Xiaocheng of Zhao climbed to the top of the city and looked at the situation outside the city, and they were all trembling and scared. King Xiaocheng of Zhao was sweating coldly on his forehead, and he felt dizzy and almost fell from the top of the city. Fortunately, he was a little clever, and he suppressed his fear and was not scared to death on the spot.
If he was scared and collapsed on the city, it would inevitably cause great panic. In that case, big things should not be done.
Resisting his fear, with Guo Kai's support, King Zhao Xiaocheng returned to the palace and could no longer hold on. He kept muttering: "400,000! 400,000! How can this be born? What should Da Zhao use to fight?"
Not only was King Zhao Xiaocheng so scared that he was at a loss and at a loss, but who was not as good as the ministers like Pingyuan Jun?
Panic spread like a plague in Handan City. Everyone was frightened and their hearts were broken, and the entire Handan City fell into panic.
The only one who is still calm is Xinlingjun. He was wearing a helmet and armor, standing on the top of the city, loudly encouraging the morale of the army: "Go to the top of the city! Go to the top of the city! Let me go to the top of the city! The tiger, wolf, Qin people are also humans, so what are you afraid of?"
Looking at his appearance, it seemed as if he really didn't take the Qin Ruis seriously. In fact, he was holding back his fear and had to do it.
He knew very well that he was really lucky to become the general of Zhao State this time because King Xiaocheng of Zhao felt guilty and did not want to reuse Lian Po. If he did not do well, King Xiaocheng of Zhao would definitely take his military hierarchy and re-activate Lian Po.
If that is the case, he will become a laughing stock and be shameless!
If he cannot defend Handan and save Zhao, what will he use to force the King of Wei? His ambition will be shattered!
"Although this person knows the name of a soldier, he is so rude that he doesn't know the Qin army's tactics at all. He sent people to the top of the city like this to death!" Wei Liao saw it and shook his head fiercely, and was very disdainful of Xinling Jun's actions.
Chapter completed!