"Wei Country's army?" After Baiqi heard the report from the Qin spy, he frowned slightly.
He did not expect the Wei army to come to the rescue of the State of Zhao so quickly.
However, he did not know if the other countries had sent troops to rescue Zhao.
If there was, then there would be a few more tough battles to fight.
"How many people does the Wei army have? Who is the commander?" Baiqi asked the scout.
"I don't know the exact number, but there should be 100,000.”
"The one leading the army seems to be Wei Wuji, the son of Wei.”
The scout answered truthfully.
"Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling of the Wei Kingdom?" When Bai Qi heard this name, he was slightly stunned.
He was naturally familiar with this name.
During the Warring States Period, apart from the Four Great Generals, there were also the Four Young Masters.
Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling of the Wei Kingdom, was one of the four young masters of the Warring States Period.
The other three young masters were Tian Wen, Lord Mengchang of Qi State, Zhao Sheng, Lord Pingyuan of Zhao State, and Huang Xie, Lord Chunshen of Chu State.
At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin State became more and more powerful. In order to prevent the invasion of the Qin State and save their own country from destruction, the various countries 'nobles tried their best to recruit talents.
They respected the wise and recruited guests widely to expand their power, so the wind of raising "scholars" prevailed.
In particular, Lord Mengchang, Lord Pingyuan, Lord Chunshen, and Lord Xinling were the most famous. They were known as the Three Thousand Followers and were known as the Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period.
However, Lord Mengchang of Qi had already passed away, leaving only the other three young masters.
Baiqi, who was familiar with history, naturally knew that the Qin army led by Wang Ling and Wang He had suffered a great defeat in the Battle of Handan. It was because Lord Xinling of Wei and Lord Chun Shenjun of Chu had led hundreds of thousands of troops to rescue Handan City, causing the Qin army to suffer a great defeat.
However, because of Baiqi's appearance, history had changed. The Qin army had already taken down Handan City.
"I wonder if Chu sent Chun Shenjun to rescue Handan City?”Baiqi could not help but think to himself.
Although history had changed because of his appearance, Young Master Wei still led his army to rescue them. It was just that the historical event had happened ahead of time. It seemed that Chun Shenjun of the Chu Country might also bring the Chu army to support the Zhao Country. He had to make preparations in advance.
"Men, pass down the order to General Wang He, General Sima Geng, and General Meng Ao. Tell them to gather with the army immediately.”Baiqi ordered.
Since you're here, don't even think about leaving!
He planned to leave the Wei and Chu armies in Zhao's territory.
Although it was not the time to destroy the Wei and Chu countries, Baiqi was naturally willing to weaken them.
……
At the border of the State of Zhao where the State of Wei and the State of Zhao shared a border, a large army was stationed on a high ground. The flag of the army had the word "Wei" written on it.
This was the army of Wei that Wei Wuji had led to reinforce the State of Zhao. There were a total of 100,000 soldiers.
"What is it? The capital city of Zhao, Handan City, had already been breached by the Qin army?”
"How, how is this possible?"
In the Commander-in-chief's tent, Lord Xinling, Wei Wuji, Lord Pingyuan, Zhao Sheng, and the Wei generals who had just received the news were all shocked.
It had only been half a month since Handan City had been surrounded, and the Qin army had actually broken through. This was simply unbelievable.
In his opinion, if the 50,000 soldiers of Handan City were to defend Handan City, it should not be a problem for them to hold on for a month. How could the city be broken so quickly?
"It was the Great General of the Qin Country, Baiqi, who personally led a hundred thousand soldiers to attack Handan City.”
"In Handan City, 30,000 of the 50,000 Zhao soldiers died, 20,000 surrendered, and even the King of Zhao died.”
"Moreover, the Qin army has been attacking cities and plundering land in various parts of the country of Zhao. Now, more than half of the country of Zhao has fallen into the hands of the Qin army.”
The soldier then told him everything he had learned.
"What?" After Wei Wuji, Zhao Sheng, and the Wei generals heard this, they could not help but gasp in disbelief.
They did not expect Bai Qi to be so powerful. In just a day and a night, he had taken down Handan City, the capital of Zhao. It was simply unbelievable.
Instantly, the entire tent fell into silence, and the atmosphere became a little oppressive.
Especially Wei Wuji, he felt like he was riding a tiger and couldn't back down.
Originally, he had planned to lead his army to Handan City, but now that Handan City had been destroyed and Bai Qi was so ferocious, he and the other Wei generals felt like retreating.
Facing Bai Qi, they only had 100,000 soldiers, so they could not muster up any fighting spirit.
They had been frightened by Bai Qi's fame, or perhaps they had been beaten up by him.
The Wei generals still remembered the Battle of Yique in the 14th year of King Zhaoxiang's reign. The 240,000 soldiers of the Wei and Han alliance were wiped out by Baiqi's 100,000 soldiers.
That's right, they were all wiped out. The 100,000 Qin soldiers wiped out 240,000 Wei Han soldiers, no one would believe it, but Baiqi did it.
Moreover, there were tens of thousands of the most powerful soldiers of the Wei army.
The prestige and strength of the soldiers of Wei had spread throughout the seven countries.
However, they were all lost in the Battle of Yique. At this point, Wei no longer had any soldiers.
It wasn't that the Wei Kingdom didn't want to nurture the soldiers of the Wei Kingdom, but that it required time and a huge amount of energy. The Wei Kingdom didn't have the time or the ability to nurture more soldiers of the Wei Kingdom.
In addition to the Battle of Changping, the 450,000 soldiers of the State of Zhao had been defeated by Baiqi.
Thus, when Zhao Sheng went to the Wei Kingdom to persuade the King of Wei to send troops to rescue Handan, the King of Wei was so scared that he was unwilling to send troops when he heard that Baiqi was the one who led the troops to attack Handan.
From this, one could see how famous Baiqi was.
The King of Wei was afraid that it would be like the last time when the Wei and Han allied forces left and did not return.
Lord Xinling, Wei Wuji, naturally knew that once the State of Zhao was destroyed by the State of Qin, the State of Wei would be in danger.
In addition, Zhao Sheng's wife was Wei Wuji's sister.
With this relationship, whether it was for Wei or his sister, Wei Wuji would not stand by and watch.
Although Wei Wuji was extremely afraid of Baiqi, he had no choice but to save him.
Moreover, in his opinion, as long as Handan City was not breached, there was still a chance of winning if they allied with the Chu army and the Zhao army to attack the Qin army from both sides.
Thus, Wei Wuji brought his henchmen and stole the commander's seal of the King of Wei. He killed the Wei army general, Jin Bi, and seized the military power. Then, he led the 100,000 soldiers to rescue Handan City.
However, he didn't expect to receive news of Handan City's fall as soon as he entered the country of Zhao.
If they continued to advance and faced Baiqi, Wei Wuji and the other generals felt that they had less than a 10% chance of winning.
And Wei Wuji had stolen the commander's seal, so he didn't dare to return to Wei.
At this moment, Wei Wuji was in a dilemma.
"Everyone, what should we do now?”Wei Wuji gathered his henchmen and began to discuss.
"This, now that the capital of Zhao has been broken through by the Qin army, it would be inappropriate to rashly advance. Why don't we camp here first and wait for the reinforcements of Chu to arrive before making a long-term plan.”Wei Wuji's strategists said.
"This is the only way!" Wei Wuji sighed and said with a bitter face.
Meanwhile, Zhao Sheng was in a daze and had a sorrowful expression on his face.
He didn't expect that Handan City of Zhao would be destroyed and more than half of Zhao's territory would be lost.
If they were a little later, the entire Zhao Country might have perished.
……
Just as the Wei army was waiting for the Chu reinforcements to arrive, Baiqi had already sent out a large number of scouts to clear out the surrounding Wei scouts.
Then, he led the 50,000 strong army to travel at night and quietly took another route to the rear of the Wei army to lay in ambush, completely cutting off the Wei army's retreat.
Baiqi did not attack immediately. Instead, he waited for Meng Ao, Sima Geng, and Wang He to arrive before he dealt the final blow to the Wei army.
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