When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 595: Fan Yuqi’s resentment, the simple Wang Bi
Chang'an Jun's Mansion, main hall

The young man in luxurious clothes held his head with one hand and looked at a huge sheepskin map spread on the floor of the main hall. It marked in detail the detailed garrison strength of Qin State's northern border and the deployment strength of Yan State, as well as the nearby areas. The general situation of the various tribes in the grassland.

However, Cheng Yu was a little uninterested.

Different from the traditional Lao Qin people, although he is martial and eager to achieve military exploits, Cheng Yu has a clear understanding of his own abilities.

For Cheng Xi, who thought he didn't have much talent in the military, Chen Bing Qin and Yan's border to guard against Yan State was a free bargain in the eyes of the generals in the army, but it was a hot potato.

"Sir, don't worry too much. We have a general accompanying us this time. It will be easy to deal with the Yan army."

Fan Yuqi, a traditional old Qin man, really looked down upon the Yan State. After all, the Yan Army's combat effectiveness was not strong, and it relied more on the armament advantages of iron weapons forged from abundant iron ore. However, The problem of iron ore was that after the Qin State destroyed Han and Zhao one after another, the total amount of iron ore was no less than that of the Yan State, and Korean sword-making workshops such as Tangxi and Yiyang were also rebuilt with the support of the Qin State. With the cooperation, the quality of the Qin army's standard weapons is definitely the side with the advantage in the battle.

So what else does Yan have to worry about?
And to put it bluntly, does Yan still have generals in their prime years?
Should we count on Yan Yi, a loser, or Yan Chunjun, a loser?
Cheng Yu was unmoved. Compared to military affairs, he preferred to do practical things in politics, such as building his own fiefdom and watching the taxes collected increase little by little. Only that sense of accomplishment could satisfy him.

Fan Yuqi couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Cheng Yu was still lacking in interest.

Back then, the Chu family pushed Cheng Yu and Ying Zheng to compete for the crown prince position. As one of the established nobles of the Qin State, the Fan family also participated in it and stood behind Cheng Yu.

If you fail to stand in line, you will naturally have to pay a price.

The Fan family lost power, and all the core members were transferred to the Western Frontier and Bashu. They no longer had the opportunity to make contributions, and many people even died of illness in those places.

For this, I have to thank Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei for their great kindness.

In the history of the Qin State, there are countless cases where the family was destroyed due to taking part in the wrong side of the struggle between the princes. Because of the deep relationship with Cheng Fan, his younger brother, and Fan Yuqi being Cheng Fan's retainer, he finally succeeded. Let the Fan family have such preferential treatment, otherwise even if the whole family is exiled to the miasmatic land of Bashu, that will be the end of the Fan family.

But in recent years, he has watched other families rise one by one, and countless young people from the strong factions in the court have risen to high positions. However, he, a Mesozoic general, is far inferior to those young people in terms of official titles. Fan Yuqi is also anxious and hates it. heart.

Ying Zheng finally handed over the unearned credit to Cheng Xi. As Cheng Xi's retainer, Fan Yuqi naturally got a lot of credit, and he naturally wanted to seize such an opportunity.

It's a pity that it would be better if he was the deputy general in this battle. Huan Jue is just a brave and reckless man. Is Huangkou Ruzi worthy of commanding him?
The gloomy look in Fan Yuqi's eyes flashed and he resigned to Cheng Yu.

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Three months passed quickly. The war machine of Qin State was already ready to open three battlefields at the same time. Armies from all walks of life with abundant supplies were already on the border. Qin State's declaration of war was also sent by Dianke Mansion. The envoy was sent to Wei State.

Yun Zhongjun predicted a good time and auspicious day by divination. Seven days after the declaration of war, Wang Jian led an army of 100,000 people to march eastward. The frontline of the troops was directed at the Wei State and confronted the Yan State at the Great Wall in the west of Wei. At the same time, with Li Xin as the chief general, Su Jiao as the deputy general, and Li Mu's son Li Hong as the partial general, Zhao led an army of 50,000 across the Zhang River and went south to attack the northern border of Wei; General Teng, who had gathered in Yingchuan County, led the army. Thirty thousand troops marched north via Huayang and confronted the Wei army at Yuguan; Wang Bi, who had already been gearing up, also led an army of 50,000 men in Dongjun to launch a fierce raid, which was so powerful that it even surpassed the other armies at one time.

Long before Qin officially sent troops to Wei, Wang Ben had already made preparations for the battle. He changed all the 50,000 Qin troops who had gathered in Dongjun in advance and prepared to travel lightly.

The so-called "lightly equipped and simple" means that Wang Ben made a major reduction in the equipment of his 50,000 Qin army.

The Qin army has always had a tradition of light troops. Due to the lack of iron ore and copper mines, the number of heavy armors and weapons was very small. They killed the enemy lightly on the battlefield. The enemy's head was hung on the leather waist, and the Qin sword was waving in the hand, running as fast as flying. , reunited after death, became the legendary "tiger and wolf" of the Qin army in the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, so that for a long time, the world regarded the word "light soldier" as the Qin army's death-defying journey.

However, after Shang Yang's reform, the Qin State took the Wei State's powerful "Wei Wuzu" as a model and established a new army that attached great importance to equipment. The strength and charge strength have been greatly improved, and there is truly an indestructible warrior journey.

This so-called powerful weapon is a powerful weapon, but such heavily armored troops have become a great weakness in terms of the rapid agility required for long-distance raids.

Therefore, Wang Ben wrote to Ying Zheng when the war machine of Qin had just begun to operate.

"Wei State has many cities in Pingchuan. Ben asked the king to allow Ben to reduce the burden on his troops and act flexibly, so that he could attack them unprepared with his capable and light troops."

After Wang Ben's petition was unanimously approved by Wei Liao, the captain of the country, and Wang Jian, the commander-in-chief of the expedition against Wei, Ying Zheng made a decision and agreed to Wang Ben's request.

Wang Ben, who received Yingzheng's permission, immediately ordered that all the iron armor in the generals be replaced with leather armor, that is, the heavy armor of the infantry with an outer iron skin and an inner cowhide, was changed to a single layer of cowhide armor; the cowhide combat boots with dense iron nails were changed to Thick and tough single-layer boar leather boots.

As for the Qin army's cavalry, the iron-spiked leather coverings worn by the war horses were replaced by light and soft nail-free sheepskin coverings; the heaviest copper and iron saddles and bridles were all changed to wooden saddles and bridles.

Not just armor, Wang Ben ordered all heavy offensive and defensive equipment and large machine-fired repeating crossbows to be abandoned. The Qin army's cavalry only carried one spear, two Qin swords, one long and one short, and a crossbow with one arm. , thirty feather arrows.

Moreover, the Qin army's cavalry will not advance with the baggage camp. Each cavalryman is equipped with four horses, one hundred kilograms of fodder, ten kilograms of pot helmets, and ten kilograms of dried beef. For this reason, Wang Ben even broke the Qin army's order, which was not allowed except when celebrating the victory. The military regulations on drinking allow the purchase of alcohol with private property, and each Qin army cavalry is equipped with a bottle of wine.

As a result, the infantry's equipment, which originally weighed fifty or sixty kilograms, was reduced to more than ten kilograms under Wang Ben's military order. The Qin army's cavalry lost more than twenty kilograms in terms of harness alone. Combined with the reduction in armor, The man and the horse lost nearly 70 to 80 pounds.

As for the weight of extra fodder and military rations, it can be completely ignored when one person and two horses are changed to one person and three horses.

In the early morning of the day when the order to declare war was issued, Wang Ben led an army of 50,000 under his command and rolled into this prosperous Central Plains like a hurricane.

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