At the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi quickly made a deployment, Sima Terrier went north to attack jinyang, the old capital of the Zhao state, and Wang Gongdong attacked and attacked the Zhao state fortress Wu'an, preparing to destroy the Zhao state in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, Fan Ju, the chancellor of the State of Qin, was afraid that Wu Anjun's merits would surpass his own, and opposed the continued attack on the State of Zhao. King Xiaocheng of Zhao actually personally went to Xianyang, the capital of the Qin state, to persuade King Zhaoxiang of Qin to stop attacking the State of Zhao.
Bai Qi could not hide his anger, but there was nothing he could do, Zhao Guo was given 8 months of respite.
In October 258 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin knew that he had missed the opportunity and urgently ordered Wang Ling to command the Qin army to attack the city of Handan.
The crossbowmen of the Qin army shot hundreds of thousands of arrows at the city of Handan to cover the infantry siege. The infantry was divided into two teams, one team carrying a ladder on their shoulders and forcibly climbing the city wall of Handan, and one team pushing a rushing car to directly attack the gates of Handan, and the Qin army was divided into three armies to attack Handan day and night.
For Wang Ling, attacking Handan was a good opportunity to become famous throughout the ages, and many generals dreamed of no such opportunity. If the Fifth Doctor Wang Ling, who was only ranked at the ninth level of the Qin Military Meritorious Title System, could take Handan, his title would be normal even if he was promoted to the sixth level.
However, Wang Ling underestimated the determination of the Zhao army to resist, and he ignored the reality that the other side was desperately resisting, and ordered an all-out attack on Handan.
In siege warfare, if the attacking side's strength is not more than three times that of the defender, it is difficult to conquer, and Handan is still the capital of the Zhao State, and the city is high and wide. Wang Ling's strength was only slightly more than that of the Handan defenders, and the difficulty of attacking the fortifications was self-evident.
In a month, the Qin army alone killed five lieutenants and suffered nearly 30,000 casualties.
The lieutenants of the State of Qin were of a similar nature to the capital lieutenants of the State of Zhao, with the number of troops in command of about five thousand, and they were middle and high-ranking generals.
Generally speaking, the middle and senior generals of the defending side must personally go to the city to command the defense, and the probability of being hit by stray arrows and rocks is not much different from that of ordinary non-commissioned officers, while the middle and high-ranking generals of the attacking side only need to direct the battle. The lieutenant of the Qin state actually took the lead in attacking the city, and the offensive could not be described as fierce.
Although Wang Ling still wanted to continue the onslaught, the Qin army was already overwhelmed, and Wang Ling had to stop the large-scale attack and switch to a small-scale key attack to capture the morale of the Handan army.
At this time, the Zhao defenders of Handan did not sit still, they repeatedly attacked elite infantry, and even a small number of cavalry constantly raided the Qin army's camp fence on the outskirts of Handan, which caused heavy casualties to the Qin army.
On the contrary, the Qin army was on the defensive day and night, and the soldiers were tired and slack.
If the war were to continue like this, the Qin army could not conquer Handan, but there was a possibility that it would be crushed by the Zhao army.
The war report was sent to the Qin state of Xianyang, and Qin Zhaoxiang Wangren was old, but his thinking was very, very agile, and he immediately realized that Wang Ling's army was in danger!
In the first month of 258 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin asked Wu'an Jun Bai to send out his horse and replace Wang Ling as a general, but Bai Qi refused.
Bai Qi probably had two meanings, one was to retaliate against the sudden cessation of the attack by King Zhaoxiang of Qin a year ago, and the Qin army did miss the best time, and Wu Anjun thought that the chances of victory were not great.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin had no choice but to order Zuo Geng, who was sitting in Wu'an, to replace Wang Ling as a general and continue to attack Handan with additional troops.
In terms of title, Zuo Gengwang ranked second in the Qin army, second only to Wu'an Junbai, and at this time, King Zhaoxiang of Qin had already taken out all the cards of the Qin state.
In terms of troop strength, the remaining strength of the Qin army in the former Battle of Changping has all been driven to handan city.
However, the Handan army was not crushed because of the increase in the Qin army, but had the tendency to become more courageous in the Vietnam War. Pingyuan Jun scattered his family wealth to reward the soldiers, and incorporated both the family members and the doormen into the army.
In addition to the state having an army during the Warring States period, some large families of the Hao clan had their own private armed forces, and there was no way to fight in the chaotic world of the Warring States, and it was difficult for large families to protect themselves without their own armed forces.
These disciples under the Pingyuan Jun have the duty to protect the Pingyuan Jun, and when there is a war between the countries on weekdays, these big families generally do not put their own armed forces into battle, and the Pingyuan Jun puts his own private armed forces into it, and really has the mind of "home is the country, and the country is the home".
These private armed forces of the Warring States period, whether strategic or courageous, were no less than regular armies. Pingyuan Jun organized three thousand daredevils (mainly from his disciples), led by the general Li Tong, to go out of the city to attack the Qin army.
The so-called daredevils were those who were ready to die with the Qin army and did not intend to return to Handan City. These people are not afraid of being injured, nor are they afraid of death, and they have only one purpose: to kill the Qin army.
It was three thousand such daredevils who rushed out of Handan City to kill the demoralized and physically exhausted Qin army, causing a huge shocking effect, and there were the corpses of the Qin army being slaughtered everywhere.
However, the Qin army Zuo Gengwang Gong was by no means easy to live with, and he immediately organized the Qin army to retreat in a hierarchical manner without knowing the strength of the Zhao army. After retreating thirty miles, the Qin army launched an effective counter-offensive to block this round of fierce offensive of the Zhao Guo death squad.
The action of the death squad turned the Battle of Handan from a stalemate into a stalemate, and the Qin army had a certain distance from Handan City, and it was no longer difficult to organize a large-scale offensive.
The death squad also suffered heavy casualties, and the leading general Li Tong was killed!
The war hit here, and the Qin army was gray-headed. Not only did Handan City not be captured, but it was getting farther and farther away from Handan.
When the war report was sent to Xianyang, King Zhaoxiang of Qin raised an eyebrow in anger, and he asked Xiangguo Fan Ju to apologize to Wu Anjun Baiqi and ask him to fight, but baiqi still refused.
King Longyan of Qin Zhaoxiang was furious and reduced Bai Qi to a commoner.
In 257 BC, the Wei state Xin Lingjun led 80,000 elite troops, and the Chu state Chunshen Jun led a 100,000-strong army to the north to rescue Handan.
On the qin side, King Zhaoxiang of Qin appointed Zheng Anping, who was recommended by Fan Ju of Xiangguo, as a general and commanded the last 20,000 troops to support Wang Gong's army.
Under the city of Handan, a major war was about to break out.
Xin Lingjun led 80,000 Wei troops, Chun Shenjun led 100,000 Chu troops, killing Wang Gong's army outside Handan City, and the Zhao army inside Handan City also attacked outside the city, and the coalition army had the advantage in numbers.
After the Qin army fell into trouble, Wang Gong made a decision: retreat to the Taihang Mountains, retreat to Fencheng, Hedong County, and join the tens of thousands of Qin troops led by the general Zhang Tang.
The reinforcements that Zheng Anping brought from Xianyang did not carry out the retreat order with the main force of the Qin army, and was surrounded by 300,000 coalition troops, and Zheng Anping led 20,000 Qin troops to surrender after weighing the pros and cons.
Soon after, the combined forces of Wei and Chu slaughtered 20,000 Qin troops in Hedong County, and the Wei and Chu armies paid only 6,000 people.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin, seeing the defeat of the Qin army, blamed Bai Qi for refusing to go to war and put Bai Qi to death.