Everyone has heard that during the Defense of Handan, Xin Lingjun stole the soldier's charm with the help of Ru Ji. In the end, the Chu army Wei army defeated the Qin army and successfully saved Zhao. This is the origin of the idiom "stealing the symbol to save Zhao".
However, this was not the only time that Xin Lingjun had fought with the Qin state. Ten years later, Xin Lingjun once again defeated the Qin army.
In this article, the author will introduce you to the story of Xin Lingjun's second victory over the Qin army.
Although Xin Lingjun succeeded in saving Zhao, stealing the soldier's charm was a major crime after all. Xin Lingjun did not dare to return to China, but instead gave the soldiers to other Wei generals and asked them to lead the troops back to China, while he himself remained in the Zhao kingdom.
When the King of Wei heard that Xin Lingjun had stolen the soldier's charm, he was once very angry and beat Ru Ji, who helped Xin Lingjun, into the Cold Palace. Later, when the King of Wei saw the triumphant return of the Wei army, he turned his anger into joy, released Ru Ji, and pardoned the disciples who remained in the country by xin Lingjun. However, the King of Wei did not agree to let Xin Lingjun return to China.
During his time in the Zhao Kingdom, Xin Lingjun met two hermits, Mao Gong and Xue Gong, and they became close friends.
Almost ten years later, the State of Qin once again repeatedly used troops with foreign countries. This time, the spearhead of the Qin army was pointed at the State of Wei. The State of Wei was faced with the pressure of the Qin army, and the situation was very critical.
For example, Ji Jin advised the King of Wei that Gongzi was a great talent of the State of Wei, but he was abandoned to his hometown, which gave the State of Qin an opportunity to take advantage of it. The King of Wei then sent emissaries to the State of Zhao and asked Xin Lingjun to return to China to fight against Qin.
Xin Lingjun resented that His brother wang had not allowed him to return to China, so he closed the door and did not see the envoys of the State of Wei. At the same time, Xin Lingjun forbade his disciples to mention anything about the envoys of the State of Wei. The emissaries of the State of Wei were helpless. He heard that Xin Lingjun had befriended Mao Gong and Xue Gong, so he went to visit them and asked them to come forward. The two happily agreed, and immediately went to see Xin Lingjun: The situation in the State of Wei is critical, and you should return to China to fight against Qin.
When Xin Lingjun saw that the two of them had also come to mention the affairs of the State of Wei, he was very impatient, saying that he was now a native of the State of Zhao and that the affairs of the State of Wei had nothing to do with him.
Mao Gong and Xue Gong listened, and righteously said: Gongzi's words are very wrong. Gongzi was able to make friends with Haojie in the world, relying on the State of Wei. Moreover, if the Qin army destroyed Wei, the ancestral temple of the wei state would be destroyed at the hands of the Qin army. Could the Prince bear to watch the people of the State of Wei displaced, and the former king of the State of Wei die blind?
Xin Lingjun is worthy of being a sage, and once he finds out that he is wrong, he will immediately correct it. After thanking the two men, he immediately went to bid farewell to King Zhao.
Ten years ago, Xin Lingjun led the Wei army to break the Qin army and successfully saved the Zhao state. King Zhao was a man of gratitude. When he saw that Xin Lingjun was going to return to China to fight against Qin, he took the initiative to grant the Xin LingJun Zhao Guo Bing Fu, appointed the general Pang Yan as the deputy general of Xin Lingjun, and lent Xin Lingjun 100,000 elite soldiers to save Wei.
Xin Lingjun also wrote to other countries for help. The Chu State, the State of Yan, and the Republic of Korea had always respected Xin Lingjun, and when they heard that Xin Lingjun had set out to fight against Qin, they sent troops to help Xin Lingjun. The Chu general Jingyang, the Korean general Gongsun Bao, and the Yan general Xiangguo each rushed to the State of Wei with their troops and obeyed the mobilization of Xin Lingjun.
The King of Wei was very happy to hear that Xin Lingjun had led a coalition of princes to rescue Wei, and also sent the general Wei Qing to lead a large army to meet with Xin Lingjun, so that there was a five-nation alliance army. It had been a long time since the princes had formed such a large coalition.
At this time, the Qin army was divided into two routes, Meng Xiao attacked Wuzhou all the way, and Wang Gong attacked Huazhou all the way. Xin Lingjun gathered the generals to deliberate, and finally decided to divide the army into two ways. He ordered Jingyang and Wei Qing to lead the Chu and Wei armies to confront Meng Xiao at Yuzhou under the banner of Xin Lingjun, and Xin Lingjun himself and other generals led the armies of Zhao Yan and Han to the huazhou front.
West of Shaohua Mountain is Weishui, and the Qin army relies on Weishui to transport grain.
Xin Lingjun keenly grasped this. He ordered Pang Yan to attack the Qin army's grain ships, and he himself set up an ambush at Shaohua Mountain with Gongsun Bao and General Qu.
As Xin Lingjun expected. The Qin army heard that the grain ship had been attacked by the Zhao army, and it was indeed calculated. Wang Gong personally led a large army to rescue the grain ships. Kill Qu and Gongsun Bao decisively. The Combined Forces of Yan and Han and the Qin Army fought each other inextricably.
Immediately afterward, Xin Lingjun himself personally brought 30,000 elite soldiers to help the battle. The morale of the Allied generals was greatly boosted. The Qin army had already heard of the prestige of Xin Lingjun, and when they saw Xin Lingjun personally go to war, everyone lost their courage and fled into the wilderness. Wang Gong had a great life, and he ran back to the Qin Kingdom. Huazhou also successfully broke the siege. The combined forces of Zhao Yan and Han then marched to the front line of Wuzhou.
On the way, the Zhao Yanhan coalition army just happened to bump into the Meng xiao Qin army. It turned out that after the previous fight, Meng Xiao found that Xin Lingjun himself was not in Wuzhou, and understood that Xin Lingjun himself was in Huazhou. Therefore, Meng Xiao made a plan, left the old and weak remnants in Huazhou, continued to raise his own general banner, and contained the Combined Forces of Chu and Wei, hoping to rush to Huazhou to aid Wang Gong and join forces with Wang Gong. However, Meng Xiao still slowed down a step, because Wang Gong had already been defeated. At this time, the morale of the Zhao Yanhan coalition army was high, and the soldiers all fought bravely. The Qin army gradually fell apart during the battle.
Jingyang and Wei Qing had also discovered that Meng Xiao himself had gone to Huazhou, so they attacked the Qin camp in one fell swoop and came to pursue Meng Xiao. In this way, the combined forces of Chu and Wei just formed a situation of front and back attack with the combined forces of Zhao Yan and Han. As a result, this Qin army also fled in defeat. The five-nation coalition took advantage of the victory to pursue and seize a lot of lost land. Before the Hangu Pass, the Qin army closed the door tightly and did not dare to fight. This great victory is called "the great victory outside the river" in history.
During the Warring States period, the princes joined forces to resist Qin several times. The Battle outside the river was definitely the most brilliant one.
After this battle, the Xinling Emperor became famous all over the world and was admired by the whole world.