Troubled Times Chapter 17 Night Attack on the Moon Pass
Qin State, Tianhe Plain.
One hundred thousand Qin troops were evenly distributed across the vast plains.
"Report to the general, the scouts at the front have come to report that Yueming Pass has not found a full-scale attack of our army, and has entered a state of defense at night. An officer in steel armor came to report.
After hearing the news, the man in the main seat of the tent slowly stood up, dressed in a white undershirt and a simple mountain armor, but his seemingly thin body gave people a tall and unyielding momentum. Holding the sword at his waist, Bai Qi said lightly: "Order the front army, immediately prepare the army, and attack Yueming Pass in ten minutes." ”
"General, if we attack in full force for the first time, won't the casualties be too high?" asked the soldier on the side tentatively.
Bai Qi didn't answer, just looked up at the man, his cold gaze made him sweat all over his body, and a feeling of facing death enveloped him.
"General, I wish the commander just came to our army, he is the commander of the fifth unit of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, he doesn't understand the rules of our army, and I hope the general will spare his life. A man dressed as a strategist stepped forward and said.
"I'll put him at the forefront later, and I'll talk about how he has the ability to survive. After speaking, Bai Qi withdrew his suffocating gaze.
"The subordinates obeyed. The soldier who realized that he had just escaped death immediately said, and after saying that, he glanced at the adviser gratefully, and quickly withdrew from the tent.
After Bai Qi arranged some more matters, he sat down and continued to look at the topographical map of the Han Kingdom on the table.
Outside the tent,
"I wish you are so bold that you dare to refute General Bai, but fortunately, Lord Jian Jun interceded for you. A fellow soldier sighed.
The soldier just now, who was Zhu Long, said dissatisfiedly: "I am the commander of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, and it is impossible for him to dare to kill me in vain." ”
The 100,000 iron cavalry of the Qin State is divided into ten troops, each of which has 10,000 troops, each with a commander, and Zhu Long is the commander of the fifth army of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, and the general really does not dare to provoke him. It's a pity that Zhu Long ran into Bai Qi, a general who was once known as a killing god, in his eyes, the difference between himself and the enemy is not big, as long as he resists him, everyone has only a dead end.
"Brother Zhu, you can pay attention, it's not like you haven't heard of General Bai's reputation. ”
Although Zhu Long was dissatisfied, he also understood that it was not a wise choice to mess up the formation before the formation, "Hmph, I want to see if this Bai Qi is really as powerful as the rumors." ”
It's just that Bai Qi in the tent doesn't know the conversation between the two, and maybe he doesn't want to know. In his troops, there were only soldiers who carried out orders, generals who did not give their opinions. It was such a dictatorial army that made Bai Qi invincible and invincible in his decades-long military career, and became the general with the highest status and reputation in the Qin State.
However, the most famous title about Bai Qi is not the victorious general, but the battlefield killing god. It is rumored that when Bai Qi was the lord of Zhenbei Guan when he was young, he happened to encounter a large-scale attack by the Beizhan clan on the Northern War Continent.
The Northern Warclans are a powerful race, they are blonde and blue-eyed, and they are naturally strong. But the people there do not practice martial arts, but simply rely on the fighting talent passed down in their bloodlines to fight the warriors of the Tobu Continent, and they are located in the north and have always been eager to attack the Tobu Continent. Unfortunately, the two continents are separated by a tall mountain range, and only one valley in the middle of the mountain range can reach the Tobu continent. The ancestors of the Dongwu Continent took advantage of this natural danger to establish a city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, called Zhenbeiguan. Later, Zhenbei Pass also became a solid line of defense against the invasion of the northern war clans for hundreds of years.
Although Bai Qi was young at that time, he was already a famous young general in the world. Under his command, Zhenbei Pass successfully repelled the invasion of the Northern War Clan. But Bai Qi was not satisfied with this, and without the permission of Emperor Qin, he led his men and horses out of the pass, directly attacking the city of the war clan, and a month later, Bai Qi returned to Zhenbei Pass with less than half of the people. The battle of that year has not been recorded, but according to the surviving soldiers, they attacked a total of three cities, everywhere they passed, all the massacres, not a single war clan survived, no one knew how many people they killed that month, but since then, the war clan has not launched another attack for decades, and the name of Bai Qi Killing God has spread throughout the Qin State.
After the order was issued, the Qin army quickly completed the relevant deployment. Ten minutes later, the 100,000 Qin troops were ready to go, and Zhu Long was also arranged in the forefront position.
Under the darkness of the night, when the vanguard reached within 500 meters of Mingyue Pass, the soldiers defending the city discovered the menacing Qin army, and when the alarm was sounded, they quickly reported to their superiors.
At this time, Huo Qing, who was reading a book in the study, was interrupted by a noisy sound outside the house, and before he could get up to check, a hurried soldier rushed in.
"Report to the general, a large number of troops of the Qin State are approaching Mingyue Pass. ”
When Huo Qing heard this, he immediately got up and asked, "How many people are on the other side, and where are they?"
"There are at least 50,000 people, and they are almost outside the city. The soldier replied nervously.
"What, is this a full-scale declaration of war on us? Huo Qing immediately put on the light armor beside him, took the long sword, and quickly rushed outside the house with the soldiers, mounted his war horse, and ran towards the city gate.
"Are all the defenders of the city gate in place?" Huo Qing asked the soldier on his horse.
"It's all in place. ”
"Okay, let me see what this group of guys from the Qin State want to do. ”
When Huo Qing rushed to the city wall, the battle between the two sides had already begun for a long time. The Qin army did not give the Han state any time to react, and as soon as it reached the outside of the city, they quickly launched an attack.
A dense rain of arrows rushed to the city wall, and although the defenders of Yueming Pass were prepared, many people still fell under the first wave of attacks of the Qin army. At the same time, Zhu Long also rushed to the city gate with an ordinary army of 100 people, as the commander of the Qin State Iron Cavalry, even if there is no military array, he is also a powerful martial arts master, at this time a divine dragon condensed by the golden martial arts appeared next to Zhu Long, it is the Wu Yuan condensation of the Qin State Iron Cavalry - the five-clawed golden dragon. The troops behind him also gathered Wu Yuan, and they followed Zhu Long and rushed to Mingyue Pass.
The defenders who reacted quickly began to counterattack, and the arrows that condensed Wu Yuan also shot at the Qin army.
"How's the situation?" Huo Qing, who had just arrived, found an officer and asked.
The officer turned his head and saw that it was General Huo, as if he had found the backbone, and immediately reported: "Report to the general, the Qin army launched a direct attack on us without saying anything, and we killed and wounded at least dozens of brothers." But fortunately, we fought back quickly, and with the advantage of the city walls, our situation was not too bad. It's just that the number of Qin troops is too much, and we haven't come up with an accurate number yet. ”
After Huo Qing listened, he walked to the city wall, looked at the dense Qin army below, and couldn't help but feel numb.
Although their own side currently has a certain advantage, the offensive of the Qin army has not weakened at all, and countless troops are rushing over as if they are not afraid of death. No matter how many arrows there are, it will be difficult to stop the opponent's death-defying attack.
"Bring my weapons, gather a thousand tigers and leopards, and we will go out of the city to meet the enemy. Huo Qing turned to the adjutant general and said.
"General, what if the other side also has a military formation?" the adjutant general reminded.
Huo Qing smiled and said: "In the Qin State, only one person's army can have so many soldiers who are at home in death, and that person's army will not have a military array, even if there is, with the strength of the Qin State's iron cavalry, it must be at least twice as many as the number of tiger and leopard cavalry to compete with us." After saying that, Huo Qing left the city wall.
In the information that Huo Qing once collected, Bai Qi was a special general, he had always disdained to lead the military array to fight, so the existence of the military array was absolutely not allowed in his army, which was actually one of the reasons why Bai Qi did not attach importance to Zhu Long. But it was precisely this characteristic that made Huo Qing list Bai Qi as one of the generals he was most reluctant to meet.
If someone else led the army, Huo Qing could completely defend the Yueming Pass and raid with a small force, which was enough to support the arrival of reinforcements. But Bai Qi is different, he will not care about his own losses at all, and will directly suppress it with military force, so that people have no chance to fight back at all. That's why Huo Qing planned to directly dispatch the military formation, carry out a frontal attack, and interrupt the opponent's arrangement, so as to grab a breathing time.
By the time Huo Qing came to the gate of the city, a thousand tigers and leopards had already assembled. As one of the three armies of the Han State, the tiger and leopard were known for their swiftness and fearlessness on the mainland. The Han State had a total of 5,000 tigers and leopards, of which 2,000 were stationed at Yueming Pass and were under the command of Huo Qing.
"Report to the general, a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry have been assembled and are ready to attack at any time. ”
Huo Qing looked at the elite in front of him and said solemnly: "There are an unknown number of enemy troops outside, and we only have a thousand people, are you willing to kill them with me?"
"Tiger and leopard ride, fear everything!" a thousand people shouted the slogan in unison.
"Okay, open the door and meet the enemy. ”
As soon as the city gate opened, a thousand tigers and leopards rushed out together, and the red Wu Yuan flashed on everyone's body. A crimson tiger-like beast condensed in the air. Zhu Long, who was at the forefront, met the murderous tiger and leopard rider head-on, and the army of a hundred people was scattered in an instant, Zhu Long desperately resisted Huo Qing's knife, but the whole person was hit by this knife and flew out, relying on the condensed grandmaster Wu Yuan, Zhu Long saved a life. However, the others were not so lucky, and all the people in the vanguard died under the sword of the tiger and leopard riders, and no one survived, but it was only one round.
After annihilating the vanguard troops, the speed of the tiger and leopard cavalry was not affected at all, and they still rushed towards the large force of the Qin army at full speed.