Chapter Seventy-Six: Battle
Outside of Bairen, the enemy is mighty.
When the quantity reaches a certain level, it will also produce a different kind of beauty. Zhao Kuo only saw the scene of so many people gathering when he went to watch the big military parade in his previous life, lying in the depths of the dense forest, all he could see were busy Yan people. After the vanguard of the Yan people arrived here, they refused to go any further, they began to explore the surroundings, if this army was Qin, Zhao Kuo and the others would definitely be found out.
The war-weariness of the Yan people was even more serious than that of the Zhao people in Changping.
The Qin people attacked the Zhao State, the soldiers could obtain military merits, so they would fight to the death wholeheartedly, and the Zhao people resisted the invasion of the foreign country, although they missed their hometown, but because they wanted to protect their relatives and loved ones behind them, they could only grit their teeth and fight to the death, the Yan people were different, they were forced to attack the Zhao State, even if they defeated the Zhao State, there was no benefit to them, and even, many soldiers in the Yan people were conquered by the Yan State, they may not hate the Zhao people, but they must hate the Yan people.
The Yan people were very perfunctory, they came to the outside of the dense forest, Zhao Kuo could even see their angry faces, they waved their short swords, slashed around for a while, and then shouted in Yan language behind them, Zhao Fu on the side told Zhao Kuo that this was a message that it was safe here. There was a kind of irritability and impatience in the army of the Yan people, and Zhao Kuo saw that even when they were transporting wood, after arriving at their destination, they were viciously thrown to the ground with all their might.
Then came the whipping of the general, the general seemed to be very irritable, the whip kept falling on the soldier's body, the soldier rolled on the ground in pain, begging for mercy again and again, and the rest of the soldiers were smiling, surrounding and laughing.
Zhao Kuo seemed to understand what Lin Xiangru had said to him in an instant, Lin Xiangru once said that there are three kinds of armies, an army that fights to protect the common people, an army that fights to protect itself, and an army that fights for rewards, but Zhao Kuo now sees the fourth type, the army that is forced to fight. The generals of the Yan Kingdom don't treat the soldiers as people, not even as swords, to be precise, the soldiers are treated as dogs, let them go, they can go up and bite the Zhao people.
Especially the Hu people recruited from Liaodong, these Hu people had no sense of belonging to the Yan people, and they couldn't even understand the language of the Yan country, they were forced to come to the battlefield, and the grain and grass that were originally allocated were not much, and after Zhao Kuo burned the grain and grass, they could get even less, and even, the Yan people killed the horses they brought, as rations for other Yan people, the generals could only talk to them through whips and swords because they could not communicate.
Zhao Kuo saw this poor and hateful army in the distance, and he really didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
Chestnut belly is still standing on his chariot, this way, unlike before, the march is very slow, this is because chestnut belly is worried about being attacked by the Zhao people again, so he walks carefully, the elite scouts patrol on both sides of the Chinese army, everyone they meet along the way, all died under their swords, in the night, the Yan people are especially careful, a little movement, can make the army in turmoil, but a few days have passed, chestnut belly is already exhausted, look decadent, as if more than ten years old.
These days, the Yan people have not received any good news, the envoy he sent to the Yan country, there is no trace of it, the Zhao people who have been conquered, bowed their heads to beg for mercy, are now in the rear against the Yan people, with the banner of Zhao Kuo, and even drove the Yan people out of the city many times, and the army is seriously short of food, originally wanted to collect food in the territory of Zhao State, who knows, the Zhao people are poorer than them!
This damn King Zhao doesn't love his people at all, and he's not a benevolent monarch! The grain of the Zhao people has been requisitioned by him, and the Yan people can't grab it if they want to!
The former army has reached the city of Bairen, and it is said that the surroundings are safe, and the army of the state of Zhao has gathered under the city of Bairen, and Zhao Kuo is also here. Chestnut belly learned these news, non-stop, so that the whole army accelerated the advance, more and more Yan people outside the city, they lined up, bigger than Bairen City, the front army finished patrolling, just sit on the ground and began to rest, chestnut belly arrived, immediately take a car to explore Bairen City.
He didn't dare to get too close, he took a serious look at the figures running back and forth on the city, and then looked at those flags, and reasoned that there were probably more than 6,000 defenders in the city, Qing Qin stood beside him, he didn't take a chariot, just rode a horse, and looked at the chestnut belly with disdain. Chestnut's incompetence led to Zhao people easily burning the grain and grass, and now they are in a passive situation, Qing Qin wants to take over the command of the army from him, but Chestnut refuses, and the contradiction between the two is becoming more and more serious.
Qing Qin said seriously: "The soldiers have traveled a long distance and are exhausted, it is better to rest here for a day, I see that there are a lot of woods around here, which can be used to build siege equipment, and tomorrow I will lead them to attack the city." Standing on the chariot, he frowned, thought for a long time, and then said: "No, Zhao Kuo is cunning, if we rest here and he goes out of the city to attack at night, what should we do?" ”
"Hahaha, isn't that just right? We will bury here and wait for Zhao Kuo to send him to his death, he has a tall city not to defend, to fight with us, isn't it better for us? Qing Qin said with a smile.
Chestnut shook his head, he looked at the Yan people around him, and said: "You can't see things at night, and setting up an ambush will not only not be able to defeat Zhao Kuo, but may cause chaos.."
"I've heard that the cunning of embarrassment will also lose its effect when encountering tigers, Zhao Kuo is only a few thousand people, no matter how cunning he is, how can he face our tens of thousands of troops? Are you afraid of the Zhao people because you were defeated by the Zhao people once? If this is the case, please go and attack the city yourself, and I will lead people to set up an ambush here to annihilate Zhao Kuo! Qing Qin said angrily.
"Knock Knock~~~"
At that moment, the war drums in the city roared, Zhao Guo's big drum roared with all his might, shouting arrogantly at the Yan people, Qing Qin's horse was surprised, and suddenly got up and neighed, Qing Qin couldn't grasp the reins steadily, and fell off the horse, "Hahaha~~", the surrounding soldiers laughed, Qing Qin stood up, gray-faced, red, chestnut belly stood on the carriage, just looked at him calmly, without words.
"Damn it!" , Qing Qin raised the long whip, and hit the horse, hearing the laughter of those soldiers, his heart was even more annoyed, and he hit the surrounding soldiers indiscriminately, and after a while, he said angrily: "Prepare to attack the city!" With that, he turned and left, and the drums of war in the city soon stopped.
Dong Chengzi trembled and looked at the Yan army in the distance, he still remembered Zhao Kuo's order, if the Yan people rested, then wait for the battle situation, if the Yan people attacked the city, flee immediately! And now it seems that the Yan people are gathering under the city, and the chariots are not lined up on both sides, but in the position of the front army, this is obviously not to set up a village, this is to attack the city, Dong Chengzi's face is pale, and he should have fled.
Chestnut belly is in formation, Bai Ren's city is not high, he is ready to suppress the city's counterattack force through the bow and crossbow, using the tactics of foot soldiers clustered in the chariot to attack Bai Ren, the foot soldiers can climb the city wall through the chariot, the chariot can become a step, in addition, when he attacked other cities, he prepared a lot of ladder ropes, which can also come in handy, after all, this Bai Ren is just a small city.
However, knowing who his enemy was, he did not dare to let his guard down, so he ordered several lieutenants to surround Bairen from three sides, and after he led his army to attack the city, he attacked it with all his might, deliberately leaving a gap to come out.
These arrangements of his were clearly seen by Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo knew that his plan had failed.
Although the enemy did not find out about their ambush, they did not have the idea of resting, and they wanted to attack the city directly.
Zhao Kuo had no way to continue waiting, Bairen was an empty city, there was not a single old pawn, and it would be broken at the touch of a button.
He and the scouts had once again burrowed into the forest, where thousands of old soldiers had gathered, some sitting on the ground, some leaning back against the trees, some bowing their heads in deep thought, some muttering something quickly, and no one could hear clearly. There were also a few old pawns, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, their hands were white, Zhao Kuo walked here, stood on his own car, and the old pawns looked at him one after another, as if they all realized something, and inhaled heavily.
An old pawn put his trembling hand to his mouth, bit his trembling hand, and kept muttering his son's name.
Several old pawns gave each other a deep hug and slowly stood up.
Zhao Kuo looked at them one by one, was silent for a long time, and then said, "Fight." ”