Wei Baichuan thought that if the city was well connected, the city gate could be opened, and there was no need for siege equipment such as rushing cars. [No pop-ups. 】

When Wei Baichuan came twenty miles outside the city, there was no return from the city. Wei Baichuan understood that there was no need to reciprocate, he had already come to the city, and after a while, Baishui City would be as lively as a boiling pot. He ordered the torches to be extinguished, and drove in the dark.

When he approached Baishui City, Wei Baichuan ordered his men and horses to rest less, and he took dozens of deputy generals of his own soldiers to a few miles below the city and looked at the city.

I saw that the gate of Baishui City was closed, and the city was holding a lantern, and there was also the light of the fire, but it was not bright, and it was dim and dark to see clearly, and there was not a single soldier patrolling the city on the city, and they might all fall asleep leaning on the battlements, and it was even darker under the city, which was a good opportunity to steal the city.

After less than half an hour, Wei Baichuan also recovered his spirits with his own men, so with a wave of his hand, a deputy general, with three thousand officers and soldiers, all dismounted, carried the ladder, and rushed to the edge of the city.

When they came to the city, no one in the city found it, and the entire city of Whitewater was dead silent, except for a few dog barks from time to time in the city, which made it even more bitter and desolate.

When 3,000 officers and soldiers came to the city, some of them erected six ladders and began to climb the city.

There were also more than 300 officers and soldiers who ambushed to the edge of the city gate, just waiting for the inside and the outside to merge, and as soon as the city gate opened, they would kill the generals and enter.

Speaking of the officers and soldiers who climbed the city, the first to climb the top of the city was a military commander, who carefully peeked out from the battlement, looked at the city, and unexpectedly found that there were only fires and lanterns at the head of the city, and there was no one in the city.

The captain jumped up to the city, raised his sword in his hand, and looked around, but there was no one.

At this time, the officers and soldiers on the ladder climbed up the city one after another, and these people looked at each other, a little unclear. You know, there is no one left in the city, they have been fighting for several years, and they have never met. Is there a fraud?

In any case, open the city gate first, even if there is an ambush, the Qin army is only a few thousand people, and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers outside will enter the city together, and they are afraid of any ambush

So the officers and soldiers who climbed up the city ran down the road and opened the gates of the city wide and let the officers and soldiers outside.

Wei Baichuan had already received the reward, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, Wang Jian was a very powerful Qin general, it was impossible for him to be so careless. Therefore, Wei Baichuan ordered to control the city gate first, and then carefully search and kill inside, if there is an ambush, the city gate is in his hands, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to withdraw.

For the sake of insurance, Wei Baichuan did not enter the city, but only let a deputy general surnamed Zhang lead 5,000 men and horses into the city. With a thousand cavalry with him, he waited outside the city.

This deputy general Zhang led 5,000 cavalry, blew into the city like a gust of wind, and went straight down the street to the palace. Because they had already received the information of Neiying, Wang Jian lived here.

Along the way, the officers and troops marched very fast, because not a single soldier came out to stop them. Smooth sailing into the government.

But when the troops were sent in, the entire government was empty, and there was not a single figure.

Could it be that Wang Jian got the news that the official army was coming to attack, ran away from Deputy General Zhang and hurriedly rushed to the military camp with his men and horses, but when he arrived here, there was no Qin army.

At this time, someone came to report that the entire city was empty, except for some people who had just been settled, there was not a single Qin army. Strangely, those inner responses are also missing.

A hint of bad omen faintly flashed in Vice General Zhang's heart, the Qin army fled, it can still be imagined, but those internal agents are all missing, this matter is too weird. So he immediately sent people out of the city and flew to report to Wei Baichuan.

Since Wei Baichuan sent in 5,000 men and horses, he listened outside the city, only waiting for the shouts of killing in the city to rise, so he sent troops into the city to reinforce, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.

When he was wondering, someone in the city came to report that Baishui City was an empty city, there was not a single Qin army, and at the same time, the treasury was also empty, and there was not a grain of grain or a penny of silver. What's even more suspicious is that all of the people who entered the city have also disappeared.

When Wei Baichuan heard this, he was even more puzzled, if he wanted to say that Wang Jian had escaped, he had thought of it in advance, but Nei Ying was missing, which showed that things were not so simple.

So he gave an order to let Deputy General Zhang occupy the city first, strictly guard the four gates, and guard against the surprise attack of the Qin army.

As for himself, he still couldn't enter the city, so Wei Baichuan ordered to set up camp and set up camp outside Baishui City, and wait until dawn to make plans.

But his camp tent has not yet been set up, suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, everyone looked back, only to see a few scouts running from the road, like crazy horses, came to the front turned over and dismounted, knelt in front of him: "Report to the commander, the big thing is not good, the Qin army brigade detoured in the direction of Huanglong, and went straight to Jingbian." ”

Wei Baichuan immediately jumped up: "How many people are there?"

Detective report: "I don't know how many people and horses, but I saw countless torches, stretching for twenty miles. ”

Wei Baichuan was taken aback, he roughly calculated, the Qin army must be no less than tens of thousands. At this time, Wei Baichuan felt deceived, and the matter of his dispatch of Neiying may have been known by the Qin army a long time ago, otherwise why did he get close to Baishui City, there was no military information out, and now that he thinks about it, at that time, the city should have been taken by the Qin army. Then the Qin army went out of the city and went to attack Jingbian, and gave him an empty city of Baishui.

Wei Baichuan couldn't sit still anymore, just a white water city, a small land, the location was not important, but Jingbian was different. At this time, there were only 10,000 people in Jingbian, and there were not enough generals, only Shi Kefa alone, and the Qin army was a surprise attack, in case Wang Jian captured Jingbian, he would not be killed, but also recharged.

So he immediately ordered that all the horses abandon Baishui City and immediately return to Jingbian.

The 6,000 officers and soldiers regrouped in a hurry, and went back to kill along the way they came.

I didn't run for fifty or sixty miles, the sky was already bright, and I suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing more than ten miles ahead, and the sound shook all over the world.

Wei Baichuan was taken aback, the secret way was not good, when he came out of Jingbian, he brought 12,000 men and horses, of which 6,000 cavalry followed him, and 6,000 infantry walked behind, at this time, it was not Wang Jian who was attacking his own infantry

He immediately urged his army to advance quickly, and when he turned a corner, he saw a rout all over the mountains, besieged by groups of cavalry. Look at those infantry, it was their own men and horses, and it was the cavalry of the Qin army who attacked and killed them.

Before Wei Baichuan gave the order to step forward, the Qin army had already seen the brigade of officers and cavalry coming, and there was a gong in the army, and they immediately scattered in all directions, and in the blink of an eye, only pieces of corpses of officers and infantry were left in the mountains and fields. Those who did not die tossed and turned, and the sound of wailing was everywhere.

Angry, Wei Baichuan's eyes were on fire, and he immediately ordered the pursuit, and Deputy General Zhang hurriedly said: "Don't be handsome, the enemy situation is unknown at the moment, don't rush in." Let's straighten out the people first. Wei Baichuan suppressed the fire in his heart and ordered to rescue the injured. Five thousand cavalry pressed the corners of the formation to prevent the Qin army from attacking again.

Everyone dismounted and came to treat the wounded, and the scattered infantry also came back, gathered together in one place for checking, this count, Wei Baichuan was startled, six thousand infantry, more than 500 people were killed on the spot, and there were 1,7800 wounded.

He called Adjutant General Li, who led the infantry, and saw that the deputy general was also embarrassed, his helmet was gone, the armor on his body was covered with blood, and he was also hit by an arrow in the face.

Vice General Li ran in front of Wei Baichuan with a helpless expression: "Marshal, our army is on the way, the Qin army is coming up too fiercely and too fast, and they are all cavalry, we didn't have time to react at all, and we were scattered into several sections at once, and it was difficult to take care of the end and the end." ”

Wei Baichuan also understood that he came this time to prepare for a quick battle, so not only the cavalry he led, but also the infantry behind him, also gave the order to march quickly, these infantry were already very tired from marching, and they were naturally unable to resist the cavalry sneak attack, which is no wonder to them.

So he snorted a few times and waved his hand: "Go down and bandage the wound." ”

The officers and soldiers buried the dead and treated the wounded, and worked hard for a long time, and only at noon did they catch a breath. Wei Baichuan ordered to camp and rest, and just after setting up the camp, there was a report from Tanma, saying that the Qin army was rushing to Jingbian.

Wei Baichuan calmed down this time, thought about it carefully, and felt that something was wrong.

He knew that the Qin army only had four or five thousand men and horses in Baishui City, and the Qin army in Xi'an City had not come out to reinforce it, so how could there be a large Qin army Could it be said that the Qin army in Xi'an City was secretly out of the city

Thinking of the combat characteristics of Bai Qi and others, Wei Baichuan believed his judgment a little, the Qin army must have taken advantage of the night to leave Xi'an City and quietly come to the vicinity of Baishui, just waiting for him to attack, and then attack Jingbian. If there were only a few thousand of Wang Qian's men, he would not have the courage.

In any case, it is better to go back to Jingbian first, as for the gains and losses of Baishui City, there is no need to worry about small things.

Wei Baichuan let the horses rest for a long time, and at night, he ordered the camp to rise and return to Jingbian.

The officers and soldiers of the brigade lit torches, formed several long lines, and headed straight for the north.

At this time, Wang Jian was immediately on the hillside in the distance, looking at this official army, with the deputy general Zhang Gong standing beside him, and behind them, in addition to the four thousand cavalry of the Qin army, there were thousands of ordinary people.

It was these people who made a huge noise along the way, heard the drums and horns for ten miles, and covered the sky and the sun with dust, as if there were tens of thousands of horses, and deceived the official army's scouts. And Wang Qian's target is the infantry behind.

In this battle alone, the Qin army gave Wei Baichuan a dismount, killed and injured more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, avenged the last siege, and also thwarted Wei Baichuan's plan to capture Baishui.

Wei Baichuan came on a trip, and in addition to losing more than 2,000 people, he didn't even get a grain of grain, a tael of silver, or a weapon.

Seeing that the official army was retreating, Wang Jian ordered: "The whole army will take the people and return to the city." ”

Four thousand Qin troops led the people and took a small road to Baishui City.

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