Chapter 425, Breaking Array 3
Fifteen hundred arrows, there is no need to aim, the huge advantage in numbers makes the lethality extremely great, and the two generals around Wei Baichuan were killed by arrows. γLatest chapter reading. γ
The Qin army shot for a while, and Wang Jian saw that it was almost there, so he ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The Qin army carried the wounded companion and the body of the dead companion and retreated to the camp.
As soon as the Qin army retreated, Wei Baichuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he turned his head and looked at it, secretly surprised, it turned out that the enemy tower behind him was already densely packed with arrows at this moment. If you shoot an enemy building like a hedgehog, and look at the city, many of the houses of the residents have been shot, and some arrows have penetrated the roofs or walls and entered the houses.
He immediately counted the men and horses, this check, is even more surprised, he arranged 4,000 people at the south gate, and a round of attacks by the Qin army, even shot and killed, the officers and soldiers lost more than 500 people, and there were 7 or 800 wounded.
At this time, Wei Baichuan was so angry that he returned to the Shuaifu and immediately found the deputy generals to discuss countermeasures.
He knew very well that if he continued to defend like this, without anything else, the Qin army could shoot many of him just by shooting arrows. Although there were 30,000 horses in Jingbian City, even if the Qin army entered the city, it could be stopped, but he also knew that the city gate could not be lost. Although the report made it clear that the Qin army only had 10,000 horses, what if the Qin army still had men and horses ambushed around? If the city gate is lost and the Qin army suddenly appears, what should it be?
Wei Baichuan understood that the combat effectiveness of the official army was far inferior to that of the Qin army, and it was able to hold Jingbian because of the numerical advantage, when the number of the Qin army was not less than the official army, the official army was no match for the Qin army.
Therefore, he was very worried, today they have learned the power of the Qin army's crossbow arrows, how should they deal with this overwhelming rain of arrows tomorrow?
After discussing for a while, everyone had no good way, because this kind of crossbow arrow was too big for an ordinary shield to block at all, even if it was an iron shield, it would be pierced by an arrow and shot out along with the people behind it.
Vice General Li frowned and thought for a long time before he said, "Dashuai, I came up with an idea to break the crossbow array of the Qin army." β
Wei Baichuan was overjoyed: "Say it quickly, what's a good way?" β
Vice General Li said: "We can't passively defend the city, so that the Qin army is under the city, and they can attack as much as they want, their crossbow array is too powerful, those crossbow arrows can't be blocked, even if we have great ability, we can't use it." Therefore, I think it is better to make it impossible for the Qin army to shoot crossbow arrows again. β
Wei Baichuan said: "What should I do?" β
Vice General Li gritted his teeth and said, "Let's take advantage of the night to go out of the city and sneak attack, and catch the Qin army off guard." Burn all those bolts to him. Look how he still storms the city! β
When Wei Baichuan heard this, he shook his head again and again: "No, the Qin army will not be defenseless." β
Vice General Li said: "No matter how defensive he is, there will always be few people." We have 30,000 horses in the city, according to my idea, send out 20,000 people, and rob the camp if they can, and if they see the situation, they will simply kill the Qin army back to Huangling. β
Wei Baichuan was still shaking his head: "Field battle with the Qin army, that is the enemy of the enemy, the length of attacking the enemy, I don't think the chance of winning is big." β
Vice General Li spread his hands: "Then I don't have any other ideas, you just wait for the Qin army to continue shooting us tomorrow." You can also see the situation of today's battle, as soon as the Qin army released its arrows, it began to attack the city, and our archers were of no use at all. I can only watch as people attack. In case the Qin army kills the city and opens the city gates, it will be too late. β
In fact, the other lieutenant generals were also a little unconvinced, because Wei Baichuan's arrangement was a little too cautious, they felt that Wei Baichuan was too timid, and the 30,000 officers and soldiers were actually frightened by the 10,000 Qin troops and did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle. Although Wei Baichuan had an order to wait until the Qin army's food was exhausted before counterattacking, who knew when the Qin army's food would be cut off, and who would have expected that the Qin army would not have the men and horses to carry grain and grass to follow?
Therefore, everyone was silent, and the expressions on their faces were puffed up.
Wei Baichuan had already guessed the thoughts of these people, but he still didn't dare to agree with this opinion. Because the loss he suffered last time was too bitter, he had to have some scruples.
When Vice General Li saw the look on his face, he guessed **, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, since Shi Kefa was expelled, he was anxious to come forward, so he patted his chest: "If the marshal is afraid of losing, the last general is not talented, and he is willing to go out of the city to fight, if he wins, it is not my credit, he is defeated, and he is willing to be punished, what do you think?" β
When several other lieutenants heard this, they also said: "Boss, I'm going to ...... too"
"I'm going to ...... too"
"Let's all go ......"
Wei Baichuan waved his hand: "Don't worry, wait for me to think about it." β
Everyone shut up and watched Wei Baichuan walk back and forth in the house a few times, and finally Wei Baichuan finally nodded: "Okay, you will lead 20,000 horses out to give it a try." I have a word in advance, if I find that something is wrong, I will immediately return to the army, and I will not fall in love with the war. Protecting the men and horses back to the city is also the first achievement. β
Vice General Li was full of excitement and finally got this order. 20,000 horses went to rob the camp, and nothing went wrong.
Therefore, he and several other lieutenants went out of the marshal's mansion, ordered 20,000 officers and soldiers, quietly moved to the south gate, went up to the city to see the Qin army camp in the distance, there was no movement, and the south gate was opened, and 20,000 horses went out of Jingbian City and rushed towards the Qin army.
After leaving the city, he divided the men and horses into three teams, he personally led 10,000 horses in the middle, straight to the door of the Qin army camp, and the other two teams were divided into left and right, each with 5,000 men and horses, from both sides into the Qin army camp, three ways of men and horses, and attacked at the same time.
The camp of the Qin army was set up seven or eight miles away, and the distance was very close, so after leaving the city, he didn't go far to see it, Vice General Li took a long look at it on the horse, and found that the camp was still quiet and did not move, and the Qin army did not even send out a mobile sentry, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.
He ordered the three armies to immediately speed up and pounce on the Qin army's camp.
Twenty thousand horses rushed in front of the Qin army's camp almost at the same time, shouting in unison, pushing aside the deer firewood, picking up the blocking horses, slamming open the camp gate, and killing them.
When the Qin army found out that the official army had come to rob the camp, they immediately became a mess. It turned out that after a day of fighting, they despised the officers and soldiers very much, and never expected that they would come to rob the village at night, and many soldiers did not have weapons in their hands, so how to resist, they had to run to the rear camp.
The officers and soldiers of the three routes saw that it was cheap, and immediately rushed and struck, driving the Qin army to scatter and flee.
Wang Jian and Zhang Gong ran out of the big tent and commanded the Qin army to resist desperately, but the Qin army was in the dark night, could not see the enemy clearly, and was unprepared, so they could not organize.
Vice General Li was overjoyed, and he ordered the whole camp to set fire to the Qin army's camp, so that those crossbow arrows would also be turned to ashes.
The fire in the camp was big, almost all the camp tents were on fire, and the Qin army had no intention of fighting, only caring about fleeing for their lives, the front camp rushed to the back camp, and the men and horses of the rear camp could not stop it, and they were also scattered.
Then the camp is where the king of Qin is, there are 3,000 men and horses here to protect the king of Qin, see a large group of officers and soldiers from behind, I don't know how many are all over the mountains, immediately report to the king of Qin.
The king of Qin immediately ordered a retreat. So three thousand men and horses kept him, pressed the corners, and withdrew. These 3,000 men were all cavalry, and there were many archers, so the officers and soldiers did not dare to approach for a while.
But the soldiers in the army shouted wildly, and were heard by Adjutant General Li's men, and Adjutant General Li asked, "What are the thieves calling?" β
A pro-soldier said: "General, they want to protect the king and withdraw, will that king be the king of Qin?" β
Vice General Li was overjoyed: "Yes, this time the intelligence said that the King of Qin is indeed personally recruited here, and we should be rewarded for meritorious service, as long as the King of Qin is captured or killed, Guanzhong will be pacified immediately, and when the time comes, I can also be a chief military officer." β
He gave an order: "All the horses don't have to chase down the thieves, go all out to attack and kill the King of Qin, and they must not let him withdraw safely." β
Nearly 20,000 officers and soldiers were ordered to converge in one place, and followed the king of Qin to kill.
In the army, the king of Qin was protected by 500 women's army, and outside were 2,500 elite cavalry of the Qin army.
They protected the king of Qin, walked south, turned back to meet the battle as they ran, and shot the officers and soldiers who were chasing closer, and those officers and soldiers also began to shoot arrows, but these three thousand cavalry were all armoured and did little damage.
Vice General Li led 20,000 horses, threw off the rest of the Qin army, and pursued the King of Qin with all his might.
King Qin was not flustered, he asked Ji Mengdie beside him as he ran: "How far is it to Qingyang Town?" β
Ji Mengdie said: "It's almost there, only a few miles away." King Qin said: "After entering the town, you must defend it with all your might." Ji Mengdie smiled: "King Bulao is worried, we were ready to fight to the death." β
They fought and left, and finally retreated to Qingyang Town.
Qingyang Town is a big town, there are about hundreds of families in the town, but as soon as Qin Jun came, most of them were so frightened that they moved away, so Qingyang Town at this time was almost a dead town, and only a few poor people had not left.
When the Qin army arrived in Qingyang Town, Ji Mengdie invited King Qin to rest in the center of the town, and found a large mansion. The four Lady Soldiers held shields around them to prevent stray arrows from coming at them.
Ji Mengdie scattered the three thousand men and horses, and people were placed on every street, guarding all the intersections of the town and preventing the officials and troops from breaking into the town.
Vice General Li rushed to the outside of the town with his men and horses to take a look, only to see that the Qin army did not run, and was defending in the town, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, he was most afraid that the Qin army would flee all the way south and run back to Huangling, now the king of Qin is in the town, and he has a turtle in the urn, a fish in the kettle, where can he escape?
He immediately ordered the town of Qingyang to be surrounded so that not a single Qin army could escape, and then began to storm onslaught.
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