Chapter 7 The Rebuilding of Mountains and Rivers Seventy-six The final battle between father and son
There was a busy scene in the Qin army fortress on the south bank of Weishui, just as Ma Xing was discussing countermeasures with Meng Yi in the Chinese army's big tent, the Chinese army Sima suddenly hurriedly walked in: "Zhao Jun withdrew from Liyang, and his whereabouts are unknown!" ”
"Oh?" Meng Yi stood up in surprise and walked quickly to the map on the side, "There must be a trick in it!" ”
"According to another report, General Meng Tian has led the Jiuyuan army to the south, and it will be possible to reach Xianyang in three days!" Sima of the Chinese army continued to report, "The last general thought that Zhao Kuo might have retreated. ”
Ma Xing nodded slightly: "Don't let it get away easily!" The herald ordered the whole army to immediately cross the Weishui to pursue the Zhao army! ”
"Never!" Meng Yi hurriedly dissuaded, "It's difficult to keep fraud here, so you can't help but guard against it!" ”
"What can be done? The king of Qin has ordered Wang Jian to be a teacher, and the army of Nei Shi Teng is also on the way back, and the Zhao army is only 100,000 at best, how can it last? Ma Xing laughed and stood up, "General Meng or too worried!" ”
"This ......" Ma Xing's words seemed to make sense, but Meng Yi always felt that something was wrong.
"General, do you give the order to pursue?" Zhongjun Sima asked again.
"Chase!" Seeing that Meng Yi no longer objected, Ma Xing waved his hand and ordered.
Half an hour later, 100,000 Qin troops stationed on the south bank of Weishui set up camp one after another, and quickly crossed Weishui and marched north. In order to catch up with the Zhao army as soon as possible, after crossing the Weishui, Ma Xing divided the army into two parts, he personally led the 60,000 light cavalry composed of the defenders of the Lantian camp and the official cavalry of each department to go first, and the remaining 40,000 old troops were handed over to Meng Yi to follow him......
However, it was said that the flying cavalry light army was taking advantage of the night to travel north, and suddenly received a scout flying report: Ma Xing led 60,000 light cavalry to chase after him.
"Kid is bold!" Zhao Kuo was secretly surprised in his heart, with only 60,000 temporary patchwork of men and horses, he dared to chase after my flying elite with such fanfare, did this kid eat leopard gall?
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Kuo turned his head and whispered to Ji Xue beside him, Ji Xue couldn't help but be shocked after hearing it: "Xing'er is ......" Ji Xue didn't expect Zhao Kuo to let herself ambush Ma Xing, you must know that Ma Xing is Zhao Kuo's only son, and the sword and arrow are not long-eyed, in case of a mistake, how can she explain to Zhao Kuo?
"That's why it's arranged like this." Zhao Kuo sighed and said softly in Ji Xue's ear, "Xing'er may listen to you." Speaking of this, Zhao Kuo's nose was slightly sour, and a line of tears couldn't help but flow.
Ji Xue didn't know what to say for a while, so she nodded vigorously, then flew on her horse and transferred troops according to Zhao Kuo's arrangement.
In the early morning of the next day, Ma Xing chased him to the Shaoliang Mountains, but did not see a trace of Zhao Jun.
Is it chasing the wrong direction? Ma Xing couldn't help but dismount and called out to the commander of the scout battalion: "Have you ever found a military horse nearby?" ”
"Report to the general, there is not a single enemy soldier within three hundred miles!" The commander of the scout battalion replied in a loud voice.
But as soon as the words landed, billowing smoke and dust suddenly rose from the surrounding mountain beams in the distance, and black lines quickly spread faintly in the smoke and dust. Gradually, the black lines in the smoke and dust became thicker and thicker, and finally turned into a red crowd all over the mountains.
"Didn't you say that there wasn't a single soldier within three hundred miles!" Ma Xing asked angrily.
"The end ...... The last general doesn't know ......" The shiny swords all over the field made the commander of the scout battalion a little flustered.
"Useless stuff!" Ma Xing kicked over the commander of the scout battalion, then casually pulled out the long sword hanging on the war horse and shouted, "The Zhao army is coming!" The whole army will fight with me! ”
Before Ma Xing shouted for the second time, the Zhao army's flying cavalry had already rushed into the Qin army's formation, how could this improvised patchwork army be the opponent of the elite flying cavalry, although it had a slight advantage in troops, but within half an hour, the 60,000 Qin army was completely annihilated. The remaining remnants of the hundred cavalry fought and retreated with Ma Xing, and finally retreated to a small hill not far from the battlefield, and the Zhao army immediately surrounded the small hill.
And not far away, a Zhao army array was as quiet as a mountain from beginning to end, only the hunting wind of the battle flag moved.
"Ma Xing has been surrounded by a large army!" Scout Pegasus comes to the front.
Zhao Kuo waved his hand without saying a word to signal the scout to stand back, and then silently looked ahead.
At this time, Ji Xue also came to the bottom of the hill, and she shouted to Ma Xing: "Xing'er, don't be obsessed anymore, quickly put down your sword and follow me to see your father!" After a fierce battle just now, Ma Xing was left alone on the small hill.
"Aunt Xue......" Ma Xing, who was seriously injured, held a long sword in one hand and tightly held the battle flag of the Qin army in the other, "Qin and Zhao are incompatible!" Xing'er is a general of the Qin army, how can he surrender to Zhao Yu? ”
"Nonsense! Your father Zhao Ren! Thou shalt swallow people! How can you say that? Listening to Ma Xing's words, Ji Xue was angry and anxious.
"Aunt Xue is kind, Xing'er understands it! Ran Xing'er has made up her mind, no need to say more! Ma Xing resolutely refused.
"Quick! Hurry up and ask the general! Seeing that Ma Xing could not be persuaded to do so, Ji Xue hurriedly sent someone to find Zhao Kuo. After a while, Zhao Kuo came with a hundred horsemen to escort Pegasus.
"Xing'er!" Zhao Kuo turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked straight to the hill.
"Stop!" Seeing this, Ma Xing suddenly raised his hand and raised the long sword that supported his body, "Take a step further, don't blame Ma Xing for being ruthless under the knife!" Drops of crimson blood rolled down his arm to the ground beneath his feet, and there was not a trace of blood on his face, which was slightly pale from blood loss.
Zhao Kuo felt a faint pain in his heart, so he had to stop helplessly: "You are seriously injured, and you won't heal ......."
"Don't worry about your father!" Ma Xing smiled coldly, and in the laughter, his sword-raising hand gradually couldn't hold on, and finally hung down weakly again, "Great Qin only has a decapitated general, but he has not surrendered the general!" Do it! Ma Xing knelt heavily beside the military flag and tried to straighten up.
It had been delayed for too long, and seeing that Ma Xing still refused to surrender, Zhao Kuo closed his eyes, waved his hand and ordered: "Rush up the hill and capture him alive!" ”
"No!" Behind him, the soldiers of the Zhao army roared forward almost at the same time when they heard the order, and rushed up the hill.
"King, don't let Ma Xing do it away!" Seeing that Sergeant Zhao was approaching step by step, Ma Xing suddenly got up and sent the long sword straight into his lower abdomen with his backhand.
"Xing'er!" Zhao Kuo's heart is not good, but it is too late.
Seeing his son fall down in front of him, Zhao Kuo only felt dizzy for a while, and he didn't know anything as soon as it was dark in front of him.
Hearing the news of the annihilation of Ma Xing's entire army, Meng Yi immediately ordered to stop the advance and quickly withdrew to the south bank of Weishui, holding on to wait for reinforcements. When Meng Tian arrived the next day, the Zhao army's flying cavalry had already crossed the Great Wall of Qin and left......
At the same time, Wang Qian, who was far away in Jingcheng, also received an urgent edict from the king of Qin, although he was reluctant, Wang Jian still reluctantly summoned all the generals in the army and announced the edict of the king of Qin. In just one night, the Qin army of the three routes withdrew from the barrier one after another and slowly retreated to the west.
In the early morning of the next day, after learning that the Qin army had withdrawn, the Zhao army immediately launched a full-scale counterattack.
Pang Yuanlema stood in the abandoned barrier of the Qin army outside Jingcheng Pass and instructed the deputy general beside him: "The main force of the Qin army retreats through the official road of Jinyang, Wang Jian is cautious, and there will be an ambush in the middle!" The old man decided to divide the troops into two ways, and you led the main army to clear the ambush along the official road of Jinyang! The old man led 50,000 light horsemen to take the trail and go straight to Jinyang, and Wang Jian was caught off guard! ”
"No!" The adjutant general surrendered his order, and then led 150,000 infantry troops through the Qin army barrier to the west. And Pang Yuan's 50,000 light cavalry made a detour to the north and disappeared into the Taihang mountains.
But what Pang Yuanwan didn't expect was that the light cavalry he led only traveled in the Taihang Trail for less than half a day before they were ambushed by the heavy troops of the Qin army. Under the personal command of Wang Qian, although the Zhao army suffered heavy casualties, it was never able to break out of the encirclement, and after a day and night of fierce fighting, the Zhao army was gradually forced into a mountain depression by the Qin army.
Under the fierce offensive of the Qin army, the Zhao army had already fought less and less, and finally the remnants of the soldiers consciously formed a circle and protected Pang Yuan in the middle. Hearing the thunderous sound of killing everywhere in the valley, Pang Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "The old man still can't count Wang Jian after all his calculations!" ”
Seeing this, the captain of the escort army beside him hurriedly said with tears in his eyes: "I'm waiting to protect the general to the death!" ”
When the war came to this point, Pang Yuan knew that there was no possibility of survival for him today: "The old man was reckless and harmed all the brothers!" With that, Pang Yuan raised his long sword violently, pushed through the crowd and rushed to the Qin army at the top of the valley. Seeing this scene, the remaining soldiers of the Zhao army did not hesitate at all, and also rushed forward with Pang Yuan.
Looking at the almost frantic charge of the remnants of the Zhao army, Wang Jian hesitated, but quickly gave the order to attack. In a moment, thousands of powerful crossbows that had been waiting for a long time were launched at the same time, and the flying arrows rushed towards the Zhao army halfway up the hill like a torrential rain. Pang Yuan gritted his teeth and fiercely pulled out a long arrow that had been shot into his left arm and threw it on the ground, then swung his sword and continued to rush forward.
The second wave of more violent arrow rain followed, and Pang Yuan was hit by more than ten arrows, and finally fell to the ground due to exhaustion.
The 50,000 Zhao army was completely annihilated.