Originally, King Qin wanted Bai Qi to personally command this battle, but Bai Qi smiled slightly: "King, you don't have to let me go, I believe that Li Yan has this ability, and now it's time for him to be alone." 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】”

King Qin was still a little worried: "There are more than 20,000 horses, but the main force of the Qin army, once Li Yan is defeated......"

Bai Qi said: "I have confidence in Li Yan. He has fought a few battles with me, and there is no problem with the use of troops, the difference is only the command of the enemy, if he is not allowed to personally command a big battle, he will never have this experience, king, you can rest assured, Li Yan will not be defeated. What's more, there is still a lot of involvement there, a wise handsome plus a brave general, and a superior man, this battle will be won. ”

Only then did the King of Qin rest assured that he would let Shehuai go out of the customs immediately and join Li Yan. Shehuai had already learned that Li Yan was on his way back to Bentongguan, so he brought 20,000 horses to meet him.

As soon as Li Yan heard Shi Huai's explanation, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he was worried that there was no one in his hand, and Shi Huai came with 20,000 horses, which can be described as a charcoal in the snow. Because Li Yan had already thought that Gao Jie was chasing all the way, he was already in a hurry, and he never expected that the Qin army would have a large army to reinforce him, and the officers and troops at this time must be in a hurry, exhausted, and it was feasible to fight an ambush and annihilation battle at this time.

Therefore, Li Yan immediately ordered and prepared to fight.

He chose the terrain correctly, at this time the Qin army was in the field, the official road was flat and wide, there were no peaks and valleys on both sides, and the horses were flat, which was suitable for cavalry impact, but on both sides of the official road a mile away, it was a dense forest. Li Yan ordered some cavalry to be ambushed in the dense forest, and the infantry was hoarded on the road to lure the officers and soldiers.

Among the 20,000 horses that she brought with him, there were 3,000 crossbowmen. Equipped with a giant crossbow launched by two people, it is powerful, if it is densely arranged, it will have greater lethality for the cavalry, Li Yan arranged these three thousand people in the front, and arranged them in groups of two, blocking the official road.

Behind the crossbowmen, five thousand archers and pikemen, shield men, in case the officers and troops charged. In fact, these are all positions to lure the enemy. Li Yan had already thought about it, after Gao Jie's men and horses pounced, they would definitely fall into his encirclement.

Not long after Li Yan arranged the formation, he saw that the dust was flying not far away, the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder passing through the sky, the earth was trembling slightly, and countless cavalry rushed here.

Gao Jie took the lead and rushed to the front, his anger had already rushed to the sky, and he couldn't wait to grab Li Yan in his hands and bite and eat it. It's just that Li Yan escaped too fast. He has not been able to catch up.

At this time. He suddenly saw countless people lined up in front of him. I was stunned in my heart. I secretly wondered how there would be people stationed in front of me. Could it be that Qin Jun felt that he couldn't escape. Prepare for a battle to the death.

Gao Jie is a general of a hundred battles after all. Cunning and suspicious. He immediately ordered the whole army to stop. After the officers and soldiers rushed over a distance. Slowly, they all stopped. Stop two arrows away from the Qin army. Gao Jie looked closely. Sure enough, it was Qin Jun. These people are infantry. Work in pairs. Neatly arranged. I don't know what to do.

Look at the sides again. There was no Qin army in ambush. But there are dense forests in the distance. Have no bottom. If there is an ambush. It should be in the forest. Gao Jie thought of this. Can't help but sneer.

His lieutenant general, Black Tiger, stepped forward. Said to him: "General." Qin Bing didn't move. How not to rush over. ”

Gao Jie pointed to the dense forest in the distance: "The Qin army will never dare to use infantry to block my cavalry. Therefore there must be an ambush. Do you see those two dense forests? The cavalry of the Qin army must have been there. I'll wait to rush forward. The cavalry of the Qin army will be killed from the flank. Cut off our troops. ”

Black Tiger laughed: "General. Li Yan only had five or seven thousand men. Even if there is an ambush, can you rush away from our 10,000 cavalry? ”

It turned out that Gao Jie brought a total of 15,000 people, including more than 5,000 cavalry, after a period of hard pursuit, he learned that Li Yan was a cavalry, so he levied some war horses in some county towns, and raised 10,000 cavalry, and now he took these 10,000 people to chase up. But Gao Jie never expected that Li Yan had already received reinforcements brought by Shehuai, and the number greatly exceeded him.

Gao Jie listened to the black tiger, nodded secretly, and said: "This is true, but Lao Tzu also has to be careful, you and the deputy general Zhao Li took a thousand men and horses to the edge of the forest to set fire to the forest, burn the forest, and see how the people in him are ambushed." ”

Black Tiger and Zhao Li got the order, each brought five hundred cavalry, brought the fire-burning things, rushed to the dense forest on both sides, and as soon as they reached the edge of the forest, they sprinkled some sulfur and other things, and then swished a burst of rockets, and the edge of the forest immediately burst into flames and burned.

Sure enough, not long after the fire started, some cavalry ran out of the woods.

Gao Jie laughed when he saw it: "Now, see what tricks you can have." The armies obeyed the order and charged me. Those who capture Li Yan alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to the third level ......"

Gao Jie did what he said to his subordinates and never lied, so when his subordinates heard this, they were all in high spirits, and they urged the war horses one by one, and the tide surged up.

As soon as Li Yan saw that the official army was beginning to attack, he immediately ordered the formation to be arranged. The three thousand giant crossbowmen had already lined up in formation, and after listening to the order, they immediately set up a crossbow formation. Fifteen hundred giant crossbows, like the same thousand fifteen hundred poisonous bees, are ready to shoot deadly stingers.

These people are usually very strict in training, and they can fire the most crossbow arrows in the shortest time. In particular, this is a flat land with a wide field of vision, and the officers and troops are a group impact, so for crossbow arrows, they can achieve the maximum lethality.

Three thousand crossbowmen opened their crossbows, and the first row of crossbow arrows shot out in the blink of an eye.

Gao Jie did not take the lead in the charge, because he had to command the whole army, so he was in the middle army, and as soon as he saw that the Qin army had listed the crossbow array, he knew that it was not good, the arrows fired by this giant crossbow were more than two feet long, thicker than a thumb, and no armor could cover it. Moreover, it is so dense that it is very lethal to the cavalry.

He immediately gave a loud order, ordering the officers and soldiers to disperse, stretch the line, and advance in the form of scattered soldiers, which could reduce casualties.

But at this time, the first batch of crossbow arrows of the Qin army had arrived, and hundreds of officers and soldiers who were rushing in front of them were shot off their horses, and some were even pierced together by the same crossbow arrows.

The officers and soldiers were horrified, and the crossbow array was very deadly to the cavalry, but now that the army had been launched, it was impossible to hold their feet, so they could only rush upward, as long as they rushed to the front of the crossbow array, the giant crossbow would be useless, so these people pulled the line apart and continued to rush forward with shouts.

After the second and third arrows of the Qin army were fired, the men and horses of the official army had already rushed ten zhang away, and Li Yan ordered the crossbowmen to collect the team, and the pikemen and shield soldiers to step forward.

The three thousand crossbowmen put away their crossbows and calmly withdrew to both sides, shieldmen and pikemen pouring out in the middle, ready for melee combat.

Gao Jie saw the Qin army's tactics in the back, and sneered in his heart, it turned out that the Qin army was only a crossbowman, and there was no cavalry, and no matter how many infantry they were, they would be killed.

Seeing that the cavalry of the official army was about to rush into the Qin army's military formation, Li Yan ordered to light a cigarette and raise the flag.

The flag bearer beside him unfurled the red flag around him and raised it into the air, and at the same time, several pro-soldiers lit wolf smoke and soared into the sky.

Gao Jie saw the red flag in the Qin army's formation, and the wolf smoke rose into the air, he was stunned, and he didn't understand what was going on, and suddenly heard the sound of the horn behind him, and there were about dozens of horns blowing together, with the sound of the horn, the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth sounded from behind the officers and soldiers, followed by the shouting of killing all over the mountains. Gao Jie looked back and saw that the avenue behind him had been sealed by countless Qin cavalry, and he didn't know how many Qin troops were killed from behind.

The officers and soldiers who were rushing forward also heard the movement behind them, and looked back one after another, and after seeing it clearly, most of them were frightened.

Gao Jie understood that he had fallen into Li Yan's ambush plan, Li Yan did not ambush the main force in the dense forests on both sides, but let them go around in a circle, pounced behind him, and waited for his men and horses to rush up, and then killed them from behind. He had to order the rear soldiers and horses to move forward and block the Qin cavalry.

At this time, the best embodiment of the commander's command ability, Gao Jie is a famous general, although he fell into the encirclement, but still calm, he ordered the men and horses who rushed forward not to stop, must be killed into the infantry of the Qin army, and capture Li Yan alive. As long as the Qin infantry is crushed, Li Yan is captured or killed, and victory will still be achieved.

After giving the order, he personally led the Chinese army and the rear army of the broken rear to meet the cavalry of the Qin army.

Shi Huai led the cavalry, and when he saw that he had already surrounded the officers and soldiers, he was also very excited, and he commanded the men and horses to start a melee with the officers and soldiers.

Li Yan could see clearly among the infantry, those charging officers and cavalry did not turn back to meet the battle, but continued to rush towards themselves, which he had already thought of, Gao Jie would definitely do a battle of trapped beasts after being encircled, so his five thousand infantry were arranged very neatly, and in addition to these, there were also killer features.

That is with fire.

Li Yan ordered the soldiers in advance to cut a lot of dry firewood, put it at the feet of each soldier, and sprinkled it with fire-starting things, forming a fire-starting belt about several miles long and dozens of steps wide. He is not a reckless man who forces the infantry to fight against the cavalry, and ruins the lives of soldiers at will, he will never do it.

Seeing that the cavalry of the official army had rushed in front of him, Li Yan immediately ordered the ignition. The 5,000 soldiers started from the front row, lit the dry wood under their feet in turn, lit one row, retreated the next row, and lit the fire immediately after the back row.

In the blink of an eye, the fire was blazing. The cavalry of the officers and soldiers rushed to the front of the fire, and the horses neighed one after another, and stopped moving. This fire belt separated the official army from the Qin army, not to mention rushing over, as long as it was a little closer, it would be unbearable, and where could it advance.

Gao Jie didn't look good, it was impossible for the men and horses to break through the Qin army's Chinese army.

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