Volume 1 The Breaking Mountains and Rivers of the Kingdom Chapter 73 Exhortation
Lihua first pretended to receive Wu Meng's army back to the camp, and sent a thousand soldiers who remained in the camp of Wuxian to attack the Wenbo cavalry team, and the result of this battle was naturally a one-touch collapse under the absolute disadvantage of numbers.
However, Lihua sent soldiers out of the camp several times to attack Wenbo's army, and the last time he also sent 500 firefighters in the army to kill Wenbo with iron pots, iron ropes, rolling pins, and stone scoops.
After another touch of collapse, Wen Bo burst out laughing. He could see that there were not many Qin soldiers in the Crow Xian camp at the moment, otherwise how could they even send out the firehead soldiers.
He then made a proposal and ordered the whole army to attack Crowxian, in order to completely cut off the Qin army's retreat to the south and the only ferry for the Qin army to advance north south of Qingshui.
As soon as the military order, the whole army abandoned the intersection between the mountains and the plain on the south side of Qingshui County, and all of them went south to kill Crow.
According to Wen Bo's estimate, even though the camp of Crow Xian, which was built on the mountainside, was extremely difficult to attack, there were not many Qin troops in the camp that could fight, so Wen Bo made a decision and quickly ordered the soldiers under the battalion to kill the camp.
At first, the battle situation did not seem to differ much from Wen Bo's judgment, and when the cavalry was about to rush to the main camp, the Qin army in the camp shot out a few arrows from the camp to stop the cavalry from charging.
Wen Bo laughed and entered the camp with the army.
As a military camp that can accommodate 6,000 soldiers, although the area of the camp is quite large on the hillside, it is affected by the terrain after all, and the wooden barracks are closely connected to each other.
Moreover, this large battalion also shouldered the heavy task of spying on the movements of the Beirong army of Qingshui, and it took some painstaking efforts and twists and turns when it was built, so not only was the camp wall covered with thick wood, but also every dozens of steps, there were lookout wooden towers for defense.
Not only that, but at the highest point of the camp was a towering watchtower. Needless to say, this must have been set up by the Qin army in order to observe the movements of Qingshui City ten miles away.
Wen Bo watched as hundreds of Qin troops hurriedly fled from the south gate of the camp and retreated into the pontoon bridge above Qingshui. He hurriedly stopped the cavalry that wanted to pursue the crossing of the river, and returned to the camp of Crow.
While observing this brand-new camp, Wen Bo was quite happy to think about how to go to Xiyan Wanjie.
At this time, he had already handed over his war horse to the soldiers beside him, because in front of him was the big tent of the Chinese army in this camp.
5,000 soldiers and horses have completely occupied this camp, and the camp is full of Wenbo cavalry looting property, grain and grass from house to house.
And at this moment, the Chinese army, Wen Bo, who was smelling the constant smell in his nose, couldn't help but shake his head, and said in his heart that the main general of the Qin army not only fought a mess, but also couldn't even do the basic work of this marching camp well.
How can they make the fire oil for defense everywhere, this camp is full of animal fat, I really don't know how they have managed to hold on to this bright but smelly camp all these days.
Wen Bo opened the curtain of the Chinese army's tent and was about to get inside, but suddenly a more pungent smell of grease than outside the tent spurted out of the tent.
"Damn," Wen Bo scolded as he wiped his red eyes with his hand, and suddenly, his hand stopped on top of his eyes.
In less than a breath, Wen Bo shouted: "Run, give me to run outside the camp." With that, he forcibly opened his eyes, and with tears in his eyes, he ran towards his warhorse.
The soldiers around him did not understand why the lord was so strange, and he said who to let run, why he should run fast.
The soldiers around Wen Bo looked like they were going crazy, but they all stood there and were a little at a loss. At the same time, they were still thinking about the incomprehensible order that the Lord had just given.
But at the same time, flaming arrows appeared in the sky in all directions of the camp, and these rockets told the cavalrymen in the camp why their lord had told them to run as fast as they could, for their end was near.
In less than an hour, the originally new and sturdy camp of Raven Hyeon had completely turned into a scorched hell.
The fire was still burning in the camp. He understood that if he didn't send someone to put it out, the fire wouldn't be extinguished for a day or two.
He looked at the hundreds of corpses that had been shot to death outside the north gate, and the camp gate that had not rushed out for a long time, and turned to leave.
As he walked, he whispered to himself, "This is the first battle I commanded, and I obviously want to win him, but why do I feel that I have done something wrong?" ”
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When Xiyan Wanhai finally understood that the Wenbo army could no longer be counted on, the sky had already darkened. Tonight, there was not a bright moon in the sky, only the dark night and the fire that red half of the sky in the west.
It was where the Qin army's crow camp was located, and looking at the sky-high fire, everyone understood that it must have been the Qin army's camp that caught fire.
But no one thought it was something to be happy about, because there was no news of the five thousand cavalry of Wenbo over there.
There is only one thought in everyone's hearts, and that is that Wenbo is finished. Although they didn't know how the camp of Crow Xian burned down, or why the five thousand cavalry couldn't even run away and there was no news, no one had any hope for that army anymore.
That night, the Qin army did not attack the mountain, although they had the ability, they still did not. There were less than 3,000 soldiers on the small mountain, although they were still wearing the Qin people's battle clothes.
Under the mountain is 18,000 Great Qin troops, of which Wu Meng's headquarters lost less than 1,000 soldiers after a day of fierce fighting, and there are 9,000 men and horses under his head. Captain Xie Yun also led 9,000 soldiers with Lu Lihua to join the camp besieging the mountain.
In order to prevent the soldiers and horses on the mountain from breaking through, the soldiers of the Qin army dug trenches on all the passages down the mountain and erected several layers of horses to resist the horses. To their disappointment, however, the horses did not make a difference that night.
The reason is that Xiyan Wanhai has no intention of breaking through at all.
In this strange tacit understanding, the two armies spent a long and anxious night.
At dawn on the second day, just as Wu Meng was about to give the order for Xie Yun to rush up the mountain with 6,000 men and horses from his headquarters, he was stopped by Zhu Lihua, who came to the Chinese army.
It turned out that last night Wu Meng arranged the soldiers and horses of Zhu Lihua to defend on the east side, and as soon as the sky was bright, Zhu Lihua came to Wu Meng's Chinese military camp according to the general's order.
Seeing Xie Yun, who had received the general's order, rushing out of the camp, Lu Lihua understood Wu Meng's meaning, and hurriedly pulled Xie Yun back to see Wu Meng.
Although Xie Yun was stopped by Lu Lihua, he was not annoyed, and after the two came into contact in the past few days, Xie Yun was also quite impressed by a young man. In particular, the strategy set by Zhu Lihua on the eve of annihilation of Qingshui's enemy blossomed for two years, which allowed the Qin army to achieve such a brilliant victory, and even made Xie Yun admire and fear Zhu Lihua.
What is terrifying is that such a white young man, with the flick of his fingers, at the cost of his own hard work for more than ten days, completely annihilated a full 5,000 cavalry in half a day, and his own soldiers only suffered hundreds of casualties.
Thinking about the tragic situation of the camp yesterday, and then looking at the white young man who was pulling him in front of him, Xie Yun had already given him a nickname "Human Slaughter" in his heart.
Wu Meng saw that Lu Lihua pulled Xie Yun back to the Chinese army, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange, but he was in a good mood and didn't get angry.
The young man in front of him, who was always dressed in black, saluted himself, and at the same time threw away Xie Yun, who was innocent to him, and said:
"General Wu wants to attack the Rong soldiers?"
Wu Meng put up a stand and said casually: "Exactly, I arranged for Captain Xie to organize the army, and when you and the defenders on the west side arrived, we will arrange for the three of you to attack the mountain together." Speaking of this, he saw that although Lihua did not speak, he frowned and asked again: "Do you think there is something wrong with the military waiter?" ”
Hearing Wu Meng's words that seemed to be a little displeased, Zhu Lihua hugged his fists and said: "General Wu, the matter of attacking the mountain is not in a hurry at this time, I also explored this mountain a few days ago, this place is backed by Qingshui, facing the official road, and the rest of the mountains are connected to the left and right. Although it is not a desperate place in itself, it has actually become a Jedi under the siege of our army.
In my opinion, the grain and grass of the Rong army on the mountain will definitely not last for two days, and our army can be trapped for a few more days, and then attack again to get twice the result with half the effort. ”
"The Rong people you can think of can naturally think of it, I'm afraid that they will take the initiative to break through, and when the Rong army will attack me with all their might, we are afraid that we will not be able to annihilate it."
Obviously, Wu Meng had also thought about the strategy of besieging the mountain, so he refuted it after he finished speaking.
"General Wu, although our army has achieved a great victory this time, it does not have the ability to completely annihilate the Rong army. This may be the end of the battle. ”
After listening to Zhu Lihua's words, Wu Meng and Xie Yun both looked at Zhu Lihua in surprise. The current situation is very good, even if it is as Lihua said, it will kill and injure some more Rong soldiers, and if you attack the mountain at this time, it is very likely that the Rong army will be completely annihilated, but its own losses will be greater.
But why did Zhu Lihua say this? The two looked at Zhu Lihua and waited for him to explain the reason.
Sure enough, when Lihua saw that the two of them were looking at him, he didn't show off, and hurriedly said: "General Wu forgot that there are still 10,000 soldiers in Qingyang. ”
After hearing this, Wu Meng couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he still breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. I saw him smile at Xiang Lihua and said: "The army is too worried, our army has nearly 20,000 horses, and Qingyang Rong has 10,000 horses, how dare you rush to the rescue." Besides, if the Qingyang troops come to help, we can just surround the point and send reinforcements. Wouldn't it be easy to recover Qingshui Qingyang at the same time? ”
Xie Yun nodded frequently while listening to what Wu Meng said, and he was also a little dissatisfied with what Lu Lihua said. But at this time, Zhu Lihua smiled lightly and said, "General Wu, the last general did not say that the Qingyang soldiers would come to the rescue here. ”
After that, Wu Meng, who was stunned when he heard this, was suddenly shocked. "You mean the big camp?"
Seeing that Lihua nodded, Wu Meng finally understood what Lihua meant. If the Rong people of Qingyang crossed Qingshui from elsewhere and went south to attack the Qin army's camp, the battalion, which was garrisoned by less than 2,000 people, would not be guaranteed, and it was only a trivial matter that the battalion was not secured, but the camp had all the grain and grass of the army.
Wu Meng hurriedly ordered Xie Yun to immediately lead 6,000 troops back to the Qingshui South camp.
Xie Yun also hurriedly took the order and left.