Volume 1 The Breaking Mountains and Rivers of the Country Chapter 71 Temptation of Wealth
After receiving the news of the messenger soldiers sent by Wen Bo, Xiyan Wanhai couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the Qin army in the distance.
Last night, he discussed with the generals for another night, and then he analyzed the reason why the Qin army came to call for war every day but did not fight, and the number of troops was also decreasing.
That is, this Qin army is feintting.
They only put on a look of going through the motions every day, and they didn't fight hard, they definitely wanted to attract the main force of Captain Zhezhe to the south to help Fang Yuanheng's army, but they didn't want to cause their own damage.
Although the plan is a good plan, the implementation of these Qin people is a bit too child's play.
Even, most of the generals analyzed that it must be that the generals of the Qin State did not want to disobey Zhao Zhihai's orders, but they didn't want to see their men and horses damaged, so they made a show outside Qingshui City, and at the same time, they could also show Zhao Zhihai that they were indeed doing things according to military orders every day.
Therefore, Xiyan Wanhai and others unanimously decided that since they love acting so much and want to act so much, it is better to plan and bring the curtain down on this big drama.
Xiyan Wanhai consulted with everyone, and pulled the main force out of the city early tomorrow morning, shortening the distance between the army and the Qin people, and lined up the attack array before the arrival of the Qin army.
In addition, 5,000 cavalry were sent to wait for the Qin army to send troops from Raven Xian, and then make a detour to block the main road of the Qin army back to Raven Xian.
Then, under the front and back attacks, he tried to completely annihilate this Qin army team that loves acting.
Xiyan Wanhai even said to the generals in the hall: "Tomorrow night, please ask this Qin army lord to come here and personally perform a big show for us." ”
After finishing speaking, the generals in the hall laughed, as if this victory was already in the bag.
The course of today's war was indeed not much different from the situation discussed last night, and Xiyan Wanhai and more than 10,000 Rong troops saw that the retreating Qin army suddenly made a mess like a hornet's nest with a stick, and fled eastward one after another.
Xiyan Wanhai was overjoyed, he knew that the south was where the crows were located, and the Qin army fled east because they knew that the road to the south had been occupied by their own cavalry.
Unlike the western part, which is all plains, the eastern part of Qingshui is all mountainous, so it is common for the military family to flee to the mountains in a panic.
What's more, it is very likely that the Qin army wanted to retreat in the direction of Na County.
At this time, Xi Yan Wanhai quickly ordered the whole army not to maintain the array, but to chase and kill those frightened hornets.
After receiving the general's order, 10,000 Rong and about 5,000 Qin people in the Rong army quickly killed the Qin army under the command of their respective commanders.
Since the excavation of the East Fox Pass, these soldiers of the Rong State have been invincible. In the battles of the successive capture of the six counties, they did not even touch a hard nail.
They traveled all the way south, and all the Qin people they encountered were unguarded in various counties and could only be killed when they saw their own army.
This time the Qin army marched north, but they were ready to move, and the urge to compete with the Qin army rose, but who knew that these Qin soldiers were as timid as rats, and every time they marched north, they began to arrange troops three miles away from the main formation, which was what it looked like to fight.
Sure enough, in the next few days, these Qin soldiers only sent cavalry to fight, and after the battle, they did not come to the battle, but ran back and forth with the cavalry in their own army every day, and after running enough, they would retreat, and after a few days, not only those Rong people began to ridicule when they saw the Qin army, but even the rebels felt gloomy and ashamed.
Today, seeing the Qin army retreating in a hurry, and the main general immediately ordered the army to chase and kill, so both the Rong people and the rebels held their breath, raised the weapons in their hands and shouted to the Qin army who retreated eastward.
The cavalry led by Wen Bo did not participate in the pursuit because they wanted to block the main road for the Qin army to flee south to the camp of Crowxian.
And the 2,000 cavalry of the Qin State who came to intercept the Rong people saw the 15,000 army rushing towards them, as if they had suddenly lost their will to fight, they hurriedly turned their horses' heads and ran eastward.
The Rong army was relieved to see that these oncoming cavalry also ran away, originally they also expected to suffer some losses to annihilate these cavalry, but now, those Qin troops are simply a rabble, where can they be regarded as an army.
15,000 Rong people are driving 10,000 Qin troops, in the mountains and fields southeast of Qingshui County, you are chasing me, so it's not lively.
Because both sides were infantry, the speed of running was not very fast, but the Qin soldiers were generally dressed in armor, which was still slower than the Rong people who only wore animal skins, and in an hour or so, the two armies gradually closed the distance. Even those who were at the forefront of the Rong army could see the appearance of the soldiers at the back of the Qin army.
At this time, Jiang Hong, who was running at the forefront, found something wrong, and he saw that if he ran further, he would enter a valley bottom, and the road was a special terrain sandwiched between the two mountains.
Seeing this scene, his first reaction after being in the army for a long time was that there was an ambush here.
The more he looked at it, the more he felt that his guess was very likely to happen, Jiang Hong was shocked, and hurriedly ordered his own Qin army to stop the pursuit and stand by in place, while he turned his horse's head and ran backwards.
After a while, Jiang Hong found Xiyan Wanhai not far away.
I saw that Xiyan Wanhai's eyes were already red with excitement, and he kept urging the soldiers beside him to rush forward.
Seeing Jiang Hong running towards him, Xiyan Wanhai was also a little surprised, but he did not stop his horse, and shouted to Jiang Hong as he ran forward: "Jiang Junhou, why did your soldiers stop. ”
Jiang Hong saw Xiyan Wanhai shouting to him in the army, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly rode his horse to move closer to Xiyan Wanhai.
When Xiyan Wanhai approached, Jiang Hong hurriedly said: "Captain Wan, there are probably ambushes ahead, so you can't pursue them any longer." ”
Xiyan Wanhai was stunned when he heard this, he looked up and looked forward, and sure enough, when he saw the terrain between the two mountains in front of him, he eased his anger a little because Jiang Hong stopped the pursuit without authorization.
But he just thought about it, and immediately said:
"Do you know that the army needs to be vigorous when it rises, and if it stops and pursues it, it will inevitably be exhausted?"
Jiang Hong, who suddenly heard such a sentence suddenly from the mouth of a Rong general, couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.
He knew that every time Shan Yu called everyone, he would ask these Rong generals to let them learn some art of war on weekdays, but most of the Rong generals were noncommittal about this, it seems that this Xiyan Wanhai really listened to Shan Yu's words and really went to learn.
It's just that in the current situation, how can this art of war be applied.
Seeing that the vanguard army was not far from the mountain road, he hurriedly said: "Commander Wan, don't be reckless, if the Qin army is ambushed on two mountains, our army will be cut off by them. ”
Hearing Jiang Hong still babbling, Xiyan Wanhai became more and more angry the more he listened, and when he heard the end, he saw Xiyan Wanhai's "hum", so he ignored Jiang Hong, raised the leather whip in his hand and hit the horse's buttocks, urging the horse to run forward.
Jiang Hong looked at Xiyan Wanhai blankly, and after a while, he sighed and walked towards his army.
Jiang Hong sighed and immediately ordered the soldiers not to enter the main road, but to run towards the two hillsides.
The other Rong people and rebels smiled when they saw Jiang Hong's soldiers running to the sides.
Originally, they were still a little reluctant that they were not a striker, because in the pursuit battle, the first level of property that the striker could obtain would often be several times more than that of the follow-up team.
But seeing that Jiang Hong's soldiers and horses gave up the pursuit, the rest of the soldiers couldn't help but be a little happy, so they rushed to the mountain road.
Only Han Linhui, the rebel marquis, understood Jiang Hong's intentions, and he also respected Jiang Hong's actions in his heart.
In the face of rich military exploits and spoils, Jiang Hong was unmoved, for the safety of the two wings of the army, he sent troops to occupy the high ground, what kind of quality is this, what kind of spirit is this.
Han Linhui also thought in his heart that if he could obtain more property, he should take the initiative to give Jiang Hong some money, so that he could live up to his conscience.
Simply, Han Linhui ordered these rebels to speed up their pace, striving to catch up with the fleeing Qin army before the Rong people.
Half an hour later.
When Jiang Hong's soldiers completely occupied the mountain that was not guarded by one person, he watched the army of Xiyan Wanhai pass through the mountain road like a flood, Jiang Hong was not only not happy, but also a little lost, and after the loss, a trace of fear arose.
He thought about the consequences of his unauthorized use of troops, and he also wondered about the fact that the soldiers and horses of the Qin State did not set up an ambush here, and he stood on the top of the hill and looked at it like the east.
The soldiers who were at the forefront of the Rong people were stunned by the sight of the valley after leaving the valley road, and saw that beyond the valley was a large wasteland, where countless armor, helmets, banners, and even marching baggage full of dry food were discarded in the earthy yellow artemisia grass in the wasteland.
The soldiers rubbed their eyes and, to make sure they were not mistaken, screamed, grabbed their armor and wrapped it around their bodies.
More and more soldiers rushed out of the valley, and more and more soldiers joined in the scramble, which became more and more chaotic after several soldiers discovered that there were still some yellow and white things mixed in the grass.
No matter how angry Xiyan Wanhai, who rushed out of the valley road, saw this scene, and no matter how many commanders whipped their horses, these Rong soldiers fell into madness one after another after rushing out of the valley mouth, and they didn't care about looking at the face of their own commander. Moreover, these burdens and armor were draped on the bodies of the soldiers, and the happiness and excitement were enough to offset the pain caused by the horsewhip.
How could the 10,000-strong army, which had fallen into chaos, restore order all at once?
Xiyan Wanhai couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the Qin soldiers who had disappeared in those dense forests not far from the east side.
At this moment, the more he thought about Jiang Hong's move to stop the pursuit without authorization, the more angry he became, if it wasn't for the stagnant forward team, then at this moment, there must have been countless corpses of Qin soldiers lying on the belongings all over the ground.
Subsequently, after seeing several commanders also join the team to loot the property, Xiyan Wanhai was completely dead to this pursuit battle, so he had to wait for the soldiers of the army to finish looting, and then return the same way.