"PS: Don't worry, this battle will be over soon."

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In the blink of an eye, the time has come, but under the night sky, which should have been pitch black, it was illuminated by countless torches, and when viewed from a distance, it looked like the tide of fire.

On a dirt slope about three miles away from the battlefield, Meng Zhong rode a war horse and stood on the slope, always paying attention to the battlefield in front of him and the situation of the Qin army breaking through in the distance.

More than half an hour ago, he had sent someone to convey the seriousness of the matter to several commanders of the armies of the five countries—especially Tian Fu.

The two armies of Qi and Yan would not try their best to intercept the Qin army, this kind of thing Meng Zhong had long known, so when he arranged for the two armies of Qi and Yan to attack the west and north camps of the Qin camp, he did not expect these two armies to be able to block Bai Qi, so that Bai Qi could not successfully break through to Yin Jin.

Even, he still has the heart to use the "release of water" of the two armies of Qi and Yan to induce Bai Qi to turn north or west to break through to the north, anyway, as long as he takes Zheng County with his coalition army, everything will be settled, and he is not afraid of what tricks Bai Qi will play again.

Unexpectedly, Bai Qi's reaction was very fast, and this guy somehow realized the problem of Zheng County or Xianyang, and desperately broke through to the south from half an hour ago.

If Bai Qi broke through to the north, Meng Zhong could still let him leave, but Bai Qi broke through to the south, and Meng Zhong would not allow this.

After all, so far, Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others have not sent good news about the successful capture of Zheng County, and take a step back and say that even if Meng Hu and others have captured Zheng County at this moment, Meng Zhong must prevent Bai Qi from leading the army to recover Zheng County.

Based on this, Meng Zhong sent someone to tell Tian Touch, Le Yi, Li Dui and others about the current situation.

I have to say that even if he is the most selfish Tian Touch, he is by no means the kind of fool who ignores the overall situation, when he learned that Bai Qi broke through to the south, he didn't dare to have any thoughts about releasing water to the Qin army, so he took the initiative to unite with Le Yi's Yan army, outflank the Qin army from the flank, and share the pressure for the Han army led by Storm Kite and the Fangcheng army led by Le Jin.

It's no wonder, after all, whether he can capture Zheng County means that whether he can capture Yin Jin with his coalition army, and whether he can capture Yin Jin is directly related to the life and death of his more than 200,000 coalition troops.

As the saying goes, when the coalition forces really unite for a certain purpose, the Qin army, which is at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, will inevitably fall into disadvantage.

For half an hour, in the face of the front blockade and rear pursuit of the coalition army, and the siege on all sides, the tens of thousands of Qin troops under Bai Qi were unable to break through the defense line constructed by the Han army and the Fangcheng army.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong shook his head slightly, and he suddenly thought of the Battle of Yique that year.

That year, Bai Qi was full of spirit, with 80,000 Qin troops attacking Gongsun Xi's 180,000 Wei army at night, and broke through more than 200,000 Wei and Han troops overnight, but today, Bai Qi led a similar number of troops, but was surrounded by more than 200,000 regiments similar to the strength of the Wei and Han coalition forces in the last round.

"Is this revenge for Gongsun Xi?"

Meng Zhong thought boredly.

But to be honest, he didn't have a good impression of that conceited and arrogant Gongsun Xi, after all, at that time, Gongsun Xi had been suppressing him in disguise after listening to Tian Wen's instigation, and the only thing that made Meng Zhong change his opinion of Gongsun Xi was Gongsun Xi's unyielding death, and even if he was captured, he would never bow his head to the Qin State and Xiang Baiqi.

"Don't you give up yet? If you don't give up, you may be following in the footsteps of Gongsun Xi......"

Looking at the noisy battlefield in the distance, Meng Zhong muttered.

Yes, once Bai Qi is captured by the coalition forces, he will definitely die, because he is different from ordinary Qin generals, such as Sima Cuo, even if such veterans are unfortunately captured by the coalition forces, all countries, mainly the Three Jins, will also keep Sima Cuo to negotiate terms with the Qin state.

But only Bai Qi, as long as he is captured by the Wei army, especially by the Hedong soldiers, he will definitely die!

Gongsun Xi certainly has many shortcomings, but as a Wei general, as a Hedong guard, Gongsun Xi is undoubtedly competent, when Bai Qi violated the unwritten tacit understanding of the war of various countries and killed the captured Gongsun Xi, then, the Hedong Army will definitely not spare Bai Qi.

At that time, let alone Meng Zhong came forward, even if Wei Wang Jun came forward, I am afraid that he would not be able to reverse the anger of the Wei army in Hedong.

If Bai Qi is smart, he should give up at this time, give up breaking through to the south, choose to break through to the west and north, if Bai Qi is willing to give up, Meng Zhong can let Bai Qi go - it's not that he is favoritism, it's really that each other's casualties are too great.

No, it's only half an hour, and it's still night, but so far, the Fangcheng army under his command has suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, and the Han army is even worse, because the Han army is facing the breakthrough of the Qin army, the number of casualties is probably more than twice that of the Fangcheng army.

The rest of the three armies of Zhao Qiyan and the number of casualties were not as serious as those of Wei and Han.

The heavy casualties made Meng Zhong frown, but there was no way, he had to grit his teeth at this moment, no matter how heavy the casualties of his Wei and Han armies were, they couldn't make Bai Qi successfully break through, otherwise, it was very likely that the plan would be ruined.

The only thing he can do at this moment is to secretly pray in his heart that Bai Qi will "wake up" in time, stop this fearless mutual consumption, and honestly break through to the north.

However, at this moment, a shout suddenly erupted in the distance.

"The Qin army has broken through! The Qin army has broken through! ”

"Stop them! Obstruct! ”

It turned out that the Qin army, which had taken a breath, launched a charge again.

"Whoa!"

Meng Zhong pursed his lips secretly.

But now, he doesn't have a good solution.

Since the tens of thousands of Qin troops desperately wanted to break through, he and the Wei and Han armies could only desperately block to see whose life was harder, and there was no other way.

"Hold on, hold until dawn, and the Qin army should give up......"

Meng Zhong could only use such words to comfort the generals of the Wei and Han armies.

However, compared with Meng Zhong's helplessness at the moment, Bai Qi's emotions fluctuated even more.

He gave orders to break through again and again, but again and again he watched the army under his command being desperately blocked back by the Wei and Han armies, coupled with the continuous attacks of the flanks and the Qi and Yan armies, to be honest, the word "belly and back" was not enough to describe the situation of his Qin army at this moment.

"Captain, lieutenant."

Zheng Yin, a Qin general who had retreated from the front line, came to Bai Qi and Sima Cuo, and said in frustration: "The Han army and the Fang Cheng army in front of the counterattack are fierce, and it is really difficult to break through......

Bai Qi was furious when he heard this, and scolded angrily: "The Han army and the Fangcheng army, the total is only sixty or seventy thousand, our army abandons the broken army that resisted the two armies of Qi and Yan, and there are also sixty or seventy thousand troops here, why can't they kill through it?!" ”

With that, he raised his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "I don't want to listen to any excuses, I have only one order from beginning to end, kill!" Do whatever it takes! ”

"But the casualties of our army ......"

"Can't you hear me? I say, at all costs! Bai Qi glared at Zheng Yin angrily.

He swore that if it weren't for this Zheng Yin being a general under Sima Cuo's original command, he would have ordered this guy to be cut down and sacrificed to the flag.

At this time, Sima Cuo also scolded with a calm face: "Zheng Yin, obey the orders of the national captain!" ”

"Yes......"

Zheng Yin gritted his teeth and turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Zheng Yin's departure, the expression on Sima Cuo's face softened a little, and he turned his head to Bai Qi and explained: "Zheng Yin, he is an old man under the old man's account, and he is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death...... Most likely, the losses are too great. ”

Bai Qi nodded slightly.

He knew, because from the beginning, there was a steady stream of soldiers coming to report that the soldiers led by this general were defeated, and the soldiers led by that general were defeated, such as General Jin Kuang's subordinates, 5,000 people will be Wurong, just two rounds of attacks and counterattacks, the 5,000 troops under Wurong have been defeated, and even Wurong himself was seriously injured.

But there is no way, at this critical moment, he can't retreat.

He said to Sima in a deep voice: "What about our army that has suffered heavy losses? The Korean army and the Fang Cheng army on the opposite side, their heavy losses were not less than ours, but Meng Zhong still continued to strengthen the resistance to resist. …… So far, it's up to who can hold on to the last minute! ”

Hearing Bai Qi's words, Sima Cuo nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "But ......"

At this point, his voice stopped abruptly, and he immediately shook his head: "No, it's nothing. ”

He actually wanted to remind Bai Qi that compared with the Han army and the Fang Cheng army, the situation of his Qin army was even worse, after all, in addition to the Han army and the Fang Cheng army in front of them at the moment, the left, right, and rear were also attacked by the Qi army, the Hedong Wei army, and the Yan army at the same time.

But after thinking about it, Sima Cuo still swallowed this reminder back into his stomach.

The reason is very simple, if he can think of it, Bai Qi can also think of it, but he didn't mention it; Second, even if this matter is revealed, what positive effect can it play in the current war situation?

Thinking about it, all he can do is to constantly launch breakthroughs like Bai Qi, hoping to break through the bearing capacity of the Han army and the Fang Cheng army and forcibly kill them.

Eventually, the number of South Korean casualties exceeded the range of the kite.

If it weren't for the past, he would have retreated a long time ago, but this time he couldn't help it, who made him swear in front of Meng Zhong that he would definitely be able to stop the Qin army from breaking through to the south?

What's more, the Fang Cheng army that fought side by side with his Han army also had a very tragic casualty figure, if his Han army dared to withdraw at this time, leaving the Fang Cheng army alone to face the Qin army, he knew that Meng Zhong would definitely turn against him.

Gritting his teeth, he handed over the command to his subordinate general Han Zu, while he drove the chariot to Meng Zhong's location.

At this time, it was almost dawn, and in the distance, the storm kite saw Meng Zhong riding a war horse standing on a dirt slope, which was the place where they had parted before.

In other words, for an hour or two, Meng Zhong has been watching the battlefield ahead.

"Brother, brother."

While shouting, the storm kite drove the chariot to Meng Zhong's side.

I saw him look at the guards beside Meng Zhong, and said to Meng Zhong in a low voice: "Brother, our army really can't hold on, preliminary estimates, the number of casualties and escapes of our army is no less than 20,000, if this continues, the army under Brother Fool is probably going to collapse......"

“……”

Meng Zhong frowned and did not speak, thinking about countermeasures in his heart.

In fact, he was also hesitating in his heart, hesitating whether he should change his strategy, after all, from the message sent by Lejin and Yu Ying, the losses of his Fang Cheng army were also very heavy, almost everyone was wounded, and the preliminary estimate was that the number of dead was as high as more than 4,000 people.

And how many people did he bring to Fang Chengjun this time?

16,000 people only!

In just two hours of fighting, a quarter of the Fangcheng army was sacrificed, not to mention that the Han army, which suffered more heavy losses, could not hold on, in fact, even the other Fangcheng army was on the verge of collapse at this moment, but from the perspective of the entire battle situation, his coalition army obviously had an advantage, so the Fangcheng army under his command did not show signs of rout.

The Fangcheng Army is Meng Zhong's army that has grown from scratch, just like Pang Juan's Henan Wei Army and Gongsun Xi's Hedong Wei Army, which is a real descendant army, and now it has suffered such heavy losses in just over two hours, and Meng Zhong's heart is also like a knife.

Don't say that the Fangcheng army is all Chu people who defected to Fangcheng, they are all from Yeyi, I still remember that when he Song attacked Teng State and failed, many Mengyi disciples died in battle, Meng Zhong had seen and heard Mengyi crying at that time.

And this time, more than 4,000 Fangcheng soldiers died in battle at once, and it is conceivable that when he leads the army back to Fengyi in the future, Yeyi will be a bleak scene.

But......

But you can't back down!

God knows what impact he will have on Zheng County once he retreats and is surrounded by the Qin army under Bai Qi's command.

In case Menghu and Huahu don't go well, and Zheng County has not been captured at this time, wouldn't it be in vain to sacrifice so many soldiers?

"Hold on!"

A few hints of determination flashed in his eyes, and Meng Zhong said in a deep voice: "At this time, retreat and ask Bai Qi to break through to Zheng County, won't the previous soldiers all die in vain?" If the army under the command of the tyrant is on the verge of collapse, you can temporarily retreat a little and regroup the army, I will give you a moment of work, during which I will let the Fang Cheng army resist independently for a while......"

Listening to Meng Zhong's irrefutable tone, looking at his tense face, the violent kite opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

He knew that Meng Zhong was right, but the casualties of his Han army were too great.

"I—I'm going to resist for a while."

Gritting his teeth, the kite rode the chariot and prepared to leave.

And at this moment, suddenly a guard beside Meng Zhong pointed to the south side and said, "Yunchengjun, there is a group of cavalry approaching this side, it seems to be the cavalry of our city." ”

"Huh?"

Meng Zhong immediately turned his head, and continued to look forward to it in his eyes.

Even the storm kite, who was originally looking entangled and ready to leave, was also refreshed when he heard this.

I saw that under the gaze of several of them, the cavalry came quickly to this side, and after a closer look, it was indeed the Fangcheng cavalry.

"Is it ......?"

Meng Zhong and Storm Kite glanced at each other, and both saw the joy in each other's eyes, but they didn't dare to speak, for fear that if they opened their mouths, they would affect the good news.

After about a dozen breaths, the group of cavalry came to Meng Zhong's side, and the generals led by him turned over and dismounted, hugged their fists towards Meng Zhong and smiled: "Yun Jun, I finally found you......"

As he spoke, after Meng Zhong calmed down and nodded slightly, the cavalry general restrained the smile on his face, and said: "Yun Jun, in the name of Huahu Sima, I have come to give you an order, and around the second moment of the scandal, we have captured Zheng County as scheduled......"

"I've finally waited for this good news."

Secretly relieved, Meng Zhong smiled and nodded, and immediately, after he and the violent kite glanced at each other, he immediately ordered: "Come here, immediately send someone to inform Dou Xing, Wei Qing, and Le Jin, there is no need to gamble on the Qin army anymore, let them go, and take the opportunity to cover up and kill as many Qin troops as possible...... In addition, remember to pass the order to all armies, Zheng County has been broken by our army, and this battle is the victory of our five-nation alliance! ”

"No!" The left and right immediately gave the order to leave.

At the same time, there was also the same relieved Storm Kite as Meng Zhong, who was also anxious to tell the good news to the Han army under his command, so as to boost morale.

At this time, Meng Zhong turned his head to look at the cavalry general who was a little stunned, and asked with a smile: "After breaking through Zheng County, what did Huahu and them do?" ”

"Huh? Oh. The general immediately reacted, hugged his fists and reported: "Back to Yun Jun, after the capture of Zheng County, several Sima blocked the granary in the city and expelled the Qin people in the city, by the way, Huahu Sima also told Yun Jun that he would immediately start to strengthen the defense, but there are not many troops over there, once the Qin army counterattacks it is difficult to hold, I hope that Yun Jun will lead the troops as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm." Seeing that Hua Hu had properly done the things he had instructed, Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

Yes, the expulsion of the Qin people in Zheng County was an order given by Meng Zhong to Hua Hu, although he was a little sorry for the Qin people in Zheng County, but there was no way, only by expelling the Qin people in Zheng County, he could join forces to spend this winter in Zheng County - provided that the Qin State refused to hand over the Yin Jin Dynasty immediately and was ready to die until the winter.

As for asking a group of refugees from Zheng County to report to Xianyang in advance, so that King Qin had a number in his heart, and by the way, he would consume some more food from Xianyang, which was secondary.

At this time, the cheers of the soldiers also sounded in the Wei and Han armies in the distance.

"Victory!"

"Our army has won!"

"Our army has taken Zheng County! Banzai! Banzai! ”

To tell the truth, ninety percent of the soldiers in the Wei and Han armies didn't know what Zheng County was, and they didn't know what their besieging and killing of the Qin army here had to do with the capture of Zheng County? But since their respective generals had sworn to tell them that the battle had been won, they didn't care about anything else.

For a time, there were continuous cheers among the Wei and Han armies, and the morale that had been gradually declining due to heavy losses immediately rebounded.

On the contrary, it was the Qin army.

Especially the generals of the Qin army, such as Jin Kuang, Zhong Xu, Tong Yang, Zheng Yin and others.

Ordinary Qin soldiers may not know the truth behind this war, but Jin Kuang and other generals of the Qin army are clear, when they see and hear countless Wei and Han soldiers raising their arms and cheering, shouting that Zheng County has been captured by its Five Nations Alliance, these Qin army generals are like mourners, one by one in the puzzled and confused eyes of the surrounding Qin soldiers, hanging down the weapons in their hands.

Zheng County has been captured......

It's over, it's all over......

They can even have a premonition of what will happen next.

The catastrophe of his Qin State! Great calamity!

Even though it was Bai Qi, he fell into a long silence after hearing the cheers of the Wei and Han armies.

He sincerely hoped that it was just a lie that Meng Zhong deliberately released to destroy his will, but when he found out that the Wei and Han armies deliberately moved out of the way and let him Qin army break through to the south, he knew that Zheng County was really broken by Meng Zhong.

"One step behind, one step behind......

Bai Qi let out a long sigh, and the tiredness caused by the long-term tension of his mind immediately swept him away.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

Because every time, he lost by just one ......

But this is the result, but the result is like a world of difference.

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