At three o'clock, the middle camp of the main camp of the Wei army was blazing, and the commander of the Qin army, Bai Qi, stood with his arms crossed, staring at the chaos that was still fighting in the distance in front of him.

At present, the Qin army has a great advantage, the three camps of the main camp of the Wei army, the north, the middle camp, and the east camp have completely fallen, and the Wei army in the camp has either been killed by his Qin army, or fled in all directions, and it is not an exaggeration to say that nearly 100,000 Wei troops have been defeated.

Of course, this estimate refers to the number of defeated Wei soldiers, not the number of Wei soldiers killed in battle, after all, many Wei soldiers have fled in all directions when they see that their side is gone, and Bai Qi is too lazy to send troops to hunt them down.

He has only one goal at the moment, that is, the Nanying who is still resisting, where is the last resistance force under Gongsun Xi, as long as the Nanying is completely defeated, the huge 180,000 Wei army will no longer be a threat to them.

But for now, Nanying's resistance is very fierce.

"Bai Shuai."

Seeing Bai Qi's expression so solemn, Qin General Ji Hong was relieved and said: "The defeat of the Wei army has been decided, even if Gongsun Xi leads the army to resist stubbornly, it will not be able to recover the situation, why should Bai Shuai worry too much?" ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi shook his head slightly and explained, "What I'm worried about is not the Wei army in front of me, but the 100,000 Han army located in the south of Yique Mountain. …… Two hours have passed since this night attack was launched, and it has dragged on for too long. I am not surprised that the Han army has already learned the news of the attack on the main camp of the Wei army......"

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and then said with a little melancholy: "If the storm kite leads the army to come to the rescue of the Wei army, it will not hurt; I am most afraid that he will abandon the Wei army, lead the army straight to the main camp of our army, and even take the opportunity to seize Xincheng and Yiyang...... That's too bad. ”

"I see."

Ji Hong suddenly realized, and immediately frowned and guessed: "But in my opinion, how dare the storm kite not save the Wei army?" From the perspective of this battle, if the 180,000 Wei army is defeated by our army tonight, the Korean army will definitely be afraid; As far as Wei and Han are concerned, the Wei army is coming to aid South Korea this time, and the storm kite cannot ignore the Wei army in any way......"

"I hope so."

In fact, Bai Qi also comforted himself like this.

As he spoke, he let out a long breath, and then said again: "All in all, it is still necessary to speed up and break Gongsun Xi's last stubborn resistance as soon as possible." …… What's the battle going on the Guards' side? ”

Wei Yuan, that is, the general who had previously led 30,000 Qin troops to garrison Xiangshan, after Bai Qi launched a sneak attack on the main camp of the Wei army, Wei Yuan also immediately led the 30,000 Qin army across Yishui and attacked the east camp of the main camp of the Wei army, and broke the troops under the command of Zheng Zheng and Cai Wu of the Wei side, and then led the army to surround the east and south sides of the southern camp, trying to assist the Bai Qi army and launch a multi-faceted attack on the southern camp.

It's just that the Wei army in the southern camp has the most time to prepare, and it is not as hasty as the rest of the camps, so the Qin army still cannot completely break through the southern camp in a short time, so that the two armies have a stalemate like the current situation.

"What about the west?"

After listening to Ji Hong's report, Bai Qi frowned and asked, "Hasn't General Xiang Shou led the army to help?" ”

Ji Hong shook his head and guessed: "Most of them are blocked in the water...... You know, there is also a Wei army stationed on the other side of Yushui. ”

Bai Qi frowned and nodded slightly.

He did not blame Xiang Shou for not arriving as agreed to jointly besiege the main camp of the Wei army, after all, this was the Wei army, even if he rose in vain, he was only able to create such an advantageous situation as he was now, if it was a normal confrontation between the two armies, even if his 130,000 Qin troops were all here, nine times out of ten they were not the opponents of the Wei army.

Considering that Xiang Shou has already tolerated him a lot, Bai Qi is not easy to ask for more.

"It seems that the Wei army in Yushui should not be underestimated. …… Whew, we may not be able to wait for General Xiang Shou's reinforcements, so we can only rely on ourselves......"

As he spoke, Bai Qi's face turned straight, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Quickly inform the officers and soldiers of the whole army that if the 180,000 Wei army can be defeated in this battle, all the soldiers and soldiers will be promoted to the third level!" ”

"Rank three up?" Ji Hong showed a little surprise on his face.

This kind of way of using "the whole army to promote the knighthood" to motivate the morale of the soldiers can be said to be very common in the Qin army, and it is also a way for ordinary Qin soldiers to obtain the promotion in addition to killing the enemy's soldiers, but basically it happens in difficult battles.

However, it is still very rare for the Qin army to promise to be promoted to a third-level title like Bai Qi in one breath, and it is simply rare.

Of course, considering the crux of this war, I believe that even King Yingji of Qin and Marquis Wei Ran will gladly acquiesce - if they can completely defeat the 180,000 Wei army, it is easy to say anything.

In just a few moments, Bai Qi's promise spread throughout the 50,000 Qin soldiers under his command.

In an instant, the 50,000 Qin soldiers broke out into an earth-shattering cheer, which made the Wei soldiers who were struggling to resist them frightened.

Immediately, the offensive of these 50,000 Qin soldiers became even more ferocious.

"Can't stop, can't stop it......"

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were gradually suppressed by the Qin army, Gongsun Xi's subordinate generals Dou Xing and Wei Qing were shocked.

"Block! Stop them for me! ”

After instructing his soldiers to desperately resist the Qin soldiers, Dou Xing's colleagues Wei Qing and Fei Hui discussed in private: "I see that the offensive of the Qin army is becoming more and more ferocious, and I am afraid that this pass will be difficult to stop. ”

By pass, he refers to the narrow passage between the camps, which was originally designed to prevent the enemy from penetrating the camps, but in fact the effect is not insignificant.

After listening to Dou Xing's words, Fei Hui said: "I will stay here for a while, and the two of you will immediately go to see ...... Xiwu" Speaking of this, he hesitated a little and expressed it in a euphemistic way: "The casualties of our army are too great. ”

Dou Xing and Wei Qing nodded.

They all understood what Fei Hui meant, it was nothing more than a temporary retreat, and then fight with the Qin army after regrouping, after all, it seemed like the current battle situation, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for the Wei army to save the situation.

After a brief discussion, Dou Xing and Wei Qing left the pass and went straight to the "main formation" where Gongsun Xi was.

As a result, when they arrived at the "main formation", the two of them were shocked to see that Gongsun Xi and Gongsun Jian seemed to have a serious dispute.

I have to say, this really surprised them.

You must know that in the Hedong Wei army, in addition to Gongsun Xi, his old brother Gongsun Zhi has the highest authority and prestige, although Gongsun Zhi basically does not ask about the war, and is only responsible for ensuring the grain and grass in the army, baggage and other things.

"Vertical?! Do you know what you're doing?! ”

Under the surprised gaze of Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other Wei generals, Gongsun Xi asked Gongsun Jian in annoyance and shame: "I am the commander ordered by the king, how dare you disobey my general order and give the order for the whole army to retreat without authorization?" ”

"I just don't want these hundreds of thousands of sons to die for your foolish orders!" Gongsun Zhu said without flinching.

"You ......"

Gongsun Xi's face was full of shame and anger, and even the fingers pointing at Gongsun were trembling.

Suddenly, he pointed at Gongsun and shouted, "Take him down for me!" ”

"Who dare?!" Gongsun let out a loud shout, and Meng Zhong, who was beside him, also subconsciously pressed the sword on his waist with his hand.

The matter has come to this, how can he sit back and watch Gongsun Zhi be subdued?

But to his surprise, even though "taking down Gongsun Zhu" was Gongsun Xi's order, the surrounding Wei generals did not make any moves.

Including Konoe Gongsun Du next to Gongsun Xi.

Gongsun Zhu's prestige in the army is actually close to Gongsun Xi?

This is certainly impossible!

The key is that the nearby Wei generals have actually lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting, so that they instinctively stand on the side of Gongsun Zhu, who "advocates a temporary retreat", including Dou Xing and Wei Qing, the two generals of the Hedong Wei army, and Gongsun Xi's confidant and favorite general.

"You, you ......"

Gongsun looked around angrily.

And at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded outside the crowd: "Han Jun, Han Jun is coming to help!" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Xi was in high spirits, and he couldn't care about arguing with Gongsun Jian anymore, and after waving his hand to disperse the crowd, he summoned the soldier who came to report to him, and asked eagerly: "How many reinforcements does the Korean army have?" ”

"I don't know the exact number, but there are torches everywhere, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands." The soldier clenched his fists and said.

"Good!"

Gongsun Xi laughed when he heard this, and immediately looked back at Gongsun and said: "Our army has been helped by the Korean army, and it is not a problem to repel the Qin army......

However, before he could finish speaking, he saw Gongsun say with a blank face: "I still insist on my opinion!" ”

"You ......"

Gongsun Xi was very annoyed when he heard this, and after glaring at Gongsun viciously, he suddenly sneered: "In that case, then you should retreat to Yique Mountain with the cowardly people who are willing to evacuate with you, and I will fight back the Qin army with the Han army, and then you will know that all my decisions are correct!" ”

After saying that, he raised his arms and shouted: "There are still Yu Yong's sons here, follow me and the Han army to repel the Qin army, and don't take care of those cowards!" ”

“……”

The nearby Wei soldiers looked at each other, but there was still a large number of people who were willing to follow Gongsun Xi.

Including Dou Xing and Wei Qing, the two generals of the Wei army in Hedong, although they also hoped that Gongsun Xi could temporarily retreat, since the Han army had sent reinforcements, it was not impossible to fight with the Qin army again.

Looking at the back of Gongsun Xi and the others leaving, Gongsun Ji's eyes flashed with a thick and complicated color, and he asked in a low voice: "Master Meng, since the Han army has come to help, is there really no chance of winning?" ”

"There is a chance of winning, but the odds of winning are extremely low, I don't think it will be more than two percent." Meng Zhong said truthfully.

"Yes......"

Sighing wistfully, Gongsun Zhu barely squeezed out a few smiles: "Then what are you waiting for?" Withdraw, we can't all lose our 180,000 Wei troops tonight, and make the world laugh at it......"

"General ......"

Moments later, the last remaining Wei soldier received two orders.

One of them came from the commander Gongsun Xi, who ordered them to join forces with the Han army to attack the Qin army; The other is from the deputy marshal Gongsun Zhu, who ordered his soldiers to retreat to Yique Mountain.

But unfortunately, Gongsun Zhu's prestige in the army is not as good as Gongsun Xi, and only a small number of the remaining 1120,000 Wei troops obeyed, and more than half of them were not the Hedong Wei army, but the Henan army led by Zheng Zheng, Cai Wu and other military Sima, that is, ordinary Wei soldiers.

Of the 60,000 or 70,000 existing Hedong Wei troops, almost seventy percent were willing to follow Gongsun Xi.

It is undeniable that in this case, he can still get the support and followment of the soldiers, and I think that Gongsun Xi must be very kind to the soldiers under his command on weekdays, otherwise, how could the Wei soldiers in Hedong swear to follow to the death?

Having said that, Meng Zhong carefully recalled the rumors he had heard about Gongsun Xi, and Gongsun Xi had indeed never done anything bad to his soldiers.

About half an hour later, Gongsun Zhu and Meng Zhong led a part of the Wei army, which had lost its fighting spirit, to retreat to Yique Mountain.

After ordering the whole army to rest in the mountains, Gongsun Zhu took Meng Zhong to the north side of the top of Yique Mountain, and watched the battle between the Wei and Han armies and the Qin army below.

During this period, Le Yi, Meng Sui and others heard the news and met Meng Zhong on the top of the mountain.

So Meng Zhong instructed Le Yi and the others: "Immediately bury the pot and make rice, let our soldiers who retreat into the mountains satisfy their hunger, and if the food in the camp is insufficient, go to the camp of the Korean army to ask for it." ”

"Whoa!"

Le Yi, Meng Sui and others left one after another, leaving only Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng and others to stay with Meng Zhong.

"Master Shuai, are we just here watching the fight below?" Wei Xu couldn't help but ask.

On the side, Meng Hu also echoed and said: "Yes, Ah Zhong, why don't you lead the brothers of our army to help the soldiers of the main battalion?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong shook his head and said: "Bottom, there are still about seventy or eighty thousand soldiers in the main battalion, and I see that the reinforcements sent by the Korean army are at least thirty or forty thousand, so if you calculate it, there are 100,000 soldiers, right?" If this still can't repel the Qin army, even if all of our 2,500 people are killed down the mountain, what help can it play? …… Don't worry, wait until dawn. ”

As he spoke, he ordered: "By the way, Ah Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, the three of you will lead your soldiers to move to the north of the mountain immediately, and if our soldiers come to defect, let them enter the mountain; If the Qin army attacked, it would take advantage of the danger of the mountain to repel it. ”

"Okay!"

Meng Hu responded, and immediately took Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng, and Lu Wen to gather the soldiers.

Time passed little by little, and gradually more and more Wei troops came to Yique Mountain, to be honest, this is not good news, which means that the main camp of the Wei army under the mountain, the battle situation of the Wei and Korean armies joining forces against the Qin army is not optimistic.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong frowned, thinking hard in his mind about strategies to turn the situation around.

And Gongsun Zhu was silent from beginning to end, watching the battle at the bottom of the mountain with a complicated expression.

From the ugly time to the Yin time, the fighting at the bottom of the mountain lasted for another hour, and the Wei and Han armies were gradually suppressed by the Qin army.

Some people may ask, in this dark night, how can Meng Zhong judge the battle situation at the bottom of the mountain?

It's actually very simple, just look at the direction of the torch's movement.

The torches at the bottom of the mountain are dense, like the stars in the sky, but if you look closely, you can still see a few clues - the seemingly chaotic torches have a total score of three strands, as if a "product" word, corresponding to the three armies of Qin, Wei and Han, the Qin army is in the north (upper), and the Wei and Han armies are in the south (lower).

In this case, if the torches representing the soldiers of the Wei and Han armies gradually face north, it means that the Wei and Han coalition forces gradually gain an advantage, and vice versa, the Qin army gradually gains an advantage.

As far as Meng Zhong could see, the torches of the Wei and Han armies were about to be forced to Yishui by the Qin army, and then, more and more people from the Wei army defected to the side of Yique Mountain, while the Han army fought and retreated along the road from which they came, that is, the narrow path between Yique Mountain and Yishui.

In this case, it is clear that the Wei and Han armies were killed and defeated by the Qin army.

"Rhinovu...... After all, it failed to save the defeat. ”

Gongsun Zhu, who had been silent for more than an hour, suddenly let out a long sigh.

When he first retreated to Yique Mountain, Gongsun Zhu was still a little hesitant in his heart, and even questioned Meng Zhong's judgment, but as time passed, he stood on Yique Mountain and clearly saw that the Wei and Han armies were gradually suppressed by the Qin army, and then broken one after another.

"Master Meng, if you don't mind, can you please organize a soldier to take over the defeated army of Xiwu?"

"Whoa!"

Meng Zhong hugged his fists and was about to turn around and leave, but he saw Gongsun Jian and said, "Master Meng, even if it's just for my face, please don't humiliate me...... Humiliating the rhino warriors. As he spoke, Gongsun Cheng sincerely hugged his fist towards Meng Zhong.

Meng Zhong was stunned, and then said with a smile: "What is the military general talking about?" Although they disagree with Xiwu, both of them hope to defeat the Qin army, and there is no doubt about it, but ......"

Speaking of this, he pondered for a while, but still swallowed the second half of the sentence, and said with a fist to Gongsun: "General, then go first." ”

"There is labor."

Bidding farewell to Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong took Rong Yi and others straight down the mountain.

On the way down, he carefully observed the defeated soldiers resting on the mountain.

Because the mountain was full of torches carried by the defeated army when they fled to Yique Mountain, Meng Zhong could also see it very clearly.

I saw some Wei pawns, dejected, with a gray face, or holding their cheeks or sitting with their legs crossed, and at a glance, they knew that they were frightened by the Qin army; And some Wei soldiers, even though they were seriously injured, still scolded the Qin army angrily, and even some soldiers slashed at the trees with sharp blades in their hands to vent their anger, obviously not convinced by the defeat to the Qin army.

Looking at those Wei pawns who were slashing trees with swords to vent their anger, Rong Yan couldn't help but tease: "Hey, after eating, this energy will come out......"

"Huh."

Meng Zhong frowned and glanced at Rong Zhi, stopping the latter's slightly sarcastic teasing.

However, Rong Yan's words were still heard by the dozen or so Wei soldiers not far away, and these people immediately surrounded them and angrily reprimanded Rong Yan: "You just made a sarcastic speech, you are a kid, right?" ”

Rong Yan was not afraid, and when he saw that the other party was holding a sharp blade, he was about to draw the saber at his waist, but before he could pull it out, he was pressed back by Meng Zhong in time.

"Master Shuai......" Rong Yan looked at Meng Zhong in surprise.

"Stand back."

Meng Zhong motioned for Rong Yi and the Song soldiers under his command to take two steps back, and immediately, he walked alone in front of the dozen Wei soldiers, clasped his fists and apologized: "In Xia Meng Zhong, I served as a division commander in the army, and my subordinates said extremely rude words, but please don't be angry for the sake of my face." ”

As he spoke, he bowed to the dozen or so Wei pawns.

“……”

As the saying goes, it is difficult to beat the smiling people with fists, not to mention that Meng Zhong personally apologized to them, even if the dozen or so Wei soldiers still have resentment towards Rong Yan in their hearts, it is not easy to pursue anything.

After all, Meng Zhong is still quite famous in the Wei army, and after the "Houying Incident" and "trespassing on the military discussion", the Wei army gradually remembered this division commander - this is a division commander who can only be tolerated by the commander Xi Wudu.

Suddenly, a soldier asked: "Master Meng, only a soldier sent rice balls, could it be a soldier under your command?" ”

"Yes." Meng Zhong smiled and nodded.

Seeing this, the dozen or so Wei pawns showed a little shame on their faces, and hurriedly put away the swords in their hands one after another.

After all, when they were hungry, the soldiers under Meng Zhong's command brought rice in time, ate other people's things, and then got angry at others, only shameless people can do this kind of thing.

"Master Meng, this is going down the mountain?" A soldier asked.

Meng Zhong nodded and explained, "The battle situation over there in the main camp...... It is not optimistic, many of the soldiers of our army are coming to Yique Mountain, and there are many pursuers of the Qin State behind them, so I am preparing to go down the mountain and join the soldiers under my command to meet the Tongze who came to defect and block the Qin army. ”

"I see."

All the soldiers suddenly realized, and one of them said: "Master Meng, I hope to follow you down the mountain and kill a few more Qin army pups." ”

As soon as these words came out, many unwilling Wei pawns nearby responded one after another.

This is a real bonus.

Meng Zhong glanced at the Wei pawns around him who responded to the call with some surprise, and as soon as his mind changed, he immediately responded: "Okay! In this case, you and others will all be under my command for the time being, and go down the mountain together to meet the friendly army! …… Walk! ”

"Whoa!"

Immediately, more than 100 Wei soldiers joined Mengzhong.

Even, along the way, Wei pawns, who were resting, learned the purpose of Meng Zhong and the others coming down the mountain, and they also joined in one after another, so that Meng Zhong just walked from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and organized more than 2,000 people.

Don't think that the number of more than 2,000 people is not much, in fact, there are actually more Wei soldiers who are willing to join Meng Zhong's team, but some of these Wei soldiers are seriously injured, some have not received food for the time being, and some are full of tiredness, so Meng Zhong refused them and ordered them to rest on the mountain temporarily.

A moment later, Meng Zhong came to the bottom of the mountain with more than 2,000 Wei soldiers and joined Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu.

Of course, this is not all the strength of the northern defense line of Yique Mountain, in fact, there are still 10,000 or 20,000 Wei soldiers stationed near this defense line, just because there are no more Wei soldiers on Yique Mountain.

Meng Zhong roughly estimated that at the moment, there were at least 60,000 or 70,000 Wei soldiers stationed on Yique Mountain, Shanbei, and Shandong Narrow Road.

"Overnight, of the 160,000 Wei troops on the main camp, are there only 60,000 or 70,000 left?"

Although Meng Zhong actually knew that there must be many Wei soldiers who had scattered and fled in the vicinity, such a tragedy still made him sigh.

"Master Meng'......"

When Meng Zhong led the front line of the defense line, even if two Wei generals came to greet him, it was Gongsun Xi's favorite generals and the generals of the Hedong Wei army, Dou Xing and Wei Qing.

I saw that these two military horses were covered in blood and tired at the moment, obviously having consumed too much physical strength in last night's battle.

"The two Simas have worked hard."

Meng Zhong clasped his fists and saluted the two, and asked as he looked around, "What about the rhino martial arts?" Why don't you see Xiwu? ”

"I don't know. …… Our two armies were defeated by the Qin army before, and fled to the side of Yique Mountain in a hurry, fortunately with the support of the soldiers under your command, otherwise, I am afraid that they have been chased and killed by the Qin army...... As for Xi Wu, the two of us were separated from him in the midst of the chaos. As he spoke, Dou Xing and Wei Qing lowered their heads in shame.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong could only say good words to appease, and at the same time sent people to his camp on the mountain, urging Le Yi and Meng Sui to send food as soon as possible to satisfy the hunger of the Wei army under the mountain.

After a while, the sky gradually brightened, and about thousands of Wei soldiers fled to the side of Yique Mountain, which also brought bad news.

That is, Gongsun Xi, the commander of the Wei army, was unfortunately captured by the Qin army, and he did not know his life and death.