"Captain, what happened?"

Just when Bai Qi fell into deep thought, the veteran Sima Cuo hurriedly came to the side of the handsome tent, and saw Bai Qi standing outside the tent thoughtfully, so he shouted from afar.

Bai Qi turned his head to take a look, and saw that it was Sima Cuo, so he took a few steps forward and greeted Sima Cuo: "Sima Lao." ”

Sima staggered his hand, and then asked again with a solemn expression: "The old man heard that the people in the east of the camp were noisy, and there was a faint sound of fighting troops, could it be that the enemy army attacked our camp at night?" ”

"Hmm." Bai Qiqi nodded and said, "According to the report from the soldiers, most of the enemy soldiers who attacked our camp were Wei troops. ”

Hearing this answer, Sima Cuo was not surprised, but he was a little surprised.

The reason why I don't feel surprised is because among the current coalition forces, only the Wei and Han armies have the strongest fighting spirit, from the two generals Meng Zhong and Storm Kite, to the general Wei and Han soldiers, who seem to have the high fighting spirit to defeat his Qin army, so the Wei army came to attack the camp, and Sima Cuo was not surprised.

What he was surprised by was the reason why the Wei army suddenly launched a night attack.

Gan Zhao, the envoy sent by his Qin State, is now in the camp of the coalition army, and he is negotiating with the commander of the coalition army, Fengyang Jun Li Dui, whether it is the Wei army or Meng Zhong, he really shouldn't launch a night attack at this time.

As the saying goes, the whole body is moved, and the Wei and Han armies alone may not be able to threaten the Qin army here; On the contrary, if the Wei and Han armies were defeated and retreated, it was very likely that the three armies of Zhao, Qi, and Yan would be dragged into the abyss of defeat.

You must know that the strongest army in the coalition is the Sanjin coalition army, and the most difficult general is Meng Zhong, if the two armies of Meng Zhong and Wei and Han are defeated, how can the rest of the coalition army stop the Qin army whose morale has been greatly boosted?

“…… As Sima Cuo said, with Meng Zhong's character, he would definitely not be arrogant enough to defeat our army and capture Yin and Jin with Wei and Han alone, but he still launched a night attack, I doubt it...... He may have persuaded Li Dui, and even, he may have persuaded Tian Touch and Le Yi. Bai Qi said his guess in a deep voice: "In other words, tonight, our army is very likely to face a strong attack by the entire coalition army!" ”

Sima Cuo's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he frowned and asked, "You said that Meng Zhong persuaded Li Dui?" This...... The old man thought that the goal of Li Dui and even Zhao Guo had been achieved, and he should not help Wei and Han again. You know, although Korea has been attached to Wei, Zhao has not, and even during the reign of King Wei Hui, Wei was bent on annexing Zhao and Han, which once made Zhao regard Wei as an enemy. If Zhao helped Wei and Han to inflict heavy losses on our Great Qin, wouldn't this have fueled Wei's ambition to restore its hegemony in the Central Plains? …… As long as Li Dui is not confused, he will not listen to Meng Zhong's proposition. ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi nodded and said: "As Elder Sima said, it stands to reason that Zhao Guo should not help Wei and Han to continue to crusade against my Great Qin, but this does not mean that Li Dui does not want to take the Yin and Jin ......."

"Yin Jin?" Sima was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "You mean ......?"

"Hmm!"

Bai Qi nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Although the strategy of Elder Sima and his subordinates is wonderful, they may not be able to hide from Meng Zhong, not to mention that the coalition forces have realized the hidden danger of lack of food in the army, how can Meng Zhong wait for the arrival of winter?" According to Zai's speculation, it is very likely that Meng Zhong told Li Dui about our delaying tactics, and asked Li Dui to consider peace talks with our Great Qin after taking Yin Jin. …… If you were Li Dui, would you refuse Meng Zhong's proposal? ”

“……”

Sima Cuo frowned and thought for a moment.

As Bai Qi said, even if he was Li Dui, he would listen to Meng Zhong's opinion, first, the capture of Yin Jin is indeed the key to solving the hidden danger of food shortage in the coalition army; Second, it is really unnecessary to have a mustard with a young general like Meng Zhong for a battle.

Thinking about it, Sima Cuo's mood suddenly became heavy, after all, once Li Dui compromised with Meng Zhong, it meant that tonight's night attack was not only the Wei army, it was very likely that it would be the combined forces of Wei, Zhao, Han and Sanjin, and even the two armies of Qi and Yan might intervene - after all, the coalition army was short of food, and the two armies of Qi and Yan were also short of food.

As if he had guessed Sima Cuo's heavy mood at the moment, Bai Qi said in a deep voice of relief: "But Sima Lao can rest assured, I have ordered to wake up the entire army in the camp, even if the coalition forces are attacking, they may not be without the strength to fight." ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then added: "In addition, I don't care about Meng Zhong's attack on my camp at night, I'm just worried that he feins to attack my camp and actually takes Yinjin!" ”

Hearing this, Sima Cuo immediately asked, "Have you sent someone to summon Yin Jin?" ”

"Sent." Bai Qiqi nodded and said: "I ordered someone to convey to Huayang Jun, asking him not to support my battalion, but only to defend Yin Jin City." ”

Seeing that Bai Qi had been arranged, Sima Cuo nodded reassuringly.

And at this moment, I suddenly saw a few Qin soldiers hurrying over, came to Bai Qi and Sima Cuo, and clenched their fists with strange expressions and said: "Captain Qiyu, old general Qiqi, Yiqu cavalry sent someone to send a message, saying that the enemy army seems to be preparing to attack our camp at night......"

As soon as he heard this, Bai Qiqi was so angry that his face turned red.

What do you mean by 'the enemy seems to be preparing to attack my camp at night'? His mother's Wei army has already stormed Dongying Gate!

It's obviously a cavalry responsible for night warning and patrolling, but the time to send back the warning signal is not as fast as the Wei army on the other side, so this kind of patrol has a fart?!

At this time, I looked at Sima Cuo again, but saw that Sima Cuo was also full of anger.

Exhaling viciously, Bai Qi asked with a calm face, "Where is the Yiqu cavalry now?" ”

"Returning to the national captain, according to the Yiqu cavalry who came to report the news, they are fighting with the cavalry of the coalition army." The soldier who came to report replied.

Hearing this, Bai Qi and Sima Coo-glanced at each other, and the expressions on their faces looked a little better.

"I know, you can stand down."

"No!"

After waiting for the soldiers to leave, Bai Qi turned his head to look at Sima Cuo, and said with deep dissatisfaction: "After all, it is not my Daqin's soldiers. ”

Sima Coo nodded slowly and said, "But ...... At present, it is still necessary to rely on the strength of these Yiqu cavalry, otherwise, it will be difficult to resist the cavalry of Fangcheng and the cavalry of Zhao State......"

At this time, the shouting and killing in the area of Qinying Dongying became more and more violent, and gradually spread to the surrounding areas.

For example, on the north side of the Qin camp, there was an enemy situation.

Immediately, a Qin pawn told Bai Qi and Sima Cuo about the battle situation: "Report!" Enemy troops appeared outside the northern camp, and they did not know where they belonged and were storming our battalion. ”

"I see."

Bai Qi calmly dismissed the soldiers who came to report the news, and then turned his head to Sima Cuo and said, "Sure enough, the coalition forces really attacked the north camp of our battalion, but fortunately, we have ordered Zhong Xu to guard the north camp. ”

Hearing this, Sima Coo's beard stroked and said lightly: "Ah, the other party wants to cut off the connection between Yin Jin and our battalion, and even lure Yin Jin to send troops to rescue us." If Huayangjun leads the army to come to help at this time, he will definitely be ambushed by the coalition forces......" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Bai Qi and asked, "Are you sure that the people you sent can send the word of mouth to Huayangjun?" ”

Bai Qi was stunned, and then his face changed slightly, only to see that he immediately recruited Hu Yu, the general under his command, and ordered: "Hu Yu, you immediately lead the cavalry under your command to Yin Jin, be sure to pass the news to Huayang Jun, tell him that the coalition army feinted to attack our camp is actually to seize Yin Jin, please be sure to defend Yin Jin, no need to come to the rescue!" ”

"No!"

Hu Yu clenched his fists and immediately led the few hundred remaining Qin cavalry straight to Yinjin City.

Do you think I don't know your purpose, Meng Zhong?

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Bai Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood in the night and looked in the direction of the coalition camp, and secretly sneered.

At the same time, about ten miles away from the Qin camp, Meng Zhong sat on his war horse and looked at the Baiqi military camp in the distance, which had become a battlefield. You think I don't know what you mean...... That's what you're thinking at the moment, right?

As if thinking of something, the corners of Meng Zhong's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile.

And at this moment, with a gurgling sound, the Korean Grand Sima Storm Kite slowly came to Meng Zhong's side in a chariot and said to the latter: "Brother, my soldiers are ready to join the siege of the Qin camp at any time. ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and immediately ordered left and right: "You go and ask Hua Hu to see if they are ready, if they are ready, come and report immediately!" ”

"No!" Left and right in response.

Glancing at the departing Wei soldiers, the violent kite asked Meng Zhongdao, "Brother, are you sure?" ”

Meng Zhong looked ahead and replied calmly: "I am not sure about taking Yin Jin, but I am at least seventy percent sure of taking the opportunity to severely damage Bai Qi's army." ”

Storm Kite nodded, and then said with a smile: "Yes, even if you are a foolish brother, you will be calculated by the elder brother in a daze......"

"Huh." Meng Zhong smiled slightly, and then said calmly: "If you want to calculate in vain, you have to do the opposite!" …… He knew very well that only by capturing Yin Jin could we solve the hidden danger of food shortage, so when our Wei army attacked his camp, he would subconsciously think that this was a trick of feint attack, and then immediately sent someone to inform Yin Jin, so that Huayang Jun Qi Rong did not need to send troops to rescue, so as not to drain the troops of Yin Jin and be taken by us to seize the city......"

"And the elder brother went the other way, since Yin Jin couldn't be defeated, he simply took the opportunity to calculate Bai Qi's army and swallow this Qin army in one go!" Touching the beard on his chin, the violent kite smiled and said: "After waiting, my 200,000 allied troops will surround the Bai Qi military camp, and Yin Jin City will not send troops to rescue because of Bai Qi's warning, hehe...... It's still a good brother! ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled humbly, shook his head and said: "Of course, I hope to take the opportunity to annihilate Bai Qi's army in one fell swoop, but Bai Qi should not be underestimated, after our coalition forces surround his military camp on all sides, presumably he will wake up immediately, and when the time comes, he will forcibly lead the army to break through, and we may not be able to annihilate his army......"

Having said that, there was no regret on Meng Zhong's face, because from the very beginning, he calculated that Bai Qi was by the way, and his real purpose was to cover the army of Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Jin Con, and Lian Po to take Zheng County-when more than 200,000 coalition troops surrounded Bai Qi's military camp on all sides, and when Bai Qi was forced to forcibly break through in the face of the crisis, would he still be able to carefully distinguish whether there was a coalition army dividing troops to go southwest?

As long as he made sure that Bai Qi's army did not break through to Zheng County, his goal of Meng Zhong would be achieved, even if Bai Qi led the remnants of the army to flee to Yin Jin.

"Report!"

After a rush of footsteps, a soldier came to say: "Qi Yuncheng Jun, Menghu, Huahu, Jin Con, and Lian Po are ready. ”

"Good!"

Meng Zhong nodded and ordered, "Let them start moving in half an hour!" ”

After saying that, he turned his head to look at the tyrant kite and said, "Tyrant, you can let the soldiers of your army attack the south side of the Qin camp." ”

The violent kite smiled: "Don't worry, brother, it's wrapped up in the foolish brother." ”

After speaking, he restrained his smile and ordered to the left and right in a deep voice: "Pass the order down and attack the south side of the Qin camp according to the established strategy!" ”

"No!"

A moment later, countless Han soldiers held torches high and came from the direction of the coalition camp and went straight to the south side of the Qin army camp.

At this time, on the north side of the Qin camp, Qi General Tian Di faintly saw a 'fire snake' heading straight to the Qin camp from the direction of their coalition camp, and immediately realized that the Han army had been dispatched, so he said to his left and right henchmen: "Send someone to inform Le Yi Sima that the Han army has moved, and I will move the army to the west side of the Qin camp according to the established strategy, and tell him to be careful that the Qin army forcibly breaks through to the north." ”

As he spoke, he glanced around a few times, lowered his voice and said to the henchman: "Tell Le Yi that besieging and killing Bai Qi, Sima Cuo and other good generals of the Qin army in this place is beneficial to Wei and Han and not beneficial to me and Qi Yan, Meng Zhong's strategy is enough to take Yin and Jin, there is no need for us to eradicate Qin generals like Bai Qi and Sima Cuo for Wei and Han, if the Qin army really breaks through from the north later, so that Le Yi does not have to fight to the death." ”

The henchman nodded, and immediately clenched his fists and left.

Although Tian Touch still had his own selfish motives at this time, in the overall situation, he still followed Meng Zhong's strategy, quietly withdrew his troops, and turned to attack the western camp of the Qin camp.

So far, the Qin army has the Wei army led by Dou Xing and Wei Qing in the east camp, the Yan army led by Le Yi in the north camp, the Qi army led by Tian Touch in the west camp, and the Han army led by Storm Kite in the south camp.

Only Fengyang Jun Li Dui led the Zhao army to ambush the Qin camp and Yin Jin City on the way to prevent Meng Zhong's misjudgment, and Huayang Jun Qi Rong led the army to support Bai Qi and Sima Cuo.

The forces of the four armies of Wei, Han, Qi, and Yan combined to attack the Qin camp, which naturally brought great pressure to the army under Bai Qi's command.

In an instant, one bad news after another was sent to Bai Qi and Sima Cuo.

"Report! Nanying was attacked by enemy troops, and its army is unknown for the time being! ”

"Report! The western camp was attacked by enemy troops, and the army to which it belonged was temporarily unknown! ”

"Report! The enemy forces outside the northern camp suddenly intensified their offensive, and General Zhongxu pleaded for reinforcements! ”

"Report! Dongying is about to be lost, and the two generals Jin Kuang and Tong Yang are urgently asking for reinforcements! ”

Listening to this unfavorable war report in front of him, even if it was white, he was shocked at this time.

What's going on? Didn't Meng Zhong's guy feint to attack my camp and take Yinjin? How do you feel that the direction of the coalition onslaught is my barracks?

Suspicious, Bai Qi immediately sent people to each battalion to confirm the number of enemy troops, and it was not until he learned that the enemy troops outside each battalion were like a swarm of locusts, and he realized that he had been tricked by Meng Zhong.

"Hit the mark!"

He said to Sima Cuo, who was also shocked: "Damn, we all thought that Meng Zhong feinted to attack our camp and actually took Yin Jin, but this guy did the opposite, he guessed that we would inevitably take precautions against Yin Jin, so he simply attacked our army without taking Yin Jin, trying to defeat our army in one fell swoop, and then attack Yin Jin......"

Sima Cuo said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, we must break through as soon as possible!" ”

I have to say that after realizing the intentions of the coalition forces on the opposite side, Bai Qi and Sima Cuo did not dare to defend the camp at all.

Although their camp has nearly 90,000 troops, the problem is that the coalition forces on the opposite side are more numerous—God knows if those 200,000 coalition troops will move tonight?

What's even more embarrassing is that Bai Qi made a mistake in judgment before, mistakenly thinking that the coalition army feinted to attack his camp in order to lure Huayang Jun Mi Rong to send troops to rescue, so as to ambush the latter on the way, so Bai Qi had to send someone to Yin Jin early to report the news, tell Mi Rong the so-called truth and prevent Mi Rong from leading troops to rescue.

Now it's okay, Qi Rong will definitely not lead the army to help, how can the 90,000 troops here stop the 200,000 coalition troops?

The only way to break through is to forcibly break through the siege, retreat to the outside of the Yin Jin City, and join forces with Huayang Jun Qirong, so as not to capture the Yin Jin by the coalition army.

"Pass the order, disperse the whole army, break through to the north, and preserve the troops as much as possible!"

After weighing for a moment, Bai Qi decisively gave the order to forcibly break through.

However, when Bai Qi was about to break through to the north in the chariot, he was suddenly stunned in his heart, and faintly felt that something was wrong.

He had to admit that tonight Meng Zhongye attacked his military camp and played a trick, this trick was very clever, and even he fell for the trick, causing him to lose about half of his 90,000 Qin troops.

But if you think about it carefully, although Meng Zhong's strategy is clever, does it solve the problem of the coalition forces?

Actually, no!

Although he made a mistake in judgment, he prevented Huayang Jun Qi Rong from sending troops to rescue, which actually had benefits, such as ensuring that Yin Jin would not be captured by the coalition forces.

When he leads the remnants of the army to join up with Mi Rong, the number of defenders in Yin Jin City will be even greater.

Let's ask, how did Meng Zhong capture a city defended by at least 70,000 or 80,000 Qin troops in just two months before winter?

Logically speaking, it is impossible to capture in such a short period of time.

So, what's the point of Meng Zhong doing this? Was it just to kill him thirty or forty thousand Qin troops?

You must know that once this battle drags on until winter, the loss of the coalition forces by then will be far more than 30,000 or 40,000!

…… It's not quite right, Meng Zhong in turn calculates against Yin Jin, which means that he has given up sneaking up on Yin Jin, but he can attack Yin Jin, even if he has more than 200,000 coalition troops, he may not be able to do it...... Could it be that he has given up on seizing Yin Jin? Wrong! If you want to solve the problem of lack of food for the coalition army, you must seize Yin Jin, Meng Zhong will definitely not be greedy for small things, in order to calculate me and give up the sneak attack on Yin Jin, he ordered the coalition army to besiege my battalion, there must be something else! For example, to confuse the public...... Well, Meng Zhong often used a large army to cover a small group of elites......

Thinking about it, Bai Qi's heart suddenly moved, turned his head to look at the south side, and then slowly turned his gaze to the southwest direction.

After watching the night in the southwest direction for about a few breaths, Bai Qi's face gradually turned with horror.

"Broken ......"

After muttering a word to himself, Bai Qihui, who was standing on the chariot, waved his arms and shouted anxiously: "The whole army obeys the order, everyone breaks through to the southwest and retreats to Zheng County!" Repeat! The whole army broke through to the southwest and retreated to Zheng County! ”

“……”

The nearby Qin soldiers looked at each other, not understanding why Bai Qi, who had just ordered a breakthrough to the north, suddenly changed his mind.

And, behaving in such a hurry.