"PS: I got the serial number of the previous chapter wrong...... There's no way to change ......

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Just as the generals of Fang Cheng had guessed, Bai Qi came to attack Fang Cheng today, purely to test the reality of Fang Cheng's army.

Therefore, Bai Qi never had the luxury of making any progress today.

But the situation was unexpected, and less than a moment after the two armies engaged, the Qin soldiers under his command attacked the city wall.

Not to mention, even Bai Qi was stunned at that time.

Although the Qin soldiers who attacked the city wall were quickly killed by the Wei army, and the subsequent offensive of the Qin army was always blocked by the Wei army, this "accident" still made Bai Qi think about something.

For example, at a glance, he could see that the army defending on Fangcheng City at the moment must be the Wei army that had been stationed here before, not the Wei soldiers who had participated in the Battle of Yique.

In the battle of Yique, most of the 180,000 Wei troops were killed and wounded, and only more than 90,000 people were finally able to return to Wei, close to the death rate of fifty percent, and the general army was inevitably on the verge of collapse, but the Wei army in the battle of Yique survived with a death rate of fifty percent.

Needless to say, it can be understood that the Wei pawns who have experienced the battle of Yique have been greatly sharpened in terms of willpower and mentality, not to mention how terrible these Wei pawns will become in the future, at least they can easily face the crisis calmly in the future - the battle of Yique has survived, will these Wei pawns be frightened by something else?

But at this moment, those Wei soldiers on the city wall were shocked by the sound of his Qin army neatly tapping on their shields, which showed that the other party was definitely not an old pawn who had participated in the battle of Yique.

However, considering that this Wei pawn was quite safe to block the offensive of his Qin army, it was impossible to think that it was the army that Meng Zhong re-recruited and trained after he took office, because there was not enough time.

It can be seen that the other party is the Wei army that was previously stationed in Fangcheng.

Some people may ask, what is the use of seeing through this?

In fact, it's useless, it's just a change of thought in Bai Qi's heart.

But when you think about it, this message is not entirely useless.

Following the example of Tian Ji horse racing, Bai Qi also roughly divided the army under Meng Zhong's command into three branches: "Shangxi", "Zhongxi", and "Xiaxi".

For example, after his Qin army attacked the city wall, several elite Wei soldiers immediately rushed to the city wall to support, and in a short period of time, they killed the Qin army under his command, and these people knew at a glance that they were veterans who had participated in the battle of Yique, so they were not affected by the momentum of his Qin army at all.

Zhongsi, Bai Qi is used to refer to the Wei army defending on the walls of Fangcheng at the moment, that is, the army that was stationed here before Meng Zhong came to Fangcheng to take up his post.

And Xia Si naturally refers to the new pawns recruited by Meng Zhong after he came to Fangcheng.

Then the question arises, today he came to test the siege of the city, so why did Meng Zhong take a defensive position and send Zhongxi to defend the city?

You know, he only brought 10,000 people with him today, could it be that Meng Zhong was scared by these 10,000 people?

If it were another Wei general, Bai Qi would still believe a little, but Meng Zhong, he would not believe it at all.

Who is Meng Zhong?

That was after he led 80,000 troops to defeat more than 200,000 Wei and Han coalition troops overnight, and still dared to come to the battle with a mere 20,000 defeated soldiers in the early morning of the next day!

This kind of guy who is so bold that he seems to have all the gall in his chest will be frightened by his 10,000 Qin soldiers?

Based on Bai Qi's understanding of Meng Zhong, as long as this guy has the opportunity, he will definitely try to take the initiative, for example, leading the city army under his command to move and cooperate with the cavalry to kill the Qin soldiers under his command as much as possible.

This time, however, Meng Zhong went on the defensive.

It can be seen that there are not many "Shangxi" under Meng Zhong's command.

『…… I remember that kid used to be a division commander, and after Gongsun Xi's death, he took command of the Wei army...... Hmm, if you think about it this way, maybe he came to Fangcheng to take up a post, and he only had the strength of that division around him, heh, 2,500 people?"

Touching his chin and thinking of this, the corners of his white mouth inexplicably raised a little smile.

From the side, a guard noticed the smile on Bai Qi's face and asked strangely, "Why is Bai Shuai laughing?" ”

I saw Bai Qi laugh and said, "I laughed at that Meng Zhong...... Fang Cheng obviously only has such a few soldiers who are good at fighting, he actually dared to show up with me some time ago to discuss the conditions, and forcibly take away hundreds of thousands of Chu Min from me, do you say this guy is bold? ”

When the guard heard this, he asked in surprise, "Bai Shuai, you said that there are not too many elites in Fangcheng?" ”

"Ahh Bai Qi responded casually and said lightly: "Didn't someone report a few days ago that two Wei armies came to Fangcheng under the banner?" At that time, I hadn't thought too much about it, but thinking about it now, it was very likely that Meng Zhong felt that Fang Cheng's troops were insufficient, so he invited him...... Wait, he was still a division commander last year, how could he invite two Wei troops? …… Oh, I see. Tut! Are they actually two Wei soldiers who participated in the Battle of Yique? ”

After saying that, he stared at Fang Cheng intently and muttered, "Shangxi...... At most, 20,000, Zhongxi, should be within 10,000, Xia Si is not clear, according to this thought, Fang Cheng only has a maximum of 30,000 soldiers and an unknown number of new soldiers at the moment...... Thirty thousand, thirty thousand, I have seventy thousand soldiers...... There are odds, there are odds. ”

He didn't have the idea of finding out that Meng Zhong's troops were few and felt that he couldn't win, on the contrary, he found that he had the opportunity to humiliate that guy, and Bai Qi was very happy in his heart.

For example, in front of Meng Zhong, he knocked down Fang Cheng, and then drove this guy all the way, forcing the latter to flee back to Wei.

It's a pity that it should be impossible to catch Meng Zhong, after all, he also knows that Meng Zhong has a cavalry, if Meng Zhong leaves the city and flees with the cavalry, he has no chance to capture it.

But even so, just having the chance to defeat Meng Zhong was enough to make Bai Qi happy.

Of course, this is not a victory that reflects the value of a general, this is very clear to Bai Qi, and he will not be complacent because of this gain, at best, it is to take revenge on what Meng Zhong once did to him - how aggrieved he was when Bai Qi was driven back and forth by that Meng Zhong with his troops!

From the side, Bai Qi's guards didn't know what the general was thinking, and seeing Bai Qi's smile on his face, he also said cooperatively: "I wish Bai Shuai a victory in advance, defeat Meng Zhong, and capture and kill this one!" ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and seemed to be a little stunned.

Seeing this, the guard asked puzzledly, "Could it be that the lowly man said something wrong?" ”

Bai Qi thought for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I don't have the luxury of expecting to capture him, he has cavalry under his command, he wants to leave, and my sergeant can't catch up with ...... at all."

After that, he looked at Fang Cheng and muttered, "It would be nice if I could catch it......"

At this time, his eyes did not show the slightest murderous intent, but were filled with some kind of expectation.

After that, about half an hour later, Bai Qi issued an order for the front army to retreat, and sent the other half of the troops, that is, the part of the Qin soldiers who had struck the shield before.

Seeing this, although Meng Zhong knew very well what Bai Qi's idea was, there was no way.

He couldn't let the five thousand Fang Cheng troops who had defended until this moment face an energetic army in the face of exhaustion, right?

Therefore, he could only gradually replace the 5,000 square city army and send the soldiers under Zheng Zheng's command.

Zheng Zheng's 8,000 troops, at least more than 5,000 were veterans who survived the Battle of Yique, compared with the previous Fangcheng army, the mental outlook of these soldiers was very different, and the Qin army outside the city continued to knock on the shield to make a loud noise, and the Xu Di army under Zheng Zheng's command Wei was still calm.

Yes, although the Wei pawn of the Xu Di Army did not outperform the Qin army by much, it just gave people a strong and steady feeling.

Seeing this scene from a distance outside the city, the smile on Bai Qi's face became thicker and thicker.

"Hah! There are fewer of them than I predicted, and it seems that there are five or six thousand people at most, otherwise Meng Zhong would not have sent that one......

Thinking of this, he waved his hand contentedly and ordered: "Pass the order, and the whole army retreats." ”

At the sound of an order, the 10,000 Qin troops left behind more than 2 or 3,000 corpses and slowly retreated.

Seeing this, Zheng Zheng Zheng on Fangcheng City said to Meng Zhong: "Fangcheng order, since the Qin army has retreated, do you want to go out of the city to pursue?" ”

Meng Zhong stared at the formation of the Qin army retreating outside the city, shook his head and said: "When the Qin army retreats, the formation is not chaotic, and there is no ...... to chase it."

As soon as he said this, he was suddenly stunned for a moment.

Because he saw that in the case of the full retreat of the Qin army, that Bai Qi drove the chariot to the place where the city was an arrow, and deliberately stayed for a moment to look at the city.

"What does he want to do?"

Signaling that the soldiers on the side should not move, Meng Zhong frowned and looked at Bai Qi below.

At this time, he saw Bai Qi laughing three times, and immediately shouted towards the gate tower of Fangcheng: "Meng Zhong, I know that you are in the city, you listen to Bai's words...... The next time Bai leads the army to take Fang City, he will break this city! The soldiers of the two armies also listened, this is what I said in vain! I do what I say! ”

Hearing this, those Qin soldiers who were on the way to retreat were stunned at first, and then raised their arms and cheered, just like the scene when Meng Zhong and the Wei army were in front of the main camp of the Wei army in Yique.

It turned out that he was following the example of Meng Zhong at the beginning, and Lixin before the battle!

Even if it was Meng Zhong, he couldn't help but open his eyes at this moment, and his fists were subconsciously clenched.

It's not because Bai Qi "stole" his original tactics, but because Bai Qi deliberately laughed at the city gate tower after saying that.

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

Angry from his heart, Meng Zhong gritted his teeth and shouted: "Order Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu to lead the cavalry to pursue!" ”

Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu obviously also heard Bai Qi's words, and they were furious in their hearts, and immediately ran down the city wall and led the cavalry to prepare to pursue the Qin army.

A moment later, just as Bai Qi was still unfinished and was about to take the opportunity to taunt Meng Zhong a few more words, he suddenly saw the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

Hearing this voice, his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly urged the soldiers driving the chariot: "Hurry, hurry up, Meng Zhong has sent cavalry, quickly return to the army." ”

The Qin pawns who were driving did not dare to slack off, and immediately turned around, and at this moment, the cavalry led by Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu turned around from the outskirts of the city on the east and west sides.

Seeing this, the Qin pawn who was driving the car whipped the war horse again and again, making the war horse suffer pain and run faster, and Bai Qi could only hold on to the railing in order not to be thrown out of the car.

"Bai Qi, don't run away if you have the guts!"

"Bai Qi!"

Behind him, there was the scolding of Meng Hu and Hua Hu.

Bai Qi glanced back, and he didn't panic, but after a while, he fled back to the retreating team, and ordered the surrounding Qin soldiers to form a formation and slowly evacuate.

In this case, Menghu, Huahu and other cavalry also had no choice but to scold Bai Qi for a few words, and they could only shoot a few arrows from a distance, which was not painful for the Qin army.

Looking at the Fangcheng cavalry who was angry in the distance but didn't dare to get too close, he looked back at the direction of Fangcheng, and held the railing of the chariot with both hands, still laughing uncontrollably, even though he had just fled in embarrassment under the pursuit of Meng Hu and others.

"Sure enough, only that kind of opponent is interesting......

After laughing, Bai Qi thought secretly in his heart.

At the same time, the Qin general Sima Cuo had arrived in Chu Ying, but he couldn't see Bai Qi, who was supposed to join him in Chu Ying.

That white ......

What about people?

The veteran of the Qin State frowned.