542 Defeat!
Tian Heng was undoubtedly right in choosing to actively prepare for war rather than supporting a battlefield three hundred miles away.
The Qi army's defense was very hasty, because they didn't expect the Yan army to come over. Hou Sheng's attitude towards this matter is also very hesitant, because this matter is a big deal, and if the other party is not good, he will hit Linzi.
For this news. He can hide it from King Qi. And then the matter was not mentioned to the minister. Do these things well, and he will think that he has great things. But the bad news kept coming. In particular, the Yan army was well-equipped. The Qi army was simply unable to resist. That's it. Hou Sheng felt that he should take some necessary measures. Therefore, he ordered the mobilization of 100,000 troops to the northern border to defend against the invasion of Yan.
He gave the order. But the army is a sneaky move. These armies are pieced together from all over the world, not as a whole. Only by doing so can we avoid being discovered by those ministers. This move Hou Sheng did well in officialdom, but it was very bad on the battlefield.
Only a part of the troops mobilized in various places were carried out. They don't have a unified manager, they don't know who to listen to. I just know to drive north. Although the army was numerous, it could not be condensed to form a huge fist to fight out. That's pretty bad. Worse is yet to come.
The 100,000 troops were temporarily drawn from all over the country. The distance between places is not the same. It is not said whether the combat effectiveness is strong or not, but the time interval between arrivals is very large.
Yan Jun killed him violently at this time.
"These Qi people, do they think that they can resist our attack by building a camp? Stupidity. A brigadier general scolded.
"Order, let all the artillery concentrate their fire on the Qi army camp, and the infantry on bayonets. Quickly approach the opponent's camp and fire three rounds. The brigade commander ordered.
"Bang." "Bang." Artillery began to bombard the enemy's camp on a large scale.
The shells whistled, and this Qi army had just set up camp. They came from the eastern region of the Qi Kingdom. Not a single musket was armed in their army, and not only that, but they had not even seen it. This time, they suffered a lot.
The Qi soldiers didn't know what was going on at all. They were preparing to form a team to meet the Yan army that suddenly drove away, but they didn't expect to be hit so hard all of a sudden.
Shells are running everywhere. Flying shrapnel continued to kill and injure the Qi soldiers who were standing.
"Ahh A grenade exploded in the crowd of Qi troops, and then a large number of people fell.
"What is this?" Qi Jun shouted, a wail of pain in between. Their voices were quickly silenced by the roaring explosion of shells.
The shells kept coming. Yan artillery fired rapidly. They risk the threat of artillery explosions to compress the artillery operation process. They needed a wool rod dipped in water to extinguish the gunpowder sparks in the breech, but rapid fire required it, and this step was canceled. This would speed up the firing process, but those sparks would detonate the gunpowder in the bore. This is a very dangerous thing for artillerymen. They don't care so much anymore.
When the artillery attacked. A regiment of Yan infantry had already marched in a neat queue towards the Qi State Camp. They guns on the shoulder. The bright bayonets looked cold in the winter sun.
The smoke from the artillery firing made it difficult for the Yan commander to see the position of his infantry. So, he rode up and took the initiative to check. Through the binoculars, he finally saw the position of his infantry. They stopped. It looks like they're going to shoot.
Artillery fire stopped for five minutes. They could not last too long, and the longer it was, the more dangerous it was for the artillerymen. This was the end of the fire cover of the infantry. The bombed Qi army began to piece together and walked out of the gate of the camp, and just as they were being bombed, the infantry of the Yan State had already driven over.
"Brothers, kill me." Only the infantry came out to meet the Qi army. And they come from different units. In order to defend against the attack of the Yan army. That's all they can do.
"Kill." A shout converged into a loud bang. They want to swallow up the Yan army.
"Ready." "Aim". The commanders of the Yan army calmly gave orders. Because, the other side does not have archers to participate in the battle, which is a small threat to them.
"Put." With an order from the commander. The Yan Army's thousands of training and operations have been very skillfully launched, and a whole line is like a beautiful lightning bolt. Coming through the smoke.
The flying bullets knocked the Qi troops who were desperately rushing to the ground. Some began to retreat. More people wanted to rush to the Yan army and kill each other. The second round of lightning struck. A lot of people then fell. At this time, the Qi army collapsed instantly. There aren't many of them left. A lot of troops come from different places. Their fighting willpower is not the same. Seeing so many people fall. They started to get scared.
"Run." Qi Jun instantly turned around and put it down and began to escape. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people began to turn around.
The Yan army began to pursue unhurriedly. They used bayonets to stab those Qi people who were not killed. Then keep getting closer to each other. Just when the remaining Qi army fled in a panic. In front of them, a neat Qi army appeared.
"Who?" The front team of the Qi army shouted loudly.
"Yan Jun is here." The Qi army deserters shouted loudly.
The Qi army was a little flustered. As soon as they arrived according to the order, they encountered the Yan army. That's too fast, isn't it? There wasn't even time to react.
"Toot toot." Suddenly, there was another rapid trumpet sound.
The Qi soldiers looked around nervously. Suddenly, their ranks came under artillery fire. Then, a large number of cavalry suddenly appeared in their rear ranks.
"Cavalry. Run. "The deserters scattered and fled. The deserters' flight directly swept the new forces into the army of escapees. Before they could fight, they scattered and fled. The Yan cavalry rushed directly over, and they did not encounter the slightest resistance. Not only not. Instead, they chase down their targets with ease. They used spears to assassinate the fleeing Qi soldiers. Or use a musket to kill the opponent directly. Then they raised their sabers high in the air, and then slashed down hard. I don't know which Qi army's unlucky egg was chopped to death with a knife.
The cavalry rushed like a pack of wolves into a flock of fleeing sheep. The flat earth is unobstructed. There is simply no way to hide. The cavalry killed behind, and the infantry in front was slowly pressing over. Faced with such a situation, the Qi army could only flee separately. Such a war is not a fight at all. Rather, it was a one-sided massacre. It's a mistake for them to come here.
This is just the case in one place, and the situation is much the same everywhere else. The Qi army began to turn this escape into a kind of rout. This rout was like a plague. It's too fast. And it was a serious disaster.