Chapter 41: The Rat's Nest

Ever since it was equipped with the Yi Spear Armor, the Chu army had never encountered an opponent. Dressed in great armor, they are not afraid of the enemy's soldiers, and they are the only ones who stab the enemy to death in battle, but the enemy can hardly hurt them in the slightest. In this encounter, they had already taken off most of their armor, and some of the soldiers were tired and even took off their cuirasses.

As soon as they clashed, the Yi spear stabbed the Qin army's iron armor, and the chief spear stabbed the Chu pawn's body. At this time, everyone knew how fragile the flesh and blood were without the protection of the giant armor.

Although it was only a small-scale encounter between the two sides, the two or five hundred masters of the Qin army instantly discovered that these Chu troops were not wearing huge armor, and as soon as they clashed, they were rushed back by their own soldiers. The height of the lieutenants and soldiers was more than seven feet six inches, but the Chu army was only seven feet. The tall ones were dressed in fish-scale iron armor, and the short ones were only wearing long shirts, and because of the instinctive fear of the body, the Chu army was killed by the Qin army and retreated.

The two corners of the square and the east side of the mountain are aligned with the two passages, the north is aimed at the Wuguan official road, and the south is aimed at the Danshui Valley road. As long as the Qin army repels the Chu army and drives them south out of this mountain col, which is no more than four miles long and a few hundred meters wide, it can seal the Danshui Valley Road; Conversely, if the Chu army can kill the Qin army and rush all the way to the northeast corner of Fangshan, it can also block the Wuguan Road.

Most of the soldiers of Chu were not armoured, and the two or five hundred lords were overjoyed, and he grabbed the drumsticks of the drum man and personally beat the drums on the car, and ordered the Qin army to advance. After the rush and killing just now, at this time, the two sides were already mistaken by Mu Chu, and the spearhead was pointed at the spearhead. Seeing the array of the Qin army wearing iron armor slowly moving forward, the Chu army, which was not used to fighting without armor, instinctively retreated. However, when they saw their casualties being swallowed up by the Qin army, and heard their angry shouts and screams in the Qin army's formation, they immediately stopped again.

"Kill!" The honorable man in the formation burst out with a roar. Regardless of the fact that he only had a cuirass on his body, he rushed towards the array of Qin troops lined with spears. Following them, the Chu soldiers also rushed at the Qin army's array, allowing the chieftain spear to pierce itself.

The Fish Scale Iron Armor Piece protects the armor piece, because the impact distance is too short, and the sharp spear tip can only slip on the scale armor. Except for a few undead Yu Shi who abandoned their spears and drew their swords, they stabbed down several Qin soldiers at close range, and most of the Chu soldiers who rushed up were killed in battle.

When the Chu army was attacking, Ruo Ao was running alone again. Following him, the spearman carried his spear in front of him and galloped through the mountains and forests to the east of the col. The sound of the drums is endless, but this is not the drums of the Chu army, this is the drums of the Qin people. The grass and trees blocked them from seeing the battle at the bottom of the mountain, but when they heard the sound of the drums, everyone knew that something was wrong.

If Ao is alone, he can roughly guess the situation under the mountain. Once the Chu army, which only had cuirass left and some soldiers did not even have cuirasses, faced the army of lieutenants and guards, it would definitely be the Qin army that had the advantage. Although the Yi spear was four feet long, the two armies held the spear differently - the spearmen of the Chu army did not hold the end of the spear, where was the counterweight; The Qin spearmen held the end of the spear and had no counterweight—the length of the spear tip was not the same. The most important thing is that the Qin army is dressed in scale armor, and the Chu army without cuirass will inevitably be killed when it encounters the Qin army who is also holding a spear.

The only solution is a side attack. The Chu army in the column ran through the mountains and forests, and the queue was not chaotic at all, and if the Qin army rushed down from the flank and back of the spear, it would definitely be able to kill this Qin army. If you can concentrate all the armor soldiers in the whole division, drive the Qin army out of the mountain pass, and wait for the friendly army to come up, you can win the victory.

Running in the sweltering mountain forest, the blades of grass cut on the cheeks and arms, soaked in sweat, hot and painful. It was only a small pain, and the most uncomfortable thing was the muscle soreness between the hips and legs. This soreness makes people unconsciously want to give up control of their feet, and let the pace be high, one foot low, and one foot on the small mountain path like cotton. These are clearly not allowed, and countless workouts have shown that once you loosen your grip on your feet, it is difficult to keep your queue neat, even if you don't fall.

To this end, nine hundred spearmen, one hundred and forty-four archers, gritted their teeth and tried to control their pace in order to keep the queue in order. I don't know how far the queue slowed down, and then it ran at a rapid pace for a while, and finally stopped.

"Listen to me: Array." The procession finally turned down the mountain, and as it approached the col, the dull voice of the brigade commander's mirage sounded, and the nine hundred spearmen formed an array of thirty men in length and width.

"Those who have negative armor are outside, and those who have no armor are inside." Ruo Ao's voice walking alone, through the gaps in the trees, he could see that the Chu army was being forced back by the Qin army step by step. Fortunately, the south side of the col is narrower than the north side.

Some threw the cuirass, others gritted their teeth and carried it. If Ao's order to go alone was given, he miraculously found that there was no change in the soldiers of the whole brigade. All of them wore cuirass and swords at their waists.

"Good! Great goodness! He overjoyed, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the array.

"Greedy for merit and pulling out the purple pass, my sin is also." He said. "Now the Qin people have realized that if they can't quickly pull out Shangyi and take the Suhe Mountain, our army will not be able to break through Lantian, Xianyang, and Qin!

The evil of the Qin people must swallow the world and destroy the countries, only by destroying Qin, the world will be peaceful, and the land of Chu will be peaceful......"

The battle plan of the Great Sima Mansion was extremely secretive, and even if Ruo Ao traveled alone, he only knew all the details on the day Cheng Tong came to Jingzi Pass to ask about the crime. And the sergeant of the army, all he knew was Fuying, and the attack to the west was also to protect Chu, and he never thought that the purpose of the westward advance was to destroy Qin. Hearing Ruoao's lonely story, everyone stood up straight after being surprised.

"The Qin army under the mountain is the army of the lieutenant and the guard of the Qin State," Ruo Ao is not only telling each other, but also letting the soldiers rest and adjust. "The so-called lieutenant, guard lieutenant, the king of the Qin State is also. Dressed in scale armor and armed with a spear, they are all chosen men. If you don't have the will to die first, you can't be resurrected......"

"The general doesn't need to say much, destroy Qin Weichu, and die without regrets." Someone interrupted, this is the honorary man, he turned to look at his comrades beside him, and said disdainfully: "If Ao's army, are you afraid of the king's pawn?" But the king's pawn fears me. ”

There was a sound of swords striking Mu Qi from the spear array. On the enemy's side, this kind of tapping is the approval of all the soldiers.

"Please give the general an order!" Yu Shi shouted.

"Please give the order from the General!!" Nine hundred spearmen and one hundred and forty-four archers also shouted, their blood boiling and impatient.

"Listen to me, spear." The brigade commander shouted the command, and Rulin's spear was raised.

"Put!" At his signal, the long-awaited archers began to unleash their arrows, which were preparations for the assault of the spears.

'Whoosh, swish......' arrows flew out of the dense forest near the col. Qi Brown, who was standing at the northern end of this ridge and watched the battle, was taken aback when he saw the arrows of the Chu army, and shouted: "Jing people are ...... in the forest."

Before Qi Brown's words fell, nine hundred spearmen had already rushed to the side of the Qin army formation in the mountain col with a shout. Unless the arrow hits the door, hands and feet, it will not kill the Qin soldiers, but the sharp spear rushes and stabs fiercely at the scale armor, once the copper wire that hooks the small iron piece is extended and broken, the armor is worn. Thirty rows of spearmen continued to rush their spears, and this section of the Qin army was completely destroyed.

The Chu army, which was forced to retreat step by step by the Qin army, saw the friendly troops rushing towards the flank of the Qin army, regardless of the deadly recoil. Although the Qin army sandwiched between the two Chu armies wanted to stabilize the position, the Chu army behind them had abandoned their spears and drew their swords and killed them with their vests, and they could only disperse.

Killing the last Qin pawn who resisted, the entire retinue shouted, "Ruoao! Ruoao! Ruo Ao ......"

"General?" Qi Brown watched the spearmen of the Chu army emerge from the mountains and forests, watched them rush into the Qin army's formation, and watched the Qin army's array being defeated by them. Although it is difficult to imagine that the spear array can pass through the forest and achieve this degree of maneuver, the facts are in front of you.

"The road is far and narrow, for example, two rats fighting in the hole, and the brave will win." Waving his hand to stop the anxious Qin army lieutenant, Qi Brown said the famous words of a Zhao army general.

"Jing people are brave, how can our army show weakness?" Du Wei thought that Qi Brown was saying that the Qin army was not brave. "The last general is willing to fight."

"Courage can only win the battle, but not the momentum." Qi Brown pointed to the ridge where he was standing and said, "Captain Yu, I want you to lead five thousand soldiers to occupy this ridge." ”

"Ridge?" Previously, everyone was only fighting for the mountain col, but they didn't expect Qi Brown to compete for the ridge at his feet.

"Yes." The more Qi Brown thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was correct. "Only by occupying this ridge can we detour back to the Jing people, and then we can prevent the Jing people from attacking through the forest. Furthermore, the Jing people have no armor, take all the archers, and shoot them when they see them. ”

The crossbow is a civilian weapon, and it can be used after a few months of training, but the crossbow machine is expensive; The bow was almost extinct in the Qin army, but the lieutenant's army, as a Praetorian Guard, still retained 3,000 archers, and these 3,000 archers could take the lives of the Chu army.

"Captain Zhao," Qi Brown then ordered, "you also lead 5,000 men to reinforce the mountain and the mountain, and be sure to hold the camp, if the camp is lost, you will not be spared." ”

"The last general respectfully obeys the order!" The col is shared by the two armies, and the division of Xiou can attack the mountain of Suhe, and the army of the lieutenant can also be reinforced. The two sides fought fiercely in this narrow mountainous terrain, and the battle would not end until one side fell completely.

"General, Qin people......" Relying on the flank impact just now, the Chu army stabilized its position, but the movements of the Qin army continued one after another. The first army actually climbed the ridge on the left side and attacked along the ridge; The other army reinforced the fighting Suhe Mountain, and the Qin army in the col was also regrouping, intending to fight again.

"Where are the artillery, artillery?" If Ao Duxing remembered the killer feature, as long as the four artillery pieces were lined up side by side, the Qin army in the mountain col would be dispersed as soon as the cannon was fired.

"Artillery, artillery?" Everyone also remembered the artillery. Just as he was about to pass the artillery urgently, a crying artilleryman squeezed through the crowd and walked up: "General, the four artillery pieces and gun mounts are all destroyed!" ”

When the gun truck traveled hundreds of miles and approached the Suhe Mountain, what Pan Xuan and the others were worried about finally happened: the barrel of nearly 600 kilograms of guns tore the card bases on both sides because of the violent bumps and fell off the gun carriage.

"Where is Pan Xuan?" Ruo Ao walked alone and grabbed the collar of the visitor.

"Company Commander Pan is carrying a cannon several miles away." The gunner told each other. As soon as he heard that he was a few miles away, Ruo Ao walked alone and let go of him weakly. In this battle, you can only rely on flesh and blood.