Chapter 65: Tomorrow
Chang's generals and strategists were all in the dark curtain of the Chu army on the other side of the strange Ba River, Wei Yu, who knew a little about what the Chu army was going to do, gasped, and the whole figure fell into the ice cave, and the heat of the dog days disappeared without a trace, and he shouted urgently: "The Jing people want to attack me, please take refuge for the time being!" ”
As soon as Wei Yi's words fell, some unarmored Chu pawns appeared in the black curtain. They were in a group of several people, carrying a large wooden shelf on which rows of fat sheep had just been slaughtered and dehaired. Sixteen witch weapons also began to roar at this time, and the iron bullets shot with the power of witches and ghosts could actually float on the water, and they slammed into the Qin army's warship, knocking the entire warboat through each other.
This is not over, the iron bullets that pierce the war boat have been flying towards the place where Zhao Zheng is standing. The cannon on the hill can hit the bashui, and the high-angle cannon under the hill can hit the position behind the rear army formation, where Zhao Zheng is now standing.
"The king is leaving!" The close attendant shouted loudly, and the scene that happened just now in the south of Lantian City happened to the guards again. Zhao Zheng was standing on the chariot watching the battle at this time, and when the iron bullet whistled, Zhao Gao and Gao couldn't get out of the car before him, and ran backwards with him on his back.
The Chu army's witch weapons bombarded the king, and the Chang Qi was full of chaos. Zhao Zheng's Chang Qi is equivalent to the flag of the whole army, and with his avoidance, the flag soldiers who have never forgotten their duties follow him with the Chang Flag. The Qin generals and Qin soldiers who were arrayed on the west bank of Bashui were shocked when they saw this, and at this time, the sound of the building drum sounded violently, and the Chu army on the hill had already rushed down with their spears.
"Kill ——!" Except for the Yingyi Division, which continued to serve as Youque, the other two divisions, together with the two Hubei Divisions defending the east side of Bailu Plateau, rushed down with shouts. To the north of Lantian City, there are more than 400 steps above and below the plateau. Taking advantage of the Qin army's distraction, the Chu army that rushed down the mound was unstoppable. After the exchange of troops, less than three rows of spears were charged, and the Qin army broke and dispersed to the east bank of Bashui. The spearmen of the Chu army braved the rain of arrows fired by the warboat to chase them through Bashui, and only when the Qin army led by Zhao Yong stepped forward did they retreat to the west bank amid the sound of the cymbals of the army.
The sappers of the Chu army, who were building a bridge on the Ba River, heard the sound of cymbals, so they had to untie the half-erected pontoon bridge, and they were soaked and lifted the sheepskin raft and withdrew to their own formation. Fu Jing, who was preparing to storm the enemy formation, also had to dismount, and the pontoon bridge was originally prepared for him.
"The king, the minister can attack Qin Ye!" Yu Jing rushed to Xiong Jing and said urgently.
"No! The Qin army was only in chaos, and the rear army was not in chaos at all. Zhuang Wudi, who had slept well, replied on behalf of Xiong Jing. Although he missed the best scene, he already knew the whole plan.
"Rear Army?" Fu Jing's face was full of indignation, if he led the cavalry across Bashui, not to mention killing the King of Qin, even if he couldn't kill the King of Qin, he could burn the heavy grain and grass of the Qin army.
"Not only the rear army, do you think it is what kind of army?" The rear army of the Qin army stepped forward to make up for the formation and stabilized the position of the Qin army. The rear army stepped forward to make up for the formation, and the cavalry of the Qin army, which could not be seen just now, was revealed at this time, it was not a few thousand, it was tens of thousands. Fei Jing was surprised, Xiong Jing said again: "The mystery of breeches must be guarded!" ”
The cavalry of the Chu army are all dragon horses, not that the cavalry of the Chu army can't beat the cavalry of the Qin army, but in such a big battle, if any of the sacrificed Chu cavalry does not snatch back the corpse and saddle, the Qin people may discover the secret of the stirrup. Xiong Jing had already taken two risks, and he didn't want to take a third risk.
"Hooray! Banzai! Long live the king...... "The morale of the Chu army reached its peak, and Zhao Zheng, who had retreated a few miles in a hurry, was extremely angry. When Zhao Gao put him down, he kicked him down, and he drew his sword and was about to kill him with a sword.
"The king will keep people under the sword." The others watched, but Wei Yu shouted. Zhao Zheng didn't really want to kill Zhao Gao, but when he shouted his sword into the soil, he shouted and shouted: "The widow is not afraid of the Jing people!" The widow is not afraid of the thorn people! The widow is not afraid of the thorn people! ”
Zhao Gao, who was fortunate not to die, hurriedly lay at his feet and cried: "The villain is guilty, the villain deserves to die!" The villain is guilty, the villain deserves to die......"
"Hey......!" Zhao Zheng sighed. Born in Handan Palace, he has been insecure since he was a child, but no matter how insecure he was when he was a child, he was also the king of Qin, how could he run away? He was very dissatisfied with King Jing in his heart, why couldn't King Jing do what he could do? Why is King Jing not afraid of dying in battle, he is afraid of dying in battle?!
Thinking of this, he hated more and more, and took out the sword in two steps to cut Zhao Gao again, Wei Yi said again: "The king is slow!" Zhao Gao has saved the king several times, so he can't atone for his sins? If the king cares about the hearts of the army, he can tell the people. ”
"The army has its own laws, if you don't kill, how can you trust the three armies?" Zhang Han interjected inexplicably.
"The king doesn't kill Zhao Gao, but the king is Renye. Jingren witch weapons are raging, Zhao Gao Savior, what is the crime? "Wei Yi still speaks for Zhao Gao." And who knows that the Jingren witch weapon can shoot so far? The rear army has stabilized its position, and our army has not suffered a major defeat. Today, the king should not kill Zhao Gao, but should stand on a high place to stabilize the hearts of the soldiers. ”
Wei Yu had long known that the Chu army's witch weapons had an extremely long range. It's just that he didn't expect to be able to shoot that far - in the era of breech guns, range was not an important indicator of artillery. The breech gun fires live ammunition, which relies on the ground to constantly bounce and jump to kill and injure enemy troops. The most suitable angle of shelling is between five and ten degrees, so that the shells will jump continuously and continue to cause damage.
If the angle is increased to the theoretical maximum range of forty-five degrees, then the shell will be a pit after it hits the ground, and it will not be able to jump at all. The difference between the 5th and 45th shelling ranges was several hundred meters or more than a thousand meters, and it was understandable that the Qin army did not know the change in range.
"Don't worry, king. Jing people are good first, and this is the first to win people! Zhao Zheng ascended to the heights, and the generals of the Qin army were finally relieved. Zhang Han, who was worried that he had other ideas, seized the opportunity to continue to speak.
"What does it mean to be the first to take the lead?" Zhao Zheng was puzzled. He only felt embarrassed to retreat.
"This Jing people are afraid of my whole army and attack it." Zhang Han took the pulse of the Chu army, and said that the head was the Tao. "When our army attacks with all its might, it is necessary to spread out the formation, so the Jing people attack me a little quickly, so that I will be saved. If our army is saved, it will not be able to attack with all its troops. This art of war is cloudy: to cause others but not to others. ”
"So what?" Zhao Zheng, who calmed down, recalled the situation just now, and this is indeed the truth. Once the posture of an all-out attack is put on, the Chu army will storm a little, which must be its own salvation. Just now, he attacked each other with witch weapons, and King Jing led his army to attack Xianyang, all of which was for the sake of 'making people'.
Zhao Zheng, who was stunned, looked at Zhang Han. Of course, he has also read the art of war, but when he uses the art of war to interpret the current battle situation, even some veterans of a hundred battles know it but don't know why.
"Today, our army is tired, and I ask the king to fight again tomorrow." After some tossing just now, it is now time for a small move. Of course, it is okay to fight again, but it is not good for the Qin army to fight again.
"Tomorrow?" Zhao Zheng looked at the three-headed phoenix flag fluttering on the White Deer Plateau, and was unwilling.
"Yes, yes. Only tomorrow. "Zhang Han said." Tomorrow, our army can be in front of the Danming front, and after the dawn, the whole army will quickly attack Jingren. ”
"Tomorrow is not enough." Wei Yu said. "Tonight, the Jing people will go north to the Mandarin Road."
"General Meng Tian led 100,000 people to fight in Ba, how did the Jing people march north?" Zhang Han asked. "Could it be that the Jing people will cross the long water?"
Meng Tian garrisoned Bailu Plateau, but this was only half of the east of Bailu Plateau, and the west half of Changshui was not garrisoned. If the Chu army can cross the Changshui, then it will be able to follow the Changshui north into the Mandarin Road. After saying this, Zhang Han said again: "The minister is willing to lead an army to garrison the west of Changshui, and if the Jing people advance north, they will swear to stop the Jing people." ”
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When the Qin army collected all the troops, there was jubilation on the White Deer Plateau. The artillery frightened the king of Qin into fleeing with a few cannons, and the spearmen who rushed down from the hill went into the water like a tiger, defeating the Qin army and not daring to fight again, how could such a victory not make people ecstatic?
Isn't Chu Jun afraid? Before the war, they saw that the Qin army had hundreds of thousands of people, and the camp tents stretched for dozens or hundreds of miles, and it was fake to say that they were not afraid, but soon they found that the Qin army was just a piece of tofu, which would break when touched and pierced with a blow, so that the Qin army should not say 500,000, even one million is not their opponent.
The generals were jubilant, and Xiong Jing also breathed a sigh of relief. Before dark, all the vehicles transporting baggage and grain can leave the river. At night or tomorrow morning, the war would turn to a familiar pattern: lengthening the long march of the Qin army through constant movement, and then breaking through each one. Maybe we can really solve the problem of Qin State completely this month.
Within the shogunate, the divisions and brigades were brought together in one account. This is certainly not a celebration, but a discussion of tomorrow's actions. Building bridges to cross the Changshui and Chanshui rivers was the business of the sappers, and the generals' concern was the rim and the river.
My army goes north, will I defend the Rim Kawaguchi or not? If the Qin army does not defeat the Qin army, or the war is deadlocked, it is likely that there is no way back; And if it is guarded, how many divisions are left? If you keep more, your own army, which already has only twelve and a half divisions, will be even less. If you leave less, you will be worried that you won't be able to keep it when the time comes.
"The minister is willing to lead the Hubei division to guard the Rim River, so as to wait for the king to return." Erle said unsurprisingly.
"Humph!" Someone snorted coldly. However, Le led his own soldiers, and some words were really hard to say.
"The third division of the Hubei division and the accompanying division have been ordered to go to the mouth of the Rim River, and there are two divisions, why do you want to leave two more divisions?" into a channel. "Ejun is so afraid of Qin?"
"The minister is not afraid of the Qin people, but the minister is only worried about the king." Ole leaned towards Xiongjing. "Our army goes north, if the Qin people don't fight with me......"
"Our army goes north to pull out Xianyang, Xianyang is the capital of the Qin people, why don't the Qin people fight with me?" Pan has no life.
"If the Qin people don't save Xianyang......" E Le asked.
"Then our army will pull out Xianyang!" Fei Fang waved her hand.
"But what about pulling out Xianyang?" Ole still asked. "The King of Qin is in the Qin army, is it possible to pull out the King of Qin in Xianyang? This only increased the hatred of King Qin.
The king, the minister's boat team passed through the countries, and also entered the customs. The Qin people are not Chu people, if the Qin army attacks Yingdu, the Chu people will save it, but the Chu army will attack Xianyang, and they must not save themselves, thinking that the Qin people will be saved. ”
"If the Qin people don't save Xianyang, then pull out Xianyang!" Xiong Jing remained silent. In fact, he was also uneasy in his heart, and after he got out of the rim river, he began to be in a trance.