In a short time, the sailors dismantled the masts and houses of the two warships, and then moved the heavy crossbows and catapults and other weapons that had been removed from the other warships.

When Guo Yue saw the results, he immediately ordered the officers and men of the navy to row the two warships to the middle of the river, and ordered the soldiers to row three small boats, fill these small boats with stones and crossbow arrows and prepare weapons for loading, and then make several warships transport the wounded and sailors to and from the east and west banks.

After everything was ready, Guo Yue called the soldiers to carry all the firearms ashore, Zhu Mao understood Guo Yue's intentions a little, walked to his side and said: "General Guo doesn't want to attack the Qin army with fire, and he thinks that there is nothing to do with our navy here, so let us evacuate first, and the weapons and warships in the middle of the river are to protect the ships that transport troops."

"It's really a fire attack, but it's just for me when I lead the army to retreat, I won't give up my defense area like this, I let your navy leave first because I want to free up ships to transport my soldiers, and you will soon know the usefulness of the two warships in the middle of the river."

After listening to Guo Yue's words, Zhu Mao said with some surprise: "Is the general planning to lead the army to retreat, but you also know the king's edict sent by Gonggong Chen, the king ordered you to defend the defense area even if the whole army is wiped out, you must not take a step back, and we can't afford to take the responsibility of disobeying the king's order."

"I can memorize the king's dictation after reading it, why do you have to say it to me again, I will not be subject to the orders of the kings outside, this time I will forgive my disobedience on the battlefield, my life must be reserved for killing the enemy, and besides, if we die one less at the moment, we can exchange one more life for the Qin army in the future, and it is estimated that we will not be able to hold it now."

Zhu Mao said again: "Then the general plans to tell the other soldiers about the plan?"

"I have already told Wang Jingwei and Ma Xing, and I won't tell the others first, and I will tell you the reason when the battle is over."

Hearing this, Zhu Mao nodded and agreed with Guo Yue's opinion, so he gave his hand to listen to the dispatch and no longer raised objections.

Before returning to the trenches, Guo Yue saw that the ground was in ruins, and several fortifications and pillboxes had also been submerged in the sea of fire, so he immediately ordered Wang Jing to lead people to extinguish the fire and deepen the trenches, and he wanted to use the existing trenches and rubble to block the footsteps of the Qin army.

Thirty miles across the Yan army's defense line, the Qin army camp

Wang Jian was observing the Yan army's every move from the watchtower, Cao Cheng went to the bottom of the tower and said: "General, after dozens of charges by our army, the Yan army is almost unable to withstand it, and the last general is willing to lead the troops to charge again to overcome the enemy's defense line."

"Don't worry about it first, although the Yan army has suffered heavy casualties, our army has also paid a lot of casualties, presumably these charges have exhausted Guo Yue and the Yan army generals, and brought it to the middle of the night when our army attacked at night and took the opposite defense line in one go."

After hearing Cao Cheng's order, he retreated, and Wang Jian looked at the east and said, "Liu Xiang, we are going to meet again."

sub-hours

At this time, this plain was so quiet that it could make people creepy, and they couldn't even hear the slightest sound, and the three thousand Qin troops who had already prepared took advantage of the darkness to quietly advance to the Yan army's defense line.

At this time, a group of infantry with torches walked to the west, and a group of cavalry with torches also dispersed in a vigilant manner in the west, and the Qin soldiers who were at the forefront hurriedly reported the news to Hao Zhan of the Chinese army.

Hao Zhan strode forward and said after reading it: "Don't panic, this is just a patrol of the Yan Army, let's solve them first."

Then Hao Zhan took a team of soldiers to crawl and touch, and walked to a place less than a hundred steps away from the Yan infantry, Hao Zhan put the longbow flat and shot five feather arrows, none of these five feather arrows missed the five Yan soldiers, and the rest of the Qin soldiers also wiped out the patrol team to the Yan army after a while, and Xiahou Zhang had already taken another team of soldiers and horses to solve the patrolling cavalry.

After confirming that there was no obstacle, Hao Zhan and Hou Zhang continued to lead the army forward, and the guard in the ferry defense area learned the news that all the patrols were killed, walked to Guo Yue's side and muttered a few words.

"Wang Jian is really cunning and cunning, and he sent others to his death first, telling the soldiers to calm down, this is just the vanguard of the Qin army, and they will short-connect with them after they approach the defense line."

After Guo Yue finished speaking, Wei Biao conveyed the order, Xiahou Zhang was a little puzzled when he saw that the Yan army did not come out, and Hao Zhan said to him: "Maybe the Yan army is too tired and are sleeping at this time, or maybe they have evacuated this place now."

"Evacuation is estimated to be impossible, the general received the news from Yan in the country, and the king of Yan ordered the defenders not to retreat a step no matter what, and those who violated the order were beheaded."

Hao Zhan, who heard what Xiahou Zhang said, showed a happy expression and said, "Since this is the case, Guo Yue's life is at stake."

So Hao Zhan immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and run forward, and the soldiers of the Qin army rushed to the edge of the ruins and jumped up and crossed the trench, but who knew that the ground on both sides of the trench was sprinkled with fire oil, and the ground was so slippery that many Qin soldiers fell into the trench, and the bottom of the trench was also filled with sharp bamboo.

With a scream, the corpses of the Qin army filled the trench, and seeing this situation, Hao Zhan slammed the ground fiercely, and led the army to step on the corpses of the soldiers and walked through the trench.

Xiahou Zhang said: "It seems that the Yan people have been prepared for a long time, we should be careful."

"With this indiscriminate carving insect planting technique, this shows that Guo Yue has no other good means of defense, I am not afraid of him, I don't have to be afraid of him at all."

Hao Zhan continued to lead the army forward without thinking, and then the secret crossbow trap and the iron thistle knife brand caused heavy casualties to the Qin army.

Finally rushed to the front of the Yan army's defense line, and walked to the corner of the defense line Hao Zhan was about to issue an order for the whole army to attack, Xiahou Zhang hurriedly ran and said: "Our army's casualties are so huge, and these are all prepared by the enemy in advance, I have a hunch that I don't want to, and the Yan army seems to have arranged everything."

"You are too worried, it is precisely because our army has paid huge casualties that we should not let the blood of the soldiers be shed in vain, all signs show that the Yan army no longer has the strength to confront our army head-on, and we will be able to overcome the defense line in front of us in a short time."

As soon as Hao Zhan's voice fell, he saw a feather arrow fly and shoot off a big flag beside him, and then hundreds of feather arrows flew out of the Yan army's defense line, and after dozens of Qin soldiers were shot down, the Qin army's shield hand hurriedly put down the shield wall to avoid the arrows.

Xiahou Zhang said to Hao Zhan: "Let's withdraw quickly, they just want to get us to take the bait, and it's too late to withdraw now."

"Even if they are ready, there will definitely not be many soldiers and horses, this is just a battle between the two armies to attack and defend the city, and all the soldiers will follow me to kill and make meritorious contributions."

After saying that, Hao Zhan rushed forward with a shield in one hand and a long sword in the other, and the soldiers of the Qin army also followed closely and launched a charge......