Two hundred and eighty-six small encounters! The Battle of the Red Pine Forest

Zhao Yan led the army to the edge of the boundary stone bridge, and immediately ordered the south bank of the river to build fortifications, and the Qin army, who listened to the report of the forward scouts, still had thirty miles of land according to this, so Zhao Yan left Hu Ji and two captains to lead five hundred soldiers and horses to guard the bridgehead here, and himself, Feng Chang and five captains took the remaining soldiers and horses to the front of the red pine forest to act according to the plan.

Here, 20,000 Qin troops came in the direction of the mighty Wangjie Stone Bridge, looked at the somewhat complicated terrain in front of them, and simply asked the guide: "We have walked here now, what kind of terrain is slightly more complicated in front of us, what is the best shortcut to pass through what kind of buildings, and how far are we from the second city of Quyi Summer House."

"Back to the general, there is a red pine forest five miles ahead, the red pine forest is full of quagmire near the outside, people and horses will fall into the mud from this time, there is a central avenue in the red pine forest that can directly pass through this place, and then five miles ahead is a river called the source river, this source river is a tributary of the easy water and is in the upper position, so the water flow and its turbulence above there is only a wooden plank bridge, because there is an ancient boundary stone left in ancient times next to the bridge, so the bridge is called the boundary stone bridge also has a history of hundreds of years, this river and this bridge is the only way to the two cities, Ten miles further on you will reach Qu Dou".

Hearing what the guide said, Suo Xing said: "In this case, we will quickly pass through this red pine forest, and then build several wooden bridges over the source river, and we will soon reach the city of Quyi."

Then, Suo Xing urged the army to speed up the direction of the red pine forest, and before he had advanced much distance, he saw a flying horse running in front of Suo Xing and said: "I am the henchman of the king of Quyi County, the king has executed all the officials in the city who advocate anti-Qin, and is preparing a banquet to welcome the general and the soldiers of the Great Qin into the city, but there is a small group of people and horses in the city carrying grain and grass into the red pine forest to station, although these people and horses are few, they are all the elite of the Yan army, Lord Wang is afraid of losing so he did not do anything to them for the time being, I also ask the generals and the officers and men of the Qin army to help."

"Lord Wang is my loyal friend of Great Qin, and I have dedicated this city, just hand over these soldiers and horses to my Great Qin soldiers to deal with."

After saying that, Suo Xing ordered the generals to speed up, and after a while they entered the pine forest, and then walked forward to a few pine trees, and the messenger pointed to the camps in front of him, and said, "General, these are the people."

Suo Xing beckoned the crossbowmen to advance over, and more than two hundred crossbowmen all occupied advantageous positions, and one by one the crossbowmen pointed to these tents.

Standing on a dirt slope, Suo Xing saw four people sitting next to a bonfire in front of these tents, although the green smoke from the bonfire constantly blocked the view, but it was not difficult to see that these four people were dressed in bright armor, and it was obvious that these people were the commanders of this Yan army.

Seeing this, Suo Xing smiled, took a longbow and put a feather arrow on it, and flew with an arrow to shoot one of them to the ground, and the crossbowmen on both sides who were already ready to attack.

Soon, these Yan army tents were all filled with arrows, and several Yan soldiers in the open space outside the tent were also shot to the ground, seeing that the camp tent was still silent at this moment, Suo Xing said to the left and right: "It seems that they have died, give them all to me."

Suo Xing did not step forward but still stood on this dirt slope, and a lieutenant general led hundreds of vanguard soldiers and horses to the camp tent, and was attracted by a grain hoard after walking less than two steps.

The adjutant general walked to the side of the grain hoard, pulled down the curtain, went in and cut open a bag of grain and grass with his sword, and came out, shouting: "General, there is enough grain and grass in here, and then our grain and grass problem can be solved."

As soon as the words fell, the lieutenant general was killed by feather arrows flying in the distance, and more than a dozen Qin soldiers on both sides also fell to the ground one after another, and then a burst of rockets flew from a distance to set the grain hoard on fire.

This grain hoard is specially made, the walls of the hoard are covered with sharp-toothed gravel arrows, and strong fire oil is also poured on it, and these grain and grass out of the outermost bags are real, and the center is all high explosives made of saltpeter and sulfur.

The grain hoard was ignited by the rocket and burned violently, and the bags of explosives were quickly detonated, and with a loud bang, the entire grain hoard exploded, and the air wave shot out all the lethal weapons on the hoard wall.

The explosion just now had already caused many Qin soldiers on both sides to lie on the ground, and the sharp-toothed crushed stone arrows that flew out killed a large number of people in an instant.

Suo Xing was shocked to see such a scene, and before he could react, he was hit in the back and rolled down the hillside a few times.

Falling heavily to the ground under the slope, Suo Xing got up and saw that it was the messenger who had been following him who attacked him, and the messenger swept left and right with a long stick in both hands, and shouted: "I am Yang Gao, the captain of the Yan Guoqu Rebellion Left Military Academy, and you have completely fallen into the net of our army when you enter here, so you should not be caught quickly."

"Just be caught, hmph, even if it's a net of heaven and earth, how can you get my Great Qin soldiers."

Suo Xing jumped up the dirt slope as he spoke, Yang Gao waved his long stick and constantly knocked the Qin soldiers beside him to the ground, seeing Suo Xing coming straight to him and raising his stick to beat him, Suo Xing swept the crested lance in his hand and broke Yang Gao's long stick, hitting him on the shoulder and knocking him down.

Several Qin soldiers ran to press Yang Gao to the ground, and Suo Xing asked: "What is the net of heaven and earth you just said, tell me how you laid it out, and I won't kill you."

"I knew from the beginning that I couldn't go back alive, do you know why I came to die."

"Say, I'd like to hear it."

"That's because ......" Before he finished speaking, Yang Gao turned his words and shouted: "Leave me alone, release the arrows quickly."

Hearing this, Suo Xing was taken aback and hurriedly wanted to find a cover to hide, Feng Chang rushed out of the woods with more than five hundred archers, and saw that Yang Gao had been pressed to the ground and could not get out, Feng Chang still gave the order to release the arrows.

A burst of feathered arrows flew like locusts, and the soldiers of the Qin army on and behind the soil slope suffered countless casualties, Suo Xing was unable to dodge and was hit by two arrows, and Yang Gao was also shot into a hedgehog.

After the archers of the Yan army led by Feng Chang finished releasing the arrows, they threw away the torches they carried with them, and it turned out that the big trees beside Suoxing were all smeared with special grease, which ignited when it met the fire but had no effect on sporadic flames, which made the Yan army throw torches instead of using rockets directly.

The torches thrown out made the dirt slope and a large area of land near it completely burn, and the soldiers of the Qin army struggled out of the fire with all the burns, and Suo Xing also retreated with the army.

After releasing the arrows, Feng Chang led the troops back to restore his life, Zhao Yan stood on the high ground and looked at the firelight, sighed and said: "If Qiu Hao hadn't told me to send someone to introduce the Qin army into the fire array, I might not have been able to achieve such good results, but it's a pity for Yang Gao."

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