Chapter Ninety-Two: Defeat of the Qi Army Again
On the morning when the Wei army set out to the east, Zhou Bian learned that the Qi army had arrived, and at noon Zhou Bian couldn't help but scold Zhao Hou, such a good opportunity did not go out of the city to destroy the Wei army's catapult, it was really deserved, I didn't think that at dusk, Zhou Bian was glad that the Zhao army did not go out of the city, and it turned out that the Qi army actually avoided the war.
Although the etiquette and music in this era are sluggish, there are still some basic etiquette for the two armies to fight, such as today's Qi army, which was originally stuck in the newly repaired camp and did not fight, Wei Hou didn't know what to think, maybe it was to prevent the Zhao army from going out of the city, and he did not order a forced attack on the Qi army camp, so the two armies of Wei and Qi were in a stalemate for a day and did not fight.
So looking at it this way, the Zhao army is right not to go out of the city, otherwise the Wei army will kill the horse gun, and the Zhao army will inevitably be defeated, not to mention that the Qi army can also cover up behind the Wei army, Zhou Bian believes that the invincible Wei Wushu in the field can definitely withstand the Qi army and then defeat the Zhao army.
Wei Hou was also confident, but unfortunately the Qi army did not move, and the Zhao army did not move, and Wei Hou endured it and did not move, so it fell into a stalemate.
The next day was still a stalemate, and the Wei army went back early after hanging outside the Qi army camp for a long time. The third and fourth days were still the same.
In the era of cold weapons, a war is generally a long time, so it is not surprising that such a situation has arisen. The enemies of the Wei army suddenly became two, and the Wei army would naturally be careful, but the fact that Zhao Qi and the two countries did not act made Zhou Bian understand. In fact, it is not surprising at all, the Qi army and Zhao Guo have been in contact for a long time, but they did not negotiate, and they fought over who would be the first to go up, Zhao Hou hoped that the Qi army would take the initiative to attack the Wei camp, and at the same time Zhao Guo cooperated, but the Qi army hoped that the Zhao army would go out of the city first, so they froze here.
The Qi army is naturally not in a hurry, anyway, Handan has not been broken yet, the Wei army is afraid of the Qi army on the side and does not dare to act rashly, it can be said that the purpose of the Qi army's dispatch has been achieved, according to Duan Ganpeng's assumption, it will be so deadlocked, anyway, as soon as the Wei army attacks the city, the Qi army will go to the side of the Wei camp to harass it, to ensure that the Wei army cannot concentrate on attacking Handan, the Wei army is on an expedition, and it is necessary to withdraw the troops after all, in this case, why bother to fight with the Wei army?
So the urgency can only be Wei Hou, but fortunately, Wei Hou has already formulated a plan, and a few days later, in the early morning, the Wei army's catapults, which had been resting for a few days, began to exert their power again. Because the nearby stones are difficult to find, in fact, the flying stones thrown out during this time have been bricks transported by the Wei people from the nearby city, which is more lethal. A brick can kill a martial artist, let alone a brick in the sky. So this time the Wei army was really powerful, and Handan soon couldn't resist.
After the flying bricks, it was the Wei army foot soldiers who climbed the city wall, due to the collapse of the city wall and the accumulation of flying stones and bricks, so the Wei soldiers quickly climbed to the top of the city and began to engage with Zhao soldiers in short combat. This was the first time since the arrival of the Qi army that the Wei army attacked the city with all its might, and it seems that the Wei people completely ignored the existence of the Qi army.
But the Zhao people will not forget the Qi army, the letter for help has already been sent out of the east of the city, the commander Chen Qi and Duan Ganpeng discussed properly, more than 100,000 Qi troops immediately went out of the camp to the west, straight to the Wei camp, their purpose is very clear, taking advantage of the main force of the Wei army to attack the city, to destroy those daunting catapults.
The Wei army has a weakness, that is, the catapult is inconvenient to move, so it is difficult for the Wei army to give up the position, the Wei army is about to meet the enemy in two places, one is the Qi army that went straight to the Wei army's catapult, and the other is the Handan battlefield, it is not difficult to imagine that if the Wei army gives up Handan City to encircle the Zhao army, the Qi army will follow out of the city, and the battle situation will become Qi and Zhao to attack the Wei army.
How should the Wei army respond?
Hearing a crisp golden sound in the Wei camp, the Wei army attacking Handan immediately returned to the Wei camp like a low tide, and the Zhao army naturally refused to let go. At this time, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao Guo should no longer have any doubts, so they saw that the south gate of Handan City began to be dredged. However, the southern city of Handan had already been flooded by stones and bricks, and the city gate could not be opened for a while, so anxious that the Zhao army had to climb over the city wall and chase after the Wei army, but as soon as the Wei army retreated, the catapult began to work again, and the Zhao army had to brave the flying stones to run forward desperately.
The Wei army quickly set up a defensive position outside the camp, and at this time the Qi army had just rushed to the east of the Wei camp, and the two armies inside and outside the city did not hesitate at all, and rushed straight to the Wei camp, and the Wei army was attacked on both sides.
Zhou Bian and the others shrank in the Wei camp, only after hearing the sound of gold, the shouts got closer and closer, and it seemed to be outside the door, and the roar of the Wei generals seemed to be in their ears, and then there were earth-shattering shouts of killing, the sound of weapon handover, and wailing.
"This is the armies of Qi and Zhao attacking the Wei camp together." Ning Yue said.
Although he did not come to the battlefield this time, there was still tension in the king's tent, even if there was a sound of killing outside the tent, and heavy breathing could be heard in the tent, and he didn't know whether it was his own or someone else's. Although they knew that this was the victory or defeat of the Wei army, not their own, Zhou Bian and the others were even more nervous than they were on the battlefield.
"I'll go out and find out again." Fan Yu said. Zhou Bian nodded, and Fan Yu opened the tent door and walked out.
Unexpectedly, he didn't go far before he was stopped, and it was the young general of the Wei army who was responsible for taking care of the royal family. "Lord Fan, don't go out further, there is chaos outside, I'm afraid it will hurt Lord Fan. A certain guard was ordered to rest in the tent. ”
Fan Yu looked around, and sure enough, the people of the royal family were all driven into their respective tents, and the pair of Wei troops were guarding outside each tent, and the situation was tense.
"Well, I'm just asking about the battle, do you have any news from here?" Fan Yu said.
"One was ordered to guard you, and the rest didn't know anything about it, and I had nothing to say." The boy became serious.
"Okay." Seeing that his usually easy-going face had turned into a slate, Fan Yu said helplessly, "Then I'll go back." ”
Bent down and entered the account, which surprised Zhou Bian, "Fan Yu came back so soon?" ”
Hearing Fan Yu's report on the situation outside, Zhou Bian was helpless, "Then let's sit here and listen to the sound of the battlefield outside." ”
"Listen to this voice, the Wei camp is attacked on both sides in the north and east, and the battlefield is outside the Wei camp." Ning Yue said. "I can't find out the news, but I can hear the voice. If the shouting of killing is getting farther and farther away, it means that the two countries of Qi and Zhao have been defeated, and if the Wei people come in and want to take us and others away for a while, then the Wei army has been defeated. ”
"I think most of the Wei army is going to be defeated, so let's quickly put away the things we want to take first, so as not to panic for a while." Fan Yu seemed to have come to his senses.
"I don't think it's necessary, if you flee with the Wei army, where will you be asked to bring things?" Zhou Bian shook his head and said.
"No, my lord. A certain believed that the Wei army would not be defeated. Ning Yue Zhengse said, "Even if you lose, it will be a small defeat, you can retreat calmly, it will never be a big defeat, let alone a rout." ”
"Okay, then Fan Yu should collect things." Zhou Bian nodded.
In fact, there are not many things, and the books compiled by bamboo compendium account for more than half.
Seeing that it was noon, the shouting and killing outside was not small at all, it should be the climax. The soldiers who fought in the war did not have to eat, but Zhou Bian and the others still had to eat. So Fan Yu went to talk to the young general of the Wei army, and after a while, the hot cooked food was finally brought over by the servant.
No one was sleepy at lunch, and they all cheered up and listened to the sounds outside.
However, it didn't take long for Zhou Bian to get sleepy and sit there with his head straight. I don't know how long it took, but I was suddenly woken up by Ning Yue, "Listen, the king, the Qi army is about to withdraw." ”
Zhou Bian suddenly shook his spirit, and finally came to his senses, but he heard the earth-shaking shouts outside, "The camp is on fire!" The camp is on fire! ”
"Qi camp is on fire?" Zhou Bian was a little unsure.
"Yes, my lord, it is true that many people outside are shouting that the Qi camp is on fire, maybe it is the suspicious tactics of the Wei army, or maybe," Ning Yue paused, "It was really the Wei army who did it." ”
"Fan Yu go out and have a look." Zhou Bian gestured.
"No." Fan Yu bowed down and ran out.
But soon came back, "Report to the king, the outside is covered with tents, and it is not too far to see, but listening to the legends of the soldiers of the Wei camp, you can see smoke rising from the northeast in the distance." ”
It turned out that Wei Jun really did it, and I think this is Wei Hou's back move, Wei Hou wants to fight one against two.
"Then Fan Yu, you can take out the things you just put away." Zhou Bian smiled a little reluctantly.
"Huh?" The hard-working Fan Yu looked speechlessly at the big wooden boxes that had just been put away.
When the Qi army also began to attack, close the defense line and resist the attacks of Qi and Zhao, and at the same time, the people who had already been ambushed immediately entered the Qi camp, took advantage of the chaos and set fire, and when the smoke rose, they shouted in front of the battle to disturb the heart of the Qi army, and naturally broke the attack of Qi and Zhao. It's just that this plan requires the Wei army to block the attack of the Qi and Zhao armies for a period of time, and the Wei people still have this confidence.
Soon I could hear the shouts and shouts outside, and I thought that today's battle was about to end.
Speaking of this Qi army, the commander Chen Qi finally knew the plan of the Wei army when he arrived here, but what was the use, it was the direction of the Qi camp that smoked behind, and the Wei army shouted in front, almost all the Qi troops looked back, and then there was a rout of more than 100,000 people.
This is more than 100,000 people rushing to the camp, like a flood breaking the embankment, where can manpower recover? Chen Qi was powerless to return to the sky, so he had to follow the defeated army and retreat. Held hostage in the chaos of the army, Chen Qi's carriage was like a piece of broken wood in the torrent, it was impossible to control it at all, and the war horse was also frightened, and soon two horses broke free from the reins, leaving only the other two horses dragging the chariot that was about to fall apart and swaying in the flow of people.
The right side of the car acting as a guard is gone, the coachman is still desperately pulling the reins, and the guards next to the car don't know where to run, and no one knows the commander of Qi in the chaotic army. Chen Qi almost wanted to pull out another sword to kill himself, but he made it like this in the first battle, and he had no face.
In fact, at first, I just saw a fire in the back, but I couldn't stand the shouts of the Wei army, some Qi soldiers just wanted to go back and see, but as long as the first Qi soldier ran back, there was no worry about the second one, and then people would follow the trend, just like an avalanche, more and more people ran back. There are those who really want to go back to fight the fire, there are those who are worried that there is no way back, there are those who see others running away, and some who don't want to run at all but have no choice but to run in the crowd, in short, the army of more than 100,000 collapsed at once.
The rout was like a flood that broke the embankment, and with the Wei army chasing and killing for a while, it was even more unsuccessful.
Chen Qi's carriage was mixed with the flood, swaying like a flat boat, and finally hit a big rock, just like a flat boat hitting a reef, and immediately fell apart.
The coachman flew out, and there was no sound when he landed, and it was estimated that he would be trampled to death if he did not fall to his death. The two horses broke free for a moment, and at last they broke free, and quickly squeezed out of the way in the midst of the crowd.
This made Chen Qi miserable, he was crushed under the broken carriage, and some Qi soldiers next to him were startled when they saw that the chariot hit the broken frame, but when they saw that the person was pressed underneath and lost their lives, they didn't care, and soon continued to run, and no one cared about the supreme commander of the Qi army.
Chen Qi was first hit in the carriage, and then flipped over with the carriage and was pressed under the carriage. It was easy to breathe a sigh of relief, but he found that he was so pressed that he couldn't move, and the Qi soldiers around him ran north one by one as if they didn't want to die, how could anyone care about themselves, so it was good that these routs bypassed the carriage and didn't step on Chen Qi.
After calling for a while, no one came to help, was he just crushed on the carriage and became a prisoner of the Wei army? The grievance in Chen Qi's heart.
Just when Chen Qi was about to give up shouting and was about to resign himself to fate, suddenly Chen Qi saw a small soldier stop, squeezed over, looked at it twice and hurriedly moved the carriage, did not move, shouted "Boss wait a minute" and squeezed away again, but soon turned back, several small soldiers behind him, everyone worked hard, and finally brought Chen Qi out for a long time, so that he would not be captured by the Wei army.
After a few people saluted, they hurriedly supported Chen Qi to retreat north, and after walking for half an hour, the field was finally open, and the Qi soldiers were not so dense, and Chen Qi saw the guards who were looking for people everywhere in a panic.
The pro-guard team was squeezed out of the boss, but it was as if he had lost his soul, and it was easy to find the boss and rush to make amends.
Chen Qi scolded a few words, and then remembered that he didn't need these soldiers to protect himself anymore, so he asked, "Who are you waiting for?" I will reward you heavily. ”
I saw the first soldier bow down and answer, "Cai Wu, the commander of the left battalion under General Naita, these are all my subordinates. ”