Chapter 42: Turning around and escaping
When he saw the cone-shaped formation hurriedly laid out by the Qi army, after a short period of effort, he was driven by the Wei army and the stragglers suspected of being the rout of the Qi army, and when he turned around and rushed to the place where the Qi Marquis Shuai Qi was in a hurry, Zhou Bian's long mouth couldn't close for a long time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When the Qi and Wei armies fought in front of the south of Puyang, Zhou Bian imagined many endings about this large-scale war where the two powers collided, there were two sides holding peace, there were Qi army victories, there were Wei army victories, there were big victories and small victories, but Zhou Bian thought that the biggest possibility was that the two sides would draw, because after all, Wei Hou only brought 50,000 soldiers, and the total strength was still disadvantaged, and Wei had just ended two major battles with Korea and Qin, so at this time he shook hands with Qi and made peace. Each went home to rest, and then decided the winner in the future, which Zhou Bian thought was the best ending.
But I never expected that after only ten days of hard work, the winner had already been decided. Yes, seeing the situation that the Marquis of Qi is in, the victory of the Wei army is obviously a foregone conclusion.
Regarding the possibility of the Wei army winning or even a big victory, Zhou Bian did not think of it, and he also imagined and deliberated many ways, but about this one, Zhou Bian really never expected that Wei Hou actually laid an ambush, and Zhou Bian has not confirmed until now how the Wei army, which drove thousands of Qi soldiers to attack the Chinese army of Qi Hou, evaded the detectives of the Qi army in advance.
At this time, Zhou Bian's eyes widened, and he looked closely at the small dirt slope nearly two miles away on the opposite side, where the handsome flag of the Marquis of Qi was still fluttering in the wind, but it may also be trampled under the feet of the rebel army soon.
At this time, Qi Hou has obviously reached the point of life and death, tens of thousands of rout soldiers are surging towards the small dirt slope, and the four thousand soldiers who protect Qi Hou are forced to retreat, none of them think that they can stop the tens of thousands of rout soldiers alone, and the panicked Qi Hou really feels the threat to life.
There was no time to scold Chen Chengyi or Tian Zhong, Qi Hou only cared about shouting for help, his mind was already completely confused, and the desire for safety had completely occupied his brain, leaving him with little ability to think about how to get safe.
However, there were also pro-soldier generals and a doctor, etc., and immediately someone surrounded them, "Your Majesty, quickly order the army to retreat and escort it, as long as we block it here for half an hour, the army in front of us will retreat, and we can protect the monarch to retreat safely." ”
"No, it's too late, we can't hold out for half an hour, and the army in front can't come back for half an hour, and the Wei army behind will never let go of the opportunity for us to retreat." Another doctor rushed up and yelled.
"Then please give the order to retreat, with General Gongsun leading the prince's personal troops to protect the monarch's retreat, you should be able to avoid these damn routs."
"That's running away! It is better to move forward together, rush to the front of the large army, the king personally marches, our army will inevitably be greatly boosted, and it is not possible to kill and retreat the Wei army, and even defeat the Wei army again, after all, our army still has the advantage of troops. As soon as the advice on retreating from front was finished, a young general who had just rushed over roared angrily.
Seeing a cadre of generals, captains, and doctors surrounding him, Qi Hou finally found a sense of security, so that Qi Hou's head finally cleared up a little, but this sober little bit was far from enough for Qi Hou to wait for reinforcements in place, and the whole army retreated and attacked desperately.
And Qi Hou himself can't think of any other way, what should he do? The courtiers were still blushing and their necks were thick, and Qi Hou looked at this and then at that, as if he felt justified, but when he looked up again, he found that with these few words, those routs were only a few steps away from his big array.
The rout at the front was just the soldiers in the back of the original large formation under Tian Zhong, they had not seen the collapse scene in front of them at all, they just habitually ran away, so their impact was not too big, and the back saw life and death, as well as those who were driven all the way by the Wei army, and the remaining rout soldiers were full of momentum.
What to do? Qi Hou's brain was short-circuited again.
Qi Hou trembled and raised his right hand to point forward, his mouth slurred but he couldn't even say a word.
Finally, Qi Hou exerted all the strength of his body and shouted out three words, "Duan Ganpeng!" ”
A little farther away, a robed doctor immediately jumped down from the chariot and squeezed over, "Your Excellency, Your Majesty is here!" ”
"It's up to you!"
"Huh? Your Majesty doesn't dare! Duan Ganpeng raised his head in fright, this is to determine the life and death of the prince.
"The widow tells you to decide, and you will decide, say quickly, what should I do? I can't say it, cut off my head now! Qi Hou finally finished saying such a sentence, perhaps, this is the most imposing and intimidating sentence Qi Hou has ever said in his life.
"No!" Under the threat of life and death, Duan Ganpeng had no choice but to shout.
"Your Majesty thinks that the whole army is retreating! The Chinese army first escorted the king to retreat to the east camp, and then ordered the army in front to slowly retreat and follow over, so as to protect the king's safety! ”
"Well, that's it!" Qi Hou immediately slapped the board.
"No!" Immediately, several doctors and generals answered, and turned around to make arrangements.
However, there were still a few generals who refused to obey orders, "Your Majesty, Duan Ganpeng is not from Qi, do you really want to listen to him at this time?" ”
Qi Hou just glanced at it, did not open his mouth, but answered his choice with actions, that is, to urge the chariot driver to turn around and head east.
Due to the huge size of the chariot, it is not very easy to quickly turn around in a group of chariots crowded with generals and doctors, but fortunately, at this time, everyone has agreed on the retreat, that is, the whole army retreats, because if you don't retreat, there will be no chance, and the rout in front has begun to impact the only four thousand people left around Qi Hou, if these four thousand people are the same as the six thousand people in front, they also collapse, then the consequences will be extremely terrible.
Fortunately, the foundation of Qi as a traditional power, so that the last 4,000 people, with strong combat effectiveness, can also have a very high degree of loyalty, it can be said that this is the last elite of Qi State, and their will is naturally the strongest.
A quarter of an hour later, they finally withstood the onslaught of the rout, and then escorted the Qi Hou's car, which had turned around, and slowly retreated eastward. And because the rout of the Qi army was too widely distributed, so that the 5,000 Wei troops who were driving sheep behind failed to kill in front of the Qi Hou in the first time, so the 4,000 soldiers closely guarded the Qi Hou and embarked on the retreat and return in an orderly manner.
At the same time, several chariots with hundreds of elite soldiers drove towards the main battlefield of Qi Wei in front of them, and they wanted to convey the order for the entire army to retreat.
However, no matter how fast the chariot is, how can there be a fast sound, and no matter how fast the speed of the sound, how can there be a fast vision.
The soldiers on the front line were already hiding and playing, looking around, and they had already found that something was wrong with the handsome flag behind them, which would find that Qi Hou's Chinese army actually turned around and fled, how could it escape their eyes?
So when the chariot was still half a way away, there were already people in front of him shouting that the prince had fled.
He fought bloodily here, but the prince fled in the rear, is this okay? Immediately after the first cry, more people looked back, and then more calls rang out, and then more heads turned, and then,
Then, the entire army of 100,000 people, like an avalanche, shouted for the sky, and then, the soldiers at the back began to drop their weapons and flee, yes, the princes have fled, are you still a fool here?
The effect of the collapse of the Qi army itself was so good that even Wei Hou, who was watching the battle from afar, couldn't help but praise it in his heart, and it was even better than the effect shouted by Wei soldiers with a Linzi accent that Wei Hou had prepared a long time ago.
Zhou Bian also sighed lightly at this time, the Qi army could have retreated more calmly, but he didn't expect it to be this way of the collapse of the whole army, and the Qi army was really on the line with the collapse, first the rout soldiers who fled back from the north, and then the 6,000 army collapsed again as soon as it came into contact, and now the 100,000 army is also showing a trend of collapse.
Qi really needs to carry out a campaign to reorganize the army.
Suddenly, Zhou Bian remembered, the first Qi army rout came from the north, so what is in the north? Puyang City, so what were these routs doing before? Prevent Puyang soldiers from rushing out. But why did they collapse, was it Puyang Bing's doing? Obviously not, the answer was suddenly coming out, and the Marquis of Wei had hidden the thousands of Wei soldiers in Puyang City in advance from the Qi army.
How did Wei Hou do it? Did you do this a long time ago, or did you do it recently? If it was done recently, then only the last time the Wei army escorted 5,000 Puyang soldiers into Puyang City, did he have the opportunity to hide from the Qi army and send 5,000 Wei soldiers into the city.
No matter which way it is, this Wei Hou is really terrible, it turns out that Wei is really not a strong soldier, and there is a prince who is close to a demon in wisdom, or a high-level wisdom group.
Zhou Bian squinted his eyes and looked at Wei Hou, but he saw that Wei Hou was in high spirits at this time, and after raising his head and laughing a few times, he waved his right hand forward with his very domineering and charming posture.
"Command the whole army to pursue! Be sure to capture Qi Hou alive! ”
Hearing this more domineering voice, Zhou Bian's heart was like a hammer smashing hard, this Wei Hou is not so similar to the King Wei Hui described in history. If he was destined to be an enemy of such a Wei Hou, Zhou Bian also began to feel apprehensive in his heart.
At this time, the rout of the Qi army is irreversible, and the collapse of nearly 100,000 troops is not something that the shouts and commands of the generals and captains can prevent, at this time, even if you are still wearing the most luxurious robe of the Qi country, even if you are still stepping on the strongest chariot of the Qi army, at this moment, the most important thing for you is how to save your life in this chaotic army.
So these generals, including the later ones who conveyed orders for the Marquis of Qi, also joined the escape brigade, and to hell with the battle of Qi Wei and the orders of the princes! Anyway, the law does not blame the public, everyone has fled, and whoever does not flee at this time is a fool.
More than 100,000 people collapsed, and soon ran all over the field, and the momentum was even greater than when Fang just attacked, which suddenly reminded Zhou Bian who was watching the battle on the small slope of the African savannah that he saw in the TV show in later generations, no, this momentum is even more immense, not counting the Wei soldiers chasing behind, this is 100,000 people!
The collapse of 100,000 people made Wei Hou laugh out loud and made Zhou Bian secretly regret, but unexpectedly, the collapse of these 100,000 people can be regarded as saving Qi Hou's life.
Besides, under the protection of the last 4,000 elite soldiers, after rushing out of the range of the first 10,000 defeated soldiers, Naqi Hou accelerated his speed and rushed eastward, but problems also followed.
Because after those routs, there were 5,000 Wei soldiers.
In particular, some Wei soldiers were on the east side of the rout in order to drive away the rout of Qi, so they naturally blocked the Marquis of Qi for the first time.
However, due to the limited number of these Wei soldiers, the scoundrel let Qi Hou rush over.
However, although these Wei soldiers ran for more than ten miles like sheep, they were still Wei warriors, and they were the second only troops in the Wei army after the Wei Marquis' personal guards and heavy armor soldiers.
Looking at the handsome flag fluttering on the chariot of Qi Hou, almost everyone's heart was boiling. Although there is no knighthood for civilian military merits at this time, if you can capture the Marquis of Qi, not to mention the amount of money rewarded, it will be a story that can be boasted of for decades in front of your descendants in the future.
So even after running for more than ten miles, these five thousand soldiers still rushed forward with a roar as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the momentum was so fierce that Qi Hou couldn't stop urging him to run, ignoring the doctors and nobles around him before he escaped just now, and a few of them could still follow him.
Soon, while fleeing and chasing, they rushed out a mile away, and finally, the howling Wei army caught up with the tail of the Qi army.
As a last resort, the Marquis of Qi had to order the five hundred people at the back to turn around to stop it, and this return would inevitably be death, but these soldiers didn't care at all, because if they also cared about their own lives, the Qi State might have perished long ago, and they were the deepest foundation of this great eastern country.
The five hundred soldiers were quickly surrounded and killed by the swarming Wei army, and then the Wei army chased after them, and soon another five hundred people stayed to resist, so after three times, Qi Hou almost cried, and half of the people were left around him, how to escape.
If you can, this Qi Hou would like to ask Wei Hou face to face, I have failed like this, do you still want to kill them all?
Wei Hou obviously won't give Qi Hou an answer, or rather, Wei Hou's answer is that he can't lose the chase.
After many entanglements, there were still 4,000 Wei soldiers biting Qi Hou to the death, and at this time, the gap between the two sides was further widened, and Qi Hou could no longer send people to break the queen, so he had to order the whole army to speed up, and at this time he could only fight for speed.
Unexpectedly, the Wei soldiers who fought with chicken blood did not lag behind, not only did they not lag behind, but they even surpassed the Wei soldiers of the Qi army from both sides, wanting to encircle Qi Hou.
It is said that these thousands of Wei troops are really bold, and they actually dare to divide into two groups and squeeze the two thousand people around Qi Hou into the middle, but at this time, Qi Hou was also frightened, and he didn't dare to collide with any group of Wei troops, so he could only run forward desperately.
After chasing two or three miles, during the race between the two armies, the speed of the Wei army became faster and faster, and it seemed that it was about to surpass the Qi army, blocking the Qi Hou. Qi Hou's heart was about to rise to his throat, if it wasn't for the fact that he still needed someone to protect him, Qi Hou couldn't wait to leave these infantry around him and escape by himself.
If Qi Hou is blocked, even if he can get rid of it again, Qi Hou thinks that his life safety is not optimistic.
But fortunately, at this time, behind Qi Hou, the collapsed 100,000 Qi soldiers caught up.
These 100,000 Qi soldiers were running all over the mountains, but they probably knew to flee to the east, because the Qi country was in the east, so when they saw the marquis's handsome banner, they quickly chased after them. As mentioned earlier, when people are in despair or a kind of excitement, the outbreak is much greater than usual, so the speed of the rout is faster than the charge, and when the Wei army is about to block the Qi Hou, these rout troops arrive.
And this momentum is so great that it frightened the thousands of Wei troops to pay attention to it, just like that, Qi Hou's men and horses ran to the front, after all, it is always better to flee for your life than to focus on chasing and killing.
After getting rid of these thousands of Wei troops, Qi Hou let out a deep breath, and looked back again, only to see that the thousands of Wei troops chasing after him were in a defensive formation.
Yes, compared to the 100,000 defeated soldiers, these 4,000 Wei soldiers are just a big wave, and they have to form a formation to protect themselves, not to mention that these 4,000 Wei soldiers have been exhausted all the way, and they are hanging in one breath to catch up with Qi Hou, so they have chased so far, and as soon as this breath is unloaded, they can no longer run.
It was the first time that he was almost surrounded by enemy troops, and Qi Hou, who had escaped, was in a much better mood all of a sudden, in fact, the quality of this mood had a lot to do with the object of comparison.
But soon, Qi Hou was frightened again, because after the scattered rout, another neat Wei soldier was suddenly killed, dozens of chariots opened the way, no less than thousands of lightly clothed athletes followed, all the way over just to drive the rout, not to kill, look at its direction, and then look at its speed, obviously for himself, it turned out that this was Wei Hou's killer weapon, and the four thousand Wei soldiers just now were just appetizers.
Qi Hou was so frightened that his body weakened, and he kept urging the coachman, and he couldn't care about anything else.