Chapter 27: The Battlefield (2)
Su Qin vaguely saw Gongsun Yan and Chen Xu shouting in front of the formation, and of course he couldn't hear what they were saying. I saw that the two of them didn't talk speculatively, and they didn't talk for long, and they both turned their horses back to their own formations.
Chen Xu and Gongsun Yan had just returned to their respective formations, and the feather arrows of both sides were shooting towards each other like raindrops.
Soldiers with shields quickly flashed out of the formations on both sides, blocking the front of the formation. Rao was covered by a shield, but there were still a large number of feathered arrows shot into the opponent's array, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground due to the arrows.
After releasing a burst of arrows, the Qin army took the lead in attacking, only to see the forward of the Qin army's character rushing towards the Wei army.
The gate of the Wei army's formation, under the command of Lingqi, quickly opened, and the soldiers with shields retreated into the formation. Soldiers armed with feathered arrows rushed forward and fired at the charging Qin army.
The attack of the forward troops of the Qin army was blocked, or the cavalry was hit by arrows, or the horses were wounded, and most of the losses were lost. But Gongsun Yan, who took the lead, still ignored it and rushed forward recklessly.
At this time, it was the middle of the Warring States period, and the main force of the battle began to shift to cavalry. During the Spring and Autumn Period, wars were mainly fought in vehicle battles, and the strength of each country was calculated by how many "multiplications". During the Warring States period, the first to implement military reform was the Wei State, and in the era of Wei Wenhou, cavalry was more and more valued, and it became the norm for cavalry and infantry to cooperate in combat, and the use of chariots in the army gradually decreased because of inflexibility.
Wei was invincible due to military reforms, causing Qin, Qi, and Chu to follow suit. The famous Hufu cavalry shooting is the reform initiative of King Wuling of Zhao, in fact, Zhao has fallen behind, but Rao is like this, Zhao has also relied on a more thorough military reform, quickly rose to become a powerful country, changing the situation of being repeatedly humiliated by other countries before.
Su Qin found that the two armies of Gongsun Yan and Chen Xu were facing each other, and the chariots were almost invisible, and Gongsun Yan led all the cavalry, and they urged the war horses and moved forward bravely.
After a while, five or six hundred Qin troops rushed into the Wei army formation with Gongsun Yan, the Wei army raised their swords and fought hand-to-hand, the blades were bright and dazzling, and there were casualties on both sides of the army formation.
When Su Qin saw such a tragic scene for the first time, his heart was beating with shock, and his body trembled a little.
Although Gongsun Yan rushed into the Wei army's array, there were only less than 500 people left, where could they withstand the slashing and killing of thousands of Wei troops, and in less than half an hour, only Gongsun Yan and less than ten Qin soldiers were left.
The two wings of the Qin army's zigzag troops, when Gongsun Yan's vanguard attacked, did not move, and waited for a while before hurriedly moving forward to cover and kill.
The Wei army waved its flag, and the square formation moved quickly to the north, dodging the attacks of the two flanks of the Qin army. The Qin army also pursued northward. However, seeing that the archers in the Wei army's array turned around and fired cold arrows at the Qin army, a large number of Qin troops fell to the ground, waved the official order flag, and the Qin army stopped the pursuit.
The Qin and Wei armies formed a stalemate with each other, and neither of them rashly launched an attack.
Su Qin vaguely saw that there were three chariots in the Wei army's array, and galloped to Gongsun Yan's side, he was now a bare-bones commander, and was picked off his horse by several knights of the Wei army. Wei Bing stepped forward and grabbed Gongsun Yan and loaded him into a chariot.
Su Qin saw that Gongsun Yan was captured, and only a stone fell to the ground in his heart, he couldn't help but admire Wei Wei's arrangement, he used a bluff strategy to send Gongsun Yan into the tiger's mouth of the Wei army.
Su Qin couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Gongsun Yan's dejected appearance at the moment.
The soldiers who were standing in turn facing the battlefield at the head of Quwo City were alarmed by Su Qin's laughter and looked at Su Qin's side. Only then did Su Qin realize that he had lost his temper. However, he still thought happily in his heart: "You know what to say, my plan here has been accomplished, how can I not be very happy!" ”
Su Qin laughed a few times, still intently observing the movements on the battlefield. About half an hour after the confrontation between the Qin and Wei armies, two figures got off the chariot of Wei, and Su Qin looked at it and found that it was Gongsun Yan and Chen Xu.
Gongsun Yan hurriedly got on his war horse, ran in the direction of the Qin army, and behind him, Chen Xu led the Wei army to chase all the way, they exhaled with a weak head, but they didn't really use all their strength.
Gongsun Yan rode his horse and rushed straight to the Qin army, and Chen Xu chased after more than a dozen zhang before stopping. Seeing Gongsun Yan running away, he led the army back to the formation.
After a while, the Qin army first collected its troops, and the Wei army also collected its troops and returned to the city, and the two armies dispersed one after another.
The development of things was expected by Su Qin, and he was very satisfied. Looking at the outside of Quwo City, it was really shocking, even if the two armies did not really fight with all their strength, hundreds of corpses were still left on the battlefield. The bloody cruelty of the war really shook Su Qin's heart.
Chen Xu led the Wei army back to the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly went down to the city to open the door to greet him. Su Qin came down with the Wei soldiers, and while everyone was crowded, he dodged and hid under the city wall, and found that no one noticed him, so he quickly ran away.
Su Qin followed the same path and hurried quickly, wanting to rush back before Chen needed. When he returned to the door of Chen Xu's mansion, he immediately pretended to be indifferent, slowly paced into the mansion, and walked to his room.
As soon as Su Qin opened the door, before entering the house, she caught a glimpse of Meng Ting hurrying back from outside, Su Qin wanted to come forward and ask for warmth, but she didn't seem to notice Su Qin, and went straight through the first courtyard to her residence.
After a while, the Shen steward on Chen Xu's Mansion heard that Su Qin had returned to the mansion, and came to visit him with a roar, and said, "I heard that the Qin army and the Wei army fought a vicious battle near the West Gate this morning, and there was chaos in the city. ”
"I just walked around the east of the city, it's fine." Su Qin replied casually.
Steward Shen said repeatedly: "It's good if there's nothing to do, it's good if there's nothing to do." I'm finally back safely. You haven't had lunch yet, have you? ”
Steward Shen asked, and Su Qin realized that he was indeed hungry, and he hurriedly asked Steward Shen to prepare some food. Steward Shen agreed, said goodbye to Su Qin to arrange, and soon, the maid delivered lunch to Su Qin's room.
Su Qin ate unhurriedly, he was waiting for Chen Xu to return to the house, wanting to hear him talk about the details of the battlefield.
Chen Xu returned home, but it was already the time to hold the lamp, and he had just experienced a big war, and he had a lot of work to deal with in the aftermath. Su Qin waited in Chen Xu's mansion, but he didn't see Chen Xu come back, and he was anxious. However, when Chen Xu really came back, Su Qin quickly stabilized his mind and looked very calm.
Not long after Chen Xu returned home, Steward Shen came to invite Su Qin to have dinner with Chen Xu on his instructions.
Su Qin came to Chen Xu's study, and saw Chen Xu with a particularly tired expression, he was sitting behind a few cases and closed his eyes slightly, he saw Su Qin, and wanted to get up and salute. Su Qin hurriedly said, "Why should you and I be polite? With that, he went straight to the guest seat next to Chen Xu and sat down.
Steward Shen understood that the two had confidential matters to discuss, and after setting up the meal, he retreated.
Su Qin said: "I heard Steward Shen say that the general had a big battle with the Qin army outside the West Gate today, and the general must have won the battle." ”
After hearing this, Chen Xu was very proud in his heart, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he replied: "Mr. Su is right, the Qin army was defeated by our army, and we captured Gongsun Yan alive. Let this kid suffer a lot. ”