Sima Cuo took the sergeants to the high ground at the front of the position to observe the enemy's situation, and their group of more than 20 people walked straight to the front as if they were strolling leisurely.

Su Qin had been watching Sima Cuo's every move, of course he could see their actions clearly, but he couldn't guess what they were going to do?

However, just now when Sima Cuo ordered the deputy general Shi Hong to reorganize the team, Su Qin was not idle.

He ordered the heralds who followed him to convey his new order to Qu Xin, the young commander of the Chu State, and asked Qu Xin to assign 3,000 soldiers to guard at the mouth of Luming Valley to prevent the Qin army of Jiaoyang City led by Ji Fen from making a comeback.

Then, Qu Xin gathered all the rest of the troops of the coalition army, selected 20,000 unwounded elite soldiers, and assembled in the depression on the west side of Xipi, waiting for his own combat mission.

Su Qin saw that Sima Cuo had arrived in front of the formation, and he was already completely within the range of the coalition army's bow and arrow attack, Su Qin hesitated, he thought, "Do you want to launch a burst of arrow attacks at Sima Cuo to force him back?" ”

Su Qin weighed it and decided to put it aside for the time being and see what was going on. Because Sima Cuo brought few people, once the allied archers appeared, they would definitely turn their heads and dodge as soon as possible. The lethality of the bow and arrow will be greatly reduced, and this is exactly what Sima Cuo used to lure the coalition army into spending a lot of bows and arrows.

Su Qin didn't pay attention to it at all, and Sima Cuo took his soldiers to stand calmly on a high place, looking at the traces of battle on the ground in the Xipi Valley. Sima Cuo asked, "You've been watching for a while, do you think there's already been a battle there?" ”

A Qin sergeant who claimed to have the best eyesight was the first to reply: "Report to the general, I saw that the Hezong army was cleaning up the battlefield, and there were many wounded sergeants there, it should have just taken place in an extremely fierce battle. ”

Another taller sergeant standing side by side with the speaking soldier also said, "I also saw a lot of wounded, and some of them seem to be wearing the black uniforms of our Qin army!" ”

Not to be outdone, the other soldiers reported their findings to Sima Cuo, some of them saw the fallen military flag, some saw a corpse, and so on.

Sima mistakenly listened to what these soldiers had seen, and his heart suddenly cooled half, and he said in his heart: "It's over, it's over, it seems that Ji Fen has come to Xipi, I'm afraid he has suffered a defeat and returned home!" ”

Sima returned to his troops in displeasure, and by this time, Shi Hong had already gathered more than 3,000 archers and more than 10,000 unwounded sergeants as he had commanded.

Sima Cuo had already decided to give up on continuing to attack the coalition positions in Xipi, but when he saw Shi Hong's latest achievements, a spark of hope rose in his heart. At present, the Qin army still has so much vitality, and Sima Cuo has to fight again.

Shi Hong himself was even more eager to try, and he suggested to Sima Cuo: "The last general has the courage to ask a general to lead our heroic Qin army to attack Su Qin's joint column army again, and this time he will definitely win a big victory!" ”

Sima Coo replied: "But I just went to the front line to watch the enemy's sentry and found that General Ji Fen had evacuated from Xipi, probably because he had encountered an accident. We are now attacking the joint army, and we lack helpers! ”

Shi Hong didn't care, and he said, "General Sima Rongyu." The last general thought that if General Ji Fen had lost the battle in the west, he believed that the army would not be much better. They are now in the midst of many battles and are weakened, and our army is attacking at this time, which can be said to be the right time to complete the battle. ”

When Sima Cuo heard Shi Hong's analysis, he felt that it was particularly reasonable, he bowed his head lightly and said, "Don't miss the opportunity, the time will not come again." Maybe Su Qin is relying on the last bit of residual strength to scare us with a bow and arrow array. ”

Sima Cuo said this, and remembered the lesson of the last time he pursued and defeated the Korean army, and that time he was put on a bluff by Ning Jun, and scared the Qin army back. Later, Sima Coo learned the details through the top-secret information transmitted back from within the Hezong Army, and he regretted it so much that he almost slapped himself.

Sima mistakenly remembered the lessons of that battle, and couldn't help but sneer at this moment, thinking: "You still want to repeat the old tricks, really I Sima is a coward!" You're wrong, I'm going to tell you to leave no armor behind. ”

Sima made up his mind and made a third charge. This time he was no longer so reckless and underestimating the enemy, he ordered Shi Hong to gather all the shields in the Qin army, and give them to the sergeants who were charging at the front to hold, and if they encountered the arrows of the Hezhong army, they would stop immediately and block the arrows with shields.

At the same time, the more than 3,000 archers of the Qin army were ordered to follow the charging troops, and if they saw the other side release arrows, they would immediately return fire on the spot. Shoot the opponent in front of the formation.

After Sima Cuo carefully arranged, he ordered Shi Hong to lead more than 10,000 Qin soldiers to charge forward, and he himself led the archery troops and the troops of the palace to follow.

Sima Cuo made some preparations, and his confidence increased again, feeling that with an invincible military formation like me, the remnants of Su Qin's defeated army would not be able to resist it. He laughed a few times and ordered: "The officers and men of the three armies obey orders, they must obey my command, advance in an orderly manner, and do not act without authorization." Violators will be killed! ”

The soldiers of the Qin army replied in unison: "Get the order!" Then they followed the established battle plan and advanced again towards the position of the Xipihe Column.

Su Qin and the tens of thousands of archers of the coalition army have been waiting on the position, they have already replenished the arrows, tightened the bowstrings, and only waited for the Qin army to come to challenge again.

As the Qin army advanced, Su Qin saw the shields in the hands of their sergeants in front of him, and thought to himself, "This Sima has suffered a big loss and has become a lot smarter." However, no matter how much you change your mistakes, you can't escape my calculations. ”

Su Qin asked the herald to urgently announce the order to Qu Xin, and asked Qu Xin to lead the hidden 20,000 troops to get as close to the front of the position as possible, ready to enter the battle at any time.

At the same time, Su Qin ordered the archers on the position, asking them to speed up the release of arrows, be sure to release ten arrows in the shortest possible time, and then quickly rotate to the next group.

The Qin army's advance was very smooth at first, and when they reached the territory within the reach of the arrows of the combined column, the combined column army did not immediately come out to release the arrows. Qin Jun couldn't believe that they had advanced so easily, they had suffered big losses the first two times, and the calm and calm now made them even more uneasy.

Sure enough, when they had advanced more than 20 zhang, they suddenly saw archers flash out again behind the chariots of the combined army, and they bent their bows and arrows, and with their hands and feet they quickly fired the ten arrows that had been prepared, and drilled back again. Immediately afterward, a second wave of archers flashed out and fired again.

The Qin army encountered the interception of the bow and arrow array of the combined column, and the assault troops hurriedly raised their shields to block the incoming arrows, but because the bows and arrows of the combined column army were fast and swift, many soldiers were caught off guard and fell to the ground. At the same time, the assault forces of the Qin army could only stop the pace of advance.

Seeing that the combined column led by Su Qin was attacking again with bows and arrows, Sima ordered his troops to use shields as cover and temporarily halted their advance. At the same time, with a wave of the command flag in his hand, he ordered the crossbow archers who were following the Qin army to immediately counterattack. The Qin army's crossbow arrows also rained down from behind the assault troops.

However, as soon as the Qin army stopped and raised their shields to block the arrows, Su Qin ordered the archers on his side to stop the attack and hide behind the troop cart. By the time the Qin army's crossbow arrows came over, they were all in a safe place.

The Qin army stopped advancing, and after fighting back for a while, Sima Cuo found that there was no movement in the Hezong army. So, he ordered the assault force to move forward again.

Su Qin organized a second large-scale bow and arrow attack, and the Qin army was shot beyond parry. This time, Sima was so relieved that he ignored the casualties of his soldiers and urged the assault troops to move forward.

The tens of thousands of assault sergeants of the poor Qin army were attacked by the combined coalition forces with dense feather arrows, and less than half of them were left, carrying shields and struggling towards the coalition army's chariot position.

Su Qin kept waving the command flag, and it was not until the Qin army was close to a zhang or so that he gave an order: "All archers, evacuate backwards!" ”

He then waved the command flag again and shouted to Qu Xin, who was lying in ambush nearby: "General Qu, it's time for you to show off your skills." Immediately charge the Qin army. ”

Qu Xin couldn't hold it anymore, he heard Su Qin's shout, and immediately jumped up from the ground and shouted to the more than 20,000 coalition soldiers behind him: "Sons, it's time to kill the enemy." Hurry up and rush out of the city with me, and encircle and annihilate the people of Qin here! ”

Qu Xin then took the snare drum of the coalition army and beat it himself for a quarter of an hour, and a large number of coalition soldiers stood up from the depression, and the sergeants of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Chu wore military uniforms of different colors, but there was only one target, that is, the Qin army troops that were advancing forward.

Due to the fact that the Qin army's assault force was attacked by the previous coalition army's arrow rain, only half was left. After the more than 20,000 coalition troops rushed out, the sound of running rumbled and the ground trembled, and the Qin army's face was as frightened as ashes.

Sima Cuo looked at the formation of the coalition army and shouted: "Oh no, we have been ambushed by Su Qin's treacherous villain." All the officers and men of the Qin army, retreat immediately, there must be no mistakes! ”

Sima Cao kept shouting and screaming, and he was anxious, fearing that his troops would be annihilated in the Xipi Valley. Shi Hong shouted: "General Sima, don't worry, wait for me to go over and block the joint army, and the general will evacuate quickly!" ”

Shi Hong had been remorseful because of his love with Yan Sui and the delay of the military plane, but now he saw that the combined coalition army had become the pursuing party, and the Qin army had to hurry up and evacuate. Shi Hong held the mentality of making up for his merits, and led more than 500 soldiers who had followed him for many years to break the Qin army regardless of his life.