When Gongsun Yan heard this, his eyes widened with anger, and he said in his heart: "This is what you Sima wrongly said about meritorious service, I have returned to Jiaoyang City to recuperate, where is there a chance to kill the enemy and make meritorious service again?" ”

Gongsun Yan was dissatisfied with Sima Cuo's order, and he looked at Feng Liang and Xing Meng with his eyes, signaling them to continue to speak to Sima Cuo.

Xing Meng argued in a rough voice: "We still have the strength to spare, and we still want to continue to charge." Please give General Sima a chance, don't let us go back to Jiaoyang City to rest. ”

Sima Cuo snorted heavily, his eyes were full of anger, and said, "I have made up my mind, do you want to disobey the order?" ”

Xing Meng and the others saw Sima Cuo's Tie Qing face, where did they dare to say more, quickly cleaned up, and led the remnants to return to Jiaoyang City.

Sima Coo-forced Gongsun Yan to retreat to Jiaoyang City, looking at Gongsun Yan's gray and distant back, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The heart said: "Let your grandson Yan be arrogant again, and it will finally fall into my hands today." Ha Luha, how can the general of the defeated army be brave! ”

However, Sima Cuo heard from them that Ning Jun had come to the front line of Michi and personally commanded the Korean army to fight, and his mood couldn't help but become nervous.

He and Ning Jun knew each other well when they were in the Qin army, and knew that this person was brave and strategic, and could fight well, and it was extremely difficult to deal with. I also heard that in the battle of Anyi, Ning Jun got the nickname "General Lei Gong", which made the soldiers of the Qin State fearful.

Sima Coo was cautious, he decided to fight steadily and advance in an orderly manner, so as not to let Ning Jun take advantage of the Qin army's reckless advance, and there was no loophole in the formation.

Sima Cuo organized the Qin army into groups of 3,000 men, distributed in a square formation, with cavalry in front, infantry in close behind, and crossbow archers behind. Each cluster is fully equipped with each unit, so that a cluster is a combat collective, and even if it is ambushed by the South Korean army, it will not easily collapse.

After Sima completed the formation, he ordered the whole army to advance towards the mountain pass. Where did he think that he would toss like this, giving the Han army led by Ning Jun outside the mountain pass a precious respite, so that they can calmly lay out the formation and act according to the plan.

Although the Han army had made careful deployments, many people were still dumbfounded when they saw the neat phalanx of the Qin army coming overwhelmingly and with amazing momentum. Xu Mu, who was beside Ning Jun, couldn't help but sigh, his expression was extremely nervous, he was afraid that Ning Jun's bluff would not work.

Ning Jun was even more worried that Han Jun's whereabouts would be discovered by Sima Cuo, he heard the voice in Xu Mu's mouth, he was very dissatisfied, glared at him fiercely, and signaled him to remain silent. Xu Mu caught a glimpse of the anger on Ning Jun's face, swallowed the saliva secreted by nervousness, and didn't dare to speak more.

Fortunately, because the Qin army was still far away, Xu Mu's movements did not alarm the Qin army.

Sima Co's five clusters were the first to pass through the pass, and then instead of rushing forward, they stopped in place for a short while. Sima Cuo was cautious, he had to make sure that there was no ambush of the Korean army in front of him, so he dared to advance with confidence.

Sima staggered out of the mountain pass, looked around, and saw that there were a few small hills around the area, and there was no barrier. The strange thing is that there is not a shadow of the Korean army in front of them at all, and the entire position is so quiet that even the sound of birds flapping their wings and flying across the sky can be heard.

"How did the South Korean army disappear without a trace? What are they selling? Sima Cuo held the short beard of his chin with his hand, and his heart was full of doubts.

At present, the Qin army has already left the mountain pass, and if it does not move forward, it will be impossible to say anything, which makes the soldiers of the three armies feel timid. Therefore, after thinking about it and thinking about it carefully, Sima decided to move forward tentatively.

It's no wonder that Sima was so scared: Gongsun Yan suffered a defeat, can he not learn a lesson. Moreover, Ning Jun's appearance on the battlefield means that Korea has reinforcements from other princes, and Sima Cuo knows nothing about the other party's details at the moment.

Sima Cuo pointed forward to the command flag in his hand and ordered the more than ten clusters of the Qin army to move forward as a whole. He deliberately asked the herald to tell the various clusters: "The troops of each cluster must keep a distance of less than ten zhang, and those who dare to advance rashly will not be spared." ”

After the Qin army received the order of the main general, they moved again, although the pace was slower, but the steps were very firm, and the neat pace of the military formation shook the surrounding earth slightly.

Sima Cuo's main force of the Qin army walked for more than a mile, and there was still no movement in front of them, and everyone couldn't help but relax a little. The soldiers felt that there was no pre-prepared ambush here.

The pace under their feet began to speed up a little, and they walked forward for about a mile, and at this time, the five clusters of the vanguard had already entered the range of the crossbow archers of the Korean army arranged by Ning Jun.

According to Zhou Shao's prior deployment, he suddenly stood up from the temporary trench that had been dug and ordered in a loud voice: "All crossbow archers, listen to my orders and shoot at the Qin army!" ”

Following Zhou Shao's order, suddenly, a large group of sergeants armed with strong bows and crossbows rose up behind the trenches, and they were arranged in three clusters, taking turns to step forward and shoot like a tsunami at the five or six clusters of troops in the Qin army's crossbow arrow array.

Where did the Qin army expect to suddenly encounter a crossbow arrow attack from the Korean army on the road!

All battle formations were led by cavalry, with infantry following the cavalry and crossbowmen behind, waiting for the right moment to attack. The array set up by Ning Jun was all crossbow archers, with neither cavalry assault nor infantry protection in front, and they were completely exposed in front of the Qin army. The advantage of this is that the crossbow archers can free their hands and feet and release their arrows without any scruples.

The arrow rain of the Han army was quite dense, and the advancing troops in front of the Qin army suffered a lot of casualties.

In order to avoid vain losses, Sima Cuo pointed the command backwards and shouted in his mouth: "The army temporarily avoids the enemy's edge and retreats backwards!" ”

The Qin army cluster in front heard Sima Cuo's order, so they stepped backwards and retreated back one after another. Soon it was out of the range of the South Korean army, and on the position in front, there was a scattered group of fallen soldiers of the Qin army.

While the Qin army retreated, Sima Cuo also paid close attention to the movements of the surrounding Korean army, and he was worried that the Korean army would take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on his own side at this time. However, the strange thing is that the South Korean army neither pursued nor covered the killing, and everything returned to calm.

Sima Cuo was shocked, and after half an hour, his heart was still beating suddenly. The surroundings of the Qin army fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.

The soldiers of the Qin army were all puzzled at this time, and thought to themselves: "What kind of strange formation is this, why is it so weird?" ”

The soldiers all looked at their main general, Sima Cuo, waiting for him to come to the idea.

Sima touched his beard with his wrong hand, his brows furrowed tightly, his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't think of what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd. Sima Cuo thought to himself: "My Qin army is invincible, so I won't let you go back with this rain of arrows." ”

He didn't want his subordinates to poke at the backbone, scolding the Lord for being incompetent and afraid of death. Sima Cuo also understood that the more than 50,000 Qin troops under his command were waiting for his decision.

Sima mistakenly thought clearly, so he pointed to the front of the command banner again, and at the same time issued an order: "All the soldiers listen to the order, the army continues to move forward, if the other party releases arrows, we will also organize crossbowmen to counterattack on the spot." ”

Under the order of the commander-in-chief, the mighty Qin army moved again and moved forward in turn.

The Han army's side was also in an orderly manner, just now a rain of arrows shot the Qin army back, Zhou Shao waved his hand and ordered the crossbow archers of the Han army: "Stop firing arrows, hide in place, no one is allowed to move, no one is allowed to make a sound." ”

Zhou Shao and his sergeants were also nervously watching the next move of the Qin army. When Zhou Shao saw the Qin army pounce again, he jumped out of the trench and ordered his crossbowmen to shoot bravely at the Qin army, just like the previous time.

This time, the Qin army did not retreat timidly, they set up a formation on the spot, braved the dense arrow rain of the Korean army, organized a certain counterattack, and the crossbow archers of the Qin army also bent their bows and arrows, set up crossbow machines, and returned fire to the Korean position.

As a result, some of the soldiers of the Han army were shot by the crossbow arrows of the Qin army and fell to the ground. Both armies suffered casualties in front of each other, however, after all, the Korean army was well prepared, and the crossbow archers were outnumbered, and the number of Qin troops killed and wounded was more than two or three times more than their own casualties.

The two sides were firing at each other, and in a stalemate, Sima was so heartbroken that he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, deciding to risk even greater sacrifices and let the cavalry and infantry rush forward to break through the crossbow positions of the Korean army.

Sima Coo gave the order to attack, and the Qin army quickly assembled three clusters and nearly 10,000 commandos, risking death to rush forward, but the assault troops were also blocked by the fire of the Korean army, and suffered heavy casualties.

However, just when the Qin army felt a great headache, the Korean army actually stopped firing, and they withdrew from the trench in an orderly manner and quickly moved towards the rear.

It turned out that Zhou Shao saw that he had little crossbow arrows left, so he simply carried out Ning Jun's prior instructions and gave the order to the Korean army to retreat. Since this was also a thousand instructions before the war, the ROK army retreated in an organized manner without the slightest panic.

The assault force of the Qin army occupied the position of the Korean army, and found that except for the three or four hundred Korean soldiers who died in the crossbow arrows of the Qin army, there was no one left, not even a single wounded person could be seen.

Sima Cuo also noticed that the Korean army had taken the initiative to stop the attack, and he followed the assault force to catch up. Sima Coo's mistake looked at the position of the crossbowmen of the Han army, who had previously intimidated him, and his doubts deepened.

He looked at the direction of the retreat of the Korean army, and muttered for a long time, and Zhou Shi, the deputy general who was close to Sima Cuo, asked in a low voice: "Dare to ask the commander, should we pursue the Korean army?" ”

Sima Cuo couldn't answer for a while, and hesitated.

The crossbow archers of the Han army led by Zhou Shao seemed to be deliberately retreating, and he clearly saw the calmness from the retreat order of the other party, and Sima mistakenly suspected: did the other party set a trap, waited for the Qin army to pursue, and then fell into the other party's ambush circle like Gongsun Yan.