Zhou Shao was wounded in many places and drenched in blood, but in the end he broke through the Qin army's guards and rushed into the crossbow arrow position arranged on the top of the mountain. The crossbow archers specialize in shooting, and their fighting skills are significantly weaker. Seeing such a fierce and vicious man rushing in, before the fight began, some crossbowmen had already scattered to avoid it.

Zhou Shao was followed by a team of soldiers who were stubborn and not afraid of death, and they immediately entered the crossbow arrow position of the Qin army, and wherever they went, they immediately engaged the Qin army.

The escort troops of the Qin army saw that their crossbow positions were attacked, and they also rushed to the rescue. The position was crowded, and a bunch of people on both sides were strangled in one place.

So the whole hill was a mess and turned into a cruel slaughterhouse. Having lost the advantage of condescending shooting, the interception force of the Qin army in the second blockade line suddenly weakened.

However, Zhou Shao and the troops he led were surrounded by the Qin army, very critical, he tried his best to resist, and the casualties were very heavy, but the number of Qin troops was far more than the assault soldiers of the Hezong army, and Zhou Shao and others fell into a bitter battle.

Su Qin led the Chinese army troops to evacuate smoothly under the cover of Zhou Shao, but as he walked, he felt that something was wrong. Because the troops left behind also need to be taken care of, they can't evacuate too quickly, and if the distance between the teams is widened, it will really become a guerrilla scatter. Besides, there are still Zhou Shao and others whose whereabouts are unknown, and Su Qin can't leave them alone!

Su Qin's emergency order: The retreating troops are not allowed to run indiscriminately, maintain a formation, and retreat in an orderly manner. He then assigned heralds to quickly rush to the troops behind the palace, so that they could pick up Zhou Shao in the middle of the retreat. With the goal of safe evacuation, no one is allowed to fight.

At this moment, two more sergeants who reported the news came from the front, and they were the personal entourage of Qu Xin, the commander of the Chu army. They came against the retreating troops, constantly picking open the gaps, so they were slow to move.

When the two sergeants arrived at Su Qin's horse, they hurriedly saluted and reported to Su Qin: "We are ordered by General Qu Xin to report that General Qu Xin has been fighting with the retreating troops of the Qin army, and I ask the commander to immediately enter the encirclement." ”

When Su Qin heard this, he was a little anxious, worried that Qu Xin was young and lacked experience in commanding operations, and suffered a big loss from the Qin army. Moreover, once Qu Xin is defeated and the passage for the retreat of the Hezhong army is blocked, the situation will become very dangerous. At that time, the entire right flank of the Hezong Army would be completely surrounded by the Qin army.

Su Qin didn't have time to think about it, he immediately arranged for Li Liu, the captain of the Chinese army: "I will go to the Chu army in front to supervise the battle, and you will strictly guard the Chinese army." Retreat in the original order and not leave their posts without permission. Li Liu arched his hand and replied: "Order!" ”

Su Qin then ordered the sergeant who reported the news: "You lead the way in front, and I will immediately go with you to help General Qu Xin." He then set off for the place where the Chu army was fighting.

The Chu army was originally the backup force of the right-hand army, but because the right-hand army encountered an ambush, Su Qin temporarily ordered the rear team to withdraw from the front team, so the Chu army became the vanguard of the joint column army.

On both sides of the Chu army, the Qin army had not yet had time to set up sniper crossbow positions, so they withdrew very smoothly at first. The main general Qu Xin thought that there was going to be a big battle to be fought, but he retreated for more than thirty miles without the slightest movement. Qu Xin didn't find it enjoyable, and the young man was eager to fight with real knives and guns on the battlefield, so he inevitably felt a wave of disappointment.

Just when Qu Xin relaxed his vigilance and thought that it would have a smooth journey, the sound of drums suddenly came from the front, Qu Xin was taken aback, and guessed in his heart: "Could it be that you have met the Qin army?" Where did they come from? ”

He whipped his horse, which neighed and carried Qu Xin straight to the place where the drum sounded. Less than half a mile further, Qu Xin saw a valley five miles square, and this square land was called Xipi. The Qin army was already there to block the direction of the Chu army's advance.

Qu Xin took a closer look, only to find that there was still a steady stream of Qin soldiers emerging from the south side of the valley. It turned out that this valley was a place where three roads intersected, one of which was called Luming Valley in the south, and there was a small road in the valley leading to Jiaoyang City, the flank of Mianchi, and the Qin army was constantly rushing over from that direction.

Qu Xin didn't dare to be careless, he saw that the Qin army was also coming temporarily, and he didn't wait for it, and the Chu army had a chance. Therefore, it was temporarily decided to set up the military formation of the Chu army and fight against the Qin army.

Qu Xin led more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to rush to the valley, he hurriedly arranged a simple fan-shaped position, and arranged the archers in the core of the position.

The leading general of the Qin army was Ji Fen, who had just received the task of ambushing the Hezhong Column Army less than a day ago, and temporarily rushed to Jiaoyang City from Shangguan City, commanded the Qin army there, and marched out of Luming Valley, responsible for organizing the last blockade line and completely sealing the Hezong Army.

When Ji Fen received the order, he took the deputy general Pang Ci and more than fifty relatives to rush to Jiaoyang City, while at the same time, Gongsun Yan, who was originally in charge of garrisoning Jiaoyang City, received the opposite order to rush from Jiaoyang City to Shangguan City.

The campaign was about to start, but the command positions of the two generals were temporarily reversed. Ji Fen was a little puzzled, he inevitably complained along the way, but Pang Ci not only didn't complain at all, but also kept laughing slightly.

Ji Fen asked him strangely: "Why is General Pang laughing, what are your intentions in doing this?" ”

Pang Ci replied: "This battle is not trivial, if it can be successful, Su Qin's combined vertical and vertical army will not only return with a feather, but may all be surrounded and annihilated, and our Qin State's hegemony of dominating the world is just around the corner." How could General Sima Cuo not attach great importance to it, he values General Ji, so he entrusts the burden to you. ”

Ji Fen thought for a while and said, "According to what you say, General Sima is not only not ignoring me, but trusting me more." On the other hand, he didn't trust General Gongsun Yan. ”

Pang Ci stared at Ji Fen and nodded, meaning: "You're not wrong at all!" ”

Ji Fen was relieved at this time, and said: "I thought that I was not effective in attacking Shangguan City, and General Sima had an opinion about me, but I didn't expect him to think so highly of me." Then we should do our best to repay him. ”

As he spoke, he pointed his whip forward, kicked the stirrups with his legs, and led his entourage to the direction of Jiaoyang City.

Sima Cuo's plan for this battle was quite generous, and he planned to eat Su Qin's right army in one bite, so he put a lot of thought into arranging the troops. It was not the first time that he had cooperated with Gongsun Yan to command the Qin army, and he was really uneasy about this person, so he made up his mind to let Ji Fen take Gongsun Yan's place to command the last blockade line.

Worried that Gongsun Yan would stay in Jiaoyang City and hinder Ji Fen and be unable to command the Qin army there, Sima Cuo also took great pains to transfer Gongsun Yan to Shangguan City to replace Ji Fen's original position, so as to ensure the smooth command of Ji Fen.

However, the disadvantage of this is precisely because of the back and forth movement, which delays the deployment of the last blockade line. Sima Cuo originally thought that Su Qin would lead the Combined Vertical Army to completely penetrate into the pocket formation of the Qin army, and by the time Su Qin broke out of the second blockade line, a long time might have passed.

"For such a long period of time, there is no reason why Ji Fen can't arrange a line of defense." Sima Cuo thought so. However, nothing can go exactly as planned. Fully considering temporary changes is the key to whether a general in the school can become a handsome talent.

Sima's miscalculation is not imprecise, but he has made such a small mistake. The joint column army led by Su Qin did not completely enter the ambush circle, and began to retreat, so there was a time deviation.

However, this is also a last resort, because Gongsun Yan really does not let him rest assured, and he will command the rearmost line of defense, who knows if there will be any more mistakes? Sima Coo felt that he couldn't trust Gongsun Yan again and again.

However, it is this difference that makes a very different difference. Ji Fen's troops arrived in this valley in the west almost at the same time as the retreating vanguard of the Chu army.

Qu Xin took the lead in arranging the formation of the Chu army and launched an attack on the Qin army with a rain of arrows, and at this moment, it was the turn of the Qin army to charge into battle in the rain of arrows. Ji Fen was also a brave and resourceful tiger general, and he saw that the arrow rain of the Hezhong army was quite dense, so he hurriedly ordered the troops to suspend their advance and charge.

Qu Xin saw that the Qin army stopped, and the young general Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed and said: "People say that your Qin army is not afraid of death, you come, let you taste the taste of our Chu army's arrow array!" ”

Seeing that his feathered arrows could not be shot at the Qin army, Qu Xin waved his hand and made the archers stop shooting. He carefully observed the movements of the Qin army, preparing to respond to all changes with no change.

At this time, the follow-up troops of the Chu army also withdrew from the mountain road. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qu Xin arranged his 30,000 troops again, preparing to fight to the death with the Qin army.

However, what he didn't expect was that when the Chu army was arranged, the Qin army led by Ji Fen was not idle, and more soldiers also poured out from Luming Valley, with a total of 30,000 or 40,000 people.

Ji Fen saw that his troops were almost assembled, so he didn't go to set up any formations, he divided his troops into three columns, abandoned the defense for the attack, and launched a three-way siege against the Chu army.

Ji Fen concentrated his main attack on the two flanks, and the middle lane was only a feint to lure the enemy. Qu Xin saw the Qin army attacking from three directions, and he hurriedly ordered the bow and arrow positions to split up to launch a counterattack against the attacking Qin army.

However, due to the fact that the feather arrow shot was divided into three directions, its attack power was sharply reduced, and coupled with the chaos, it could no longer pose an absolute threat to the Qin army.

The Qin army's drums beat like a shower of plantains, and the tight drums shook the sky. In the tsunami-like noise of the mountains, the Qin army broke into the position of the Chu army from the south and north flanks.