Chapter 13: Dangerous Chess

In front of the crossbowman, Wu Ming raised his hand with a cold face and waved: "Release the arrow." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

All of a swoop, the sound of arrows breaking through the air reached the ears of every soldier.

Thousands of arrows were fired in unison, and on this not very large battlefield, it was an overwhelming sight from that direction.

Sima Cuo, who was in the lead, looked up at the rain of arrows rushing in front of him, and his heart chuckled suddenly, but no matter what he thought at the moment, it was already too late, and the order to attack had already been issued.

It is difficult to stop quickly in the process of the 50,000 inner agitated army charging with all its might, and if the army is withdrawn according to the order at this moment, the whole army will definitely be in chaos, and the result will be almost the same as the more than 10,000 siege troops who have retreated hastily.

"The whole army stabilizes the formation, don't panic and fall for the tricks of the Wei people." In a hurry, Sima Cuo could only shout at the army behind.

However, at this moment, the sound of the army's charge was far higher than his voice, and before the general behind him could spread the news to the whole army, the rain of arrows in the sky had already begun to fall.

The dense army was like a flock of sheep running on the plain, and a rain of arrows went down, and the number of dead and wounded was as high as four or five thousand. Fortunately, the Qin army is also the division of tigers and wolves, although the Qin army at this time is not the strongest, but it was not frightened by this sudden attack, and the remaining army held up their shields and still maintained a formation to rush.

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After just a rain of arrows, the crossbowmen in the rear of the Wei army all retreated to both sides, and quickly ambushed both sides of the retreat road of the Qin army according to their previous deployment.

The remaining 20,000 Wei troops rarely did not stir together with the Qin army that rushed in after Wu Ming's handwave, but were led by Zhang Meng and Ni Tao to quickly disperse on both sides.

According to the common sense of the battlefield, the Wei army will definitely be strangled with all its strength after a bow and crossbow attack. If it was a real fight, the Qin army was not afraid at all, so Sima Cuo was ready to fight with his sword.

But at this time, the Wei people did not entangle, only gave their backs to themselves, and the Wei army at this time was undoubtedly the most vulnerable, after all, there were no eyes and no hands on the back. In previous battles, Sima Cuo had never seen such a person leading troops.

Is this the main general Fan on the opposite side confused? He couldn't help but think, and at the same time, with a wave of the sword in his hand, he slashed and killed a Wei soldier with his back to him.

The soldiers of the Qin army behind him received the order to withdraw again, and they also waved their soldiers and slashed at the Wei army, and hundreds of Wei soldiers were already killed or wounded in just a breath.

However, at the same time that the soldiers of the Qin army were killing with vigor, Sima Cuo, as a general, felt that things were not so simple, and could think of how could a general who used crossbowmen to attack in the moments before the battle make such a mistake?

"Could it be that he wanted to evacuate the armies on both sides and then proceed with the shooting of crossbowmen? But this is also a taboo for soldiers, doesn't this person understand this! After looking through his doubts, Sima Cuo finally shook his head and directly vetoed the confusion of the Wei generals.

If it's not a mistake, it's a trap, but what is it?

In the moment Sima Cuo pondered, the Wei army had already retreated to both sides with a distance of fifty meters, and the Qin army had chased the Wei army on both sides of the battlefield all the way, and there were no less than three thousand.

But at this moment, the Wei army, which was originally facing away from the Qin people, suddenly staggered, and the distance between the soldiers widened, and between the gaps between them, a shield quietly appeared, followed by rows of Changge stabbing out sharply. Fight and retreat.

It's a sudden scene again!

The soldiers of the Qin State, who were caught off guard, simply couldn't stop the charge in such a short time. The soldiers of the Qin army who rushed to the front instinctively slowed down, but the army in the rear charged vigorously without knowing it, and the people in the team pushed everyone and crowded people, and many of the soldiers of the Qin army who rushed to the front were directly pushed by the brothers behind them to the sharp blades of the Wei army.

The screams were undulating, and many of the Wei army's Changge were even directly interspersed with the corpses of two Qin soldiers. The Wei army, which originally suffered 3,000 casualties, has almost doubled back on the Qin army at this moment, and from a rough point of view, the Qin army has lost at least 5,000.

Sima Cuo, who was riding on a war horse, was full of remorse, judging from the grinning appearance, if Wu Ming was captured alive by him in this battle, eighty percent would be skinned alive.

"Kill, kill all these hateful Wei people for me, kill ......" Waving his sword, Sima Cuo's whole person was already angry: "At this time, see what tricks you still have!" ”

Under an order, Sima Cuo once again rushed to the forefront, this time the two armies have been completely intertwined, Sima Cuo really can't think of any tricks that the Wei army can have, face-to-face fighting, even in terms of numerical superiority, the Qin army will definitely win.

However, at this moment, Wu Ming was silently watching from a position thirty meters away from the battlefield, with a leisurely expression.

"General Ni Tao, it's up to you next." The next moment, Wu Ming waved the flag in his hand and gestured to the figure not far away.

"Please rest assured, the general will not defeat the Qin army, and the last general will come to see you."

Before the words fell, Ni Tao pulled out his sword with a sonorous sound, turned the horse's head, and with a majestic demeanor, he took more than 50 chariots that were still intact among the hundreds of chariots that had scattered more than 10,000 Qin troops before, and galloped away against the 40,000 Qin troops that were hit by the Wei army.

The horses galloped, and the breezes mixed with the sound of horses screamed, disturbing the hearts of every Qin army.

At a distance of just thirty meters, the war horse had already rushed into the phalanx of the Qin army in the blink of an eye, and for a while, the figures were chaotic and wailing all over the field.

Chariots, well-deserved as the first major killer weapon of ancient plain warfare.

With the galloping wind and the blood along the way, the chariot soon came to the center of the Qin army's array. Sima Cuo, who had just been killed, saw this situation and knew that he had once again fallen into the tricks of the Wei people.

"Pull, get out of ......" he yelled as he turned his horse's head.

Hearing the order to retreat, the Qin army, which had lost its fighting spirit, instantly became more panicked, and the soldiers of the Qin army at the gap in the west spread their legs and fled towards the west, and Sima Cuo also joined the team and fought and fled.

The chariot of the Wei army was like dozens of fierce tigers chasing and biting, and on both sides and behind the chariot, less than 20,000 Wei soldiers beat drums and chased after them.

Sima Qian, who had less than 20,000 Qin troops left, urged the army to retreat. There were even staff generals in the army who lost the battle and went back without face, personally asking for battle, and took thousands of Qin troops to delay the speed of the Wei army and ensure the withdrawal of the army.

This move by several generals did slow down the speed of the Wei army by a few points. But just when the Qin army thought that it was basically out of the sea of bitterness, there was a sound of whizzing arrows breaking through the air from the low-lying places on both sides, and the Wei crossbowmen, who had already been ambushed on both sides, used the fastest archery speed.

Several waves of arrows rained down, and only more than 8,000 of the more than 10,000 Qin troops who escaped were left.

The remaining ten chariots in the Wei army were the first to chase after them, and Ni Tao, who was the leader, waved his sword with a hideous face and shouted: "Catch up with the Qin army and capture the deputy general Sima Cuo alive." ”