Yan Sui relayed to Su Qin the crazy and dangerous process of rescuing Zhou Shao, and the intensity of its intensity was thrilling even for a person who was not personally involved.

Su Qin looked at Zhou Shao's blood-stained robe again, he felt sad and couldn't help shedding two lines of tears. Yan Sui saw that Su Qin's grief came from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help himself, and he also turned his face uncomfortably.

However, at this time, the danger was still not lifted. Su Qin wiped his tears with the sleeve of his robe, and he discussed with Yan Sui: "I think Sima Cuo will definitely still pursue." It's not a good choice for us to retreat so blindly. ”

He pointed to the mountain road and said, "This winding road is a bottleneck for us in our retreat, and it is also a bottleneck for Sima Co who is chasing after us. ”

Su Qin then instructed Yan Sui to look at Xipi behind him, and said, "This valley is the place where the three roads converge, and it can be used as our temporary resting place, so we might as well stay here in order to make the next move." ”

Yan Sui looked around Xipi, and saw that the surrounding areas were all lofty mountains and mountains, and the roads that connected with the surroundings were narrow and narrow paths, and he couldn't help but be a little worried, and he said: "I understand that the prime minister is unwilling to retreat to the end and return to Sogo City." But after all, this is a small area, not a place to use, only a temporary place to stay. ”

Su Qin said: "Although this place is small, it is in the position of a hub. I guess Sima Cuo also thinks that the west is narrow and the mountains are high, so he doesn't pay attention to it, but I have a different opinion. ”

Yan Sui saw that Su Qin seemed to have a mature idea, so he said: "The last general can't figure out Prime Minister Su's strategy, what he said just now is just a small opinion that suddenly came to mind, and the prime minister can't take it seriously." Although the prime minister arranges, we will definitely follow the prime minister's actions. ”

Su Qin thought for a while, made up his mind, and said to Yan Sui: "In this way, I will have another General Lao Yan, you immediately organize two thousand strong men in the army to ambush on the west side of the mountain, and when you see Sima Cuo's pursuers arrive, leave him alone for the time being." Let them go on their way. ”

Yan Sui listened intently, but he didn't guess Su Qin's intention to do this, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Su Qin continued: "When most of the Qin army troops have passed, I will have better tricks to deal with them. When they were held back in the west, they were bound to retreat. Prepare a lot of big rocks on the mountain in advance, and then pick up the big rocks on the top of the mountain and throw them down, and we will also have a condescending attack. ”

"You just have to throw stones down, regardless of whether the Qin army can pass or not, so that they will suffer more. When the time comes, you can also listen to the miserable howl of the Qin army! ”

When Yan Sui heard this, he could ambush Sima Cuo, he also smiled happily and replied: "This is a good thing, I must make Sima Cuo look good." Without further ado, the last general will go to prepare immediately. ”

Yan Sui accepted Su Qin's order and happily went to set up the ambush position. And Su Qin immediately returned to the position of the Chinese army of the joint army, he gathered all the heralds of the Chinese army, and gave them a strange order.

Su Qin ordered: "You immediately report to the various columns of the coalition army, gather all the military vehicles on your hands, unload the horses pulling the carts, and concentrate them all on the west side of Xipi, regardless of whether the military vehicles are damaged or not." ”

Su Qin deliberately emphasized to the heralds: "You quickly convey instructions everywhere, and there must be no mistakes. Be sure to tell the generals who are leading the troops, and let them hurry up and transport the troop vehicles. ”

More than 20 heralds received Su Qin's order and immediately took separate actions. Su Qin rode his horse to the westernmost section of Xipi, where Sima Cuo's pursuers must pass.

The soldiers of the various columns heard Su Qin's new order, and although they did not know what the commander of the road was going to do, they still carried out the order, and concentrated seventy or eighty troop vehicles on a designated high ground.

While some soldiers were busy with their work, they also scolded: "These broken military vehicles are useless when they are fighting, but they are very heavy to carry, and they should really be thrown away."

At that time, many people chimed in, "Isn't it? Nowadays, the battle is all about cavalry and infantry, and who still uses these old antique military vehicles. ”

The two people who spoke were all soldiers of the Qi State, and they complained, but the faces of the three soldiers of the Zhao State who worked with them around them couldn't hold their faces, because most of these military vehicles belonged to their Zhao State. Zhao was the latest and slowest to change the military system among the vassal states, and cavalry was commonly used in combat, while Zhao still retained the military chariots of the previous generation. ”

An older veteran of the Qi State looked very ashamed when he saw the sergeant of the Zhao State blushing to his neck, so he shouted to the two Qi soldiers who were discussing just now: "Hurry up and push the troop cart hard, what are you doing with so much nonsense?" The two Qi soldiers stopped taunting.

Due to the large number of men, tens of thousands of soldiers worked together, and the chariots were soon concentrated on the edge of the western side. Su Qin asked the soldiers to arrange the military chariots in groups of two and neatly, leaving only one passage in the middle of each military chariot.

While the soldiers were working, they were still wondering: "What is the boss going to do, is he playing with the military vehicles?" No, he's such a big person, and the military situation is so tight, where is there time to play. ”

Su Qin didn't explain too much to everyone, and when the troop wagons were lined up, he ordered all columns to mobilize a crossbow arrow team of 1,000 people and go to the Xipi Heights where the troop chariots were located.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the various crossbow teams were temporarily formed, and there were ten groups of crossbow arrow troops, and they came to the designated position with neat steps.

Su Qin ordered them: "All the crossbow archers, listen, according to their respective formations, you form a shooting lineup. ”

"After a while, you all listened to my orders, looked at the order flag in my hand, and as soon as my order flag fell, the first group flashed out from behind the military vehicle, went to the front of the military vehicle, and quickly shot at the pursuing Qin army. After firing ten arrows in a row, step back and prepare for the next shot. ”

Then the second group immediately came up, hid behind the military vehicles, listened to my orders, looked at my command flags, and dodged in front of the military vehicles to shoot. After the second group completed the task, the third group followed. And so on, and so on, until I gave the order to stop shooting. ”

After Su Qin finished announcing his order to everyone, he asked loudly again, "Do you all understand?" ”

Tens of thousands of archers ready to shoot replied in unison: "Understood! The sound reverberated over the narrow valley of the west, and it could not be heard for a long time.

The deployment of the coalition forces has not yet been in place, and Sima Cuo's pursuers have already appeared on the road more than two miles away. Su Qin saw them turn around the foot of a mountain and appear in his field of vision. He looked up again at Yan Sui marching on the top of the mountain, they were still nervously maneuvering.

Su Qin was a little anxious in his heart, but Yan Sui and the others were far away, and he couldn't send someone to urge, for fear of alarming the Qin army who was hurrying forward.

The Qin army was in a platoon of twenty people, advancing forward, and the front and rear rows were one step apart. Forty or fifty thousand troops passed through the foot of the hill one after another and rushed to the west. The formation was fully unfolded, like a long snake winding its way in.

Su Qin quietly hid behind the military vehicle, he looked at the other coalition soldiers around him, and found that they were also very nervous, and his eyes revealed anxiety. The soldiers of the first group had already bent their bows and arrows, their eyes were fixed on the order flag in Su Qin's hand, and as soon as he gave the order, they appeared from behind the military cart and slammed at the oncoming Qin army.

Su Qin watched every step of the Qin army, and his spirit was also in a high state of readiness, calculating the best lethality of the allied army's crossbow arrows after they were fired.

When the Qin army marched to a distance of less than 100 zhang, Su Qin shouted: "Shoot!" At the same time, he waved the command flag in his hand to Lu.

When the archers of the first group heard the order, they suddenly rushed out like spirit snakes, and they flashed in front of the military cart, shooting at the Qin army with both hands. All ten arrows were fired in an instant, and then quickly retreated behind the chariot. The arrows of the army whizzed out like a dense torrential rain. The sound of numerous feathered arrows shooting came together and made a strong whistling sound.

Su Qin ordered again: "The second group is out of the queue to shoot!" The archers, who had already taken over the first group hidden behind the chariots, did the same, and once again fired at the Qin army.

Then came the third and fourth groups, and it took just over a quarter of an hour for all ten groups of archers to shoot in one round. The Qin army had been completely blinded, and their formation was in disarray. There was a lack of cover during the march, and the coalition army under the command of Su Qin was fast and efficient, giving full play to the effectiveness of the bow and arrow lineup.

The Qin army was in a panic, where could they calmly deal with the attack of these hundreds of thousands of feather arrows, and they fell to the ground tens of thousands of people in a moment, and they all ran to find a place to hide.

Sima Coo retreated to the foot of the mountain behind under the cover of dozens of personal school guards, and when he saw that the Qin army had encountered a great disaster, he was so worried that he was so anxious that his heart almost jumped out.

Sima was in a hurry, and scolded the deputy general Shi Hong: "Shi Hong, you erector, don't quickly organize our archers to fight back, what are you doing there!" ”

Sima Cuo was angry when he saw Shi Hong at this moment, and he resented Shi Hong for his courage in the deepest part of his heart, only caring about his own pleasure, fighting alone with Yan Sui, and wasting the opportunity to pursue the great good. He felt: "If it weren't for your Shi Hong's delay, wouldn't Su Qin's joint coalition army organize such a fierce resistance?" ”

Shi Hong heard Sima Cuo's shouting, and he was even more anxious to jump up and down. Ignoring the damage of the arrows, he urged his horse forward, shouting and shouting to let the Qin army hide for the time being, and ordered all the troops of the Qin army to quickly concentrate the archers.