Chapter 340: Ambush on All Sides

The sentries of Wang Liu's legion, after discovering the beacon fire from the direction of the capital, immediately reported the situation to the main general Wang Liu, Wang Liu did not dare to delay, and immediately sent scouts to investigate the direction of the capital in front, and at the same time asked the soldiers in the camp to immediately assemble and be ready to attack at any time.

A moment later, the scouts reported back that the direction of the capital was not attacked by the Zhao army, and that an army of 3,000 men and horses of the Zhao state had only passed from the vicinity of the capital and marched to the path leading to the north.

Wang Liu was relaxed when he heard that the capital had not been attacked, but as soon as he heard that the army of Zhao was marching to the north, his heart suddenly rose to his throat again, and several small roads in the north all led to the direction of the granary, and the army of Zhao was to attack the granary!

"The army of Zhao State marched north, it must be in the direction of our army's granary, you immediately gather men and horses and prepare to reinforce the granary." Wang Liu looked at the generals beside him and gave an order.

"General, the Zhao army only sent a small number of soldiers and horses, and the main army still does not know where to go, if we take advantage of the main force of our army to reinforce the granary, what if the main force of the Zhao army raids the capital, will our army have time to rescue?" One of the generals worried.

Hearing this, Wang Liu frowned, this is indeed a very difficult thing to do, if you don't rescue the granary, the million-dan army rations may have to be repaid, if the granary is rescued, the direction of the capital may be attacked by the main force of the Zhao army, this is a difficult problem to choose.

"The army of Zhao is going to attack the east and the west! But our army's granary has enough military rations of one million deniers, so we can't just give up! After Wang Liu finished speaking, he paused, and then said: "The capital is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the Wuyi Sixth Battalion to hold on alone for a few hours, and our army has enough time to reinforce the granary." ”

"General, there are millions of deniers of grain and grass in the warehouse of the capital, and the royal family and ministers are also in the city, the capital is far more important than the granary of our army, the general should think twice!" A camp owner persuaded.

Wang Liu looked at the camp owner and said loudly: "Okay, Ben will order you to lead a thousand men and horses under his command to garrison the camp, and the rest of the men and horses will follow me to reinforce the granary." ”

"Yes, General." Seeing that Wang Liu insisted on this, all the generals would take the order in unison.

Wang Liu, dressed all over his body, rode out of the camp on horseback, and led his 8,000 soldiers to march quickly along a path leading to the granary of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After traveling about seven or eight miles, the army arrived at a fork in the road, where all the small roads leading from the direction of the capital to Guò converged, and this was naturally the only place to pass to the granary.

Wang Liu subconsciously looked around, and saw that there was nothing abnormal in the four places, so he led the army to continue to advance, and the banner of Yao Xiang's army in front of him could already be seen very clearly, as long as he accelerated forward for a few miles, he could catch up with Yao Xiang's men and horses, so as to relieve the crisis faced by the granary.

"I want to sneak attack our army's granary, wishful thinking, the soldiers are working harder to catch up with the enemy army in front." Wang Liu shouted, and his horse accelerated and galloped forward.

The soldiers behind the "...... driver" also galloped forward.

"General, the banner of Zhao State has appeared in the rear of our army." A personal soldier suddenly reported to Wang Liu.

Wang Liu reined in his horse, looked back, and suddenly gasped, there was actually an army of Zhao State behind him, judging from the size of the banner, there were at least more than 10,000 troops, which should be Yao Gezhong's main force of soldiers and horses.

"General, there are a large number of enemy troops on the left hillside."

"General, there are a large number of enemy troops on the hillside on the right."

The gentle slopes on the left and right sides were accompanied by enemy information at the same time.

Wang Liuda was taken aback, and hurriedly looked to both sides, and suddenly there was a cold air in his chest, and there were at least two thousand people and horses on the gentle slopes on both sides, which were slowly pressing towards him.

"General, the army of Zhao in front has also returned, and we are surrounded on all sides."

Wang Liu looked straight ahead as if reflexively, and suddenly opened his mouth wide, he was negligent for a moment, and the army of eight thousand was surrounded by Yao Gezhong's main army on all sides.

"The general was negligent for a while, and he hurt the soldiers!" Wang Liuda blamed himself loudly.

"General, now is not the time to blame yourself, the number of enemy troops is at least twice that of our army, and it is surrounded from all sides, our army has almost no chance of winning, only to break through." A ministry will build a yì road.

"General, not far ahead is the granary of our army, break through to the front! Entering the granary, our army can resist the Zhao army with the help of earthen walls and arrow towers. "Another ministry will build yì road.

Although Wang Liu's heart is anxious, but his thinking is quite clear, the road is not wide, the Zhao army surrounded by the front is full of 3,000 people, on such a narrow road, the thickness of the 3,000 army is hundreds of steps, if you want to break through, the Zhao army in the rear and the left and right sides will soon close, before the Zhao army closes on all sides, Wang Liu does not have enough confidence to break through the Zhao army in front.

Although the Zhao army on the left and right flanks occupies a geographical advantage, there are relatively few soldiers and horses, and the team is very long, and the depth of defense is only a few rows of people, which is the most suitable for breaking through.

"Soldiers, break through to the eastern slope." Wang Liu jumped off his horse and loudly conveyed the order.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat to the eastern slope." The generals shouted as well.

Under the orders of Wang Liuhe and his generals, the panicked Northern Expeditionary Army Tuntian men and horses all advanced in the direction of the eastern hillside, and all the generals gave up their war horses and dismounted on foot.

"Little General, your strategy is truly clever! The Jin army saw that our army had a sneak attack on the granary, and sure enough, reinforcements came, and now they are surrounded in the center, and it is impossible to escape with their wings. A subordinate general smiled and complimented Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang smiled indifferently and said proudly: "The Jin generals are greedy for small profits, how can they not bring about their own destruction, they are just a little tricky." After speaking, he raised his head high.

"Little general, look, the Jin army has broken through to the eastern slope." A subordinate general pointed to the Wang Sixth Army in front and reminded loudly.

Yao Xiang stared ahead, and the Jin army team really broke through to the eastern slope.

"Yes, General Jin has a bit of vision and can see that the weakness of our army is on both wings." Yao Xiang praised and ordered: "All the troops and horses, attack immediately, kill ......"

"Kill ......" Yao Xiang's army shouted and chased after the Wang Sixth Army, and at the same time, the western hillside and Yao Gezhong's main army also accelerated towards the Wang Sixth Army.

Wang Liu's army feinted to attack the eastern slope of the mountain, which was completely at a disadvantage in terms of geographical advantages, and the Zhao army behind it was surrounded on three sides, and the situation was extremely critical.

"General, our army's feint attack has been blocked, and the Zhao army behind us is already about to surround it." A subordinate general reminded loudly.

Wang Liu held the shield with one hand, looked sideways and looked back, the army of Zhao was approaching step by step, the situation had reached a critical moment, and if he did not break out of the encirclement, there would be a danger of annihilation.

"Attack, go all out." Wang Liuda shouted, held his shield, braved the arrows of the Zhao army, and personally took the lead in charging forward, and the soldiers behind him followed closely.

"Arrows, arrows." The general of the Zhao army, who was above the hillside, hurriedly ordered his soldiers to release arrows.

"Whoosh ......" a rapid rain of arrows shot at the attacking Wang Liu's corps, only the shield in Wang Liu's hand was inserted with more than a dozen arrows, and many soldiers died under the arrows of the Zhao army.

"General, the enemy army behind has been surrounded, and our army is completely besieged." A ministry general reminded.

When Wang Liu heard this, his brows tightened, and he ordered loudly: "Attack, attack forward with all your might, there are not many arrows left in the Zhao army, kill ......"

"Kill the ......" Encouraged by Wang Liu, the soldiers shouted and continued to feint towards the hillside.

But at this time, the Zhao army behind him was already approaching, which was like a steel knife, which had been inserted into the back of the heart of the Wang Sixth Army, as long as the Wang Sixth Army stayed for a while, it would be hit by a fatal blow from behind.

"General, the Zhao army has arrived behind our army, the situation is critical, the last general will lead his headquarters to intercept it, the general must break through quickly, the last general will not last long." As he spoke, a military master turned around and gathered the two battalions of soldiers under his command to attack the surrounding Zhao army.

When he decided to reinforce the granary, the general tried his best to dissuade him, but he failed to listen to the advice, thus leading the main army to be besieged by the Zhao army.

Now, at this extremely critical moment, it was this general who stepped forward and led his men and horses to launch a counterattack against the surrounding Zhao army.

Although he couldn't bear it, the army was surrounded at this time, and if he wanted to save the main force, he had to sacrifice some of his men and horses.

"Soldiers, attack with all your might, in order to survive, we must break out of the encirclement." Wang Liu yelled again to boost morale.

There is a good saying, put to death and then live, in this extremely critical moment, only by breaking out of the encirclement can it be possible to live, driven by this instinct to survive, the soldiers of the Wang Sixth Corps have greatly increased their courage and attacked like crazy.

Under the continuous attack of Wang Liu's corps, Yao Gezhong's 2,000 men and horses deployed on the eastern slope of the mountain were finally unable to resist, the defense line was torn open, and its main general was also beheaded by the angry Wang Liu.

The Sixth Army of the King tore a big hole in the defense line of the Zhao army, and the main army finally had a way to retreat, but the army lord who took the initiative to launch a counterattack on the surrounding Zhao army, and the two thousand soldiers under his command were completely besieged by the main force of the Zhao army, and most of the casualties had been lost, and it was about to be unable to support it.

Wang Liu turned to look at the general who was besieged by the Zhao army, he felt very uncomfortable, he wanted to lead the army back to rescue the general, but he understood that as long as he led the army to kill back, he would fall into the siege of the Zhao army and be annihilated by the whole army, and the general's efforts were in vain.

"General, the Zhao army is surrounding, let's withdraw quickly!" A ministry general reminded.