Chapter 124: The Gap in Knowledge: Self-Suffering

When Chen Zhao struggled to get up from the snow, he was still in a dizzy state> but he was more concerned about the current battle situation and the safety of his nearly 60,000 Baishui soldiers than the discomfort on his body.

Raising his head and taking a look, Chen Zhao gasped in shock, only to see that as far as the eye could see, there was a vast white snow, scattered and uneven with many flags of the White Water Army, or the armor of the White Water Army's non-commissioned officers. It is not difficult to imagine that a large number of Whitewater soldiers were buried under the snow caused by the avalanche, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Fortunately, the number of Baishui soldiers who were ambushed on the nearby hills and ready to cause an avalanche was not large, and there were only six or seven thousand people at full duty, after all, more people were tasked with harvesting the lives of the Zhou soldiers after the plan was successfully carried out, and they were ready to attack in the hidden col behind, but even so, this was a catastrophe for the Baishui army.

Compared with the White Water Army, the fate of the remaining more than 40,000 vassal army is even more miserable, think about it, those people have long been buried under the snow nearly ten zhang deep, and they can no longer climb out, it is simply the so-called life without seeing people, dead without seeing corpses.

I have to say that the power of heaven is really beyond the power of manpower. If the Zhou army did not stop pursuing the vassal army, but stupidly crashed into the ambush site of the White Water Army, then its fate would probably be like the tens of thousands of vassal army buried deep in the snow at this moment.

But......

How...... How so? 丨

Seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Chen Zhao's heart sank suddenly.

You must know that in his opinion, this should obviously be Zhou Jun's end, why did they suffer from the scheming?

"Hahahaha-!!"

In the distance, the seemingly arrogant and smug laughter of the Zhou soldiers was heard, and Chen Zhao was angry in his heart.

To be honest, the scale of this avalanche is too amazing, even the Zhou army has suffered a lot of local losses, about 3,000 people have not had time to retreat in time and are buried by the snow waves like a rushing flood, at this time, the generals in the Zhou army are busy rescuing Tong Ze, but this does not prevent them from laughing at the rebel army.

After all, compared to the losses of the rebel army of the Zhou army, it can be said that the losses of the Zhou army are almost negligible, you must know that the 50,000 vassal army was almost wiped out in this battle, and even the five or six thousand Baishui soldiers who were responsible for causing the avalanche were buried under the snow.

It's clear which has the advantage.

"Woo-woo! Woo-woo! Woo-woo! ”

In the direction of the Zhou army's main formation, there was a horn sound representing the attack, which was a signal that the Zhou army was about to launch a fierce offensive against the White Water Army.

"Asking for hardship!" With a cold smile, Liang Cheng, the commander of the Great Liang Army, who was the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army, raised his hand and pointed ahead, and shouted in a deep voice, "Attack!" -- Strive to destroy the rebel army in a war! ”

"Oh!!" Nearly 100,000 soldiers and soldiers of the Zhou army shouted loudly, and the first team of 30,000 infantry phalanx slowly marched in the direction of the White Water Army.

As for the cavalry・・・・・・ because the snow falling from the avalanche is not solid, cavalry generals like Su Xin and Li Jing can only stare at their own infantry to earn meritorious deeds, after all, the thickness of the snow in front is even higher than a person in some places, and the war horses cannot advance at all, let alone charge.

Facing the Zhou army like a locust, Chen Zhao gritted his teeth and shouted, "Withdraw!" -- Rescue the brothers who were buried in the shallow and retreat! ”

Joke!

Even with the Baishui army ambushed in the mountain pass, there are less than 50,000 people left on the side of Li Shen, the king of Qin, how can he fight against the 100,000 Zhou army with a rainbow of morale? Although the environment here is extremely unfavorable for both armies, the problem is that the number of Zhou troops is twice that of their own!

This time it's really a waste of rice・・・・・・

Chen Zhao couldn't help but think of Li Shen, the King of Qin, imagining what kind of expression His Royal Highness the Lord would have after learning about this.

In fact, Li Shen, the king of Qin, had already witnessed the catastrophe against his White Water Army long before a stick of incense.

Just like Chen Zhao and Fu Ao's expressions at that time, Qin King Li Shen's eyes widened and he couldn't understand why the shouts of 100,000 Zhou troops would cause a huge avalanche of such a scale, which was more terrifying and terrifying than he imagined.

"This time it's really a heavy loss......" beside Li Shen, Thunder said lukewarmly.

Rao is King of Qin, Li Shen has a lot of weapons, and this time he is also angry, and the ground is pale, not that Qi Storm is still saying these cool words at this time, he just can't figure out why Zhou Jun can see through his seamless plan.

The 50,000 vassal army was almost wiped out, and Li Shen, the king of Qin, did not feel much pity, after all, his views were roughly the same as Huang Shou, he did not think that the vassal army with low morale and low combat ability could do anything, but the problem was that the sacrifice of the 50,000 vassal army did not bring him the expected results at all, and almost did not cause much loss to the Zhou army, which was what Li Shen, the king of Qin, regretted and unwilling.

"Liu Qing ・・・・・・," Qin King Li Shen cursed the name through gritted teeth.

"Do you want to withdraw?" Glancing at Li Shen, Thunder said calmly, "Whether you want to withdraw or fight, Your Highness has made a decision early!" ――It seems that in the current situation, if our army wants to withdraw, it will be difficult for the Zhou army to pursue our army in this environment, and the problem lies in ......"

"Unwilling・・・・・・ aren't you?" As if he understood the meaning of the thunder, Li Shen smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, unwilling, this king is really unwilling...... That's 50,000 vassal army, throw it on the battlefield, no matter what, it won't be annihilated so easily by the Zhou army・・・・・・" Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Withdraw!" -- We have lost the best chance to annihilate the Zhou army! ”

“… After all, in this case, not everyone can withdraw their troops immediately, most people will be entangled in their own heavy losses and unwilling to retreat, making desperate moves, blindly fighting against the Zhou army.

"Dingding, ding! Ding ding! ”

In the distance, there was a message that Ming Jin, who was the representative of the White Water Army withdrawing his troops, should have been Chen Zhao's general order when he saw that the situation was not good.!

"It seems that Chen Zhao has given the order to withdraw the troops......" Zhan Lei said lightly, he was not surprised, after all, although Chen Zhao seemed to be frivolous and unruly, his ability to supervise the troops and horses was also recognized by his Zhan Lei, otherwise, Chen Zhao would not have become the commander of the First Legion of the White Water Army.

But the question is, where to retreat?

At present, there are two roads in front of Li Shen, the king of Qin, one is to retreat to Jingshan, and the other is to retreat to Xiangyang across Jingshan.

If it chooses to withdraw to Jingshan, it means that the Baishui Army can be said to have almost withdrawn from Jingzhou, and at that time, the Zhou army will supervise the construction of camps in Jingshan and Jingshan, and the Baishui Army will basically have no possibility of re-setting foot in Jingzhou; And if it is retreated to Xiangyang across Jingshan, judging from the current situation, the Zhou army should not have time to recover the lost territory in the Xiangyang area, and with Xiangyang, the premier city in Jingzhou, it is not impossible for Li Shen, the king of Qin, to make a comeback.

Thinking of this, King Li Shen of Qin narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Go to Xiangyang!" ”

“… Hearing this, Thunder glanced at Li Shen, and the corners of his mouth raised a little inexplicable smile, because it could be seen from the decision of Li Shen, the king of Qin, that the lord he was following had not given up, and was willing to lead the defeat.

"Perhaps, now is the only chance for us to retreat to Hanzhong unharmed・・・・・・"

As if hearing the inexplicable meaning of the thunderous words, King Li Shen of Qin smiled and said firmly, "Perhaps, this king should also fight...... Thunderstorm, you're right, opportunistic and difficult to achieve! -- Since this king intends to regain the throne, he must be prepared to die in defeat! Always thinking about getting something without any danger and being repeatedly exploited by Zhou Jun! ”

"Oh?" A bit of surprise appeared in the eyes of the thunderbolt, after all, it was not easy for this kind of words to come out of the mouth of Li Shen, the king of Qin.

Otherwise, this is also a shadow guard? Otherwise, how could he have said such lifeless words? 丨

Zhen Lei looked Qin King Li Shen up and down with strange eyes, God knows how many similar-looking stand-ins this lord has.

I don't know if it was because he saw through the thunder's thoughts, King Li Shen of Qin said with a wry smile, "It's this king!" ―Thunder, like the current situation, this king is not in the mood to laugh! ”

"Huh!" was debunked by Li Shen what he thought in his heart, and the thunder didn't care, seeing the Baishui soldiers in the distance slowly retreating under the pressure of the Zhou army, he said slowly and methodically, "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, Your Highness don't care, although I don't look down on those vassal army, but in the eyes of my generation, the only one who will end this war is my Baishui army!" ”

Li Shen let out a long breath when he heard this, and said with a wry smile, "With your words, this king is a little relieved!" - Please, I'm the general of the White Water Army! ”

"Your Highness is serious, but before that......" looked up at the snow-capped mountain behind him and the others, and the thunder lowered his voice a little, and said in a low voice, "Fang didn't show up, then Xie An's other sharp blade in addition to Fei Fei ・・・・・・ the deputy marshal of the Jizhou soldiers, Ma Dan!" ”

Li Shenna is such a shrewd person, hearing this, his face changed slightly, and he raised his hand and shouted in surprise, "Order the three armies, be vigilant against the Zhou army's detour to attack the rear of our army!" ”

Soon after the general order was issued, a Zhou soldier was killed on the hill not far away, like a sharp knife pierced into the Chen Zhao Department of the White Water Army who was slowly retreating under the pressure of the Zhou army.

Attacked from both sides, Rao is Chen Zhao's martial arts are far above Ma Dan, and it is difficult to defeat the enemy, fortunately, Li Shen, the king of Qin, ordered to send reinforcements to support Chen Zhao's department in time after being reminded by the thunder, otherwise, the large army of the White Water Army can retreat, but Chen Zhao and Fu Ao, the two commanders of the White Water Army, may be left behind by the Zhou army. In the eyes of Li Shen, the king of Qin, this was far more inexplicable and heavy loss than the annihilation of the 50,000 vassal army.

"Woo-woo! Woo-woo! Woo-woo! ”

When the horn of the Zhou army sounded again on the top of Jingshan, Li Shen, the king of Qin, and his nearly 50,000 Baishui troops had withdrawn one after another, retreating in the direction of Xiangyang.

The Zhou army didn't chase after it, not that they didn't want to chase, but the road was extremely difficult after the avalanche, and they really couldn't catch up. On the other hand, even if Zhou Jun managed to catch up with the White Water Army, what could he do? In this extremely harsh environment, neither the White Water Army nor the Zhou Army could play their due level of strength. What's more, if the movement of the battle is too huge, causing the avalanche to appear again on the mountains that have not been affected by the avalanche, the 50,000 white water army will certainly not survive, but how many can the Zhou army escape?

The terrifying nature of Tianwei was already imprinted in the eyes of every Zhou army soldier just now, but they watched the 50,000 vassal army being submerged and swallowed by the heavy snow caused by the avalanche in an instant, such a tragic scene, even if they were as brave as Fei Guo, they were still apprehensive, let alone others?

On October 26, the fourth year of Jingzhi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Shen, the king of Qin, used 50,000 vassal army as bait to lure the Zhou army deep into Jingshan, intending to cause an avalanche to annihilate the Zhou army, but he did not want the plan to be seen through by Liu Qing, the acting military advisor of the Zhou army.

In this battle, the Qin king Li Shen's side lost a total of more than 54,000 troops, of which more than 50,000 were vassal army, while the Zhou army only lost two or three thousand people, it is undeniable that the battle ended with a stunning victory for the Zhou army.

After this battle, in addition to the 50,000 Baishui troops under the command of Li Shen, the king of Qin, who withdrew to Xiangyang, only Li Bo, the prince of Qiuyang, and other four-way vassal troops remained, totaling less than 80,000 soldiers and horses; On the other hand, there were still 110,000 people on the side of the Zhou army, and the Zhou army, which was originally inferior in numbers, completely reversed the numerical disadvantage in this battle.

That night, more than 100,000 Zhou troops who did not take advantage of the victory to pursue after the victory were stationed in the Jingshan area, although the cold wind gusted at night, but the morale of the sergeants and soldiers of the army was high to an incredible height.

Originally, such an astonishing victory should have held a celebration banquet for the officers and men of the three armies to celebrate, but unfortunately, the Jingshan area is very barren! There is not much wine and meat in the army, so Xie An can only write down this celebration banquet for the time being, and make up for the army in the future.

Of course, this is only for the sergeants and soldiers in the army, as for the generals in the Zhou army, Xie An gathered them together, roasted some game, and ate some wine to celebrate, after all, although Jingshan in the harsh winter is desolate, there are some hibernating beasts in the mountains, and it is not difficult to hunt and hunt some game to reward the generals.

Some people may think that this unfair treatment may be dissatisfied with the Zhou soldiers, but in fact, the Zhou soldiers did not have time to be jealous of the generals, and they were busy secretly exhuming the corpses of the 50,000 vassal army.

It's not that I care about the merits brought by those heads, what the soldiers want, is just the armor and weapons on the soldiers of the vassal king, and the gold and silver they carry, after all, as we all know, the vassal army is the best-treated feudal team in the Great Zhou, if you can dig out a set of armor and weapons, it is enough to cover their military salary for a year or two, this is a windfall, so that this windfall is buried under the heavy snow, isn't it a pity?

As a result, more than 100,000 soldiers of Zhou, after several days of arduous travel, actually came to the place where the avalanche occurred one by one with great interest to dig up the corpses of those vassal soldiers.

Xie An didn't have any opinion on this, after all, cleaning up the battlefield was originally the time when the soldiers of the Zhou army captured the spoils of war, he only vaguely expressed that he hoped that the soldiers under his command could bury the corpses of the 50,000 vassal army and the 3,000 or so Baishui army, and not to have conflicts over those spoils.

Putting aside these trivial matters, Xie An listened to the suggestions of the generals on the next step of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and of course, the most important thing was to listen to Liu Qing's opinions on this.

"There's nothing to say about this, ten of you have retreated to Xiangyang, after all, our army has not had time to recover the Xiangyang area, if Li Shen, the king of Qin, retreats to Xiangyang, it is not that there is no chance of turning defeat into victory! ―And from the direction of retreat of the White Water Army confirmed by General Ma Dan, Li Shen obviously chose Xiangyang! Liu Qing said expressionlessly.

For some reason, her expression didn't look very happy, and she looked at Xie An with a strange look from time to time, which really surprised the generals.

It's strange, obviously the battle was won, but why was this military advisor not very happy? 丨

The generals looked at each other, but it was not good to ask rashly, after all, Liu Qing had brought several victories to the Zhou army before and after, and gradually established a certain prestige in the army.

Perhaps, only Liu Qing herself knows best......

Guy...... 丨

Seeing Xie An, who was giggling with the generals beside him and seemed heartless, Liu Qing gritted his teeth hatefully.

Maybe the whole army thought that it was she Liu Qing who saw through the tricks of Li Shen, the king of Qin, and made Li Shen suffer heavy losses, but only Liu Qing knew that it was not entirely her credit. In fact, ninety percent of the credit for this victory is due to the seemingly unserious Great Zhou Criminal Department in front of him, Xie An.

"Why・・・・・・ why can the shouts of our soldiers cause avalanches?" Liu Qing asked Xie An with a cold face and an almost questioning tone, and after holding it for a few hours, she really couldn't help it.

You must know that according to what she learned afterwards, the method used by Li Shen, the king of Qin, to cause an avalanche was only with the help of some props such as cloth, and this Xie An was good, just by shouting the whole army, it caused an avalanche, and the scale was still so huge, far beyond her Liu Qing's expectations, that some of the unlucky ghosts in the front of the Zhou army were also swallowed, but they were not buried deeply, and they could be rescued.

"It's very simple, the sound causes the snow to vibrate, that is, the resonance, and the stronger the sound wave, the stronger the vibration of the snow layer, so it is called to the ground...... It's all down! Hey, Li Shen's plan is good, but this method is too stupid, look at this mansion...... Gap, this is the gap! Seeing Liu Qing's expression of eagerness to know, Xie An didn't hide his selfishness, and with a little smugness between his eyebrows, he told Liu Qing the truth, but unfortunately, Liu Qing found that he couldn't understand a word.

"Resonance? Sound wave? Liu Qing muttered these unheard words.

The gap ・・・・・・丨

She suddenly remembered what the eldest grandson Xiangyu had said to her afterwards.

Being better than you is not all about wisdom, but about the gap in knowledge! - The concubine has a good husband, hehe...... 丨

"Huh・・・・・・" Liu Qing let out a long breath, and she finally realized that the words of the eldest grandson Xiangyu at that time were not intended to tease her.

The gap in knowledge...... Is it? 丨

Liu Qing looked at Xie An inexplicably, she truly realized the result of the gap in knowledge, and the result was that this man named Xie An effortlessly annihilated the 50,000 troops of Li Shen, the king of Qin・・・・・・

That's 50,000 troops!

Even if the other party stands stupidly in place and lets you cut it, it won't be able to kill all of them in a while, but this man is good, just let the Zhou soldiers shout, and they all wiped out the 50,000 feudal kings......

Damn it......

said that his official position has been promoted to the top, and he doesn't care if he has any merits, he told himself all the secret things, and gave all the credit to himself as a military advisor of the Zhou army, so that he could use this to win the trust of the soldiers of the Zhou army, and establish prestige in this way, so as to facilitate future wars...

Damn guy......

Why should he treat himself so well? I don't really have anything to do with him, do I? He only takes care of himself for the sake of Brother Chen's face, doesn't he?

Is it just to use his own wits to defeat Li Shen, the king of Qin?

Or is it ......

Seeing Xie An hugging the smiling Qin Ke'er and smiling and laughing with the generals, Liu Qing suddenly felt her heart pounding.

No... ・・・Won't you・・・・・・