Looking at the dense corpses of Zhao soldiers on the road in front of them, Hua An and his party stopped their horses, this scene made them very excited, which proved that their plan was successful.

"Big brother, it seems that the Zhao army has lost no less than thousands of people, and our army has won a big victory!" Wang San said excitedly.

Hua An nodded with a smile, pointed to the Zhao soldiers who were still struggling on the ground, and said, "Zhuge Xiong did a good job, these wounded soldiers can't be kept, all of them should be refilled." After speaking, he stretched out his hand and asked the soldiers behind him to step forward and carry out the order.

It seems a little cruel to not let go of Zhao Jun's wounded soldiers, but this is the greatest benevolence, rather than letting them die painfully, it is better to give them a happy death and make them die more comfortably.

Hearing the order, the soldiers behind him rode forward, raised the spear in his hand, and stabbed all the wounded soldiers who were still moving one by one.

Listening to the sound of the spear piercing into the flesh, Hua An and other generals did not feel any discomfort, and the long-term battlefield fighting had made them accustomed to this kind of sound.

Zhuge Xiong, who was ambushed halfway up the mountain, saw Hua'an riding his horse, and hurriedly ran over with a group of soldiers, and quickly arrived in front of Hua'an.

"General, the 30,000 troops of the Zhao army have passed through here and have been completely defeated by our army, even if they run fast, otherwise they will be completely annihilated by our army." As soon as Zhuge Xiong saw Hua'an, he said excitedly.

Hua An patted Zhuge Xiong's shoulder and praised: "Zhuge Xiong, you did a good job, in this battle, our army annihilated at least 5,000 Zhao troops, which is a great victory!" ”

Zhuge Xiong smiled. He said softly: "General, the Zhao army has been defeated, I don't know if they will come again, if the tens of thousands of Zhao army's troops come again, our army will no longer have enough black powder, and the ambush position here has also been exposed, do you want to change places." ”

Seeing that Zhuge Xiong's analysis was very reasonable, Hua An smiled with satisfaction, Zhuge Xiong's ability to analyze it like this is enough to show that he was not carried away by victory. Still maintains a cautious and calm character.

Hua An pointed to the corpse on the road. Zhengse said: "General Zhuge , your subordinates, first dispose of all the corpses here, and then." Immediately retreat five miles to the east. Converge with the 5,000 men and horses of Chen Poyu's department. Defend together. ”

"Yes, General, the Admiral understands." Zhuge Xiong clenched his fists in response. He immediately led his command to dispose of the corpses of the soldiers of the Zhao army.

When disposing of the corpses of these Zhao soldiers, the soldiers of the Wudang Flying Army habitually pulled out all the crossbow arrows on the corpses to save this precious resource.

After inspecting the vicinity, Hua An and the generals rode back to the camp in the distance, while Zhuge Xiong and other Wudang Fei soldiers, after disposing of the corpses of the fallen soldiers of the Zhao army, marched five miles to the east to join up with the 5,000 troops under Chen Poyu's command to form a defensive front.

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In the Zhao army camp on the west side of the Bird and Mouse Mountain, Ma Qiu led a group of remnants of the defeated generals, fled into the camp in a hurry, after a short battle, 30,000 troops were killed on the spot 5,000, and countless injuries were counted, if it was not well-equipped, the loss may be greater.

After Ma Qiu returned to the camp, he first let the wounded soldiers be treated, and at the same time gathered all the generals under his command to study the strategy of coping.

The Jin army's black powder and repeater attacks caused a huge shadow in the hearts of Ma Qiu and his generals, and they couldn't find a way to counter the Jin army's tactics for a while, so they were all anxious.

Ma Qiu looked at the generals under his command, and said: "Generals, the 30,000 soldiers and horses under Xie Ai are only two days old, and the surplus food of our army is less than a month. ”

A subordinate general hugged his fists and said: "General, there is still a small road leading to Guanzhong, which can bypass Bird and Mouse Mountain and directly reach Guanzhong, our army might as well take this road." ”

Ma Qiu naturally knew about the road that the general said, but this path passed through remote places such as Pingxiang, Chengji and Luoyang, and the road was difficult and dangerous, which was very unfavorable to the movement of the army.

In Ma Qiu's heart, if the army under his command was only 5,000 people, he would have chosen this path a long time ago to bypass the interception of the Jin army, but at this moment, with 100,000 troops under his command, it was almost impossible to let such a large army take the mountain road.

At least on this path, the necessary heavy equipment such as baggage carts will not be able to pass, and the movement of the war horses will become extremely difficult, and the movement of a large number of troops will become extremely slow when crowded on a small road, and it will take at least more than a month to reach Guanzhong, so that the food and grass may not be enough for a long time.

And once a soldier goes hungry, it will cause catastrophic consequences, and when he thinks of the scene of more than 100,000 troops without food, Ma Qiu feels a chill down his spine.

"No, our army has more than 100,000 troops, all kinds of materials are piled up, how can the road be passed, this is all the incompetence of the general, more than 100,000 troops, but it is no match for Xie Ai's 30,000 horses, and the general will not be able to stand up to the soldiers." Ma Qiu frowned and shook his head.

Before the Western Expedition, they were still full of confidence, thinking that as long as they were cautious, they could defeat Xie Ai with superior forces, but they didn't expect to really fight, and they were still led by Xie Ai's nose, the original idea that the Jin army would sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight was also wrong, the Jin army raided Jicheng, thus cutting off their back road, and the Jin army's combat power was far stronger than they imagined.

It turned out that they were all wrong, and the price of the mistake was that more than 100,000 main troops were trapped in Bird and Mouse Mountain, unable to move.

"General, if we don't take the small road, our army can only gather all the men and horses and break through the defense line of the Jin army from the front, no matter what, our army can't sit still!" A subordinate general said.

What the general said is very reasonable, more than 100,000 troops cannot stay at the foot of Bird and Mouse Mountain and wait to be killed, they must break through the defense line of the Jin army and return to Guanzhong.

But when he thought of the terrible black powder and repeater of the Jin army, Ma Qiu's back was chilled for a while, and even his scalp was a little numb, and he could prepare more shields to deal with the repeater, but if he wanted to deal with the powerful black powder, Ma Qiu really had no choice, he had personally experienced it, and the giant shield in the soldier's hand was completely vulnerable in the face of the explosion of black powder, and was often blown to pieces.

How to choose, Ma Qiu fell into a painful struggle.

General Wang Ji thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "General, it is better for our army to divide into two roads, first send a small army to the north path, repair the road along the way, in order to facilitate the passage of the army, and at the same time let the wounded soldiers also pass over, while the main force of our army continues to attack the Bird and Mouse Mountain, if it is really impossible to break through the defense line of the Jin army, our army can only take the small road, in addition, the last general really can't think of other ways." ”

Hearing this, Ma Qiu thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay!" It seems that this is the only way, General Wang, you will lead 10,000 troops first, and 20,000 wounded soldiers will march later, and Ben will lead the main army to try again. ”

"Yes, General." Wang Zhen commanded loudly.

After carefully deliberating on some details, Wang Cheng went to select 10,000 soldiers and asked them to immediately prepare all the supplies needed for the expedition.

Due to the rugged and difficult roads, large objects such as baggage carts could not be carried, so military rations and other materials had to be carried by soldiers on their shoulders or transported by war horses.

After some preparations, Wang Zheng led 10,000 soldiers to leave the main army camp and march to the north path, and half a day later, nearly 20,000 wounded soldiers in the Zhao army also left the camp and headed for the north path.

Because they can't carry large tools such as baggage trucks, camp tents and other materials naturally can't be carried, Zhao soldiers only sleep in the open along the way, unless they encounter villages along the way, they can have a good shelter from the wind and rain, but fortunately, the climate is good at this time, even if they sleep in the open air, they don't have to worry about catching a cold and getting sick.

Seeing that the 30,000 men and horses of the Zhao army left the main camp one after another and marched to the north, the Jin army scouts hurriedly told Hua'an the news.

Hua'an heard this news, his heart was overjoyed, this shows that Ma Qiu's actions have been completely in accordance with the plan he set, as long as Ma Qiu's army enters the remote northern road, without the need for his own soldiers, the main force of the Zhao army will suffer heavy losses, the roads along the way are dangerous, food is scarce, it is a dead end for a large team, and Ma Qiu's main army, because the return road is cut off, is about to go to this dead end.

Seeing that Ma Qiu's main force had not yet left, Hua An guessed that Ma Qiu was still a little unwilling, and it was very likely that he would take risks again, so he decided to gather all the men and horses and fight a beautiful ambush battle in Bird and Mouse Mountain to completely destroy Ma Qiu's luck psychology.

The ambush site chosen by Hua'an, the mountain is relatively gentle, the road is relatively open, and there is not much terrain advantage, which seems to be very unsuitable for ambush, but it is precisely this kind of location that is not suitable for ambush that can make the Zhao soldiers relax their vigilance and achieve unexpected results.

The army was running out of black powder, and Hua'an decided to use it all, fighting with all his might to give Ma Qiu a good look at the elite division he had trained, thus forcing him to take the path to the north.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, Hua'an ambushed almost all the troops under his command in the predetermined position, and did a good job of covering, so that the Zhao army scouts were not easy to find.

In order to create an atmosphere of normal ambush location, Hua'an asked the soldiers to catch many birds in the mountains and tie these birds to a nearby small tree with ropes, so that in order to escape, the birds will keep inciting their wings in an attempt to escape, thus creating the illusion that there is no one here, and the ropes tied to the birds' legs are invisible from a distance. (To be continued......)