Chapter 45: The Fierce War
Lian Po and Hou Sheng agreed that the Zhao army was responsible for cutting off the connection between Pingyang City and the Korean army in the camp outside the city, and the Qi army was responsible for attacking the Han army camp.
Lian Po's move naturally harbored evil intentions, and Lian Po believed that if he was not wrong, the Korean army in this camp should also have many crossbow arrows and trebuchets with a long range. The reason why the Zhao army suffered such a large loss in Hanoi was because one-third of the casualties were caused by the Korean army's trebuchets and crossbow arrows. It's time for Qi Guo to see how powerful these weapons of the Korean army are!
The so-called ignorant are fearless, the Qi army is outnumbered anyway, even if it is a battle for casualties and attrition, it can defeat the Korean army in the camp! You can't let Zhao Jun take the lead in everything, so Qi Guo can sit back and enjoy it!
Although Qi Jun didn't know that South Korea had recently invented a big killing weapon, he was careful enough to know that he had to test it first. This saved the lives of many soldiers of the Qi State in a certain way!
The 20,000 troops responsible for the first wave of the attack were assembled in front of the camp only three miles away from the Korean army camp, which was a safe distance in the traditional sense! Even trebuchets and ultra-long-range crossbow bolts can't help an enemy three miles away! Assembling a large army under the nose of the South Korean army can not only break the will of the South Korean army to resist, but also save the precious body of the soldiers! After all, it would be too much of a loss to let one person charge for ten miles and then fight with the defenders who were waiting for work!
Just when Captain Qi was looking at the South Korean army camp with fierce eyes, and wanted to have an enthusiastic pre-battle lecture, the South Korean army's "congratulatory gift" met unexpectedly.
Three miles away, the sound of stones fired by trebuchets breaking through the air could not reach the ears of Qi Jun at all. When Qi Jun found that the cloudless clear sky suddenly dimmed and turned into a black press, he subconsciously raised his head and looked at the larger and larger stones. More than 2,000 people in the Qi army fell to the ground, and then they never got up again!
The first wave of "stone rain" of the Korean army made the Qi army, which had been absent from the battle array for a long time, suddenly chaotic, and some people wanted to rush forward and rush out of the array. Some people want to retreat to avoid the "stone rain", which inevitably creates chaos.
"The shield hand raises the shield, raises the shield! Retreat, retreat! Captain Qi shouted.
In fact, there was no need for Captain Qi to order, the shield bearers raised their shields at the same time as the first wave of "stone rain" fell from the Korean army. But though the shield in their hand is great. But it can't protect the whole army, even if it can protect the whole army, the powerful impact of the stone can make the Qi soldier clan holding the shield lie down. So, with the thumping sound, the Qi shieldmen either vomited blood and fell to the ground, or gritted their teeth and lowered their bodies to reduce the impact. In the face of waves of continuous "stone rain", the immature shield hand of the Qi army was completely unable to resist!
Retreat became the only way out for the Qi army, in the face of life and death. The Qi army is very "humble", leaving the chance of death to the robe, and the chance of life to themselves! At this time, what status and background have all become floating clouds, and those who can escape from this hell the fastest are all physically strong, not who has a higher position and a better family background!
Confusion, extreme confusion. Many people may have thought that they would die in this battle, but many of the Qi soldiers who died in the battle never thought about it. He will die at the hands of his own people, or more accurately, at his feet.
Afterwards, Hou Sheng sent someone to count that the Qi army that died directly under the trebuchet of the Korean army was only 3,000 people, but the number of Qi troops who died in the trampling in the chaotic army was as high as nearly 2,000! Before touching the camp of the Korean army, it lost 5,000 elites. The Qi army, whose morale was originally quite high, was like a frosted eggplant in an instant, and it couldn't lift its spirits!
The partial general in charge of the command, Tian Wei, was directly demoted to a captain, and Qin Fen, the captain of the first battalion of the Qi army, who was most panicked and caused such a big loss, was directly dismissed from his post and escorted to Linzi for questioning!
After Hou Sheng learned of the crushing defeat of the former army. Immediately send someone to find out Zhao Jun's movements! He didn't believe that Lim Po's army and the South Korean army had been facing off in Hanoi for more than two months, and he wouldn't know that the South Korean army had such a sharp weapon! This is a trebuchet with a range of three miles! In the future, if other countries attack South Korea, the first thing they have to face is the three-mile road of death, and other countries will have to use greater casualties to get the opportunity to fight the South Korean army in close combat! This opportunity did not come easily!
Facts have proved that Hou Sheng's conjecture is correct, and although Zhao Jun is responsible for cutting off the connection between Pingyang City and the Korean army in the camp outside the city, Zhao Jun has always maintained a distance from the Korean army. Even if there are those within three miles of Binh Duong City or the Korean military camp, it is a very small part. The Han army may have cherished the limited stones, and did not waste the stones to attack these Zhao troops!
Qi Jun could only sigh that Zhao Jun was too cunning! If the Qi army blamed the Zhao army for not cutting off the connection between Pingyang City and the Korean army in the camp outside the city, the Zhao army would definitely say that it had been cut off, otherwise, why didn't a Korean army come to reinforce the camp?! Even if the Qi army presents evidence to prove that this is not a real severance of contact, Zhao Jun can also say lightly, maybe the Qi army's offensive is not strong enough, so that the Han army in the camp does not feel much pressure! When the Han army camp is crumbling by the Qi army, the Han army in Pingyang City will definitely go out of the city to reinforce, at that time, if the Zhao army lets go of a Korean army to reinforce the Han army camp, it is not too late to investigate the fault of the Zhao army!
"Prime Minister, will we attack this Korean military camp or not?" Tian Yin, the deputy general of the Qi army, looked at Hou Sheng, whose brows were twisted, and said without a lack of certainty.
Now that the morale is low, if you forcibly attack the South Korean army camp, it will probably increase casualties! In Tian Yin's view, it is better to take a step back, rebuild morale, and slowly try to do it.
"Attack! Of course, keep attacking! And it's a storm! Hou Sheng said a little angrily. If he encounters these setbacks, he will push back and block, not only will the Queen Mother of Linzi be dissatisfied, but even Lian Po will underestimate himself! Yesterday, I swore that I would take down the Korean military camp! For this kind of thing of beating himself Li An, Hou Sheng can't do it!
"But casualties," adjutant General Tian Yin muttered.
Hou Sheng looked at the deputy general Tian Yin, until the deputy general Tian Yin panicked, then he sighed and said: "How can there be immortals in war!" What's more, Pingyang City will be taken as much as possible, and it won't be long before Li Mu will learn that we have gathered an army of 300,000 to attack Dongjun! When he mobilizes the main force to intercept us, we want to rush to the girder, and the casualties will only be greater! ”
Adjutant General Tian Yin nodded thoughtfully, he is still better at military affairs, and his thinking is also based on this starting point. Losing 5,000 people before the battle is a huge blow to morale, under normal circumstances, how can you rest for a day, but since Hou Sheng feels that compared with morale, he can take Pingyang with a continuous offensive, and it is the most important thing to approach Daliang while Li Mu has not had time to react, and not to waste a quarter of an hour is the most important thing, so it can only be from it.
"You go and select 10,000 elites again, and still let Tian Wei lead the army and make meritorious contributions! Sue him, if you can't touch the inside of the Han military camp, come and see him! Hou Sheng pondered for a moment and instructed Tian Yin.
Tian Yin was secretly happy in his heart, which proved that Tian Wei's status in Hou Sheng's heart was still very high, otherwise, he would have been shelved a long time ago, and he would never be hired so quickly. As long as he can meet the South Korean army in a short hand, and even does not need a big victory, Tian Wei may be able to regain the position of a partial general. However, 10,000 troops were obviously not enough, so Tian Yin quietly waited for Hou Sheng's next orders!
"Mobilize 50,000 soldiers who don't know about this matter, and wait for the front army and the South Korean army to fight together to support the front army! In addition, send someone to tell the Zhao army that our army is going to launch a fierce attack on the Korean army camp, and ask the Zhao army to cut off the way out of the Korean army in Pingyang City! Hou Sheng closed his eyes after saying this.
Tian Yin was just about to leave, but Hou Sheng opened his eyes violently and said, "In this battle, you stay in the military tent to dispatch and command, and go to watch the battle!" ”
"The prime minister can't help it! Han Jun is just a clown jumping off the beam, so there is nothing to worry about! There are no eyes on the battlefield, if you are injured, how will the last general explain to the queen mother and the king?! Or ask the prime minister to sit in the Chinese army, and the last general will go to supervise the battle! Tian Yin said bitterly.
Although Tian Yin did not deny that Hou Shengruo was on the battlefield in person, the morale of the Qi army would be a huge boost! But Hou Sheng is not familiar with military affairs, and he has no power to restrain the chicken, if he really encounters the rout of the Qi army or the counterattack of the Korean army at the risk of death, if there is any mistake, he will definitely be to blame as a deputy general! No matter how much you achieve in the end, for yourself, you will be undefeated and defeated!
"I've made up my mind, let's carry out the order!" After Hou Sheng said this, he turned his back, obviously not wanting to see Tian Yin stay by his side again.
"The last general obeys!" Tian Yin knew that things could not be changed, so he could only take orders. What I can do now is to extract the elite coefficient from the elite of the whole army to ensure that there will be no mistakes. It's a big deal to leave more elites to defend the prime minister and keep the prime minister away from the battlefield.
An hour later, at noon, is the warmest time of the day. To the west of Pingyang, there was a slaughter, and the 60,000-strong army held down the position with archers at a distance of only five miles from the Han army camp, and the captain Tian Wei blushed, waiting for orders from behind him.
Hou Sheng, with the respect of the prime minister and the prestige of the main general, came to the battlefield in person, which was a great spur for the elite of the 60,000 Qi army. Hou Sheng has promised a heavy reward, the first to break the Korean military camp, the official is promoted to the third level, and the fertile land is 100 acres. Those who take the head of the main general of the Korean army will be promoted to five levels and rewarded with a thousand gold.
Such a heavy reward is beyond the imagination of all Qi soldiers, and in the eyes of the Qi army, the Han army camp five miles away is no longer a tiger and wolf's den, but a treasure land full of wealth, and whoever breaks in first will not have to worry for the rest of his life!
The rumbling war drums were dull and powerful, and with the waving of the Chinese army's order flag, the vanguard of the 10,000 Qi army slaughtered the Korean army camp step by step, firmly and slowly. Walking in the forefront was Tian Wei and his personal guards, estimated to enter the range of the Korean army's trebuchet, Tian Wei roared, and led his 10,000 soldiers to kill the Korean army camp at full speed! (To be continued......)