Chapter 17 The Five Kingdoms Conquer Qin
After more than three months, in the spring of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and everything recovers. The countries are secretly surging, and the details of each country are transmitting news to each other. so that the princes could make a decision.
The spies of the Qin State came to report that Rong Di in the north had been restless recently, and the Qin King Yingzheng sent Meng Tian to lead 100,000 troops to defend the town. And the two countries of Ba and Shu in the south faintly went north, with the meaning of flirting with the tiger's whiskers, and I don't know who gave them the courage. Emperor Yingzheng of Qin sent Wang Jian to lead 100,000 troops to guard Wuguan. Sima Cuo, Gan Mao led 150,000 troops to garrison Hangu Pass. Bai Qi sat in the Lantian camp in Xianyang, and responded in the middle. The Lantian camp was stationed with 200,000 Qin soldiers, and the Qiang land on the west side was garrisoned with 50,000 Qin troops and 50,000 Qiang flute cavalry that had surrendered. Support can be provided if the format changes.
In March of the first year of Han Xing, the allied forces of Qi, Song, Zhao, Korea, and Wei gathered in Luoyang City, which was actually the place where Zhou Tianzi was stationed. Tell the world that the emperor of Qin is not respecting the Son of Heaven, and his interests are ruined. In order to demonstrate the dignity of Zhou Tianzi and join forces to defeat Qin, the allied forces of the five countries totaled 800,000, of which Qi sent 200,000 troops, and Han, Zhao, Wei, and Song sent 150,000 troops each. Outside Hangu Pass, 100,000 soldiers of the Qin State were stationed here, and Hangu Pass became a horn. Outside the pass was garrisoned by the Qin general Gan Mao. The pass was guarded by Sima Cuo. Lian Po, the commander of the Kwantung Coalition Army, appointed Li Mu as the vanguard and led an army of 300,000 to knock on the pass. There were more than 10,000 people, the army waved its flags, and the 300,000 troops crossed the border to cover the sky. It gives people a strong depression and makes people breathless.
Li Mu came to Hangu Pass less than ten miles to set up camp, and sent a large number of cavalry to spread around the patrol, all close to the camp, whether it was ordinary people or merchants, all arrested, to be dealt with after the war. And also let a large number of soldiers exchange non-stop patrols day and night, and not a single fly can fly in. The soldiers of the Qin State inside and outside the pass were nervously waiting for the attack of the coalition army, watching that there were soldiers outside the gate every day and every time, transporting ordnance vehicles to and fro to transport supplies, and a large number of soldiers and so on were constantly replenished into the camp. Roughly estimated, there should be five or six hundred thousand before and after, and there has been no movement for two days. Gan Mao decided to lead 30,000 cavalry to rob the camp tonight to demoralize the coalition army.
That night, the third watch made food, the fourth watch set off, the people were tied with horses, and the 30,000 cavalry slowly went to the camp where Li Mu was stationed under the leadership of Gan Mao. Seeing several patrolling soldiers outside the camp, Gan Mao waved his hand. A few famous marksmen shoot arrows, and they shoot with arrows... Several patrol soldiers fell in response. Gan Mao led the soldiers of the whole army to set up horses and rushed directly to the large camp in front. The cavalrymen knocked down the braziers in the camp, and the torches in their hands lit the camp tents, and the fire was everywhere. Gan Mao felt that something was wrong, what was it?
After looking around, Gan Mao found that his own soldiers were screaming all around, but he did not see the panicked Kwantung coalition army. Isn't it five or six hundred thousand? Even if the camp is large, it won't be so sparse, Gan Mao couldn't figure out how these hundreds of thousands of people slipped out from under his nose.
"Report, General, we have been tricked, and suddenly a lot of Kwantung Coalition soldiers appeared outside, and they were setting up a defensive position outside, and we were surrounded. What to do with the general?" a sentry came to deliver the news.
Ding, detect Gan Mao's attributes: force 84, commander 92, intelligence 90, politics 91. "Don't panic, pass my orders, quickly notify all troops to assemble, and rush out with me. As soon as the words fell, the soldiers outside the camp attacked with rockets, plus the tents around them, and the hay that had already been piled up, and they ignited when they caught fire. There was a rain of arrows outside, and a fire burned inside. Gan Mao led his troops to attack three times, but they were unsuccessful. More than half of the cavalry had already suffered casualties, and the soldiers' confidence had been lost, and they were about to be slaughtered if they had lost the courage to resist.
And Li Mu led the fifteenth army to attack the camp outside Hangu Pass with all his might. Ding detects Li Mu's current attributes: 86 in force, 103 in commander, 96 in intelligence, and 70 in politics. Clever skills erupt, good at skillfully changing the situation in the battle, after the enemy is tricked, the commander +3. Current Li Mu attributes: 86 in force, 106 in command, 96 in intelligence, and 70 in politics. Since there was no unified command of the generals who could serve the people in the camp, all parts of the troops did not have any sense of cooperation in combat. However, the Kwantung coalition army commanded an orderly offensive under Li Mu's command, feints to disperse and contain, the fierce generals of the coalition army focused on breaking through, and the main forces in the army cooperated with the outbreak to break through one point, and the Qin army was not prepared for the battle in a hurry. I originally held the idea that the general would rob the enemy camp, and I must have no worries here. Although he relied on the Qin soldiers' fearless style of fighting death to repel the two attacks of the coalition army, one of which was about to break through the walled city, and was finally driven out by the Qin army's desperate fighting style, but in an hour, the Qin army's camp was still breached. The 150,000 troops swarmed up, and more than half of the 70,000 Qin troops were killed and wounded, and the rest were captured. Although they succeeded in capturing the camp outside the Guan, the Kwantung coalition also paid the price of 40,000 casualties. Looking at the Qin army in front of him, Li Mu's eyes were full of respect, and he thought silently in his heart, if time gives me a little time, I can also train a tiger and wolf army that doesn't need to be weak and victorious.
And Gan Mao, who was trapped in the coalition camp, finally broke out in the sixth breakout. But there were only a dozen cavalry left, and the other 30,000 cavalry with him were all killed in the sea of fire and bows and arrows.
After breaking through, Gan Mao ignored the rest and rode to his camp outside the pass. Seeing that his camp had been breached, "I am ashamed of the trust placed in my emperor." Gan Mao shouted, and he was ashamed to draw his sword and kill himself. The quick-eyed soldiers stopped Gan Mao and persuaded the general one after another. "That's it, let me stay in the body of sin, try my best to stop the thief, and wait for the emperor to punish him arbitrarily after the war. "When I arrived at Hangu Pass, I found that Hangu Pass had 50,000 soldiers stationed here. Not long after, the order was received, and 50,000 soldiers withdrew.
Taking advantage of the night, Gan Mao led the remaining dozen people into Hangu Pass. told Sima Cuo about this experience. There are only 50,000 troops left in the pass, there is no containment outside the pass, the Kwantung coalition army can attack Hangu Pass at any time, although Hangu Pass guards the throat of Kuihan, the west is connected to Hengling, the east is bordered by the Jiejian, the south is bordered by the Qinling Mountains, and the north is bordered by the Yellow River. But how can there be a city fortress in the world that is known as unbreakable. Sima Cuo Gan Mao discussed a little, Gan Mao was responsible for returning to Xianyang to move reinforcements, and Sima Co could not hold out here. Order whoever dares to go into battle to be killed immediately. Let him cry and scold his mother, call for a battle to catch and kill, but no one responds in the gate.