Chapter 189: Another 100,000 Chu Army
Jiang Shaoxin followed the ambush strategy that Xue Yan said, and arranged a large amount of fire oil in the entire small round valley early in the morning. Some of the www.biquge.info here were brought from the barracks, and some of them were directly used for military reserves in the valley. The shrubs in this valley are grown, and the vegetation is densely spread, which is most suitable for the use of fire, and it is obvious that the army in this valley has the same idea. It's just that the Han army came suddenly, and there are only 3,000 soldiers in this valley, which is pitiful. Before he could use this weapon of killing, he was disarmed by the Han army.
This reserve of fire oil was used by the Han army here. As soon as the gourd mouth came in, the cliffs on both sides of the mountain to the mouth were poured with fire oil. If Li Hanchong wasn't so impatient, he could have found out a thing or two. It's just that now it's rushed into the mouth of the gourd, and it's too late to say anything.
Jiang Shaoxin will not pay attention to any fair fight with the other party. After letting the two armies of Chu enter the mouth of the gourd, they immediately let the crossbowmen release their arrows, and at the same time arranged for the soldiers in ambush to start firing wildly.
The oil burned in an instant, and the fire spread like a charging cavalry, spreading extremely fast. Li Han's army was blocked by Shang Yang's troops who rushed into the mouth of the gourd, and they couldn't retreat at all for a while.
The fire burned directly from the outside of the mouth of the gourd and turned in. Shang Yang's army itself was walking towards the mouth of the gourd, and now there was a fire behind him, and the soldiers were afraid of being burned by the fire, so they rushed towards the small round valley with more strength, blocking Li Han's army to death, and when they reacted and wanted to withdraw again, the exit of the entire small round valley had been sealed by the fire.
Beneath the flames, it is not only the temperature of the burning that is terrifying, but also the suffocating smoke.
Nearly 100,000 troops were sealed in the valley by fire, and the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to breathe.
Shang Yang only reacted at this time, and his soul was in a hurry, knowing how wrong he had been.
Li Han's army was in front, and was attacked by Jiang Shaoxin's continuous archery from the crossbowmen on the cliff, and in less than a moment, the entire army fell a quarter of the soldiers. Li Han's face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and he shouted: "The thief misunderstood me!"
This is Shangyang, a local general who has been dragging his feet all the way and has no combat skills.
Jiang Shaoxin looked coldly on the cliff, happy and relaxed. In an ambush under the arranged circumstances, the two armies of the Chu State had no possibility of escaping at all. Even if the other side has a large number of general-level officers, under the offensive of the fire, they will not be able to play any role at all. And there are so many shrubs in the valley that I am afraid that if the army of Chu is dead, there is no possibility that these shrubs will be burned out.
"Almost. Uncle Jiang, it's time for us to withdraw. Xue Yan said slowly beside Jiang Shaoxin, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, even if you stand on both sides of the cliff, you may be affected by the fire. After all, Jiang Shaoxin's army is standing on a high place.
"It's been more than ten years. Jiang Shaoxin said with emotion, "The Han Kingdom has not achieved such a victory for more than ten years on the border. ”
"This is all thanks to Uncle Jiang's trust and proper command. Compared to the future, Uncle Jiang will achieve more victories. Xue Yan smiled flatly and said in praise.
"You don't have to compliment me. Jiang Shaoxin sighed, "I know what the reason for this victory is. That Egret of yours is much more terrifying than I thought. If one day, if you are against such a person. ”
Jiang Shaoxin didn't continue to say the next words, and Xue Yan interrupted him in time, "The Han Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom are allies, and their friendship has been passed down for a long time, how can there be a situation of opposing enemies? ”
These words are comforting on the surface, but everyone knows that the purpose of Xia and Chu is in the world, and only the lord of Han who has no ambition wants to be in a corner of peace. This also made the atmosphere of the Han Kingdom in recent years biased, and the strategy did not advance but retreated. Or there is nothing to see on the surface for a while, but in addition to this wave of veterans, the future military successor of the Han State has been cut off.
This is not a major national event that Jiang Shao's new small border pass general can control, he can only be slowly consumed like a boiled frog in warm water, and sooner or later, he will not be able to continue to recover the decline of the weakened military strength of the Han State, and be captured by the Chu State or the rising Xia State.
The lord of the country is indisputable, and the national strength is weak. It's all inevitable. Unlike Chen Kong, who has no principles at all, Jiang Shaoxin's heart is transparent, and he knows that sooner or later, this niece Xueyan will stand in front of him in another capacity. When the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to win any more.
A fire burned for two days and two nights, and the fire spread to most of the valley, and the two gourd-shaped round valleys were burned completely.
Jiang Shaoxin's army retreated down the cliff, and only after the fire gradually weakened did it slowly step into the valley. Even at this time, Han Hu's side still didn't move, but he really responded to Bai Egret's words, "Han Hu is as timid as a mouse, and he values his life the most, as long as it is not the border camp, he will not send any army to interfere with your actions." ”
Han Hu really did this, with such a big movement in the valley, Han Hu contracted his army, Wei Ran did not move, and missed the best opportunity to snipe Chen Kong's troops and rescue support troops.
When the army of the Han State entered the valley after the fire, there were no soldiers left in the local army of Daming Mansion and the Guannei army that came to support. The original army of 100,000 people has now become a place of charred corpses, and only a small number of people have survived, just like the miners who came out of the coal mine, looking like beggars cowering near an untouched valley and waterhole, and the army of 100,000 is now afraid that there are not even 2,000 people.
Jiang Shaoxin lined up the army and surrounded the waterhole. The remnants of the Chu army inside trembled slightly, and Li Han took the lead and walked out of the army.
"It turned out to be General Li of the Chu State Guannei Army. "Jiang Shaoxin knows a lot of people about Menqing, the leading general of the Chu State, who has been fighting at the border over the years. "Why don't you see General Shangyang of the local army of Daming Mansion? Speaking of which, I have to thank this person for being able to ambush you so successfully this time. ”
"Do you want to see Shang Yang?" Li Han sneered, "He has been sent underground by me, if you want to see him, I can also help you!"
"General Li, why are you suffering?" Jiang Shaoxin shook his head, "A fire, there are not a few people left of you or the local army of Daming Mansion, and it is not beneficial for you to resist stubbornly, you will never think that with your current two thousand less than 2,000 troops, everyone with wounded troops can compete with our Han border army, right?"
"There is life and death, and righteousness is high and low. Li Leng smiled, "There are only heroic souls standing and dying in the Chu Kingdom, and there are no dogs who are born on their knees." ”
As soon as these words came out, the army behind Li Han suddenly came to their senses, and they all raised their weapons one by one and shouted loudly: "Fight to the death, fight to the death!"
That momentum is not even worse than the charging of ten thousand armies.
The persuasion failed, this is something Jiang Shaoxin had expected. The people of Chu are not afraid of death, and they are proud of dying on the battlefield, which he has seen for a long time. It's better to get rid of Li Han's righteousness.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shaoxin waved his arm and spit out two words in a low voice.
"Attack!"