Chapter 177: For the sake of Great Qi
If you want to become a famous general, you must be decisive in killing, which is one of the most basic qualities.
Undoubtedly, Baili Yuan was a decisive person in killing, he did not convene the generals to discuss countermeasures, but pondered for a while and made a decision directly. He knew very well that once this decision was made, countless more people would die here, and if he was absolutely wrong, it would probably bury the entire main army of Eastern Qi. But his heart is as strong as iron, there is no hesitation, as long as he makes a decision, then there is nothing to regret.
The 100,000 dragon army worked in full swing to build a road down the mountain, because the time was pressing, they didn't do it too carefully, as long as they could walk. 100,000 people worked together, very fast, and the road was repaired before dusk, enough for hundreds of people to walk side by side, and the army could quickly descend the mountain.
The situation on the mountain, the mountain is very easy to observe, after all, 100,000 people are busy, and it is easy to find out such a big road. Nan Chu also used a flying fierce beast on his side, which could be detected without seeing it from a distance.
After Ye Xiangfo got the news, he smiled faintly and said, "Baili Yuan is about to jump off the wall in a hurry, there is a fierce battle tonight." If you can't keep it, it depends on how much you can stay. ”
Zou Hui frowned and asked, "Guogong, they occupy such a big advantage, as long as they resist the attack, they will be able to leave all the main forces of Eastern Qi behind in a few days, why don't they pay the price and fight hard?"
"I can't do it!"
Ye Xiangfo shook his head and said: "The strength of the two sides is about the same, and they can barely be suppressed before, but it was Li Yunyi's big victory on the Eastern Qi side, which caused the Eastern Qi army to be unstable. Now these more than one million troops have no way out, they can only fight their way out of the encirclement, a group of crazy people in a desperate situation, do you want to resist? This is almost impossible, even if we can withstand it, more than half of our army will be killed and wounded, maybe our side of the army will collapse first, and then it will be our turn to be defeated. You have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and if you want to eat it in one bite to become fat, you will choke yourself to death. ”
Zou Hui understood, Ye Xiangfo did not continue to explain, and waved his hand: "Go and pass the crowd to come over and prepare for war." ”
The Eastern Qi army on the mountain began to bury the pot to make rice, and the Nanchu side almost began to prepare at the same time, the night gradually came, the sky was good tonight, and the moonlight illuminated the whole land, because there was no wind, so it seemed a little dull.
The Eastern Qi army did not move on the mountain, and the Southern Chu side was in the camp, and there was no movement. The silence on both sides was terrifying, but the sergeants of both Eastern Qi and Southern Chu knew that this was the calm before the storm, and after tonight, I don't know how many people would stay here forever.
One second to remember: /or
"Knock knock~"
The sound of drums suddenly sounded on the mountain, and the sound of the drums broke the calm of Longquan Mountain, like a thunderstorm at night, and more like a thunder fire lit up the mountains and forests, and in an instant, the sergeants on both sides burst out with a strong killing intent.
The sergeant of one side fought with his back to the water, either rushed out or died. The other side understands that this is a battle of national fortune, and as long as it is left to deal with, Nanchu can win this war by a big margin.
"Bang Bang~"
The sound of heavy horses' hooves sounded, and the cavalry on the mountain moved first, and tens of thousands of cavalry, one man and three horses, gathered into a long dragon and rushed down. The cavalry descended from above, very quickly, and reached the edge of the waterhole at once. The knight on the horse did not stop advancing, and plunged directly into the waterhole with his horse.
A knight led two horses to the left and right, and the three horses rushed into the waterhole, and the knight flew out of the horse, plunged into the water, and managed to swim back. But...... Because of the continuous rush of war horses behind, many knights in front were directly knocked away by the war horses, or trampled and pressed into the bottom of the pool, sleeping forever.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, one man and three horses, these are hundreds of thousands of war horses. Like moths, these horses rushed into the pool. This scene is extremely spectacular and shocking. The Nanchu archer scouts on the opposite wall were all a little dumbfounded when they saw this scene.
What did the Eastern Qi do here? Fill the pool with war horses and troops?
Is Baili Yuan crazy?
Forget about the war horse, fill the pool with human lives, what kind of madman can do such a thing, he is not afraid of the mutiny of the Eastern Qi army?
No matter what the sergeants on Nanchu's side thought, the war horses on the mountain still came one after another, and they continued to rush into the waterhole. This waterhole is very large, and the problem is that so many war horses rush in, and the waterhole on this side of the road down the mountain can easily be filled.
However, the war horses were alive, and many of them floated up in the water and swam in all directions. If you wait a while, many of these horses will be able to swim ashore. Baili Yuan obviously thought of this, and after the first wave of tens of thousands of war horses rushed down, countless bows and arrows were shot down halfway up the mountain on both sides, directly covering the involved.
"Hiss~~"
"Ahh
The screams of the horses and the howls of the sergeants rang out, and the rain of arrows shot all the horses that rushed down and the sergeants who had no time to escape. The waterhole turned completely blood-red, and tens of thousands of war horses could not walk, and they all sank into the waterhole.
"Rush—"
The second group of horses began to charge, and the knights on the horses had death on their faces. Before leaving, their general told them that they were here to send them to death this time, and to use their flesh and blood to pave a way for the rest of the Eastern Qi soldiers to escape, a way home.
"Zhuangzai~"
Behind an earthen wall, Ye Xiangfo took Zou Hui to see this scene, and Ye Xiangfo sighed: "Baili Yuan is quite popular, and his soldiers are willing to obey his orders to die, which is the greatest glory and the greatest sorrow for the generals." ”
Zou Hui nodded, with a look of emotion, he saw that most of the war horses had been filled, and asked, "Guogong, it's almost, right?"
Ye Xiangfo put his hands behind his back and said lightly: "Let's act." ”
Zou Hui waved his hand, and the two generals in the distance led the order, and after a while, a group of sergeants swarmed behind the earthen wall, all of them holding cowhide bags in their hands, and when they arrived at the earthen wall, they threw the cowhide bags directly into the waterhole.
Countless kraft bags were thrown out, and some of them were spilled out, filled with black, oily liquids that floated above the pool. The sergeant was very fast, and he walked a group after a batch, but at least thousands of kraft bags were thrown out in a single stick of incense.
"Ignition!"
Zou Hui shouted, and a rocket shot out, and a raging fire suddenly ignited on the waterhole. The cowhide bags were filled with fire oil, which floated on the water and ignited at the touch of an open flame, turning the waterhole into a sea of fire that lit up half the sky.
The faces of the knights on the horses rushing behind all changed greatly, and this Nima waterhole became a pool of fire, do they still want to continue to fill it? What is the point of filling it? Can the army behind rush through the sea of fire?
"Knock knock!"
There was a rapid sound of drums from the mountain, this was Baili Yuan conveying the military order, the knight under the mountain gritted his teeth, and a commander roared: "For the sake of Daqi, rush-"
One by one, the cavalry controlled the war horses to rush towards the sea of fire, the war horses were afraid of the flames, the cavalry drew out their weapons and stabbed the horses' buttocks, the war horses were in pain, and they could only run wildly and rushed into the sea of fire.
One ride, ten rides, a hundred rides...
The cavalry of the Eastern Qi Dynasty gave the Southern Chu soldiers a glimpse of what it means to regard death as home, and what it means to die generously. They looked at the cavalry rushing into the sea of fire one by one, and couldn't help but be in awe, even though they were enemies, they also felt sincere admiration.
Accompanied by batches of war horses rushing into the waterhole, after more than 10,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 war horses rushed down. The waterhole was finally filled, and a path was paved with the corpses of horses and people. The horses behind continued to rush, and instead of carrying multiple horses, they carried bags of dirt on their backs, and after rushing, they threw the dirt into the waterhole to extinguish the flames.
"Knock knock!"
"Woo-"
The beating of drums on the hill became more urgent, and at the same time the sound of trumpets, the trumpets of the general attack. The archers halfway up the mountain began to shoot arrows desperately, although their bows and arrows did not necessarily produce powerful damage to the army behind the earthen wall opposite, they still shot desperately, suppressing the Southern Chu army to buy time for their cavalry.
"Let's do it!"
Ye Xiangfo gave a military order, and countless archers suddenly appeared near the waterhole, and those archers had shield soldiers in front of them, with huge shields on their heads, and the archers were buying arrows. The archers were also divided into several rows, direct shots from the front, and projectiles from the back. Behind the earthen wall are also archers, and the number of archers gathered here has reached more than 100,000.
Arrows fell from the sky, and the cavalry rushing in front fell one by one, like harvesters, and the rice brushed down where the sickle passed. As many cavalry fell as they fell, and as many cavalry fell, more waterholes were filled and the roads wider.
Of course, there were also many casualties on Nanchu's side. The opposite mountain is also desperately archery, although there are earthen walls and shields here, but there are still many sergeants who are hit by arrows, and the battle situation is very tragic.
In half an hour, more than 10,000 cavalry had been killed on the Eastern Qi side, and three or four thousand sergeants had been shot dead here, and this waterhole had become a meat grinder. However, the road to the waterhole was wider, the cavalry on the Eastern Qi side no longer rushed, the infantry advanced with shields, and some archers pressed down, completely suppressing the archers of Southern Chu.
"Stone thrower, set oil on fire!"
Ye Xiangfo and other infantry rushed up a few thousand times and then gave the order, and the stone thrower soaked a large amount of mineral powder and fire oil, and then the rocket ignited, and countless soldiers were suddenly caught in the sea of fire, and this side became hell again.
"Knock knock~"
The beating of drums on the mountain became more and more intense, and the generals below urged the army to continue charging forward. Of course, some of the sergeants in the back carried bags of sand, and if they didn't put out the flames, they couldn't rush through.
They rushed over and used bags of sand to put the fire in their faces, but many of them turned into targets, were shot into a sieve by Nanchu's side, and then fell to the ground, continuing to pave the road more widely......
Baili Yuan stood on a mountain peak with an expressionless face, watching the soldiers of Dongqi rush up one after another like moths, and then turn into corpses, there was no emotional fluctuation in his eyes. The moment he made the decision, he knew that this kind of casualties were inevitable, and it was still an appetizer, and it was absolutely impossible to really break through and not kill hundreds of thousands of people.