Chapter 31: The First Crusade 5

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He couldn't say anything was wrong, he just asked about Wei Man beside him.

Wei Man looked at the camp he had been away from for a while, and didn't find anything wrong.

Some officers and men patrolling under the light of the torches in the barracks were still patrolling the barracks.

"These people don't seem to be aware of the arrival of the Qi army?"

Wei Man couldn't help but ask himself such a sentence in his heart, but he quickly thought of what was wrong, that is, this camp was indeed too quiet.

Wei Man was about to say something, and on the west side of the Zang Tu military camp, on the dense forest and dirt mountains separated by a few hundred meters, he shot a dense array of arrowheads.

Because most of the Qi army was exposed to the light of the torches they carried, the crossbowmen of the Zang Tu army who had laid an ambush could clearly see the location of their targets.

The arrows in the sky fell like raindrops on the unsuspecting Qi officers and soldiers, and a large number of Qi officers and soldiers who were hit by arrows fell to the ground screaming.

Before Wei Man could come to his senses, he felt a sudden sharp pain in the back of his neck, and then, he saw his own body, and then a headless body gushing out blood, and a sword blade emerging from his shoulder......

"Removal !!"

This Qi army lieutenant quickly woke up to the fact that Wei Man was most likely the culprit who led him into the ambush area of the Zang Tu army.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers under his command had not yet suffered all the casualties, and quickly led most of the officers and soldiers to rush out of the ambush area of the Zang Tu army.

But Zang Di is not a person who is not ignorant of military affairs, after knowing how he should deal with this possible attack of the Qi army, Zang Di naturally will not let these Qi officers and soldiers leave so easily.

In Zang Di's arrangement, the 20,000 elites of Zang Tu's army and the more than 15,000 people who were originally Zang Di's officers and soldiers and are now responsible for guarding the camp were arranged in a three-sided encirclement formation that only left the way for the Qi army to come.

Zang Tu didn't think of coming over to pursue, and the infantry troops under his command probably couldn't catch up with the Qi officers and soldiers who were likely to lose their armor.

In such a situation, Zang Tu's army was shot after several rounds of arrow rain from the Qi army. Launched a charge against the army......

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Lu Xun turned out to be a teenager from a small village in Qinghe County.

After the troubled times came, Lu Xun was saved by Zang Di in a battle. In Lu Xun's heart, Zang Di is his savior and reborn parents.

In Zang Di's battle experience, Lu Xun also became a school captain.

He also had an idea, that is, he fell in love with the beautiful and lovely girl Zang'er.

But after the Battle of the Giant Deer, Lu Xun found that his idea was no longer possible. It's just that Lu Xun is only a little lost. In his heart, Zang Di is still the only person he is loyal to.

Some time ago, he followed Zang Di to fight against the Qin army. Zang Di took refuge in the Qin people, and he was also the Zhang Jiashi who took Zang Er away, Lu Xun didn't know much about such a thing, but he also felt that this situation was not a big deal. After all, he was still under Zang Tu, not as a direct officer of the Qin people.

In this battle, he led hundreds of knights and more than 2,000 infantry under his command, and rushed to Lu Xun of the Qi army first, and the Changge in his hand pierced the armor of several Qi officers and soldiers one after another, killing or seriously injuring the other party.

Lu Xun is not a gifted person. Although he is also diligent, but limited by his own qualifications, Lu Xun is only an intermediate ranger professional.

In this kind of large-scale melee, although the ability of an intermediate professional could not directly change the trend of the battle, the officers and soldiers under the command of Lu Xun saw the courage of their captains, and they also broke out with a very high will to fight.

And because the Qi army had no will to fight, many Qi officers and soldiers rushed to flee in the direction they came. As a result, the originally somewhat scattered formation is even more chaotic.

And with more and more Zang Tu troops entering the battlefield, the casualties of the Qi army troops are getting bigger and bigger.

But even Zang Di himself didn't expect that at this time, a large number of Qi officers and soldiers who planned to survive would burst out with good combat effectiveness because of their will to survive.

At such a time, the officers and soldiers of both sides entered a stalemate.

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Su Teng listened to the large number of shouts and killings coming from the northeast area, and couldn't help but raise his head in confusion.

Because he didn't think Zang Di would make such a low-level mistake. Moreover, it was Zang Tu himself who sent people to contact them and ask for support, according to reason, Zang Tu naturally had already taken precautions against the Qi army.

But the current situation should not seem to be fake, so Su Teng wondered what was going on.

Su Teng didn't hesitate, because since he had already led the army to this place, if Zang Di was really in trouble. So he's going to have to help out anyway.

And when Su Teng led more than 10,000 knights to the battlefield, he was stunned.

Because it was not that the Zang Tu army was successfully attacked by the Qi army, but that the Qi army was successfully ambushed by Zang Tu, and many of the corpses of Qi officers and soldiers were left on the ground, while the officers and soldiers of the Zang Tu army were busy rescuing the wounded of friendly troops, or mending knives for the seriously wounded of the Qi army.

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Su Teng glanced at the battlefield and said that this situation also made him feel incredible, but he didn't waste any time, but sent someone to contact Zang Di.

Zang Di had long known that there were nearly 10,000 knight troops approaching in the distance, and he knew very well that there could be this number of cavalry troops in this vicinity, that is, the main force of the Kwantung Qin army under Zhang Jiashi.

After all, the horse farm is not something that can be built in a while.

The lack of horses was a common problem among the Kwantung princes.

After Zang Di knew that Su Teng had sent someone to contact him, Zang Di did not maintain his identity, but sent someone to invite Su Teng to the camp.

As for the more than 10,000 knights, Zang Di also asked people to prepare food and forage, so that these Qin army knights could rest a little.

In Zang Di's camp, Su Teng learned about Zang Di's ambush and successfully killed nearly 10,000 Qi officers and soldiers. But its own losses have also reached more than 2,000 people.

If it weren't for the fact that nearly 10,000 Qi troops had no intention of fighting and fled in the direction of Yuan County, I am afraid that the casualties of the troops under Zang Tu's command would have been even heavier.

Regarding the situation that Zang Di said, Su Teng was not surprised. After all, Zang Di still has the ability, otherwise he would not have become the former King of Yan and King Zhao.

But Su Teng said that he didn't understand a thing that Zang Di said, that is, Zang Di actually said that he was sure that he would trap the remaining Qi officers and soldiers in Yangwu County and the area of Yuan County.

For Zang Di's self-confidence, what Su Teng didn't understand was why Zang Di had such a certainty.

Although the remaining Qi officers and soldiers may not be able to launch an active offensive against them, the other party is completely able to mobilize troops from Hedong County, and then put the officers and soldiers under Zang Tu's command in a dilemma.

But Zang Di said something that Su Teng himself had overlooked: "Captain Sudu, didn't the king let Li Ping lead the Lou Ship Soldier Troops to transport grain and straw? It's not just about being able to transport grain and grass. ”

Su Teng heard Zang Di's words and suddenly came to his senses. That is, Zang Di planned to use the Lou Chuanshi army to mobilize more troops, and then fight a decisive battle with the Qi army.

But this does not mean that Su Teng agrees with Zang Di's arrangement.

You must know one thing, that is, the troops under Zhang Jiashi's command are now overstretched, even if Zang Tu has this idea, I am afraid that Zhang Jiashi himself will not be able to mobilize too many troops to support.

After Su Teng explained Zhang Jiashi's situation to Zang Di clearly, it was Zang Di's turn to be stunned.

That is, Zang Di did not expect that Zhang Jiashi would not have too many troops at this time.

However, he himself quickly reacted, that is, Zhang Jiashi's situation was not something that Zang Di couldn't understand, because the officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi's command were not those strong men who were casually arrested and then assigned some weapons to drive them to battle. Rather, it is an elite professional military unit.

This kind of unit is naturally not a rotten street like those rabble, but an elite that requires a long time of training to be able to play a certain role on the battlefield, and can only grow up after the real experience of war.

How long the Qi army in Yuan County and Yangwu County can hold out, Zang Di and Su Teng, even Zhang Jiashi, who is far away in Rongyang City, don't know, but Zang Di knows very well that once the Qi army breaks through. Even when he insisted on the arrival of Qi reinforcements, his situation was very bad.

This kind of thing is no longer an arrangement that Zang Di and Su Teng can call the shots.

So they wrote a note and sent scouts to deliver it to Zhang Jiashi.

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In less than half a night, Tian Jiao, Tian Du and Tian Shi couldn't help but look at each other after knowing that the officers and soldiers they had sent out to attack Zang Tu's camp had actually lost half. Because they didn't expect such a dramatic change in what was supposed to happen to something that was originally hand-to-hand.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers under Zang Tu's command also made them a little frightened.

But dwelling on such things now is not a good way for them to undo this failure.

They were figuring out how they should deal with the offensive of the two armies next.

In terms of geographical advantages, the Qin officers and soldiers were obviously inferior to the Qi army near Yangwu County and Yuan County.

However, in the arrangement of this expedition, they did not carry a large amount of supplies, because Hedong County, to the east of the original county, was the area controlled by their Qi State.

That is to say. Their supplies relied more on the transfer of materials from Hedong County rather than their own carrying.

"How long can the grain in the army last?" Tian Jiu couldn't help but ask one of the civilian officials.

After the latter was silent for a while, he said something that made Tian Jiao and the others silent: "General, our army's grain is the need to last for up to five days. ”

In other words, their grain may be completely cut off on the sixth day.

At this time, Tian Shi said with a bitter face something that he himself thought was quite unreliable, that is: "If we forcibly expropriate the grain and straw of the two counties and nearby villages, will we be able to hold out for a longer time?"

This sentence made Tian Du and Tian Jiao can't help but show a wry smile, because this matter actually has no effect. Because in the vicinity of the two counties, not to mention the farmers, even if there are farmland and displaced people who can farm, it is already a matter of burning high incense.

It's no wonder that Tian Du and Tian Fake both showed a wry smile. Because they also know such a situation.

However, the troops of the Qi army in Hedong County. In fact, the number of people is not too much, and it is better to expect the defenders of Hedong County to be able to break through the Zang Tu army and save them, than to expect the army from the Qi country to reach the back of the Zang Tu army tomorrow.

But this is also impossible.

Although, with the information transmitted by the fast horse, the messenger who set out from Yuan County to ask for help was able to return to Linzi in about six days.

It's just that if you count the time of the army's mobilization. As well as the preparation arrangements for the departure of the army, the distance and other factors.

Then the reinforcements that came in the Linzi area. I'm afraid it will take half a month to arrive.

Half a month is enough time for them to die several times.

"Let's first follow what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks, collect grain and straw nearby, and see one step at a time. ”

As an old clan, Tian Jiao is even more convincing in this regard than Tian Shi, the prince of Qi State.

As a result, the officers and soldiers of Qi began an arrangement that could be considered futile......

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A day later, Zhang Jiashi received a note from Su Teng and Zang Di's joint list.

Regarding the above suggestion, Zhang Jiashi was silent for a long time.

What Zang Di and Su Teng think is indeed very tempting, but Zhang Jiashi can also be said to have no troops to move now.

If he sent the remaining more than 10,000 people on his hand to support Nguyen Ong Thieu's side. Once Han Xin asked for help, then Zhang Jiashi himself didn't know where to look for a large number of reinforcements.

However, it is indeed a good idea to wipe out all the remaining elites of the 60,000 or so Qi army in that small place.

Because even the relatively wealthy Qi State compared to the Kwantung princes, it is not an easy thing to raise these 70,000 troops again.

Zhang Jiashi is very aware of such a situation. will hesitate what they should do.

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In the troop movement in the Guanzhong area, Zhang Jiashi was still able to draw out Yingbu's prisoner army and part of the troops of Mengxing in Hanzhong County.

But whether it is possible to have the corresponding effect in this way, Zhang Jiashi himself does not have a certain number. You must know that the distance between Guanzhong and Hanzhong County and the area of the original county is quite far, even if it is transferred from that temporary ferry port through the Lou Chuanshi, and then transported to the area of the original county, Zhang Jiashi himself does not know how long it will take for such an arrangement.

The truth that soldiers are fast and fast. Zhang Jiashi does have a deep understanding.

Zhang Jiashi did not fail to think about a situation, that is, from Qinghe County and Handan County, there should be a mobile force between 20,000 and 30,000 troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

But Zhang Jiashi himself quickly rejected this idea, because Zhang Jiashi knew very well that even if he didn't eliminate Tianshi and Tianjiao, there were more than 60,000 people in Tiandu, and what would happen to Handan County and Qinghe County under the influence of the lack of a large army.

At last. Zhang Jiashi still shook his head and sighed, rejecting Zang Di and Su Teng's suggestions.

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On November 13, 205 BC, some Qi generals in Hedong County wanted Linzi to convey a piece of information that stunned the three Tian Dan brothers.

"Zang Di surrendered to Qin, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Tian Du, Tian Fake and the two of them, and the army under his command was besieged in Yuan County and Yangwu County.

After Tian Rong came back to his senses, Tian Rong couldn't help but roar: "Didn't I remind them that these wine bags and rice bags should be careful not to be murdered by Zhang Jiashi? Now it's good, I have to see what these three fools can do to solve this dilemma!"

Hearing Tian Rong's words, although Tian Dan wanted Tian Rong to shut his mouth, after all, according to Tian Rong, he was responsible for the mistakes of these people.

But in the end, he didn't say what he wanted to stop the other party.

Because Tian Dan knew very well that Tian Rong and Tian Heng really did not approve of sending a large army to fight against the officers and soldiers under Zhang Jiashi's command this time.

And Tian Heng's face is also very unkind, because who is at fault for such a thing, Tian Heng himself doesn't care too much, and Tian Heng is most angry that the 70,000 elites under his command will be in danger because of the arrangement of three idiots.

But Tian Heng did not speak, but continued to remain silent.

After all, Tian Heng had to think about how to deal with the aftermath of the trouble caused by those stupid fools.

After a while, Tian Dan waited until Tian Rong finished roaring, and then said a sentence: "Everyone, I don't know what is the best way to solve this problem this time?"

The civil and military forces of the Qi State in the main hall of the newly built Qi Palace, after hearing Tian Dan's words, couldn't help but look at each other, because they knew very well how big this trouble was.

And some of the civil and military who knew more about it quickly made a decision, that is, they pretended that they did not know such a thing.

Because if nothing else, the Qi army that is now located in the area of Yuan County and Yangwu County may be more than lucky.

After all, it takes time for the messenger to convey information, and for the defenders of Hedong County to know the situation clearly.

But at this time, Tian Heng, as the general of the Qi State, looked at Tian Dan, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, my brother is willing to lead the army to reinforce His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the 70,000 army!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )