Chapter 61: Collapse

The wind is chasing the deer on the battlefield, and the horses are neighing.

Although the spring breeze has become comfortable and warm, the iron armor and sharp blades on the battlefield give people a cool feeling.

The hour has come.

The main force of Wang Qianjun's Chinese army, the two phalanxes in front have been merged into one, forming a rectangular matrix.

At the command of the general, the infantry in front of the array parted to the sides, and a thousand horseback archers rushed out.

With the slaughter of the horse archers, the matrix also changed formations, and different troops followed the horses one after another, advancing forward in an orderly manner.

In the blink of an eye, the war horse galloped close to the range area of the bow and arrow, and the archers on the war horse opened their bows and arrows in unison, ready to attack.

The general who led the team gave an order, and more than a thousand arrows were fired in unison.

Boom............

Arrows rained down on the enemy.

The front army of Cheng Huan's army had already been prepared, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields one after another to defend.

But the rain of arrows was too dense, and many arrows drilled into the gaps between the shields, and shot on the soldiers' chests and arms, and some gaps suddenly appeared in the array in the front row.

There was only a slight panic, and the soldiers in the back row picked up their shields and patched them up.

Before he could fully gain a foothold, a second wave of arrows came in a volley.

This time, more soldiers were shot to the ground.

A small number of arrows escaped the infantry's defenses and landed on the horses that were further behind.

Suddenly, a crowd turned on their backs.

Before the third round of arrows could be fired, he heard the partial general who commanded the front army shouting: "The whole army retreats!" The soldiers in the front row raised their shields and moved back, don't panic! ”

The rear formation changed to the front formation, and Cheng Huan's army quickly withdrew with the third wave of arrows.

However, the speed of retreat was certainly not as fast as the speed of pursuit, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

Cheng Huan's army began to fight back.

A larger number of arrows were fired from the Cheng army, but the vast majority were fired in front of the Qin army.

Obviously, the counterattack of the Cheng Huan army was only to slow down the speed of the Qin army's pursuit, and did not shoot the attacking cavalry.

Standing on a high place, Wang Jian who was looking at the battlefield from afar saw this, turned to the herald and said, "Ring the gong to call back the horse archers who have raided." ”

The Qin army sounded a gong in the array, and the cavalry stopped the pursuit, circled in a semicircle, and retreated to their own camp.

The infantry archers and chariots behind stopped advancing, but remained vigilant, keeping an eye on the movements of Cheng Huan's army.

Only when the cavalry had returned to the rear of the infantry did the infantry retreat.

The front army of Cheng Huan's army also stopped, resumed its formation, and seemed to have entered a state of confrontation between the two armies again.

After some small trials, Wang Jian decided on a few things.

First of all, Changping Jun's strategy was successful, judging from the performance of the former army of Cheng Huan's army, there was no idea of really fighting back at all.

Secondly, Fan Yuzhi did not notice anything unusual in the army, and did not make adjustments and investigations.

Third, Cheng Huan and Fan Yuqi should be coming soon, and this is also the moment of the general attack.

As Wang Jian expected, the battle situation soon spread to Cheng Huan's Chinese army tent, and Cheng Huan and Fan Yu quickly rode straight to the front of the front army.

"Let's go too." Wang Jian said to Changping Jun.

Changping Jun nodded, rode side by side with Wang Qian, and came to the front of the two armies.

The bodies of the former army have been disposed of, and the commanders of both sides have come to the front of the two armies, one is Cheng Huan and Fan Yuzhi, and the other is Wang Jian and Changping Jun.

This is a relatively safe distance, because it is necessary to prevent the opponent from suddenly throwing cold arrows.

Cheng Huan raised her voice as much as she could: "Uncle, General Wang, don't come unharmed." ”

Changping Jun also amplified his voice: "Cheng Huan, you turn back now, it's still too late, stop it!" ”

"Stop?" Fan Yuqi said coldly: "Presumably Yingzheng was scared, let you come to Shun first." ”

Wang Jian didn't pay attention to Fan Yuqi, but said to Cheng Huan: "Chang'an Jun, you and Ben Shuai are facing each other here today, but Ben Shuai feels that they are both Great Qin men, even if they meet each other, they should be dealt with first and then soldiers." Why don't you ask you a few questions, let's have a good time, okay? ”

Cheng Huan admired Wang Jian very much on weekdays, and the reason why she came quickly was because she also had the intention of surrendering Wang Jian and jointly opposing Qin, so she politely said: "General Wang, please speak." ”

"Then Ben Shuai began to ask." Wang Jian arched his hand and said, "The main reason why Chang'anjun rebelled and wanted to invade Xianyang was because of the king's background, right?" ”

"Of course." Cheng Huan replied very decisively, "Since he is not of the bloodline surnamed Ying, he is naturally not worthy of the position of King of Qin." ”

"Then how can Chang Anjun be sure that he is not the bloodline surnamed Ying?" Wang Jian asked again.

"There is a letter signed by the ministers of Zhao State, is this still fake?" Cheng Huan said.

"Could it be that Zhao Guo can be completely trusted?" Wang Jian asked loudly, "If you want to fight in Changping and kill 400,000 Zhao soldiers in Baiqikeng, presumably this hatred will be difficult to eliminate even if it is another hundred years." And Zhao and Wei are in the same breath, and Zhao's move is a divisive plan to save Wei and chaos Qin! ”

The corners of Cheng Huan's mouth twitched twice, and her expression became solemn.

"Chang'anjun, you know better than anyone the reason for sending troops to attack Wei this time." Wang Jian softened his tone a little and said, "Zhao, Wei, and Han Sanjin conspired to design, first fatigue Qin, and then make Qin attack Chu. But the plan was seen through by the king, so my Great Qin sent troops to attack Wei. When Wei saw that the army was pressing, how could he not save himself? And this divisive plan is the method of self-help, which takes advantage of your absolute trust in the people around you! ”

The people around him naturally refer to Fan Yuqi.

Hearing this, Cheng Huan was violently moved, and unconsciously looked at Fan Yuzhi.

Fan Yuzhi scolded angrily: "Wang Jianpifu, don't talk nonsense, you are the one who really uses the divisive strategy." ”

Wang Jian ignored Fan Yuzhi and continued: "Chang'an Jun, the king has used the method of dripping blood to recognize his relatives, proving that he is undoubtedly surnamed Ying's bloodline, and he also entrusts you with a letter from home, he hopes that you will not make mistakes again and again, and give the lives of the soldiers of Great Qin in vain." Ben Shuai gives you two quarters of an hour to decide whether to surrender or fight. ”

With that, Wang Jian raised his right hand.

A war horse galloped out.

Fan Yuzhi held the longbow in one hand and drew an arrow feather in the other.

Cheng Huan came to her senses, looked at Fan Yuqi, and said, "Master, no." ”

Fan Yuzhi put down the longbow in his hand, but his eyes still wanted to kill the person who sent Yingzheng's letter.

The messenger handed the letter to Cheng Huan's guard, turned his horse's head, and galloped back.

Cheng Huan took Ying Zheng's letter, but she didn't open it for a long time, but turned the horse's head and ran towards the big tent.

Fan Yuzhi followed.

Wang Jian looked at the time, and returned to his big tent with Changping Jun.

Changping Jun looked at Wang Jian and said, "I heard General Wang say that he was attacking his heart, but the old man didn't know why, but now it's really an eye-opener. ”

Wang Jian smiled and said: "If you want to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost, the most important thing is to break the opponent's fighting spirit and wear down the enemy's morale. ”

"Then why don't you take advantage of Cheng Huan's panic and attack the situation?" Changpingjun wondered.

"Ben Shuai gave Cheng Huan two quarters of an hour to make a choice, but in fact, he was also giving the enemy's soldiers time." Wang Jian said, "Taking advantage of this time, there will surely be more soldiers who will give up resistance and surrender with red silk in their arms." ”

Changping Jun nodded and said, "In this way, the number of casualties will be reduced again, and Fan Yuzhi will have nowhere to escape." ”

"Hahaha, exactly." Wang Jian laughed, full of confidence.

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On the other side, Cheng Huan is a big tent.

Cheng Huan looked at Ying Zheng's letter, Fan Yu wanted to recommend a few words, but he didn't know what to say, because he knew that the matter had been revealed.

At this time, a partial general walked in from outside the account, who was Fan Yuzhi's cronies.

This person muttered a few words in Fan Yuzhi's ear, and Fan Yuzhi listened quietly, but his eyes turned quickly.

After thinking about it slightly, Fan Yuqi also put his mouth to this person's ear and muttered for a while.

After saying that, the general gave up his hand and left in a hurry.

Cheng Huan also finished reading the letter and was in a daze there.

"What is written in the letter?" Fan Yuqi walked up to Cheng Huan and asked sadly.

"What was written...... Cheng Huan muttered, "What was written, it has been ...... It doesn't matter anymore. ”

"The old man thinks that after this competition, we may not be Wang Qian's opponents." Fan Yuzhi suddenly changed his attitude.

"That'...... Then confess your sins. Cheng Huan's voice became hoarse, "I, I'm sorry Brother Wang." ”

"He's not your royal brother." Fan Yuqi said sharply, "We are not guilty. ”

Cheng Huan looked up at Fan Yuzhi, her pupils were out of focus, and the master in front of her became much stranger.

Fan Yuqi calmed down his mind and said: "Cheng Huan, what happened before, whether it was right or wrong, the seizure of the throne has become a fact, if we are defeated in this battle, then what we need to do most is to be able to live." ”

Cheng Huan stood up, her desire to survive was also ignited, and asked, "So, how can I live?" ”

"Go to Zhao Kingdom." Fan Yuzhi said, "Zhao Guo promised the old man that if he failed to raise an army, he would take refuge in Zhao State. In the Qin State, he was a courtier, and in the Zhao State, he was also a courtier, there was no difference. ”

"Then listen to the master and go to Zhao Kingdom." Cheng Huan still has her own ideas.

"Okay, then leave the front army to deal with the Qin army, and the Chinese army will cover our evacuation." Fan Yuzhi said, "Then lead the headquarters of the lineage to the border of Qin and Zhao." ”

Cheng Huan sighed and said, "Okay, that's the only way." ”

At this moment, the positions ahead had become noisy.

The time of two quarters of an hour has come.

"Let's go." Fan Yuzhi pulled Cheng Huan out of the door, flew on the horse, and galloped away in the northeast direction with the 3,000 men and horses of the headquarters.

On the battlefield, Cheng Huan's former army tied red silk on his left arm early.

Some were afraid that they would not be conspicuous enough, so they tied two of them.

Some ripped off a strip of cloth from their trousers, dyed red with blood, and tied it around their left arm.

Some of them didn't know why, and they were forcibly tied with red silk by their companions in a daze......

"Kill!!"

An army of 50,000 was instantly killed.

But......

No one can be killed.

Cheng Huan's 20,000 former troops were tied with red silk on their left arms.

After passing through the camp of the front army, the 50,000 army rushed to the main force of the Chinese army like a flood of fierce beasts.

Nearly half of Cheng Huan's main force of the Chinese army, with red silk tied to their left arms, saw the Qin army swarming and dodged to both sides.

The remaining half of the Cheng Huan army were mostly generals who received the benefits of Fan Yuzhi, or promised high-ranking officials, and they had the intention of rebelling.

In Changping Jun's plan, this part of the people was already excluded, otherwise, it would be very easy for Fan Yuzhi to notice.

The rebels, whose left arm was not tied with red silk, saw the soldiers around them running to both sides, and before they could understand the reason, they saw a large wave of arrow feathers shooting at them.

Suddenly, wailing was all over the field, and blood flowed like a river.

Although it can resist for a while, the rebels can no longer compare with the Qin army in terms of numbers and morale.

Defeat is decided.

The only role of these rebels now is to buy some time for Cheng Huan and Fan Yu.