Chapter 662: A Fire in Late Autumn
A few months ago, Pang Xuan led the Zhao army to cross the Yellow River and capture Lixia (present-day Jinan), intending to use it as a foundation east of Jishui to attack the Qi state.
The state of Qi reacted quickly, learned that Zhao and Chu had formed an alliance and jointly attacked Qi, and quickly sent two large armies to resist the Zhao army and the Chu army.
Tian Cheng led the Qi army to the front line and started a big battle with the Zhao army, wanting to recapture Lixia, the Zhao army held the camp, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
Soon, the time entered the end of September, the southeast wind gradually changed to the northwest wind, the weather became cooler, and the soldiers also thickened their clothes.
Pang Xuan and Feng Quji, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, slowly climbed up Lishan (Jinan Thousand Buddha Mountain).
On the other side of Lishan is the camp of the Qi army.
Standing on Lishan, you can clearly see that the Qi army camp is built not far from Lishan, stretching for more than ten miles.
Pang Xuan's eyesight is amazing, and he can even see some Qi soldiers sitting outside the camp tent in twos and threes, maybe chatting or basking in the sun.
There were soldiers patrolling back and forth around the tent, but no soldiers were seen training.
"General, when exactly will we be able to attack the Qi army?" Qing Qin couldn't help but ask.
A few months ago, Pang Xuan ordered to hold out on the grounds that the Qi army exceeded the Zhao army in number, and was eager to win and was in full swing.
This defense was several months, no matter how the Qi army provoked and sent people to scold, the Zhao army refused to fight.
Zhao Jun has long been dissatisfied with Pang Xuan.
Pang Xuan is different from Lian Po, Le Yi and others, he studied abroad in his early years, and then returned to Zhao, but he never got the opportunity to lead the troops to fight, and the only time he led the troops alone was to go north to destroy the Xiongnu base camp.
If this is placed after the Han Dynasty, it will definitely be respected by countless people.
But until now, Pang Xuan has not been admired by everyone.
None of the surrounding countries pressed the alien race to the ground and rubbed it, and at that time, the Zhao State had already achieved an absolute advantage, and Pang Xuan led the troops to destroy the Xiongnu base camp There was nothing to brag about.
In a word, I can do it too!
Qing Qin and Rong Yan are both battle-hardened people, and they didn't dare to question Pang Xuan because they were demoted generals before, but after such a long time, Pang Xuan has not given orders, and they really can't bear it anymore.
"One blow of strength, then decay, three and exhaustion. Now that the Qi army has been unable to attack for a long time, its morale is depressed, and its vigilance has declined, it is the best time for our army to counterattack." Pang Xuan turned around and strode down the mountain, "Go back to the barracks and assign tasks."
"No." The soldiers said excitedly.
They are not afraid of war, and what they are most afraid of is not fighting.
Soon, Zhao Jun and all the soldiers gathered in the camp.
"I know that during this time, you are very dissatisfied with Ben General, thinking that Ben General has delayed your meritorious service in killing the enemy. What you think in your hearts, I don't care, I only have one request, you must obey the military order, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." Pang Xuan's grim gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces.
Everyone hurriedly put away the excitement in their hearts and said seriously, "No."
"Qiang, tonight, you lead six thousand cavalry to raid the camp of the Qi army, each holding two torches, do not ask to rush into the enemy camp, just light the torches after getting close to the enemy camp and throw them into the tent of the enemy camp." Pang Xuan looked at Qiang.
He had been waiting for months, and this was now.
At this time, it is the end of autumn, the hundred trees are withering, the Qi army camp is just under the Li Mountain, there are dry fallen leaves and weeds everywhere, and the Qi army camp is built of wood and hemp, once the fire starts, it will burn into a piece.
What's more, at this time, the west wind is blowing outside, and as long as Zhao Jun adds a little push, he can turn the breeze into a strong wind, and the fire borrows the wind, and the Qi army can't save it.
If it is put in the summer, the southeast wind blows, although Feng Quji can also change the direction of the wind, but the range will be much smaller, and if there are top strategists like him in the Qi army, he will not be able to change the direction of the wind under the pressure of the other party.
"The last general will definitely live up to the general's trust." Qiang Qi hurriedly got up and said.
This is his first battle after joining the Zhao State, if he fights well, he will soon be able to get the recognition of the Zhao State, on the contrary, if he does not fight well,
It's hard for an outsider like him to get a second chance without any roots.
"Glory Oyster." Pang Xuan turned his gaze to Rong Oyster.
"The end will be." Rong Yan stood up and said.
"At that time, the Qi army will inevitably organize a large army to meet the enemy, and your task is to completely defeat the vanguard of the Qi army, make it impossible to put out the fire, and plunge the Qi army into chaos." Rong Yan Road.
"No." Rong said solemnly.
"Qing Qin." Pang Xuan looked at Qing Qin.
"General." Qing Qin didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly got up.
"Your task is to go around to the rear of the Qi army, and when you find a fire in the Qi army's camp, attack the Qi army from the rear and cut off the rear road of the Qi army." Pang Xuan said.
"The Admiral understands." Qing Qin said solemnly.
"Strategist, I'll leave the rest to you." Finally, Pang Xuan looked at Feng Quji.
"Don't worry, General, from now on, the west wind will gradually increase." Feng Qujian said with a smile.
"All of you, go down and get ready." Pang Xuan said.
As night fell, most of the soldiers of the Qi army, except for the soldiers on patrol, quickly fell asleep.
Even the soldiers on patrol were listless, with a foolish mentality, and went back to sleep after the patrol early.
In the past few months, only the Qi army has attacked the Zhao army, and the Zhao army has never taken the initiative to attack the Qi army, and the soldiers on patrol do not feel that this kind of unfortunate thing will just fall on their heads.
"Ah! It's winter soon, have you sent your winter clothes from home?" The chief at the front yawned and said casually.
"My house is far away, and I guess it will take a while." A soldier in the back said.
"Our family is poor and we don't have the money to send me winter clothes, so we can only find a way to pick up a set from Zhao Jun when the time comes." Another thin soldier said.
"I heard that Zhao Jun's winter clothes are all issued by the imperial court, so you don't need to send them at home." Shi Chang said.
"It's impossible, how can the imperial court give winter clothes, and the money can't be spent?" The thin soldier didn't believe it at all.
"I have a friend in Zhao who told me that not only do they issue winter clothes when they go out on the expedition, but even if they train in peacetime, the winter clothes are also issued by the imperial court, and they don't need to be sent by their families, and they don't need to be compensated if they are worn out." Shi Chang said.
"I don't need to pay for it if it is worn out? That must be fake." One of the soldiers said with a smile.
"I don't know when this battle will end, if only it could end before winter." The thin man sighed, he didn't want to rip the winter coat from Zhao Jun, because Zhao Jun's combat effectiveness was very high, and he was likely to throw his life on the battlefield.
But if he didn't kill a Zhao Jun desperately, without winter clothes, he would freeze to death in winter.
"Wait, did you hear anything?" Shi Chang stopped suddenly.
"What ...... the black light is blinding," the soldier was halfway through his speech, and he was suddenly stunned, and he also heard a violent roar coming from a distance, getting closer and closer.
Almost instantly, the black-pressed cavalry appeared in front of them.
"Settle." Qiang Qi glanced at the Qi army patrol team, this kind of scum, he didn't need to take action personally.
Zhao Jun rushed to the patrol team in the rear, and with a flash of swords, there were only ten corpses left on the ground.
"Rush!" Qiang ordered,
At this time, there was no need to hide the traces, Zhao Jun quickly rushed to the front of the Qi army camp, threw the lit torch towards the camp tent, and the flames stained the camp tent, instantly burned, and swept around.
Some torches fell to the ground, igniting the dry leaves and branches, and for a while, the Qi army camp burst into flames.
"I don't even know how to clean the leaves." Qiang Qi looked at the fallen leaves on the ground, and said coldly, the army is loose to this extent, and he still wants to win the battle.
In the Qin State, the fallen leaves in the barracks had to be cleaned up, just to prevent fires, and anyone who did not clean them up would be punished.
What Qiang didn't know was that the Qi army also cleaned the fallen leaves every day, not arranged by the main general, but these fallen leaves could make a fire for cooking, compared to climbing to the mountains to cut wood, sitting in the camp every day, waiting for the west wind to drop them
The leaves were scraped from the mountain into the camp tent, and they were not too comfortable.
It's just that tonight I don't know what's going on, the wind is much stronger, and the camp that was originally cleaned up is occupied by the fallen leaves that blow in again.
"Withdraw!" When all the torches were thrown, Qiang roared and led the Zhao army to turn around and run.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the wind is blowing the burning leaves, like butterflies flying in the night sky, and wherever it goes, there is a sea of fire.
"Kill!"
Rong and Qing Qin, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the flames in the Qi army's camp, without the slightest hesitation, their legs tightened their horses, their weapons waved forward, and they led their troops to kill the Qi army.
"General, the general is not good, the camp is on fire."
"General, the general is not good, the Zhao army has been killed."
Tian Cheng, the commander of the Qi army, was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly dragged up from the bed by the guards who broke in.
"Did the camp catch fire, or did the Zhao army kill it?" In a daze, Tian Cheng asked impatiently.
"Will ...... General, both things have happened." The guard said anxiously.
Tian Cheng finally came to his senses, quickly put on his armor, and looked around, "Where is my sword?"
"General, don't look for the saber, let's organize a counterattack first, the Zhao army has already entered." The guard said in despair.
"General, general, the sword is here." A guard found the saber from under the bed and hurriedly handed it to Tian Cheng, who took the saber with a confident smile on his face and strode towards the outside of the tent.
At this time, the front camp of the Qi army was already a sea of fire, and the naked Qi army was fleeing everywhere.
"Where's the Overseer?" Tian Cheng hurriedly asked.
The Empress Dowager Qi knew that her brother had a few catties and a few taels, so she didn't worry about letting him lead the troops, so she let Tian Cheng lead the troops and let Hou Sheng be the supervisor.
But the Empress Dowager Qi saw the wrong person, compared with Hou Sheng, Tian Cheng's only advantage may be that he is not greedy for money.
In terms of leading the troops to fight, both of them are scum, there is no most vegetable, only more vegetables.
Three stinky generals may be able to withstand one Zhuge Liang, but Tian Cheng and Hou Sheng's two stinky generals together, not only can't withstand one Zhuge Liang, but also create the effect of one plus one being less than one.
"Overseer...... When his subordinates went to look for him, he was gone." The guard lowered his head and said, because of Hou Sheng's identity, he didn't dare to say that Hou Sheng secretly ran away.
"Waste, when he returns, Ben will impeach him to the king." Tian Cheng said angrily, others are afraid of the identity of Housheng's relatives, but he doesn't care.
"Listen to the order, I'm Tian Cheng, don't panic, come out of the camp immediately, and kill the enemy with the general." Tian Cheng puffed up his inner strength and spread the sound as far as possible.
His voice was not only heard by Qi Jun, but also by Rong Yan.
"Brothers, kill with me! Capture the commander of the Qi army alive." Rong Yan led Zhao Jun to rush towards Tian Cheng excitedly.
"When!" A crisp collision sounded, and a thought popped up in the hearts of both sides at the same time: the other party was not a transcendent realm martial artist.
"You're not fucking otherworldly, pretending to be a big-tailed wolf." Tian Cheng thought in his heart.
"The Qi State sent such a waste leader!" Rong Yan was extremely surprised in his heart, originally he was just to boost morale, but now he really wanted to capture Tian Cheng alive.
No matter how wasteful the main general is, he is also the main general, this is all military feats.
If it's a powerful general, he hasn't had a chance to catch it.
"Surrender, or die." Rong Yan swung his knife and slashed towards Tian Cheng and said loudly.
"You think you can beat me?" Tian Cheng said disdainfully, and blocked Rong Worm with a sword.
"Then you can try." Rong Yan suddenly sped up, and the heavy broadsword swung an afterimage in his hand, one knife faster than the other.
Qiang led the Zhao army to kill again, and some Qi generals reacted and began to organize soldiers and horses to block Qiang.
"I can't help myself." Qiang Qi said coldly, and the scimitar swung violently towards the Qi army, and the light blade more than a zhang long cut through the space and landed in the Qi army.
Dozens of Qi soldiers were knocked out in an instant
Go, fell in the sea of fire, the clothes on his body were instantly ignited, wailing and rolling on the ground, some soldiers rushed towards Zhao Jun like crazy, wanting to die with Zhao Jun.
"Shoot the arrows." Qiang took his bow and arrows from behind his back and aimed at the Qi army, and the overwhelming rain of arrows enveloped the past, and the Qi army fell like wheat.
"Whoever resists, there will be no forgiveness!" Qiang Xuan loudly pronounced the verdict and led the Zhao army to continue to kill in front.
Soon, Pang Xuan led the rest of the Zhao army to kill them.
This time, Zhao Jun poured out of the nest without any reservations.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the raging tongue of fire licked the faces of the Qi army arrogantly, making them a little unable to see the enemy army in front of them.
Zhao Jun carefully manipulated the war horse to rush towards the sea of fire, the war horse was afraid of fire, and when it crossed the sea of fire, it did not need cavalry control, and the war horse would rush forward desperately in order to stay away from the flames, and Zhao Jun only needed to keep slashing.
There was a crackling sound everywhere around, the tent of the Qi army kept collapsing, and the rear camp of the Qi army saw the fire of the front camp, realized that something was wrong, and wanted to rush over to put out the fire, Qing Qin led the troops from the rear to kill it.
The Qi army could only turn around and fight against Qing Qin.
"Lay down your arms and surrender or kill!" Pang Xuan killed three Qi generals in a row and shouted.
"Lay down your arms and surrender or kill!" Soon, the entire battlefield was filled with Zhao Jun's voice.
The sky was pitch black, the firelight blocked the view, the Qi army couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly, and did not receive the order of the commander-in-chief, except for the raging fire and the sound of persuasion all over the mountains and fields, the Qi army knew nothing.
The soldiers became more and more frightened in their hearts, and Zhao Jun's persuasion gave them an illusion: We are already surrounded!
Some of the Qi soldiers who had poor endurance gradually collapsed, began to lay down their weapons, and surrendered on their knees.