Chapter 571: The coalition forces are about to retreat

In the face of the wolf-like Qin army, the soldiers of the coalition army have burst out with courage that they have never had.

The soldiers of Chu, Han and Wei surged together this time, protecting the friendly troops around them with their shields, and using their spears to pry away the sharp swords that pierced the friendly troops.

Finally, under the resistance of the allied soldiers who sacrificed their lives to the death, the front finally stabilized before the Chinese army.

It's just that before the soldiers of the coalition army could catch their breath, the "da-da" horse's hooves came to everyone's ears again.

It was the sound of the follow-up troops of the Qin army having already killed.

As soon as they rushed into the camp of the coalition army, they overturned several small formations of the coalition army to the ground, and nearly 100 coalition soldiers fell in a pool of blood in an instant, and the circle formation before the Chinese army immediately fell into danger.

Under the sharp and difficult Qin army, the front of several fronts composed of soldiers who had retreated from the front army was broken almost instantly!

The commander in charge of the front army had no choice but to force his archers to fire three rapid shots to temporarily suppress the onslaught of the Qin army. At the same time, the lieutenant also commanded the army to retreat slightly to regroup the front.

What Du Wei didn't expect was that although this retreat gave him time and space to reorganize his front, it gave the cavalry of the Qin army more room to act.

So, in an instant, more Qin cavalry almost swarmed in.

The front line that had just been reorganized was broken through several places in an instant, and the lieutenant had no choice but to command his soldiers to attack back.

Although several fronts were repaired after paying the price of hundreds of people, there were more and more Qin troops on the entire front, and they saw that the front was about to fall into crisis again.

By now, the lieutenants of the former army had understood that the army could no longer retreat, and in the face of the wolf-like Qin army, there was no other way than to fight to the death.

Fortunately, the location of the Chinese army's camp was originally the high ground of the whole battalion, and the gentle slope here could slightly limit the speed of the Qin army's horses. If it weren't for the village chief of this gentle slope, I am afraid that the front army of the coalition army would have been pierced by the Qin army.

The lieutenant, who had secretly made up his mind in his heart, did not hesitate, and immediately issued an order to organize defense on the spot and not retreat.

Immediately afterwards, the lieutenant himself also carried a long knife and led his own soldiers to act as the captain of the fire brigade. But even so, in addition to the bow and arrow, there is still some lethality, and the rest of the time is passively beaten.

In the face of the round formation set up by the coalition army, Meng Fu, who had already obtained the position of the main force of the coalition army, was not in a hurry at all, but just used wave after wave of impact, on the basis of preserving his own strength, over and over again to consume the lives of the coalition soldiers and compress the coalition army's military formation.

Of course, while the Qin army was expanding its territory, a cavalry of 5,000 men had quietly left its own camp and began to quietly circle the rear and encircle the coalition army.

Of course, in Meng Fu's heart, these 5,000 people were just guarding against the slightest, and by the way, they cleaned up the stragglers who tried to escape.

Finally, under the continuous piecemeal defeat of the Qin army, the soldiers of the coalition army fell one by one, and even the movable space was steadily shrinking.

In less than half an hour, less than 5,000 people remained of the 8,000 army of the front army, and more than half of the territory was lost. Although the ability of the shrinking front army to resist the Qin army increased, the losses under the attack of the rain of arrows also became greater. If this continues, I am afraid that the entire defense line will soon collapse.

At the same time, their own archers have also suffered heavy losses, and they can no longer form a counter-fire suppression with the Qin army, and more importantly, on the left and right sides of the camp, the dust and smoke caused by the galloping of the cavalry have begun to be discovered.

And these situations naturally fell into the eyes of General Jing, the vanguard commander who was still watching the battle in the Chinese army.

Looking at the sun that had not yet set, General Jing felt anxious for a while.

He had never longed for the arrival of darkness as much as he did today, although he also knew very well in his heart that even if it was dark, the Qin army would light up the lights and fight at night.

But, it's dark, and although you can't fight, you can run!

That's right, although this vanguard commander is still calmly commanding the soldiers under his command to resist desperately on the surface, he even does not hesitate to use deceptive means to coax the soldiers that the main army will arrive soon, and if they hold it for an hour, victory will belong to us.

But he was actually thinking about retreating, and for this reason, his own soldiers never appeared on the battlefield.

As the vanguard commander, he couldn't be clearer about the distance of the main battalion. He knew very well that judging from the current situation, it was almost impossible for the main force to arrive before his entire army was annihilated, and the camp was breached too quickly!

Oh, no. It was the Qin army's attack that was too sudden and ferocious, and he couldn't parry it, and he was already cleaning up.

As for whether you shouldn't have camped on the spot, or is the location of the camp too far ahead?

Obviously not, it's all because Xinlingjun didn't save him when he saw death! I believe that the South Korean general will also agree with his own statement. The world is full of people, there are their own judgments, and with the endorsement of General Han, their own kings and generals should believe in me more.

Well, as long as the king trusts, nothing else matters. Of course, responsibility or something, these are all for later. The most important thing now is to survive!

His original plan was to let the 20,000-strong army under his command hold out until dark, so as to create a chance for himself to escape.

But now it seems that the Qin army on the opposite side is not ready to give itself this opportunity, looking at its more frequent and stronger impact frequency and strength, as well as the two Qin troops that are walking around the back, don't think about it, the Qin army must have made up its mind to completely solve the battle before the sun sets!

As the main general, General Jing is in his eyes and anxious in his heart!

If you wait for the Qin army to return to its position on the left and right, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape even if you take advantage of the night.

If you are fighting against a neighboring country, at this point in the war, you will give up resistance and take it to save your life, which is also an unavoidable choice.

But the enemy on the other side is the Qin army! That's the feud of his own Chu country!

If he surrendered to the Qin army, even if he survived, General Jing didn't dare to think about what kind of treatment he would receive after returning to China.

What's more, whether the Qin army will accept his surrender or not!

"Killing and surrendering, killing prisoners" is something that must not be done or dared to be done for other countries, but it is a familiar road for the Qin State, and even something that the soldiers of the Qin army look forward to, after all, the only measure of military merit is the number of enemies killed, and the soldiers of the Qin army are naturally unwilling to accept surrender.

Even if the generals of the Qin army were willing, they would not dare and could not maintain their lives in the hands of this group of tigers and leopards.

"In that case, there is no other way!" General Jing was ruthless in his heart, and then ordered the herald beside him: "Demolish the wall of the back village, and the army will slowly retreat to the east in a circle with chariots as the protection!" ”

"Yes." The heralds on the side hurried to the big camp road.

"Slow!" The adjutant general from Wei on the side immediately stopped the heralds.

"General, our army is now located in the plain, and most of them are foot soldiers, with the protection of the camp, so that the soldiers of the rear army can temporarily transfer to the front to resist the offensive of the Qin army. If you lose the support of the camp and block the cavalry with footsteps, you may be in danger of annihilation of the whole army, so I hope the general will think twice! The adjutant clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply and dissuaded.

General Jing, as the commander of the army, was a little annoyed when he heard this, but considering that the deputy general also had thousands of troops in his hands from Han and Wei, he had to patiently explain: "The Qianzhai Gate has been lost, and the Qin army can tear down the wall of Qianzhai at any time and attack our army, but he is acting like this, just to paralyze us, so that the left and right armies can return to their positions." Whether the wall is demolished or not is irrelevant when the Qin army captures the gate and forces our army to retreat. ”

"But general, the walled wall exists, and we can avoid some of the threats, if our army abandons the wall, on the huge plain, I am afraid that the army will be lost...... Immeasurable also! The adjutant still refused to agree with Jing Yi's point of view.

"It's no longer a matter of thinking about losses! If you can rush out, it's one! The terrain here would have been the best understood, and the nearest mountains and rivers were five miles to the east! Five miles! As long as we survive five miles, our army will be able to enter the mountains! General Jing's eyes were already a little calm.

"But, General!" The adjutant general still refused to give up.

General Jing, whose patience had been exhausted, waved his hand impatiently and said, "This general is the chief general here, needless to say, just carry out the order!" If any further words shake the hearts of our army, they will be killed. ”

"Yes!" The deputy general was furious when he saw the main general, and even the words of "killing" were spoken, and he had to agree. It's just that the adjutant general's heart is sighing: I don't know if this five-mile road can be paved with the bones of 20,000 troops!

But now that the order has been given, he can only go into battle without hesitation.

The commander's general order was quickly and effectively implemented, and the wall of the rear army was quickly demolished, and the army slowly began to move eastward in a circle. At the same time, the Chinese army sent two elite troops, as if stretching out two tentacles, to take the front army out of the entanglement with the Qin army.

Seeing this, Meng Fu, the commander of the Qin army, naturally immediately understood the intention of the coalition army, and couldn't help but sneer: In the current situation, why did you want to escape? !

Immediately, the Qin army began to shake, and the sound of whimpering horns resounded over the position, and the Qin army began to move.

The Qin army, which was attacking head-on, quickly pressed in, entangled the coalition forces that wanted to retreat with the power of thunder, and prevented the coalition forces from meeting.

The coalition army is obviously not the opponent of the Qin army, and if it continues to entangle, it can only be the end of the whole army, and in desperation, the former army captain had to give up some of the soldiers who had left the front, which saved most of the soldiers and returned to the circle formation of the Chinese army.

However, the attack of the Qin army was obviously not interrupted by the retreat of the coalition army, although the sturdy chariot could withstand the impact of the Qin army, but it also limited the movement of the coalition army, coupled with the bulkiness and slow movement, the coalition army that formed the giant circle formation was like a giant turtle, slowly moving towards the unreachable mountain forest.

The Qin army was like a joke, and every time they just galloped past the periphery of the circle array, releasing arrows into the turtle shell by the way, and the other coalition forces could not harm them at all. And because the coalition forces were too concentrated, the soldiers of the Qin army were sure to hit almost every shot, and they didn't even need special aiming.

Not only did the coalition army have to face a torrential rain of arrows, but they also had to guard against the onslaught of the cavalry, once any of the troop vehicles moved a little slower, the Qin cavalry immediately broke through to harvest the heads of the coalition soldiers, and by the way, they broke up part of the circle of the coalition army.

In such a passive situation, the coalition forces had no choice but to shrink under the shield, cautiously but anxiously moving towards the foot of the mountain.

Again and again, the rain of arrows wantonly harvested the lives of the coalition army, and at the same time, the morale of the coalition army, which was already low, was reduced to the lowest.

The five-mile road has not yet reached the halfway point, but the circle has already shrunk in a large circle. And the way out of the camp has become a pool of blood, with severed arms and stumps mixed with broken ordnance, silently recording this crushing defeat of the coalition forces.

But fortunately, after the number of people was small, the defensive shield was finally enough, and the killing effect of the arrow rain was reduced suddenly, but the fatigue of the personnel was almost multiplied by geometric progression after driving the military vehicles and guarding against the arrow rain for a long time.

And after exhaustion, negligence is even more inevitable. It's just that the price of this negligence is that the entire military vehicle and dozens of nearby coalition soldiers were slaughtered.

In the face of this, the strength of the coalition forces is still declining at a terrible rate.

After another mile, the formation of the coalition army shrank again, but everyone could already see the rudiments of the mountains not far away, just as a long-hungry man in the desert saw a water source not far away, even though he knew in his heart that it might be just a mirage, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, followed by a great increase in confidence and morale.

The main general also duly cheered up to the last soldiers: "Hold on a little longer, and you will be in the mountains soon!" Hasten! Hasten! ”

In an instant, the coalition forces actually raised the speed of movement.

However, such a morale boost was quickly beaten back to its original shape by the Qin army, and even the remaining morale was wiped out.

It turned out that the closer he got to the mountains and rivers, the clearer he could see, and the more clearly he could see, only to find that at the gap into the mountain, thousands of Qin cavalry had already been waiting for him. The bright Qin Sword shone in the moonlight, and seemed to be saying to the soldiers of the coalition army: "Think about it, die this heart!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......