In the dark.

Because there is no rain all year round, there is no dark cloud in the sky to cover the bright moon, and under the starry sky, the dim surroundings of the plains are faintly visible.

In the quiet plains, some insects that travel at night make cicadas and crickets squeak.

But at this moment, dense footsteps suddenly sounded, and dense black shadows continued to sneak on the plains, except for the dense footsteps, I didn't know what those black shadows were.

But in the next moment.

Suddenly, there was a strange movement, accompanied by the sound of countless arrows shooting, and a muffled snort and screams appeared on the plain.

"Ahh

"Ah!!h

One after another, black shadows fell to the ground, and the rest of the black shadows stopped.

What is frightening is that in the face of the surprise attack, these black shadows did not retreat, but stood in place like this.

In less than two breaths, the black shadow led by the leader came to the corpse that had fallen to the ground, and after confirming the direction of the arrow, he immediately said the direction in which the arrow was fired, and even the approximate distance.

Almost instantaneously.

Countless black shadows immediately took out their crossbows and shot in the darkness of the night, in the direction where the arrows were fired.

Suddenly, in the distance in front of these black shadows, there was also a faint sound, which seemed to be humming and screaming.

At this moment, in front of these black shadow figures, several huge dead branches were ignited one after another, and the huge fire illuminated the empty plain very brightly.

The Shadow Man looked at the huge fires in front of him, which had already illuminated the plains.

"Withdraw!"

When he said this, the black shadow man was full of helplessness.

The firelight that burned more and more on the plains illuminated it, and faintly, the black-clothed man led by him could be seen wearing Zhao Guo's armor.

Qin army camp.

Bai Yan held a sword in one hand and looked at the fire in front of him.

Wang Ben slept in the first half of the night, and he slept in the second half of the night.

Early tomorrow morning, the Zhao army will attack, and he and Wang Ben both know that Li Mu will not want them to sleep peacefully tonight, after all, as long as the Qin army does not rest well and does not have to fight tomorrow, the Qin army will have fallen into disadvantage.

When fighting each other, people will be forced to their potential, and a person's mental state can affect the reaction and performance of soldiers.

If he is Li Mu, in the case of superior numbers, he will also send a group of men and horses to attack and harass the enemy army at night, even if one person is not killed, as long as it interferes with the rest of the enemy's entire army, it is already considered to be the first to win.

It's a pity that he and Wang Ben don't have many soldiers under their command, and they can't distinguish a single army and horses at all.

And if he guessed correctly, Li Mu should also be on guard.

"General, look!"

Ye followed Bai Yan's side, and suddenly saw the direction of the well diameter, and there seemed to be a faint fire under the distant mountain range.

Bai Yan saw the firelight and was not surprised.

It's still here in the end!

"General, will Li Mu send a large army to kill? Or I'll call some more soldiers. ”

Ye looked at Bai Yan with some concern.

Ye had never read a book of war, nor had he commanded a war, but he knew in his heart that there were not many soldiers guarding under the mountains in the distance.

If Li Mu let the army kill, he would not be able to hold it at all.

"Don't worry, Li Mu won't send a large army to attack at night."

Bai Yan shook his head when he heard Ye's words.

Looking at Ye with a worried and confused look, thinking that Ye would follow him in the future, Bai Yan patiently explained to Ye Yan.

"Standing here and looking at the mountains in the distance, you will be worried that Li Mu will send troops, but if you analyze the current situation of Zhao Guo and Li Mu's previous habits of leading troops, you will not be afraid of Li Mu sending troops."

Bai Yan held Qin Jian in one hand and looked at the bonfire in front of him.

Accompanied by the sound of crack~, a small momentum cracking.

"After the First Battle of Changping, although thirty years have passed, Zhao has recovered a lot, but five years ago, when General Huan Qi attacked Wusui, he killed General Zhao and killed 100,000 Zhao troops, severely damaging Zhao. Now in the Zhao Kingdom, except for Handan and Gaotang, the most elite Zhao army is only left with Li Mu's Zhao Bianqi. ”

Bai Yan said here and looked at the industry: "Under such circumstances, Li Mu will definitely not dare to act recklessly!" Therefore, looking at the previous battles against the Huns, the general Huan Qi, and other wars, Li Mu always took a firm hold in every big battle, waiting for the opportunity, and looking for flaws in the enemy. ”

The meaning that Bai Yan wanted to express was, to put it simply, that is, Li Mu also knew that the Qin army could be defeated for the third, fourth, and even fifth times, but he, Li Mu, could not be defeated once.

However, Bai Yan will not say this sentence, although karma is his person, but if it spreads, the future of his life will stop here, and he may not even be able to stay in Gao Nu.

At night.

Bai Yan looked around.

"Right now, in this night, the state of our soldiers, the chief general of our army, these too many unstable factors, Li Mu will never take risks and give up the advantage of Zhao Biancai."

Bai Yan's words were finished.

Ye Mian pondered, looked at Bai Yan, in his eyes, the general's words made him a little understandable.

Looking at the firelight under the mountain range in the distance, he thought that the soldiers had already fought with the Zhao army under the firelight, and the general's words seemed to have seen the battle situation.

Thinking of this, Ye was still a little scared, what if the general's guess was wrong?

Then when Li Mu's army raided!!

Ye looked at Bai Yan.

Bai Yan looked at Ye's expression and couldn't help laughing, he knew that Ye didn't understand very well.

In fact, when he didn't enter the barracks, Bai Yan was like Ye, he didn't understand why the main generals on the battlefield always had to analyze, and then determine the battle situation, as if he was not afraid of guessing wrong.

But when he faced this situation, Bai Yan would be able to understand.

For example, the current situation, if you don't analyze and make a judgment, you will be led away by Li Mu, the lion fights the rabbit still needs all its strength, and now the Qin army needs to concentrate all its advantages and forces in the face of Li Mu, and can no longer divide the troops to defend day and night.

Fang Cai gave an analysis of the industry, and it has been said very simply, in fact, if you study it in detail, it will also involve King Zhao Wuling, and later Daijun and Handan, and the subtle relationship between this seems to be divine.

These grievances seem to have passed for decades, but in fact, they can still affect Li Mu and Zhao Bianqi, and even Zhao Guo.

The world thinks that Li Mu, like Wang Qian, is only good at sticking, but in fact, it is not at all, Li Xin of the Qin State Shaozhuang faction was taken the initiative by Li Mu, and in a very short period of time, the army was defeated and retreated.

You must know that Li Xin is by no means an idle person.

Through that battle, Li Mu's strong offensive ability is enough to get a glimpse,

The reason why Li Mu is good at sticking to it in the eyes of the world is just because of the national conditions of Zhao State, so Li Mu can't tolerate a trace of sloppiness.

So it's the same to put it here.

Soldiers, dead places, must not be unnoticed, must not be careless, Li Mu will definitely not give up the advantage of Zhao Bianqi at the moment, and wade into danger in the middle of the night.

Not to mention, Li Mu didn't know if it was the steady Wang Jian who was sitting in this camp.

"Don't worry, General Wang Ben has already ordered people to build a trench on the plain in front, and fill the trench with water, even if you rush over, there will be enough time!"

Bai Yan seemed to see that Ye was still worried, and said with a smile.

The voice fell.

I don't know when, Wang Ben has already walked to his side step by step.

"Indeed, there is no need to worry that Li Mu will take advantage of the darkness of the night to send a large army to attack!"

Wang Ben came to the campfire and said to the industry.

"General!"

When Ye saw Wang Ben, he hurriedly got up and bowed.

Wang Ben waved his hand, signaling that he did not have to be polite.

Looking at the faint firelight under the mountain range in the distance, Wang Ben recalled Bai Yan's words in his mind, and his heart was full of approval.

"General Bai Yan, go and rest first, and I will guard it in the second half of the night."

Wang Ben turned his head and said to Bai Yan.

Although it was asserted that Li Mu would not attack, he and Bai Yan still needed someone to guard the camp, on the one hand, to be vigilant against variables, and on the other hand, to guard against those Zhao troops who interfered with the army.

"Okay, I'll hand it over to General Wang Ben here!"

When Bai Yan heard Wang Ben's words, he was not polite, there would be a war at any time tomorrow, and he would naturally not be reckless at this time.

Where is the mountain range, tonight only needs to force back those Zhao State disturbance troops, and even he has instructed the soldiers not to fight with the Zhao army as much as possible.

Day 2.

Before dawn, in the hazy and hazy sky, many soldiers of the Qin army were still asleep, and suddenly smelled the fragrance of the cooking fire.

The soldiers had not eaten all night, and when they smelled what they were eating, their stomachs instinctively made noises and felt a little sore.

The soldiers thought that the sky was already bright, but they didn't think about it, so they walked out of the tent.

Looking at the hazy surroundings, the soldiers were a little confused.

"Hey, what day is this?"

"yes, why is the fire cooking so early today? What's going on! ”

"Could it be that the army is rushing again today?"

"Probably!"

Under the hazy and dim sky, many soldiers talked one after another.

Seeing that food was suddenly prepared so early, the soldiers speculated that it was estimated that they would have to march in a hurry today, and they must have to walk a long way, otherwise they would not have eaten so early even in battle.

As more and more soldiers woke up, the news of today's rapid march quietly spread among the army.

In a camp tent, Bai Yan also woke up from his sleep.

After getting up, he hurriedly put on his clothes and armor, put Qin Jian on his waist, and after putting on his knighthood, Bai Yan left the camp.

Like Bai Yan, karma had already woken up, and karma, whose eyes were slightly red, saw Bai Yan and hurriedly came to Bai Yan's side.

Chai was in the distance with some iron cavalry generals, instructing something, and when he saw Bai Yan, he came towards Bai Yan.

"General, last night the soldiers shot a total of fifty-four Zhao soldiers, and a total of thirty-seven of our soldiers were killed, and more than sixty people were wounded by arrows of varying degrees."

Chai said to Bai Yan.

The reason for so many casualties was that under the darkness of last night, the advantages of Qin's crossbow were not brought into play, and the speed of Zhao's counterattack was far from comparable to that of the Korean army in the past.

If it weren't for the fear that starting a war would disrupt the rest of the army and be succeeded by the Zhao army, the Zhao army last night might not have been able to retreat with all its bodies.

"Let those wounded soldiers, with the corpses of the soldiers, retreat to Yanyou."

Bai Yan instructed Chai and then turned his head and looked at Ye: "Order someone to register the names of those fallen soldiers and the location of their families." ”

"No!"

"No!!"

Chai and Ye hurriedly bowed their hands to Bai Yan, and then turned to leave.

Bai Yan looked at the backs of the two leaving, his brows furrowed slightly.

Taking the lead in attacking in the night, Zhao Jun can counterattack, this kind of soldier, he has never met in Han Land before, if the three thousand Han soldiers in Han Qiu in Fuxi Mountain are like Zhao Zu, the number of casualties of the iron cavalry soldiers at that time is estimated to be one or two times more.

"Zhao Bianqi!"

Bai Yan muttered, his face worried.

I had never been in contact with Zhao Pawn before, but it is not difficult to see from last night's battle that in the future, even if the soldiers are equipped with stirrups, the number of casualties in the battle is estimated to be no less.

The border army is strong! That's not wrong at all.

Fortunately, the Bai Iron Cavalry is also a border army!

Thinking of this, Bai Yan was about to leave, when suddenly two soldiers ran over.

"General!"

Kou Zhuang came to Bai Yan panting and bowed.

At this moment, whether it is Kou Zhuang or the two soldiers behind Kou Zhuang, they are all covered in mud at this moment, and scratches on the branches, on their faces, necks, and even on their hands, can be seen.

"General, Zhao Jun has ordered someone to burn a fire an hour ago."

Kou Zhuang informed Bai Yan of the news he had found.

At the beginning of Gaonu, due to the arrival of the new pawns, Kou Zhuang, who was good at exploring the Yunshan Pass all the year round, selected thirty people from among the new pawns in accordance with Bai Yan's order, and these thirty people were not only good at skills, but also not afraid of death.

After arriving here yesterday, Kou Zhuang took ten people, abandoned the war horses, and groped around the Zhao army from the top of the mountain range, in order to find out when the Zhao army would light a fire and set up a stove early this morning.

"An hour ago!"

When Bai Yan heard Kou Zhuang's words, his brows furrowed, because Kou Zhuang wanted to bypass the guards of the Zhao army from the mountain range, so it had been an hour since he returned here.

"Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest first."

Bai Yan said to Kou Zhuang.

"No!"

"No!"

Kou Zhuang and the other two soldiers bowed to Bai Yan, and they had not rested all night, and they looked sleepy now.

After groping for a position close to Zhao Jun last night, the three of them let the other seven sleep first, after all, the three of them mainly watched when Zhao Jun would make a fire, and the other seven needed to stay on the mountain to explore Zhao Jun.

Qin army camp.

Wang Ben sat on a stone and closed his eyes.

At this time, Bai Yan walked over.

Hearing the footsteps, Wang Ben opened his eyes and turned his head.

"General Bai Yan!"

Wang Ben looked at Bai Yan's slightly frowning appearance, and was a little puzzled.

However, the next moment, when Wang Ben heard Bai Yan's words, he was immediately shocked.

"An hour ago, Li Mu had already ordered Zhao Jun to make a fire!"

Bai Yan said.

Wang Ben was completely sleepy, he didn't understand what Bai Yan's words meant.

An hour ago!

In other words, in less than an hour at most, Li Mu's army will definitely arrive here, and even the vanguard Zhao Bian will only need half an hour.

"I'll get the soldiers ready!"

Wang Ben got up.

Wang Ben believed Bai Yan's news.

An hour later, as the darkness of the night receded, the distant sky grew brighter.

The Qin soldiers in the Qin army's camp had breakfast, talked to each other, and waited for the order to hurry.

However, at this time, a Qin general walked to their respective camps and ordered all Qin soldiers to put on their armor and take their weapons immediately.

"What's going on?"

"Wearing armor? Isn't it a rush today? ”

"That's right! What's going on! ”

Under the urging of the Qin generals, in the camp of the Qin army, countless soldiers were urged by the fire to put on their armor and take weapons.

A moment later.

With the gathering of 30,000 Qin soldiers, they soon formed a phalanx, and under the military order, the army came to a corner of Zhangshui before stopping.

On the plains.

One by one, the Qin army array, accompanied by the black Qinzi flag, countless Changge erected among them, and a Qin army soldier wearing clothes and armor stood in place, quietly waiting for orders.

Look around.

Although the soldiers were puzzled, as trained, they still listened quietly to the order.

Half an hour later.

The darkness of the sky disappeared, and the sky and the earth were bright.

Suddenly, on the plains between the mountains in the distance, a large army of black oppression appeared in the field of vision of all the Qin soldiers, its number was terrifying, and there was a steady stream of followers.

Seeing this scene, all the soldiers of the Qin army were distracted, and they didn't understand how the army of Zhao was here.

Grunt~!

The sound of horses' hooves was heard.

"Crossbow forward!"

A cavalryman with a banner in his hand rode through the ranks of the army on a war horse.

Accompanied by the voice of the herald, in the Qin army's array, a general wearing Qin armor drew his Qin sword after hearing the order brought by the herald.

Qiang~!

"Forward!"

The general of the Qin army shouted.

Under the order, all the soldiers of the Qin army instinctively acted at this moment.

In the army, a Qin army soldier with a bow and crossbow followed the general to the front of the army from the army in a row.

(End of chapter)