Chapter 378: King Yue descends
"Enemy attack!"
A shrill cry rang out from the Qin camp.
Benefiting from the mosquito harassment, most of the battalion sergeants did not fall into a deep sleep, and were startled by the sound of trumpets and screams, and immediately woke up.
At the same time, Zhao Tuo's order of "do not disarm and do not leave the army" also played a role, and the Qin soldiers did not need to rush to find the armor when they got up, they only needed to pick up the weapons placed on their sides and rush out of the tent.
The generals of the various ministries had already rushed out of the camp tents when the enemy situation appeared, and began to call their subordinates and give orders.
"Spear!"
The two or five hundred Lord Su Jiao, who was in charge of the vigil, shouted and gave orders.
A group of Qin soldiers armed with spears and beryllium immediately ran to the fence and set up a battle.
The first batch of Yue people had rushed to the front of the Qin army's camp, and the Yue people who ran in front fell into the trench and were pierced by the spikes inside, and the Yue warriors in the rear stepped on the bodies of their compatriots, and in the wails of the Yue people at the bottom, they were excited to break through the fence and rush into the Qin camp.
"Thorn!"
Su Jiao ordered, beryllium spears and other long weapons in the hands of Qin soldiers, spears like dragons, pierced through the gaps between the fences, in the miserable howls, I don't know how many Yue people were poked to the ground.
But more Yue people pounced on them again, and they seemed to be endless, pouring out of the mountains and forests under the moonlight.
"The Yue people are really capricious, and they are all untrustworthy!"
On the earthen platform, Zhao Tuo looked around, his face was cold, and there was anger burning in his eyes.
He was not angry just because he was angry at the perfidy of others.
These Yue people were able to annex Xiong Qi, who took refuge in them, and then sold them to themselves, which is enough to reflect their despicability and shamelessness. Later, they bargained with themselves, and even demanded fifty gold, which showed their greed. It is normal for such a group to be capricious.
Of course, this does not rule out that from the very beginning, these Yue people were partnered with Xiong Qi to deceive themselves.
In fact, there was nothing to sell Xiong Qi to themselves, they just used this excuse to lower the vigilance of the Qin army so that they could launch this night attack.
Although I don't know what the real situation is, fortunately, Zhao Tuo has always been on guard.
Therefore, under the surprise attack of the Yue people tonight, the Qin army did not appear chaotic and panicked, but defended in an orderly manner.
"What a Yue Wang has no friends. Since you chose to break the contract and attack at night, then don't blame me. ”
Zhao Tuo turned in the direction of Yueren Wangcheng and whispered.
If these Yue people don't clean up hard, I'm afraid they don't know who is the boss in this world.
At this time, as the Qin soldiers drilled out of the tent to defend and resist without panic, the night attack of the Yue people suffered a huge setback, and thousands of Yue people died on the entire battlefield, but few places could break through the fence and rush to the Qin army's camp.
"The Qin people are actually on guard? How they weren't deceived! Damn, these Qin people are so smart! ”
The commander of the Yue people, Wu Zhai, stood on a small slope dozens of meters away from the Qin army camp, his face full of anger.
The man on the side said, "Let's set it on fire, right?" Night raids and set fires to their camps may be able to make meritorious contributions. ”
"Shut up!"
Su Wuzhai glared at Zou Pi fiercely, and shouted in the night: "Big hook! ”
The second warrior of the Yue people in front of him immediately roared in response.
He had already rushed to the front of the Qin army camp at this moment. With a roar, the Yue warrior grabbed two Yue compatriots on the ground who were stabbed by spears and were still wailing, and threw them towards one of the fences of the Qin army.
The wooden fence was shocked by the impact of two or three hundred catties of human body, and the Qin soldiers behind couldn't help but retreat.
Taking advantage of this time, Da Gou quickly stepped forward and slammed his body directly into the wooden fence. Under the great force, he actually made a gap in the fence here.
"Good!"
Seeing this scene, Wu Zhai in the distance couldn't help but applaud.
But then, he saw that the powerful Da Gou warrior was poked to death on the ground by the Qin soldiers who reacted with more than ten spears.
But fortunately, as there was a breakthrough in the fence, the Yue people behind took the opportunity to rush into the Qin camp with a roar, and started a hand-to-hand fight with the Qin soldiers inside.
At the same time, the Yue people behind also took the opportunity to move the fence and expand the gap, so that more Yue people could rush into the Qin people's camp from this opening.
"The reason why the Qin people can resist the warriors of our clan is only by relying on those iron things thrown on the ground and this fence. As long as we rush into the camp, we will naturally be able to kill them in all directions. ”
Su Wuzhai nodded with satisfaction, and pointed to a figure in the distance running in the moonlight and said: "See, Goudiao can not only shoot five arrows at a time, but also shoot hundreds of shots, even in the moonlight, it can accurately shoot the enemy." ”
When he looked over, he saw that the hunter called the hook eagle was as vigorous as a cheetah.
He followed the other Yue people to rush towards the gap in the Qin camp that had been opened, took a bow and pulled an arrow, and at the same time as he jumped, an arrow had already flown out, and it really hit a Qin pawn in the camp.
The Yue warriors who saw this scene all screamed.
But their applause lasted only a moment.
Because immediately after, the crossbowmen who had already been wound in the Qin army camp were assembled, and in the shouts of the military officials, they all threw at the gap in the camp and the Yue people in the rear.
In an instant, arrows rained down.
The Yue warriors who had no armor to protect themselves fell in an instant, and even the Yue people's marksman Gou Diao was hit by several arrows and fell to the ground.
Pi watched this scene from afar.
As a knowledgeable Yue man from Wu Land, he was completely speechless about this Yue people's surprise attack.
You can't use fire, after all, it's related to the customs of the Yue people.
As a surprise attack, if you find that the other party is on guard and can't succeed in the sneak attack, then you should retreat immediately.
As a result, under the command of Wu Zhai, the Yue people only knew that they would launch a charge without fear of death, and fight according to the scene in front of them, and they would not be wiped out.
Sure enough, seeing that the Yue people were suffering heavy casualties and blood in their blood, Wu Zhai actually abandoned his command duties and rushed towards the Qin army camp with a howl.
Fu Pi shook his head, as if he had seen the fate of the first warrior of the Yue people.
"The Qin people are extremely fierce, and if they are attacked this time, they will definitely retaliate after the battle. This is no longer able to stay in the land of Yue, so let's take the belongings and run first. ”
……
In the Qin military camp.
Zhao Tuo stood on the earthen platform, looking at the moonlight, those Yue people who came to attack were suffering heavy casualties in the continuous attack, and they were already exhausted.
Especially when a majestic Yue warrior with the loudest roar rushed to the front of the village with a group of people, and then was shot into a sieve by the Qin army's bow and crossbow.
The Vietnamese people finally couldn't bear it anymore, their morale completely collapsed, they left their corpses behind, and retreated back into the distant mountains and forests.
Zhao Tuo's face was cold, and he watched the countless black shadows disappear into the mountains and forests.
There was a little more vigilance in his heart.
This time, the Qin army was prepared in advance, so it did not let these Yue people succeed, but was able to rely on the camp to defend and kill a lot of Yue people.
But what if the Qin army led the team was a simple-minded general?
He was deceived by the stratagems of the Yue people and lost his defense.
The soldiers disarmed, the blades were gone, and they were attacked by the Vietnamese in the night, even if they were not completely annihilated, the loss was not known to be great.
But fortunately, this time, the Qin army won.
Zhao Tuo ordered Meng Tian to lead his people to repair the camp and arrange defenses to prevent possible recurring Vietnamese attacks. On the other hand, the company was responsible for treating the wounded and counting the bodies. At the same time, he began to think about the next counteroffensive plan.
Half an hour later, Li Shang walked over with the statistical data.
"General, in this night attack by the Yueren, there were not many casualties in our army, and the casualties were about seven hundred. As for the Yue people, because the corpses outside the camp have not yet had time to be counted, it is estimated that the casualties of the other party may reach four or five thousand. General, this is a big victory! These barbarians are here to send us war exploits! ”
Li Shang was excited.
Because the battle loss ratio is very small.
After all, the Qin army suffered seven hundred casualties, and in addition to the wounded, there may be two or three hundred dead.
The number of casualties among the Yue people was more than ten times that of the Qin army.
With one against ten, how magnificent!
Zhao Tuo didn't have much pride.
In his opinion, the Yue people are fierce, if they fight head-on empty-handed, one-on-one, most of the Qin people can't beat the Yue people.
Even in the mountains and forests, it is possible for one Yue person to take advantage of the terrain and one enemy and two Qin.
But if you count the weapons and equipment, the Qin people who take the sword and halberd and put on the armor can completely cross the enemy with one Qin.
If the two sides lined up in battle formations and fought in an army battle, the 200 Qin army would be able to defeat him with 1,000 Yue people.
When it came to this kind of fortified battle, the Qin army had both weapons and equipment, as well as defensive facilities.
One Qin enemy and ten Yue!
And rightfully so.
"These Yue people, they are promoting their shortcomings and avoiding their strengths."
Zhao Tuo was very clear.
In this night attack, the Yue people actually gave up their advantages and chose a tough battle that was unfavorable to them.
If it was a smart Yue general, he would not have taken the initiative to attack the Qin army camp at all. Instead, they should take advantage of their advantages in the mountains and forests, fight guerrilla warfare with the Qin army, and look for opportunities to attack the Qin army's grain transport teams in the rear.
In this way, that is what really gives Zhao Tuo a headache.
As soon as the supply of grain and grass was cut off, the Qin army was completely finished.
This is the real difficulty of the Yue people.
Thinking about the historical Qin army's southern expedition to Baiyue, I didn't have a headache for these things.
But this time, it was the first time Qin Yue had fought, and neither side had much experience.
"It's a pity that you Yuyue people don't have a chance."
Zhao Tuo's eyes flashed with a cold light.
Soon, when the sky was bright, Zhao Tuo left Meng Tian to lead 5,000 people to guard the camp to ensure the Qin army's back roads and supplies, as well as to clean up the corpses and behead them.
He himself and Shima led 10,000 men and went straight to the Yue Ren King City, which had already found the way.
Compared with the nomads in the north, who had no fixed place to live and could ride away on horseback after a battle, these southern Yue people had obvious weaknesses.
They would build many towns to live in, and even small tribes would build stilt buildings.
As long as the Qin army has a guide and finds out where the important cities of the Yue people are, they can go all the way to their hearts.
……
"Defeated?"
King Yue Wuyou stood on the high platform of his palace in astonishment, and there was a bitter face beside him.
"I heard that those Qin troops had been prepared for a long time, and our warriors of the Yue people went to attack, but they fell into their trap, and suffered heavy casualties, and even the most powerful warriors of our clan, Wu Zhai and Da Gou, were killed by the Qin people. Of the 20,000 warriors gathered today, only three or four thousand returned to the royal city. ”
Hearing Su Wuyue say this, Yue Wang Wuyou suddenly turned his head and stared at him, his eyes full of cold light.
"These Qin people are so cunning, can they even expect this king to send people to attack? Or did someone deliberately leak this news to the Qin people in exchange for benefits? ”
Su Wuyu was shocked, and hurriedly shouted: "King, I definitely did not disclose the news of the attack to the Qin people, if I leaked this matter, may the gods abandon it!" ”
King Yue Wuyou saw the other party's gambling curse and swear, and his expression eased slightly.
The more people they believe in ghosts and gods, they don't dare to joke about this kind of thing.
At this time, some Yue people ran over in a panic and shouted, "King, those Qin troops are here!" There are at least tens of thousands of people, coming straight to our royal city. ”
"What!"
"The Qin army is coming to fight the king's royal city!"
King Yue Wuyou shouted in shock.
Since the former unified Yue Kingdom was broken by the Chu people, the Chu people took the opportunity to occupy the relatively rich Wu land north of Zhejiang.
They didn't care much about the Huiji area further south, and generally as long as they surrendered to the Yue people and didn't make trouble, the Chu State didn't bother to do anything to these Yue barbarians.
Therefore, it was the first time in decades that an enemy army approached their royal city in Yue.
Even if King Yue Wuyou was an ambitious king, he couldn't help but panic when he suddenly faced his own military defeat and the enemy army approached the royal city.
"What should I do, or I will abandon the city and run away?"
At this moment, the donkey was in his mind.
"Don't worry, don't worry, do you remember when our ancestor Gou Jian led his troops to kill King Wu Lu? Destroy the enemy by yourself! ”
Yue Wang Wuyou's eyes widened, and his eyes showed excitement.
……
Half an hour later, the black Qin flag appeared outside the Yueren King City, which was located in the depths of Huiji.
The heavily armed Qin soldiers, under the command of the military officials, began to line up outside the city.
"The royal city of the Yue people, that's it?"
"The city wall is really low, not as high as the wall left by Chen."
Li Shang rode a horse and followed Zhao Tuo's side, looking at the low city not far away, and couldn't help but show disdain, comparing it with his hometown.
Zhao Tuo was also sitting on a horse, and he smiled faintly: "It has been more than a hundred years since the former powerful Yue Kingdom perished. Although these Yue people in front of them occupy Huiji, they still call themselves Yu Yue, but in fact they are just a group of barbarians who have lost their culture and heritage, and naturally they will not use their hearts to repair the city wall. ”
"In addition, there is the Chu State in the north to shield them, for more than a hundred years, the Yue people have not encountered the invasion of the enemy, this wall has not played any use, they will not care, now it is convenient for us to attack the city. Summons the order to wake, prepare for the siege of the city! ”
Zhao Tuo waved his hand and gave the order to attack the city.
According to the confession of the Yue captives captured during the night attack, in order to sneak attack the Qin army this time, the king of Yue Wuyou gathered a total of 20,000 Yue people.
According to this Yu Yue's population and strength, as long as the Yue King is given time, he can still recruit another 20,000 or 30,000 Yue people.
Therefore, the Qin army should seize the time, take advantage of the fact that the Yue people have just suffered a major defeat and have no time to continue to gather troops, take the royal city in one fell swoop, and capture the Yue king alive.
Just when Li Shang was about to convey Zhao Tuo's siege order.
The gate of the Yue Ren King City, not far away, suddenly opened with a "squeak".
Then several rows of naked Yue warriors with patterns painted all over their bodies walked out first.
Behind them, rows of warriors in red armor with blades in their hands.
"It's Chu Jun! Xiong Qi really colluded with these Yue people! ”
When Li Shang saw those red-armored soldiers, he couldn't help but scream.
"It's not Chu."
Zhao Tuo shook his head, his gaze was also fixed on the soldiers in red armor, although because of the distance, he couldn't see the faces of those people clearly.
But judging from the way these people walked, they were exactly the same as the Yue people, especially when Zhao Tuo saw some soldiers wearing red armor, exposing their arms and thighs, which was also a dress that the Chu army would not have.
Li Shang nodded, and said with a smile: "General, these Yue people are really stupid, they have a city that they don't defend, and they want to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army, I really don't know what they think in their heads." ”
Zhao Tuo didn't answer, just stared at the front.
At the same time, on the low city walls of the Yue people.
King Yue Wuyou also looked at the Qin army in the distance.
Although the battle of the Qin army was very huge, the Qin soldiers in black armor stood there, like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, giving him a great sense of oppression.
But Yue Wang Wuyou is still very confident.
Because the tactics he used next were proven by history.
Back then, his ancestor Yue Wang Goujian used this trick to defeat Wu Jun and also shot and injured Wu Wang Lu.
"This king admits that the Qin army is very powerful, but they are from the West, and they have definitely never seen such a powerful trick!"
"Wait a minute, this king will let these Qin people stay in place in fright, and then wait to be slaughtered by this king's warriors!"
"Ancestor Blessing!"
At this time, as the Yue people left the city, the Qin army, under the command of generals such as Shima and Hei Buttock, began to transform into a field array.
The battle is on the verge of breaking out.
Suddenly, those naked Yue warriors who were at the front of the line rushed straight towards the Qin army, making a gesture of charging and attacking.
But before they could get close to the Qin army's formation, a terrifying scene appeared.
The Yue warriors arranged in three rows at the front raised their heads to the sky and shouted.
"Hah!"
Immediately afterward, they raised their short swords and wiped their necks.
Blood shot from the sky, and the corpses of these Yue warriors fell heavily to the ground.
"This ...... How did you commit suicide? ”
The Qin soldiers were dumbfounded.
If you don't kill the enemy, kill yourself first.
Even though this Qin army followed General Zhao to fight in the south and north, they had never seen such an operation.
"Shoot!"
Zhao Tuo suddenly roared, and the Li Shang and the short soldiers around him instinctively followed the yelling when they saw the general giving the order.
"Shoot!"
In an instant, the crossbowmen in the front row of the Qin army immediately fired thousands of arrows.
The rain of arrows in the sky shot forward, and those Chijia Yue people who wanted to rush into the Qin army's array after their compatriots killed themselves happened to be shrouded in this rain of arrows, and they fell down in an instant, screaming and shouting continuously.
At this time, the soldiers and soldiers of Qin also reacted.
Under the command of the generals, the Qin army's crossbowmen quickly retreated to both sides, and the Qin soldiers in the rear immediately stepped forward and stabbed those red-armored soldiers to death with the beryllium and spears in their hands.
"Hehe, do you want to emulate the psychological tactics of the former King of Yue Gou Jian to break King Wu's Lu?"
Zhao Tuo smiled coldly.
As a nobleman and often read military books and war strategies, he is naturally no stranger to the Wuyue hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, used the samurai to commit suicide, frightened the Wu army, and took the opportunity to command the Yue army to rush into the Wu army's array and kill all sides, and finally won the battle.
This should be a relatively early psychological warfare in history, and it is relatively famous.
So Zhao Tuo reacted at the first moment when he saw those people committing suicide and immediately gave the order to shoot.
"Using the tactics of the Spring and Autumn Period to fight my army at the end of the Warring States Period, these Yue people really abide by the tradition."
Zhao Tuo smiled, he didn't know what the battle formation of the Wu army was like in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he would be defeated by the Yue people with this trick.
However, the battle array of the Qin army was strong crossbow in front and Gong Ge in the back.
In this way, even if there was no roar from Zhao Tuo just now, when the Vietnamese army rushed over, it would still be shot by the crossbowmen who woke up.
At this time, the Qin pawn holding the spear and sword halberd in the back could step forward to fight, and it was impossible for the whole army to be defeated by this move.
"Times are different."
Just when Zhao Tuo sighed, the Yue army that went out of the city to take the initiative to attack had been defeated.
After all, it has been almost a hundred years, and since the fall of the Yue Kingdom, these Yue people have never fought with the enemy army on the battlefield in battle formations, and they have no experience in fighting large corps.
Even if they were dressed in the armor of the Chu people and held the blades of the Chu people, they were no match for the Qin army, and most of them were cut down in the blink of an eye, and the rest were all routed and retreated.
"Take the gates!"
With the black-buttocked army waiting for a loud shout.
The Qin soldiers rushed to the gate of the city with the Yue people who fled, and after killing the Yue people guarding the gate, they successfully captured the gate of the royal city.
"These Yue people, ......"
Zhao Tuo shook his head helplessly, after just fighting against a veteran of Xiang Yan's level, and then facing these Yue people who didn't even have a battle formation, and still wanted to use the tactics of the Spring and Autumn Period to fight the enemy, Zhao Tuo really had a feeling that a strong man was beating a child.
The next situation was even more one-sided, after the city gate was captured, the military force of the Yue people was even more unable to resist, and they were scattered as soon as they were killed.
A part of the Qin soldiers, under the leadership of the black buttocks, took advantage of the situation to attack the city and went to attack the royal city.
The other part is under the leadership of two or five hundred lord Su Jiao, rushing up the city wall, to kill the Yue people guarding above, and completely control this royal city.
This time, they actually captured two surprising characters on the city wall.
After a while, Su Jiao led people to escort the messenger who was familiar to Zhao Tuo, and a middle-aged fat man with a fat body and a dirty royal costume out of the city, and walked towards Zhao Tuo who was sitting on a horse.
"Remember, messenger, what I said yesterday."
Zhao Tuo smiled and looked at the pale face.
Su Wuyue suddenly knelt on the ground with a thud and shouted, "The general spares his life, I haven't used any of the fifty gold!" ”
"Don't be unpredictable!"
Zhao Tuo once again repeated the warning words he said yesterday, smiled, and this time turned his head to look at the person next to him.
Seeing the gaze of General Qin, the fat man's face turned pale, and he knelt on the ground and shouted, "This king is willing to surrender!" O O O ”
Listening to the sound of begging in his ears, he looked at the alien king who kept kowtowing in front of him.
Zhao Tuo's eyes were slightly condensed, and a wonderful feeling was born in his heart.
Is it the king of Yue who kneels in front of him who rules this place?
He Zhao Tuo conquered the country of Yu Yue in the southern Baiyue.
"Historical Records: Qin Shi Huang Benji": Wang Jian then set the south of the Jingjiang River, descended to the Yue Jun, and placed Huiji County.
The historical event of the surrender of Yue Jun has been achieved!
The war is over, and the Xiong Qi problem will be solved tomorrow.
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