Gradually, someone in the back camp noticed that the fire seemed to be brighter. I opened my eyes in ignorance and looked at it, and the firelight in front of me was still the same, and the brighter firelight came from behind me. He was shocked: another camp was on fire. When I looked again, there was a fire on the grass outside the back camp. Where is this fire, it is clear that someone secretly set the fire. Soon he heard one cry after another: "Fire! Fire! Fire! "The flames burned brightly, and in the darkness of the night they emitted a more powerful light than the day, and crawled in the direction of the camp in the north wind.

The fire woke up five hundred people. He had some insight and ordered: "Pour fire on the camp." ”

The battalion brought water from a nearby ditch and poured it on the grass. As the flames spread, the flames became smaller here, but the smoke was noticeably larger, and everyone couldn't breathe. At this time, there was a fire in the camp next to it, and the camp fence was burning. There was a shout from the nearby barracks, and the whole camp collapsed. The collapse of one battalion led to the collapse of several battalions next to it, and even the soldiers of the camp where the fire was under control also fled.

The rear army of 10,000 people will be relatively stable, and the middle battalion will be forced not to waver, and the war drums will be beaten. The soldiers who had fled saw that this side was relatively stable, and they all leaned over to this side. Watching the flames spread, 10,000 people will command 500 people to lead people to extinguish the fires everywhere as if they were commanding a war; Camps that were not spotted were asked to stay put. Seeing that the middle battalion was unwavering, the other battalions gradually stabilized. In the middle of the night, the fire was extinguished. Except for dozens of people who were shot and wounded by the Qin army, the others were basically unharmed.

Lian Po sat in the tent, very depressed. It took him more than a month to gather about fifty or sixty thousand elite civilian troops from all over the country, plus 10,000 royal troops, to form a huge force, thinking that he could eat the invading Qin army in one bite and teach the Qin State a lesson. He was very dissatisfied with Zhao Hao's fighting style of fighting without fighting, and after the troops were assembled, he asked Zhao Hao to continue to rescue Yan You, and led the superior Zhao army to fight against the Qin army, and it was necessary to annihilate the Qin army in one battle!

What he didn't expect was that when Zhao Hao was there, the Qin army did not fight, and only lived happily in Wu'an; As soon as Zhao Hao's main force left, the Qin army moved like a rabbit, directly broke through the Zhao army camp fence, and killed under Handan City: Originally, Lian Po thought that although Zhao Hao took away the main force, there were also a lot of remnants, and it would never be a problem to hold on for a day. Unexpectedly, he didn't hold on for even an hour, and almost collapsed without a fight!

Seeing the remnants of Zhao Hao's army fleeing outside Handan City, he learned the news of the collapse of Zhao's army in Wu'an, and immediately lit the beacon smoke, beat the war drums, and prepared for battle. During the time when Hu Yang's main force rushed out of the valley, Lian Po also gathered his army. Hu Yang was in the valley mouth, and Lian Po could see clearly that the number of Qin troops was not large, only about 10,000. He felt that if he mobilized 30,000 people out of the city, he would be able to win! Just as he arranged for his troops to prepare to leave the city, Hu Yang also launched an attack. Lian Po could see clearly from the city tower: Hu Yang's front 5,000 men attacked the cities along the way in turn, and wreaked havoc; The rear team marched quickly, seizing the road to the south, and only occasionally engaged in sabotage, burning the houses, granaries, grass and so on. Seeing that the houses in the suburbs were set on fire one by one and the cities were conquered one by one, Lian Po gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart: When you go out of the city when you are young, I will definitely teach you a lesson, so that you know that Handan can come as soon as you want to come and leave as you want!

After the whole team left the city, Lian Po sensitively found that Hu Yang had only left a few troops to deal with him, and the main force had left, which made him wonder: Where did Hu Yang transfer the main force? Therefore, he restrained his troops not to be too aggressive, in case the enemy army suddenly returned and smashed directly under the city of Handan. It is one thing for the Qin army to burn a few cities on the outskirts of Handan, and it is another thing to burn a few cities under Handan, and the manors under the city are all owned by people with heads and faces, and the losses caused to anyone are difficult to compensate; shocked the king, and no one could afford to bear the blame! This is very different from the countryside where there are just powerless peasants.

The Qin army's method of burning the grassland slowed down his progress, and Lian Po felt that maybe his thoughts were wrong. If Hu Yang wants to kill a horse pistol, he should lure himself to speed up and catch up; Slowing oneself forward is incompatible. He began to doubt his judgment and wanted to urge the whole army to speed up, but unexpectedly it was already dark!

The Qin people attacked the rear camp at night, although it only caused some chaos and panic, and there was no substantial loss, but it was a huge blow to morale, and Lian Po felt that it was an insult to himself! He decided that he would pull out the camp before dawn, and he must catch the Qin army and teach them a good lesson!

The battalions have reported that the firefighting has been completed, and the battalions have rested on their own, and Lian Pocai has just laid down for a while. After a moment of dimness, a rooster crowed in the distance, and he rose to his feet and ordered the drums to be gathered! When the battalions came to report that the gathering was over, he ordered the soldiers who had bombed the battalion last night to be moved to the front, and in the presence of the whole army, he severely rebuked the soldiers, and each of the five hundred men of the battalion was tied up with twenty lashes, and ordered them to pay for their merits for the front army. Then he ordered to eat in the morning and set off after eating.

The former army was eager to make meritorious contributions, and after setting off, they hurriedly advanced, and when the sky was bright, they arrived two miles outside the Qin camp. The sentry reported that the camp was quiet and no one seemed to be there. The 10,000 men of the former army will not believe it, so 1,000 people will lead their troops into the camp to observe. Thousands of generals led their headquarters to the front of the camp, and rushed in with a shout, and sure enough, there was no one: the bonfire in the stove was still burning, and it should not be long gone. While wandering, a drum was suddenly heard, and rows of Qin soldiers knelt in the surrounding grass, holding crossbows flat, aiming at the camp. Thousands of people will be shocked and urgently order to retreat. Just when the Zhao army rushed to the camp gate, a drum sounded, arrows rained down, and the soldiers who grabbed the door were hit by arrows one after another, and the soldiers who had not yet been hit by the arrows became more and more frightened, desperately rushing down the camp gate, desperately fleeing; The second rain of arrows shot down dozens of people. Immediately, the halberd soldiers rushed out, stabbed those Zhao soldiers who were hit by arrows to death one by one, and cut off their heads. The 10,000 people behind will be furious when they see this, and it is estimated that this group of Qin soldiers is no more than a thousand, that is, they will drink the order to beat the drum and attack! The front army of 10,000 people, lined up in two phalanxes in the front and rear, pressed towards the Qin camp.

The crossbowmen of the Qin army who were lying in the grass all entered the camp and waited for them. The halberd soldier unhurriedly beheaded the Zhao army, and then crouched in front of the camp and did not enter the camp. When they reached a distance of two hundred paces, the drums turned urgent, and the Zhao military formation changed from a fast step to a running and rushed towards the Qin camp. At this time, the drums in the Qin camp sounded sharply. Two thousand Qin troops suddenly appeared behind the Zhao army, and at this time, the Zhao army had already started, unable to stop, and rushed up in the face of the whistling rain of arrows, immediately causing huge casualties. 10,000 people will be busy directing the front and rear formations to meet the ambush soldiers on both flanks, and the formation is chaotic. At this time, the crossbowmen of the battalion also sent out a rain of arrows, and the halberd spearmen quickly rushed out. The Zhao army was hit by a rain of arrows from three sides, and fell one after another, although the formation was chaotic, the Zhao army still rushed forward desperately.

As the two armies pressed to the sides, they were stabbed down in large numbers by the Qin army's halberd spearmen in the middle. Hu Yang beat the drums, allowing the Chinese army to quickly penetrate the enemy formation, but was met with strong resistance from the Zhao army on both sides. Hu Yang ordered Ye Ling beside him: "You wait for Ye soldiers, go straight through the formation, don't get entangled, kill the enemy generals, and seize their strength!" ”

Ye Ling glanced ahead, waved the flag, and said, "From me!" "Give the banner to a person next to him, personally raise his spear, cross the wall gate, and go straight to the enemy formation. The enemy formation was fifty steps away, and Ye Bing arrived in an instant, and with a shout, he rushed straight to the core. The spear flipped over, and the one was invincible, squeezing a gap between the two armies; The soldiers on both sides stabbed at the unprotected soldiers. Under Ye Ling's powerful assault, Ye Bing quickly penetrated about ten layers of horizontal formation, and did not stop, but rushed towards the banner of the Zhao army on the opposite side. The banner was 200 steps away, and by the time Ye Bing arrived, General Zhao's pro-battalion had already formed a formation and was led by a retainer to rush over. Ye Ling "set up the formation" and the Qin army stopped, and the shield soldiers protected the whole team. Spears protrude from between shields. Zhao Jun, who rushed over, suddenly saw such a "turtle shell", and panicked for a while, and a brave man pounced on it, wanting to split the shield, but was accurately stabbed by a spear and overturned. Someone was a little nimble, dodging the attack of the spear in front, but not the halberd that came out later. At the moment when Zhao Jun stopped, Ye Ling shouted: "Get up!" The shield rushed forward, and the spearmen and halberders behind them also slashed at each other.

The Qin army with the cover of the formation was a massacre against the Zhao army that had lost its ranks, most of the arrows shot were blocked by shields, and the soldiers who were close were stabbed by long spears; Those who can dodge the spear can't dodge the halberd, and even if they get close to the side, in the face of a shield, they can only desperately know that it is ineffective, and they will fight hard, and then be stabbed to death by countless weapons. General Zhao had no choice but to withdraw his troops, turn the head of the car, and gallop away. And Zhao Jun is like a landslide and the ground cracks, turning around and running.

Ye Ling shouted: "Round array!" "The shields were in a circle, and the spearmen were concealed inside. Those who ran close to the Zhao army were all stabbed down with spears or halberds, and the Qin army only chased and killed one mile, Mingjin collected the troops, and on the way back, they harvested the heads of the wounded soldiers at will. Hu Yang counted the casualties, about 100 killed and 3 or 400 wounded. And the number of heads captured is about 500.

After briefly dealing with the wounds of the wounded, Hu Yang led the team to leave in a hurry. Half an hour later, Lian Po led the main force of the Chinese army to arrive, and only the headless corpse of the Zhao army remained, and the heads were all hung on the barracks of the Qin army. Lian Po was very angry, and on the one hand ordered the Zhao army to be buried, and on the other hand, he ordered to cut off the heads of the fallen Qin soldiers. Some of the so-called Qin troops who died in battle were actually only seriously wounded, but they were also cut off their heads.

Lian Po counted the camps and found that the Qin army was only 3,000 people. took advantage of the light advance of the former army commander, causing heavy losses to the Zhao army. He did not dare to underestimate the enemy. Send out a patrol post to spy on the movements of the Qin army. He ordered the whole army to rest in place.

He was wary of the fact that his anger had been exploited by his enemies!