Chapter 72: The Third Day
Wang Ji was still a little nervous when he saw the Zhao army returning to the army early that morning, as if it was about to attack the city. Yesterday's high-intensity war almost involved the entire army, and if the other barriers of the Zhao army attacked at this time, Wang Di didn't know what to do! Fortunately, such a dangerous thing did not happen, and the Qin army survived this most difficult day without danger.
The work of decapitation and clearing of the trenches was not completed until dawn. Especially around the gentle slope, the corpses and earthen baskets are piled up, and they have been trampled by tens of millions of people, which are extremely solid, and it is difficult to pry the ordinary rake, and it must be moistened with water to excavate. Although it is close to Hyunshui, the terrain is higher, and it is not easy to lead Hyunshui over, so you can only go to the river to carry water one urn at a time, and the gentle slope is barely dug at dawn, and both ends are not cleaned.
After dawn, Wang Yu let the Qin army, who had been busy all night, return to the camp to rest, eat some fried millet, and prepare to meet the attack of the Zhao army.
That night, Wang Di did not rest, he visited the wounded in the battalions, listened to the doctors introduce the deeds of the wounded in heroic battles, and expressed encouragement one by one. For those who have been captured, they will definitely verify it as soon as possible and report it to their counties. These wounded Bashu people are all there, fighting together, shedding their blood together, and it doesn't matter whether they are Ba people or Shu people.
The seriously wounded were bandaged and carried by the animals, and the wounded who were less seriously injured but also incapacitated were followed by the animals and went to Duanshi for further treatment. There were about 20,000 heads of cattle that were transported from Beidi and Shanggun, and they were concentrated in Anyi, Duanshi and Gukou. The five thousand horses of Taniguchi were called as mounts by the swordsman the day before yesterday, and now they have reached the valley under the stone castle. These animals were all mobilized from the Duan clan overnight. After daybreak they set out with the wounded, light and heavy, about two or three thousand people left, and walked in a long column in the ravine.
To Wang Yi's surprise, Zhao Kuo had no intention of attacking until noon, and the Zhao army who had left the camp sat down to rest after standing for a morning. This can be clearly seen on the hill next to the Qin military camp. And Wang Yi also saw that the dust was flying over there in Gaodu, indicating that a large number of reinforcements had arrived. This also gave Wang Yi the courage to add. Although the barrier is broken, there is no problem in holding out until reinforcements arrive! It is not impossible to launch a counterattack even after the arrival of reinforcements.
But until the reinforcements of Gaodu set up camp by the Hunshui River, the Zhao army did not attack, which made Wang Yi completely relieved. He explained a few words to the five doctors, and then took a few entourages to visit the camp, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the five doctors who led the team turned out to be Bai Qi!
Seeing Wang Di, Bai Qi was not excited at all, and said indifferently: "Zhao Ren did his best, but this ear!" Ying Ruoping? ”
Wang Yi said very excitedly: "More than 10,000 beheadings, so far they have not been completed, I don't know how many they are." Be profitable! ”
Bai Qi asked, "How many five doctors are fighting?" ”
Wang Yi said: "Four or five doctors are all fighting!" ”
Bai Qi said: "Four or five doctors, but more than 10,000 levels? Or there are the rest. ”
Wang Yi said: "Or to the 20,000 level, the points are not exhausted." ”
Bai Qi said: "The whole army of the Zhao people is pressing, and the back of its flanks can still be ridden, but there is no army to take advantage of it?" ”
Wang Yi was a little surprised, and asked, where is the gap? “
Bai Qi pointed on the ground and said: "The Zhao army attacked here with one army, one army fought with the swordsmen, and the first army was prepared at the rear. If thou wilt go out from the north with an army and strike at its flank, what will thou shalt do? “
Wang Yi was a little unconvinced, and said: "Those who are afraid of the ministers, they go out of the wall to attack my wall." When our army is out, there will be no way to resist it. “
Bai Qi said: "He comes out of the wall, his land is narrow, and there are no more than a thousand people, but when the branch is counted, he will be broken; Vertical into the wall, what is the injury with me? “
Wang Yu said: "Zhao enters from there, what will I do?" “
Bai Qi swept his finger and said: "You swept with 5,000 troops, and Zhao's second army was all powdered." Even if there are 10,000 people entering my wall, it is suitable for sale! Bai Qi's prediction of the progress of the war made Wang Qi stunned, and he could only sigh that he didn't have Bai Qi's courage, and he didn't dare to take such a risk: he would rather let the Zhao army enter the Qin Wall than annihilate the invading Zhao army! It is really worthy of the title of "human slaughter". However, although his playing style is conservative, he has also beheaded one or two hundred thousand levels, which is enough to be proud. He said to Bai Qi: "The power of the king is beyond the reach of the ministers!" The king is coming with a great army, and he should enter the camp to rest the soldiers! “
Bai Qi waved his hand and said, "You take me as a guard?" Definitely! I will break Zhao Biye! “
He took Wang Yu to climb Mount Ju. Jushan is the Zhaoshan of Gaodu, the geographical location is very important, when Bai Qi just captured Gaodu, he set up a pavilion barrier here to protect this place from being spied on by secret sentinels. After the arrival of the army, the defense here was tighter, and there were many lookout posts and mobile posts; There are people patrolling up and down the mountain repeatedly, leaving almost no dead ends. Zhao Junshao couldn't get within five miles. After the two went up the mountain, Bai Qi pointed to the mountain where Zhao Kuo was on the opposite side and said: "The other mountain is based on Zhao, so it is powerful to attack." I will cut it down so that it cannot come out. He pointed to the southernmost barriers, and said: "Lian Po wins with the other base, I will break it, and laugh for the world!" “
Wang Ji had been guarding this group of fortresses for half a year, and had never come up with any way to capture this group of fortresses, so he asked, "What will the king do to destroy them?" “
Bai Qi said: "I take the front mountain, and take the camp like covering my hands and ears!" “
Wang Di didn't know how to answer, but his worship of Bai Qi made him not have a trace of doubts about Bai Qi's words, and only thought that his realm was far from Bai Qi's height, so he didn't know anything. He asked again: "The king uses soldiers, and the ministers should follow suit!" “
Bai Qi said: "Yes! He pointed to the backmost side of the valley and said, "Gather your troops on them, and attack them in front of them!" “
While they were discussing, drums sounded from the Zhao army's position, and the Zhao army began to change its formation and advance towards the eastern side of Jushan. Bai Qi seemed to have seized the rare opportunity and explained to Wang Ji on the spot: "He will attack my right, I will attack it with the left, and if you attack it after him, he will be chaotic!" “
As he was talking, another Zhao army was opened in Zhao Bi, and they lined up on both sides of the mountain bag, obviously on the alert to Qin Bi. Then another army was sent out, pointing southward, and advancing about ten miles behind the front army, but the rear did not leave the camp.
Bai Qi asked, "Why did you attack this formation?" “
Wang Di looked at it and said, "If you go diagonally and hit its side, the enemy can be broken!" “
Bai Qi said: "Good! “
The scene of the battle between the two armies was blocked by the mountains, and neither of them saw it, but only saw the Zhao army withdrawing and being picked up by the supporting Zhao army.
Bai Qi frowned and said, "Why don't you go out of Gaoduye?" This question almost scared Wang Di's heart out of the way. He didn't expect that Bai Qi would use Gaodu as bait to annihilate the Zhao army. Such a big courage is probably only something that Bai Qi can have, dare to have!
In the battle before sunset, the Qin army took a small advantage and repelled the attack of the Zhao army with the tactics of the Chu army's strong central retreat and outflanking on both flanks. The battle report reached Bai Qi, who ordered to reward the brave fighters. Since he did not receive the first rank, no one made meritorious contributions.
At night, two people came to Bai Qi's tent, one Bai Qi knew, Li Bing, who had served as the lieutenant of Shangjun, Hedong, and Beidi, and the other he had never seen before. Li Bing introduced that this person's name was Meng Fu, a native of Qi State, who arrived in Tao County at about the beginning of the month, and claimed that he was willing to respond to the virtuous by force. However, Tao County did not have facilities to assess, so he was arranged to go to Anyi nearby to accept the assessment of Hedong County. As a result, Meng Fuli shot the imperial strategy in five ways, and according to the law, it can be promoted to not change. The test results were sent to Xianyang and handed over to the Prime Minister's Mansion for processing, and Meng Wei himself was recommended to the King of Qin by Pi Juan. The King of Qin took the time to meet him and allowed him to temporarily assist Li Bing in handling Hedong affairs as a doctor. Bai Qi asked the King of Qin for Li Bing to command the Northland Army to fight, and Li Bing brought Meng Fu with him.
Bai Qi heard that Meng Fu was excellent in all five ways, and he was a little unconvinced, so he raised his hand and said, "Do you dare to wrestle with me?" ”
Meng Fu said: "The minister doesn't dare! ”
Bai Qi said: "Why are you afraid? ”
Meng Fu said: "The success or failure of Qin depends on the king, and the ministers dare not abolish the public with their own interests!" ”
Bai Qi couldn't turn a corner for a while. Li Bing explained with a smile: "I'm afraid that the king will be injured!" ”
Bai Qi said: "How can this be reasonable! Qin Wang Zhunqing is a doctor and a lieutenant in the north, if he wins, he will actually be awarded the title of Doctor Qing! ”
Meng Fu said: "That's why the public is abolished for selfishness." ”
Seeing that Meng Fu repeatedly excused himself, he became interested and said, "I will build this merit with my strength." Dare to deceive! ”
Meng Fu said: "You are more than half a hundred years old, and your muscles and bones are tired. If the minister wins, the king will be hurt; If the minister is not victorious, he will bully the king. If you want to offend a minister, please punish him. I don't dare to respond! ”
Li Bing turned around and said: "You are the king, but you don't have to try." Look at its spear, its long ......"
Bai Qi interrupted: "There are many highly skilled people in the world, but they are dazzling. War is the same. How expensive is the skill! ”
Meng Fu said: "I am willing to borrow a hundred soldiers to try!" One day you can fight, and three days you can be strong. ”
Bai Qi was not interested, waved his hand and said: "There are 20,000 soldiers in the north, let you try it!" Then he turned to Li Bing and said, "You climb the mountain with me and watch!" ”
Bai Qi took Li Bing to climb Ju Mountain, and Meng Fu was not qualified to follow. Bai Qi pointed to the foot of the nearest mountain guarded by the Zhao army and said to Li Bing: "If you go to the northern camp and take this mountain in a few days, it will be harmonious!" ”
Li Bing said: "The minister is going to go, check the enemy's reality and capture it!" ”
Bai Qi described to Li Bing in detail his understanding of the deployment of the Zhao army, and said: "He is indecent in a corner, and he is really fearless, but if he breaks his forward, he will go down the line. However, its soldiers are thick, and it is not enough to break it if it is not rushed by the elite. I give you a swordsman, and you make good use of it! ”
Li Bing said: "The words of the king, the minister remembers. But the swordsman is not a minister. If you have a deep military strategy, or you have another strategy, I hope you will allow it! ”
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "But if you can break the formation, why not." Thou shalt cut it. ”
Li Bing said: "
In Bai Qi's camp, there was neither water to drink nor meat to eat, so Bai Qi grabbed a handful of fried millet each, which was regarded as a treat. Then he sent someone to escort Li Bing and his entourage to the back of the mountain and enter the military camp in the north of Shicheng.
Li Bing is not as generous as Bai Qi, he can ride a horse every day, he can only go to Shicheng on foot. Although his own battalion was still relatively elite, he also walked for dozens of miles of mountain roads overnight, and did not arrive in the camp until dawn and took over the command. Li Bing and his entourage were not very numerous, and after they arrived, they did not cause any waves, and no one even reported Zhao Kuo.