The Hand Crossbow of the Fuji Armor Army is basically only used once in a battle, and after breaking through the enemy's defenses, it will rush up and kill them. This time is no different.

The elite of Huai broke three formations in a row, and the soldiers of Qin died and suffered heavy casualties. At the critical moment, the Qin army forcibly charged with chariots, paying huge casualties and heavy casualties, which blocked the Huai army's attack.

And when the Huai army was besieging Maojindu, on the other side of the battlefield, Bai Qi, who had originally commanded the army to retreat north, received the news that Maojindu was attacked by the elite of the Huai army.

The defenders of Shangyangyi had relaxed their vigilance a little after seeing the Qin army retreating, but at this time, the Qin army raided, the Iron Eagle Ruishi led the charge, and the Qin army's crossbow array also stepped forward one after another. Arrows rained down on the city wall, and the Huai army on the city wall was suppressed and couldn't raise its head.

The Iron Eagle Ruishi took the opportunity to start attacking the city, and at the same time, a large number of Qin troops followed, and various engineering equipment advanced rapidly. Looking at the posture, it is simply prepared.

Bai Qi, this is preparing to withdraw the army? It was clearly a false shot, in order to make the Huai army relax its vigilance, thinking that the Qin army was evacuating, and then let the Huai army send a large army to besiege Maojindu, wanting to cut off the retreat of the Qin army and annihilate the remaining Qin army.

If Le Yi was attracted by the results of the total annihilation of the Qin army, he sent the elite of the Huai army to besiege Maojindu. Bai Qi will immediately concentrate the elite and attack Shangyangyi at any cost. As long as Shangyangyi was captured, the Qin army would be able to flank Hangu Pass from both the east and west. At that time, even if Maojindu is lost, it will not affect the Qin army.

Bai Qi did not have an advantage in the Qin army, and wanted to turn defeat into victory through strategic deception. If Le Yi was a little careless and a little greedy for victory, this time he would fall into Bai Qi's calculations.

It's a pity that Le Yi, as a top-level commander, knows very well the power of enemies of this level. Just when you think it's a sweet fruit, it's actually a deadly trap.

Just when Bai Qi sent a large army to attack Shangyangyi, the next second, only a sound of 'Collapse and Collapse' bowstrings was heard, and thousands of fist-sized stones suddenly flew out of the sky and landed in the Qin army's siege army. Fist-sized stones fell like rain, and the armor and shields of the Qin army were of no use in front of these stones.

The shield was directly smashed to pieces, the armor was deformed, the bones were broken, and the skull was cracked. The Qin army, which was attacking, suddenly suffered heavy casualties. At the same time, a continuous stream of stones flew out of the city of Shangyangyi, and even the siege equipment of the Qin army could not withstand a few blows.

In Shangyangyi, dozens of catapults are filled with polished stones, and after many improvements by the Mo family and Huaiguo craftsmen, these catapults have changed from instruments that originally required the cooperation of dozens of people to defend the city to five people.

There are a lot of books about machinery in the Huaiguo collection room, which is naturally the legacy left by Zijue. It is also with this valuable knowledge that the catapults of Huai are much more advanced than those of other countries in Bangzhou.

The trebuchet of this era is not only cumbersome and requires dozens of people to operate, but also can only throw more than a dozen catties of stones about fifty meters, and the interval between attacks is also long, which is very chicken. Huaiguo's trebuchet didn't throw farther, it just became smaller, easier to handle, and the attack interval was shorter.

For a long time, the trebuchets in Shangyangyi were not used, and after Le Yi found out that the Qin army was retreating, he did not rush to pursue, but placed all the trebuchets in Shangyangyi. He knew very well that the purpose of the Qin army's large-scale attack this time was to Hangu Pass, so no matter how the Qin army moved, it would definitely attack Shangyangyi and Hangu Pass in the end.

Thousands of elite Qin troops raided Shangyangyi, and then were beaten by trebuchets that rained down like raindrops. The Huai army even put a clay pot in a trebuchet and threw it with fire oil. The Qin army's ladders, chariots and other engineering equipment were burned.

Bai Qi saw that on the battlefield, the Qin army's attack was lost, and his face was still cold. After seeing that the army had no chance, he no longer let the army attack, and directly led the army to retreat and rescue Maojindu in the early stage.

This offensive and defensive battle was carried out extremely quickly, and it seemed that the troops used were not much, and the casualties were only thousands, but as soon as there was any carelessness, the other side would immediately rush forward like a shark smelling blood.

Just when you think that the enemy is going to withdraw and then the army pursues, only to suddenly turn around and go straight to the vital place. Bai Qi's way of using troops is simply uncanny, and he uses everything to the extreme. And Le Yi is also calm and calm, not giving Bai Qi the slightest chance, and at the same time not letting go of Bai Qi's weaknesses. Bai Qi could only retreat back to the army.

Bai Qi saw that the siege was unfavorable, so he did not hesitate to lead the army to evacuate, and then rescued Maojindu. The Qin army soon felt that Maojin was crossed, and the Huai army saw that the Qin reinforcements were coming, so they did not attack again, and soon withdrew from the battlefield.

At this time, the war was finally coming to an end, and the Qin army successively mobilized two or three hundred thousand elites, first defeated Han Wei, seized the land east of the river, and then went south to seize Hangu Pass, but was blocked by the Huai State in Shangyangyi, and fought fiercely for two months, killing and wounding tens of thousands of troops, and finally returned in vain.

The most important thing is that Bai Qi has realized that Le Yi is a general who is not inferior to him in the slightest. This time, if it weren't for the terrain restrictions, the Huai army would not be able to reinforce the attack on a large scale, and he would not have thought of leading the Qin army to retreat so easily this time. Even if it is changed to other places, the Qin army will be defeated this time.

This time, Bai Qi was not disappointed when he went south, and he didn't have any good way to deal with Le Yi for the time being. But there is also a way that is not a solution. Le Yi is in his fifties this year, while Bai Qi is not yet thirty years old. He has time to wait, time is on his side, and ten years later, Le Yi is in his sixties, even if he can go to the battlefield, his energy is not as good as before, how can he continue to spend it with him?

When the time comes, how can the Huai State without Le Yi be the opponent of the Qin army led by him?

Looking at the Qin Jun who was gradually disappearing, Le Yi's face did not relax in the slightest, this time he fought in person, and he had a clearer and more intuitive understanding of Bai Qi's strength. When Le Yi was as young as Bai Qi, his command and deployment of the army were inferior to Bai Qi.

He also understands that if ten years later, his energy will decline, and Bai Qi will be in the prime of life. I'm afraid that by then, it will no longer be an opponent for nothing.

In this regard, Le Yi is also worried about this, and wants to train this kind of top commander, not by learning and guiding, but by talent. Only if you have enough talent can you become a top commander after studying.

(End of chapter)