Chapter 225: The brave wins
Xu Chao looked at the sand table map in front of him, the road from Hanzhong to the south to attack Mianxian County was rugged and difficult, and according to Wei Zong's idea, he continued to defend. But Xu Chao felt that this was an opportunity.
Wei Zong believed that the road was narrow and easy to be blocked in the mountain road, and it was better to defend. And Xu Chao believes that the road is far away and the road is narrow, and it is the brave who meets on the narrow road wins. After hearing Xu Chao's words, Wei Zong was very surprised and immediately agreed with Xu Chao's idea.
So Xu Chao led the army to prepare for a decisive battle with the Qin army.
In order to paralyze the enemy, Xu Chao deliberately made people publicize that he was a member of the clan, and also showed a good joy, stupid and greedy, and a son of a powerful man who was just gilded and snatched the army to get back and be promoted.
And he still likes to make a lot of nonsense, and anyone who sees him thinks he is a straw bag with a wine bag and a rice bag. He even announced that he would personally lead the army to conquer Mian County. The entire Nanzheng was in an uproar, and the spies of the Qin State naturally learned the news at the first time.
When I heard that there was a Huai State clan straw bag that was going to lead the army to attack Mian County, Gongzi Zhang, the chief general of the Qin army, suddenly laughed and said: "With such a stupid person leading the army, our army will not be victorious, and this is the opportunity for God to give me and other meritorious services." ”
Everyone in the Qin army was also smiling, thinking that this was a fool who came to give them credit. And the news that came from the Qin State spies immediately afterwards convinced them of this idea.
When Xu Chao was marching out of the army, he even deliberately brought more than a dozen singers into the barracks, preparing to let these singers and dancers sing to relieve their boredom on the way. What's even more outrageous is that the Huai army only walked less than thirty miles a day, and then the army camped and began to blow and play to watch the dancing girl performance. Originally, these made the Qin army feel outrageous, but then Xu Chao actually asked the cavalry in the army to ride back to Nanzheng and deliver ice cubes to him to relieve the heat.
Seeing Xu Chao behaving like this, many generals of the Qin army were even more happy, and they looked down on this Huai army more and more in their hearts. The generals slacked off and underestimated the Huai army, and the following were naturally affected, this atmosphere spread in the army, and the Qin army had not yet started the war, so they actually thought that this battle would be won, and they were very slack against the Huai country.
On the other side, Xu Chao is still traveling at a speed of thirty miles a day, and even has to go to the mountains to play when he is leisurely and elegant.
It has been ten days since the army was launched, and it has not even gone out of a hundred miles.
On this day, the Huai army camp. Xu Chao, who was supposed to be drunk, instantly threw away the wine glass, turned over and got up, the whole person was in good spirits, how could there be a trace of indulgence in wine. Even the other generals in the camp were the same.
"General, those spies are gone!" In the dark corner of the tent, a figure came out and said to him.
Xu Chao nodded, and the black shadow quietly retreated.
Several soldiers ripped off all the colorful clothes they were wearing. Xu Chao bowed his hand to these people and said: "Thank you for your hard work, this time I will go back, I will report to you for your first credit!" ”
Several soldiers bowed their hands and said, "I am willing to die for the king." ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle has reached a critical moment, pass on our military order, the army will pull out the camp, discard all the baggage, carry five days' rations per person, set off after half an hour, and rush to Mianguao within two days to raid the Qin army!"
"When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! This battle will destroy the Qin army! ”
"The brave wins!" The generals shouted in unison.
With Xu Chao's order, the originally lazy camp immediately began to operate, but after half an hour, the army quickly dispatched to Mian Gu Pass.
With Xu Chao's order, the originally lazy camp immediately began to operate, but after half an hour, the army quickly dispatched to Mian Gu Pass.
Just when the Qin army felt that the Huai army was still grinding two hundred miles away, they couldn't have imagined that Xu Chao had already traveled lightly and led the army to come.
The Huai army was extremely fast, and it took two hundred miles of mountain roads to arrive in two days and one night, and it was thirty miles away from the Qin army camping in Miangu Pass. And when they arrived here, the Qin army scouts finally learned that the Huai army was close at hand, and seeing this situation, the Qin army was shocked, and hurriedly gathered the army to prepare the big army for battle.
It's just that the Qin army has become accustomed to being casual, and the sudden order that the Qin army is also a little sluggish. On the other side, Xu Chao did not hesitate, and directly ordered the five thousand mountain Yue elite soldiers in the army to seize a mountain in the south of the Qin army, and then led the army to follow.
Seeing that the Huai army was going to occupy the high ground on the south side, the Qin army hurriedly sent a large army to fight for it. It's a pity that these Qin troops are demoralized and act in a panic, how can they be opponents of the Huai army.
The mountain is like walking on the ground, and it looks like a thin body, but in fact it is very strong, and its movements are as agile as an ape. The Qin army couldn't grab the mountain at all. Wait until the Huai army occupies the high ground, and then condescendingly launch a surprise attack on the Qin army. The Qin army was beaten and retreated, and it was not an opponent at all. At the same time, Xu Chao also led the army directly to the Qin army camp.
At this time, Gongzi Zhang, the chief general of the Qin army, was caught off guard by Xu Chao, and constantly ordered the army to attack, but before the Qin army could line up the formation, the Huai army had already rushed in.
Xu Chao took the lead, and under the leadership of the surrounding guards, he rushed straight to the Chinese army, shouting: "The brave who meets on a narrow road wins!" ”
When the Huai soldiers saw that the main general was taking the lead, their morale was greatly boosted, and they shouted that the brave will win when they meet on the narrow road, and then rushed towards the Qin army.
Seeing that the Huai army was so heroic, the Qin soldiers were also terrified, and the Tengjia army and the Shanyue elite soldiers took the lead one by one. Everyone shot their crossbows one after another, and the Qin army was caught off guard and was directly shot down, and the already unstable military formation was directly broken into a gap.
The morale-boosting Huai army directly broke through the Qin army's defense, and Gongzi Zhang, as the main general, continued to command the army, wanting to stabilize the formation, but in the face of the high morale and brave and invincible Huai army, the Qin army's defense line he arranged was broken one after another.
Even Huai Junbing Peak was already less than fifty steps away from him, and the surrounding guards saw this situation and hurriedly escorted Gongzizhang to retreat. Seeing this scene, Xu Chao immediately laughed and said: "Yingzhang escaped, Yingzhang escaped!" ”
"Yingzhang escaped, capture Yingzhang alive!"
"Yingzhang escaped, capture Yingzhang alive!"
When the soldiers of the Qin army heard the shout, they subconsciously looked at the commander Daxu, and found that there was really no one under Daxu, and their morale plummeted, and when they saw the main general fleeing, the remaining Qin troops also began to flee. The entire Qin army's military array completely collapsed at this moment.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops were defeated, the Huai army charged, a large number of Qin troops were slashed and killed, and the mountain roads were already rugged and difficult to travel.
The Huai army quickly crushed the Qin army, and for a time the Qin army was routed in the mountains, and a large number of Qin troops trampled to death. The Huai army continued to slash and kill the Qin army, and at the same time shouted that those who surrendered would not be killed, and a large number of Qin troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Throughout the battlefield, the Huai army continued to pursue, and the dead were sleepy.
(End of chapter)