Chapter 21: Retreat
readx;? Bei Mingchen gave this order, and such an order is undoubtedly suicide. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The soldier on one side was shocked and said, "General, we have exceeded the task, and if we continue to hold on now, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers." ”
Bei Mingchen said, "The General's purpose is to wait for work, and if you can hold on for a while, you will spend more time on the enemy." Moreover, the general's order is that there are no reinforcements, and we have no way back, so it is the same as Han Xin's backwater battle, and we will definitely be able to resist the enemy's attack again. If that doesn't work, let's think about retreating. As for the military rations, I have already ordered them to be collected. ”
The soldier was helpless, "Alas, well. ”
On the other side, Huang Xiaoqiang knew about Bei Mingchen's situation, and shook his head helplessly, although Bei Mingchen's idea is excellent, but from the overall situation, it is a loss, Bei Mingchen's troops may be in danger of being wiped out. The table slammed and he cursed in his heart, "Stupid." The reason why Han Xin was able to succeed in the battle against the odds was because the opponents were all stupid, and now that they have not evacuated, the back road will definitely be outflanked, and our military rations will definitely not be able to be transported. At that time, there will be no food in the army, and the morale of the army will be unstable, and there will definitely be changes. ”
At this time, there were no other strategists in the army, so Huang Xiaoqiang could only find a way by himself. I walked around the camp by myself, and I was very entangled. After thinking about it, he had an idea, and said in his heart, "There is." Immediately write a letter.
"General Qiyu, the general's military rations have not been delivered, and there has been no letter. What should I do?" the soldier asked, Bei Mingchen.
Bei Mingchen said in his heart, "It seems that our back road may be outflanked, in this case, the military rations will not be able to be delivered at all." It seems that you can only wait for the opportunity to break through. Alas, what a good intention did a bad thing. I really should listen to the general's arrangement and evacuate as soon as possible. Bei Mingchen said, "You come here, give me the order." Such...... ”
In Zao Wou-Ki's military camp, Guo Hui and Zao Wou-Ki discussed the military situation.
"General, it has been reported that the enemy army wants to take advantage of the darkness to escape back to Yiling. ”
"Is the message accurate?"
"It's true, now the defense of its west gate is empty, and we will break it at the first attack. ”
Zao Wou-Ki immediately led the entire army of nearly 15,000 men and horses (the remaining nearly 4,000 men and horses were ambushed on the retreat of the Northern Underworld) and directly attacked the camp of the Northern Underworld. Zhao Wuji had already endured his anger, looked at the very empty gate, and gave an order, and the whole army attacked. Naturally, because there were too many people and the terrain was narrow, they could only be divided into three armies, the front, the middle and the rear, to attack in turn. Things went very well, and the gate was breached in an instant.
Looking at the granary in the camp, Zao Wou-Ki was very happy. Xin said, "This group of wrecks didn't dare to come out to fight a few days ago, they were just afraid of us, but now it's even better, they fled without even bringing food and grass." But that's right, my life is going to be gone, so what kind of food and grass do I care? Zao Wou-Ki led his men and horses to continue to clear the few soldiers in the camp.
Guo Hui saw that the situation was a little bad, and quickly found Zao Wou-ki. "General, do you feel that something is wrong with this situation?"
Zhao Wouji was looking at the tragic situation of the Jingzhou soldiers with a smile, and returned nonchalantly, "What's wrong, isn't it that the thief army was frightened by the momentum of our army and fled?"
Guo Hui looked sad and replied, "Oh, General Zhao, no matter how scared the enemy is, they are not all stupid, since they are going to flee, why do they still keep this grain and grass for us? ”
Zao Wou-Ki immediately realized and returned, "You mean there is fraud in this." ”
"My general, that's nature. We still have 4,000 men blocking their rear, and if they have no trickery, we will be able to pursue them in front and rear, and they will not be completely annihilated. ”
Zhao Wuji nodded, understanding the reason, "Quick, hurry up and check the situation of the grain and grass for me." ”
Some soldiers immediately checked the grain in the granary, and after careful inspection, they found that the granary was covered with grain, but all the flammable materials buried below were straw, charcoal, etc., and the key was that there was a lot of fire oil on these flammable materials.
After finding out the situation, Zhao Wuji shouted badly, and immediately ordered, "The whole army listens to the order, the front army and the rear army are reversed, and all the troops retreat." ”
Zao Wou-Ki guessed that this camp was completely a trap. All Bei Mingchen wanted was to attract his main force into the camp, and then burn the camp clean with a fire.
Zao Wou-Ki guessed correctly, his military order had not yet been fully conveyed, and he saw countless rockets shot from the high mountains in the east. Naturally, many of these countless rockets were shot on the granary, which was full of flammable materials, and in an instant, most of the entire camp was burned. As soon as everyone saw the fire, all the staff hurriedly retreated to the west gate.
Although the altitude of the camp is high, it is located between two hills, and the terrain is very narrow. Moreover, Zao Wou-Ki's vanguard army was too numerous to run, so there were not many people who burned to death, and there were not a few who died by being trampled by their teammates.
"Bei Mingchen, if I catch you, you must be broken into thousands of pieces, and your bones will be scattered. Zao Wou-Ki scolded as he looked at the fire behind him, and then fled to the west.
In the east, Bei Mingchen and the others looked at the fire, excited, Bei Mingchen said to himself, "Alas, the bow and arrow are used too quickly, if there can be more bows and arrows, then this fire will be bigger, spread faster, and the enemy will have more casualties, it's a pity." Afterwards, Bei Mingchen couldn't help but smile again, when he was defending, he shouted the most, "Release the arrow, release the arrow, release the arrow quickly." This bow and arrow is consumed so quickly, where can there be so many left? ”
Seeing that the fire was not big or small, Bei Mingchen guessed that Zao Wou-Ki and the others would definitely catch up after a while, and immediately ordered, "Brothers, our 10,000-strong battle defeated Zao Wou-Ki's 25,000 men, which shows that the enemy is not strong at all. The general's wisdom is far superior to ours, and we will definitely win later, and now we will retreat to the second and third lines of defense according to the general's arrangement. ”
Although the number of the six lines of defense arranged by Huang Xiaoqiang is decreasing, the reserve of military rations is increasing. He considered that the troops on the front line were withdrawn, the wounded soldiers returned to the rear line of defense to recuperate for a while, and the soldiers who could fight again would retreat to the border, so that they could give people the feeling that there were always large troops guarding the checkpoints along the road.
Bei Mingchen's idea was that he would lead his troops back to the second line of defense that Yin Bu broke first, and the rest of the wounded soldiers would retreat to the third line of defense.
Bei Mingchen's troops had only marched for more than an hour before they came to a canyon with high mountains on either side and only a trail in between. The point is that this trail is still relatively long. Bei Mingchen was secretly shocked, this road was a shortcut to retreat, but it was really a crisis, and it was entangled for a while. After much hesitation, he still ordered to continue the march, and the fire in the camp could not be stopped for too long.
After Bei Mingchen and the others completely entered the canyon, they only heard the great momentum on both sides of the mountain. In just a few moments, countless arrows were fired.