Chapter 225 The Chu Army Retreats
Xiang Yan took command from the city walls.
Seeing the Chu army attacking the city tower one after another, the Qin army guards on the city were defeated more and more seriously, and seemed to be unable to hold on. He said: "Pingyu will be able to capture it as soon as tomorrow. Meng Tian is probably desperate.
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Xiong Qi asked: "What happened to Qin's reinforcements?"
Xiang Rong, who was next to him, said: "According to the news, Meng Yi of Yingchuan has already collected the county soldiers and is preparing to rush to Pingyu. It will take two or three days to get from Yingchuan to Pingyu. As for Ningteng of Nanjun, there has been no movement yet.
, even the scouts couldn’t get any information.”
Xiong Qi worriedly said: "Nanjun is in a state of war readiness. If we are asked for help, we will be the first to send troops. There will be no movement."
After being reminded like this, Xiang Yan finally felt that something was not right.
After hesitating for a while, he decided that he could no longer fight and ordered: "The entire army retreats!"
Although Pingyu is important, but the situation is unclear now, it is better to ensure the safety of our army first, retreat ten miles to the direction of Chencheng, and then wait and see how the situation goes.
The order to withdraw troops soon sounded among the Chu army.
The soldiers who were preparing to attack the city were stunned for a while. They were sure that it was really an order to retreat. They had no choice but to give up attacking the city that was about to be captured and had to retreat.
"General, retreat!"
The captain said.
Meng Tian was not in a hurry: "We will wait and see. We haven't seen the general's order yet, so there is no need to rush out of the city."
Not long after the Chu army retreated, Xiang Liang suddenly came up from the rear army: "Father, it's not good! The rear army was attacked and the military camp was burned down."
Hearing this, Xiang Yan suddenly looked back, and sure enough she could see the light of the fire, and shouted: "Go back quickly!"
The Chu army retreated faster and faster, and there were obvious signs of chaos.
On the tower.
"General, it's on fire!"
The captain pointed to the distance and said excitedly.
Setting fire was the order agreed upon by Bai Zhong and Meng Tian, who said decisively: "Open the city gate, go out to fight, and kill!"
Qin Jun had been suppressed for several days and was already suffocating.
Finally able to go out of the city to kill the enemy and avenge the Chu army, they could no longer bear it any longer and all rushed out of the city gate. Under the leadership of Meng Tian, they chased after the retreating Chu army.
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The rear army of the Chu army.
Nanjun's reinforcements were taken away by Baizhong's people in advance, and of course the Chu army's scouts failed to detect them.
Early in the morning, seeing Xiang Yan attacking the city again, Bai Zhong led his troops directly into the Chu army's rear army. The first thing he wanted to do was to set fire to create chaos. As soon as the fire started, people rushed from all sides.
spread among the tents.
The food, grass and supplies inside were almost completely burned in a short time.
Bai Zhong turned on the violence and fought wildly, leading Ying Shu, Wang Li and Li Xin, a total of more than 50,000 people, to kill the Chu army's rear troops. After killing for a while, Xiang Yan and others gathered the main force to attack.
Fight back.
"Retreat first!"
Bai Zhong shouted.
After the order was passed, this part of the Qin army did not want to fight. They retreated and the Yan army that counterattacked was immediately defeated.
Xiang Yan was still chasing him, but Meng Tian came out of the Pingyu tower and also charged into the Chu army. Bai Zhong saw that Meng Tian had left the city and commanded his troops to rush in again.
The two sides formed a flanking attack.
Although the number of the Qin army was not as large as that of the Chu army, the Chu army was intercepted and killed during its retreat, and its strength was greatly reduced.
Xiang Yan knew that he had been tricked again, so he had no choice but to retreat, not daring to fight the Qin army again.
It is not difficult for a 200,000-strong army to break out among more than 100,000 Qin troops.
The Chu army quickly distanced themselves from the Qin army and fled eastward. Fortunately, they responded in time and did not suffer too much battle damage.
"Father, it's Bai Zhong who is here."
Xiang Liang gasped and said.
It was indeed Bai Zhong who was here. They could all see it when they were fighting just now.
They fell into Bai Zhong's trap again!
Xiang Rong said: "Baizhong and Li Xin appeared at the same time, General Zhaoyue should have been killed by himself."
Xiang Yan said with a gloomy face: "Let's talk about it after we go back to Chencheng. It's a pity for Pingyu and Shangcai."
The Chu army did not quarrel anymore, and understood that if they continued to quarrel with Bai Zhong, they would be the ones to suffer.
They retreated directly and were soon gone, leaving only thousands of corpses behind.
Bai Zhong did not pursue him. Even with his small number of men, he could kill most of the Chu army and suffer heavy losses in battle. He first returned to Pingyu City to meet with Meng Tian and the others.
"General, I'm sorry!"
As soon as he arrived in the city, Meng Tian knelt down.
As a general's subordinate, he actually suffered such a defeat, which was a disgrace to the general.
Li Xin knelt down again. All the plans came from his hands, and he had greater responsibilities. He felt extremely ashamed.
"Get up first, go and conquer Shangcai tomorrow, and then you can go back to Xianyang and plead guilty in front of the king, not in front of me."
Bai Zhong said.
When they thought of going back to see the king, they felt uncertain.
However, if you lose the battle, you can use your title to offset your fault. In addition to reducing your title, you will have no chance to follow Bai Zhong's command in the future. Especially Li Xin, you may be sent to the frontier to serve as a frontier general.
But it's pretty good if you can save your life.
Next, Meng Tian wrote another letter, telling Yingchuan that the crisis had been resolved and there was no need for further support.
The next morning.
Baizhong left 10,000 men to guard Pingyu and went north to attack Shangcai.
The Chu army at Shang Cai knew that they were outmatched, so they surrendered directly to the city.
They were Xiong Qi's soldiers before, so they changed their flag and rebelled against Qin so decisively. Baizhong had no mercy on them, nor accepted surrender, and killed all the more than 5,000 people guarding the city.
The people in the city were also violently suppressed by the Qin army, and no one dared to start any more unrest.
The first battle to destroy Chu ended like this.
Bai Zhong did not leave immediately and continued to lead his troops to guard the place. He would wait for Ying Zheng's royal edict to arrive before he could decide where they should go.
"Open the properties panel!"
It became quiet, Bai Zhong thought silently in his heart.
Host: Bai Zhong
Level:6
Achievements: Middle Watch, General, Bloody River
Merit points: 6570
Kungfu and skills: Immortality Technique, Mozi Sword Technique, Eight Techniques in the Well
Special abilities: Berserk (Advanced, 500%), Wild War (Advanced, 426%), Moonlight (Intermediate, 55%), Slavery (Advanced, 661%)
After this battle, the merit points only increased by more than a thousand points.
Any martial arts secret book in the system mall costs RMB 100,000.
"When can I save up to 100,000?"
Bai Zhong felt that there would be many more battles in the future, and as a coach, he would personally go into battle to kill the enemy, and there would not be much that could be converted by merit alone.
After simply reading it, he closed all the panels.
I was stationed in Shangcai for several days and slowly maintained order.
Then, Ying Zheng's imperial edict came.
The person who came to deliver the king's edict was Zhao Gao, so he told Meng Tian and Li Xin to return to Xianyang, while Baizhong continued to guard Wuguan. If necessary, he would call them again.
After it was over, Zhao Gao reminded: "The king is very angry now. The two generals should pay attention when they return."
These are all within their expectations.
Li Xin smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you so much for Zhao's order."
Chapter completed!