Yanping walked out of the tent. The so-called dark cavalry he saw was actually only a few thousand people. He cursed in his heart: Are the eyes of the messengers used to vent their anger? How can the enemy make such a fuss?
Not to mention the importance of experience, as a leading general, you must have your own judgment. Soldiers will always see the number of enemies wirelessly, especially in emergencies, because they are afraid of death. You If you completely rely on their reports as the basis for judgment, you will be so angry that you vomit blood afterwards.
Obviously, Yanping did not have this kind of experience. When he saw that there were only a few thousand enemies, he wanted to take back his previous order. There was no need for the defenders on both wings to come to help. It was a piece of cake to eliminate this small number of enemies.
But since the order has been issued, forget it. It is better to return without success than to change the order overnight.
Yanping didn't know that it was precisely because of his compassion that he caused huge losses to the Qin army.
As soon as the more than 10,000 Qin troops who were ambushing in the camp walked out of the camp, Zhao Ling ordered the entire army to retreat faster than when they came.
Yanping became anxious when he saw it. How could he let the meat that was brought to his mouth run away? Chase him. He must annihilate all these enemies. A small victory first will help boost his morale. Moreover, this will be his first battle. The importance of a victory cannot be underestimated.
"Report, 20,000 reinforcements from the two wing camps of the Qin Army rushed towards the central camp for reinforcements!" The scout reported the enemy's situation to Ji Jie.
"Great, this guy Yanping is really a cautious person, hahaha!" Ji Jie waved his hand and said: "Immediately prepare the second and third artillery positions, tasked with blocking enemy reinforcements. Since Yanping has given us a way to expand the results If you have an opportunity, you have to make good use of it!"
Ji Jie had already prepared a second set of plans. Once the two wings of the Qin army arrived for reinforcements, he would set up artillery positions and ambush along the only way before they arrived.
The two teams quickly got into position. At this time, the trebuchet on the ground in the first position was already roaring.
"Boom boom boom..."
A single salvo fired dozens of artillery shells, which exploded in the pursuit of the Qin army!
The Qin army suddenly fell on their backs. Everyone thought of the Zhou army's strategy to lure the enemy, so they rushed out in a dense formation, and one explosion took away thousands of lives!
"Let it go! Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The second round of volleys continued to expand the results. The Qin army saw that they had been ambushed and fled in all directions. In the dark night, a stampede was inevitable.
Screams were heard everywhere, and together with the whine of the war horses, they formed a miserable movement.
Yanping panicked and pulled over a messenger and said: "Order the troops to continue rushing forward. If you retreat, you will only get beaten. As long as the Zhou army's trebuchet position is taken care of, everyone will be safe! Also, order the two wings to come for reinforcements." The generals will lead their troops to attack the enemy position from the side, and their trebuchets must be silenced in the shortest possible time!"
"Yes!" The messenger rushed to deliver the order.
Meng Ao came over and said: "General, Ji Jie is very clever with his troops. I suggest you withdraw your troops to avoid causing more serious casualties!"
Yanping sneered at Meng Ao's opinion and said: "The last time you lost to the Chu army, wasn't it just because you were afraid of Ji Jie that you were timid? Could it be that I will make the same mistake as you?"
Meng Ao was very angry. I kindly reminded you that it’s fine if you don’t listen. Why do you want to expose other people’s scars?
Forget it if you don't listen. This is obviously Ji Jie's trick to lure the enemy. Even a fool can see it. If you want to continue to increase troops, go ahead. Anyway, it's not my fault for the defeat. Meng Ao waved his hand. Leave here, leaving Yanping alone to continue directing.
However, his belief in victory was ruthlessly knocked into the ice valley again: the reinforcements on both wings were bombarded by the same bombardment as the front, and the troops running at the front were almost wiped out. The soldiers behind quickly retreated and barely stabilized their position, but If you want to rush to the vicinity of the Zhou army's artillery position, God knows what a price you have to pay.
At this moment, Yanping regretted that he did not listen to Meng Ao's suggestion. He finally realized that this was Ji Jie's trick to lure the enemy. Unfortunately, it seemed a little too late to realize it now.
"Order...all troops to retreat and withdraw to their respective camps..." Yanping gave the only correct order today in a trembling voice.
In fact, the three troops had already begun to retreat one after another before this. No one was stupid. The only result of moving forward was to lose their lives in vain.
"Come here!" Yanping summoned an experienced general and asked in a low voice: "From your perspective, how many soldiers will we lose this time?"
The general thought for a while and said: "The frontal losses are about 5,000 people, and the two wings each have about 3,000 people. The total loss is estimated to be more than 10,000 people!"
"Huh..." Yanping let out a long breath. It was only 10,000 people, which was only half of the total force. The loss was not huge. His position as the commander-in-chief of the three armies should not be lost because of this.
"Okay, let's go and count the specific figures immediately!" Yanping didn't want to continue to face the failure in front of him, so he turned back to the military tent.
The Zhou army returned victoriously, but Zhao Lingyi still said: "Your Majesty, this time I will see Ji Jian's infantry and artillery show off their skills. You have to leave the main attack mission to me next time!"
Ji Jie patted him on the shoulder and said: "Your contribution is not small. If you hadn't successfully fished Qin Jun out of his nest, there would have been no chance for Ji Jian to show off his skills! The first battle was fought beautifully, everyone should go back Rest and continue tomorrow!"
"yes!"
The soldiers of the Zhou army fought a victorious battle and slept soundly after returning. But one person was destined to be unable to sleep tonight, and that was Qin General Yanping.
It was already worrying enough, but after the statistical results were reported to him, it became even more worrying.
The death toll was 16,000, and countless others were injured. It was estimated that it was less than 10,000 people. This cannot be said to be that the general’s estimate was wrong. It was true that only more than 10,000 people died directly under the gunfire, and the other five Six thousand died in the stampede in the chaos.
Thousands of people were trampled to death. You can imagine how chaotic the scene was at that time. Of course, most of them died under the hoofs of horses!
The death toll was close to 10%, and including the injured, it was almost 15%. Yanping really didn't know what tone to use to write a battle report to Lu Buwei. He lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
"Yes, go find Meng Ao!" He sat up from the cot, clapped his hands and said to himself: "He must have experience in this area, just ask him how he wrote it the first two times!"
I went to Meng Ao excitedly, but I didn't expect to be rejected.
Yanping stood in front of Meng Ao's military tent and said to the gatekeeper carelessly: "Go and wake up your general. I have something to discuss with him!"
The guard didn't look at Yanping's face at all and said: "I'm sorry, my general is already asleep! He told the villain that if General Yan comes looking for him, please ask him to go back and come back tomorrow! If I wake him up, he will He won’t say anything!”
"You..." Yanping blew his beard and glared angrily, but there was nothing he could do.