The sky was dark and bright, and the sound of cockcrows could be heard in the city, marking the beginning of a new day.
Da Sima Tian Chong had already woken up and was sitting on the couch with a sad face.
He actually didn't sleep well all night.
Whenever he thinks about Tian Chong's reputation being ruined by those people from the Four Kingdoms, he feels like a lump in his throat.
"Damn it, am I, Tian Chong, the one who was afraid that he would not be able to defeat the Qin army, so he sent assassins to kill him? If this news gets out, how will the people in the world look at me?"
"There is also Zhao Tuo. I often talk to him about military tactics and strategies in letters, and he admires me quite a lot. Now that I have been slandered as sending assassins to assassinate him, he will definitely despise me, right?"
Tian Chong was very angry. He had loved reading military books and reading "Spring and Autumn Period" since he was a child. He claimed to have "one hundred thousand soldiers" in his heart and longed for battlefield battles.
What makes Tian Chong regretful is that in the forty years since he was born, the Qi State has stayed away from the disputes among other countries and has not participated in the war. The Qi people have not fought for more than forty years, so there is no chance for him to go out to fight.
Whenever he thinks of this matter, Tian Chong often sighs with regret: "I hate that I am not alive in ancient times. If I could fight with Sun and Wu, Bai Qi Leyi would be my enemy. I would be happy and forget about it."
Just when he often lamented that he might only be able to live in a boring life with fine clothes and fine food, a cloud of beauties, eating and drinking and waiting to die, fate favored him.
After the death of the Queen, Queen Hou, who was actually in power in Qi and advocated friendship with the Qin people but did not help the five kingdoms, was stabbed to death by a group of people from the Four Kingdoms.
Immediately afterwards, Tian Chong's close friend Gongzi came to the stage and became the Prime Minister of Qi.
In his previous life, he was sheltered under the wings of the queen. After the death of the queen, he relied on the queen to govern the country. He only knew how to indulge in pleasure and had no ability. His power was soon taken away from him.
Tianjia, who held the power of military and political affairs, immediately repaid the help of the people of the four countries and sent 100,000 Qi troops to garrison the border to assist the Qin and Chu battlefields. The man who led the troops this time was Tian Chong.
Such a turning point in life made Tian Chong ecstatic. He felt that the strategy he had in mind was about to be put into effect. If Tian Chong didn't take action, it would be enough. Once he did, he would shock the world!
But just when Tian Chong was full of longing for his maiden battle, and wanted to fight an upright and honorable battlefield victory and become famous all over the world, he was surprised to find that people from the Four Kingdoms actually used his name to carry out assassinations.
"I can't send troops! It's not just what Xiangbang said, our Qi State will be used by people from the four countries. It's also because if I send troops at this moment, I will really be sending people to assassinate and then take the opportunity to make a sneak attack."
"Since ancient times, when two armies have fought against each other, they have relied on military tactics and strategies to fight and defeat each other. Even if they win by tactics, it is still the way of a military strategist. This kind of assassination of an enemy general is so despicable!"
"At that time, the whole world will say that I, Tian Chong, am immoral. I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat the enemy general in the battlefield, so I send people to assassinate him. This despicable behavior, I, Tian Chong, will never do!"
Tian Chong spoke angrily. He thought about it all night and made a decision. He would never do something so despicable and shameless that would undermine his noble status.
He, Tian Chong, wants face and reputation!
As for those people from the Four Kingdoms.
"It seems that Xiangbang and I were too lenient towards them, thinking that by killing Hou Sheng and helping us to take power, we can do whatever we want? They didn't even consult with me and sent people to assassinate Tu Sui. What a vain attempt.
Use this to force me. I’m afraid they have forgotten that this Qi is the Qi of my concubine’s surname Tian, not the Qi of his Han, Zhao, and Wei Yan!”
A cold light flashed in Tian Chong's eyes, and he decided to take this opportunity to suppress the people from the Four Kingdoms in the army.
As for the Qin army in Dongjun, Zhao Tuo and Tu Sui both had problems. The Qin army was in great chaos. By the time Qin sent another general to lead it, it would probably be an unknown amount of time before it would be anything to worry about.
At this moment, bursts of exclamations came from outside the house.
"What's up?"
Tian Chong frowned and was about to call someone to ask when he heard a rush of footsteps.
Zou Yang, a close confidant, pushed open the door and shouted in a panic: "Da Sima, something's wrong. Fire! It's fire!"
"What fire?"
Tian Chong was shocked.
Not wanting to think about how to punish the people of the Four Kingdoms, he quickly put on his clothes and rushed out of the house.
It was not bright yet, but the sky in the distance was reflected in a fiery red.
Tian Chong froze on the spot.
In that direction, it seems that a few miles away from Zhen City, there is a Qi army camp that serves as the horn.
"Did the sergeant have a fire during the night?"
Tian Chong murmured.
"Da Sima, there are fires rising into the sky at the two main camps of our army!"
Zou Yang said tremblingly.
Tian Chong turned his head, and sure enough he saw flames soaring into the sky in the other direction, accompanied by smoke and dust that turned the distant sky into a bloody color.
How could two camps catch fire at the same time?
Faintly, there seemed to be noises and shouts outside the city.
Enemy attack!
Tian Chong's hands and feet were so cold that he didn't even bother to put on his clothes and ran towards the city wall.
Only halfway through, a general came running towards him, shouting as he ran: "Da Sima, the Qin army is attacking! The 10,000 soldiers stationed at the border have been defeated, and the two surrounding camps have also been..."
Tian Chong ignored him and ran straight to the city.
When he stood on top of the Zhen City Wall and looked into the distance.
Just as I saw a dark figure running toward the northwest, I saw it.
"Qin Army?"
No, it’s Qi Jun!
In the dust that filled the sky, Tian Chong saw countless Qi soldiers discarding their helmets and armor, crying for their fathers and mothers, and running hastily towards Zhencheng. At a glance, they numbered in the thousands.
At this time, the 50,000 Qi soldiers stationed outside the city were also urgently mobilized amidst various calls.
There are 50,000 Qi troops, including nearly 30,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians. These people have not been trained and only do some hard labor and logistics work on weekdays. At this moment, all they can do is scream, or point at the fire in two directions and shout, or
He stretched his head and stood on tiptoe to look into the distance.
The more than 20,000 soldiers in the front camp were also in panic. They were shouted and scolded by generals at all levels, and were urged to put on their clothes, armor, and weapons to gather outside the camp to prepare to meet the enemy.
There has been no war in Qi for more than forty years. The noble generals at the upper level can still read some military books and tactics and know what war is like. However, the military officials at the middle and lower levels and the soldiers at the bottom have nothing but black eyes.
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How is a war fought? Is it just a matter of charging forward with a weapon and slashing at the enemy?
In addition, Tian Chong usually only likes to stay in the city, read books and figure out the art of war, rarely goes to the camp for training, and basically delegates power to the generals at the bottom. Therefore, the Qi army, which neglected training, faced a surprise attack in the first battle. From top to bottom,
None of them knew what to do in this situation.
A Qi general scolded his men to gather outside the camp and prepare to set up a formation outside the camp to meet the enemy. The Qi general in the camp next to him ordered his soldiers to block the gate of the camp, hoping to rely on the camp to hold on...
Even the orders among the generals of each battalion could not be unified, and the soldiers at the lower level were even more confused. The soldiers were like headless flies, some running eastward, some running west, and some soldiers appeared in the chaos.
They were stepped on and pulled, and immediately they were scolded and beaten.
The people of Qi couldn't help but fight privately, and they also wanted to be knights. The young people were enthusiastic. Not to mention fighting against the enemy, there were actually some people who scolded and started directly in the military camp, drawing their swords and slashing. In the blink of an eye, they were fighting alone.
The provocation turned into a group fight.
Scoops, curses, screams of fear...
The entire Qi army camp was in chaos.
Tian Chong stood on the wall, looking at the extremely chaotic military camp below, and his heart felt cold.
Why are my 100,000-strong army like this?
"Da Sima, the Qin army attacked the border camp at night. After breaking the camp, they drove back the defeated troops. They also sent people to attack the military camps on both sides several miles away. Now, I would like to ask Da Sima to give orders on how our army should deal with it."
Outside the city, the commander of the army sent someone to ask for Tian Chong's order.
Tian Chong woke up immediately and saw that the figures of the defeated soldiers of the Qi army were already two miles away, and behind the defeated soldiers, countless black flags could be faintly seen fluttering.
The Qin army will use their troops to rush into the camp!
Tian Chong knew the Qin people's plan.
But so what if you know?
The Qin army and the defeated soldiers were already close to Chi Chi. The distance of only two miles was only more than 800 meters when converted into weights and measures for later generations. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for any order to be executed, not to mention that the military camp below was already in chaos.
Tian Chong closed his eyes in despair.
Outside the city, the Qi army was defeated and driven away by the Qin army in the middle of the night. They were already terrified, and they were all running for their lives. They were afraid that if they took a step too late, they would be overtaken and beheaded by the Qin people behind them. Now they saw their own camp in front of them.
Everyone's face showed ecstasy.
That is the dawn of survival!
When they thought that there were still 50,000 troops of their own in the camp, they could survive as long as they ran into the camp, and the terrifying Qin people behind them had their own robes to block them, these Qi people all ran as fast as they could.
Outside the Qi army's camp, several soldiers and horses were pulled out by the generals, and they were barely able to set up their formations. However, when faced with their own family members rushing towards them, these Qi troops all panicked.
You Qi ordered the soldiers to separate the roads and let the defeated soldiers rush to the back of the camp.
Some Qi generals also ordered their soldiers to strictly guard the military formation and kill the defeated troops who rushed into the formation.
…
In this endless chaos, both the Qi troops arrayed outside and the camps in the rear were instantly overrun by the thousands of Qi troops who were routed.
What's even more frightening is that not only are thousands of soldiers rushing towards the front, but there are also bursts of screams coming from the direction of the Qi army camp on both sides, which were originally horns with each other, and tens of thousands of figures are running from both sides, all trying to escape.
Enter the Qi army camp outside Zhen City.
One hundred thousand Qi troops gathered here.
After the troops were defeated, the Qin people in black armor came to cover up and kill them.
Compared with the 100,000 Qi troops, these Qin people were not many in number, but they all looked excited, like fierce tigers descending from the mountains, driving sheep. Wherever they passed, the Qi soldiers only ran for their lives and no one resisted. As long as they were caught up, they would
He was chopped to the ground...
Outside Zhen City, there is a small camp dedicated to people from the Four Kingdoms.
Compared to the chaotic Qi camp, most of the people from the Four Kingdoms here were from noble families, but were of high quality and did not fall into chaos.
Hengyang Lord Han Cheng stood in the car, looking at the chaotic scene in the distance, and said in shock: "One hundred thousand Qi troops! This is one hundred thousand Qi troops, what's going on? What happened that night?"
Zhang Liang stood next to him, with a wry smile on his face after being astonished.
"The combat effectiveness of the Qi army...is really extraordinary."
"One hundred thousand Qi troops died in one battle."
However, after smiling bitterly, another deep question popped up in Zhang Liang's mind.
Who was the Qin general who defeated a hundred thousand Qi troops?
On the wall of Zhen City.
Grand Sima Tian Chong watched with his own eyes tens of thousands of defeated troops rushing in from all directions, completely overwhelming the Qi army camp outside the city, and plunging 50,000 Qi soldiers into helpless chaos.
The black-armored Qin people who followed behind followed the defeated soldiers and rushed into the Qi army's camp, hacking and killing, and setting fire to...
The wind was strong in the morning and the weather was dry in autumn. In an instant, the Qi army camp outside the city turned into a sea of fire.
The camp was set on fire, and cries and screams could not be heard.
Tian Chong stared at this scene blankly, unable to hold on any longer, he knelt down on the city wall and burst into tears.