Fifty or sixty years ago, it was famous all over the world.
General Tian Dan of Qi collected more than a thousand strong cattle from Jimo City, covered the cattle with quilts and clothes, painted them with colorful dragon inscriptions, tied weapons to the horns of the cattle, filled the cattle with fat and tied reeds to the tail, and burned the ends with fire.
The tails of the cattle were burned by the flames. Thousands of cattle charged at the Yan army outside the city angrily at night. Wherever they passed, the Yan army suffered numerous casualties. Tian Dan attacked them with 5,000 men behind them, and finally defeated the Yan army.
After that, he fought successively to regain more than 70 lost cities of Qi State and revived Qi State. Tian Dan can be said to be the real person who turned the tide and helped the building to collapse.
That battle shocked the world, and the name of the Fire Bull Formation spread throughout the world, shocking people.
But as time goes by, almost sixty years have passed, and most of the people who experienced that era have passed away.
The name of Fire Ox gradually fell into silence.
Until now, nearly sixty years later, on the battlefield between the Qin and Chu armies south of Pengcheng in the Chu land.
The moo sounded again.
The flames burned the cow's tail, and dozens of strong cows roared in pain.
Although cattle are color blind and are not irritated by red objects as many people think, the red armor on the Chu army has no effect on them.
But those Chu soldiers who were singing loud war songs and howling and running toward him still attracted their hatred.
"Bringing a long sword and holding a Qin bow..."
The loud Chu song came oncoming, like a provocation.
The running figures are even more like moving targets.
pain!
Want to kill someone!
Moo!
Dozens of strong bulls ran wildly, moving their hooves, and their majestic bodies galloped wildly on the ground, just like that night sixty years ago when thousands of angry bulls charged.
"The head and body are separated and the heart is not... what is that!"
"It's a cow!"
The Chu army's passionate and tragic war song ended abruptly amid the sound of moos.
Even those dead soldiers whose blood was boiling and who had already prepared to fight the Qin army to the end, and who would never regret it even if their bodies and heads were separated, were also shocked by the situation in front of them.
There was no imaginary rain of arrows from the sky, no imaginary battle formation of the Qin army to meet them. Instead, what came towards them were dozens of beasts burning with rage.
An adult cow weighs at least hundreds of kilograms, and a strong person can even weigh over a thousand kilograms. It runs with all its strength in anger and pain. The terrifying impact is even more frightening than that of a horse chariot charging.
Not to mention that there are extremely sharp swords tied to their horns!
boom!
The distance of several hundred meters was reached in a blink of an eye under the roar of an angry bull.
Amidst the screams, the dead soldiers of the Chu army who rushed at the front were knocked away, and the unlucky ones were pierced by the sword blades tied to the horns. Their bodies were hung by the horns, and were pushed forward by the angry bull.
Rushing impact.
Among the dozens of angry bulls, except for a few who turned around in madness to attack the Qin army and were killed by the Qin soldiers who were well prepared, most of the remaining ones ran wildly into the oncoming Chu army.
At this moment, if you look down from the sky, you can see that the head of the long red snake was completely shattered by the charge of these angry beasts. The Chu army's long snake formation, which originally had an indomitable momentum, turned into a complete chaos.
The snake's head was smashed.
The thousand dead soldiers in front were either killed, injured, or frightened by the charge of the angry bulls. They instinctively dodged to both sides to avoid the collision of these angry beasts.
The soldiers at the rear tried to resist these angry beasts with spears and halberds, but the angry bull survived the attack and became even more mad and furious. While mooing, it jumped into the Chu army's battle formation, pushing, kicking and sweeping across.
There was only screams everywhere he passed.
Just when the Chu army's momentum was broken and their formation was in complete chaos.
After the Fire Ox charged into the formation, the sharp soldiers of the Qin army who had been prepared pressed forward.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raised an army, he repaired my sword and spear. I share the same enemy with you!"
The soldiers of the Qin army sang their own war songs, followed closely behind the fire ox, holding swords and spears and halberds, and rushed into the Chu army that was knocked into chaos by the fire ox. They slashed and attacked the Chu people who had frightened faces.
The Chu army's camp, behind a thousand dead soldiers and two thousand sharp soldiers.
Xiang Qu and Jing Tong, who were riding on their horses and watching the command, were also stunned by the scene in front of them.
The loud and passionate Chu song was interrupted, and bursts of cow moos were shocking.
Then there was a scream. The thousand dead men who were originally selected by Xiang Qu to be the sharp sword of the Chu army were scattered by the dozens of cattle before they could fight the Qin army.
In addition to the casualties of the soldiers, the Chu army also lost all its vigor, and the determination to fight to the death that had been inspired before had been broken.
The Qin army, which was following Huo Niu, took the opportunity to pounce on them and kill them like crazy, killing all the Chu soldiers who were frightened and fell into a mess.
What's even more frightening is that the Chu army's attack failed at this moment. Except for the one or two thousand people who rushed out of the pass in front, the remaining people were all blocked in this narrow road that was more than ten miles long.
Even if the Chu army has more than 20,000 people, only the soldiers at the front can engage in the battle. The people behind can only worry about this road less than ten meters wide and cannot deploy their troops at all.
At this time, the charging raging bulls had completely rammed through the front line of Chu soldiers. Although some of them were killed by the Chu people on the way, and some were still charging madly on the spot, there were still several of the most majestic and bloody bulls, the red ones.
He opened his eyes and rushed into the defile while holding his breath.
The Chu soldiers in the rear were frightened and angry. Some raised their weapons in an attempt to resist, while others were frightened and fled to the sides. The Chu soldiers standing by the river were even pushed into the river by their own robes in panic.
"General, this is Tian Dan's fire ox trick from the past! Zhao Tuo actually used this trick to break the morale and formation of our army!"
Jing Tong looked frightened and shouted.
With an expressionless face, Xiang Qu took the bow and arrow from his horse, nocked the arrow and pulled the string, and suddenly shot an arrow, hitting the eye of a strong bull leaping in the crowd.
The cow screamed, stopped, and was stabbed into its body by more than a dozen spears and halberds, killing it on the spot.
"The general is victorious!"
All the Chu soldiers shouted loudly, and their morale improved slightly. The angry bulls that rushed into the pass made a fuss for a while and were all killed by the Chu army.
But the Qin army's goal has been achieved.
The sharp soldiers of the Qin army in black armor followed the fire ox, killing the Chu soldiers who were in chaos, and finally arrived at the exit of the pass, completely blocking the Chu people behind in this narrow road.
The soldiers from both sides fought hard at the intersection several meters wide. When one fell, another soldier from behind added another, and there were more and more corpses on the ground.
Xiang Qu sat on his horse and looked ahead, shouting to kill, as the Qin army slowly squeezed into the defile.
He looked back at the long line of Chu troops behind him.
Seeing that most of the Chu soldiers at the back of the team looked panicked, they were obviously frightened by what happened to the front army.
According to the original plan of the Chu army, they were to lead the battle with a thousand dead soldiers serving as sharp knives, followed by two thousand sharp soldiers, rushing out of the defile, tearing the Qin army's line apart, and allowing the 20,000 Chu army behind to rush out of the defile and line up.
The formation fought with the Qin army.
But now, the shouts and screams from the front are endless, and the Chu army in the narrow road is finding it difficult to advance. In this situation, everyone knows that there must be something wrong with the battle ahead.
Coupled with the wailing sounds of the Chu people and the shrill crowing of cattle from time to time in front, the Chu soldiers behind were greatly discouraged by the morale boosted by Xiang Qu's heroic words.
Even at the end of the team, some people had already rolled their eyes, ready to run away if the situation turned bad.
"General, the Qin army used fire oxen to defeat our dead soldiers, and blocked our army in the pass with soldiers. If this continues, our army has no chance of winning. As long as some soldiers panic and flee, I am afraid that the entire army will be in danger of collapse.
, it is better to let the front army hold the front, and the general leads the rear soldiers to slowly retreat, so that some strength can be preserved."
Jing Tong gritted his teeth and remonstrated.
This is a gecko's tail-cutting strategy. It is much better to abandon the front army and preserve the strength of the rear army than to collapse the whole army here.
Xiang Qu glanced at him and said indifferently: "As soon as the rear army retreats, will the soldiers in front still fight to the death?"
The scene looked at each other silently.
While the two were silent, the situation changed and they no longer needed to make a decision.
Because something is flying from the sky.
Rubbles flew down from the sky, and caltrops were thrown from the sky like a goddess scattering flowers.
"What is this, my face!"
"Ah, there is... burp in the sky..."
…
The Chu soldiers screamed in agony, and countless foreign objects flew from the sky in the direction of the Qin army and fell into the middle of the Chu army.
Under that huge throwing force, even a small thing like an iron caltrop contained very terrifying penetrating power. When it fell on the Chu soldiers, even the thick leather armor could not withstand it, and was deeply affected by it.
Penetrate.
As for those who happened to look up to the sky, the situation was even worse. Some unlucky ones had their mouths and eyes inserted directly into the sharp metal products.
In addition, there are various flying rocks the size of fists, which are even more powerful. It can be said that those who are hit in the head will die, and those in the body will be injured. Once hit, the bones and tendons will be broken.
Xiang Qu and Jingtong even saw with their own eyes that a few meters in front of them, a Chu soldier was hit by a flying stone and died from a headshot. The scene was very horrifying.
"What is this? Does the Qin army have witchcraft?"
Jing Tong was shocked and even gave up thinking at this moment because of shock.
"It's a giant cannon..."
Xiang Qu gritted his teeth.
…
"This cannon truck is good."
"Although compared to the siege cannon, it is less powerful and has a shorter range, making it almost impossible to cause damage to the city wall, but it is really effective when used to hit such an immovable human target."
Zhao Tuo had already descended from the high platform, got on his chariot, and moved some distance closer to the battlefield on the pass.
He stood on the car and saw behind the Qin soldiers fighting at the exit of the defile, several small cannons with wheels loaded with ammunition by Qin soldiers and craftsmen, and then fired at the Chu people blocked by the Qin army in the defile.
The countless flying stones and iron foreign objects flew over the two soldiers who were fighting at the pass, and fell directly into the middle of the Chu soldiers dozens of meters behind.
The bombardment of each artillery cart can cause a large number of screams and commotion among the Chu army.
This is really a rare good target.
Under normal conditions, when the two armies are facing each other, the enemy moves flexibly on the battlefield. This kind of slow-moving artillery vehicle is actually very difficult to hit, has low practicality, and is equivalent to waste.
But in this situation where the enemy is blocked in a road, the artillery car is a battlefield artifact. Once fired, the bullet is really flawless and can cause terrible damage to the enemy soldiers.
And compared to the casualties, the blow to the enemy's morale is probably the most fatal.
…
"Flying rocks are falling from the sky, run quickly!"
At this moment, the Chu army in the defile had completely collapsed.
If they were just fighting a bloody battle with the Qin people at the exit of the pass, they would still be able to accept it. But if things like flying rocks and iron caltrops rained down on this day, it would be too scary.
The Chu people in the back couldn't even see the face of the enemy in front, so they might have their heads smashed by rocks flying down from the sky at any time. Just thinking about this kind of result makes people feel scared and frightened.
The previous fire bull charge broke the Chu army's vitality and vigor, while the Qin army's road blockage and flying rocks shooting from the sky completely defeated the Chu army's morale and courage.
Chu people no longer have the heart to fight.
With a shout, the Chu army in front of the defile collapsed, and countless Chu soldiers turned around and ran backwards with shouts.
One runs, ten runs.
Ten runs, a hundred runs.
"General, leave quickly!"
Jing Tong looked panicked. The soldiers in the front collapsed. Even if the soldiers in the back didn't run away, they would definitely be rushed by the broken army that turned around from the front.
The collapse of the Chu army was inevitable.
This battle is lost!
Xiang Qu let out a long sigh.
He looked in the direction of the exit of the defile. Although it was blocked by people, he could not see the young general riding on the chariot behind the Qin army.
But Xiang Qu couldn't help but whisper: "Zhao Tuo, you win."
…
Behind the Qin army, on top of the chariot.
Zhao Tuo held Che Shi in his arms and looked up.
Seeing the commotion breaking out in the direction of the defile, the Qin soldiers cheered loudly and poured into the defile like a flood.
He knew that this battle was already decided.
"The Chu army was defeated."
"Ah Wan, go and send an order to Shejian. After the Chu army is defeated, let him lead his army to pursue them while they are victorious. They will pursue them all the way to the end and annihilate the Chu people in one fell swoop!"
Zhao Tuo's voice was cold, and he added another sentence before Lu Wan left.
"I want Xiang Qu!"
Zhao Tuo looked at the direction of the Chu army's defeat.
He can't forget it.
Just two years ago in the Qin Palace, Xiang Qu squeezed his hand.
There will be a third update in the evening, a little later, to bring this battle to an end.
"Historical Records·Biography of Tian Dan": Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cattle from the city, made them into silk clothes, painted them with five-color dragon inscriptions, tied swords to their horns, filled them with fat, tied reeds to their tails, and burned their ends. He carved the city several times. Ten caves, riding the ox at night, followed by five thousand strong men. The ox's tail was hot, and it ran towards the Yan army angrily. The Yan army was frightened at night. The ox's tail torch showed off brightly, and the Yan army saw everything as dragons, and all those who touched it were killed or injured. Five thousand Because of their titles, people struck them, and the city clamored to follow them. The old and the weak all struck the bronzes and made a sound, which moved the world. The Yan army was horrified and fled. The Qi people then killed their generals and robbed them. The Yan army ran in confusion, and the Qi people Chasing the enemy to the north, all the cities and towns they passed passed by the Yan River and returned to Tiandan.