Chapter 595: A strange plan to defeat the Qin Dynasty
"The Huns retreat!"
In the chariot formation, the cheers of Qin soldiers rang out.
They saw the Hun cavalry outside the car formation, shouting and shouting, leaving the corpses on the ground, turning around and running away.
In addition to the Qin army's crossbowmen, they fired the last wave of arrows at the fleeing Huns.
All other Qin soldiers, under the order of General Wang Li, strictly guarded the formation and prohibited pursuit to prevent the Huns from suddenly killing a horseman.
However, no one actually had the strength to pursue them. After seeing the Huns retreating, most of the Qin soldiers sat down on the ground covered in blood and corpses.
"Damn it, these Xiongnu barbarians finally retreated, but they are dead from exhaustion."
Wang Ling threw away the spear in his hand, collapsed on the ground, and let out a long breath.
The two armies fought for a long time. Although the Qin army caused thousands of casualties to the Xiongnu cavalry, its own casualties were also not light. Many Qin soldiers had exhausted their energy, and they could still fight the Huns with their full strength during the battle.
, he breathed a sigh of relief after the battle. Naturally, he was exhausted and could not bear to fight anymore.
However, although the battle was dangerous and many people died, the survivors reaped huge rewards.
At this moment, only Wuluxu and Xubu were full, and all the Xiongnu nobles in the tent looked at Touman Zhaozhi with doubts on their faces, not believing in my leadership level.
And for Zhao Zhi, the smallest benefit of that battle was that it was pure killing, but it had no deeper strategic significance.
Xi Juan, whose face was stained with blood, sat in front of Wang Ling and said excitedly, "Brother, we killed a lot of Huns this time. We are afraid that we will be promoted to two levels in a row!"
Unexpectedly, this prairie wolf king still saw that the situation was good and evacuated decisively, causing our plan to fail.
Touman Huyan spoke calmly and glanced at Qin Junzi and Yi Hanxie.
Xu Bu was convinced, "But you have been fighting for a long time, and did Zhao Zhi from the other side come to support you?"
The reason was that the Queyue Formation was properly arranged, and with the help of the geographical conditions along the river and the cover of Wugang's chariots, Zhao Tuo had every advantage.
Now that Zhao Tuo has not crossed Beihe and is approaching Yinshan Mountain, if there is any obstacle between him and us, how will we choose?
General Zuo was attacked by Zhao Tuo at night, and all 7,000 of his men were defeated by Zhao Tuo. He had no grudges against the Qin people, and emotionally speaking, he was probably one of Zhao Tuo's men.
The Beihe River was flowing turbulently, and Zhao Tuo's boat division finally arranged in the river at the command, using boats to build a pontoon bridge for the small army to cross the river.
The former Chu rangers were gradually assimilated into the Qin military merit system.
An hour ago, Zhao Zhi's general Xiao Zhen was not floating on the north bank of the river.
"only!"
Before Zhao Tuo crossed the Beihe River, he threatened Yin Mountain, and the cavalry could reach Touman City in one day and night. At that time, because the Huns did not have a small number of livestock and tribesmen, it was not difficult to withdraw slowly, unless we abandoned them.
A small amount of livestock, otherwise he would have to fight to the death with Zhao Tuo.
No one had any regrets.
Yi Hanxie was excited and immediately shouted, "Little Huyan, you offered that strategy entirely for you Huns. You know everything about the Qin people! You also heard what Taifu Ju and King Lao Yan said about the half-crossing attack."
ah!"
But why was our half-crossing attack so brutal?
We originally wanted to repeat the battle example of the small Po Yueshi cavalry in a chariot formation, so we deliberately delayed the reinforcement time to avoid scaring Touman Huyan away due to the increase in Zhao Tuo's troops.
I didn't have 40,000 Huns cavalry after me. Zuo Xiaojiang lost 7,000 people on his side. In the half-crossing attack, less than 8,000 people died in the battle. If I add a group of seriously injured people, they can get off the battlefield. The difference is only a few school days.
Ten thousand combatants were lost.
Touman Zhaozhi thought of all the harm Shanyu had brought to me, and an inspiration burst out on the spot, and he came up with a clever plan.
Shan Yu shook his head and said, "The old wolf is still cunning and can sense the smell of a trap. He just ran away as soon as he passed. There was also hope that the Xiongnu could be captured in a battle across the river. The real battle still has to go to Yinshan Mountain."
Let's fight. Chen Sheng, let the boat master build a pontoon bridge!"
Judging from the subsequent performance of Qin general Zhao Zhi, it is true that
He is really a cunning person. Xue Ri said that I was unprepared and came up with a chariot formation to protect me. This really makes sense. Seeing that the Huns really came to attack, Zhao Tuo used the chariot formation to consume the Huns as soon as they broke up.
strength.
As a result, 20,000 cavalry besieged thousands of Qin people, but suffered heavy losses.
I raised my head, stared at the Hun nobleman in the tent, and spoke without excitement.
In that battle across the river, Zhao Tuo wiped out 8,000 enemy soldiers and suffered only 700 losses on his own side. No matter where the ratio was, it was a very impressive record.
Xi Juan was even more excited and said, "After the Huns were defeated that time, as long as you can go back alive, at most you will not have a title. At that time, you will not be able to be a rural official in your hometown. Your home is Sishui Pavilion. If you can be a Sishui Pavilion there,
Elder, you will be satisfied if you marry another bride to support your mother."
"You should come up with something unexpected. I can use tricks, so why can you, the king of the prairie, use tricks! Even if the cunning woman Zhao is slippery, how can she still guess what is in your heart?
become?"
One is that Shanyu used the "half-crossing attack" as bait to catch the small Xiongnu army outside, causing us to lose the opportunity to delay our escape and advance.
"It's probably Shan Yu, the big bastard, who was deceitful. He had already prepared for that move and created that difficult car formation."
"Upgraded two levels in a row!"
We are all fools. After being nudged by Tou Manhuyan, we naturally thought of something.
Wu Luxu gritted his teeth and said, "Could it be that Xiao Huyan said that was a trick of the Qin people? Specifically to lure you to besiege our car formation? But how do we know that you will attack?"
Chen Ping smiled and said, "In that case, Touman was still afraid of our general's cleverness and he withdrew because he was afraid of being tricked."
That's not the reason why Zhao Tuo died more in battles but was less injured. No one in thick armor could still scream after receiving dozens of arrows from the Huns.
Everyone was stunned.
Touman Huyanrere said, "Did they forget Zhao Tuo's boat division at the bottom of the river and Shanyu's main force on the other side? They attacked halfway across the river. When some of the opponent's people crossed the river, they swallowed them up with a fierce attack.
Naturally, this is a bad strategy. But if you want to conquer it in a short period of time, you should advance immediately, otherwise the enemy on the opposite side will be unable to support you, and there will be no possibility of defeating it."
"Fight with us Qin people, we don't have 100,000 cavalry, we will definitely be your opponent on the grassland!"
Wang Ling and many robes nearby became excited.
At the same time, Qin officials also counted the approximate casualties in the Queyue Formation battle.
"Um."
If you calculate that, I still don't have 40,000 Huns cavalry available.
Touman Zhaozhi nodded noncommittally and glanced under the two people's faces again to see if he could see anything.
Wu Luxu on the side was also staring at Xiao Huyan, his face full of satisfaction. After that, his surrender and awe to Touman Huyan had long been thrown aside.
After all, those two people are Xiongnu nobles, and Qin Junzi is my confidant. It is definitely possible to defect to the Qin people.
"Yes, you are vague about that."
In that siege by the river, the two of us lost a total of eight thousand people, and only two or eight thousand were injured. It was a heavy loss. We must be able to break through Zhao Tuo's chariot formation and kill the Qin people outside.
Even if he dies and takes away our armor and weapons, it won't be a comfort at most.
Xu Bu, the king of Zuo Guli, said with a hateful voice, "My people and livestock are all grazing on Yin Mountain. Now that Zhao Tuo is attacking, I am naturally the most hesitant to resist."
At the foot of Yinshan Mountain, there is a vast grassland with many felt tents and livestock grazing in the wilderness.
Everyone laughed. "Insidious Chanyu!"
Li Shiqi shook his head and said, "After all, he is the little Huyan who can unify the Xiongnu. He has a very smart mind. Moreover, I was punished by the general twice, and I didn't notice it that time."
At this moment, compared to the excitement of Qin Zu on the north bank, Zhao Tuo's lower class on the south bank was full of regret.
One hundred thousand cavalry is definitely a very small force in the grasslands.
"You have to use Shan Yu's strategy to deal with Zhao Tuo!"
It will definitely be put in the future, Touman Huyan doesn’t believe it
Xin and the Qin people faced off and defeated us.
Shan Yu briefly calculated that the Xiongnu casualties in this battle amounted to several thousand people. Including Zuo Xiaojiang, who was later attacked by Zhao Tuo at night, it was equivalent to Zhao Tuo destroying the Xiongnu's combat strength of 10,000 people in two battles.
.
Such results made Shanyu very satisfied.
Touman Zhao Zhi cursed bitterly and pushed the matter to Qin General Shanyu.
"This thief is so insidious and cunning that he has defrauded you of your trust in the past, and then took advantage of your preparations to launch a night attack. I can do that, and you should learn from it!"
What's more important is that every Qin soldier wore a thick armor, and the Huns' arrows were small and consisted of bone clusters and stone clusters, so the Qin people could not resist the Huns' arrows and continue to attack, otherwise the Huns cavalry would
It was terrifying to have 20,000 arrows fall on the wheel cavalry. Chen Ping immediately took the order and went up.
Of course, the gap in weapons and equipment between the two sides is also an important reason.
Moreover, the strategy of "attacking halfway across the border" is indeed a bad strategy in my opinion. It will definitely be used badly and it will definitely lead to a small victory.
"Cunning Chanyu!"
But the problem is that when we saw that we had suffered huge casualties and Zhao Tuo's chariot formation was on the verge of collapse, it didn't matter that Toumanhuyan sent reinforcements and ordered us to study. This naturally made the two kings of Guli unhappy.
.
Thinking of the disadvantages and glory of upgrading the title, every Qin soldier's face burst into smiles.
As soon as those words came out, the other Xiongnu nobles also nodded.
As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Morale and courage are very important to an army. Now that the Huns were defeated in the first battle, plus the 7,000 Zuo Xiaojun who were killed later, I am afraid that morale has not yet reached its peak.
Qin Junzi also shouted, "Yes, little Huyan, those words were indeed taught by two Yan people, and they have something to do with you!"
As long as Zhao Tuo defeats the main force of the Xiongnu head-on, the Northern Expedition will no longer be suspenseful, and Shanyu can start the campaign after the cold winter comes.
"You bah!"
"Little Huyan, why are you retreating! As long as you send 10,000 more people over, you can break the car formation and slaughter these Qin people!"
Before the battle, everyone was calculating their own merits and imagining the pros and cons of being promoted.
In fact, I was sure of it in my heart.
Such an action was enough to severely damage the Huns' fighting spirit.
Many tribal leaders living under the Yinshan grasslands all agreed.
Before finishing the scolding, you nobles returned to a practical problem.
Another significance of this battle is that Shanyu used Queyue Formation to severely damage the morale of the Huns.
But now, I have been plotted by Zhao Zhi one after another, and I feel a little scared.
They had the experience of the last battle. It was much easier to use the car formation to fight the Huns this time. Everyone had taken a lot of heads. When the time came to divide the work, everyone would definitely have more.
"There are only eight thousand Huns dead, and there are probably only a few thousand wounded who fled. Your army killed 771 people and injured 8,870."
Touman Zhao Zhire hummed, "Yes, they have been fighting for so long, and Zhao Zhidu from the other side didn't come to support them. Do they think it's strange?"
"You don't have Sugatha's 20,000 cavalry, and you don't have 100,000 cavalry!"
Chanyu's name has slowly become a shadow in my heart.
Touman Huyan even threw the corpses on the ground and fled with his hands in despair.
There was a sound of insults in the tent.
"You decide to send an envoy to sincerely seek peace from Zhao Tuo, and then take advantage of the situation to prepare and attack the Qin camp at night!"
"Come and fight the Xiongnu with your army's morale as high as a rainbow."
"Touman, how should he respond!"
The small Xiongnu army rushed towards Zhao Tuo in a fierce manner, trying to stop Zhao Tuo from going north by "attacking halfway across the river".
"That Man was so courageous. He retreated after just one round. He was still like the Marquis of Kushan."
Touman Huyan did not speak, but raised his head and silently calculated in his heart.
Zhao Tuo's weak-attack powerful crossbow, short spear and small arrows are far more powerful than the Huns' big short bow.
They had an advantage in the exchange of fire between the two sides. The combination of the long spears and the Wugang chariot also ensured that when the Qin people injured the Huns, they were easily injured by the Huns' short knives and short spears.
Xu Budang's eyes were red, and he was yelling at his head in the felt tent.