After hearing the report from his subordinates, Wei Qing's eyes flashed with light and he ordered: "As soon as the fire is extinguished, launch an attack."
Xue Dingshan, Tian Yu, Li Ling and other generals were stunned when they heard this. Xue Dingshan looked puzzled and said: "General, even if the fire is extinguished, there will still be a lot of residue and the heat will not dissipate. If we attack at this time, the soldiers will be easily burned.
The combat effectiveness is reduced due to burns, and the attack will be half the result with twice the result."
Tian Yu and Li Lingsu did not speak, but they had the same doubts on their faces as Xue Dingshan. In their opinion, it was impossible for Wei Qing to make such a low-level mistake.
Wei Qing smiled calmly and said: "Being burned is better than dying in battle."
The generals were even more puzzled. Why is being burned better than dying? They wanted Wei Qing to explain, but Wei Qing had no intention of explaining.
Looking at the silent Wei Qing, Tian Yu and Li Ling both looked helpless. In the past, Wei Qing would not speak only half the words, and would never hide anything from his own people, but since he surrendered to Qin, he has
He became taciturn, and even when facing old subordinates like them, he was far less friendly than before.
Tian Yu and Li Ling also knew in their hearts that Wei Qing did this to avoid suspicion. After all, there were not many subordinates in front of him, and countless eyes were staring at him. In order to prevent being suspected of being a clique, Wei Qing had to distance himself from them.
Old subordinates.
In this regard, the two of them felt that Wei Qing was right intellectually, but emotionally they found it difficult to accept it. However, they were helpless because they were both surrendered generals who had not yet been fully accepted.
Under Wei Qing's order, as soon as the fire was extinguished, the Qin army launched an attack and set foot on this land where the heat had not subsided.
Under the continuous burning of 3,000 cans of kerosene and 50,000 rockets for three consecutive hours, the mountainside has been burned to a white ground, and a hot breath is emitted everywhere, like a soldering iron.
The soldiers of the Qin army wore thick military boots, but even so, they could still feel that the soles of their feet were gradually getting hot.
A soldier complained dissatisfiedly: "What does the general think? Attack as soon as the fire is extinguished. How can we suppress it when it is so hot?"
"Stop complaining. After passing through this area, the Qingzhai on the top of the mountain has not been burned down, and the temperature there is not so hot." said the captain.
"But there are Qing troops there." The soldier whispered.
"Stop talking nonsense, military orders are as clear as a mountain."
The attacking three thousand Qin troops quickly passed through the fire zone and approached the mountain stronghold. Just when they thought the Qing army was about to counterattack, they found that the Qing camp was strangely quiet. After they broke in, they found a person inside.
None.
The Qin army has already fled, and this is an empty camp.
Although the generals of the Qin Army were a little confused, they still occupied the camp and sent people to report to Wei Qing. When the generals learned about it, they were immediately in an uproar.
Wei Qing had previously said that he would capture the Qing camp without wasting any troops. At that time, they didn't believe it and thought that Wei Qing was talking angrily. But now that he had actually done it, the generals felt that this was too weird.
What follows is confusion and confusion.
Why is this?
Xue Dingshan couldn't resist his inner curiosity and asked first: "General, although our fire looks strong, it has not burned into the Qing army camp at all. Tuoba Tao is obviously in danger and can be defended, but why should we do it?"
Abandoning camp and fleeing?"
"That's right, Tuoba Tao, a man who has both civil and military powers, should understand that the Qing army is in a situation where it is absolutely impossible to escape without a fight unless it is absolutely necessary."
Tian Yu frowned and said, this is what he is most puzzled about. Why did Tuoba Tao escape?
This is so strange.
Looking at the confused generals, Wei Qing explained: "Do you know what kind of terrain the Qing camp is coming from?"
The generals were all asked and didn't know how to answer, because the terrain here was very weird. There were small plains in the mountains, and the whole looked like a valley. It was really difficult to divide.
However, Xue Dingshan's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "It's the terrain of Hukou."
Wei Qing looked at Xue Dingshan in surprise. He didn't expect him to be the first to answer. He thought it would be Tian Yu and Li Ling.
"That's right, judging from Map Mountain alone, the overall shape of this place is concave. It is a Hukou topography that is very rare in the valley."
With that said, Wei Qing walked to the map, pointed at it and said: "There are two high mountains behind the Qing camp. Although they are higher and more dangerous, they can be bypassed. On the contrary, the shortest one blocks the only way our army must pass.
, so Tuobagui built the second camp here.
Tuoba Gui believes that if our army wants to break through, it must eliminate this line, but it is a pity that he took the geographical advantages into consideration, but ignored the other factors."
All the generals looked puzzled, what else could there be besides the favorable location?
Wei Qing stopped playing riddles and said: "The terrain of this valley is narrow and the air circulation must be poor. If a fire attack is launched, only a slight west wind can blow the heat generated by the fire into the valley."
All the generals were inexplicably shocked when they heard this.
Isn't it the west wind blowing now?
"Under the Hukou terrain, if the heat flow cannot flow out or dissipate, a heat flow cycle will be formed. The heat flow will gradually fill the entire valley, and the temperature in the valley will naturally become higher and higher, and the entire valley will turn into a
Huge steamer.”
Hearing this, the three generals Xue Dingshan, Li Ling and Tian Yu all looked astonished.
No wonder Tuoba Tao retreated without a fight, because this was the smartest thing to do.
Under Wei Qing's steamer tactics, the entire valley turned into a big steamer. If the Qing army stayed in it, the powerful generals might not be affected, but ordinary soldiers would definitely suffer from heatstroke and their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced if they stayed there for a long time.
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The comprehensive combat strength of the Qing army is already weaker than that of the Qin army. If it drops a lot, how can it stop the Qin army's front after the fire is extinguished?
Therefore, Tuoba Tao did not want to withdraw, but had to withdraw.
If you don't withdraw, there will be a dead end, but if you withdraw, you can still preserve your strength. Everyone knows how to choose.
The outcome of a war depends on three factors: favorable weather, favorable location, and harmony;
In this small critical battle, Wei Qing was clearly on the offensive side, but he made full use of the right time, place, and people.
The weather has predicted the west wind.
Due to the favorable geographical location, he took advantage of the terrain of Hukou to launch a steamer battle, which forced Tuoba Tao to withdraw his troops without wasting a single soldier.
Renhe, the vanguard army was wiped out, the Qin army intended to avenge its humiliation, its fighting spirit was high, and its combat effectiveness was greatly increased. However, the Qing army's combat effectiveness was reduced due to heatstroke.
With this thought, Xue Dingshan admired Wei Qing even more. At the same time, he also understood why the King of Qin transferred him to Wei Qing's command. It was because Wei Qing had real abilities. Under his words and deeds, he would surely grow.
At this time, Xue Dingshan was completely impressed by Wei Qing. In his heart, Wei Qing was already a famous general second only to Bai Qi, on the same level as his father Xue Rengui, Yue Fei, Su Dingfang and others.