Chapter 224 The cavalry came out, Li Mu was shocked
Dong dong dong dong~!!!
The sound of the Qin army's drum beating and the Zhao army's drum beating sounded one after another in the plains.
On the plains, where the vanguard soldiers of the two armies were fighting, countless soldiers were fighting each other with long swords and swords in hand.
There were more and more corpses on the ground, but the surviving Qin and Zhao soldiers had long forgotten their fear and kept stabbing at the enemy soldiers with their weapons.
Due to the narrow terrain, both Qin's cavalry and Zhao's side cavalry were wary of each other on the right wing and did not dare to charge easily.
Bai Yan was riding a war horse, his eyes fixed on waiting for Zhao Jun.
"For the left wing phalanx, add one thousand troops!"
Wang Ben's order came from beside him, and Bai Yan didn't turn around to look. Since the battle, there have been reinforcements of one thousand soldiers and one thousand soldiers. This is already the third reinforcement.
One thousand people may not sound like much, but it is actually a thousand living soldiers, which is enough to garrison some small towns.
Looking at the battle site on the front line, the soldiers of the Qin and Zhao armies divided the plain into two, fighting each other without giving up an inch of ground. Bai Yan knew clearly that Wang Ben's order was correct.
In today's battlegrounds, whenever one party is defeated, it will be like a flood bursting its embankments, which will inevitably affect the morale of the army. Even if the defeated general fails to restore the situation in time, it will directly determine the outcome of a war.
Therefore, the Qin army has to invest more and more soldiers, and the same goes for the Zhao army.
Time goes by longer and longer.
Bai Yan looked at Zhao Jun. Zhao Bianqi seemed to have no intention of attacking by force.
Bai Yan felt a little worried when he thought that half of the Zhao army was missing and it was delayed any longer.
Bai Yan vaguely felt that Li Mu had no intention of fighting at all, and was just letting the Qin army focus on the battlefield here.
"General Wang Ben, Zhao Jun's tens of thousands of troops are missing. We can't delay it any longer. Bai Yan wants the cavalry to come forward and break the formation!"
Bai Yan turned to look at Wang Ben, and then looked at the Zhao Bianqi on the battlefield.
Li Mu still doesn't know that Bai's cavalry has been equipped with stirrups.
Looking at the figures of the generals of the Zhao army among Zhao Bianqi's army, Bai Yan knew that he might only have this chance. If he loses this opportunity, when those generals and the Zhao army retreat, not only will he not have another opportunity.
Chance, he might die in Li Mu's hands.
"General Bai Yan, you must not do this!"
Wang Ben looked at the battlefield attentively. When he suddenly heard Bai Yan's words, he was startled and quickly spoke out to dissuade him.
"Now that Zhao Jun has disappeared, it is the time to be on guard. You and I don't know Li Mu's plan yet. If we are in danger, the cavalry is the only chance to break the formation. At this moment, the cavalry should stay in the camp and must not attack Li Mu at this time.
"
Wang Ben frowned and said, gently telling Bai Yan to calm down.
To be honest, Bai Yan's sudden idea really shocked Wang Ben. He didn't expect that when he needed to calm down the most, Bai Yan wanted to take the initiative just like last night.
Wang Ben disagreed with Bai Yan's idea from the bottom of his heart. Facing Li Mu now, Bai Yan's method was too aggressive.
The cavalry under Bai Yan's command are their biggest back-up force. Bai Yan's actions will expose the only back-up force, making Li Mu be on guard.
As Wang Ben's words fell.
On the surrounding mounds, other generals of the Qin army, as well as Chai and other cavalry generals, all looked at Bai Yan.
They also felt that what General Wang Ben said was correct.
Under the gaze of everyone.
Bai Yan, who was wearing Qin armor and carrying a rank, was riding a war horse and looking at the Zhao army in the distance. There was an uncharacteristic stubbornness on his young face.
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Wang Ben, who was also wearing Qin armor. Bai Yan, who had always trusted Wang Ben's ability to command troops, did not give in this time.
"No~! In the face of Li Mu's layout, staying in the camp, seemingly waiting for changes, is actually tantamount to sitting back and waiting for death. General Wang Ben should still remember that the Xiongnu faced Li Mu's layout, and suffered more than 100,000 casualties. Before that, General Huan Jue
Faced with Li Mu's layout, not only were all the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops defeated, but even the general's head was beheaded by Li Mu."
Bai Yan said softly: "Right now, we are outnumbered and outnumbered. If we don't have the upper hand, we will be in danger!"
Behind Bai Yan.
When the generals of the Qin Army, as well as Chai and other cavalry generals, heard Bai Yan's words, their expressions changed. As generals of the Qin Army, they were naturally not ignorant people.
After hearing the two examples given by Lieutenant General Bai Yan, they all realized that if it was as Bai Yan said, they really could not sit still and wait for death at the moment.
"What do you think, General Wang Ben?"
Bai Yan looked at Wang Ben, whose expression changed slightly, and asked softly.
In fact, Bai Yan also knew that there was nothing wrong with Wang Ben's decision, and it was even perfect.
Wang Ben's idea was to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations, and with the variable of cavalry, he could catch Li Mu by surprise at the last moment, thereby resolving Li Mu's crisis and waiting for the arrival of General Wang Jian.
But Bai Yan felt that although Wang Ben had a good idea, things were definitely not that simple. He didn't want to wait here for Li Mu to complete the layout.
At the beginning, no matter whether the Xiongnu's army of more than 100,000 people or the general Huan Jue's army of more than 100,000 Qin troops, they were all defeated under Li Mu's perfect layout.
Now they only have tens of thousands of people, and they are standing here. After Li Mu's layout, even if they have iron cavalry, they will definitely be defeated unless they die.
"but"
When Wang Ben heard Bai Yan's words, he looked at Bai Yan's eyes and frowned.
Wang Ben knew that everything Bai Yan said was true.
Li Mu has made a plan. If it is as Bai Yan said, the consequence is that none of the Qin army may be able to leave alive.
"General Bai Yan, it is basically impossible for the cavalry to rush and kill the Zhao army at the moment!"
Wang Ben glanced at the Zhao army in the distance, looked at Bai Yan, and said softly.
Wang Ben thought clearly and no longer insisted on letting the cavalry stay at the camp, not to mention that Bai Yan was still the deputy general and could take full command.
But Wang Ben still wanted to tell Bai Yan tactfully that it was not difficult for the cavalry to go to the battlefield to break the formation, but the Zhao army was very tightly defended. It was simply impossible to defeat the Zhao army in the distance with the cavalry army.
However, the Zhao army was not defeated, and Li Mu's layout still could not be broken.
In this way, the iron cavalry's charge is actually of little use.
"It depends on people. Let's get rid of some of Zhao Bianqi first."
Bai Yan said to Wang Ben.
After finishing speaking, Bai Yan, under Wang Ben's gaze, turned to look at Chai and Ye.
"Chai, you lead eight thousand soldiers to attack and kill the Zhao cavalry. No matter the cost, you must get rid of the Zhao cavalry, especially the Zhao army generals."
Bai Yan said to Chai.
Bai Yan knew that in the past, he could go to the battlefield with the soldiers.
But as the deputy general, he must not rush to the battlefield before the whole army rushes to kill, otherwise the 20,000 soldiers in the rest of the army will definitely panic.
The matter of getting rid of Zhao Bianqi could only be left to Chai.
"promise!"
Chai looked at the Zhao Bianqi on the right wing on the battlefield, nodded to Bai Yan, and then called Yanmao and other generals to follow him and leave.
On the mound.
Wang Ben was riding on the spot, watching Bai Yan give orders, turning his head and whispering a few instructions to his cronies.
"Order people to rush back to Yanyu and tell my father and other generals the news here."
After Wang Ben finished speaking, he looked towards the battlefield in the distance.
What Bai Yan said was correct, Li Mu is already making plans now.
Regarding Li Mu's layout, the back-up force he had relied on before was Bai Yan's cavalry.
Now that the cavalry came out and faced Li Mu, he had no backup plan.
If Zhao Jun retreats later, he would like to discuss with Bai Yan whether to retreat.
This is certainly important.
But if the entire army was buried here, even if he and Bai Yan survived, they would not be able to bear the responsibility.
Dong dong dong dong~!!!
Bai Yan listened to the beating of drums and looked at the Zhao Bianqi on the battlefield in the distance.
This is your only chance!
Success or failure depends on this.
soon.
When the roar of horse hooves sounded.
Under Bai Yan's gaze, countless cavalry soldiers holding black flags with the word "Qin" rushed towards the right wing of the battlefield like a torrent.
Bai Yan rode his horse and looked at the Zhao army in the distance. If anything went wrong, the remaining five thousand or so cavalry soldiers under his command would also rush to the rescue.
Among the Zhao army.
Li Mu stepped on the chariot and looked at the battlefield in the distance. When he saw the Qin army, more than half of the Qin army's cavalry were charging towards the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu instinctively frowned.
That's not right! Letting the cavalry out of the battle so quickly does not seem like it was done by Wang Ben.
He had confronted Wang Jian and knew Wang Jian's troops and formations. Wang Ben was Wang Jian's son and had learned Wang Jian's true story.
Before the decisive battle, they let the cavalry take the lead, so reckless.
"Wu'an Lord, I would like to lead the cavalry to fight against Qin's cavalry!"
Next to the chariot, a middle-aged general wearing Zhao Guo armor raised his hands to Li Mu and said.
This man's name was Zhang Lian, a veteran of Zhao Bianqi. He followed Li Mu and was stationed at Daidi, Yanmen and other borders all year round. He was a general promoted by Li Mu.
Zhang Lian, who had followed Li Mu for more than 20 years, took the initiative to ask for orders when he saw the Qin cavalry taking the initiative to attack.
Because the Zhao cavalry on the battlefield at this moment is his side cavalry, and its general is his deputy general Jiang Ying.
"Bai Yan!"
When Li Mu heard Zhang Lian's words, he did not rush to answer. Instead, he looked at the Qin army in the distance with a thoughtful look on his face.
Originally, Li Mu did not plan to fight the Qin Army in a decisive battle, but the appearance of the Qin Army's cavalry gave him an opportunity.
In the meeting an hour ago, after learning that the Qin general named Bai Yan was the deputy general of the Qin army, Li Mu immediately realized that among the Qin army opposite, at least four to five thousand of the cavalry were new cavalry, and the rest were new cavalry.
His combat power is far inferior to that of Zhao Bianqi.
"Wu Anjun."
Zhang Lian watched Li Mu thinking, then turned to look at the battlefield. If he didn't rush to help, it would be too late.
At this moment, Li Mu's voice came.
"Zhang Lian, you lead four thousand side cavalry to reinforce the battlefield and face the Qin cavalry."
Li Mu opened his mouth and gave an order, looking in the direction of the Qin army.
Li Mu knew that there were four to five thousand new soldiers in the Qin cavalry army, but recalling the previous wars between Qin and Gao Nu, Li Mu did not believe that Bai Yan, who could infer that the Yueshi and Xiongnu would join forces to go south, would not know the number of new soldiers under his command.
There must be a reason for everything to go wrong. He could burn Gaonu City down with a fire, and he could also appoint Ying Zheng as deputy general. How could Bai Yan be such an incompetent person?
However, although Li Mu was confused, he decided to send his side riders to fight.
In Li Mu's eyes, he wanted to see why Bai Yan let Qin Cavalry out on this frontal battlefield, and how he could defeat him by arranging his troops when he was the first to dispatch the cavalry.
"promise!"
When Zhang Lian heard Li Mu's words, he quickly accepted the order and then rode towards the side cavalry phalanx.
It won't take a moment.
In the distant army, the roar of horse hooves sounded. Under the watchful eyes of Li Mu and other Zhao generals, Zhang Lian led four thousand Zhao side riders, riding galloping horses, towards the battlefield.
However, just when Li Mu and all Zhao generals thought that with Zhang Lian's reinforcements, the thousands of Qin cavalry would definitely show weakness and even be defeated by Zhao's cavalry.
Never thought about the next moment.
Under the watchful eyes of all Zhao soldiers and generals, Zhao Bianqi fought with Qin Qi. In an instant, Zhao Bianqi suffered many casualties, and countless Zhao Qi soldiers were killed and fell from their horses.
This scene shocked everyone. Even Li Mu on the chariot had never imagined that this scene would happen.
How can this be!
How could Qin Qi be so strong?
Not to mention that the Bai's cavalry had just experienced a great war, even before the war, their side cavalry had often fought against the Qin cavalry, but never before had they suffered so many casualties just before the war.
Li Mu looked at this scene in astonishment, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Li Mu has been a soldier for decades. After Hu Fu's cavalry and shooting, Zhao soldiers rarely suffered losses in frontal battles, let alone the elite Zhao Bianqi under his command.
When Qin Qi under Bai Yan was led by Bai Yu, he had fought with them. In terms of the strength of the soldiers, even Qin Qi in its heyday could not do what it is now. Zhao Bianqi suffered such casualties in a battle.
So big!!
Looking at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, Bianqi soldiers were fighting Qin Qi. More and more people were killed and fell off their horses. Among the people who fell off their horses, there were actually more Bianqi soldiers than Qin Qi.
Li Mu shook his head.
wrong.
There is definitely a problem.
"Pass my order, sound the retreat drum, and order 20,000 soldiers to come forward and cover the retreat of the soldiers in front!"
Li Mu ordered.
Li Mu's words brought the other Zhao generals around him back to their senses. They looked at each other and could see the disbelief in each other's eyes, as well as a little palpitations.
When did the Qin State appear such a powerful Qin Cavalry?
Dong~dong dong~!
Li Mu stood on the chariot, looking at the 20,000 troops advancing towards the battlefield, and then looking at all the Qin army in the distance, all pressing forward.
"Yu He, Qin, led his five thousand men and went to the right wing with bows and crossbows!"
Li Mu did not panic, but issued orders one by one in an orderly manner.
After all the Zhao generals took their orders and left, all the Zhao troops began to move around Li Mu's chariot, moving toward the battlefield ahead in a mighty manner.
In the Zhao army, which was like a sea of people, countless longges stood densely on top of the square formation. It was endless and frightening.
Half an hour later.
Under the cover of the Zhao army, the Qin army, which was not numerically superior, did not attack the Zhao army on the battlefield. Instead, under Wang Ben's order, it formed a defensive formation to confront the Zhao army.
Countless soldiers of the Qin army armed with long swords also retreated after pursuing for a distance.
The battle between the Qin cavalry and Zhao Bianqi also ended after Zhao Bianqi retreated.
When all the Zhao soldiers and Zhao Bianqi left the battlefield and retreated, there were only three to four thousand corpses wearing Qin armor on the battlefield. The corpses of Zhao Jia were lying motionless on the ground, and there were countless arrows scattered around them.
In the soil, or inserted into the body.
Chai was riding a war horse, holding a bloody Qin sword in one hand, with blood still dripping from the blade.
Watching Zhao Jun retreat, Chai, who was panting slightly, turned his head and looked not far away, at the two middle-aged Zhao Jun generals who fell on the ground and had their heads chopped off by the soldiers.
It was not the first time that Zhonglie Chai, who was riding on the Zhao side, had seen him, so he did not find it strange that the two Zhao army generals committed suicide. More importantly, it was a pity that they were not caught alive.
There was one person in particular whom he had met several times, Zhang Lian, a veteran of Li Mu's command.
"General!"
"General!!"
Chai heard a voice coming from behind him and quickly turned his head to look, and then saw Bai Yan, Wang Ben and other generals riding over.
"General!"
Chai Fan held his sword in his hand and saluted Bai Yan.
Yanmao and others also rode over with blood on their faces. Although they had stirrups in this battle, the fierceness of Zhao Bian's cavalry still caused many casualties to them.
Especially on Yanmao's face, there was an unexpected wound, which was bleeding continuously.
"General, this man's name is Zhang Lian. He is a veteran general under Li Mu. We have often fought with him in the past. Just now, Yanmao took advantage of his negligence and knocked him off his horse."
Chai explained to Bai Yan, pointing to Zhang Lian's body in the distance.
Just now, Zhang Lian saw that they were equipped with stirrups and had already retreated in no hurry. Yanmao led his soldiers to kill Zhang Lian directly, without giving Zhang Lian a chance to go around.
"Knock off the horse!"
Bai Yan looked at Yanmao. Although he was not on the battlefield, Bai Yan could see how dangerous Yanmao was at that time.
Yanmao covered his face with one hand, which was covered in blood, and smiled at Bai Yan with a pale face.
"I originally wanted to catch him alive, but he killed himself!"
Yanmao said.
Wang Ben, who was beside Bai Yan, looked at Yan Mao in surprise when he heard Yan Mao's words.
Wang Ben naturally knew why this cavalry general named Yanmao wanted to knock down General Zhao regardless of his life.
At this moment, Wang Ben really envied Bai Yan.
General Bai Yu gave this cavalry to Bai Yan at the beginning. Now this cavalry has won the hearts of Bai Yan, from the generals to the soldiers.
"It's okay, I already know Li Mu's plan!"
Bai Yan looked at Yanmao and said calmly.
As soon as these words came out.
Wang Ben immediately looked at Bai Yan, and all the other generals present looked at Bai Yan with surprised faces. Chai, Yanmao and others looked at each other and then looked at Bai Yan.
And under everyone's gaze.
Bai Yan rode his horse and kept looking in the direction of the Zhao army.
While Wang Bi and others were wondering, no one noticed that a trace of sweat appeared on Bai Yan's forehead and he remained silent.
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