Qin Gong

Chapter 222 Analysis and Judgment
in the dark night.

Because there is no rain all year round, there is no dark cloud in the sky to cover the bright moon, and under the speckled starry sky, the dark surroundings of the plain can be seen faintly.

On the quiet plain, some nocturnal insects chirped and crickets squeaked.

But at this moment, dense footsteps suddenly sounded, and dense black shadows continued to sneak on the plain. Apart from the dense footsteps, they didn't know what those black shadows were.

But in the next moment.

Suddenly there was a change, accompanied by the sound of countless arrows flying, muffled groans and screams appeared on the plain.

"what!"

"what!!!"

One after another, black shadows fell to the ground, and the rest stopped.

What is frightening is that these black shadows did not retreat in the face of the surprise attack, but just stood there.

In less than two breaths, the leading black figure came to the corpse lying on the ground. After confirming the direction of the arrow, he immediately told the direction of the arrow and even the approximate distance.

Almost instantly.

Countless black shadows immediately pulled out their bows and crossbows, and shot in the direction of the arrows in the dark night.

Immediately, in the distance in front of these black shadows, voices came faintly, which seemed to be humming and screaming.

Just at this time, in front of these shadow figures, several huge clumps of dead branches were ignited one after another, and the huge flames illuminated the empty plain very brightly.

The shadow man looked at the huge clusters of flames in front of him, which had already illuminated the plain.

"withdraw!"

When he said this, the shadow man was full of helplessness.

The flames burning more and more on the plain illuminated it, and vaguely, one could vaguely see the leader in black, wearing a Zhao Guojia suit.

Qin army camp.

Bai Yan held the sword in one hand while looking at the fire in front of him.

Wang Ben slept in the first half of the night, and he slept in the second half of the night.

Tomorrow morning, Zhao Jun will attack. Both he and Wang Ben know that Li Mu won't let them sleep peacefully tonight. After all, as long as Qin Jun doesn't rest well and doesn't have to fight tomorrow, Qin Jun will already be at a disadvantage.

When fighting each other, people will be forced out of their potential, and a person's mental state can affect the reaction and performance of soldiers.

If it were Li Mu, if the number was superior, he would send a team to harass the enemy army at night. Even if one person was not killed, as long as it disturbed the rest of the enemy army, it would be considered an advantage.

It's a pity that there are not many soldiers under his command and Wang Ben's, and there is no division of soldiers.

And if he guessed correctly, Li Mu should also be prepared.

"General, look!"

Ye followed Bai Yan, and suddenly saw the direction of the well, under the distant mountain range, there seemed to be a faint light of fire.

Bai Yan was not surprised when he saw the flames.

It's still here!

"General, will Li Mu send an army to kill him? Or I'll call some soldiers over."

Ye looked at Bai Yan worriedly.

Ye had never read military books, nor had he ever commanded a war, but he knew in his heart that there were not many soldiers guarding the mountains far away.

If Li Mu let the army kill him, he wouldn't be able to defend at all.

"Don't worry, Li Mu won't send a large army to attack in the dark."

Bai Yan shook his head when he heard Ye's words.

Seeing Ye's worried and puzzled face, thinking that Ye would always be by his side in the future, Bai Yan patiently explained to Ye.

"Standing here and looking at the mountains in the distance, you may be worried that Li Mu will send troops, but if you analyze Zhao's current situation and Li Mu's past habits of leading troops, you will not be afraid of Li Mu sending troops."

Bai Yan supported Qin Jian with one hand and looked at the bonfire in front of him.

Accompanied by bang~, there was a small sound of momentum cracking.

"After the first battle of Changping, although it has been [-] years, the state of Zhao has recovered a lot, but five years ago, when the general Huan Jue attacked Wu Sui, he killed General Hu Zhe of Zhao, beheaded one hundred thousand soldiers of Zhao, and severely damaged the state of Zhao. Now in the Zhao Kingdom, apart from Handan and Gaotang, the most elite Zhao army is only Li Mu's Zhao Bianqi."

When Bai Yan said this, he looked at Ye: "Under such circumstances, Li Mu would never dare to act recklessly! So looking at the previous battles against the Huns, General Huanju, and other wars, Li Mu would stick to his defense and wait for the opportunity in every battle. , looking for the enemy's flaws."

What Bai Yan wanted to express, in a nutshell, was that Li Mu also knew that Qin Jun could be defeated for the third, fourth, or even fifth time, but he, Li Mu, could not be defeated even once.

But Bai Yan would not say this, even though Ye belonged to him, if it got out, his future in this life would stop here, and he might not even be able to stay with Gao Nu any longer.

Under the night.

Bai Yan looked around.

"In this night, there are too many unstable factors such as the state of our soldiers, our general, and so on. Li Mu will never take risks and give up Zhao Bianqi's advantage."

Bai Yan finished speaking.

Ye looked thoughtful and looked at Bai Yan. In his eyes, the general's words made him half-understand.

Looking at the fire under the mountains in the distance, he thought that under the fire, the soldiers had already fought against Zhao Jun, and these words of the general seemed to have seen the battle situation.

Thinking of this, Ye is still a little scared, what if the general guesses wrong?
Then Li Mu's army will make a surprise attack! !

Ye looked at Bai Yan.

Looking at Ye's expression, Bai Yan couldn't help laughing, he knew that Ye didn't understand very well.

In fact, when he didn't enter the barracks, Bai Yan was also like Ye. He didn't understand why the chief general on the battlefield always had to analyze and determine the battle situation, as if he wasn't afraid of guessing wrong.

But when he faced this situation, Bai Yan would understand.

For example, if you don't analyze the current situation and don't make a judgment, you will be led away by Li Mu. The lion needs to fight the rabbit with all its strength. Now that the Qin army is facing Li Mu, it needs to concentrate all its advantages and strengths, and it can no longer divide the troops day and night. hold fast.

The analysis of the industry just now has been very simple. In fact, if you look more closely, you will also involve King Wuling of Zhao, and the subsequent Daijun and Handan. The subtle relationship between them seems to be far away.

These grievances seem to have been decades apart, but in fact they can still affect Li Mu, Zhao Bianqi, and even Zhao Guo.

Everyone in the world thought that Li Mu, like Wang Jian, was only good at defending, but it was not at all. Back then, Li Xin, who was the young man of the Qin State, was attacked by Li Mu, and was defeated and retreated in a very short period of time.

You must know that Li Xin is by no means an idler.

Through that battle, Li Mu's strong offensive ability is enough to see,

The reason why Li Mu is good at defending himself in the eyes of the world is because of Zhao's national conditions, Li Mu can't afford to be sloppy.

So put it here as well.

Soldiers, death is also, must be observed, must not be careless, Li Mu will definitely not give up Zhao Bianqi's advantage right now, and take risks in the middle of the night.

Not to mention, Li Mu didn't know if the person sitting in this camp was the prudent Wang Jian.

"Don't worry, General Wang Ben has ordered people to build trenches on the plains ahead, and fill the trenches with water. Even if we rush over, there is still enough time!"

Bai Yan seemed to see that Ye was still worried, and said with a smile.

The voice fell.

At some point, Wang Ben had already walked to the side step by step.

"You really don't have to worry about Li Mu dispatching an army to attack at night!"

Wang Ben came to the campfire and said to Ye.

"General!"

When Ye saw Wang Ben, he quickly got up and saluted.

Wang Ben waved his hand, indicating that you are welcome.

Looking at the faint flames under the mountains in the distance, Wang Ben recalled Bai Yan's words just now in his mind, and his heart was full of approval.

"General Bai Yan, go to rest first, and I will watch over the rest of the night."

Wang Ben turned his head and said to Bai Yan.

Although they all asserted that Li Mu would not attack, he and Bai Yan still needed someone to guard the camp. On the one hand, they were alert to uncertainties, and on the other hand, they guarded against those Zhao troops who would interfere with the army.

"Okay, I'll leave it to General Wang Ben!"

When Bai Yan heard Wang Ben's words, he was not polite. There will be a war at any time tomorrow, so naturally he will not be brave at this time.

Where are the mountains? Tonight, it is only necessary to force back those Chao troops. He has even ordered the soldiers not to fight the Zhao army as much as possible.

Day two.

Before dawn, in the haze, many soldiers of the Qin army were still asleep, when they suddenly smelled the aroma of fireworks.

The soldiers hadn't eaten all night, and when they smelled food, their stomachs would instinctively make noises, feeling a little sore.

The soldiers thought it was already dawn, but they didn't think about it. They just walked out of the tent. They didn't know it, and they were shocked.

Looking at the hazy surroundings, the soldiers were a little dazed.

"Hey, how many days is this?"

"Yes, why are the fireworks so early today? What's going on!"

"Could it be that you have to rush to the road again today?"

"maybe!"

Under the hazy and dark sky, many soldiers discussed one after another.

Seeing the sudden preparation of food so early, the soldiers guessed that they would have to march again today, and they must have traveled a long distance, otherwise they would not have prepared food so early even if they were fighting.

As more and more soldiers woke up, the news of today's urgent march spread quietly among the army.

In a tent, Bai Yan also woke up from his sleep.

After getting up, he put on the armor in a hurry, put Qin Jian on his waist, and after putting on the robe, Bai Yan left the tent.

Ye, like Bai Yan, had already woken up, his eyes were slightly red, when he saw Bai Yan, he hurried to Bai Yan's side.

In the distance, Chai was giving orders to some cavalry generals, and when he saw Bai Yan, he came towards Bai Yan.

"General, the soldiers shot and killed fifty-four Zhao soldiers last night. Thirty-seven of our soldiers were killed, and more than sixty people were wounded by arrows to varying degrees."

Chai said to Bai Yan.

The reason for so many casualties was that Qin Nu's advantage was not brought into full play in the darkness of night last night, and Zhao Jun's counterattack speed was far from comparable to that of the former Han Jun.

If it weren't for the fear that initiating a war would disrupt the rest of the army and be succeeded by the Zhao army, the Zhao army might not have been able to retreat unscathed last night.

"Let those wounded soldiers, with their bodies, retreat to Yanyu."

Bai Yan gave instructions to Chai, then turned his head and looked at Ye: "Order someone to register the names and locations of those soldiers who died in battle."

"promise!"

"promise!!"

Chai and Ye hurriedly bowed their hands to Bai Yan, then turned and left.

Bai Yan frowned slightly as he watched the two leave.

He took the lead in attacking in the dark, and Zhao Jun was able to fight back. He had never met this kind of soldiers in Han before. The number of casualties is estimated to be twice as high.

"Zhao Bianqi!"

Bai Yan murmured, with a worried expression on his face.

He had never been in contact with Zhao Zu before, but from the fight last night, it is not difficult to see that in future battles with Li Mu's Zhao Bianqi, even if the soldiers are equipped with stirrups, the number of casualties during the battle is estimated to be not small.

Frontier is strong!This sentence is absolutely correct.

Fortunately, the Bai family's iron cavalry is also a frontier soldier!
Thinking of this, Bai Yan was about to leave when two soldiers ran over.

"General!"

Kou Zhuang came to Bai Yan out of breath, and bowed his hands in salute.

At this moment, both Kou Zhuang and the two soldiers behind Kou Zhuang were all covered in mud, and scratches from branches could still be seen on their faces, necks, and even their hands.

"General, Zhao Jun ordered people to light fireworks an hour ago."

Kou Zhuang informed Bai Yan of the news he found out.

In Gaonu back then, due to the arrival of new recruits, Kou Zhuang, who was good at scouting at Yunshan Pass all the year round, followed Bai Yan's order and selected thirty people from among the new recruits.

After arriving here yesterday, Kou Zhuang took ten people, abandoned the horses, and groped from the top of the mountain to the vicinity of Zhao Jun, in order to find out when Zhao Jun lit the fire and set up the stove this morning.

"An hour ago!"

Bai Yan frowned when he heard Kou Zhuang's words, because Kou Zhuang wanted to bypass Zhao Jun's guards from the mountain range, so it had been an hour since he came back here.

"Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest first."

Bai Yan said to Kou Zhuang.

"promise!"

"promise!"

Kou Zhuang and the other two soldiers saluted Bai Yan, they had no rest all night, and they looked sleepy.

After groping for a place close to Zhao Jun last night, the three of them let the other seven go to bed first. After all, the three of them mainly wanted to see when Zhao Jun lit the fire, and the other seven needed to stay on the mountains to scout Zhao Jun.

Qin army camp.

Wang Ben sat on a rock, closed his eyes and meditated.

At this moment, Bai Yan came over.

Hearing footsteps, Wang Ben opened his eyes and turned his head.

"General Bai Yan!"

Looking at Bai Yan's frowning, Wang Ben was a little puzzled.

But the next moment, when Wang Ben heard Bai Yan's words, he was immediately shocked.

"An hour ago, Li Mu ordered Zhao Jun to light the fire!"

Bai Yan said.

Wang Ben didn't feel sleepy at all, he didn't understand what Bai Yan's words meant.

An hour ago!

That is to say, in less than an hour at most, Li Mu's army will definitely arrive here, and even the vanguard Zhao Bianqi only needs half an hour.

"I'll let the soldiers prepare!"

Wang Ben got up.

Wang Ben believed Bai Yan's news.

An hour later, as the dim night gradually receded, the distant sky gradually brightened.

The Qin soldiers in the Qin army's camp had breakfast, talked with each other, and waited for the order to go.

However, at this time, a general of the Qin soldiers went to their respective camps and ordered all the Qin soldiers to immediately put on armor and take weapons.

"what's up?"

"Wear armor? Aren't you on your way today?"

"Yes! What's going on!"

Under the urging of the generals of the Qin soldiers, countless soldiers in the camp of the Qin army were hurriedly urged to put on armor and weapons before they could react.

After a while.

With the gathering of [-] Qin soldiers, they quickly formed a square formation. Under the military order, the army came to a corner of Zhangshui River before stopping.

Hirano.

Each of the Qin army phalanxes, accompanied by black Qin character flags, stood among them with countless long spears, and a soldier of the Qin army in armor stood in place, quietly waiting for orders.

Look around.

Although the soldiers were puzzled, as they had been trained, they still listened to the orders quietly.

After half an hour.

The dark sky has all disappeared, and the sky and the earth are bright.

Suddenly, on the plain between the mountains in the distance, a large black army appeared in the sight of all Qin soldiers.

Seeing this scene, all the generals and soldiers of the Qin army were overwhelmed, not understanding why Zhao Guo's army was here.

Goooooooo~!

The sound of hoofs came.

"Crossbow step forward!"

A cavalryman holding a command flag galloped through the ranks of the army on his horse.

Accompanied by the voice of the messenger, a general wearing Qin armor in the Qin army's phalanx pulled out his Qin sword after hearing the order from the messenger.

Clang~!

"go ahead!"

General Qin Jun shouted.

Under the order, all the soldiers of the Qin Army instinctively acted at this moment.

Among the army, a soldier of the Qin army with a bow and crossbow followed the general to the front of the army in rows.

(End of this chapter)