Confucianism in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 31 The Final Battle
The bleak north wind blows recklessly, the air is full of chill, mixed with traces of blood, this is the smell of death and blood.

Meng Ao rode on the horse, and the heavy cloak on his body wrapped him up, resisting the cold wind.

He stood there like an iron tower, exuding a strong killing aura, which made the surrounding air seem to freeze.

The two fires that night burned away all the hatred and anger in his heart, leaving only a firm and indifferent heart.

The weakness of the Wei army's fortifications lies in the hill on the other side of the Yang River on the west side of Xiayang. The Wei army's fortifications cannot cover the entire mountain. As long as they get through there, they can bypass the Wei army's defense lines in front of them and approach the Wei army's main formation.

But it is also like a trap that lures the prey to take the bait, and once set foot on it, it will inevitably fall into the mud.

The time given to him is running out, he must break through the Wei army as soon as possible, otherwise the main force of the coalition forces may arrive at any time.

Beside him, hundreds of Xuanjia iron guards stood silently, their figures were covered by black battle robes, their faces could not be seen clearly, only from their eyes, they could vaguely see the pair of extremely cold eyes. eye.

The Qin soldiers with black helmets and black armor stood in a line, and the sound of their neat steps was deafening.

"Attack." Meng Ao's cold voice sounded.

The sound of heavy drums accompanied by the sound of horns resounded through the sky.

The black tide was rolling in, and the Qin army's phalanx, which was a killing machine, moved forward slowly and steadily.

In this wilderness, there are only rows of orderly and heavy footsteps, no one speaks, and there is no movement. The entire battlefield is suffocatingly quiet.

The icy river water lay across their path, and Qin Bing stepped into the river step by step. The coldness was transmitted to their bodies through the battle armor, taking away the temperature of their bodies, and the soaring coldness became more and more intense.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A huge falling rock fell from the sky, smashing into the black crowd, splashing huge waves.

The fragility and unbearability of human beings are revealed at this moment. Those soldiers who were supposed to be made of steel became fragmented under the ravages of falling rocks, and the river was stained red.

A moment later, the rain of arrows whistling with death swept in like a violent storm.

A number of soldiers of the Qin Army fell to the ground. They were wearing black battle armor, black helmets, and iron masks on their faces. They couldn't identify who they were at all. They only knew that their lives had come to an end.

The soldiers of the Qin army advanced step by step. Under the bombardment of arrow rain and falling rocks all over the sky, the Qin army approached the fortifications of the Wei army on the west bank little by little.

Wei Jundun stood holding a full-length square shield in his hand, and erected a long shield wall five feet away from the shallows. The spearmen held their spears tightly, and the dense growth shone dazzlingly cold in the sun.

The vanguard officer of the Qin army landed first, his body tensed like a bowstring, and he swung his halberd suddenly: "Charge~~!"

Following his roar, the infantry of the Qin Army slammed into the shield wall of the Wei Army like a torrent.

The soldiers of the Wei Army had already been prepared for battle, and the shield wall resisted the charge of the Qin Army. Lin Li's spears stabbed forward neatly and pierced fiercely into the chests of the Qin Army's infantry in front of the formation. Puffs of blood gushed from the chest of the Qin Army's infantry. out.

The fighting continued, corpses fell on the river beach one after another, blood and corpses were everywhere on the battlefield that stretched for miles.

"Change the formation, order the front formation to retreat, and the rear army to press up and gradually retreat to the mountain pass." As the commander-in-chief of the Wei army at the West River Bank, Han Huan looked at the battle ahead with a solemn face, and issued an order calmly and decisively.

After several hours of fighting, the Qin army repelled the Wei army and had already driven the Wei army to the mountain pass.

"General Han, the general's reinforcements are coming soon, it's time for the ambush to attack." Fu Nian looked at the battlefield ahead and said to Han Huan beside him.

"Since the master has made such an arrangement, he must be sure, and he will obey the master's orders in the end." Han Huan said.

As one of the few generals in the army who knew that the secrets of this battle came from the people in front of him, he naturally admired him very much, and his use of troops was like that of Sun Wu.

"Order the troops in ambush in Shanyin to move out." Han Huan issued another combat order.

The reason why Fu Nian set up a formation at the mountain pass on the west bank of the Yang River, leaving a gap, was to attract the Qin army to attack.

The gap is naturally real. As the only connecting route between the Wei Army's camp and the mountain pass, if the Qin Army can occupy the mountain pass, it will be able to bypass the frontal defense line and approach the Wei Army's main formation.

But on the other hand, the Wei army can also quickly maneuver and increase troops to the Xishan position, forming a local advantage in strength.

There is a necessary prerequisite for the pocket array, that is, I am outnumbered, so that I can use the pocket tactic.

Generally speaking, the Qin army is numerous and the Wei army is few, but the Wei army, which occupies the battlefield width and terrain advantages in this mountain pass and river bank area, has formed a local numerical advantage.

The entire west bank of the Yanghe River and the mountain pass will be used as a huge pocket, besieging the Qin army in it.

As a blind spot in the field of vision, Sanyin is a good place to ambush in advance, and it is also the key to tightening your pockets.

Similarly, Yanghe River, as a natural barrier, is also a sky rope that binds the pocket tightly.

To put it bluntly, it is 16 words, pretending to retreat, luring the enemy to go deep, outflanking the two wings, and retreating for a decisive battle.

If the Qin army attacked the front by force, it would also fall into Fu Nian's design.

First, deploy a small number of troops on each line of defense to stop the enemy and slow down the enemy's attack speed.

The middle road completely destroys the road and clears the field. The team in the middle road retreats after a symbolic resistance for a period of time. When retreating, they do not retreat directly to the rear, but retreat to the left and right rears, forming an anti-encirclement of the enemy from a larger level .

After the enemy army reaches the bottom of the furnace, the location of the decisive battle, let the troops with very strong defensive capabilities fight to the death to consume the enemy's vitality and firmly attract the enemy army.

On the one hand, the anti-encirclement teams on the left and right sides advanced covertly, on the other hand, the troops on the two wings of the bag mouth moved closer to the center, sealing the furnace cover and cutting off the enemy's retreat.

After the anti-encirclement troops arrive at the designated location, the furnace bottom defenders, together with the large troops, should gather inside and outside to annihilate the enemy troops.

This is the Heavenly Furnace set up by him by making use of the changing situation, imitating the Heavenly Furnace method of warfare.

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"Everyone get on the horses and attack!" Ji Huan turned straight onto his horse, raised his lance high, shouted loudly, and the mounts under his crotch galloped away, bringing up dust all over the sky.

The Huoziying knight who was standing behind him slammed onto his horse, and the ground exploded under the hooves of countless horses, and the cavalry galloped wildly with him.

Behind this group of knights were the iron guards of the Shanziying in heavy armor. They also walked towards the river bank with uniform steps.

Along with the tremor of the ground, on the left flank of the Qin army, a group of knights in red armor appeared on the battlefield like a blazing fire.

"Cavalry, cavalry is cavalry!" A veteran exclaimed.

"cavalry!"

"The Wei army sent cavalry!" The soldiers of the Qin army shouted in horror.

Along with the tremor of the ground, on the left flank of the Qin army, a group of knights in red armor appeared on the battlefield like a blazing fire.

The red armor on the knights shone bright red under the sunlight. The mighty knights, the vigorous horses, and the neat formation, this group of knights was like a sharp sword, rushing straight towards the Qin army.

"Arrangement! Set up shields!" A general of the Qin army shouted loudly.

The [-] Qin infantry on the right flank quickly lined up, raised their long shields high, and stood in front of them.The long spears were raised one after another, ready to welcome the arrival of the cavalry.

This group of knights was like a flame, rushing towards Qin Jun's direction quickly.

"Fire the arrows!" the general of the Qin Army shouted loudly.

Whoosh whoosh, the arrows flew like a torrential rain, making a sharp piercing sound in the air.

As the rain of arrows fell, the horses were shot down one by one, and the knights on the horses fell to the ground.

But the group of knights of fire did not stop, and rushed to the front of the Qin army firmly.

Under the blessing of the momentum of the horse, the flat-raised lance was raised suddenly, and with the momentum of thunder, it directly hit the Qin army's formation, piercing through the Qin army's formation in an instant.

The Qin soldiers in the front row were caught off guard and fell down in an instant. Some Qin soldiers didn't even dodge in time, and were trampled on by the horses, screaming again and again.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The horses neighed in front of the Qin army's formation, and the raised forelimbs of the horses stepped heavily on the soldiers of the Qin army, blood splattered everywhere.

Under the control of the knights, the horses poured into the formation of the Qin army like a tide, and the spears swept across. Rows of Qin soldiers were knocked to the ground, and hot blood dripped down the spears.

"Counterattack across the board." In the Wei army formation, Han Huan, who was the front-line commander, issued an order to the Wei army generals who had completed their deployment.

The crossbowman of the Wei army pulled the bowstring, and arrows whizzed out from the crossbowman's hand, and shot towards the formation of the Qin army.

The arrows were like a violent storm, shooting densely on the Qin army's array, and the arrows penetrated the Qin army's array, taking away bunches of blood.

After several rounds of arrow rain, the phalanxes of the Wei army pressed towards the Qin army one by one. The black crowd intertwined with the Chu-colored waves, and the figures of Qin soldiers and Wei soldiers mixed together.

Soldiers from both sides bumped into each other frantically, and soldiers from both sides fought each other. Amidst the sound of fighting, soldiers kept falling down, and soldiers kept getting up, repeating the killing.

"Let the fourth division of the right army line up and cross the river for reinforcements." Meng Ao observed the situation ahead, and said to Kong Yu beside him.

The Wei army must not be allowed to form a siege, otherwise all the Qin troops who landed will become shackles.

The Yanghe River in front of him is now full of sky, making it impossible for his cavalry to rush to help unless they can conquer the Wei army's defense line and open their way.Now he can only fill with the lives of his pawns.

"No!" Replied, turned around and went to set up.

The four Qin troops on the right flank came out in arrays and advanced along the river bank.

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"Unexpectedly, there will be a day when we will fight on the battlefield." Su Moci smiled coquettishly watching the fierce fighting on the battlefield.

As one of the strange soldiers set up by Fu Nian, the knights who came with the army also participated in this bloody battle.

Their task is to work with Linziying and Shanziying to cut through the connection between the reinforcements of the Qin Army and the former army, slow down the speed of the Qin Army's breakthrough, and weaken the pressure of the Wei Army.

The crimson sword light flitted across the air, and heads shot up into the sky one by one.

Su Moci's thin figure left afterimages in the air, and the long sword in his hand kept slashing, harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Qin army. At this moment, he was like a bloodthirsty Shura.

Xue Zhu slapped out with a palm, turning into thousands of palm shadows, and sent dozens of Qin soldiers flying away.

Not to be outdone, the knights behind them rushed towards Qin Bing.

The iron guards of the Shanziying stepped in a neat step, and raised the horse-chopping knife of more than ten feet high. The knife was bright and cold, and with a sharp killing intent, he slashed at the Qin army in front of him.

Wherever the light of the knife passed, blood radiated everywhere, and Qin Bing fell down like cut wheat, one corpse after another lying in a pool of blood.

On the battlefield stretching for several kilometers, the sound of war shook the formation of tens of thousands of people. The Huoziying knights led by Ji Huan intertwined and interspersed, dividing the fierce battle formation into dozens of small pieces. When some generals reorganized them on the way, The torrent that pushed past turned back again, crushing them in large swaths.

The iron guards of the Shanziying led by Long Jia were like an indestructible iron curtain, crushing all the obstacles in front of the formation. The sabers in their hands killed countless soldiers of the Qin army. The army rampaged in front of the formation, turning the soldiers killed by the soldiers of the Qin army on their backs.

Under the setting sun, the battlefield was in a mess, corpses were piled up like a mountain, and at a glance, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere.

The west wind was bleak, rolling up the bloody sand all over the ground, Meng Ao was still watching the battle in front of the battle, his cloak rattled.

The land on the other side of the river has become a real place of death, mercilessly strangling everyone who sets foot on this land.

He had already used all his strength and showed all his trump cards, but he still stopped here, unable to cross the river bank, unable to conquer the Wei army's defense line, and bitterness appeared on his face for the first time.

"General Meng, Baili commanded the secret letter."

The cold and proud woman in black clothes walked up to Meng Ao and handed him an urgent letter.

Meng Ao took the secret letter, unfolded it and glanced at it, his expression was concentrated, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "For now, put this matter down and wait for my order."

He glanced at Wei Jun on the other side for the last time, turned around and rode away.

(End of this chapter)