A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 268 Bai Qi: Le Yi, time is on my side

The hand crossbows of the Rattan Armor Army are basically only used once in a battle. After breaking through the enemy's defense line, they will rush up to kill and kill.The same is true this time.

The elite of the Huai State broke through three battles in a row, and the soldiers of the Qin State suffered heavy casualties.At a critical juncture, the Qin army charged with chariots forcibly and suffered huge casualties, which prevented the Huai army from attacking.

And when the Huai army was besieging Maojindu, on the other side of the battlefield, Bai Qi, who had originally commanded the army to retreat northward, received the news that Maojindu was attacked by the elite Huai army. Instead of sending a large army to rescue, Bai Qi transferred The army marched in the direction and launched a sudden attack on Xiangyang Town.

After seeing the Qin army retreating, the defenders of Shangyang City had relaxed their vigilance slightly. But at this moment, the Qin army made a surprise attack. The iron eagle warriors led the charge, and the Qin army's crossbow formations also came forward.Arrows rained down on the city wall, and the Huai army on the city wall was too suppressed to lift their heads.

Tie Ying Ruishi took the opportunity to attack the city. At the same time, a large number of Qin troops followed closely, and various engineering equipment advanced rapidly.Looking at the posture, it is simply prepared.

Bai Qi is planning to withdraw?It was clearly a false shot, in order to let the Huai army relax its vigilance, thinking that the Qin army would retreat, and then let the Huai army send a large army to besiege Maojindu, trying to cut off the Qin army's retreat and wipe out the remaining Qin army.

If Le Yi is attracted by the results of the complete annihilation of the Qin army, he will send the elite Huai army to besiege Maojindu.Bai Qi will immediately concentrate his elite and attack Shangyang at any cost.As long as Shangyang is captured, the Qin army will be able to attack Hangu Pass from both sides.At that time, even if Mao Jindu is lost, it will not affect Qin Jun.

Bai Qi did not have an advantage in the Qin army, and wanted to turn defeat into victory through strategic deception.If Le Yi is a little bit careless, a little greedy for victory, this time he will fall into Bai Qi's calculations.

It's a pity that as a top commander, Le Yi is very aware of the power of enemies of this level.Just when you thought it was a sweet fruit, it was actually a deadly trap.

Just when Bai Qi sent an army to attack Shangyang City, the next second there was only a sound of bow strings of "Beng Beng Beng", and thousands of fist-sized stones flew out of the sky, falling on the Qin army's siege army. among.Fist-sized stones fell like rain, and Qin Jun's armor and shields were useless in front of these stones.

The shield was smashed into pieces, the armor was deformed, bones were broken, tendons were broken, and the skull was cracked.The attacking Qin army suddenly suffered heavy casualties.At the same time, continuous stones flew out of Shangyang City, and even the Qin army's siege equipment could not withstand a few hits.

In Shangyang City, dozens of catapults were filled with polished stones. After many improvements of these catapults by Mohists and craftsmen of Huai State, they have changed from a device that required the cooperation of dozens of people to use by five people. A defensive weapon that can be controlled.

There are many books about machinery in the Huaiguo collection room, which is naturally the legacy left by Zijue back then.It is also with this valuable knowledge that Huai's catapults are much more advanced than other countries in Bangzhou.

The trebuchets of this era are not only bulky and require dozens of people to operate, but they can only throw stones weighing more than ten kilograms about 50 meters, and the time between attacks is also long, which seems very tasteless.Huai country's trebuchets did not throw farther, but became smaller, easier to control, and the time between attacks was shorter.

All the trebuchets in Shangyang were not used. After Le Yi discovered that the Qin army was retreating, he did not rush to pursue them. Instead, all the trebuchets in the general were placed in Shangyang.He knew very well that the purpose of the Qin army's large-scale attack was to attack Hangu Pass, so no matter how the Qin army acted, they would eventually attack Shangyangyi and Hangu Pass.

Thousands of elite Qin troops raided Shangyang, and were beaten into a panic by trebuchets that fell like raindrops.The Huai army even put earthen pots in the catapults, and threw them out with kerosene inside.Burn the Qin army's ladders, columbine carts and other engineering equipment.

Bai Qi saw on the battlefield that the Qin army had failed in their attack, his face still grim.After seeing that the army had no chance, he no longer allowed the army to attack, and directly led the army to retreat, and rescued Mao Jindu in the early stage.

This offensive and defensive battle was carried out extremely quickly. It seemed that not many troops were used, and the casualties were only a few thousand, but if there was any carelessness, the opponent would immediately rush forward like a shark smelling blood.

Just when you thought the enemy was about to withdraw, and then the army chased after him, the opponent suddenly turned around and went straight to the vital point.Bai Qi's way of using troops is simply elusive, making full use of everything to the extreme.And Le Yi is also calm and calm, not giving Bai Qi the slightest chance, and at the same time not letting go of the weaknesses revealed by Bai Qi.Bai Qi was forced to return to the army and retreat.

Bai Qi saw that the attack on the city was not going well, so he led his troops to evacuate without any hesitation, and then rescued Mao Jindu.The Qin army quickly felt the Maojin crossing. When the Huai army saw the Qin army's reinforcements arriving, they did not attack again and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

At this time, the war was finally coming to an end. The Qin army mobilized 30 to [-] elites, first defeated Han Wei, seized the land of Hedong, and then went south to capture Hangu Pass, but was blocked by Huai State in Shangyang, and fought fiercely for two months. Tens of thousands of troops were killed and injured, and finally returned without success.

The most important thing is that Bai Qi has realized that Le Yi is a general who is not inferior to him in the slightest.If it were not for the terrain restrictions this time, the Huai army could not massively reinforce the attack. He would never have expected to lead the Qin army to retreat so easily this time.Even if they move to other places, the Qin army will be defeated this time.

Bai Qi was not disappointed this time when he went south to end the setback. He has no good solution for Le Yi for the time being.But there is also a way that is not the way.Le Yi is over 30 years old this year, while Bai Qi is less than 60 years old.He has time to wait. Time is by his side. After ten years, Le Yi will be in his [-]s. Even if he can go to the battlefield, his energy will not be as good as before. How can he continue to spend with him?
How could the Huai country without Le Yi be the opponent of the Qin army led by him?
Looking at the gradually disappearing Qin Jun, Le Yi's face did not relax in the slightest. This time he fought in person, he had a clearer and more intuitive understanding of Bai Qi's strength.When Le Yi was as young as Bai Qi, his command and deployment of the army was inferior to that of Bai Qi.

He also understands that if ten years later, his energy declines, and Bai Qi is in the prime of life.I'm afraid he will no longer be Bai Qi's opponent by then.

In this regard, Le Yi is also worried about this. If he wants to cultivate such a top commander, it does not depend on learning and guidance, but on talent.Only with enough talent can one become a top commander after learning.

(End of this chapter)