A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 277 Stealing the City
Tens of thousands of Qin troops were driven away by elite soldiers who went to the mountains. These Qin troops were not suitable for fighting in mountainous areas. The armor originally worn on the plains would soon become a heavy burden in these mountains.

Moreover, walking on the mountain is more tiring than walking on the flat ground. These Qin troops were originally drawn from the Guanzhong area, and they have not had time to adapt to mountain warfare.

In addition, the rattan armor and horizontal knife used by the Huai army are not only light, but also have no weak defense and attack power, or even stronger.The Qin army collapsed, more and more soldiers were killed, and a large number of Qin troops who could not escape surrendered one after another.The Huai army drove away those Qin soldiers who did not surrender, and even Xu Chao had ordered that they were not in a hurry to kill these Qin soldiers.

After defeating these Qin armies, in fact, those elite soldiers in the Huai country could completely keep all these Qin armies, but this approach can easily cause trapped animals to fight.So Xu Chao ordered people to chase them away. On the one hand, he wanted to drag these people down, and on the other hand, he wanted to try to take advantage of these defeated soldiers and take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Mian County in the First World War.

This is not impossible. The Qin army's leader, Gongzi Zhang, is also in the defeat. As the commander of the Qin army in Mian County, he commands all the soldiers of the Qin army. The defenders in Mian county will inevitably open the city gate when they see Gongzi Zhang. This is Xu Chao's chance.

Even in order to take the opportunity to enter Mian County, Xu Chao deliberately sent a lot of scouts and soldiers who were familiar with Qin to join the Qin army.In this chaotic situation, no one would notice that the Huai army would be mixed into the rout.

Huai State had already made full preparations before going to war with Qin State. For decades, a large number of hidden guards had been active in Qin State to collect various information about Qin State.Huai's scouts will also receive special training for Qin.It is still possible to pretend to be some Qin soldiers.

After receiving the order, Shanyue's fine soldiers drove these Qin's rout soldiers, and some of those who couldn't run were killed and some became prisoners.In addition, Xu Chao asked the Huai army's elite rattan armor army to hurry up and rest.The other soldiers cleaned the battlefield and divided and detained the Qin army's prisoners.

In order to guard these captives, Huai State specially selected Qin people who were willing to cooperate among these prisoners, gave them higher treatment and more food, and asked these people to assist Huai State in its management.Basically, all the dirty work was handed over to them, and they were promised to allocate their land in Huai State and give them many rewards to win over people's hearts.

These Qin people who are willing to become the lackeys of the Huai people will help the Huai people to watch Qin surrender, and many of them even secretly defect to the Huai people.As a result, this method directly prevented the Qin prisoners from becoming monolithic.They also began to fight among themselves. Huai Guo successfully controlled all these prisoners with only a small number of hands.

Gong Zizhang fled all the way, and the Qin army kept falling behind and surrendering. At this time, there were less than a thousand Qin troops around him, and there were more than [-] personal guards among them.

Every time Gong Zizhang wanted to stop and regroup, the Huai army would attack, defeating his soldiers and those routs who wanted to gather.These Huai troops are like experienced hunters, playing with their prey in the palm of their hands.

Gong Zizhang wanted to set up traps to kill these people more than once, but every time he set up a trap, he would be seen through, and then he would be attacked by these Huai troops, causing many casualties.Originally there were more than [-] rout soldiers, but now there are less than [-].

At this time, Gong Zizhang could only give up the idea of ​​fighting back, and honestly led the defeated army to Mian County.

Qin's troops fled in a rout, and the 5000 army finally escaped with less than 100 people, and among these routs, there were more than [-] scouts inserted by Huai Guoan.

The Qin army fled all the way, and finally fled to Mian County. After seeing the defeat of the Qin army, the defenders of Mian County were shocked and quickly notified the general who stayed behind. Negligently, he quickly opened the city gate.

There were only four or five thousand defenders stationed in Mian County. Seeing the defeat of the Qin army, they worried that the Huai army would attack, so they kept gathering the defeated army back.At the same time, the Tengjia Army of the Huai Kingdom rushed here after a rest.The Tengjia Army is the elite of the Huai Kingdom, with one man and two horses, one horse for transportation, and one horse for carrying armor and supplies.The burden on these soldiers was reduced to the greatest extent.There may not be many excellent war horses in Huai country, but there are many poor horses who are good at climbing mountains and mountains.

Under the load of these naive horses, the Tengjia Army marched very fast.

It was already evening when Prince Zhang of the Qin Kingdom retreated all the way to Mian County. These routs were routed all the way and had no chance to rest at all. After running to the city, they immediately relaxed, and many of them fell asleep directly from exhaustion.

Huaiguo's Tengjia Army also rushed over shortly after nightfall.Seeing the city in Mian County, the Huai army was not in a hurry to attack.Instead, it is hidden in the surrounding mountains and forests.

The night was getting late, and the Qin army in Mian County was getting sleepy. Although Gongzizhang had ordered people to be more vigilant, Gongzizhang and the generals who had fled back went to rest without even showing their faces. How could we expect this? Soldiers will not be loyal to their duties?
Time passed by, and gradually the moon in the sky hid in the dark clouds, and the sky became darker and darker.And in this dim moonlight, some dark shadows suddenly appeared in the Mianxian camp, and these shadows moved towards the city gate silently.At this time, the time has passed midnight, which is the most sleepy time of the day.

Many soldiers of the Qin army who kept watch at night also became sleepy, and the patrol soldiers who were originally arranged also hid in sheltered places to sleep.

The defenders in Mian County were not elites, but old, weak, sick and disabled, otherwise they would not have been assigned to defend the city.Those black shadows hid in the shadows and quickly approached the tower.After about half an hour, these people had already touched the vicinity of the city gate.

A group of Qin soldiers guarding the gate at the city gate, most of them have gone to sleep, only one or two soldiers are still there.Seeing this situation, those black shadows immediately waved forward.

But after a short effort, the city gate was knocked down too much.Then these people immediately opened the city gate.

"Who!" An angry shout suddenly sounded.The sound of the city gate opening was loud, immediately alerting the other guards.

Seeing this situation, everyone stopped hiding immediately and pushed the gate open with all their strength. Even the suspension bridge above was lowered abruptly, and the connecting rope was cut off directly.

The Qin army who was on guard at night came to stop them one after another, and the two sides immediately started a scuffle. At the same time, the Tengjia army who had been waiting outside the city for most of the night also rushed towards the city gate.

The number of Qin troops on guard at night was not many, and coupled with the fast-charging Tengjia army, how could it be possible to hold it?In just a moment, the city gate has already fallen into the hands of the Huai army.

(End of this chapter)