Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 709 Sold?
In April, the weather gradually gets warmer.

Under Huo Jun's military order, Wen Qin led his troops to form a battle array in the wilderness and sent people to challenge the Wei camp.

To be honest, Wen Qin was reluctant to go to battle when Huo Jun ordered him to. This was because anyone with a discerning eye could see that Huo Jun ordered him to challenge the Wei camp because he was suspicious of them. If Wang Ling led a large army to attack, he and his troops would become cannon fodder.

But what can Wen Qin do?
Since he chose to rebel against Wei and surrender to Han, he was separated from Cao Wei and had to rely on the Han army to survive. Fortunately, Huo Jun still had a conscience, and Yu Shao led the infantry and cavalry to accompany him.

"Wang Ling, do you dare to go out of the camp and fight?"

Wen Qin led his men to the front of the camp and scolded, "Linghu Jun, your master is here, why don't you hurry out of the camp and kneel to greet him?"

Wen Qin's insults were extremely harsh, and Wang Ling could still tolerate it with his temper, but how could the young and energetic Linghu Jun tolerate it!
On the watchtower, Linghu Jun said angrily: "General, Wen Qin betrayed Wei and disgraced the country. He has no loyalty to his king or his father. If we don't go to war, it will surely cause chaos in the army. Jun requests an order to go out and defeat him, behead him, and show the prestige of our army."

Wang Ling looked at Wen Qin, who was showing off his military prowess outside the camp, with his eyes full of anger. Although he was disgusted by Wen Qin's false reporting of military exploits, he sympathized with his bravery and often treated him with kindness. He never thought that Wen Qin would rebel and lead his troops to surrender to the Han.

Now Wen Qin shamelessly led his troops here, which made Wang Ling particularly disgusted.

Just when Wang Ling was about to order the battle, Qian Zhao spoke up and advised, "Our army had challenged Huo Jun for many days before, but Huo Jun refused to come out. Now that we have ordered Wen Qin to line up and challenge, there may be something fishy going on. I hope the general will be careful."

Linghu Jun said dissatisfiedly: "Our army is short of food and grass. If we don't take this opportunity to fight, when will we fight? Are you planning to wait until the food runs out, so that our army can flee south to Pengcheng and order Huo Jun to take over Si and Wen counties?"

Huo Jun cut off the Wei army's food supply, so the Wei army had no choice but to fight, otherwise they would not have challenged for days. The reason why they did not fight today was because Huo Jun defended his position and refused to fight.

As for why Huo Jun refused to fight, all the Wei generals knew it. They just wanted to wait until the Wei army's morale collapsed so as to defeat them with one blow.

The plan to cut off the supply of food was an open plan. The Han army knew it, and the Wei army also knew it. But even though they knew it, they had no way to crack it. After all, there was no other way except to defeat the Han army and open up the food supply route.

Wen Qin's initiative to challenge them was exactly what they wanted. Linghu Jun wanted to defeat the enemy and gain merit, so as to humiliate Wen Qin; while Wang Ling wanted to weaken the Han army to help them open up the grain route.

Hearing this, Qian Zhao sighed. How could he not know that he had to fight right now?

Qian Zhao hesitated for a moment and said, "Wang Cheqi, even if you want to go out of the city to fight, you must be careful of Huo Jun's tricks!"

Wang Ling put his hand on the hilt of the sword and asked, "What does Yizijing mean?"

Qian Zhao watched the Han army's deployment and suggested, "Wen Qin's army has only 3,000 soldiers and horses, and the Han army is several miles away. I think the Han army is suspicious of Wen Qin. General, you should take advantage of the separation of the two armies to lead a large force to encircle Wen Qin and tie down the Han army's infantry and cavalry."

"If we can defeat Wen Qin first, the Han army will have a hard time escaping. If the Han army's rear comes to support us, the general will be able to gain something with the power of victory."

Wang Ling thought for a while and said, "I will lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry to attack, encircle Wen Qin, and then defeat Yu Shao. If the enemy has more troops to help, you can lead the troops to provide backup. The situation is critical now, and we must fight. If we can win, the danger of our army's food supply will be solved."

"promise!"

With a plan to defeat the enemy, Wang Ling immediately assembled his troops and went into battle.

At that moment, the drums in the Wei camp were beating loudly, flags were flying, and shouts were heard. Under the command of the officers, the troops filed out of the camp one after another. The 20,000 soldiers were divided into four groups. Each group marched out of the camp first, formed a square formation at the camp gate, and then assembled according to the command flags.

When Wen Qin saw the Wei army moving out, he quickly sent someone to inform Huo Jun. He then led his own soldiers to form a battle array and told Yu Shao to move closer to him.

The Han and Wei armies camped between the Si River and the Xiaoyi River. There were vast plains and fields but no hills. The two rivers were twenty to thirty miles apart, which was very conducive to a large-scale battle.

While the Wei infantry were arrayed, the cavalry had already left the camp and were patrolling around the Han army. If there was any unusual movement, they would report it to Wang Ling.

Wen Qin saw a large number of cavalrymen around him and could sense that the Wei army was targeting him. He cursed, "Wang Ling, you little brat, you really deserve to die. If we defeat him now, I will kill him to vent my anger."

"General, Yu Shao is in the formation at the rear and has not moved!" the scout came on horseback to report.

"Fuck!"

Wen Qin looked back and saw his ally Yu Shao standing still. He shouted angrily, "How dare Yu the dog hurt me!"

"What should we do?" the attendant asked nervously, "Should we ask the soldiers to move back and get closer to Yu Shao?"

"Come closer, my ass!"

Wen Qin pointed at the surrounding cavalry and said, "If you retreat now, our army will be defeated!"

As he spoke, Wen Qin became ruthless, rode his horse around the formation, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Wang Ling said that anyone who surrenders to the Han must be killed. Now if you do not want to die, you have no choice but to fight to the death with me. Now that the Grand Marshal's army is behind us, our army will surely win!"

"Our army will win!"

Wen Qin had a way of winning people's hearts, and his subordinates all joined in the shouting, with extremely high morale.

Under Wen Qin's command, his troops of more than 3,000 men held their spears high like a forest and their shields gathered like a wall, forming a formidable hedgehog formation.

Before long, as the Wei cavalry exerted pressure, the Han cavalry retreated into the battle formation. Then, countless flags were raised high like a forest on the northern plains, and 20,000 infantry and cavalry were like a sea of ​​people, rolling over the mountains and plains, making everyone who saw it feel terrified.

"Wang Ling is here!" the soldiers in the formation shouted.

"Shut up!"

Wen Qin patrolled the square formation with a knife in hand, rebuking the soldiers who made noises. Under Wen Qin's command, the soldiers who had recently rebelled were able to calm down.

Not long after Wen Qin returned to the battlefield, the thrilling sound of war drums rang out from the Wei army's camp. It turned out that the Wei army was approaching and launched an attack on Wen Qin's troops.

The drums echoed across the plains, and the Wei army's front row of sword and shield soldiers formed a dense shield wall, advancing to more than a hundred people. Until more exciting drums sounded, the Wei soldiers quickened their pace and moved forward.

It is impossible to arrange 20,000 infantry and cavalry so easily. Due to the order of leaving the camp and forming a battle array, the number of Wei soldiers who took the lead in attacking Wen Qin was about 5,000. They deployed in front, holding shields, and launched the attack in multiple horizontal rows.

The newly grown grass on the field was trampled to pieces, and the uneven potholes could not stop their footsteps. When they reached a hundred steps, they were already within the range of Wen Qin's crossbowmen.

The Han soldiers waved their command flags and the archers poured out their arrows.

More than a thousand arrows fired from powerful bows and crossbows were fiercely shot at the charging Wei soldiers. The powerful arrows either pierced the shields and injured the soldiers behind the shields, or were too weak to penetrate the shields and were nailed to the shields.

The third and fifth arrows were fired at the battle. As the Wei soldiers approached with shields, the more damage they caused to the Wei soldiers. Many Wei soldiers in the front row were injured and fell to the ground, wailing in pain, and were trampled by the soldiers behind them. Although the marching steps were a little chaotic, it could not stop them from moving forward.

This group of Wei soldiers were the few remaining elite troops of Cao Wei. Now Wang Ling ordered them to charge forward, obviously intending to defeat Wen Qin as quickly as possible and defeat Yu Shao's troops.

Seeing that the strong bows and crossbows could not stop the Wei soldiers, Wen Qin knew that Wang Ling must have sent out elite troops. He cursed in his heart, but hurriedly called on the soldiers to beat the drums, ordering the entire army to prepare for a fight.

Xing Wenqin knew that he would definitely be targeted, so he gathered his troops and veterans in advance and put them in the front line. He also arranged shields and spears in an interlaced manner to form a defensive formation, hoping that the Han army would come to support him quickly.

In an instant, a fierce battle between the two armies began!
The Han soldiers in the front row first threw axes and short spears at the charging Wei soldiers. Due to the short distance and the fierceness of the thrown objects, many Wei soldiers were killed or injured. However, as the Wei infantrymen behind them pressed forward, the injured companions were trampled to death.

Soon, the order was changed. The Wei soldiers stopped fighting and instead stepped forward with spears to kill the Wei soldiers behind the shields.

The Han soldiers thrust the spears clipped onto their shields outwards frantically, trying to kill the attacking Wei soldiers.

Spears crossed and contradictions collided.

"Kill!"

"Kill Wen Qin and you'll get a thousand gold coins!" Someone in the Wei army shouted.

Hearing the slogans of the enemy army offering a bounty for him, Wen Qin drew out his long sword and shouted, "Kill Wang Ling and be crowned as the Marquis of Guannei!"

"Kill Wang Ling and make him Guannei Hou!" The Han army formation also shouted the reward slogan.

There were shouts mixed with drum sounds, cries of killing, and wailing, like the boiling of a boiler!
ps: There will be another chapter tonight!
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