Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-05-30

Just as Fusu and Baiban were engaged in an offensive and defensive battle outside Shangjun City, Zhao Changke's [-] troops were already approaching Beidi County.

Zhao Changke was riding on the horse, holding the rein in his hand, full of vigor.For him, this is an excellent opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and it is also a manifestation of Zhao Gao's trust in him.He has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he thinks that he will be victorious in every battle on the battlefield. As for Meng Tian Zhang Han and others, he doesn't pay attention to them at all.Now he has 10 soldiers under his command, and as far as he knows, the number of troops in Fusu is only [-] at full strength. This Beidi County has just been defeated, and there will definitely not be heavy defenses, so as long as he has a large army, it will be effortless You can take Beidi County.At that time, with such great military achievements and Zhao Gao's care, it is very likely that he will become a high-ranking official at the rank of Taiwei.Thinking of this, he wished he could go to the city of Beidi County immediately and take it off immediately.

At this time they were passing through a valley, on both sides of the valley road were hillsides up to ten feet high, the valley road was only about ten feet wide, but several miles long.Lieutenant Wang Yongde looked at the mountain and ran to Zhao Changke and said, "General, the terrain here is easy for soldiers to hide. Why don't we send someone to investigate?"

Zhao Changke laughed, pointed at the hillside with his horsewhip, and said, "Although this hillside looks good for hiding people, it is too steep. If they wanted to attack us, they would have fallen to our death before rushing down. Why should we What's the trouble, let alone attacking us, we attacked shortly after we entered the valley, will we wait until now? Well, order the troops to pass through the valley quickly, and this general will take down Beidi City as soon as possible."

"But..." Wang Yongde wanted to persuade him again, but Zhao Changke ignored him and urged his horse forward. He had no choice but to swallow his words back, hoping that the defenders would not have time to lay an ambush here .

Zhao Changke actually guessed everything right, and no enemy appeared until they walked out of the valley, Wang Yongde couldn't help but sigh.Moving forward, the tall city wall of Beidi County appeared in front of their eyes in a short while.

In addition to the tall city walls of Beidi County, there were also 2 soldiers led by Meng Tian to welcome them.Of the [-] people, ten thousand were infantry, five thousand were chariots, and five thousand were cavalry.With the chariot in the middle, the cavalry on both sides, and the infantry in the last position, they quietly waited for Zhao Changke's arrival. A large banner embroidered with Mongolian characters stretched its body in the autumn wind.

When he saw only 2 horses fighting outside the city, Zhao Changke laughed loudly: "Do you dare to compete with my 2 troops with only [-] horses? Who is leading the army on the opposite side? .”

"Back to the general, the leader of the army is Meng Tian, ​​the former general of my Great Qin." A scout replied looking at the Mongolian banner.

"Meng Tian is just a false name, let's see how I can defeat him." Zhao Changke was about to wave the command flag and order people to charge up.

"General, our army has been exhausted from a long distance, so let's set up camp first, and set a date for the war and then fight them again." Wang Yongde hurriedly persuaded.

"The book of war says five times to attack them, and ten times to surround them. Now our army is exactly five times their size. Just taking advantage of our newly arrived vigor, we will annihilate them under this city. At that time, we will be able to enter the north with one effort." Rest in the dungeon." After Zhao Changke finished speaking impatiently, he waved his command flag and said, "Come on! Kill all these rebels!"

Although the soldiers were exhausted from the long journey, what they wanted to do the most when they reached the city was to take a good rest, but unexpectedly they heard his order to attack the enemy immediately.Under the oppression of the Qin Dynasty's military law, all the soldiers had no choice but to rush forward, but [-]% of them were greeting the female relatives of Zhao Changke's family in their hearts.

Ever since Meng Tian knew that the leader of the enemy was Zhao Changke, he knew that he would definitely win.Zhao Changke had never fought a real battle, and it was only because he was good at flattering and he was related to Zhao Gao that he became a general in the army.Today he got a secret report that the enemy was coming, so he took people out of the city, intending to scare Zhao Changke, telling him not to rest in peace after he settled down in the camp, but unexpectedly he was startled by his actions.Unexpectedly, Zhao Changke, like Fusu, is a guy who doesn't follow the rules at all, but the problem is that the timing he chooses is exactly when it is completely unfavorable to his side.

Seeing the enemy rushing towards him without any formation, Meng Tian didn't panic, and immediately ordered the chariot to rush forward first, and at the same time let the cavalry pass by from both sides, completely forming a situation where there were few people but many people were surrounded.

As soon as the imperial army rushed to the front of Meng Tian's army, they found that they were going up to die, because what greeted them was not the enemy's weapons, but even more terrifying chariots.Dozens of chariots rushed into the crowd of enemies at high speed. The spearmen on the chariots waved their spears like cutting weeds, reaping human lives. Here, every arrow that goes out can hit an enemy.The pawns following the chariot were considered lucky. The opponent had no formation at all, and at this time the chariot completely disrupted the team, so although the imperial army had the upper hand in terms of absolute numbers, but On this side, several scenes of Meng Tian's army beating one of them appeared.

As soon as there was a confrontation, the vanguard of the imperial army had already collapsed.

But the terrible thing has just begun. The cavalry surrounded by the two wings have already launched an attack on the enemy. They first shot at the enemy with a crossbow at a long distance, and when they approached, they relied on the stirrups under their feet to borrow strength. And holding a spear and a spear in both hands, he launched an attack on the enemy from a distance.With weapons twice as long as others, the cavalry can be said to be slaughtering on one side. The imperial army never imagined that the cavalry of the opponent could attack themselves with long weapons in both hands. The horses also began to lose their positions, and retreated to the middle one after another.

Seeing that the enemy's front and two wings retreated at the same time, Meng Tian ordered the eager infantry behind to take the opportunity to cover up and kill them.

Zhao Changke never dreamed that his army would be beaten back by the enemy in a single encounter. He couldn't help being furious, and shouted again and again: "Come up to me, surround them, and use our superiority in numbers to wipe them out quickly!" .”

But fighting spirit is the most important thing on the battlefield. Since the vigor has been lost and the army has already retreated, no matter how many people there are, it is just a mess. How can it be possible to organize a decent attack.

Under Meng Tian leading the troops to slaughter bravely, the [-] troops were beaten to the ground, their weapons and supplies were thrown to the ground, and they had to retreat for thirty miles before they could hold their ground. The reason for chasing, and at the same time, it is indeed not as good as the reason why the opponent has to accept it as soon as it is good.

In this battle, Zhao Changke lost 2 horses, nearly 2 horses were injured, and half of his food and supplies were lost.What's even worse is that he came here excitedly to make meritorious service, but now he has not only failed to make meritorious service, but has been severely hit, and the morale of the army has been slackened.The Mengtian army returned to the city happily with the good mood of victory and the captured supplies and food.The difference in military strength between the two sides has also begun to gradually balance.

"I didn't expect that Zhao Changke was really so capable, and he was beaten like this as soon as he came." Zhang Wu said.After entering the city, Meng Tian called several generals to discuss the next battle policy.

"It's also because he doesn't pay attention to us because of his own number of soldiers. A proud soldier must be defeated." Meng Tian said, "But winning this battle does not mean that we have won. We also lost this battle. There are over [-] people. What’s more, we agreed with Prince Fusu that we need to deal with them quickly, and then rush to Shangjun to support them. We must not be careless.”

"That depends on the effect of the ambush we buried over there." Deputy General Pang Wanyou said, "As long as we can defeat them one more time and force them into the Northland Valley, then they will be completely finished."

"What Deputy General Pang said is true, but the key question now is how can we take advantage of the victory to win again?" Meng Tian asked.

"The final general has a way." Zhang Wudao, "We will go to rob the camp tonight. They must not have imagined that we can give up and continue to expand the results of the victory during the day when we can take advantage of the victory and pursue it, but at night we will give them a hard time."

"Is this... is it too out of courtesy?" Pang Wanyou said.

"On the battlefield, there is only victory and defeat, there is no benevolence and despicableness." Zhang Wu obviously got a little bit of the true biography of Fusu, "Besides, it is not the era of hundreds of years ago when fighting with dignity."

Meng Tian thought for a while and said, "Okay, that's it. After the third watch, General Zhang and I will lead 5000 people out to attack them, while General Pang will stay in the city."

It was three o'clock, and Zhao Changke's barracks was quiet. From time to time, there were a few cries of pain, which were the groans of those injured in the daytime battle.

Suddenly, with the sound of shouting and killing, groups of soldiers with unsheathed swords and guns rushed towards the quiet camps one by one.Before those soldiers responded, they were already looked down on the ground.

Zhao Changke was awakened from his sleep, and hurriedly ordered his army to fight.It's a pity that their command has been messed up now, and all the people screamed and ran back, as if they could survive if they left the barracks.Zhao Changke yelled for a long time before he could gather tens of thousands of people, so he fled back under the protection of the soldiers.He no longer seeks to make any meritorious service, but only wants to escape back to Xianyang safely. As for the punishment he will receive for his defeat, he has no time to think about it now.

Meng Tian and his men led their soldiers and horses and chased after the retreating enemy for a long time before turning around and returning to the city.This sneak attack only killed a few thousand of them, but the psychological damage to the enemy cannot be counted. Meng Tian knew that they would not dare to come again. At the same time, there was a surprise soldier in the valley waiting for Zhao Changke and the others to enter. They will also be hit with a row of destruction.