At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 206, Failed Night Attack and Surrounded Su Jiao

Of course Meng Tian knew the danger of doing so, but he had reached a desperate situation. Although the night attack had a low winning rate, it was his only hope.

At this time, Meng Tian felt a sense of sadness in his heart. His current situation was very similar to that of Xiang Yan. Back then, he watched with his own eyes how Wang Jian forced Xiang Yan into a desperate situation step by step, but he did not expect the reincarnation of heaven. Today it is his turn to do choose. And his choice was actually the same as Xiang Yan's, leading the soldiers to fight desperately. But soon Meng Tian became determined again, and he would definitely lead the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Guanzhong.

"Su Jiao, you lead an army of 5 as the vanguard. The initial attack on the rebels must be sudden and violent. You must kill through the rebel camp and completely chaos the rebels. Only in this way can our army have a chance of winning. .”

Su Jiao nodded and said: "No!"

"Shejian, you lead the entire army of cavalry and 4 infantry, and follow Su Jiao's army. When the Han army's left and right flanks are reinforced with reinforcements to support the rebels' central tent, you directly attack the rebel reinforcements."

Shejian thought for a while and then asked: "What if there are too many enemies and the general cannot block the enemy's reinforcements?"

After all, the number of coalition forces was twice theirs, and Shejian was worried that there would be too many coalition forces to support them.

Meng Tian said: "We must give full play to your cavalry field advantage, and I will support you at any time. Our purpose in this battle is to kill a large number of rebels. If the rebels really have so many reinforcements, we don't have to attack the rebels hard." camp, direct field combat severely damaged the rebels’ left and right armies.”

The generals suddenly realized at this time that indeed, they did not have the strength to annihilate the rebels. They attacked the rebel camp to kill the rebel troops. If they could do it in the field, why would they attack the rebel camp? Only then did they understand that the general was This is a replica of the strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, which is to attract the rebels out of the camp.

Su Jiao said angrily: "Here comes someone."

Su Zhe walked to Su Jiao and whispered: "Brother, are we really attacking the Han army camp like this?"

But there are more than 30 rebels in front of us. We cannot defeat the rebels and there is no hope. Brother, are you worthy of these 5 soldiers? They are also the husbands and sons of the elders in Guanzhong. Meng Tian defeated the entire Guanzhong army in this battle. Qingzhuang, brother, how are you going to explain to these people? "

"Boom, boom, boom" The sound of horse hooves roared like thunder, and the soldiers' shouts of killing became louder and louder, gradually forming an unstoppable torrent, charging towards Su Jiao's army with unprecedented momentum.

At this time, all the Qin soldiers understood that their night attack failed and was exposed, and now they were surrounded by the enemy.

Su Jiao and the 5 Qin soldiers were surprised to find that flames began to appear around them, and the number was increasing, and there were them on the left, right and in front. Soon the flames illuminated the entire sky red.

A crescent moon hangs in the sky, and the road at night can barely be seen clearly, but from time to time a cloud appears to cover the moon.

Su Jiao and others said in unison: "The last general will fight to the death."

Then Meng Tian looked at the generals solemnly and said: "The rise and fall of the country will all depend on this battle tonight."

Su Zhe said: "Brother, I have attacked the Han army camp. It is not much worse than the city. If we go there, we will have a narrow escape. We have to think about ourselves."

"Seize Su Zhe. After this battle, I will deal with him through military law."

Meng Tian shook his head and said: "Su Jiao has 5 troops in his hands. They are not easily defeated by the rebels. The number of rebels is twice that of our army. We must retain enough troops in our hands to inflict heavy losses on the rebels. Let's take a look first. How many troops did the rebels arrive to ambush us? Send scout horses to detect whether there are any enemy ambushes on both sides of our army."

Su Jiao's personal guard said: "The general is here!"

Su Zhe said coldly: "Brother, you are so cruel. You don't care whether these soldiers are willing to serve the country or not."

Some Shejian said anxiously: "General, do we want to go up with support?"

Su Jiao looked at Su Zhe strangely and said, "What do you want to say?"

The five thousand Han army armored cavalry controlled the horses with great excitement, and at the same time arranged the horses more and more neatly, just like a phalanx of spear infantry.

Su Zhe pointed at his chest with a wry smile and said, "I'm scared. A stone weighing more than 300 kilograms fell from the sky and hit me less than 2 steps away. This stone hit several soldiers. I saw them being smashed into pieces." Mud, blood splashed all over my body. I have already died once and I have repaid His Majesty the First Emperor. I don’t want to experience such a death again."

Su Jiao suppressed his anger and said: "If you dare to surrender, I will kill you. Our Su family has been loyal for generations, and our family's reputation cannot be destroyed in your hands."

Su Zhe's voice became softer and he said: "In the past few years, the rebels have annihilated hundreds of thousands of elites in our Qin Dynasty. If the Northern Xinjiang Army cannot return to Guanzhong today, there are only old, weak, women and children in Guanzhong. Can your Majesty still resist the rebels?"

After Meng Tian issued the order, the messenger immediately conveyed his order to all armies.

Jing Tao looked at the attacking Qin army. Under the command of the general, it quickly changed its formation, from a marching column to a fighting line. He sneered: "The generals of the Qin army are not bad at commanding, but their brains are not good. How can one bring hundreds of thousands of troops to attack at night? This is for fear that the enemy will not know."

Jing Tao yelled, "The whole army is in formation. These Qin troops are our military exploits. Don't let anyone go!"

"Let the soldiers rest now and prepare food in the evening. We will attack the rebel camp in the middle of the night."

Su Jiao walked at the front of the 5 soldiers. It was already September, and the night had become cool and breezy.

"Kill!" Jing Tao took the lead.

Then Meng Tian said to Shejian: "Let's wait here for the battle situation ahead. I hope Su Jiao can bring us good news."

At this time, Jing Tao was extremely excited. In this Northern Expedition, they either attacked strong cities like Daliang or Xingyang, and then faced off across the Yellow River. Although their cavalry was always on the core battlefield, they could not even connect with the enemy. Not even a few were killed. Jing Tao could only watch his comrades in other directions perform meritorious service every day, and now it was finally his turn. Defeating the 5 Northern Xinjiang Army was also a great achievement.

The generals took the order and said: "Promise!"

Su Jiao glared at Su Zhe and said, "It's so unlucky to say such words at this time."

Su Jiao said: "If there is anything to explain, soldiers will inevitably die in battle. They are also loyal to the country."

Behind Su Jiao, Meng Tian was not surprised when he saw the blazing fire in the distance. His main goal was to attract the Han army out of the camp. Now that he had achieved this goal, the next step was to see if he could kill a large number of the main force of the Han army. .

"Dong dong dong!" The thunderous war drums shook the earth and made them recover from panic and began to boost the morale of the soldiers. The Qin soldiers quickly regained their composure.

"Beat the war drum." Su Jiao ordered without hesitation: "Soldiers, spread out the offensive formation, follow me and rush out of the enemy's encirclement."

Five thousand armored cavalry followed Jing Tao and rushed towards the 5 Qin troops in Su Jiao.

Next, Meng Tian explained some details of the battle, such as the cooperation between the infantry and cavalry armies, and if the enemy did not come to support, the 180,000 troops would use all their strength to break through the Han army's central tent.

"Woooo!" A horn horn sound echoed all around.

There was no way to retreat in this situation, not to mention how many ambushes were lurking in the rear. More importantly, he was worried that the morale of the retreat would plummet, leading to the collapse of the entire 5 soldiers.

Guard: "Ah!" He didn't dare to move for a long time.

Su Zhe suppressed his anger and said: "Can this battle still be fought? The food and grass are cut off, the escape route is blocked, Meng Tian is leading us to the road of death, as long as there is a little hope, I will fight for it.

When Su Jiao heard this, he grabbed Su Zhe and said, "What do you mean, think about yourself, do you want to surrender to the enemy? You have always been the most courageous person in our Su family, how dare you say such a thing today."

Although it was dark at this time, under the illumination of tens of thousands of torches, the battlefield ahead was extremely dazzling. Countless torches were like dazzling stars, illuminating the sky extremely beautifully, but the soldiers of the Qin army were afraid of this The scenery, because they knew that the front would become a bloody battlefield, and they didn't know how many robes would fall on this land.

After Su Jiao experienced the surprise attack, he quickly deployed the army's formation. He divided the army into three parts: left, center and right, and used a defensive formation to resist the rebels.

But Jing Tao ignored Su Jiao's change of formation, and instead led 5000 armored cavalry to slowly accelerate towards Su Jiao's central army.

Su Jiao saw this scene and said with a cold face: "Even if the rebels have new cavalry equipment that can greatly increase the impact of the cavalry, it would be too fanciful to defeat our 5000 elite troops with only 5000 cavalry. We will annihilate the rebel cavalry today, boost the morale of the entire army, and let the war drums sound."

"Dong dong dong!" The war drums of the Qin Army became more and more fierce. Encouraged by the war drums, the Qin Army soldiers were full of strength and held the spears tightly in their hands. They were no longer so afraid of the cavalry rushing forward. Instead, they thought It is a credit to a group of people who can move. It is helpless to say that Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang army was unstoppable all the way, destroying the Yan State, and only Handan was left in the Zhao State. However, the Han army did not even win a big victory. They could annihilate 5000 enemies, and they were already in Northern Xinjiang. This was the greatest victory since the battle between the Han army and the Han army. Of course, this presupposed that Su Jiao could do this.

In front of five thousand armored cavalry, they charged to a distance of 100 steps from the Qin army.

Su Jiao said loudly: "Archer, three rapid fire steps, let go!"

Tens of thousands of Qin army archers fired rapidly at the armored cavalry.

"Shhhhhh!"

"shhhhhh"

"Shhhhhh!"

Three waves of long arrows, like heavy rain, hit the five thousand armored cavalry, but Jing Tao and the others just lowered their heads and continued to charge forward. The five thousand armored cavalry did not care about the long arrows shot at them, and instead rode on This opportunity brought the two armies closer.

Su Jiao was shocked when he saw his few results. The attack of 3 long arrows could not bring double-digit casualties. The defensive capabilities of the enemy's cavalry far exceeded Su Jiao's imagination.

"The spearmen come forward and resist the impact of the enemy's cavalry!" Su Jiao had no time to think about the reason. Facing the armored cavalry that was getting closer and closer, he asked the forward soldiers to form a huge spear phalanx to block the attack. Onslaught of enemy cavalry.

Because there is a three-piece cavalry suit to increase the impact, Meng Tian also experimented with the effect of the new cavalry on attacking the spear phalanx, and finally concluded that there is a probability that it can break through the spear phalanx, but the gain is not worth the loss. Training a cavalry requires more resources than There were several times more spearmen, so Su Jiao was not worried when he saw Jing Tao's cavalry charging into the formation. Being able to consume an elite cavalry of the enemy was a profit for the Northern Xinjiang Army at this time.

The two armies moved closer quickly, 30 steps, 20 steps, 10 steps.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The armies of both sides collided with each other, making a loud noise.

Jing Tao was at the forefront. When the armies of both sides were about to collide, he used the spear in his hand to block three spears aimed at him, then drove his horse and directly knocked away the three people in front of him. He only Hearing a scream, the three Qin soldiers were trampled to death by the horses that followed. And he himself drove the horses and continued to move forward.

"Crush the enemy's formation and kill them all." The impact of the Han army's armored cavalry was so powerful that it withstood the spear phalanx in front of them and broke through it with one blow. Soon the Qin army's spear phalanx twisted and deformed, and was quickly broken into two pieces by Jing Tao's armored cavalry.

"We can't stop it anymore, run for your life!" Faced with such a brave and invulnerable cavalry, one by one they threw off their helmets and armor and fled the battlefield.

The effect of Xu Fan's psychological warfare is still very significant. All the soldiers in the Northern Xinjiang Army understand the Han's policy. The Han Army also gave them 100 acres of land equally, but the tax revenue was very small, only %, and the rest was their own. The taxes were half less than what they had in Qin. The most important thing was that there was no corvee in Han.

There is no corvee in Han!

There is no corvee in Han!

There is no corvee in Han!

This was the policy that shocked the soldiers of the Qin army the most. Although the Qin State collected a lot of taxes, because there were fewer people and more land, half of the income could still support the family. However, the endless corvee was the most terrifying policy of the Qin Dynasty. It made people The people at the bottom of Da Qin could not farm with peace of mind. Instead, they had to rely on family support to barely survive. This also caused the families of the bottom people to lose their most important labor force and had no way to farm. The people's income was reduced and the family went bankrupt.

The soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army were not stupid. They compared the policies of Qin and Han and found that Han's policies were more friendly to them.

If the Qin army is still strong in combat, even if they envy the Han state, they will not dare to surrender. But now the Qin army could not defeat the Han army. At this time, the soldiers naturally did not want to fight to the death for Qin.

Why do they want to help Qin? Is it because Qin has a lot of tax revenue, or is it because Qin has endless corvee.

Although they live at the bottom, they are not stupid. Why should they help a country that oppresses them? So when the Han army attacked fiercely, the Qin army soldiers collapsed immediately.

The captain of the Qin army fled the battlefield when he saw that his soldiers were so unsatisfactory that they could not even withstand a single blow from the rebels.

Cursed: "You cowards are not worthy of serving in the Northern Xinjiang Army."

But his scolding could not change the situation on the battlefield. He could only lead his own guards to attack from the flank, hoping to delay the charge of the cavalry.

The captain of the Qin army stabbed an armored cavalry with a spear, but something surprising happened to him. Even though he used all his strength and even the cavalry on the horse was stabbed down, he still could not break the enemy's battle. A, this is just a small soldier of the rebels. Even the cavalry should not have such a strong defensive armor.

The results of the other guards were even worse. They did not kill any armored cavalry at all. Instead, the armored cavalry surrounded them. With a sudden attack of spears, short swords, and long and short weapons, the Qin Army Captain and his soldiers were all defeated. be killed.

"How could it be like this!" Su Jiao couldn't believe that 5000 elite soldiers were defeated by the enemy in one battle. These were soldiers from his Northern Xinjiang Army.

"Quickly, order Yin Zhao to lead his troops to block the enemy's cavalry. As long as the enemy cannot charge, we will win." Several messengers rushed into the darkness like flying.

Su Zhe said: "Brother, please ask the general for help. Judging from the strength of the rebel cavalry, you won't be able to withstand it for long."

Su Jiao said angrily: "Shut up, you coward. We can stop it."

"Dong dong dong!" The war drums of the Han army sounded.

The surrounding armies slowly surrounded Su Jiao's army. In the dark night, Su Jiao couldn't see how many enemies were around him. The Qin army soldiers were also trembling. When they saw the number of torches, they felt that they were surrounded by several times the enemy.

The main tent of the Han army.

The sound of war drums and horns sounded one after another in front, and the soldiers' shouts of killing became more and more intense, which could be heard even in the camp several miles away.

Chen Sheng came to Xu Fan and said, "Wei Wang Jiu, Zhao Wang Xie, General Ge Ying, and General Wu Sheng came to ask when we can attack?"

Xu Fan asked: "Have Meng Tian's central army moved?"

Chen Sheng shook his head and said: "Not yet, our army is still fighting the Qin army's forward."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Meng Tian is very patient, but in the face of the gap in troops and equipment, no matter how patient he is, it can't change anything. Let the generals wait patiently. After Meng Tian's army is dispatched, our army will All-out attack."

Xu Fan has enough confidence in the armored cavalry. Although this thing is expensive, has poor impact, and is a one-time equipment, it has to be said that its defensive power is the best. Only iron armor can compete with it, and only leather armor can be worn. The Qin Army, faced with 5000 armored cavalry, how could they resist it? The more patient Meng Tian was, the faster the Qin Army's forward collapsed.

"promise!"

At the same time, the Qin army's forwards had been defeated by Jing Tao in four consecutive formations, and the 2 Qin army was completely defeated by the armored cavalry. Faced with this situation, Su Jiao personally led his guards to stop Jing Tao's armored cavalry.

"Quick, please support us, general, or we will all die here." Su Zhe roared angrily in the face of such a stubborn brother. The messenger immediately went to the rear to ask for help.

When Su Jiao's messenger brought the news that 2 of the vanguard army had been defeated by the enemy and needed assistance, Meng Tian couldn't believe it. Su Zhe had 5 troops in his hands, and the battle had only been going on for an hour. His army It's about to collapse.

He wanted to see the battle situation ahead, but unfortunately he could only see the red sky and hear the shouts of killing, and nothing else. At this time, he regretted the night attack and was completely unable to understand the battle situation on the front line.

At this time, Shejian said: "General, the rebel cavalry is strong, so I should lead the army to support them."

Meng Tian thought for a while and agreed to let Shejian support Su Jiao.

So Shejian came to the cavalry and said, "Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy."

5 soldiers followed Shejian out of the military formation.

(End of this chapter)