Qin Shi: Beginning as the first emperor's younger brother

Chapter 135 Burn Zhao Camp
The number of Qin Jun far exceeds that of Zhao Jun.

In this duel, Zhao Jun was already at a disadvantage, coupled with the anger of the Qin army, after a big battle, Zhao Jun had already suffered heavy losses.

It was the first time that Ying Yuan and Li Mu met face to face.

Although the sword in their hands never stopped, and regardless of their strength and speed, they continued to climb and compare with each other, but their gazes were always focused on each other's faces.

What is rare is that the eyes of the two sides are not killing intent, but a pure fighting intent comparable to killing intent.

"It is said that Pang Nuan was killed by you?"

During the battle, Li Mu suddenly thought of something and asked.

In the battle between the two sides, he still has time to think about other things. It is conceivable how profound his skill must be, and his swordsmanship is probably at a peak.

You know, what he is facing is Ying Yuan, who is born with infinite strength!

Although Li Mu's arms were numb, fortunately his internal strength was stronger than the opponent's, so he was not afraid of the opponent's strength.

But in this way, it is impossible to fully and effectively show the advantages of one's deep inner strength.

"You are no exception!"

Ying Yuan was fierce with his sword, basically attacking on his own initiative, and even had a tendency to suppress Li Mu to death.

"Back then, you were able to kill Pang Nuan. I really don't believe it!"

Li Mu also gradually felt that he was no longer in the upper hand, but when the two armies faced each other, he could only cling to Ying Yuan, otherwise many Zhao soldiers would die if he was allowed to escape.

Over the years, there are very few people who can suppress Zhenyue Sword.

And the other party can do this!
You must know that the Zhenyue sword has special properties, every time the sword is swung, there is a sword energy as heavy as a mountain that stands out.

But the opponent's sword can suppress this.

This is enough to prove that the opponent's sword is absolutely extraordinary.

Ying Yuan didn't expect that Li Mu would be so strong, even stronger than Gai Nie.

It seems that no one who can be famous in history is simpler.

The war is still going on.

Blood stained the land red.

People kept falling down and never got up again.

In the end, Qin Jun won the battle.

Zhao Jun retreated.

Li Mu retreated unharmed.

Ying Yuan still didn't keep him.

This time, after all, he underestimated the heroes of the world.

After returning to the camp, Ying Yuan summoned all the soldiers to discuss the next battle.

Li Tong's injury is almost healed now.

Although he didn't participate in today's war, he could still think of the scene of the champion Hou being high-spirited just based on his imagination.

"Today's victory will completely defeat Zhao Jun's arrogance in recent days. They will definitely choose to stick to it and dare not make any further progress. Next, it is time for a decisive battle."

Ying Yuan looked at the generals and swore firmly.

There are many people watching this battle.

If he is defeated, he, the champion, can be expected to be beaten to the end.

But if he wins, his influence will definitely be unprecedented in Qin State, even once comparable to Bai Qi.

"Daqin will win!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice.

Immediately afterwards, this voice echoed throughout the camp,

"Great Qin will surely win."

"Gentlemen, let me wait in Li Mu's camp and sing Qin Feng!"

Ying Yuan is going to start collecting the net.

Now that this war has been fought, it is time that there should be a result.

On the Hangu Pass side, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on anymore.

Li Mu also issued an order that the whole army could not defend and strengthen the fortifications.

The next strategy is to stick to it and hold back the mountain road. As long as this place is not lost, the Qin army will not be able to assist Hangu.

He seemed to understand Ying Yuan's strategy.

The opponent's previous defeats in the past few battles seemed to have lost troops, but in fact they advanced and retreated with a certain degree of control, and kept the casualties within an acceptable range.

Its purpose is to instill arrogance in one's own army, and use one's own underestimation of the enemy's mind to deal a painful blow in the decisive battle.
One after the other, killing one thousand enemies and self-defeating eight hundred, I am afraid that such a strategy can only be thought of by young and radical generals.

And this Ying Yuan, isn't he a young man who became famous?
In the camp of the Qin Army.

Ying Yuan began to give orders, "Li Tong, is your body better now?"

The latter bowed at the sound, "There is no serious problem, and it is no problem to go to battle to kill the enemy."

"You are ordered to lead eight thousand light cavalry to attack the enemy camp at night!"

As soon as Ying Yuan said it, all the soldiers were puzzled.

Under such circumstances, attack the enemy camp at night?

The enemy army has just suffered a disastrous defeat, so they must be ready to fight. If they attack the enemy camp at this time, isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?
Immediately afterwards, Li Tong and the soldiers heard Ying Yuan's voice again, "In this battle, no matter whether the enemy lays an ambush or not, you must lose."

"Again?"

Li Tong didn't understand.

My injury finally healed, I wanted to get rid of the shame, but the order I received now, I still want to take the initiative to fight a defeat?
Ying Yuan said: "Afterwards, you will know the arrangement of the Marquis. This battle is especially critical. Go now and come back alive!"

"promise!"

Li Tong bowed solemnly and led the army to attack the enemy camp at night.

Sure enough, Zhao Jun was ambushed.

Of the [-] cavalry, more than half were lost.

After Li Mu found out about this, he murmured with a smile: "Today's defeat is due to the Qin army's best efforts, but this Ying Yuan actually attacked our camp at night at such a time, I really don't know what to say! It seems that, It's the old man who thinks highly of him."

"After this defeat, I'm afraid this Ying Yuan can be honest for a while." Some generals echoed.

Li Mu nodded, "You're right."

But he made a mistake. In the remaining few days, Ying Yuan attacked Zhao Jun's camp at night several times, but each time he was defeated and fled.

This made Zhao Jun panic, for fear that they would attack at night.

Can't even rest well.

Unexpectedly, after achieving this effect, Ying Yuan would not attack the enemy camp at night.

Instead, it was quiet for several days.

A general said to Li Mu: "It seems that the Qin army is also tired these few days."

The latter said with a smile: "We have attacked our army several times at night, and each time we were defeated and fled. Why not talk about it? This Ying Yuan is just too impatient, and I am afraid that there will be any problems at Hangu Pass."

While they were discussing, they received a letter of challenge from Ying Yuan.

He planned to have a decisive battle with them three days later.

When Li Mu saw this gauntlet, his face was solemn.

A general of the Zhao army asked, "Have you accepted their letter of challenge?"

Li Mu shook his head, "We just want to stay here now, there is absolutely no need to pay attention to their gauntlet. However, in the past few days, we can have a good rest. We have been mentally tense for several nights. The soldiers are already extremely tired."

"Marshal is right. Since the Qin army wants to fight in three days, they must also want to take advantage of these few days to take a good rest and recover some vitality."

It was originally planned to fight the enemy three days later, but in the middle of the next night, Ying Yuan assembled all the troops.

He ordered every soldier to bring a handful of thatch.

Before setting off, he solemnly said to all the soldiers: "The battle tonight is a decisive battle between us and the enemy. There is no room for loss. The enemy is camping in the mountains and forests. It is summer and the sky is dry. Once the water is released, the enemy will die." The army will be in chaos. As long as there is a big fire, no matter how powerful the enemy army is, they can only be slaughtered by us!"

In fact, that was his plan from the beginning.

If the defeat at the beginning was just to make Zhao Jun arrogant, then the victory in the middle was to make Zhao Jun feel insecure and completely destroy their arrogance.

For the rest of the day, the constant night raids made them physically and mentally exhausted.

Now, if he handed in the letter of war by himself, the enemy army would definitely take advantage of these few days to recuperate physically and mentally.

At this time, it is really time to decide the outcome.

Although they were backed by the river, the bodies of soldiers killed by the Qin army during the recent battles were basically collected by Ying Yuan and piled up at the source of the river.

As for the soldiers who died in Zhao Jun's camp, he couldn't collect them back.

His purpose in doing that was to pollute the water source of the river through countless stinking and rotting corpses.

As long as this is achieved, that small river is basically useless.

When there is a big fire, there will definitely be countless soldiers of the Zhao army rushing to the small river. As long as they drink the river water or stand in the river to avoid the fire, there is definitely a risk of disaster.

As for using the small river to fight the fire, it was too late to come and go.

At the price of losing so many battles, Ying Yuan wanted to control the enemy's psychology in his hands.

As long as they relax their vigilance, the soldiers of the Qin army are sure to put all the flammable substances in the enemy camp.

When the fire comes together, the entire mountain forest will be burned to ashes.

As for the bodies of those dead and wounded soldiers, Ying Yuan thought he had done nothing wrong.

It is the honor of those soldiers to be able to serve the country after death.

Ying Yuan understood at a very early age the principle that one general will be successful and his bones will dry up, and that kindness does not control soldiers.

The delay for such a long time is to let those stinking and rotting corpses gradually produce toxins and bacteria, indirectly polluting the entire river.

The only advantage that allowed the enemy to camp in the mountains and forests also disappeared.

This is why, when Ying Yuan asked them to take the initiative to defeat the battle, he once said the purpose of the sentence 'It doesn't matter if some people die'.

In fact, in the past few days, some of Zhao Jun's soldiers have experienced various physical discomforts, but no one has thought about the plague.

It is difficult for military doctors to find out. After all, it takes a certain amount of time for the plague to erupt completely in the latent person.

The time difference between them has been firmly controlled by Ying Yuan.

Li Mu also thought it was because the soldiers hadn't slept soundly for a long time, that's why there was something wrong with their health, so he planned to take advantage of the moment when Ying Yuan handed over the letter of war, and ordered the whole army to sleep well and recuperate .

He really didn't expect that such a big move would happen the day after Qin Jun handed over the letter of war.

After all, after several days of night raids, the enemy army has suffered heavy losses and is exhausted, right?
How could it still be attacking at night?
Therefore, this created such a god-sent opportunity for Ying Yuan.

(End of this chapter)