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

Chapter 136 Defeat like a mountain

late at night.

The earth fell into a deep sleep, and the breeze blew gently. In the forest, except for the occasional chirping of summer insects, there were only countless and dense footsteps telling the restlessness of the night.

All the Qin troops were dispatched, and slowly approached Zhao Jun's camp in a siege situation.

When it was approaching, Ying Yuan's side would launch a fierce attack first.

Of course, the so-called onslaught was nothing more than countless arrows laced with heavy fuel oil shooting at the enemy camp.

In an instant, the originally dark and silent world became brighter like daylight because of countless ignited arrows.

As for the thatch brought by the soldiers, they were all thrown into the enemy camp by trebuchets.

Or pile them up next to the trees where the night wind blows towards Zhao Jun and light them, so that the fire will gradually spread.

Most of that thatch was watered with kerosene.

These days, besides preparing for the battle, Ying Yuan specially ordered people to secretly prepare a large amount of fire oil and various flammable substances.

It is summer, and the vegetation in the forest is flammable. Once the fire is set on fire, it will be an irresistible trend.

It only takes one night's effort to burn the entire mountain without a trace of green.

When the Qin army from other directions saw arrows shooting up from Lord Hou's side, they also started to shoot arrows.

Qin Jun's arrows are not only powerful, but also have an extremely long range.

Although the arrow was tied with a small bottle of fierce fire oil, it still couldn't stop its sharpness.

The wooden fence and the surrounding forests in Zhao Jun's camp were all flammable, that is, in a flash, a raging fire broke out.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The soldiers of the Zhao army in the enemy camp panicked.

Seeing the fire soaring into the sky and the choking smoke in front of them, they were at a loss for a moment, and some of them even froze in place.

The fire continued to spread, and Qin Jun's arrows did not stop shooting.

The arrows of almost every arrow are placed with flammable objects, point and shoot at the enemy.

Li Mu was sleeping soundly at the moment, when he suddenly heard the noisy voices outside the camp, he was awakened abruptly, and then he saw the flames rushing up outside the camp, and he immediately felt very bad.

Before he even put on his clothes, he rushed out of the camp to check.

Seeing this, the whole person was shocked.

There was an endless sea of ​​flames before his eyes.

Many soldiers were burned alive.

"Marshal! Enemy attack!"

A scout ran up to him, his face covered with dirt, and he said out of breath, "Marshal, we have been surrounded by the Qin army! Qin army is everywhere!"

After finishing speaking, Li Mu was about to say something when he saw an arrow that shot down from the sky and hit him in the back.

In a blink of an eye, the scout fell to the ground and died in front of him.

Seeing this, he gritted his teeth, took out the Zhenyue sword from the camp, and ordered some key generals: "Let the soldiers not panic! Go to the river to carry water to fight the fire!"

Gradually, the enemy army restored some order, but the fire was still spreading rapidly.

Although there are many people, there are not too many tools for holding water, and the distant water cannot relieve the nearby fire.

"Marshal, the fire is too big! Let's take shelter temporarily!"

At this time, a general ran to him and gave advice.

Indeed, the entire camp is now a sea of ​​flames, and soldiers will be burned to death at any time, if they continue to stay here, they can only be swallowed by the rapidly spreading flames.

Li Mu took a deep breath, and sighed, "Ying Yuan, my son! This old man will never live with you!"

After he finished speaking, he began to order his generals to organize the retreat of the whole army.

At this time, Ying Yuan and Li Tong came to a small hill and watched Zhao Ying's sea of ​​fire from a high position.

"Now, you finally understand why the Marquis wants you to fight and lose, right?"

Hearing the sound, Li Tong felt sincere admiration, "First let the enemy be arrogant, and then numb the enemy's body and mind, so as to win us a chance to attack the enemy with fire. The strategy of the Marquis is really comparable to that of a soldier in the world." .”

"They're starting to retreat."

Ying Yuan's expression became solemn when he saw Zhao Jun soldiers evacuating towards the small river under the hill.

Li Tong asked Ying to say: "Master Hou, please let the last general go to surround Zhao Jun!"

"Not urgent."

Ying Yuan smiled and said: "Let this fire burn first, and wait until the moment when all the soldiers of the Zhao army put down their weapons and jump into the river to avoid the fire, we will start."

Li Tong nodded solemnly.

He has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

He has fought in the South and the North for many years, and he has never suffered the humiliation of some recent days.

"At the end of the herald season, when our army kills the Zhao army, they will inevitably retreat to the northeast and go around the river to Quwo. Let him set up an ambush with five thousand elite troops at the ferry of the river to intercept Li Mu. Today, the Marquis will use this river to The place where Li Mu was buried!"

The so-called big river is the Yellow River.

The vicinity of Hangu Pass is connected to the Qinling Mountains in the south and the Yellow River in the north. If the enemy wants to retreat to Zhao State, they must pass through Quwo, otherwise they will have no way out.

Zhao Jun all retreated to the small river, and some generals couldn't stand the taste of being smoked and roasted, so they jumped into the river involuntarily.

Seeing this, Li Mu frowned. Just as he was about to say something, he saw many generals jumping into the river with their helmets and armor removed.

"Bastard! Let the old man go ashore! Re-armour!"

Doing such a thing at this time, isn't it courting death?

Li Mu was furious.

At this moment, Li Tong, who had descended from the mountain, couldn't bear it anymore, and led the army to outflank and kill him from the left and right.

Zhao Jun, who had just been burned by the fire, was exhausted at the moment, how could he still have the strength to fight the enemy?
For a while, many soldiers of the Zhao army were defeated by the Qin army and scattered.

Seeing this, Li Mu continued to say loudly: "You are the soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom. Have you forgotten the Paoze brothers we died in the Battle of Changping? Pick up your weapons and fight to the death with the Qin army!"

However, the vast majority of people have already been knocked out of formation. Even if they pick up their weapons again, how can they fight against the Qin army who is waiting for work?

Soon, a large number of soldiers of the Zhao army died under the blade of the Qin army.

"Marshal, retreat!"

Li Mu suddenly heard the voice of the general beside him, hesitated again and again, and finally planned to evacuate here first, after all, continuing to fight would only cause more casualties in Zhao Jun's panic.

"The whole army obeys the order and retreats with this commander!"

Li Mu rode on a war horse and quickly retreated towards Dahe.

The remaining Zhao soldiers followed closely.

And Li Tong also took advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Old man Li Mu, you will surely die today, why don't you dismount quickly and accept surrender?"

Li Tong was roaring.

At this moment, a soldier of the Qin Army subconsciously murmured in confusion: "Anyway, the left and right are dead, why should they surrender?"

Hearing the sound, Li Tong gave him a hard look.

There are three thousand Qingqi beside Ying Yuan.

Knowing that Li Mu was retreating, he led his cavalry to charge Zhao Jun.

By the big river.

The end of the season has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that Li Mu's army had just appeared, he led the army to kill it.

In the long night, there was an ambush ahead and pursuers behind, Li Mu was disheartened.

Faced with such a situation of flanking back and forth, even if he is a famous general in the world, I am afraid that he will not be able to recover.

Moreover, the army he was carrying was far inferior to that of Ying Yuan's.

It is impossible to completely defeat the Qin army.

All that awaits him is death.

"Catch Li Mu alive!"

"Catch Li Mu alive!"

In the Qin army's camp, a voice began to resound.

Li Mu shook his heart and said loudly: "Soldiers, are you willing to die with this old man?"

Now that he has been forced to retreat to a desperate situation, there is nothing more to say.

"willing!"

All the soldiers of the Zhao army let out the last roar of this battle.

Soon, Qin Jun was surrounded by them.

However, even in such a severe situation, no one retreated.

Because they know how cruel Qin Jun is.

After the Battle of Changping that year, 30 Zhao soldiers were brutally murdered.

After that, Qin and Zhao faced each other, and the latter never surrendered.

Soon, Zhao Jun ushered in a massacre.

Their number, compared with the Qin army, is really pitifully small.

After all, many soldiers were scattered by the fire and the Qin army's ambush by the small river.

"Marshal! The General will escort you out! As long as you leave Zhao Kingdom alive, our Zhao Kingdom will not perish!"

Some soldiers made suggestions.

want to send him away.

But at such a critical moment, surrounded on all sides, how do we go?

"Go? Where else can I go? Fight to the death!"

Li Mu frowned tightly.

The reason why they didn't evacuate to the Zhao army who attacked Hangu Pass at the beginning was mainly because they were blocked by the fire.

Now, Qu Wo can't go, there is really no way to escape.

Moreover, he had a lot of worries in his heart. Even if he really fled back to Zhao, as a defeated general, Guo Kai was fully capable of condemning himself under the banner of righteousness.

In other words, even returning home is a death.

(End of this chapter)