Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 70 Unexpected Good News

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

According to Chao Zhi's order, the bronze gong sounded hurriedly. When the three centurions of the Qin army outside the camp heard the sound, they immediately understood that the superior wanted to abandon the water tanker and return to the camp. The five hundred commanders of the three Qin army's centurions still decisively chose to obey the order, and immediately ordered the water collection team to abandon the carriage and buckets and retreat lightly, and quickly marched towards the Qin army's camp more than three miles away.

But even so, Chao Zhi, who was looking down on the overall situation from the high ground in the camp, still had his nose twisted in anger—a habit of being tortured by the strict discipline of the Qin Army, the three Qin Army Centuries chose to continue to retreat in line, and none They scattered and fled back to the camp from all directions.Although this move can effectively prevent the cavalry of the Young Marshal who is in charge of intercepting them from launching an assault at any time, the speed of retreat has been greatly affected. The distance from the Qin army outside the camp, the front team was less than four miles away from the Qin army outside the camp in a blink of an eye.

"Idiots! A bunch of idiots! I didn't see you running so neatly during training, and now you are in a hurry to retreat. What are you doing keeping the formation so well? What are you doing?! Send a signal to tell them to disperse and charge at full speed. ,Be right back!"

"Lieutenant Chao Zuo, what is the signal to disperse the formation? Why have you guys never seen it before?"

Chao Zhi's timid questioning from the follower got a big mouth from Chao Zhi, but it was only after he slapped the follower that Chao Zhi remembered that there was indeed no absurd signal in the Qin army to disperse and retreat.However, Chao Zhi didn't have time to comfort his innocent and beaten followers, so he just changed his tone and roared: "Idiot! Why don't you send someone on a fast horse to deliver a letter to them? Tell them to come back immediately!"

When the unlucky relatives sent someone to pass the order, the Qin army outside the camp had already lined up and approached within the range of the young commander's cavalry, and the young commander's cavalry could only move quickly to find a space to charge and make a quick move. He insisted on these two choices, but what surprised the Qin army was that the cavalry of the young marshal chose to trot on horseback, preparing to accelerate with all their strength, and directly charged their infantry brigade.As a result, he secretly laughed at the young marshal's cavalry who didn't know how to fight, and the five hundred commanders who commanded the Qin army outside the battalion also ordered without hesitation: "Stop, form an array to meet the enemy!"

The flag was waved, and the three hundred Qin troops stopped in a very short period of time, and immediately arranged a tight square formation methodically. The young marshal's cavalry who was about to charge was ready.The cavalry of the Young Marshal Army was also taken by the power of the Qin Army, and they quickly reined in their horses, yelling and yelling, not daring to rush into the Qin Army's crossbow formation, and seemingly passively chose to temporarily confront the Qin Army's infantry phalanx.

The pretending of the cavalry of the Young Marshal could only deceive the Qin army outside the camp in the middle of the game, but not the Qin army leader Chao Zhi who was looking down on the battlefield from a high position. However, limited by the communication technology of this era, Chao Zhi couldn't quickly convey his exact orders to the Qin army outside the camp. , I can only watch the Qin army outside the camp slowly advancing while maintaining a strict formation, and also watch the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal getting closer and closer to the Qin army outside the camp.

It must be explained that not all the Qin soldiers outside the camp were blind and deaf, and they did not see the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army rushing towards them. The reason why the Qin soldiers outside the camp ignored this threat was that they were already far away from their camp It is only two miles away, and reinforcements from the main force can be obtained at any time.At the same time, if the infantry of the Young Commander's Army don't want to form a formation, as long as they rush forward at a chaotic speed, even if they successfully rush forward, they will not pose any fatal threat to the Qin army outside the camp-at most they will only delay the return of the Qin army outside the camp.That's why the Qin army outside the camp was so confident, treating the young commander's infantry brigade, which was still a mob in essence, as nothing.

The situation finally changed. After bypassing the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army, the fast horse sent by Chao Zhi finally sent Chao Zhi's order to the Qin army outside the camp. However, it was too late to do so. The infantry brigade of the handsome army has rushed to within a few miles of the Qin army outside the camp. Giving up the formation at this time is tantamount to raising his hands and letting the young commander's army wantonly massacre, so the five hundred commanders of the Qin army who led the team had no choice but to Choosing to resist the order, he said loudly: "Please report to Captain Chao Zuo, the rebel brigade is approaching, abandoning the formation at this time is tantamount to suicide, please forgive the crime of disobedience!"

After all, the 500th commander of the Qin Army, who was definitely not wrong, ordered the army to continue to maintain its formation and continue to retreat to the camp gate at a normal speed.When Chao Zhi saw it in the camp, he had no choice but to order a team of [-] people out of the camp, gather in front of the camp gate and wait for orders, ready to attack at any time, and force the Qin army outside the camp to return to the camp.

Of course, the infantry of the Young Marshal Army who rushed forward in a mess were not stupid enough to directly attack the strict phalanx of the Qin Army, and of course chose to rush towards the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army, and joined hands with their own cavalry to prevent the Qin Army outside the camp from returning to the camp.Chao Zhi saw that he was afraid that the three centurions would be trapped outside the camp, so he decisively chose to beat the marching drum and let the Qin Army's 500-man team in front of the camp gate attack, trying to forcibly smash the infantry of the Young Marshal Army before they had time to line up. The brigade rescued the three centurions of the Qin army who were about to be stopped outside the camp by the young marshal.

At the same time, the South Gate of Xiaxiang was also full of drums and drums, and one team after another of the Young Marshal's infantry strode out of the city, and one of them directly carried the banner of Xiang Kang's Young Marshal and told the Qin army directly. Xiang Kang has come to the battlefield in person and led the army to fight this battle in person.Chao Zhi was even more impatient when he saw him, knowing that Xiang Kang was planning to force himself to a decisive battle, using his strength to bully the crowd, but now Chao Zhi, who just wanted to stand by and wait for help, had no interest in a decisive battle, and he did not have all the preparations for a decisive battle at all. To prepare, you can only order the remaining troops to stick to the camp, and at the same time hope that the troops outside the camp can withdraw as soon as possible, so that you will suffer less losses.

The fierce battle has gradually begun, and the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army, which forcibly wedged itself into the Qin Army's junction, continued to condense into a group, somewhat chaotic but very resolute, forcibly forming an formation, and set up on the left and right wings. He used a large shield to block the Qin army's crossbow arrows, and hid behind the shield to shoot arrows from the crossbow.At the same time, the Qin army who came from the left and right followed the usual training, opening the way with crossbows and arrows, while advancing slowly, like two iron walls, constantly crushing the square formation that was not tight enough for the young commander in chief.

At this time, the mutation regenerated, and the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army who had merged with the infantry of the own army suddenly came out to the Nanyue army. right wing.At the same time, the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army was also thundered by the drums, pointing the flag westward, and rushed to the front of the Qin Army without hesitation. The Qin Army was attacked on both sides and had to stop to protect itself. But the rider kept walking, and resolutely slammed into the phalanx of the Qin army leaving the camp. The earth-shattering shouts of killing also resounded through the entire battlefield in an instant.

"Seven golds! Seven golds! Seven golds!"

The slogan of the Young Marshal Army is very strange. They just shouted the word "seven golds" all the time, and everyone worked hard during the charge. Qin Jun, who was on the opposite side, had mostly red eyes and excited emotions.And when Qin Jun was forced to fight for his life with the Young Marshal Army, he thought of a possibility one after another—could the seven gold be the price for the Young Marshal Army to buy one of our heads?

If instead, the main force of the Qin Army encountered mobs like the Young Marshal, whether it was the Southern Army of the Qin Army, the northern border guards on the grassland, or the Qin Army's Guanzhong and Longxi garrisons, then the Young Marshal's These few bastard fists probably couldn't even hurt the main force of the Qin army, and they were easily defeated by the main force of the Qin army.

But there is no way, considering that the Qin army is just a county soldier, a temporary army that was hastily formed after Xiang Kang rebelled. More and stricter, but the morale and fighting spirit are far lower than the high spirits of the young generals who have won consecutive battles. In addition, they are unwilling to work for the perverse Qin II from the bottom of their hearts.So after receiving the bastard punches of the young commander's army, a miracle happened. The tight square formation of the Qin army outside the camp became loose, and several horizontal teams were in chaos one after another. The young commander's soldiers took the opportunity to move forward , Gradually formed a chaotic situation with Qin outside the camp.

This is exactly the situation that Chao Zhi is most worried about. After the front team of the infantry of the Young Marshal Army and the Qin Army outside the camp formed a chaotic situation, even if the reinforcements of the Qin Army who came out to rescue the infantry joined the rear team of the infantry of the Young Marshal Army After a battle, because the crowd was too crowded, it was impossible to immediately disperse the infantry of the Young Marshal Army and rescue the trapped friendly troops. On the contrary, they were successfully held back by the infantry of the Young Marshal Army. Potential.

In fact, the infantry of the Young Marshal Army relied on one breath. During the fierce battle, the Qin army on the left and right flanks attacked and defended, like forging iron, constantly beating the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army sandwiched in the middle, and they were able to beat the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army almost every time. Some soldiers of the Young Marshal Army knocked into the air and ran away.The generals and soldiers of the young generals are just greedy for the rewards promised by their superiors, relying on their tenacious desires to persist, attacking the west and defending the east are tenacious and difficult, and they may collapse completely at any time because they cannot sustain it, and they are completely at a disadvantage and passive.

Fortunately, at this time, the main brigade of the Young Marshal Army led by Xiang Kang himself has approached the battlefield. At the same time, Xiang Kang waved the command flag early and ordered Xiang Sheng to lead a team of 500 people to clear the way with chariots to attack the Qin army The flanks of the reinforcements also instantly reversed the situation on the entire battlefield.

Chariots have always been a powerful weapon for breaking formations. No matter how tight the infantry formation is when it encounters the impact of a group of chariots, it is inevitable that the formation will loosen.When the reinforcements of the Qin Army fought against the infantry of the Young Marshal Army, their formation was already in chaos, and when they were rushed by the chariot of the Young Marshal Army, they immediately became chaotic. Although they were not directly cut off by the middle, they were still Being rushed out of a big opening, the infantry of the Young Marshal Army led by Xiang Sheng took the opportunity to rush into the incision, and the Qin army's reinforcements were forced to fight in a melee.

The melee became more intense, with people screaming and neighing, soldiers on both sides fighting each other with red eyes, the sound of spears piercing human bodies everywhere, and the blood of sharp knives and swords piercing flesh everywhere, the roar of soldiers on both sides There was an endless stream of voices and screams, flags and human remains were flying in the air, corpses and wounded soldiers rolled on the ground and were constantly being trampled on, and occasionally soldiers from both sides could be seen embracing and wrestling on the ground until they died together.

Still the same sentence, after all, the Qin army is only a newly formed county soldier, and its combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the real main force of the Qin army. Then they gradually fell into a disadvantage in the melee, the formation was completely chaotic, and soldiers continued to quietly escape from the battlefield. Taking advantage of the advantage that the enemy's organizational discipline is stronger than that of our own army, we gradually grasped the initiative advantage.

At the same time, in the Qin army camp, the face of the Qin army leader Chao Zhi was so gloomy that he almost dripped water. He knew that the situation of the Qin army outside the camp was not good, and he also knew that if he sent troops to reinforce him, he would be forced to fight with him under insufficient preparation. The Young Marshal's Army fought a decisive battle, taking the risk of fighting a decisive battle that was not sure.

Chao Zhi didn't dare to take this risk. Of the 500 people he brought with him, 300 were wiped out by the Young Marshal's army on the Shajidu battlefield. But these people's morale is low and the army's morale is depressed, and they are not of much use on the battlefield.And now a total of 300 people have left the camp, and the truly reliable army in Chao Zhi's hands is actually only a mere 800 people left.As for Xiang Kang's unused Young Marshal Reserve Team, there are at least five hundred people, and they are obviously the most reliable elites, enough to compete with Chao Zhi's remaining soldiers and horses, so Chao Zhi weighed again and again, or I didn't dare to take this risk - if I lose the decisive battle, I really have nothing.

Still because he didn't have the guts to fight a decisive battle with the young commander's army, after hesitating for a while, Chao Zhi gritted his teeth and gave the order to ring the bronze gong for withdrawing troops. However, the Young Marshal's morale was greatly boosted, and he took the opportunity to slash and kill, killing the Qin army to a complete collapse, and killing more than half of the three Qin army's centurions trapped in the distance, and fled everywhere.Xiang Kang, on the other hand, felt a little regretful, spit at the camp of the Qin army, and said angrily: "You are smart! If you dare to send troops to a decisive battle, you will still lose this battle! But forget it, and you will lose this battle again." , you will have no way to explain it when you go back, and it will be easier to recruit you."

In this battle, after paying the death and injury price of more than 150 people, the young marshal successfully beheaded more than 260 people, captured nearly 80 people, and wiped out the establishment of three centurions on the list of the Qin army. .During the period, although the weakness of the young generals who were still not good at battle was exposed, it also forced the weaknesses of the Qin army's lack of morale and combat effectiveness to be exposed, so even if they failed to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop, Xiang Kang He is still full of confidence in victory, believing that even if he fails to surrender, he is confident enough to kill the Qin army directly, and has made two-handed preparations early on, and began to plan a plan to defeat the enemy after failing to surrender.

Contrary to the confident Xiang Kang, Chao Zhi, the leader of the Qin army, fell into complete despair. Attacking the city is just looking for death, and he is not sure if he sticks to it and waits for help. Difficult and difficult, Chao Zhi, who was already a little shaken, inevitably hesitated even more, and even hoped that Xiang Kang would send him another envoy to recruit and surrender quickly, and give him another chance to choose.

Xiang Kang did not disappoint Chao Zhi. On the second day after the field battle, Xiang Kang sent Xu Shu as an envoy to send another letter to Chao Zhi. In addition to persuading Chao Zhi to make the right choice as soon as possible, he also made it clear that he was very happy. Appreciating Chao Zhi's military training ability, he stated that if Chao Zhi is willing to surrender, he will definitely reuse it, so that Chao Zhi's expertise in training military formations can be fully utilized.And with the letter, there are as many gifts as before.

It's a pity that after the opportunity to abandon the dark and turn to the bright was put in front of Chao Zhi again, Chao Zhi hesitated again. After thinking about it for a long time, Chao Zhi said to Xu Shu in a difficult voice: "I would like to ask your envoy to report to Young Marshal Xiang. Let’s just say that I appreciate his kindness, but my wife and children are all in the city, and I can’t implicate them for my own selfishness.”

"Chao Zuowei, this is not a problem." Xu Shu immediately said: "My young marshal has also considered this for you. He said that if you lead the crowd to surrender, although your wife and children will be implicated, but according to the violence Qin Zhifa, they should not be executed immediately, and my Young Commander Xiang will also take advantage of the emptiness of the opportunity to launch a counterattack against Qusi as soon as possible. When the time comes to rescue your wife and children, your family can be reunited again. "

Chao Zhiyi was shaken, but after all, he had been an official of the Great Qin Dynasty for so many years, he had no feelings but old feelings, plus he cared about his family, so after hesitating again and again, Chao Zhi still shook his head and said: "I can't be cruel to this Heart, so thank you very much, you go, go back and tell Young Marshal Xiang, I know I am not his opponent, but I can't do it if I bend my knees and surrender."

Although his voice and tone were obviously weak, Chao Zhi still let his confidants send Xu Shu out of the barracks quietly. At the same time, he was extremely disappointed and melancholy, not knowing whether he made this choice, whether it was right or wrong?
Perhaps Chao Zhi was right, because the next morning, an official boat from Qulu County arrived at the upper reaches of Sishui River, and the boat was Chao Zhi's acquaintance, the head official of the Qulu County Temple, Zheng Zheng. Lun still brought the written document of the county magistrate.Chao Zhi, who had been defeated, was terrified when he heard the report. He didn't know whether it was a disaster or a blessing, but he still sent someone to the ferry to pick up Zheng Lun.

Since Chao Zhi might be right, then of course the chief official Zheng Lun brought good news, and he said with a relaxed smile, "Chao Zuowei, the situation on the Prime Minister's side, the county lord and we are all concerned. I already know. Don't worry, our county magistrate didn't mean to blame you, not to mention that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. It is definitely not your fault that this battle ended like this. It is all because Gu Bi, the county magistrate of Tong County, underestimated the enemy In the plan, the whole army was annihilated by the thieves' surprise attack, so you were implicated. Our county lord has also written down the situation of the lower minister's battle in a document, and sent a fast horse to report to the governor of Zhao County in this county, asking him to check the truth and give it to you Don't pursue it too much for a chance to redeem yourself."

"Really?" Chao Zhi's joy was no small matter, and hurriedly asked Zheng Lun: "Officer Zheng, is the county official really so magnanimous?"

"Hehe, I have been an old friend for so many years, can I still lie to you?" Zheng Lun smiled, and then said with a smile: "Besides, don't you know what kind of temper our county magistrate has?"

Chao Zhi really knew the temper of the county magistrate - that is, he was a bit too strict with his servants, he valued money a little bit, he also had a low tongue when it came to women's sex, and he even secretly peeked at his pretty wife with greedy eyes.But now that self-protection is hopeful, Chao Zhi also subconsciously put all these things behind him, nodded desperately to express his gratitude, and asked impatiently: "Officer Zheng, is there something wrong with the county lord who sent you here?" Want to explain?"

"Yes." Zheng Lun nodded, took out a letter from his arms, and said kindly with a smile: "Lieutenant Chao Zuo, the county lord wants you to retreat, so hurry up and take the army back. As for the reason, one is The rebels are powerful now, and it is too dangerous for you to be here. Second, the county guard will not be able to gather enough soldiers to form a county army for a while, so it is difficult to send troops to reinforce you immediately. Therefore, the county lord wants you to retreat immediately. First defend our Qulu city, and also keep our remaining county soldiers, and when the county guard sends troops in the future, you, Chao Zuowei, will lead the troops to help the county guard wipe out the rebels and make meritorious deeds."

After hearing Zheng Lun's patient explanation, and seeing the official document written by the county magistrate Qulu asking him to withdraw the troops immediately, Chao Zhi did not hesitate, and immediately nodded and said: "Thank you for your understanding, and thank you, Chief Official, for passing the letter. Then pull out the battalion and withdraw the troops, and withdraw to take care."

After saying that, Chao Zhi rejoiced in his heart, and said to himself: "Fortunately, I made the right choice. If I had listened to the persuasion of the envoy of the thieves yesterday, there would really be no turning back. Shui'er, wait for me , I can see you again in a day or two for my husband."

(End of this chapter)