Gradually, someone in the back camp noticed that the fire seemed to get brighter. I opened my eyes in confusion, and saw that the fire in front of me was still the same, and the brighter fire came from behind. He was suddenly startled: another camp caught fire. When he looked again, there was a fire on the grass outside the back camp. There was no fire here, someone clearly set the fire secretly. Soon he heard shouts one after another: "Fire! Fire! Fire!" The flames were burning, emitting a more shocking light in the darkness of the night than during the day. Under the blowing of the north wind, it crawled towards the camp. come over.
The fire woke up five hundred generals. He actually had some insight and ordered: "Pour fire on the front of the camp."
The camp soldiers brought water from the ditch nearby and poured it on the grass. As the flames spread, the flames became smaller here, but the smoke became obviously louder, making everyone unable to breathe. At this time, a fire broke out in the nearby camp, and the camp fence was burned. There was a loud shout from the nearby camp, and the whole camp collapsed. The collapse of one battalion caused the collapse of several nearby battalions. Even in the camp where the fire was under control, some soldiers fled.
The ten thousand people in the rear army will be relatively stable, so they force the middle camp not to waver and beat the war drums. Seeing that this side was more stable, the soldiers who were escaping also moved towards this side. Watching the flames spread, the tens of thousands of generals commanded each of the five hundred generals to extinguish the fires as if commanding a war; all camps that were not touched were asked to stay put. Seeing that the middle camp was unwavering, the other camps gradually stabilized. The fire raged for half the night and was put out. Except for the Qin army, which took advantage of the chaos and shot and wounded dozens of people, the others were basically unharmed.
Lian Po sat in the tent, feeling very depressed. He spent more than a month gathering about 50,000 to 60,000 strong civilian troops from all over the country, plus 10,000 people from the royal army, to form a huge force. He thought he could eat the invading Qin army in one bite and give Qin a powerful force. A lesson. He was very dissatisfied with Zhao She's strategy of holding the wall without fighting. After the troops were assembled, he asked Zhao She to continue to rescue Yan Yu. He led the superior Zhao army to fight the Qin army. He must annihilate the Qin army in one battle!
What he didn't expect was that when Zhao She was there, the Qin army did not go to war and just lived happily in Wu'an. As soon as Zhao She's main force left, the Qin army moved like a rabbit and directly broke through the Zhao army's barracks and killed them. At the foot of Handan City: Originally Lian Po thought that although Zhao She had taken away the main force, there were still many remaining troops, so there would be no problem in holding on for a day. Unexpectedly, they couldn't hold on for even an hour and almost collapsed without a fight!
Seeing Zhao She's remnant soldiers escaping outside Handan City, they learned about the collapse of Zhao's army in Wu'an. They immediately lit beacon smoke, beat war drums, and prepared for battle. During the time when Hu Yang's main force rushed out of the valley entrance, Lian Po also gathered his troops. Hu Yang assembled his troops at the mouth of the valley. Lian Po could see clearly that the Qin army was not large, only about 10,000 people. He felt that if he mobilized 30,000 people out of the city, he would definitely win! Just as he was arranging his troops to leave the city, Hu Yang also launched an attack. Lian Po could see clearly from the city tower: Hu Yang's front five thousand men took turns attacking the cities along the way and wreaking havoc; while the rear troops advanced quickly to seize the road to the south, only occasionally doing damage and burning nothing. People guard houses, granaries, grass and other things. Seeing the houses in the suburbs being set on fire one by one and the cities being conquered one by one, Lian Po gritted his teeth with hatred: When I left the city when I was young, I must teach you a lesson and let you know that you can come to Handan whenever you want and leave whenever you want. Just leave!
After the whole team left the city, Lian Po discovered sensitively that Hu Yang only left a small number of troops to deal with him, and the main force had already left. This made him wonder: Where did Hu Yang transfer the main force? Therefore, he restrained his troops and not to be too aggressive, in case the enemy troops suddenly came back and attacked Handan City. It is one thing for the Qin army to burn a few cities on the outskirts of Handan, but it is another thing to burn a few cities under the city. The manors under the city are owned by respectable people, and the losses caused to anyone are irreparable shortcomings; Wang Jia was shocked, and no one could bear the blame! This is completely different from those who are just powerless farmers in the suburbs.
The Qin army delayed his progress by burning the grasslands, and Lian Po felt that maybe his idea was wrong. If Hu Yang wanted to make a comeback, he should induce himself to speed up the pursuit; it would be inappropriate to delay his progress. He began to doubt his own judgment and wanted to urge the entire army to move forward faster, but unexpectedly it was already dark!
At night, the Qin people attacked the rear camp with fire. Although it only caused some chaos and panic and no substantial losses, it had a huge blow to morale, and Lian Po felt it was an insult to himself! He decided to break camp before dawn, capture the Qin army, and teach them a lesson!
Each battalion reported that the fire fighting had been completed and each battalion had rested by itself. Only Lian Po could lie down for a while. After a hazy moment, a cock crow was heard in the distance. He stood up and ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the troops! When each battalion came to report that the army was finished, he ordered the soldiers who bombed the camp last night to be moved to the front. In front of the entire army, he severely reprimanded these soldiers and tied up the 500 people from each battalion. Twenty whips were given to them, and they were ordered to serve as the front army, and their merits would be reduced to their crimes. Then he ordered the meal to be served and set off after eating.
The former army was eager to achieve success and hurried forward after setting off. At dawn, they arrived two miles outside the Qin camp. The sentry reported that the camp was quiet and there seemed to be no one around. Ten thousand people in the front army did not believe it, so they ordered a thousand generals to lead their troops into the camp to observe. The thousand generals led their troops to the front of the camp and rushed in with a shout. Sure enough, no one was there: the bonfire in the stove was still burning, so they must have left not long ago. While wandering, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum, and rows of Qin soldiers knelt down in the surrounding grass, holding crossbows flat and aiming at the camp. Thousands of people will be frightened and ordered to retreat. Just as the Zhao army was rushing towards the camp gate, there was a drum sound and arrows rained down. The soldiers who rushed out of the gate were hit by arrows one after another. The soldiers who had not been hit by the arrows became more and more frightened and tried their best to break down the camp gate and escape; the second batch The hail of arrows shot down dozens more people. Immediately, the halberd soldiers rushed out, stabbed the Zhao soldiers who had been hit by arrows to death one by one, and cut off their heads. The tens of thousands of people behind will be furious when they see this. It is estimated that this group of Qin soldiers is no more than a thousand, and they immediately give orders to beat drums and attack! Ten thousand people from the front army formed two square formations, front and rear, and pressed towards the Qin camp.
The crossbowmen of the Qin army who were lying in the grass all entered the camp, controlled their bows and waited. The halberdier soldiers beheaded Zhao Jun without haste, and then lay down in front of the camp without entering the camp. When they reached a distance of two hundred steps, the drum beat became more intense, and the Zhao army's formation changed from a brisk walk to a run, and rushed towards the Qin camp. At this time, drums sounded loudly in the Qin camp. Two thousand Qin troops suddenly appeared behind the Zhao army. At this time, the Zhao army had already launched and could not stop. It rushed up against the roaring rain of arrows, causing huge casualties immediately. Thousands of people will be busy directing the front and rear formations to attack the ambushes on both wings, and the formation is in chaos. At this time, the battalion's crossbowmen also fired bursts of arrows, and the halberd and spearmen quickly rushed out. Zhao Jun was hit by arrows from three sides and fell one after another. Although the formation was chaotic, Zhao Jun still rushed forward regardless of his own safety.
As the two armies pressed to both sides, a large number of Qin army's halberd and spear soldiers stabbed them down in the middle. Hu Yang beat the drums, allowing the Chinese army to quickly penetrate the enemy formation, but encountered strong resistance from the Zhao troops on both sides. Hu Yang ordered Ye Ling beside him: "You and other Ye soldiers, charge straight through the formation, don't get entangled with them, kill the enemy general's formation, and seize their flags and drums!"
Ye Ling glanced at the front, waved the flag, and said, "Follow me!" He handed the flag to a person next to him, raised his spear himself, crossed the wall gate, and charged straight into the enemy's formation. The enemy formation was fifty steps away, and Ye Bing arrived in an instant. With a shout, he rushed straight to the core. The spear flipped over, making the one invincible and forcing a gap between the two armies; the soldiers on both sides came up with their halberds and stabbed the unprotected soldiers. Under Ye Ling's powerful assault, Ye Bing quickly penetrated about ten levels of horizontal formations. Without stopping, he rushed towards the Zhao army's banner on the opposite side. The banner was two hundred steps away. When Ye Bing arrived, General Zhao's personal camp had already formed a formation and charged back under the leadership of a retainer. Ye Ling said "set up the formation" and the Qin army stopped, and the shield soldiers protected the entire team. A spear protruded from between the shields. Zhao Jun, who was rushing over, suddenly saw such a "turtle shell" and panicked for a moment. A brave man rushed forward, trying to split the shield, but was stabbed accurately by a spear and was knocked over. Some people were a little more flexible and avoided the spear attack in front, but they did not avoid the halberd that followed. The moment Zhao Jun stopped, Ye Ling shouted: "Get up!" The shield rushed forward quickly, and the spearmen and halberdiers behind also came to kill.
The Qin army with formation cover was a massacre against the Zhao army that had lost its ranks. Most of the arrows fired were blocked by shields, and the soldiers who were close to them were stabbed by long spears. Those who could avoid the spears could not. Even if the halberd is close to you, facing a shield, you can only desperately hit it with all your strength, knowing that it is ineffective, and then be stabbed to death by countless weapons. General Zhao had no choice but to withdraw his troops, turn around, and speed away. But Zhao Jun turned around and ran away like a mountain falling apart.
Ye Ling shouted: "Circular formation!" The shields formed a circle, covering the spear and halberd soldiers inside. Those Zhao soldiers who came close were all stabbed down by spears or halberds. The Qin army only pursued them for a mile, then paid gold to withdraw their troops. On the way back, they randomly harvested the heads of the wounded soldiers. Hu Yang counted the casualties and found that about a hundred people were killed and three to four hundred injured. The number of heads captured was approximately five hundred.
After briefly treating the wounds of the wounded, Hu Yang led the team and left in a hurry. Half an hour later, Lian Po led the main force of the Chinese army to arrive. Only the headless corpses of Zhao Jun were left here, and their heads were hung on the Qin Army's camp fence. Lian Po was very angry and ordered the Zhao army to be buried and the heads of the Qin soldiers killed in the battle to be cut off. Some of the so-called Qin soldiers who were killed in battle were actually only seriously injured, but their heads were also cut off.
Lian Po counted the camp stoves and found that the Qin army only had three thousand soldiers. Taking advantage of the former army general's light advance, Zhao Jun suffered heavy losses. He dare not underestimate the enemy. Patrol posts were sent out to detect the movements of the Qin army. He ordered the entire army to rest where they were.
He was alert to discover that his anger had been exploited by his enemies!
