The 50,000 Chu army garrison soldiers here are slowly marching forward - this marching speed is more like a kindergarten winter camp than chasing the Qin army.
Wu Ben stood on the chariot with a smile on his face.
It's really easy to fight with Qu Yanghou!
Wuguan must have been controlled by the Chu army at this time... The current Qin general Bai Qi must be so scared that he peed his pants, right?
There is no need to worry about the 50,000 Chu troops under his command, lest the Qin people jump over the wall in a hurry... All they have to do is stroll slowly and leisurely to the foot of Wuguan City, and attack from both sides with Quyang's new army under Quyang Hou...
At that time, the Qin army must have been so hungry that stars appeared in their eyes and they were dizzy...
Just pick up the merits easily!
What a great word for "shuang"!
"Report...report..." The scout came in panic and panting!
"General Wu Ben, something serious has happened!"
"Qin...Qin's army is coming straight at us!"
Wu Ben shook his hands and jumped up in shock!
"Send my general order to form a formation to meet the enemy!" Wu Ben ordered loudly...
Fifty thousand Chu army garrison soldiers formed a formation quickly... but it was already too late.
Twenty-six thousand Qin army cavalry rushed in like a violent storm, barely slowing down at all... Although the snow had greatly restricted the speed of the cavalry, the momentum of tens of thousands of horses charging together was still shocking.
Bai stood up, wearing a full set of black armor, and pointed his sharp sword forward: "Great Qin cavalry, break through the enemy formation..."
Normally, cavalry will not attack infantry in formation - cavalry is so expensive, and it would be a loss to exchange one cavalry for several infantry.
To deal with the infantry in formation, the cavalry's tactics are to circle and fire arrows! Wait until the enemy formation collapses before launching a charge.
A better way is to use high mobility to bypass the enemy's waiting infantry formation and cut off the enemy's supplies.
In short - cavalry has a speed that far exceeds that of infantry, and is invincible... rushing into the infantry formation is the stupidest tactic.
But at this moment, the Qin army's cavalry charged forward menacingly!
The reason is also very simple - firstly, there is no time to delay, and secondly, the Chu army was caught off guard and the formation was still very loose!
It’s not that the news of the Chu army’s scouts spread slowly – it’s mainly because the Qin army’s cavalry arrived too quickly!
Wu Ben watched helplessly as the Qin army's cavalry rushed forward, but the Chu army was not yet ready to resist the cavalry with foot... and felt a chill in his heart.
Even if the terrain is snow and the cavalry cannot charge... it is definitely not something that the infantry can stop with their flesh and blood!
Twenty-six thousand Qin army cavalry roared past, and the Chu army's infantry fell on their backs... The infantry who had not yet formed their formation were as helpless as a baby facing a strong man when facing the cavalry.
After a wave of charges, the Chu army's formation was in chaos!
Bai Qi looked back and felt very regretful... The favorite opponent of the cavalry was the defeated infantry - if they could turn back and charge back now, these 50,000 heads could be easily captured... Unfortunately, time is running out... …
The Qin army's cavalry roared away and headed towards the Chu mainland.
If you attack Wuguan, you will definitely die - Bai Qi once served as the guard of Wuguan, and of course he knows that there are countless kerosene ordnance deployed in Wuguan City... These used to be the basis for the Qin people to kill a large number of invading enemies, but now they have become The natural chasm blocking the Qin army's way home...
There was little hope of breaking through Wuguan when they were short of food and clothing... What's more, that insidious thief Xiong Wuliang must have laid a dragnet at this moment, waiting for the 76,000-strong army to break through the pass.
As for taking a detour back to Qin...then we can only take a detour of a few hundred miles and ask South Korea and Wei to borrow the road-laughing to death, it would be good if South Korea and Wei didn't add insult to injury. How can we borrow the road to Qin?
rush! Rush through the land of Danyang and rush into the inhabited hinterland of the Chu Kingdom!
Rush there and there will be food to eat! There are clothes to wear...and heads to chop off!
This road is very difficult... lack of food, extreme cold, snow... A large number of Qin troops will die on the road... That is better than waiting to die in despair under Wuguan City!
Survive from death!
Just... rush to... that place!
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Wu Ben held his helmet in embarrassment and directed his soldiers to right the overturned chariot...Looking at the Qin army's cavalry, they did not charge repeatedly and easily harvest heads as Wu Ben imagined...but left it to Wu Ben. Ben has a chic back view...
Um? The Qin army is no longer greedy for heads? It’s as outrageous as a tiger switching to eating grass!
Wu Bi ordered a casualty count - the losses were not large. There were many unlucky people who had their bones broken and their tendons broken by the Qin horses, but the number of deaths was not high.
What's going on?
After a brief period of confusion, Wu Ben's expression changed drastically!
"not good!"
"The Qin army is going to raid our Chu hinterland!"
Wu Ben was paralyzed - he had not calculated that the Qin army would make a desperate move.
After years of fighting, the Chu State is also very empty... Such a large group of cavalry crashing into the hinterland of the Chu State may not be able to stop it!
Blanch!
Wu Bi broke into a cold sweat - if Bai Qi's cavalry were really allowed to massacre and plunder in the Chu Kingdom... even if he had ten heads, he wouldn't be enough for the king to chop them off.
Bai Qi opposite, there is something!
"Send the order - the whole army turns around! Chase at full speed!" Wu Bi gritted his teeth.
He doesn't have a sledge (mainly because he doesn't have mules and horses), so he probably won't be able to catch up with the Qin cavalry who are hungry and eager to grab food... Even if he catches up, he will probably lose his life... Then he still has to chase!
"Send a messenger quickly! Send a message to Marquis Quyang on horseback about the situation here! Please ask Marquis Quyang for his decision - now, what should we do?"
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Wuguan.
The more than 7,000 elite Chu troops had high morale and murderous intent. General Xiong Wuliang piled up kerosene, arrows and other defensive equipment at the top of Wuguan City, waiting for Bai Qi's arrival - but the Qin army never showed up.
Just as he was wondering, the fast horse messenger sent by Wu Ben came galloping with feathers on his back: "Report... urgent military report!"
Xiong Wuliang took the scrawled letter from Wu Ben, and after a moment, his pupils tightened.
Bai Qi, as expected of you.
For any normal person, if the retreat is blocked, they must return to defense as soon as possible.
This Bai Qi decided not to take the ordinary path!
This time he penetrated the Chu Kingdom, but instead put a difficult problem in front of Xiong Wuliang - should he return to defense?
Xiong Wuliang crumpled the letter into a ball and sneered at the corner of his mouth.
Changing homes, right?
Splitting it up, right?
I have a sledge, so I’m not afraid of speed!
"Transmit the order - leave the wounded and a small number of troops behind and continue to guard Wuguan. I personally lead 7,000 elite troops and march straight into Xianyang!" Xiong Wuliang gave the order harshly.
Fight!
The snowy winter makes Qin's current situation quite difficult.
Even if there are Qin soldiers blocking the way, there won't be too many of them.
And the situation Bai Qi faced at this time was definitely more difficult than his own - even if his cavalry could grab food in Chu State, they would definitely be hungry and full (except for those heavily guarded big cities, Chu State's Which village or town can grab the rations for tens of thousands of soldiers to feed their horses? Nonsense), the morale of the Qin army is not likely to be very high... In addition, due to the restrictions of the snow, the speed of the cavalry is not likely to be too fast.
So now... let's see who can push faster!
A few hundred people were left to continue guarding Wuguan, while the remaining 7,000 sergeants brought food and grass and boarded the sledge. Xiong Wuliang thought for a moment and then ordered to bring the kerosene seized from the Wuguan Mansion's treasury.
Seven thousand elite soldiers continued to rush northwest along the Danshui ice surface!
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Qin State, Lantian.
[Lantian] is located in the southeast of [Xianyang]. It has a superior geographical location and is an important town for the Qin State to defend the royal capital. From a military point of view, if the Chu army wants to continue to attack [Xianyang] after passing through [Wuguan], , we must capture [Lantian] first.
Lantian is not a big city with a developed economy, but the Qin State's "Lantian Camp" is very famous - it is the barracks where the Qin State trains new troops and garrisoned soldiers and horses.
It should be noted that during the Warring States Period, with the exception of a very few well-known professional armies (such as the Wei soldiers once owned by the Wei State and the Quyang New Army under Xiong Wuliang), the armies of most countries were for the people in peacetime and for the wartime. Soldier'.
Take the Qin State as an example - in non-war times, the Qin State may have only tens of thousands of men serving in the army, mainly responsible for the most basic responsibility of guarding the fortress and guarding against neighboring countries.
When there is a war, the king will issue an order to recruit soldiers in advance, such as "draw one from two dings" or "draw one from three dings". Normally honest farmers would bring their own weapons and even war horses to the Lantian Camp to gather for training and reorganization.
An army of hundreds of thousands can be drawn out in an instant!
The benefit of this is obvious - it saves the country's cost of raising troops.
Even many small countries with a population of less than one million can mobilize 100,000 or even 200,000 troops at critical moments.
Of course, the shortcomings are also obvious - the conscription system will have a skill advance before going to war... and it cannot be used to fight at any time.
Moreover, compared with the off-duty professional army, the combat effectiveness of the garrison soldiers is also much inferior——
The tens of thousands of Wei soldiers back then were able to defeat Qin's 500,000-strong army; but now the Quyang New Army under Xiong Wuliang's command can also fight astonishingly against the Qin Army, which is known as the "Tiger and Wolf" and has made other countries aware of it. The battle loss ratio.
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At this moment, there happened to be 20,000 to 30,000 new Qin soldiers gathered in the Lantian camp, and they were being reorganized and trained in the camp.
This is a coincidence - winter is the season when everything stops, and logically there will be no soldier training.
But this winter is an exception - a sudden war broke out between Qin and Chu, causing Wei and South Korea to gear up... Empress Dowager Xuan had already issued an order for general mobilization in order to deal with the possible invasion of the Wei-Korean coalition forces next spring.
This "general mobilization" includes raising military rations and recruiting civilian men. Of course, it also includes raising troops and training to prepare for war.
Of course, the people of Qin were very reluctant to serve in the cold winter... But they had no choice but to bring dry food, family swords, and war horses if they had horses... and came to Lantian Camp honestly.
They don't even dare to complain publicly.
Qin law stipulates very clearly that it is a crime of beheading for common people to discuss state affairs arbitrarily.
In short, the Lantian Camp this winter is not as cold as usual... More than 27,000 men from the Qin Kingdom who were recruited are training here in full swing... completely unaware of the coming danger!
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(Yimi: Who said you were talking about Jiangzhi? Why don't you come and give Bai Qi a trick? (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅) If you can't stand it, please go out quietly and turn left. Don't shout, okay?)
