The wind is rustling on the battlefield, and the horses' neighing is heart-stirring.
Although the spring breeze has become comfortable and warm, the armor and sharp blades on the battlefield give people a cool feeling.
The time has come.
The main force of the Chinese army of Wang Jian's army, the two square formations in front have been merged into one, forming a rectangular matrix.
After the general gave an order, the infantry in front of the array separated to both sides, and a thousand horse-riding archers filed out.
As the horse archers came out, the matrix also changed its formation, and different types of troops followed the horses and advanced in an orderly manner.
In the blink of an eye, the war horses rushed close to the shooting range of the bows and arrows. The archers on the war horses unfurled their bows and set arrows, ready to go.
The general leading the team gave an order, and more than a thousand arrows were shot out.
Swish swish swish…………
Arrows hit the enemy's formation like a dense rain.
The front troops of Cheng Jiao Army were already on guard, and the soldiers in the front row raised their shields to defend themselves.
But the arrow rain was too dense. Many arrows got into the gaps between the shields and hit the soldiers' chests and arms. There were some gaps in the front row array.
In a slight panic, the soldiers in the back row picked up their shields and added them.
Before he could stand completely, a second wave of arrows came.
This time, more soldiers were shot to the ground.
A small number of arrows passed through the infantry's defense and hit the horses further back.
Suddenly a crowd of people stood on their backs.
Before the third round of arrows was fired, the general leading the front army shouted: "The whole army retreats! The soldiers in the front row raise their shields and move back, don't panic!"
The rear formation changed to the front formation, and Cheng Jiao's army quickly withdrew along with the third wave of arrow rain.
However, the speed of retreat is definitely not as fast as the speed of pursuit, and the distance is getting closer and closer.
Cheng Jiaojun began to fight back.
A larger number of arrows were shot from Cheng Jiao's army, but most of them were shot at the front of the Qin army.
Obviously, Cheng Jiao's army's counterattack was only to slow down the Qin army's pursuit and did not shoot the attacking cavalry.
After Wang Jian, who was standing on a high place and looking at the battlefield from a distance, saw this, he turned around and said to the herald: "Blow the gong to call back the horse archers who attacked."
A gong sounded in the Qin army's formation, and the cavalry stopped their pursuit, made a semicircle, and retreated to their own camp.
The infantry archers and chariots behind stopped advancing, but remained vigilant, paying attention to the movements of Cheng Jiao's army.
After the cavalry rushed back to the rear of the infantry, the infantry retreated to the rear.
The front troops of Cheng Jiao Army also stopped and resumed their formation, seeming to have entered into a confrontation between the two armies again.
After a little trial and error, Wang Jian decided on a few things.
First of all, Chang Pingjun's strategy was successful. Judging from the performance of Cheng Jiao's front army, there was no real idea of counterattack.
Secondly, Fan Yuqi did not discover anything strange in the army, and did not make adjustments or investigations.
Third, Cheng Jiao and Fan Yuqi should be coming soon, and this is also the time for the general attack.
As Wang Jian expected, word of the battle quickly reached Cheng Jiao's Chinese army tent. Cheng Jiao and Fan Yuqi rode straight to the front of the front army.
"Let's go there too." Wang Jian said to Mr. Changping.
Lord Changping nodded and rode side by side with Wang Jian to the front of the two armies.
The corpses in Cheng Jiao's former army had been disposed of, and the commanders of both sides came to the formation of the two armies. On one side were Cheng Jiao and Fan Yuqi, and on the other side were Wang Jian and Changping Jun.
A hundred feet apart, this is a relatively safe distance, because it is necessary to prevent the other party from launching a sudden cold arrow.
Cheng Jiao raised her voice as much as possible: "Uncle, General Wang, you are fine."
Changping Jun also raised his voice: "Chengjiao, you still have time to turn around, stop it!"
"Stop?" Fan Yuqi said coldly: "Ying Zheng must have been frightened out of fear, so he asked you to come and surrender first."
Wang Jian ignored Fan Yuqi and said to Cheng Jiao: "Mr. Chang'an, you and I are facing each other here today, but I feel that as men of the Qin Dynasty, even if we meet with soldiers, we should manage our troops first. How about Rong Benshuai ask you a few questions and let’s have a fun battle again, okay?”
Cheng Jiao admired Wang Jian very much on weekdays. The reason why she came quickly was because she wanted to recruit Wang Jian to surrender and jointly fight against the Qin Dynasty, so she said politely: "General Wang, please speak."
"The commander started to ask." Wang Jian raised his hands and said, "The main reason why Chang'an Lord rebelled and wanted to invade Xianyang was because of the king's life experience, right?"
"Of course." Cheng Jiao answered decisively, "Since he is not of the Ying surname, he is naturally not worthy of being the King of Qin."
"Then how can Lord Chang'an be sure that he is not of the Ying surname?" Wang Jian asked again.
"There is a letter signed by all the ministers of Zhao State. Is this still fake?" Cheng Jiao said.
"Can the State of Zhao be completely trusted?" Wang Jian asked loudly, "I think Bai Qi killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers of the State of Zhao during the Changping War. This hatred must be difficult to eliminate even after a hundred years. Zhao and Wei are in the same spirit, and Zhao's move is a divisive plan to save Wei and disrupt Qin!"
The corners of Cheng Jiao's mouth twitched twice, and her expression became serious.
"Mr. Chang'an, you know better than anyone the reason for sending troops to attack Wei this time." Wang Jian said in a slightly gentle tone, "Zhao, Wei, and Han Jin conspired to design, first to tire Qin, and then to make Qin attack Chu. But the plan was blocked by the king. Seeing this, that’s why I, the Qin Dynasty, sent troops to attack Wei. When Wei saw the army pressing down on the country, how could it not save itself? And this estrangement strategy is a way to save yourself, and it takes advantage of your absolute trust in the people around you!"
The person around him naturally refers to Fan Yuqi.
Hearing this, Cheng Jiao was violently moved and looked at Fan Yuqi unconsciously.
Fan Yuqi angrily scolded: "Wang Jian, don't talk nonsense. You are the one who really uses the tactic of alienation."
Wang Jian ignored Fan Yuqi and continued: "Mr. Chang'an, your Majesty has proved that he is of the Ying family through blood recognition. He also asked me to bring you a family letter. He hopes you will not make a mistake. If you make another mistake, you will waste the lives of all the soldiers of Da Qin. I will give you two quarters of an hour to make your decision whether to surrender or fight."
After saying that, Wang Jian raised his right hand.
A war horse galloped out.
Fan Yuqi held a long bow in one hand and pulled out an arrow feather with the other hand.
Cheng Jiao regained consciousness, looked at Fan Yuqi, and said, "Master, no."
Fan Yuqi put down the long bow in his hand, but his eyes still wanted to kill the person who sent Ying Zheng's letter.
The messenger handed the letter to Cheng Jiao's guards, turned his horse's head, and galloped back.
Cheng Jiao took Ying Zheng's letter, but did not open it for a long time. Instead, she turned her horse's head and ran towards the big tent.
Fan Yuqi followed closely behind.
Wang Jian looked at the time and then returned to his tent with Lord Changping.
Lord Changping looked at Wang Jian and said, "I heard General Wang talk about attacking the heart before, but I didn't understand why. Now it's really an eye-opener."
Wang Jian smiled and said: "If you want to achieve the greatest victory at the smallest cost, the most important thing is to disintegrate the opponent's fighting spirit and weaken the enemy's morale."
"Then why not take advantage of Cheng Jiao's panic and attack?" Changping Jun asked doubtfully.
"The commander gave Cheng Jiao two quarters of an hour to make a decision. In fact, he was also giving the enemy soldiers time." Wang Jian said, "Using this time, more soldiers will definitely give up resistance and use their arms to make a decision." The red silk descended."
Lord Changping nodded and said, "In this way, the number of casualties will be reduced again, and Fan Yuqi will have nowhere to escape."
"Hahaha, that's right." Wang Jian laughed with confidence.
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On the other side, Chengjiao's big tent.
Cheng Jiao looked at Ying Zheng's letter. Fan Yuqi wanted to give some advice, but he didn't know what to say because he knew that the matter had been exposed.
At this time, a partial general walked in from outside the account, and he was Fan Yuqi's confidant.
The man whispered something into Fan Yuqi's ear. Fan Yuqi listened calmly, but his eyes moved quickly.
After thinking for a while, Fan Yuqi also put his mouth to the man's ear and muttered for a while.
After saying that, the general handed him over and left in a hurry.
Cheng Jiao also finished reading the letter and was in a daze.
"What was written in the letter?" Fan Yuqi walked up to Cheng Jiao and asked sadly.
"What you wrote..." Cheng Jiao murmured, "What you wrote is... unimportant."
"I feel that after this competition, we may not be Wang Jian's opponents." Fan Yuqi suddenly changed his attitude.
"Then...then plead guilty." Cheng Jiao's voice became hoarse, "I, I'm sorry for Brother Wang."
"He is not your brother Wang." Fan Yuqi said sternly, "We are not guilty either."
Cheng Jiao looked up at Fan Yuqi, her pupils unfocused, and the master in front of her became much stranger.
Fan Yuqi calmed down and said: "Cheng Jiao, what happened before, no matter whether it is right or wrong, the seizure of the throne has become a fact. If we lose this battle, then what we need to do most is to survive."
Cheng Jiao stood up, her desire to survive ignited, and asked: "So, how can we survive?"
"Go to the State of Zhao." Fan Yuqi said, "The State of Zhao promised me that if the army fails, I will go to the State of Zhao to take refuge. In the State of Qin, I am a minister, and in the State of Zhao, I am also a minister. There is no difference."
"Then just listen to the master and go to Zhao Kingdom." Cheng Jiao still has her own ideas.
"Okay, then we will leave the front army to deal with the Qin army, and the Chinese army will cover our evacuation." Fan Yuqi said, "Then we will lead our direct troops to the Qin-Zhao border."
Cheng Jiao sighed and said, "Okay, that's all."
At this moment, the front position became noisy.
Two quarters of an hour is up.
"Let's go." Fan Yuqi took Cheng Jiao out, flew on his horse, and galloped toward the northeast with his three thousand troops.
On the battlefield, Cheng Jiao's former troops had already tied red silk on their left arms.
Some were afraid that they would not be conspicuous enough, so they tied two.
Some pulled off a piece of cloth from their pants, dyed it red with blood, and tied it on their left arm.
Some did not know why, and were forcibly tied up with red silk by their companions...
"Kill!!"
The 50,000-strong army covered them up in an instant.
But……
No one to kill.
Cheng Jiao's 20,000-strong front army all had red silk tied on their left arms.
Passing through the front army camp, 50,000 troops swarmed towards Cheng Jiao's main force of the Chinese army like a scourge.
Nearly half of Cheng Jiao's main force of the Chinese army had red silk tied on their left arms. Seeing the Qin army swarming towards them, they fled to both sides.
The remaining half of Cheng Jiao's army were mostly generals who had taken away Fan Yuqi's benefits, or were promised high-ranking officials, but had the intention to rebel.
In Lord Changping's plan, these people were excluded, otherwise it would be easy for Fan Yuqi to notice.
The rebel, whose left arm was not tied with red silk, saw the soldiers around him running to both sides. Before he could understand the reason, he saw a large wave of arrows coming towards him.
Suddenly, howls filled the field and blood flowed into rivers.
Although they can resist for a while, the rebels can no longer compare with the Qin army in terms of numbers and morale.
Defeat is decided.
The only role of these rebels now is to buy some time for Cheng Jiao and Fan Yuqi.
