On the vast ground outside Zhen City, there are many camps and about 50,000 Qi troops are distributed here.
The Qi army claimed to number one hundred thousand, but not all of them were camped outside Zhencheng.
First of all, the area of the camp of a hundred thousand troops is too large, and it cannot be accommodated in ordinary places.
Secondly, the art of war also emphasizes dividing the troops outside and acting as horns for each other.
If all 100,000 troops were gathered together and the other party launched a fire attack, wouldn't they all be dead?
Only those commanders who don't know how to fight will like to gather hundreds of thousands of troops together and give the enemy a chance to burn the company and become famous in one fell swoop.
After all, Grand Sima Tian Chong was familiar with the art of war, so naturally he would not make such a stupid mistake.
Therefore, among the remaining 50,000 Qi troops, 10,000 soldiers and auxiliary soldiers were stationed on the border, and the remaining 40,000 were divided into two battalions and distributed in two open spaces a few miles outside Zhen City.
Apart from the camp on the border, the three camps near Zhencheng are like horns and are on guard against each other. If one camp is attacked, the other military camps can immediately go to support.
In the early morning of this day, the sky was still dark, and only the light of the stars and moon scattered in the night sky could barely make people see the road ahead.
The Qi troops in each camp were still sleeping soundly, and only the Qi soldiers in each camp who were keeping watch yawned around the campfire.
The Qi army camp located on the border.
"No wonder the Qin people have been very vigilant recently, and even the merchants are not allowed to come over. It turns out that the Grand Sima sent assassins to assassinate the lieutenant of the East County of Qin State. Wow, I didn't expect that our Grand Sima would be such a person."
A short-bearded soldier yawned loudly, trying to find a topic to cheer up.
Another yellow-faced Qi Zu said: "Hey, I heard about it too. Da Sima underestimated us too much. We are a hundred thousand people, how many people are there on the opposite side? Just give a military order, and we can do it Rush over and crush those Qin people to death in Puyang, there is no need to send assassins."
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The five commanders of the Qi army, the Qi army track commander (Wuchang) also said: "Yes, our Qi country was also one of the overlords of the world in the past. I heard the old people at home say that our former king was also What is the Emperor of the East? Listen, this title is very majestic, but there has been no war in the past few decades, so our Qi State’s name is not obvious. If I, Qi State, take action, there will be no chance for the Qin people to become famous.”
"The track commander is right. The reason why his Qin State was able to destroy several countries is because we, the Qi State, did not take action. Once we, the Qi people, take action, we will definitely shock the world!"
Several soldiers boasted and laughed, but as time passed, their voices became smaller and smaller.
"I'll take a nap while you watch."
The track commander of the Qi Army said hello to his men, leaned against the fire, lowered his head, and lost his voice in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the track leader was asleep, several other people looked at each other, slowly closed their eyes, and dozed off.
The Qi army has been stationed here for several months, and there has never been any accident. Not to mention that Zhao Tuo, the general of the Qin army on the opposite side, broke his legs and was lying on the bed unable to move, and the county lieutenant Tu Sui was assassinated by an assassin. Under such circumstances, the Qin people had no time to take care of themselves, so how could they bring any danger to the Qi army.
So during the night vigil, it shouldn’t be a problem to secretly sleep for a while, right?
Not only this group of soldiers, but most of the night watchmen in each camp also thought the same way.
As time passed, a large black shadow was approaching under the moonlight in the distance towards the Qin border.
Several soldiers who were sleeping near the camp gate and leaning on the fence were suddenly awakened by a sound.
"what?"
A soldier opened his eyes, and before he woke up, he saw a face full of bloodthirsty excitement staring at him.
Then there was the sound of metal cutting into flesh, and a copper sword reflecting the moonlight was stabbed into the Qi soldier's throat. He could only stretch out his hands weakly, and there was a sound of wind leaking from his throat.
Before losing consciousness, the Qi soldier saw countless black figures pushing aside the antlers of the horse in front of the camp gate and rushing into the Qi army camp under the moonlight.
Far away
There seemed to be countless black shadows surging around.
"Ah, enemy attack!"
Screams rang out in the Qi camp, followed by loud shouts of killing, and jerky Qi language everywhere shouting: "The Qin army has attacked and has killed Da Sima!"
"Da Sima is dead, our army is defeated!"
"Second and third sons, run quickly, Zhen City has been lost!"
"There is a traitor in the camp, please be careful of those around you!"
"The people of the four kingdoms colluded with the Qin army and were defeated! Run, run!"
Chaotic shouts, fighting sounds, and screams before death rang out in the Qi Army camp under the night.
The Qi soldiers who were sleeping soundly in the camp had just been awakened. Before they could react, they were confused by the series of shouts.
"What happened?"
"Da Sima is dead? Isn't Da Sima in Zhencheng?"
"Qin Army? People from the Four Kingdoms?"
These Qi people looked at each other. Before they were recruited, most of them were farmers digging for food in the fields, fishermen fishing on the beach, and unemployed teenagers wandering in the streets...
They had never experienced a war, so they had no idea of a night attack. In shock at this moment, many people stood frozen on the spot and even forgot to pick up the armor weapons around them.
Some people opened the curtains of the tent in panic and stretched out their heads to look outside, trying to see what was going on outside. But as soon as his head reached outside the tent, a bronze halberd was thrust into his throat and he fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a group of ferocious-looking armored Qin soldiers crowded into the tent, slashing and stabbing wildly with their swords and short halberds, killing all directions.
Scenes like this kept happening in every camp, and bursts of screams resounded under the night sky.
Eight hundred meters away from Qi Camp, Zhao Tuo stood on his chariot, looking at the distant scene.
Because they were afraid that the fire would alert several other Qi army camps in the distance, the Qin army only attacked at night and did not set fire to it. Although some camps were lit by flames, they were not many after all, so what Zhao Tuo could only see was a patch of land in the distance. The film's dark shadow surges.
"General, these Qi people are too lazy."
Zhong Lizhen stood beside Zhao Tuo, looking at the Qi army camp in front of him that had been invaded by the Qin army, and couldn't help but shake his head.
Zhao Tuo nodded. The Qi army was clearly camped at the border, but it seemed that they never thought that the Qin army would come for a sneak attack. The guards were negligent. The night watchers dared to sleep, but they were discovered by the Qin army when they reached the edge of the camp at night.
It is true that being famous is not as good as meeting, and meeting is worse than being famous.
The Qi army, which had not fought in more than 40 years, was defeated more seriously than Zhao Tuo thought.
Soon, a messenger from the front reported that the Qi camp in front had been destroyed, and part of the Qi army fled towards Zhencheng.
After all, the Qi army has a total of 10,000 people here. Once there is a fight, it is impossible to intercept and kill them completely. There will always be many people who take advantage of the night to escape.
However, Zhao Tuo had expected this. Those fleeing Qi troops would be of great use to him.
He calmly issued the order: "Send an order to Zhao Guang, telling him not to kill any more Qi people here, but to gather his elite troops according to the original plan, and drive those fleeing soldiers straight to the Qi army camp outside Zhen City."
"Use the rout of troops to rush the Qi army there, so that the 50,000 people in Zhen City cannot form their formation. Then our army can follow the rout of the troops and cover them up, and then we can defeat the enemy."
"only."
Zhongli Mei nodded, Zhao Tuo's strategy was just like Xiang Yan's defeat of the Mongolian army under Huaiyang City in the past. He would first attack the enemy camp with rout troops, and then the army would cover up and kill them. They would definitely be able to defeat the enemy.
Zhao Tuo continued: "Send an order to Shejian again, and ask him and Heiyi to each lead five thousand elites from Guanzhong to attack the two nearby Qi camps and set fire to the tents. The bigger the better. If you don't want to annihilate the Qi army there, you must The Qi army was disrupted and defeated, leaving the two battalions of 40,000 Qi soldiers unable to support Zhencheng. As long as it succeeds, it will be a great achievement!"
"only."
Zhongli Mei agreed, his eyes shining.
The two Qi camps located a few miles on both sides of Zhen City were indeed a big trouble for the Qin army.
If the Qin army only attacks the Zhencheng camp, the two Qi camps will definitely lead their troops to rescue them after receiving the news. Instead, the Qin army will encounter a pincer attack.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo first sent an elite force to attack the two battalions at night. Although they could not kill many people under the sudden attack and set fire, the Qi troops in the two places would never be able to support Zhencheng in the chaos.
Moreover, the flames of the two battalions soared into the sky, which would cause a huge morale blow to the Qi army in Zhencheng.
Zhao Tuo turned around and looked at the 10,000 Dongjun soldiers following him.
Although these people were selected from the 20,000 Dongjun soldiers, they were still not as good as the original Guanzhong elite, so he used them as reserve troops.
"Let Zhang He lead a thousand men to the rear to protect the rear of our army and prevent these scattered Qi troops from gathering and threatening our army from behind."
"The remaining nine thousand people, follow me and march to Zhencheng!"
Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked into the distance, facing the night wind and looking towards the direction of Zhencheng under the bright and clear moonlight.
"Da Sima, here I come."
