The Qin Army's cavalry general was puzzled as to why his cavalry was incorporated into the front army.
Although he launched the attack a little later than the infantry in front, according to the general's request, he had to move forward as quickly as possible. In this way, your cavalry will soon surpass the infantry in front and reach the city wall!
The problem is that although Zeng City is not as majestic as Yingdu, it was still the capital of the Zeng State. After Qin captured Yanying, Zengcheng was strengthened several times by the Qin army as a frontline town.
Although the Qin army's cavalry is not afraid of any country in the field, after all, war horses cannot fly!
Facing a solid city wall, the cavalry's only option was to go around the city and attack the enemy with bows and arrows.
But obviously, the defensive side with a high degree of advantage has nothing to fear from the cavalry's riding and shooting tactics. On the contrary, it can ruthlessly eliminate the cavalry based on its geographical advantages.
Although the general's order really confused the Qin army's cavalry generals, either out of fear of Qin Fa or trust in the general Wang Lu, the Qin army's cavalry rushed forward without hesitation.
Naturally, this scene was also seen by the Chu army commander on the tower.
It should be said that the general who can guard the country gate still has two skills. Seeing the Qin army using cavalry to block the gate, he immediately thought of the problem of the city gate, along with the news that there had just been a riot in the city due to the bamboo slips thrown by the Qin army. , the general of Chu State seemed to have realized something.
Just when the Chu general wanted to order the city gates to be strengthened, bad news came: "The gates of the west gate and south gate were attacked by the Qin army at the same time."
Hearing this news, how come the general of the Chu State didn't know the Qin army's plan? But the question is, what else can he do if he knows it now?
The general of the Chu State really regretted why he did not fill the four city gates with stones when the Qin army first appeared.
Although he knew that the situation might be over, the general of Chu State was still doing his best in silence, hoping that a miracle would happen.
"The reserve team in the city is ordered to immediately march to the west and south gates and regain control of the city gate at all costs." Immediately issued an order to the subordinates: "The order is sent to the east and north gates."
As soon as the words "block it immediately" came to his lips, the general of Chu State was stunned. The west and south gates were already in danger. Can the city still be defended?
If the east and north gates are blocked at this time, I am afraid that what is blocked is not the Qin army's attack route, but his own chance to escape and ascend to heaven to survive.
Uncontrollably, cold sweat broke out from his back.
Immediately, the Chu army general changed his subject and continued: "Send an order to the east and north gates to strengthen defenses and clear out all people and houses within thirty feet."
"Yes." The messenger next to him immediately agreed after hearing the order.
Obviously, with the bad news coming from the west and south gates, the general of the Chu army actually felt like running away in his heart. All he lacked was a reason and an opportunity.
But soon, the opportunity came.
Waiting for the enemy to see his plan before he reacts, he will be at an absolute disadvantage.
This is the case with the Chu army today. Even if its general has mobilized all available troops, the Qin army's elite soldiers who have occupied the city gate only need to defend.
This is much simpler than fighting on both sides.
After all, in this not-so-broad front, the Chu army's strength advantage could not be reflected at all for a while. In a long and narrow terrain, in a short period of time, what was at stake was the combat literacy of individual soldiers and the tacit cooperation of the combat team.
It is obvious that the individual quality of the Qin army's elite soldiers and their tacit cooperation with each other are much higher than those of the Chu army.
In a short period of time, it was almost impossible for the Chu army to recapture the city gate.
Unless a miracle happens.
Unfortunately, there are no miracles in this world. In other words, the so-called miracle is just premeditated. It’s just that those who plan more will win, and those who calculate less will lose.
The Qin army is like this, and the Chu army is like this.
Just when the Qin Army's cavalry general raised his horse's speed to its highest speed, a cold reflection shot straight into the general's eyes from the Zengcheng gate not far away.
Looking closely, the closed city gate seemed to be slowly opening its arms to welcome the Qin army.
The Qin Army cavalry general could hardly believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes hard, and then he saw clearly that the city gate was really slowly being pushed open, and in the pushed-open city gate, there was something vaguely visible. It is the crowd dressed in Qin army armor.
Suddenly, the cavalry commander of the Qin Army recalled in his mind the instructions given to him by General Wang Lu before setting off: "Just charge, and leave the rest to me."
Only then did the Qin Army's cavalry general understand what General Wang Lu meant!
Looking at the city gate that was gradually opening, all the Qin army cavalry continued to speed up involuntarily without the general's orders!
"Fire arrows!" Seeing the Qin army galloping towards them, the only way the Chu army commander could think of to stop them was to rain arrows.
Following the general's order, the Chu army responded very quickly, and the intensive surveillance immediately hit the Qin army's cavalry formation like a downpour.
It should be said that the lethality of this arrow rain is still considerable. After all, from top to bottom, coupled with the rapid shuttle of the Qin army's cavalry, the relative speed of the two can reach a terrifying value.
At such a relative speed, let alone a sharp arrow, even a small pebble can still kill someone.
However, the Qin army had no intention of avoiding such a rain of arrows.
Directly, the Qin army's cavalry quickly passed through the rain of arrows. Although hundreds of Qin troops fell, this did not affect the speed of the Qin army's attack on Zengcheng.
Seeing the Qin cavalry getting closer and closer to the city wall, and listening to the rear who were still fighting, the Chu army's general had to admit one thing: he had been defeated.
Although he really wanted to practice with Cheng, his innate fear of death still made him waver in his determination at the last moment.
"We must retreat." The general of Chu State came to this conclusion in his heart with difficulty.
At the same time, the Chu general, who realized that the city could no longer be defended, seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant.
With just one charge, the city was captured by Qin, and he was destined to be nailed to Chu's pillar of shame.
However, the general of the Chu army who was pushed to the front line against Qin still had two skills. Between face and life, he chose the latter without hesitation.
He knew very well: now that he had decided to retreat, he could no longer hesitate.
Immediately, the Chu army general led his personal guards to bypass the west and south gates that had fallen into the hands of the Qin army, and fled through the north gate.
Yes, the direction of retreat was not announced, the sequence of retreat was not specified, and there was no order to retreat.
The general of the Chu army almost just fled to the north alone with his own soldiers, just as the Qin army was about to break in.
Obviously, the intention of the Chu army general was to make the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers in the city stand behind him.
Although this behavior of abandoning the army and escaping alone is despicable, from the perspective of one's own safety, it is also the safest way. However, the cost is the annihilation of the 30,000 Chu troops in the city.
The general of the Chu army apparently underestimated the desire to survive of the Chu army's soldiers.
As soon as he left, it was like a boulder falling into a calm lake, and huge ripples spread instantly.
First of all, the soldiers on the city tower quickly realized that something was wrong. Seeing the general heading towards the unconquered north gate, their intention to escape was obvious. The soldiers still had the courage to defend, so they immediately abandoned their troops. The soldiers fled with their general.
Immediately afterwards came the soldiers and civilians who were busy carrying rolling logs and stones;
Then, there are the reserve troops besieging the Qin army's elite soldiers under the city tower;
Finally, a small number of soldiers and officials who were still collecting bamboo slips and maintaining order in the city, and even the common people joined in.
The entire Zengcheng instantly fell into a prelude to escape.
At the moment when Zeng City fell into chaos, the Qin army's cavalry finally rushed into the west and south gates.
Rushing out of the cleared city gate, what greeted them was not only the bright sunshine, but also the scattered Chu troops.
"Pursuit!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the Qin Army's cavalry general immediately issued an order to pursue.
In a short period of time, even the Chu army generals who were the first to escape and the Chu army at the north gate could not run very far, let alone the Chu army who reacted later.
Fortunately, the people swarming out of the city slightly hindered the Qin army's pursuit.
Obviously, the Qin army had no intention of diverting traffic. Since the road was blocked, they could just use their long swords to open a way out. Immediately, a massacre began in Zengcheng.
Countless Chu people fell under the sword of the Qin army. Weeping, wailing and the cries of children almost instantly filled the entire Zeng city.
But these couldn't stop the Qin army's desire for military exploits at all.
The sword was swung and blood was flowing all over the sky.
Soon, under the Qin army's long sword, a straight passage covered with corpses was cleared.
Along the road paved with blood, the Qin army's cavalry continued to pounce viciously on the Chu army who was still fleeing. The infantry of the Chu army walking behind were quickly bitten by the Qin army...
At the same time, Qin's infantry finally entered Zeng City and quickly climbed onto the city wall.
As the Chu-character banner at the top of the city was taken down and the black flag of Qin was put up, the offensive and defensive battle for this important border town finally came to an end.
Soon, Wang Lu also came to the city on a fast horse.
Looking at the corpses on the ground, Wang Hao didn't feel the slightest ripple in his heart - he had already seen too many things where one general succeeded and tens of thousands of bones were withered.
After boarding the northern city gate, Wang Hao immediately looked at the cavalry formation that was still chasing and fighting, and frowned slightly.
"Send the order." A cold voice sounded. Wang Hao raised the whip in his hand and ordered: "All Qin troops stop pursuing, retreat to Zengcheng, and let the Chu troops leave."
"General, what is this?" A general on the side looked at Wang Lu with some confusion.
Although the Chu army was defeated, almost all of them were actually running away, and the Qin army's gains were not many. According to usual practice, the Qin army should continue to pursue and destroy the Chu army as much as possible.
After all, if this Chu army reaches the next city, it will undoubtedly strengthen the city's defense, which may also be a troublesome matter.
"Let them go!" Wang Hao smiled and looked at the embarrassed Chu army in the distance and said: "Let them pass on the news of our army's arrival and publicize the story of how our army defeated Zengcheng in one battle. I want them to From then on, all the Chu troops trembled unconsciously when they saw the flag of Qin."
"Yes." After hearing the order, the general said without further words, he immediately clasped his fists and promised.
