"Report, general, the Zhao army has appeared, about thirteen miles behind our army." Meng Ao, who had been marching for most of the day, soon received the military intelligence report from the scouts.
"How many troops are there?" Meng Ao asked immediately.
"It stretches for several miles, probably as many as 70,000 to 80,000 people." The scout immediately replied.
"Seven to eighty thousand." Meng Ao murmured and repeated, "It's not enough."
"Instruct the whole army to make repairs on the spot and bury the pots to make rice." Meng Ao immediately issued the military order.
"Yes." The messenger immediately agreed and went to report.
"Pay close attention to the movements of Zhao's army and report immediately when they are about seven miles away from our army." Meng Ao then ordered the scouts again.
"Yes." Although the scout was a little surprised, he immediately took the order and left.
This is of course a fatal strategy. During the day, burying pots and making rice can be easily detected by the Zhao army, and the distance of only seven miles is not considered a long distance at all when the Zhao army's cavalry rushes in.
Obviously, Meng Ao was waiting for Zhao Jun's encirclement and attack.
To be precise, Meng Ao wanted to attract Zhao Jun's attention as much as possible so as to cover the army on the north road.
In order to allow more Qin troops to return to Shuzhong and Guanzhong, something must be sacrificed, and Meng Ao used himself as the fuel for the sacrifice.
The good news is that Meng Ao's series of actions have indeed attracted Zhao Jun's attention. The nearly 100,000 troops have been firmly attracted by Meng Ao in the middle.
The bad news is that a cavalry force composed of ten thousand people has begun to outflank Meng Ao's flanks and rear. Once an encirclement is formed, Meng Ao's troops are bound to be annihilated here.
The worse news is that Meng Ao's actions did not reduce the burden on the Qin Army on the North Road. The same army of 100,000 troops has been keeping a close eye on the Qin Army on the North Road.
The only good news is that there are many mountains, rivers and woods on the north road. Although there has been a contact battle with Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun wants to use the cavalry to encircle and annihilate, but there is no such opportunity for the time being. .Ь.
As for the Qin army on the south road, it was the first to set off and was also the first to be discovered by Zhao Jun. It can also be said to have the worst luck.
Just a few hours later, Zhao's cavalry team of ten thousand people had already begun to outflank the Qin army. However, the road in front of the Qin army was almost flat, with no mountains, rivers or woods to hide in.
Destruction is only a matter of time for the Qin army along the way.
At dusk, the three-way pursuit finally came together in front of Li Mu.
But from the intelligence point of view, except for the Qin army on the south road that has entered the encirclement, the two Qin troops on the middle road and the north road really can't tell which one is the main force of the Qin army.
Yes, although Meng Ao's Dajun appeared in the middle, and even the Qin army in the middle showed stronger combat effectiveness and determination to retreat, Li Mu did not conclude that this Qin army was the main force of the Qin army.
It was obvious that even though he was very close to victory, Li Mu still maintained absolute calmness.
However, even if he was not the main force of the Qin army, Li Mu did not intend to let Meng Ao return to Qin.
"Send the order." Putting down the battle report, Li Mu immediately began to arrange the pursuit and encirclement and annihilation work.
"Yes." Several messengers below agreed immediately.
"The South Route Army immediately detached 50,000 troops to reinforce the middle route. The task of encircling and annihilating the South Route Qin Army will be completed tomorrow. Immediately, all members of the army went north to cooperate with the North Route Army to pursue the enemy in front of them." Li Mu watched as he watched. Map ordered.
"Central Route Army, immediately release all your cavalry. The first interception chain is set up at the front line of Zifang City. It must slow down the Qin army's advance on this road. The second interception chain is set up at the weak pass line. It must be captured before the Qin army. He went down to the weak pass to block the Qin army's westward escape route, and immediately cooperated with the reinforcements from the south road to encircle and annihilate the army.
The Northern Route Army searched and advanced along the Jingshan and Jingshan lines, gradually eating up the Qin Army's combat power. The cavalry troops advanced along the Zhang River and set up ambush at the mountain passes. While delaying the Qin Army's advance, it also consumed the Qin Army's combat power. The key It is necessary to block the Qin army from entering Hanzhong at the Fangling line. "
After the words fell, several messengers agreed: "Yes."
Look at Li Mu’s arrangements
You know, although Li Mu was not fooled by Meng Ao's middle army and concentrated all his forces on the middle, he still unconsciously shifted his focus a little towards the middle.
It can also be seen from the order of troop deployment and the detail of the interception sequence that Li Mu still made the Qin Army's center army the primary target.
In fact, in Li Mu's eyes, just the two words "Meng Ao" are no different from the main force of the Qin army.
If he had to choose between Meng Ao and the main force of the Qin army, perhaps Li Mu would choose to keep Meng Ao without hesitation.
It's a simple truth. It's easy to get a thousand armies but it's hard to find a general. Especially within the Qin army today, it's extremely difficult to train another general who can take charge of his own role.
On the contrary, the number of Qin's troops, as long as the King of Qin (Zhao does not recognize Qin's title of king, is still called King of Qin) is ruthless enough, it is not impossible to raise an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand under the force of force.
Overnight, with the messengers rushing all night, Li Mu's order was quickly passed on to all front armies.
Three hundred thousand Zhao troops also began further mobilization.
Of course, the Qin army who was fleeing did not rest. As soon as the genius was revealed, Qin's 150,000 troops continued their escape.
It's a pity that the fish caught in the net can't break free from this dense net no matter how hard it struggles.
Needless to say, the first to suffer was the Qin army on the south road.
Maybe he had already felt the threat from Zhao Jun, or maybe he had just been attacked hard by the Zhao Jun who was chasing him.
General Pi of the Qin Army, who had just entered the basin, immediately ordered to speed up, trying to pass through the basin as quickly as possible and penetrate into the mountains and forests.
It has to be said that it was the general who allowed Meng Ao to lead an army with confidence, and he almost subconsciously felt the approaching danger.
Unfortunately, even if the sixth sense has sensed danger, sensing it and avoiding it are completely different things. Even many times, if you feel that danger is approaching, if you do not handle it properly, it will accelerate the arrival of danger.
Just like the Qin army today.
The Qin army here had just accelerated to reach the center of the basin, and was greeted by bursts of thunder-like sounds.
"cavalry!"
Almost immediately, the experienced Qin army general identified the source of the sound.
But what followed was deep despair.
Yes, Zhao Jun, who just got rid of the pursuit by cutting off the gecko's tail, ran into the pocket formation set up by Zhao Jun in front.
In this basin with nowhere to hide or hide, the infantry encountered a large number of cavalry, with almost no hope of survival. Not to mention, there are Zhao Jun infantry behind him that are several times his own.
In an instant, General Qin's army already knew his fate.
In other words, when he took over the cover task from Meng Ao, General Pi already knew his ending - to attract the main force of the Zhao army and cover the evacuation of the army. From the beginning to the end, he had no hope of survival.
However, according to his own expectations, this moment should come two days later in the evening. Obviously, Zhao Jun was more elite than he thought.
However, now that it has arrived, we can only face it calmly.
Breathing out a deep breath, the Qin army's general immediately ordered: "Form a round formation and stand firm in place."
Yes, facing the Zhao army's flanking attack, the Qin army's general did not choose to give up, nor did he choose to rush forward, but adopted a strategy of on-site defense.
If you charge hard, you may still have a chance of survival. Even if the Zhao army has completed the encirclement, it is still not surrounded like an iron barrel. The follow-up Zhao army has not yet surrounded it. No matter how many people rush out, there are still hundreds of people. OK.
But defending on the spot is undoubtedly seeking death.
Once the following Zhao troops surround them, none of the more than 10,000 Qin troops may be able to escape.
As the commander-in-chief along the way, the Qin Army's general would obviously not know this truth, but he still chose to stay where he was at the first opportunity.
Without him, he just wanted to hold on a little longer and keep Zhao Jun on the south road longer.
That's all.
Apparently, he did.
Facing the Qin Army's circular formation, the Zhao Army's cavalry did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they began to conduct reconnaissance around the Qin Army's circular formation, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up army.
Within half an hour, the pursuing Zhao army finally arrived at the battlefield.
Fifty thousand Zhao troops also surrounded the more than 10,000 Qin legions, and then began a siege and annihilation battle without any suspense.
The cavalry that came and went like the wind kept firing arrows outside the Qin army's circular formation, consuming the Qin army's effective strength;
The improvised charging chariot, in conjunction with the chariot, rushed toward the Qin army's front that had just been consumed;
Shooting over and over again, impacting over and over again, inevitably, gaps and gaps began to appear in the Qin army's formation.
The Zhao cavalry that had been watching for a long time appeared in the gap almost instantly. Under the slash of the long sword, the gap quickly expanded, and more cavalry quickly rushed into it and went straight into the Chinese archers' position.
As the archer position was disrupted, more Zhao infantry also launched an attack, following the gap opened by the cavalry, and rushed into the Qin army's formation.
One hundred, two hundred...
One thousand, two thousand...
The originally shrinking Qin Army's military formation was like a balloon, which was getting squeezed bigger and bigger by the Zhao Army soldiers who were constantly squeezed into it.
As it continued to expand, the Qin army's strength on each front became increasingly thin.
Finally, the Chinese army gave an order, and Zhao troops from all directions immediately launched a final attack on the Qin army's formation, which had more than doubled in size.
There was a "bang", which was the collision sound of Zhao Dao and Qin Dun, and it was the beginning of the breakdown of Qin's sword formation.
The over-expanded military formation had almost no backup, and the thin layer of skin could almost be broken by a poke.
The Zhao army on the outside swarmed in instantly and merged with the Zhao army inside. The Qin army's formation, which was originally relatively tight, was broken into pieces by the Zhao army almost in an instant.
The strangulation also started from this moment.
At this point in the battle, all the Qin army officers and soldiers already knew their results.
Perhaps, from the moment the general ordered the on-site defense, all the Qin army officers already knew their results.
However, under the whimpering horns and the bursts of drum beats, Qin's sword was still waving, and the bowstring was still trembling.
Until the last drop of Qin's blood falls...
It was obvious that the way home was not far away, and there were obviously parents, wife and children waiting at home.
"Old Qin bravely fought against the national calamity together." The heroic Qin opera sounded again in the bloody setting sun. Xiu Shuzhu
However, there is no Shang Yang in this world who can turn the tide from falling and help the building before it collapses.
History has given Qin a chance, but now, the writers of history have already sided with Zhao.
Cangshan is like the sea, and the setting sun is like blood.
