In the dark night.
Because there is no rain all year round, there are no dark clouds in the sky to cover the bright moon. Under the starry sky, the dim surroundings of the plains can be vaguely seen.
In the quiet plains, some insects traveling at night chirped and crickets chirped.
But at this moment, dense footsteps suddenly sounded, and dense black shadows kept sneaking on the plains. Apart from the dense footsteps, it was impossible to know what those black shadows were.
But just the next moment.
Suddenly there was a strange movement, and accompanied by the sound of countless arrows flying, groans and screams appeared on the plains.
"ah!"
"ah!!!"
One after another, black shadows fell to the ground, and the other black shadows stopped one after another.
What is frightening is that these black figures did not retreat in the face of the surprise attack, but just stood there.
In less than two breaths, the leading shadow came to the body lying on the ground. After confirming the direction of the arrow, he immediately told the direction of the arrow and even the approximate distance.
Almost instantly.
Countless shadows immediately took out their crossbows and fired in the direction of the arrows in the dark night.
Suddenly, there were faint sounds coming from the distance in front of these black figures, which seemed to be humming and screaming.
At this moment, in front of these shadow people, several huge clusters of dead branches were set on fire, and the huge firelight illuminated the empty plain very brightly.
The shadow man looked at several huge fires ahead, already illuminating the plains.
"withdraw!"
When saying this, the shadow man was full of helplessness.
The fires burning brighter and brighter on the plains illuminated it, and the leader of the men in black could be vaguely seen, wearing Zhao Guo armor.
Qin army camp.
Bai Yan held the sword in one hand and looked at the fire in front of him.
Wang Ben slept for half the night, and he slept for the rest of the night.
Early tomorrow morning, the Zhao army would attack. Both he and Wang Ben knew that Li Mu would not let them sleep peacefully tonight. After all, as long as the Qin army did not have a good rest and did not have to fight tomorrow, the Qin army would already be at a disadvantage.
When fighting each other, people will be forced to reach their potential, and a person's mental state can affect the reaction and performance of soldiers.
If he were Li Mu, if he had the numerical advantage, he would send a group of troops to harass the enemy at night. Even if he didn't kill a single person, as long as it interfered with the rest and recuperation of the enemy's entire army, he would have gained the upper hand.
It's a pity that he and Wang Ben don't have many soldiers under their command, so they can't separate their troops at all.
And if he guessed correctly, Li Mu should also be on guard.
"General, look!"
Ye followed Bai Yan and suddenly saw a faint fire under the distant mountains in the direction of the well.
Bai Yan was not surprised when he saw the fire.
It’s finally here!
"General, will Li Mu send a large army to kill you? How about I call some more soldiers over?"
Ye looked at Bai Yan worriedly.
Ye had never read a military book and had never commanded a war, but he knew clearly that there were not many soldiers guarding the mountains in the distance.
If Li Mu lets the army come to kill him, he won't be able to defend it at all.
"Don't worry, Li Mu will not send an army to attack at night."
Bai Yan shook his head when he heard what Ye said.
Seeing Ye's worried and confused look, and thinking that Ye would be with him in the future, Bai Yan patiently explained to Ye.
"Standing here and looking at the mountains in the distance, you will be worried that Li Mu will send troops. But if you analyze the current situation of Zhao State and Li Mu's past military leadership habits, you will not be afraid of Li Mu sending troops."
Bai Yan held Qin Jian with one hand and looked at the bonfire in front of him.
Along with the crack~, there was a small sound of cracking momentum.
"After the Changping Battle, although thirty years had passed, Zhao State had recovered a lot. However, five years ago, when General Huanjue attacked Wu Sui, he killed Zhao General Huju and beheaded 100,000 Zhao troops, severely damaging Zhao State. . Now in the Zhao Kingdom, except for Handan and Gaotang, the most elite Zhao army is only Li Mu’s Zhao Bianqi."
Bai Yan said this and looked at Ye: "Under such circumstances, Li Mu would never dare to act recklessly! So looking at the previous battles against the Xiongnu, against General Huanjue, and other wars, Li Mu would always stick to his guns and wait for the opportunity. , looking for weaknesses in the enemy."
To put it simply, what Bai Yan wanted to express was that even Li Mu knew that the Qin army could be defeated for the third, fourth, or even fifth time, but he, Li Mu, could not be defeated even once.
However, Bai Yan would not say this out loud. Although Ye was his, if word got out, his future would stop here, and he might not even be able to stay with Gao Nu.
Under night.
Bai Yan looked around.
"In this night, there are too many unstable factors such as the status of our soldiers and our generals. Li Mu will never take risks and give up the advantage of Zhao Bianqi."
Bai Yan finished his words.
Ye looked at Bai Yan with a thoughtful expression on his face. In his eyes, the general's words made him somewhat confused.
Looking at the firelight under the mountains in the distance, I thought that the generals had already fought against Zhao Jun under the firelight, and the general's words seemed to have seen the battle situation.
Thinking of this, Ye is still a little scared. What if the general guesses wrong?
Then Li Mu's army will make a surprise attack! !
Ye looked at Bai Yan.
Bai Yan looked at Ye's expression and couldn't help but laugh. He knew that Ye didn't understand very well.
In fact, when he didn't enter the military camp, Bai Yan was like Ye. He didn't understand why the general on the battlefield always had to analyze and determine the situation of the battle, as if he was not afraid of making wrong guesses.
But when he faced this situation, Bai Yan would understand.
Take the current situation, if you don't analyze and make judgments, you will be led by Li Mu. The lion still needs all its strength to fight the rabbit. Now that the Qin army is facing Li Mu, it needs to concentrate all its advantages and power, and can no longer divide its troops day and night. hold fast.
The analysis I gave you just now has been very simple. In fact, if you look into it more carefully, it will also involve King Zhao Wuling, and later Daijun and Handan. The subtle relationship between them seems to be magical.
These grievances seem to be separated by decades, but in fact they can still affect Li Mu and Zhao Bianqi, and even the State of Zhao.
Everyone thought that Li Mu, like Wang Jian, was only good at holding on, but that was not the case at all. Li Xin, the young leader of the Qin State, was defeated and retreated in a very short period of time because Li Mu took the initiative to attack.
You must know that Li Xin is by no means an idle person.
Through that battle, it was enough to get a glimpse of Li Mu's powerful offensive ability.
The reason why Li Mu is good at perseverance in the eyes of the world is simply because of Zhao's national conditions, which allow Li Mu to tolerate no sloppiness.
So it's the same here.
Soldiers must be at death's door, so they must be careful and careful. Li Mu will never give up Zhao Bianqi's advantage and take risks in the middle of the night.
Not to mention, Li Mu didn't know if the person sitting in this camp was the steady Wang Jian.
"Don't worry, General Wang Ben has ordered people to build trenches in the plain ahead and fill them with water. Even if they rush over, there will be enough time!"
Bai Yan seemed to see that Ye was still worried and said with a smile.
The words fell.
At some point, Wang Ben had already walked to his side step by step.
"You really don't have to worry that Li Mu will take advantage of the night to dispatch an army to attack!"
Wang Ben came to the campfire and said to Ye.
"General!"
When Ye saw Wang Ben, he quickly stood up and bowed his hands in salute.
Wang Ben waved his hand, indicating that you are welcome.
Looking at the faint fire under the mountains in the distance, Wang Ben recalled Bai Yan's words in his mind, and his heart was full of agreement.
"General Bai Yan, go and rest first. I will guard you for the rest of the night."
Wang Ben turned his head and said to Bai Yan.
Although they all asserted that Li Mu would not attack, he and Bai Yan still needed one person to guard the camp. On the one hand, they were wary of variables, and on the other hand, they were on guard against those Zhao troops who interfered with the army.
"Okay, I'll leave this to General Wang Ben!"
When Bai Yan heard Wang Ben's words, he was not polite. There would be a war at any time tomorrow, so he would naturally not show off at this time.
Wherever the mountains are, all he needs to do is push back those Zhao troops that are harassing him tonight. He has even ordered his soldiers to avoid fighting with Zhao troops as much as possible.
The second day.
It was still dark before dawn, and many soldiers of the Qin army were still sleeping when they suddenly smelled the fragrance of cooking fires.
The soldiers had not eaten all night. When they smelled food, their stomachs instinctively made a sound and they felt a little bit sour.
The soldiers thought it was already dawn, but they didn't expect it. They just walked out of the camp. They didn't know it, but they were shocked when they saw it.
Looking at the dim surroundings, the soldiers were a little confused.
"Hey, what day is this?"
"Yeah, why are the fireworks so early today? What's going on!"
"Is it possible that the army is on the road again today?"
"may be!"
Under the hazy and dim sky, many soldiers talked one after another.
Seeing that food was suddenly prepared so early, the soldiers all guessed that they would have to march again today, and they would have to go a long way, otherwise they would not prepare food so early even if they were fighting.
As more and more soldiers woke up, news of today's urgent march quietly spread among the army.
In a camp, Bai Yan also woke up from his sleep.
After getting up, Bai Yan hurriedly put on his clothes and armor, put the Qin sword on his waist, and after putting on his robe, Bai Yan left the camp.
Like Bai Yan, Ye had also woken up. Ye's eyes were slightly red. When he saw Bai Yan, he hurriedly came to Bai Yan's side.
Chai was in the distance with some cavalry generals, giving instructions. When he saw Bai Yan, he came towards Bai Yan.
"General, last night our soldiers shot and killed a total of fifty-four Zhao soldiers. A total of thirty-seven of our soldiers were killed, and more than sixty people suffered varying degrees of arrow injuries."
Chai said to Bai Yan.
The reason for so many casualties was that Qin Nu's advantage was not fully utilized in the darkness last night, and the Zhao army's counterattack speed was far inferior to that of the Korean army in the past.
If it weren't for the fear that launching a war would disrupt the army's rest and reorganization and be succeeded by the Zhao army, the Zhao army might not have been able to escape unscathed last night.
"Let the injured soldiers, along with their bodies, retreat to Lanyu."
Bai Yan ordered Chai, then turned his head and looked at Ye: "Order to register the names and household locations of those fallen soldiers."
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Chai and Ye quickly raised their hands to Bai Yan, then turned and left.
Bai Yan frowned slightly as he watched the two people leaving.
He took the lead in attacking at night, and the Zhao army was able to counterattack. He had never seen this kind of soldiers in Korea before. If the three thousand Korean soldiers in Hanqiu in Fuxi Mountain were like Zhao soldiers, then the cavalry soldiers would The number of casualties is estimated to be one or two times more.
"Zhao Bianqi!"
Bai Yan murmured, looking worried.
I have never come into contact with Zhao soldiers before, but from last night's battle, it is not difficult to see that in the future battle with Li Mu's Zhao Bianqi, even if the soldiers are equipped with stirrups, the number of casualties in the battle is expected to be high.
The frontier army is strong! This sentence is absolutely correct.
Fortunately, Bai's cavalry are also frontier troops!
Thinking of this, Bai Yan was about to leave when suddenly two soldiers came running.
"General!"
Kou Zhuang panted and came to Bai Yan, cupped his hands in salute.
At this moment, both Kou Zhuang and the two soldiers behind Kou Zhuang were all covered in mud, and scratches from tree branches could be seen on their faces, necks, and even hands.
"General, Zhao Jun ordered people to light fireworks an hour ago."
Kou Zhuang informed Bai Yan of the information he had found out.
Back in Gaonu, due to the arrival of new soldiers, Kou Zhuang, who had been at Yunshan Pass all year round and was good at exploring, followed Bai Yan's order and selected thirty people from among the new soldiers. These thirty people were not only good at skills, but also not afraid of death.
After arriving here yesterday, Kou Zhuang took ten men, abandoned their horses, and groped from the mountains to the vicinity of Zhao Jun, in order to find out when Zhao Jun would light the fire and set up the stove this morning.
"An hour ago!"
Bai Yan frowned when he heard Kou Zhuang's words, because Kou Zhuang wanted to bypass Zhao Jun's guards from the mountains, so an hour had passed since he returned here.
"Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest first."
Bai Yan said to Kou Zhuang.
"promise!"
"promise!"
Kou Zhuang and the other two soldiers saluted Bai Yan. They had not rested all night and looked sleepy.
After groping for a position close to Zhao Jun last night, the three of them let the other seven sleep first. After all, the three of them mainly wanted to see when Zhao Jun would light a fire, while the other seven needed to stay on the mountain range to explore Zhao Jun.
Qin army camp.
Wang Ben sat on a stone, closing his eyes and meditating.
At this time Bai Yan came over.
Hearing the footsteps, Wang Ben opened his eyes and turned his head.
"General Bai Yan!"
Wang Ben looked at Bai Yan's frown and felt a little confused.
However, the next moment, when Wang Ben heard Bai Yan's words, he was immediately shocked.
"An hour ago, Li Mu ordered Zhao Jun to light a fire!"
Bai Yan said.
Wang Ben didn't feel sleepy at all. He didn't understand what Bai Yan's words meant.
An hour ago!
In other words, Li Mu's army will definitely arrive here in less than an hour at most, and even the vanguard Zhao Bianqi will only need half an hour.
"I'll let the soldiers prepare!"
Wang Ben stood up.
Wang Ben believed Bai Yan's news.
An hour later, as the dim night gradually receded, the distant sky gradually became brighter.
The Qin soldiers in the Qin army camp had breakfast, talked with each other, and waited for the order to go.
However, at this time, a Qin soldier general walked to their respective camps and ordered all Qin soldiers to put on their armor and pick up their weapons immediately.
"what's up?"
"Wear your armor? Aren't you on your way today?"
"Yes! What's going on!"
Under the urging of the Qin soldiers and generals, countless soldiers in the Qin army camp were urgently urged to put on their clothes and armor and pick up their weapons before they could react.
After a while.
As 30,000 Qin soldiers gathered, they quickly formed a square formation. Under the military order, the army came to a corner of Zhangshui before stopping.
On the plains.
Qin Army formations were formed one after another, accompanied by black Qin-character flags, and countless long poles were erected in them. Qin Army soldiers in uniforms stood in place, quietly waiting for orders.
Look around.
Although the soldiers were confused, as they had been trained, they still listened to the orders quietly.
Half an hour later.
The dark sky disappeared, and the sky and the earth became bright.
Suddenly, on the plains between the distant mountains, a large black army appeared in the sight of all the Qin soldiers. Their number was frightening, and there was a steady stream behind them.
Seeing this scene, all the officers and soldiers of the Qin army were stunned, wondering why the Zhao army was here.
Gulu gulu~!
The sound of horse hooves came.
"Crossbow forward!"
A famous cavalryman holding a command flag rode a war horse among the ranks of the army.
Along with the voice of the messenger, in the Qin army's formation, generals wearing Qin armor pulled out their Qin swords after hearing the orders brought by the messenger.
Clang~!
"go ahead!"
The Qin army general shouted.
Under the order, all the soldiers of the Qin Army instinctively took action at this moment.
Among the army, a Qin army soldier holding a crossbow followed the general to the front of the army in rows.
(End of chapter)
