"The coalition forces have been attacking the city for several months. As a strategic plan, they ordered the main force to pretend to be defeated and retreat across the board. After reaching Pingsha, they established a military defense line with Wuling as the main force and chose the opportunity to annihilate the enemy. General Su Yi transferred all officers and soldiers to …”
This is a supreme order.
The words in the letter are simple and clear.
It is written by Xiao Yuan himself, and the end of the lower left corner of the silk book is stamped with the seal of the King of Qin.
At this time, the fierce battle had just ended, and many generals still had blood stains on their faces and armors. They were lined up on both sides, and they all looked at Su Yi without blinking.
The latter stood behind the commander's seat, holding a silk book in both hands, still in a reading posture, and did not raise his head for a long time.
Seeing this, Peng Shuang couldn't help but ask: "I wonder what the king has ordered?"
Su Yi came back to his senses, put away the silk book, glanced at the generals on the left and right, and said concisely: "Abandon Shanyu Pass."
What! ? Hearing this, everyone present was a little confused!
Immediately afterwards, his face was full of disbelief.
He Zhen couldn't help it anymore and said loudly: "I don't believe it! This is definitely not the king's order. Su Shuai must be lying to us!"
"You are so presumptuous!" Su Yi was furious: "If you dare to talk nonsense under your orders, your life will be at risk!"
This is a group of loyal generals. Because of this, they can't believe that this is Xiao Yuan's order. After being reprimanded, He Zhen swallowed his saliva, but he still had the courage to say: "The general will finally be convicted. But, I dare to see Wang Ling."
Su Yi glared at him angrily and reached out to hand over the silk book.
The latter quickly stepped forward, took it respectfully, and then quickly unfolded it.
The other generals naturally gathered around him.
Everyone gathered around and craned their necks to take a look. The king's order was written clearly.
After reading it, everyone was dumbfounded.
He Zhen even trembled with his hands and said sadly: "This, this, how could the king give such an order? Shanyuguan is the gateway to Qin, how can we give up so easily..."
"This...can't be the result of a treacherous official who has repeatedly made slanderous remarks in front of the king..."
"Impossible. Your Majesty is a wise king and will never be swayed by slander..."
Peng Shuang said: "Since the king's order is here, there is nothing to say!"
This performance of the generals was completely expected.
Su Yi took a deep breath and interrupted everyone directly: "Generals, listen to the order!"
People immediately fell silent and returned to their positions with their backs straight.
"Use the first, fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth infantry formations as the Ning War Department. After two days, we will retreat to Yancheng."
"No!" Ning Zhan cupped his fists and accepted the order.
In the Qin army system, an infantry group consisted of 10,000 people and had infantry captains. Now Su Yi returned these five infantry groups to the Ning War Department, which meant that he was assigned 50,000 horses.
"Take the second, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth infantry formations as Xu Rong's troops and retreat to Qiuhe two days later."
"promise!"
In Shanyu Pass, the current total strength of the Qin army is about 220,000. Su Yi has already deployed a retreat of 100,000 troops, and Yancheng and Qiuhe are just at the horns of the big city Wuling.
As for Wuling, it is more than 400 miles away from Shanyuguan and almost close to Qinzhou.
It can be seen that Xiao Yuan's retreat order is not just to retreat to Shanyuguan, but also to retreat again and again behind, or to lure the enemy deeper. Otherwise, Su Yi will not be allowed to deploy the main force as far as Wuling.
But before Su Yi could make any further arrangements, Goldman Sachs couldn't help but said: "Even if we have to retreat to Shanyuguan, our army should join Sun Qi's troops in Pingsha and continue to intercept the coalition forces, not just retreat more than three hundred miles."
Su Yi glanced at him: "This is the king's strategic intention. Sun Qi's troops must have already received the king's order. After we leave Shanyu Pass, we will first establish a defense line in the Wuling area. Sun Qi will take care of the rest. manage."
His estimate was correct. Sun Qi had indeed received the king's order, ordering his troops to cooperate with the retreat of the main army and implement a plan to block and annihilate the enemy behind Shanyu Pass.
After dispelling Goldman's doubts, Su Yi continued: "Military supplies are everywhere, escorting grain, grass and baggage. We will take the first step and evacuate to Wuling. We will leave tonight."
When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other, and the general in charge of military supplies immediately took the order.
Su Yi continued: "He Zhen led his troops of 20,000 men, lay down on the valley road in the pass, and then retreated."
"No!" the latter immediately shouted.
"The main force of the remaining ministries, after three days, pretended to be unable to defend the battle, pretended to be defeated and retreated, heading straight to Wuling."
"No!" All the generals clasped their fists together.
After the military deployment was completed, to put it simply, Su Yi let the grain and baggage go first, and then divided the 200,000 main force into three parts, namely, the 100,000 main force withdrew to Wuling, the Ning War Department withdrew to Yancheng, and the Xu Rong Department withdrew to Qiuhe City.
The last 20,000 people were left to He Zhen to ambush the coalition forces after entering the pass.
The reason why Shanyuguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack is not only because of the natural dangers, but also the key point is that the terrain inside the pass is not a flat road, but like a canyon.
The preparations for the Qin army were completed, and everything was going according to plan. That night, the baggage troops began to evacuate the mountain pass, leaving only some dry food for the defenders.
The war continues.
Two days later, Ning Zhan and Xu Rong, each leading 50,000 troops, began to evacuate Shanyuguan in a mighty manner.
The remaining one hundred thousand main force continued to defend the city.
Another day of fighting.
The Qin army, which had been resisting desperately and refusing to give in, suddenly became unable to withstand it. Gaps in defense began to appear in various parts of the city defense. In many places, the coalition soldiers almost climbed to the top of the city along the ladder.
When Huang Zu, who was directing the battle, saw this, his eyes widened immediately and he couldn't help but said: "Look! The Qin army is about to be defeated!"
"Huang Shuai is right!" The deputy general was also very excited: "Judging from the siege in the past few days, the Qin army's crossbows are obviously not as dense as before, and they are getting weaker and weaker with more attacks. If this continues, Shanyu There is no doubt that the barrier will be broken!"
"After more than six months of fierce fighting, there is finally a turning point. From the current situation, we can also see that King Qin is determined to retreat from Sichuan and Shu." Huang Zudao.
All the movements of the Qin State have revealed this problem, and anyone would think so, including the generals of the Qin Army.
Shanyuguan can no longer be defended!
Under this trend, the soldiers of the coalition seemed to see victory right in front of them. Without any encouragement at all, the soldiers from top to bottom launched a more violent attack in unison.
"The Qin army can't hold it anymore! It can't hold it anymore -" Ye Gui shouted excitedly. He even grabbed a soldier away from the city and went straight up the ladder. He quickly climbed up without caring.
"Hey! Hey-"
At the city gate, sharp and thick wooden stakes were slamming against the city gate.
After dozens of blows, there was a bang, and the tall and heavy city gate was split into two from the middle!
"Kill--"
Outside the pass, there was a sea of people shouting to kill. The soldiers of the coalition army howled out one after another, threw away their steps, and rushed towards the city gate one after another.
