Xirong Army, the main force of Baltu.
A hundred thousand troops, most of which were cavalry, were rushing towards Black Rock City.
But before he could arrive, he encountered the fleeing Blackstone guard halfway.
The two thousand remnant soldiers were defeated and looked in a miserable state.
When he saw the Blackstone guard, Baltu frowned and couldn't help but ask in a solemn voice: "Isn't Blackstone in a hurry? As a guard, why are you here?"
"This, this, the general is incompetent, Black Rock City has fallen into the hands of the Qin army." The latter knelt there and lowered his head as he spoke.
"Trash!" Baltu was furious. He rode a war horse and was even more unceremonious. He hit the horse whip with his hand and whipped it hard.
The Black Stone guard endured the severe pain and said in a trembling voice: "The Qin army has powerful bows and crossbows and large siege equipment. The Black Stone is weak and it is really difficult to hold on. It is not the fault of the last general..."
"How dare you quibble after losing the Black Stone! You and Zhe Kang are the same!" Baltu became even more angry and kept whipping the whip in his hand. The Black Stone guard couldn't bear it any longer and began to roll on the ground and howl.
After venting for a while, Baltu took a deep breath and said with a glare: "Drag him down! Execute him on the spot!"
"Yes!" Immediately, Xirong soldiers came forward, one on the left and one on the right, pulling the guard away.
"General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me..."
The screams gradually faded away and then stopped abruptly. After executing him, Baltu glanced at the remaining soldiers, held the riding crop and pointed at his hands: "And you! You are all trash! You are not worthy of being a warrior of our clan. ! Get out of here and escort the supplies!"
The two thousand remnants of the army were all shrugging their heads, not even daring to say a word.
At the same time, Wang He's troops in Quanqiu received orders from Xiao Yuan and began to set fire to large areas of the plains along the northeastern line.
The billowing smoke spread with the help of the wind, isolating a large area and forming a vertical line of scorched earth. On the grassland, the livestock herders began to drive their sheep and retreat one after another.
The Di and Qiang tribes also received orders from King Xirong, ordering them to send troops to encircle Quanqiu.
In the tribe, the leader of the Di tribe was discussing matters with the backbone.
In the entire area of Xirong, there are multiple ethnic groups living together. They are all nomadic. The various tribes are not from the same tribe, but they were conquered by the king of Xirong before.
The leader of the Di tribe had no intention of obeying this order immediately, but instead discussed it with his tribe members.
Someone said: "If we don't listen to Bai Rong's instructions, we will definitely be retaliated after this incident, and the King of Xirong will not allow us to move on the grassland anymore."
"But if we send troops, how many, 30,000? 40,000? Let our people fight the Qin army. Will we be able to defeat Qin? If we can't defeat it, we will die in vain. In the end, it will not be destroyed." Another person said.
"You are right." The leader of the Di tribe took over and said quietly: "This time, King Qin obviously intends to destroy the Bai Rong. Their domestic regular army has more than 800,000, which is definitely not something that the King of Xirong can resist. , so we don’t need to consider Bai Rong’s revenge for the time being.”
"And according to the news sent back, the Qin army is burning the plains and dividing the war zone near Quanqiu. This is more like a signal, a signal not to let us participate in the war."
"Then... what the leader means is..."
"Let's wait and see what happens." The leader of the Di tribe made a decision.
This is the case here, and the Qiang people's side is basically the same.
The inability to mobilize other tribes was something that King Xirong did not expect, but it was within the expectations of the Qin army, or in other words, within the expectations of counselor Shangguan Wenruo.
A few days later, the main force of Xirong moved from north to south and approached Heishi.
Although Baltu was a war fanatic, he was not a fool. He did not attack rashly as soon as he arrived. Instead, he sent a large number of scouts to find out the general defense of the Qin army.
According to Xirong intelligence, they only learned that there were three lines of defense for the Qin Army in Langju Mountain, Black Rock City, and on the right side of Black Rock. However, all the Rong generals believed that Yang Heng's main force must be in Black Rock City.
During the discussion, Baltu also nodded and agreed: "The Qin army's deployment of defenses in this way is the consistent defensive strategy of their Central Plains army. It is called the cornering force to achieve the purpose of mutual cooperation among all lines."
"If we only attack Black Stone, the left and right wings will be outflanked. Similarly, if we only attack Langju Mountain, we will also be restrained by the center."
"Therefore, Yang Heng's deployment can only be defeated by attacking in three places, shaking their entire defense line and making it impossible to take care of everything!"
When all the generals heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, feeling that it made sense.
Subsequently, Baltu implemented the battle plan and launched a comprehensive attack on Langju Mountain, Black Rock City, and the right wing of the Qin army in the early morning of the next day.
War broke out on three fronts at the same time.
The intensity of this battle was far greater than the Battle of Black Rock. On the three battlefields, the Xirong Army's charge never stopped. It could be said that they went forward one after another and displayed an extremely ferocious posture.
Fortunately, the Qin army prepared fortifications in advance, including deep ditches, high bases and horse-repelling facilities. Together with the infantry battle formations, they effectively attacked the Xirong cavalry.
On the battlefields, arrows rained like rain, and under the powerful crossbows, rows of sharp arrows shot straight at them. During the charge, the Xirong cavalry were hit by stray arrows from time to time and fell off their horses. Similarly, they would also bend their bows to fight back. .
The sound of mechanical bounces sounded one after another, and the trebuchet started. Large stones arced through the air and smashed into the cavalry charging formation in a disorderly manner.
People were thrown onto their backs, mixed with miserable howls one after another.
But this did not stop Xirong's attack.
The war horse was so fast that it overcame the arrows and the stones, and was tripped by the horse. However, the following troops continued to move faster.
In this case, the external obstruction is only temporary, and the two sides will eventually have to fight hand to hand.
"Change of formation——"
A Qin general shouted loudly and waved his flag from a high place.
boom! Boom boom!
The sound of heavy shields hitting the ground was heard.
The Xirong cavalry charged forward, and the heavy vertical shields in the front row were instantly split into two, making way for a passage.
The war horses rushed in swarm.
The shield formation closed again.
Inside the passage, as far as the eye can see, there are uniform shields on both sides. Behind the heavy shields, halberds come out.
Before some of the Xirong cavalry could react, their whole bodies were stabbed into hornet's nests by halberds.
As soon as some war horses rushed in, their legs were cut off by hooks, they screamed and grabbed the ground, and the knights fell to the ground.
But before he could get up, several halberds were nailed to his body, and he was dragged directly into the shield formation. What followed was a miserable howl.
If you go in, can you still come out alive?
This is a form of encirclement and suppression in batches. Instead of colliding with the cavalry head-on, they can directly rush into the shield formation and then close it.
The Qin army was well-trained. In the battle, they used long halberd infantry formations and heavy vertical shields. Xirong's advantage would be gone.
(End of chapter)
