"Ah?" Yang Heng was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
Xiao Yuan smiled: "Let's discuss the war in the tent."
"Yes." The generals quickly followed him respectfully.
This is the temporary camp that Yang Heng's troops set up after they withdrew from Black Rock City. There is a sand table in the middle of the tent.
The sand table is not a complete picture of Xirong. It is limited to the Black Rock City area, including plains, mountains, rivers, and various important roads. It is described in detail.
It is best to have a sand table, which also shows that Yang Heng is well prepared.
"Everyone is approaching, come forward." Xiao Yuan greeted and began to pick up the small flag on one side and arrange it.
He planted the flag representing the main force of Xirong on Black Rock City, and now all Baltu's army is concentrated in the city.
Then he picked up a small black flag representing the Qin Army, placed it directly under the black stone, and said at the same time: "This is the headquarters of General Yang Heng."
After saying that, he planted a small flag on the lower right side of the black stone, "This is Nie Xing's Ministry."
"Now, I order Chen Hui to lead 10,000 troops to 30 miles to the left of Black Rock City, select the terrain, and build a defense line."
Another small black flag was placed on the sand table. Chen Hui lowered his head and took a look. He immediately understood, clasping his fists and shouting: "I have the order!"
"Li Zhen has led 10,000 troops to this place." Place another small flag.
"Yes!" The latter also clasped his fists.
"And the main force of Qinzhou Camp will cut off the north and east of Black Stone respectively in two days."
Two more small flags were placed on the sand table.
After the deployment was completed, I took another look and saw that on the entire sand table, Xirong's only flag was planted in Black Rock City, and six small black flags were planted in various important roads around it, which was clearly visible at a glance.
The main force of Xirong currently has less than 80,000 troops. As long as nothing unexpected happens and the defense line is formed, Baltu will be unable to fly.
Because the main road was blocked, he could not advance forward or backward, so he could only break through by force. However, in an ambush, his cavalry would die in vain.
After deploying these, Xiao Yuan looked around again and said sternly: "After all ministries arrive at their destination, they must build fortifications as soon as possible, prepare more rocks and rolling logs, and prevent horses from deep ditches."
"As the saying goes, knowing yourself and the enemy means you can fight a hundred battles without danger. Regarding the Xirong cavalry, we must also admit their advantage. We must not be blindly arrogant and let our soldiers sacrifice in vain!"
"I obey the king's order!" All the generals clasped their fists together.
Xiao Yuan looked at Lin Chu again: "In addition, I sent an order to Su Yi to ask him to find his own opportunity to fight. While my main force is encircling Baltu, we will strive to eliminate the remaining forces of King Xirong."
"promise!"
Xiao Yuan was the supreme commander. He had an overview of the overall situation, took command, mobilized various ministries, and the deployment was carried out quickly.
At this time, Baltu, due to his backward military intelligence, was not aware of his own situation and was making plans to intercept and encircle Yang Heng's tribe.
To block the retreat this time, he detached 5,000 elite cavalry, led by a general, in an attempt to outflank Yang Heng and cooperate with the main force to annihilate Yang Heng south of Black Rock.
The cavalry could not cross mountains and ridges and could only take the main road. There was no doubt that Nie Xing had been waiting for a long time on its only way.
This was an ambush battle waiting for work. Xirong's five thousand cavalrymen did not expect that a group of enemy troops would suddenly appear in the middle of the battle, and they were caught off guard.
The front row was still galloping. Under the horses' hooves, the ground suddenly collapsed, and a long ditch appeared, with sharp wooden thorns underneath.
There was no time to react. The screams were mixed with the neighing of the horses. The wooden thorns pierced the soldiers and the horses, and the long ditch was dripping with blood.
The cavalry that followed closely behind also fell on their backs.
"Fire the arrow!"
After giving the order, countless men with black armor and red tassels suddenly stood up on both sides of the avenue. They had already bent their bows and set arrows. They all released their fingers, and the sharp arrows left the strings and shot out with great force.
Plop, plop!
How many Xirong cavalrymen were nailed into hedgehogs in an instant.
Similarly, there were people on horses, waving machetes indiscriminately, and the sound of clanging could be heard endlessly.
In the chaos, the general pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and shouted in panic: "Retreat! Retreat quickly——"
Encountered an ambush, this Xirong soldier dared not stop, dropped the corpses on the ground, turned around and started running back towards the original road.
Arrows were fired non-stop from both sides, and from time to time, Western soldiers were shot off their horses. Until the chaos was over, arrows were stabbing all over the road, and there were corpses everywhere.
The general ran away and led the remaining soldiers out of the ambush circle. Fortunately, this place was not a valley and the terrain was relatively open. Otherwise, the entire army would have been annihilated.
"General." A Qin general walked quickly to Nie Xing's side, but hesitated to speak.
Knowing what he was going to say, Nie Xing raised his hand: "Don't chase the poor invaders, just guard the key points of Xirong's breakout."
"Yes!" General Qin bent down and made a fist.
This Xirong cavalry, which was leaning down in an attempt to outflank, was defeated too quickly. It can be said that as soon as the front foot took the order to attack, the rear foot ran back in disgrace, less than two days later.
At this time, Baltu was still waiting for his troops to arrive at the combat destination so that he could take the next step. When he saw the general, he couldn't help but widened his eyes and said: "Didn't I ask you to outflank the enemy? Why did you come back!"
"General... General." The Rong general shrugged his head and said dejectedly: "The general was ordered to rush for the attack. He was able to get halfway, but he was suddenly ambushed by a Qin army and suffered heavy losses..."
"What!?" Baltu was shocked and couldn't care less. He walked quickly to the military map and asked without looking back: "Where is it!"
"It should...should be here." Rong Jiang stammered and tentatively pointed to a location.
Baltu stared at the map, couldn't help but take a deep breath, and murmured: "It shouldn't be...could it be said that Yang Heng has already seen the intention of this general? Set up an ambush here in advance? If that is the case, then what will happen here?" People are a bit difficult to deal with..."
Seeing his appearance, the generals couldn't help but look at each other. One of them said: "General, now we can't encircle him. Should we attack Yang Heng head-on next?"
Baltu came to his senses, turned around and asked, "Is Yang Heng's army still south of the Black Rock?"
"Yes." Yourong will return.
"They have no food and grass. They are not in a hurry to return to Qinguan, but they are stationed in the south. What is their purpose? This is so strange..." Baltu frowned.
He couldn't figure it out, and the generals were even more confused.
While everyone was thinking hard, a messenger rushed in in a panic.
"Report~~~~~"
"General, a large number of Qin troops were discovered on the left side of Black Rock, about thirty miles away."
"What?" Baltu's frown deepened and he asked subconsciously: "How many people are there in the enemy army?"
"We haven't found out yet." The spy said truthfully.
"Explore again!" Baltu waved his hand.
"Yes!" The spy saluted and left.
Then, not long after, another spy came running over.
"General, the scouts have discovered that a large number of Qin troops have appeared north of Black Rock, and their whereabouts are mysterious."
