Where did the Qin army come from in this wilderness and on the road? Zhou Jin thought there was something wrong with his ears and asked again: "Are you sure that's the Qin army?"
"Oh General, how dare you talk nonsense about this kind of military situation?" the spy said anxiously.
After getting the confirmation, Zhou Jin suddenly panicked, his face changed instantly, and he shouted quickly: "Quick! There is an enemy! Prepare to meet the enemy!"
Following his order, generals at all levels began to shout:
"Enemy attack!"
"Prepare to meet the enemy——"
This sudden change naturally caused a commotion among the soldiers of the Spirit Army, who were marching unhurriedly.
And there are spies here, not to mention the Qin army.
Before the formation of the spiritual army was completed, the deafening sound of horse hooves could be heard from the front.
The cavalry were galloping at lightning speed, and as far as the eye could see, they were all knights in black armor.
The distance was instantly shortened, and the Qin cavalry charged unabated. At the same time, they took off their short crossbows and pulled the triggers.
Several rows of crossbow arrows were fired at them, causing a howl of misery. A large area of the front row of spiritual troops were shot over in the chaos.
The shield bearer hurriedly stepped forward, but at this speed, there was no time to stop them. A large number of cavalry had already swept in. Under Qin's sword, blood spattered as they rushed past, disrupting the entire Spirit Army formation in an instant.
"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy -" Zhou Jin was still shouting, riding a war horse and unsheathing his sword, but he did not dare to step forward.
This is an inevitable encounter, because there is only one marching path in this area.
The spirit army was unprepared and was still in a marching state. Under the impact of the iron cavalry, the effect could be imagined.
Amidst the miserable howls, a large number of cavalry, mixed with billowing dust, charged into the formation and then circled back from the right wing.
Immediately afterwards, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the Qin infantry came to kill them. They all raised their swords high and swarmed over them.
The road was covered with black armor and red tassels, seemingly in an endless stream. This scene was somewhat scary. Zhou Jin was already panicking, but this time he was even more nervous. He couldn't help but pull the reins: "Hurry! Protect me, general." !”
As he shouted, the surrounding Ling soldiers gathered around him to protect him, and the young general beside him also said in a trembling voice: "Oh, general, this is Su Yi's main force. There is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ours. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. "
After being reminded by him, Zhou Jin panicked and said repeatedly: "Retreat! Escape quickly!"
It was said before that Su Yi was frightened, but now it was him.
As the saying goes, one soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest. This is true for the generals, let alone the soldiers below.
There was no suspense in this encounter. After a round of charge, the Spirit Army retreated hastily. The rear team turned into the front team. They didn't care and ran away. Their weapons and flags were thrown all over the ground.
Needless to say, the Qin army pursued them from behind until more than thirty miles later, when a fork in the road appeared, Zhou Jin was able to breathe and fled to the left, preparing to meet Liao Yangguang.
Peng Shuang wanted to pursue again, but the sound of gold was heard from behind. He tightened the reins and quickly found Su Yi. He was slightly dissatisfied and said: "The enemy army has been defeated. Why does Commander Su call for gold?"
"Don't chase the poor bandits." Su Yi said concisely and concisely: "Cross the Baisha River first."
In the pursuit of a small victory, it is detrimental to the overall situation. Zhou Jin has 30,000 troops. Although he fled in embarrassment, it cannot be said that he will be eaten. Once he delays here and enters other routes, the spiritual army will be surrounded.
As an excellent commander, Su Yi's advance plan had been calculated long ago.
On the other side, after Zhou Jin was defeated in the battle, he fled until he was close to Liao Yaoguang's troops. Seeing that the Qin army did not pursue him, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Quick! Inform Huang Shuai and General Liao quickly. Su Yi has already headed towards the Baisha River."
The Baisha River is not wide, and the water is not fast. Although crossing the river requires some preparation and time, at this time, it is impossible for the Ling Army to stop it.
In the encirclement and suppression of Su Yi's troops, the distance between the various divisions of the Ling Army was not far. In order to facilitate command, Huang Zu even moved the commander's position to the south.
The news of Zhou Jin's defeat quickly reached him. After hearing the report, Huang Zu was furious and couldn't help but slap the table: "Zhou Jin is a common man! He did nothing! He allowed Su Yi to break through the southeastern front!"
Seeing his anger, the deputy general said cautiously: "Shuai Huang, now Wu Xiangming is approaching Jingyang from the south, and Liao Yaoguang is also heading north, but Su Yi is no longer at the original station. The situation has changed suddenly. We should also redeploy our troops and deploy encirclement."
To put it bluntly, all the troops must turn around.
After Huang Zu heard this, he also said in a low voice: "Commander, I should have thought that Su Yi would not just sit back and wait for death, nor would he retreat easily due to Su Yi's cunning tactics."
"Then now..."
"We want to surround Su Yi in the Baisha River area!" Huang Zu said immediately without much hesitation:
"Send orders to Wu Xiangming to turn from south to east."
"Order Liao Yaoguang to advance eastward in a roundabout way. At all costs, we must intercept Su Yi's possibility of escaping to the Jialing front."
"Send orders to Yin Dian, from west to south."
With his orders one after another, the battlefield situation changed again.
If you look at the military map again, Wu Xiangming's arrow originally pointed straight down, but it curved to the right.
The spiritual armies of various ministries began to mobilize frequently and hurriedly rushed to encircle and suppress Su Yi.
At this time, the Qin army had already crossed the Baisha River.
On the whole, on the left side of the Baisha River are the Ling Army's encirclement and suppression troops, rushing towards them, and on the right side is our own side. Some generals felt that they had jumped out of the encirclement, and couldn't help but said with joy: "Su Shuai's desperate attack was really unexpected. , I am impressed by the general, now that our army is relatively safe, we can turn south and join forces with the king."
He is right, the Qin army can do this now, but if so, it will be equivalent to giving up the first battle area to these 400,000 spirit troops, and Huang Zu will definitely go north to cooperate with Bu Shuo to encircle and suppress Yan Qi. This pair In terms of the national war situation, it has a great impact.
Su Yi thought about it and said decisively: "No, it would be detrimental to our country to join forces with the king now. Let's take Huang Zu around twice first, and then think of a way to defeat the enemy."
Still want to defeat the enemy? The general was dumbfounded and stammered: "Commander Su, if we don't go south, the Ling Army will definitely be encircled again."
"If you want to retreat, why don't I just retreat west to the country and why cross the Baisha River?" Su Yi gave him an annoyed look.
"This, yes." Pian Jiang concluded.
Peng Shuang said: "Then what will our army do next?"
Su Yi thought for a while: "Go north first. The situation now is obvious. Wherever our army goes, Huang Zu will follow us. The initiative on the battlefield cannot be in the hands of the Ling Army."
Su Yi's use of troops has always been elusive. He planned to go north, and his intention was very obvious, which was to mobilize all Huang Zu's troops to encircle and suppress him. If you didn't encircle and suppress him, he would not be happy.
This created an interesting situation. Behind Su Yi, Huang Zu was always deploying a siege, but he could never complete it.
(End of chapter)
