When it comes to military intelligence, there is no comparison between the Dongyi and Qin armies.
When he found out the latest news, the Qin army had already figured out the situation of Gu Jialan's defense line.
At this time, Yang Heng was pointing his sword at the map and making military arrangements:
"According to military information, the main force of Dongyi is located in the middle line of Gujialan."
"In addition, Geng Chenggang also established three military strongholds."
"Respectively at Baqiaogou south of its main force."
"Xiangjiaji in the north."
"And Daliang Village in the northwest."
Every time he mentioned a place name, his sword would move and click, and the generals would listen and explain clearly.
Yang Heng continued:
"This battle should be divided into three lines to attack simultaneously, each line leading two thousand troops."
"Zhou Hua is responsible for the Baqiao Valley south of Gujialan."
"Wang Lie is in charge of Xiangjiaji in the north."
"Guo Du is in charge of Daliang Village in the northwest."
"I have the order!" The three of them clasped their fists together.
Another person said: "General, plus Gu Jialan's enemy troops, Dongyi has four defensive strongholds in total. Why don't we attack the center line?"
Yang Heng pointed at the enemy's center line: "Look at Gu Jialan's position."
General Qin suddenly realized: "In this way, as long as one of Dongyi's north and south defense lines is breached, it can cut off Gu Jialan's retreat."
Yang Heng continued: "So, after capturing Baqiaogou or Xiangjiaji, we must quickly occupy the east of Gujialan and eat these barbarian soldiers."
"Understood!" All the generals exclaimed.
At the end of May, fighting broke out in Gujialan.
The Qin army used six thousand troops to attack Dongyi's defense line.
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Under the powerful crossbows, howls broke out everywhere. Both sides attacked and defended. Dongyi took advantage of the geographical advantage. They used the high and low walls of the village wall and launched random arrows in return.
Below, the Qin army advances step by step, with shields in front and powerful crossbows behind. Whenever Dongyi's random arrows are shot, the shields will be raised together. After blocking, the powerful crossbows will emerge and shoot straight upward.
After releasing the arrow, the soldier hid behind the shield again, raised the shield again, and continued to advance. The cooperation between them was extremely tacit.
On the other hand, the Dongyi soldiers on the wall were completely unorganized. After releasing the arrows, they did not know how to hide and hurriedly raised their bows again. But often at this time, the Qin army's crossbows had arrived, and many people still stretched their hands to shoot arrows behind their backs. Pot, but his body was nailed into a hedgehog.
It didn't take long at all for the Qin army to push to the gate of the village. The infantry raised their swords and began to rush forward crazily.
"The Qin army is coming in! The Qin army is coming in -"
"Run quickly——"
With blood splattering and hand-to-hand combat, the Dongyi soldiers almost collapsed at the first touch.
There were a lot of slaves who were brought in. At first, when the Qin army didn't attack, they dared to shoot arrows on the wall of the stronghold. But once they did, they were instantly frightened. You can imagine the situation.
There were people fleeing everywhere. The Qin soldiers on the battlefield showed no mercy, chasing after them and stabbing them one by one.
Then they marched non-stop to the east of Gujialan and cut off Geng Chenggang's retreat.
At the same time, Baqiaogou.
The Qin army was equally unstoppable, even faster than Xiang Jiaji. It only took one charge to overthrow this stronghold, and Zhou Hua's formation beheaded the Dongyi generals.
There were no surprises here in Daliangzhuang. When they encountered the Qin army, the Dongyi soldiers had no ability to fight back. Plus there were so many people running away, so there was no need to say more about the situation on the battlefield.
In just two hours, the three lines of defense that Geng Chenggang was so proud of fell one after another, leaving more than 10,000 troops without a trace.
When the news came back to Gu Jialan, Geng Chenggang was shocked. At the same time, he finally realized that the Qin army was not something he could defeat, and finally understood why Shi Ba collapsed in one battle.
He was shocked and frightened, and could not recover for a long time.
The confidants said anxiously: "Big boss! Now the three strongholds have been captured by the Qin army. Gujialan is a dead place. It's better to retreat quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late!"
"Ah!?" Geng Cheng just came back to his senses, swallowed hard, and his expression changed drastically: "Yes, yes, we must retreat to Dadong quickly, otherwise we will all die here."
As he spoke, he randomly collected the things on the handsome desk and hurried away.
How confident Geng Cheng was when he first came, he could run as fast as he did now, let alone him, even more so with the remaining troops under his command.
What everyone is thinking about right now is to go back quickly to save their lives.
But the north and south lines had been lost, and Wang Lie and Zhou Huazheng were coming from two directions, trying to cut off their retreat.
It was another battle, much more intense than the previous one. Because of the desire to survive, the Dongyi soldiers also exploded with unprecedented combat power.
In the end, Geng Chenggang desperately broke out to intercept and fled in a panic with his remaining more than 300 soldiers.
There were more than 30,000 people when we came, but in just a few days, only this was left, and I almost died in Gu Jialan.
Looking at the remnant soldiers around him, Geng Chenggang felt like crying.
His confidants were as embarrassed as him, so they stepped forward and said, "Big leader, now is not the time to rest. The Qin army's pursuers are coming."
"Ah, that's right, let's go!" Geng Chenggang didn't dare to stop at all, and he didn't dare to take the main road at all.
The Qin army did not pursue them for too long, because the terrain was not as familiar as the other side, and they could not catch up despite the many twists and turns.
After the battle of Gujialan, the Qin army began to collect statistics after the battle.
The battle damage was almost negligible, and the situation was similar to when Shi Ba was eliminated.
Wang Lie clasped his fists and bent down and said: "General, I failed to capture and kill Geng Chenggang. Please punish me."
"The same is true for the last general. Please punish me, general." Zhou Hua followed.
"It's not your fault." Yang Heng waved his hand: "To capture the north-south line and cut off Gu Jialan's retreat, it would be good to wipe out all these barbarian soldiers."
After finishing speaking, he paused again and continued: "The whole army will rest and wait until the follow-up food and grass arrive, and then attack Dadong City."
June.
Climb the city and defend the place.
Chen Guan has already arrived at the city.
There are not many Qin troops outside, only a few thousand people, divided into two square formations, but their appearance is impressive, with halberds standing in many places and black flags flying.
Such black armor, horizontal and vertical lines, strong bows and crossbows, just from the formation, it is not something that the Dongyi soldiers can shake.
Shen Zong could see clearly from the top of the city, and couldn't help but grin secretly, and then ran down quickly.
Immediately afterwards, the city gate opened, and under the leadership of Shen Zong, a group of people came out, until Chen Guan approached, and they all knelt on the ground.
Shen Zong said: "Today the power of the Qin Dynasty has come, who can stop it? I am willing to bring the whole people to the city to submit. Before, it was all the ambition of the wolf, but in fact, everyone like us has already returned home, and we can't wait to see the general as soon as possible."
Hearing this, Chen Guan dismounted from his horse and stepped forward to help him up: "Your Excellency is willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. It is indeed a blessing to ascend the city. I will truthfully report the situation here to the court."
Shen Zong felt happy and quickly reached out to the side: "Yes, please invite the general into the city."
On the city's side, Chen Guan's soldiers fought without bloodshed. After leading his troops into the city, all the Dongyi soldiers inside also laid down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
Then, with Yang Heng on the left and right, they marched into Dadong City.
In mid-June, the Qin army reunited and marched to Dadong. (End of chapter)
