Not long after, the deputy general of the ghost army left and returned.
Lathan was looking at the military map and asked without raising his head: "Has the order been passed on?"
"It's been passed on." the deputy general replied. Seeing his brows furrowed and studying the map again, he couldn't help but said, "Does the general have any concerns?"
"It's hard to say." Laisen shook his head slightly: "The soldiers came to report just now, saying that the Shabei Fortress was being violently attacked by the Qin army. On the contrary, there was no such fierce fighting on other lines of defense."
When the deputy general heard this, he was shocked and couldn't help but said: "Due to the geographical situation, the sand monument is the weakest point of our army's defense. Does the general mean that the Qin army discovered this? But this doesn't make sense."
Laisen still shook his head: "Wei Qing was awarded the title of General of the Northern Expedition by Emperor Qin, which means that this person is very good at using soldiers. According to the information we collected, this person has been a soldier in his life and fought many tough battles. Once It’s not surprising that a large-scale offensive, with its military vision, would find these.”
The ghost army still doesn't know that Emperor Qin has come. Because of the Northeast Pass war and the lockup, this kind of news cannot reach the ghost tribe.
After hearing what he said, the deputy general said: "In this case, we should focus on the defense of Shabei and never allow the Qin army to take advantage of it."
"I have ordered strict guarding and sent more troops to Sand Monument." Laisen said.
"That's good." The deputy general breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as the defense line is not broken, the Qin army can't do anything to us. After this battle is over, we can also formulate a plan to counterattack the Northeast Pass."
"Yeah." Laisen nodded and continued to study the military map, with another layer of thoughts in his mind.
the other side.
Xu Rong, who has been in battle for a long time, has rich battlefield experience. He can find something whether it is from fortification defense or defensive status. He indeed uses the sand monument as the weak point of the ghost army, making the soldiers more ferocious.
But it is not the desperate bloody battle that the ghost army thought. In fact, it is still mainly about temptation.
This battle broke out at multiple strongholds and lasted for nearly three hours.
Xu Rong is here in Shabei Fortress, wearing armor and a cape, looking at the ghost army stronghold in front of him.
He was born in the Black Mountain Army. He has followed Xiao Yuan in many battles in the north and south for many years. He has been trained in large and small battles, so that he has a certain ability to lead troops.
Ahead, the soldiers of the Qin Army were continuing to attack. Under the raging arrow array, arrows were inserted into the ghost army's stronghold. A tough battle was also underway at the moment.
Xu Rong observed the battle situation and said, "The ghost army seems to have increased its troops here."
"It seems that the situation is indeed the case." General Qin next to him said: "The defense line was shaken just now, and now it has recovered a little."
"It's as expected." Xu Rong said, changing the subject: "In your opinion, can our army capture this place?"
General Qin said truthfully: "We will definitely not be able to capture it today, but if we attack fiercely for a few days, this place will be destroyed!"
"Yes." Xu Rong nodded, and just as he was about to continue saying something, a messenger came on horseback.
"Report~~~~"
After approaching, the ordering soldier dismounted quickly, knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted: "General, your Majesty's military order is to withdraw the troops with gold."
"Understood." Xu Rong responded and said to the Qin general beside him: "Send an order to all the ministries to retreat to the Northeast Pass. In order to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of the situation to pursue, the troops will withdraw in an orderly manner."
"No!" General Qin took the order and left.
Not long after, the sound of ringing gold began.
The Qin army's crossbowmen began to cover the evacuation of the soldiers on the front battlefield, and then merged with the supporting troops. There was a tacit cooperation between the various departments, and there was no panic at all.
Xu Rong was riding a war horse and leading the troops. A general couldn't help but said: "General, our army suddenly withdrew from the battlefield. Logically speaking, this is also an opportunity. I wonder if this ghost army will chase them out."
Xu Rongle said: "It's good to chase him out, then I deserve to make a contribution."
"Haha! Then we hope that the ghost army will take the initiative to attack." General Qin then smiled heartily.
There is a gap between the ghost army and the Qin army in terms of combat power and weapons and equipment. In the past, they relied on the fortress defense and were able to hold on for a while. If they dare to chase them out, Xu Rong is 100% confident that they will beat them to pieces.
In the Shabei Fortress, seeing the Qin army suddenly withdrawing, a ghost general actually said: "General, the Qin army was fighting well just now. Now it suddenly withdrew from the battlefield. I'm afraid something happened. We may be able to take advantage of the situation to pursue it." After a while, you might be able to gain something."
"What are you chasing after?" General Sha Tablet glared at him and cursed: "You forgot about the Wugu Mountain incident not long after it happened!? Do you really think that the Qin army is as easy to bully as those Central Plains armies in the past?"
He had personally experienced the terrifying arrow array just now, and he was still frightened now.
After scolding, he said: "No matter why the Qin army withdrew, in short, we defended Shabei. We immediately reported to General Laisen and said that our troops fought bravely to defeat the enemy and defeated the Qin army. The Qin army could not attack for a long time and had no choice but to retreat."
His battle report clearly had the element of asking for credit, and he did not forget to add: "Of course, everyone deserves credit for this."
The ghost general was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately said: "Yes! I will tell General Laisen."
At the same time, Wu Gushan.
Xiao Yuan led his army to attack here. It was not a blind frontal attack, but also conducted tests on the left and right wings.
Wugu Mountain is harder than ordinary cities. Its front entrance is sloped on both sides, a bit like a 'V' shape.
And to attack from both wings, one must climb the mountain.
But on the surrounding ridges, the ghost army built winding ramparts, like a circled city wall, and had watchtowers at the commanding heights on the left and right to serve as warnings and precautions.
Not to mention that this mountain is difficult to climb, even if the Qin army just made this move, the ghost army would know it immediately.
Xiao Yuan tried several times, but when he saw that the two wings could not attack hard, he gave up the idea. Then, after fighting with the ghost army in Wugu Mountain for a while, he ordered to withdraw his troops.
Before, he had figured out the surrounding terrain, and now after the offensive test, he had a clear understanding of the defenses of Wugu Mountain.
After this withdrawal of troops, the next step is the real offensive battle.
This time, the ghost army in Wugu Mountain also did not dare to chase them out again. It seemed that they had gained wisdom after suffering.
As for Laisen, the battle reports came back one after another.
After learning that the Qin army had withdrawn across the board, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and said with confusion: "According to the previous battle situation, the enemy and our armies were fighting fiercely. It should have become more and more fierce. Why did the Qin army suddenly stop fighting in the middle of the battle?" Already?"
"This" the deputy general said tentatively: "Perhaps the Qin army retreated when they saw that they could not attack? Just like what Shabei Fortress said."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Laisen touched his chin, thought carefully, and said: "I think it's 80% that the Qin army is looking for the weakness of our army. They have already found the shortcomings of Shabei Fortress. In the future war, I'm afraid they will focus on attacking this place!"
(End of chapter)
