After the Allied Forces entered the territory of the Qin State, in order to cover up the whereabouts of the army, the cavalry went everywhere and massacred all the rural settlements along the way. Only a few lucky ones managed to save their lives.
In fact, the Qin army already knew in advance where the Allied Forces would enter the Qin State. If the people were notified in advance to retreat, there would still be enough time.
However, in order not to arouse the suspicion of the allied forces, and to buy time for the army to make a large detour and lure the enemy deeper, we could only pretend to know nothing.
This is war, and ordinary people always suffer. During the Warring States Period, which lasted for two hundred and fifty-four years, ordinary people were massacred countless times every year.
You kill me, I kill you, the hatred is getting deeper and deeper.
There is no way, except for a very small number of ancient armies, most of them were like this. Not to mention the people of the enemy country, even the people of our own country did not hesitate to take action, and their attacks were no less ruthless.
As the saying goes, it is better to be a peace dog than a person in troubled times. In this sense, the Qin State that ended the 254 years of troubled times in the Warring States Period and deeply rooted the idea of great unification in the hearts of the people is extremely great.
Although the world is always divided and united, the idea of great unification is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and can always allow most ordinary people to enjoy peace for at least twenty or thirty years, or at most two or three hundred years, which is extremely rare.
It is said that soldiers are valuable and they are quick. In order to reduce Qin's reaction time as much as possible, the Allied Forces marched at high intensity every day and soon entered the hinterland of Qin from the north.
At this time, the Qin army's large roundabout army had completed the encirclement, and the Qin army, which had already suppressed its anger, officially began to counterattack under the command of Wang Jian.
Although Wang Jian is very stable in using his troops and likes to crush the enemy with dignity and almost no use of cunning tactics, it does not mean that Wang Jian cannot use cunning tactics, he just doesn't like to use them.
In fact, most of the Qin troops in the Qin army don't like to use cunning tactics, because it is unnecessary. The Qin army's combat power is already the best in the world, so why bother with it?
If the conspiracy succeeds, the effect is indeed good, but once the enemy sees through it, he will use the trick and the backlash will be huge.
But this time the enemy is in the open and they are in the dark. They know the enemy well, but the enemy knows nothing about them. It would be a pity not to use cunning tactics.
The allied forces were not marching together, but were divided into two armies. The Chu army, the most powerful, was on its own, and the armies of Zhao, Han, Wei and Wei formed another arm. The two armies were like two arms punching at Xianyang.
This time, under the careful planning of Wang Jian and his generals, the army led by Chunsheng Lord Huang Xie was unprepared and entered the battlefield carefully prepared by the Qin army. It was a place with mountains to the west, plains to the east, and plains to the south.
It is the terrain of the river.
The Chu army was crossing the river in an orderly manner. Just as they were halfway across the river, the Qin army's thunder attack came with a crash.
A large number of Qin troops suddenly appeared in the south, and the neat military formation was like a huge mountain pressing down on the Chu army crossing the river. A large number of cavalry appeared in the east, and the collective charge swept over them like a huge wave.
Chun Shen Jun Huang Xie immediately panicked when he saw this, and subconsciously wanted to order a retreat. Fortunately, there were some sensible people in the Chu army. As the deputy commander of the Chu army, Xiang Yan immediately stopped and persuaded Huang Xie.
After Xiang Yan's persuasion, Huang Xie finally kept calm and handed all the command to Xiang Yan, but in his heart he decided to run away immediately if anything went wrong.
Xiang Yan remained calm on the surface, but in fact he was a little panicked in his heart. In fact, the appearance of the Qin army was like a divine force descending from the sky, it was too sudden.
It's just that he didn't show it. If the coach is panicked, it will be completely ruined!
The brief military orders were issued from Xiang Yan's mouth in a hurry. At this time, the generals below were also panicked, and the ordinary soldiers of the Chu army were even more panicked. However, as the elite of the Chu army, they subconsciously carried out the military orders quickly after hearing the military orders.
Unfortunately, the Chu army that crossed the river faced the Qin army, which was mainly infantry. Coupled with the cover of cavalry, they had enough time to form a military formation.
The Chu army that had not crossed the river faced the Qin army's cavalry who seized the opportunity and attacked with precision. However, they did not have enough preparation time and were in a hurry.
The most terrible thing is that most of the Chu army's cavalry have already crossed the river. At this time, it is completely impossible to send cavalry to intercept the Qin army. A river is like a natural chasm, which is beyond reach!
If a small number of cavalry were to deal with the impact of a large number of Qin cavalry, they would be destined to die.
Cavalry is the treasure of all countries, especially in Chu State in the south. Horses are even more scarce and their treatment is the best among the seven countries. Everything is given priority, and crossing the river is no exception.
After paying some losses, the forward Qin cavalry brought the Chu army within the attack range. Their superb riding skills and coordination were displayed. They collectively made a big turn in front of the Chu army and at the same time pulled the triggers of their crossbows.
The dense rain of arrows was like a dense black cloud, shooting down from the sky with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
The Chu army, which looked like a military formation just now, was instantly destroyed. Countless blood flowers bloomed, and shrill wails were heard everywhere, instantly turning the Chu army's front formation into a living hell.
The battle of this large army is not like a battle in the rivers and lakes, it is just a head-to-head charge.
If an army that has not formed a military formation faces a large-scale cavalry and an enemy army that has formed a military formation, it will be nakedly massacred, without any resistance at all.
If it were an ordinary army, it would probably collapse in the face of this wave of blows. Fortunately, this is the elite of the Chu army. Each of them is an elite of hundreds of battles, a veteran among veterans, and they can barely hold on without collapsing.
Xiang Yan knew that he must not let the flank collapse, otherwise it would at least cause the Chu army that had not crossed the river to collapse, so he directly ordered the Chu army's trump card to be on top, hoping to withstand the Qin army's attack.
Unfortunately, hope is just hope after all. The Qin cavalry who can be selected by Wang Jian to raid the Chu army is also the ace cavalry in Qin.
If the Chu army cannot defeat the Chu army without enough time to prepare for various ways of cavalry attack, then they can collectively commit suicide by wiping their necks.
Although the ace infantry of the Chu army were elite, they were not heavy infantry and they rushed to the battle. After the Qin army's cavalry suffered a certain amount of casualties, they attacked the Chu army's camp to pieces. After the subsequent cavalry entered the battlefield,
Naked massacre.
When Xiang Yan saw that the sparse military formation formed by the ace infantry was broken through hastily, he knew that something could not be done. He held back his heartache and retreated immediately.
As for Chunshenjun Huang Xie, he retreated after the first round of cavalry attacks. He ran so fast!
I don't know whether Huang Xie had a strong desire to survive or was just because he had a lot of experience in escaping. He was extremely skilled in escaping.
He asked his confidants to change into his clothes and carry the banner, while he changed into the appearance of a middle-ranking officer of the Chu army.
I have to say that the idea of pretending to be a middle-level officer of the Chu army is really brilliant. Due to their age, it is impossible for the Chu army to have soldiers that old. Once caught, it will be easy to reveal the secret.
According to the system of the Chu State, there is no superior birth. It is very normal for a large number of young officers to become middle-level officers, and they can even be outstanding. And since the officers have elite soldiers to protect them, it is also very normal, right?
Moreover, Huang Xie had all his close associates put on the uniforms of ordinary Chu soldiers, and he also threw away all the valuables he had on him. This was a very thorough consideration!
The Chu cavalry who had crossed the river had already rushed towards the Qin army in accordance with Xiang Yan's order. The Chu infantry were forming a military formation in a panic. As long as the cavalry did not collapse instantly, there would be enough time.
The Qin army pressing forward was not as hasty as the Chu army. It had already prepared various preparations to deal with the cavalry, starting with a volley of archers.
The range of the infantry bow is much longer than that of the crossbow and horse bow, and the power is also greater. The Qin army's cavalry is well-equipped, but it cannot erase the gap in range and power between the crossbow and horse bow and the infantry bow. The equipment of the Chu army's cavalry
Compared with the Qin army's cavalry, their equipment was inferior.
Since the Qin army formed a military formation, the rain of arrows shot by the Qin army's cavalry was much more terrifying than the rain of arrows fired by the Qin army's cavalry. It could be described as overwhelming, and the light shed by the Golden Crow was dimmed by it, like a giant hand shooting up the sky.
Down!
The generals leading the cavalry also knew that their only chance of survival was to defeat the Qin army in front, otherwise the Chu army that was cut off would be defeated sooner or later, so the attack formation was quite dense.
The dense formation is very popular with archers.
Under the rain of arrows, a large number of Chu soldiers fell on their backs, leaving a blank space in the Chu cavalry formation. The screams of men and horses, the sound of arrows missing like flesh, the sound of bones cracking and other sounds intertwined into a song praising death.
When the Chu army withstood the first attack, the most violent wave of arrows, followed by two more sparse waves of arrows. After paying a lot of casualties and closing the distance, they were greeted by iron pear, horse ropes, and horse pits.
The horse piles, the spear forest, and the shield wall.
After a series of cruel and fierce attacks, the morale of the Chu army's cavalry plummeted, and only the last courage to survive was left. If they had not only defeated the Qin army in front to have a glimmer of hope, they would have retreated.
Dang Dang Dang...
Most of the arrows fired from horse bows and crossbows were blocked by the shields held up by the Qin army. Only a few unlucky ones were killed or injured by the arrows that passed through the gaps. The impact on the entire military formation was minimal.
It has reached this point, and it can't stop even if it wants to. The Chu army's cavalry rushed towards the Qin army's formation, risking their lives. However, how could the impact of such a powerful crossbow break through the Qin army's formation?
Despite the waves of Chu cavalry's life-threatening attacks, the Qin army's formation was as motionless as a mountain. A large number of corpses were piled up in front of the Qin army's formation, including human corpses and horse corpses. Most of them were Chu cavalry.
corpses, and the smell of blood rushed to his face.
At this moment, the Chu army on the north bank collapsed, and the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the banner fled north. Not long after, the flagpole collapsed again.
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This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Chu army on the south bank also collapsed.
The infantrymen on the south bank who had just formed a military formation fled towards both sides of the river bank without firing an arrow. The Chu cavalry on the south bank turned their horses and fled towards both sides of the river bank.
The so-called defeat is like a mountain. At this time, everyone is only thinking about how to escape. They have no fighting spirit at all. Their hearts are filled with panic and terror, and nothing can be done to restore the defeat.
The most embarrassing thing is that the Chu troops in the river are a little confused. They are on the river, where are they going to escape?
Fortunately, someone soon showed them, taking off their armor and stomach, jumping into the river, and running down the river to escape.
These soldiers are all from the Chu State. There are dense river networks in the south. Many of them can swim, so there is no need to worry about being drowned.
Of course, not everyone can swim, but at this time, you can only close your eyes and bite your mouth to try. It is obviously not good to stay where you are.
In order to survive, people's potential is amazing. Except for some Chu soldiers who were completely panicked and had no sense, all the Chu soldiers who still had a trace of reason knew that it was impossible for their two legs to outrun four legs.
As a result, these Chu troops fled into the mountains to the west, intending to hide in the mountains and wait for the storm to pass before they came out to plan their return to the country.
Unfortunately, there are also Qin troops hiding in the mountains. They are not many in number, much less than the Qin troops who chose to flee into the mountains. However, the Qin troops are organized, calm-minded, well-armed, and occupy terrain advantages.
These collapsed Chu troops threw away their weapons, armor and stomach in order to escape for their lives. How could they be the opponents of the Qin army?
After a series of shootings, the fleeing Chu army was driven out as soon as they broke into the mountains. It could be said that they had no way to go to the sky or to the earth.
Except in the mountains and forests, where can one escape the pursuit of the cavalry?
Fortunately, at this time, the Qin army shouted "surrender without killing". With a glimmer of hope, the panicked and frightened Chu soldiers knelt down and surrendered one after another, regardless of whether it was true or not.
These Chu soldiers should actually be grateful to Cheng Qiao for being able to survive. Otherwise, how could the Qin army, whose military merits are based on their heads, let them go?
He will definitely kill a lot, and he won't stop until he kills enough and gets enough military glory.
The reason why the Qin army did not take action this time was simply because they were promised that prisoners would be counted as military merits, and the military merits of prisoners were slightly higher than those of beheadings.
Cheng Qiao planned to send all the prisoners of war from the six countries to labor reform and build infrastructure for the Qin State. In this era, the labor force was already scarce, and the prisoners of war could not be killed at once. It would be too wasteful.
As long as corresponding measures are taken, these prisoners of war will not be able to make any trouble and can only work honestly for the Qin State.
Of course, this is for an enemy who collapses and surrenders, and those who stubbornly resist will naturally be killed without mercy.
As for the Chu army that escaped through the river, there is no need to worry. The Qin army has already set up a dragnet around Shangxiayou and the battlefield, and there are absolutely very few who can escape by chance.
It can be said that the elite of the more than 45,000 elite Chu troops this time was almost equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army!
The Qin army's attack on the Chu army seemed ordinary, but it was actually amazing how it was hidden from the eyes and ears of the Chu army, resulting in the effect of divine soldiers descending from the sky.
The ears and eyes of the Chu army are definitely not a piece of cake. The elite ears and eyes of the Chu army are even more powerful.
The details of how to keep the Chu army in the dark could take a day and a night to explain in detail.
While Qin and Chu were fighting, the Qin army led by Wang Jian himself also came into conflict with the coalition forces led by Pang Nuan.
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Alas, I'm really not good at war plots, so I can only give a summary description like this and make do with it.
This chapter has been completed!