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The Seventy-third Swallow Battle

Li Liang could not be Wang Ben's opponent, and anyone knows this. Not only do others know it, Li Liang's heart is like a mirror. Not only did he lose too much strategy to Wang Ben, but his reputation was also a lot worse. The most important thing is that his prestige among soldiers was too poor. The things he did in the past made him unable to make the army cohesive at all. His team was always like a mess.

Wang Ben took the surrendered general Gao Qi as his vanguard, joined Zhou Bo and others, and went north to cross Dai County, and entered the boundary of Shanggu, an important town on the border of Yan State.

Wang Ben dared not underestimate Han Xin. He has always been cautious in fighting. After studying Han Xin's recent battle examples, he found that this young man was not simple, with tricks emerging one after another, and was good at defeating the more with less. Therefore, Wang Ben paid great attention to the purging of the rear during the march. Han Xin expected that Wang Ben would be able to reach Shanggu in five days. In fact, Wang Ben took seven days. In the extra two days, he ordered people to remove more than a dozen "guerrillas" from Zhao, which basically had no armed forces north of Dai County that could threaten the Qin army. In this way, Wang Ben did not have to worry about being attacked from front and back.

Although Li Liang knew that there was a distance between him and Wang Ben, his personality determined that he was not a person who could sit and wait for death. Wang Ben's army was still a hundred miles away, so he could no longer hold back. Regardless of the small number of soldiers in the city, he resolutely pulled the team out of the city to arrange formations, wanting to fight to the death with Wang Ben. Many subordinates advised him to stick to the battle, but Li Liang couldn't listen at all.

"Outside Shanggu City is the burial place of Wang Ben's old man!" Li Liang stood outside the city with golden armor, facing thousands of troops and shouted loudly. The total number of people in front of him was more than 50,000. Among the defenders of Yan State, this team is relatively strong, because a large number of people here were brought by Li Liang from Zhao State. He had participated in many bloody battles and was a warrior who had endured countless blood rain baptisms. His team was very barbaric, without military discipline, and hated the common people as if they were enemy soldiers, robbed and killed people everywhere. Such teams were generally very wealthy, so Li Liang's army equipment was very good. Cavalry and heavy infantry, and shield soldiers responsible for charge were each wearing solid leather armor. Almost every soldier had weapons in his hands. Unlike some peasant soldiers, he often fought with the Qin army bare hands.

The flags were swaying in front of Li Liang. The infantry lined up were less than ten feet away from him, divided into four square formations, each of which was about eight thousand people, stretching five or six miles in a row. Li Liang rode a red war horse with a spear and shouted loudly to cheer the soldiers up. After the infantry, there were ten thousand cavalry, and the war horses were all very majestic, but the knights were a little shrunk. You could tell at a glance that they had not been strictly trained for a long time. After the cavalry, there were still 10,000 cavalrymen, and the horses were all very majestic, but the knights were a little shrunk. You could tell at a glance that they had not been strictly trained for a long time. After the cavalry, there were still 100 chariots.

Li Liang's general Zhao Ba firmly opposed Li Liang's departure from the city to fight Wang Ben. Zhao Ba knew the combat effectiveness and strength of the army in Shanggu best. These soldiers looked majestic on the surface against the backdrop of the armor, but in fact they were useless except bullying the common people. Yan State is vast and sparsely populated, and is located in remote areas. The Central Plains is in a mess, and there is only a little aftershock here. After Li Liang arrived in Shanggu, he enjoyed his daily life and ignored the training of the soldiers. These soldiers became a group of grazing sheep. They slept when they were full every day and ate when they woke up, and they were all useless.

Zhao Ba suggested to Li Liang several times, asking him not to be so impulsive, and it would be better to use procrastination tactics. When the Qin army was short of food and grass, they would naturally withdraw. Li Liang glared with his triangular eyes and grinned his toad mouth, and said carelessly, "What are you afraid of? A man should be fearless when standing between heaven and earth. Wang Ben also carried his head on both shoulders, and he didn't necessarily have three heads and six arms. I'm not afraid of him." Zhao Ba thought to himself that being a professional soldier fearless is of course a necessary quality, but he can't jump down even if he saw it as a fire pit. That was not fearless, it was suicide, or an idiot. That day, Zhao Ba didn't dare to say anything. At this moment, Zhao Ba saw that Shanggu Jun was in a low spirit, and they were hung with their eyelids and listless, and couldn't help but worry. When Li Liang finished the review and returned to the city, Zhao Ba came to him again.

"General, the last general still feels that it is not appropriate to fight with Wang Ben. Qin has always been known as a country of tigers and wolves, and the Qin people regard killing even more. Today, outside the city, you have seen the mental state of the brothers. We can't win at all when fighting hard."

Li Liangyi was serious and had sufficient reasons. He glared at him and said, "If you can't win, you have to fight. Even if you know it's death, you have to rush forward when you meet on a narrow road. This is a must."

Zhao Baxin said, what is necessary? It must be killed!

Li Liang snorted coldly, "General Zhao is not afraid of death, right?" Zhao Ba knew that Li Liang was vicious and had a serious doubt. He was afraid of being plotted against him, so he quickly said, "The last general is loyal to the general and is willing to die for the general, and he is not afraid of anything." Li Liang smiled, "Okay, then the general will send you to meet the enemy. Let's set off now and give you 20,000 troops. Be sure to block the Qin army in the generation of "Wuyang". You can use the complex terrain of the mountains to eliminate them." Li Liang said very easily, as if Wang Ben had only a few hundred men under him.

At this time, Zhao Ba did not dare to say anything else. If he continued, his life would probably not be saved. Zhao Ba showed great confidence; "Don't worry, General, the last general will not let Wang Ben cross the mountain." He took 20,000 infantrymen to Wuyang Mountain Pass and found the only way for the Qin army to set up a camp.

Gao Qi found out the news in front and reported it to Wang Ben. Wang Ben shouted, "God helps me." Wang Ben thought he was going to attack the city again, but now he saved a lot of effort. Gao Qi also set up a camp thirty miles away from Zhaoba's camp. There was a thoroughfare between the two armies, without any obstacles. Anyone who wanted to steal the camp could come and go at will.

Wang Ben arrived one hour later than Gao. It was already dusk. He rode his horse along the gravel-covered road to a hillside, and took a brief look at Zhao Ba's camp. He still had some appreciation for the general who led the army.

The front and back gates of the camp are all long and snake-shaped, crossing the main road, with steep cliffs on both sides. The Qin army cannot get past it unless they can fly. The antlers are arranged directly opposite the Qin army's gate. There are three-fold trapped horse pits on both sides of the road, with sharp thorns inside, and soldiers standing guard all around. It shouldn't be too many soldiers in this camp, but there are endless soldiers and horses, gathering people and horses, which are very grand. Except for these patrol soldiers, the rest of the people are strict in military discipline and hide in the camp to raise their energy. There seems to be no idle people walking around in the village. Except for the path through the East and West Village Gate, there is a illuminated wind light hanging on the road, the camp is dark, and under the rising moon, it looks like quiet graves. Four soldiers who are watching on the three-meter-high arrow tower in front of the door seem to have discovered torches on the hillside, and eight sharp eyes are projected towards this side.

Wang Ben smiled boldly, turned his horse's head and rushed down the hillside. He raised high and followed him from behind. He was a surrendered general, so he wanted to show his strength and said, "General, give the last general 20,000 troops, and the last general kicked the blocking stone overnight." Wang Ben shook his head and said, "This person is not easy to deal with. The military strategy is full of force. Those who are good at attacking move above the nine heavens, while those who are good at defending hide under the nine earths. This person is rigorous in the village and meticulous in mind, and cannot fight hard."

The next day, Wang Ben reorganized his army early in the morning and went to Zhao Ba's camp to fight. As expected, Zhao Ba just delayed and didn't want to fight at all. No matter how Wang Ben shouted loudly outside the camp, he thought it was air, and his left ear went out of his right ear. Gao Qi grinded his lips and blisters, which was useless. Wang Ben smiled and stopped the troops.

On the third day, the whole army still went to the morning. This time, Zhou Bo replaced Gao Qi and went to curse. Zhou Bo's ability to curse people was not as good as Gao Qi! Zhao Ba was much more comfortable than yesterday, and hid in the handsome tent and sneered, but still didn't go out. He just arranged 10,000 crossbowmen, arranged behind the fence in the village gate, ready to shoot and hunt at any time. Wang Ben was not anxious with him, and was still the handsome soldier back.

Zhou Bo couldn't hold it anymore, so he came to Wang Ben to ask for troops to rob the camp at night. Wang Ben thought that the camp could not rob at all. It was too long and could not be hit in essence. However, he suddenly had a plan and agreed to Zhou Bo's request.

"Don't go, I have another task for you. Let Gao Qi do it."

Gao Qi was very happy to receive the order, and selected 10,000 infantry soldiers and explored Zhao Ba's camp in the night. Zhao Ba's camp was still on guard, and countless soldiers were patrolling. Before Gao Qi set out, he asked the soldiers to cut down trees on the mountain and made more than a dozen rafts. Gao Qi knew that it was impossible to hide from these patrol soldiers. However, if he could pass the trap quickly, he still had hope of attacking the commander's tent. If he was lucky, he might be able to kill the opponent's commander.

Because the camps between the two sides were too close, Gao Qi did not bring cavalry. The cavalry was too loud to prevent them from being noticed by the alert sentry.

The Qin infantrymen were scattered on both sides of the road in the dark, and quickly approached the camp. The soldiers on the arrow tower held their torches and kept walking back and forth. Li Liang, with hundreds of soldiers, rushed over with a breath of breath, and placed the raft on the trapped horse pit. The third trapped horse pit was already within the sight of the arrow tower sentry.

After Gao Qi completed this action, he was exposed.

Above the arrow tower, the trumpets ring and the shouts keep coming.

"Who, there are spies, and someone robbed the camp!"

Gao stood up and led the way, raised his arms and shouted: "Kill, kill with me." The soldiers behind him shouted, stepped on the raft, and quickly passed through the first trench. "Boom, Boom" A raft was also set up on the second sank pit, and the soldiers passed by quickly. At the same time, in the camp, there were countless tents, soldiers waiting for the enemy, rushed out with strong bows, and after they arrived at the fence, hundreds of soldiers climbed up the arrow tower and began to shoot arrows from a high place. The Qin army's offensive was immediately set aside, and thousands of soldiers were hit by arrows and fell into the sank pit or were shot directly. Even Gaoqi, who was wearing heavy armor, was hit by an arrow on his right arm.

Zhao Ba rushed out of the tent with his armor and held a giant axe in his hand. He had long expected that the Qin army would be unable to bear it and come to rob the camp, so he issued an order three days ago that all the soldiers and generals in the camp were not allowed to remove their armor when they were sleeping, and kept the bows and arrows and weapons at hand and used them at any time.

When Zhao Ba saw the Qin army fall into a trap, he was overjoyed and hurriedly jumped onto the war horse, organized a cavalry team of thousands of people, opened the gate and rushed out, hoping to completely eliminate the Qin army Gao Qi.

Gao Qi saw that it was not good and knew that he would suffer a great loss if he continued to fight. Maybe all the more than 10,000 brothers would become heroic all at once. He turned around and took the lead and ran back: "Brothers, retreat quickly, retreat quickly." The Qin army, which was as powerful as a rainbow, rushed backwards like retreating tides. When he passed through the horse pit, hundreds of people fell down, and the screams of a pig-killing slashed through the sky.

Zhao Ba did not pursue the chasing relentlessly, but only fought the dogs in the second level of the trapped horse pit for a while, and quickly returned, allowing the Qin army to retreat in a mess. He was mainly afraid that he would fall into the Qin army's tricks, which was because he lost the big picture because of a small loss.

When Gao Qi fled twenty miles away, he heard the silent shouts behind him sounding like an explosion. When he turned around, he saw the fire in the distance flowing straight into the sky. The sky was like a red-hot pot bottom, and the heat was scattered. Gao Qi wondered, could it be that the Yan army was catching up again? It wouldn't be setting fires along the way!

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves in the direction of Qin camp was loudly heard, and the iron armored cavalry came from a distance. The general led by a leader, white beards and extraordinary, was the general Wang Ben.

Gao Qi thought Wang Ben came to rescue him specially, and felt ashamed and grateful. He rushed forward a few steps and knelt on the ground, kowtowed and bleeding: "General, the last general deserves to die, the last general loses his troops-" Wang Ben said sternly; "Don't talk about these things for now, General Gao quickly gets on his horse. Zhou Bo has attacked the Yan army camp. We will take advantage of the situation to cover it and kill it. The Yan army can be defeated."

Gao Qi was full of suspicion and thought, where did Zhou Bo appear?

Wang Ben didn't give him time to figure it out. The iron-armored cavalry had already passed by like a whirlwind. Luo Shen handed him a war horse: "Come up quickly, the Yan army has been trapped, there is a good show." Halfway through, the person was already running out of nowhere.

He couldn't think too much when he got taller, so he turned over and stepped onto the horse's back, and turned back with the arrow wound on his left arm. The defeated soldier behind him was confused and saw the main general turning back, so he naturally followed him and killed him.

The Qin army and the Yan army had already started a bloody battle in the red sea of ​​fire. The fire that seemed to be able to devour the prehistoric universe raged on the entire road, igniting the Yan army's camps that stretched for ten miles. The war horses ran wildly, and the tent collapsed and broke with crackling sounds. The smoke covered the sky, the black fog was simmering, and the heat made people's beards burn three miles away. The soldiers who were chopping could not distinguish between the enemy and me at all, and they would kill them as soon as they saw them.

However, the new forces brought by Wang Ben could see the target clearly. These cavalry clashed rapidly and chased the Yan army. In less than a stick of incense, more than a thousand remaining soldiers of the Yan Kingdom died under the butcher's knife.

In the smoke, someone suddenly heard a loud shout, "Dai, where will the Yan general go?" (To be continued)
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