Chapter 479 Defeat Wei Ran
Whether Wei Ran figured it out or not, a group of three thousand Zhao elite soldiers actually broke into the Qin army camp from the darkness, and they were the weakest behind the rear.
Under Wei Ran's strict orders, the Qin army was prepared even at night.
But this alert was only aimed at the Zhao army camp directly in front of him, and he was wary of Le Yi quietly touching him from the front to steal the camp at night.
When this Zhao army came out from the front but instead from the Qin army, it happened to hit the weakest part of the Qin army.
This Zhao army was obviously prepared for a long time. While killing people all the way, they waved the torches they stolen torches to ignite all the camps and fences that could be seen on the road. In just a moment, the entire Qin army camp suddenly became a fire, and the rolling smoke rushed into the sky.
This scene immediately made Wei Ran anxious. He shouted with all his might, wanting to dispatch troops to stop the Zhao army from advancing, but he could not do this in a hurry.
In the chaos, Wei Ran finally gathered about 5,000 troops, and the generals barely blocked the Zhao army.
But at this moment, there were also roaring shouts of killing like mountains and seas in front of them.
Wei Ran's heart tightened, and then he felt like falling into an ice cave: "It's over! Hurry up, transfer people to guard the front!"
The Zhao army that was fighting from behind was too sudden, which made Wei Ran subconsciously mobilize all the power he could gather to block the army, but forgot that there was still the main force of the Zhao army led by Le Yi in front of him!
Just when the Qin army was upside down by the Zhao army's surprises, Le Yi also raised all the elite troops on the front and launched a fierce offensive towards the Qin army camp.
There is an open space of about two miles between the Qin army camp in Qipanling and the Zhao army camp. The Qin army used the advantages of bows and crossbows to kill countless Zhao troops on this open space, and it is also nicknamed "Tu Zhaopo".
However, at this moment, the Qin army's own camp was in chaos. The soldiers of the Zhao army held torches and easily rushed over the slope and rushed directly under the Qin army's village wall!
After all, the village wall is not a city wall, and its strength and height are far from comparable to the city wall. Therefore, after a fierce battle for a while, accompanied by a loud bang and scattered firelight, a huge gap suddenly appeared from the Qin army's village wall.
The thunder brought by Le Yi finally came in handy on the battlefield in Hanzhong for the first time!
Amid the shocking cheers, countless Zhao troops flocked in and quickly spread to all directions.
If the Zhao army was an endless tide, then the Qin army was like a dilapidated boat struggling hard in the tide. Whenever a large area of Zhao army came over like a wave, these Qin army were instantly swallowed up, leaving only a single corpse.
These days, the Zhao army was shot by the Qin army, randomly, long-rangely, and close-range. Now that we finally found a chance, the depression in our hearts naturally burst out completely.
The scene was extremely bloody and tragic, but not intense at all, because there was almost nothing except seeing the Qin army being chased by Zhao soldiers and fled everywhere and then being cut off from their heads. This one-sided battle situation was obviously not related to the fierceness.
Wei Ran looked at this scene, his heart was as if he was shattered, and his lips were about to bite him: "These damn Zhao people are so cunning!"
Wei Ran still couldn't understand how the people of Zhao appeared behind the Qin army camp like divine weapons coming from the sky.
There is actually a small story here.
Almost thirty years ago, the Qin general Sima Cuo led countless Qin soldiers into Chengdu City, officially proclaiming the demise of the enlightened dynasty Shu Kingdom, and at the same time establishing the Qin rule over the entire Hanzhong and Bashu.
During that war, countless Shu people left their hometowns just to avoid and escape the war and the subsequent massacre and enslavement. One of the guards of the last Shu king of enlightened dynasty brought his wife and children to Qipanling and became a hunter here.
If Qin State had been strong and maintained a high-pressure situation against the six eastern countries, then the war would never burn to Hanzhong and Qipanling. This personal guard would have died in obscurity, and his descendants would eventually become veritable Qin people.
However, Le Yi came and brought an army of 100,000.
At this time, the guard was already old, but his son was in his prime. Due to his father's teaching, he was still the best hunter in the entire village. During a hunting period, the father and son accidentally discovered a path located in the dense forests in the mountains.
So the son of the personal guard appeared in Le Yi's camp and became Le Yi's guide. He took the three thousand elite Zhao army to travel through the dense forest for a whole day, and finally bypassed the entire defense line arranged by the Qin army. He took advantage of the late night to relax his vigilance and stab the Qin army in the back with a fierce stab.
This father and son were completely a small person like ant for Wei Ran, the Marquis of Rang, who was the prime minister of Qin, but it was such a small person who played a decisive role in this battle.
As long as you are in the right position, even a stubborn stone can shine its own light.
Wei Ran's chief guard roared anxiously: "Your Majesty, it's time to retreat! It's too late if you don't leave!"
Wei Ran came back from his heartache. At this time, the Qin camp had fallen by more than half. The main force of the Zhao army was about to soon reach the place where Wei Ran was located, and the defeat was destined.
Wei Ran sighed and said, "The king handed over Bashu to this marquis, but this marquis... How does this marquis face the marquis!"
The chief guard said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, go quickly. If Hanzhong is lost, we can continue to retreat to Bashu! If you die here today, Bashu may not be able to save it!"
This sentence dispelled the death aspiration that had just arisen in Wei Ran's heart. The Qin Prime Minister gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then let's go!"
Surrounded by many personal guards, Wei Ran quickly rushed towards a relatively rare place in the Zhao army and soon disappeared into the stack of tents.
That night, shouts of killing and fire filled the entire Qin army's Qipanling defense line. The spreading fire even ignited the surrounding forest trees and triggered a small forest fire.
By dawn, tens of thousands of Qin soldiers and civilians on the entire defense line had been killed or captured by the Zhao army, and some of them were lucky enough to escape from the battlefield and fled to the south in a hurry.
Chapter completed!