Chapter 1128: Blocking is worse than sparse
War is not a one-person duel. When the enemy is crazy, choosing a strategic retreat can greatly consume the enemy's accumulated power and find new fighter opportunities.∈◆
The strong embankment will definitely be destroyed if it blocks too much water. Qin Feng proposed that it is better to drain than blocking, and vent some, and divide it to better siege the enemy.
Qin army, Zhang He sided.
The envoy of Emperor Hongwu walked into the big tent and raised the imperial edict in his hand. Zhang He, Gao Lan and others were going to kneel down to receive it.
Emperor Hongwu ordered that Zhang He's troops establish a second line of defense after the first line of defense of their own formation. Huang Zhong's troops will arrive soon and will enter the second line of defense. At that time, Zhang He's troops pretended to be defeated and abandoned the first line of defense, but they wanted to hide troops in the camp of the first line of defense.
After the Anxi people broke through the first line of defense, they would definitely retreat without stopping to avoid being caught by the Qin army behind them. Zhang He's troops returned and the ambushed troops in the camp could regain the first line of defense.
Qin army, Gao Shunside.
Gao Shun and Huang Zhong also received an edict from Emperor Hongwu.
Huang Zhong led 150,000 troops from his headquarters to move to the southwest exit and entered the second line of defense built by Zhang He's army. Gao Shun's army entered the river valley basin. When the blocking enemy retreated, the first line of defense must be lost. Then continue to advance, join Qin Feng's formation, and encircle the enemy's retreat.
The third day, afternoon.
Kunduz Valley Basin, southwest export.
Countless cracks appeared on the tall earth walls built by the Qin army here and would collapse at any time.
The shouts of killing have never stopped here. The blood has soaked the ground for more than ten millimeters. After a shovel, it was turned out to be no longer yellow earth but red earth. The dense bodies of the corpses of the Absolute Man have covered the land before the pass.
Zhang He, on the top of the city, kept looking back and looking around. He could not hide his anxiety between his eyebrows. He had already hidden half of his troops, lacked reserves, and the remaining troops were always in battle. The fatigue would lead to a continuous decline in combat.
"Report... General Huang Zhong's troops have fully entered the second battalion defense line!" A scout rushed over.
Zhang He brows spread and was overjoyed.
"Report... General. The city wall on the south side is about to collapse!" A sentry from a deputy general came in panic.
"That's great!" Zhang He slapped the wall in front of him.
The messenger was a little stunned and thought to himself that the general was stunned. If the city wall collapsed, it would be impossible to hold on. Is this a good thing?
Zhang He waved his sword in his hand, "I ordered all departments to act according to the plan after the city wall collapsed. No one can be in chaos when retreating. Whose troops are in chaos, and military law is in operation!"
"Here!" Several of Zhang He's messengers ran away.
The messenger returned ecstatically. It turned out that the plan had begun to be implemented, and the collapse of the city wall was too timely.
Dang ~ Zhang He randomly opened a ravine. The attack of the Anshu never stopped, but it was mostly harassing. He was wary of his sending troops out of the pass to eliminate the Anshu who dug the burrow.
The resting man kept digging holes, and thousands of holes were placed in the walls of several miles. Almost all the holes were next to each other. Although it took time to dig, the wall structure had been destroyed and many areas were about to collapse.
"The Sakura must have also discovered that the wall was about to collapse. If I were the commander of the Sakura, I would definitely order the entire army to rest for a while. Wait for the moment of collapse to come. General Gao Lan, what do you think?" When Zhang He turned his head, he did not see Gao Lan. He was stunned and then smiled.
Close outside the wall.
Four hundred thousand resting troops gathered, sparsely covering the vast ground. In the front, there were always 100,000 people in the procession to prepare for war. The rest and recuperation area in the rear was very chaotic. Most people had no food, and a few soldiers who had hidden food were careful. If they were discovered, it would be a bloody battle.
Shierwangai was right in front of the formation, and he had not closed his eyes for three days. From his perspective, the yellow walls of the past turned red. The caves at the bottom were covered with darkness. Since he broke out, he has not been attacking the walls. He just used his huge force to intimidate the Qin army in the pass, so as not to kill the soldiers who dug the holes by the enemy.
He sent Maliksha and Tidosasin to defend the main force of Qin Feng and the Qin army outside the northwest passage. The news came from these days, the defense was very smooth and he stubbornly repelled the Qin army's attacks several times. However, Shierwangai knew that these two troops could not defend the attack of the Qin army for a long time. The only way for the expeditionary army to survive was to break through this wall.
Break through and quickly pass the Kundus River and you can survive.
"Report..., Grandmaster, the enemy's city wall is about to collapse!"
When Shierwangai heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly rode his horse over to check it out. As expected, on the outside of this section of the city wall, which was more than 100 meters tall, the cracks were filled like spider webs, and the origin of the cracks was the cave dug at the bottom. The wall was constantly trembling rhythmically, giving people the feeling that it would collapse immediately.
"Transfer the order, the vanguard stops the attack. Transfer the order, the entire army is on guard and wait for the final blow!"
The resting messenger left in ecstasy.
Soon, the Anxi army became boiling. The more than 300,000 soldiers in the rest and recuperation area behind him suddenly became weak, wearing armor and holding spears, and began to gather in an orderly manner.
Shierwangai arranged all his elite troops outside this section of the city wall.
As the offensive stopped, the world finally calmed down. There was only a dull thud sound from the excavated cave. Hundreds of thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the trembling walls.
"Wow! No! This section of the city wall is about to collapse!"
"It's over, it's over, the restoration is about to break through!"
"What should we do!" The Qin soldiers stationed in this section of the city wall shouted in panic.
Then, he became really panicked and looked at the generals in charge of this section. One of the chiefs scratched his head and said, "Sir, you see that we are doing well. When will we start running?"
The general hesitated and said, "General Zhang He's order can only run away when it collapses!"
At this moment, the ground under his feet swayed. With the cracks, cracks appeared one after another.
"Retreat quickly!"
The Qin soldiers shouted, "Feed in all directions."
With hundreds of thousands of pairs of blue eyes closed outside the wall, they showed ecstasy at the same time. There were so many pairs, and they could already apply for the Guinness World Record.
When Shierwangai raised the scimitar in his hand, more than 400,000 people behind him held their breath.
"Master, are you going to inform the two generals of Maliksha to retreat?" said the Imperial General Ayu.
Shierwangai was stunned, and then he remembered that there were two troops responsible for blocking the attack. Now he was about to break through the Qin army's defense line and left in a flash. Shierwangai would never stay for a moment. "Or, let them block the pursuing enemy!"
"Master!" Ayub's Rabbit Dead Fox was sad and said hurriedly: "Master, they will definitely get the news. After getting the news, how can they resist the full attack of the Qin army? Instead of retreating by themselves, it is better to pass the order..."
When Hillwangai heard this, it made sense. Put yourself in his heart. If you learn the news of the retreat of the large army, you will retreat immediately. It would be better to send an order, and you will meet again in the future. So he said, "When the city wall collapses, you will send someone to send an order."
With a loud bang, a hundred feet of city wall on the south side of the wall completely collapsed. For a moment, dust rose and the earth shook.
Hillwangai looked at the gap of a hundred feet. For this day, his army paid a heavy price. At this moment, he drew out the imperial scimitar and pointed at the gap from a distance. He used all his strength and shouted wildly, "All army assault!"
The gap is life. Without any motivation, the momentum of Anxi people soared. More than 400,000 people formed a stream of people like big green worms and rushed to the gap.
"The whole army retreated!" Zhang He just symbolically blocked it and pretended to be defeated and retreated.
This was very normal in Xierwangai's opinion. After all, he had more than 400,000 troops here, while Zhang He only had just over 100,000 troops.
The Sakuramen opened the gate of the camp behind the wall, and more Sakuramen couldn't wait to destroy the camp fences. Countless people were like ants, instantly submerged the Qin army camp.
"Don't stop, get out of the camp and get out of the camp and get out of the camp!" Commanders at all levels who were resting loudly shouted.
The Anshu rushed out of the Qin army camp and looked at the dust that disappeared in the direction of the Qin army's retreat in the distance. The momentum that had just soared suddenly disappeared. The fatigue filled their bodies, and the thought of escaping followed began to support them.
"Assemble, assemble! Take action alone and kill without any consequences!" Many Ahsians couldn't help but run away alone. An army could not escape alone in a mess. Commanders at all levels of Anhsian angrily chased and killed the retreating soldiers and began to reorganize.
More than 400,000 people passed through the wall, and even if they were flowing water, it would take a lot of time.
The Restmen only gathered 200,000 people on the west side of Guan Wall, and more than 200,000 people were preparing to pass on the east side of Guan Wall.
Hilwangai couldn't wait, his hungry soldiers couldn't wait, he had to lead the army through the uninhabited land immediately, find the town, burn, kill and loot. "General Ayub, you can gather the rear army here. I will lead the front army to take the lead. I will prepare food in front and wait for your arrival."
So Hillwangai led 200,000 people away.
The Qin army scout who was hiding and watching immediately reported the news to Zhang He.
After going south for more than ten miles, Zhang He, who gathered his troops under a cliff, laughed after receiving the news, "The emperor has made every decision, the enemy has been trapped. He ordered the entire army to return at full speed, regain our camp, and cut the enemy into two sections!"
So, Zhang He's troops of the Qin army took action again.
When the dust heads that covered the sky and the sun appeared again outside the southwest entrance, Ayub, the general who stayed behind in Anxi was shocked. "Is the general defeated?" He didn't have time to think too much, and immediately urged the Anxi soldiers who were promoting the entry into the camp to use the Qin army's camp to guard it.
Soon, the 100,000 army led by Zhang He stopped with an arrow in front of the camp. Zhang He did not launch an attack immediately. He glanced at the timid resting soldiers in the camp with contempt, "Send the order, blow the trumpet!"
Drip and drip... The unique assembly call of the Qin army echoes in the sky.
The resting man was careful and thought it was the charge of the Qin army.
As the sound of the trumpet, the floors in the village and in the tents were lifted from below, and a large number of Qin troops emerged. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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