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Five thousand Qin soldiers followed the situation and rushed into the Song army camp, rushing left and right, killing Song soldiers who were directly killed, and even the Song people rushed to escape and trampled on themselves. At that time, there were countless corpses.
Zhao Qin, Hu Yingchang and others were all in the rear army. They only saw that the two armies in front were defeated like mountains and fell, and they all pressed under the rear army camp. Zhao Qin was furious and ordered the crossbowmen in the camp to hold their feet everywhere and not allow the defeated soldiers to enter the camp, but all the deserters were shooting and killed. He and the generals stood in front of the camp with swords. He only saw Hu Lie leading the defeated soldiers here, and immediately looked gloomy and asked the left and right personal soldiers to take Hu Lie down, tied them up and arrested him, and said, "How dare you violate my general order and force yourself to fight! Now that he is defeated and has affected the three armies, he still doesn't die. Why are you doing it? Take it down for me and behead you for the public!"
The first army was shocked when they heard this, and no one dared to act out. Zhao Qin became more and more angry and walked up quickly, pressing Hu Lie's head with his left hand, and raising a sword with his right hand to cut off his head. The officers and soldiers next to him quickly knelt on the ground, hugging Zhao Qin and cried, "Prince, it is easy to get the three armies, but it is hard to find a general. Although General Hu is guilty, he is the general whom Lord Sun loves, so he should not be killed. It is better to ask him to gather the defeated troops back to the camp. Perhaps things will turn around. If they fail, they will be punished with both crimes!"
Zhao Qin was still angry, and the sword in his hand rose and fell three times. Finally, he roared, threw the sword to the ground, reached out and pulled Hu Lie's bun, and knocked his head to the ground with a loud bang. After a long time, he came to his hand and said to Hu Lie: "Since that's the case, I will order you to clean up the remains and go into the camp to obey the order!" Then he turned around and looked at the soldiers around him, and raised his eyes and said, "You all listen, today's battle is related to life and death. All the Dukes must fight to the death to turn danger into safety. I hereby declare the order to keep the troops: the soldiers fled and the whole team will be killed; the officers and commanders will be killed, and all subordinates will be killed! The casualties of the entire army are equivalent to the death, and the merits and crimes will be offset; there are any casualties and no casualties, and the rewards will be rewarded; there are any casualties and no casualties, and all the troops will be executed and the families will be destroyed!"
All the soldiers and generals said yes, and all the troops were safe. Zhao Qin ordered the defeated army to enter the camp to repair and standby. At this time, a sentry came to report: "The Qin army has broken through the second camp and is coming here!"
Zhao Qin asked Wei Shaokun for advice and said, "This Qin horse is indeed brave and good at fighting. A mere 5,000 soldiers defeated my tens of thousands of soldiers in the Song Dynasty overnight."
Wei Shaokun smiled and said, "Prince, the Qin army has a sharp force and a fast horse and strong bow. This is really not to fight against him. According to my plan, our Song army might as well face the enemy with a silence and a calm and wait for labor. When the Qin army's morale is less released, we can fight with him again, and Yang Chou can defeat him in one go!"
"Reject the horse lock formation?" Zhao Qin asked him, "What kind of formation is this?"
Wei Shaokun smiled and said, "This is the method of stacking formations created by the Qin soldiers on the northern frontier, and it is often used to resist the fast riders of the Di people. Therefore, people in Henan have never known it."
It was said that Yang Chou led his troops to the front of the Song army, but he saw that the Song army was connected by a horse-resisted rifle and an iron hook, and the general formation surrounded the four sides. The death-deathed men locked their feet and resisted the horses and held swords and shields as the enemy. The spearmen were in front, and they all sat cross-legged on the ground; the strong archers lived in the middle, kneeling to wait for the enemy. The divine arms and hands were in the back, and each stood up and held a divine arms and crossbow. The left and right wings of the main formation had small overlapping array guards.
Yang Chou did not take the Song army at all. Seeing the Song army forming such a formation, he couldn't help but laugh: "This formation is based on resisting horses as a barrier, and infantry is the main use of cavalry, which is very heavy and difficult to carry out. The key to fighting is to adapt to changes. In this way, the military formation is slow to move. How to capture the fighter? The Song army will definitely break it!" After saying that, the army rushed straight to the front of the Song army formation.
The Qin soldiers waved their swords and rolled towards the Song army like a whirlwind. When the Song army was about to 100 steps, they suddenly heard a drum sound. The back formation's divine arm was first, and the arrow flew into the locusts. The Qin army was in full swing, and the horses were not afraid at all, urging the horses to move quickly. Within seventy steps, there were another drum sound in the formation, with strong bows in the middle, and the arrows were raining like rain. The Qin army was very angry, and the army was in chaos, but they still refused to retreat. When the Qin soldiers hit the horse's spearhead, the spearmen in front of the formation all raised their guns to stab them. The Qin soldiers were all shot and fell to the ground, and then they retreated one after another.
Yang Chou was frustrated in the battle and refused to give up. He rectified his team and repeatedly rushed in front of the Song army several times without being able to enter. He then divided his troops to fight the square formation on the left and right wings, and returned with great defeat. At noon, the Qin army suffered heavy losses, and the Song army remained unmoved. The Qin army gradually disintegrated.
Seeing that Qin's troops were gradually unwavering and there were signs of defeat in the army, Zhao Qin urgently ordered Wei Shaokun to lead the formation and the cavalry attacked. The Qin soldiers were at the chaotic moment. Suddenly, they heard a cannon sound from the Song camp. They saw thousands of Song soldiers rushing out from the square formation on both sides of the left and right wings and surround the Qin army wings. The Song infantry in the front army also took the opportunity to fight out.
The Qin soldiers repeatedly rushed over and failed to make any progress, and they had no intention of fighting. At this moment, the Song soldiers attacked the entire line and surrounded them. Yang Chou stood up to fight alone, but his Qin soldiers turned their horses and trampled on each other, fled to the north. Yang Chou could not ban it, so he had to escape with the army.
Zhao Qin rushed with the army. Seeing Yang Chou being trapped among the chaotic army, he wanted to flee north to Qin, and hurriedly shouted: "Yang Chou is a famous general in Henan, who can capture him?"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw more than ten horses riding in the chaos army, with a flag flying over. A general came with a sword on his head. It was Wei Shaokun. He heard him shouting: "Don't leave!"
Yang Chou heard the shouting behind him, and turned around and saw that a young young man caught up. He looked down on his iron spear and fought with Wei Shaokun. He only said that the two generals did not fight together, and there were Song soldiers around him. Yang Chou was afraid and drove his horse to the north. Wei Shaokun urged the horse to chase him quickly, and then picked up a bow and arrow on the horse. He looked at Yang Chou with an arrow and shot Yang Chou off the horse. He randomly slapped the horse and caught Yang Chou's head with just one knife. Zhao Qin saw Wei Shaokun chopping Yang Chou in the car behind, so he drove the people and horses to cover up. Most of the Qin army was killed and injured, and less than a thousand people fled back to Xu County to inform Yang Chou of his defeat.
It was said that Ying Jin and the civil and military officials were waiting in Xu County, waiting for news about Yang Chou. First, Yang Chou would always send people to the county government to report the victory. Everyone said that Zhao Qin was easily defeated and had a false reputation. At noon, no one came to report to the front. When people sent people to investigate, it was said that Yang Chou led his troops to fight fiercely with the Song army to Xishan Chengzi. Everyone waited for another hour, but there was no news of Yang Chou's victory. They all felt that things were not good and were about to send troops to respond. The gatekeepers came forward to report: "Your Majesty, Master, the defeated soldiers from Xishan Chengzi have returned... Say... Let's say... Our army was defeated and General Yang was killed by Song Bingdao!"
"How did you lose?" Ying Jin and everyone looked at each other for a while. After hearing Yang Chou was killed, Ying Jin felt his eyes turned black and almost fell to the ground. Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to rescue him. Ying Jin gasped for a while before gritting his teeth and said, "I want to personally command the army to avenge the two generals Du Yang!" He immediately ordered people to pass the defeated troops of Xishan City into the hall and ask about the battle situation of Xishan City.
The defeated troops only told everyone that Yang Chou had won the first victory, and then defeated the Song army miserably before the Song army formation, and then killed the Song army.
Ying Jin was surprised when he heard the Song army resisting the formation of the Qin cavalry by resisting the horses and locking the formation, and said, "This formation is the formation carried out by our Qin army in the north. How could the people from Jiangnan do it? Here we must be rebellious and help from our Qin army!"
Gao Bao asked the defeated soldiers, "I don't know who the Song Bing who killed Yang Chou was?"
All the defeated soldiers replied: "He is a handsome young man, and he has never seen anything in the chaos."
Ying Jin said, "I guess it was the one who killed Du Hui last time! It seems that there are still many in Jiangdong. If the six forts are formed, it will be extremely unfavorable for our Qin army to go south to destroy Song. Gu wanted to raise troops from Dingzhou and go south to Taizi River to compete with the Song bandits for the six forts in Gushan!"
Everyone said, "The soldiers and horses of Dingzhou are military commanders of the court. If they do not accept the imperial decree, how can we do it easily? What if the emperor blames it?"
Ying Jin said: "When a general does not take this matter urgently, it is a dereliction of duty if he fails to make an immediate decision to eliminate the disaster! What's more, the emperor entrusts me to make a decision at the moment and eliminate the enemy whenever he encounters the enemy. I dare not do my best to report to Your Majesty a special encounter! I have decided, so don't say much." After that, he summoned someone to receive the seal of King Yong and went to Dingzhou that day.
Chapter completed!