Chapter 116 Advance
It is not a secret to digging trenches to prevent artillery attacks in the Grand Sima Operations Department and the Chu Army Shogunate, but the Qin army has never thought of this very simple method. After hearing the guards, the Qin people were also baking frozen soil. Zhuang Wudi was like Xiong Jing, and he instantly understood the intention of the Qin people. Fortunately, this is winter, and the trenches that can avoid artillery will not be completed in a short time.
The Sand Sea Camp surrounded by waters. Before the Qin army was frozen, there was a water slum. There were no trenches outside the Sand Sea Camp, otherwise the Qin army could hide in the wide trenches around the military camp to avoid cannons. Even so, Zhuang Wudi was sweating in his vest, fearing that there was something else he and his counselors missed.
It was a cloudy day. The rising sun was blocked by thick clouds and could not feel any heat. The north wind was not strong. In the severe cold, wind was the main factor for frostbite in humans. For this reason, the generals of the coalition forces were told not to expose their skin in the wind. In such weather, this battle of more than 600,000 people was not a life-threatening battle, but burning fire and digging soil with each other.
Faced with such a spectacle, the generals and soldiers on both sides were not impatient. Xiong Jing did not even urge him, and sat on the ground and waited with peace of mind; Wang Jian played chess alone, playing two horns, and enjoyed himself by himself. Most of the generals and soldiers sat on the snow and waited for the final war. At this time, the uneasiness and desire in the soldiers' hearts gradually revealed.
The war was only five years in the record of the General's Grand Sima Mansion and the General's Shogunate, but it seemed to have been more than ten years in the memory of the old soldiers of the Chu army. The impatient Chu people hated the long wars that could not see the end. They usually hoped that a war would end in a few battles. In the Spring and Autumn Period, this was possible in the early Warring States Period, but with the complete mobilization mechanisms of various countries, all wars were over the years.
When they left the Qifeng period, the generals of the divisions led to the soldiers saying that this was the final battle. The word "last" made the old soldiers who had survived the Qingshui War secretly relieved. During this last wait, many people talked about the past, such as the year, month, and battle in the city, and how I was. Some people cried, and the youngest Zhao Zhu sat in the military formation numbly. Some people couldn't help crying, but they were soon taught a lesson by the old soldiers.
Because they accompanied the Qi army all the way, after three days of emergency training, Liu Bang and Lu Wan, who had read books and recognized some words, became the company commander of the Qi army. The Qi soldiers were rescued by Qi and were inspired by the righteousness of saving the world. However, the entertainment of the Qi people was everywhere. Even if it was about to be a life-and-death battle, they could not help but play the jiu and play the Six Bos.
Lu Wan wanted to stop it, but when Liu Bang did not stop it, he went deep into it, so he had to give up. Gao Qin, the commander of the Five Cities, also wanted to stop it, but when he saw the head of the Chu army was having fun with Qi soldiers, he said something wrong, and several Qi generals gave up like Lu Wan.
The psychology of these people is completely different from that of the generals of the Chu army. The continuous victory made the generals and soldiers of the Chu army deeply despise the Qin army. The Qi army was defeated by Qin, Gao Qin and others instinctively fear the Qin army. This is even more so. With more than 10,000 merchants, the coalition forces were only 180,000, while the number of Qin soldiers exceeded 400,000 to 500,000. Even if such a decisive battle could be won, the soldiers would suffer heavy casualties. Several generals thought to themselves: It is indeed necessary to make the soldiers happy before the war, even if the time is short.
"Kill the owl! Kill the owl! Kill the owl..." Without stopping, the company commander and the soldiers were having fun with the soldiers. The soldiers of Liu Bang's soldiers shouted the owl around the Liubo chessboard filled with money and silver. The Liubo chess has twelve chess pieces, black and white in half. The six chess pieces can have one owl chess chess chess chess chess chess chess chess chess, and throw chopsticks or dice to play chess. The so-called "Big people value owl, and the winner will kill owl". The victory or defeat is based on the killing of the opponent's owl chess.
Liu Bang was skillful and always beat the opponent's opponent with a dice. The chess piece only took one more step and quickly approached the opponent's chess. As long as the dice was thrown out a three or two, the chess would definitely kill. Most of the Qi soldiers bet on the old gamblers in the company. Unexpectedly, the company commander of the Chu people was also good at this. After a few gambles, they actually wanted to kill the gamblers. The soldiers who bet on the bet changed gradually. The soldiers who had not bet on the bet were not afraid of the big deal. They laughed and shouted to kill the gamblers. They usually lost a lot of money to the old gamblers.
Liu Bang smiled on his face, but kept cursing in his heart. He didn't expect Qi Ren to be so gambled (actually Qi Ren is too rich), and the money on the chessboard is more than the money he has seen in his life. He can make a lot of money if he wins, but the team will definitely not be able to lead in the future. He loses on purpose, but it's okay if he can't tell, but he will definitely be scolded as a coward and mediocre man in the future.
Liu Bang stared at the old Boshou opposite him with the dice and stood still. The sound of killing the owl urging him to roll the dice became more and more urgent. When he was about to throw it blindly, the military order suddenly rose: "Da Ao has his life, eat immediately. Da Ao has his order, eat immediately..."
"The king has his life," Liu Bang jumped up. At this time, someone bumped into it. The chessboard supported by several head helmets was turned on the ground, and the chess pieces were spread all over the ground. Seeing this, Liu Bang immediately said, "I will play again after this game and have a meal immediately."
It was noon, which was the hottest moment of the day, but the sun still had no warmth. After the commanded cavalry ran, the more than 3,000 military formations began to use self-heating military rations. Xiong Jing had no appetite. Although the nest cart reported that the Qin people were digging ditches slowly, the Qin people were indeed digging ditches.
The variable brought by digging the ditch is that the Qin cavalry will no longer attack the artillery array, and can completely suppress the seven thousand knights who were truly engaged in the battle of the Chu army and attack the side of the infantry formation. He believed that the formation of the Zhao and Wei armies could hold on, but he was very worried that they could not hold on, even if their array was as thick as fifty rows.
In this case, the only thing that can be relied on is Youque. The Chu army rarely arranged a Youque: four Ying divisions, plus the Five Divisions of the Nanjun led by Douyi, and more than 10,000 soldiers from Qi City - the general led all opposing city-level officials to join the war, but Vuguang had promised to agree to their participation in the war, so they could only arrange them as Youque in the rear of the military formation to protect the side of the army.
Becoming soldiers and participating in battles was an honor for the Chinese people. After entering the Warring States Period, the common people were tired of hiding due to frequent conquests, but the merchants in the city were excited by the honor. Since then, they have gotten rid of their humble status since the Western Zhou Dynasty and no longer need to look up to ordinary common people.
"Reported to Da Ao, the dike will be dug, and the dike will be broken when the small move is moved." The worker and officer came to report from the east dike of the gutter and reported that it was still half an hour.
"Speed." Xiong Jing looked up at the sky, and the sun was above his head. If the two armies started fighting in Xiaoqianshi, according to his plan to end the battle before dark, the Chu army would only have three hours to end the battle.
"Ye." The worker agreed, turned around and ran back after saluting. At this time, all the cannons were placed on the west side of the gutter. Looking at these cannons, Xiong Jing suddenly had an illusion: the thick ice and snow on the river suddenly collapsed, and all the cannons fell into the cold bottom of the ditch.
"Da Ao?" Zhuang Wudi didn't know why Xiong Jing was lost. It took more than half an hour to explode the dam, and now infantry and cavalry should enter the river.
"Yeah." Xiong Jing's eyes were withdrawn from the gutter and ordered him after hearing this: "The whole army is moving forward!"
After more than four hours of waiting, at noon, the somewhat chaotic array of the coalition forces was once again neat. The divisions and brigades followed the military flags of the formation and walked up to the embankment more than one meter high, and then poured down from the waterfall on the embankment. In the eyes of the Qin soldiers on the opposite platform, in the flying snow dust, the Chu army formation slipped into the gutter and river like a bright spreading piece of silk, and then stood still.
Before Wang Jian could report the scouts, he knew that the Chu army was advancing based on the snow Chen raised to the west, and the entire army was almost in the gutter and on standby. Once the witch medicine exploded the east embankment, the witch tools arranged in front of the formation would be bombarded at his own army. After five years of fierce battle, the Qin army was very clear about the tactics of the Chu army. The witch medicine that destroyed the world and the invincible witch tools made no army dare to directly defeat him.
Before all the snow dust fell, Wang Jian ordered more than 600 powerful crossbows and more than 400 catapults arranged in the front to retreat urgently, and the front troops who protected these powerful crossbows and catapults also retreated. They had to be at least 700 steps away from the east dike of the gutter to avoid the attack of iron bombs fired by the enemy's witchcraft.
The infantry was retreating urgently and the digging was not completed. The 15,000 cavalry soldiers led by Jufen slowly entered the battlefield and lined up in front of the front army. When Wu Fen, who was riding a bloody horse, suddenly pointed at Bai Lin for some reason. Bai Lin naturally knew what was going on, and he was forced to calm down by letting his left and right look. He could not tell others that he had made enemies with Jufen twelve years ago? Who would have thought that a small hairpin actually became a cavalry general who led 40,000 cavalrymen.
Su Fu knew about this grudge, and he said, "This person is rude to the general, and he will be the one who will be..."
"Then the next day?" Bai Lin's smile became even more bitter. He and Guan Fen and even the 500,000 Qin troops were on the verge of life and death. So what if Guan Fen wants to take revenge? If you want to take revenge, both of them must be alive. He said melancholy: "Only today can you say that next day. I will order the entire army to turn around!"
"It's ready! It's ready..." Teams of workmen showed off their flags in the gutter and said they were ready. Xiong Jing was worried that there would not be enough time and the war would be delayed until sunset. Seeing this, there was no delay, he directly asked the bannermen to issue a detonation order.
‘Boom..., Boom..., Boom...' One explosion after another, the workers who dug the embankment turned into witchcraft. They performed a grand and extraordinary witchcraft in front of the 180,000 generals of the coalition forces. One after another, the fire burst out from the ground, the sky collapsed and the earth covered the sky. Looking at this unnatural power, even the old Chu army soldiers who wanted to shout long live could not help but tremble all over and prayed subconsciously.
Before the workers lit the gunpowder, the entire Qin army turned around, mainly because they were worried that the soldiers would feel unnecessary panic when they saw the huge explosion soaring into the sky. For most Qin soldiers, the violent explosion was just a violent vibration under their feet, and then the air waves came from behind. No one knew what was happening behind them. When they turned around, the broken earth dike exposed in the dust that had not fallen.
Chapter completed!