Chapter 125 Value
The sky is dark and the earth is dark. Only sound can be distinguished during the fight, and it is difficult to see the enemy clearly. Whether it is to break the Qin army array or not, the commander of the soldiers ordered the soldiers to retreat, and then retreated and then rushed to the spear. The Chu army artillery soldiers have not yet mastered the correct way to use field artillery, and the Chu army's spears may not fully master the correct way to use the spear formation.
It is precisely in this state where the enemy is almost impossible to see clearly that the spear formation can attack in the sharpest way. Even if the old Qin army soldiers clamp the spear, the spear will be abandoned by the Chu army soldiers. Then another row of spears rushed forward and led the Qin army to retreat one after another.
Behind the fighting array, the gate of Fenxing Pass opened wide, and in the heavy darkness, the Qin soldiers were running into the barrier. From noon to now, it took two hours for the fierce cavalry to enter the barrier, and the remaining infantry had to run. One hour of running could pass through 100,000 people, and in just over two hours, more than 200,000 Qin troops could all retreat into the Fenxing Pass.
Xiong Jing, behind the formation, didn't know that the Qin people would be withdrawn soon. The news from each division and brigade said that the Qin army had broken the formation, but only the Qin army at the entrance of the Fenxing Pass facing the Ying army was still holding on. Deng Sui ordered all the soldiers backed back, and ten lighter ten-pound cannons were adjusted to aim at the Qin people's chariots. In the darkness, the cannons spewed out flames, and the Qin people's sorrow shouts came intermittently.
"When will it take?" Although the Qin army defended against the chariots, the chariots were made of wood, and the wood could not withstand the slam of artillery. Bai Lin, who stood behind the Qin army formation, asked anxiously. His voice was very firm, and he believed that he could hold on until the entire army retreated into Senei.
"It takes another hour for general." In the darkness, the military officers left by Li Xin could not see their faces clearly, and could only hear voices.
"One hour?" Bai Lin was a little surprised. It took more than three hours for the Chu army to catch up and start the battle. It has been more than four hours now. The 40,000 cavalry and 200,000 infantry should have been withdrawn, so why does it take another hour?
"Little man, villain doesn't know." Qin army infantry ran into the barrier, and could retreat 300,000 people in three hours. How could Qin army have 300,000 people at present? In addition to the intercepted soldiers, there were only more than 270,000 soldiers, and there were 20,000 injured soldiers among them. The military officer thought of more than 20,000 injured soldiers, and he could not help but guess: "Maybe, maybe it's the injury soldiers who are retreating."
"Injured soldiers? I think they are just wealthy women." Zuo Jiao Huang Long sniffed. He knew that many generals had lived in Xiangcheng for a long time and accumulated a lot of private wealth. The supplies, food and grass can be discarded, but private wealth cannot be discarded.
"Nonsense! Judging a gentleman's affair with a villain's heart." Bai Lin scolded. "So what if you stay for another hour?"
"Waiting for another hour, our army will be exhausted." The lieutenant who was in Bai Lin was the rear army. The array of 50,000 troops was not thick. According to Bai Lin's arrangement, they had to fight with the Chu army for at least half an hour. Unexpectedly, the Chu army no longer entangled with the Qin soldiers when they fought in the past, but instead rushed spear after row, thinking that the array that could last for half an hour was defeated by the Chu army in a very short time.
"It will take an hour to finish the mo." Bai Lin stood up, and the right school student Su Fu followed closely. As soon as he lifted the military tent, the screams under the cannons pierced the eardrums. Commander Du Wen bumped into it. He shouted in panic: "Our army, our army is defeated!"
Du Wen's array was on the inside of the right wing. He escaped back, but the outermost captain did not escape back. The person should have died on the battlefield. Before Bai Lin could ask, he heard the Chu army's shouts and cheers. This cheer was not on one side, but on both sides, and all four captains on the outer side were destroyed.
Amid the sound of crying, Bai Linben slowly lowered his hand, and he finally said, "Light up."
"General has an order: ignite!" The order was quickly passed out. The Qin army was not wasted during the period when the Chu army chased him. Not only did the formation of chariots be built on the official roads entering the barrier, but trenches were also dug out, and firewood and grease were piled up in the trenches. Fire was a good way to block, but there were not many things in the army that could burn in the barrier, otherwise the Qin army would not have to form a formation to fight.
With Bai Lin's order, amid the cheers of the Chu army, a raging fire suddenly ignited from the trench. With the light of the fire, the Qin army saw the Chu army soldiers holding a spear and shouting long live, as well as the Chu army artillery facing the official road; the Chu army saw clearly the dense trenches on the official road entering the block, and the Qin general Bai Lin, who was standing behind the chariot, with flags floating behind the body.
"This is not Li Xin!" Xiong Jing felt fooled. He thought he was against him.
"The Qin army formation is single, and it will be defeated with one blow, and there are few people." In the darkness, people only saw the Qin army formation and did not know the depth of the Qin army formation. Looking back now, they found that the number of Qin soldiers fighting with them was not large, estimated to be only tens of thousands, and the Qin cavalry was not seen at the same time.
Zhuang Wudi, who opposed the resentment, was hard to speak. Peng Zong's voice was mainly around Xiong Jing: "I think Li Xin has retreated to the Fenxing Pass. The Qin army blocked each other with fire, indicating the number of troops, fearing the Qin army, fearing the Qin army..."
It took the Chu army too long to cross the tributaries to line up to attack the array. Peng Zong didn't know how many soldiers the Qin army could withdraw into the Fenxing Pass in an hour, but more than four hours passed. I think at least tens of thousands of soldiers entered the pass. The only thing that fought with the Chu army to stop the Chu army was a partial army of tens of thousands of people. Li Xin had already run away.
"Enter! Go quickly!" Looking at the Qin general under the banner a mile away, Xiong Jing waved his hand and asked the Ying army to advance with a wave of his hand. He did not forget the flames on the official road, nor did he forget that the formation was inconvenient at night, and said again: "Blast fire with artillery!"
At first, there were only ten artillery bombardments, and then more than a hundred artillery bombardments. After the shells were out of the barrel, some of them hit the Fenxing Front, causing the guards stationed in the pass to tremble in their courage. More artillery shells were aimed at the fires in the trench and bombarded violently. The grease could not be destroyed, but the firewood could be dispersed. The sound of the cannons was roaring for about a moment, and the Ying army rushed in with a shout.
Seeing the soldiers of Yingshi rushing into the enemy formation, Xiong Jing didn't have much joy on his face.
Fenxing border is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The Chu army wants to break the Fenxing border. With the current thickness of the snow, it takes two or three days. In these two or three days, Li Xin has retreated to Xinzheng. The Chu army can chase Xinzheng, or even go further beyond the new policy, but it is impossible to fight again. Li Xin has 400,000 people and annihilated less than 200,000, which is far from Xiong Jing's expectation.
Wang Jian had 150,000, Li Xin had more than 200,000, and Meng Tiankuang had 100,000. These more than 400,000 elite soldiers were still the enemy of the Chu army. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Qin cavalry was getting stronger and stronger, and the number of Chu cavalry was too small. The two sides could not stop the Qin cavalry. Moreover, in terms of the system of troops, the Chu army had to have at least 30,000 cavalry to effectively fight with infantry, and 15,000 cavalry was too few. The Chu cavalry, equivalent to one-twentieth of the Qin army, could only cause trouble to the Qin army and could not truly defeat the Qin army.
Thinking of the cavalry, Xiong Jing naturally thought of the dragon horse. Two thousand mares on the horse-raising island are already giving birth, but there is only one child in one child. Even if all two thousand mares are conceived, there are only two thousand horses a year, and two thousand males and half males and only a thousand stallions.
In reality, those mares can only give birth to five hundred stallions a year. Starting from this year and next year, two-year-old mares can only get pregnant, and four years later, more than one thousand stallions will be born every year; about six years later, two thousand stallions will be born every year. At this rate, the Chu army will only have 30,000 dragon horses in twenty years.
And this is only theoretical. Even if the war damage of dragon and horses is negligible every year, the lifespan of the horse is limited. Twenty years later, even if the dragon and horses do not die of old age, they will not be able to run. The only feasible way is to cross the dragon and horse stallions and horse mares, and at the same time, the stallions and mares in the army are mixed. In this way, there will be 30,000 to 40,000 useful war horses in five years.
But the problem of war horses has been solved, and the problem of knights is difficult to solve. Where can I find 30,000 or 40,000 knights in five years?
"King," Seeing that the war was coming to an end, Chang Jiang finally handed over the message that existed in his arms. Xiong Jing was envious of the Qin army's countless cavalrymen, and casually glanced at Xunwen, and then he jumped up.
"Birth?" he asked in disbelief.
"I am congratulating the king! I have successors in my Great Chu, and the country will last forever." The generals and advisers around me learned about this news earlier than Xiong Jing. When they saw Xiong Jing, they laughed loudly. Zhuang Wudi even said: "I ordered the entire army to be born today. The eldest son of the king is born, and my Great Chu has a queen!"
Xiong Jing was still thinking in his mind that Mi Xuan had given birth to the child alone, and he was really a boy, and he was a father at a young age. This is really...
Xiong Jing was filled with mixed feelings, and the soldiers of Ying army cheered first, and then all the soldiers of the army cheered. The joy of victory and the joy of the birth of the eldest son of Wang, even against the north wind, Li Xin, several miles away, could clearly hear the voice of Chu soldiers' "Long Live the eldest son of Wang".
"It's over." In the curtain, Li Xin sighed deeply.
Because of Mi Xuan and her child in her womb, Chu and Zhao countries would have internal conflicts. They thought they had an opportunity to take advantage of the plan of alienation, but they did not expect to rebel against Zhao's counter-espionage plan. The Qin army suffered heavy losses, including some injured soldiers, and only 210,000 soldiers retreated into the Senei. If Bai Lin's entire army was wiped out, then only these 210,000 people would be left.
Li Xin was not worried about Xianyang's crime because he was apart from Chu and Zhao, and took the opportunity to fight the king's order. Since he was the king's order, he would at most be responsible for improper command and would not be guilty.
"The son of King Jing was born, and more than 100,000 people in Qin died, which is a brutal thing." Li Xin also had a heart. This heartless nose was removed in his early years and he wore a mask on his face all day long. Li Xin was young and energetic, and often had his own opinions, so he didn't talk much on weekdays.
"Evil?" Li Xin glanced at his heart and smiled bitterly, "Who is not evil in Jing? They are all evil."
"No. The son of King Jing is not a person's fault, but his fate is a bad life. Those who are in danger will die, and one hundred thousand people will die, and I am the enemy of the Qin Dynasty." The voice of my heart became smaller and smaller, until it was too small to hear it.
Chapter completed!