Chapter 415: Soldier Saint
Qin and Chu's army met on the plains beside Yingshui. Zhao Kuo did not give the other party any chance to think. As the vanguard, the chariot rushed directly towards the enemy, while the infantry followed behind the chariot and broke through the gaps torn by the chariot. This is a very simple command method, but those who are familiar with this method can play it with, such as Zhao Kuo.
He has fought for decades and encountered various enemies. It can be said that after dying a series of famous generals such as Bai Qi, Wei Wuji, Lian Po, Meng Ao, Zhao Kuo is now fully qualified to stand at the top of famous generals. Of course, there are also people like Wang Jian, Li Mu, and even Zhao Kang, but in the eyes of the world, these juniors must be somewhat different from Zhao Kuo, the predecessor.
Take the war today for example. Xiang Yan responded very quickly. After knowing Zhao Kuo’s thoughts, he gave up the front army because the front army had no combat power at all. It was originally composed of old and weak in the army and could not withstand the attack for too long. He focused all his attention on the rear army. The Chu army lacked chariots, and most of them were infantry. In order to deal with the chariots of Qin, he hurriedly organized shield hands and spearmen to form the first row, using crossbowmen to assist them, and hurriedly began to move the food trucks behind him forward and resist the impact horizontally.
It can be said that Xiang Yan did a great job, and it was impossible for ordinary generals to make arrangements so quickly in a short period of time. Unfortunately, his opponent was not ordinary people. When Zhao Kuo commanded the chariot, there was always a kind of Lian Po. Zhao Kuo not only absorbed the strengths of a hundred schools of thought, but also became the master of the mixed school. At the same time, in tactics, he also learned almost the characteristics of many generals of the same era and integrated them.
First, let's look at this rolled-up bead curtain and use a chariot to drive out the enemy soldiers to rush to the formation. Is it familiar? Yes, this is Bai Qi's best-in-class fighting style. Bai Qi can find various opportunities to disintegrate the opponent's formation. After Zhao Kuo met him several times, he also learned this method, mainly relying on the deterrent power of the chariot, and at the same time, he cannot kill everyone. It is more effective than killing the enemy to rush to the formation and cause chaos.
In addition, every time Zhao Kuo attacks instantly, brings dry food for a few days and gives a fatal blow before the enemy reacts. Is it familiar to me? This is the specialty of a certain drunkard in Wei Kingdom. With his rapid march speed and outstanding sense of battlefield smell, the drunkard can always appear in unexpected places of the enemy, catching his opponent off guard.
In terms of command of the chariot, Zhao Kuo is more inclined to Lian Po's command art, rationally use the chariot's charge ability and cut the battlefield from different directions, without killing many enemies, but it must be formed in part to fight less, the chariot cut the cake, and the infantry eat it... Zhao Kuo stood in the chariot and kept tying the flag, while the chariot followed his orders and kept changing directions. On this plain, they quickly cut the big cake of Chu into pieces.
While integrating these strategies, Zhao Kuo's own characteristics were also fully utilized. What were Zhao Kuo's characteristics? When the soldiers learned that Zhao Kuo had come to the south, they were extremely excited and stood on tiptoe to wait for him. When Zhao Kuo came to the military camp to ask about his well-being and help the soldiers solve their problems, the soldiers shed tears. When Zhao Kuo stood in the chariot and his flag was fluttering in the wind, the soldiers became extremely fanatical.
Zhao Kuo can bring out the ultimate goal of the morale of the army, which is a vague but unattainable thing. For some reason, the same army, in Xin Wu and Zhao Kuo, are two completely different armies. The name Zhao Kuo can make his soldiers crazy and make the enemy frightened. But Zhao Kuo is not a disguise, nor is he for the sake of war. He really cherishes his soldiers and respects these soldiers very much.
Compared to him, an incompetent old farmer in Xianyang, it was these people's bloody sacrifice that created a unified civilization. Zhao Kuo just wanted to help them so that they could all survive. In Zhao Kuo's eyes, these people were like his children. They were young and they should not sacrifice for no reason...
Therefore, when the two sides were fighting, Xiang Yan almost felt that despair in an instant. Yes, it was despair. Xiang Yan had never fought with Zhao Kuo in person. In Korea, he also fought with Wang Jian and had never encountered Zhao Kuo in person. This was his first time. He looked at the crazy Qin army and rushed up shouting. The chariots tore up his defense. Then he began to cut the station yard regardless of the matter. Infantry rushed in and surrounded the Chu people in the middle.
Xiang Yan hurriedly raised the flag order, and the right-wing army headed forward to attack the enemy's border army, because the other direction was water, so the Qin army could be chaotic... But when Xiang Yan just issued the order, Qin had already penetrated directly into the Chu army, and the right-wing army was empty and attacked lonely. Xiang Yan's hands trembled slightly, and the Qin army, which was like a tiger or a wolf, completely penetrated into the Chu army.
Xiang Yan found that he could not command the army at all, but he could give orders, but the separated Chu army in various places could not implement it.
At that moment, Zhao Kuo's chariot launched a final attack. When the flag of Wuchenghou charged towards Xiang Yan, the Qin soldiers also launched the final advance. The Chu soldiers were pushed into the water, trampled, and were constantly defeated. They could not find a place to escape. At this moment, Zhao Kuo opened his net and withdrew the army behind. At this moment, the Chu soldiers shouted to start escaping from the gap... The Chu army collapsed completely...
At this time, it was less than an hour before Xiang Yan met Zhao Kuo.
Xiang Yan took a deep breath and heard the driver beside him shouting: "Retreat! General! Retreat!!"
Xiang Yan could not hesitate and directly ordered a retreat. The Chu army began to flee, but Zhao Kuo did not choose to pursue, and the chariots stopped to deal with the remaining Chu army. The war ended soon. Xiang Yan, the general of the Chu State, fled with thousands of soldiers, and the rest of the Chu people were captured either by death in battle. Zhao Kuo was constantly helping to treat the wounded on the battlefield. Xin Wu followed him, unstoppable.
"General...General, Xiang Yan was unable to even issue three orders, you defeated him..."
Xin Wu was very excited. He could not express the shock in his heart. Zhao Kuo lowered his head and helped deal with the wounds of the wounded soldiers, but he didn't say a word. Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up, and Zhao Kuo also dragged his tired body back to the chariot. Xin Wu still followed him, muttering, "General, I know what it means to use troops today. I think even if Wu'an Jun reincarnated, he is definitely not as good as you..."
Zhao Kuo stopped, turned around, looked at Xin Wu with a fanatical look, and said seriously: "Actually, I hate the battlefield very much."
"Really, I hate war."
Xin Wu couldn't speak, but Chen Xiao, who came up, helped him turn the topic around. He said, "General? What should we do next? The defeated soldiers of Chu cannot run away very quickly. Please allow me to pursue the cavalry and catch them all." Zhao Kuo shook his head and asked, "How many enemies have escaped?" Chen Xiao thought seriously for a moment and said, "There are about thousands of people who escaped with Xiang Yan. If they were to add those who escaped earlier, there would be about ten thousand people."
"Then let them run away."
"Let them escape first, and we will follow them..."
"Where is the target?"
"The goal is Xiang Yan."
Zhao Kuo was unclear, but no one dared to ask him again, including Chen Xiao, and he didn't dare to remind him anything. Marquis Wu Cheng must have his own plans, and he thought so. Next, Zhao Kuo followed Xiang Yan with his army and did not pursue him with all his might. Even after Xiang Yan fled to Juyang, Zhao Kuo attacked here. Xiang Yan could only continue running, and those of him could not defend Juyang.
Zhao Kuo easily attacked Juyang. Then, he followed Xiang Yan all the way, and continued to attack cities and villages. No city could stop him. Just when Xiang Yan was about to be tortured by Zhao Kuo, the army sent by Shouchun finally came to pick him up. This army had more than 60,000 people. When Xiang Yan came to the army, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. The general who commanded the army was called Xiong Mao.
Xiong Mao is a young general promoted by the King of Chu recently. The King of Chu likes these energetic young people. Xiong Mao is also a good young general among the young generals of the State of Chu. When Xiang Yan came to him in a dilemma, he hurriedly asked the army to stop, stationed here, and personally welcomed Xiang Yan. Xiong Mao and Xiang Yan had a bad relationship, but there were no major conflicts, especially in such a foreign war, unity was the most important.
"Go back to the city... Go back to Shouchun, go back to Shouchun..." Xiang Yan looked at the young general in front of him panting and issued an order.
Xiong Mao was stunned and asked, "The enemy is still pursuing?"
"Yes, go back to the city."
Xiong Mao didn't want to escape from the battlefield like this, but seeing Xiang Yan's miserable appearance and thinking about Zhao Kuo's terrible record, he decided to obey Xiang Yan's orders. He hurriedly ordered the entire army to retreat. At this moment, the scout rushed in and said, "There are a large number of Qin troops in the north and are coming towards us..." Xiong Mao was a little startled. He looked at Xiang Yan and asked in fear: "General, what should we do?"
The young general was indeed scared and a little at a loss. He clearly had an absolute advantage in military strength, but he was still very scared. He had never fought with the Qin people. Xiang Yan hurriedly said: "Leave some people to delay the enemy, and the others retreat. I think Zhao Kuo seems to want to attack Shouchun... We can only rely on the tall city to defend his attack. If we go back late, Shouchun will fall too..."
Xiong Mao was stunned for a moment. He actually planned to Shouchun??
Seeing his trembling appearance, Xiang Yan took over his position helplessly and began to make his own deployment. He left 20,000 people here to refuse to defend, but the other soldiers began to retreat and were unwilling to fight Zhao Kuo... and Xiang Yan also gave some explanations for the 20,000 people. As long as it could stop the enemy for a while, if you can't hold on, run away, don't hesitate... Zhao Kuo did not hesitate at all. When Xiang Yan made the deployment, the front troops of both sides had already begun to fight.
The Chu people left the front army and the rest retreated, which was a huge blow to the morale of the Chu army.
When the two sides fought, Zhao Kuo once again defeated the army in front of him through a chariot. When his chariot took the lead in attacking, the enemy collapsed... Zhao Kuo defeated the ambush into an encounter, and then turned the encounter into a pursuit. He relied on the idea that the enemy did not dare to confront him head-on, and continued to pursue. More than 30,000 Qin people chased 60,000 to 70,000 people in the territory of Chu...
Xiang Yan, who first gave up the battle, regretted it now.
After choosing to escape for the first time, he could only continue to escape, and no longer choose to fight head-on... And if he chose to fight head-on, the danger would be extremely great. It is hard to say that the defeated soldiers here would not cause chaos after the war began... In the war, as long as one side fled, this phenomenon might spread to the entire army. Only then did Xiang Yan understand Zhao Kuo's idea, he deliberately let himself escape...
In Shouchun, there was particularly chaos. The news from the Qin people had spread all over the place.
The King of Chu sat in the palace with a pale complexion.
At the beginning, there was news that Xiang Yan was defeated, and the King of Chu did not panic and hurriedly asked Xiong Mao to take the army to respond.
Then there was news of the fall of Juyang and other cities. The King of Chu was still not panicked, so he asked the Lingyin to summon the army.
When Xiong Mao and Xiang Yan were chased and the enemy was less than a hundred miles away from Shouchun, the King of Chu finally couldn't sit still.
He really couldn't imagine that Qin State defeated its 100,000-40,000 troops with its 30,000 to 40,000 troops. He wanted to attack Shouchun, but he was not a human being. The King of Chu just cursed his general angrily. At the same time, he had a deep fear of Zhao Kuo. He finally obeyed the orders of the emperor and hurriedly left Shouchun and went to the south to hunt... The State of Chu was about to move the capital again.
The King of Chu sat in the carriage and looked at the chaotic Shouchun. His face became increasingly ugly. Do you really have to give up the capital because of 20,000 or 30,000 people? At this moment, he was so angry and desperate. The main force of Qin was still outside the border, and the partial troops convened by the two counties could fight him to move the capital. If one day, Zhao Kuo brought the main force of Qin to attack Chu, would he still have any hope???
The arrogant and rude King of Chu finally realized his ignorance at this moment. He seemed to think everything was too simple. War is not a number game, and no one can win if there are more people... The King of Chu lowered his head aggrievedly and slowly left Shouchun. The ministers of Chu also followed him away, and the people of Shouchun were even more panicked and fled everywhere, and the Chu State was in chaos.
Xiang Yan and Xiong Mao hurried to Shouchun with the rest of their soldiers, but were surprised to find that this place had almost become an empty city.
Xiang Yan hurriedly began to deploy city defense.
Zhao Kuo stood in the chariot, just outside Shouchun City, looking at the Chu army on the city wall from afar.
Xiang Yan stood on the top of the city and looked at the figure in the carriage and couldn't help but shivering.
Chapter completed!