While Fusu and Bai Ban were engaged in an offensive and defensive battle outside Shangjun City, Zhao Changke's 100,000-strong army was already approaching Beidi County.

Zhao Changke was riding on the horse, holding the reins in his hand, and he was high-spirited. For him, this was an excellent opportunity to make a contribution, and it was also a sign of Zhao Gao's trust in him. He had been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he believed that he would be able to fight hundreds of times on the battlefield.

Yum, as for Meng Tian, ​​Zhang Han and his like, he doesn't take it seriously at all. Now he has a hundred thousand soldiers under his command, and according to his understanding, Fusu's men and horses are only one hundred thousand, and this Beidi County has just been conquered.

, there will definitely not be heavy defenses, so as long as he presses the border with a large number of troops, he can capture Beidi County without any effort. By then, having achieved such great military exploits, and with Zhao Gao's care, he is very likely to reach the rank of Taiwei.

A high-ranking official. Thinking of this, he wanted to go to Beidi County and take it down immediately.

At this time, they were passing through a valley. On both sides of the valley were hillsides as high as ten feet. The valley was only a few feet wide, but several miles long. Deputy General Wang Yongde looked at the mountains and ran to Zhao Changke and said, "General, the terrain here is

It’s easy for people to hide their troops, why don’t we send someone to investigate?”

Zhao Changke laughed, pointed at the hillside with his horsewhip and said: "Although this hillside looks like it can hide people, it is too steep. If they want to attack us, they will fall to death before they can rush down. Why should we?

It takes so much time, let alone attacking us. We attacked shortly after we entered the valley. Why wait until now? Well, order the team to quickly cross the valley. I, the general, will take down the North City as soon as possible."

"But..." Wang Yongde wanted to persuade him again, but Zhao Changke ignored him and urged his horse forward. He had to swallow his words, hoping that the defenders would not have time to lay an ambush here.

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Zhao Changke actually guessed everything correctly. Until they walked out of the valley, no enemy appeared. Wang Yongde couldn't help but sigh. Moving forward, the tall city wall of Beidi County appeared in front of them in a short while.

In front of you.

In addition to the tall city walls of Beidi County, they were greeted by 20,000 soldiers led by Meng Tian. Of these 20,000 people, 10,000 were infantry, 5,000 were chariots, and 5,000 were cavalry. They used chariots to greet them.

In the middle, the cavalry was on both sides, and the infantry was in a final position, quietly waiting for Zhao Changke's arrival. A large flag embroidered with Mongolian characters stretched its body in the autumn wind.

When he saw that there were only 20,000 troops fighting outside the city, Zhao Changke laughed loudly: "Do you dare to compete with my 100,000 troops with only 20,000 troops? Who is leading the troops on the opposite side? He is so naked."

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"Returning to the general, the leader of the army is Meng Tian, ​​the former general of Great Qin." A scout replied looking at the large banner with the word "Meng" in it.

"Meng Tian is just in vain, let's see how I defeat him." Zhao Changke said, waving his command flag and ordering his men to charge forward.

"General, our army is already exhausted from afar, so we should set up camp first, write down the battle plan and set a date before fighting them." Wang Yongde hurriedly advised.

"The military book says to attack five times and to surround it ten times. Now our army is exactly five times theirs. We can take advantage of our army's new vigor to annihilate them under this city. At that time, we can advance to the north in one go.

Let’s rest in the dungeon.” After Zhao Changke finished speaking impatiently, he waved his command flag and said: “Come on! Kill all these rebels!”

Although the soldiers were exhausted from the long journey, what they wanted to do most when they arrived at the city was to take a good rest. Unexpectedly, they heard his order, asking them to attack the enemy immediately. Under the pressure of the Qin Dynasty's military law, everyone

The soldiers had no choice but to rush forward, but 80% of their hearts were greeting the female relatives of Zhao Changke's family.

When Meng Tian learned that the leader of the enemy was Zhao Changke, he knew that he would win. Zhao Changke had never fought a real battle. He was only allowed to serve in the army because he was good at flattery and was a relative of Zhao Gao.

He became a general in the army. Today he received a secret report that the enemy was approaching, so he led people out of the city. His original intention was to scare Zhao Changke, and he did not dare to rest peacefully even after he settled in the camp. Unexpectedly, he was frightened by his actions.

I didn't expect that Zhao Changke, like Fusu, is a guy who doesn't play his cards according to the rules at all, but the problem is that the time he chooses is exactly when it is completely unfavorable to his own side.

Seeing the enemy charging towards them without any formation, Meng Tian did not panic. He immediately ordered his chariots to charge forward first, and at the same time let the cavalry pass by from both sides, completely forming a situation where a small number of people surrounded a large number of people.

As soon as the imperial army rushed in front of Meng Tian's army, they found that they were going to die, because what greeted them was not the enemy's weapons, but more terrifying chariots. Dozens of chariots quickly rushed into the enemy's crowd.

The crossbowman on the top wields a long sword to harvest human lives like cutting weeds. At the same time, the crossbowman on the other side also fires all his arrows. Because he is in a crowd, every arrow can hit an enemy. Follow

The infantry behind the chariot were lucky. The opponent had no formation to speak of, and at this time, the chariot completely disrupted the team. Therefore, although the imperial army had an advantage in terms of absolute numbers, but in the

On this side, there was a scene of several Meng Tian soldiers beating one of them.

After just one confrontation, the vanguard of the imperial army was already in disarray.

But the terrible thing had just begun. The cavalry on both sides had already launched an attack on the enemy. When they were at a distance, they first fired at the enemy with crossbows. After getting close, they relied on the fact that they had stirrups under their feet.

Holding spears and long swords in both hands, they launched an attack on the enemy from a distance. With weapons twice as long as others, the cavalry could be said to be slaughtering one side at a time. The imperial army could not even think of the enemy.

The cavalrymen were actually able to attack themselves with long weapons in both hands. Suddenly, the soldiers and horses on both sides began to get confused and retreated to the center.

Seeing that the enemy's forward and two wings retreated at the same time, Meng Tian ordered the infantry behind him who were gearing up to also take the opportunity to cover up and kill them.

Zhao Changke never dreamed that his army would be beaten back by the enemy in a single encounter. He couldn't help but became furious and shouted repeatedly: "Charge up, surround them, and quickly use our numerical superiority to destroy them."

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But combat morale is the most important thing on the battlefield. Since the morale has been lost and the army has retreated, no matter how many people there are, it is just a mess. How can it still organize a decent attack?

Meng Tian led his troops to fight bravely, and the 100,000-strong army was beaten to pieces. Their weapons and baggage were thrown all over the floor, and they retreated for thirty miles before they could stabilize their position. This was because Meng Tian knew very well that the enemy was poor.

The reason for chasing, and at the same time, the strength of the troops is indeed inferior to that of the opponent, which is the reason why they have to give up when they are ready.

In this battle, Zhao Changke lost 20,000 horses, nearly 20,000 horses were injured, and half of his food, grass and baggage was lost. What’s even worse is that he originally came to perform meritorious service, but now he not only failed to perform meritorious service, but also suffered serious injuries.

After the blow, the morale of the army was weakened. Meng Tian's army returned to the city happily with the good mood of victory and the countless baggage and food they captured. The difference in strength between the two sides also began to gradually balance.

"I didn't expect that Zhao Changke was so incompetent that he was beaten like this by us as soon as he arrived." Zhang Wu said. After entering the city, Meng Tian summoned several generals to discuss the next combat strategy.

"It's also because he doesn't take us seriously because he has more troops. An arrogant soldier will be defeated." Meng Tian said, "But winning this battle does not mean that we have won. We also suffered losses in this battle."

Two thousand people came here. Moreover, we agreed with Prince Fusu that we would fight quickly, deal with them as soon as possible, and then rush to the county to support them. We must not be careless."

"Then it depends on the role of the ambush we buried there." Lieutenant General Pang Wanyu said, "As long as we can defeat them one more time and force them into the Beidi Valley, then they will be completely finished."

"What Deputy General Pang said is true, but the key question now is how to win again while winning?" Meng Tian asked.

"The general has a way." Zhang Wu said, "Let's rob the camp tonight. They must not have thought that we could give up and continue to expand the victory while taking advantage of the victory during the day, but at night we would hit them hard again."

"Is this... not too polite?" Pang Wanyu said.

"On the battlefield, there is only victory and defeat, but no benevolence, righteousness or despicability." Zhang Wu obviously got some inspiration from Fusu's true biography, "Besides, today is no longer the age where battles were fought with dignity and dignity like hundreds of years ago."

Meng Tian thought for a while and said: "Okay, that's it. After the third watch, General Zhang and I will lead 15,000 people to sneak attack them, while General Pang will stay in the city."

It was already three o'clock in the morning, and Zhao Changke's military camp was quiet. From time to time, there were a few sounds of pain, which were the moans of people injured in the day's battle.

Suddenly there was a cry of killing, and groups of soldiers with swords and guns unsheathed rushed towards the quiet camps. Before those soldiers could react, they were already knocked to the ground.

Zhao Changke was awakened from his sleep and hurriedly ordered his troops to fight. Unfortunately, their command was now in disarray. Everyone screamed and ran backwards, as if they could survive as long as they left the military camp. Zhao Changke screamed for a long time.

Only then did he gather tens of thousands of people, and he had no choice but to flee back under the protection of his soldiers. Now he no longer wanted to achieve any merit, he just wanted to escape safely back to Xianyang. As for the punishment he would receive for his defeat,

There is no time to think about it now.

Meng Tian and his two men, with their soldiers and horses, pursued the retreating enemy for a long time before turning around and returning to the city. This sneak attack only killed a few thousand of them, but the psychological damage to the enemy could not be counted.
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