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Chapter 2 Defeat

The two armies faced each other in circles.

The sound of the horn spread across the earth, and the sound of hoofbeats rose into the sky. Although the Huns soldiers looked chaotic like a swarm of bees, Wang Zhu could still see that the Huns cavalry was actually divided into three armies: left, center and right. The center army came roaring in a circular formation.

, a large number of people, extremely fierce. The long knife like a goat's horn kept slapping the horse's back, and the mouth kept shouting. There was a cavalry team on each side of the left and right flanks in an arc shape, galloping back and forth, as if to prevent

The enemy attacked from the side.

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The horn sounded again, and the Hun cavalry on both wings circled outwards from the left and right wings, drawing two large arcs to the left and right, forming an open trumpet mouth. Everyone bent their bows and set arrows, ready to attack.

The entire battlefield was given to the center army. It seemed that the armies on both wings were just feinting. Their purpose was to use the arrows on both wings to contain the enemy and cover the center army as they rushed into the enemy formation to carry out rampage killings. Three groups of cavalry were constantly adjusting their horses.

The speed, cooperation with each other, and keeping the formation loose but well-founded in advance and retreat, the excellence of tactics and equestrian skills are breathtaking.

The sound of war drums was rapid and dense, full of killing intent! Wang Zhu ordered Li Shiqi and Xia Houying to rush out with a thousand fine cavalry each, following a circuitous route around the enemy's two wings to attack the string-controlling warriors.

Like sharp swords drawn from their sheaths to kill the enemy, the Xiongnu's center troops formed a battle array spanning five miles. Circles of metallic white light shone in the sunlight as they attacked before their eyes.

In a hurry, Wang Zhu saw clearly the formation of the Huns. The first five rows were all scimitar warriors, but the following rows were filled with crossbowmen who were already ready. As soon as they entered the shooting range, the bows and arrows would pass over the scimitar warriors.

above their heads, pouring into the Qin army's ranks like a torrential rain.

The Qin army does not have such shooting skills. Only a few of the Qin army's archers can shoot arrows while running, and their accuracy is far worse than that of the Huns. In this case, if the opponent's scimitar is used,

The soldiers charged quickly, and in panic, their bows and arrows flew around like headless flies.

The Qin army had archers in front and spearmen at the back, so it was bound to suffer a big loss. When Wang Zhu wanted to change the formation, it was already too late. The Xiongnu team's bows and arrows came like a rainstorm.

The Qin army that was galloping in the front was suddenly turned upside down and fell down.

Fortunately, the Qin army's daily training was also very rigorous. Although they were lying down, the soldiers who came up from behind still raised their horses and crossed over, staring closely at the scimitar warriors to kill.

"kill!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

The two hostile parties simultaneously let out howls that could make the grassland tremble, like two giant pythons clawing at each other. The screams followed, blood spurted into the sky again, and the clang of weapons clashed, as if one by one.

Beating the note of death, the gray grass turned blood red in the blink of an eye.

What Wang Zhu didn't expect was that the Xiongnu warriors were approaching fiercely but collapsed at the first touch. Under the cover of the archers on both wings, the center army killed for a while and quickly retreated. They came and left at the drop of a hat, like a whirlwind, helpless.

There was no way to stop them. Although they were defeated, the Qin soldiers were unable to pursue them. On the contrary, during the pursuit, the casualties became more and more serious.

During the retreat, the scimitar warriors of the Huns overtook the archers and became the front line! So——

So the nightmare of the Qin army began. The Huns howled and ran, pulling the bow strings casually, and casually shot a Qin soldier off the horse as if juggling. They ran so passively that they actually missed their arrows.

, all the eagle feathers were targeted. The Qin army suffered heavy losses for a while.

As soon as Wang Zhu saw that it was not possible, he continued to chase the Qin army. He was about to order a withdrawal. Suddenly, a gap opened in the middle of the Xiongnu archers, and the scimitar warriors rushed out again and attacked the Qin army as if provocatively. After both sides suffered losses,

, marched away again. So the Qin army pursued again, and the Xiongnu soldiers fired arrows again, and the Qin army suffered heavy casualties again.

Wang Zhu was a little confused. What kind of tactic was this? Meng Duo suddenly came closer with his horse and said nervously: "Your Majesty, we can't pursue anymore. This is a trick of the Huns. My father said that they feign defeat like this, and then use

The pouring rain of arrows kills the incoming enemy. If you persist in pursuit, and finally, when you are exhausted and about to be dragged to death, their heavy-armed cavalry will appear and give you a fatal blow. Your Majesty, please turn back quickly."

At this time, Wang Zhu also became enlightened and immediately ordered the troops to retreat. However, the Qin army charged too fast, like a speeding sports car. He could not maintain his posture for a while, and the formation was suddenly in chaos.

Suddenly, the left and right armies, which were on both sides of the Xiongnu soldiers and had been restraining them, bent into two arcs and surrounded the Qin army's rear column like dark clouds. In the blink of an eye, the Qin army's rear column exploded at high speed.

, hundreds of Qin troops were cut off by the Xiongnu soldiers with their swords unsheathed, and blood was everywhere. The Qin troops, whose formation was in chaos, immediately fell on their backs. The Xiongnu center forward troops, who were running desperately, were commanded by a shrill horn.

He turned around crazily, arrows flying down like a rainstorm, and all came back with scimitars, as if they wanted to surround the Qin army at the core and annihilate them all in one fell swoop.

Wang Zhu looked around and found that the Qin army was devastated with casualties. He was sweating all over and shouted that he had been tricked.

Meng Duo was furious and said: "Your Majesty, we have fallen into a trap. The Huns have changed their strategy. The center army is a feint attack. The real sword to kill the enemy is the wing troops on the left and right. We are surrounded."

The Xiongnu soldiers, who were extremely strong and unafraid of death, engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Qin soldiers. The Qin army could not withstand the crazy killings of these savages, and its casualties were three to four times that of the Huns. In other words, one Xiongnu soldier could kill him in an instant.

He killed three to four Qin soldiers with a lose-lose strategy. Although a large part of these Qin soldiers were border guards and had experience of dealing with the Huns, they had never been surrounded. I was very discouraged.

, if you can't hold the handle of the knife, you will die faster.

The vigorous barbarian army treated the hasty Qin soldiers as a wheat field to harvest. Soon an open space appeared next to Wang Zhu, and the soldiers lay down like wheat sheaves under the horses' hooves.

Wang Zhu was surrounded by at least fifty or sixty Xiongnu soldiers fighting in the middle. Thanks to the two brothers Qin Aiao and Qin She who vowed to protect him, his head did not fly into the air. Seeing countless brothers falling in a pool of blood, Wang Zhu's heart

Shedding blood is really too careless. We should listen to the opinions of Wang Zhu and Yang Duanhe.

The bows and arrows in Qin Diao's and Qin She's quivers had been exhausted. Dozens of holes had been cut with their broadswords, and the heads of Qin She's spears were bent. They were sweating profusely and were already exhausted.

"Peng" Wang Zhu knocked a Xiongnu centurion off his horse with a stick and shouted loudly: "Break through, break out, quickly." He led hundreds of Qin soldiers and rushed backward like crazy, trying to carve out a bloody path. However,

When I looked back, I was dumbfounded. The Huns soldiers were endless, just like the crucian carp in the imperial garden that piled up together in the morning to compete for food. There was a path for him to walk.

"Your Majesty, you follow me, I will take you out!" Meng Duo was covered in blood after being killed, his helmet was nowhere to be found, and his bun was scattered in the wind.

Wang Zhu felt regretful. He really didn't expect that the Huns in the cold weapon era would be so strong. They were simply a pack of wolves. Or a war machine that didn't know whether to live or die. From that moment on, Wang Zhu faced Li Mu.

People like Li Guang and Huo Qubing became even more admired.

Meng Duo couldn't rush out. How could an iron spear block the flow of the river? It was inevitable that he would die. Wang Zhu rode up to fight alongside him, and the two of them were immediately trapped in the bloody torrent.

It's over, it's over, both of them have a look of death in their eyes.

Fortunately, the Huns soldiers did not know Wang Zhu's identity at this time, otherwise he would not have survived.

At this moment, three cannon shots suddenly sounded from the rear of the Qin army, the sound of countless horse hooves burst out, and countless voices shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, don't panic, help is coming!"

Wang Zhu glanced secretly during the fight. In the direction of Shangjun, there was rolling sand, thousands of horses galloping, and flags covering the sun. He was wondering, where are so many people coming? Shouldn't the large army arrive so soon?

The veteran Wang Bi and the seriously injured Yang Duanhe were leading the way and approached the battlefield. There were hundreds of thousands of troops behind them, with yellow dust billowing behind them.

Wang Ben shouted loudly: "The Hun dog has fallen into the trap. It has been surrounded. You must die." He bowed slightly and used his sword from bottom to top, sweeping off the head of a Hun cavalry. Then he raised his sword and commanded: "General Yang,

General Jin, each of you will lead a group of troops to outflank the Hun from the left and right, and be sure to annihilate all the Hun dogs!"

When the Huns saw that Wang Ben was wearing a red tassel and golden armor, they knew that a heavyweight general was coming. They thought that he must be bringing a large group of troops. They also saw Wang Ben commanding from left to right. Behind them, yellow dust was swirling, and thousands of troops were attacking.

With a whistle, the handsome army fled. The three armies on the left, center and right each arranged their formations and retreated steadily. They raised their scimitars, took out their bows and arrows, and fired again like a downpour. The Qin army fell again.

Wang Zhu finally hoped that the Huns soldiers would withdraw on their own, and breathed a sigh of relief in his chest. Unexpectedly, Yang Duanhe and Wang Ben were so full of morale that they actually raised their troops to pursue them. The momentum was as strong as a wheel crushing a mantis.

Wang Zhu couldn't stop him, so he had no choice but to follow and charge, while shouting at Wang Ben behind him to stop.

Wang Ben didn't listen at all and chased him for twenty or thirty miles, losing thousands of Qin troops before foolishly turning back.

"Your Majesty, run quickly, we will fight to the death of the Queen!" Yang Duanhe was so tired that he vomited blood.

Wang Zhu wondered: "Didn't the old general bring a large number of reinforcements?"

"Your Majesty, there are only three thousand old and weak people in the city, and there are reinforcements. Is the smoke and dust caused by my commanding my men to run with their horses dragging tree branches?" Wang Ben was very nervous.

Wang Zhu said anxiously, "Are you looking for death by pursuing me without reinforcements?"

Wang Ben said: "Only in this way will the Huns soldiers believe that our army has reinforcements coming, and they will not continue to harass us. Your Majesty, leave quickly. These hungry wolves may come back."

Wang Zhu felt depressed. With Yang Duanhe, who was seriously injured, he clamped his legs on the horse's belly and ran quickly towards the head of Shangjun City. Wang Ben and Meng Duo Zhang Han formed a formation of the defeated troops and retreated vigilantly.

When Wang Zhu retreated to the small lake, the horns of the Xiongnu soldiers sounded again. They must have gone and returned. It was not that they discovered any flaws. In fact, this was guerrilla warfare on the grassland. After fighting, they ran away, and after running enough, they fought.

The distance between the forward armies of both sides was almost fifty miles, and it was impossible to escape. It didn't take long for the enemy troops to sweep in, and Wang Ben and others were bound to die. How could Wang Zhu leave behind such a large group of loyal ministers and good generals? He was not

Qin II, who was greedy for life and afraid of death.

Wang Zhu personally turned back to Wang Ben and said without any doubt: "Retreat to the lake. I have a strategy to retreat from the enemy. Hurry, otherwise you will be punished according to the decree of resistance."

Wang Ben and others had already drawn their swords and were tragically preparing to die for their country. When they heard Wang Zhu say this, they all looked at him with suspicion. Wang Zhu said: "I speak the truth and will not lie. Hurry up."

Wang Ben Da Dao immediately retreated to the lake with five or six thousand remaining soldiers. The Huns soldiers were thirty miles away. Wang Zhu decisively ordered to retreat to the other side of the small lake, leaving only two people, Qin Diao Qin She.

Wang Zhu turned over and dismounted, took out the thin steel wire used by various soldiers to climb from his arms, wound it tightly around two locust trees a hundred steps apart, as thick as legs, and then ordered Qin Ai and Qin She; "Prepare the fire rope."

, when the Huns soldiers were in chaos, they immediately fired rockets!"

Qin She said: "The sky is dry and everything is dry, and the fire starts a prairie fire and burns his own people to death."

Wang Zhu said: "No, the lake water will not burn. As long as we retreat to the other side of the small lake, we can ensure safety."

Qin Ao laughed: "Your Majesty is really a god, the Hun dog is going to be in trouble."

The thin steel wire is hidden under the sun without any trace. Even if you lie under the tree and take a look, you may not be able to see it. The Hun soldiers galloping into the wind on their horses are even less visible.

Tight wire!

Running horses!

"Peng! Peng! Peng!" There were several muffled sounds. When four or five Hun war horses rushed through the woods, their calves were cut off by the air. The bones were white and stubbled, and before the blood could flow out, the people died.

Falling to the ground, the knight behind him fell down a large area under the steel wire defense line.

Just when they were in confusion, Wang Zhu lay down in the thatch two hundred steps away, and ordered Qin Diao and Qin She next to him to light the rockets in his hands and shoot outwards. Six rockets were shot out in a row. The Xiongnu

In front of and to the left and right of the cavalry, raging fire immediately burned. The withered grass as high as the calf was blown extremely dry by the north wind. With a little spark, it immediately started a prairie fire. The north wind roared to send it on its way, and the entire small lake

The surrounding area suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The flames were like thousands of dancing elves, rising more than ten feet high from the ground!

The front line of the Xiongnu soldiers was so burned that they ran away with their heads covered. The rear group reacted quickly and returned in time, so they did not suffer any losses, but it was impossible to pursue the Qin army again.

In front of the army's eyes, orange-red walls of fire suddenly erected.

The Xiongnu soldiers looked at the fire and sighed in excitement, whistling and retreating. Wang Zhu ordered his men to fire a shower of arrows into the fire wall, then jumped on his horse and ran quickly into the upper county city.
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