Chapter 533: Don’t hang the strings without seeing the ghost

Generally speaking, successful people have to write books and say that military idols like Zhao Wujiu, which are highly respected by thousands of people, are naturally not immune to the common people. Old man Zhao originally planned to write a book called "The Art of War of Zhao Zi", but he was busy with civil affairs and could not calm down to sublimate the theory. He had to settle for the second best, write down the practical experience of his career over the years, and compiled it into a textbook that teaches people how to recruit soldiers, command, camp, and fight, called "The General Brief of Wu Jing". For warriors, it is more practical than "Sunzi".

This book also has detailed records of the weapons and equipment at that time, including a description of the "underground thunder"... First, dig a large pit on the enemy's must-pass path, bury the gunpowder made of "one nitrate, two sulfonium, three charcoal", covered with gravel, and detonated with a plate of incense during wartime. Then, the stone chips are everywhere in the sky, and they are extremely powerful. Those who touch it are either dead or broken, especially good at restraining cavalry.'

However, in Yum Gong's understanding, this thing is "very easy to get damp, and rain, snow, frost and dew are useless." And "it cannot be moved, it only explodes once, so it is not recommended.

But today Qin Lei is going to win every battle today and taught him that landmines are not necessarily afraid of water; although defects cannot be avoided, the key is to see how to use them.

After experiencing the initial shock, Yum Shenggong quickly returned to his calmness. After careful observation, he found that the Qin army's mines were not fired... Although the rain stopped, the ground was still extremely humid and no lead could burn dozens of feet away.

Although he didn't know the principle, he guessed that the Qin army's mines should have been stepped on or mixed up and detonated, so he ordered people to pick up some old, weak, sick and disabled among the captured Qin army horses, and ordered people to drive them away from behind, trying to drive them away in front of them...

In fact, it is the wisest choice to bypass this mine array, but since the war started, he has retreated to the limit and made it to the end. The picture is now revealed and he is sure to win. As the pride of the world's number one general, how can he allow him to escape the challenge of the young boy on the other side?

The effect of the "Hundred Horse Formation" looks good. The army and horses detonate landmines from time to time. The closer they get to the Qin army, the more dense the explosions are. However, the war horses are frightened by the rumbling explosions, and it is inevitable that there will be some omissions.

After more than 300 war horses died, ran away, and stranded the mine formation for a while, Zhao Wujiu ordered the Yuba troops, the garrison troops, to attack. In "The General Notes on Wujing", the role of the garrison was classified as "the internal suppression of bandits and quelling the rebellion, and the external clearance of the army." The large army was the Yumeng Army and the border guards. It can be seen that in Zhao Wujiu's military thought, the garrison was some consumables.

Take this Qin-Qi War as an example. From the beginning of the war to the present, the Qi State has been killed in a total of about 130,000, including 110,000 garrisons...

The "consumables" naturally have no morale. If they want to be obedient, they must use a considerable number of troops to monitor the threat. This kind of mine-traveling task actually reaches a terrifying one-to-one ratio!

The Five Thousand Garage Forces opened the road in front with fear and tiptoed carefully, as if they were afraid of stepping on ants. The Five Thousand Hundred Wins Army raised their swords and guns to escort them behind... Oh no, Yum Sheng Gong said it was "pressing the formation" and once again stepped onto the already messy mine formation.

After two tramplings, the power of the mine array was naturally greatly reduced. Except for sporadic explosions, most of the garrison troops were safe and sound.

Seeing this, Yum Jun also arranged a bold array to follow up without any scruples...

Although the explosions later became denser, they gritted their teeth and rushed over. After only paying three or five hundred people, the garrison troops successfully passed the mine formation! The soldiers were overjoyed and rushed towards the Qin army with their guns screaming. As long as they defeated the other side, they would all be promoted to border guards... This means higher military pay and greater chances of survival. Under this temptation, all from officers to soldiers burst out with unprecedented fighting spirit.

"Welcome to the enemy!" Accompanied by the commands of the Jingshan Army's squadrons, the soldiers pulled the powerful crossbows in their hands... When it rained just now, their crossbows were all wrapped in oil cloth and placed in the waterproof and moisture-proof box of the logistics team. They were not intended to be used in this battle, but who made the sky clear?

The dull bowstring sounded continuously, and countless sharp crossbow arrows shot out. The Jingshan military used armor-breaking crossbows. Although the humid air affected the excitation force, it was already a slaughter to deal with the Qi army, which lacked armor protection.

Inertia, they thought that everyone would not use bows and arrows today, because the Qi army's protection was not enough. They caught off guard and fell into pieces like wheat. However, under the deterrence of the supervision team and the inspiration of the "promoted border guards", they still rushed forward regardless of their butts.

Qin Lei had no doubt that his men would easily defeat these mobs, so he turned his eyes over the Qi State garrison and threw himself towards the Xuanjia Infantry that followed not far and near, which was the essence of Qi State.

Seeing that the Yum Army had arrived, Qin Lei breathed a sigh of relief and raised his right hand with a chain glove.

"Brother, you are so satisfying!" Looking at the densely packed Qi army in front of the formation, the eldest prince also thought that the "underground cannon" had shined, so he took off the cotton that was plugged in his ears.

Qin Lei's ears were stuffed with cotton, and he didn't hear anything he said. He suddenly put down his right hand on his own.

Not far behind me, there was a black-clothed guard who had been waiting for a long time, lit the leads in the bamboo tube...

According to the top-secret military industry archives of the Jingshan Army, there is a powerful landmine called "Sui Xin Land Mine Cannon". It is made of pig iron into a round shape. The large one can be filled with a bucket of gunpowder and the small one can be charged three to five liters. After the charge, use hardwood to make a "fama" to plug the mouth, divide it into three leads and put it into a long bamboo pole. Choose where the enemy must go in advance, bury it underground and expose one end of the bamboo pole to us. When the enemy enters this area, it will ignite and detonate according to the order, which can achieve accurate strikes.

There is another "invincible mine array", which is to put various mines and even gunpowder into boxes in advance, then bury them three feet deep, and use the "mine mine cannon" method to connect several of them underground. Once the seal is lit, the fires will be fired together in an instant, and the sound of thunder will be blown up, which can kill and kill a large number of enemies.

This time, Qin Lei personally designed it. He mixed two large chariots of arms with a large amount of sand and gravel into more than 20 boxes. The bamboo tubes that protect the fuse are as complex and dense as spiders. At present, only Qin Lei can be competent for this complicated job.

Because the "Invincible Mine Array" is arranged in the soil below three feet, it is inevitably affected by the explosion on the surface...

The soldiers of the Yum Army were moving forward with confidence and boldness. They felt a sudden tremor under their feet, and the incandescent fire that made the world lose its color suddenly deprived everyone of their vision! Then a shocking loud noise, and the bursting air waves raised the entire ground!

Then there were flowers everywhere, iron filings flying everywhere, flames soaring into the sky, and it could not stop for a long time...

Five thousand border guards in dense formations were blown away by eight hundred and seriously injured, and the rest of the people were lying on the ground like wheat straw. They were shattered by the shock wave and bleeding from all seven orifices. They vomited and diarrhea, but they could not recover for three or five days...

Looking at the scene of broken limbs and blood flying, Zhao Wujiu's mind buzzed and his heart pounded wildly, but he felt dizzy and fell backwards. If it weren't for the fact that people stood around him and supported him in time, he would have planted onions and dropped them out.

People around him shouted at him loudly, but Zhao Wujiu's thinking was in a mess and he couldn't listen to anything. He felt that when his nostrils were hot, two lines of nosebleeds flowed out...

The terrifying wave of air not only shattered the body of the Qi army in the formation, but also shocked the Jingshan army to the point of being unstable, and even fell to the ground... Fortunately, the densely packed garrison troops in front of them blocked most of the shock waves, otherwise casualties would inevitably be.

The black-armored cavalry hid far away. When they heard the explosion, they activated their horses to sprint forward. After a while, they broke out from the wings of the military formation, stepped on the hot ground all over the ground, and launched a resolute counterattack on the Qi army.

The Longxiang Cavalry had been ordered by Qin Li to obey the arrangement of Jingshan Army, and also followed closely behind the black-armored cavalry and rushed over.

The Qi army was already shocked by the successive explosions and their morale was depressed. Looking at the Qin cavalry that was sweeping around, they couldn't help but retreat without the initial arrogance.

Because Duke Yum was temporarily stunned, Wu Zhilong took over the command. As a master of contemporary military tactics, Wu Zhilong knew that the army at this time was extremely lacking in cohesion and mission. The Qi army was not as harsh as the Qin army, which was shocked by severe punishments and laws. Therefore, they often fought with success in the wind, but once they encountered serious casualties or blows, they were likely to be unable to hold on and disintegrate.

Looking at the soldiers with a look of earth, Wu Zhilong knew that his mind was taken away and his fighting spirit was gone. If he had to go head-on, it would be very likely that the battle formation would be broken and defeated. Only by temporarily avoiding his edge and reorganizing the team was the right thing to do. He did not have as much decent concern as Zhao Wujiu, so he ordered the three thousand spear soldiers in the front to temporarily move forward to resist, and the large army would reorganize on the spot.

The black-armored cavalrymen took out crossbows from their arms, and kept firing at the hedge against Qi, shooting the Qi army that lacked shield protection to scattered them.

Seven or eight feet away from the enemy, the Qin army put away the crossbow and held the iron spear sandwiched in the arm in his hand. After a little adjustment, he stabbed the Qi army and the hand-to-hand combat began... The Qin army's iron spear painting halberd was longer than the Qi army's spear soldiers, and had an unparalleled impact. Moreover, the Qi army still lacked the courage to fight desperately, and the battle situation was unexpectedly one-sided.

Facts have proved that although spearmen can restrain cavalry, they must form military formations and rely on collective strength to fight each other like a mess of sand, which is simply impossible to compete with cavalry.

The black-armored cavalry and the Longxiong cavalry that followed followed launched an almost perfect massacre against the loose Qi army. Not long after, the three thousand spearmen were killed more than 500 times, and the rest were defeated and fled.

The cavalry who could kill the fun were about to chase after him, but they heard the sound of "clang" behind them. The black-armored cavalry held the reins of the horse without hesitation and swayed back to their own military formation. Although the Longxiang Army felt a pity, how could he have given the face of His Highness in front of the friendly army? They also retreated.

"Brother, why did you let them retreat?!" the eldest prince shouted with all his might.

Qin Lei, who had already removed the earplugs, covered his ears and shouted, "Speak quietly, I can hear it."

"I can't hear what you said..." the eldest prince shouted.

Qin Lei thought to himself: "Why is this line so familiar..." He gave up the idea of ​​saying something, pointed to the distance, let Qin Li see it himself.

Following Qin Lei's guidance, Qin Li saw that the originally scattered flags of Qi army stabilized again, and the crowded chaotic scene disappeared. Only then did he realize that the other party had recovered from a brief panic. He shouted: "What should I do now?"

Fingering at the gradually darkening sky, Qin Lei also shouted: "Retreat." Even if the ground is not so muddy, Qin Lei didn't want to try to use 30,000 cavalry to fight against the infantry formation ten times... It was just because of the new weapons that Zhao Wujiu suffered a loss. Now that the mines are used up, are you still waiting for Yum to invite him to dinner if you don't run away?

The sky was completely dark, there was no moon, only starlight.

Qin Lei stood on the high slope, quietly watching his subordinates retreating in an orderly manner. There was an intermittent fire dragon in the north, which was the torch ignited by the Qi army. They were approaching step by step, but did not pursue them rashly.

The boss has recovered his hearing, but his voice is still very loud: "Brother, you are so amazing. After noon this afternoon, he said that as long as you stay until dark, you can escape safely. I still think you are comforting me."

Qin Lei grinned and said, "There is no way, the living conditions of the Qi army are too poor." In this era, the gap between the rich and the poor is quite different. The poor people can't even eat enough to eat, and night blindness is very common. Therefore, the Qi army, which uses the poor as the source of soldiers, will catch them blind at night.

But Qin Lei knew the harm well. The Jingshan Army's recipes often contain foods such as apples and liver, which completely eliminated the "Sparrow Blind". Although the eldest prince did not know how to treat it, he loved soldiers like his sons and tried every means to improve the food for his subordinates. Therefore, the Longxiang Army did not have too many night blindness.

"Why don't you mess with them?" After hearing Qin Lei's explanation, Qin Li said rudely.

"Our goal is to retreat safely, and we must restrain our desire to attack." Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "And the Yumeng Army will not be blind at night..." The eldest prince looked carefully when he heard this, and he saw Yumeng infantry wearing black armor standing in the front row of the Qi army...

Under the cover of night, the two princes' troops successfully left the position and retreated towards the river south. According to the plan, they would cross the bridge there, then burn down the pontoon bridge, and say goodbye to the pursuers... Of course, the premise is that everything goes well.

There are several flowers blooming, each with one branch.

Retreat time until this morning, before the large Qin army was attacked.

Emperor Zhaowu sent the Polu, and the two iron armored armies took the front line. Because Qi was the main attack on the Qin army's middle road, this gave them valuable reaction time.

Among Shen Wei's iron-armored army, there were 10,000 heavy infantrymen. These people had not usually high status, but now they have become the guardian gods of 60,000 front troops... They formed a thick army formation to protect the light and heavy cavalry behind them, so that the entire team could be freed from panic.

After the formation was completed, the two commanded their subordinates and wanted to rescue the central army. However, Emperor Zhaowu's hastily fled, which completely collapsed. They knew that they were powerless to turn the world back and did not dare to get closer. They had to let the rear army go forward and continue to advance northward.

The north is the hinterland of Qin. Are they confused? Of course not. The two were very awake. They guessed that in order to ensure the suddenness of the battle, ninety percent did not alarm the two imperial guards in Muye City. And they did not believe that the Qi army had the ability to start a war on two battlefields at the same time.
Chapter completed!