Chapter 854: First Encounter (First Update)
The fact that the main force of the Zhao army was discovered did not make Wang Jian seem so nervous, on the contrary, the moment the commander of the Qin army heard the news, the whole person suddenly felt a kind of excitement from the bottom of his heart.
Li Mu is here.
As long as Li Mu can be defeated, then Wang Jian will stop the decline of the Qin State when it faced the Zhao State over the years.
At that time, Wang Jian will become a great hero of the Qin State in the true sense, and he will also be the kind that will be famous in history.
As a general, a courtier, who doesn't want to enjoy such glory?
What's more, according to Wang Qian's original plan, even if Li Mu didn't come to find him, then Wang Jian would find a way to find Li Mu.
So the current situation is really for Wang Jian - I can't ask for it!
Wang Jian took a deep breath and issued the order.
"Immediately send the order, the whole army set up a formation, and prepare to meet the enemy!"
This time Li Mu came by surprise, obviously he didn't want to give Wang Jian any time to camp, otherwise, once Wang Jian set up camp, he would be able to use all kinds of defensive measures to delay or even destroy Li Mu's cavalry attack, which was not the result Li Mu wanted to see.
So the battle hasn't been fought yet, and Wang Qian, who didn't have time to set up camp, actually suffered a little.
But Wang Jian didn't feel that he was at a loss, because from Wang Qian's own point of view, the mobility of the Qin army was not as good as that of the Zhao army in any case, so the power to start the war was completely in the hands of the Zhao army, so if Li Mu didn't want to fight, then Wang Jian really had no way at all.
Therefore, if Wang Jian wants to start a war with Li Mu, then he must pay some price first, which is also a helpless thing.
It was not easy for the 200,000 army to change from a marching formation to a battle formation, but fortunately, due to Wang Qian's foresight, the Qin army still got enough time to set up the formation.
More than an hour later, the billowing smoke and dust began to come from the north, and the Qin army, which had been completely arranged, quietly looked up and down the north, the shaking of the earth slowly came, and many people's faces became a little nervous, and a unique atmosphere before the war began to come.
Wang Jian stood calmly on a specially made main general's chariot, and the handsome flag fluttered high behind Wang Qian, so that all the soldiers of the Qin army knew where their main general was.
The speed at which the dust and smoke spread in the distance gradually decreased, which meant that the people of Zhao had begun to slow down.
About four or five miles away, Zhao's cavalry troops finally came to a complete halt.
It must be said that the swing of 50,000 cavalry in front of any person will make that person immediately feel a great pressure.
Wang Jian did not give the order to attack, but quietly waited for something.
Li Mu in the distance looked at the Qin State army formation that was not moving at all, and was obviously a little disappointed.
In fact, if Wang Jian wanted to take advantage of Li Mu's unstable foothold to catch Li Mu off guard, so as to make the main force of the Qin army attack rashly, that was exactly what Li Mu wanted to see.
This is actually a trap of Li Mu, he deliberately wanted Wang Jian to think that the Zhao army was exhausted due to a long-distance attack, and induced Wang Jian to send out an attack and fight a decisive battle with the Zhao cavalry on the plain.
If all this can happen, then Li Mu feels that his winning rate in this battle must be at least eighty percent or more.
It's a pity that Wang Jian was not fooled.
Li Mu sighed and said, "Let's get off the horse and rest first, and replenish water by the way." ”
So Li Mu gave an order, and the cavalry of the Zhao army dismounted one after another, walked to the side, took out dry food and water, and gnawed it.
This was undoubtedly a blatant disregard and humiliation for the Qin army, which caused a commotion among the Qin army all of a sudden.
Even Wang Qian's lieutenant general, Wei Yu, couldn't help but say indignantly: "General, this Zhao people are really too much, and I ask the general to give me a troop and let me go and kill to frustrate the spirit of the Zhao people!" ”
Wang Jian was silent for a moment, shook his head very firmly, and said, "No." Li Mu was showing weakness to the enemy just now, but now he wants to provoke us, tell the soldiers not to fall for Li Mu's evil, and then inform all the generals, if there are still those who want to fight without permission, behead! ”
As the main general, Wang Qian's words have a unique authority in the Qin army, so after Wang Qian's order, although the soldiers of the Qin army are very dissatisfied, they can only obediently obey the order.
The sun was gradually creeping towards the highest point in the sky, and noon was approaching.
Although the spring sun was warm, the spring noon sun still made all the Qin soldiers standing under the sun sweat.
A wave of impatience was quietly spreading among the soldiers of the Qin army.
Li Mu saw this and gave an order very decisively.
"Tu Xian, you should take two thousand light cavalry to test the people of Qin, pay attention, don't fall in love with war!"
Tu Xian was overjoyed when he heard this, he couldn't stand this confrontation between the two sides for a long time, for Tu Xian, being able to kill happily was what he wanted most.
Therefore, after receiving the order, Tu Xian immediately drew two thousand cavalry from his own soldiers and rushed towards the large array of the Qin army.
Since it is light cavalry, and the number is only 2,000 people, if you rashly rush towards the main position of the Qin State from the front, it will be a dead end, after all, the most heavily guarded Qin people must be the frontal battlefield.
So without thinking about it, Tu Xian took the two thousand cavalry under his command to draw a big arc on the edge of the battlefield and headed towards the side of the battlefield.
Wei Yi looked at this scene eagerly, and couldn't help but say to Wang Qian: "General, let me go and meet this General Zhao!" ”
Wang Jian pondered for a moment and agreed to Wei Yu's request: "I will give you 3,000 cavalry, and you will go and repel these Zhao people." Remember, once the Zhao people are repulsed, they will return to their own formation immediately, and they must not blindly pursue! ”
Because it has always suffered under the cavalry of Zhao in the war with Zhao, Qin is actually very concerned about cavalry, but because Qin does not have a good horse farm after all, and at the same time, the Yiqu people, a stable source of cavalry, have also been lost, and they have been constantly consumed in previous wars, so the road to the formation of Qin's cavalry is quite bumpy, and there are only 6,000 cavalry until now.
Wang Jian was able to hand over half of the 3,000 cavalry to Wei Yi at one time, and I have to say that this is actually a kind of trust in Wei Yi.
Wei Yi was overjoyed after receiving the order, and immediately took Wang Qian's token and ordered 3,000 cavalry, and rushed towards Tu Xian.
In Wei Yi's view, this will be a good start for him to shine on the Warring States stage!