A north wind blew by, whispering softly among the branches of the sparse woods.

Seeing that the moon had risen over the treetops and gradually set, and that the time had reached the fourth watch, the shirtless wiped his sword again and put it into its sheath, and put on mink gloves to keep him warm and prevent his bridle from bleeding.

He turned his head to Yu Xi, who had returned from inquiring about the enemy, and asked, "What is the size of the Qi people's troops?" ”

"The Qi people gathered the soldiers who couldn't keep up with them along the way, and the number was a little more than yesterday, a total of 3,000 soldiers with weapons, more than 1,000 people, 50 chariots, hundreds of chariots, and camped according to the stream." Yu Xi replied like this, he was already in armor.

"The strength of the Qi people is more than three times that of our army." The subordinate officials Kan Zhi followed further, and was a little worried.

"Yes, whether it's in the whole battle situation, or in the corner of the moment." Zhao Wuxian replied, "But the people of Qi lack three things. ”

"What's missing?" Kan Zhi asked.

"The time, the place, the people!"

The cold water of the valley floor rushes through the cobblestone riverbed, and the moonlight, which has risen so high, sparkles on the water. Under the tree, Zhao's 800 light cavalry was stationed here, and there were 200 warrior infantry, guarded by shields and swords led by Mu Xia, and only these extremely resilient soldiers under his command could keep up with the footsteps of the cavalry.

The young soldiers lowered their voices and joked nervously, and from time to time Zhao Wuxian heard the sound of adjusting the bowstring and the faint sound of the sliding of the crusty armor.

He said slowly: "Chu Shipu is right, Qi Hou was too arrogant after he removed Yiyi, regardless of the fact that he had already conscripted troops in March, and he waved his army south again, and now it is mid-November, although this year is relatively warm. But at this time, winter snow can fall at any time. Once the snow falls, the Qi people are in the hinterland of Xilu. The 40,000-strong army will face a huge supply threat, if it does not retreat. Tens of thousands of animals have only one way to die of freezing and starvation, and time is on our side, which is called the time of heaven. ”

Whether it was going south from Xilu after getting the news that Zhao Bing's main force was in Punan, or chasing Zhao Ying under the temptation of Zhao Bing's feint, it didn't seem to be a big problem. However, the Qi people relied on the large number of people to continue to penetrate into Zhao Wuxian's territory, and pulled the supply line to a full two hundred miles away, even if they occupied empty villages along the way as grain stations, they could not make up for this fatal injury!

Now that the reduction of the stove has worked, Qi Hou also realizes that it is not good for the Qi people to drag on the war until the snow falls, so there is an urgent need for a quick solution. But he did not dare to divide his troops. Therefore, this eagerness made his main force chase after his father frantically, and even pulled him far away thirty or forty miles away, regardless of the weight of the slow march, which gave us the opportunity to attack the wagons and the grain road. ”

Yu Xi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Yes, I saw that there were more cattle and horses pulling carts from Qi people, so I had to camp by the stream to facilitate drinking water, and the stream just formed a bend there, enclosing the north side of the Qi camp, so that I only needed to defend the south side." Qi people think they have a plan. But he didn't expect that the stream was not deep enough for horses to cross, not to mention that if Si Kou attacked from the south, it would be difficult for him to escape. ”

"Yes. This is called a geographical advantage! ”

As Zhao Wuxian spoke, more and more military officials gathered around to listen to the lecture, and the cavalry also stopped talking softly. They all looked at it.

The three hundred light horsemen under Yu Wuzheng are good to say, and Wuxian also fought with them when they attacked Punan. But Zhao Yingxin brought the three hundred. It's a new pawn who has only been training for more than half a year, and he can't do it at all on a galloping horse. It's inevitable that there will be a little apprehension.

What's more, even in the earliest cavalry formation, light cavalry has always existed as an auxiliary army, or a former enemy to detect the outpost, or to pursue the router. For the first time, it was used as the main force, and this was the first time in the land of China.

In fact, he was not nervous, he acted as the commander of the partial division that issued a deadly counterattack in this battle with a total number of 50,000 or 60,000 on both sides, and took the initiative to ask Ying to undertake the task of attacking the heavy troops of the Qi people and cutting off the grain route to the north. Once you fail, you will not only lose your own life, but also the future of the Zhao family!

While thinking about it, Wuxian stroked the high-headed war horse to calm his emotions, it was five or six years old, gray hair and black hooves, it was the "black hoof" that had made great achievements and survived the night attack in Chengxiang. Bian Que's disciple Zibao is not only good at treating people, but also good at treating beasts, without a lot of money, he let it recover, these two years brought to Dayuan to be carefully fed under the strong as ever, and was brought to Wu by Zhao Ying, because of the experience of life and death, so the black hooves in the herd of horses appear particularly calm.

The rest of the horses hung with only a faint neigh, and like their masters, they uneasily stretched out their hooves to tear open the soft ground covered with the autumn sun's falling leaves—when the snow fell, they would freeze hard, and there would be no more food to be found in the fields.

"I've got to give them courage." Zhao Wuxian thought secretly.

So he saddled his horse, and his brother-in-law Xing Ao pulled the reins for him. Xing Ao was only two years younger than Zhao Wuxian, but at this time he was so naïve that he lived as if he was ten years younger than him, although he had also experienced the war, he seemed a little restless at the moment of excitement. He tied a small rattan shield to his shirt to block the attack, and handed him a polished bronze helmet with a pheasant's tail stuck in it.

Wu Xian did not wear a bronze shirt, Zhao Ying and You Wuzheng taught him that before the war, let his subordinates see that the leader was with them!

He was seventeen years old, and in addition to the heart of a two-life man, he had also entered the stage of adulthood physically, and the war had melted away the soft lines of his face, making him lean and strong, and the slight beard on his chin made him more mature and reliable.

Wuxian said in a voice that could just be heard by everyone: "Don't worry about Zhen Yi and Pu Nan, Wei Ren only signed a covenant in Yingze last year, and he will never betray, and he will take refuge in Qi people when his blood taste is dry." Wei Hou's treacherous behavior even the people of the country can't stand it, and many of the Zhenyi clan have their own sons and daughters who are guides in the Zhao army, and Pu Nan has offered me to surrender. ”

"Don't worry about Xilu, the Lu people are deeply affected by the Qi country's entry into the Kou, Qinyi, Yuncheng and other places have no years without war, and all the people are suffering, relying on the Zhao family to resist the Qi people, just like everything depends on the sun, and the Qi people hate to eat their flesh raw."

"Don't worry about Xiaqiu, the Marquis of Qi is greedy and tyrannical, and the country is heavy on high taxes, and he is often punished for punishment in Linzi City. Expensive, practiced. Therefore, the people of Qiuqiu are unwilling to suffer. It has long been a submissive people under my rule. Therefore, no matter which country they belonged to before, the Qi people regarded the Qi army as an enemy. Close the city gate to resist it, regard me as a parent, and coerce the pot pulp to fund Zhao Shi! ”

He rode past everyone, pointed to the Qi military camp where the camp was full of fire, and said, "I tell you the truth today, the number of Qi troops is more than three times that of us. However, although there were many Qi troops, they were proud of their victory, and their military orders were lax and unevenly treated. So the formation is large but not strong. When you encounter a small setback, you will panic. ”

"And although there are few Jin people, the father and son are of the same heart and work together. As the "book" says, there are hundreds of millions of ministers and hundreds of millions of hearts. To (King Wu of Zhou) have three thousand ministers, only one heart! This is called the harmony of the people, the right time and place are in Zhao, so the battle of the Zhao family will win, and the Qi people will be defeated! Those who participated in the war this time, all the common people were promoted to the Zhao family. The countrymen have been promoted to scholars for meritorious service, and there are rewards for acreage, grain, and subordinates after the war, and I hope that the second and third sons will do their best to do the things of the pasture. In this day! ”

"Victory!"

The morale of the Zhao soldiers was greatly boosted, and they let out a low echo in response.

"Each of them returned to his team, and the horsemen gathered up their riders. Fight with me at sunrise! ”

The soldiers dispersed. Ten people and one tithe, and one hundred people and one pawn were assembled. There were a total of eight attack queues, five hundred without mercy and three hundred for Yu Xi. The ordinary cavalrymen fed the horses coarse bean cakes and fried corn bags that they were willing to eat only a little a day, so that they would have enough strength to carry the men on the run. The unsympathetic gentleman said that in battle, the war horse is the legs of the light knight, and the horse has a dead leg, and the cavalry loses the foundation of speed and survival.

As the moon sets completely, the sky gradually turns from darkness to a hazy light, and a new day has begun......

……

Although the main force of the Qi people left behind their baggage, there were actually not many soldiers accompanying the escort, including a division of people and fifty chariots. And their camp is also extremely stable, and the whole irregular line of the camp is surrounded by a chariot wall, which is exactly when the army camped in the wilderness area of the mountains and forests, and used wood to form a fence called Huluochai Camp.

In order to prevent a possible enemy from coming to raid, several angular protrusions were set up with towering guard towers, and tents and fences were also separated by about dozens of steps, leaving room for assembly. Inside there were a lot of tents, a tent for ten people, a camp for two hundred people, and a dense number of wagons, loaded with food and warm clothes.

If Zhao Wuxian wanted to raid at night, he would probably not be able to get any benefit in the face of hundreds of Qi archers.

But no matter how cautious the turtle is, there is a moment when it sticks out of its shell to bask in the sun, and when the night is over and dawn comes, the Qi army will set off again to catch up with the more than 30,000 main forces that are running in front. Early that morning, the soldiers crawled out of the tent with sleepy eyes, began to dismantle the fence, loaded everything they could take with them onto the wagons, and even the cars that were defensive to the outside turned their heads and prepared to go on the road.

However, just when the generals in this Qi army were not in formation, the camp was about to be demolished, and there was chaos everywhere, the Qi pawns with sharp ears tilted their heads, as if they had heard something.

"What's that sound?"

At first, no one paid attention to it, but gradually, many Qi soldiers heard it. They raised their heads, twisted their faces, or crossed their feet, and subconsciously looked at the place where the sound sounded.

The southern entrance of the valley where the Qi people camped was not narrow, as if a bent elbow had turned its direction, and the south side was directly opposite a low ridge and sparse jungle. It was from there that the sound came, rumbling, like hundreds of horses galloping in unison......

"Someone's coming?"

I saw a young general with a spear facing the morning sun, driving his horse out of the forest, and a scorching sun bird flag flying in the wind was waving behind him, and he was going straight to the Qi camp that had unloaded his defense without hesitation!

Five hundred cavalry followed, appearing from behind the dark shadows of the jungle, forming five attacking diamond-shaped columns, and began to charge. When they burst out of the woods, in such a slight heartbeat, the Qi people saw the rising sunlight spilling on the spear tip, like a thousand fireflies wrapped in silver flames, rushing down the mountain.

"Enemy attack!"

The Qi people who reacted panicked and scattered their defenses, and they were in a hurry.

"Destiny Bird!" Wu Xian shouted loudly, winning hundreds of Zhao light cavalry to shout in unison, which was Zhao's unique rush and kill shout. The horses kicked in front of them, and under the leadership of Zhao Wuxian, they drilled straight into the hundreds of Qi strokes near the south entrance of Qiying.

These Qi pawns had just finished their vigil and were about to go to the car to sleep for a while, so they were unprepared for the imminent attack, and they were not opponents at all, and they were broken by Zhao Wuxian and the others in the blink of an eye. And the attackers did not stop, or raised their spears, or opened their bows and fired, breaking through two camps in a row, and continued to rush into the depths.

……

Qi troops are converging from all directions.

The vigilance of the Qi people at night was still very high, but they did not expect that someone would suddenly attack at dawn, and after a short panic, the soldiers from far away and far away spontaneously rushed to the broken south entrance.

After suddenly rushing out of the mountains and forests, stabbing several people to death in a row, and rushing into the Qi camp, because he was fully armored and riding a horse, Zhao Wuxian felt very relaxed at first and did not feel any pressure. Without much effort, he broke through the defense line of hundreds of Qi State guards and broke through three camps in a row.

But after rushing not far, the Qi soldiers in the distance ran and surrounded them, short swords, spears, bows and arrows, and all kinds of weapons came horizontally and vertically.

But the Zhao light horsemen were obviously more prepared and brave, rushed forward without a shirtless prancing horse, shouted loudly, clenched the handle of the spear, stabbed forward with force, stabbed down the Qi people who were so stunned that they had forgotten to stand their spears, and then they trampled and ran over this man's body without stopping.

Even people and horses weighed hundreds of pounds, and many Qi people couldn't dodge, and they were knocked to the ground one after another, and then watched the horse's hooves step on his thighs and body, accompanied by a crisp sound of "click", flesh and bones shattered and screams resounded.

Bright red blood splattered everywhere, spilling on the surface, on the neighboring horses, on the armor. Seeing this tragic situation, coupled with the fact that the courage of the cavalry disappeared, many of the first wave of Qi pawns who came to stop them dropped their weapons and turned to flee.

So far, Zhao Bing has broken through five camps......

The purpose of Wuxi's trip was to destroy the baggage troops of the Qi people, and of course he could not stop there, so he urged his horse to gallop and then charged forward, but the initial momentum and speed of the cavalry were gone, and this was the most dangerous moment.

"Death to those who dare to retreat!"

At this moment, a young but very dignified voice sounded in the camp of the Chinese army of Qi soldiers, and then even rumbling war drums sounded. The Qi people who had the advantage in number seemed to have beaten the blood, like a huge wave crashing on the shore, the front wave arrived, and the back wave rose again, overwhelming the sky, almost drowning Wuxian and others in a moment.

PS: I've been busy lately.,The task assigned by the mentor is heavier.,I was going to rest.,I saw that there were more alliance leaders.,Didn't say it.,There's a chapter O (∩_∩)O~ (to be continued......)

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