The sky seemed to be bright and faint, and the gray-white sky was still shining with starlight, and even the hazy could see the surrounding scenery clearly.

The three thousand cavalry of the Zhao army had been galloping all night, and they were only fifteen miles away from Qiu You, and they were now resting in the grove behind a hill.

And in front of the probe, who inquired about the news, also rushed back to report to the plateau, just about ten miles ahead, there was a large battalion of the Qin army, from the scale of view, about 20,000 Qin troops were stationed, and there was no formal wall, just a simple protective barrier made of chariots and horses, and it was not completely sealed, and there were still gaps in many places, and the garrison was indeed relatively empty.

After hearing this, Gao Yuan immediately ordered all the soldiers to change their horses and immediately attack the camp of the Qin army.

Because there were war horses to walk, although they had marched for a day and a night, the soldiers of the Zhao army did not consume too much body, but they were a little numb along the way. After only a short rest, a little water, and a little dry food, some people have eaten a little dry food, and after recovering their hands and feet, they are basically recovered. However, none of the horses were unsaddled.

After listening to Gao Yuan's order, the soldiers immediately got on their horses, and once they prepared their weapons, it only took more than ten minutes for all to reorganize the team, Gao Yuan rode in front of the team, raised the spear in his hand, and said: "Brothers, the Qin army is ten miles ahead, let's go and kill them." ”

All the soldiers also raised their spears in their hands and said in unison: "Kill, kill the Qin army." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Let's go." As he spoke, he pulled out the horse's head and galloped in the direction of the Qin military camp. And Li Yinghong also rode a horse to follow him closely, followed by Wu Zhanpeng, Zhong Sun Qi, Wu Hongyan and others. The other soldiers also urged their horses in turn, followed them, and hurried away.

The distance of more than ten miles, under the full speed of the war horse, only takes a few minutes to arrive, and at this time, the sky is also a little brighter, so you can also see clearly the Qin army camp that appeared in front. Sure enough, it was very simple, and there was indeed no wall, but a combination of a row of chariots and horses formed a simple barrier. There were about 100 Qin troops on duty, and some of them were now napping.

Gao Yuan also immediately raised his crossbow, and at this time, the bowstring had already been opened, and the crossbow arrows had also been prepared, aiming at the camp of the Qin army. And the other cavalry of the Zhao army also took out their bows and crossbows one after another. The soldiers in the front row were holding crossbows flat, while the soldiers in the back rows were pointing diagonally at the sky with bows and arrows, ready to shoot. And the dense sound of horses' hooves quickly broke through the silence before dawn and announced the arrival of war.

The Qin army arrived at the enemy in batches, because not to mention 400,000 troops, even 100,000 troops, it is impossible to pull them out together, but to divide them into several routes, or advance in separate ways, or advance in turn, and then arrive at a certain destination point to concentrate. Moreover, most of the soldiers of the Qin army were recruited from the people in various places, and the soldiers stationed in Xianyang and nearby were of course gathered in Xianyang, but the soldiers stationed and collected in the border area of Qin and Zhao did not have to return to Xianyang, but rushed to Qiu You to station in advance, do some preliminary preparations, and welcome the arrival of the brigade, so Wang Jian also sent Meng Wu and Xin Sheng to rush to Qiu Yuan to preside over the overall situation.

Meng Wu is the son of the late general Meng Fu, and this is also the deputy general of Zhao Zhao, in the early years, Meng Wu mostly went out with his father, and made a lot of military exploits for the Qin State, and he is also a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he is steady, thoughtful and meticulous, and Xin Sheng is brave and brave in battle, and he is brave and good at fighting.

At this time, the Qin army had gathered about 120,000 troops in Qiuyou, including more than 12,000 cavalry troops and more than 1,500 chariots. However, Qiu Youcheng is indeed not big, and it also needs to gather the grain and grass materials of the army, so Mengwu only stationed 30,000 soldiers in the city, and the rest of the troops are stationed outside the city. There are more than 20,000 Qin troops stationed in this camp, and they have just been stationed in Qiuyou from the Qin army two days ago, and the main general is called Dong Peng.

At this time, the soldiers on duty of the Qin army also discovered the surprise attack of the Zhao army, and there was a sudden chaos, because the Zhao army did come too suddenly, which was completely unexpected by the Qin army. This is not because the Qin army's military discipline is loose and the garrison is lax, but in this era, the distance of more than 150 miles is definitely a safe distance. It is not to say that it is impossible for the enemy army to attack beyond more than 150 miles, but according to the marching speed of this era, the maximum distance of a day's march of a large group of men and horses is two quarters (one kilometer is thirty miles), and the limit is three quarters. The journey of one hundred and fifty miles will take two or three days to walk, and the whereabouts of the brigade are obvious, the Qin army can definitely get the warning in advance and prepare for the battle.

But the Zhao army's surprise attack was greatly beyond the military theory of this era, mainly because in this era, the cavalry army could not fight independently, no one would have thought that the Zhao army would send a cavalry army to raid, just overnight, it ran for one hundred and fifty miles, just like a divine soldier descended from the sky, and killed in front of the Qin army's camp, which was in response to what Sun Tzu said: fast as thunder.

Therefore, the Qin army was not prepared for this at all, and the sky was not completely bright at this time, most of the soldiers did not get up, although some of the soldiers got up, but they were still sleepy, and many of them were bare-chested, just washing their faces and mouths, etc. Only a very small number of soldiers were also heavily armoured.

Dozens of soldiers on duty also hurriedly raised their weapons, drew their bows and arrows, and aimed them at the Zhao cavalry who were rushing to kill. There were also a few people who ran into the camp and shouted: "The Zhao army is coming, the Zhao army is coming." ”

At this moment, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", the sound of dense arrows breaking through the air sounded, and the Zhao army launched the attack first.

The first wave of hundreds of arrows, or flat shots, or throws, fell on the Qin army, although the Qin army's guards also opened their arrows to fight back, but because the number was too small, the Zhao army's cavalry did not cause much danger at all, under the first wave of the Zhao army's blows, the Qin army's guards suffered more than half of the casualties, and with the second round of Zhao army's bow and arrow strikes, the Qin army's guards were already crushed.

At this time, the Qin army's backup army had not yet arrived, but the Zhao army had already killed the Qin army's camp, because the Qin army's chariots and horses had a lot of gaps in the simple barrier built by the horses, and the Zhao army did not need to work hard at all, and could enter the Qin army's camp very lightly.

Gao Yuan took the lead, stabbed through a gap, and with a wave of the spear in his hand, he stabbed a Qin soldier who rushed over to reinforce to the ground, and then the spear stabbed out continuously, stabbing down three or four Qin soldiers in a row. Behind the plateau, other soldiers of the Zhao army also entered the camp of the Qin army one after another, stabbing and shooting arrows, killing the Qin soldiers to the ground, and after the large group of people and horses were killed in Dazhai, they immediately dispersed into a team of 100 people, and developed into the camp of the Qin army, galloping vertically and horizontally, killing all directions.

At this time, there was a great chaos in the camp of the Qin army, because at this time, most of the Qin soldiers had just woken up from their sleep, and they were still looking for clothes and armor and weapons everywhere.

After the chaos of the Qin army, many Zhao soldiers lit torches and set fire everywhere in the camp of the Qin army, igniting tents, vehicles, etc., and after a while, there were hundreds of fire points in the camp of the Qin army, and thick smoke was billowing out. Originally, there were still some Qin troops struggling to resist, but the camp was full of fire points, which completely dispelled the last bit of the Qin army's will to resist, so they scattered and fled.

But at this moment, Zhao Jun's horn sounded, which was a signal to retreat. After hearing this, the cavalry of the Zhao army, although they were a little unwilling, still turned their horses one after another and withdrew from the camp of the Qin army.

It turned out that although Gao Yuan took the lead and took the lead in entering the Qin army's camp, after the battle was in full swing, Gao Yuan did not focus on the battle, but changed to command the Zhao army to fight, and at the same time paid attention to the situation of the entire battlefield. And also sent spies to the left and right of the Qin army's camp to inquire about the Qin army's reinforcements.

Although the Qin army was stationed separately, they were not far from each other, so reinforcements came quickly, and in less than an hour after the whole battle, reinforcements arrived. After receiving the report of the spies, Gao Yuan of course did not dare to continue the battle, and the goal of this battle had been achieved, so Gao Yuan ordered the withdrawal of the army.

Sure enough, as soon as the Zhao army withdrew from the Qin army's camp, the Qin army's reinforcements arrived, but because the Zhao army was an all-cavalry army, the speed of retreat was also extremely fast, and the Qin army couldn't catch up at all, so they could only watch the Zhao army calmly withdraw under their own eyelids.

By the time the two main generals of the Qin army, Meng Wu and Xin Sheng, arrived, the Zhao army had already disappeared, and the Qin army chasing the Zhao army had withdrawn one after another, while the Qin soldiers in the camp left behind were busy extinguishing the fire, cleaning up the bodies of their dead companions, treating the wounded soldiers, and other affairs.

In fact, the casualties of the Qin army in this battle were not large, the number of dead was only more than 500 people, and there were 6 or 700 wounded outside the battle, but there were not many seriously injured people, and more than 200 tents, 60 or 70 chariots, and some other materials were burned. On the whole, the losses to the Qin army were actually very small.

But this time the Qin army sent troops, with the purpose of avenging Li Mu's two defeats of the Qin army, and with an overwhelming superior force, he wanted to destroy the Zhao State in one fell swoop, so before sending troops, almost everyone in the Qin army was full of confidence, thinking that this war would undoubtedly be won. But before the Qin army's army arrived at Jingcheng, the Zhao army actually crossed a distance of more than 150 miles, took the initiative to attack the Qin army, and also broke through the Qin army's camp, killed for a while, and then calmly retreated.