This time, the Qin army dispatched a total of 300 chariots, but the purpose was not to fight against the Dai army, but to use the chariots to cover the warriors of the Kuafu clan and achieve a surprise effect on the battlefield.

There were no cavalry troops in the middle of the Qin army, and when the cavalry in the middle of the Dai army launched an attack on the Qin army, the Qin army did not meet the battle, but was shot by the soldiers on the chariots and other soldiers with bows and crossbows. The bows and crossbows of the Qin army were already the best in the world, and the number of crossbowmen in the middle was also the largest, so for a while, the arrows were like flying locusts, shooting towards the Dai army.

Although the cavalry of the Dai army has prepared a shield, but the arrow rain of the Qin army is too dense, so there are still many soldiers on their horses, and the arrows fall to the ground, after the Qin army has three or four consecutive rounds of bow and arrow strikes, the cavalry of the Dai army has suffered countless casualties, and the formation is chaotic, the Qin army launched a chariot attack, and at the same time, five hundred soldiers of the Kuafu clan also attacked with the chariot. Immediately defeated the cavalry of the Dai army, and then killed the infantry behind the Dai army.

The defeat of the cavalry also greatly dampened the morale of the infantry army, and in the face of the Qin army led by chariots and Kuafu warriors, the infantry army was simply unable to match.

Yuan Xuan watched the middle route army of the Dai army also defeated by the Qin army in the rear formation, and the defeat of this battle was inevitable, and he couldn't help but be angry and anxious, regretful and hateful, plus Yuan Xuan was also a veteran in his sixties, so he couldn't help but open his mouth, spurted out a mouthful of blood, his eyes were black, and he passed out.

Originally, the army had been completely defeated, and at this time, the main general fainted again, it was indeed a room leak that happened to rain overnight, Yuan Xuan's deputy generals and guards hurriedly rescued Yuan Xuan, and then sent Yuan Xuan back to the camp, and no one cared about the things on the battlefield.

The generals rushed the unconscious Yuan Xuan back to the camp, and hurriedly called the military doctor to rescue him, and it took a lot of effort to wake up Yuan Xuan.

After waking up, Yuan chose to concentrate on it, and also recalled the situation before he fell unconscious, immediately turned over and sat up, and asked, "How is the battle going?" ”

Han Sheng, the commander of the Jinyong Army beside Yuan Xuan, lowered his head and said, "General, our army has been defeated. ”

In fact, the defeat was also expected by Yuan Xuan, and said: "How many people have you lost?" ”

Han Sheng shook his head and said, "It's not clear yet, General Lei is checking the point, and when the check is clear, he will report to the general." ”

General Lei's name is Lei Peng, is the main general of the Fengjie Army of the Yanmen Army, it turns out that after Yuan Xuan fainted, the Dai army was defeated on all fronts, and the Qin army took advantage of the situation to attack fiercely, until it reached the front of the Dai army's camp, and then launched a fierce attack on the Dai army's camp. At this time, a considerable part of the Dai army did not escape back to the camp, and the situation was very chaotic.

Among the substitute troops in the camp, Han Sheng and Lei Peng had the highest military ranks, both of whom were the generals of the first army, so the two replaced Yuan Xuan to preside over military affairs, so the two of them went to organize the substitute army left behind in the camp to resist the attack of the Qin army, and received other defeated and fleeing substitute troops into the camp, and at the same time urgently transferred a large number of crossbowmen to garrison the camp wall and shoot at the Qin army.

After a fierce battle, and because the Qin army was not ready to attack the camp of the Dai army, it finally failed to break through the camp of the Dai army and retreated.

After listening to Han Sheng's story about defending the camp, Yuan Xuan's heart was also a little comforted, because during this time, he had been thinking about how to attack Jingcheng and seize Jingcheng, so he did not follow the orders of the plateau to strengthen the defense, build fortifications, and replace the army's camp, but only arranged according to the standard of the general camp, and the defense power could only be regarded as a medium level, and it was indeed not easy to keep the camp when the whole army was defeated and he was unconscious.

At this moment, I saw the tent curtain lifted, Lei Peng walked in from outside the tent, saw Yuan Xuan wake up, hurriedly saluted Yuan Xuan, and said, "General Yuan, are you better?" ”

Yuan Xuan got down from the bed, sat on the chair, and said, "Don't worry, I can't die yet, what about the casualties of the army?" ”

Hearing Yuan Xuan ask about the casualties, Lei Peng's face couldn't help but be a little gloomy, hesitated for a moment, and still said: "Back to the general, the casualties of our army are very heavy, a total of more than 22,300 people were killed, and more than 5,800 people were injured and could not fight again, of which more than 3,700 cavalry troops were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. In addition, two generals of the new army were killed, and there were 17 other commanders, commanders, centurions, and other commanders of all ranks. ”

Although Yuan Xuan had been mentally prepared, after listening to the casualties reported by Lei Peng, he couldn't help but be surprised, because the casualties of the Dai army were more than half, and the casualties of the cavalry army reached sixty percent, and even the generals at all levels were killed nearly 20 people. Since the establishment of the Dai Army, there has never been such a defeat, the loss is so heavy, although a year ago, the guard Liang lost, but that battle was actually a defeat but still won, and its own losses are far less than the Qin army. In addition, after the Qin army wins, it will definitely take advantage of the victory to attack the large camp of the Dai army, and now the visible soldiers of the Dai army are only about 27,000 people, so it is indeed not easy to hold the large camp.

Yuan Xuan said again: "Did you send a battle report to Wu Anjun?" ”

Han Sheng and Lei Peng glanced at each other, and Han Sheng said, "Because the general is unconscious, we don't dare to send a battle report to Wu Anjun without authorization, it is up to the general to decide." ”

Yuan Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "This battle was lost so badly, how can I still have the face to see Wu Anjun?"

Han Sheng hurriedly said: "The general is too careful, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the general has also made a lot of contributions to Daijun in the past, and Wu Anjun will not blame the general too much." ”

Yuan Xuan sighed and said: "In the past few days, Wu Anjun has been warning me to strengthen my defense, not to rush forward, and to be careful to guard against the Qin army's counterattack, if I follow Wu Anjun's advice, why should I be defeated today?" ”

At this time, Lei Peng said again: "General, the matter has come to this point, there is no need to blame yourself too much, the top priority now is that our army has suffered nearly half of the casualties, if the Qin army attacks again, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to hold the camp, so where to go, please also ask General Yuan to decide." ”

Yuan Xuan only felt that his mind was a mess, and he couldn't figure out a clue, and after a while, he said, "What do you think?" ”

Han Sheng said: "According to the last general, more than half of our army has suffered casualties, and we have not built fortifications, so it is difficult to hold the camp, so we still retreat as soon as possible to avoid the edge of the Qin army." ”

Lei Peng said: "We finally fought here, how can we retreat easily, and although we lost this battle, but General Jiang's camp is only thirty miles away from us, that is, the men and horses of Wu Anjun's department, only more than sixty miles away from us, two reinforcements, it only takes one day to come to the rescue, is it so difficult that we can't even hold it for a day, not to mention that without Wu Anjun's order, how can we retreat rashly, so the last general suggested that it is better to report the defeat of this battle to Wu Anjun first, listen to Wu Anjun's order, and then make a decision." ”

Yuan Xuan thought about it again, nodded as well, and said, "Write a battle report immediately, and send it to Wu Anjun's camp immediately." Then send a message to General Jiang and ask him to prepare to receive us. ”

Han Sheng said: "General Yuan, it's dark now, and you can't use flying birds to pass the book, so it's better to wait until tomorrow after dawn to send a message to Wu Anjun." "Although it is now common practice to use birds to transmit books and deliver messages, birds also need to rest at night and cannot fly to pass on books.

Yuan Xuan shook his head and said: "This matter is sooner rather than later, if you can't use the Flying Bird Book every night, why don't you send someone to ride a horse and send it overnight, so that after Wu Anjun receives our battle report, he can only send the reply order as soon as it is dark." After a pause, Yuan Xuan said again: "The two of you still have to work hard, because I don't know how Wu Anjun will decide, maybe we will continue to garrison, but our battalion has not built many fortifications, so the uninjured soldiers are divided into two groups, and they will work overnight, and all the vehicles in the battalion will be concentrated and arranged on the periphery of the battalion, and then dig more trenches and traps to strengthen the defense capability of the battalion as much as possible." ”

The two of them saw that Yuan Xuan's mind had been decided, so it was difficult to say anything, Han Sheng said: "Okay, please rest assured General Yuan, the last general will arrange it, and after the general has written the battle report, he will immediately send someone to send him away." ”

After the two left, Yuan Xuan picked up the pen and began to write a war report, in fact, until now, Yuan Xuan was still a little confused, I don't know how he lost this battle, so he carefully recalled the battlefield experience, and thought about it seriously, this is a little clue, it seems that because there is a group of big soldiers in the Qin army, very brave, this is the biggest reason for the Qin army's victory. It's just that I didn't pay much attention to it on the battlefield at that time, what kind of big army in the Qin army was, of course, because it was too far away to see clearly.

After thinking about it, Yuan Xuan worked hard to write, and after writing it, he revised it again, and wrote a letter to Jiang Huanwu, which was sent overnight, but it was already the fourth watch.

Later, Yuan Xuan searched around the camp, and saw that the soldiers of the Dai Army were indeed under the organization of Han Sheng and Lei Peng, and they stepped up the construction of fortifications overnight, fixed the chariot with ropes, and dug trenches, and they were very enthusiastic. It also made Yuan Xuan very satisfied. When Yuan Xuan returned to his big tent, it was almost five watches, and Yuan Xuan also felt very tired, so he lay on the bed to rest, and after a while, he fell asleep again in a daze.

I don't know how long I slept, Yuan Xuan only felt a huge shaking of his body, and vaguely heard someone whispering in his ear: "General Yuan, wake up, wake up, the Qin army has launched an attack on our camp." ”