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Zhang Dingguo killed and wounded more than 600 people in front of the first line of defense set up by Qin Mu, which can be described as corpses all over the field, for the 5,000 army, although this is only a tenth of the loss, these 5,000 men and horses are the elite selected by Zhang Xianzhong's more than 100,000 troops, and hundreds of people were lost in one face, but they did not even touch a few hairs of the Qin army, which caused an extremely heavy blow to the morale of the 5,000 men and horses.

But Zhang Dingguo had no way to retreat, and more than 100,000 troops came behind him, and the rations on each person were only enough to last for a few days, and he was all counting on him to open the way to the north to have a chance to escape;

It can be said that if it drags on for a moment longer, the 130,000 army will be in danger of being wiped out, so although the first battle is unfavorable and morale is low, it still has to be hard and dare not rest for a while.

Crossing the first line of defense, going forward two miles, turning a small corner, and seeing the black flag fluttering, and here are facing the mountains on both sides, there is only a gap more than one mile wide in the middle, and a trench more than one zhang wide and deep is dug in the middle and half a mile, and the excavated soil is piled up on the north side of the trench, forming a combination of a trench and an earthen wall.

On both sides of the mountain, there are probably many stone slabs underground, so a wall was built with wood and stones, in short, the entire gap was sealed, three or four thousand Qin troops lined up in the north of the trench, the black banner hunted and rolled, and the Qin army under the banner was silent, quietly waiting for the rebels to attack.

Zhang Dingguo did not dare to launch a rash attack this time, but first sent people to check whether there were any mysteries hidden in the south of the trench, such as the inconspicuous horse traps like the first line of defense.

On the mountain beam more than a mile to the north, Qin Mu was stationed on Ma Qi with fifty personal soldiers, and was observing Zhang Dingguo's every move with a monocular, and saw that Zhang Dingguo carefully sent someone to check the south of the trench first, and couldn't help but hahadaxiao.

The red lady's cloak was blown by the mountain wind, and Qin Mu's smug laughter made her very uncomfortable, and she said rather disdainfully: "What are you proud of? Isn't it just some carving insect skills, if it weren't for Li Dingguo's eagerness to open up the road to the north. Your arrangements are full of flaws, and they can be broken at the first attack. ”

"You're right, haha, like those potholes in the horses, are useless to the infantry, the question is that if you don't find out in advance, will you let the cavalry abandon their horses and fight on foot? What's more, Zhang Dingguo is eager to open up the passage to the north, which is exactly the reason why I am sure of him. So, no matter how flaws there are in my arrangement, it is a good strategy to make Zhang Dingguo disgraced. ”

"If you travel at night, you will encounter ghosts, and you always want to win by intrigue and trickery. Sooner or later, you will shoot yourself in the foot, don't think that everyone in this world is stupid. ”

"Huh!" Qin Mu put down the binoculars and looked at the red lady in surprise, I have to say that her words were like a slap in the face, which made Qin Mu shocked.

As the saying goes, a good rider falls from a horse, a good water man drowns, a good drinker gets drunk, and a good fighter dies. These truths are very shallow, but the people involved are often obsessed with them and cannot introspect themselves.

Qin Mu recalled the series of wars he had experienced in the past few months, either because the enemy was outnumbered. Or they don't want to lose too much, most of them are dangerous, and there are very few who win in a dignified manner.

Fortunately, God took care of it, and so far nothing has gone wrong. But the sun will not always shine on the steps of your house, and the opponents you will encounter in the future will definitely become stronger and more cunning, if you continue to play with fire like this. Sooner or later, it will burn itself.

"The girl has good words, and I have been taught here." Qin Mu solemnly clasped his fists and saluted the red lady.

The red lady didn't expect him to be so solemn, but she was a little overwhelmed. He blushed, and he didn't even dare to face Qin Mu's gaze, just at this moment, a rumbling war drum sounded in front of him, and in front of the second line of defense, a new round of fierce battle began.

Qin Mu did not arrange any tricks in this line of defense, and more than 3,000 Qin troops relied on trenches and stone walls to carry the strong attack of thousands of Zhang Dingguo's men and horses.

The Qin army hid behind the earthen wall, and shot the rushing Great Western Army with bows and arrows, and there were also a lot of firearms such as three-eyed guns and bird guns, which kept ringing, and above the permeated gunsmoke, it was the rain of arrows that the Great Western Army took off in the air, covering it like dark clouds in the sun, and the shouts and killing voices from both sides resounded throughout the four fields, and the mountains echoed back to the forest.

Because there are trenches and stone walls, the approaching Great Western Army can only dismount and fight, Li Dingguo took the lead and rushed to the stone wall, and the black and oppressive Great Western Army followed him, braving the rain of guns and arrows, and climbed over the stone wall without fear of death, one was pierced by spears and overturned, and the other climbed up, or even more, like ants;

The Qin army is far inferior to Zhang Dingguo's elite army, although it occupies a geographical advantage, but they are all new soldiers, this kind of unfettered short-range fighting, the number of casualties of the Qin army is not less than that of the Great Western Army, both sides of the stone wall are covered with corpses, thick blood seeps through the stone wall, and flows together, without distinguishing between the enemy and me.

Seeing that the defense line was about to be breached, Liu Meng hurriedly ordered to ignite the explosives planted in advance, and then the whole army rushed to the mountains and forests on both sides to evacuate, and the violent explosion sounded near the stone wall, endlessly

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"What's going on? How so? Cheng Erhu, bring me Cheng Erhu's son of a bitch" Zhang Kewang roared in the big tent, Zhang Wenxiu on the side was like sitting on pins and needles, got up and rushed out of the tent, almost colliding with the soldiers who rushed in.

"General, general, Cheng Erhu is gone," the soldiers who rushed in said urgently.

"Gone? Find me, no matter what, I must catch this son of a bitch, I have to break him into pieces. Zhang Kewang was furious, and Wuchang reported that Li Zicheng did not have a large army to go south at all, and Qin Mu's men and horses were only bluffing, and did not go north, but rushed to Liuyang in a day and a half, and Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi, who surrounded the light division from advancing north.

At this point, it was already obvious that Li Zicheng's army going south was just Qin Mu's trick, and the purpose was just to drag him south.

"It's all a good thing you did, what else do you have to say?" Zhang Kewang stared at Zhang Wenxiu with fire-blazing eyes.

Zhang Wenxiu sighed gloomily, he really wanted to make a decision on himself, but he was really unwilling, he had followed Zhang Xianzhong for almost ten years, born and died, after countless wars, although he was only in his twenties, he was definitely a veteran of the battlefield, and he didn't want to meet Qin Muhou, but he was passive everywhere and suffered losses again and again;

Thinking about it carefully, he is not really bad, but since the loss of Changsha, his whole person has been in extreme worry, and all he is thinking about is how to recapture Changsha as soon as possible, so as to make up for his mistakes, driven by this mentality, he became more and more impatient, so that he repeatedly fell into Qin Mu's trap.

After taking a long breath, Zhang Wenxiu tried to calm down his mentality, and said slowly: "Big brother, the mistake I made, I will go to my father to ask for guilt in the future, the most important thing now is to take my father's more than 100,000 horses out first, and my father's light division will go north, and the grain and grass can support a few days at most, if I can't break through Qin Mu's resistance in these few days, the army of more than 100,000 people will collapse." ”

"Someone come, pass on my general's order, and the whole army will immediately pull out the camp and set up the village, and there must be no mistake."

Zhang Kewang knew that he really didn't have the power to dispose of Zhang Wenxiu, and he couldn't really let Zhang Wenxiu cut himself off at this time, otherwise no one would be responsible for withdrawing from the army.

The 50,000 army quickly set up camp and continued to move south, but according to the distance, it would take four days to reach Liuyang at the earliest, and Zhang Xianzhong's grain and grass could support a few days, which they were not very sure.

There is another point, Ling Zhan, who is stationed in Xiangyin, must do his best to block them from going south, and it is unknown whether he can quickly defeat Ling Zhan.

Zhang Kewang was anxious, constantly urging the army to speed up, it can be said that he was racing against time, but Zhang Wenxiu, who calmed down, reminded him: "Big brother, if you can still trust me, pick out two or three thousand elites, and I will take the small road to Pingjiang and Longfu to rush to Liuyang first, and attack Qin Mu from behind, Qin Mu only has 20,000 horses, once he is attacked on both sides, he will be defeated." ”

Zhang Kewang glanced at him coldly, but still agreed to his suggestion, and quickly selected two thousand men and horses to hand over to Zhang Wenxiu. Zhang Wenxiu immediately took two thousand men and horses to the east and galloped away.

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