Chapter 946: One-sided Massacre
Ten thousand Qin troops marched through the woods, and for every distance they marched, one or two Cao soldiers fell from the trees.
The Qin army that entered the forest before, although they did not find much Cao army, but when the main force of the Qin army entered the mountain forest, the Cao army sentry who was dormant in the trees was a little unbreathable, and their tracks would be somewhat exposed.
If it is on weekdays, it doesn't matter if the exposed whereabouts are exposed, but at the moment, the Qin army will definitely not let the Cao army sentry send a signal to the main force, so every time they advance a section, there will be many Qin troops who carefully pay attention to the surrounding environment, and once they find the Cao army sentry, they will be killed immediately.
After leading the army through the mountains and forests for nearly half an hour, Li Ji finally saw a depression in front of him.
Finding a valley ahead, Li Ji raised his arm and stopped the team's march.
While the army stopped marching, the two Qin cavalry rode forward, but after a few moments, the two Qin troops turned back.
"General Qiyu, Cao Jun has been found in the valley!" Returning to Li Ji, a soldier clasped his fists and whispered to Li Ji.
Knowing that he had arrived in front of Cao's army, Li Ji and the general who had led the army here with him glanced at each other and raised their arms high again.
The soldiers of the Qin army who followed behind Li Ji saw that his arms were raised high, and they all clenched their hands holding the Pu Dao a little tighter.
With his arm raised, Li Ji did not fall immediately, but pondered for a while, and whispered a command behind him: "The strong crossbowmen hold the top of the mountain, fire arrows down the mountain, and wait until the Cao army is chaotic, the cavalry rushes and kills, and the infantry is now detouring to the mountain passes on both sides to block the retreat of the Cao army!" ”
"No!" An officer received Li's order, clenched his fists in response, and conveyed the order to the soldiers who followed behind.
In just a moment, Li Ji's order had been issued to the whole army.
The strong crossbowmen and cavalry who were ordered to take the lead in the attack were all inexplicably excited, and the infantry who were ordered to detour to the two sides were somewhat disappointed.
Lost is lost, when the order was given to the whole army, the 10,000 Qin army immediately moved.
There were not many crossbowmen who followed Li Ji here, only more than 1,000 people, who were ordered to attack Cao's army first, and more than 1,000 crossbowmen were very light and pushed towards the hillside very quickly.
The crossbowmen advanced up the hillside until they reached a distance where the crossbow bolts could inflict great damage on Cao's army, and they stopped their steps.
One by one, the strong crossbows aimed at the soldiers of the Cao army, who were still at a loss and did not know that death was coming, and just waited for Li Ji to give an order, and then shot deadly arrows at the Cao army.
Cao Jun, who was still resting in the valley, didn't know that at this moment, more than a thousand strong crossbows were already aimed at them.
Many of Cao's soldiers were even lying on the ground and already asleep, and they would only wake up when Cao Hong gave the order to set off.
The soldiers of the Cao army gathered in the valley to rest, and the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army with strong crossbows each selected a lying Cao army to aim.
The first wave of attacks by the crossbowmen had plenty of time to prepare, and the first round of arrows they fired would inevitably take the lives of the corresponding number of Cao soldiers.
Most of the Cao Jun who were targeted were lying down and already asleep.
The moment these Cao Jun fell asleep, they were destined to never wake up from this sleep.
The crossbowmen had already entered the battle position, and the two thousand Qin cavalry rode on horseback, holding the hilt of the Pu knife tightly, and just waited for the Cao army to rise up, and then rode their horses down the mountain.
Standing on the hillside, looking at Cao Jun in the valley, Li Ji's eyes narrowed slightly.
He knew that once he launched an attack, there would be a tragic massacre here, and the Cao army under the valley would be slashed and killed by the soldiers of the Qin army led by him like pigs tonight.
There is no mercy on the battlefield, only you live and die!
Li Ji didn't have the leisure to think about the lives of those Cao soldiers at this time, but he was thinking more about how to win the biggest victory at the smallest cost.
"Attack!" Estimating that the heavy infantry that had circled the two flanks had entered the battle position, Li Ji whispered an order to an officer behind him.
The officer answered, and quickly rushed towards the Qin army's strong crossbowmen who were in formation.
"General Lee!" After the officer ran out, the general who was riding on the hillside with Li Ji whispered to him: "Cao Jun is not prepared at all, I am afraid that it will be a massacre today!" ”
"When the two armies are fighting, either our army slaughters them, or they slaughter our army!" Looking at the Cao army in the valley, Li Ji responded in the same low voice: "I'd rather watch our soldiers slaughter the enemy than see more of our soldiers fall on the battlefield!" ”
Li Ji's words were speechless for a long time.
He remembered that Liu Wei had said something similar, as the king of Qin, Liu Wei was particularly concerned about the lives of the soldiers whenever he fought.
No wonder Li Ji is so young that he can be a partial general, and he dares to be affectionate because he has the same calculations as Liu Wei in his heart.
Looking at Cao Jun under the hillside, the partial general beside Li Ji also tightly grasped the hilt of the long sword at his waist.
The battle had not yet begun, and the Cao army was about the same number as the Qin army, which was ready for a massacre.
The partial general knew that once the Qin army launched an attack, the unsuspecting Cao army would definitely be in chaos.
As long as the Qin army seizes the fighter, the outcome of this battle will be decided!
If you fight on the battlefield, you will definitely face many dangers, but this battle, for the partial generals beside Li Ji, is the best time to kill Cao Jun and accumulate military achievements.
Li Ji and the partial general both looked at the Cao army in the valley, but a moment later, the strong crossbowmen of the Qin army who got Li Ji's attack order pulled the reeds of the strong crossbows in their hands one after another.
With the soft sound of the strong crossbow machine spring, countless arrows were wrapped in the sound of the wind, and flew towards Cao Jun, who was still resting, through the night.
Since it was night, the Qin army fired arrows, and the first round did not ignite the flames on the arrows, and when the arrows flew out, although there was a light sound that broke the air, it did not attract the attention of Cao Jun.
"Puff puff!" With the soft sound of arrows piercing into the human body, the first arrow shot by the Qin army fell into the Cao army.
The Cao army, who was still resting, was completely defenseless, and the soldiers who were targeted by the Qin army's strong crossbowmen didn't even react to what was happening, they were pierced by arrows and fell into the valley forever.
The arrows shot by the Qin army fell to the ground, and the Cao army, who had reacted, immediately stood up.
Some of them put their shields and soldiers beside them, and when they got up, they grabbed their shields and held them in front of them.
There are also some people who do not keep their shields and weapons by their side, but tie them to the back of their horses.
Suddenly attacked by the arrows of the Qin army, those Cao Jun who did not put their shields and weapons beside them, after getting up, grabbed the shields that could be caught beside them, and wanted to use this to cover their figures.
If they had caught the shields of the dead Cao Army, it would have been fine, and some of the shields they had grabbed were those of other Cao Jun.
The shield was snatched away by his companions, and those Cao Jun naturally did not agree in order to take care of their lives, and immediately pounced on them to fight with their companions who robbed their shields.
All of a sudden, the Cao army was chaotic, and before the Qin army could attack, they themselves were already in chaos.
The Qin army's strong crossbowmen tied a thin layer of oilcloth to the arrows before firing the second arrow.
Lighting the oilcloth with a fire fold, when the Qin army's strong crossbowmen fired arrows again, what they shot was no longer ordinary feathered arrows, but rockets wrapped in fireballs.
In the first round of arrows, in order to inflict the greatest casualties on the Cao army, all the crossbowmen were fired at the same time, and when the second arrows were fired, the Qin army's crossbowmen had already resumed firing in sequence.
Countless arrows lit with flames, like a meteor shower, bright fireballs pierced the night sky, and when they flew towards Cao Jun, the night was also illuminated.
The flames in the sky were woven into a huge net of life-seeking arrows, and the head of the hood was covered by Cao Jun.
Cao Jun, who was covered by the rain of arrows, shouted chaotically, dodging the attack of the rain of arrows.
Cao Jun, who held a shield in his hand, used his shield to resist the rockets flying towards them with difficulty, while those Cao Jun who did not grab the shield could only hug their heads and run away, and if they were unlucky, they would even be shot into a burning hedgehog by arrows wrapped in flames.
Two Cao soldiers were fighting for a shield, and the arrows in the sky were already covering their heads.
One of them, Cao Jun, saw that the rocket was about to shoot at them, and his heart kicked at his companion who was fighting for the shield.
Cao Jun, who was competing with him for the shield, was kicked in the heart, staggered back two or three steps, and sat on the ground.
Cao Jun, who got the shield, did not delay at all, and while kicking his companion out, he hurriedly blocked the shield he had taken in front of him.
The shield covered his body, and he clearly heard a rapid "tuk-tuk" sound, and he didn't know how many flaming arrows hit his shield.
Holding a shield and using the shield to shield the rain of arrows flying from his head, Cao Jun turned his head to glance at his companion who was fighting for the shield just now.
Beside him were the running feet of the panicked Cao Jun, and through a pair of running calves, Cao Jun saw that the companion who had just fought with him for the shield had fallen quietly to the ground, and his body was already full of feathered arrows that were still burning.
The most shocking thing was that an arrow happened to pierce the eyes of the Cao soldiers.
The feather arrow pierced the eye of the Cao army, and the vultures were still burning, as if they had made a lamp bowl in the eye socket on a person's head.
Looking at the corpse of his companion, Cao Jun, who was holding a shield to cover the rain of arrows, only felt a bitterness in his throat, and almost vomited.
Arrows were still falling from the mountain, and one by one Cao Jun fell down wailing in the rain of arrows.
Just when many Cao troops had grabbed their shields and had already put up a defensive posture, there was another commotion like rolling thunder on the hillside.