Chapter 202: The Battle of Hanwon (3)
In the early morning of 14 September, the warring sides lined up in Hanwon. The Qin army's will to fight was particularly strong, and the war horse was also infected by the powerful aura, constantly shaking its neck, digging the ground, and eagerly making a "thud" sound.
The Qin army was the first to beat the drums, and the Jin army was not to be outdone, and the drums of both sides collided fiercely in the sky over Han Yuan. The Qin army was the first to attack, and the sergeants raised their spears and marched slowly with neat steps. The Jin army also marched towards the Qin army in the same way.
Because the terrain of Hanyuan is not very open, and the ground is full of small hills and depressions, the warring sides cannot lay out a heavy formation, but can only gather or disperse with the terrain. The two sides got closer and closer, and soon they were mixed together layer by layer. At this point, all tactics were ineffective, and the last order issued by the generals on both sides was to "fight separately and kill the enemy with all their might."
The battle turned into a brutal and fierce white-knuckle battle in an instant. The Qin army fought for dignity, while the Jin army fought for honor; But that kind of honor does not originate from Jin Huigong, but from the Jin army's proud record of more than 30 years (counting from the time Jin Wugong was named a liehou) and dozens of battles undefeated.
These two western powers are neighboring countries with jackals, tigers and leopards, and "the supremacy of force" is the governing principle of the two countries' offices, "the strong is king" is the motto of the people of the two countries, and "a warrior should die in battle" is the war creed of the sergeants. In such a confrontation between two countries that are evenly matched by force, it is extremely difficult to quickly distinguish the winner from the loser, and the battle will only end if one of the commanders loses the ability to command.
The vanguard of the Qin army was led by Pi Bao, and the task of the vanguard was very clear, that is, to capture the enemy's head alive; And Han Jian, the pioneer of the Jin army, was tasked with the same mission. Pi Leopard's anger against Jin Huigong could not be extinguished by anyone, and he ordered all his sergeants to carry jade in their mouths before the attack to show their determination to die.
The vanguard's attack on the Jin army was thunderous, and even the battle-hardened Jin veterans couldn't help but be frightened by the enemy's suicidal style of play. Some people in the Qin State were dissatisfied with Qin Mugong's appointment of a Jin State man as the vanguard, and now that they saw Pi Bao's bravery, they felt that there was no one more suitable person than him.
Jin Huigong's guards began to stagger back under the fierce attack of the enemy, and Jin Huigong turned around and fled when he saw that the situation was not good, and the chariot suddenly fell into a mud puddle as it was moving. For the well-trained Jin warhorses, they could easily get out of trouble with a simple command from Mite.
But the little horses were terrified, and no matter how loud and whipped they were, they just jumped and screamed in place, and refused to pull the chariot out. Seeing that the enemy was approaching, Jin Huigong suddenly saw Qing Zheng's chariot passing not far away, and he shouted loudly to ask Qing Zheng to come and rescue him. Qing Zheng responded: "You don't accept advice, and you violate divination; Do you want to escape punishment by asking for defeat? ”
At the same time, Han Jian also forced Qin Mugong into danger. Qin Mugong was surrounded by the personal guards in the middle, and behind him was a low and steep wall, and the guards were almost dead; Qin Mugong and his guards were trapped by several times the number of enemies, and they were ready to do a trap beast fight.
Han Jian was about to give the order to attack, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the head of a legendary mountain ghost emerging from the top of the steep wall, and the mountain ghost opened his eyes angrily, staring at Han Jian's eyes. Han Jian shook violently and almost threw his weapon. Everyone's eyes followed Han Jian's gaze towards the cliff, and they also shook.
The mountain ghost whistled, and many companions appeared left and right in an instant, and they erupted into a violent roar, and row after row jumped down from the steep wall, striding towards the Jin army.
Only then did Han Jian see that the other party was nothing more than a group of unkempt mountain people, who were brandishing all kinds of rudimentary weapons, screaming and stabbing at soldiers and horses. The Jin army had never seen this kind of fighting, and they were in a hurry, and the war horses were neighing. Han Jian shouted: "Formation!" Formation! The infantry immediately formed a shield formation in front of the chariot, and Shan Rong jumped up and stabbed the soldiers in the face with their spears.
Qin Mugong shouted, "Brothers! Rush up! Do not make you a protected weakling! The guards roared in horror and raised their spears to attack the enemy. Although the addition of the mountain people could not fundamentally change the situation, it delayed the defeat of the Qin people.
Just when the two sides were fighting, Qing Zheng drove at a gallop, and he shouted loudly: "The prince is in trouble, go and save him!" Han Jian had already stabilized his position at this time, and was forcing the brothers and sisters on the opposite side into a desperate situation. Han Jian could have captured Qin Mugong in one fell swoop, so that the safety of Jin Huigong could be ensured; But the right side of his car said: "If the villain falsely accuses the master of not saving him when he sees death, the master will die, so it is better to save the prince first and then make plans." Han Jian made a particularly annoyed expression, immediately turned the head of the car, and took the sergeants to rescue the car.
The Qin people escaped death, and the leader of the mountain people saluted Qin Mugong. Qin Mugong wanted to know why the other party saved him with death, and the leader said: "Uncle Jun has mercy on our lives, has not punished us, and has the grace of recreating us. ”
It turned out that Qin Mugong lost a BMW while hunting last winter. The sergeants searched around and found that the horse had been dismembered by a group of mountain people. The sergeants immediately surrounded them and prepared to kill, and Qin Mugong did not order the killing after arriving at the scene, but asked about the process of the incident. The mountain people said that because of the bad year, they were almost out of food, and they had been hungry for a long time; But the horse came on its own, not stolen by them, and they did not know the owner of the horse.
Qin Mugong said: "Killing people for the sake of horses is the work of a tyrant, and a widow cannot commit the crime of a tyrant." After saying that, he gave the mountain people a few jars of old wine and a cart of grain, and said, "Eating horse meat without drinking alcohol will harm the body." This food is not much, but it can support your migration to the land of harvest, and remember not to rob others! After eating and drinking, the mountain people regained their strength, and later defected to their in-laws who lived in Hanwon.
Qin Mugong responded to that period of the past, and couldn't help sighing: "Heaven has no relatives, and he is always with good people." He then invited the mountain people to return to China with him to be crowned, and the leader replied: "We will be at ease in the heavens, the earth, the mountains, and the wilderness, and we do not want to be bound to the temple." After saying that, he saluted, turned around and left with the team.
Han Jian heard a faint cheer in the distance in front of him on the way, the cheers were made by the Qin army, the sound spread closer and closer, and the momentum became louder and louder, and finally the Qin people on the entire battlefield began to cheer. Han Jian clearly realized that Jin Huigong had been captured.
Qing Zheng first put Jin Huigong in a desperate situation, and then rescued Qin Mugong from a desperate situation; Jin Huigong was eventually captured by Pi Bao (who tried to kill Hui Gong, but was stopped by his subordinates in time). In this way, the Jin people were actually defeated by their own people.