Chapter 41 Rat's Den
Since they were equipped with the qiu spear, the Chu army had never encountered an enemy. They were wearing qiu armor and were not afraid of the enemy's weapons. In the formation battle, they were the only ones who stabbed the enemy to death, but the enemy could not hurt them at all. In this encounter, they had already taken off most of the qiu armor, and some soldiers were exhausted, and finally even took off their breastplates.
As soon as the battle was fought, the barbarian spear was stabbed on the iron armor of the Qin army, and the chief spear was stabbed on the body of the Chu soldiers. Only then did everyone know how fragile the flesh and blood body was without the protection of the giant armor.
Although it was only a small-scale encounter between the two sides, the two or five hundred masters of the Qin army instantly discovered that these Chu soldiers were not wearing huge armor, and as soon as they fought, they were defeated by their own soldiers. The lieutenant soldiers were all over seven feet and six inches tall, but the Chu soldiers were only seven feet tall. The tall ones were wearing fish scales and iron armor, and the short ones were only wearing long robes. Because of their instinctive fear, the Chu army was killed by the Qin army to retreat.
The square Tu and Shandong two corners are aligned with two passages, facing the Wuguan official road in the north and the Danshui Valley Road in the south. As long as the Qin army retreats the Chu army and drives them south out of this valley that is only four miles long and only a few hundred meters wide, it can block the Danshui Valley Road; conversely, if the Chu army can kill the Qin army and rush to the northeast corner of Fangshan, it can also block the Wuguan Road.
Most of the soldiers of the Chu army were not wearing armor. The 2500 masters were very happy. He grabbed the drumsticks of the drumman and beat the drums on the cart and ordered the Qin army to advance. After the previous rush, the two sides were already stumbled with wooden stubbies, pointing the spearhead at the spearhead. Seeing the Qin army array wearing iron armor slowly moving forward, the Chu army, who was not used to fighting without armor, retreated instinctively. However, when he saw the casualties being swallowed by the Qin army and heard that they shouted and screamed in the Qin army formation, they immediately stopped.
"Kill!" The Yushi in the formation burst out with a roar. He rushed towards the Qin army array with spear formations, regardless of the fact that he had only a piece of breastplate on his body. Following them, the Chu soldiers rushed towards the Qin army array and let the chief spear penetrate him.
The fish scale iron armor piece protects the armor piece. Because the impact distance is too short, the sharp spear tip can only slip on the scale. Except for a few undead Yushi abandoned the spear and drew his sword, he stabbed several Qin soldiers close by, and most of the Chu soldiers who rushed up died in battle.
When the Chu army attacked, Ruoao was running alone again. Following him, the spearmen held up a spear and ran in the mountains and forests east of the valley. The sound of drums was constantly built, but this was not the drum sound of the Chu army, but the sound of the Qin people. The blockage of the grass and trees made them unable to see the battle situation at the foot of the mountain, but when they heard the drum sound, everyone knew something was wrong.
Ruoao could roughly guess the situation at the foot of the mountain. Only breastplate was left. Some soldiers did not even have breastplate. Once the Chu army, which had no breastplate, had the edge of the spear of the lieutenant and the Weiwei army, the Qin army would definitely have the advantage. Although the Yi spear was four feet long, the two armies had different ways of holding the spears-the Chu spear did not hold the spear, which was the counterweight; the Qin spearmen held the spears without the counterweight - the length of the spear tip stretched forward was different. The most important thing was that the Qin army was wearing scales and without the breastplate, and the Chu army, which also held the spear, would inevitably be killed and retreated.
The only solution is to attack sideways. The Chu army in the column ran through the mountains and forests, and the formation was not at all chaotic. If they rushed down from the Qin army, they would definitely be able to kill the Qin army. If they could concentrate all the soldiers in the division, they would drive the Qin army out of the valley and wait for friendly forces to come up, their side would be able to win.
Running in the stuffy forest, the grass leaves were cut on the cheeks and arms, soaked by sweat, and the pain was scorching. This was just a small pain, and the most uncomfortable thing was the soreness of the muscles between the hips and legs. This soreness made people unconsciously want to give up controlling their feet and let their steps step on small mountain trails like cotton. These are obviously not allowed. Countless trainings show that once you relax your control of your feet, even if you don’t fall, the queue will be difficult to keep in order.
For this reason, nine hundred spearmen and one hundred and forty-four archers gritted their teeth and tried their best to control their pace to keep the queue neat. I don’t know how far I ran, but the queue slowed down, and then ran quickly for a while and finally stopped.
"Listen to my command: Arrange the array." The queue finally turned down the mountain. As it was approaching the valley, the dull sound of the brigade commander Dou Mian sounded, and nine hundred spearmen formed an array of thirty people in length and width.
"The one who bears armor is outside, and the one without armor is inside." Ruoao's voice alone, through the gaps between the trees, he could see that the Chu army was being forced back step by step by step by step by the Qin army. Fortunately, the south side of the valley is narrower than the north side.
Some people threw away their breastplate, but some gritted their teeth and carried them. Ruo Ao's order was issued alone, and he miraculously discovered that all the soldiers of the brigade had no changes. These soldiers were all wearing breastplate and had huge swords on their waists.
"Good! Great Good!" he said happily, his eyes swept across everyone in the array.
"I am guilty of greed for merit and pulling out Jingzi Pass." He said. "Now the Qin people have realized that if they cannot quickly pull out Shangyi and seize Tuhe Mountain, our army will not be able to defeat Lantian, attack Xianyang, and destroy Qin!
The evil of Qin people is to swallow the world and destroy the nations. Only by destroying Qin can the world be peaceful and the land of Chu can the land be peaceful..."
The combat plan of the Grand Sima Mansion was extremely confidential. Even Ruoao walked alone, Cheng Tong only knew all the details on the day when he came to Jingzi Pass to question the crime. The soldiers in the army knew nothing but Fu Ying, and attacked westward to protect Chu. They never thought that the purpose of advancing westward was to destroy Qin. After hearing Ruoao walked alone, everyone stood up straight after being surprised.
"The Qin army at the foot of the mountain is the lieutenant of Qin and the army of the Weiwei," Ruo Ao was telling each other, and was also asking the soldiers to rest and adjust. "The so-called lieutenant, Weiwei, and the king of Qin. They were wearing scales and holding chief spears, and they were all selected. If the king and others did not have the ambition to die first, they would not be able to resurrect..."
"General, don't say much, destroy Qin Wei Chu, and die without regrets." Someone interrupted. This was a famous scholar. He turned around and looked at his comrade beside him and said disdainfully: "Why is Ruo Ao's army afraid of the king's soldiers? The king's soldiers fear me."
A sound of swords hitting the wooden scepter came from the spear formation. When you were on the side of the enemy, this kind of strike was the approval of all soldiers.
"Please give orders by the general!" Yu Shi shouted.
"Please give orders by the general!" Nine hundred spearmen and one hundred and forty-four archers also shouted, their blood was boiling and impatient.
"Listen to my order and hold the spear." The brigade commander Dou Mian shouted the order, and the savage spear was lifted up.
"Let it go!" At his gesture, the long-awaited archer began to shoot arrows, which was the preparation before the spear formation attack.
‘Swoosh, swoosh…’ Arrow flew out from the dense forest near the valley. Qi He, who was standing at the northern end of the ridge, was shocked to see the arrows of the Chu army and shouted: “The Jing people are in the forest…”
Before Qi Cheng finished speaking, nine hundred spearmen were already shouting and rushing to the side of the Qin army formation in the valley. Unless the arrow hit the front, hands and feet, there was no harm to the Qin soldiers, the sharp spear rushed forward and stabbed hard on the scale armor. Once the copper wire with small iron sheets stretched and broke, the armor clothes were worn. Thirty rows of spearmen rushed to spears one after another, and this section of the Qin army formation was destroyed.
The Chu army, who was forced to retreat step by step by step, saw friendly forces rushing to the flanks of the Qin army, and retaliated against death. Although the Qin army sandwiched between the two Chu troops wanted to stabilize the formation, the Chu army behind him had abandoned its spear and drew its sword, and came to fight against the vest, and they could only disperse.
Killing the last Qin soldiers who resisted, the entire army shouted, "Ruoao! Ruoao! Ruoao..."
"General?" Qi Xie watched the Chu army's spears emerge from the forest, watched them rush into the Qin army formation, and watched the Qin army formation be defeated by them. Although it is hard to imagine that the spear formation can pass through the forest and can achieve this degree of maneuver, the facts are right in front of us.
"The road is long and narrow, just like two rats fighting in a cave, and the brave will win." Waving his hand to stop the anxious Qin army commander, Qi Xi said the famous saying of a general of the Zhao army.
"The Jing people are brave, how can our army show weakness?" The commander thought Qi Xi was saying that the Qin army was not brave. "The last general is willing to ask for a battle."
"Yang can only seize the formation, but not the power." Qi Xi pointed to the ridge where he was standing and said, "Emperor Yu Du, I want you to lead five thousand soldiers to occupy this ridge."
"Rridge?" Everyone was fighting for the valley before, but they didn't expect Qi Qian to compete for the ridge under their feet.
"Yes." The more Qi He thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was correct. "Only by occupying this ridge, you can turn around the Jing people and stop the Jing people from entering the forest and attacking. In addition, the Jing people have no armor, so they bring all the archers and shoot them as soon as they see the Jing people."
Crossbows are civilian weapons and can be used for training for a few months, but crossbow machines are expensive; bows are almost extinct in the Qin army, but as the imperial guards, the lieutenant's army still retains three thousand archers, which can kill the Chu army.
"Zhao Duwei," Qi Qing then ordered, "You will also lead 5,000 people to reinforce Tuheshan. Be sure to guard the camp. If the camp is in trouble, you will definitely be killed."
"I will be ordered to accept the order!" The valley is shared by the two armies. The Xiou army can attack Tuheshan, and the lieutenant army can also reinforce. The two sides fought fiercely in this narrow mountain. One side must fall completely before the battle will end.
"Report to General, Qin people..." Relying on the side and rear attack just now, the Chu army stabilized its position, but the Qin army's movements continued. One army actually climbed up the left ridge and attacked along the ridge; the other army reinforced Tuhe Mountain, which was fighting continuously, and the Qin army in the valley was also reorganizing its formation, intending to fight again.
"Architecture, where are the artillery?" Ruoao Duxing remembered the killer weapon. As long as the four artillery pieces are lined up side by side, the Qin army in the valley will collapse as soon as the artillery is fired.
"Architecture, artillery?" Everyone remembered the artillery. Just as they were about to send an artillery, a mournful gunman squeezed out of the crowd and walked up: "Report to General, four artillery pieces and artillery mounts are destroyed!"
The cannon cart ran for hundreds of miles. When it was approaching Tuheshan, something Pan Xuan and others were worried about finally happened: the nearly 600-kilogram cannon barrel tore the lockers on both sides due to violent bumps and fell from the cannon stand.
"Where is Pan Xuan?" Ruoao grabbed the collar of the visitor alone.
Chapter completed!