novelraw Chapter 190
Chapter 190
Ji Hu led the army to the front line. Deputy General Ji Ping drove over and said, "General, the Zhao army has already broken through Wuji City. Should we set up a defense line on the Ci River or go to fight the Zhao army?"
Ji Hu said arrogantly, "Of course we should go to fight the Zhao army. The Zhao army can't compare with our Zhongshan army in battle. Each of our Zhongshan warriors can fight ten to one. The Zhao army is not worth mentioning."
The counselor Di Po advised, "General, the Zhao army is powerful. They just defeated our Zhongshan army and are in full swing! It's better to avoid the front for a while. Mang, it is better to defend the Ci River. If the Zhao army dares to cross the river to fight with our army, our army can also attack them halfway across the river! "
Ji Hu snorted and said disdainfully: "Only the weak rely on strategies to win, and the strong rely on real strength to suppress the enemy! In the battle, our Zhongshan army is far stronger than the Zhao army! Why should we be afraid of the Zhao army. "
Di Po continued to persuade: "The current Zhao army is different. Zhao Ke is a veteran of the Zhao army. He has been following the Zhao general Le Zuo in the east and west for more than ten years and is proficient in Le Zuo's tactics! Fei Yi is known as the think tank of Zhao State. He is full of strategies and has many tricks. I am afraid he will not be defeated in a direct battle! "
Ji Hu said indifferently: "When I followed Prime Minister Le Chi to attack Zhao State, Zhao Ke and Fei Yi were just small strategists. What is there to be afraid of? Zhao Ke is a dog who has lost his home. When the Zhao army was defeated by the Wei army, his army ran the fastest. Fei Yi is just talking big!"
Ji Hu ordered: "The whole army advances!"
Zhao Army Camp
Zhao Ke looked at Map, asked: "Brother Fei Yi, do you think the Zhongshan army will rely on the Ci River to defend our army, and wait for our army to cross the river to fight and then attack us halfway across the river?"
Fei Yi shook his head and smiled: "No, as far as I know, the enemy's main general is Ji Hu. This man is brave but not wise, so there is no need to worry. He is only good at battles but not good at strategies."
After listening, Zhao Ke asked again: "Then how do you think we should defeat the enemy? How about a frontal battle?"
"The soldiers of Zhongshan are brave and warlike. A frontal battle may suffer a loss. It is better to use wits." Fei Yi replied.
"How to use the strategy?" Zhao Ke asked.
Fei Yi began to make plans: "The Zhongshan army focuses on the front and neglects the rear. Our army sends chariots to attack the enemy's rear in a roundabout way. In a head-on battle, our army will line up the front with elite troops, archers in the middle, and light cavalry on both wings. The light cavalry is responsible for restraining the enemy's chariots. In a head-on battle, we must wait for the enemy to tire out, and make a strong attack in the first round, then weaken and exhaust the enemy's chariots. After our chariots attack the enemy, we can pursue them fiercely from behind!"
"Okay! Let's wait for the enemy to tire out and attack from behind in a roundabout way!" Zhao Ke agreed.
Just then Zhao Yong objected: "General, military advisor, this tactic should be familiar to the Zhongshan army. This tactic was used by Le Yang to defeat Zhongshan when he attacked Zhongshang State. I'm afraid the Zhongshan army has already thought of a countermeasure."
The two saw that it was the prince who objected. When Zhao Yong was born, purple air surrounded the bed like a canopy. This time Zhao Yong came here just to train him.
Fei Yi asked"Then according to the prince's idea, how should our army fight?"
Zhao Yong immediately expressed his thoughts: "We will fight the Zhongshan army head-on, with chariots in the front, infantry in the middle, siege equipment in the back, and light cavalry on both wings. Before the battle, use the light cavalry on both wings to interfere with the enemy's wings. The front army will block the enemy's chariot offensive, and the elite of the middle army will attack the enemy's middle army! Let's capture the king first! Ji Hu is brave and warlike, and he likes to show off his achievements. Since Le Yang defeated the Zhongshan army by attacking the rear, he must focus on the front and rear armies and neglect the middle army. Therefore, our front army is in a defensive posture, using bows and arrows to fight back, while our central army must rush to the enemy's central army commander, and take advantage of the enemy's rear army before they can react, and kill the enemy commander in one go! "
Fei Yi said in surprise: "Your Highness the Crown Prince has a profound insight! I can't catch up with him! It seems that Zhao has a chance to revive!"
Zhao Ke also praised: "Not bad! Catch the king first! That's it!"
Three days later, Zhao and Zhongshan confronted each other in the Qiaoshan area, and the distance between the two camps was less than 50 miles.
Ji Hu drank a bowl of wine happily, wiped his mouth and said: "Di Po, you go to the Zhao army camp to issue a declaration of war, and tell the Zhao army that our army will fight head-on tomorrow! Tell the Zhao army that if they have the courage, they will fight face to face like men, and don't use any despicable methods!"
"Yes!"
Zhao Army Camp
Zhao Ke took the declaration of war, read it and agreed: "Okay! Our army accepts the declaration of war! Please tell General Ji Hu to start the war on time tomorrow!"
After the Zhongshan envoy left, Fei Yi said: "General, why not let the enemy relax their vigilance and be exhausted from marching for several days in a row, and take the opportunity to attack at night? As long as our army is divided into five routes, we will be able to defeat the Zhongshan army!"
Zhao Ke shook his head and objected: "Our army has already accepted the declaration of war, and we can't do any tricks anymore. If the countries in the world know about it, where will the face of my Zhao country be!"
Zhao Yong thought for a while and said, "Actually, what the general said is right, but I think that as long as we can win the war, there is no need to care about the cheap talk! All is fair in war! But Ji Hu is not that kind of confused person, he must have made preparations! I guess the enemy may have already calculated that we are going to attack at night!"
Fei Yi thought about it and felt that it was as the prince said, and sighed, "It seems that I am still old."
Zhao Yong smiled and said, "Military advisor, don't worry. When I become the king in the future, I will have to rely on the wisdom of the military advisor. Mr. Fei Yi is the think tank of my Zhao State!"
After hearing this, Fei Yi seemed to see his past. He was guarding the border between Zhao and Wei. He was just a small centurion. Once the Wei army attacked Zhao, he helped the county governor to defeat the Wei army with a strategy. Since then, he has been crowned with the title of think tank.
Fei Yi smiled and said: "Each generation has talented people, and each leads the trend for hundreds of years. The future will belong to you young people."
The next day
Zhao and Zhongshan set up their positions. Zhao Ke boarded the nest car and saw that it was just as Zhao Yong said. Zhongshan's battle formation was heavy in the front and back and light in the middle. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "What a military talent!"
Zhao Ke got off the nest car and came toWhen the central army boarded the commander's chariot and was about to draw his sword and order the soldiers to beat the drum, Zhao Yong stopped him and said, "General, the first attack will weaken the second and the third will be exhausted! The front army is in a defensive posture! Please appoint me to lead the elite central army to attack the enemy's central army."
"No! If you make a mistake, my three clans will have to accompany you!" Zhao Ke objected.
Zhao Yong retorted: "Uncle, a man should have ambitions. How can a protected young eagle spread its wings and fly into the sky! Please agree! If I don't agree, I will cut off my right hand now!"
"Don't! Can't I agree?" Zhao Ke said in panic, "Put down the sword quickly! Go lead the troops."
"Thank you, General!"
Ji Hu observed the Zhao army and found that the front army of the Zhao army was on the defensive. He sneered: "A bunch of cowards! Beat the drums to attack!"
Kill, kill~~ The Zhongshan army marched towards the Zhao army in neat steps. The Zhao army did not beat the drums, but only ordered the front team to surround the shields and the rear team to use bows and arrows.
When they reached the 200-step position, the Zhao army's archers aimed at the centurions and thousand-man captains of the Zhongshan army and shot at them, and then thousands of arrows were fired at the same time.
"Raise your shield!"
"Forward! Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"
Dense arrows rained down in waves, and the Zhongshan army rushed over in the rain of arrows. When the two armies met, the Zhao army relied on the shield formation to defend but not attack. Two-meter-long spears pierced out from the shield formation to block the attack of the Zhongshan army.
In less than half an hour, Ji Hu found that the Zhao army was still resisting stubbornly, and ordered: "Advance on both wings!"
Report~~ "General, the two wings of the Zhongshan army are moving!"
"Light cavalry to stop them!"
Just when the front line was in a fierce battle, Zhao Yong led 10,000 fully armed Zhao army warriors and quickly detoured into the center of the Zhongshan army. Zhao Yong personally drove the chariot, holding the reins in one hand and the long spear in the other, leading the Zhao army warriors to kill the enemy.
Before the Zhongshan army could react, they were instantly penetrated by the elite Zhao army. The Zhongshan soldiers who stayed in the central army were just some new recruits. How could they compare with the elite soldiers in the army! The Zhongshan central army was in chaos. The Zhao army quickly divided the Zhongshan central army into several small pieces and surrounded and killed them one by one.
Ji Hu was not too panicked. Seeing Zhao Yong, the leader, he was murderous. He picked up his axe and drove the chariot towards Zhao Yong.
Zhao Yong also saw Ji Hu and killed him. When the two weapons touched, both sides felt that the other's force was extraordinary.
Zhao Yong cut back, and Ji Hu quickly picked up the shield on the chariot to block it. Then he drove the chariot and chopped Zhao Yong's face with the axe.
Zhao Yong dodged sideways and stabbed with a spear. Ji Hu blocked it with a big axe. He chopped Zhao Yong's thigh. Zhao Yong threw down his long spear and quickly drew the sword from his waist to block.
Zhao Yong saw that he could not defeat Ji Hu quickly, so he came up with a plan and pretended to retreat in his chariot. Ji Hu laughed and chased Zhao Yong without caring whether it was a trick.
After running about a hundred steps, Zhao Yong quickly turned around, picked up the hard bow on the chariot, and shot an arrow at Ji Hu.Destroy the whole family.
Ah! Zhao Yong drove his chariot over Ji Hu's body, got off the chariot and cut off his head, hung it on his chariot flag, and shouted: "Ji Hu is dead! Ji Hu is dead!"
The soldiers of the Zhongshan Army in the central army wanted to continue to wait for the support of the front and rear armies, but their own commander had been killed, and they lost their will to fight and fled.
The rear army also hurried to support the central army, but before they arrived, they heard the fleeing Zhongshan soldiers say that the commander was dead, and everyone ran away!
One person spread the news to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand, and a thousand to ten thousand. The central and rear armies of the Zhongshan Army were in chaos. Without the command of the commander, Zhao Yong commanded the soldiers to chase and kill the Zhongshan deserters.
The front army knew that the rear was in chaos and had no will to fight. Zhao Ke seized the opportunity to draw his sword and shouted: "All troops attack!"
Kill, kill~~ The Zhao army was unstoppable like a flood. The Zhongshan army retreated step by step, and the Zhao army continued to pursue the enemy until the evening.
Zhao Yong was covered with the blood of the enemy. Although he wiped his face with the dry grass on the ground, he drove the chariot to find Zhao Ke and said: "General, our army has won a great victory! After counting, our army killed 50,000 enemy troops and captured 20,000!"
Zhao Ke nodded and said: "Good! Speed is the essence of war! Attack Gaoyi immediately!"
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