Chapter 669: Chasing the North
After all, there were too many Qi troops. Although they suffered repeated heavy damage, their number was still slightly larger than that of the Qin army. This determined that the Qin army could not form a tight encirclement - either weak and full of loopholes, or they could only focus on the deployment of key areas.
Of course, Qin Lei chose the latter. He arranged heavy troops on the eastern front and bluffed the flags, giving the Qi army the feeling of a net of heaven and earth to the east. At the same time, he deliberately left a gap in the encirclement to the west and lured the Qi army to the east.
As expected, the soldiers of Qi army, with a weak morale, were panicked. Seeing that there was a road to the east, they fled to the other side without thinking. As soon as they saw the enemy soldiers fell into a trap, Qin Lei quickly rushed to cover up and chased Qi army officers and soldiers to slash and kill them, killing them in countless cases.
The Qin army chased after a while, suddenly heard the horn of withdrawing the troops, so they stopped, turned around and opened to the mountains and forests on both sides of the pass, as if they were waiting for someone to arrive.
But it was said that the Qi army was like a dog that was lost, and was driven by the Qin army and ran away, and they only regretted that their parents had fewer legs.
Even the general Wu Zhilong, the protector of the country, fled westward under the escort of his confidants. Although he knew that the further west he was, he could only go with the flow.
The soldiers of Qi were at a loss when they saw the general's personal guards, and they followed closely behind, gradually gathering more and more, and finally formed the largest group. Under the leadership of the escaped genius Wu Junmen, they successfully avoided the Qin army's encirclement and blockade, crossed Hulao Pass, and arrived at the Qin ground.
Because the Qin army stopped pursuing, most of the Qi army was preserved. At this time, more than 100,000 people gathered around Wu Zhilong, and there were continuous defeated soldiers coming over, constantly growing his team. Seeing that there were still so many subordinates following him, Wu Zhilong felt a little relieved, and tidied up his scattered armor and whispered: "Brothers, I, Wu Zhilong, will definitely bring you back to the country!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of drums in the east and smoke and dust rising. The Qi army's expression of cheering up just now became depressed. Wu Zhilong just thought that the Qin army who had retreated to the pass came over, and laughed and said, "It's really good that people are bullied. How dare they provoke the defeated troops?" He saved the opponent's maximum number of troops was only 50,000, and he had gathered 200,000, and he was just rushing to win a battle and boost morale.
But when the opponent was approaching, the Wujun Gate, who stood high and looked far, found two big flags standing in the enemy formation, with five big words "The Second Army of Protecting the Country" written on one side and five big words "The Seventh Army of Protecting the Country" written on the other side. Looking at the opponent's formation, it was absolutely wrong. Only 50,000 people could make it.
He couldn't help but take a breath and thought to himself: 'There must be at least 200,000 to 300,000...' The head-on idea disappeared and he laughed dryly, "But it's important for us to go home." He said, pointing to the mountain next to him, "As long as we enter Songshan, the enemy will not be able to unleash our troops. We can calmly cross the mountain and return to Xuchang City."
When he heard about "Xuchang City", the hungry officers and soldiers immediately thought of hot soup and hot rice. They immediately became energetic and followed Wujun Gate to the south.
When they walked out of the second miles, the Qin army also arrived in front of Hulao Pass. The leader of the Second Army was Shi Yong. In fact, he only had 70,000 or 80,000 troops. The reason why it seemed to be huge was that it was just a trick to tie branches to the ponytail, dragging up smoke and dust in the sky, causing the other party to illusion.
Seeing that the Qi army was indeed heading south, Shi Yong still did not remove the branches. He ordered his men to go straight through the ruins of Hulao Pass, sway the flags in front of the eastern pass, galloping back and forth, shouting loudly, and the sound of killing several miles away.
Besides, the Wu Junmen led the main force of the Qi army to the south and entered the foothills of Songshan Mountain without stopping. Seeing the trees on both sides and the mountains and rivers steep, I thought to myself, "I won't catch up now, right?" In addition to being grateful, I immediately laughed up on my back.
The generals around him asked in confusion: "Why did the military party laugh?" He said in his heart: "We have all fallen into such a field, how can you still laugh? It's so heartless, right?"
Wu Zhilong wiped his tears and panted and said, "I'm laughing at the failure of Qin's military's achievements. If we were to ambush us here, how could we have a way out for our men?" Before he finished speaking, drums sounded on both sides of the mountain walls, and huge rocks fell from the sky like raindrops. I don't know how many of his men had killed him. Wu Zhilong was also dropped off his horse, but fortunately he was followed by his personal soldiers and was not injured.
"Hurry, rush over directly!" At the critical moment, Wu Zhilong's escape king's true nature was revealed. He pointed to the front with a calm expression and shouted: "It's too late to fall when the rocks stop!" The group hurriedly ran away with their heads in their arms, and before the enemy could rush down from the mountain, they rushed over the mountain road under the rocks.
His judgment was not wrong at all. The mountain roads here are narrow and long, so the large army cannot be deployed at all, so the danger encountered when passing quickly is the smallest.
He ran out of the twenty-mile mountain road in one breath. At this time, the sky was dark and dark clouds covered the ground. It turned out that another day was about to pass. The soldiers who had been hungry for two days and two nights finally couldn't hold on and sat on the edge of the mountain road. No matter how the officers and soldiers urged him, they would not get up again.
Seeing that he was urging him, Wu Zhilong had to rest for a while and patrol the team on his horse. Seeing the officers and soldiers lying limp on the edge of the road, they were indeed tired and could not move, and there were even a few who starved to death.
Wu Zhilong had no choice but to order all the war horses to be killed, and buried the pot in the dry place by the mountain to get water and cook meat for the officers and soldiers. Hearing this order, the officers and soldiers of Qi were excited and forced to be energetic. They killed horses and horses, and set up pots. Some people dug some wild vegetables from the mountains and forests and put them into the pot and cooked them together. After a while, the fragrance overflowed, which made the Qi officers and soldiers of Qi who were in front of the front and the back drooled.
Wu Zhilong also took off his battle robe that was soaked in sweat a few times and put it on the ventilated boulder to dry it. His subordinates had just made a rough count and found that 70,000 to 80,000 officers and soldiers did not follow. After hearing the news, Zhao Wujiu rubbed his sore thighs and smiled bitterly: "I hope it will be a great disaster and don't suffer any more unpredictable disasters."
At this moment, the front and back troops suddenly shouted and shouted, and the Qi army officers and soldiers who had just relaxed were in chaos.
"The enemy attacks!" Wu Zhilong jumped up in a conditioned manner, without wearing the conspicuous general's uniform, put on the clothes of ordinary soldiers, surrounded by personal guards and headed southeastwards, and did not dare to pay attention to the life and death of the troops... He knew that with his subordinates' current situation, even five thousand Qin troops could easily defeat him. Instead of being gloriously killed, it would be better to stay in this useful body and avenge the brothers in the future.
Fortunately, it was dark and his escape skills were extremely skilled. As expected, he escaped from the Qin army's encirclement again. He ran all the way until the moon passed by Zhongtian. He heard that the pursuers behind him were getting farther away. Looking around, most of the generals around him were injured, with a maximum of only 50,000 people.
Even though he was used to leaving his subordinates to escape, his heart was still shattered by such heavy losses, so he had to comfort himself: "At least he has made another step away from home, right?" He had made up his mind that as long as he could go back safely this time, he would immediately leave his armor and return to the field, and would never come out to join the army for the rest of his life.
'I don't seem to be this material...' Wu Junmen thought in frustration. He finally knew that without the protection of his mentor, he was no better than Zhao Kuo, who was talking about war on paper. Thinking of this, his desire to avenge the dead soldiers became weak.
While thinking, a soldier reported: "The road ahead is narrow and the road is dangerous, and the pit is difficult to move forward. There may be unexpected results in marching at night." Wu Zhilong smiled bitterly and said, "It's better than being caught by catching it." Everyone was silent and said to himself: 'Not necessarily.'
At this time, the dew was deeper and heavy. The officers and soldiers were all wet, and their weapons were abandoned: they were all driven to the death by the Qin army, and they only dared to run away to save their lives. The weapons, clothes and armor were all abandoned. As for the cattle, horse, mules and donkeys, they were also killed and cooked, but they didn't have time to eat them.
The officers and soldiers of Qi were hungry and exhausted, and were depressed and could not stand one by one, but could not stand up and walked with help. As for the injured person who was shot in the arrow, they were abandoned beside the mountain road, shouting and crying, like a ghost, making people shudder.
It took only a few miles to go, and the team paused again. Wu Zhilong asked why. The guards investigated and reported: "There is a mountain stream ahead, and the water flows very fast, so the team can't get through."
Wu Zhilong said with a face: "When a mountain is open, and when a bridge is stacked!" He sent an order and ordered the troops to quickly build bridges to avoid being blocked by the enemy by the river. The soldiers had to cut down bamboo and wood in the mountains and forests next to the road, tanned tree bark, and prepare to build a floating bridge.
Wu Zhilong was afraid that the Qin army would catch up from behind, so he ordered his personal guards to hold a knife in his hand. However, if he acted slowly, he would scold him at the least, and if he was killed, he would be killed at the worst. The soldiers were tired and wanted to die, but they were forced to death for a while. Although countless people died, they could not raise their speed.
It took more than an hour to barely tie out three floating bridges, and Wu Zhilong couldn't wait to order people to carry them to the river to mount them.
Chapter completed!