Smoke of gunpowder came everywhere in the valley of slaughtering the sky, and the war was in chaos!
The southerners were already weak, and under this sudden attack, they were even more in a mess and at a loss. They were not the opponent of the Qin officers and soldiers tempered from the blood and fire. But they saw that the tall and fierce Qin soldiers had taken off their armor, naked, holding up large weapons such as long spears and sabers, and rushed into the Chu army formation frantically.
Before the Chu army could react, they were already knocked down. When they wanted to form a formation to resist, they were already trapped in a melee battle. In this battle between dogs and teeth, you have me, the Qin army was powerful, powerful, brave and bloodthirsty, and fully demonstrated its characteristics. On the other hand, those Chu soldiers who had never experienced the formation had been cut off by their eyes and blood was splattered all over the sky. How could they fight against their opponents like wolves and tigers?
The officers and soldiers of the Chu army fled in their arms and fell down one after another under the blades of the enemy soldiers. The Qin army effortlessly divided the central army of Zhuliu and surrounded the valley, and began to attack the thief and the king.
In fact, the Chu army had at most less than 40,000 troops in the valley, and the remaining 160,000 were blocked from the valley. These troops were stunned by the sudden incident. When they realized that they were ready to enter the valley and rescue the central army, the big meal specially prepared for them also arrived.
Qin Li led the Longxiang cavalry to sweep from the west and attacked the Chu army's rear team; Gou Ji led the black-armored cavalry down from the gate and rushed to the front team of the Chu army. For the Chu army, which had almost no experience in fighting with the cavalry, the three moves and two moves learned on the training ground could not cope with the common impact of the two strongest cavalry in the world!
The Qin soldiers were most touched by the level of the enemy. They found that compared with the Qi army, the gap between these Chu soldiers was not even a little bit in terms of individual quality or overall combat ability. Often, they attacked a set of killer moves and could directly take the opponent into account... If they were replaced by Qi soldiers, they would definitely stand up to three moves and two moves, and either counterattacked to kill themselves or be killed by themselves in the next round. How could it be so easy?
Of course, no one thinks that their opponents are too weak. For ordinary soldiers, being able to survive a series of wars is the greatest praise for themselves.
Fortunately, the one-sided massacre did not last long. After experiencing the initial surprise, the Chu army finally understood its situation and finally launched a fight to fight to the death. Although it could not save the defeat, it also turned the Qin army's idea of ​​a quick battle and decisive decision into a bubble.
After two hours of fierce battle, the fog had long dissipated, and the scorching sun enveloped the world again. The ground was stuffy and hot, making people breathe hard and sweat fell into the slurry! At this time, the purpose of Qin soldiers taking off their armor was revealed. In this steamer-like weather, it would be wiser to be naked.
We know that Chu was once the richest country in the world. Although the limelight was taken away by Qin in recent years, their family background was still very thick. Therefore, the Chu army had armor all over the top, not to mention the fine mountain armor or bright light armor worn by the officers. Even ordinary soldiers also had leather armor. Wearing thick armor, after fighting in this ghost weather for so long, most of them sweated excessively, dizzy, weak limbs, dizzy, and heatstroke.
This small detail further widened the gap between the two sides. After Shi Yong brought the forces of two divisions into the valley to support, he finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back, defeating the central army of Chu in one fell swoop, killing the general and seizing the flag! Poor that ambitious general also sang the elegy of "Die before he succeeded, and letting the heroes tear their tears" and committed suicide by wielding his sword before the enemy captured him.
The Qin army cut off his head and carried it with the captured flag. It was reported to the various fronts of the Chu army. Seeing that all the leading generals were beheaded, the Chu army officers and soldiers thought that the situation was irreversible except for their own side, and immediately lost all morale and collapsed on the whole line!
The defeat was like a mountain of fall! More than 100,000 defeated generals from Chu State left the battlefield like a retreat, leaving behind 70,000 corpses of their companions and their dead commander, and fled back to the Sishui Town where they set out. But in the end, they ran faster with four legs. Then the Qin cavalry that rushed over surrounded them in the town and did not let a single defeated soldier go out.
Following the instructions of King Wucheng, the Qin army surrounded these already frightened Chu troops without fighting to minimize unnecessary casualties.
On the third day, the Chu soldiers, who had no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, could not withstand the threat of hunger and death, and surrendered and went to eat big buns.
At this point, the "Second Battle of Hulao Pass" that occupied the position of Tianwang Mountain in this war finally came to an end, which lasted exactly twenty days. In these short twenty days, the Qin army mainly used 300,000 main forces to fight across the border, and supplemented by the other two armies that supported them in the country, annihilated more than 400,000 Qi troops and captured more than 200,000 prisoners; basically eliminated the main forces of Qi. They also wiped out 80,000 Chu troops and captured 120,000 prisoners, completely accounting for the pitiful army of Chu.
The two Hulao Pass battles were the most brilliant victory in Qin Lei's battle in the world. Its significance is not only to defeat Zhao Wujiu, the former world's number one general, in all directions and completely replace him. More importantly, since then, Qi lost the qualification to be a three-legged tripod. Although he relied on his profound background and would not have lost his country for a while, his door had already opened up, his military gods fell, and his elite troops were all lost, and he had actually become the back garden for Qin to seek!
From then on, the situation where Qin State has been attacked from both sides will be greatly improved, and we can finally concentrate our efforts to deal with the Chu State, which is in peace in the south of the Yangtze River!
In this final battle, Qin Lei fully demonstrated his strengths - one is called "fire weapon". He not only has the exclusive right to use such killer weapons, but also knows how to use them. He does not blindly believe in it, but uses them flexibly in combination with conventional troops, making it a powerful strategic support and a powerful tactical assistance!
The second is "Staff". After ten years of hard work, the Staff Office of the Commander he formed was finally useful. He repeatedly studied and demonstrated Qin Lei's strategic concept and provided several battle plans. Each plan included a complete set of combat plans and analysis, and analyzed in detail the advantages and disadvantages of the plan, the possible reactions of the enemy, and the chain reactions caused by it. Each one is based on facts, with rigorous reasoning and careful ideas, which is a rare combat plan... To be honest, as long as he picked up a copy and strictly followed it, this battle will be won or lost. The difference is just a matter of how much you win or how much you win.
Although Qin Lei announced the combat plan at the last moment was different from any of them, it can still be easily seen that he had absorbed a lot of nutrients from it, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a great success.
When the final plan was obtained, the Advisory Office immediately re-examined and studied, striving to make every link intertwined and the tactical actions were corrected. More than 30 details were requested to be revised in total, and Qin Lei generously accepted them and agreed to their changes.
So we saw a series of dazzling tactical actions of the Qin army, which finally resulted in a strategic victory. Every step was clean and neat and ease, and finally achieved a brilliant victory. In addition to Qin Lei's rare military talent and the superior qualities of the Qin army officers and soldiers, this powerful staff team is definitely an indispensable contribution.
This was not objected to the Qin army, so when Qin Lei upgraded the General Staff Office of the Commander to the General Staff Office of the Three Armed Forces and awarded his first minister Tu Gongchun or above, he heard only a roar of applause, and few people questioned the qualifications of these white-faced scholars to become generals.
Qin Lei’s third advantage is training. His army is not only well equipped and well treated, but also far exceeds the level of Qi and Chu in training. His requirement for the army to "start from difficulties, strictness and actual combat, and emphasizes the ability to deal with any emergencies" allows this army that has not been warned for many years to maintain a high combat effectiveness, especially when dealing with changing situations on the battlefield, it seems orderly and unhappy.
It is precisely this kind of maintenance and progress that made Qin leave the two countries of Qi and Chu far behind, which are weak in the military, and reflected on the battlefield, that is, the gap in combat effectiveness is so large... it is no longer on the same level. How can I fight this battle?
His three strengths are exactly the enemy's weakness. How can he not defeat him with the strongest attack on his weakest?
What's more, he knew that he was good at placing people and did not doubt his employ. It was because he let go that he made his generals shine in this battle, especially because he had always been brave and had a hard time proving his courageous reputation. He finally shone in this battle and made great contributions. From then on, he no longer felt upset about his reputation!
Chapter completed!