Chapter 239: Turning Point (2) [Two in One](1/2)
At the third hour, there was a blazing fire in the central camp of the Wei army's main camp. Bai Qi, the commander of the Qin army, stood with his arms around him, staring at the chaos that was still fighting in the distance in front of him.
As of now, the Qin army has great advantages. The three camps of Beiying, Zhongying and Dongying, which were mainly engaged in the Wei army, have completely fallen. The Wei army in the camp may be killed by his Qin army or fled everywhere. It is no exaggeration to say that nearly 100,000 Wei troops have been defeated.
Of course, this estimated number refers to the number of Wei soldiers who were defeated, not the number of Wei soldiers who died in battle. After all, many Wei soldiers saw that their situation was destined and all fled in all directions, so Bai Qi was too lazy to send troops to chase them.
His target at this moment was only one, namely, the Nanying, which was still resisting stubbornly, which was the last resistance force under Gongsun Xi. As long as the Nanying was completely defeated, the vast 180,000 Wei troops will no longer be their threat.
But as of now, the resistance in Nanying was very fierce.
"Bai Shuai."
Seeing Bai Qi's expression so serious, Qin general Ji Hong comforted him: "The defeat of the Wei army is decided. Even if Gongsun Xi leads his army to resist, it will not be able to save the situation. Why should Bai Zhuang be too worried?"
Hearing this, Bai Qi shook his head slightly and explained: "What I am worried about is not the Wei army in front of me, but the 100,000 Han army located in the south of Yique Mountain... This night attack has been launched for two hours and has been delayed for too long. I am not surprised that the Han army has already learned the news that the main camp of the Wei army was attacked..."
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and said with a little melancholy: "If Bao Yuan led his army to rescue the Wei army, it would be fine; he was most afraid that he would abandon the Wei army and lead the army straight to our main camp, and even take the opportunity to seize the new city. Yiyang... that would be bad."
"I see."
Ji Hong suddenly realized, then frowned and guessed: "But I think, how dare Bao Yuan not save the Wei army? From this battle, if all the 180,000 Wei troops were defeated by our army tonight, the Han army would be afraid; for both Wei and Han countries, this time the Wei army came to assist South Korea, and Bao Yuan could not ignore the Wei army no matter what... "
"I hope so."
In fact, Bai Qi comforted himself in this way.
As he said that, he let out a long sigh, and then said seriously: "Anyway, we must speed up and defeat Gongsun Xi's final resistance as soon as possible... How is the battle situation on Wei Yuan's side?"
Wei Yuan, the general who had previously led 30,000 Qin troops to station in Xiangshan, after Bai Qi launched a sneak attack on the main camp of the Wei army, Wei Yuan immediately led 30,000 Qin troops across the Yishui River and attacked the Dongying, the main camp of the Wei army, and defeated the two troops of Zheng Shi and Cai Wu, the Sima of the Wei side. Then he led his troops around the east and south sides of the Nanying, trying to assist the Bai Qi army and launch a multi-faceted attack on the Nanying.
However, the Wei army in the Southern Camp had the most time to prepare, not as hasty as the other battalions. Therefore, the Qin army was unable to completely defeat the Southern Camp in a short period of time, so the two armies had a stalemate like the present.
"Where is the west?"
After listening to Ji Hong's report, Bai Qi frowned and asked, "Have General Xiang Shou led his army to aid yet?"
Ji Hong shook his head and guessed: "It's probably because he was blocked from Luoshui... You know, there is also a Wei army stationed on the Luoshui side."
Bai Qi frowned and nodded slightly.
He did not blame Xiang Shou for not arriving at the main camp of the Wei army as promised. After all, this was the Wei army. Even if he was Bai Qi, he could only rely on his unprepared attack to create an advantageous situation like the present. If the two armies were in a normal battle, even if his 130,000 Qin troops were all here, he would probably not be the opponent of the Wei army.
Considering that Xiang Shou has already tolerated him a lot, Bai Qi is not willing to ask for more.
"It seems that the Wei army in Luoshui should not be underestimated... Huh, maybe we can't wait for General Xiang Shou's reinforcements, we can only rely on ourselves..."
As he said that, Bai Qi's face turned right and ordered in a deep voice: "Quickly inform the soldiers of the army that if they can defeat the 180,000 Wei troops in this battle, all the soldiers of the army will be promoted to the third level!"
"According to the third level?" Ji Hong's face showed a little surprise.
Such a way of encouraging the morale of soldiers by "the entire army of promotion" is very common in the Qin army, and it is also a way for ordinary Qin soldiers to obtain promotion in addition to killing enemy soldiers, but basically they all occur in difficult battles.
However, those who promised to upgrade to the third-level title in one breath like Bai Qi are still very rare in the Qin army's foreign wars, and are simply rare.
Of course, considering the key to this war, I believe that even King Yingji of Qin and Marquis of Rang Wei Ran would happily agree - if they could completely defeat the 180,000 Wei troops, nothing would be said.
In just a moment, Bai Qi's promise spread to his 50,000 Qin soldiers.
In an instant, a 50,000 Qin soldiers burst into a shocking cheer, which made the Wei soldiers who were struggling to resist them frightened.
Immediately, the attack of these 50,000 Qin soldiers became even more fierce.
『Stop, can't stop it anymore...』
Seeing that his soldiers were gradually suppressed by the Qin army, the generals under Gongsun Xi were shocked.
"Stop it! Block them for me!"
After instructing the soldiers under his command to fight to the death to resist the Qin soldiers, Dou Xing's colleague Wei Qing and Fei Hui'er discussed in private: "I see that the Qin army's offensive becomes more and more fierce, and I am afraid that this pass will be difficult to stop."
The pass he mentioned refers to the narrow passage between the camps. This was originally set up to prevent the enemy from killing through the camps, but in fact the effect is not unimportant.
After listening to Dou Xing's words, Fei Hui said seriously: "I will hold on here for a while, and you and the two of you will go immediately to see Xiwu..." He hesitated for a moment and expressed in a tactful way: "The casualties of our army are too great."
Dou Xing and Wei Qing nodded.
They all understood Fei Hui's meaning, which was nothing more than a temporary retreat and fighting with the Qin army after reorganization. After all, it was like the current situation, and no matter how you look at him, the Wei army could not save the situation.
After a few simple discussions, Dou Xing and Wei Qing left the pass and headed straight for the "main formation" where Gongsun Xi was located.
As a result, when they arrived at the "main formation", they were shocked to see that Gongsun Xi and Gongsun Shu seemed to have a serious dispute.
I have to say that this really surprised them.
You should know that in the Hedong Wei army, except Gongsun Xi, his old brother Gongsun Shu had the highest authority and highest prestige. Although Gongsun Shu basically did not care about the war, he was only responsible for protecting the food, supplies, etc. in the army.
"Ship?! Do you know what you are doing?!"
Under the surprise gaze of Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other Wei generals, Gongsun Xi questioned Gongsun Shu in anger and said, "I am the commander of the king. How dare you disobey my general order and issue an order to retreat the entire army without authorization?"
"I just don't want these hundreds of thousands of men to die for your confused orders!" Gongsun Shu said without retreating.
"you……"
Gongsun Xi was full of shame and anger, and even his fingers pointing at Gongsun Shang were trembling.
Suddenly, he pointed at Gongsun Shu and shouted sternly: "Take him down for me!"
"Who dares?" Gongsun Shu shouted loudly, and Meng Zhong, who was beside him, subconsciously pressed the sword on his waist with his hands.
Now that things have come to this point, how could he sit and watch Gongsun Shu be subdued?
But to his surprise, even though "taking Gongsun Shu" was Gongsun Xi's order, the surrounding Wei generals did not see any action.
Including Gongsun Du, the guards beside Gongsun Xi.
Gongsun Shu’s prestige in the army is actually close to Gongsun Xi?
This is certainly impossible!
The key is that the nearby Wei generals have actually lost the fighting spirit to continue fighting, so they instinctively stood on the side of Gongsun Shu who "advoced to retreat temporarily", including Dou Xing and Wei Qing, two generals of the Hedong Wei army, and Gongsun Xi's confidant generals.
"You, you..."
Gongsun looked around happily.
And just then, a voice suddenly sounded outside the crowd: "South Korean army, the Korean army is here to help!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Xi was very energetic and did not care about arguing with Gongsun Shu anymore. After waved his hand to disperse the crowd, he summoned the soldier who came to report the news and asked anxiously: "How many reinforcements are there in the Korean army?"
"I don't know the specific number, but there are torches everywhere, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of people." The soldier said with his fist.
"good!"
Gongsun Xi smiled when he heard this, and then looked back at Gongsun and said, "Our army has received help from the Korean army, and it is no problem to repel the Qin army..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Gongsun Shu said expressionlessly: "I still stick to my opinion!"
"you……"
Gongsun Xi was very angry when she heard this. After glaring at Gongsun Shu viciously for a while, she suddenly sneered: "Since that's the case, then you should retreat to Yique Mountain with the timids who are willing to evacuate with you. And I will fight back the Qin army with the Han army. Then you will know that all my decisions are correct!"
After saying that, he raised his arms and shouted: "There are still courageous here, let me and the Han army repel the Qin army. Don't worry about those timid people!"
“…”
The Wei generals nearby looked at each other, but a large number of people were still willing to follow Gongsun Xi.
Including Dou Xing and Wei Qing, the two generals of the Hedong Wei army, were the ones who wanted Gongsun Xi to retreat temporarily, since the Han army had sent reinforcements, it was not impossible to fight with the Qin army again.
Looking at the backs of Gongsun Xi and others leaving, a thick complex look flashed in Gongsun Shu's eyes and asked in a low voice: "Meng Shishou, since the Korean army has come to help, do you really have no chance of winning?"
"There is a chance of winning, but the chance of winning is extremely low. I don't think it will exceed 20%." Meng Zhong said truthfully.
"Is that..."
Sighing melancholy, Gongsun Shu forced out a few smiles: "What are you waiting for? After retreating, I can't all fall into pieces of 180,000 Wei troops tonight, and make people laugh at them..."
"Military General..."
A moment later, the remaining Wei soldiers received two orders.
One of them came from the commander Gongsun Xi, who ordered them to join forces with the Korean army to attack the Qin army; the other was from the deputy commander Gongsun Shu, who ordered his soldiers to retreat to Yique Mountain.
But unfortunately, Gongsun Shu's prestige in the army was not as good as Gongsun Xi. Among the remaining 110,000 Wei troops, only a small number of them obeyed, and more than half of them were not the Wei army in Hedong, but the Henan army led by Sima of Zheng Shi, Cai Wu and others, which was the ordinary Wei soldiers.
Almost 70,000 or 70,000 existing Hedong Wei army is willing to follow Gongsun Xi.
It is undeniable that under such circumstances, he can still get the support and follower of the soldiers. I think Gongsun Xi must be very kind to his soldiers under his command in daily life. Otherwise, how could the Wei generals in Hedong follow him to the death?
Having said that, Meng Zhong carefully recalled the rumors he had heard about Gongsun Xi, but Gongsun Xi had never done anything to treat his soldiers unfairly.
About half an hour later, Gongsun Shu and Meng Zhong led a part of the Wei army that had lost their fighting spirit to retreat to Yique Mountain.
After ordering the entire army to rest in the mountains, Gongsun Shu brought Meng Zhong to the north side of the top of Yique Mountain and looked at the battle between the Wei and Han armies and the Qin army below.
During this period, Le Yi, Meng Sui and others came to hear the news and met Meng Zhong on the top of the mountain.
So Meng Zhong ordered Le Yi and others to say, "Immediately bury the pot and make rice, and let our soldiers retreated into the mountains fill their hunger. If the food in the camp is insufficient, they will go to the Korean camp to get it."
"Here!"
Le Yi, Meng Sui and others left one after another, leaving Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Cao Chun, Cai Cheng and others.
"Shishou, are we just watching the battle below?" Wei Xu couldn't help but ask.
To be continued...