Chapter 114: Confrontation between Two Armies
When the red flag flew high outside Shaoliang City, it announced that 60,000 Wei reinforcements had arrived on the battlefield.
When they witnessed the appearance of the same red color as the military uniform they were wearing, the soldiers of Wei in Shaoliang City were naturally happy and excited.
Relatively speaking, the Qin army, which had been fighting the Wei army for several months, felt less comfortable.
"Report..."
An anxious report sounded in the Qin Army's camp, and then a Qin Army messenger rushed straight into the Chinese Army's tent.
Quickly passing by a Qin Army general sitting on either side, the messenger came to the Qin Army's chief general and bowed before him.
"General, 60,000 Wei troops have arrived outside Shaoliang City."
He slowly raised his head and looked at the messenger, his eyes full of calmness, and Zhang Yu's deep voice appeared in the tent.
"I understand, thank you for your hard work, go down and rest."
"Here."
After a few breaths, the figure of the messenger who had been watching disappeared from the field of vision. Zhang Yu's calm expression flashed across the face of a Qin army general below.
"Wei's 60,000 reinforcements have arrived. The generals may wish to tell you how to respond."
Since the siege of Shaoliang for a month, although the Qin army had every advantage in terms of military strength, it had been unable to capture the fortified city in front of it.
As 60,000 Wei troops arrived at the Shaoliang battlefield, the situation on the battlefield had changed dramatically. Most of the Qin generals present had no answer as to how to respond.
While the generals below were discussing, Shu Changguo, one of the two lieutenants of the Qin Army, slowly stood up from his seat.
After Shu Changguo bowed to Zhang Zhu above, he began to look around with calm eyes.
"In order to capture Shaoliang in the past month, our army suffered heavy losses, and more than 10,000 soldiers left their lives here forever."
Hearing what Shu Changguo said, the eyes of all the Qin army generals present dimmed. The Qin army indeed suffered huge casualties in the Shaoliang battle.
If such a huge casualty could be exchanged for the successful capture of the Shaoliang fortress, the Qin army generals present were heartbroken, but they could not accept it through gritted teeth.
But what makes them sad is that even with such huge casualties, the Qin State still failed to capture the Shaoliang Fortress in front of them.
Looking at the ugly expressions on the faces of the surrounding Qin army generals, and feeling the increasingly oppressive atmosphere in the tent, the concubine Changguo's voice gradually became lower in tone with the atmosphere.
"Our army still failed to capture Shaoliang, but the 60,000 reinforcements sent by the Wei State have arrived. The situation at this moment is developing in a direction that is not conducive to our army."
"Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, how should our army respond? Should we choose to retreat and return to Qin to face the disappointment of thousands of Qin people?"
"Or..."
Shu Changguo's voice reached its lowest point at this moment, and what followed was an explosion of silence.
"Or you can make a desperate move and use the sword in your hand to fight the 60,000 reinforcements."
Shu Changguo's eyes once again passed over the faces of the surrounding Qin army generals. When he saw the worried faces, he suddenly turned to the Qin army chief general Zhang Yu in front.
"Reporting to the general, the last general invites you to fight!"
As soon as Shu Changguo finished speaking, Ying Qian, who was also the deputy general of the Qin Army with him, immediately stood up from his seat.
A surging fighting spirit surged out of his eyes, and he heard Ying Qian roaring towards the front: "General Qi, the last general invites you to fight!"
If we say that what Concubine Changguo just said was like piling up countless dry and flammable firewood piles in the hearts of the generals of the Qin army.
So at this moment, the two lieutenants Shu Changguo and Ying Qian were making successive statements, throwing a blazing torch on top of this pile of dry firewood.
In an instant, the oppressive atmosphere in the big tent turned into a blazing flame of war.
"I am reporting to the general, and the last general is calling for battle."
"I am reporting to the general, and the last general is calling for battle."
"I am reporting to the general, and the last general is calling for battle."
…
Hearing a louder call for battle in his ears and feeling the raging flames of war ahead, Zhang Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Qin Army, had an expression on his face that was also full of fighting spirit.
A blazing fire in his eyes grew stronger and stronger, and his right hand could not help but press the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Along with a crisp sound of swords, a sharp sword blade appeared in the tent.
Holding a sharp sword in his hand, his eyes filled with fighting spirit, Zhang Yu's deep and powerful voice rang in everyone's ears.
"Where are the generals?"
"The end is here!"
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The next day, outside Shaoliang City.
"Woo..."
"Woo..."
"Woo..."
One after another, the sound of long horns sounded on the plains, and not far away, the Shaoliang City with mottled walls stood quietly.
Under the red banner in the Wei army's formation, Pang Juan, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army in this battle, stood on the chariot and looked at the scene in the distance, feeling a different kind of desolation in his heart.
After watching like this for a while, Pang Juan turned his attention back to Shaoliang City, which was not far away, and slowly turned to the black square formations in front of him composed of countless Qin troops.
At this moment, the voice of the deputy general on the side appeared in his ears, "General, I see that the Qin army in front of me has a strict formation and awe-inspiring military strength. I am afraid that our army has encountered a strong enemy in this battle!"
Listening to the deputy general's evaluation of the Qin army in front of him, and looking at the Qin flag flying high in the black square opposite, Pang Juan showed a disdainful smile on his face.
Yes, it was a disdainful smile.
"It is indeed an army that is not weak in combat power, but it is just that it is not weak in combat power."
After giving such a comment, Pang Juan immediately looked from the Qin army opposite to the Wei soldier under his command.
Just looking at it, these Wei soldiers are holding long halberds and giant shields in their hands, wearing sharp long swords on their waists, carrying powerful crossbow arrows on their backs, and the weapons they wear on their bodies are almost difficult to pierce.
Three layers of heavy armor.
If there were those veterans of the Qin Army who fought in the Battle of Yin and Jin more than twenty years ago, they might have a look of horror on their faces when they saw these soldiers in the Wei Army formation at this moment.
It was this army that caused them to collapse at the foot of Yinjin City; it was also this army that kept Qin from daring to go eastward for decades.
That's right, almost all of the 60,000 troops led by Pang Juan this time are now the most powerful army in the world, Wei Wu soldiers.
After staring at the elite Wei soldiers under his command for a long time, Pang Juan raised his gaze slightly for half a moment, and the corners of Pang Juan's mouth slowly curved.
"it's time"
He quietly stared at the Qin army in front of him, and the smile in his eyes flashed away, replaced by a biting cold light.
Pressing the sword on his waist with his left hand, Pang Juan's calm voice appeared on the battlefield.
"Pass my general's orders and beat the drum..."
"March!"
Chapter completed!