Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 224 Destruction
Although Wang Li didn't calm down, his heart was already pounding with shock.

There were the Huns in the front, and the rebels in the back, and the lack of food and grass in the interior made Barbie Q completely.

But Wang Li was also familiar with his grandfather's art of war. There was a hill at the northern foot of Helan Mountain, named Baiyang Mountain.

The rugged mountains are not suitable for cavalry to charge, but they are suitable for infantry formation, defense, and further defensive counterattacks.

After the [-]-strong army set up camp in the camp, they stood on the high platform of the fortress and looked at the vast Huns army in the distance, feeling a chill running down their spines.

Wang Li stabilized his army and said: "We occupy a high ground, commanding a high position, and have hundreds of chariots as shields, plus solid barriers, the Huns will not step into the camp for a short time."

After a while of words, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. It was meaningless for them to hang their heads down. They might as well focus on defense and wait for the army to come to support them.

Fifty or sixty thousand Xiongnu soldiers had hideous faces, with blue veins bulging on their foreheads, and they wished to rush up to fight with the Qin soldiers, but when they saw the high barriers piled up by the Qin army, their anger was instantly extinguished.

Originally, the Qin soldiers could rely on the terrain to dominate, and with the addition of barriers, the Xiongnu could hardly taste any sweetness. In desperation, they could only retreat temporarily.

Inside the barracks, Wang Li's face was tense. Although the soldiers were stable, he could not relax a bit as the general. His task was no longer to occupy the northern foot of Helan Mountain to seize the opportunity, but to make the army retreat as much as possible.

But the food and grass can only last for ten days. After ten days, the army has no food and grass, and the soldiers have no strength. How can this battle be fought?Don't you want to give the heads of the Huns soldiers?
And the following battle report made Wang Li completely disheartened. The Xiongnu cut off the water source in the upper reaches of Baiyang Mountain!
Wang Li also thought that everyone would reduce their meals to one meal a day. With the water source, they would be able to last for ten more days, so as to free up time for General Li Xinmengtian to support him. However, the water source has been cut off, and soldiers can go without food for a day, but they cannot go without water for a day. Water!
When Wang Li was about to lose heart, ten soldiers stepped into the hall. They were old soldiers who had followed Wang Jian to attack Chu.

When Wang Jian joined forces with Baili to defend the fortress, in addition to heating the water source with natural river water, they also used a well-drilling technology so that the soldiers could drink groundwater continuously.

Wang Li showed an irresistible smile and ordered them to dig a well so that the soldiers could drink fresh underground water.

The commander of the [-] soldiers of the Xiongnu was Huyanjilu, the Marquis of the Right Bone.

A few days ago, he ordered the three major tribes to feign surrender to Wangli, and the two armies cooperated to attack the Qin army, and they could defeat Wangli's [-] army in one fell swoop, but the barriers set up by the Qin army ruined their plan.

But after intercepting the Qin army's water source, with a sinister smile on his face, he said coldly: "The Qin army will not drink water for three days, and the soldiers will have no strength to fight. After three days, we can attack the Qin army's camp in one fell swoop."

Three days later, Huyan Jilu led [-] soldiers to point their spears at the Qin army's camp. The soldiers all showed fierce expressions, their teeth clucking loudly, holding the horse with their left hand, holding the spear in their hand tightly with their right hand, and screaming like a wolf. Howl.

Behind the camp, [-] cavalry composed of the three major tribes charged towards the camp of the Qin army. They clearly remembered Wang Li's arrogant and rude attitude, and the Qin army showed disdain for their surrender, but they swallowed their anger just for today's victory. With two flanking attacks, the Qin army will undoubtedly be defeated this time.

When the scouts saw [-] Huns cavalry rushing up, they sounded the alarm. The Qin army quickly put on their armor, picked up their bows and crossbows, and aimed their spears at the Huns soldiers.

The Xiongnu soldiers only used tiger skins and wolf skins as shields, which could not stop the Qin army's rain of arrows, but Huyanjilu sternly reprimanded: "Don't worry, the generals, Wang Li's army has no water source, and the soldiers have no strength and fighting spirit. They are definitely not the opponents of our army, as long as we step into their tents, we can capture them alive!"

The morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, with smiles on their faces, regardless of the rain of arrows, they just charged forward, as long as they rushed out of the encirclement of the bow and crossbow, the weak Qin army could only be lambs waiting to be slaughtered, let them slaughter.

However, when the Xiongnu soldiers rushed to the front to fight with the Qin army, they found that the Qin army pushed down the rolling logs and rocks one after another, and their faces did not lose much weight, but were as strong as them.

Huyanjilu thought that the Qin army had brought their own water source, but suddenly the fighting spirit in his heart dropped rapidly.

However, after intelligence investigation, the Huns soldiers didn't even have water bags. How could they drink water? Could it be that the intelligence was wrong?

When he led the soldiers into the camp, he saw that the Qin army was already pointing at him with swords, guns, swords and halberds. Huyan Jilu was dumbfounded, reined in his horses in time, and charged in the opposite direction.

This time, the Huns soldiers could only retreat. Huyanjilu raised his arms and shouted: "The intelligence is wrong, the whole army retreats."

Most of the Xiongnu soldiers evacuated safely, but the three major tribes such as Lin Hu were not so lucky. When they faced the rolling wood, rocks and rain of arrows, some soldiers were shot down to the ground, and many of them were killed on the spot. die.

When they rushed into the camp, Wang Li led [-] cavalrymen who had been waiting here for a long time. The two armies quickly screamed and strangled together. The battlefield was instantly reduced to a meat grinder, and the screams and blood spattered quickly.

When the Xiongnu soldiers lost the advantage of charging into the formation and the cavalry could not give full play to their advantages, the confrontation between the two armies' armor and weapons was the decisive factor, and these two items of the Qin army far surpassed the Huns, so the victory was undoubtedly biased towards the Qin army. Can retreat, but has lost 3 people.

Instead of chasing and killing, the Qin army quickly cleaned up the battlefield, always preparing for the second round of Hun soldiers to attack.

When Huyanjilu left the camp, he ordered someone to inquire about the news, and only then did he learn that the Qin army had obtained a technology called "sinking wells", which could draw water from the ground for drinking.

Huyanjilu had a look of disbelief on his face. It was the first time for the soldiers of the Huns to hear about the technical work of digging groundwater. It seems that Huyanjilu still underestimated the wisdom of the Qin army.

It is further learned that the Qin army can last for about fifteen days with groundwater and food and grass.

Huyan Jilu's face was tense, and he was a little at a loss.

I thought that when the Qin army's food and grass were exhausted, they could wait for the Qin army to take the initiative to attack, and they could annihilate the Qin army by making another roundabout.

But on the [-]th, the Qin army could have waited for the reinforcements, which made Huyanjilu's head bigger. This forced him to attack fiercely and fight with the Qin army. When the Qin reinforcements came, they fled.

Huyan Jilu immediately ordered the scouts to report the results of the battle. The [-] soldiers lost [-], and the rest of the infantry almost retreated.

Huyan Jilu was greatly shocked. This negligence killed about [-] soldiers, which can be described as a heavy loss. After venting his emotions, he calmly said: "If you don't take revenge, you are not a gentleman. The two armies are one. Raid the enemy camp and avenge the dead brothers!"

But when Huyanjilu stepped into the camp of the Chinese army in the dim night, he found that the battalion commander was almost empty. Huyanjilu exclaimed: "The big thing is not good, it has been tricked!"

But it was too late to repent. The Qin army surrounded the Huns soldiers. During the melee, the heads of the Huns soldiers were cut off one after another, and the horses were frightened. They ran around and trampled countless times.

In the end, only [-] cavalry broke out of the encirclement of the Qin army.

Wang Li smiled slightly and led the infantry and cavalry in pursuit, intending to capture the northern foot of Helan Mountain in one fell swoop. A group of [-] cavalrymen without any flags roared in.
(End of this chapter)