Chapter 708 Ambush Battle at Hou'ao Mountain! Why can't the enemy's ambush be used by our army?
The stacked mountains made it difficult for the scouts to pass, and also cast a thick fog of war on both the Qin and Zhao armies.
Neither Ying Chengyu nor Li Mu knew what the other party had planned, so they could only rely on their own judgment to direct the army to continue fighting!
The next day later, Yuzhong (9:00)
No reinforcements were waiting.
After Li Mu briefly reorganized Sima Shang's remaining troops, he combined the two troops into one army and embarked on the westward journey again.
However, only thirty miles into the journey, Li Mu suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "Stop the whole army!"
Looking to the southwest, Li Mu solemnly said: "Send two scouts. Qian, thoroughly investigate Hou'ao Mountain!"
A large number of scouts climbed up Hou'ao Mountain along the path.
What followed closely was a series of subtle but frightening shouts of killing!
Two hours later, the leading scout finally returned in a hurry, shouting anxiously: "Commander!"
"The Qin army is stationed on the southern slope of Hou'ao Mountain, with at least 10,000 troops!"
Hearing what the scout said, many generals of the Zhao army showed fear.
They only walked this road twice yesterday, and this road was also determined by Li Mu yesterday to have no Qin army.
Under the inertial thinking, these Zhao Jun generals subconsciously believed that this road was safe today.
If Li Mu hadn't been vigilant, they would have stepped into the ambush of the Qin army without realizing it, and then faced the Qin army in panic as they descended from the hillside.
Big defeat!
Li Mu's expression did not change. He just tapped the reins with his fingers and said thoughtfully: "When the troops are not sufficient, divide 10,000 troops to garrison Hou'ao Mountain?"
“With Lord Qin Changan’s temperament, he shouldn’t be ambushed by a lone army!”
In Li Mu’s view, Ying Chengxuan is a very stingy person.
Although Ying Chengyu often takes risks, he is a man who cares about the lives of his subordinates.
Unless necessary, Ying Chengyu will subconsciously choose a method to minimize the casualties of his soldiers.
But if the Qin Army in Hou'ao Mountain is alone, it will be difficult to survive once activated, and it has no indispensable significance to the overall strategy.
Recalling the surrounding landforms recorded on the map of Kunyu, Li Mu's voice became more certain: "It's not just Hou'ao Mountain where there are ambushes."
"There will be ambushes on Be'ao Mountain too. ”
"Qin Chang'an Jun intended to trap our army on the pass between Hou'ao Mountain and Be'ao Mountain when our army crossed Hou'ao Mountain to attack Licheng."
"Encircle and destroy them." !”
Captain Hu Qiong immediately praised: “Commander, Ruiye!”
“Qin Changanjun is famous all over the world and has won consecutive battles, but Qin Changanjun’s arrangement is in front of the coach. But it’s in vain.”
“Congratulations to the commander-in-chief!”
Li Mu's eyes fell on Hu Qiong: "Captain Hu trusts the general's judgment?"
Hu Qiong said sincerely: "This is natural!"
"Who in the world today?" I wonder if the coach is the best general in our country?”
“Looking at the Zhao State, the only one who can defeat Qin Changan is the coach!”
“The last general trusts the coach!”
Hu Qiong's ability is not bad among Zhao Jun captains.
But Hu Qiong knew in his heart that his current abilities were all due to his father's teachings. He himself had not inherited his father's talent, and his upper limit was almost here.
If he wants to go further, he can only hug a golden thigh, and then let the thigh carry him forward together.
The thigh chosen by Hu Qiong is Li Mu!
Who told Hu Qiong’s father Hu Zhuo to have a close personal relationship with Li Mu during his lifetime?
Even if Hu Qiong hugs Guo Kai's thigh, Guo Kai still can't trust Hu Qiong!
So Hu Qiong was quite flattering in his words, and he showed his flattery to Li Mu without hesitation.
Unfortunately, what was waiting for Hu Qiong was Li Mu's plain words: "Then please ask Captain Hu to lead the troops and horses of our headquarters and continue to advance."
Hu Qiong: o(Д)っ!
Hu Qiongqiang smiled and said: "Coach, military and national affairs are not a joke."
Li Mu's dull eyes turned to Hu Qiong: "I am not joking."
Hu Qiong's smile was a bit unbearable: "Commander, there is an ambush of the Qin army ahead!"
Li Mu slightly said Nodding: "I know."
Hu Qiong couldn't hold himself any longer.
You knew clearly that there was an ambush by the Qin army ahead, but you still let me lead my soldiers to die?
Why did my father blindly make friends with you, a ruthless and unjust thief?
Li Mu continued to speak: "Order!"
"Captain Hu Qiong led his troops to continue marching westward."
"Wait until the whole army crosses two miles of Hou'ao Mountain After that, return immediately and exit Xingdao."
"If Captain Hu Qiong can lure the Qin army out of ambush and help me complete the strategy of luring the enemy deep, it will be a credit!"
Hearing this, Hu Qiong's originally angry mood was immediately filled with joy.
Hey, coach, why didn't you say earlier that you would cooperate with the coach to lure the enemy deeper?
With the wisdom of the coach, this strategy will definitely work.
How can the general not want to be used by the coach!
Hu Qiong raised his hands in excitement and shouted: "General, obey the order!"
There was a bit of worry in Li Mu's calm eyes: "Come back alive."
Hu Qiong shouted as if he had been beaten with chicken blood: "Wei!"
Flirting his cloak , Hu Qiong shouted loudly: "Soldiers, follow me forward!"
Looking down at Hu Qiong, who was high-spirited and with his chest raised and his head raised, Su Jiao was a little confused: "Could it be that the Zhao army scouts have not noticed our army? Ambush here?”
“That’s not right.”
"It's clear that dozens of scouts escaped just now. How could the Zhao army not know that our army is ambushing here!"
Hu Qiong's appearance made Su Jiao feel unconfident.
Which soldier would be so happy knowing that he was about to step into an ambush?
Without hesitation, he sent messengers to report the matter to Ying Chengxiu. Su Jiao shouted in a low voice: "Password to all the ministries."
"The spearmen are on alert, the crossbowmen are cocked!" A Qin Army crossbow soldier sat on the ground, using his legs and hands to pull the heavy crossbow string.
However, just as the Qin army's crossbowmen were moving, Hu Qiong's troops, who had just fully advanced into the encirclement, suddenly turned around and ran wildly out of the valley!
Su Jiao couldn't sit still.
Can a duck fly if it reaches its beak? !
Su Jiao ordered without hesitation: "Target Xingdao, one row, release!"
"Boom boom boom~~~~"
The crossbow string exploded.
Five thousand crossbow arrows were thrown into the sky under the urging of the crossbow string, and then, following the momentum of gravity, they were thrown down towards Hu Qiong!
Hu Qiong suddenly raised his head, and while galloping on his horse, he shouted repeatedly: "Don't panic!"
"Shield soldiers raise their shields!"
"Throw away all the baggage and move forward quickly!"
"Hurry!"
In fact, there was no need for Hu Qiong to issue this order at all.
When the soldiers under Hu Qiong saw Hu Qiong fleeing, the morale of the army was completely shattered!
A soldier named Zhao threw away his baggage, even his helmet and spear, wishing he could step on Pao Ze and fly out of the encirclement!
Seeing that the Zhao army was already in chaos, Su Jiao ordered rather urgently: "The crossbowmen continue to shoot the enemy troops!"
"The remaining officers and soldiers follow me closely!"
Su Jiao Holding the spear tightly, he ran down the mountain, roaring:
“Kill the enemy!”
The five thousand infantry shouted in unison:
"Kill!!!"
The mountain road is rugged, but it cannot stop the enthusiasm of the Qin army soldiers to kill the enemy.
A famous Qin soldier stabbed into the center of Hu Qiong's army at an angle, cutting Hu Qiong's army in half like a machete!
Seeing this, Su Jiao roared with increasing excitement: "Behead the general and knight him today!"
"Soldiers, move forward to pursue us!"
The lives of thousands of Zhao soldiers were no longer in Su Jiao's eyes.
Su Jiao's eyes have long been attracted by Hu Qiong, who is wearing the general's armor.
So after cutting off the retreat of Hu Qiong's middle and rear troops, Su Jiao immediately decided to leave these Zhao troops to Ying Chengyu to slaughter, while he himself wanted to cut off Hu Qiong's head first. !
However, Su Jiao had just taken a few steps when a rapid drumbeat suddenly sounded in the west.
“Dong! Dongdongdongdongdong!Dongdong~”
Hearing the drum beat, Su Jiao's eyes were stunned: "Aren't you stationed forward?"
Looking at the Hu Qiong troops who were running backwards, even breaking up the Zhao army's formation at the rear and driving more Zhao troops to flee, Su Jiao couldn't figure it out.
Why did Ying Chengyu give up this great opportunity!
But now that Ying Chengyu has decided to give up such a good opportunity, Su Jiao is too lazy to think about the reason, and just decisively changes the order: "Turn around and form a formation!"
"Seal this Zhao army in Within Xingdao, annihilate them all!”
Looking at Hu Qiong with regret, Su Jiao saw that Hu Qiong was also looking back at him.
Su Jiao snorted coldly: "You are lucky."
"When we fight next time, I will definitely kill you!"
And Hu Qiong, who was looking at Su Jiao from a distance, slapped his horse on the back bitterly: "Chase! Chase quickly!"
"Isn't the general's running attitude not panic enough? ”
"Why don't you pursue me!"
"Oh!"
Seeing that Su Jiao had turned around to annihilate the soldiers of Zhao who were trapped in the ambush circle, Hu Qiong sighed deeply. After taking a breath, he bowed his hands in front of Li Mu and said remorsefully: "Although the general has led the Qin army to ambush, he has not attracted the Qin army's ambush to pursue and kill the general."
"General, I am ashamed of my trust in the coach!"
Li Mu shook his head: "No problem."
"Just now the drums of the Qin Army suddenly sounded. It seems that Lord Qin Chang'an saw through the general's plan, so he stopped the Qin Army and did not pursue him."
"This is not the crime of the Hu Duwei."
"Captain Hu will go and rest."
"Order!"
"Captain Ren You will lead his troops forward to rescue the rear army led by Commander Hu Qiong! ”
After giving the order, Ren You's troops, who were already at the vanguard of Zhao's army, immediately advanced forward.
The other side.
Ying Chengyu has also led 10,000 infantry to leave Beiyao Mountain, and cooperates with Su Jiao's troops to launch front and rear pincer attacks against Zhao Jun who is trapped in an ambush!
Seeing Ren You's troops counterattack quickly from a distance, Qiang Huai said with emotion: "The Zhao army sent troops again so quickly to try to rescue the trapped soldiers and horses."
" It can be seen that Zhao Jun must have expected the ambush of our army.”
"Jun Zhao Wu'an's move just now must be to lure our army to go deep and ambush our army!"
"Fortunately, the commander had a clever plan and decisively ordered Captain Su to stay stationed."
"Otherwise, our army is in danger!"
None of the generals around Ying Chenglong showed surprise.
After all, in their opinion, it was natural for Ying Chengyu to be able to see through Li Mu's plan.
But all the Qin generals still sighed in their hearts.
We are lucky to be able to follow Ying Chengyu on the expedition, otherwise if Li Mu just used that trick to lure the enemy deeper, many Qin army generals would fall into the trap!
However, there was no joy on Ying Chengyu’s face, and his eyes looking toward the east became more and more serious!
(End of this chapter)