si-mexico Chapter 834: Breaking through Qingshui Pass
Chapter 834: Breaking through Qingshui Pass
Ever since the State of Yan destroyed the city walls of Linzi and entered the capital of Qi, all the countries that had fought against the Yan army reached a consensus.
That is, you must never use boulders to block the city gate.
If you don't block the city gate, the Yan army will rush in through the city gate. The number of people coming in at one time is not large, so you still have hope of winning the battle.
If you block the city gate, the Yan army will not hesitate to blow down the city wall and rush in together, which will be even more difficult to stop.
It’s frustrating to think about this kind of thing. It’s clearly a battle to defend the city, but you have to deliberately leave the city gate open to let the enemy in, otherwise the enemy will beat you even harder.
Listen, how frustrating.
After the gates on both sides of the city wall were blown open, the Flying Eagle Army soldiers who had been prepared on both sides immediately rushed forward with roars.
"Kill!"
Those Flying Eagle soldiers rushed forward with all their might.
There is no way, the other legions all have brilliant battle records, or are led by famous generals.
Only in their Flying Eagle Army, Nie Bei was not a famous general, and he was from the local army of Kun Country, while the other armies were from the central army. In addition, they did not have any brilliant battle records, so they always felt inferior in front of other friendly forces.
This time they are the pioneers and are determined to avenge their previous defeat.
The 20,000-strong vanguard troops on both sides quickly rushed into the city wall.
The Qian army on the city wall had already been bombed to the point of being disoriented. The dead were lying there, and the living did not dare to look up.
After the Flying Eagle Army charged in and occupied the city wall, the people from the Shenji Camp continued to blow up the city gates with divine thunder.
The city gate was blown open with a bang, and the Yan army roared and charged forward.
However, what awaited them was a head-on blow.
Shi Liang was seen standing behind the army, looking coldly at the Yan troops.
In front of him was a dense array of spears and shields, as well as dense archers.
As soon as the Flying Eagle Army appeared, they were shot like hedgehogs by the oncoming arrows and fell down in rows.
Even if there were brave and fearless people who rushed to the front of the Qian army, they would be stabbed to death by the guns because of their small numbers and lack of follow-up.
The Yan army behind was still charging forward fearlessly, but the city gate was so small that not many people could rush in at one time.
"Shield soldiers, go to the front and block it first! Those behind, don't rush!"
"Divine Thunder! Blast them with Divine Thunder!"
Upon seeing this, a commander immediately shouted for someone to send up the divine thunder.
The soldier at the back handed over the divine thunder, and the thrower at the front lit it with a fire starter and threw it fiercely at the enemy.
Boom boom boom!
As several explosions were heard, the shield soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the Qian army behind them was also in chaos.
The Yan army immediately rushed forward, engaged them in close combat, and disrupted their formation.
Even the archers behind the Qian army continued to shoot arrows, killing the Yan army coming out of the city gate, but it was of little use.
The fearless Flying Eagle Army was determined to avenge their previous humiliation. Although they didn't know where the humiliation came from, they were determined to capture Qingshui Pass in one fell swoop and be the first to achieve merit.
We can’t let our allies look down on us anymore!
Nie Bei led two more corps and charged into the city wall, continuously providing support troops, expanding the results of the battle, and occupying more space. Soon, the entire north city wall was occupied by the Yan army, advancing forward.
At the same time, Nie Bei also ordered people to go up to the city wall to clear out the remaining enemy troops on the wall and protect the safety of the army outside the city.
Shi Liang looked at the Qian army that was retreating step by step, and the Yan army that was attacking madly without fear of death, with bitter eyes, and murmured,
"Such a strong army, not afraid of sacrifice, not afraid of death at all, they are simply like wild beasts, only knowing how to kill.
How did the State of Yan develop such an army? How many people in the world can defeat such an army?
Although he tried his best to command the army to resist, it was of no use. As more and more Yan troops rushed in, the Qian army retreated further.
There were still 100,000 troops left in Guannan, but they could no longer squeeze in, and many of them were even squeezed out of the city.
Or rather, he escaped from the city.
Shi Liang did not want to retreat, because if he retreated, he would retreat again. The soldiers would then think that the Yan army was invincible. By then, morale would be low and everyone would want to surrender, which would make the battle even more difficult.
But in the current situation, they have no choice but to retreat.
The enemy commanders rushed in, and more and more Yan troops poured into the pass to replenish the Yan troops on the front line, brutally squeezing their living space.
If we continue fighting like this, I'm afraid the entire army will be wiped out within a day.
He also hoped to consume more of the Yan army's manpower to prepare for future battles.
There was no other way, he could only grit his teeth and yell,
"The entire army retreats! Retreat to Yong'an Pass!"
He led the Qian army, fighting and retreating, and evacuated from the city gate in an orderly manner.
But now it is his turn to suffer the consequences of the city gate.
Previously, the Yan army entered through the city gate, using their numbers to bully the minority.
Now they were retreating slowly, and the Yan army was killing them one by one, and from time to time they were throwing divine thunder at the Qian army, blowing the crowd to pieces and making the Qian army panic.
Stampedes kept happening as everyone tried to squeeze forward.
The retreat gradually turned into a rout.
Fortunately, Shi Liang promptly ordered a general to lead his troops to cover the rear and fight against the Yan army. He also ordered all the generals and commanders to restrain their subordinates and to execute any officers who caused chaos again. Only then did the situation gradually stabilize.
The 100,000 main forces of the Qian army were finally able to withdraw from Qingshui Pass after nearly half of them suffered casualties.
They joined forces with the 100,000 reserve troops, and then ran towards Yong'an Pass without looking back.
Nie Bei did not blindly chase the enemy. The enemy's strength was still superior to his, and the friendly forces behind him had not yet arrived.
In addition, Qingshui Pass is far away from Yong'an Pass, and it is not certain that they can catch up before dark, and they will have to retreat again. So he ordered not to pursue and to clean up the battlefield.
After counting the number of enemies killed, casualties, and supplies seized, he left the customs in the evening to report to the emperor.
When he went out, he found that the friendly troops who were waiting to support him had already returned to the camp for dinner.
After all, he had won the battle and driven the enemy out, so why would he need any support?
It’s better to go back early and eat instead.
When Nie Bei arrived at the central army commander's tent, he saw all the commanders holding their bowls, eating and chatting happily.
Lanling Wang was like a dog, holding the meat porridge and feeding the emperor mouthful by mouthful.
Tsk, they are showing off their love again.
"Your Majesty, Qingshui Pass has been captured. Our army has suffered over 8,000 casualties, killed over 40,000 enemies, and captured 30,000 dan of grain and fodder, as well as a small amount of weapons and armor.
Our army's casualties were mainly concentrated in the early stage of the attack on the interior. The enemy was well prepared, resulting in heavy casualties.
After we broke through the enemy lines, our casualties were much smaller."