General Qin

Fire Bull Tactics!

Fifty or sixty years ago, it was famous all over the world.

Qi General Tian Dan collected more than a thousand strong cattle in Jimo City, covered the cattle with quilts and clothes, painted colorful dragon characters, tied weapons to the horns of the cattle, poured fat and bundled reeds on the tails, and burned the ends with fire.

The tail of the ox was burned by the flames. Thousands of oxen rushed to the Yan army outside the city at night in anger. Wherever they passed, the Yan army suffered countless casualties.

Afterwards, he won battles and victories, regained more than 70 cities in the Qi State that had fallen, and revived the Qi State. Tian Dan can be said to have truly turned the tide and helped the building to collapse.

That battle shocked the world, and the name of the Fire Bull Formation spread all over the world, shocking people.

It's just that with the passage of time, nearly sixty years have passed, and most of the people who have experienced that era have died.

The name of Fire Bull gradually fell silent.

Until now, nearly sixty years later, on the battlefield of the Qin and Chu armies south of Pengcheng in the Chu region.

The moo sounded again and again.

The flames burned the tails of the oxen, and dozens of strong oxen roared in pain.

Although cattle are color blind and are not irritated by red objects as many people think, the red armor worn by Chu Jun actually has no effect on them.

But those dead soldiers of the Chu army who sang loud battle songs and ran towards him with howls still attracted their hatred.

"Bringing a long sword and carrying a Qin bow..."

The loud and clear song of Chu came oncoming, like a provocation.

The leaping figures are moving targets one by one.

pain!

Want to kill someone!

Moo!

Dozens of strong bulls ran wildly, with four hooves, and their majestic bodies galloped wildly on the ground, just like the night when thousands of angry bulls charged sixty years ago.

"The first body is separated, the heart is not... what is that!"

"It's a cow!"

The passionate and tragic battle song of the Chu army came to an abrupt end with a moo.

Even those dead soldiers who were full of enthusiasm and had already prepared to fight the Qin army to the end, even if their heads were separated, they would never regret it, were stunned by the situation in front of them.

There was no imagined rain of arrows, no imagined Qin army's battle formation, but dozens of fierce beasts burning with anger.

An adult cow weighs at least several hundred catties, and a strong one can even weigh a thousand catties. Under the anger and pain, they gallop with all their strength, and the terrible impact is even more terrifying than the charge of a four-horse chariot.

Not to mention the extremely sharp sword blades tied to their horns!

boom!

The distance of hundreds of meters is reached in an instant under the mad rush of the angry bull.

Amidst the screams, the dead soldiers of the Chu army who rushed to the front were knocked into the air, and the unlucky ones were just pierced by the blades tied to the horns, and their bodies were hung by the horns, allowing the angry bull to push forward Stamping shock.

Dozens of angry cows, except for a very few who turned their heads to attack the Qin army in madness and were killed by the prepared Qin soldiers, most of the rest rushed into the oncoming Chu army formation.

At this moment, if you look down from the sky, you can see that the head of the red long snake was completely torn apart by these angry beasts. The Chu army's long snake formation, which was originally indomitable, has completely turned into chaos.

The head of the snake was smashed.

Under the charge of the angry bulls, the thousand dead soldiers in the front were either dead, injured, or terrified. They instinctively dodged to the two sides to avoid the impact of these angry beasts.

The soldiers in the rear tried to resist these angry beasts with spears, but the angry strong bull survived the attack and became more mad and furious. While mooing, it jumped into the battle formation of the Chu army, kicking, kicking and sweeping. There was nothing but screams.

Just when the momentum of the Chu army was broken and the formation was in chaos.

After the fire ox charged into the battle, the sharp soldiers of the Qin army who had been prepared for a long time pressed up.

"No clothes? I'm in the same robe as my son. The king Yu Xingshi repaired my spear. I have the same hatred as my son!"

The soldiers of the Qin army sang their battle songs, followed closely behind the fire ox, holding swords and spears, rushed into the Chu army that was knocked into chaos by the fire ox, and slashed and attacked the terrified Chu people.

The Chu army camp, the rear of a thousand dead soldiers and two thousand sharp soldiers.

Xiang Qu and Jing Tong, who were riding on horseback watching the command, were also stunned by the scene ahead.

The loud and passionate song of Chu was interrupted, and the sound of cow lowing was shocking.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of screams. The thousand dead soldiers who were originally selected by Xiang Qu as sharp knives of the Chu army were scattered by dozens of cows before fighting the Qin army.

In addition to the casualties of the soldiers, the Chu army lost all its vigor, and the previously aroused heart to fight to the death has been broken.

And the Qin army, who followed closely behind the fire cow, took the opportunity to rush up and kill wildly, killing all the dead soldiers of the Chu army who were frightened and messed up.

What's even more frightening is that the Chu army's assault failed at this moment. Except for the one or two thousand people who rushed out of the narrow road ahead, the rest of them were all blocked in this narrow road that was more than ten miles long.

Even if there were more than 20,000 people in the Chu army, only the soldiers at the front could take part in the battle. The people behind could only rush in this road less than ten meters wide, and could not deploy their troops at all.

At this time, those charging angry bulls had completely smashed through the front line of Chu soldiers. Although some of them were killed by Chu people on the way, and some of them rushed madly in place, there were still several of the most majestic bloody bulls. Focusing, holding his breath, he rushed into the narrow road.

The Chu soldiers in the rear were frightened and angry. Some raised their weapons in an attempt to resist, and some were so frightened that they dodged to the sides. The Chu people standing by the river were even thrown into the river by their own robes in panic.

"General, this is Tian Dan's fire bull trick in the past! Zhao Tuo actually used this trick to break our army's morale and formation!"

Jing Tong looked terrified and cried out.

With a blank expression on his face, Xiang Qu fetched the horse's bow and arrow, nocked the arrow and pulled the string, and suddenly shot an arrow, hitting the eyes of a strong bull jumping in the crowd.

The cow wailed, stopped walking, and was stabbed into the body by more than a dozen spears, and died tragically on the spot.

"The general wins!"

All the Chu soldiers shouted loudly, and their morale rose slightly. The angry bulls that rushed into the defile were all beheaded by the Chu army after making a fuss.

But Qin Jun's goal has also been achieved.

After the fire ox, the sharp soldiers of the Qin army in black armor killed the chaotic Chu soldiers all the way, and finally reached the exit of the narrow road, completely blocking the Chu people behind in this narrow road.

The soldiers of both sides fought hard at the intersection several meters wide, and one fell down, and another one was added by the soldiers behind, and there were more and more corpses on the ground.

Xiang Qu sat on the horse, watching the front of him screaming and killing, Qin Jun slowly squeezed into the narrow road.

He looked back at the long Chu army team behind him.

Seeing that most of the Chu soldiers at the back of the team looked panic-stricken, they were obviously frightened by what happened to the former army.

According to the original plan of the Chu army, it was going to lead the battle with a thousand dead soldiers as sharp knives, followed by two thousand sharp soldiers, rushing out of the narrow road, tearing apart the Qin army's line, and letting all the 20,000 Chu troops rush out of the narrow road and line up. The formation fought against the Qin army.

But now, there are endless screams and screams in front of them, but the Chu army in the narrow road is difficult to advance. In this situation, everyone knows that there must be something wrong with the battle ahead.

Coupled with the wails of Chu people from the front from time to time and the screams of cows, the morale of the Chu soldiers behind was greatly discouraged by Xiang Qu's rhetoric.

Even at the end of the line, someone had already rolled their eyes, ready to run away when they saw that the situation was not going well.

"General, the Qin army used fire bulls to destroy our dead soldiers, and then used soldiers to block our army in the narrow road. If this continues, our army has no chance of winning. As long as some soldiers flee in panic, the whole army may be in danger of being defeated. , it is better to let the front army resist the front, and the general will lead the soldiers to retreat slowly, so as to preserve a part of their strength."

Jing Tong gritted his teeth to persuade him.

This is the gecko's strategy of cutting off the tail. It is much better to abandon the front army and preserve the strength of the rear army than to defeat the whole army here.

Xiang Qu glanced at him, and said indifferently: "Once the rear army retreats, will the soldiers in front resist desperately?"

The scene is opposite to each other without words.

While the two were silent, the changes in the situation no longer required them to make a decision.

Because something flew from the sky.

Rubbles flew down all over the sky, and barbed thorns were scattered from the air like a celestial maiden scattered flowers.

"What is this, my face!"

"Ah, there is... hiccup in the sky..."

...

The Chu soldiers screamed, and countless foreign objects were thrown from the sky in the direction of the Qin army, and fell into the middle of the Chu army.

Under that huge throwing force, even a small thing like barbed wire contains terrible penetrating power. When it falls on Chu Zu's body, even thick leather armor can't resist it. Dive in.

As for those who just looked up to the sky, it was even worse. The mouths and eyes of some unlucky ones were directly inserted by the sharp metal products.

In addition, there are flying stones of various fist sizes, which are even more powerful. It can be said that those who hit the head will die, and those who get hit will be injured. Once they get hit, they will definitely end up with broken bones and tendons.

Xiang Qu and Jing Tong even saw with their own eyes a few meters in front of them, a soldier of the Chu army happened to be hit by a flying stone and died with a headshot. The scene was very horrifying.

"What is this, Qin Jun has witchcraft?"

Jing Tong was shocked, and even gave up thinking at this moment because of shock.

"It's a giant cannon..."

Xiang Qu gritted his teeth.

...

"This cannon is nice."

"Compared to the siege cannon, it is less powerful and has a shorter range, and it is almost impossible to cause damage to the city walls, but it is really effective when used to hit such immobile human targets."

Zhao Tuo had already got off the high platform, got into his chariot, and approached the narrow road battlefield for a certain distance.

Standing on the car, he saw that behind the Qin soldiers who were fighting at the exit of the narrow road, several small cannons with wheels were loaded with ammunition by Qin soldiers and craftsmen, and then shot at the Chu people blocked by the Qin army in the narrow road.

The countless flying stones and iron foreign objects flew over the soldiers of the two armies fighting across the pass, and landed directly among the Chu soldiers tens of meters behind.

The bombardment of every cannon cart can cause a lot of screams and commotions from the Chu army.

This is really a rare good target.

Under normal conditions, the two armies are facing each other, and the enemy moves in flexibly on the battlefield. This kind of slow-moving artillery vehicle is actually very difficult to hit, and its practicability is not high, which is equivalent to waste.

But in such a situation where the enemy is tightly blocked in one road, the artillery cart is a kind of artifact on the battlefield. Once fired, it can really shoot without missing a beat, and it can cause terrible damage to the enemy soldiers.

And compared to the situation of casualties, the blow to the morale of the enemy is probably the most deadly.

...

"Flying stones from the sky, run!"

At this moment, the Chu army in the narrow road has completely collapsed.

If it's just a bloody battle with the Qin people at the exit of the narrow road, they can still accept it. But flying stones and caltrops and other things from the sky would be too scary.

The Chu people in the back couldn't even see the face of the enemy in front of them, and they might be shot down from the sky at any time and smash their heads into pieces. Just thinking about this kind of result makes people feel frightened and terrified.

The previous fire ox charge broke the blood and vigor of the Chu army, and the blocking of the road by the Qin army and the shooting of flying stones from the sky completely crushed the morale and courage of the Chu army.

Chu people no longer have the heart to fight.

With a cry, all the Chu troops in front of the defile collapsed, and countless Chu soldiers turned around and ran back while shouting.

One runs, ten runs.

Ten run, a hundred run.

"General, let's go!"

Jing Tong looked panic-stricken, the soldiers in front collapsed, even if the soldiers in the back didn't run away, they would never be spared if they were rushed by the rout army who turned around in front.

The collapse of the Chu army is inevitable.

This battle is lost!

Xiang Qu let out a long sigh.

He looked in the direction of the exit of the narrow road. Although it was blocked by people, he could not see the young general riding on the chariot behind the Qin army.

But Xiang Qu still couldn't help whispering: "Zhao Tuo, you won."

...

Behind the Qin army, on top of the chariot.

Zhao Tuo supported Che Shi and looked up.

Seeing the commotion erupting in the direction of the narrow road, the soldiers of Qin cheered loudly and poured into the narrow road like a flood.

He knew that the battle was already divided.

"The Chu army is defeated."

"Ah Wan, go pass an order to Shejian. After the defeat of the Chu army, let him lead the army to take advantage of the victory and pursue them. Pursue them all the way to the end, and annihilate the Chu people in one fell swoop!"

Zhao Tuo's voice was cold, and before Lu Wan left, he added another sentence.

"I want Xiang Qu!"

Zhao Tuo looked at the direction in which the Chu army was defeated.

He can't forget.

Just two years ago in the Qin Palace, Xiang Qu squeezed his hand.

There will be a third update at night, a little later, and this battle will come to an end.

"Historical Records Biography of Tian Dan": Tian Dan collected more than a thousand cattle from the city, made them into crimson silk clothes, painted with colorful dragon characters, tied weapons to their corners, poured fat and bundled reeds on their tails, and burned their ends. Dozens of holes were dug in the city, and the cattle were reared at night, followed by 5,000 strong men. The oxtail was hot, and he rushed to the Yan army in anger, and the Yan army was shocked at night. The oxtail torch is shining brightly, and the Yan army regards it as a dragon, and it touches all casualties. Five thousand people struck it because of their titles, and the city clamored to follow it. The old and the weak all hit the bronze wares as a sound, and the sound moved the world. The Yan army was terrified and defeated. The Qi people then killed their general Qi Jie. The Yan army was disturbed and ran, and the Qi people chased and chased north. All the cities they passed were surrounded by Yan and returned to Tiandan.