klisemfg Chapter 407: The Liang Army is surrounded
Chapter 407: The Liang Army is surrounded
Zhao Kuo's head buzzed and he almost vomited blood.
If we block the Qin army outside, isn't that equivalent to blocking ourselves inside?
"Oh no! There's an ambush! We've fallen into a trap! Retreat quickly! Stop the army behind us from coming in!"
Zhao Kuo screamed and looked back, only to find that the tail of the last batch of Liang army troops had slowly entered the valley.
At the northern entrance of the valley, countless huge rocks fell and smashed downwards, blocking the entrance.
Those boulders aren't very high, and you can climb out if you want, but...
Suddenly, countless flags appeared on the mountains on both sides, and the main force of the Qin army appeared.
"Break out! Break out! Break out to the north!"
Zhao Kuo screamed loudly, his head buzzing, and a sense of impending disaster surged in his heart.
The Liang army turned their guns and charged towards the north.
The main force of the Qin army quickly occupied the valley entrance blocked by huge rocks. They stood on the rocks and shot arrows downwards, killing all the Liang soldiers who tried to climb up one by one.
The Qin army on the mountain top was also constantly throwing large rocks and wood down.
The Qin army of hundreds of thousands of people spent ten days preparing these things just to give the Liang army a surprise.
A soldier from Liang State dropped the knife in his hand and climbed up the boulder in fear, hoping to escape.
But above him, two Qin soldiers were carrying a huge long log, which rolled down directly towards him.
Hi hi hi, the little flying stick is here.
The huge impact force of Shigaraki hit his head, knocking him away violently. He fell to the ground and killed a large number of people.
The Qin army occupied the valley entrance and the mountains on both sides, completely blocking the Liang army in this desperate situation.
Zhao Kuo felt vaguely that this scene was somewhat familiar.
It seems like I have seen it somewhere.
Oh, now I remember, isn't this the scene he had deduced for a long time and imagined countless times in his mind, where the Qin army was surrounded in the valley?
How come everything changed all of a sudden and he became the one being besieged?
He reviewed the events of the past few days in his mind, trying to figure out where he had gone wrong.
It seemed... it seemed like he had been fooled from the very beginning.
The combat effectiveness of the Qin army should not be so weak.
With 400,000 of them fully armed, how could they not be able to capture the hilltop guarded by 100,000 strong men?
That's not a city wall.
From the very beginning, the combat effectiveness displayed by the Qin army was too weak, so weak that it was abnormal, but they thought it was normal.
All of this was a trap set by the Qin army to make him lose his guard.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo roared to the sky in grief and anger.
"Bai Wuan! You are such a despicable villain! Such a cunning villain!"
"I've been fooled, I've been fooled!"
Zhao Kuo's heart was bleeding.
He is the son of a general and has been learning military tactics and strategies since he was a child for more than 20 years, just for the day when he can personally lead troops into battle.
He had waited for this day for twenty years.
But he didn't expect that he would suffer a complete defeat the first time he led the troops. Four hundred thousand people were surrounded here.
"what!!!"
Zhao Kuo roared loudly and didn't even listen to the questions of the people around him.
When the generals around him saw that their commander had gone crazy, they stopped asking questions and continued to command the army to charge.
However, the Qin army was well prepared. When it got dark at night and nothing could be seen, the Liang army had no choice but to withdraw.
They all huddled together and lit bonfires in the middle of the valley.
They came in a hurry and didn't bring any food, so of course they didn't have much food.
They had no tents, no baggage, no bedding, nothing at all.
He came to chase me with only a knife.
Now, it was late at night and the weather was cold, so they could only huddle around the campfire to keep warm.
In the valley there were fence wood left by the Qin army, wood thrown down by them to hit people, and some shrubs that could barely be burned to keep warm.
But the unbearable hunger in my stomach is the most uncomfortable thing.
They had a meal in the morning, and then ran and fought all day. When fighting, they relied on their heart and adrenaline to stimulate them, so they did not feel hungry.
But now, in the dead of night, hunger came like a tide.
The discomfort in their stomachs made it difficult for them to fall asleep.
Some people carried a little dry food with them, but they could only eat it secretly, not daring to let others see them.
"Marshal, what should we do? We can't be surrounded like this."
The deputy general came over to ask Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo stared at the fire with lifeless eyes and muttered,
"We'll continue the breakout tomorrow."
"Ugh……"
The deputy general sighed and said no more.
Soon, the Liang soldiers fell into a deep sleep.
In the middle of the night, two large rocks quietly rolled down from the mountain.
The boulder continued to roll downhill, faster and faster, and soon hit Liang Jun hard.
As the screams came one after another, the Liang army who were originally asleep were also awakened.
They all picked up their weapons and stood on guard, guarding against possible enemies.
When they lit torches and saw those people who were smashed into meat paste by the huge rocks, they were all terrified, fearing that they would be crushed to death by the huge rocks if they fell asleep.
"Here we go again! Get out of the way!"
While they were talking, two huge rocks rolled down from the other direction.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly this time and escaped from that area in time.
Now, no one dared to sleep, as everyone was afraid that they would be smashed into a pulp in their sleep.
But without food and sleep, there is no way to recover physical and mental strength, and even the strongest person cannot endure it.
The next morning, the Liang army was even more exhausted.
But there was nothing he could do even though they were tired. Zhao Kuo could only let them continue to attack, kill the enemy, and break out.
The Liang army soldiers were completely exhausted, yet they forced their way forward relying solely on their desire to survive.
However, the desire to survive does not represent combat effectiveness. The Qin army's siege from a high position made it impossible for them to break out.
After another day of bloody fighting, the Liang army was defeated and retreated again.
This valley, five miles long and two miles wide, seemed to have become their grave, leaving them helpless.
Another night.
This time, more and more soldiers were too hungry and tired to stand up.
I can only lie on the ground, hoping to reduce some physical exertion.
It was just the hunger in their stomachs that made them even more miserable. Many people's stomachs had already started to feel sour, and they lay on the ground retching but couldn't vomit anything.
The Liang army was in extreme misery.
On the third day of the siege, the Qin army began shouting on the mountain, urging the Liang army to surrender.
There were many people who wanted to surrender, but they were all suppressed bloodily by Zhao Kuo. After killing several people who wanted to surrender, the others did not dare to move.
Liang State is not Yan State. The common people's fear and obedience to the powerful have long been deeply rooted and are not so easy to erase.