Chapter 1100: The Hu Thieves Also Read the Art of War? How Can This Be Called Cheating? This Is Called Crushing!

The scout repeated with a heavy tone: "At least 200,000!"

"The Qin scouts are very brave, and the Qin army is endless. All the tribesmen who approached to investigate were killed in the battle, and no more specific troops could be found out!"

Bateer shouted without hesitation: "Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Five days ago, Touman Chanyu just sent back a military report, saying that he was fighting with Qin Chang'an Jun in Fangcheng, and the city was still stable."

"How could the main force of the Qin army arrive here in just five days!"

Touman Chanyu had a full 130,000 troops, and he was also a hero who unified the grassland with his own hands. Even Bater felt that Touman Chanyu was a real warrior from the bottom of his heart.

Even if Touman Chanyu was not good at defending the city, even if Fangcheng and Linle fell in a hurry, it would not be possible for the main force of the Qin army to raid here in just five days with only Touman Chanyu and his 130,000 soldiers!

The scout immediately knelt on one knee and hit his heart with his right fist: "I am willing to swear to Changshengtian."

"If I tell a lie, my soul will not be able to return to Changshengtian's embrace after death!"

Not to mention that the scout made such a poisonous oath, even if the scout did not make this poisonous oath, would Bater dare to gamble with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the army?

After barely calming down, Bater immediately ordered: "Pass on the king's order!"

"All units prepare for war!"

"Send another thousand scouts to scatter and find out the enemy's strengths and weaknesses!"

While giving orders, Bater had already strode out of the tent, turned over and rode on his warhorse, and led the guards to the northeast according to the scout's instructions.

Just after running out of the camp, Bater saw a bright color jumping east of the Juma River in the distance!

Rubbing his eyes and looking closely, Bater's heart trembled violently.

The sunlight that lit up from the ground was a group of armored Qin troops!

Batter didn't know how many soldiers this Qin army had.

But whether it was its boundless size or its courage to attack the coalition's center, Battelle had to believe that the scout was right.

Bater clenched the reins and exclaimed in surprise: "The main force of the Qin army has really arrived!"

Li Ke's eyes showed some excitement and expectation, but Li Ke quickly suppressed it and said: "My king!"

"The enemy army has arrived suddenly, but our army does not need to panic."

"I have led the army to build many fortifications such as deep trenches, low walls, traps, and trip ropes around our army. Although they have not been fully completed, they will eventually have some effect."

"And the enemy army is now east of the Juma River. If the enemy army wants to approach our army, it must cross the Juma River!"

"Sun Tzu, a master of Chinese military strategy, said: If the enemy comes across the water, do not meet him in the water, let him cross halfway and attack him, it will be beneficial!"

"I advise you to immediately send an elite force to approach the Juma River and attack the enemy when he is halfway across!"

Batter has not read Sun Tzu's Art of War, but he has heard of Sun Tzu and knows that he is a great talent who dominates an era.

Moreover, attacking halfway across the river sounds really good, so Bater said in a deep voice: "What Li Xiang said is right."

"Pass on my order! Hulun's troops will go north as the front army, Erleqin's troops will go east as the right wing, Beier's troops will be the left wing, Yamanpan's troops will be the rear army, and Li Xiang will lead the Yan army to guard the central army."

"The rest of the troops will cruise around and look for opportunities to fight."

"Big Danghu Hulun, immediately lead your troops to attack, quickly!"

Then Bater faced Li Ke and hit his heart with his right fist: "Please give more advice and suggestions, Li Xiang!"

Li Ke bowed his hands sincerely and said: "This is my job!"

If others saw this scene, they would definitely think it was a perfect picture of generals getting along well and Chinese and foreigners being friendly.

But little did they know that Li Ke had a ghost in his heart.

Bater also privately ordered Dalai to quickly ask the southerners in the army to confirm whether Sun Tzu really had this military strategy.

At the same time, the Hu bandits made full use of their advantage of being able to fight and move at the same time. In just a quarter of an hour, all the generals had organized their troops properly.

Hulun had already led his troops to the west bank of the Juma River and shouted loudly: "Raise your bows!"

Ying Chengjiao was happy to see this: "It seems that the Hu bandits have also read military books and know Sun Tzu's Art of War!"

Xin Sheng chuckled: "It's a pity that the Hu bandits only know the superficial aspects of military books, but not the inner meaning. They are just imitating Dong Shi."

"How can a short bow calm this river?"

Although the Juma River is not deep, the water flow is quite turbulent. Although people can swim across the river, war horses will be washed away if they go into the river. Moreover, the river is wide, and it is difficult for war horses to cross the river even if they jump. That is why this river is called the Juma River.

With the range of the Donghu short bow, it can only cover one-third of the river at most.

There is a threat, but it is really not great.

Ying Chengjiao smiled and ordered: "Order! The whole army under the command of the commander Xifeng should slow down, feed the horses and rest."

"Order the crossbowmen under the commander Xinsheng to advance in three rounds of shooting, and the shieldmen should be interspersed between the crossbowmen to provide shields."

"Select a thousand of the best swimmers from each unit, and hide behind the shieldmen with the first to climb and the captives, and be on standby at any time!"

"The central army should cook and rest ten miles away from the Juma River, and make more hot ginger soup."

At the command, the two Qin armies slowed down together, and only more than 6,000 crossbowmen marched in neat steps to the east bank of the Juma River.

Seeing this, Hulun hurriedly ordered: "Retreat thirty feet!"

According to Hulun's understanding of the Dai crossbows and Yan crossbows in the army, retreating another thirty feet should be out of the crossbow's range.

But Hulun didn't know that the Dai crossbows and Yan crossbows were not qualified to be compared with the Qin crossbows!

Xin Sheng raised his thumb to estimate the distance between the two armies, and shouted: "Row one, aim three points higher, target the bandits in front, shoot!"

"Bang bang bang~~~"

Hearing the sound of exploding bowstrings, Hulun's heart trembled subconsciously.

The general clearly ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the range of the crossbows, so why did the enemy still fire the crossbows?

But Hulun had no time to think deeply and could only order again: "Retreat! Retreat again!"

In a hurry, Hulun's knights quickly turned their horses and continued to retreat.

However, before the horse's head could turn, the crossbow arrow fell!

"ah!"

"Spread out! Don't step on the fallen horse!"

"Retreat! Keep retreating! You will still be hit by Qin's crossbow here!"

Hulun's troops have retreated to near the limit range of Qin Nu, and only a few crossbow arrows can fall into Hulun's formation.

But those few crossbow arrows made Hulun's army more morally unstable than the sky full of crossbow arrows.

You only need to retreat more than ten feet or even a few feet to be safe and worry-free. This distance will definitely have no impact on the army. Why stand stupidly under the range of the crossbow and wait to die?

But just by retreating more than ten feet, Juma River West Bank was completely out of the range of Hulun's short bow!

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Ying Chengyu immediately said: "Go up first and prepare for battle!"

The ten Qin soldiers who were the best swimmers stood at the front of the queue, followed by one hundred and ninety warriors who had arrived first. Two hundred people picked up the long and thick hemp ropes beside them and tied them around their waists. They used ropes to connect themselves with other pioneer warriors in a line, and then the 190 pioneer warriors raised the door panels just removed from Linle and Fangcheng with both hands, ready for action at any time.

But Ying Chengyu did not order them to enter the water. Instead, he ordered: "A hundred people who are good at swimming should enter the water with their shields!"

Although not many people in the old Qin knew how to swim, the soldiers from Chu, Wei, Qi, and even Dukang were very familiar with water. Among them, the best among them were good swimmers, not to mention swimming as if they were walking on flat ground. All of them are good-natured men.

One hundred soldiers who were temporarily transferred from various ministries immediately took off their armor, raised their shields high, walked into the Juma River, and started swimming within a few steps.

Seeing the hundreds of Qin troops getting closer and closer to the river bank, Hulun's heart trembled, and he hurriedly shouted: "Get on top of me, general!"

"Shoot the enemy crossing the river!"

Hulun's troops had to carry the Qin army's crossbow arrows to the west bank of the Juma River, holding short bows and shooting arrows at the Qin army in the river.

But after Hulun's troops approached the river bank, Ying Chengyu shouted: "Ming Jin!"

"Recall the soldiers who are good swimmers and ask them to quickly warm themselves up by the fire and drink hot ginger soup after landing!"

"The crossbowmen keep firing!"

The bronze bell was sounded, and hundreds of soldiers who were good swimmers hurriedly swam back. Only a dozen soldiers died in the river due to Donghu arrows or cramps due to cold water.

On the other hand, Hulun's troops who arrived near the river were not so lucky.

Wherever the crossbow arrow passed, the blood of more than five hundred thieves spilled on the riverside!

In order to avoid greater casualties, Hulun had to give the order: "Retreat fifty feet!"

However, Hulun's troops had just withdrawn, and another hundred Qin troops who were good at swimming entered the water.

Hulun:? ? ?

Hulun glared at Ying Chengyu from the air: You are such a fool!

Ying Chengyu's eyes were calm and calm: How can it be considered cheating by relying on the range to deceive others? This is clearly a technological crush!

Then Ying Chengyu sent another hundred Qin soldiers who were good at swimming to cross the river.

Therefore, a difficult choice was placed in front of Hulun.

If they do not approach and shoot arrows, the Qin army may send soldiers across the river one after another, so that Hulun cannot complete the king's order.

If you shoot arrows at close range, you will not only be unable to kill many Qin soldiers, but you will also pay a lot of casualties and blood loss!

Gritting his teeth and being cruel, Hulun said angrily: "Get closer and kill the enemy!"

Ying Chengyu calmly ordered: "Ming Jin, come ashore!"

Groups of Qin soldiers entered the water to seduce him, and rounds of crossbow bolts shot out.

The advantage lies with Qin, and Ying Chengyu is not in a hurry at all.

But after six rounds of pulling, Hulun was completely numb.

When the soldiers of the Qin army entered the water in the seventh round, Hulun held the reins tightly, looked at the Qin army in front of him fiercely, and said bitterly: "Pass! I will let you pass!"

"I want to see what kind of waves a few hundred Qin troops can make even if I let you wait to cross the river!"

Sensing the fear of the Hulun and Donghu soldiers, Ying Chengyu slowly straightened his back and shouted in a deep voice: "Go up first and cross the river!"

The ten most adept swimmers immediately jumped into the Juma River, and the 190 warriors who were connected to them by ropes also jumped into the Juma River with their door panels held high!

On both sides of this two-hundred-man team, there were three other two-hundred-man teams doing the same thing.

Hulun was startled and shouted again: "Come forward! Get close to the river bank! Shoot the Qin army!"

But it wasn't just Hulun who was numb, the soldiers in Hulun's department had also been numb for a long time.

Knowing that if they stepped forward, they would be shot by Qin's crossbows and it would be useless, Hulun's soldiers advanced as slowly as a turtle. When Hulun's troops approached the river bank, the Qin army had already reached the west bank of the Juma River, which was thirty feet away. Inside!

Hulun, regardless of his own safety, took his bow and aimed it at a Qin soldier who had arrived first, roaring at the top of his lungs: "Fire the arrow!"

A famous Xiandeng warrior hid his body below the mouth under the river water, tried his best to stabilize his lower body, and slowly moved forward under the guidance of the soldiers who were good at swimming.

Densely packed arrows made a clanging sound on the door panel, and from time to time, arrows would penetrate the water and hit the bodies of the first warriors.

However, the current of the Juma River is very strong, so the arrows have little power after falling into the water. They can only pierce the skin but not damage the bones.

After paying the price of more than a hundred warriors being injured and no one being killed, the first warrior holding a plank finally came within three feet of the west bank of the Juma River, and then hurriedly tilted the plank in front of him like a shield.

Upon seeing this, Ying Chengyu shouted without hesitation: "Xin Sheng's troops, charge!"

Hulun shouted angrily: "Get close and kill the Qin army!"

The arrows could not hurt the Qin army who was behind the plank. The hundreds of Donghu knights braved their horses and rushed towards the Juma River. However, just as the first few knights entered the water, their horses were washed away by the current and became unstable. Several of them staggered. Afterwards, it capsized sideways, and the knight on its back was swept away by the current.

The remaining Donghu soldiers had to dismount quickly and walk into the river.

However, the Qin army who first arrived at the river bank were not the first warriors holding wooden boards, but the ten soldiers who were good swimmers!

They waited patiently under the water for Donghu soldiers to come to them. Ten Qin soldiers immediately cut off the ropes around their waists, rushed out of the water with swords, and roared:

"kill!!!"