Chapter 708: Houpei Mountain Ambush! Why Can't Our Army Use the Enemy's Ambush?

The overlapping mountains made it difficult for scouts to pass through, and also shrouded the Qin and Zhao armies in a thick fog of war.

Ying Chengjiao and Li Mu were not clear about what arrangements the other side had made, and could only command the army to continue fighting based on their own judgment!

The next day, Yuzhong (9:00)

There was no waiting for reinforcements.

After Li Mu slightly reorganized the remaining troops of Sima Shang, he combined the two armies into one army and set out on the road to the west again.

However, after only thirty miles, Li Mu suddenly raised his hand and shouted: "The whole army stops!"

Looking to the southwest, Li Mu said solemnly: "Send 2,000 scouts to thoroughly investigate Houpei Mountain!"

A large number of scouts climbed up Houpei Mountain along the path.

Following closely, there were waves of subtle but terrifying shouts of killing!

Two hours later, the leading scout finally hurried back and shouted anxiously: "Report to the commander!"

"There are Qin troops stationed on the southern slope of Houpei Mountain, with at least 10,000 troops!"

Hearing the scout's words, many Zhao army generals were afraid.

They had only walked this road twice yesterday, and Li Mu also determined that there were no Qin troops on this road yesterday.

Under inertial thinking, these Zhao army generals subconsciously thought that this road was safe today.

If Li Mu had not been alert, they would probably have stepped into the Qin army's ambush without knowing it, and then faced the Qin army rushing down the hillside in panic.

A big defeat!

Li Mu's face did not change, but he tapped the reins lightly with his fingers, thinking: "When the troops are not sufficient, why send 10,000 troops to garrison Houpei Mountain?"

"With the temperament of Qin Chang'an Jun, he should not send a solitary army to ambush!"

In Li Mu's view, Ying Chengjiao is a very stingy person.

Although Ying Chengjiao took risks repeatedly, he was a man who cared about the lives of his subordinates.

Unless it was necessary, Ying Chengjiao would subconsciously choose a method that would cause less casualties to his soldiers.

But if the Qin army in Houpei Mountain was an isolated army, it would be difficult to survive once it was deployed, and it had no indispensable significance for the overall strategy.

Recalling the surrounding landforms recorded on the Kunyu map, Li Mu's voice became more certain: "It's not just Houpei Mountain that has ambushes."

"There will also be ambushes in Beipei Mountain."

"Qin Chang'an Jun intends to trap our army in the pass between Houpei Mountain and Beipei Mountain when our army crosses Houpei Mountain to attack Licheng."

"Surround and annihilate them!"

Commander Hu Qiong immediately praised: "Commander, you are wise!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun is indeed famous throughout the world and has won many battles, but Qin Chang An Jun's arrangement was useless in front of the commander. "

"Congratulations to the commander!"

Li Mu's eyes fell on Hu Qiong: "Captain Hu, do you trust my judgment?"

Hu Qiong said sincerely: "Of course!"

"Who in the world doesn't know that the commander is the best general of our Great Zhao?"

"Looking at the Great Zhao, the only one who can defeat Qin Changan Jun is the commander!"

"Of course I trust the commander!"

Hu Qiong's ability is not bad among the commanders of the Zhao army.

But Hu Qiong knew that he could have his current ability only because of his father's teachings. He himself did not inherit his father's talent, and his upper limit was almost here.

If he wanted to go further, he could only hold on to a golden thigh, and then let the thigh lead him to progress together.

And the thigh chosen by Hu Qiong was Li Mu!

Who made Hu Qiong's father Hu Zhe have a close personal relationship with Li Mu during his lifetime?

Even if Hu Qiong held Guo Kai's thigh, Guo Kai would not trust Hu Qiong!

So Hu Qiong was quite flattering in his words, and he showed his flattery to Li Mu without hesitation.

Unfortunately, what awaited Hu Qiong was Li Mu's flat voice: "Then please ask Hu Duwei to lead our troops to continue to move forward."

Hu Qiong: o(Д)っ!

Hu Qiong forced a smile and said: "Commander, military affairs cannot be joked about."

Li Mu turned his calm eyes to Hu Qiong: "This general is not joking."

Hu Qiong's smile was a little bit unbearable: "Commander, there is an ambush of the Qin army ahead!"

Li Mu nodded slightly: "This general knows."

Hu Qiong couldn't hold it anymore.

You knew that there was an ambush of the Qin army ahead, but you still let this general lead his soldiers to die?

Why did my father blindly make friends with you, a ruthless and ungrateful thief!

Li Mu continued: "Order!"

"Captain Hu Qiong, lead his troops to continue westward."

"After the whole army has passed Houpei Mountain for two miles, immediately return and withdraw from the Xing Road."

"If Captain Hu Qiong can lead the Qin army's ambush troops to attack and help me complete the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the territory, it will be counted as a merit!"

Hearing this, Hu Qiong's originally angry mood was immediately filled with joy.

Hey, Commander, why didn't you say earlier that you wanted me to cooperate with you to complete the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the territory?

With your wisdom, this strategy will surely succeed.

How could I not be willing to serve you!

Hu Qiong excitedly bowed and shouted: "General, I obey your order!"

Li Mu's calm eyes showed a little more worry: "Come back alive."

Hu Qiong seemed to be injected with chicken blood and shouted: "Yes!"

Flinging his cloak, Hu Qiong shouted loudly: "Soldiers, follow me!"

Looking down at Hu Qiong who was full of fighting spirit and held his head high, Su Jiao was a little confused: "Did the Zhao army scouts not find that our army was ambushed here?"

"No."

"Just now, dozens of scouts clearly escaped. How could the Zhao army not know that our army was ambushed here!"

Hu Qiong's appearance made Su Jiao unconfident.

Whose army would be so happy knowing that they are about to step into an ambush?

Without hesitation, he sent a messenger to report the matter to Ying Chengjiao, and Su Jiao shouted in a low voice: "Send a message to all the troops."

"Spearmen, be on guard, crossbowmen, string the crossbows!"

A Qin army crossbowman sat on the ground, pulling the heavy crossbow strings with his legs and hands.

However, just as the Qin army crossbowmen were moving, Hu Qiong's troops, who had just entered the encirclement, suddenly turned around and ran out of the valley!

Su Jiao couldn't sit still.

Can you let the duck in your mouth fly? !

Su Jiao shouted without hesitation: "Target Xingdao, one row, shoot!"

"Bang bang bang~~~~"

The crossbow strings exploded.

Five thousand crossbow arrows were thrown into the sky under the urging of the crossbow strings, and then fell towards Hu Qiong's troops with the momentum of gravity!

Hu Qiong suddenly raised his head, galloped on his horse and shouted: "Don't panic!"

"Shield soldiers raise your shields!"

"Abandon all baggage and march!"

"Quick!"

In fact, Hu Qiong didn't need to give this order at all.

When Hu Qiong's soldiers saw Hu Qiong fleeing, the morale of the army had completely collapsed!

One by one, the Zhao soldiers threw away their baggage, even their helmets and spears, wishing they could step on their comrades to fly out of the encirclement!

Seeing that the Zhao army was already in chaos, Su Jiao shouted urgently: "Crossbowmen continue to shoot the enemy!"

"The rest of the soldiers, follow me closely!"

Su Jiao held his spear tightly, ran down the mountain, and roared:

"Kill the enemy!"

Five thousand infantrymen shouted in unison:

"Kill!!!"

The mountain road was rugged, but it couldn't stop the Qin soldiers from killing the enemy.

One by one, the Qin soldiers stabbed into the center of Hu Qiong's army, cutting Hu Qiong's army in half like a machete!

Seeing this, Su Jiao roared more excitedly: "Behead the general and confer the title, today!"

"Soldiers, chase forward!"

The lives of thousands of Zhao soldiers were no longer in Su Jiao's eyes.

Su Jiao's sight had long been attracted by Hu Qiong 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 soldiers to Ying Chengjiao to slaughter, and he himself would cut off Hu Qiong's head first!

However, Su Jiao had just run a few steps when a burst of rapid drumbeats suddenly resounded in the west.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Hearing the drumbeats, Su Jiao was surprised: "Stay and not move forward?"

Looking at those Hu Qiong's troops running backwards, even breaking up the Zhao army formation in the rear and driving more Zhao soldiers to flee, Su Jiao couldn't understand.

Why did Ying Chengjiao give up this great opportunity!

But since Ying Chengjiao had decided to give up such a good opportunity, Su Jiao was too lazy to think about the reason, but decisively changed the order: "Turn around and form a battle line!"

"Seal this Zhao army in the Xingdao and annihilate it all!"

Looking at Hu Qiong with regret, Su Jiao actually saw Hu Qiong looking back at him.

Su Jiao snorted coldly: "You are lucky."

"Next time we fight, I will kill you!"

Hu Qiong, who was looking at Su Jiao from a distance, slapped his horse's back angrily: "Chase! Chase quickly!"

"Isn't the fleeing of my troops panic enough?"

"Why don't you chase me!"

"Alas!"

Seeing that Su Jiao had turned around to annihilate the Zhao soldiers trapped in the ambush circle, Hu Qiong sighed deeply, bowed in front of Li Mu, and said with self-blame: "Although I have led the Qin army's ambush, "I have not attracted the Qin army's ambush to chase and kill me."

"I am ashamed of the commander's trust!"

Li Mu shook his head: "No problem."

"Just now, the Qin army's drums sounded suddenly. I think Qin Chang'an Jun saw through my plan, so he ordered the Qin army to stop and not chase."

"So this is not the fault of Captain Hu."

"Captain Hu, go and rest."

"Order!"

"Captain Ren You leads his troops to advance and rescue the rear troops of Captain Hu Qiong!"

At the command, Ren You's troops, who were already in the vanguard of the Zhao army, immediately advanced forward.

On the other side.

Ying Chengjiao has also led 10,000 infantrymen to leave Beipei Mountain, and cooperate with Su Jiao's troops to attack the Zhao army trapped in the ambush from the front and back!

Seeing Ren You's troops counterattack quickly from afar, Qiang Huai said with emotion: "The Zhao army sent troops again so quickly to try to rescue the trapped troops."

"It can be seen that the Zhao army must have expected our ambush."

"What Zhao Wuanjun did just now must be to lure our army deep into the depths and then ambush our army!"

"Fortunately, the commander-in-chief made a brilliant plan and decisively ordered Su Duwei to stay in place."

"Otherwise, our army would be in danger!"

All the generals around Ying Chengjiao did not show any surprise.

After all, in their view, it was natural for Ying Chengjiao to see through Li Mu's plan.

But the Qin generals still sighed in their hearts.

Fortunately, they could follow Ying Chengjiao to the battle, otherwise, just Li Mu's move of luring the enemy deep into the depths would have trapped many Qin generals!

However, Ying Chengjiao's face did not show any joy, and his eyes looking east became more and more solemn!