Chapter 711: Lure the Enemy Deep Into Our Territory? No, This Is to Lure the Tiger Away From the Mountain! Houpei Mountain Is Lost!

The Zhao army was powerful.

But Zhao Mao's troops, which stood out in front of the battle formation, were like a small puddle beside the sea. Although they were backed by the endless sea water, they did not receive any help.

Even though the puddle was struggling tenaciously, the scorching sun still made it weaker.

Ren You said with reluctance: "Commander, are you really not going to send troops to rescue the troops of Captain Zhao Mao?"

Seeing Zhao Mao today, Ren You seemed to see himself yesterday.

Even because Zhao Mao's troops had a stronger fighting will, the losses suffered by Zhao Mao's troops were even more severe!

A feeling of grief for the death of the rabbit surged in my heart.

Li Mu replied calmly: "No rescue."

"Order Captain Zhao Mao's troops to retreat in formation!"

"The surrounded soldiers hold on and fight to the death!"

"Inform all the surrounded soldiers loudly."

"If any soldier betrays Zhao and surrenders to Qin, his entire family will be punished!"

Li Mu's order was very calm.

And when this order fell on Zhao Mao, who always trusted Li Mu, it seemed even more cruel.

Seeing Zhao Mao order his soldiers to form a heavier formation and slowly retreat without hesitation, Hu Qiong finally couldn't help but say: "Commander, Qin Chang'an Jun is indeed a great general of the time."

"If you use the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the depths again, Qin Chang'an Jun may still not fall for it!"

"In my opinion, instead of insisting on the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the depths, it is better to try a strong attack!"

"Although this move will cost more casualties, our total military strength far exceeds that of the Qin army, and our army will definitely win!"

Commander, admit it!

Our strategy really can't fool Qin Chang'an Jun!

Let's just make a clear and head-on attack!

Although this move will indeed cause a large number of casualties, it will at least give our army a glimmer of hope!

However, Li Mu was dismissive of Hu Qiong's advice.

Why do you think this general loves the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the depths?

It's because he's poor!

After the Battle of Changping, how can we have so many young and strong men in our Great Zhao for this general to squander!

Too lazy to refute Hu Qiong, Li Mu just looked far away to the west and said slowly: "Qin Chang'an Jun, has fallen into the trap."

"And what I did is not a strategy to lure the enemy deep into the territory!"

Hu Qiong, Ren You and other Zhao generals were all stunned.

Looking at Li Mu's arrangements, except for not setting up an ambush, they are all very standard strategies to lure the enemy deep into the territory.

But Li Mu said that he was not luring the enemy deep into the territory?

What strategy is Li Mu deploying? !

And, Li Mu actually said that Ying Chengjiao had fallen into the trap?

How can we not see it!

Staring at the battlefield, when Su Jiao's troops followed Zhao Mao's troops to retreat to a pass with steep mountains on both sides, Li Mu suddenly shouted: "Order!"

"Captain Zhao Mao's troops hold their ground and fight to the death!"

"The trapped soldiers hold their ground and wait for orders to move eastward!"

"Captain Ren You and Captain Hu Qiong will join forces and go up the mountain along the mountain road on the east side of Houpei Mountain."

"The target is the Qin army's Houpei Mountain camp!"

"Once discovered by the Qin army's scouts, beat the drums and attack!"

After hearing Li Mu's order, Ren You and Hu Qiong finally understood.

Li Mu did not want to lure the enemy deep into the mountains.

Instead, he wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain! ! !

And now, the tiger that guards the mountain has not only left the mountain, but has even been locked in a cage at the foot of the mountain!

Li Mu looked at Ren You and Hu Qiong: "A chance to be rewarded for meritorious service and to avenge our grievances."

"I will give it to you."

"Whether we can catch him or not depends on the two captains' dedication!"

If this strategy works, even if we can't trap Ying Chengjiao, we can at least trap Su Jiao to death.

Ren You and Hu Qiong's troops will undoubtedly make great contributions!

The resentment and dissatisfaction that Ren You and Hu Qiong had felt since yesterday disappeared.

The commander-in-chief was very smart and never treated me badly.

But I was secretly criticizing the commander-in-chief, and even spoke disrespectfully to him.

I, you really deserve to die!

With deep emotion and self-blame, Ren You and Hu Qiong bowed their hands loudly: "Yes!"

The two remnants joined forces and climbed up Houpei Mountain along the narrow mountain road.

But the reason why Houpei Mountain was used as a defensive position by Ying Chengjiao was because the mountain road on its east side was extremely steep.

Many sections of the road can only accommodate one person using both hands and feet. Some sections cannot even accommodate two feet standing side by side at the same time, and need to move sideways.

From time to time, Zhao soldiers fell off the cliff, and were rescued by their comrades because of the protection of ropes, but there were also people who directly dragged four comrades in the same squad down the cliff together!

"Speed ​​up! Be careful with your feet!"

"Check the ropes tied between each squad to prevent comrades from falling off the cliff!"

"If you fall, don't shout. Those who disobey orders will be punished by their families!"

"The opportunity to take revenge and make meritorious deeds is today. Comrades, cheer up for this general!"

Even though Ren You and Hu Qiong ordered the army to be silent and made preparations as much as possible, the sound of crying still rang out from time to time.

Fortunately, the fighting on the Xing Road was still fierce, and the tragic shouting and killing perfectly covered the crying of the Zhao soldiers.

After climbing for two hours, Ren You gasped for breath and looked around habitually.

Then, he met a stunned Qin scout face to face!

"Enemy attack!!!"

The Qin scout's shrill cry suddenly resounded through the valley.

An arrow was shot out by the Qin scout subconsciously!

The Qin soldiers who stayed here to guard the mountain road hurriedly raised their shields and quickly formed a battle array.

Ren You's heart jumped suddenly, and he subconsciously turned sideways to avoid the incoming arrow, and screamed in shock: "Beat the drum!"

"All troops, attack fiercely!"

"Archers, shoot!"

The narrow mountain road made it impossible to play the war drums.

The five messengers could only stand sideways on the mountain road, holding drumsticks in their hands, and beat the small drums hanging on their waists.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The war drums were beating, and Ren You's troops screamed in a trembling voice: "Kill!!!"

Inside the Xingdao, Su Jiao suddenly raised his head and looked at the top of Houpei Mountain in disbelief, and saw that the aqua-blue flag in the Qin army camp on Houpei Mountain was waved in a panic by the messengers.

Su Jiao cried out in shock: "Damn it!"

"The Zhao army is not fighting our army head-on."

"They are here to deceive us! To sneak attack us!"

"Order!"

"The rear troops should retreat quickly and rush back to the camp along the gentle slope..."

However, before Su Jiao finished his order, Zhao Mao had already shouted: "The commander's plan is complete."

"The whole army advances!"

"Order the front troops to turn around and counterattack, and cooperate with our troops to encircle Su Jiao's troops."

"You must hold the enemy tightly for me!"

"Counterattack! Kill the enemy!"

The soldiers of Zhao Mao's army were already full of anger.

At this moment, hearing Zhao Mao's order, the soldiers roared in unison:

"Kill!"

Zhao Mao's troops turned from retreat to advance, marching towards Su Jiao's troops and stabbing their spears without hesitation!

If Su Jiao's troops dared to turn around and withdraw in such a situation, what awaited Su Jiao's troops would be a series of massacres!

More importantly,

As Zhao Mao's front troops moved eastward, Su Jiao's troops were completely blocked in this narrow road with cliffs on both sides.

There was no way to advance or retreat.

It was even more difficult to return to Houpei Mountain through the cliffs!

Su Jiao felt a strong sense of despair.

He didn't know how to return to the Qin army camp in Houpei Mountain under such circumstances!

"Captain, the commander has an order!"

Hearing Li Fu's call, Su Jiao turned around suddenly and saw a red flag and a green flag swaying up and down, forming a clear order.

Seeing Ying Chengjiao's new order at a loss, Su Jiao subconsciously relaxed a lot, and immediately ordered: "Two or five hundred main cowards take over the command of the crossbowmen and lead our crossbowmen to defend the camp!"

"Order the rear to the front, the front to the rear, and form a tight formation!"

Su Jiao took a cold last look at Zhao Mao, and then resolutely ran to the west with his spear upside down, shouting loudly: "Follow me."

"Follow me to break through!"

"Kill!"

The terrain and the pincer attack made Su Jiao's infantry completely unable to support the battle.

The front of Zhao Mao, stuck behind Su Jiao's troops, blocked the only gentle slope to Houpei Mountain.

If Ying Chengjiao sent reinforcements to Houpei Mountain, he would either have to defeat this Zhao army first, or he could only take the narrow mountain road.

No matter what he chose, it would take at least one and a half hours for the Qin army to reach the camp of Houpei Mountain.

An hour and a half is long for a war.

An hour and a half is short for a battle.

The coward threw away the Qin crossbow in his hand, held his spear, and shouted loudly: "2500 of the former husband and 2500 of Zhang Xiao's troops abandon the crossbow and hold the spear, and line up in the east!"

"The rest of the troops continue to hold the crossbow, aim at the Zhao army attacking the camp on the east side, and shoot them in turns!"

Although archers and crossbowmen are both commonly used long-range troops in war, and the strategic significance of crossbowmen is even greater than that of archers under certain circumstances.

But when selecting soldiers, only the elite soldiers with strong arms will become archers, and the relatively weaker brigades in the army will become crossbowmen.

So the archers who threw away the bow would be excellent melee troops as long as they held the spear, but the combat effectiveness of the crossbowmen who threw away the crossbow was mixed.

Under the orders of the former husband and Zhang Xiao, the two crossbowmen who temporarily changed to spears took nearly half an hour to finally line up.

But Ren You and Hu Qiong had already taken advantage of this time to reorganize their troops and charge!

Ren You even ran forward in a frenzy, shouting angrily: "Soldiers, avenge our dead comrades!"

"Follow me to charge!"

The old grudges between Qin and Zhao, the recent blood feud, the military merits symbolized by the heads of the Qin army... and most importantly, the panic on the faces of the Qin soldiers, made all the Zhao soldiers full of energy and shouted in unison:

"Kill!!!"

Under the leadership of Ren You, the Zhao army rushed into Zhang Xiao's troops like a broken bamboo.

Hu Qiong's troops took the opportunity of Ren You's troops to engage the front of the Qin army and commanded the elite troops to rush in along the weak points of the flank of the ex-husband's troops!

In just half an hour, the troops of the ex-husband and Zhang Xiao were almost collapsed!

Looking at the crumbling army formation, the coward's brain buzzed, and his eyes were filled with despair.

Fortunately, the command flag on the western mountain peak waved again, conveying the latest order to Naodan.

Naodan hurriedly ordered: "Pass the commander's order!"

"The two hundred to five hundred Zhang Xiao and Qianfu's two divisions immediately escort the crossbowmen down the gentle slope and join forces with our captain!"

"I will lead my troops to stop the enemy."

"Completely abandon the Houpei Mountain camp!"