General Qin

"Oh, these Yue people are quite smart. They know where they are coming to find me so that they can carry out beheading operations. You really can't underestimate the enemy."

Zhao Tuo stood on the cliff, looking at the distant scene, shaking his head and sighing.

Stand tall and see far.

Coupled with the blessing of the telescope in his hand, when an army of thousands of people shuttled through the mountains and forests, bypassing the main battlefield and rushing towards Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo saw it first before the scouts could find it.

After all, thousands of people running in the forest will cause the woods to shake and birds to fly out. This is a very significant feature.

"Xiahou, there are Yue people approaching from the west. Send five thousand people up."

Zhao Tuo spoke calmly.

As an army commander who was on par with Wang Jian, Zhao Tuo always focused on stability in battles and always kept a reserve team around him to deal with various emergencies.

In addition to the troops fighting the Vietnamese on the front line, Zhao Tuo also had 15,000 combatable troops, who were not afraid of the enemy's approach.

"only."

Xia Houying accepted the order and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Zhao Tuo turned his head, raised his telescope again, and looked at the frontal battlefield in the distance.

There was no need to worry about the Vietnamese army that came over. Instead, it was the situation on the main battlefield on the front line that made Zhao Tuo frown.

No wonder that in the classical era, both the Baiyue tribe in the east and Carthage and other countries in the west liked to use elephant soldiers to fight.

Once these giant beasts are used properly, the effect of breaking the formation is unparalleled, much stronger than the heavy cavalry.

King Luo deliberately chose the opportunity this time to release his elephant soldiers as if we and the enemy were fighting together, and successfully entered the Qin army's battle formation.

The elephant soldiers charged and broke through a 5,000-man Qin army formation. The giant beasts rampaged inside and the Yue people took the opportunity to cover up the attack, causing heavy casualties to the Qin soldiers and causing great trouble to the Qin army.

"If there are only a few people, we might really be defeated if we are charged by these giant elephants. What a pity, not only do we have more people, we can also set off fireworks in your faces."

Zhao Tuo took a long breath.

As he said, when the Luo Yue people used elephant soldiers to defeat the Qin army's battle formation of 5,000 men, Cao Shen, who was in charge of commanding the Chinese army, had already assembled a special "elephant shooting" force.

Hundreds of people took the launchers of the Cloud-Piercing Arrow and ran to a suitable place to light them. Amidst the screams and the blooming of fire, they fired at the giant beast with a crackle.

These cloud-penetrating arrows are specially made. In addition to the explosive effect of gunpowder, they are also mixed with some seasonings specifically designed to stimulate beasts.

After being shot in the face by this thing, many elephants on the spot let out heart-piercing screams, stopped listening to the instructions of the drivers on their backs, and began to run away.

"Damn it, it's this thing again, shameless Qin people!"

Seeing this scene, King Luo was furious.

He still doesn't understand what the Qin people made, which can actually emit flames from a distance.

Is this something a human can do?

At this time, Atu Gu, who led his troops to sneak attack the Qin general, was also furious.

"Why did these Qin people react so quickly? They were discovered before we even got close."

A Tu Gu originally wanted to use the chaotic main battlefield to attract the Qin army's attention. He quietly led his troops to the opponent's commander's place and captured him with a single charge.

Unexpectedly, they met a Qin army of five thousand people just halfway.

This Qin army was well prepared and well-armed. Their armor and weapons were better than those of the Yue people, and they were more numerous than A Tu Gu's three thousand tiger warriors.

Three thousand versus five thousand.

As soon as they met, the Yue people of the Hu tribe led by A Tu Gu were beaten back and forth, and they were no match for them at all.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Atu Gu already had the intention to retreat.

Another thing happened that made him make a decision.

"Smoke! What a big smoke!"

The guard beside him yelled and pointed backwards in horror.

A Tu Gu was startled and turned his head to look over. Through the sparse trees, he could see black smoke rising from the rear of the main battlefield, and it looked very strong. It was definitely not an ordinary fire.

His expression suddenly changed, his thoughts changed slightly, and combined with the direction of the rising black smoke, Atu Gu knew what had happened.

"Get out! Get out!"

Atu Gu screamed, turned around and ran away.

At the same time, Luo Yue and the Xiou people who were fighting the Qin army on the main battlefield saw the huge black smoke rising from the rear.

It's a cloudy day today, and if you look at it from the right angle, you can even see firelight shining in the distance.

The faces of the Yue people changed.

Because King Luo and others chose to feign surrender, in order to prevent the Qin people from seeing the flaw when they sent envoys to discuss and agree on a time. Therefore, the Royal City of Luoyue has basically not changed. The residents inside have not moved away, and the food and other materials in the city are still stored there. The purpose is to deceive the Qin people.

King Luo, A Tu Gu and others were very confident and believed that with their careful planning, they would be able to defeat the Qin army.

They didn't pay much attention to the defense of the royal city. They felt that as long as they defeated the Qin army on the frontal battlefield, everything would not be a problem.

Little did they know that they were now fighting to the death with the Qin army on the battlefield. The originally safe rear suddenly burst into flames, and the morale of the army was instantly shaken.

For the Luo Yue people, especially the people of the Xiang tribe, it was their royal city, their home and city. They had their wives, children and children there, and the stilt-style wooden houses also stored the things they needed to survive the winter. of food.

Precisely because of the existence of this city, the Yue Allied Forces fought very bravely this time and fought with the Qin people at the risk of their lives.

Once they fail, it means that everything will be taken away by the Qin army. They are fighting for their homeland, wives, children and children, and their morale is very high.

As a result, this is what happened now.

Panic spread among the Vietnamese people.

"What's going on? Did the Qin army attack the royal city?"

"The people of Qin actually burned down the royal city. What will happen to my wife and children?"

"Go back, go back quickly!"

Yue people's society tends to be primitive. All Yue people fight with courage. There are no rules for fighting, let alone the concept of military laws and regulations.

Seeing something happening in the rear, many Luo people from the Xiang Department turned around and ran away regardless of the battle at hand.

Their hometown has been robbed, why are they still fighting here?

Compared with ordinary Luo people, King Luo, as the ruler, was also frightened by the fire lit from behind and his whole body trembled.

The royal city is his property!

"The people of Qin are so vicious. You are not human. You are simply not human!"

King Luo stamped his feet angrily on the spot.

He didn't care about the scurrying elephants now, or even the tribesmen who were fighting with the Qin army, and took the remaining thousands of people towards the royal city.

King Luo ran away with the people from the Xiang tribe. Seeing this, the Luo people from other tribes showed signs of fleeing one after another.

In other words, the Xiou people led by Kuda had a strong will to fight because they had a big feud with the Qin army, so they fell at the end.

In the blink of an eye, the Yue people's coalition army, which had relied on blood and courage to fight the Qin army, collapsed, and the Yue people screamed and ran towards the surrounding mountains and forests.

Zhao Tuo's strategy of going straight into the enemy's nest and removing fuel from the cauldron was a great success. He hit the weakness of the Vietnamese coalition and instantly defeated the opponent's military morale.

On the cliff, Zhao Tuo withdrew his gaze, put down the telescope in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Order the vassal troops in the army to attack and kill the fleeing Yue people. Then send an order to Fan Kuai to lead our army to take advantage of the situation to advance into the Luoyue King's City and join up with Han Xin's troops. , control the traffic arteries everywhere.

These Vietnamese coalition forces retreated because they were demoralized by attacks on the rear. The losses in their own strength were not large, so Zhao Tuo wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to pursue and kill the enemy and try to eliminate the opponent's effective forces.

The Qin army is not good at pursuit in the mountains and forests, but Zhao Tuo still has a large number of vassal troops from Dongou, Fujian and South Vietnam.

Under the temptation of material rewards, these Yue people who surrendered to Qin were still very powerful in combat. With them chasing into the mountains, they were enough to complete the tasks assigned by Zhao Tuo.

Seeing the messengers hurrying down the mountain under Xia Houying's orders, their horses galloped towards the various Qin troops.

Zhao Tuo turned around and looked up at the place where the flames rose in the distance.

"Han Xin, you did a good job."

He smiled.

In this war between Qin and Yue, the winner has been decided.