My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

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 emphasis: "At least two hundred thousand!"

"The Qin army's scouts were extremely brave, and the Qin army was endless. All the tribesmen who approached to investigate were killed in the battle, and there was no way to find out more specific military strength!"

Battelle shouted without hesitation: "Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Five days ago, Chanyu Touman 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 an army of 130,000 and was a hero who unified the grassland with his own hands. Even Bater felt from the bottom of his heart that Touman Chanyu was a true warrior.

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

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

"If you tell a lie, your soul will not be able to return to the embrace of the Eternal Heaven after you die!"

Not to mention that the scout swore such a vicious oath, even if the scout did not swear such a vicious 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 this king's order!"

"All units prepare for battle!"

"Send another thousand scouts to spread out and find out the enemy's strength!"

As the order was given, Bater strode out of the tent, mounted his horse, and led the guards to the northeast following the scout's instructions.

As soon as he ran out of the camp, Bater saw a bright color leaping in the east of Juma River in the distance!

After rubbing his eyes and looking carefully, Bater's heart trembled violently.

The sunlight that lit up from the ground was actually the Qin army in armor!
Bater didn't know how many soldiers the Qin army had.

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

Bater gripped the reins tightly and cried out in shock: "The main force of the Qin army has really arrived!"

There was some excitement and anticipation in Li Ke's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and said, "Your Majesty!"

"The enemy is coming suddenly, but our army does not need to panic."

"I have led my troops to build trenches, low walls, traps, trip ropes and many other fortifications around our army. Although they are not yet fully completed, they will eventually have some effect."

"And the enemy is now on the east side of the Juma River. If they want to get close to us, they must cross the Juma River!"

"Sun Tzu, the great Chinese military strategist, said: If an enemy comes across a river, do not meet him in the water. Allow him to cross halfway before attacking him. This will be beneficial!"

"I advise you to immediately send an elite force to the Juma River and attack the enemy when they are halfway across the river!"

Battelle had never read The Art of War, but he had heard of Sun Tzu and knew that he was a talented person who dominated an era.

And it sounds good to attack halfway across the river, so Bater said in a deep voice: "What Prime Minister Li 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 center army."

"The rest of the troops are roaming around looking for opportunities to fight."

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

Then Battelle faced Li Ke and punched his heart with his right fist: "Please give me more advice and suggestions, Prime Minister Li!"

Li Ke bowed sincerely and said, "This is my duty!"

If others saw this scene, they would definitely think it was a perfect picture of the generals getting along well with each other, and the friendship between the Chinese and the foreigners.

But little did he 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 his grandson really had this military strategy.

At the same time, the Hu bandits fully utilized their advantage of being able to fight and march at the same time. In just a quarter of an hour, all the generals had fully organized their troops.

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

Seeing this, Ying Chengjiao was amused: "It seems that the Hu bandit has also read military books and knows Sun Tzu's Art of War!"

Xin Sheng chuckled: "It's a pity that the Hu thief only knows the superficial aspects of the military books, but not the inner meaning. He is just like Dong Shi imitating others."

"How can a short bow calm this river?"

Although the Juma River is not deep, the water flows very fast. Although people can swim across the river, war horses will be washed away if they go into the river. In addition, the river is wide, and it is difficult for war horses to cross the river even if they jump hard. It is for this reason that this river is called the Juma River.

The range of the Donghu short bow can only cover one-third of the river surface at most.

There is a threat, but it's really not that big.

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

"Order the crossbowmen under Commandant Xin Sheng to form a three-round firing formation and advance forward, with the shield soldiers interspersed among the crossbowmen, holding up shields to provide cover."

"Select a thousand of the best swimmers from each tribe, and have them hide behind the shield soldiers with the vanguard and the captives, and be on standby at all times!"

"The central army will cook and rest ten miles away from the Juma River. 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 towards 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 able to get out of the crossbow's range.

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

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

"Boom boom boom~~~"

Hearing the sound of the bowstring exploding, Hulun's heart subconsciously trembled. I had clearly ordered my men to get out of the crossbow's range, so why did the enemy still shoot crossbows?

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

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

However, before the horse could turn its head, the crossbow arrow had already fallen!
"what!"

"Scatter! Don't step on your fallen comrades!"

"Retreat! Keep retreating! We will still be hit by Qin's crossbows here!"

Hulun's troops had retreated to the maximum range of the Qin crossbow, and only a few crossbow arrows could fall into Hulun's formation.

But those few crossbow arrows made Hulun's troops more morale-shaking than the crossbow arrows flying all over the sky.

They only need to retreat more than ten feet or even several feet to be safe. This distance will definitely have no effect on the army. Why should they stand foolishly under the range of crossbows and wait to die?

But it was this retreat of more than ten feet that made the west bank of the Juma River completely out of the range of Hulun's troops' short bows!

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

The ten Qin soldiers who were best at swimming stood at the front of the queue, followed closely by 190 brave warriors who were the first to climb the mountain. The two hundred men picked up the long and thick hemp ropes at their sides, tied them around their waists, and used the ropes to connect themselves and other brave warriors who were the first to climb the mountain in a line. Then the 190 brave warriors who were the first to climb the mountain held up the door panels that had just been removed from Linle and Fangcheng with both hands, ready to be on standby at any time.

But Ying Chengjiao did not order them to go into the water. Instead, he ordered: "Send a hundred good swimmers, raise your shields and go into the water!"

Although not many old Qin people could swim, the soldiers from Chu, Wei, Qi and even Du Kang were very familiar with water. The best swimmers among them could not only swim as if they were walking on flat ground, but were also good warriors who could swim across the waves.

One hundred soldiers who were temporarily drawn from various units immediately took off their armor, held their shields high, walked into the Juma River, and started swimming after a few steps.

Seeing that the hundred Qin soldiers were getting closer and closer to the river bank, Hulun's heart trembled, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Fight for me!"

"Shoot the enemy troops crossing the river!"

Hulun's troops had to move closer to the west bank of the Juma River under the pressure of Qin's crossbows, and shot arrows at the Qin army in the river with short bows.

But after Hulun's troops reached the river bank, Ying Chengjiao shouted: "Sound the horn!"

"Call back the soldiers who are good at swimming, and tell them to warm themselves by the fire and drink hot ginger soup as soon as they get ashore!"

"The crossbowmen will keep shooting!"

When the bronze bell was struck, a hundred soldiers who were good at swimming hurriedly swam back. Only a dozen soldiers died in the river due to Donghu arrows or cramps caused by water cold.

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

Where the crossbow arrows flew, more than 500 Hu bandits were killed and their blood shed on the river bank!
In order to avoid more casualties, Hulun had to shout: "Retreat fifty feet!"

However, just as Hulun's troops had withdrawn, another hundred Qin soldiers who were good at swimming went into the water.

Hulun: ???
Hulun glared at Ying Chengjiao from a distance: You are such a cheater!
Ying Chengjiao looked calm and composed: How can it be considered cheating to rely on the range to bully others? This is clearly a technological victory!

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

So, a difficult choice was put before Hulun.

If they did not shoot arrows at close range, the Qin army might send soldiers across the river one after another, making it impossible for Hulun to complete the king's order.

If we shoot arrows at close range, not only will we fail to kill many Qin soldiers, but we will also suffer heavy casualties, which is a huge loss!
Gritting his teeth and making up his mind, Hulun shouted angrily: "Get closer and kill the enemy!"

Ying Chengjiao calmly ordered: "Sound the horn, go ashore!"

Batches of Qin soldiers jumped into the water to lure the enemy, and waves of crossbow arrows were shot out.

The advantage is on Qin, so Ying Chengjiao is not in a hurry at all.

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

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

"I want to see what kind of trouble a few hundred Qin soldiers can cause even if we allow you to cross the river!"

Realizing that Hulun and the Donghu soldiers were afraid of difficulties, Ying Chengjiao slowly straightened his back and ordered in a deep voice: "Go first and cross the river!"

The ten soldiers who were best at swimming immediately jumped into the Juma River. The 190 brave warriors who were connected to them with ropes also raised the door panels high and jumped into the Juma River!
On both sides of this team of 200 men, there were three other teams of 200 men doing the same thing.

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

But it wasn't just Hulun who was numb. The soldiers under Hulun's command had also been numb for a long time.

Knowing well that they would be shot to death by Qin crossbows if they moved forward and that it would be useless, Hulun's soldiers advanced as slowly as a turtle. When Hulun's troops approached the river bank, the Qin army's vanguard had already swam to within thirty feet of the west bank of the Juma River!

Hulun didn't care about his own safety. He aimed his bow at a Qin soldier who had climbed up first and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Shoot!"

The brave first warriors hid their bodies below their mouths under the river water, trying their best to stabilize their lower bodies, and slowly moved forward under the guidance of the soldiers who were good at swimming.

The door panels were rattled by the dense stream of arrows, and from time to time an arrow would penetrate the water and hit the bodies of the brave warriors who were the first to climb the mountain.

But the current of Juma River is very strong, so the arrows have little power left after falling into the water. They can only pierce the skin but cannot hurt the bones.

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

Seeing this, Ying Chengjiao 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's vanguard behind the wooden planks, so a hundred Donghu knights gallantly rode their horses towards the Juma River. However, as soon as the leading knights entered the water, the horses under their crotches were washed away by the current and they staggered sideways after a few staggers, and were washed away by the current along with the knights on their backs.

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

However, the first Qin soldiers to reach the river bank were not the brave warriors holding wooden boards, but the ten soldiers who were good at swimming!
Hiding under the water and patiently waiting for the Donghu soldiers to approach them, ten Qin soldiers immediately cut the ropes around their waists, rushed out of the water with swords in hand, and screamed:

"kill!!!"

(End of this chapter)