99 – The Time of Liquidation
From the top of the watchtower, where we could see the entire flow of the battle, Hangtae and I could not hold back our admiration.
The beginning of change was the left wing.
The left wing of the combined army will fight the right wing of the Qin army.
The fight against the Pyo-gong army, which they used as their main force and deployed cavalry, was fiercer than any other front.
Destroy the left wing and strike the central army of the joint army from three sides: front, left, and rear. It was a typical hammer and anvil tactic that even I, who was not versed in tactics, knew.
The combined forces deployed on the left wing were the Chu and Yan dynasties. The State of Chu, with its strong infantry power, stands at the front, and the State of Yan, with its abundant cavalry power, blocks the Qin cavalry from penetrating the flanks.
Hang-yeon, extremism, riot. As many as two of those who could be said to be the three generals of the current joint army were deployed, the defense was solid.
Since the two countries are so far apart, I wondered what to do if my hands didn’t match, but maybe it was because they acknowledged each other’s differences, and the harmony wasn’t bad by dividing each other’s domains.
However, as the saying goes, it was difficult to withstand Jin’s attack.
The first one to be pushed back was none other than Yan. It is said that Jo’s armored knight is the best in the world, but Yan was also a country known for its excellent cavalry.
However, the cavalrymen of the Qin Dynasty, who had extended their influence to the north and continued exchanges with the nomadic peoples, did not lag behind the cavalry of the Yan Dynasty at all. The aggression of belligerently attacking with the belief in numerical superiority was clearly more threatening than that of Yan.
Naturally, the Yan cavalry began to fall back, saving their organs. If you can’t win in a battle on horseback, you’re a baesa. A risky battle in which the elite of the Yan Dynasty cavalry were selected, centered on the Baesadae (拜謝隊), which showed splendid turning maneuvers and repeatedly hit and run.
The Qin army fiercely pursued the Yan cavalry.
As long as the Yan Dynasty cavalry, skilled cavalry capable of carrying out ships, is holding on, it is judged that attacking the flank is too risky. It chose the exclusion of Yan cavalry as the top priority goal.
And that was a mistake.
“That’s… Jo Nara’s Knight of Blessings…!”
“Something that was left in the rear was intended for this situation from the beginning…”
The leftist states of Chu and Yan are Hang Tai and my home country. When the war situation, which he had been watching nervously, suddenly turned around, a voice came out.
This was Shinneunggun’s main purpose. He himself is a decoy to the last. Appearing in front of the middle army, absorbing attention, deliberately retreating the Yan army to lure the Qin cavalry, and then ambush with the elite cavalry armored knight.
Temptation with profit, arrogance by belittling.
It was as Sama-san said.
‘Then Sama-san was reading this picture from the beginning?’
Isn’t this enough to really have a tactical plan comparable to active generals? I looked back at the statue of Sima in amazement.
Perhaps because of the appearance of the Zhao army saving the states of Chu and Yan, Sima Xiang was staring at us with a proud face with his shoulders raised. As soon as our eyes met, Sama-san raised the corner of his mouth and grinned.
She didn’t say anything, but it was a smile that made me understand what she wanted to say.
“How did you know?”
“Well. It’s not difficult, right? It would be much easier to block Qin’s Jangdang army if the armored knight was placed on the right wing.
It occurred to me that the first question about the herpes that Shinneung-gun gave us was to ask if we had seen the sketch for this.
“Why didn’t you tell me then?”
“I’m trying to hide this as much as I can until it starts. Shin Leung-kun didn’t seem to know that I noticed.”
Is that the vision of geniuses? To the extent that we had such silent conversations without even noticing.
Hang Tae-do couldn’t keep up with the flow of two geniuses, Shin Leung-gun and Sima Xiang, and was stunned.
“And everyone was so preoccupied with Xinling-kun that they couldn’t properly grasp the movement of the armored knight.”
The movement of the armored knights was stealthy and swift. After first shooting arrows to knock down the Qin cavalrymen, they soon twisted their swords and increased their speed.
The Qin cavalrymen were greatly shaken by the blow of the armored knight who struck the side of the deep Qin cavalry.
Perhaps out of vengeance against the enemy who rushed at them fearlessly, the Qin cavalry launched a counterattack.
If the Yan cavalrymen had not turned their horses and charged at them, they would have quickly regrouped and engaged in a fierce battle with the Tigers.
However, in the situation of being surrounded by two-sided fronts and rushing forward, the Qin army was helpless.
“If you’re angry, make a mess…”
Hang Tai muttered a passage from Sun Tzu’s Art of War recited by Sima Xiang.
The war situation was completely reversed with this.
Qin cavalry attacking the left flank to encircle the joint army fell into a trap and was destroyed.
That meant the collapse of the right wing of the Qin Dynasty, which should have played the role of the hammer among hammers and anvils.
The combined cavalry of the joint army, which ate the Qin cavalry, immediately began a reverse siege.
Perhaps they believed in the cavalry, the Qin Pyo-gong army was only concentrating on advancing forward, so the defense on the right was weak.
Attack an undefended area. According to that reason, the Yan and Zhao cavalry mercilessly cut through their flanks.
“Mother!”
Hang-yeon did not miss the opportunity. While the Qin army, embarrassed by the unexpected raid, was in a panic, he himself began to push up, standing at the vanguard.
Lu Hongsheng said, He might be stronger than himself. The chaotic battle lines of the Qin dynasty collapsed helplessly in front of Hang Yan.
Picturesque karate shift. The prey was swallowing the head of the snake that was trying to devour the prey.
“There is no room to escape.”
At the front is the Chu Dynasty of Hang Yan. On the right are the cavalrymen of Zhao and Yan.
And on the left side, there was no gap to escape due to the Qin army rushing in to capture the Xinling army.
The only way back was the rear, and even that was not easy. As soon as the Qin army began to gain victory, it gained momentum and moved further forward. In particular, as the density of the middle army increased to catch Shinneung-gun, the space on the right wing was also narrowed.
If you blindly step back like this, you will be stuck in a bottleneck.
However, there were also vulnerabilities in the joint army. It was the right wing of the Zhao Dynasty Army, who dispatched the armored knight from the left wing to devour the Qin Dynasty cavalry.
The right wing, which consisted of 50,000 troops, was reduced to 40,000 by sending half of the armored knights to the left wing. No matter how diligently the knights of the armored suit are in check, the ranks of the Jangdang army of the Qin Dynasty, who built a square with shields in mind from the beginning, were solid.
However, the Zhao army did not collapse.
“There are three major reasons. First, thanks to the efforts of the Knight of Armor, we have avoided being surrounded.”
Although the Knights of Hobok did not inflict significant damage on the army of Jangdang, they brilliantly prevented them from completely encircling the army of Zhao.
“Secondly, the fact that the mercenary skills of the commander of the Zhao Nara, Bangnan, were superior to that of the general Jangdang.”
Jangdang’s army, defending the flanks with squares and breaking through the front, had to stop in front of the defenses of bangnan.
“Thirdly, the strength of Jangdang’s army was dispersed as the Xinling and Wei forces protruded.”
If they only looked forward, Lord Xinling could turn the tip of the sword and stab them, so Zhangdang must inevitably pay attention to that side as well.
It is not easy to break through the tightly united Zhao army under the command of Bangnan, but Shinleung’s army also needs to pay attention, so the battle between Jangdang’s army and Jo’s army has changed from a one-sided offensive by the Jangdang army to a battle of push and pull by both sides.
“If you calculated this and made your move… There’s no other way to say that Shin Leung-gun has the best mercenary skills in the world…”
Listening to Sima Sang’s explanation, Hang-tae’s words represented my feelings.
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While we exclaimed, the direction of the battle was showing its end.
When the Pyo Gong army collapsed in front of the three-army coalition of Yan, Zhao, and Chu, the middle army of Qin was shaken next.
Since the Pyo-Ang Army, which protected their right flank, has collapsed, Mong-Oh’s Central Army will follow the same steps as the Pyo-Ang Army.
However, Mong-oh was by no means an incompetent general who gave up on everything and let things go as they went.
A long sound echoed from Mong-oh’s middle army announcing a retreat.
Mong-oh, who judged that victory and defeat could not be overturned, chose a retreat to preserve even a little more troops.
“I won…”
In a situation where everything was inferior, Xinling’s army took advantage of the two advantages of the combined army to win.
Two advantages: Xinling, who has a higher reputation than anyone else on this battlefield, and cavalry power superior to that of Qin.
“Well, it’s a natural result.”
Although he spoke softly, the trembling of emotion was faintly visible in Sama-san’s voice.
Unbelievable great victory.
Even Sima-san, who was expecting victory in front of him, couldn’t help but be surprised.
However, the Qin Dynasty was indeed the Qin Dynasty until the moment of defeat.
With the order to retreat, the disciplined Qin army came forward, defended the rear, maintained order, and carried out systematic retreat operations.
The elite of the Jin Dynasty, who accepted death, could not easily break through even if they rode on the tide, and had to spend a considerable amount of time.
However, the army of Qin, with one of its wings ripped off, was unable to seize and stand up the famous sword that was forged by the nations and given birth to the world by the army of Shinling.
“Catch up! All nations! The moment of revenge has finally come for the Qin Dynasty that plundered your land! Remember King Jinso’s atrocities! Samjin! Yan Dynasty! Cho Dynasty! It’s time to get off!!”
The shout of Shin Leung-gun pushed away all the sounds that filled the battlefield and resonated far away.
The Qin Dynasty even invaded the Yan Dynasty, which was far away.
Now was the moment to get that karma back.