Chapter two hundred and eighty seventh unexpected meeting
Quwo.
For Jin State, this is a very special city.
At that time, the small clan of Jin took this place as a base to rebel, and eventually usurped the throne of the throne, which also laid the hidden dangers of the chaos in Jin and even the later division and destruction of the country.
When Jin State finally split into three countries: Han, Zhao and Wei, it became the land of Wei State, and now it is part of Hedong County, Qin State.
After a arduous march for several days, Zhao General Le Cheng led more than 4,000 elite Zhao soldiers under his command to the city of Quwo.
The march along the way made Le Cheng look a little tired, but his figure was still straight and his eyes were brightly looking at the big city in front of him.
The defenders in Quwo City obviously seemed to be ready. People were shaking their heads everywhere on the city walls, and many Qin army archers could be seen.
Le Cheng stared at the big city in front of him, and he felt very moved.
Thinking about how powerful the Jin State, which was established here, was, even if the joint efforts of powerful countries like Qin and Chu State would be able to expand the low-end overlord Jin State.
But now all this has been blown away by the wind and rain, the overlord Jin State has long disappeared, and Quwo, the former capital of Jin State, has long since disappeared from its glory as it used to be, and has become an ordinary city.
But even so, the tall and thick city walls and vast cities still prove how prosperous this place was back then.
Le Cheng stared at the walls of Quwo City for several minutes, and finally waved his hand decisively: "Send the order, the whole army bypasses Quwo City and continues to move south!"
For Le Cheng now, siege is not his purpose, and it is very difficult to capture a strong city like Quwo with the little force in his hand.
Just going south to meet Zhao Kuo and helping Zhao Kuo completely control the 50,000 Qin County soldiers, thus laying the overall situation of the entire Hedong County battlefield, is what Le Cheng should do now.
As for this Quwo City, there will naturally be the main force of the Three Jin coalition led by Lian Po to deal with it.
However, what made Le Cheng feel at ease was that as long as he arrived here, it would be only one or two days away from the Qin army camp in Anyi.
Victory is near.
But at this moment, the scout suddenly rushed over and reported a message to Le Cheng.
"General, a group of Qin troops appeared in the south, which seemed to be defeated!"
"What?" Le Cheng was stunned for a moment.
You should know that at this moment, the one who charges at the forefront is Le Cheng's army. Any other unit of the Sanjin coalition is behind Le Cheng's butt, and it is at least two days away from here.
Could it be that there was another Zhao army in front of Le Cheng and defeated the Qin army?
It's impossible.
Le Cheng immediately asked: "How many Qin soldiers are there?"
The scout replied, "It's about three thousand."
When Le Cheng heard this number, he finally felt much more at ease and immediately ordered decisively: "Order the order, the whole army is on guard and prepare to face the enemy!"
After a pause, Le Cheng added: "At the same time, we must also be wary of the direction of Quwo City, so as not to be attacked by the Qin defenders in Quwo City!"
After all, Le Cheng is a general in the army, and the soldiers he led are among the elite. Therefore, after this order, the entire army quickly lined up to show off their weapons and prepared to welcome the arrival of the enemy.
Just as the soldiers of Zhao State were nervously lined up, Le Cheng also led his personal guards to the nearby commanding heights, a small hill, and began to observe the enemy's movements.
Le Cheng soon saw the Qin army mentioned by the scout.
Just on the plain about a few miles away from Lecheng, a Qin army was running away in a mess.
The Qin army looked quite embarrassed, and the team was very scattered. It ran like a headless fly, and was in a mess. It was indeed a perfect defeat, just as the scout said.
After confirming this, Le Cheng was really surprised.
Could it be that there was really an elite Zhao army attacking outside Anyi without Le Cheng's knowledge and defeating the Qin troops there?
At this moment, a subordinate standing beside Le Cheng suddenly said: "Look, General, behind this Qin defeated army, there is still a team chasing them!"
"What?" Le Cheng immediately turned his attention to the defeated soldiers. Sure enough, he found that the smoke and dust were everywhere behind the defeated soldiers. It was obvious that there were cavalry chasing the cavalry and chasing them.
What surprised Le Cheng even more happened because he suddenly discovered that the cavalry chasing the defeated Qin army was actually the Qin cavalry.
What is the routine for the cavalry of Qin to chase and kill Qin's infantry?
"Is there an internal strife among the Qin people?" Le Cheng touched his head in confusion, and suddenly realized: "I understand, is it Zhao Kuo?"
In fact, the situation is very obvious. Before Le Cheng, there was indeed a Zhao army. This Zhao army was nothing else, but the hundreds of Zhao troops led by Zhao Kuo.
Based on previous information, it is very likely that Zhao Kuo had already mastered part of the Qin army and had a conflict with another part of the Qin army.
Only in this way can we explain the current situation of "Qin army pursuing Qin army".
Since that's the case, there is only one problem that Lecheng needs to pay attention to now.
Which of the two Qin troops that pursued and fled was the army led by Zhao Kuo?
As Le Cheng thought, the two troops gradually narrowed the distance between them and Le Cheng's troops.
The road was very calm and waved his hand and issued an order
"Boundie is ready!"
At Le Cheng's order, the soldiers of Zhao State took off the crossbows from behind, and immediately turned the strings, ready to attack the enemy in front of him with a fierce rain of arrows.
Le Cheng thought about it and then continued to issue the order.
"Rise the flag!"
A red flag of Zhao was immediately raised and fluttered high on the small hill where Lecheng was located.
After the defeated soldier who had run in the front discovered the rising red flag of Zhao State, the direction of escape that originally wanted to bypass the hill immediately changed, and he came directly towards the direction where Le Cheng was.
After seeing this situation, Le Cheng couldn't help frowning and murmured: "The situation is not good... Don't shoot arrows, wait for my order!"
After a while, the Qin army defeated soldiers running in the front had already entered the range of the Zhao army's bow and arrows, and the Qin cavalry, who had been chasing behind the defeated soldiers, were about to catch up with them, and had already begun to bend their bows and shoot the fleeing defeated soldiers.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense and the battle was about to break out.
Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps...
It was also at this moment that someone suddenly shouted loudly among the Qin army defeated in front of Lecheng.
"Don't shoot arrows. I am Zhao Kuo, the commander of Shangdang County of Zhao State! Who is the leader in front?"
"Zhao Kuo?" Le Cheng's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at the source of the sound. Sure enough, he found Zhao Kuo in a mess among the defeated soldiers.
Le Cheng let out a long sigh, couldn't help but shake his head, and gave another order.
Chapter completed!