Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 339 The Battle of Li Ting
Chapter 338: The Battle of Li Ting
On February 21, the 23st year of Qianyuan, Liting, where the Qin army was stationed, Ma Sheng was patrolling the defense line with a few personal guards. Zhao Jun from the brigade was found ten miles away!"

When Ma Sheng heard this, he frowned immediately. Before setting off, Bai Qi had told him that the terrain of Li Ting was flatter than that of Mount Fajiu, and Zhao Jun would probably use Li Ting as a weapon to tear apart the defense line of the Qin army. The breakthrough point, as expected, Zhao Jun finally came.

"How many troops does Zhao Jun have? Who is the general?" Ma Cheng asked the scouts. Since Zhao Jun used Li Ting as a breakthrough point, there must be many people coming, and the general in command would not be an unknown soldier.

"Return to the general, the number of Zhao Jun is about [-], and the main surname is Zheng!" The scout replied, the scout was just a small soldier, and Qin Jun had never fought against Zhao Jun before, so the scout didn't know Zheng's surname Zhao Who will be.

Hearing what the scouts said, Ma Sheng frowned, his eyes kept rolling, and he was trying to figure out who this General Zhao, surnamed Zheng, was. After a long time, he said: "There are not many generals surnamed Zheng in Zhao Guo. Zheng Tuo was the only one who commanded an army of no less than 5 people. It is undoubtedly Zheng Tuo who will lead the troops this time. Come, pass the order, and the whole army is ready for battle. At the same time, send a fast horse to go. The eldest son city reports to the Taiwei!"

"Here!" Ma Sheng gave an order, and the [-] Qin troops in Li Ting instantly entered the battle state. After Ting became the breakthrough point, he didn't dare to slack off even more, and personally led people to make inspections every day, for fear that there might be a slight mistake.

On the other hand, Zheng Tuo led [-] Zhao troops to slowly approach Li Ting, but stopped when he was five miles away from Li Ting, and said to his lieutenant general: "This place is less than five miles away from Li Ting. I'm afraid there will be an ambush going forward, immediately send spies to Liting, must find out the situation of the Qin army, and order the army to rest in place and wait for orders!"

"Here!" The deputy general responded, and then went to pass the order. About half an hour later, the spies who went to investigate came back and reported to Zheng Tuo: "General Qi, the Qin army has deployed defenses in Liting. I don’t know, the general Qin’s surname is Ma!”

"My surname is Ma? The general said that there is a general in the Qin army named Ma Sheng. He is a veteran of the Qin State. He is the one who wants to guard Li Ting. Can you find the Qin army ambushing in front?" Zheng Tuo thought for a while. , he knew that the Qin general stationed ahead was Ma Sheng, and then asked the scouts if there were any ambushes of the Qin army ahead.

The scout shook his head and said, "The villain didn't find any ambushes from the Qin army along the way. On the contrary, all the Qin troops in Li Ting were waiting in formation, as if they were sticking to their positions."

After hearing what the scouts said, Zheng Tuo frowned, because this is not in line with common sense, because Zhao Xin said that Li Ting's Qin army will never exceed 2 people, and it stands to reason that the army is far inferior to Zhao's army. Under such circumstances, if he wanted to defeat Zhao Jun, Qin Jun had no reason not to set up an ambush.

Zheng Tuo thought for a while, and said: "Send the order, the army will move forward slowly, and at the same time be alert to the surroundings to prevent the Qin army from ambush!" Now that we have all come here, we can't stand still because we are afraid of the possible ambush of the Qin army , so after careful consideration, Zheng Tuo decided that the army would advance slowly, but it still made people wary of possible ambushes of the Qin army that might appear around them.

Under Zheng Tuo's order, Zhao Jun slowly moved forward. At the same time, Ma Sheng had already discovered Zhao Jun's spies, but he did not act, but let Zhao Jun's spies leave. At that time, even if Zhao Jun's spies were killed, Zhao Jun could not stop Zhao Jun from attacking Li Ting, so why bother?

Ma Sheng also knew that the reason why Zheng Tuo stopped five miles away and then sent out spies was definitely because he was worried that he would set up an ambush on the way. This is the caution of a qualified general, but Ma Sheng said, I only have 2 people, and it is very difficult to defend [-] Zhao troops. How can there be extra soldiers and horses to set up ambushes?

But even though there was no ambush, it didn't mean that the Qin army had no backers. Zhao's army was powerful, so how could Bai Qi rest assured that Ma Sheng and [-] elites would stick to Li Ting?As early as when Ma Sheng left the eldest son city, Bai Qi said to Ma Sheng that if Zhao Jun stormed Li Ting at any cost, let him fight and retreat, and lead Zhao Jun to Yangtou Mountain, Bai Qi would be there An ambush was planted there to wipe out all of this Zhao army, but this is just a second hand, whether it can be used or not depends on Zheng Tuo's courage.

"General, Zhao Jun is here!" At this moment, the deputy general spotted Zhao Jun's flag in the distance and said to Ma Sheng.

Ma Sheng looked up, and the countless Zhao army flags became clearer and clearer. From the analysis of the flags, the number of Zhao troops was no less than 5. Alright, ready to go to war anytime!"

"Here!" The deputy general responded, then turned and left to make arrangements.

When Zheng Tuo led his troops to the outside of Li Ting, he saw Qin Jun waiting in full force, and said, "It seems that Qin Jun really wants to defend Li Ting to the death, let this general weigh the strength of Qin Jun Let's pass the order, the army will rest on the spot for a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, launch an attack on Li Ting!"

During this quarter of an hour, Li Ting was covered with battle clouds, very quiet, so quiet that even a fly could be heard flying by, the Qin and Zhao armies spent the last quarter of an hour in this eerie silence.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and after a quarter of an hour, the Zhao army launched a fierce attack on the Qin army's defense line in Liting.

Li Ting is not a city, and it is not protected by a city wall. Although there is a simple earth wall built by the Qin army, it cannot stop Zhao Jun's footsteps. Soon, Zhao Jun soldiers killed the earth built by the Qin army. Wall, and started hand-to-hand combat with the Qin army.

Zhao Jun's offensive was very fierce, but Qin Jun's resistance was also very tenacious. Both sides came and went, and no one could take advantage of it.

As the main generals, Zheng Tuo and Ma Sheng were waiting, Zheng Tuo was waiting for the Qin army to reveal its defeat, so that he could take down Li Ting in one go, while Ma Sheng was waiting for Zhao Jun to kill Li Ting desperately, In this way, he can follow Bai Qi's strategy and lead Zhao Jun to Yangtou Mountain to besiege and kill him.

But things backfired, because of the desperate struggle of the Qin army, Zheng Tuo saw no chance of taking Li Ting, so he ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, and the army retreated ten miles away to camp.

After Zhao Jun retreated, Ma Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, but also regretted that Zheng Tuo was so calm, and retreated immediately when he saw no chance, without giving himself a chance to besieged.

In fact, Ma Sheng could pretend to be a soldier and lure Zhao Jun to Yangtou Mountain, but Bai Qi's order is to wait until he can't hold on before he can retreat, because Li Ting must not be lost. Of course it would be good to lead to Yangtou Mountain, but if the Zhao army stagnates after entering Liting, then Liting will be gone. It collapsed in an instant, even if Qin Jun played well in other lines, it would not help, so Ma Sheng could only hold on.

On the other hand, after seeing Zheng Tuo, who had no hope of taking Li Ting, led his troops back ten miles away from Li Ting, he set up a camp here, and at the same time sent people to Tunliu City to ask Zhao Xin for instructions on the next move. , without Zhao Xin's order, I believe Zheng Tuo will not launch any offensive against Li Ting.

At this time, in the eldest son city, after receiving a summons from Ma Cheng, Bai Qi ordered general Li Chong to lead [-] elite troops to go to Yangtou Mountain. Zhao Jun retreated, which meant that Li Chong's coming to Yangtou Mountain was useless, but despite this, Li Chong did not rush back to the eldest son city, but sent someone back to ask Bai Qi for instructions.

After learning that the Zhao army that attacked Liting had retreated, Bai Qi did not let Li Chong return with [-] elites, but let him stay in Yangtou Mountain and wait for the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)