15Withdraw troops at night

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"Kill!"

On the 29th, Liu Bang continued to lead the army to attack Wang Yong's camp in Bashang.

"General, the rebels' offensive has become more fierce, and our troops have suffered heavy casualties."

A Qin general covered in blood rushed to Wang Yong, knelt down on one knee and shouted.

"Huh, we suffered heavy casualties, and the rebels suffered even worse casualties.

His Majesty's order is for us to stay here and not a single rebel is allowed to pass.

Now, you return to the wall immediately. If the rebels come in, I will be the first to kill you.

Unless all 20,000 soldiers of our lieutenant's army fall here, the rebels will not be able to take a step closer to Xianyang from here."

Wang Yong said with a stern face and no doubt.

"Yes, general, stick to the camp and never retreat!" The Qin general turned around and returned to his post.

Wang Yong listened to the fierce fighting sounds coming from the wall in front of him, his expression was indifferent, and he whispered to himself: "Your Majesty, I don't know how long I can hold on.

I hope everything goes as the Prime Minister expected, otherwise I will really have to go down to see the late Emperor."

While Wang Yong led the remnants of the Qin army of 20,000 to hold on inside the camp, the rebels attacking outside the city were actually even more uncomfortable.

"Pei Gong, we can't do it. If we attack like this, the casualties of the soldiers will be too great.

Zhou Bo took away more than 20,000 elite troops, which greatly reduced the strength of our army. This morning, we did not even attack the Qin army's stronghold wall. It was not as good as the previous two days.

Pei Gong, why don't we let the soldiers withdraw? If we continue to fight like this, we will lose all our old strength."

Fan Kuai looked unwilling and came to Liu Bang at the back and complained.

Liu Bang also looked distressed. He had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but it was not easy for him to accumulate them all the way to Xianyang.

Liu Bang felt more distressed every time he lost something. Fan Kuai's complaints made him look at Zhang Liang behind him.

Zhang Liang shook his head slightly, Liu Bang gritted his teeth, turned around, looked at Fan Kuai in front of him, and shouted coldly: "Fan Kuai, what are you complaining about?

The harder we fight here, the more we can confuse and delay the Qin army, creating opportunities for Zhou Bo to raid Xianyang.

As long as we can capture Xianyang City, all sacrifices will be worth it.

If you are afraid of death, just retreat, and I will let someone else lead the army up."

"Yes, I humbly obey my orders." Fan Kuai gritted his teeth and returned to the front line.

After Fan Kuai left, Zhang Liang stepped forward, took a look at Liu Bang with a look of pain on his face, and said: "Pei Gong is kind, but Ci does not control troops. We cannot waver at this time!"

As long as we can invade Xianyang, kill Hu Hai, and end the rule of Qin Dynasty, we can save the world."

"Don't worry, I can tell the difference between the ovary and the important one."

Dang Dang Dang!

As the night receded, the golden gong sounded, and groups of tired rebel soldiers retreated like a tide.

"General, the rebels have retreated."

"Well, very good, let the soldiers treat the wounded soldiers, pass the order to other generals, and discuss matters in my general's tent later."

Wang Yong issued the order.

"Yes, General."

Half a day later, seven or eight Qin army generals arrived in Wang Yong's commanding tent.

"Thank you for your hard work." Wang Yong looked at several Qin generals and said in a deep voice.

"Don't worry, general, we will stick to it."

But at this time, Wang Yong shook his head: "No, we called you here just to tell you that we will rectify our troops and horses overnight and retreat in the middle of the night."

"What, general, why do we need to withdraw our troops? Do we need to withdraw our troops to Xianyang?" The generals did not understand.

Wang Yong smiled and asked the generals: "Have you noticed anything wrong with the rebel attacks today and the previous two days?"

"What's wrong?" Several Qin generals started discussing.

"If you want to say that there is something wrong, there is indeed something wrong.

The number of rebels attacking the city today was only much higher than the previous two days, but the intensity of their attacks was much weaker than the previous two days.

In the past two days, they invaded our camp several times, and we had to pay a huge price to drive them out.

But today, the rebels only reached the wall a few times, and their soldiers seemed to be less aggressive than the previous two days."

Soon, General Qin spoke up and told what he had discovered.

"Hey, when you say that, it seems like that's really the case."

"Oops, bad, we may have fallen into the rebels' trap.

It’s not that the rebel soldiers have become weak, it’s probably that Liu Bang transferred his elite soldiers away and bypassed us to attack Xianyang.”

Soon, General Qin exclaimed.

The generals of the Qin army at this time were basically veterans left behind by Qin Shihuang after he swept through the six kingdoms. All of them were experienced in hundreds of battles and had rich combat experience.

So, they figured it out immediately.

"General, have you already seen the rebels' plot and are you planning to withdraw your troops back to Xianyang overnight?"

"Well, since you all understand, I won't say anything more.

Now, you each return, gather all the soldiers who can fight, and immediately return to Xianyang with your general overnight.

Leave a force of troops behind, take the wounded soldiers with you, hide in the north, and look for an opportunity to return to Xianyang on your own."

Wang Yong issued the order.

"Yes, General."

Soon, in the middle of the night, the Qin army, which had completed its assembly, quietly evacuated the Bashang camp under the cover of darkness, preparing to cross the Ba River.

Wang Yong's 20,000 Qin troops camped at Bashang for four days and suffered more than 6,000 casualties, including more than 4,000 killed and more than 2,000 injured.

Wang Yong sent five hundred Qin soldiers and more than two thousand wounded soldiers to go north without going all the way with them.

Otherwise, carrying these wounded soldiers will affect the speed of their army.

In this way, Wang Yong quietly crossed the Ba River with more than 13,000 Qin soldiers under his command overnight.

"Command the entire army to stop advancing."

However, when Wang Yong led his people across the Ba River, he ordered the army to stop advancing and hide in a forest on the west side of the Ba River.

"General, what's going on? Why did you order to stop the advance? Aren't we going to rush back to Xianyang overnight?"

Soon a Qin army general found Wang Yong and asked in confusion.

"Haha, we don't have to worry about Xianyang. Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have already made arrangements. Our mission is not in Xianyang.

Let the soldiers take a rest as soon as possible. I'm afraid there will be a tough battle to fight tomorrow.

When Liu Bang finds out tomorrow that we have withdrawn our troops and left Bashang overnight, he will definitely think that we have returned to Xianyang.

By then, Liu Bang would definitely be worried that the troops he sent to attack Xianyang would lead his army across the Ba River and head towards Xianyang.

When they cross the Ba River, we will rush out and catch them off guard, and the overall situation will be determined.

All this was expected by Your Majesty and the Prime Minister."

Wang Yong said with a smile, admiring Zhuge Liang even more in his heart.

Because, everything is exactly as Zhuge Liang guessed.

"So that's it. Since His Majesty has arrangements for Xianyang, we can safely deal with Liu Bang here.

Attacking halfway across the river is a good idea."
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