Yan Sui told Su Qin about the crazy and dangerous process of rescuing Zhou Shao. Its intensity and intensity was so thrilling that even a person who did not personally participate.

Su Qin looked at Zhou Shao's blood-stained robe again. He felt sad and couldn't help but shed two lines of hot tears. Yan Sui saw that Su Qin's sadness came from the heart and couldn't suppress himself, so he turned his face away in discomfort.

However, at this time, the Hezong Army still had not lifted the danger. Su Qin wiped his tears with his robe sleeves, and he discussed with Yan Sui: "I think Sima Cuo will definitely come after him. It is not a good choice for us to retreat like this in the end."

He pointed to the mountain road and said, "This winding road is a bottleneck for us when we retreat, and it is also a bottleneck for Sima Cuo who is catching up."

Su Qin guided Yan Sui to look at Xipi behind him and said, "This valley is the gathering place of three roads, which can be used as our temporary resting place. We might as well garrison here to take action next."

Yan Sui looked around Xibei and saw that the surroundings were full of mountains and steep roads, and the roads connected to the surroundings were narrow paths. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. He said, "I understand that the Prime Minister is unwilling to retreat to the end and return to Chongguang City. But after all, the territory here is very small, not a place to use, but can only be regarded as a place to stay for the time being."

Su Qin said, "Although this place is small, it is located at a hub. I guess Simacuo also thought that Xibi was narrow and high, so he did not pay attention to it, but I had a different view."

Seeing that Su Qin seemed to have a mature idea, Yan Su said, "The general cannot guess Prime Minister Su's strategy. What he said just now is just a small opinion that suddenly came to mind. The Prime Minister should not take it seriously. Even if the Prime Minister is arranged, we will definitely follow the Prime Minister and act."

Su Qin thought for a moment, made up his mind, and said to Yan Sui: "In this way, I will have another General Yan. You immediately organize two thousand strong men from the army to ambush the mountain on the west side of Xibei. When Sima Cuo's pursuers arrived, don't worry about him for the time being. Let them move forward."

Yan Sui listened attentively, but did not guess Su Qin's intention to do so, and his brows frowned slightly.

Su Qin continued: "When the Qin army passes most of the time, I have better tricks to deal with them. After they encounter obstacles in Xibei, they will have to retreat. You can prepare more large rocks on the mountain in advance. At this time, we will lift the big rocks on the mountain and smash them down, and we will also attack you from a high point."

"You just need to smash the stones down, regardless of whether the Qin army can pass or not, so that they can suffer more. Then you can also listen to the Qin army's howl!"

When Yan Sui heard that he could ambush Sima Cuo, he smiled happily and replied, "This is a good thing. I must make him look good in Sima Cuo. Without further ado, I will prepare immediately."

Yan Sui accepted Su Qin's order and happily arranged the ambush position. Su Qin immediately returned to the central position of the Union coalition. He gathered all the commanders of the central army and gave them a strange order.

Su Qinming said: "You will immediately report to the various columns of the coalition forces of the Union Army, gather all the soldiers on your hands, unload the horses pulling the carts, and regardless of whether the soldiers are damaged, all of them will be concentrated to the west of Xibei."

Su Qin specifically emphasized to the commander: "You can convey instructions everywhere quickly and do not make any mistakes. Be sure to tell the generals who lead the troops so that they can also hurry up and transport the soldiers."

More than 20 commanders received Su Qin's order and immediately took action. Su Qin drove his horse to the westernmost section of Xibei, which was the only place where Sima Cuo pursued his troops.

The soldiers of various columns heard Su Qin's new order. Although they did not know what the coach was going to do, they still executed the order and gathered seventy or eighty chariots onto a designated high ground with all their strength.

Some soldiers were busy, and cursed: "These broken chariots are useless when fighting, but they are very heavy when they are moved. They should be thrown away.

At that time, many people echoed: "Isn't it? Nowadays, the cavalry and infantry are working together to operate, so who can use these old antique chariots?"

The two people who spoke were soldiers from Qi, and they complained, but the three soldiers from Zhao who worked with them could not hold back their faces, because most of these soldiers were from Zhao. Zhao State changed the military system the latest and slowest among the various vassal states. People generally used cavalry to fight, while Zhao State still retained the soldiers of the previous generations."

An older Qi veteran looked very ashamed when he saw that the soldiers of Zhao were blushing to their necks. He shouted to the two soldiers of Qi who had just been talking about: "Hurry up and push the chariot hard, why do you do so much nonsense?" The two soldiers of Qi stopped ridicule.

Due to the large number of people, tens of thousands of soldiers took action together, and the soldiers quickly gathered at the edge of Xibei. Su Qin asked the soldiers to arrange the soldiers in neatly in groups, leaving only one passage between each soldier.

While working, the soldiers were still wondering: "What is the head coach doing? Is it a chariot to play with soldiers? It's not that he is so big, and his military situation is so tight, so how can I have time to play?"

Su Qin did not explain too much to everyone. When the chariots were arranged, he ordered all columns to mobilize a team of crossbow arrows composed of 1,000 people to gather in Xipi Highland where the chariots were located.

In less than a quarter of an hour, various crossbow arrow teams were temporarily formed, with ten groups of crossbow arrow troops. They arrived at the designated position with neat steps.

Su Qin ordered them: "Listen to all the crossbow archers, and according to their respective formations, you will form a shooting lineup."

"After a while, you all listen to my orders and look at the flag in my hand. As soon as my orders fell, the first group flashed out from behind the chariot, went to the front of the chariot, and quickly shot at the chasing Qin army. After firing ten arrows in a row, retreated and prepared for the next shot."

"Then, the second group of formations came up, hid behind the soldiers, listened to my orders, looked at my flag, and went to the front of the soldiers to shoot. After the second group completed the task, the third group continued. And so on, cycled back and forth until I ordered the stop of shooting."

After Su Qin announced his order to everyone, he asked loudly again: "Do you all understand?"

Tens of thousands of archers preparing to shoot replied in unison: "I understand!" The voice was shaking over the narrow valley of Xipi, and it was unresponsive for a long time.

The deployment of the Hezong coalition forces had not yet been in place, and Sima Cuo's pursuers had appeared on the road more than two miles away. Su Qin saw them turning around a foot of the mountain and appearing in his sight. He looked up at Yan Sui who was moving on the mountain. They were still nervously mobilizing their troops.

Su Qin was a little anxious, but Yan Sui and others were far away, so he could not send anyone to urge him, for fear of disturbing the Qin army who was rushing forward.

The Qin army was 20 people in a row, advancing forward, one step away from the front and back rows. The troops of 40,000 or 50,000 people passed through the foot of the mountain and rushed to Xibei. The formation was fully unfolded, like a long snake winding forward.

Su Qin quietly hid behind the chariot. He looked at the other coalition soldiers around him and found that they were also very nervous, with anxiety in his eyes. The soldiers of the first group had all bent their bows and arrows, staring at the flag in Su Qin's hand. Just as he gave his order, he appeared behind the chariot and slammed the oncoming Qin army.

Su Qin watched every step the Qin army took, and his spirit was also in a state of high preparation, calculating the best lethality of the coalition crossbow arrows after they were shot.

When the Qin army advanced to a distance of less than one hundred feet, Su Qin shouted: "Shoot!" and waved the flag in his hand down.

When the first group of archers heard the order, they suddenly rushed out like a spirit snake. They flashed in front of the chariot and kept firing at the Qin army with both hands. All ten arrows were shot in an instant, and then they quickly retreated behind the chariot. The feather arrows of the Hezong Army flew out like a dense rain. Many feather arrows were shooting together and made a strong whistling sound.

Su Qin issued an order again: "The second group went out of the line to shoot!" He had already replaced the first group of archers hidden behind the chariots to make the same move, and shot at the Qin army again.

Then there was the third group, the fourth group, and all ten groups of archers were shot in one round, and it took only more than a moment. The Qin army was completely shot, and their formation was in chaos. There was originally a lack of cover during the march, and the coalition lineup commanded by Su Qin was fast and efficient, which fully demonstrated the effectiveness of the bow and arrow lineup.

In a panic, the Qin army could not calmly deal with the attack of these tens of thousands of feather arrows. In a moment, they fell to the ground and ran to find a place to hide.

Sima Cuo retreated to the foot of the mountain behind under the cover of dozens of schoolmen. When he saw the Qin army encountering a disaster, he was worried and anxious, and almost made his heart beat.

In desperation, Sima Cuo cursed the deputy general Shi Hong: "Shi Hong, you might as well organize our archers to fight back. Why are you standing there?"

Sima Cuo was angry when he saw Shi Hong. From the deepest part of his heart, he resented Shi Hong to show off his courage and only care about his own pleasure. He fought alone with Yan Sui, wasting a great opportunity to pursue. He felt: "If it weren't for your Shi Hong's delay, would Su Qin's coalition force have organized such fierce resistance?"
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