189 Die generously
"People can die, but guns must be brought back! Hurry up, be sure to get the gun back! ”
"General, don't worry about guns, the boss said that as long as there are no bullets, these guns are useless, don't lose more manpower in order to get a gun back because of some special circumstances."
In the face of Li Mu's careful deployment, Huan Qi saw the move, and at the expense of the 54th Army in exchange for the safety of the independent regiment, to ensure that most of the Qin army, at least the generals of the Qin army, could break through.
But Huan Qi's reaction was the fastest, he could only react passively, and the archers of the Zhao army still posed a threat to the independent regiment, and many soldiers of the independent regiment were shot.
The Independent Regiment is not the other Qin army, they are all armed with guns!
The power of the guns was too terrifying, and Huan Qi would never allow these guns to fall into the hands of Zhao Jun.
When it was clear that he could retreat, he still wanted to choose to recapture the firearm from the corpse of the dead soldier of the Independent Regiment at the risk of Zhao Jun's butcher's knife.
Fortunately, Baili Meng stopped Huan Qi's adventurous move in time, no longer delayed, and broke through at full speed.
"Lord Zhao, now that the situation is like this, please use your soldiers from Longxi County to cut off the queen for me."
"Since I have gone out with the army, I am the general's soldiers, why should the general do this, the current situation is very dangerous, and the soldiers of Longxi should dedicate themselves to serving the country."
In the face of Huan Qi's request, Zhao Xin didn't say a word, and directly ordered the cavalry belonging to Longxi County to stay behind and break off with the 54th Army to cover the withdrawal of other troops.
But it's not easy to retreat with his whole body, Li Mu has been deployed for so long, it is impossible to let Huan Qi retreat, this bloody battle is still going on.
People are not machines, after all, it is impossible to fight endlessly, the Zhao army as a whole is several times larger than the Qin army, after a day of fierce fighting, most of the soldiers of the Qin army are exhausted, and the casualties are increasing exponentially.
"Put away your weapons, save your ammunition, change your sabre, and charge me!"
The sky was getting dark, and after paying heavy casualties and the Qin army was not left alone, Huan Qi finally saw the hope of breaking out of the encirclement, and Baili Meng also ordered the independent regiment to be replaced with a saber.
Although the soldiers of the Independent Regiment have always been very economical in ammunition, they can't bear to put too many guns in the battle, and there are basically not many bullets in their hands, plus it is already night, and the sound of gunfire has become an indicator of the Zhao army, reminding the Qin army of the direction of escape at any time.
All of them were replaced with sabers, and in the night, the remaining more than 5,000 Qin soldiers finally broke out of the encirclement at midnight after paying the price of nearly 2,000 casualties.
After breaking out of the encirclement, Huan Qi knew that people were sleepy at the moment, but he still didn't dare to rest, and continued to move all the way east.
It wasn't until dawn that the Qin army, which was completely unable to walk, finally stopped.
However, they only rested for less than three hours, and the Zhao army behind them had not caught up, but they didn't expect another Zhao army to appear in front of them, this Zhao army was the army that had been defended before, and now, this group of people went out of the city to seek revenge!
"What to do, if you continue like this, you will have to die here sooner or later, you have to find a way."
"Why don't we go in the direction of Handan? We did not attack Handan, but touched the vicinity of Handan, and then broke it into pieces, dispersed in batches, and returned to Qin through some means. ”
Less than 200 of the Longxi cavalry brought out survived, and Zhao Xin's only thought was to return to Qin with the few remaining manpower.
"No, now it seems that only one road to the north has not been blocked, but it is precisely the most dangerous place, I don't believe that Li Mu will leave such a big gap, and it is a gap in the face of Handan."
Listening to Zhao Xin's thoughts, Huan Qi directly vetoed it, and this is exactly the case, Sima Shang has 60,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 elite cavalry, and he is deployed in the north, he has been waiting, waiting for the Qin army to break through to the north.
"But do we have a way out now?"
"Otherwise, let's go south first, the defense of the Zhao army in the south is weak, and after breaking through the defense line of the Zhao army in the south, whether it is to continue to retreat south to Qi State or then turn east to Yan State, there is still a glimmer of life after all, and then find a way to return to Qin State." It's better than dying all here! ”
"Otherwise, let's use General Xiong Qi's plan, so that at least the whole army will not be wiped out."
Zhang Han, who had cooperated with Xiong Qi many times before, chose to stand with Xiong Qi again this time.
Not only Zhang Han, but more and more generals chose to agree with Xiong Qi's plan, including Baili Dream and Meng Tian.
At least for now, that's the only way to survive.
"Leave two thousand men and horses to block the enemy who came over, and the rest of the troops immediately break through to the south, and break through the Zhao army's defense line first!"
In desperation, Huan Qi could only adopt Xiong Qi's plan and divide the troops again.
The troops were sleepy and lacking horses, and the two thousand soldiers and horses were sent to death, but Huan Qi had no choice, if they broke through to the south together, the Zhao army killed from the fat could directly catch them, and when the time came, they would not survive at all.
"Soldiers! I can't stand you! But I have no choice, I must send you to your death! ”
"Defend the General to the death!"
"Nope! It's not me you're protecting, and it's not these generals around me that you're protecting! What you are going to protect is the last glimmer of hope for my Great Qin cavalry, and the foundation of my Great Qin! If I can return to Xianyang alive, I will personally lead the troops back here and send you a handful of loess from your hometown! If I can't return to Xianyang alive, Taifu will definitely lead the army to avenge everyone! ”
Let his soldiers know that they will die and send it, Huan Qi's heart is dripping blood, leading an army of nearly 100,000, almost all the cavalry of the Qin State, all the way out, killing only two hundred miles away from Handan, but he didn't expect to suffer such a fiasco!
"Remember! You will not die in vain! Daqin will not be devastated because of this! Great Qin has no time for 10,000 years! ”
"Great Qin Wannian!" "Great Qin Wannian!" "Great Qin Wannian!"
The sound was deafening wave after wave.
"Let's go!"
With a wave of Huan Qi's big hand, the remaining 6,000 cavalry of the Qin army immediately divided into two routes, one to the east and directly faced the Zhao army that was killed from Feixia, while the other 4,000 men and horses changed to the south and crashed into the Zhao army led by Zhao Cong and temporarily pulled up the 20,000 Zhao troops who were advancing with the Qin army all the way.
There are a large number of Zhao troops led by Zhao Cong, but because they are also in a continuous hurry, they are also sleepy and lacking horses, so it can be said that this time Huan Qi chose the right direction, and only by going south can they get a glimmer of life.
It's just that if the 4,000 Qin army wants to break through the defense of the 20,000 Zhao army, how easy is it?
A tragic breakthrough is destined to be staged.