To be honest, Lecheng didn't expect things to turn out like this.

In Lecheng's opinion, this battle should not have happened.

Le Cheng felt that he should have led the 4,000 elites of the Zhao State under his command all the way to the Qin army camp outside Anyi City, and assisted Zhao Kuo to win the military power of the 50,000 Qin army in one fell swoop, so as to pacify Hedong in one fell swoop, obtain immortal merits, and be praised by the king and countless people of the Zhao State and leave a name in history.

However, at this moment, when Le Cheng came to Quwo City, which was at least a day's journey away from Anyi, he suddenly found that Zhao Kuo, who was supposed to be in the camp of Anyi, was now being chased like a lost dog in front of him.

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But even so, Le Cheng subconsciously made a very correct judgment, that is, to respond to Zhao Kuo first and repel the Qin pursuers who pursued Zhao Kuo.

After Le Cheng gave an order, the archer positions of the Zhao army, which were originally lined up, immediately withdrew a hole from the middle, just enough for the rout led by Zhao Kuo to pass through.

This is actually a very risky choice, because once these routs enter the position of the Zhao army, it is possible to scatter the Zhao army's formation as well.

If such a situation really occurs, then as long as the cavalry of the Qin army that is following closely behind rushes up for a while, Lecheng will definitely lose this battle.

Therefore, when Lecheng gave the order to give up one opening, he also gave another order.

"Anything that does not pass through the gap will be shot directly!"

Compared with the lives of these defeated soldiers, Lecheng felt that the victory of this battle was actually more important.

Fortunately, what Le Cheng was worried about did not happen, although these Qin troops led by Zhao Kuo were very embarrassed when they broke up and ran away, but the quality when they ran away was actually okay, after seeing that the Zhao army gave up an exit and got Zhao Kuo's order, most of the Qin army routs rushed towards the exit that the Zhao army gave up.

Of course, it was inevitable that there were hundreds of blind Qin soldiers who did not choose to squeeze in through the gap in a hurry, but rushed directly towards the Zhao soldiers who were waiting on both sides of the gap.

After seeing this scene, Le Cheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he let out a cold snort: "Kill yourself!" ”

After shooting to death at least a hundred such stupid reckless men, most of the Qin army was finally forced to calm down under the threat of merciless arrows and corpses, and rushed through the gap opened by the Zhao army as fast as possible.

Lecheng stood on the top of the small hill and watched all this coldly, and finally couldn't help but shake his head.

The current situation can be said to be very good, but even so, the formation of the Zhao army has been shaken a little by the rout of these Qin troops.

If a Zhao army that is not very elite is replaced here, maybe the entire defense line has been broken up by these Qin soldiers.

But Le Cheng didn't really have much time to sigh about this, because when the last Qin army routed and passed through the gap left by the Zhao army in a hurry, those pursuing Qin cavalry had already begun to enter the range of the Zhao soldiers.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, the smoke and dust filled the sky, and the figures of many Qin cavalry appeared and disappeared in the smoke and dust, rushing towards the position of the Zhao army.

Le Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully looked at the Qin cavalry in front of him.

As we all know, in today's world, if you talk about the strength of cavalry, you will definitely not think about others except Zhao Guo.

As a general of Zhao State, his status in the Zhao State Army is now second only to Wu Xinjun Lian Po, and he is of course no stranger to cavalry.

It can even be said that when it comes to the understanding of cavalry, there are few people in this world who can compare with Lecheng.

If it weren't for the fact that the road of Taihang Bacheng was too rugged and difficult for the war horses to pass through, Le Cheng would have led a cavalry to attack Anyi.

It is precisely because of his familiarity with the cavalry that although his vision was obscured by the billowing smoke and dust, Lecheng was still able to quickly make a judgment based on the scene he saw in his eyes.

"The one who came is only five hundred cavalry of the Qin State, and the archers will shoot immediately!"

In Le Cheng's opinion, the commander of the cavalry of the Qin State on the opposite side must have lost his brain.

He really thought that the elite of the Zhao State led by General Ben was the same as the rout army led by Zhao Kuo?

To dare to rush into battle so rashly is simply self-defeating.

Lecheng's order was immediately sent down layer by layer, and it reached the ears of every soldier of Zhao State.

After a few breaths, the crossbowmen of the Zhao State either bent their bows and arrows, or raised their crossbows to aim, and under the orders of their own officials, they shot arrows at the Qin cavalry in front of them.

"Whoosh!"

The overwhelming arrows turned into an overwhelming rain of arrows, and instantly disappeared into the billowing smoke and dust.

Immediately, the sound of countless people turning on their backs came from the smoke and dust.

After a burst of screams, the billowing smoke and dust, which was originally full of momentum, seemed to be less terrifying in the eyes of the soldiers of the Zhao army.

So Lecheng did not hesitate and continued to give the order: "Archers do not stop, keep shooting!" ”

Logically speaking, before the light cavalry rushed to the infantry position, the infantry actually had time to send out a few waves of arrow rain, so they must be killed as much as possible before the Qin cavalry rushed into battle.

So after just a few breaths, another wave of arrows rained down from the sky and fell into the billowing smoke and dust again.

So again and again.

Le Cheng stood at the top of the hill, his eyes staring at the billowing smoke and dust formed by the cavalry of the Qin army in front of him.

You can see this very clearly, every time a rain of arrows falls into this billowing cloud of smoke, the scale of the smoke and dust will be very significantly reduced.

By the time the third wave of arrow rain had also fallen into the smoke and dust, the scale of the smoke and dust carried by the hooves of the Qin cavalry was not even half of the beginning.

Looking at all this, Lecheng's brows gradually stretched.

This is one of the reasons why cavalry has not completely replaced chariots in the other six nations today.

Because in the eyes of today's people, cavalry should directly charge into battle like the chariot soldiers, but the protection of the cavalry is much worse than that of the chariot soldiers.

These Qin cavalry may be good at chasing the enemy, but under the dense firepower of the crowds of archers, these hundreds of Qin cavalry are actually far from enough.

In this era, dense long-range fire coverage was the deadliest weapon against these light cavalry, which had little armor or protection.

In history, the reason why Li Ling, the general of the Han Dynasty, was able to fight hard for eight days and eight nights with 5,000 infantry and 80,000 Hun cavalry in the Battle of Junji Mountain, and almost broke out of the encirclement, was precisely because of the fierce long-range firepower of Li Ling's department.

It wasn't until the arrows ran out that Li Ling, who ran out of ammunition and food, had to choose to surrender.

At this moment, the long-range firepower in Lecheng's hands is not inferior to Li Ling, but the opponents faced by Lecheng are far from being comparable to the 80,000 elites of the powerful Xiongnu Empire in terms of quantity and quality.

Therefore, the outcome of this battle was actually predestined at the beginning.

Sure enough, after a few rounds of arrow rain, the Qin cavalry, which had suffered heavy losses, finally felt frightened, reined in their horses' hooves and stopped their attempts to continue the pursuit, and retreated in embarrassment.

Lecheng did not give the order to pursue, because with the two legs of the infantry, it was impossible to catch up with the four legs of the cavalry.

But even so, the hundreds of Qin Jun corpses left on the ground were enough to make Le Cheng satisfied.

The corners of Le Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he said gently to Zhao Kuo, who happened to walk in front of him: "Anyway, what happened?" ”