Five miles outside the Qin military camp.

The sun was rising, the fog had not yet dissipated, and the Zhao army, which had been silent for several days, was dispatched. The central infantry army is 60,000, and the cavalry on both wings is 30,000 each, a total of 120,000 white Hufu troops, which are like the frost of winter.

The war drums of the Zhao army's advance sounded earth-shatteringly, and the soldiers of the Zhao army of the brigade immediately began to scream and charge towards the Qin State camp with swords, beryllium, halberds and other weapons. When the first trench arrived, the well-trained infantry of the Zhao army desperately filled the trench with the dirt they carried in the rain of arrows, and naturally each soldier had one or two shields in front of him.

Of course, the Qin army would not watch the Zhao army fill in the trenches. Behind the trench, a creak like an old man's teeth grinding was slowly sounding, and thousands of crossbow arrows were ready to fire. Suddenly, with the shouts of the officers of the Qin army, the Qin crossbow emitted a "whirring" sound that made the ear drums roar, and countless crossbow arrows shot into the air and began a covering attack.

In an instant, the rain of arrows reached the sky above the Zhao army and fell with a roar. Suddenly, there was a loud "flutter" sound on the Zhao army's array, a puff of wet soil and withered yellow grass roots splashed in the air, followed by the bloody blood and the flying meat scraps, followed by the earth-shattering wails of the Qin army, and a pungent blood mist rose in the air!

After the first round of attacks of the Qin army, the center of the attack was almost blurred with flesh and blood, and the attack power of the Qin army's crossbow arrows was really terrifying!

Zhao Guozhong's army is in a large array.

General Zhao Guo watched the soldiers of the former army suffer heavy casualties, and although he couldn't bear it, he continued to give the order to attack.

"Sons, for the sake of Zhao Guo! For the sake of the fathers and fellow villagers behind you! Moving Forward ......"

"Forward, forward......"

The soldiers of Zhao State sang the war song "Cricket":

The crickets are in the hall, and the years are gone. I am not happy today, the sun and the moon are gone. There is no great health, and the job is homeless. There is no waste of happiness, and the good man Qu Qu.

The crickets are in the hall, and the years are gone. I'm not happy today, the sun and the moon are moving forward. There is no great health, and there is no need to think about it. There is no waste of happiness, and good people are trampled.

The crickets are in the hall, and the service cars are resting. I am not happy today, the sun and the moon are sad. There is no way to be well-off. Thinking about it. There is no famine, and the good man rests.

Zhao Guo advocates white, so all elite troops are silver and white as a whole, which looks hearty and neat. The northern Rongdi also admired white, and the king of Zhao Wuling, Hu Fu, defeated the northern nomads with cavalry, so the people of Zhao thought that they were more qualified to have white, which was as strong as the white clouds, rain and snow that covered the heavens and the earth.

The soldiers of the Zhao State continued to fill the trenches at the cost of their lives. And Zhao's siege weapon trebuchet has finally been laid. Zhao's trebuchets had limited range and could only wait for the trenches to fill in before they could be erected behind the outermost trenches. The soldiers of the Zhao State used manpower to pull the tips attached to the crossbar at a distance from the catapult. The gun tips were erected on a wooden frame, one end was tied with a rope to hold the holster containing the stone bullets, and the other end was tied with many ropes to facilitate human pulling. Throw the stone projectile, divided into single tip and multiple tip. The maximum number of shoots is 13, and a maximum of 500 people are required to cast them.

Behind the last trench of the Qin army was the camp, which was made of thick logs.

The Zhao army also had a batch of fire oil bags and other ignition materials, which were constantly smashed on the fence with trebuchets, while the range of the Qin army's crossbow arrows could only reach the edge of the outermost trench. Unable to shoot and kill soldiers operating trebuchets.

Legend has it that the trebuchet was invented in the Zhou Dynasty of our country, at the beginning of the invention was called "throwing the car", in order to attack the city bunker and made, the use of the lever principle, when used, on the side of the wood to install a batch of pockets, put the stone bullet in, and then dozens of people come to pull it up together, rely on the principle of the lever, the stone will be ejected, from the record of "flying stone weighs 12 catties, line 200 steps" can be seen the power of the trebuchet, generally used to deal with the assembled enemy army when defending the city, or to attack the impregnable castle. However, due to the high quality of the stones thrown and the fact that they were labor-intensive, and because trebuchets could only be planted in front of the enemy's formation, the soldiers who operated them would be exposed to the range of the enemy's bow and arrow, and they would be easily killed and wounded, so the actual combat effect was not good.

Inside the Qin army village.

Seeing that the opponent's trebuchet was out of range of the Qin army's crossbow arrows, the commander of the Qin State, Huan Qi, understood that it was impossible to completely rely on the camp to kill and injure the enemy army.

"Hey, it seems that we still have to rely on flesh and blood. However, the Zhao army has few soldiers, and in this war, our Qin army still has the upper hand. "Qin State Commander Huan Qi

"Order, let the sons and daughters fight."

With a loud and urgent horn, the army of the Qin army camp was dispatched, and it was black like a pine forest all over the field, and the formation seemed to be roughly the same as that of the Zhao army.

These are two armies that can compete in strength but have very different styles: not to mention that the Qin army holds a broad sword, the Zhao army has a crescent sword, and the cavalry on both wings is even different.

Suddenly, Zhao Jun's drums and horns sounded, and the banner hunted in the wind. The cavalry on both wings of the Zhao army took the lead, and the soldiers of the Chinese army marched forward in orderly steps, and the mountain city wall squad advanced, shouting "kill" every three steps, and it was actually calmly rumbling forward. At the same time, the terrible sound of bull's horns shook the valley, the cavalry on both wings roared to meet the attack, and the heavy infantry also strode unstoppably and arrogantly, like a black tide sweeping over the flat ground.

At last the two armies collided like a sea of mountains, and if the rumbling thunder resounded through the valley, and like thousands of angry waves crashing against the mountains. Long swords and scimitars fluttered, spears and spears whistled and flitted, dense arrows rained like locusts crossing the border, and dull shouts and short roars made the mountains and rivers tremble!

This is the most powerful iron army of the two warring states, both of which have a brilliant record of winning and undefeated, and both have the courage of warriors who died generously. Iron men struck, dead and unwhirling, hideous faces, bloody swords, low howls, and smoke and dust, and the whole mountain was enveloped and annihilated by the tragic aura of this primitive fight.....

The soldiers of Zhao State are still so strong in the face of strong soldiers and lack of food and soldiers?

At the beginning of the founding of the Zhao State, there was the powerful Qin State in the west, Wei and Han in the south, the rich Qi State in the east, and the ancient Yan State in the northeast. In the north, it is bordered by nomadic peoples such as Linhu, Loufu, and Donghu. Its external environment can be described as complex and unfavorable to development.

Compared with the Wei State, which inherited the core area of the Jin State, the national strength of the Zhao State can be said to be slightly insufficient. Compared with the Qin State, which has 800 miles of fertile land in the Qinchuan River, and the Chu State, which occupies the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the territory of the Zhao State is simply stretched. Compared with Qin and Chu, Zhao's can be described as "thin and crowded". From then on, the Zhao State occupied the northern territory of the former Jin State, that is, the northwestern part of present-day Shanxi, the southern part of Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and Shandong. From the perspective of agricultural cultivation, the development potential of the Zhao State was naturally inferior to that of the southern vassal states.

Even so, in the decades between the Battle of Yique (293 BC) and the destruction of the Six Kingdoms by Qin (221 BC), only Zhao was the only state that fought head-on against Qin. The Qin State sits on a land area four times that of the Zhao State, so it naturally has a more solid logistical supply. However, after the Battle of Changping, it still took nearly 40 years to defeat Zhao, and during this period, Zhao even had the opportunity to counterattack. This shows how tenacious the Zhao army was. So, how did Zhao's army develop? Let's take a look at the following.

Although the country was weak at the time of its founding, it was busy dealing with the surrounding situation. But it doesn't mean that the people of Zhao are weak. As a region bordering the grassland, the people here are fierce. Until the Li Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Zhao and Song dynasties, it can be said that there were elite teachers here. It is precisely with this popular base that it is possible for Zhao to form a brave army. In addition, it produces its own horses and has many contacts with the steppe peoples, so it has the resources to form a sophisticated cavalry. The combination of the above conditions allowed King Zhao Wuling to wave his hand to reform. In 306 BC, Zhao implemented the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting" to boost its military strength.

As an epoch-making reform in Chinese history, the biggest change brought about by Hufu cavalry and archery was not in the cavalry, but in the clothing of the army. King Wuling of Zhao has changed his former wide robe and big sleeves, and ordered the soldiers to wear their jackets and pants and tie their waists when fighting. In this way, the soldiers of Zhao State gained unprecedented flexibility on the battlefield.

Because stirrups did not exist at that time, the cavalry of various countries was elite, but they were only responsible for auxiliary battles. Far from meeting the standards of fighting alone. Naturally, what the Zhao army is proud of is still the infantry.

Regarding the establishment of the Zhao army, it is divided into two types: one is the county conscription, and the other is the standing army.

The former belongs to the conscription system. During the Warring States Period, the "integration of soldiers and people" was a common military system in the major vassal states. Zhao Guo is naturally no exception. Although there is a lack of relevant records, referring to the common practice of the vassal states at that time, the standard of service in the Zhao state should also be that of a male between the ages of fifteen and sixty. In special times, radical approaches are not excluded either. For example, in the Battle of Changping, Zhao State "knew its people". Judging from the prisoners of war released after the war, there were even children under the age of 15. It can be seen that the conscription system at that time basically covered all men in the country.

The latter is the recruited warrior. According to the history books, Zhao has "hundreds of thousands of armor", and the "armor" among them is the standing army. Although there is no direct record of the selection and achievements of these standing armies, we can still get a glimpse of it from some historical sources. After the Hufu cavalry, the strength of the Zhao army increased sharply, defeating Lin Hu, Donghu and Lou Fu, making them vassals. When Li Muzhen was guarding the border pass, the Xiongnu "were more than ten years old, and the Xiongnu did not dare to approach the border city of Zhao". In the border areas, it is naturally unlikely that temporary conscripts will be activated, and most of them may be these standing armies.

The most amazing thing is the performance of the Zhao army during the battle of Yanhe. In 269 B.C., the Qin army besieged the important Zhao state of Yanhe (present-day Heshun, Shanxi). When King Zhao Huiwen learned the news, he ordered Zhao Hao to lead his troops to relieve the siege. After receiving the order, Zhao Hao led the army to garrison 30 miles outside Handan City. After the 28th, Zhao Hao led his troops to attack 50 miles outside the city. The bewildered Qin army rushed to the battle, and the Zhao army was defeated. On the map, the distance between the two places is more than 100 kilometers in a straight line; According to the history books, this attack only took "two days and one night". Moreover, from Handan to Yanhe City, it is flat land into the mountainous area. For soldiers with armor, it is more difficult. From this attack, it can also be seen that the endurance and combat effectiveness of Zhao State's recruited troops are not inferior to those of Wei Wushu.

Now at the foot of Donggu Mountain in Yecheng, the soldiers of Zhao State have once again burst out with strong combat effectiveness!

On the vast plain, the loud singing echoes continued:

The crickets are in the hall, and the years are gone. I am not happy today, the sun and the moon are gone. There is no great health, and the job is homeless. There is no waste of happiness, and the good man Qu Qu.

The crickets are in the hall, and the years are gone. I'm not happy today, the sun and the moon are moving forward. There is no great health, and there is no need to think about it. There is no waste of happiness, and good people are trampled.

The crickets are in the hall, and the service cars are resting. I am not happy today, the sun and the moon are sad. There is no way to be well-off. Thinking about it. There is no famine, and the good man rests.