Chapter 56: Breaking Through (Asking for Recommendations, Comments, Collections)
The personal guard force selected by Zhao Kuo is enough to rival the Qin army's trapped soldiers, and using this force as an arrow is enough to penetrate any line of defense.
Soon, under the courage of Lin Yi to lead the army to kill the enemy, the Zhao army tore a hole in the Qin army's defense line on the west bank of the Dan River and rushed towards the Dan River pontoon bridge.
It was also at this time that tens of thousands of Zhao troops poured down from Hanwang Mountain and Daliang Mountain, and under the leadership of commanders Qian Jian and Zheng Ze, they quickly moved to the pontoon bridge built by the Qin army on the Dan River, intending to rush and kill the Qin army together.
Lu Fang didn't expect Zhao Kuo to have a back hand, and he was overjoyed: "The general is really clever, I didn't expect reinforcements to come in an instant, this time I see what kind of good thing Bai Qi can play." β
The soldiers of Zhao Guo, who had been encircled by the Qin army, saw that reinforcements were coming, and they were all in high spirits, as long as this defense line was opened, the retreat road was close at hand.
The Zhao reinforcements led by Qian Jian and Zheng Ze quickly crossed the Dan River pontoon bridge and joined forces with the besieged Zhao army, vowing to smash the Qin army in front of them.
The Qin army, which was now behind him, didn't know for what purpose, so they didn't take this opportunity to attack hard, but suspended the pace of the attack.
Under the front and rear attacks of the two armies of the Zhao State, the more than 10,000 soldiers used by the Qin State to surround the Zhao army quickly collapsed, and the Zhao troops were so easily brought together.
Qian Jian led the troops to quickly rush to Zhao Kuo's left and right, and said loudly: "General, it is still not good for me at this time, so let's retreat quickly." β
Zhao Kuo glanced back at the towering Qinzi banner in the Qin army, gritted his teeth and said, "The whole army retreats." β
Bai Qi looked at the scene in front of him with a sneer, it was not bad that Zhao Kuo could do this.
But it's so easy to retreat there, Zhao Hao, your son is still too young, if you are my opponent, how good it would be.
The banner in the hands of the Qin army's flag bearers immediately waved, and tens of thousands of Qin troops rushed out of their hiding places one after another in the dense woods on the west bank of the Dan River.
Bai Qi sat on the horse, looked at the Zhao State troops that had formed a lone army, and said with a wave of his hand: "Generals, the main force of Zhao State has surfaced, and I have completely annihilated the soldiers of Zhao State!" β
The Qin army's crossbow arrows were the first to attack, and countless rockets were launched from their crossbows, with only one target, which was the pontoon bridge that the Qin army had worked so hard to build.
Seeing that there were ambushes on the left and right, Lu Fang laughed miserably, and said to Zhao Kuo: "General, at this moment, it has reached a critical moment for survival, Lu Fang is willing to give up his life and is willing to break the general, and ask the general to lead the rest of the troops to cross the river quickly, you must not be left behind by the Qin army." β
"Nonsense, none of them can die. Sons, follow me to break through the enemy's defense line and cross the Dan River! Zhao Kuo slapped the war horse under his crotch hard, and rushed to the Qin State ambush in the lead.
Although the Zhao army was surrounded by the Qin army, there was no sense of panic under the command of Zhao Kuo.
With the personal guard troops led by Lin Yi as the front wing, Qian Jian and LΓΌ Fang as the left and right wings, and Zheng Ze as the rear wing, the main forces of the Zhao State formed a pointed cone shape and broke through in the direction of the burning pontoon bridge in the ambush on all sides of the Qin State.
This time, the Qin army will not slow down the pace of the attack, Bai Qi used the more than 10,000 Qin soldiers as bait, and he will never let this big fish slip away from under his nose.
The most elite soldiers of the Qin State took the lead, and their purpose was to kill the Zhao army in front of them and not give them any way to live.
Zheng Ze's rear flank was attacked by these brave soldiers who were not afraid of death, and they fought and retreated, but fortunately they were not immediately broken through their defenses by the trapped soldiers.
The left and right flanks composed of Qian Jian and Lu Fang were also not having a good time, and the Qin people knew that this was the last moment of the decisive battle, and their bloodiness had been completely aroused.
The Zhao army, which was originally slightly inferior in combat effectiveness, broke through with difficulty under such an attack.
The front wing composed of Lin Yi's personal guard troops also lost the speed that was like a bamboo just now, and the Qin army behind the siege would never let them go easily again, and they all used twelve points of strength to defend.
Because the chariot soldiers could not cross the river, Fang Xiu, who was left in the Hyun clan, saw Zhao Kuo's predicament, ordered the chariot soldiers to retreat to the Guguan defense line, and took all the remaining crossbowmen to the east bank of the Dan River, wanting to use crossbow arrows to meet Zhao Kuo and lead the army to break through.
On the other hand, the equipment battalion left by Zhao Kang played a role at this time, and they began to build a pontoon bridge on the surface of the Dan River with the crossbow arrows of the Qin people, replacing the pontoon bridge that had been burned.
Time passed backwards little by little, and the casualties of the Zhao army, which was surrounded by the Qin people, quickly intensified. They struggled in this encirclement and moved to the opposite bank where Zhao's crossbowmen were.
Bai Qi looked gloomily at Zhao Guo, who had paid a heavy price, was approaching the bank of the Dan River, he really didn't expect that Zhao Jun would actually burst out with such combat effectiveness in this predicament, and he was about to break through successfully.
This is something that Bai Qi absolutely cannot accept, although he still has a back hand, but letting Zhao Kuo escape from death under the heavy siege is simply a shame in his military career!
But no one could do everything as they wanted, even if Bai Qi could no longer accept it, the Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo still managed to break through the defense line of the Qin army and successfully reached the bank of the Dan River.
Zhao Kuo glanced at the military formation of the Qin State, and his heart was full of emotion. He sent Mao Sui to Xianyang really went the right way, if it weren't for Wang Yi's concern about the casualties of his subordinates just now, and failed to do his best, it would not be so easy for him to break through.
At this time, the Zhao army equipment battalion only built half of the pontoon bridge, Zhao Kuo immediately turned the gun head, took the Dan River as his back, and guarded until the pontoon bridge was successfully completed.
Bai Qi knew that it was only the last chance, once the Zhao army was allowed to cross the river smoothly, even if he could kill this remnant enemy, it would take a lot of unnecessary casualties.
"Wang Di, kill this remnant enemy for me!" Bai Qi actually had a full view of everything that had just happened, knowing that Wang Ji was protecting himself and reducing casualties as much as possible for the troops under his command.
How could Bai Qi let Wang Di get his way, and immediately ordered Wang Ji to press the attack, and the elite soldiers of the Qin army followed closely behind him.
Wang Yi knew that he could no longer hide it, but the Zhao army in front of him was just a remnant enemy, as long as he captured and killed Zhao Kuo, the main general of the Zhao army, the first merit of the Battle of Changping would not fall into his arms.
Thinking of this, he immediately issued an order: "The whole army will assault and annihilate all the Zhao army!" β
Zhao Kuo had already transformed Zhao's troops into a fan-shaped phalanx, and there was only one thing they had done, and that was to hold on to the equipment battalion to build a pontoon bridge to their side.