Chapter 42: The Qin people retreat

Zhao Kuo squatted at the base of the Great Wall of Baili Stone a little tiredly, looking at the corpses all over the field under Danzhu Ridge, and sighed the cruelty of the war.

It had been three hours since the Qin army began to attack the Zhao army's Danzhuling defense line, and seeing that night was about to fall, the Qin army below still had no intention of retreating.

Zhao Kuo's original expectation that Wei Chen, Lu Fang, and Zheng Ze would be divided into three groups to defend was enough, but it turned out that he was wrong.

The Qin people launched wave after wave of attacks on Danzhuling like crazy, with a very obvious intention, that is, to take down the Danzhuling defense line of the Zhao army in front of them at all costs.

The Qin army wanted to break through the old pass, and all the pieces prepared by the Zhao army had been destroyed by the Zhao army, and the wreckage of one place fell outside the old pass gate but no one cared for it, and their goal was the Danzhuling defense line that the Zhao army relied on to survive.

After Zhao Kuo sensed that something was wrong, he immediately ordered Lin Yi to pull his personal guard troops onto the battlefield, and formed two rounds with Wei Chen and others, resisting the onslaught of the Qin people respectively.

In the garrison of Zhao State in Danzhuling, except for the chariot soldiers led by Fang Xiu, Zhao Kuo put all the foot soldiers in his hands into battle, so as to resist the fierce attack of Qin.

In order to stimulate the combat effectiveness of Zhao's soldiers, Zhao Kuo took the lead in killing the enemy, gave up his strategy on the battle viewing pavilion, and personally entered the city wall to fight the enemy with the soldiers.

Seeing that Lu Fang and Zheng Ze, who had rested for six quarters of an hour, had already rushed to the city wall, Zhao Kuo hurriedly asked Lin Yi to gather his soldiers and repair the open space in the camp.

The Qin people's attack still had no intention of stopping, and they needed to recuperate as soon as possible before they could replace Lu Fang.

Lin Yi sat next to Zhao Kuo and gasped for breath, this kind of offensive and defensive battle made Lin Yi a little unbearable, and if he was not careful, some Qin people would take the opportunity to board their defense line.

Looking at Zhao Kuo, who was silently pouring water into his mouth on the side, Lin Yi asked with some doubts: "General, what's wrong with the Qin people this time, how can they be the same as before?" ”

Of course, Zhao Kuo also wanted to know, but he couldn't guess what Bai Qi or Wang Di's thoughts were now. They have obviously been successful in launching such an attack, but they are still far from breaking through Danzhu Ridge.

In this way, it is as if there is no tomorrow attack, which has no effect at all, except for the casualties.

Killing Zhao Kuo didn't believe that Bai Qi had no plan to do this, he firmly believed that he just didn't understand it for a while.

Zhao Kuo sighed and stood up from the ground. He needed to take his mind away from the entire battlefield and look at this attack launched by the Qin people from the perspective of a bystander.

This time it disappointed Zhao Kuo, no matter how he stood in the perspective of the observant, he still couldn't understand the Qin army's intention to launch this attack.

Time went back little by little, and night began to envelop the entire canyon, and after the Qin army attacked the Danzhuling defense line for three hours, there was still no survival.

Seeing that the Zhao army was still standing on the city wall, Wang Yi sighed, anyway, Bai Qi's order is to lose the Zhao army at all costs, since the goal has been achieved, there can be no more battles today, and the withdrawal of the army is.

Hearing the sound of gold coming from the Qin army's camp, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This battle was a test of will, whether it was for either Zhao or Qin. The slightest slackening on either side will be exaggerated by the small loopholes seized by their respective opponents, and the persistence of the whole army will be in vain.

Zhao Kuo looked at the soldiers who had collapsed on the city wall, and let the order for them to pursue hang in his mouth, but he never said it.

The soldiers are too tired, at this time, it is better to switch to meet the enemy's Qin army, if it is a fleeing under the defeat, the consequence of the pursuit is very likely to let the opponent seize the opportunity and win the old pass they dream of in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo called Lu Fang, Zheng Ze and Wei Chen over, and instructed in a low voice: "The three of you go and gather up your foot soldiers, send the wounded to Doctor Qi, and let Lin Yi lead the army to defend tonight." ”

The combat effectiveness of Lin Yi's personal guard troops is fundamentally different from others, and when he heard Zhao Kuo's order, he didn't say a word, straightened his body and camped down: "General, don't worry, even if the Qin army attacks at night, I will let them go and never return!" ”

Zhao Kuo waved his hand a little weakly, the previous battle had already made him tired enough, and now he was stiff: "Okay, I will arrange for someone to bring the meal over, you can just take it here." ”

With that, he turned and left, all he wanted was to lie down on the bed and rest, and never want to move again.

But his goal of resting was never achieved, and when Zhao Kuo was lying on the bed, Qin Jun's strategic intentions once again came out of his mind, not giving him any possibility of resting at all.

Zhao Kuo hugged his head irritably, he was entangled in the purpose of Bai Qi all day today. But when the Qin army retreated, he never thought through what the hell Bai Qi was doing.

I don't know how long it took, Zhao Kuo finally fell asleep in a groggy state, and finally got rid of Bai Qi's bombardment of his spirit.

"General, general, no, the king is here!" Just when he was half asleep, the voice of the scout suddenly woke him up completely.

He opened his eyes on the bed, and sure enough, it was already bright, but he didn't expect that he would sleep like this until dawn.

The herald scout ran in in a panic and was about to pull him up from the bed: "General, the king is waiting for you in the big tent of the Chinese army at this time, hurry up and follow me!" ”

Zhao Kuo didn't expect that King Zhao Xiaocheng would come to the front line of Danzhuling at this time, so he hurriedly packed himself up and rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army.

At this moment, King Zhao Xiaocheng, the big tent of the Chinese army, was sitting on the main seat, and behind him stood Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, Yu Qing, Lou Chang and other ministers, and even Duping Jun Tianshan was brought here by King Zhao Xiaocheng.

King Zhao Xiaocheng looked at Zhao Kuo with a gloomy face, and patted the case in front of him fiercely: "Zhao Kuo, did the widow let you come here to waste national strength?" It's not to seek a counterattack, it's just to blindly stick to it, and the courage in Ma Fujun has made you throw it on the dog? ”

Zhao Kuo didn't expect that he hadn't yet stood firm, and Zhao Xiaocheng scolded King Zhao Xiaocheng with a stinking scolding. He forcibly endured the stuffiness in his chest, but still defended himself: "King, at this time, the Qin people have enabled Baiqi, for the sake of our country, they can only adopt the strategy of sticking to it. If you fight with Bai Qi on the west bank of Danshui at this time, it is tantamount to digging your own grave, please think twice! ”

"Think twice? You know that let the widow think twice every day, I will cut off your head today, and see how much Zhao Hao's martial arts you have inherited, come on! ”

As soon as King Zhao Xiaocheng's words fell, the guards behind him rushed up and firmly pressed Zhao Kuo to the ground and couldn't move.

Zhao Kuo raised half of his body with difficulty, and looked up at King Zhao Xiaocheng: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has a last resort, and I ask the King Rongchen to report it." ”

King Zhao Xiaocheng had already pulled out the sword at his waist, and said with a fierce face: "No need to report it, you can stay and go underground to talk to Zhao Hao!" ”

After speaking, King Zhao Xiaocheng raised the sword in his hand, and involuntarily slashed at Zhao Kuo's head, and the map hanging in the tent was dyed red under the blood overflowing.