Chapter 57: Siege
The Zhao Army's equipment battalion did not let Zhao Kuo and them wait long, and braved the rain of Qin arrows flying overhead, and after paying two-thirds of the casualties, they finally succeeded in building the pontoon bridge to the other side of the Dan River.
Although Zhao Kuo and the others were facing Wang Yi's descendants, the Qin people had already fallen into madness at this time.
In particular, when the Qin people saw that the pontoon bridge of Zhao had been built, they rushed up desperately, vowing to leave all the Zhao troops on the west bank of the Dan River.
The fan-shaped phalanx formed by Zhao Kuo and them was under great pressure, and they were defeated in the frenzied attack of the Qin army.
At this time, Zhao Kuo was making a difficult choice, if he wanted the entire army to evacuate smoothly to the east bank of the Dan River, he was bound to leave one army as the main force to break off.
But in this way, this army must not survive such an attack, and whether it can survive or not depends on fate.
The four commanders who were fighting beside Zhao Kuo, Qian Jian, Lu Fang, Zheng Ze, and Lin Yi all saw Zhao Kuo's difficulties, and they also understood that time was money for Zhao Guo's troops.
Lu Fang patted his chest and stood up first: "General, just let me go to Lao Lu, my Lao Lu is a rough man and doesn't know those twists and turns." But I know that the general has the hope of all the soldiers of Zhao Guo, and he must not be buried here, and I am willing to help the general break the queen! ”
"Get aside, it's the duty of our personal guards to protect the general, when will it be your turn to speak. General, the last general is willing to help the general break the queen, and he will never give up! Lin Yi knocked Lu Fang aside and looked at Zhao Kuo with a serious expression.
Zheng Ze patted the dirt on his body and said lightly: "Okay, don't fight, let's do it." ”
"Zheng Ze, you ......"
Lu Fang was about to speak, but Zheng Ze interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "You are all still young, it is the hope of our Zhao Kingdom, you can't stay here to die." I'm already old, and I don't have the momentum of young people, so the future of Zhao Guo is up to you! ”
Zhao Kuo looked at Zheng Ze's eyes as if he was at home, and the words he was about to say were stuck in his throat and couldn't be said at all.
Lu Fang, Qian Jian and the others were still preparing to fight again, but Zheng Ze shouted: "Zhong Erlang, rush to the Qin people with me, and kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
After speaking, Zheng Ze took the remaining 20,000 soldiers under his command and suddenly charged at the Qin army formation from here, and only left them a sentence before leaving: "Rank comrades, remember to come over today next year to take a look at Lao Zheng, farewell!" ”
Zhao Kuo clenched his fists, looked at Zheng Ze and his soldiers, and was about to catch up, but was hugged by Lin Yi, who was quick-eyed.
"General, don't let down Zheng Ze desperately to give us the time he has bought, withdraw!"
Lu Fang and Qian Jian were all in front of Zhao Kuo, although their eyes were moist, they still understood what to do now: "General, time is pressing, I hope the general will make a decision as soon as possible." ”
Looking at Zheng Ze, who had already been strangled with the Qin people, Zhao Kuo closed his eyes: "Withdraw!" ”
All the Zhao troops rushed up from the pontoon bridge that had been built, and finally left the west bank of the Dan River, where they had become dead.
After the Zhao army paid many casualties, it finally succeeded in breaking through the ten-sided ambush laid by the Qin army.
After the Zhao army crossed the river, he quickly converged with the crossbowmen temporarily led by Fang Xiu, looking at Zhao Kuo who looked tired, Fang Xiu asked, "General, how is it good at this moment?" ”
Zhao Kuo had already recovered from Zheng Ze's affairs to calm, he pointed in the direction of the old pass and said: "The Hyun clan can't hold it at all under this kind of strong attack, let's immediately evacuate to the old pass now and regroup to resist the Qin people." ”
Fang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Kuo had obviously made the most correct decision at this time, and then he led his troops into the remnants of the defeated army of Zhao State, preparing to evacuate in the direction of Guguan.
Lin Yi turned around and glanced at the pontoon bridge built by the equipment battalion, leaned into Zhao Kuo's ear and said, "General, do you need to destroy that pontoon bridge?" ”
Zhao Kuo glanced at it casually, and didn't take it to heart: "I don't have time to worry about this, even if the Qin army wants to use this river crossing, it needs to be rebuilt, and the whole army will set off immediately!" ”
Bai Qi watched as Zhao Jun escaped from the encirclement under his front and rear interceptions, and evacuated in the direction of the old pass. He should have been angry, but his face was unfathomable, and it seemed that Zhao Jun's withdrawal was still in his expectation.
"Order, build a pontoon bridge, and pursue the Zhao army."
Zhao Kuo led the remnants of the Zhao army to retreat to the old pass, and the Qin army had already crossed the Dan River at this time, and was about to bite their tails and eat them in one bite.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Fang ran to Zhao Kuo and said: "General, it is obvious that you can't escape the pursuit of the Qin army by retreating like this, and I hope that the general will allow the last general to break off and protect the main force." ”
"No way!" I don't know what Zhao Kuo thinks, so he categorically rejected Lu Fang's proposal.
Lu Fang was anxious at this moment, he grabbed Zhao Kuo's collar and carried him to his side: "General, if you don't leave the people behind, none of us will be able to escape, do you understand?" ”
Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Fang's serious eyes, then looked up at the two mountains of King Han and Daliang, and roared loudly: "I said no, obey the order!" ”
Lu Fang clenched his fists, eager to smash Zhao Kuo's head hard so that he would sober up.
Seeing this, Lin Yi hurriedly pulled Lu Fang away, causing Zhao Kuo to fall to the ground. Zhao Kuo got up and patted the dirt and blood on his body: "The whole army is accelerating to evacuate in the direction of the old pass, quickly!" ”
Lu Fang suppressed the evil fire in his heart and replied sullenly: "No." ”
Just when Zhao Kuo and the others were still half the way away from the old pass, the fire and the sound of fighting in the direction of the old pass made everyone fall into despair suddenly.
The Qin people did not know when they broke through the Danzhuling defense line that the Zhao army had painstakingly managed, and attacked the Danzhuling camp of the Zhao army from behind the old pass.
Bai Qi really deserves to be a famous general in the world, and he has planned all aspects of this war thoroughly, and every step of them has fallen into the calculation of this killing god.
The art of war has the cloud temple to win, and at this time, the Zhao army has completely fallen into the trap of Bai Qi, and there is only one way left to choose the road of dying and struggling.
Zhao Kuo sighed and made everyone stop retreating: "Everyone has seen that the retreating pass has also fallen into the attack of the enemy, and it can be said that our retreat has been blocked by the Qin people." ”
"Even if we succeed in retreating into the old pass, it will be difficult to resist the two-sided attacks of the Qin people. The trapped beast still knows how to make the final struggle, let alone people? We are here to meet the final battle with the Qin army, Bai Qi wants to eat so many of us, I want to see if their teeth are sharp! ”
Zhao Jun listened to Zhao Kuo's words and immediately fell into silence. It seems that there is only one way in front of them now, and there may be a glimmer of life to defeat the pursuing Qin army.