Chapter Seventy-Two: Don't Enter the Forest
"Zhao Jun's counterattack seems to be getting more and more powerful."
Gan Mao looked at the ever-changing situation between the offensive and defensive sides on the city, and said to the deputy general beside him.
Indeed, it seems that this time the Zhao army is much more fierce than the counterattack just now. It seems that something can't be suppressed. ”
"Our 10,000 men took turns attacking and never stopped. The defenders of the Zhao army also had to continue with us. However, Zhao Jun's tenacity is much better than that of Han Jun. At the head of the city should be the elite of Zhao State. ”
"In that case, is our army going to ......?"
Gan Mao waved his hand and continued: "Don't be in a hurry, don't panic. The more panicked the other party is, we should be quiet and not let the other party have a moment to rest. Now, how many casualties are there in our army? ”
The adjutant general looked at it for a while, "About four thousand people." ”
"Four thousand, well, that's not enough." "Intensify the offense. ”
The lieutenant looked at Gan Mao dumbfounded, as if he were looking at a madman. However, he soon came to his senses and ordered to continue the offensive intensification.
At the head of the city of Wenyi, Zhao Hao paced back and forth, looking at the Qin army, which was already exhausted, as if he was red-eyed, he was still desperately attacking the head of the Zhao army, as if the ultimate goal of their life was to take this city. He knew that this was due to the military law of the Qin army, and if they did not do this, what awaited them would be strict military law, and even the family would become a slave of others. Not only that, but even if there is a problem in a small team, the rest of the team will be punished for being sitting. This kind of military law system is more cruel than that of the Six Kingdoms, and it is precisely this kind of military law that spurs such an iron-blooded army.
But for Zhao Hao, now is not the time to sing praises to the Qin State, Xu Li's analysis just now made him feel that the violent kite may fall into the conspiracy of the Qin army, but his side is entangled and cannot get out, and even the messenger cannot leave the city. If the Qin army continues to attack like this, I am afraid that even if Wenyi City is defended, the rout of the Storm Kite will cause the entire battle situation to be gone.
"Captain?" Yan Zhou looked at Zhao Hao's irritable appearance, and couldn't help but call softly, he had actually thought of a plan to break the enemy, and he believed that Zhao Hao had also thought of it, but he couldn't make up his mind.
For the first time, Zhao Hao felt that the responsibility of the commander of the first army was heavy, and he didn't have the sharpness and decisiveness he had before, and even the things that Pang Cong taught him were left behind, and he now had only one plan in his heart: how to quickly repel the Qin army.
"Captain?" Yan Zhou shouted again. Zhao Hao is his official in the Baijin Camp, and he has been born and died with him many times, this time he was also very excited to be able to come to the front line, and like Ju Xin and Pang Xuan, he was also facing the so-called powerful Qin State troops for the first time, and the feeling of not letting others be beautiful in front came from the blood in Zhao Guonan's heart.
"Yan Zhou." Zhao Hao finally made up his mind and ordered Yan Zhou, "Give you three thousand cavalry, and be sure to force the Qin army to retreat!" ”
"Yes. The last general will not only force the Qin army to retreat, but will also completely wipe out this Qin army. ”
"Never." Xu Li hurriedly said on the side, "As long as the Qin army is forced to retreat, our army can have the opportunity to report to the general of the storm kite, and don't take the enemy lightly." Although the Qin army has long been tired, it is a taboo for soldiers to underestimate the enemy's rash advance. ”
"The Qin army is only about 10,000 people, and the military horses are tired at this moment, so it is a good time to break the enemy." Yan Zhou yelled at Xu Li, and immediately turned to Zhao Hao again, "Please also ask the captain to give me five thousand cavalry, if you can't break the enemy, the last general is willing to accept any disposition!" ”
On the one hand, Yan Zhou's plea, on the other hand, Xu Li's exhortation, Zhao Hao, as the commander-in-chief, was in a dilemma.
"Five thousand cavalry, don't rush in!"
No matter who the Qin and Zhao armies were, they had already fallen into the most painful battle, their weapons were sharpened, their armor was broken, and the archers had no arrows to use, so it was so difficult to even run. This is the most testing moment, but neither soldier is willing to admit defeat. The drumbeat of the Qin army's offensive was still beating rapidly, and the drumbeat of the Zhao State had not weakened, and the two sides competed for the last tenacity, waiting for the last straw to fall.
The straw came quickly, like a gust of wind, and it joined the battlefield, and it was the Zhao army who was happy, and the Qin army who was desperate. Yan Zhou led the cavalry of the Zhao State, if a wild horse was like a rampage, rampage on the battlefield, everywhere he went, the exhausted Qin army could not resist at all, almost before he had any consciousness, the head had been harvested, and the strong combat effectiveness of the Zhao cavalry was even more fierce under the fatigue of the Qin soldiers.
At this moment, the Qin army finally began to withdraw its troops, and the nerves of the Qin soldiers finally became excited again, and the desire for survival made them rush towards their own formation, no longer caring about the rules, and wanted to escape from this nightmarish place as soon as possible. Seeing that the Qin army was in chaos, Yan Zhou had already left Zhao Hao's entrustment not to rush into the back of his mind, and commanded the cavalry of Zhao to continue to pursue the rout of Qin.
Pang Xuan and Ju Xin followed the troops all the way to the past, the cruelty of the battlefield made these two new neons see the cold-blooded soldiers for the first time, although they had already killed countless straw men in the barracks, but this time when the bayonet slipped into the other party's body, it was a bright red spray, and Pang Xuan was even stunned for a long time because of the first Qin soldier who died in front of him. A Qin soldier not far away, seeing him stunned in place, felt that it was a good opportunity, pulled out the bronze sword and slashed towards Pang Yuan, seeing that the beloved son of this huge general was about to die on the spot, it was too late to remind, Ju Xin looked back and threw the short sword in his hand, hitting the chest of the Qin army.
"This is a battlefield, don't be distracted." Ji Xin rode in front of Pang Xuan, pulled out his short sword, and told him. Ju Xin is different from Pang Xuan, he was born poor, and he quickly adapted to the current situation, not to mention that this is not the first time he has been on the battlefield, but he was selected into the 100 gold camp by relying on military merits seriously. But Pang Xuan is different, although Pang Xuan has never mentioned his family background, but Ju Xin, who is good at observing words and feelings, has long seen that he is not an ordinary child. And today's shock is uncertain, which just proves that this is Pang Xuan's first time on the battlefield.
"Hmm." Pang Xuan nodded, with a hint of fear in his heart.
"Hurry up and keep up with the troops, Captain Yan seems to be going to pursue the Qin army." Ji Xin urged.
Pang Xuan raised his head and watched as the Zhao army was pressing to chase the broken Qin army towards the west, not giving the Qin army a chance to counterattack. A trace of doubt flashed in his heart, but Yan Zhou, as the commander-in-chief, his small soldier could not violate the military order, and could only follow the troops. But when Zhao Jun pursued to a bush, Pang Xuan's doubts became even heavier.
"The drama seems a little strange." He rode forward and shouted to stop the drama Xin who was galloping wildly.
"What's wrong? The camp of the Qin army is in front of you. ”
"There's something strange here. The Qin army actually camped the camp between the jungles, and there was only one path to pass through. ”
Ju Xin looked ahead, and it was indeed as Pang Xuan said, the Qin army had set up their camp in a bush, and there was only one road to connect with the outside world. If they were surrounded by the enemy, the Qin army inside would have nowhere to escape.
"But plants are scarce, not to mention that you will have a wide horizon after the front, so there should be no problem."
"When you don't enter the forest, I'm afraid that I'm only afraid of ......"
Before Pang Xuan's words fell, the shouts of the Qin army could be heard everywhere. Immediately after that, the Zhao cavalry who were running wildly did not realize what was happening, and they were surrounded by a rain of arrows, and the huge inertia of the horses galloping towards the rain of arrows came, and the Zhao army immediately died on the ground. Yan Zhou immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and the Qin army camp not far away was no longer his own merit and promotion, but his own life-saving talisman. He hurriedly grabbed the reins and gave the order to retreat, but it was already too late, the generals in charge of the ambush of the Qin army seemed to have calculated very accurately, and the Zhao army had entered the depths of the trail and could not turn back, and the troops behind also gathered outside the forest, launching this ambush, causing the Zhao army to even if it wanted to retreat, most of the Zhao army was also encircled and could not retreat.
Bai Qi stood in the forest, seeing that the cavalry of the Zhao army was already panicking, he sneered proudly, and ordered the Qin army to immediately encircle and suppress the cavalry of the Zhao State. Gan Mao, who was watching from a distance, thought that Bai Qi had forgotten about the ambush, but he didn't expect Bai Qi to launch just right, surrounding most of the Zhao cavalry. So he ordered the drum to beat again, and turned back to encircle and suppress the cavalry of Zhao State.
This is the plan arranged before the departure of the Qin army, if the casualties of the Qin army are within the controllable range, and the desire of the Zhao army to come to pursue is stimulated, then an ambush will be set up here, encircling and annihilating the pursuing troops, and giving the defenders of Wenyi City the biggest morale blow. Because of repeated reasons, he finally chose Bai Qi as the main person in charge of this ambush, and Bai Qi also proved that there was no problem with Zhu Liji's vision, at least even if the Zhao army retreated at this moment, it would definitely be a rout.
However, after thousands of calculations, he still missed one item, that is, the strong attack on Wenyi, originally hoped that the other party would rashly raise troops if he couldn't bear it, and then join Bai Qi and Gan Mao's forces to encircle him. However, the Qin army's offensive operation in Wenyi lasted too long, and the Zhao army was not as demoralized and poor as the Korean soldiers, so although Gan Mao was deployed according to the plan of the Qin army, due to physical problems, and the pursuit of the Qin army was all cavalry, Gan Mao could not complete this encirclement operation before the Zhao army escaped.
Even so, under the command of Bai Qi, the Qin army still relied on 3,000 foot soldiers, and left 2,000 corpses of the Zhao cavalry. For others, this achievement is enough to be proud of, but for Bai Qi, in his heart, this is not a big victory, and the cavalry of Zhao State, which is famous in the north, was not trampled under his feet.
Next time, next time, Bai Qi couldn't help but think.
Looking at Yan Zhou's tears of remorse, Zhao Hao calmed down instead. Yan Zhou's defeat was not only because of himself, Zhao Hao gave him 5,000 cavalry, and I am afraid that there was also a psychology of wanting to see the honor of breaking the Qin army. Even he later told Yan Zhou not to rush in. That's the responsibility of the manager, not just the generals.
He regretted a little that he didn't listen to Xu Li's words, and he also regretted that he had let Yan Zhou take the five thousand cavalry out. Every soldier in the Baijin Battalion is a veteran with considerable war experience, and they are all elites smashed out by Zhao Guo with money, but they are buried here because of their own selfishness. Two thousand people are not many, but they are the most precious wealth of the Zhao State.
Zhao Hao didn't have much to do, patted Yan Zhou's shoulder, and slowly walked down the city. Leaned slightly, and said to Xu Li: "Arrange for soldiers to repair weapons and armor, as well as city walls and other things to prevent the Qin army from sneaking attacks." ”
"Yes."
(End of chapter)