Chapter 46: Doujin
Tomorrow is going to fight again with the Qin army, tonight Jing Ke sent the Qin army to discuss the battle of the intelligence, Rao is Lu Goujian knew Jing Ke before, but also made Li Mu, Sima Shang, Hu Ying and others suspicious. But in the early morning of the next day, the two armies faced each other again, and the Qin army array was just as Jing Ke said: 2,000 cavalry were arrayed on the right side, Zhao Wanbu was also arrayed on the right, and the Qin army was twenty rows deep.
Li Mu did not fully believe or disbelieve Jing Ke's words, and as soon as he saw that the Qin army was arrayed on the right, the archers of the Zhao army in the reserve position immediately rushed to the left side of the military formation. However, at this time, the cavalry of the two armies was already in front of the array. Zhao cavalry is fierce, equestrian skillful, and the bow is extremely sharp, they do not fight hand-to-hand with the Qin army's martial cavalry, and most of them fire arrows around the martial cavalry.
The 30,000 Qin army and military cavalry had lost thousands the day before, but in the past two days, they have replenished 5,000 cavalry from Jinyang, and they still have an absolute advantage in numbers. It's just that the task of the Wu cavalry is to protect the flanks of the army, no matter how the archers of the Zhao army shoot and lure, they are always not a mile away from the military formation. Whenever the archers tried to sweep around the rear, they rushed forward to intercept the destruction.
Cavalry and cavalry are a fight between domestic dogs and wild wolves, and domestic dogs are constantly killed by arrows, but wild wolves cannot get close to the sheep they guard. Taking advantage of the fact that the Zhao cavalry had no time to protect their own army, the two thousand cavalry arranged on the right flank of the Qin army began to attack the Zhao army's array. Like the Chu army breaking the formation, the Yiqu people who were good at riding and shooting were the first to sweep through the formation, and even if Zhao Zu held his shield high, hundreds of people fell to the ground with arrows every time they swept the formation. After sweeping the formation, the Chou Rider rushed at great speed in the blink of an eye, and the cry was like thunder in an instant.
The rider is lightweight, gallops at great speed, and the torrent generally seems to engulf everything that stands in its way. When Sergeant Zhao in the front row chose to close his eyes one by one, he only heard someone behind him shouting: "Shoot!" β
There was a sound of 'boom ......' bowstrings, and more than 10,000 heavy arrows shot out from the top of the soldiers' heads, because the archers of the whole army were concentrated on the left flank, and the queue was really dense, these arrows collided with each other in flight, and some even fell on Zhao Zhao's head, but more arrows flew towards the cavalry that was rushing at high speed.
The cavalry is equally dense, and there is no difference between shooting people and horses. Arrows rained down, and the arrows that hit the knight's iron armor 'Dangdang...... all fell to the ground after a roar, hitting the horse with only leather armor, and the war horse immediately neighed and jumped.
Like the Chu army, the Qin army's heavy cavalry was also constrained by the weight of war horses. It's just that the Qin army doesn't have chain mail, and if there is no chain mail, there are only two options: one is to put stone armor or iron armor on the war horse, and the other is to put leather armor on the war horse. Stone armor and iron armor are all pierced armor, and the armor pieces overlap and press, and the weight far exceeds the chain mail with five interlocking rings. Chu Qin's war horses are not much different, the chain mail war horses are barely supported, not to mention the heavier stone armor and iron armor, the real choice of the domain horse can only be leather armor.
The four-edged iron arrowhead could not penetrate the iron armor of the knight, and the leather armor worn by the war horse could indeed be broken with a single shot. More than 10,000 arrows fell, and the front mount instantly turned into a hedgehog. The arrows were inserted into the neck, chest, and body of the horse, making these horses jump wildly, and the already swarm queue was even more chaotic.
"Shoot!" Orders for salvo fire continued one after another. Chou rode a hundred paces away and rushed into battle, and only after seventy steps did Zhao Jun begin to release arrows. At the speed of the Domain Rider, the archer can only shoot a maximum of six arrows, and if the Domain Rider with the middle arrow in the front row can achieve the lag effect, the archer can shoot a seventh arrow.
Arrows rained down, and after four volleys, most of the cavalry that was too dense in the queue was blocked by the neighing and beating horses in the front, and although a few rushed out of the gap in the queue, the momentum was no longer as before. Xin Sheng, the cavalry general who was keeping an eye on the cavalry, saw that the opportunity was not good, and immediately asked the trumpeter to blow the trumpet and retreat. The chaotic horsemen turned around at the sound of the trumpet, and the knights who had lost their mounts also retreated.
"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! "The most terrifying cavalry was repelled by the archers of his own army, and more than 100,000 Zhao troops suddenly shouted wildly, and their morale was already like a rainbow. Of course, Li Mu would not let go of such a good opportunity, the drums of the attack rang out, and the shouting Zhao pawn stepped on the drums, and marched towards the Qin army array one hundred and fifty miles away.
The cavalry attack failed, and Yang Duanhe suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but the Zhao army had advanced slowly, and it was completely too late to retreat at this time, he could only order the drummers to beat the drum vigorously, and the 200,000 Qin troops on the front line also strode forward.
The snow was hard, the wind was biting, the knuckles of the soldiers' hands were so cold that their knuckles were blue, and everyone was snorting and exhaling white air. It was impossible to keep the advancing array straight, and the soldiers in the array could still feel a sense of security despite their timidity. But what is more settling is the war song that the veterans consciously sang:
"The same people are in the field, the same people are in the door, and the same people are in the sect;
Fu Rong Yu Mang, ascended to his high tomb, and was not prosperous at the age of three.
Take advantage of its momentum, and Ferck attacks ......"
The battle song was extremely exciting, the Qin army was getting closer and closer, and when the Qin army's crossbowmen also began to shoot arrows, the Zhao soldiers finally stopped singing and began to charge.
Two torrents more than ten miles wide collided violently on the white snowfield, and Jing Ke on the rear car stared at this incomparably spectacular scene as if he was frightened, and then his tears fell down very uncontrollably. He was a man of letters, who traveled the world to learn swordsmanship, but in fact swordsmanship was not fully learned. Thinking that assassination was bravery, he saw more than 300,000 people colliding together, and thousands of lives were wiped out in an instant, and he only felt that the pride he had relied on was worthless.
"Although there are many Qin troops, our army will win." The Qin army array was exactly the same as what Jing Ke said last night, the generals' attitude towards Jing Ke turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and Lu Goujian also greeted him with a smile. "Those who are held by the Qin people have many ears."
"I'm not worried about the outcome ......" Jing Ke wiped away his tears, he looked at Lu Goujian and said: "Compared with the sergeant of the army, Ke is ashamed." β
"What a shame there is." Lu Goujian said: "You don't care about your family, you risk your life to steal the secret of the Qin army to the general, our army broke the Qin people, and the general is very happy." After this battle, the general will inevitably be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. β
Lu Goujian has already regarded Jing Ke as a comrade-in-arms, and Jing Ke has both joy and bitterness in his heart. He stopped talking, and only looked at the fighting front two hundred paces away and began to be stunned.
After a winter, the weapons of the Zhao army have all turned into huge iron spears, although the establishment has not changed, but the formation is no different from the Chu army. The Qin army is also a spear, but compared with the Zhao army, the Qin army is wearing stone armor, and the protection of stone armor is inferior to that of Ju armor.
The Qin army actually had 300,000 people, minus 30,000 military cavalry, and the rear army still had 70,000. A flank attack by the side with a superiority in strength is certain. When Yang Duanhe was about to order the rear army to flank, the scouts who had learned the lesson of Mengwu brought a piece of news that no one could have imagined.
"Really? Really?! As if a basin of snow water was pouring from the top of his head, Yang Duanhe asked Hou Zheng in disbelief.
"Indeed!" Hou Zheng's face was full of bitterness. "The last general was twenty miles away, and was suddenly intercepted by Zhao Cai, so he knew that something was wrong. Therefore, he reprimanded the rider again, and finally saw the banner of Lian Po. Its army was more than ten miles long, no less than 150,000 men. β
"How many miles are I at?" Yang Duanhe asked urgently.
"Zhao Qi was desperate, and when he saw General Lian Po's banner, his army was less than twelve miles away from me." Hou Zhengdao.
"Damn it! Damn it!! "Yang Duanhe has been out of proportion. He inhaled to calm his chaotic thoughts. No one would have thought that Lian Po, who was guarding the Great Wall of Zhao Guonan, would ignore the defense of the southern front and personally lead his army north to support Li Mu's Daidi army, but this incident has really happened.
Lian Po's 150,000 men and Li Mu's 170,000 combined, and the military strength has surpassed that of the Qin army. It takes not an hour to march twelve miles, and it takes two or three quarters of an hour to run. Even if the Qin army can flank the Zhao army, as long as the Zhao army does not collapse to the death, although Li Mu will suffer heavy losses, the Qin army will also be annihilated. Retreating now, it is true that some soldiers will be lost, but the main force should still be preserved.
"Please give the general brigadier general an all-out blow to break Li Mu." Meng Tian sensed that Yang Duanhe wanted to retreat, and immediately shouted to fight.
"No, you can't. The Lian Po army is coming, and our army should retreat. Yang Duanhe knew that Meng Tian was eager to take revenge, and he also wanted to avenge Meng Wu, but now was not the time for revenge. After he finished answering, he shouted, "Mingjin! β
The cymbals rang the bronze cymbals on the chariot, and Yang Duan and the banners above his head also pointed to the rear, and for a time all the flags of the whole army were pointed backwards. The Qin soldiers, who heard the sound of Jin during the battle, couldn't believe it at first, but when they saw that their own military flags were all pointing back, they had to believe it.
"Retreat! Withdraw! Retreatβ" The two or five hundred lords, five hundred lords, and the tun chief all shouted, and ordered the soldiers to retreat.
It is difficult to distinguish the difference between the attack of a strong army and a weak army, both of them move forward bravely, and once they retreat, they will immediately see the superiority. The most important thing about retreating is not tactics, but trust, you have to trust others to retreat calmly, if there is no trust between the soldiers, everyone does not have the consciousness of death before life, the order to retreat is given, the army will collapse instantly.
The importance of the old pawns was undoubted, and as soon as the order to retreat was given, they began to angrily yell at the new pawns in the ranks, kicking the slow ones with their feet, and the retreating blocks with their feet. The five hundred masters, two five hundred masters, captains, and captains in the rear of the array, all the short soldiers were gathered and lined up in the rear of the military formation.
The Qin army retreated steadily, and the Zhao army was in hot pursuit, when dozens of Zhao army commanders suddenly rode to the rear of the Zhao army and shouted: "General Lian Po's army is coming!" Lian Po's army of generals descended! Stop them! Stop them!! β
"General Lian? General Lian descended?! "The word Lian Po alone is worth 100,000 troops. The bloody and sweaty Zhao suddenly understood why the Qin army retreated, they wanted to escape.
"Stop them! Stop them! The soldier shouted, and began to launch a more violent assault on the slowly retreating Qin army. Some brave warriors relied on the huge armor on their bodies to rush into the array of the Qin army regardless of the chieftain spear, and the retreating Qin army was in chaos for a while.
"Report-" The detective rode quickly to Lian Po Rong's car, "Report to the general: Qin Jun Mingjin retreated." β
In the cold wind, the golden voice of the Qin army could indeed be heard, and Lian Po, who had been holding on for a long time, shouted with his last strength: "Order: The Qin people have been defeated, pursue quickly!" β