Updated: 2013-07-08

"Hateful! The defenders of Colo City did not move at all! "King Shule's face was 'pale' and 'gloomy' and terrible. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. The defenders of Colo City did not move, and the little hope they had just had was gone.

"That's it, let's not count on Kedu City anymore, the Zhao army in this city is determined to defend Kedu City. Right now, I can only desperately move out. This king doesn't believe that my 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers can still be trapped and killed here by the Zhao army! King Shule gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

Since there is no way to go to the city, it can only go east. King Shule suppressed other thoughts in his heart, and began to invest all his 'fine' forces and troops in the east to attack the position of the Zhao army's army. Attacking the city of Kedu, his soldiers could not directly 'engage' the enemy army. But against the Zhao army, at the very least, you can still engage with the opponent in close combat.

King Shule believed that with the advantage of the strength in his hands, he would not dare to say that he would be better than the Zhao army, but it was still possible to fight a way out. Although the soldiers under his command are now at a disadvantage, Zhao Jun is also retreating step by step, and when he waits in the open ground in the rear, he still has great hope of fleeing east while taking advantage of the 'chaos'.

The sky gradually began to darken, and the battle lasted for most of the day, and the soldiers on both sides did not stop. Even if you eat, you take turns. For most of the day's campaign, the Zhao army had already replaced the entire army in turn, and the army retreated for more than several miles. But this does not mean that Zhao Jun is invincible.

In this half-day battle, the army of Shule left corpses all over the ground, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people. And although the Zhao army slowly retreated with its sharp armor and equipment, it also paid nearly a thousand casualties. Of course, compared to the casualties of the Shule Kingdom, this is already a very small amount.

However, the heavy casualties did not stop the Shule Kingdom, but continued to move forward desperately, with extraordinary bravery. It is precisely because of this that the casualties of the Zhao army began to increase under various advantages. For most of the day's 'fierce' fighting, the soldiers forgot the cold weather.

Although the snow stopped, it did not have any beneficial or adverse effects on both sides, and under the crazy orders of the king of Shule, the soldiers of Shule continued to move forward to die. For the soldiers of Zhao, the soldiers of the Shule country who came over from the opposite side were sending them to death.

If it was on weekdays, not when the snow was a foot deep, the Zhao army wanted to intercept these soldiers of the Shule Kingdom who were frantically trying to survive, even if they had the sharpness of the armor and equipment, the casualties they would pay would be several times greater than now. However, the snow seriously slowed down the advance of the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom, which not only greatly increased the power of the arrows and crossbows fired by the crossbowmen, but also took advantage of the Zhao army, which was close to each other and refused to defend the ground. A considerable part of the 'essence' strength of the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom was consumed on the snow walking, and it was much more difficult to dodge.

"General Li, the time is almost up, we can't retreat anymore, if we retreat, the distance between the north and the south will become wider and wider, although we are not afraid of these Shule soldiers, but we may let the enemy leaders escape. Now, too, it's time to fight back. For most of the day's 'engagement' battle, although these Shule soldiers are now showing no fear of death, it doesn't show that they are trying their best to suppress the fear in their hearts. Situ Liang looked at the two mountains that were about to exit in the rear, and said to Li Chenfeng with a smile.

Li Chenfeng looked at the Shule soldiers in front of him who were like a 'tide', and nodded: "It's okay, it's time for the earth-shaking thunder to strike, and it's time for us to counterattack." Confederation of the South! Shule country! Let's end it here. ”

"Pass the order, let the 'bed' crossbow be exchanged for a crossbow arrow, and prepare to 'shoot' the earth-shattering thunder, the whole army will prepare, and the army will counterattack."

Suddenly, the crossbowmen began to give way to the 'bed' crossbows to step forward immediately, and at the same time, the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen who had been rotated were also ready for battle.

"'Shoot' Hit!" Under the officer's order, more than 100 'bed' crossbows immediately 'shot' out, and at the front of these crossbow arrows, they were all tied to the heaven-shattering thunder. Although it has a sky-shattering thunder, it affects the 'shooting' range. However, the 'bed' crossbows were all moved forward, and after changing the salvo of three arrows to one, it did not have much effect. The reason for being cautious is also to prevent the 'firing' range from getting too close and affecting your own side. However, in front of the Zhao army's formation, there are giant shields deployed, even if some debris is 'shot', it will also minimize the harm to oneself because of the 'shooting' range and giant shield.

And for the soldiers of Shule State, this is just Zhao Jun's 'bed' crossbow, and he didn't expect it to have a sky-shattering thunder on it. Of course, whether they see it or not, they can't guard against it. Under the military orders of King Shule, these soldiers of Shule who had already killed frantically did not take precautions at all.

"Boom ......" In the dense Shule soldiers, I saw fires flashing from the crowd of soldiers, accompanied by a huge sound.

The dense Shule soldiers were in a stroke, and all of a sudden, countless corpses flew into the sky with those fires. In a normal moment, only countless fragments of corpses remained, and broken arms and legs fell all over the ground. At a distance of more than 1,000 meters in front of the battlefield, more than 100 blank areas with a radius of several zhang instantly appeared.

At this moment, nearly 2,000 soldiers of the Shule Kingdom were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded. The huge lethality of the earth-shattering thunder made the entire battlefield pause for a moment, and many soldiers who were rushing forward frantically were suddenly shocked to their senses. The soldiers of the Shule Kingdom, who were still fighting desperately for their lives and money, were already pale at this time, and they were retreating.

Even the soldiers who were in close contact with the Zhao army, some of them were also stabbed to death by the iron beads and iron nails that were 'shot' by the sky-shaking thunderbolts in the rear, and more were dizzy by the shock, and the result was quickly solved by the Zhao soldiers behind the giant shield.

The Zhao army's earth-shattering thunder was not used all at once, it was used when the soldiers of the Shule State attacked Kelu City, and the Zhao army also used it when the night attack on the camp of the Shule army, and the Zhao army in the east attacked the camp of the Shule State, and they also used it, and they all learned the strength of this weapon. Basically, in addition to those who were killed by the bombing, even if they were injured, they could not escape death, and the wounded had to go through a difficult period of suffering.

In the face of the powerful earth-shattering thunder, all the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom were shocked and panicked. Although they know this kind of weapon, they can't deal with this kind of weapon at all, even if a powerful warrior encounters this kind of weapon, it is basically a dead word.

The morale that was barely 'standing' because of the 'force' finally weakened, and even some of the soldiers began to retreat quietly. At this time, even the officers and the overseers did not pay attention to these soldiers who quietly retreated, and they were all shocked by the appearance of the earth-shattering thunder.

"Brothers, kill with me!" In front of the military formation, Nangong Hao and Xu Ye shouted in unison, and rushed out first. On the ground, not only the corpses of the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom who had been piled up were scattered, but also the snow on the ground was also blown away, making it extremely convenient for the soldiers to move.

Suddenly, the soldiers of Zhao immediately killed from behind the giant shield and rushed towards the panicked Shule soldiers, and suddenly, the Shule soldiers were killed and scattered. Originally, around the earth-shattering thunder explosion, except for the place close to the Zhao army's army formation, which could still hold the 'life', the area of more than 100 meters behind was completely blank.

The Zhao army rushed out, and immediately made these remaining Shule soldiers become slaughtered lambs, and they were quickly slaughtered. And Sergeant Zhao did not stop there, but rushed directly towards the other party.

"Damn, earth-shaking thunder, sky-shaking thunder again. Where did Zhao Jun get so many powerful weapons! King Shule, who was watching the battle in the rear, suddenly roared wildly.

"Don't be annoyed, my lord! Although Zhao Jun used the earth-shattering thunder, he also engaged in a head-on 'engagement' with us, which shows that the other party does not have many such sharp weapons. Why didn't we quickly defeat the Zhao army and suffered heavy losses before, wasn't it because the Zhao army advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and there were strong bows and crossbows to attack us from a long distance? We wanted to engage them in close combat but couldn't, and now they are killing us, isn't it just what we need? At this moment, the king, he should give the order to attack with all his troops. ”

King Shule was slightly stunned, and then roared: "Pass the order, kill me, since Zhao Jun wants to fight in a short battle, we will accompany her to fight." Tell the soldiers that Zhao Jun's arrows and crossbows have run out, and if you want to live, kill me. ”

Under the officer's order, the panicked soldiers of Shule State immediately began to calm down, and then continued to rush towards the Zhao army, preparing to fight to the death with the Zhao army, and 'wanted' to live.

All of a sudden, the two sides officially began a full-scale 'engagement', and on the thousand-meter-long front, the soldiers of both sides began to fight together. People kept falling, people were dying, but the soldiers on both sides who were alive paid no attention to the robes that fell to the ground, and continued to fight with the enemy.

"Herald, crossbowmen, up! The earth-shattering thunder continued to prepare, moving the ballista forward, and General Ben wanted to see if they were really afraid of death! Li Chenfeng looked at the fierce battlefield in front of him sharply, and ordered sharply.

As soon as the order was given, the crossbowmen officers of the battalions in the rear immediately began to act, and the sound of the command and trumpet was not unheard. Countless archers immediately set up formation, and the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen who rushed forward in front of them.

"Archer, stop, get ready to ......"

In the sound of the officer's loud trumpet, five phalanxes and five thousand archers with grim expressions in a straight line of kilometers immediately stopped, and then began to prepare for battle, waiting for the arrival of the military order. The crossbowman, on the other hand, had already been equipped with a horizontal knife, rushed forward, and used the repeating crossbow in his hand to cooperate with the robe attack.

"Don't rush too fast, brothers, form a small formation and move forward as one." Nangong Hao and Xu Ye kept slashing the enemy army, while observing the entire battlefield and not letting the soldiers rush too forward. The two of them were naturally very clear, the crossbowmen and sky-shaking thunder in the rear were all aiming at more than a hundred meters in front of them.

"I really thought that my Zhao Jun's arrows were gone! Let the archers move! Li Chenfeng sneered and ordered.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Because of the heavy snowfall, the king of this Shule country naturally pushes others with himself, thinking that our logistics are inconvenient. We have been shooting a lot of arrows and crossbows these days, and they think that we are running out of arrows and crossbows, which is normal. However, this time, they were only afraid that they would be disappointed. No, not just disappointment. ”

The herald, who had been paying attention to the gestures of the landlords of the Chinese army, immediately waved the pennant in his hand down, and the mournful sound of the trumpet resounded in the sky, and the officer of the archer army array pulled out his waist knife sharply, waved it in the void, and shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

Five thousand archers coldly drew their bows, mounted their arrows, drew their strings, and let go...... Five thousand feathered arrows formed a dense dark cloud in the air, cutting a curved arc in the air, and flew above the head of the Shule national soldier army in an instant, and then fell like endless raindrops with a sharp whistling sound.

In an instant, the soldiers of Shule once again suffered the baptism of Zhao Jun's arrow rain, and in an instant, more than 1,000 people fell. Seeing that Zhao Jun once again appeared in the rain of arrows, many soldiers continued to fight with Zhao Jun while secretly cursing to themselves. He cursed both the sergeant Zhao and his own officers. Just now it was said that Zhao Jun's arrows were gone, and this appeared again. Moreover, the rain of arrows is much heavier now than the previous ones. It's running out of use here, and it's getting more and more violent.

Not only were the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom depressed and cursing, but the king of Shule in the rear was not like this. None of them wanted to fight, and the number of arrows of Zhao Jun had exceeded their expectations. According to the usage of the Zhao army, today's battle plus the previous battles of the Zhao army attacking the camp, the Zhao army 'shot' more than a million arrows.

And the strategist who was still ashamed to say that Zhao Jun's arrows had been exhausted had already closed his mouth tightly at this moment, and he didn't dare to say more.

Under the direct blow of the arrow rain and the Zhao army, the casualties suddenly increased. At this moment, there are still more than 18,000 soldiers in Zhao, but there are less than 15,000 soldiers in Shule. Seeing Zhao Jun 'force' step by step, King Shule and his cronies suddenly felt that the situation was not good. If you continue to fight like this, the balance of your own strength will become bigger and bigger. Originally, there were more than 10,000 soldiers in Shule than in Zhao. But now, the strength of Shule State is no longer as good as that of the Zhao army.

But King Shule had no other way, and at this moment, he had no other way out than to fight his way out of the encirclement. If it weren't for Zhao Jun's refusal to surrender, he would have surrendered a long time ago. Not only did King Shule know that the Zhao army was going to kill them, but even the officers and colonels in Shule ** also knew very well, after all, the Zhao soldiers had never shouted out the words to make them surrender. And some of the soldiers surrendered to the Zhao army, but they were also killed by the Zhao army, and they didn't pay attention to it at all.

At this moment, although the Zhao army once again covered the battlefield with a powerful rain of arrows, the king of Shule did not let the soldiers stop advancing, but let the soldiers continue to charge and kill. As time passed, the contrast between the two sides would become more and more wide, and King Shule knew that he could not retreat. If you relax at this moment, then the morale of the soldiers under your command will no longer be there, which will lead to the next battle, which is the one-sided slaughter of the Zhao army. So, he could only let the soldiers move on.

In addition, the generals under the command of King Shule also appeared on the battlefield from the rear and came to the front line in person. At this moment, they all know that life and death are today. If you can't rush out, you might as well die on the battlefield. After all, on the battlefield, it is possible to break out of the encirclement.

With the passage of time, under the cover of the rain of arrows of the Zhao army, the corpses of the enemy were all over the distance of one or two hundred meters. Even, even the way forward of the Zhao army was blocked. And because of the covering of the corpses, the snow on the ground is no longer an obstacle to the advance of the soldiers of Shule State, and it also increases the pressure on the front-line soldiers of the Zhao army.

"Thunder and thunder, shoot!"

At this time, Zhao Jun's 'bed' crossbow once again wielded its might, bringing more than 100 earth-shattering thunders to the battlefield. This time, the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom naturally understood what was carried on the crossbow of this 'bed', so they naturally avoided it one after another.

Unfortunately, because of the advance of the 'bed' crossbow, the place covered by the rain of arrows stopped continuing to 'shoot' arrows. Therefore, the Shule soldiers in the rear wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to advance quickly, which led to a very large number of Shule soldiers here. The result naturally speaks for itself, they want to hide, where is there space for them?

The earth-shattering explosion continued again, and the soldiers of the Shule Kingdom were once again heavily wounded. At this moment, the soldiers of Shule completely lost their fighting spirit, and the soldiers in the rear no longer had the courage to continue to move forward, and began to retreat one after another.

"Don't retreat, keep going, kill me!" The poignant command of the Shule ** officer could not prevent the collapse of the soldiers, even the supervising team could not stop the rout of their own soldiers at this moment. Even, when some overseers were about to use their weapons to stop the retreating soldiers, they were directly hacked to death by the retreating soldiers.

"It's over!" Seeing such a scene, King Shule's eyes turned black and he almost fainted to the ground. At this moment, he already understood that his hope of escaping had been completely shattered. The defeat of the army means that the army of Zhao will be able to slaughter all the soldiers here as if they were slaughtering livestock.

At this moment, King Shule deeply regretted why he had to listen to the 'temptation' and 'confusion' of the Wusun people, and was greedy together, wanting to ally with other countries, fight against the Zhao army, and want to preserve his position. He is not an ambitious person, and his desire for power is just to keep the Shule country and his high position. But now, the monarchs of the northern subjugation, although they have lost their original status, are also among the Great Zhao, as a lord. But what about yourself? Money and property are not guaranteed, and it is difficult to save 'life'.

King Shule was ready to commit suicide, but he did not have the courage to do so. I want to beg to surrender to the Zhao army, but unfortunately, the Zhao army entered with the rout, and killed people when they saw them, no matter what position you occupied. King Shule saw with his own eyes that several generals under his command, including General Zuo and others, were confirmed and killed on the spot. And those powerful people who were 'mixed' in the barracks and were ready to leave with him had already become the souls of Zhao's soldiers.

And he, a figure with an unusual status, the king of Shule State, has naturally been the first target of Zhao Jun's investigation. The result was naturally self-evident, under the guidance of the captive, after confirming his identity, they were all beheaded by Zhao Jun.