The next day, Lian Po ordered his lieutenant general Yan Zhou to gather 50,000 troops out of the camp to attack the Han army camp, including 40,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry.

As soon as the Zhao army assembled, the soldiers on the lookout in the Han army camp discovered the movement of the Zhao army and quickly reported the situation to the main general Meng Fu.

When Meng Fu heard this message, he immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert and prepare to deal with the attack of the Zhao army. Soon, Meng Fu found that Zhao Jun really looked up to himself, and in order to uproot a camp he had set up in the outermost area, he actually dispatched 50,000 people.

Of course, Meng Wei knew that it was impossible for the Zhao army to put all its troops into it at once, and a considerable part of the troops were used to contain them. Lian Po's courage is not insignificant, and Meng Fu feels that these 50,000 people may be the bait for Lian Po to attract him! As long as he dares to send a large army out of the village for reinforcements, then the Zhao army will increase its strength and fight to the death with himself. Anyway, the Zhao army has an absolute advantage in numbers, even if one is exchanged for another, the Zhao army can still have 100,000 troops left! But if he didn't send reinforcements and watched the camp fall to the Zhao army, the blow to morale would not be ordinary. The purpose of Lian Po can also be achieved! It seems that the South Korean army is in a dilemma.

A large area of Zhao Junhei's oppression stood only three miles away from the Han army's camp. According to the usual experience, the farthest range of crossbow arrows and catapults of the Korean army was only 700 paces, a little more than two miles. Yesterday's skirmish also confirmed this, in order to inflict maximum damage, the South Korean army's crossbow arrows and catapults often did not strike until the Zhao army charged to a distance of 600 paces, and the Korean archers could only inflict enough damage on the Zhao army within 200 steps.

At this distance, those with good eyesight can even see Han Jun's appearance clearly. It's just that through the heavy rejection of horses, most of the Zhao army saw the longing of the figure, and obviously, the Han army added some troops. But compared to the number of Zhao troops who charged, it was almost negligible!

The 10,000 Zhao troops who were selected as the vanguard looked indifferently at the small camp not far away, according to Yan Zhou's order, the goal of his 10,000 people was to kill this Han army camp with more than 3,000 people and up to 4,000 people. This kind of thing has been done countless times by 10,000 Zhao Jun elites, so naturally they are not very nervous!

Based on yesterday's lessons. Each of these 10,000 Zhao troops carried a crossbow to strengthen their strength. Not only that, but there are also two thousand archers who are responsible for dealing with the annoying crossbowmen of the Korean army in the horse rejection array. Behind them, there are 10,000 cavalry responsible for guarding and pinning down the main force of the Korean army, and 5,000 archers are responsible for suppressing the archers in the Korean army camps on the north and south sides, so that the 10,000 Zhao army vanguard can charge without distraction.

The 10,000 Zhao army was convinced that with the help of such backing, they could capture this camp in two hours. Lian Po has already made a promise to be promoted to the third rank of the Korean military camp first. This small camp is the ideal place for meritorious service in Zhao Jun's mind!

A general of the Zhao army is giving a lecture before the war, and the Zhao army seems to want to use such a means to make the Korean army cowardly before the battle or to torture the Korean army!! You know, there are 50,000 of them! As for the Han army camp, the friendly forces in the north and south that relied on it were cut off by the Zhao army from the route of reinforcements, and only three or four thousand soldiers and horses faced the murderous Zhao army. Most of them will have the idea that they can't do anything!

Silence is often associated with slaughter, and the Zhao army gathers a large army under the nose of the Korean army. stared at the Han military camp without saying a word, it seemed that it was all for the sake of a thunderous blow! Biting dogs don't bark, that's basically the case!

The Han army agreed with this very much, so they just quietly watched the Zhao army assemble and carefully inspect the defense line. Wait for Zhao Jun to get closer, and give Zhao Jun the experience and lessons of blood! However, when he found out that Zhao Jun was arrogant enough to reorganize the army only three miles away from his camp, Han Jun decided to teach Zhao Jun a new lesson!

The Hercules trebuchet, which was transported from Zhongjunzhai overnight, showed its hideous face for the first time in the war, and this is the latest improved version of the trebuchet researched by Hanyi. King Han personally named its model Hercules, which means infinite power.

Compared to the trebuchets that were popular in early Korea and this era, the range of Hercules has increased dramatically. The trebuchet, which originally required fifty men to operate, had a range of only six or seven hundred paces, and it was complicated to load. And Hercules' range is more than nine hundred paces, a distance of more than three miles, and more importantly, it only needs thirty people to maneuver. Of course, such a long range is still not fast enough to reload, which is also what the craftsmen of Hanyi have been looking for improvements.

If the formation of the Zhao army was not so dense, the Han army camp with only five Hercules trebuchets would not have caused such heavy casualties to the Zhao army. If the Zhao army was not arrogant enough to gather a large army under the nose of the Korean army, but launched an offensive from the usual five miles away, with the speed of the Zhao army's charge, it could withstand a maximum of five rounds of blows to enter the strike range of the Korean archers and avoid the attack of the Hercules trebuchet.

But there is no if in the war, the captain of the Han army camp only knows that the Zhao army is too close, since the Hercules trebuchet can hit the other party, why do you have to wait for them to rush in?! Unfortunately, the two friendly armies in the northern and southern camps also saw this, so, almost at the same time, fifteen Hercules trebuchets fired at the Zhao army. The usually inconspicuous-looking fist-sized stone became a messenger of life at this moment, and all Zhao Jun who was hit instantly became a dead corpse that could no longer be penetrated. The sudden offensive obviously made the Zhao army stunned, they didn't expect that the Korean army could attack them from such a distance!

The dense formation put the rope of death on the Zhao army at this moment, and the first reaction of the Zhao army when it encountered the attack was to scatter and separate, which was also the instinctive reaction of human beings to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. But there are always some people who want to maintain the formation, so it is not surprising that some people desperately crash into the robe next to them, some people are knocked down in a daze, and some people are running around without direction! Zhao Jun was messed up in an instant!

The dense stone rain only makes people panic for a short time, but what if you add burning wooden blocks? This is enough to frighten the horses, which is also related to the arrangement of the Zhao army. The cavalry on both flanks was hit by the central infantry, and the noisy voices of the people were loud, the stones were flying, and sparks were flying, and the horses were also stimulated by this, and they wanted to flee like crazy. The cavalry on horseback tried their best to control the horse, but the normally obedient horse was no longer willing to obey the command of the master on its back at the moment. They just want to stay away. Stay away regardless of it!

Yan Zhou gave the most correct order at the most critical moment, all the cavalry on both flanks withdrew, and the Chinese army under his command retreated, leaving a complete gap for the 10,000 forward army that was attacked! The military literacy of the Zhao army finally came into play, realizing that there was no need to retreat one after another when the vacancy appeared. Although Han Jun's trebuchet is still exerting its might, it can't do much damage to the loose Zhao army! Zhao Jun, so he escaped the catastrophe!

In the final analysis, a qiē is the fault of the formation being too dense. The attacked Zhao army was provoked by the tragic death of Pao Ze and was bent on fleeing the area, causing great chaos. When there was enough space for the Zhao army to move, the trebuchets of the Han army were not so terrible.

How did the Han army know that the reason why the Zhao army relied so intensively was in addition to creating pressure on the Korean army in the camp. It's not deliberately revealing flaws to show the storm kite, luring the main force of the South Korean army to attack! It's just that I didn't expect that it would be self-defeating, and stealing chickens would not be a counterproduct.

Yan Zhou led the panicked Zhao army to retreat for a full two miles before ordering to count the losses, and the results of the inventory made Yan Zhou's face suddenly extremely gloomy. This can't blame Yan Zhou's ugly face, anyone who doesn't even see the face of the enemy, and loses 3,000 people, will not be in a good mood! Yesterday's first battle cost 2,000 men. But it was better to inflict 400 casualties on the South Korean army. Without firing an arrow, the loss is so big!

The casualties of 3,000 people are naturally nothing compared to the 200,000 number of Zhao troops. What really makes Yan Zhou angry is that the morale of the soldiers under his command is low now, and the morale of the Han army is high. If you insist on attacking, it is not impossible, but once you fail. The blow to morale will be extraordinarily large. Zhao Jun's originally high morale will suddenly drop to the lowest point!

To fight or not to fight has become the biggest question in front of Yan Zhou. After hesitating for a moment, Yan Zhou made a decision, that is, to continue fighting. Because even if the troops are withdrawn now, the news of the defeat will chill the other soldiers. On the contrary, if he can lead the army to conquer a camp of the Korean army, then the previous losses are just a small price to pay carelessly.

The morale of the former army fell to the limit with the unfortunate death of the captain, Yan Zhou understood this, so he simply mobilized 10,000 Chinese troops to replace the front army, and the original front army was responsible for the containment task!

Zhao Ji was the newly elected commander of the 10,000 Zhao army. 200,000 Zhao troops, in terms of bravery, no one can compare to Zhao Qi. Even Lian Po sighed, the courage of the three armies of Zhao State, led by Zhao Ji! The soldiers under Zhao Ke's command seem to have inherited Zhao Ji's temperament, and they are all masters who are not afraid of death and do not want to die. Although it was Zhao Jia's army that suffered the greatest casualties every time, it was undeniable that it was also their greatest result! Yan Zhou hopes that Zhao Ji can once again show his brave style and save face for himself!

This time, Zhao Jun learned to be obedient, and when there were still three miles away from the Han army camp, Zhao Jun began to charge, and their formation was a small formation of one hundred and ten people, and the distance between them was very loose. Although the Han army's Hercules trebuchet fired stones all the time, the scarcity and slow speed only caused more than 300 casualties to the Zhao army.

Soon, the Zhao army rushed into the range of the city-defending crossbow, and the huge city-defying crossbow was not only a nightmare for the cavalry, but also for all infantry. A tragic death can often evoke suppressed fear, and on the battlefield, once a soldier is afraid, he often cannot exert half of his strength. In this regard, the City Guard Crossbow is one of the best!

Korea has always been famous for its abundant crossbow production, and at this time Korea was able to produce large crossbow arrows with a range of more than 600 steps (about 800 meters). After the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the loss of technology, it was not until the Song Dynasty that craftsmen developed a bed crossbow with a range of 300 steps (about 650 meters). In a sense, because of the necessities of war, or more precisely the oppression of the rulers, the craftsmen bloomed in this period with a super-high skill that could not be matched by other eras!

More than 600 steps of crossbow arrows can fully meet the needs of war, so over the years, one of the main tasks of Hanyi's craftsmen is to make complex and easy to break down crossbow arrows simple and practical! The three-year study of all skilled craftsmen in Korea and even in the world has lived up to the trust of King Han.

In the summer of this year, the craftsmen of Hanyi not only invented the Hercules trebuchet with a range of 900 paces, but also improved the large crossbow. The range is still more than 600 steps, but the accuracy has been greatly improved, and it is strong and durable, and the speed of firing is twice as fast. And not only that. In addition to firing long arrows that are thicker than spears, the improved crossbow can also fire ordinary standard military arrows, sixty at a time, which is equivalent to sixty more archers in the Korean army, and it is still the kind of archer who uses a strong bow and can shoot through the armor of heavy infantry! King Han personally named this type of large crossbow "Han crossbow". To commemorate the craftsmen of Hanyi!

In the face of the non-stop shooting of more than 60 "Han crossbows" of the South Korean army from 600 to 80 steps, as well as the dense rain of arrows in the sky, and the pitted pits on the ground, the 10,000 Zhao troops deeply realized what it means to "want immortals to die". This kind of thing is so exciting, Zhao Jun definitely doesn't want to go through it again. The three-mile-long charge, the Zhao army lost more than 2,000 before rushing to the front of the Han army's camp. Moreover, such a mind-consuming attack made Zhao Jun feel indescribably tired.

This is still covered by the five thousand archers behind him, although because of the Hercules trebuchet, the five thousand archers of the Zhao army play more of a harassing role. But after all, it bought time for Zhao Ji's army, didn't it?! If there was no slight formation of the army behind him, Zhao Ji really doubted whether he could rush over. The guards beside him all killed more than 30 people in the battle under the strict guard, Zhao Ji really couldn't imagine how big his losses would be if he let the Han army's trebuchets, Han crossbows, and archers unscrupulously exert 100% combat power!

But Zhao Jun finally rushed over, this is the most important and fortunate thing! The Zhao army, who had survived the catastrophe, did not have time to celebrate, so he slowly but firmly rushed into the horse rejection array under the leadership of the chief and subordinate chiefs. Only to solve the rejection of the South Korean army. It can be regarded as breaking through the defense of the South Korean army. If you can't even do this, let alone destroy the South Korean army behind the rejection array!

A tragic battle broke out in an instant! Once Zhao Jun found Han Jun. The first reaction was to shoot the crossbow arrow in his hand, and then with a loud roar, he rushed towards the Korean army with the support of the archers behind him! This strategy seems to be very effective! At least, in the beginning, Zhao Jun had a complete upper hand. Han Jun can smoke cold, and so can Zhao Jun! And. Zhao Jun's archers are more!

But soon, Zhao Jun couldn't laugh, because they found that Han Jun was far more insidious than they imagined! While the South Korean army quietly retreated using their familiarity with the passage in the horse rejection array, they laid a dense layer of thistles. These thistles are four inches tall. The wide eight inches, although not fatal, greatly hindered the speed of Zhao's advance. Moreover, because Zhao Jun did not notice it in time, he rushed too fast, and a large number of wounded soldiers appeared. Zhao Jun, who was pierced on the soles of his feet, naturally lost his combat effectiveness, and those who were stronger would break out in a cold sweat, and those who were more fragile would simply cry wolf. Seeing that the robe around him was suffering so much, Zhao Jun's heart tightened, and at the same time, he secretly warned himself that he must be careful of his step.

But there are too many thistles, so many that Zhao Jun has no place to put his feet. Considering that Zhao Jun's purpose was to destroy the Horse Rejection Array, moving these thistles became a must! But often when Zhao Jun leaned down to pick it up, the Han army would suddenly appear and use the crossbow arrows in his hand to attack the careless Zhao army! The repeater that can fire three crossbow arrows in a row makes up for the lack of archers of the Korean army, and in time Zhao Jun discovers the whereabouts of the Korean army in time, and the Korean army can also retreat safely with the help of the repeater!

After two hours of fierce fighting, the Zhao army paid the price of more than 3,000 casualties, but it still did not break the Korean army's rejection array. Zhao Jun had never hated thistle terrestris so much, and in the horse rejection array, Zhao Jun often had to pay three or five lives to advance two or three steps forward in order to get rid of thistle.

After a long attack, the morale of the Zhao army inevitably declined. Although Zhao Ji personally led the team to kill dozens of Korean soldiers, he could not change the situation. The Han army even dared to rush out to attack the Zhao army when the morale of the Zhao army was low, and when the Han army rushed like this, the Zhao army finally collapsed, and the wolf bèi withdrew from the rejection formation. Although Yan Zhou was not sure why Zhao Jun had no way to take the horse rejection formation, according to the bravery of Zhao Jia's soldiers, he was actually driven out, thinking about what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Han army had. Seeing that it was not early, he ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Zhao Jun hurriedly retreated to his own camp as if he had been granted amnesty. On the way back, they were attacked by Hercules trebuchets and Han crossbows in turn, and suffered heavy losses.

The noisy battlefield calmed down, and the shocking battlefield was all over everyone's eyes. The corpses spread from the Korean military camp all the way to the east, as long as three miles. The shape of the corpse is strange, half of the body is smashed into flesh, some are full of arrows, some support the body without falling, the strong bloody gas blows with the west wind to the Zhao military camp downwind, the smell is disgusting!

In this battle, the Zhao army dispatched 50,000 troops, and finally lost more than 8,000 people, but only caused no more than 1,000 casualties to the Korean army. The nine outermost camps of the South Korean army are still firmly in the hands of the South Korean army. The endless weapons of defending the city made Zhao Jun realize the terrible nature of the Korean army. According to this trend, even if the Zhao army can completely annihilate the 100,000 army of South Korea, how many people can be left?! (To be continued......)

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