Chapter 712: The Attack of the Tiger and the Snake's Tail
The next day, the Zhao army launched a fierce attack on the city.
At the same time, Wang Ling also led the Qin army to attack Handan.
On the battlefield, the murderous spirit was rampant, the war drums were thundering, and the soldiers pushed the carts, carried the ladders, and rushed towards Handan City as if they were dead.
The soldiers of the Zhao army looked at the Qin army under the city a little nervously, and subconsciously grasped the weapons with both hands, many of them participated in the war for the first time, even if it was not the first time to participate, they had not been in battle to kill the enemy for several years.
However, seeing the two figures standing at the front, everyone's eyes gradually became firm.
Even Xiangguo and the princess are on the front line, so what reason do they have to retreat.
"The Qin army is about to arrive, please ask the princess to go down to the city, just leave it to Weichen here." Lin Xiangru said with a wry smile.
He didn't expect An Ning to participate in the defense of the city, not to mention being a woman or anything, if An Ning had three long and two short, or was injured, how could he explain it to Zhao Kuo.
"Xiangguo doesn't need to say much, the Qin army has hit the city, how can this princess shrink in the palace at this time, watching Xiangguo and the soldiers fight." An Ning said firmly.
"You must protect the princess." Lin Xiangru also knew that he could persuade him not to move An Ning, so he had to admonish a few guards.
"No." The guard said with his fists clenched.
"Give the order to go down and stand up for battle!" Lin Xiang ordered as follows.
Yu Xin, Lu Zhonglian, Kong Bin, Kong Chuan, Zhou Zi and others exerted their strength at the same time, and a super large array slowly rose, covering the entire Handan City.
"This big array is too terrifying, if it weren't for the joint efforts of a few of us, I'm afraid no one would be able to hold it up." Yu Xin said with emotion.
The morale of the Zhao army was shocked, and all the soldiers straightened their waists, and they instantly gained confidence.
On the other hand, the Qin army, when they saw the large array rising in Handan City, their morale suddenly plummeted.
"Ordered the catapults to attack, ordered the archers to rain arrows to suppress, and ordered the first to go to the camp and send troops." Wang Ling indifferently ordered, at this time, the more it drags on, the more serious the morale will fall, it is better to attack as soon as possible.
The soldiers who arrived in the camp first glanced at the Zhao army at the head of Handan City, and then at the supervision team in the rear, took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in their hearts, and rushed towards Handan as if they were dead.
They were chosen to be the first to camp not because of their bravery, but because they were criminals, and only by climbing to the top of the city and killing an enemy could they avenge themselves or their families.
Of course, they had no other choice, as the Warlords were watching them with fierce eyes from behind.
For them, the Warlord is far more terrifying than the Zhao army.
"Catapult ready, let me aim at the Qin army's catapult and smash it where the most people are." Lin Xiangru's cold voice resounded on the city wall.
The Qin army has a catapult, and the Zhao State also has it, and it can be thrown farther condescendingly, although the hit rate is a problem, but as long as a stone throws hit, it can abolish a catapult of the Qin army.
Boom Boom!
Huge boulders fell from the sky towards the Qin army, instantly smashing the Qin army into flesh and embedding it in the earth, and a catapult was hit by the boulder and turned into a pile of sawdust.
"Shoot the arrows!" After the Qin army approached, Lin Xiangru ordered again.
Puff puff!
The overwhelming rain of arrows came towards the Qin army like locusts, and the Qin army fell to the ground one after another, and the ground was full of arrows, like a forest, and each Qin army was pierced with at least double digits of arrows, and the arrows on the few lucky ones were as high as three digits.
The first camp didn't even touch the moat, and fell to the ground.
However, the Qin army did not give up, and the second and third teams rushed up to the camp first, and soon, there were two more pools of blood on the ground.
"This is Qin Jun?" An Ning said in surprise, a little not knowing how to express her inner feelings.
When she heard that the Qin army had hit Handan, she thought that Zhao Guo had reached the point of life and death, and she couldn't let Lin Xiangru, an old man who was nearly seventy years old, stand up in front, as a princess, she had to stand up.
Now she suddenly felt that it didn't make a difference whether she stood up or not......
At this time, there was a piece of Qin in the army
There was an uproar, all kinds of quarrels continued, and no matter how persecuted the overseers were, no one wanted to go first.
In the past, although there was a high probability that he would die if he went to the camp first, there was still a small probability that he would survive and successfully avenge himself and his family.
Although everyone has complaints, they are also willing to work hard.
Now there are three first camps in a row, more than 1,000 people, who died without even touching the moat, and not a single one came back alive.
Who wants to do something that will die!
"You dare to force Lao Tzu to die, Lao Tzu will fight with you." One of the soldiers spun around sharply and roared angrily at the hundred-man general beside him, stabbing his spear into the other's body.
Hundred people will look at each other in disbelief, he can't believe why a small soldier on the other side dares to make a move on him.
"Damn, fight." The four soldiers of the same army also rushed towards the surrounding Qin troops regardless of it.
The Qin State's system of sitting together has long tied the five of them together, one of them commits a crime, and all five of them will be punished.
But the strength of the individual was small after all, and soon, the five people were extinguished by the surrounding Qin army, and even the head was cut off.
But this incident once again deeply hit the morale of the Qin army, and the Qin army's fighting spirit was almost exhausted.
Qin Jun and Lian Po have been fighting against each other for more than a year, and their morale is not high, and now they are sent to do the task of sending them to death, and even the main generals are a little dissatisfied, not to mention ordinary soldiers.
"Pass the order down, and withdraw the troops." Wang Ling sighed deeply, from the launch of the attack to the retreat, not even two quarters of an hour, after this battle, his royal Ling I reputation was completely ruined.
"Alas!" Wang Ling sighed deeply, and for a moment it seemed to be many years old.
Although he knew from the beginning that this attack on Handan would be very difficult, he did not expect it to be so difficult, and in addition to the enemy, even the army was dissatisfied.
All the elite soldiers of the Qin State are on the main battlefield, and the army he led was originally a strong man temporarily recruited, and he has been away from home for more than a year, and he can't wait to go home now, and he has no fighting spirit for a long time.
The only consolation they can get on the battlefield is military merit, but after more than a year, they have not received any military merit, and their family's farmland has been abandoned, and now they are sent to die, who would want to?
"General, I don't think we necessarily have to attack Handan." Yang Duanhe said.
"What do you think?" Wang Ling looked at Yang Duanhe.
"The king ordered us to attack Handan, the purpose is to attract the main force of the Zhao army to come back for reinforcements, at this time Handan's distress letter has been sent, and the rest is not up to us. Instead of storming Handan, let the soldiers die in vain. It's better to besiege than attack, and wait for news from the front." Yang Duanhe said.
"That's all we can do for now." Wang Ling said.
"The Qin army has retreated!"
"The Qin army has retreated!"
On the city wall, the soldiers of the Zhao army erupted in fierce cheers.
They thought that the Qin army was strong and was ready to fight to the death, but they didn't expect that the Qin army was just a paper tiger that looked powerful on the surface, but in fact it was vulnerable.
"Xiangguo, the last general asks to go out of the city to fight." A general said with a fist clenched.
"The last general asks to go out of the city to fight!" Another general said.
"No one is allowed to go out of the city, so I will stay in the city honestly." Lin Xiang ordered as follows.
If Li Mu did not come back to help, he might have agreed to the request of the soldiers, went out of the city to meet the battle, and pursued the victory. But Li Mu was already on the way, so since there was a more secure way, why take the risk.
"Has the Qin army retreated?" Tian Shu walked up with Tian Yi, Zhao Ji, and Wei, and said a little strangely.
They are not like An Ning, who has martial arts, so they did not choose to go into battle to kill the enemy, but organized the women in the city to prepare hot water, medicinal herbs, food, and so on for the soldiers.
As a result, they didn't even boil the water, and they heard the sound of Mingjin coming from outside the city, so they hurriedly went to the city to inquire about the situation.
"Princess Yu, Qin Jun...... The Qin army did retreat." Lin Xiangru didn't know what to say.
When it was learned that the Qin army had hit the city, the city
Everyone in it is like a great enemy, and they are recruiting strong men, donating money and food, some people are contributing, and they are powerful, and even the princess is dispatched.
As a result, the Qin army attacked the city so aggressively, and as soon as it launched an attack, it withdrew its troops.
Zhao Jun's various preparations are like hitting cotton, and he feels like he is making a big fuss.
……
At this time, on the official road a few miles away from Handan, an uneven army was rapidly approaching in the direction of Handan.
"Wait, the Qin army seems to have retreated." Wei Yi stretched out his hand and said (Wei should be an official position, now Wei Yu has no official, but that's what he is called).
Yesterday, after learning that Handan City was besieged, the various academies immediately discussed, and finally decided to form an army of 3,000 people brought by the students, teachers, and servants brought by some noble children of the academy, and when the Qin army attacked Handan, the Qin army attacked from behind.
Although Handan Academy is only an academy, its scale is no less than a city, there are thousands of students alone, plus servants, it has exceeded 10,000, and it is not difficult to make up an army of 3,000.
The hard thing is who leads this legion.
In the entire college, there are more than 10,000 people, from the sacrificial wine, to the middle school, to the servants, and no one has ever led a soldier, and the only one who has led a soldier died last year.
In the end, everyone decided to let the sixteen-year-old Wei Yu serve as the chief general, and Fan Zeng as the military advisor.
Although Wei Yu was only sixteen years old, he was the youngest in this group, but he had excellent grades, was familiar with various art of war, and had never lost in martial arts, even if he was sacrificial wine, he was no match for him.
Although I have not experienced actual combat, my theoretical knowledge is already very solid.
Fan Zeng is even more famous in the academy, if he hadn't refused the government's conquest, he would have left the academy to become an official a long time ago.
"It looks like I've really withdrawn." Fan Zeng looked at the Qin army suspiciously, puzzled, "How could the Qin army retreat at this time, according to the time, they should have just started attacking the city!"
"So what now?" The people around looked at the two of them, waiting for them to come up with an idea.
"Go back to the academy, and then send someone to contact Handan City." Wei Yu finally decided.
About half of the army are students, and they are also the hope of the future Zhao State, and it is by no means comparable to killing a few more Qin troops, and if you can lose less, you will lose less.
As a result, the offensive prepared by both sides ended in a hurry.
For the next two days, the Qin army did not launch a real attack, but only kept throwing stones at Handan with catapults. Zhao also withdrew his army to the city, leaving only a small number of soldiers to guard it, and manipulated catapults to fight the Qin army.
The morale of the Qin army was so low that even the royal tomb could not be mentioned.
On the evening of the third day, Li Mu led the Great Wall Army all the way non-stop, and finally arrived ten miles north of Handan City.
"General, there is Handan in front, and no Qin army scouts have been found. Our scouts came to report that the Qin army did not directly attack the city except for sending a small number of catapults." Sima Shang said.
"Send the order, and all the soldiers immediately dismount and rest for half an hour." Li Mu ordered.
Although the Great Wall Army's physical fitness is extremely strong, after all, it has been driving for three days in a row, and neither the soldiers nor the war horses are in the best condition, if they are directly put into the battlefield, even if they win in the end, they will lose a lot of soldiers and increase unnecessary casualties.
When the Great Wall Army heard the order, they dismounted, took out the water from the horse bag, drank two sips and put the kettle back.
It's not that they don't want to drink more, but that drinking or eating a lot of water when the body is tired will cause people to be more tired and unable to lift their spirits, which is not conducive to the next battle.
No one talked to each other, everyone did their own thing silently, and when they were done, they stood aside or sat on the floor to rest.
Until the end of the rest time, Li Mu gave an order, and all the soldiers turned over their horses at the same time and killed in the direction of Handan.
Crossing Handan City, Li Mu saw the catapults lined up outside the city and the Qin army next to him, three of which had been destroyed by the Zhao army, and there were still blood stains on the ground.
"Kill!" Li Mu shouted loudly, and the whole body
All the internal qi was poured into the spear, mobilizing the power of the legion, and swept towards the Qin army.
The terrifying spears dozens of feet long seemed to divide the heavens and the earth in two, and the entire sky was darkened.
Qin Jun never thought that at this time, there would be Zhao Jun to kill out, and by the time they reacted, it was too late, and before they even had time to support the battle array, Li Mu's attack had already fallen.
A terrifying crack hundreds of meters long appeared in the Qin army, and all the Qin troops who were directly hit disappeared in an instant, and countless Qin troops flew out upside down, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
"Kill!" The Great Wall Army followed Li Mu closely and rushed towards the Qin army.
Burst!
With the sweep of the Great Wall Army's spear, a series of blood flowers flew out, and the Qin army continued to fall to the ground as if mowing grass.
"Don't fight, we surrender!" I don't know who knelt on the ground first and shouted, and then, the other Qin troops knelt on the ground and surrendered as if they were infected.
Zhao Jun stopped abruptly and looked at Li Mu at the front, it was the first time they had encountered such an inbeatable Qin army, and they threw themselves before the charge was over.
"Kneel here and wait." Li Mu said to the Qin army, and then led the Great Wall army towards the Qin army camp.
"General, the general is not good, the Zhao army is coming!" The guards panicked and broke into the camp and reported to Wang Lingyu.
"Zhao Jun really dares to go out of the city? Beat the drums, give orders to the whole army, and meet the battle with Ben." Wang Ling said coldly, he admitted that he couldn't capture Handan, but if Zhao Guo thought that he could defeat him with a group of strong men who had just been recruited, he would look down on him too much.
"Zhao Jun is...... It's cavalry." The guard hurriedly said.
"Zhao still has a cavalry hidden? What's the flag?" Wang Ling's face changed instantly.
"Wu Anjun. Lee." The guard said.
PS: Li Mu and Lian Po will go south immediately, and the last battle between King Qin Zhaoxiang and Bai Qi must give them cards, and no famous general can be missing.
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