"The order was given to collect the wounded soldiers, treat them first, and then transfer them to the old pass." Zhao Kuo put down the casualty report in his hand and ordered: "Order General Tian Dan to ask the doctor to give good medical care, and after recovering from his injuries, he does not have to return to the team, and he will reorganize and join the defense line of Guguan on the spot, and obey Tian Dan's command." ”

"Yes!" The herald on the side immediately received the order.

After some operation, the generals seem to have a new understanding of Zhao Kuo - an excellent general who cares about the soldiers and has the style of a general.

However, Zhao Kuo's words made the generals a little puzzled.

"Summons Sun Gu: The distance between the armies is widened, and the speed of crossing the river is delayed!." Zhao Kuo then ordered.

"What?" The generals present almost couldn't believe their ears: the positive situation is very good, but the general ordered the follow-up army to be suspended?

What to hold?

Wait for the Qin army to drive down the Danshui with the army that finally landed on the west bank?

When even there are generals who are not happy.

"General! Our army has tens of thousands of troops who have already crossed the Danshui, as long as the defense is established, and the follow-up siege equipment continues to transport the Danshui, then the Qin army's Danshui barrier is just around the corner. One of the generals asked, not quite understanding

Zhao Kuo didn't speak, it's not that he couldn't bear to hit the generals, but he can't tell you that after the barrier, there is still a barrier, and it is a deeper and higher barrier!

"And once the barrier is broken, under the victory of our army, the Light Wolf City, the empty warehouse leader, and even the Jiepai Leader and the entire Shangdang region will all be under the control of our army, why take up all the troops but postpone the march?!" The general was still dreaming about the impossible.

And the generals present seemed to think that he was reasonable, which made Zhao Kuo very impatient.

"Don't you think something is wrong?" Zhao Kuo reluctantly interrupted the general's YY.

"What's wrong?" General Pi said disdainfully, obviously in his eyes, the Qin army, which was caught off guard now, was the best time to break through.

Seeing that everyone was about to deviate, Zhao Kuo immediately asked: "What about the Qin army's big killing weapon, the bed crossbow?" The battle has been for half an hour, and the Qin army has seen a lot of strong crossbows, but the bed crossbow, a big killing weapon, has never appeared, what is the reason? ”

All the generals present, including those who had just spoken, were all deep in thought.

"What's more, even if the bed crossbow is limited by distance, what about the cavalry of the Qin army? What about chariots? If you were to defend against, would you only use archers to defend you? Although the Qin army is not known for its cavalry, it has fought against the Xiongnu for many years, and there are still tens of thousands of cavalry, even if there is no cavalry, there are always chariots. Zhao Kuo continued to ask rhetorically.

"If I come to defend and send a group of cavalry or infantry to attack the archers phalanx on the east bank, and the longbowmen continue to suppress Danshui, not to mention, at least more than 20,000 casualties." A general whispered in favor of Zhao Kuo's assertion.

"There are still cavalry troops in my team crossing the river, perhaps because they are afraid that our cavalry will counterattack, so they did not send troops to attack our army!" A lieutenant thought for a moment, and said with some unwillingness.

"The cavalry of our army crossing Danshui is only a few thousand, and the distance between Danshui and the barrier is not too long, such a distance is not enough for the cavalry to lift the speed, let alone enough for the cavalry to move around, so that the advantage is completely the foot soldiers of the Qin army."

Zhao Kuo pointed to the west bank of Danshui not far away, and said, "Just send thousands of foot soldiers to surround the cavalry and use the speed of the cavalry to attack the archers, how can our army defend?" ”

"So?" General Pi said in disbelief: "Did the Qin army deliberately let our army cross the Dan River?" ”

"Nonsense, of course I deliberately let our army cross the river!" Zhao Kuo roared angrily in his heart, but on the surface, Zhao Kuo couldn't tell the generals the truth of the matter, otherwise he would have the heart to fight a good war when he learned that he was a general who was sent to death.

Acting, then keep acting! Bai Qi, Bai Qi, I hope you don't let me down.

"Not necessarily. There was still a mist just now, and our army's attack was abrupt, so the Qin army might be caught off guard! Zhao Kuo shook his head and denied: "But if there is no movement in the Qin army in the future, then ......"

When the generals heard this, they all understood what Zhao Kuo meant: if the Qin army continues to be so weak, then there must be something wrong, and it is the best choice to withdraw to the east bank while the main force of the army has not yet crossed the Danshui; And if the Qin army tightened its defense, then it would only be a false alarm, and it would not be too late to speed up the crossing of the river, it would be nothing more than a loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The safety of the army comes first.

The generals no longer hesitated, and they did as they were told. And with the delivery of Zhao Kuo's order, the Zhao army team above Danshui immediately became much thinner.

And the performance of the Zhao army in delaying the crossing of the river was naturally seen by the generals of the Qin army, and since the Zhao army crossed the river, a group of Qin army generals have hurried to the big tent.

"How many troops did the Zhao army have to cross the river?" Bai Qi asked

"General Hui: The total strength of the Zhao army crossing Danshui is about 50,000 to 60,000. There were about 20,000 cavalry and more than 30,000 foot soldiers, including 10,000 longbowmen. The marching Sima replied.

"Well, how many enemy losses are expected? What are the losses of our army? Bai Qi asked again.

"Both the enemy and us were killed and wounded by archers, and the loss of the Zhao army should be about 10,000 people, and the loss of our army is about 5,000 people. The ratio of casualties between friend and foe should be between three to one and two to one. ”

"The Zhao army is worthy of being the strongest of the six countries in Shandong, and it can achieve a three-to-one battle loss ratio with the defenders in the battle of crossing the river." A Qin general sighed.

"Hey, isn't that why we release the water! You asked me to take a cavalry out for a walk! Another Qin general was not convinced.

Bai frowned slightly and ignored these two fart Qin generals, it shouldn't be, such a battle loss can't be done even by the elite Qin army under his command, let alone the Zhao army. Didn't the commander of the Zhao army have the slightest suspicion? Is Zhao Kuo so bad? Even if Zhao Kuo didn't find out, what about the generals under his command? What about the Captain?

So Bai Qi continued to ask, "How is Zhao Jun behaving now?" ”

"The Zhao army has set up a defensive position on the east bank, and has not attacked for the time being, and the speed of crossing the river on the west bank has slowed down, which seems to have the intention of turning around!" The marching Sima replied.

That's right, there should be some suspicions, this is what a general who is familiar with military books should look like.

Bai Qi said: Very satisfied.

"It seems that the commander of the Zhao army on the other side is also suspicious?"

"The main general on the other side is also the son of Ma Fujun, and the family heirloom art of war is okay."

"It's also strange that we look down on people too much, and we didn't even get on the bed crossbow, so it's strange that people don't doubt it."

"But the level on the battlefield is just like that, it took so long to find out that there might be a problem."

A group of generals of the Qin army ridiculed Zhao Jun and Zhao Kuo, the chief general of the Zhao army, but what they didn't know was: People who look at the scenery will always have someone to watch you upstairs.