Battle of Changping Chapter 039 Go all out to send out the cavalry
"Now that we have tested the other party's ability, let's not hide it, and if we show weakness, people will find out!" Bai Qi suddenly made a joke, maybe because the war was going well, everything was going according to his expectations, or he finally saw the opponent's ability.
"Order: The whole army will defend with all its might, and let the Zhao army see the true strength of our Qin army. It is necessary to inflict greater casualties on the Zhao army and force the Zhao army to speed up the speed of crossing the river. ”
"No!" A group of generals agreed with a bang.
Immediately, in the camp of the Qin army, the drums rose again.
When the camp gate was opened, a cavalry team was like a winding black snake, spitting out a black core, and roared towards the Zhao army outside the fortress.
The gate of the barrier opened violently at the moment before the arrival of the cavalry, and the tacit cooperation instantly caught the Zhao army outside quite unprepared. With only one charge, hundreds of Zhao troops hated the Qin cavalry.
The cavalry of the Qin army, which had just tasted the sweetness, immediately launched an attack on the temporary base established by the Zhao army on the west bank.
The whistling cavalry did not give Zhao Jun time to react at all, like a gust of wind, and after throwing a rain of arrows, he flew away, which made Zhao Jun, who had just finished preparation, very annoyed.
"Cavalry attack!" Sun Gu, who was in command of the battle, immediately ordered: "Let the Qin people understand who is the king of cavalry." ”
"No!" A lieutenant on the side immediately took the order and left.
Soon, a sudden army sprung up in the Zhao army's camp, and it was able to cut off the Qin army who was about to turn the horse's head and come back for another round of throwing.
There is no way, in the face of the foot soldiers, the cavalry can use his speed advantage to trick and slaughter, but in the face of the cavalry, it can only rely on real strength - whose horse is fast, whose bow is accurate, whose sword is sharp......
The cavalry leader of the Qin army is obviously also a person who understands soldiers, and the cavalry of the Zhao army has already gone to battle, knowing that he cannot be trapped, otherwise he will inevitably fall into the flanking attack of the Zhao army's cavalry. Immediately, his feet lightly clamped the horse's belly, and instead of slowing down and turning around, he accelerated forward, trying to use his speed to widen the distance between him and the cavalry of the Zhao army.
It's a pity that the cavalry of the Zhao army is not inferior to the Qin army in terms of history and scale, especially after fighting against the Hu people for many years, the name of Zhao Biancai is as famous as the most elite Qin Ruishi in the Qin State.
Although in this battle, Zhao Kuo did not send the ace Zhao Bian cavalry in his hand, but even without the existence of Zhao Bian cavalry, the cavalry of the Zhao army still had to press the Qin army as a whole.
This is not only reflected in the equestrian skills of the cavalry of the Zhao army, but also in the military horses of the Zhao army. Although the Qin State annexed many nomadic peoples, and the Yiqu grassland was used as a horse breeding land, it was not as good as the vast grassland land north of the Zhao State.
Whether it was because of the war horses or because of the gap in the skill of riding horses, in short, the cavalry of the Zhao army was gradually approaching the cavalry of the Qin army.
Seeing that it was about to enter the range of the bow and arrow, the leader of the Qin army looked at it, this is still enough, is this not a live target for the Zhao army!
Immediately, there was a turn in front of him, and the army immediately circled around and walked in the direction of Zhao's army!
"Huh!" The leader of the Zhao army naturally understood the intention of the Qin army, this is a quick fight, and he wants to fight a bow and arrow.
"If you can't fight quickly, you can fight with a bow and arrow?" Captain Zhao sneered, then slightly adjusted the angle of the army's advance, and continued to rush towards the Qin army.
When the leader of the Qin army saw Zhao Jun so upright, he was also overjoyed in his heart.
"Who is not the overlord of the steppe!" The leader of the Qin army laughed wildly in his heart: "Let you see how we conquered the Yiqu grassland!" ”
In this way, the two strongest cavalry armies in the world took the lead in staging a sword encounter on the battlefield of Changping, and the pitch-black ink snake and the fiery red flame broke out in a decisive battle that was not too big on the edge of a pool of clear water.
The generals on both sides were full of confidence in the cavalry under their command, after all, in the previous battle, due to the terrain, neither side had dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry.
Of course, this cavalry battle, compared to the entire Battle of Changping, was just an appetizer, and the total number of troops invested by both sides was only thirty or forty thousand.
"Put!" The leaders of the cavalry of the Qin and Zhao armies ordered the projectile almost simultaneously.
The trembling sound of a buzzing bowstring constantly echoes through the space;
Arrows swooped down on the ground, shooting towards the enemy in a daze, followed by a burst of wails.
As far as the eye can see, the fallen soldiers and horses of the two armies are almost identical.
However, such a seemingly "evenly matched" battle was actually a defeat for the Qin army.
Without him, the Qin army would have thousands more personnel.
The Qin army apparently counteracted the more precise rain of arrows of the Zhao army with a higher and denser rain of arrows.
It's a pity that the two armies can't take care of so much now, because in the process of the rain of arrows, the distance between the two sides is constantly narrowing.
The bow and arrow in his hand had already received his back after firing twice in a row, and at such a distance, it was obvious that the small crossbow in his hand was more deadly.
The three small crossbows in their hands were immediately fired, and several rows of soldiers on both sides fell to the ground. Because of the distance, it didn't matter if it was accurate, so the Qin army had the upper hand again.
However, the living soldiers did not have time to rejoice or rejoice, and the small crossbow in their hands was inserted, and the long knife (sword) at their waist was already in their hands.
"Ding Ding ......"
When the swords clashed, you cut off the enemy's arm, and out of nowhere, another long pole stretched out, and took your own life. With just one face, the battlefield was full of severed arms and stumps.
Fortunately, the galloping horses quickly separated the two armies.
Before the leader of the Qin army could see his gains and battle losses, the sound of "clanging" came from above the barrier.
"Mingjin retreated." This is an iron law on the battlefield.
The leader of the Qin army obviously did not dare to disobey the general, and immediately spat in the direction of the Zhao army, and said viciously: "Count you lucky. ”
He then retreated back into the fortress with the remaining Qin army.
The cavalry captains of the Zhao army did not give up the pursuit, on the one hand, they had more important tasks, and on the other hand, they approached the walls of the fortress without the support of the infantry, and obviously could only become the target of the Qin army's bows and crossbows.
And the reason why the Qin army withdrew its troops was naturally because Wang Yi had already found that his cavalry was weak in the battle with the cavalry of the Zhao army, although relying on the advantage of numbers, he temporarily scored five or five points, but once the reinforcements of the Zhao army kept up, or with the consumption of troops, his own family would definitely suffer.
At the same time, the Zhao army's troops on the west bank have been prepared, and they will soon attack the barrier, once the Zhao army blocks the gate of the barrier, it will be difficult to recover the cavalry at that time.
Of course, the most important thing is that the significance of this battle is greater than the actual battle, and its purpose - to attract Zhao Jun into the game has been achieved, if the battle continues, it will only increase losses.