"Herald: Resume the river crossing!" The moment he saw the cavalry of the Qin army, Zhao Kuo had already ordered.

The Zhao army, which had been ordered, quickly took action, and the arrow towers and city-rushing vehicles were slowly pushed across the Danshui, and the heavy stone-throwing vehicles were also dragged by horses and people, and slowly arrived on the west bank of the Danshui. (Only partially recovered, but there are still hundreds of thousands of troops still on the east bank.) ）

At this time, the offensive and defensive battle of the Qin army's west bank fortress had also begun.

In the Zhao army's attack line, the one who rushed to the front was still the cavalry! It's just that compared to the cavalry that has just been armed to the teeth, this cavalry is somewhat shabby—there are almost no other weapons except the long knife at the waist.

That's right, in this era when cavalry used bows and arrows as their main output, the cavalry of the Zhao army did not even bring bows and arrows!

Obviously, they weren't rushing to kill.

Compared to their slightly rudimentary offensive weapons, their defensive weapons are full, not only do the cavalry themselves have thicker iron armor, but even the key positions of the horses have special armor protection. And in order to prevent the war horse from being disturbed by the stray arrows, even the eyes of the war horse were blindfolded.

All so that they can smoothly rush under the barrier and complete their task - to build a ladder!

In the face of a gentle area, the cavalry array was able to rely on the speed of war horses to quickly pass through the Plains of Death and avoid the attacks of the Qin archers. And in the face of the barriers, there are really not many ways for the cavalry to do so - the soil method is already the best way to do it.

Since it was necessary to build soil, each cavalryman carried a large bag of clods of soil on his back, and because of the strengthened protection, the war horses were almost overwhelmed.

In order to reduce the burden on the horses as much as possible and speed up the galloping speed of the horses, they had no choice but to reduce the offensive weapons on the cavalry, so the cavalry had no other weapons except for a long knife at the waist.

Several rows of cavalry earthen bags, together with the corpses of cavalry and horses that had fallen under the rampart, were enough to pave a slope in front of the rampart, providing favorable terrain for subsequent cavalry charges.

That's right, the corpses of cavalry and war horses are also one of the necessary items to pave this "ladder", and even a horse corpse can withstand the earth and stones carried by several cavalrymen.

The follow-up cavalry will not hesitate at all, and one by one the bags of earth and stones will mercilessly smash on the horse corpses and human corpses. Even every fallen cavalryman tried to climb in the direction of the rampart, hoping that he could be a corpse at the bottom, instead of exposing the corpse on the wilderness.

It can be said that almost half of the steep slopes of this strip are paved with horse corpses and human corpses.

On both sides and behind the cavalry were cavalry armed with bows and arrows, and they had to provide the front army with a certain amount of bow and arrow fire to suppress the pressure, and at the same time, they needed to press the dirt slope paved by the front army through their own charge to ensure the smooth passage of the subsequent cavalry.

The rearmost cavalry were armed with spears and scimitars, and they were the real main force of the cavalry, responsible for breaking through the walls and killing the enemy.

Of course, the huge Danshui ramparts defense line has few places that can give the cavalry a quick impact, and more hilly areas that are not suitable for cavalry assault.

In hilly and undulating areas, the Zhao army deployed a number of infantry formations, if the cavalry used speed to avoid bows and arrows, then the infantry could only rely on the undulating terrain to avoid some arrow strikes.

What uses vegetation, tree trunks to take shelter?

Plants larger than half a human, regardless of trees and shrubs, had long been cut down by the Qin army during the three-year confrontation.

The flexible snakeskin movement is the only way for Zhao Jun's foot soldiers, after all, although the bow and arrow are also curved shots, it is not good to shoot at Zhao Jun on the anticline.

Of course, if there are not many anticline areas, speed is still king.

In any case, Zhao Kuo's order is: at all costs, rush to the barrier as soon as possible!

In the attacking Zhao army's infantry formation, there was no doubt that there were two rows of shield soldiers at the front, both holding long shields in one hand and standard sabers in the other.

The shield is made of a wooden core, covered with a layer of cowhide soaked in oil, and then fixed with iron sheet around it, and reinforced with rivets in the middle, the design of iron sheet and rivets makes it difficult for arrows to nail to the shield surface, more difficult to penetrate, and the large and heavy style gives the shield soldiers the greatest protection.

Of course, the protection is up, and the attack power is bound to be weakened.

Such a heavy shield almost restricts the soldier's mobility, a long knife is enough for their self-defense, and even when it comes to danger, the shield soldier will abandon the blade to protect the shield.

Fortunately, the role of the shield soldier is only to protect the subsequent troops.

After defense, it must be an offensive pawn.

Behind the shields were two rows of light infantry, the most dangerous and powerful of the troops, not very burly, unarmoured, and helmetless, with only the long swords glowing with cold light in their hands showing their bravery. They are the grim reaper of the battlefield - the Jumpers. Hiding behind shields while on the move, they jump out and kill enemies once they make contact.

And in order to be flexible enough, all defenses were abandoned, and the sharpest long knives were held, which existed specifically for harvesting enemy troops and breaking gaps.

After the Jumpers, they were divided into two genres.

One of them, strong and strong, dressed in fine iron armor, or holding a small shield in one hand, a steel knife in the other, or a blade in both hands, wearing a small crossbow and short blade at the waist, almost armed to the teeth like an elite cavalry. This is one of the few elite heavy infantry in the Zhao army.

His existence is to continue the Jumping Army, expand the gap, and hold the gap.

Not only does it have the same attack power as a jumping soldier, but it also has the defensive power that is not inferior to that of a shield soldier, and it is really the elite of the elite among the foot soldiers. Even after the death of the commander of the phalanx, the commander of the heavy infantry was responsible for the command of the entire phalanx. This also illustrates the importance of heavy infantry from one side.

Of course, whether it is the Zhao army or the Qin army, almost half of the phalanx, there is no such elite heavy infantry, after all, whether it is iron armor or sharp blades, they are all luxuries, and it is impossible to be fully armed.

Behind the more jumping soldiers (heavy infantry) were regular foot soldiers dressed in armor and armed with spears, knives, and other weapons.

The foot soldier with a long knife is a supplement and replacement for the heavy infantry, coordinating the attack (defense) of the front jumper and the heavy infantry;

Those armed with long weapons such as spears and long ges can stretch out their spears from the gap above the shield to kill the enemy, and at the same time, they can also resist the enemy's shield to isolate themselves from the battlefield, making room for their own jumping soldiers and archers in the rear. Even if the cavalry attacked, the spear could pose a certain threat to the cavalry. An inch long and an inch strong, on the battlefield, the spearmen have always been the backbone of the infantry army.

Behind the infantry were archers and other siege mechanized units, which together provided the necessary "firepower" to suppress the bloody soldiers ahead.

The battle formation had been arranged in the midst of the cavalry bombardment of the two armies.