The Battle of Changping Chapter 083 Greed for merit and forcible crossing
Historically, the Zhao army ignored the laws of war, and the whole army advanced lightly against the enemy, resulting in the annihilation of the 400,000-strong army, and today, almost in the same place, in the same way, and with the same light enemy, the Qin army also paid the price he deserved.
Of course, the losses of the hundreds of elites of the Qin army are not even broken in the Hu Wound Division, let alone in the Qin army, which has an army of more than 400,000 (more than 100,000 battle losses).
This loss is not worth mentioning at all.
The main force of the Zhao army was surrounded, and the initiative on the battlefield was still firmly in the hands of the Qin army and Bai Qi.
After eating a wound that grew wise and wise, he no longer rushed into the army, and then followed Wu Anjun's instructions to Baiqi: rectify the soldiers and wait for the opportunity.
The 20,000 fresh troops immediately waited for the order inside the barrier, and Hu Shu also kept an eye on the west bank wall, waiting for the South Road army to launch an attack on the west bank first.
The royal cavalry in the south did not let Hu be injured for a long time.
Several Qin troops, tens of thousands of horses, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, suddenly appeared behind the barrier. As far as Zhao Jun could see, he was divided into dozens of units again, and suddenly charged towards the barrier.
"Defend against the enemy!"
"Defend against the enemy!"
The horn whimpered again, the golden bell was struck loudly, and with the hoarse roars of the commanders and captains, a team of Zhao Jun quickly adjusted their positions, ready to meet the baptism from the Qin army.
Rubbing the spear in his hand, dripping sweat seeped from his fingers, and it was clear that it wasn't just because of the summer heat. Although the enemy soldiers had not yet arrived, their murderous aura had already reached the barrier first, and the scorching sun was in the sky, but the hairs on their backs could not help but stand upside down.
Rao is Zhao army has already prepared, and in the face of the Qin army that is surging like a tide, he can't help but be a little nervous.
Under the barrier, tens of thousands of Qin troops were like swarms of black ants, lined up in a neat queue, rushing towards the sugar cube-barrier in a staggered manner. After a team, it didn't take more than a dozen steps, it was another team, and as far as the eye could see, there were black Qin pawns all over the eyes, and after the black was still black, it was like an endless black tide.
"I'm afraid the strength of the Qin army is not less than 100,000!"
"With this barrier, can you stop the boundless offensive of the Qin army?"
On top of the barrier, every soldier of the Zhao army asked himself this question in his heart.
And this is what the main general of the Qin Army's South Road wants to achieve - to crush the psychological defense line of the Zhao Army with a magnificent momentum.
The Southern Route Army led by Wang Caisuo was reorganized many times, totaling about 125,000 troops. Except for the 25,000 men and horses who stayed on the South Road to contain the Zhao Army, the South Route Army and the Boundary Commander, the remaining 100,000 troops were all brought to this barrier by Wang Qi.
Not only that, in order to create a big momentum, the marching route of the Wang Cavalry Department is also quite tortuous, the first army to the northeast, has approached the barrier at the fastest speed, after reaching the end of the barrier, then the army turned due north, spread out, after the army is all in place, then the troops divided the road, all to the east, to the barrier to launch a general attack.
Although it seems to be a simple marching adjustment, it is a concentrated embodiment of the Qin army's strict military discipline and strong combat power - what is ordered is done, and what is done is stopped.
Even in order to make the Zhao army fully feel the despair, Wang Qi also put a lot of effort into the layout of the battlefield: except for more than 10,000 defensive flanks, and 10,000 Chinese troops as reserves, the remaining 80,000 troops were almost all deployed in the front, which also created the illusion that the Qin army was boundless on the front of the battlefield.
Of course, such an arrangement is not the best offensive strategy in the conventional sense.
First of all, the all-out offensive of the Qin army will inevitably lead to no focus at all. This is not the "Battle of Ping'angrad", and the ratio of Qin Zhao's combat power is far from eight to one, and in terms of armament, it is even less because of the long-distance battle. An all-out offensive without a focus actually distributed the combat power of the Qin army. It's like cutting meat, if you have enough strength, of course, you can grind the meat directly into minced meat, but in the case of less power, using a sharp knife is obviously better.
Secondly, although the barrier is wide, it is suitable for attacking, or it can give the ladder a foothold is not everywhere, even in this vast frontal battlefield, the 80,000 army is lined up at one time, in fact, it is a little crowded, which invisibly wastes a lot of strength.
Of course, Wang Qi is not stupid, and such a seemingly "snakeskin" position and battlefield layout did bring strong psychological pressure to Zhao Jun on the barrier.
And under such pressure, the most direct problem is that the intercepted arrow rain hesitated a little, don't underestimate this hesitation, not to mention that it also reduced the casualties of hundreds of Qin troops.
"Kill!"
In an instant, the vanguard of the Qin army had already rushed to the bottom of the barrier in Zhao Jun's stunned kung fu.
What's more, Wang Qi knows that he is not alone! Here, his 80,000-strong army appeared in unison, with a strong sense of oppression, which was bound to attract the attention of Zhao Jun to the west side of the fortress, and in this way, it would create an excellent sneak attack opportunity for the Hu Wound Department that was secretly lurking on the east bank of Danshui.
Therefore, while Wang Qi's department was thinking of attacking the barrier, three wolf smoke were also rising in the rear.
This was a signal to the East Bank to attack.
It's a pity that because of the barrier of Danshui and the barrier of the west bank, Wang Qi didn't know that as early as half an hour ago, Hu Shu didn't know whether it was because of his meritorious service or because the battle was too smooth because of the light enemy, and he had slightly violated the attack order of Wu Anjun Baiqi - sent hundreds of elites to conduct "fire reconnaissance" on the west bank wall.
Coincidentally, this fire reconnaissance was intercepted by Zhao Jun.
Therefore, Zhao Jun not only knew that the east bank had been occupied by the Qin army, but also knew that the Qin army on the east bank was ready to attack him at any time. No matter how much the west side of the barrier was in full swing and bitter, the Zhao army guarding the east side did not move, and a pair of bright eyes were firmly fixed on the east bank of Danshui.
As a result, under this beautiful "coincidence", Wang Qi's arrangement seemed a little redundant and ugly.
But obviously, even if Wang Qi learned that the sneak attack of Hu Xian's troops could not succeed, he had to send an arrow on the bow, the army of 80,000 had already been deployed, and the vanguard had already arrived under the barrier, and if he retreated, it would be a greater loss.
Also in the predicament is the wounded soldiers on the east coast, it is impossible to sneak attack, and a strong attack is the only way. Although Hu Shu didn't know that Wang Qi wanted to give the direction of the main attack to his side. However, the momentum of the flanking attack has been achieved, and there is no reason not to move.
So when the wolf smoke was rising, the east bank barrier, and then the door opening, Hu injured the 20,000 troops, each holding a sword and shield, and went to Danshui.