Battle of Changping Chapter 178 The Qin army returned to the Wei army
Forced breakout!
It's to take advantage of your illness and kill you!
The army in the southeast, in accordance with Zhao Kuo's instructions when the morning sun rises, will turn from attack to defense, then slowly abandon the peripheral positions, the main force to the center of the assembly, because of the overnight attack, the reduction of the Zhao army's combat strength Qin army is in the eyes, turn the attack to defense and shrink the defense, did not attract the attention of the Qin army at all.
Even the commander of the Qin army, Sima Cuo, was happy with the retreat of the Zhao army, so that he could draw troops from this side to support the front that was torn apart by the Wei army.
And as the sun hung in the sky, the wolf smoke was ignited, and the reinforcements of the Qin army began to attack the Wei army from the periphery, and Sima Cuo immediately ordered a counterattack against the Wei army, it can be said that the eyes of the entire Qin army were focused on the side of the Wei army, as for the Zhao army, as long as he did not move, Sima Cuo was happy to let them go first.
In Sima Cuo's perspective, Zhao Jun is already a turtle in the urn, as long as he doesn't turn over the urn, then it's up to him!
It's just that what Sima Cuo didn't know was that this turtle was not going to break out of the urn from his side, but wanted to turn over the urn from the other side. Sima made a mistake and successfully allowed Zhao Jun to complete the assembly - the most difficult step before breaking through.
At this time, on the main battlefield, with Lian Po's adjustment, Jin Contempt and Xinlingjun's 2,500 personal soldiers and 20,000 reinforcements had arrived at the rear army, and successfully stabilized the front, and even gradually carried out a tentative counterattack towards the Qin army.
The front line, with the arrival of Lian Po, has also gone up to a higher level of technology and tactics.
There were less than two thousand soldiers left, and the strongest combat power broke out in Lian Po's hands. Lian Po did not use this limited force to fight to the death with the elite swordsmen of the Qin army, but instead used this sharp knife to stab the weak points of the Qin army.
Although Lian Po doesn't know much about the "barrel principle", Sun Bin's so-called tactics of "getting on the horse against the middle horse, and the middle horse against the dismount" are still clear.
And as the weak line of the Qin army was repeatedly harassed and cut by Wei Wushu, the surrounding Qin army could only retreat accordingly, and the entire front slowly retreated.
For a while, even Sima Cuo, who personally commanded the battle, felt pressure, and Xin Lingjun, who had been by Lian Po's side, was once again amazed by General Lian Po's command level.
Such a meticulous arrangement of troops of 1,000 people is a test of a general's tactical level, which not only requires strong eyesight and insight into the enemy's front, but also has enough vision and judgment to be able to analyze the enemy's weaknesses, and finally requires strong confidence and courage to deal with the enemy's weak points and attack decisively.
The so-called no regrets, there was no radio in ancient warfare, let alone mobile phones, relying on nothing more than a command flag and a herald. In such a big war, the adjustment of the order flag is obviously not enough to the level of thousands of people, and it can only rely on the messengers to convey the instructions one by one, but no matter how fast the war horse runs, it will take time, plus the time for the army to react, a general order is issued, and there is obviously a big time difference between the execution of the general order, not to mention the kung fu of tea.
In the time of tea, will the enemy's reinforcements have already re-strengthened this weak point? Or maybe the other end is the real weak point?
And as a good general, you must take into account the amount of advance that is possible, in other words: he is commanding the battlefield after the tea.
Lian Po, who has fought on the battlefield for most of his life, is obviously commonplace for such a command, even Sima Cuo has to bow to the wind, maybe only Bai Qi has the ability to suppress Lian Po.
Soon, the Qin army was defeated and retreated by the Wei army, which was almost the same strength, which of course was due to the danger of the Qin army's combat strength, but it has to be said that Lian Po also played an irreplaceable role in it.
With the stabilization of the rear army front and the gradual advancement of the front front, the Qin army in the encirclement has a total strength of less than 40,000 after a day and a night of fierce battles, and it is still rapidly attrition, everything seems to be moving in the direction of the Wei and Zhao coalition forces, and even Xin Lingjun is becoming more and more sure of this battle.
It's a pity that history always brakes the car at an inadvertent juncture.
For more than two hours, while the Wei army was advancing vigorously, the reinforcements of the Qin army were also rushing on the edge of the battlefield.
After more than two hours of rushing, the reinforcements of the Qin army's north road successfully arrived at the periphery of the Wei army, and after more than a quarter of an hour, the reinforcements of the Qin army's west route also quietly came to the designated position.
At three o'clock, as promised, the three-pillar wolf smoke rose again!
The cavalry of the Qin army from the north took the lead in launching a fierce attack on the flank of the Wei army, and the clattering hooves of the horses, accompanied by whimpering horns and tsunami-like shouts of killing, resounded in the northeast of the Wei army;
Immediately afterwards, the Qin army from the west frantically attacked the south side of the Wei army, trying to break through the corner of the Wei army and join up with Sima Cuo's department.
The pressure on Jin Cong increased sharply.
Especially the 20,000 cavalry, which is almost the last trump card in Bai Qi's hand, the entangled formation is the most suitable for the attack of the Qin army's light cavalry.
The rain of arrows took advantage of the speed of the galloping horse, adding a bit of sharpness, and after cutting an almost perfect arc in the air, it fell into the array of the Wei army with a whizz, and immediately, hundreds of Wei soldiers hated the spot.
The Wei archers in the rear wanted to counterattack, but as soon as they set up the arrows and looked up, the Qin mutiny in front of them had disappeared, only the war horses in front of them trampled on the fallen grass and the excited roar of the Qin army in the distance, announcing the arrival of the Qin army.
The cavalry of the Qin army gave full play to the characteristics of coming and going, not only catching the Wei army by surprise, but also making it not even know where to counterattack. The cavalry of the Qin army, which was stunned, turned around and returned, but they wantonly slaughtered the Wei army in another place.
As the rain of arrows broke through the air, pieces of the Wei army fell, and the attacking Qin army instantly burst into bursts of applause, and the captain of the Qin army's front line of course would not let go of such a good opportunity.
The Wei army, who was caught off guard, immediately suffered another big loss.
Several defensive lines were torn apart, but fortunately, Jin Contempt also reacted very quickly, and immediately mobilized archers to suppress the invading Qin army, while drawing part of the reserve to fill the vacancy on the front line, and at the same time, a message for help was immediately transmitted to General Lian Po.
In fact, this report for help is a bit redundant.
When the three wolf smoke were burning in the air, Lian Po had already guessed that the Qin army might have another army to help, whether this reinforcement was from the Qin army in the northwest that he expected, or where Bai Qi came from, Lian Po knew that at this time, whether it was the Wei army or the Zhao army, there was no way to retreat.