Chapter 578: Interests are in the way
Facing the rain of arrows from the Han army, the Qin army rushed to the city tower fearlessly.
In the sound of "popping" one after another, one after another cloud ladders have leaned against the city tower.
"Put!"
The sword in the hand of the archer captain slashed down, and the black-pressed arrows were immediately thrown from the top of the arrow towers.
The sound of "clanging" instantly spread on the city tower, and it was the sound of the Han army's long shield blocking the Qin army's arrows. But the Qin army's archers with a high superiority are obviously not a problem that can be solved with a few shields.
With the movement of "jingling", the wailing sound gradually resounded above the city tower.
Even the archers of the Korean army suppressed the arrow tower, but unfortunately, the Qin army, which had a high superiority, was not afraid of shooting at the Korean army.
Although the casualties of the Qin army were not small, their strategic intention of "suppressing the South Korean army and covering the foot soldiers" had been achieved.
As long as the arrow tower exists, the archers of the Qin army will continue to suppress the Korean army on the city tower.
In just one round, the Qin army firmly took the initiative.
"Order, the catapult is aimed at the enemy's arrow tower." The admiral of Han Zhiguo immediately responded.
"Also, please send out the cavalry of Xinling Jun and destroy the Qin army's siege arrow tower." General Han commanded again.
"Yes." The herald next to him immediately agreed.
The Qin army would not give the Han army any respite, and just when General Han was trying to regain the initiative on the battlefield, the Qin army's foot soldiers had already begun to fight in the city.
The bloody fight has begun.
Rolling wood and stones, don't want to smash down like money.
The huge impact force even almost smashed the ladder directly, and the Qin army foot soldiers who climbed on the ladder, where could they withstand such a huge impact, they rolled down in the huge force, and their bones were broken and their tendons were broken.
The boiling gold juice poured wantonly down the castle tower.
But as soon as it is contaminated at one point, the clothes and armor will be corroded in an instant, and even the skin and flesh will be corroded in an instant. Severe pain drills straight into the brain!
The rain of arrows that came from the side shot the Qin army down one by one like a roll call.
Although most of the archers of the Han army have been pinned down by the arrow towers of the Qin army, there are still a small half of the archers who can threaten the foot soldiers of the Qin army.
Looking at the soldiers of the Qin army who kept falling down from the ladder, Meng Fu did not say the slightest. The whole face was faintly indifferent, and everything seemed to be just expected.
The so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, perhaps this is the case.
The attacking side always suffers. All Meng Fu can do is wait, wait for the answer of time, wait for the opportunity to arise.
Sure enough, as time progressed, the strength of the defending Korean army gradually decreased, and the amount of rolling wood and gold juice gradually exceeded the demand, which directly led to the density of its abandonment finally began to decrease.
The Qin army under the city immediately felt keenly: the opportunity had arrived.
Captain Qin immediately shouted: "Attack!" ”
There was a group of Qin troops who had just arrived at the battlefield, stepping on the bloody ground, climbing the ladder, stepping on the gap between the counterattacks of the Korean army, and rushing towards the city tower.
Finally, with the last spear removed, one of the commanders of the Qin army finally danced the long sword in his hand and boarded the battlement.
It's a pity that before he had time to adjust his defensive posture, two spears, one on the left and one on the right, had already tacitly attacked him, and several arrows were shooting at him in a zigzag shape in front of him.
Just ascended the city tower, where would the tun chief, who had not yet gained a firm foothold, be the opponent of this three-dimensional attack.
Finally pushed aside the spear on the left, dodged Changge on the right, and dodged the arrow above, but accidentally was hit in the leg by the arrow on the lower side.
One of the few things that can still be used in the country of Han is the production of weapons, because of the many iron ores in the territory, the iron-smelting technology of the country of Han has always been second to none in the Warring States, even if it is not worse than the Qin State.
The arrow made of fine iron was fiercely driven into the leg bone of Tunchang's right leg, and with a "click", the leg bone broke in response.
Caught off guard, the tun chief suddenly lost his balance, and fell down from the city tower more than ten meters high.
With a "bang", the sturdy body instantly smashed a big pit on the ground, and the dust was all over the sky, and the Qin army's foot soldiers did not have the slightest intention of nostalgizing their commander, and still rushed towards the Han army on the city tower as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
The courage of the Qin army can be seen.
Fortunately, Han Jun could be regarded as having seen the power of the Qin army a long time ago, and in the face of the continuous impact of the Qin army, he did not panic.
It's just that, as time goes by, more and more Qin troops will inevitably stand on top of the city tower.
And the losses of the Han army also increased with the ascent of the Qin army.
Fortunately, the remnant sun is like blood, and it is about to get dark.
Night attack is obviously not a good option for the Qin army, after all, there is still a threat from the Zhao army on the other side, if the Zhao army is surrounded by the Zhao army while it is dark, the Qin army will really be unbearable.
"Dingding......
Sure enough, Mingjin's voice finally sounded in the afterglow of the remnant sun.
Although they were unwilling, the soldiers of the Qin army still honestly followed the order, like a black tide, slowly withdrew from the city tower and withdrew to their own formation.
Whether it is the Han army, the Chu army and the Wei army from all sides, except for the archers who are still shooting tirelessly, no one dares to open the city to pursue.
Even the Zhao army, after the Qin cavalry got rid of it, had no intention of continuing the pursuit.
In this way, the two sides ended the first day of fighting quite tacitly.
It should be said that the results of this first day of fighting were barely acceptable to both sides, except for Han Zhiguo.
For the Qin State, they found the Han Zhiguo they wanted to attack in the first place, and almost did not waste a little combat power, and the Han army was also severely beaten in the battle.
According to conservative estimates, the losses of the South Korean army were at least around three thousand.
You must know that the entire South Korean army is now left with less than 40,000 men, in other words, if it continues at this rate, it will not take twelve or three days, and the South Korean army will have to give an account here.
Of course, the Qin army also paid nearly 7,000 losses for this, of which nearly 3,000 losses were formed in the battle with the Han army, another 2,000 men and horses were formed in the confrontation with the Zhao army, and the remaining 2,000 people were lost in the battle with the Chu army and the Wei army.
It should be said that such losses were completely within the plans of Wang Ji and General Meng Fu.
If there is some distress, it is the two thousand cavalry lost in the fight with the Zhao army. The manpower, material and financial resources required to train a cavalry can almost train four or five infantrymen, not to mention that there are not many cavalry in the Qin State.
Although the Qin State annexed the Yiqu grassland, and the Yiqu people gradually integrated into the Qin State and acted as cavalry, in fact, the overall number of cavalry in the Qin army was not much, not even half of the Zhao army.
Fighting cavalry with the Zhao army is obviously not a good option.
The reason why Wang Yi still sent cavalry to attack in the first battle was to seek stability. He didn't want to be crushed by the cavalry of the Zhao army in his first attack.
However, after this battle, Wang Yi could obviously feel that Zhao Jun's will to fight a decisive battle seemed to be the same as his own, and it was not strong. In that case, maybe in tomorrow's attack, I can make a slight change of formation.
In any case, the Qin army's loss of only 7,000 men successfully sniped the South Korean army and caused heavy casualties among its subordinates.
Of course, Zhao Guo is also satisfied.
In this battle, although Zhao's losses were not the least, they were the easiest.
It can be said that from the beginning of the confrontation, Zhao has always had the upper hand, losing 1,500 soldiers and killing nearly 2,000 Qin troops, no matter how you look at it, it is a victory.
What's more, more than half of the 1,500 people he lost were Hu people.
If the losses of the Hu people are removed, the losses of the real Zhao army are probably less than 600 people. Of course, now that the grassland has been incorporated into the Zhao State, the Hu people will be Zhao people in less than two years. This is obviously not true.
However, even if it is 1,500 people, it is nearly 500 fewer than the Qin army!
And the state of Chu, which suffered the least loss, was naturally the most satisfied.
Because of the containment of the Zhao army in the north, the Qin army's attack on this side was almost a show, and both the troops invested and the rhythm of the attack were much slower than those in the south.
Under such an attack that was almost water-free, the losses of the Chu State were even less than a thousand.
The general of the State of Chu was naturally satisfied.
As for the Wei army defending the front, although the losses also reached more than 1,500 people, this loss was not worth mentioning at all for the "wealthy" Wei army.
Only the South Korean army, which was defending in the south, lost more than 3,000 soldiers!
Almost half of the losses of the coalition forces!
This is something that the general of Han Zhiguo cannot accept in any case.
Qin Jun's approach, in the eyes of other countries, although it is a little weird, is not incomprehensible.
On the battlefield in the north, with the cavalry of the Zhao Army as a wing, it is naturally impossible to become the direction of the main attack; Although the terrain on the front is flat, which is conducive to the deployment of troops, it is also visible to the naked eye that it will be heavily guarded.
On the contrary, it is the southern battlefield, which may be caught off guard.
Of course, General Han actually roughly guessed the intentions of the Qin army, and King Han had already expressed his intention to withdraw from the alliance in his letters, and he repeatedly told himself to preserve his strength.
The Qin army gave up the frontal battlefield that was more suitable for attack, and attacked itself with a large army, with only one purpose, that is, to force the king of Han behind him to compromise through huge losses.
No matter what King Han would decide in the end, General Han knew that what he had to do now was to minimize his losses as much as possible.
Therefore, in the post-war meeting of the four, the general of Han Zhiguo immediately questioned Xinlingjun why he did not line up cavalry to destroy the siege equipment of the Qin army.
In the face of questioning, Xinlingjun was naturally prepared.
Not to mention anything else, today is only the first attack of the Qin army, and it is obvious that it has not done its best, how can its own deployment be exposed in front of the Qin army at one time.
What's more, the Qin army has not moved, if the cavalry army as a hole card is released, the Qin army is entangled with its own cavalry, and then attacks from the front, what should it do?
A few words can be said to be leaky.
Although the general of Han Zhiguo heard it, he was helpless.
In the final analysis, it is not your own troops, and you have no right to point fingers at all.
Of course, from the very beginning, General Han never thought that Xin Lingjun would admit his mistake. The reason why the fire was fired on the cavalry was only to elicit the next demand.
"In that case, I want to exchange defensive directions with the Chu army." General Han immediately put forward his final request.
I have to say, General Han's request is very level, can't your cavalry be light? Then let's let Zhao Guo protect himself.
In the face of such a request, Xinlingjun naturally couldn't say anything.
It's just that Xinlingjun doesn't say anything, it doesn't mean that others don't say anything.
Faced with General Han's request, General Jing of Chu State immediately refused to agree!
Why?! It's already been divided, so why change? General Jing is not a fool, anyone knows that it will be the safest to get close to Zhao Jun's side, how can he let it out.
What? Ally? In the face of interests, there are no allies.
What's more, the ally of Han Zhiguo was only formed because he was afraid of the dominance of Xinlingjun, and there was neither a national document nor an agreement. Speaking of which, Zhao Guo is the ally of our king who personally signed and sealed.
What's more, your Han army has suffered heavy losses, and our Chu army has not suffered heavy losses. You know, I only have less than 30,000 people left, and you still have at least 37,000 people in the Korean army!
How can I say that the losses of my Chu army are more!
No matter from which point of view, Zhao should cover himself, not any country between Han and Wei.
General Lian Po of Zhao State, looking at the scene in front of him, was cold in his heart, and he silently hesitated in his heart: The choice of the direction of the Qin army's attack this time is probably not as simple as it seems!
No, for the sake of the question of the direction of defense, internal strife has already begun.
It's just that Lian Po, who is an outsider, did not speak.
From Zhao's point of view, resisting Qin came first, so it would be the best choice to let Han and Chu switch and maintain the relative balance of the combat power of the coalition countries
But at the same time, Zhao's second-place goal was to consume the combat power of Wei, Chu, and Han. From this point of view, it is clear that not moving would be a better option.
Because, for Zhao State, the significance of consuming the combat power of Chu State is the least, after all, Chu State is far away in southern Xinjiang, and it should be the last to clean up. On the contrary, Han and Wei, if they can take the opportunity to consume it, they will have a better help for Zhao's future actions.
Therefore, Lian Po decisively chose to shut up.
It's just that Wei and Zhao gave up their position, but their ally Chu State opposed their proposal, which really surprised General Han.
What about sharing weal and woe, advancing and retreating together?!
How can a simple change of guard expose the true nature?
For a moment, General Han just wanted to write a letter to his king immediately and withdraw from this damned alliance.
Some people died, but not completely......