Chapter 599: The cavalry broke into the lock to draw water
"The whole army, immediately break through to the north bank of Jishui, cross Jishui and go straight into the mountains and forests, and then reorganize!" Shinling-kun's order was given again at a rapid pace.
At the same time as the order was given, Xinlingjun had already led the front army to rush towards the slowly flowing Jishui River.
Seeing Wei Jun running towards the Jishui River with his life, Qin Jun didn't know what Wei Jun was thinking.
Immediately, both the troops of Wang Yu behind him and the cavalry team of Meng Fu who were killed from the west side all gave the order to pursue with all their might.
A time battle between the Qin army and the Wei army, a race against time, also completely started in the darkness before dawn.
All the Wei troops knew that if the Qin army was allowed to seize the position of the riverbed, then they would only face a dead end.
At the last moment, Wei Jun erupted with a strong desire to survive.
Suddenly, in the ranks of the marching Wei army, there was a sound of "dang chang", which was a soldier of the Wei army who decisively gave up the Changge in his hand in order to run faster and faster.
With the first, the one who gives up the blade will soon have the second, followed by the third and the fourth......
Soon, the sound of "dang dang dang chang" sounded one after another in the marching procession, and then, the heavy armor on his body naturally became an obstacle to the progress.
Soon, a Wei army that had lost its armor had already appeared on the south bank of Jishui.
Obviously, such a force has completely lost the possibility of fighting.
In this regard, even if Xinlingjun wanted to stop it, he was powerless to stop it. What's more, he knew very well in his heart that everything was fake now, nothing was meaningless, and the most important thing was to cross the drawing of water.
Fortunately, the elite foot soldiers around him have not completely lost their faith, and they still follow his footsteps with long knives in their hands.
As long as he crosses the water and relies on the more than 10,000 troops around him, he will soon be able to gather other troops. As long as people are still there, everything still has a chance.
Because of the loss of armor, the Wei army's marching speed increased significantly, and the foot soldiers led by Wang Yi were thrown off a lot in an instant.
Of course, no matter how fast the two-legged Wei army ran, it was not as fast as the Qin army's war horses. And no matter how fast the war horse is, it can't be as fast as an arrow like the wind.
Just before the first batch of Wei troops were about to run to draw water, they were about to jump into the water, but there was a sound of breaking the sky in the air.
Countless rain of arrows almost obscured the entire sky!
The dense rain of arrows quickly smashed into the advancing Wei army like thunder.
The Wei army, which had no shield and no armor, had no room for resistance to these arrows at all.
The living land was nailed to death in place by this countless rain of arrows.
Looking at the comrades who were shot into hedgehogs in front of them, the follow-up team of the Wei army couldn't help but stop sprinting. No one wants to be pierced through the heart by ten thousand arrows and die, but if they stay, they will only die worse, and they can only rush down, and maybe there is a glimmer of life.
But obviously, the Wei army on the battlefield failed to figure out the key.
Just at the moment when the army hesitated, the second round of arrow rain on the Qin army's war horse had already struck!
Between "poof, poof", countless comrades died tragically under the strong bow and crossbow of the Qin army.
Seeing that the Wei army was about to be persuaded to retreat by the rain of arrows of the Qin army, a loud cry suddenly exploded in the ears of the troops: "Retreat is a dead end, advance may have vitality, gentlemen, follow me!"
Everyone followed the sound and looked, and under the little golden light exposed in the air, the red daxu was waving in the wind.
The soldiers around Xinlingjun also immediately acted as a human megaphone, shouting at the army: "Gentlemen, follow me!"
Looking at the boundless darkness behind him, and at Da Xu, who had already rushed towards the rain of arrows, the soldiers of the Wei army finally exerted the last trace of courage in their hearts, and rushed forward with their heads covered.
The rain of arrows of the Qin army is still dense and sharp, and every gust of wind can take the lives of countless Wei soldiers, but it is impossible to stop the footsteps of the Wei soldiers.
"Smack...
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Finally, the Wei army led by Xinlingjun finally jumped into the water.
The icy river water of late autumn instantly soaked the clothes and armor on his body, and the biting chill also rushed to the top of his head. It's just that this bone-chilling feeling did make the Wei army who jumped into the water a little more comfortable and excited, and even the speed of crossing the river accelerated a little.
Looking at the Wei army in the distance, Wang Yi, who was riding on a war horse, also sighed lightly, Rao is himself has tried his best, but he still can't completely block the Wei army!
However, although it is no longer possible to completely annihilate the Wei army, it is not a problem to inflict heavy damage on the Wei army.
Quickly allowing himself to accept the fact that he could not be completely annihilated, Wang Ji continued to encourage his troops to continue to kill the Wei army.
In fact, the Qin army didn't need his encouragement anymore, seeing that the total annihilation was leaving him, the soldiers of the Qin army were even more anxious than Wang Di, the general.
For Wang Yi, this is a battle for the country, for his own honor, and for the status of the Qin State, but for more Qin soldiers, this battle means whether the old mother in his hometown can eat enough and whether the children in the family can grow up.
Seeing that the Wei army threw themselves into the water, it was not the Wei army that fled, but their own merits, and the grain in the mouths of the old mothers and children in the family!
Can the soldiers of the Qin army not be in a hurry!
Although the main force of the follow-up infantry had not yet caught up, and although they were not familiar with their comrades, the thousands of cavalry officers and soldiers of the Qin Army who had been specially mobilized by Wang Yi still urged their horses and rushed wildly in the direction of drawing water.
At the same time, the large army that had separated from Mengfu also tried to penetrate into the middle of the Wei army and cut off the idea of the rear army crossing the river. Even cavalry, with only a few thousand men, could chase after the Wei army's flanks and rear.
If Xinlingjun and the soldiers under his command still have the heart to fight, they only need to divide 10,000 people, not to mention surround and annihilate these thousands of cavalry on the spot, it will inevitably make them pay a heavy price, so that their follow-up infantry will not dare to advance recklessly.
It's a pity that the Wei army at this time has completely given up resistance, and naturally it is powerless to stop the footsteps of the Qin army.
Finally, in just a short cup of tea, the cavalry of Meng Fu's department finally came into contact with the defeated Wei army.
Like a hot knife cutting butter, teams of Qin cavalry quickly cut into the Wei army's line.
It's just that they don't seem to be killing or hurting with the long scroll in their hands, and they don't even turn a blind eye to the Wei army running by his side. They had already received the death order, that is, to quickly intersperse and completely block the main force of the Wei army on the south bank of the water.
20,000 cavalry were like a black blade, fiercely piercing into the ranks of the Wei army.
The flowing red blood (Wei Jun was wearing red armor) quickly felt the strength of this sharp blade, and the original surging aura stopped in an instant.
After insertion, the Qin army quickly formed a small formation and began to block the escape of the Wei army.
This can no longer be regarded as interception, it is already a one-sided slaughter, how can the Wei army without armor and weapons be the opponent of the Qin army!
Almost instantly, thousands of Wei troops were killed by the long swords of the Qin army.
And that number is rising at a terrifying rate.
At this time, the more than 10,000 elite troops led by Xinling Jun had already crossed the Jishui, and thousands of Wei troops crossed with them.
In other words, of the nearly 70,000 troops, less than 15,000 people followed the north shore of Jishui, where Xinlingjun arrived.
Looking back, countless Wei troops were like moths, plunging headlong into the black net pocket of the Qin army, and countless blood flowers were instantly sprinkled.
"Array."
Suddenly, a loud shout suddenly sounded on the north bank of the water.
Yes, Xinlingjun, who had just crossed the water draw, did not leave with these 15,000 people without looking back.
"Shields and spearmen are in front, protecting the formation." Xinlingjun reined in his horse's head, turned around and shouted, "The archers quickly formed a formation! Suppress the Qin army and cover the crossing of the river by your comrades."
Whether it's because the number of people who have crossed the water is too small, or because they can't bear to watch their subordinates be quilted
The Qin army was slaughtered, and Xinlingjun decisively issued orders to the troops who crossed the water extraction.
Immediately, although the soldiers may have doubts in their hearts, more than 10,000 elite soldiers quickly formed a formation.
Soon, nearly 5,000 archers were assembled, and the Qin army on the opposite side began to suppress the arrows.
Why there are 5,000 archers in the 10,000 troops, this is not only because the weight of the archers is lighter than that of the shield soldiers, but the archers are technical compared to other arms, and they are also the most difficult to train and the most valuable.
Across the river, only the archers could provide a little help to the follow-up troops.
The dense rain of arrows quickly caught the Qin army, which was immersed in the killing, by surprise, and hundreds of Qin troops quickly fell under the attack of the arrow rain.
The loss of thousands of people in this area was not taken seriously by the Qin army generals, but the damage caused to the Qin army's formation by this round of arrow rain made the Qin army generals even more anxious.
Under this rain of arrows, the red turbulence, which had been almost cut off, immediately resumed circulation, although only a partial Wei army broke through the Qin army's obstacles, but obviously, this trend is constantly expanding with the invasion of the arrow rain.
Turning his head to look at the north bank of Jishui, under a row of long shields, there was no trace of the Wei army's archers.
The generals of the Qin army knew very well that with this platoon of long shields, their few archers could not suppress the Wei army's archers without any protective measures, and shooting against them would only cause them heavy losses.
In desperation, the cavalry team intercepted by the Qin army could only move again, trying to continue to annihilate the Wei army in the movement, and at the same time reduce their own losses.
It should be said that such a method is indeed the best way to deal with the Wei archers under the existing conditions.
It's just that in this way, with the movement of the Qin army, there will inevitably be large and small loopholes and gaps in the originally airtight pipeline.
In other words, the losses of the Qin army were smaller, and the Wei army that could flee into the banks of the Jishui River gradually increased......