The sound of gold sounded loudly in the Qin army's camp, and the Qin army, which had already torn the defense line apart by the Zhao army, turned around and rushed in the direction of the camp.

At the same time, the rear army guarding the camp also carried shields and spears to the edge of the wall.

Obviously, this is to make the wall into a stronger spear array.

The long shield is lowered into the ground, and it is supported by a wooden stick with the thickness of an arm to strengthen the protective ability of the wall; The end of the spear was clubbed to the ground, the front end resting on the shield, and the tip was stabbed into the sky.

Soon the whole camp was like a hedgehog with a stinging thorn, and even if the heavy cavalry rushed headlong, I am afraid that it would not be comfortable.

Although the Qin army on the front line was still under the pursuit of the Zhao army, it still did not break up, and still retreated in an orderly but very fast direction towards the camp.

Even the Qin army's troops, which had been partially surrounded by the Zhao army, would form a circle formation on the spot, holding their positions and delaying the Zhao army's attack.

Losses are inevitable.

Almost every moment, every minute, and every second, hundreds, or even thousands, of the Qin army were killed by the Zhao army's heavy cavalry, bows, and foot soldiers.

However, even under such circumstances, the Qin army still maintained a march that did not break or flee.

It's a miracle!

Even Zhao Kuo, who was in the Chinese army, couldn't help but be impressed by the strict military discipline of the Qin army.

Of course, this is not unrelated to Qin's strict legal system. If one person escapes, the whole army will be beheaded, and even the whole family who is still in the country will be affected, so the soldiers of the Qin army would rather die on the battlefield than run away.

The premise is that the lord will not flee, the lord will flee, only the lord will be punished, and the army will be exempted from crime or misdemeanor.

Obviously, as the only general of Great Qin today, it is naturally impossible for Wang Yu to escape. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Qin army has maintained neither rout nor escape.

Seeing that the Qin army's camp was ahead, and his army had never been able to intercept the Qin army, Zhao Kuo knew that this battle could only end here.

However, Zhao Kuo did not give orders directly, but quietly waited for Li Mu's instructions on the front line.

Sure enough, Li Mu did not live up to Zhao Kuo's trust, and quickly came to the same judgment.

Immediately, Li Mu's order had spread throughout the army: "The heavy cavalry stopped, the foot soldiers attacked the village, and the light cavalry pursued."

It should be said that this twelve-character order is very timely and appropriate.

It is said to be timely because the heavy cavalry battle has reached this time, and it is actually almost the end of the strong crossbow.

After nearly two quarters of an hour of fierce fighting, whether it was the cavalry in heavy armor or the war horses carrying cavalry and heavy armor, they had almost reached the limit, and continuing to attack would only end up with the horse stumbling forward.

When it is said appropriately, it is naturally very appropriate for the division of labor between different arms, but there is no need to elaborate on this.

Soon, according to Li Mu's general order, the Zhao army's more than 100,000 troops moved again.

It's a pity that because of the barrier of the Qin army's camp, the cavalry of the Zhao army can only continue to go around if they want to pursue, and naturally they can't leave more Qin troops.

The only one holding the handle in his hand was only the more than 10,000 Qin troops in the camp.

There was no suspense at all, under the encirclement and annihilation of more than 100,000 troops of the Zhao army, the Qin army behind the palace was unexpectedly annihilated in the camp by the Zhao army.

At this point, after the Battle of Changping, the largest battle of Zhao and Qin finally ended with the complete victory of Zhao State.

Fortunately, because of the quick decision of the Qin general Wang Yi, the Qin army was not a big defeat, and the Qin army that returned to the original Hanchu border city still had 100,000 people.

In other words, in addition to the more than 60,000 people lost in the early battle with the Zhao army, in fact, the losses of the Qin army in this battle were only more than 30,000.

It was precisely because the Qin army still had a full 100,000 troops that the Zhao army did not dare to continue to attack south.

After all, the Zhao army lost nearly 67,000 troops in this battle, and now Zhao Kuo's men only have less than 120,000 troops.

And the heavy cavalry of the Zhao army could not attack the city.

From Zhao Jun's point of view, after this

war, Zhao took the territory of Han and Yan, and the land and population will surpass Qin in all aspects;

At the same time, in the frontal battle with the Qin army, the Zhao army relied on the heavy armored cavalry and defeated the Qin army head-on for the first time only by relying on its own strength, which obviously had a very positive significance for the establishment of the invincible military spirit of the Zhao army.

As a result of this battle, except for the failure to completely annihilate or severely damage the main force of the Qin army, which was slightly regrettable, the rest of the strategic objectives have actually been achieved.

This is naturally what Zhao Kuo and the courtiers of Zhao State are happy to see.

And from the perspective of the Qin army, the outcome of this battle was not completely unacceptable.

First of all, although the Qin State was defeated at the hands of the Zhao army, in fact, the loss of troops was only more than 20,000 more than the Zhao army, and at the cost of more than 20,000 Qin troops, it forced out such a big killing weapon as the heavy cavalry of the Zhao State, and the Qin State could not be regarded as a loss.

Secondly, although Zhao State obtained two territories of Han and Yan, Qin State did not gain nothing, and the most fertile territory of Chu State has been included in Qin State.

In contrast, although the Qin State gained a little less than the Zhao State, and paid a little more than the Zhao State, the gap was obviously not irreparable.

And with the end of Zhao Qin's war, the original pattern of the Seven Kingdoms competing for hegemony was also completely broken.

The state of Chu, which is in a remote corner, has basically completely withdrawn from the stage of hegemony; The Qi State, which is obsessed with infighting, has no intention of competing for hegemony; The only one who still has illusions about hegemony is the former overlord - Wei State.

What's even worse is that the Wei State is now stuck with one foot between the territory of Shangdang and the Kingdom of Han, and the other foot is inserted between the territory of the Kingdom of Han and the territory of the State of Chu occupied by the State of Qin.

Zhao Guo, if he wants to better take over the land of Han Zhiguo and take back the Zhou land, so as to connect Shangdang and Han Zhiguo, it is almost an inevitable option.

As for the Qin State, the road to the east is to go through the Zhou land under the control of the Wei State, and if you want to go north, the first thing to solve is the Yingchuan of the Wei State on the side of the couch.

Obviously, with the change of geographical situation, Wei has become a common thorn in the side of Qin and Zhao.

The light truck that Wei will face next, you almost don't have to think about it to know - today to cut the three cities and Zhao Guo, in exchange for a day of sleep; Tomorrow, the five cities and the Qin State will be cut in exchange for the Qin army to stop; Day after day, year after year, until the bones and blood of the Wei State were exhausted.

Of course, even if King Wei can't see this problem clearly, how can Xinlingjun, as one of the four princes of the Warring States, not be able to see clearly.

And the solution given by Xinlingjun is: unite Qi Chu and resist Qin Zhao.

Yes, as the Zhao army went south to destroy Han and north to destroy Yan, the national strength expanded rapidly, and the national policy of Wei also changed from uniting Zhao to resist Qin to uniting Qi and Chu to resist Qin and Zhao.

I have to say that Xin Lingjun still has some political foresight and sense of smell.

It was clear that from the defeat of the Chu State, Xin Lingjun had already keenly sensed that the Zhao State was no longer reliable. Even the future of Qin and Zhao's successive places in Wei, Xin Lingjun has been able to see it.

Naturally, Xin Lingjun has also realized that the only way for Wei, a small country inserted in the two countries, to continue to survive is to tie the other small countries together and form an alliance of military interests that is not weaker than the two great powers.

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does.

Taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Qin was fighting in the homeland of Han, Wei quietly sent envoys to Chu and Qi. Tried to persuade the two countries to form an alliance with the Wei state.

Needless to say, the State of Chu had just suffered a big loss under the army of the State of Qin, and now he was desperately wanting an alliance.

Wei's move was almost a send-off. The King of Chu agreed without even thinking about it, and the King of Chu, who had already lost half of the country, did not dare to hesitate anymore.

However, although the king of Chu formed an alliance with Wei, he did not abandon his alliance with Zhao, and even prepared to give all of Chu's territory in Zhou to Zhao.

After all, the current state of Chu has irreconcilable hatred with the state of Qin, and in such a situation, the state of Chu cannot afford to offend the state of Zhao, not to mention, no matter what, after the state of Chu asked for help, the Zhao army also sent troops south.

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However, in the end, he failed to save Chen Cheng, but Zhao Jun was really not to blame for this problem.

But to say that the king of Chu has no resentment towards Zhao Guo, it is obviously not. After all, after Chen Cheng was lost, your Zhao State defeated the Qin army, so couldn't you send troops in advance?

Even if it's a few days earlier? I won't take the initiative to evacuate.

Although such an idea is a bit shameless, it is the true inner expression of the King of Chu.

As for Zhou Di, it was already a chicken rib for the Chu State, and now it is even more so. With the loss of the Chen capital and all the areas to the north, in fact, the state of Chu is now basically not bordering on Zhou, although there is some income from continuing to occupy the territory of Zhou, but occupying it means garrisoning, and now the most lacking thing in Chu is the army.

Sent to Zhao, Chu will no longer border with Zhao completely, so there will be no conflict of interests, not only can you get the friendship of Zhao, but more importantly, the king of Chu can also ask for another batch of weapons and equipment from Zhao, and even a promise from King Zhao.

It's a lot of work.

Of course, this move was obviously a bit disgusting for Wei State. But there is no way, the Wei State, which wants to form an alliance, can't say anything at this time.

The state of Chu quickly negotiated, which was also expected by Xinlingjun, but the state of Qi also happily agreed, which really surprised Xinlingjun.

However, although it is somewhat unexpected, it is also reasonable.

The operation of Zhao State to destroy the two countries in one year really scared the Qi State a little, especially the destruction of the Yan State, which sounded the alarm for the Qi State.

You must know that with the fall of the Yan State, the Zhao State has actually completed the encirclement of the Qi State from the north and west.

To the east of the Qi State, that is the sea, and to the south of the Qi State is the land of Wu Yue, which is a poor and remote country, so to speak, in the Warring States Period, when there was no ability to cross the sea, the development of the Qi State had actually been locked by the Zhao State.

Under such circumstances, although the internal fighting continued, the attitude towards the outside world gradually changed.

Either way, a new paradigm has been born.

And a new king is about to be born.

However, before that, Zhao Kuo had to rush back to Handan and deal with a bunch of internal matters......