Perhaps, it was not that the commander-in-chief of the Qin army did not notice the reality that his soldiers were exhausted.

On the contrary, even he himself was almost at the limit of his body and mind.

Even, at this time, he was no longer able to think about so many things. Even how Fang Ling was lost, he couldn't think about it anymore, let alone the physical limit of the soldiers.

How to plan the next journey and get rid of Zhao Jun's pursuit and return to Shangyong City safely was already the only thought in his heart.

It is destined that this escape will become a physical screening again.

As Shangyong City approached, the Zhao army's pursuers were getting closer and closer, and as a last resort, the Qin army once again accelerated the speed of the march.

Any technique or tactic is meaningless at this time, and only the constant swing of the legs is the only way to survive.

Fortunately, the physical strength of Zhao Wei and the others is still much better than that of the ordinary Qin army.

Therefore, Zhao Wei's 500 people were still ambushed in the ranks of the Qin army, and even Zhao Wei made a secret note for the follow-up Zhao army with ease.

As for the follow-up Zhao army, the situation was much better than that of the Qin army, after all, the supplies of the Zhao army were sufficient.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Jun's pursuit became more and more fierce.

Therefore, the distance between the two armies of Qin and Zhao is also getting closer and closer.

As a result, the Qin army could only accelerate again, and more and more Qin soldiers were forced to leave behind. However, Zhao Jun's retracted troops gained a lot.

In any case, before dusk came, the Qin army finally rushed to Shangyong City.

After a not-so-rigorous verification, the city gate was opened, and the embarrassed Qin army was able to rest. According to a rough calculation, there are less than 15,000 people who can follow the main general of the Qin army all the way to Shangcheng.

The rest, I'm afraid, either disappeared into the vast mountains and forests, or were captured by the Zhao army.

And this also brings up another question, a question that the Qin army commander should have thought about a long time ago but has not had time to think about - what to do next?

Obviously, with only 15,000 people, even with the hundreds of people originally stationed here, it is almost impossible to defend this Shangyong City in the face of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Zhao army.

But you have to retreat further, not to mention whether you can run past Zhao Jun, even if you can run, you can't run anymore, you can't run anymore!

If you run again, there will be only one Wuling left in the follow-up.

After that, it will be the land of Hanzhong!

Moreover, in terms of the solidity of the city and the danger of the terrain, Wuling City is far inferior to Dayong, and the Qin army stationed in Wuling City is only a few hundred people.

In other words, once Shangyong is lost, Wuling City will not be able to hold it. Once Shangyong and Wuling were lost one after another, the Zhao army could continue to advance westward, go straight to Hanzhong, and cut off the communication between Guanzhong and Shuzhong.

It's really going to kill you.

The commander of the Qin army can be valued by Meng Fu, although there are some omissions in the case of personal safety, at least there is no problem with the division in terms of military ability.

Naturally, I also understand that such a thing cannot happen.

In that case, there is no better way.

The commander-in-chief of the Qin army also mustered all the courage, and on the one hand, he urgently asked for reinforcements from Xianyang, and on the other hand, he began to reorganize his team and strictly abide by the mediocrity.

Yes, the Qin army commander decided to defend Shangyong to the death, and to hold the last fortress in front of Hanzhong.

It should be said that the decision of the commander of the Qin army is correct and decisive, and Shangyong is really not uncontrollable.

Although Shangyong does not have the unique terrain of the Sword Pavilion, it is not an ordinary city. Relying on the narrow terrain of the Shangyong region, although the Zhao army had hundreds of thousands of troops, it could not be used at all.

The short, tall city walls, built on the mountain, were able to effectively limit the number of Zhao attacks at a time.

There were hundreds of thousands of troops in the air, and the number of Zhao troops that could attack the city wall at a time could not even exceed 5,000. There were also more than 15,000 Qin troops who could calmly deal with the attack of the Zhao army.

At least between the consumption of these fifteen thousand people, Zhao Jun couldn't help them at all.

If you want to consume 15,000 people, according to the offensive intensity of 5,000 people in each wave, even if the Zhao army attacks day and night, it will not be exhausted at all without ten days and half a month.

Ten days, it was enough for the King of Qin to draw troops from various fortresses in Hanzhong for reinforcements.

And the reinforcements don't need much, just tens of thousands of people are enough. Tens of thousands of people are enough to drag the Zhao army here for a month or two, and the Zhao army will inevitably retreat at that time.

You must know that the road that Zhao Jun pursued was all mountain roads, in other words, Zhao Jun's food supplies also had to be sent through this rugged mountain road.

More than half of them are consumed?

The supply of grain and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops was enough to drag down the Zhao State. As long as it is consumed, Zhao Guo is bound to retreat if he does not retreat.

Therefore, the decision of the commander of the Qin army to be stationed on the spot can be said to be one of the few correct decisions he has made along the way.

It's a pity that what he didn't know was that among the fifteen thousand troops he had high hopes for, there was Zhao Wei and his five hundred elite soldiers mixed in.

What's even worse is that because of his good physical strength, many Zhao troops even broke through to the position of the main force of the Chinese army during the escape all the way.

This also led to the fact that when the team was reorganized, many of the elite soldiers of the Zhao army were reorganized into key positions. For example, Zhao Wei was arranged to guard the city gate because he was very strong.

It's really a coincidence.

A person who wants to break the city the most, but is arranged to guard the city gates, how is this different from sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?

Naturally, just when the city began to exude the smell of rice, and when all the soldiers of the Qin army were desperately wanting to eat a bowl of millet rice, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside Shangyong City again.

The drums sounded again, and the Qin troops beside Zhao Wei also rushed to the city gate one by one, holding the gate with their bodies.

While holding onto it, he shouted: "Quick, move stones." ”

Because he thought that the Qin army would return, out of luck, the city gate was not directly blocked. Of course, there are not so many boulders that can be found for a while.

Listening to the shouts in the city gate cave, Zhao Wei exchanged glances with his subordinates, and then rushed into the city gate cave with a boulder.

With a few loud "bang, bang" sounds, the wailing sound also came out of the door hole in an instant.

The half-body-sized boulder did not stop behind the city gate, but smashed hard at the two Qin soldiers nearby.

Several Qin soldiers were killed on the spot.

said that it was too late, Zhao Wei almost didn't stop, he pulled out the saber on his waist, and between a few knife flowers and a quick tossing and turning, there was no longer the breath of the soldiers of the Qin army in the city gate hole.

And the other Zhao soldiers also immediately dismantled the standing timber and door bolt that were holding the city gate.

With the sound of "bang, bang, bang" of wood falling to the ground, the city gate did not come to restrain it anymore, and it was only at this time that the Qin army outside the city gate reacted to what was happening.

No need to ask, this guy who dismantled the standing wood must be Zhao Jun's spies.

Immediately, the red-eyed Qin army grabbed the weapons beside him and rushed forward, trying to regain control of the city gate before the spies could open the city gate.

So far, the Qin army has also burst out of its last combat strength.

Even if they haven't eaten all day at this time, even if they've been running for a whole day and a night.

At this time of life and death, they still burst out with the power of life.

It's a pity that they are facing Zhao Wei and Li Mu's personal soldiers, not to mention that the elite level is not comparable to the ordinary Qin army.

They had been prepared, but they didn't go hungry all the time.

Before they fled, they had already hidden millet on their bodies. And during the busy march, they secretly replenished their energy more than once.

is already more powerful and has better physical strength, how can this be fought?

The only advantage of the Qin army may be the advantage of numbers. But in the narrow city gate hole, it can't be opened at all.

Zhao Wei, who held a shield in one hand and a knife in the other, almost single-handedly blocked the Qin army outside the city gate.

Qin Jun naturally understood the consequences once the city gate was opened.

With the sound of "squeak", the atmosphere of the scene almost froze.

Fortunately, it was not dark now, and the Qin army in the camp on the top of the city tower quickly discovered the abnormality of the east city gate, and immediately several Qin troops came to support the city gate.

And until this time, the soldiers of the Qin army finally knew how Fang Ling was lost.

Seeing that the melee battle could not break through the Zhao army's line at all, the Qin army also transferred archers as soon as possible.

A dense rain of arrows shot out in an instant, directly covering the entire city gate hole.

Rao is Zhao Wei, and in the face of the Qin army's strong bow and crossbow, he can only hide behind the shield to temporarily avoid the edge.

"Enter!" The captain in charge of the command outside the city gate immediately gave instructions to the Qin army in close combat.

With the shield in front and the spear behind, a row of Qin troops quickly marched towards the city gate under the cover of a rain of arrows.

Obviously, once Rulin's spear entered the city gate cave, no matter how strong Zhao Wei was, he would not escape the fate of being pierced.

And Zhao Jun outside the city gate, listening to the sound of horses' hooves, still needs dozens of breaths to arrive.

There is just a gap of dozens of breaths, but it is like a moat.

At this critical moment, a change came from the Qin army's military formation.

"Kill!"

A loud shout came.

The marching Qin army's infantry line, the array of archers and crossbowmen who were firing arrows suddenly became chaotic.

It turned out that at the same time as the Qin army gathered, the originally scattered Zhao army also naturally gathered. Seeing that the situation was critical, the soldiers of the Zhao army also immediately rose up and wantonly slaughtered the Qin army beside them.

The unprepared attack completely blinded the Qin army.

While dozens of Qin soldiers fell in an instant, the seeds of doubt were deeply rooted in the hearts of Qin Jun.

couldn't help but feel that the Qin army was further away from each other.

In such a situation, let alone continuing the offensive, it will be difficult to even regroup the front.

Fortunately, the Qin army is the Qin army in the end, and just a few moments after the Zhao army was killed, someone discovered the characteristics of this group of Zhao troops.

"A person who wears a white silk is a spy!"

The sound of urgency soon resounded throughout the battlefield.

The soldiers of the Qin army were slightly stunned, but they immediately understood.

The Zhao army, which had already discovered the secret, had nothing to hide in an instant, and the originally loose positions of the soldiers of the Qin army were densely packed again.

Wielding their long swords, groups of Qin troops quickly attacked and killed the Zhao army wearing white silks.

However, the Zhao army, which had already been discovered, did not retreat backwards, but also attacked the Qin army. The goal of the Zhao army is very clear, not to break the Qin army, but to hold back the Qin army's crossbowmen.

Without him, the only thing that could hinder the movement of Zhao Wei and the others in the door hole was the archers of the Qin army.

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