In all defensive operations, what we are most afraid of is misjudging the direction of the enemy's main attack. Although in Lian Po's view, Changping's main direction of attack is clear, and it will definitely come from Gaodu, but an opponent like Bai Qi is unreasonable, who can guarantee that there is no conspiracy in it. For a moment, Lian Po doubted his judgment. He fell into deep thought after receiving the report from the valley.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the cities failed to accurately calculate the strength of the Qin army, so they failed to report. Lian Po asked the military envoy, and he only vaguely knew that many people had come out of the mountain pass, and it was not over until he came out. Lian Po decided to attack the Qin army in the valley mouth first, to test the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, and find out how many troops they had. At night, Lian Po's envoys waded back, but unfortunately most of them were captured by the Qin army, and a few fled back to the other side of the river.

Shortly before dawn, an envoy appeared under the city. After checking the festival charm, the military envoy was sent to the city. The envoy reported that the general would raise troops on weekdays to engage the Qin people and relieve Ercheng, asking Ercheng to prepare for retreat and rush out from the inside once the Qin army's position loosened.

One of the captains guarding the city looked at the envoy suspiciously, and asked, "Why do you want to be alone?" ”

The envoy said, "The rest are all captured by the Qin people. I was ten miles away, over the mountains. ”

The captain saw that he was reasonable, but the doubts in his heart could not be ruled out. Let the military envoy be sent to rest and secretly take care of it. He said to another lieutenant: "I don't know the truth or the false, what can I do?" ”

Another lieutenant said: "He has nothing else to say, but he has an army to save him." If it comes, it is real, and if it does not, it is false. As for those who are ready to fight...... But it's okay to keep the city. ”

Seeing that he was reasonable, the lieutenant sent the military envoy down to the city and reported to another city. He no longer relayed his doubts, but only conveyed that Pingdan would have reinforcements and was ready to retreat.

The city that came first did not have a granary, but the one that received the message had a granary. The grain that was just delivered two days ago, and there is still a lot of it. In order to prevent the granary from falling into the hands of the enemy, the lieutenant ordered the preparation of torches, and once the order was given to retreat, the grain was burned and the livestock were driven out of the city.

There was not much time, the two cities beat the drums and took the roll call, and after breakfast, they began to reorganize the troops. But today, there is already a city without breakfast, which causes discontent and panic in the city. The lieutenant assured them that the general would send troops to rescue us out.

Taniguchi is not far from here. When the sky was bright, the sound of drums could be faintly heard in the distance. The captains hurried up to the castle tower to watch, and the soldiers who remained in the city exchanged glances with each other to express their excitement.

The drums were beating faster and louder, showing that Zhao Jun was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, I heard the sound of drums, the sound of bowstrings, and the terrible rain of arrows almost in my ears. Then the sound of killing was everywhere, and the ground shook. Soon the sound of the two armies clashing came, and the hearts of the people in the city trembled.

The drums were beating incessantly, shouts, clashes, clashing weapons, wails...... Mix into a ball of porridge. The soldiers in the city felt numb. Seeing the shadow of the sun slanting westward, the sound of fighting has not stopped.

The four lieutenants stood on their respective towers and looked into the distance, the battlefield was a few miles away, the battle formations of the two sides collided together like waves, entangled for a while, one side of the formation was scattered, quickly dispersed, and the soldiers who had not had time to withdraw were stabbed by the other soldier and trampled over. However, they will immediately encounter the second formation of soldiers and force them back...... The two sides went back and forth by the river, and one after another of soldiers lined up to come forward, but they were broken up, regrouped, and stepped forward again. The lieutenant obviously felt that the strength of the Qin army was much stronger than that of the Zhao army, and after fighting for a long time, the first line of defense had not yet weakened. If there were no special measures, it is estimated that they would not be able to penetrate the Qin Formation by fighting until night today.

If you can't get out of the city today, and you will be hungry for another day tomorrow, your morale will be gone. The two captains thought of this in unison, turned their heads to look at each other at the same time, and said fiercely at the same time: "Kill!" The two men went down the tower, ordered the gates to be opened, and the two thousand soldiers quickly rushed out of the city to form a formation. When the neighboring city saw that the city had sent troops, they also hurriedly ordered an attack. At the same time as the soldiers rushed out of the city gates, a group of soldiers set fire to the granary, and the flames burst into flames.

The Qin soldiers who surrounded the two cities stopped for a while and let the Zhao army pass, and some of the Qin troops rushed into the city to put out the fire, and most of them followed behind the Zhao army, obviously having a plan. The frightened livestock in the city fled in all directions, and although it caused some confusion, it did not hinder the actions of the Qin army.

The Qin army behind him brought heavy pressure to every Zhao army, and if he couldn't kill it in a burst today, the whole army would be annihilated. But the matter has come to this point, there is no turning back, and the Zhao army quickens its pace and goes towards the camp of the Qin army.

After marching for three or five miles, the formation was slightly reorganized in front of the camp 100 steps, and under the orders of each battalion division, all the Zhao troops rushed to the Qin camp.

This Qin camp was arranged by Wang Yi to stop the Zhao army in the city, and their formations were all rushing to the valley. Taking advantage of the weakness of the shield soldier charging and the shield being difficult to hold, the Qin army fired the arrows in his hand as much as he could in these hundred steps. The Qin army, which was following behind Zhao Jun, also quickened his pace, and it was only a matter of time before Zhao Jun was rounded.

The Qin army that fell into the valley saw that the city was on fire, and knew that the Zhao army had abandoned the city, so they also rushed out together. They plunged through the city and went in the direction of the valley mouth. When they came to the valley, the 4,000 Zhao troops who had come out of the city had been completely stabbed by the Qin army, and only the harvesting head was left. With envy, they passed through the barracks to the river, where the battle was still raging.

Wang Yu planted this new force in the center of the position. With the sound of drums, they followed the front army in turn. Because Zhao Jun had been fighting by the river for most of the day, he was already exhausted, and suddenly encountered this new force, and he was immediately struggling, and it took two or three formations to block the other party for a while. As a result, the central government was immediately suppressed by the Qin army.

The reinforcement operation was personally supervised by Lian Po. At the foot of the mountain south of Danshui is the first line of defense established by the Zhao army facing Gaodu, and there is a very strong city. And this city is facing the mouth of the valley of Duanshi-Changping. This provided good support for reinforcement operations. The mobilization and assembly of reinforcements can be carried out under the cover of the fortress, and when you go out of the city and cross the Danshui, which is not deep, you can get the cover of the troops on the city. It is an excellent sortie position.

After crossing the river, it is a small plain formed by the alluvial water of Danshui. After walking four or five miles of flat land, and then seven or eight miles of slopes, it is the camp group of the Qin army. The ends of the camp were covered by not precipitous mountains. Hyun water flowed from the south of the camp and poured into Danshui, and a small kingdom was born at the confluence of the two rivers, but now only the ruins remain.

The valley mouth is about fifteen miles long. If it is only for the surprise attack of the Qin army, it is not impossible to sneak in from the mountains on both sides. However, the reinforcement operation was to open the exit of the Zhao army in the valley, and a frontal attack was a straightforward strategy. Lian Po has lived here for two years, and the terrain of each place has long been well understood. He chose a section of frontage about six or seven miles long at the junction of mountains and valleys to the north as the focus of the frontal breakthrough. In other sections, only diversion forces were dispatched. Since the total front was fifteen miles long, Lian Po mobilized 30,000 troops, and 20,000 in the direction of the main attack.

Three schools and six battalions were unfurled on a front, all kinds of flags fluttered, weapons were like forests, shining in the sun, and the momentum was magnificent. In addition to leaving one battalion as a pro-battalion, the remaining nine battalions were divided into three formations and took turns to attack the positions of the Qin army.

The Zhao army crossed the river and marched forward in formation without being harassed by the Qin army, which was very smooth. When the first group walked a hundred steps away from the Qin camp, the Qin people beat a drum and shot a rain of arrows. About fifty steps before the camp, the Qin army, which was lying on the ground, stood up, formed a little formation, and rushed towards the Zhao army. The Zhao army, which had just been tossed by the rain of arrows, was naturally not the opponent of the Qin army, which had been recuperating for a long time, and the formation was scattered and retreated. The Qin army only pursued ten or twenty paces, and after disengaging from the Zhao army, they returned to the camp fence and sat down to rest.

This was happening everywhere on a six-mile-long front. After a long time, the disadvantages of Zhao Jun's uphill and long distances became apparent. Since each attack is uphill, the consumption of physical strength is large; In addition, the whole team attacked from a place a mile away, and I didn't feel it at first, and the more I fought, the more I felt physically exhausted. On the contrary, the Qin army fought from top to bottom, and only attacked thirty or fifty steps each time, and the gap in physical strength became wider and wider. The former army general saw that he could not succeed in repeated attacks, so he asked Lian Po if he wanted to make a surprise attack from the mountains. Lian Po looked at the stones piled up on the opposite hill, and felt even more uncertain, so he didn't agree.

In the afternoon, Lian Po withdrew the front army to rest, and changed the Chinese army to attack. The Chinese army only watched the battle in the morning, and was full of physical strength. But the Qin people also withdrew the front army and replaced it with a new force. At first, Zhao Jun could still entangle with the Qin people for a while, but after three or five rounds, Zhao Jun's physical exertion began to appear, and the time for effective confrontation became shorter and shorter.

For the wounded who were overturned in front of the battle, the Qin army could basically get the support and treatment of their companions; Zhao Jun was miserable: stumbling and running back was often chased by arrows; It may be safer to lie on the battlefield and wait for the next attack of the Zhao army. - Due to the threat of Zhao Jun's crossbow arrows, the Qin people did not dare to go over to harvest the head.

The breakthrough of the Zhao army in the valley and its rapid annihilation were all seen in Lian Po's eyes. Seeing that the Qin people did not use all their strength, their 30,000 people could no longer attack, and more importantly, the defenders in the valley had been wiped out, and there was no one to rescue. With the new force of the Qin army entering the battle, the Zhao army was already difficult to support. Lian Po ordered the troops to be collected and returned to the camp.

The bell rang in the city, the red flag was replaced by a white flag, and the three armies rang the bell everywhere and withdrew their troops. The Zhao army was also well-trained, and the attacking troops slowly retreated. The Qin people chased fifty paces away, but were attacked by the Zhao army's bow and arrows, so they stopped pursuing and slowly retreated. The two sides disengaged and returned to their respective camps.

Hearing the bell, the wounded Zhao Jun who were lying on the ground desperately got up, regardless of the pain on their bodies, and ran back with their lives. I really can't run, so I can only accept my fate and become a headless ghost......