Chapter 56: Arrow-Picking Tactics

Bai Qi's face is very ugly. Because just now, even he didn't come up with a battle plan to save the situation, and if it wasn't the public passenger who commanded the battle but him, he might have to lose.

A group of disorganized people came up with halberds...... Bai Qi's mind went through this scene over and over again. If there are no arrows, it seems that it is really difficult to resist.

Normally, this would be madness: when the arrows rained down, the crowd would fall like a grain stack. But if there are not enough arrows......

The Qin army issued a military order: attack with arrows on the first day; Each army attacked the corresponding sector on its own, but there was a side mission, and the results included retrieving the arrows of the Zhao army, and winning a hundred arrows was counted as one level.

This strange military order aroused the fighting spirit of the Qin army: the attack with arrows was obviously to be real, but the gains and losses of arrows in the results of the battle were still unprecedented. All the armies tried to find a way to consume less arrows and lure the Zhao army to shoot more arrows.

The widespread commotion in the Qin army also attracted the attention of the Zhao army, who reported it to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo boosted the morale of the Zhao army and announced that all the soldiers who went out to fight would be doubled, and then climbed the mountain to look at the Qin army opposite. He saw that the Qin military camp was really dusty, although it was impossible to see what they were doing due to the obstruction of the mountains, but it was obvious that there was a big move. Zhao Kuo felt that today's defeat might have stimulated the Qin army, and tomorrow the Qin army might be more real! There was a mixture of uneasiness and longing in his heart.

At the routine gathering after dinner, Zhao Kuo reported on what he had discovered, and many generals also had some other discoveries, which collectively pointed to the possibility that the Qin army might make a big move tomorrow. Zhao Kuo asked everyone to go back and prepare seriously. After the troops attacking tomorrow arrived at the designated camp, Zhao Kuo also began his routine patrol of the day. The details of the sortie were carefully discussed with the attacking troops, and some orders were issued, ordering them to attack at the same time. Then continue to patrol the route that was not inspected yesterday.

The next day, the Qin army that came out of the south was still 5,000 people, and the Zhao army also fought with 5,000 regular soldiers, and the rest of the strange soldiers lay behind the wall and waited to come out.

What Zhao Jun didn't expect was that the Qin army brought archers this time, and when the Zhao army's formation was scattered, the archers shot at the unprotected soldiers and shot down one by one. The screams from the front also shocked the Zhao army behind, although under the urging of the drums, they still subconsciously moved forward, but the strength was already insufficient, and they were knocked away by the Qin army at once, and the soldiers dodged the spears and halberds that stabbed over, retreated backwards, and were pursued by arrows again. Zhao Kuo didn't seem to expect that the Qin people would actually put their bows and arrows on the battlefield, that is, they wanted to play for real, and urgently ordered to retreat. I didn't want the Qin army to retreat, but stubbornly stepped forward, and those wounded soldiers of the Zhao army who failed to return to their own formation were harvested by the Qin people. The Qin people were in a chaotic position, killing people in an orderly manner, and the screams on the battlefield came and went, although the number was small, it was enough to make people feel cold.

Just when the southern part of the Zhao army was harvested by the Qin people, the Qin army in the north also broke out of the barrier, divided into three roads, and attacked the Zhao army camp. The drums of Zhao Jun's warning sounded again and again. Zhao Kuo was shocked: Could this be the revenge of the Qin army? Did the Qin army no longer drill, but directly switch to the offensive? Zhao Kuo deeply regretted that he was ignorant and took the battlefield as a child's play, and was caught off guard by the Qin army! Now it's hard to ride a tiger, so you can only do it hard! Fortunately, there were not many people lost, and most of the wounded people fled back. In other sections, the generals of 10,000 people, the generals, the 1,000 generals, and the 500 generals were still very effective, and they quickly led the soldiers to the wall to hold on. Zhao Kuo glanced at the north, there were not many Qin troops out of the wall, and the three Qin troops only had two or three battalions of more than 1,000 people each, so they should not pose any threat. Put your mind at ease, put all your mind into dealing with the Qin army in the south, and try your best to find a way to save the situation.

He told Zhao Jun to retreat to the range of the bow and arrows on the ramparts as originally planned. Due to the large number of wounded and the great loss of combat effectiveness, new soldiers had to be sent out of the city and mixed with the uninjured soldiers. However, the Qin army did not stop outside the range of the bow and arrow, but rushed into the range of the bow and arrow. A drum sounded on the ramparts, bowstrings rang out in one piece, and in another drum sounded, arrows flew out like rain. The shield army in the front row of the Qin army held their shields high, and the spearmen in the back also bowed down. A large number of arrows were shot at the shields, and there was a sound of snatching. Some shot into the shields, others popped out and landed in the dirt in front of them; Others shot into the back of the Qin army. Due to the evasive measures taken by the Qin army in time, this round of arrow rain did not cause any casualties. The Qin army took a few steps forward, and the second batch of arrows rained down, and the Qin army still used similar movements to avoid the attack of the arrows. Took a few steps forward again to meet the third batch of arrows.

Three batches of arrows rained almost one after another, and the Qin army only took less than ten steps forward. Three batches of arrows were fired, and the Qin army did not suffer any casualties, which is conceivable, because after all, the Qin army was far away. The purpose of shooting is to delay the opponent's advance speed and buy time for the whole team. It wasn't until the Qin army walked about fifty steps that the three showers of arrows could really be lethal. And then there was the onslaught of the assault forces. Generally, after suffering a rain of arrows, it is difficult for the attacking troops to resist the defender's counter-charge. If the organization and command are not effective at this time, the casualties of the attacking side will be very large. In order to get through this lot as quickly as possible, the attackers usually pick up the pace at this time, and this will show more flaws and get more hits.

The Qin army seemed to have reacted at this time, and the attacking troops had already entered the range of the Zhao army, and hurriedly rang the bell to withdraw their troops. Before the Qin army could withdraw from range, the Zhao army fired three more arrows.

Outside the firing range, the queue was tied, and the arrows on the shield were pulled out, and the Qin army actually reversed and killed it again...... Ten steps ahead and back...... Pull out the arrow before entering the ......

The strange actions of the Qin army aroused Zhao Kuo's vigilance. Qin Jun, what is this going to do?

When the Qin army returned to the firing range for the fourth time, Zhao Kuo asked the Zhao army to stop shooting arrows and wait for the Qin army to get closer before shooting. Qin Jun walked to the range of the bow and arrows, did not wait for the rain of arrows, seemed to be a little surprised, continued to walk ten steps further, still no rain of arrows. The bell rang on the opposite battlefield, and the Qin army retreated.

At this time, Zhao Kuo understood the intention of the Qin army, and the Qin army used a shallow entry range to attract the Zhao army's archery method and consume the Zhao army's arrows. Zhao Kuo was taken aback, because now that the Qin army was attacking on the entire front, if all of them adopted this tactic, the consumption of the Zhao army would be a lot. He confessed to the 10,000 generals who commanded the battle that they must wait for the Qin army to enter seventy steps before shooting, and not shoot too early. Then hurriedly turned in other directions.

Sure enough, as Zhao Kuo expected, this is the tactic formulated by the Qin army yesterday: attack to a hundred paces, grind, and attract Zhao Jun to shoot; At such a distance, it is difficult for arrows to cause casualties.

Zhao Kuo went all the way and told the generals under his command that they must wait for the Qin army to advance within seventy steps before shooting arrows, and not shoot too early. By the time he reached the northernmost point, the archers had shot fifty arrows each, almost half of the arrows.

Due to Zhao Kuo's advice, Qin Jun tried many times, but Zhao Jun just didn't shoot, and Qin Jun didn't dare to go within seventy steps, for fear that he would not be able to bear it and the gains outweighed the losses. After repeated attempts a few times, the Qin army picked up all the arrows on the battlefield, handed them over to the archers, and then collected the troops and returned to the camp.

Zhao Kuo suffered a loss, and it was hard to say anything, taking the defeat as a victory, and encouraging all the soldiers who fought the battle, and all the soldiers who announced the battle were eaten today!

Generals from the front line kept coming to me, saying that all the arrows they shot were picked up by the Qin people, and they couldn't recover the arrows they shot, so what should they do in the future? Zhao Kuo comforted them one by one and said that he would definitely find a way to replenish them. In fact, where does he have a way to replenish, it will definitely be too late to make arrows now, and it is impossible to transport them from Handan, if the Qin army has been using this tactic, the Zhao army's arrows will run out sooner or later. This made Zhao Kuo have to make up his mind that he must turn to the offensive as soon as possible, otherwise he will not be an opponent at all! The other party has infinite wisdom to allow himself to be consumed needlessly.

Bai Qi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, he picked up more than 300,000 arrows of Zhao Jun, although some of the arrows were broken, and some of the arrowheads were deformed, but half of them were still usable. Bai Qi did not hesitate to remember the merits of the more than 3,000 levels of the troops participating in the battle: his side did not shoot many arrows, only a few thousand, and he also cut dozens of real heads!

But Zhao Jun learned to be obedient a few times, and when the Qin army entered again, he no longer shot arrows, which made the Qin soldiers very unhappy. Inspired by the merit of the three thousand levels, that night, the Qin people discussed again how to harvest more bows and arrows? The point is very clear, that is, it must go deeper into the range of the Zhao army, all the way to the death line. Finally there was a humane: "Dick, the old man put on a winter coat to fight, what can I do!" ”

This foul language drew a chorus of praise and harmony. The Shu people have left their hometown since October last year, and have turned from winter to summer, and now it is autumn again, and they are all carrying winter clothes. Immediately, someone said: "If you wear three winter clothes, the arrow will not be able to penetrate!" Immediately someone took out his winter coat, folded three pieces and hung them on a tree, and an archer withdrew ten paces away and shot an arrow, and when everyone looked at it, the arrow did not penetrate the trunk of the tree, but only penetrated three layers of winter clothing, revealing a little head. There was a cheer from the crowd.

The results of this experiment quickly spread throughout the army. Everyone finds out their winter clothes, some thick and some thin, and they all have different protective functions. It's just that people wear three layers of winter clothes, not to mention the stuffiness, and it is very inconvenient to move. I have to choose those who are more flexible and thin to wear. After putting on three layers of winter clothes, wielding a halberd is not flexible, and can only make a spear. In the end, only 100 people were selected from a battalion, and everyone gave them all their winter clothes. The preparations are set, and everyone rests.

The cheers from the Qin army's side also reached the Zhao army's camp. Although Zhao Jun didn't know why Qin Jun was cheering, it was always a good thing for his opponent to cheer, and everyone was preoccupied.