The Zhao army has the advantage of troops, and it also has an advantage in physical strength, although the training degree is not as good as the Qin army, but these two points can be completely broken. With these two points, the Qin army has an advantage on almost all fronts today. This may be due to the fact that Zhao Kuo's sustained and high-intensity offensive strategy came into play: due to the superiority of the Zhao army, different troops could be sent to rotate in each battle, so as to maintain and restore physical strength; The Qin army, on the other hand, had to fight continuously and had problems recovering from physical strength. It is not obvious for a short time, but it will be obvious after a long time.

By noon, the situation was already relatively obvious, and the Qin army was in a state of exhaustion, gradually retreating to its own barrier, hoping to rely on the firepower of the barrier to balance the offensive of the Zhao army. When Zhao Kuo heard the military reports from various armies, he was overjoyed and felt that the development of the situation was as expected. He sent an envoy to Danzhuling to inquire about the situation of the Qin army, and the envoy reported that the Qin army had not launched an attack at Danzhuling today. Zhao Kuo's heart moved, and he faintly felt that something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think clearly: the situation in front of him still needed to be dealt with with with all his might! He asked the military envoy to inform the 10,000 generals in Danzhuling, striving to find out the movements of the Qin army.

Soon after the envoy left, the voice of Ming Jin came from the Qin army. Zhao Kuo was overjoyed and ordered a pursuit. The drums in the Zhao army camp were loud, and the Zhao army rushed towards the Qin army's position like a tide.

Looking at the vacant camp in front of him, Zhao Kuo immediately transferred troops from the surrounding camps and formed a team here to prepare them for battle. He climbed high and looked at the Zhao army's offensive from afar, and found that the Zhao army had completely approached the Qin army's camp, and the sound of arrows in the Qin army's camp could also be heard here. Zhao Kuo thought that the new force must be put into battle as soon as possible, so he sent an envoy to urge him again.

The standby Zhao army arrived an hour later. At this time, the Zhao army, which had been reinforced from Shicheng, also arrived. Zhao Kuo had two armies in his hands and thought that the troops were enough anyway. He ordered the army that arrived first to line up outside the camp, and the army that arrived later to line up inside the camp and obey the orders to reinforce the troops in front.

When the two armies were in formation, Zhao Kuo ordered the front army to move forward three miles, thinking that it was the backup for attacking the Qin army's camp. At this moment, Zhao Kuo heard the loud cry of the hill. Immediately the sound of warning drums was heard over the stone city. The faces of the two 10,000 people around him changed greatly, and they hurriedly said: "There is a change in the rear army!" ”

Zhao Kuo said: "Don't be afraid! Let's sit back and see what happens! "Order an envoy to go to Stone City to find out the news, and at the same time beat the big drum and sound the horn, so that the whole army is arrayed and ready for battle.

After giving the order, Zhao Kuo turned his mind to the battle in front of him. I thought like lightning in my heart, if the Qin army turned to attack Shicheng, Shicheng would have 50,000 troops, which would be enough to defend; In case of change, I still have many reserves to move forward; The Qin army is lone and deep, do you want to turn back and deal with the Qin army in the direction of Shicheng first? The Qin army went deep alone, it must be to assist the frontal defense, and if it loses the front, the lone army will be defeated!

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo ordered the reinforced Zhao army to enter the battle, replacing the Zhao army who had been fighting fiercely for a day. Then let the Zhao army, which was lined up in the camp, out of the camp and prepare to strengthen the attack. At the same time, he ordered all the generals everywhere, and all those who attacked the edge of the Qin camp were put into the new force and attacked with all their might.

There was a brief silence on the battlefield, and the Zhao army entered the battlefield with a fresh force, and the Zhao army, which had fought for a day, retreated. The staggered Zhao army encouraged each other, indicating that the Qin army was exhausted and the Zhao army must capture the camp.

At this moment, an envoy sent from the direction of Shicheng arrived at Zhao Kuo's command and reported that tens of thousands of elite divisions of the Qin army had suddenly launched an attack on the camp of the soldiers on the hills. The garrison battalions were lax because they had no combat missions; There are quite a few camps that are actually old and weak women and children in the party, and they are actually ineffective; And because the battalions were very close to each other, there was almost no room for buffer, and the Qin army completely broke all the battalions behind the mountain with only one charge. When the 10,000 people defending Shicheng sounded their drums and warned them, the Qin army had already advanced to the bottom of the mountain.

Zhao Kuo was shocked in his heart, but his face was unhindered, and he pointed to the battle in front of him and said to the military envoy: "Our army will break through the Qin wall, and you should stick to the stone city." He is also hanging in the army, and it is not enough to do trouble. But I broke the Qin wall, and he collapsed. ”

Not long after the envoy left, another envoy arrived and reported the same situation. Because Zhao Kuo also revoked Lian Po's division of the war zone after persuading those elderly generals to retire, the 50,000 people currently guarding Shicheng will fight separately, without unified command, and they are all directly responsible to Zhao Kuo, so they each sent military envoys to report. Zhao Kuo had no choice but to convey the orders just now to the other military envoys one by one.

After the five military envoys left, Zhao Kuo forced himself to calm down. While watching the battle in front of the Qin army's fortress, he was thinking about the entire battle situation. If the Qin army breaks through the stone city and kills from behind, he will put the reserve troops in the front mountain into battle in turn, even if it is a desperate attrition, it will consume the Qin army.

He also sent an envoy to issue an order to a number of 10,000 generals: "Qin attacks Shicheng, if you break through the city, you should welcome it, don't talk about it!" ”

As soon as these envoys were dispatched, another envoy from Shicheng came down and reported that after the Qin people broke through the camps at the foot of the mountain, they did not attack immediately, but gathered the scattered remnants of the soldiers, the old and weak, women and children, and ordered them to open the road to the mountain in front. At present, Zhao Junjun's heart is shaken. Zhao Kuo ordered to stick to it. For those old and weak who are taking the lead, you can shout for them to flee for their lives; Those who do not flee will be killed!

After the military envoy left, Zhao Kuo was afraid that the Qin army would drive the old and weak to attack the back, and ordered the military envoy to pass on the decision just now to all the armies, and those who put the old and weak first should shout first and order them to flee; Those who cannot escape will be killed.

Then, Zhao Kuo saw with his own eyes that Zhao Jun on the stone city opened the city gate and ran out. Zhao Kuo's face changed greatly, and he subconsciously looked at the Zhao army that was attacking the Qin camp in the south: if the Zhao army could capture the Qin wall, there was still something to be done. But the chaos on the stone city cannot escape the eyes of others, the stone city is the highest peak here, and it is only more than thirty miles away from the Qin wall; The Zhao army was not a small group of routs, but a large-scale escape, and the mountains were full of Zhao troops. Seeing all this, the uneasiness of the front-line soldiers could even be felt by Zhao Kuo's side.

Before he could react, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the mountains farther south. Zhao Kuo was shocked, and immediately sent an envoy to the Danshui defense line to send an order to all 10,000 generals to immediately withdraw the troops. At the same time, he rushed out of the city, personally commanded the Zhao army assembled outside the city, and immediately advanced to the mountain. At the same time, let all the archers who did not have the defense of the city go out of the city and rush up the mountain.

Zhao Kuo himself rushed up the mountain with the first formation; The second and third formations lined up on both sides of the mountain. Before the archers mobilized in the city were in place, Zhao Kuo saw the cavalry neatly arranged on the other side of the river, all holding bows and arrows. The Zhao army, who attacked Qinbi, saw that Shicheng was attacked, and rang the bell to collect the troops, and was lining up, preparing to retreat. Then, everyone saw the cavalry of the Qin army ten miles away.

Without waiting for the Zhao army to finish the formation, the Qin cavalry immediately began to charge. The horse's steps were slow and fast, rushing over like a swift wind, almost rushing to a place one or twenty paces ahead of Zhao Jun, and firing arrows in turn. Screams continued to sound in the Zhao army's array. In the end, Zhao Jun could not bear this one-sided slaughter and dispersed in a hurry.

When the soldiers in the Qin army's fortress saw the Qin cavalry rushing over, they also shouted and rushed out of the barrier, frantically harvesting the lives of the scattered Zhao army.

After this cavalry broke up a Zhao army, it immediately rushed towards the Zhao army, which was still in a fairly complete formation in front. They skillfully interspersed the gap between the ramparts and the attacking Zhao army, both avoiding the bows and arrows on the Zhao army's ramparts, and forcing the Zhao army to shoot. At the same time, the Qin army in the fortress also poured out in large numbers and attacked the Zhao army. In the entire Danshui defense line for thirty miles, the 20,000 or 30,000 Zhao troops who came out to attack were completely scattered by this cavalry and killed by the Qin army that rushed out of the barrier.

The cavalry rushed through these thirty miles, but it was only half an hour, but it was a desperate half an hour. The defense line of Shicheng in the north was breached, and the offensive of Danshui in the west was broken, and the attacking army fell into complete chaos.

Zhao Kuo set up a big banner on the mountain and beat the drum of gathering troops. The sound of the drum was like a light in the darkness, attracting the direction in which the Zhao army was running. Then, everyone saw the Zhao army arrayed in the mountains.

To be able to find such a place of great slaughter and carnage is heaven for the rout! Everyone stopped behind the battle. Zhao Kuo's troop of 3,000 governors was there, indicating the direction of their formation. There were not enough banners, so spears were used as banners, and behind each spear were shieldmen, halberders, spearmen, archers, and soldiers who had discarded their weapons, and each group of a hundred men was brought to sit down under the wall.

The cavalry of the Qin army pursued from behind, and also attempted to charge this force. But at a distance of fifty paces, the Zhao army shot arrows from the mountain, and arrows also came from behind the position.

The cavalry, because they were on horses, had weak legs, and the bows they used were softer than those of the infantry, and their range was shorter; The cavalry had no shield to cover it and was directly exposed to the blows of arrows; And horses are a much larger target than a human range. Zhao Kuo took advantage of this and counterattacked the Qin army with bows and arrows, and the horses of the Qin army fell one after another with arrows or ran away in fright. Seeing this, the commander of the Qin cavalry did not dare to storm this unit and took the initiative to withdraw. The infantry of the Qin army did not want to gnaw on this hard bone, but hunted and killed Zhao soldiers everywhere in the front of Thirty Miles. That's undoubtedly the more attractive target. Zhao Kuo watched Zhao Bing being stabbed one by one and cutting off his head, and his heart was like a knife. But he didn't forget the whole battle: what happened to Shicheng over there? Is Danzhuling still in his hands? Standing on the hill, he could clearly see that on the side of Gaodu, a large number of soldiers poured out, apparently heading in the direction of Shicheng to the north; And the cavalry followed closely out of the foot of the hill and headed north.

Zhao Kuo looked back at Shicheng, where the Zhao army had completely run down the mountain, and now there were groups of old and weak women and children who appeared on the mountain. The Zhao army, who was close to them, shouted desperately: "Go east, go east!" "This group of old and weak people really obediently descended from the east, and did not storm the camp of the Zhao army!