Chapter 65: The Swordsman Strikes

After the third formation engaged the Zhao army, the regular soldiers of the Zhao army turned out from behind the mountain bag. Their appearance drew the attention of the third formation of the Qin army, and the Qin army quickly rushed to the opposite Zhao army, hoping to defeat the Zhao army's surprise troops with a single charge, and then turn around to deal with the Zhao army's main army. Approaching the attack was exactly what Zhao Jun wanted. The combat effectiveness of the Qin army's regular soldiers was discounted, and the numerical superiority of the Zhao army was brought into play, and after the Zhao army paid a heavy price for the vanguard, the two sides fell into a melee again. People on both sides were stabbed and fell to the ground. In order not to be surrounded by the outnumbered Zhao army, the Qin army began to retreat. After the first formation that had been scattered regrouped, it was killed back again, covering the retreat of the third formation.

The first battle of the Qin army achieved the most results, but also the greatest casualties, and at present, the soldiers who can rush up are almost one-third, almost all of them are wounded, and the combat effectiveness has dropped by more than half.

Zhao Kuo made the company fight three times, and the right-wing surprise soldiers with heavy casualties stopped the attack, retreated a little, cleaned up the battlefield, and dealt with the wounded of his own side and the wounded of the opponent; And commanded the Zhao army to attack the fourth Qin formation from the flank.

The regular soldiers of the Zhao army broke the Qin army's three formations in a row, and the results were brilliant! Although the gains were not much, the losses were also small. During this time, the left flank of the Zhao army also entered the battlefield and flanked the Qin army. The right flank has cleaned up the battlefield, let the seriously wounded retreat, and the lightly wounded will re-line and will also be engaged in battle.

At this moment, behind the flank mountain of the left-wing surprise soldiers, a large number of Qin troops poured out. It seems that the Qin army had been prepared for the saturation tactics of the Zhao army, and tried their best to lengthen the battle line in order to dilute the Zhao army's superiority in strength. With the current situation, both sides of the Zhao army are threatened, although the strength is superior, but the two wings can not take care of each other, and they are stuck in a two-front battle, and the superior forces cannot be brought into play.

Zhao Kuo ordered the regular soldiers of the whole squad to immediately enter the battle, and supported them with surprise troops on the right flank, aiming at the left flank of the Qin army, which had been crippled. And with the sharp left flank, all turned to the right flank reinforcements of the Qin army.

Because the front of the Zhao army is very open, the left flank is not too far from the Qin army's reinforcements, and a slight turn in the direction can face the reinforcements,—— but this will expose their flanks to the left flank of the Qin army, if the army in the rear of the Zhao army can't catch up in time, the consequences will be unimaginable! The left flank of the Qin army also seemed to see this, and desperately accelerated the speed of the whole army and the march, striving to storm the left flank of the Zhao army before the arrival of Zhao reinforcements. The battle has turned into a contest of changing formation speed!

The Qin army was well-trained, and rushed into battle before the Zhao army completed the whole team, cutting off a tail of the Zhao army. The Zhao army, on the other hand, seized this opportunity and launched an attack on the flank of the Qin army. The left wing of the Qin army saw that the Zhao army was coming, and it was too late to reap the results, so it quickly retreated, adjusted its formation, and prepared to meet the Zhao army's attack.

As if to gain time to adjust the formation, the Qin army kept retreating to the rear, trying to exchange space for time. After retreating for a mile or two, he finally adjusted the formation, and a large number of arrows shot at the Zhao army, especially in the direction of the strange soldiers, and collectively chose a defensive position, slowly widening the distance from the Zhao army, and trying to attack with arrows to avoid direct white-knuckle combat. Due to the lack of archers, although the Zhao army also fought back with bows and arrows, the threat was not great, and they could only desperately rush forward, as close as possible to each other, and start a face-to-face fight.

As a result, a gap of 100 steps appeared between the two wings of the Zhao army.

Finally, the Zhao army and the Qin army collided violently, and in just an instant, countless people on both sides were stabbed. And this time, both sides insisted on not retreating, the front row fell, and the back row followed and continued to stab each other......

Just as the second formation of the Qin army came into contact with the Zhao army, drums sounded in the fence of the Qin army's camp, and a group of Qin troops armed with spears poured out from behind the barrier, forming ten columns from the gap between the two wings of the Zhao army. With another horn, ten columns separated left and right, and killed the back of the fiercely fighting Zhao army!

Zhao Kuo was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly sent an envoy to transfer a nearby army out of the camp and prepare for battle. He himself stood on the mountain bag, constantly giving orders, adjusting the drum beat, and resisting with all his might.

Very well, Zhao Kuo saw clearly, the spearmen who came out of the camp were 5,000 people, they were skilled in martial arts, and the long spears were like jumping snakes in their hands; The physical strength is amazing, and the spear body made of hard is like a willow branch, which can draw one arc after another, and every time the arc flashes, one person is picked up and flies! The four rows in the back were holding their spears flat, as if they had no weight, and their task was to protect the vanguard from being snatched up by the enemy by mistake.

The rear row of the Zhao army turned to defend against the spearmen. But the halberd shaft is not as long as the spear shaft, and the spears are pierced into the body, and the halberd cannot reach the other party. Only a few with better martial arts and better luck were able to block the first stab and break into the inner side of the spear shaft, but because they were immediately stabbed by the spearmen behind, they could only make a cut on the opponent's arm or chest in the end, and they could not hurt their muscles and bones at all.

In desperation, Zhao Jun began to fight desperately! Many threw away their weapons and allowed their spears to stab themselves, while holding the spearheads with both hands. The momentum of the spear's spinning could not shake them off, and after a few spins back and forth, the spearhead was plucked off the shaft. Zhao Jun clenched his hands and then entered the spearhead of his abdomen or chest, and lay down on the ground, as if he was holding a short spear and stabbing into his body!

Others have also invented other methods, such as grabbing a handful of sand or rocks from the ground and throwing them at them, and then assaulting them......

Of course, the most effective way is to avoid the front and strike from the side, which is much simpler. Relying on the frontal attraction of his teammates, many Zhao Jun went around to the side and killed Qin Jun.

Despite the innumerable methods of confrontation invented, the lack of strength in frontal confrontation is a major flaw, whether it is a shield, a sand to blind the eyes, or a flank attack, it is at the cost of frontal casualties; And the number of frontal casualties is much greater than the damage it inflicts on the enemy. What's even more deadly is that the Zhao army was attacked from both sides, and it didn't take long for the Zhao army to fall in large pieces and be divided into several pieces by the Qin army. It was only a matter of time before it was annihilated. The Zhao army, who was in a desperate situation, resisted desperately, tried his best to kill the Qin army, and even exchanged his life for injuries. Zhao Kuo has not issued a new order for a long time, and the drummers can only keep beating the drum and beating the drum again, so that the drum will not stop, hoping to boost morale and complete the great reversal of fate!

The five thousand spearmen who appeared later were like a big mountain, crushing the Zhao army. The Zhao army was completely defenseless in front of them. They carried out one killing after another in an orderly, unhurried, step-by-step manner, with the finesse of their techniques, the rigor of their attitudes, and the calmness of their manners, as if the artist was completing a work. Zhao Kuo was shocked, what kind of army is this? How can you resist?

It will take a long time to completely solve the remnants of the Zhao army who are still fighting with more than 20,000 trapped beasts. In the time gained by the desperate resistance of the Zhao army, a group of Zhao troops left the camp and lined up on the side of the mountain. But it's too late, and the Zhao army in front is almost all encircled!

Zhao Kuo issued an order to withdraw his troops. The Zhao army, trapped in the encirclement, desperately broke out, dragging the wounded companion as much as possible. The Qin army deliberately dodged a way, let them go, and then killed them with a dense barrage of arrows. Zhao Kuo's heart was dripping blood, and there were more than 20,000 people, less than half of whom came back, and all of them were injured.

The Qin army followed behind, marching in a group, shooting only with bows and arrows, and stopping outside the range of the Zhao army with great alertness.

The Qin army also suffered heavy losses, except for the last 5,000 swordsmen who rushed out with small casualties, and almost everyone in the other battalions was wounded. Zhao Jun's desperate style of play also seemed to shock the Qin army, making them cautious in their actions. In the face of the Zhao army, which was waiting for the battle, they did not continue to advance, and they were a mile apart, facing each other.

Today's battle was not limited to the south, but fierce battles broke out in the Danzhu Ridge in the north, in the middle and at the foot of the mountain in the south, especially at the foot of the mountain in the south. Due to the narrowness of the mountain road, the Qin army began to launch a tentative attack with only a small force, and the Zhao army was not to be outdone, sending troops to meet the battle, and both sides fought in the field, each with casualties. The wounded soldiers had to be dragged back.

The attack at the foot of the mountain made no progress, and the Qin army launched another assault on the Zhao army below the mountain. However, the Zhao army under the mountain was in strict formation, and the Qin army consumed a lot of physical strength when they rushed down the hillside, and it was difficult to maintain the formation, so they did not achieve any results. Still, throughout the day, the valley and the foothills were filled with the sound of killing and drumming.

Regardless of the drums in other places shaking the sky and shouting and killing, Zhao Kuo didn't even look at it, he only had the battle in this area in his eyes. He swore a poisonous oath that if he did not return victorious, his descendants would abandon him and never be able to provide for him; And Zhao Jun really showed amazing combat effectiveness in the battle. But even so, the Zhao army of more than 20,000 Zhao troops is still not the opponent of the 10,000 Qin army; And the existence of Qin Swordsman was even more than Zhao Kuo expected. He didn't expect that there was such an elite army in the Qin army camp. This army was all equipped with spears, and after entering the battle, it almost broke through the Zhao army's formation, quickly changed the situation, and finally became difficult for the Zhao army to fight hard!

The appearance of Qin Swordsman gave Zhao Kuo a great psychological blow! This unit is highly skilled in individual martial arts, has strict overall discipline, and is skillful in changing formations, and is an all-round warrior. Zhao Kuo had only heard that the Qin army had a force comparable to Wei Wushu and Qi Jizhen, but he had never seen their combat effectiveness. He thought that Qin Swordsman was just like Wei Wushu, but when he saw it today, the combat effectiveness of the two was completely different. Wei Wushu was about slightly stronger than the Qin army prisoners, and he was completely incomparable to the Qin swordsmen. For the first time, Zhao Kuo had doubts about his ability: Can I train such an army? Can I defeat such an army? How can I work to defeat such an army? Even if the spearhead is broken by Zhao Pawn at the cost of his life, as long as the front and rear soldiers swap positions, it will still not affect the combat effectiveness. And generally speaking, it takes three or four people to be stabbed before it is possible to break a spearhead! Zhao Jun can't afford such an exchange. And there is no longer such an army coerced by poisonous oaths, such a thing can never be repeated, and it can be encountered but not sought!