Chapter 78: The Sixth Day
Bai Qi and his own battalion were stationed on the hill, and the general's banner fluttered on the hill. The 5,000 men were divided into ten camps, and on the left and right of the hill, they camped on the Danshui River.
Bai Qi's move was tantamount to putting the spearhead on the opponent's face, and it stands to reason that Zhao Jun should launch a fierce counterattack. However, no. Because the camp to the south was filled with the wounded of the Zhao army who had just returned. It was sunset at the end of the battle, and it took a great deal of time to wait for the wounded to crawl out of the pile of dead; Finally supporting each other back to the camp, the emotions of the Zhao soldiers collapsed all of a sudden, and a small sobbing voice spread throughout the camp, and finally turned into a mourning that shook the sky. The double trauma of the mind and body, the test of life and death that lasted for a day, made it impossible for everyone to stay calm, and even the basic military discipline could not be cared about, so in any place, hugging and crying with people they didn't know! The officers wanted to persuade them to go to the camp, and it was impossible to cry in a gang......
Zhao Kuo had no choice but to order the troops defending the camp to strengthen their vigilance in case the Qin army took the opportunity to attack the city. He watched the Qin army drive to the area around the hill only five or six miles away from Zhaobi, set up camp, dig trenches and build fortifications, but there was no way. Now, he didn't want to say that he would send troops to counterattack, if the Qin army attacked Zhao Bi, he would not be confident that he would be able to defend it. Bai Qi just set up camp and built a fortress, and Zhao Kuo already felt lucky. But looking forward to the future, Zhao Kuo was completely desperate in his heart: Bai Qi was blocked at the door, and Zhao Jun didn't want to talk about the counterattack of the army, even if he sent 10,000 people out of the camp, he couldn't find a place to line up! And sending one or two thousand people to attack is tantamount to sending heads to the Qin army! And the food is only enough to support five days......
On the battlefield, the corpses of the Qin and Zhao soldiers lay together, the blood flowed together, and it was impossible to distinguish at all, so the Qin people did not carry out routine beheading operations. The battlefield was very quiet, and the half-round waning moon hung obliquely in the sky, sprinkling the cool moonlight on the bodies of the soldiers of Qin and Zhao indiscriminately. Moreover, there are still people in the pile of dead people who have woken up, and some people who are able to move, and they have returned to their camps; Those who can't move make a call and look forward to the rescue of their companions.
Bai Qi sent an envoy to send an order to Wang Di, asking him to send hundreds of soldiers to rescue those soldiers who were still breathing, especially those of the Qin army, and carry them back to the camp for treatment; The Zhao soldiers also lifted them aside and asked the Zhao army to come to the rescue. Wang Yi ordered to send 500 soldiers and 100 doctors out of the camp to rescue, and when he found the wounded of the Zhao army, he carried them to the outside of the battle line and shouted to Zhao Bi to let them come out and take them back.
When Zhao Kuo learned of this news, he also ordered soldiers to be sent out of the camp to rescue his own soldiers, and handed over the wounded Qin soldiers to the Qin people. But he couldn't send many healers, because healers were all covering the wounded soldiers who were wounded today!
The battle to the south was fierce during the day and turned into a harmonious mass at night. The battle at the southeast end of Stone City in the north presents the opposite situation: during the day, the two sides pretend to attack and defend, and at night it is real!
He reassigned that battalion to the front, reinforced them with a hundred swordsmen and archers, and ordered them to take the battalion in front again during the night.
This time, without the cover of the trenches, Meng Fu scattered a hundred swordsmen among the surrounding rocks, allowing them to shoot the Zhao army who could shoot at will. The two battalions were only a mile apart, and if the Zhao army went out of the camp to counterattack, they could withdraw to the camp in time.
It turns out that a hundred swordsmen are sent too much, and twenty or thirty are enough. After a while, the swordsmen cleared the Zhao army who was standing guard and patrolling. The five hundred men hurriedly ordered everyone to go up to the wall to defend, but it brought more casualties, and the soldiers could not even see the Qin army, so they died, causing great panic, and in a few out-of-control screams, the soldiers ran out of the camp fence and fled in all directions. Meng Fu didn't expect this to be the result, and hurriedly ordered the battalion to attack, only to catch a few Zhao Jun who were trembling with fright.
The collapse of the Zhao army on the mountain inspired the panic of the Zhao army. Zhao Jun on the mountain saw someone rushing over from the north, and shouted in panic: "The Qin army is attacking the wall!" The Qin army attacks the wall! Before I could see clearly who was coming (in fact, it was the Zhao army that had broken down), I also dispersed in a hurry.
Throughout the night, Meng Fu couldn't stop if he wanted to, so he drove more than ten miles with his troops, and even lowered six camp fences before the collapse of Zhao's army stopped. By this time the east had turned white.
Li Bing sent troops to occupy the camp fences everywhere, and sent military envoys to report to Bai Qi that at the foot of the South Mountain, our army had already connected the six battalions, and went out to the bottom of the largest mountain. Bai Qi ordered that the whole army should step up preparations, first to ensure that the captured positions are not lost, secondly, to cut off the grain transportation route of the Zhao army, and finally, if there is an opportunity, to capture the granary of the Zhao army!
Li Bing received Bai Qi's order after dawn, so he sent an envoy to order Mengfu to temporarily avoid attacking the enemy's granary, but to isolate the grain transportation team of the Zhao army.
Six Zhao military camp gates were taken in a row, and the burden of water supply suddenly became heavy. Every time Li Bing sent a battalion to occupy the position in front, each soldier had to carry a tank of water and march by himself. Six battalions needed three thousand water jars, and soon there were no more water jars, and only three soldiers could carry one water urn, which could hardly be considered a march, but a move. This water is only enough for one day, what about the next day? Still a problem!
Meng Fu walked all night with the forward battalion and a hundred swordsmen, and drove twenty miles of mountain roads, tired and thirsty, but did not have a drop of water to drink. When I was fighting or running, I didn't feel it, but when I stopped, my throat and eyes were dry like smoke, and it didn't work to swallow my saliva desperately! The soldiers who followed them as a reserve were no better. Meng Fu could only send soldiers down the mountain to find water. About an hour later, the soldier came back and reported that there was a small ditch five or six miles down the mountain, which was supposed to be the rain that had accumulated after the rain. Meng Fu searched all over the Zhao army's camp, but could not find a container that could hold water. So he ordered the thirsty soldiers, in hundreds, to go down the mountain to drink. By noon, reinforcements with jugs of water had finally arrived, replacing them with them. They deliberately went around to the bottom of the mountain and drank a lot of water in a small ditch before returning to the camp at the foot of the mountain.
On the way back to the camp, they found many barracks that had apparently been abandoned by the Zhao army, and that there were large quantities of food and other daily necessities inside. It seems that this was also the place where Zhao Jun was stationed. After the occupation of the barracks on the mountain, these barracks were abandoned. Meng Fu and the others were not picky, and directly picked up these things and took them away. He also sent an envoy to report to Li Bing and asked him to send someone to move the rest of the things.
Li Bing did not move the things, but sent troops to station, transforming this place into another year of garrison. Originally, the military capital was stationed behind the mountain, and there was no problem in defending the stone city, but now the position has moved forward, and this is the closest place to the front line. Li Bing even set up a big tent on the edge of this valley. Meng Fu can only carry down the things that have been transported up the mountain with a face full of shame!
Li Bing's actions at the foot of the South Mountain stimulated the other two armies. On this day, Wang Ling led the Guanzhong army to attack the Zhao army at Danzhuling. The Kamigunjun army also launched an attack on the foot of the central mountain.
The foot of the mountain in the center is where Zhao Kuo's big tent is located, the defense is very tight, the troops are very elite, and the Qin army has repeatedly failed to attack. And the Qin army of Danzhuling fought fiercely with the Zhao army for a day, and finally drove the Zhao army on Danzhuling down the ridge. Danzhuling was also stained red with blood.
For two days in a row, Zhao's army lost two passages in the south and north, and was completely enclosed in a quadrangular narrow valley with a side length of less than 100 miles. Under the terrain of three mountains and two valleys, the two mountains on both sides were captured by the Qin army, and the Zhao army had lost all room for maneuver. Zhao Kuo also completely lost the hope of assaulting the Duan clan: now he not only had to break through the empty Qin wall, but also broke through the camp built by Bai Qi against his face.
Zhao Kuo gathered all the 10,000 people together to discuss the future battle plan. The unanimous opinion of everyone is that Changping's defense has failed, and what needs to be done now is to break through these more than 400,000 people safely ,—— repel the Qin army? Think no more!
Once an agreement is reached, the breakthrough point is chosen.
There are two roads from Changping to Handan, one passes through the foot of Danzhuling and the other passes through the eastern end of Shicheng. The eastern end of Shicheng was broken through several battalions by the Qin army in a row, which was obviously not conducive to the breakthrough; The breakthrough point was chosen on the front line of Danzhuling, which had just been lost.
There was no time and no space to adjust the troops, so they could only organize the nearest forces to launch an offensive. One army launched the main attack in the direction of Danzhuling, the other army launched a diversionary attack on the junction between Danzhuling and Shicheng, and the third army served as a reserve force, ready to enter the battle as needed.
Then, Zhao Kuo announced: due to the urgency of the war, the granary is under the attack of the enemy, the grain can not continue to be sent, and the armies can only rely on the existing grain to support the battle; The battalions must plan their food supplies, and if the war does not go well, there will only be this food in the future!
After the meeting was dismissed, everyone's hearts were heavy: four days, only four days, if you can't open the situation, you can't break through the encirclement, you don't need the Qin army to fight, you will starve yourself to death if you are hungry!
The 10,000 generals who were scheduled to serve as the main attackers called all their subordinates to the tent after returning home, told them the current situation, and asked them to urge the whole army to kill a bloody road. The five thousand and the thousand will not speak. Finally, a thousand people will say: "May you die if you are satisfied!" ”
The ten thousand generals thought for a while and said, "Accurate! ”
The thousand-person general said: "I wish to be the front in the future!" ”
Ten thousand people will say: "Accurate! ”
The so-called Danzhu Ridge is actually an area that includes the entire stone city, and the Danzhu Ridge in the narrow sense refers to the westernmost main peak. The road from Changping to Shangdang passes through the Lingxia. When Lian Po built the stone city, all of them followed the mountain, in an east-west direction, but here, a circular castle was constructed. In Lian Po's plan, this was the last line of defense against the Qin army. When the Qin army attacked here, the Zhao army in the valley below the mountain should have all withdrawn behind the mountain. Unexpectedly, the Qin army attacked Shicheng from behind, and Lian Po used it against himself in order to deal with the position of the Qin army.
Now, the Zhao army wants to capture the defense line designed and constructed by Lian Po himself!