Chapter 83: Zhao Meng's Attack
Seeing that the goal of forcing Zhao's army to turn the front had been achieved, Doctor Gong ordered to stop the attack and retreat slowly. After retreating for about a mile or two, Doctor Gong finally saw the figure of Qin Jun appear on the mountain. Doctor Gong's hanging heart finally let go and began to retreat towards the mountain.
The Qin army, which had climbed to the top of the mountain, discovered the battle situation below the mountain and immediately sent a thousand men down the mountain to kill them. Zhao Jun was attacked by three ways, and his heart was a little weak, and he began to shrink his forces to the center, preparing to form a circle formation and stabilize his position first. At this time, there were murderous voices on the mountain behind him. When 10,000 people were about to watch, it was Zhao Meng who launched an attack on the Qin army.
Zhao Meng's army was just below the cottage that had been attacked by the Qin army, and it was only two or three miles away from the Qin camp. This time, he mobilized six battalions of 3,000 people to line up and personally led the battalion to supervise the battle. The six battalions did not have enough area to form a formation, so they took two battalions as units, one battalion lined up on the hillside outside the battalion with the height and low; The other battalion lined up in the battalion, and after the departure of the front army, it was out of the battalion to form a whole group. He ordered the soldiers to start charging when they were a hundred paces away from the Qin camp, with the sound of drums as the signal, they must rush to fifty paces, but those who are one step less will be killed!
Three battalions lined up in front, and the other three battalions followed closely behind the battalion. When the Qin army on the mountain saw that the Zhao army had sent six battalions to fight, they immediately sounded the trumpet to warn and summoned the troops into the battle position.
The Zhao army only had one side to attack, and the pressure was not great. Although there are many people, it should not be a problem to hold on. The official doctor quickly informed Li Bing of the situation.
Since occupying six camps at the foot of half of the South Mountain, the Northland Army has 20,000 men and 10,000 guards the Stone City and 10,000 guards the South Mountain. There was almost no battle to fight on the Shicheng side, but they went down the mountain every day to harass the Zhao army, and more importantly, Nanshan, although there were only six camps. But in the face of tens of thousands of generals, and a fortified granary city built on a high mountain. - This wall can almost be called a city!
Due to the narrow mountain, six battalions were enough to garrison the mountain, and the remaining 7,000 people were stationed in a valley at the bottom of the mountain, which was also the place where the Zhao army was stationed, but after the camp gate on the mountain was lost, the Zhao army here all retreated in a hurry, leaving a large amount of living materials.
Li Bing's big tent was set up in a gathering place. There are about a dozen families in this settlement, but all of them are empty, and only a few dozen huts are left to live in. Li Bing and doctors at all levels each live in a hut, although it is simple, but it is enough to make people envious. Fourteen military camps were scattered throughout the valley, forming a defensive system of their own, but they could support the battle on the mountains at any time. It's less than ten miles from the mountain. Since it had only been two days since the camp had been moved, the camps looked in disarray.
The battle between the Qin army and the Zhao army for Dongling unfolded more than a dozen miles away, and the whole picture of the battle could be clearly seen from the mountain. Li Bing asked each battalion to leave a hundred people to set up camp, and the rest were all lined up at Taniguchi, so that they could attack and rescue at any time if needed. When he saw a thousand Qin troops bravely descending the mountain to entangle with the ten thousand Qin troops, Meng Yu beside him was very excited and shouted: "Strong, Shiye!" The Qin army advanced and retreated flexibly, containing the Zhao army and not advancing, and Meng Fu also sighed, saying: "Yes, I am also!" ”
Then, everyone saw that thousands of Qin troops appeared on the East Ridge, and one thousand Qin soldiers immediately went down the mountain to join the battle. Li Bing felt that he should not have a chance to participate in the war, and was ready to disband the troops. At this moment, there was the sound of drums on the other side of the mountain.
Li Bing received the report of the military envoy and immediately went up the mountain with Meng Fu to check. When they climbed the hill and entered the camp fence, the official doctor reported to them that the Zhao army had attacked three times, but all of them had only advanced to a distance of fifty paces from the Qin camp and retreated on their own initiative. And every time I go back, I have to kill a few people!
Zhao Jun was a hundred steps away, and he could even see his face clearly. The five hundred people in the middle are obviously the pro-battalion of 10,000 generals, fierce and mighty. There are six battalions on the left and right, and both the lineup and the form are far worse than the pro-battalion. There is a drum cart in the camp, and there are two people on it, one holding the hammer and the other holding the flag and standing by the side; There were no horses next to the cart, and it seemed that the cart had to be propelled by human power. There were more than a dozen headless corpses lying in front of the camp, and their heads were hung on the tips of the spears of the guards of the camp. The man holding the flag waved the flag, and a battalion next to it immediately rushed out, and the drum beat immediately.
Meng Fu restrained the Qin army, not to rush to shoot arrows, and to see how the Zhao army acted.
Without the interference of arrows, Zhao Jun rushed and rushed through fifty steps in an instant. The drums stopped abruptly. Meng Fu shouted: "Shoot! ”
The bowstring sounded, and arrows burst out of the air. Zhao Jun, who successfully completed the task, was not nervous enough, and when the formation was slightly loose when retreating, he was taken advantage of by the arrows and shot down several people. Fortunately, everyone woke up in time, tightened the formation, and dragged the wounded soldiers back.
This was the first time that Zhao Jun had been injured in an attack.
The Zhao army rushed over again, but the Qin army still did not return fire. The drums stopped, and the Qin army did not shoot arrows. Zhao Jun retreated smoothly. Another wave came up, and it was still Zhao Jun singing a one-man show.
The six battalions of the first company took the initiative to retreat when they rushed to a distance of fifty paces. Except for a small number of casualties caused by the Qin army at one time, the Zhao army basically suffered no losses.
The 10,000 people on the opposite side will shout loudly: "Shout, let Qin cub listen!" With a wave of the flag, another battalion rushed up, shouting loudly: "Kill! ~~~" or only stop at fifty steps. Qin Jun still didn't fight back, so he let Zhao Jun's family sing!
The ten thousand men will be a little angry, and cry out: "Strike the other camp with the sword, and return!" "The flag waved, and another battalion rushed up with a loud shout; When he approached fifty paces, the drums did not stop, still pounding, and Zhao Jun looked behind him with great dignity. Meng Fu shouted "shoot", and the arrow flew out and shot down another piece. The drums still beat non-stop. Zhao Jun had no choice but to rush up, come to the Qin army camp, and slam the spear and halberd in front of the camp, kicking up a cloud of dust. The drumming stopped, and Zhao retreated, dragging the downed soldiers back into the camp.
Ten thousand men will give orders to behead all the wounded soldiers, because they have not obeyed the order. Ten thousand people will shout: "The drums will not stop, even if they are in the abyss." - Dare to look back, it is really a chaotic army! But whoever commits a crime will be killed! Then he commanded again: "Strike the other camp with the sword, and return!" ”
With the demonstration of the battalion in front, the movement of this battalion was much faster. A distance of 100 paces to move forward as fast as you can. The mountain road was winding, and the shield soldiers were struggling to walk in front, and everyone followed behind, charging up the hill with all their might. When they rushed to fifty paces, the Qin army began to release arrows, and at this time, the archers in the Zhao army actually found a shelter on their own and also returned fire on the hill to cover the charge of other soldiers. Finally, the charging Zhao army struck a cloud of dust in front of the Qin barracks and retreated. The archers, who were hiding behind the shelters, also continued to shoot arrows, covering their retreat.
After retreating to the camp, 10,000 people will shout loudly: "Those who shoot it are all brave." To each his own, he eats! ”
Meng Wei could feel that Zhao Jun was training with the Qin army, practicing with real swords and guns. Siege warfare is generally divided into several steps: the first step is to move to the forward position; The second step is to attack from the forward position and come to the front of the barrier; The third step is to break through the barriers. Today, the Zhao army will practice the first and second steps, as long as it goes further, it will be possible to attack the city.
Meng Fu was very impressed that Zhao Jun would be able to design such a training program; At the same time, he was also thinking about how to prevent Zhao Jun from approaching the barrier more effectively. With the help of the cover of the mountain rocks, the Zhao army shot arrows at the mountain, which was a smart approach; In the mountains, the Zhao army could not put up a neat formation, but the relatively loose formation was actually very aggressive, and it greatly reduced the power of the archers.
Meng Fu sent a hundred halberd soldiers out of the camp and came out with a spear himself. He shouted to the hundred: "Stop the Zhao people from ten steps away, and never allow them to attack our camp!" ”
When the Zhao army began to attack, this hundred Qin troops also went down the mountain.
The Qin army was stationed on the mountain, and the camp gate was naturally open on the ridge. A hundred halberd soldiers lined up in a horizontal line on the ridge, and when they saw Zhao Jun rushing up with a shout, they also rushed down the mountain with a shout.
When the Qin army was still lined up on the mountain, it was seen by the Zhao army. Now seeing the Qin army rushing down the mountain, I don't know what to do. Five hundred people will shout: "Go up the mountain, go up the mountain!" Don't wait and see! "Drove the soldiers up the hill.
They met at a distance of fifty paces. Due to the appearance of the Qin army's halberders, the Zhao army's archers could not leave the brigade and hid behind the stones to shoot arrows, so they could only lie down and shoot up under their shields, which greatly limited the power of shooting. When the Qin soldiers rushed towards the flank of the Zhao army, the formation of the Zhao army was somewhat scattered, and the Qin army seized the opportunity and fired a fierce shot, immediately knocking down several people. When everyone concentrated on the center, the Qin soldiers on the flanks came to make trouble again. The Qin soldiers were also scattered, and the bows and arrows were not very powerful. And if it is bitten by the Qin soldiers, the loss will be very huge. The 10,000 men will not come up with a particularly good response for a while, stop beating the drums, and let the soldiers retreat.
Although they did not attack the land in front of the Qin camp this time, the 10,000 generals still praised their strict observance of military orders and asked them to continue to carry it forward. Then he pointed to the group of Qin soldiers and said: "He will attack us less, and he will look at me easily!" Shame on you! Strike it! With a wave of the flag, a battalion on the other side rushed forward, and this time, the target was the hundred halberds led by Meng Fu.
After completing the task of harassing the enemy troops and preventing them from advancing to the front of the battalion, the 100 halberders carried their halberds up the hill. Suddenly, I heard the shouts of the generals of the Zhao army. Zhao Yin is a little different from Qin Yin, and he can't hear it clearly when he says it quickly. But Meng Fu is a Qi person, adjacent to Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Yan, and can understand their dialects. He stopped, asked the soldiers to line up, and said, "The Bi Zhao people are not convinced." Obey the order! "With a spear in hand, he stood majestically at the front of the procession.
Zhao Jun began to charge from a hundred paces, rushed forward thirty steps and suddenly knelt down. Meng Fu shouted: "Lie down! "Fall to the ground. Some of the other soldiers were able to keep up with the rhythm and then collapsed; Some couldn't keep up with the rhythm, and after a little hesitation, the rain of arrows came from the sky. Those who move slower are hit instantly. The Qin army also fired arrows at the Zhao army, which had stopped advancing. Although the shield soldiers of the Zhao army tried their best to raise their shields, some people were still hit by arrows.