In addition to sending sentries from the granaries, the Qin troops on the Dongling and Danshui lines also sent powerful sentries to the camps to the south. These sentinels are strong, and they always expel or even kill Zhao's sentinels. Not to be outdone, the Zhao army sometimes strengthened its forces, but this sometimes led to a skirmish of dozens of men. Since the sentry detectives of the Zhao army are generally holding light halberds, they will suffer a lot of losses against the Qin army that holds the bamboo and the ge. An inch long and an inch strong, it's not just talk, but the experience of blood condensation! Not to be outdone, the Zhao army was not to be outdone at night, and ambushed the Qin army on the road passing by the patrol post and shot them. Since the two sides were actually very close to each other and within sight, the Qin army's lookout strengthened observation, and they could often find the location of the Zhao army's ambush, and guide the Qin army to destroy the ambush point, but instead wounded many of the Zhao army's archers. …… The two sides are intrigued and entangled in this way. Generally speaking, due to the lack of food and physical strength of the Zhao army, the overall combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Qin army.

After dawn, the Zhao army attacked again on all fronts. Ten battalions of the first army took turns to come up, and once they attacked the Qin army, they retreated. The careful Qin doctor found that the Zhao army always had to pick up the arrows shot by the Qin army when retreating. At the end of the day, although the Qin army did not lose its position, the physical consumption of the soldiers was not small, and more importantly, the consumption of bows and arrows was not small: ten battalions, each battalion usually shot three arrows when attacking, and at the end of the day, an archer had to shoot thirty arrows. At the end of the battle, you can also recycle used arrows and arrows fired by the enemy to replenish them; But today, the Zhao army does not shoot arrows, only charges, and picks up all the arrows shot by the Qin army, and the Qin army only consumes, not replenishes!

Bai Qi was annoyed by Zhao Kuo's almost tricky attack, and scolded: "The cunning man actually got this plan!" He ordered all armies to select the best marksmen to concentrate in the first-line battalions, to put an end to aimless volleys, and to use direct aim as much as possible. At the same time, after Bai Qi asked the armies to prepare, if there was a chance, he could let the Zhao army approach and encircle and suppress it.

Zhao Kuo's style of play also gave Bai Qi inspiration, and he also launched a diversion attack on the fortress with the southern army the next day. The Nanjun army launched an attack with the unique scattered formation of the Chu people, attacking in three directions in the direction of Danshui, Dongling, and Liangshan, and the Zhao army did not stop attacking, and Bai Qi's attacks did not stop. The tactics employed were also similar to those of Zhao Kuo, as soon as the Zhao army fired an arrow, the Qin army retreated, and then launched an attack from the other direction.

On the thirteenth day, Wang Di's troops also entered the offensive battle. He targeted the Danshui barrier, which was adjacent to the southern fortress, and also concentrated ten battalions and launched attacks in turn. As a result, the entire Shicheng defense line starting from Danyangling rushed to Liangshan, and the Zhao army was attacking, while the Danshui line was attacked by the Qin army. The Qin army was not as strong as the Zhao army, and the attack points were relatively few, mainly concentrated around the fortress group in the south; The Zhao army, on the other hand, took a lenient frontal attack.

After fighting like this for three days, on the fifteenth day, although excellent archers were mobilized to come forward, the Qin army's arrows were still exhausted. Although in the process, the Qin army killed and wounded as many as 10,000 Zhao soldiers, but the Zhao army finally dragged the Qin army into a white-knuckle combat attack and defense. In the offensive battles of the Zhao army in the past few days, he did not let go of an arrow and picked up all the arrows shot by the Qin army. In the southern barrier group, the Zhao army also learned to be obedient, not to fight with the Qin army at a long distance, and the Qin army did not advance to a distance of fifty paces, and generally did not shoot arrows, which greatly improved the lethality of the Qin army. In the attacks of the Qin army in the past few days, thousands of people were also killed and wounded. Only Wang Yi's side had decent tactics, and many arms, including archers, participated in the attack. If the Zhao army let the Qin army get too close, the Qin army could counterattack with archers, and the casualties of the Zhao army were not small. So there's usually between a hundred and eighty steps.

From the sixteenth day onwards, the battle shifted to a combat posture dominated by white-knuckle combat. The Zhao army was numerous, but its physical strength was exhausted, and it was generally crushed at the first touch. But ten formations rushed up in a row, and the Qin army also had a hard time coping, and they were exhausted in the end. Since the Zhao army did not fight seriously with the Qin army, they retreated at the slightest contact, and although the Qin army was tired and half dead, it rarely made gains.

On the seventeenth day, ten shields were built on the Gaodu side, which were pushed to the Dongling camp by the soldiers stationed in Jushan. According to the tactics of the Chu people, ten shields could provide protection for a thousand people. Bai Qi organized a day's training, selected a thousand people, and prepared to test the power of the shield. He chose a camp built on a relatively flat field, and the goal was to demolish the arrow tower in the camp.

The arrow tower in the southern camp was a platform supported by a tall tree trunk, one tree above the ground, supported on all sides by stumps, and topped with wooden planks to form a carriage-like structure, on which five people could shoot arrows. The advantage of this type of construction is that it is high and can shoot from a high position, and it is difficult to protect from an ordinary shield; The disadvantage is that it is unstable, and after being hit by a huge force, it is easy to collapse and it is not easy to recover. In the southern fortress complex, there were more than a dozen such turrets, located in the center of the barracks, providing "air support" for the defense of the barracks. If the Qin army used the traditional phalanx to attack, it would be easy to be cleared by the arrow towers in the air, causing huge casualties. However, after the Chu people's scattered formation, because the formation was not dense enough, the efficiency of the air attack was not high, and its effect was similar to that of the archers on the barrier, which was only equivalent to an extra firepower point.

It was the day after the New Year, and the sky was dark. In the darkness, the Ten Shields rumbled out, with a thousand soldiers following behind it, and another three thousand in response.

The Qin army attacked in the dark night, and the Zhao army did not dare to slack off, so they immediately took their places and reported to their superiors at the same time.

The rumbling sound of cars is particularly harsh at night. Zhao Jun couldn't see what it was, and he was even more surprised, but he felt that the black pressure in front of him was overwhelming, and he didn't know how many troops there were; There was a tall thing like a city gate in front of it, which had never been seen before.

The shield is more than two or three zhang high, about one step wide, and is erected on the car; There are two frames in the back, each supported by five soldiers. A hundred soldiers were divided into four columns and lined up behind the shields. About a hundred paces away before the Zhao army camp, the troops adjusted the front of the oars and shields to form a moving wall about twenty paces wide, and rumbled forward with a command.

Zhao Jun had never seen it, and he didn't know what this black thing was, but when he saw them move, he shot arrows under the command of five hundred generals; The people on the arrow tower were ordered to look, but the height of the thing was not much different from the arrow tower, and there was nothing to see on the arrow tower.

After a rain of arrows, there was no noticeable effect. The thing did not stop moving, nor did it hear the wails of the man who had been struck from the other side. Five hundred men will have no choice but to give the order to shoot again. As a result, the thing on the opposite side actually recalled the speed of movement, and a large wall quickly rushed towards the camp.

The five hundred men were in a hurry, and they ordered to shoot again and again, where could they stop. In a few moments, the thing had already rushed forward, and with a shout, it crashed into the barracks.

The barracket was made of layers of rammed earth by inserting wooden stakes into the ground. Due to the limitations of manpower and material resources, the rammed earth is not thick, only a few inches, and it is enough to deal with bows and arrows and ordinary weapons, but the cart pushed by these ten people emitted a huge impact force, but it exceeded the bearing range of the camp wall, and even the gate and grille collapsed together. The soldiers in the back rushed out, and each of them fought indiscriminately, and in a short time they killed the soldiers in the battalion. The people on the arrow tower were desperately shooting arrows at this time, although from time to time someone was hit by an arrow and fell, but there were more Zhao troops who were knocked over by the Qin army, and they couldn't stop the Qin army's charge at all. After a while, the Qin army was killed under the arrow tower, and more than a dozen strong soldiers came out, two or three people held on to a wooden stake, and they used force together, only a few times they shook, and the arrow tower above lost its balance and overturned, and the soldiers inside fell from mid-air, seeing that they were seriously injured. Seeing that the task of destroying the arrow tower had been completed, Dr. Qin, who led the team, did not love to fight, rescued the wounded, and the whole army retreated with a shield and a shield.

When the Zhao army was running out, the opposite side suddenly retreated, and there was a sense of survival, where to dare to chase. They were in the camp to treat the wounded, and they didn't even have time to repair the damaged barracks.

Since the Qin army only charged once, they rushed through the Zhao army's camp, and then quickly retreated, and by the time 5,000 generals and 10,000 generals arrived, the battle had been over for a long time. Looking at the messy camp, the five hundred generals recounted the Qin army's night attack to the five thousand generals and ten thousand generals over and over again. Since half of this battalion had been seriously wounded and lost its combat effectiveness, it was withdrawn by 10,000 people. Since the camp had been destroyed, no further soldiers had been sent up.

The ten thousand men visited the neighboring camps, and they all said that they saw a black thing, which seemed to be a high wall, and like a city gate, and rushed up all the way, and at once it knocked over the barracks and entered the camp. Before they could react, they all retreated again. To this day, they don't know what it is. Ten thousand people will have no choice but to report the battle situation to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo came to the destroyed camp after dawn and checked the situation. From the scattered tracks and ruts, one of the retainers judged that it was a device called a lug shield. It is created by the Lu craftsman public loss class, and the shape can be large or small. The small ones only need one or two people to push, and the large ones may need to be supported by 100 people. The main function is equivalent to a huge shield. The shield was too big for anyone to lift, so it could only be pushed on the cart. Judging from the traces of the scene, it should be this thing.

Zhao Kuo asked, "Will Ji be released?" ”

The retainer said, "But the shield is designed to protect against arrows, and the rest is not the same." If you attack it with troops, you will be defeated! ”

So Zhao Kuo told the 10,000 generals to inform the camps that if there was another attack with a shield and a shield, there was no need to block it with bows and arrows, and the neighboring camps could send fighters to meet them. Although the arrow tower of this camp has been damaged, the camp can be restored, and new troops can be arranged to come and renovate. Ten thousand people will say yes one by one.