Zhao Jun's strange actions were reported to the upper echelons, and Bai Qi immediately realized that Zhao Jun had completely run out of food. He ordered the whole army, and those who went out to harass should take the principle of preserving their strength as the principle, and if they encountered an ambush by the Zhao army, they could retreat; In addition, when going out to harass, soldiers should not carry food with them, but hand them all over to the battalion officers and doctors, and collect them when they come back after completing their tasks; If the battalion officer and doctor do not take good care of the grain, and suffer losses, the officer and doctor will be exempted from the title, and the lost grain will be made up by the county lieutenant.

However, the Qin army was still hunted and killed at any cost, even if the Zhao army had to fall a dozen soldiers in order to kill one Qin army. The peeping Qin soldiers saw a terrifying scene: the corpses that were dragged back to the Zhao army camp were divided and dismantled, and thrown into the Dading to cook directly......

Bai Qi was furious and ordered a full-scale attack on Zhao's army the next day.

The troops of the Beidi Army, the Nanjun Army and Wang Yi were divided into three routes to attack the camp area, the Guanzhong Army mainly attacked Danzhuling, and the Shangjun Army mainly attacked Zhao Kuo's big tent. These troops have been battle-hardened, and they have been replenished with a large number of Hanoi soldiers, as well as weapons and arrows, and their strength has been restored. Due to geographical limitations, each army could only send 5,000 men to attack as a battalion.

The battalion that took the lead in the assault advanced cautiously under the cover of arrows. The Zhao army did not return fire, but there were bursts of screams from the position.

The forward battalion successfully broke through to the barracks, but was confronted with a frightened scene. Those hungry and crazy Zhao soldiers almost regarded them as food, regardless of all tactical principles, they swarmed up, the wounded held the weapons pierced into the body, and those who fell to the ground could hug their feet and feet, and they could hug their waists and waists, which was completely a lifeless way of fighting. In just an instant, the dozens of people who rushed in were all slaughtered, although the price of the Zhao army was much heavier. Seeing this scene, the Qin army, who followed behind, dared to continue to rush in, and only shot arrows from the outside. But this group of people actually rushed out of the camp, although they were covered in blood, they still desperately hugged their feet, waists, weapons, and grabbed with their hands and gnashed their teeth...... In an instant, lives were exchanged for lives, and dozens of people were killed. When the others saw the demon, their hearts were shattered, and they fled back screaming.

Similar situations were repeated in an almost repetitive manner on various positions. The neighboring military camps of the Zhao army quickly gathered in this direction, and immediately raised the fire to cook despite the fact that the battle was underway. The Qin soldiers who had not yet lost their breath let out a burst of screams. The Qin troops here looked at each other, all of them fearful.

Reluctantly rushed up to another battalion, and did not dare to enter the barracks. Seeing that the Qin army did not enter the camp, Zhao Jun actually rushed out and rushed over as if he was crazy. Frightened, the soldiers of the Qin army turned around and ran, and those who ran slowly were caught by Zhao Jun.

Because the Nanjun soldiers used bamboo sage, the handle was long and light, but the lethality was far worse than that of the spear halberd with a wooden handle, and the loss was especially large under this life-for-life fighting method. A large number of bamboo poles were broken, and the sharpened spearhead in front of the bamboo pole did not penetrate the human body deeply, but it stimulated the ferocity in the human body, and it fought back even more frantically. After only two battles, Zhang Huang of the Nanjun Army was caught off guard and frightened. Seeing that the soldiers of this army were all frightened, Bai Qi had no choice but to wait for the battle and prepare more bows and arrows, so as not to rush over the Zhao army madly and disrupt the formation, it would become a joke.

Fortunately, after killing the Qin people, the Zhao people only snatched the corpses to cook, and had no interest in summoning up the courage to fight the Qin people.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Jun's camp was full of smoke, bursts of meat fragrance, Qin Jun smelled it, and knew that he was cooking his comrades, and some people actually vomited.

The good attack was beaten like this, which was really unexpected by the generals. After waiting for a while, all the generals felt that they could not make progress, and each of them withdrew his troops and returned to the camp.

The Qin army was robbed by this, and the soldiers rumored that the Zhao army had invited evil spirits to possess him, and he could not kill them, but he had to eat human flesh to nourish them. It has a nose and an eye. Bai Qi was amused when he heard it, and scolded: "Bullshit and evil ghosts possess the body, and you will be hungry for three or five days, so it should be the same!" ”

Scolding and scolding, but this situation increased the casualties of the Qin army and brought trouble to the battle, but it is an indisputable fact. The Zhao army had more than 400,000, and the Qin army only had more than 100,000, and the four Zhao soldiers exchanged one person for the Qin army. Bai Qi asked all the lieutenants of all the armies and counties to come to the camp to meet and discuss.

Sima Jin said: "Wang decreed, if Zhao attacks Qin, he will lose Zhao, and if Qin attacks Zhao, he will lose Qin." The present battle is as the king said. May they all stand on the wall. The Zhao army has no food, and it will be chaotic in the future. Take advantage of the chaos and attack it, and you will be victorious. ”

Bai Qi and the others couldn't think of any better way, so they had to decide that from today onwards, the whole army would go on the defensive, and in addition to patrolling the sentry posts, even harassing operations would be stopped, so as not to send food to the Zhao army.

However, one day after the Qin army launched an attack, another autumn rain came, and the wind howled furiously, obscuring the sky and the sun. The long-term life in the field destroyed the soldiers' bodies, and a large number of soldiers fell ill. Many people go from chills and fever to wheezing and losing their lives.

Bad weather and a sudden onset of fever forcibly interrupted the combat operations of both sides. There was an unsettling silence on the battlefield.

When food was at its most difficult, Zhao Kuo could still maintain one gruel a day. A bowl of gruel a day was not enough to supply a day's energy, Zhao Kuo's figure quickly slimmed down, and now his eye sockets were deep and his beard was gray. The sudden cold wave hit the entire Zhao army. A large number of seriously injured people died, and the lightly injured also showed signs of deterioration such as wound inflammation and high fever. Then the plague swept through the barracks, and almost all the soldiers fell ill, fever, cough, and even wheezing, and their whole body was weak.

Zhao Kuo did not escape. He started snorting from noon. In the evening, I barely supported myself to patrol the battalions, and the fever began during the night. With the howling cold wind, Zhao Kuo curled up in the tent, shivering constantly, as if he was in the ice and snow. His teeth creaked, and he was determined not to say a word.

The next day, the snare drum sounded on time. Only a few retainers entered the tent and told Zhao Kuo that the other retainers were all feverish. One of the retainers found that the situation was wrong, and Zhao Kuo himself was trembling, his face was red, his forehead was hot, and he was also shocked: "The general is also ......."

Zhao Kuo stopped: "Stand up!" The retainer pulled Zhao Kuo up from the ground. Zhao Kuo staggered and stood unsteadily, and the retainers hurriedly stepped forward to help. Zhao Kuo said weakly: "Take the halberd!" ”

One of the retainers understood, ran out of the tent, took a light halberd, and set it up by the tent door. Zhao Kuo reluctantly tidied up his clothes with the help of his retainers, walked out of the door, and stood with a halberd at the door of the tent. The various armies sent envoys one after another to report on the situation of the troops, and they all reported how many soldiers were infected with diseases at night, shivering incessantly, and unable to go out into battle. According to Zhao Kuo's previous orders, the retainers responded: "Let the capable fighters gather into a battalion." And recruit those who can cure this disease, and reward them heavily! "In fact, in the army now, where is there a heavy reward, it is difficult to even enjoy a meal!

After the army was completed, Zhao Kuo asked the men and passengers who could still move to the various armies facing the enemy as soon as possible, and he must supervise all armies and prepare a few battalions that could fight.

The retainers sent out returned at noon and reported to Zhao Kuo that those battalions adjacent to the Qin army reported that the Qin army camp was also coughing and suffering from the plague. It is estimated that there will be no fighting in the near future. Zhao Kuo's tears flowed out suddenly, and said: "King Zhao is virtuous, this epidemic has fallen from the sky to help me succeed!" ”

The retainers thought that Zhao Kuo was going to attack forcibly, and dissuaded: "The people who can fight in all battalions are also tired, and there are more than enough rules, but not enough to attack." ”

Zhao Kuo said: "Non-yes, non-yes!" …… God help me succeed! God help me succeed! ”

The retainers were all taken aback when they saw Zhao Kuo's appearance like crazy, and said, "General be careful!" ”

Zhao Kuo realized his gaffe and said solemnly: "My words are true, I'll know later!" Thou shalt withdraw, and I shall rest. It's urgent, and I'm calling for it. ”

See retainers withdrawing. Zhao Kuo couldn't hold back any longer, covered his face, and cried softly......

After a while, the retainers listened to no movement in the tent, quietly looked in through the crack in the door, and saw Zhao Kuo lying on his side facing inward, as if sleeping quietly, so he didn't bother anymore and quietly withdrew.

There are people in each battalion one after another, and some weeds around it, such as wild chrysanthemums, white grass roots, duckweed, and Xanthus...... To name a few, each battalion also picked it up, boiled its own medicine and drank soup, and most of them had some effect.

There were still some wild chrysanthemums near the big tent camp, and the retainers also picked some of them, and cooked soup for the sick Zhao Kuo and the retainers to drink, and everyone felt that the symptoms were reduced.

Zhao Kuo took the retainers and guards who were still active, and went out again to inspect the battalions. He especially visited those officers and soldiers who were suffering from the plague, and everyone advised him not to go, in order to infect the epidemic, Zhao Kuo disagreed, and said: "Since you are in charge of fighting, you should live and die together, how can you live alone." In addition, righteousness is stored in the body, and evil cannot be done. How am I afraid of the plague! ”

Of the twenty-four thousand-strong generals, twenty fell, and a few of them were older, and they were already incomprehensible. Zhao Kuo comforted them and told them that the Qin army had also been attacked by the plague and would not come to battle for a while, so that they could recuperate with peace of mind. Soon it will be winter, and King Zhao's reinforcements will arrive.

After a week of inspection, Zhao Kuo returned to the big tent, had a splitting headache, fell to the ground, and fell into a deep sleep.

When the plague hit, it did not spare Bai Qi, who fell ill two days after the cold wave hit. Due to his advanced age, he left a lot of dark wounds from long-term battles, and he was usually forcibly suppressed, and once he fell ill, the symptoms were particularly serious, not to mention high fever and body pain, and he fell into a coma several times. Bai Qi knew that the situation was not good, and took advantage of his soberness to call Wang Yi and Sima Jin and let them preside over the military here. You may not be useful! Wang Qi asked Bai Qi to go back to Gaodu to recuperate, but Bai Qi resolutely refused, saying that he would die on the hill if he died. Wang Yi did not dare to return to the camp, so he rested in the tent of Bai Qi.

At this time, the five doctors in charge of the Guanzhong Army, Wang Ling, Shangjun Weiyi, and Beidi Lieutenant Li Bing all fell ill, and Wang Ji had no other countermeasures except to order the battalions to strengthen the defense. Northland joined the army, Meng Fu did not fall ill, only a little unwell; After a busy day, Wang Yi himself felt heavy. The responsibility of the whole army was handed over to Sima Jin.

Sima Jin was originally in charge of the swordsmen, and there were also a large number of swordsmen who were infected with the epidemic, and he was already anxious. Now it's good, almost all the generals are sick. The Qin army has almost become an empty camp, as long as the Zhao army can send a force of even 5,000 people, it can kill the Qin army without a single piece of armor!