Chapter 108: A Fight for Your Life
The snare drums of Zhao Jun and Qin Jun sounded almost simultaneously. The tall walls of the Zhao army obscured the view of Wang and Meng, and they could not estimate how many people the Zhao army attacked.
But as soon as the Zhao army came out of the camp and lined up, their forces were exposed to the eyes of the two.
The first wave of five battalions of 2,500 men came out. They seemed to have borrowed from the Chu army's fighting style, with their halberds horizontally, forming a scattered formation, and staggering towards the Xiaoshan Bao position.
The drums in the camp were beating, and the five battalions were scattered in formation, slowly advancing with the sound of the drums.
The southern barracks area is about five miles from the hill. When the Zhao army left the camp to line up, Wang Yi also immediately let the archers in the camp be concentrated, and the whole army lined up, whether they were sick or not.
When the troops marched to a distance of one mile, the Qin army was also in formation, and the archers were concentrated in the front camp. Meng Fu personally commanded the archers in battle. He had the archers shoot at the two flanks of the Zhao army after they had advanced to within a hundred paces, driving them into the middle, and then suddenly blossoming in the middle. The location of the middle flowering is indicated by the arrows of the Devil.
In the blink of an eye, Zhao Jun advanced to within a hundred steps. The drums turned to a hurry, and Zhao Jun began to run. Meng Fu ordered to shoot, and although the Qin army shot to both sides with a low hit rate, the dense arrows also caused a great psychological burden on the Zhao army, and they involuntarily concentrated towards the center.
After the first wave of three arrows was fired, Meng Fu shot an arrow towards the relatively dense place of the Zhao army. The archers of the Qin army, who had been shooting in formation to both sides, turned on the spot and fired in the direction indicated by Meng Fu. Shots from both sides formed a dense crossfire, instantly shooting a bloody hole where the arrows passed. In fact, only a dozen or so people were hit by arrows, but the visuals were absolutely terrifying. There was a cheer in the camp of the Qin army.
The Zhao army received the first blow, but did not stop, but continued to rush towards the Qin army camp by running.
Before he could shoot another arrow, Wang Di let the battalion attack. Wang Ji did not distinguish between those who were sick and those who were not, hoping to rely on the strength of the crowd to scare Zhao Jun back. But Zhao Jun seems to have no human feelings, like a war machine, insensitive to rush upward; When the bamboo poles of the Qin army stabbed at them, they did not retreat, but took a step or two forward, let the bamboo pole hit them, and inserted the halberd into the body of the Qin soldier with a thrust.
Those Zhao Jun, who failed to dodge the stabbing attack, held the bamboo pole tightly and even dragged it towards him, creating an opportunity for the Zhao army next to him to surprise him.
With just one face, more than 100 people fell on both sides. But more than 100 people were all the backbone of the Qin army, but only a part of the Zhao army. After overthrowing the Qin army that was able to fight, although the remaining Qin army also aroused the passion for battle under the stimulation of blood, after all, it was weak and weak, and it was impossible to achieve the strength of either splitting or stabbing, and the performance of the Zhao army was much better, the key was that their weapons were hard-roded, although they were not light and agile, but they were highly lethal; And the bamboo poles, which were already light and fluttering, were even more useless in the hands of a group of weak people. After only a while, the Zhao army killed through the Qin array and broke through the first camp gate of the Qin army. The wounded and sick of the Qin army scattered and fled. The slow runner was chased by Zhao Jun and stabbed down. But the Zhao army did not pursue much, but rushed to occupy the camp.
Zhao Jun, who had occupied the camp, immediately searched through boxes and cabinets, stuffing everything he found that could be eaten into his mouth. The soldiers who did not enter the camp searched for the stabbed Qin army. Qin Jun seemed to understand what Zhao Jun wanted, and when a group of people surrounded a Qin soldier, the Qin soldier took the initiative to take out his fried millet and threw it to the group, who hesitated for a moment, and no longer stepped forward to kill the Qin army, but carved up the Qin army's fried millet. A large number of Qin troops who were stabbed overturned saved their lives by handing over fried millet.
Zhao Jun's strange actions naturally attracted Meng Fu's attention.
Before the Zhao army could penetrate the Qin army's formation, Meng Fu already knew that the situation was wrong, and immediately retreated to the second camp with archers. However, since he was not sure which direction the Zhao army would attack, he stopped after taking fifty steps back and waited for the next move of the Zhao army. - As a result, I saw Zhao Jun's foraging behavior. Because the Zhao army had the cover of the camp fence, the archers could not inflict heavy casualties on the Zhao army who were foraging for food; And the Qin army's assault group did not come up, and Meng Fu was heartbroken, feeling that if even two hundred strong soldiers launched an assault, they could drive these two thousand people out of the camp. However, he didn't, and could only watch the opportunity slip by.
Meng Fu simply did not retreat, he let the archers rest in place, and monitored the movements of the Zhao army fifty paces away.
Zhao Jun seemed to have found something to eat, and after eating, he actually rested on the spot. The five battalions of the second wave of the Zhao army had already come out of battle and advanced to the beat of drums.
Wang Di, who was standing on the mountain bag and commanding, also saw Zhao Jun's strange behavior. He found that after the five battalions of the Zhao army captured a camp fence, they did not break through continuously, but were in a hurry to grab the food, and immediately rested after eating. He immediately realized that this was also a tired army, probably without injuries, but hungry and without the physical strength to fight continuously. He was somewhat relieved. The slow attack of the Zhao army made it easier for him to adjust his forces and wait for reinforcements. If the Zhao army can always maintain the strength when the assault began, and continue to charge and kill, with Wang Di's current strength, it will be difficult to resist. But if it's this kind of force......
The second wave of the Zhao army's offensive pointed to a barracks on the flank of the previous Qin camp. Wang sent people to order the camp that was about to be attacked to resist a little when the Zhao army attacked, that is, to take the initiative to retreat, and throw down some fried millet. When the Zhao army grabbed food, it immediately launched a counteroffensive. He also mobilized 200 men who were able to fight into the neighboring camps, and strengthened them when the attacked camps launched a counter-attack.
He ordered the military envoy to tell the official doctor not to fight hard with the Zhao army, and to be able to fight and retreat flexibly. The main principle of tactical use is the preservation of troops.
This official doctor was also an officer of Bai Qi's own battalion, and he understood Wang Qi's order. His archers had been completely handed over to the Monks, who had not been reinforced into their camp, so he did not have any archers to "block fire". He simply sent all the soldiers out of the camp and slowly advanced towards the Zhao army. After he asked the soldiers to scratch a few people, he threw away the fried millet and ran back. When the soldiers heard the commander say this, they were naturally happy that they did not have to play with their lives, and they rushed forward in a relaxed mood.
When the two armies came into contact, Zhao Jun also wanted to exchange injuries for injuries and life for life. But the Qin army did not confront him head-on, and waved the bamboo pole lightly, and after scratching a few people, he retreated, throwing away the fried millet on his body as he retreated.
There are always more than ten catties of fried millet just sent down, and I haven't consumed much, and after throwing it away, "no millet is light", I feel that my whole body is much more relaxed, and I soon withdrew fifty steps, and I was about to enter the camp fence. The official doctor suddenly found that Zhao Jun did not chase after him, but frantically picked up and ate the fried millet thrown by Qin Jun, no matter how the officers drank it, they could not contain it. As soon as the official doctor gave the order, the whole battalion stopped and went back to killing.
But the second battalion of the Zhao army arrived and immediately stepped forward to engage the battle. Seeing that there was a new force involved, the official doctor had to fight for a while and immediately retreated. The second battalion of the Zhao army pursued closely behind, forcing the Qin army to pass through the camp and not dare to stop. The Zhao army immediately seized the Qin camp and did not chase after it, but searched for food in the camp.
The Qin army retreated a hundred steps, and the 200 fresh troops sent by Wang Yi to reinforce arrived, joined forces, shouted and rushed back.
The Zhao army, which occupied the camp, did not find enough food, and when they saw that the Qin army had returned, they also stopped searching and prepared to meet the battle. The Qin army rushed over, but the Zhao army did not leave the camp, let the Qin army enter, and immediately killed more than ten people who were the first to rush into the Qin army with desperate tactics. Seeing that the situation was not good, the official doctor retreated again. Zhao Jun did not chase and continued to search in the Qin military camp. The Qin army that was killed was also dismantled by the Zhao army, and the bloody scene made the Qin army hide its face. The official doctor frequently sent a hundred people to harass, and the follow-up troops of the Zhao army had already followed up, and launched an attack on the place where the Qin army had temporarily assembled, driving this group of Qin troops away and stopping at a distance of a hundred steps from the Qin camp.
Seeing this, Meng Fu immediately led the archers to rush over and shoot at the Zhao army, which lacked the protection of the camp, and immediately shot down several people. Zhao Jun only adjusted the formation slightly, and seemed to be completely indifferent to this little harassment. Without the protection of the brawlers, he did not dare to let the archers get too close. At this time, another battalion of Zhao troops from the edge of the Qin camp attacked and killed Meng Fu. Meng Fu had no choice but to retreat.
When the second camp of the Qin army was captured, the third wave of the Zhao army was completed and killed the Qin army in the sound of drums.
The continuous sound of drums woke up Bai Qi. Bai Qi jumped up, his legs weakened, and he fell down again. The huge movement alarmed the guards waiting outside the tent, and everyone rushed in, helped Bai Qi up, and called out repeatedly. Bai Qi shook them off very dissatisfied, and asked, "Where are the drums?" ”
The guard said: "There is a Zhao army attacking the camp." ”
Bai Qi said: "Why don't you report it? ”
The guards were speechless.
Bai Qi said: "Thirty lashes for each officer!" After straightening his clothes a little, he went to the lookout position. The ten pro-battalion guards who were on duty outside the tent, no matter what their titles, took off their shirts, exposed their backbones, and were beaten with thirty bamboo poles. The rest of the pro-camp followed closely behind Bai Qi.
Bai took a lookout and saw that Wang Yu was there, commanding the Qin army, which had lost its camp, to retreat to the flank and rear.
Bai Qi looked at it for a while, and saw that the two camps were lost, and he was immediately furious, and was about to get angry, when he suddenly fainted and almost fell. Wang Yi and the guards beside him were quick and hurriedly held on. Wang Yu said: "May the king rest for a while, and Rong Chen and the others will be enemies." ”
Bai Qi slowed down for a while before he woke up from his dizziness and asked, "Why did you lose the second camp for a while?" ”
Wang Yi said: "The Zhao people are overwhelming, with one blow to one, more than 100 people who can fight are killed, and the rest are unable to fight, so they retreat!" After the Zhao people entered the camp, they did not pursue, but foraged for food and wrapped their stomachs. It's for the hungry soldiers. Although I temporarily took my second battalion, there was nothing I could do. ”
Bai Qi listened to Wang Di's brief briefing, looked at it again, and saw that the two battalions that were lost were all guarded by five battalions of Zhao people, and at the Zhao base under the mountain, there were still five battalions driving towards this side.