Chapter 110: Mid-mountain grappling

Qin Jun was inspired by Meng Fu's bravery, and they also stepped forward one after another and swept Zhao Jun's leg with a pole. It worked. The Qin army's pole was long, and there was a head in front of it, so Zhao Jun had to deal with it carefully, not only did the advance speed slow down, but the physical consumption was also large.

The commander of the Zhao army gave an order, and the Zhao army retreated twenty or thirty steps, quickly lined up in the sound of the password, and in the sound of the password, the Zhao army lifted the halberd head downward and the tail upward, and rushed over again. Meng Fu shouted "retreat", and the Qin army retreated. The two sides advanced and retreated, maintaining a distance of twenty or thirty paces. At this time, the archers in the battalion suddenly shot at the Zhao army from an oblique direction. Because the Zhao army was in a dense formation this time, he was shot down under one arrow. The Zhao army sent a battalion out to seize the camp, and the archers flexibly withdrew from the camp after shooting two arrows.

The itinerant defense of Meng Fu delayed the time, and it had an effect: the three battalions stationed at the foot of the mountain had been transferred up the hill, and the Nanjun army, which had come to reinforce it, had already crossed the Danshui from a mile or two downstream and was rushing to this side; The dust to the west is also getting closer.

Zhao Kuo followed the fourth wave. He was sweating all the way, and he didn't know if it was a weak sweat or a hot sweat. The sickness had overshadowed his hunger, and he had no appetite at the moment, leaving only the nervousness and excitement of the pre-war period in his heart. The bulging cart was pushed by several soldiers, slowly moving forward, and his pro-battalion was at the end of the whole army. At present, there are no more livestock in the battalion, and all the weapons have been replaced with halberds, and it is impossible to tell who is a general and who is a soldier just by looking at their appearance.

The pro-battalion was led by the battalion commander in the front, and five hundred men were to press the rear. Zhao Kuo walked in the middle of the last row of the line like a soldier. The battalion in front of him was the pro-battalion of 10,000 generals. He and the 10,000-strong generals only retained the size of the 500-strong battalion, and the others were inserted into the combat unit, so this unit appeared well-trained and distinctive.

After walking for a few miles, Zhao Kuo no longer sweated, the headache and brain fever seemed to have disappeared, and he was full of fighting passion. He witnessed with his own eyes from the camp that the Zhao army had successfully taken the three camps of the Qin army, where these three troops would rest and block the Qin army that had come to reinforce them, and the main assault force would be the one led by himself, who would rush directly to the mountain. When they break through the defenses in the middle of the mountain, the Zhao army below the mountain will continue to advance south along the open path. His lowest goal was to find food and other supplies in the Qin army's camp, and his highest goal was to kill a few Qin generals, shake the Qin army's war system, and wait for Handan to come to help. When the troops passed through the Qin army camp that had been occupied, Zhao Kuo silently wished that there were the main generals of the Qin army on the top of the mountain! He hoped that the information was true: Bai Qi was stationed in this battalion.

Zhao Kuo's pro-battalion stopped in the central camp, and the task of assault was commanded by 10,000 generals. He watched as the 10,000 people formed a formation and marched towards the mountain.

The mountain is not high, not steep, slightly rocky, generally flat, and by no means an insurmountable natural hazard. Zhao Kuo is confident of winning the first battle.

The battle was directed first to the camp to the west, where less support was available. But the archers of the Devil interfered with the pace of advance. The battalion that went up first was physically exhausted, suffered heavy losses, and was forced to retreat by being attacked in front and rear.

After this while, Zhao Kuo generally understood the reality of the Zhao army: there were only about 100 people in each battalion who could be sent out to fight, and the others were probably sick and could only defend the camp and were unable to fight. This added to Zhao Kuo's confidence.

Ten thousand generals probably thought the same way, and in the second formation, he threw all his forces into the battle to break through the central camp. But unlike the first formation, the Qin army did not fight him hard, but adopted a strategy of guerrilla. Although the Qin army was sick and his physical strength was not good, Zhao Jun's physical strength was also not optimistic: they did not eat, and they relied entirely on carrying it in one breath and fought tenaciously. If this breath is vented, everything will be finished.

Given that the Qin army did not engage the Zhao army directly, but fought and left, the 10,000 people would decide not to entangle the Qin army too much, but to go straight to the Qin army's camp.

At the beginning, in order to facilitate the shooting of archers, Meng Fu led the Qin army to retreat to the side of the camp fence, flashing the space for archers to shoot. This made it easier for archers to shoot, but it opened up the way to the camp. The Zhao army successfully drove out the archers and occupied the Qin army's camp in the middle of the mountain.

Zhao Kuo was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered the 10,000 people who had occupied the central camp in the first wave of sorties to gather their troops and continue the attack. Only then did he realize that the face of the ten thousand generals was a little bad. Zhao Kuo asked, "What's the injury?" ”

Ten thousand people will say: "Abdominal pain is like turmoil." There are many battalion soldiers who are like this, and I am afraid that they will be counted. ”

Only then did Zhao Kuo notice that many soldiers were holding their stomachs and squatting on the ground, with painful expressions on their faces. He asked the rest of the fried corn to be brought over for inspection, but nothing unusual was found. So he said to 10,000 people: "Or because you haven't eaten for a long time, and it's hard to get rid of the accumulated food." You live, I will go on your behalf. ”

Ten thousand people will say: "No." Such a small illness is harmful. "Ordered to beat the drums. When the soldiers who were holding their stomachs heard the sound of the assembled drums, they had to endure the pain, struggle, and march out of the camp.

Ten thousand people will set off with this force. Zhao Kuo felt uneasy in his heart, he seemed to think of something, but he couldn't grasp it.

The troops of the 10,000 generals were not hindered, and directly crossed the Qin army camp halfway up the mountain and headed towards the top of the mountain. The five hundred men who had been driven out of the camp waited less than a mile from the camp, flanked by a hundred archers. The 10,000 generals didn't seem to take these hundreds of people into account, and only sent two battalions to drive away the Qin army that was in the way, and the main force continued to advance towards the mountains.

The first wave of five battalions of the Zhao army had a direct confrontation with the Qin army, using the tactic of exchanging life for life, and quickly eliminated more than 100 people who could fight the Qin army, but they also suffered almost the same casualties, and these casualties were the core strength of the army. Ten thousand people will send a battalion of troops to drive away Meng Fu, which is obviously underestimating.

Although the soldiers were sick, there were more than 500 of them. And under the training of Meng Fu, he learned to sweep his legs, arms, eyes and other strange tricks that he usually doesn't use. And this Zhao army obviously does not have the fourth wave of Zhao army rich combat experience, and when it came up, it was stunned by the strange tricks of the Qin army, and there was no way to fight hard, so it could only persist desperately with injuries. And some people have stomach pain, but at this time, the pain starts, their hands and feet are cold, and their foreheads sweat. Meng Fu sensed that something was wrong with the Zhao army, beckoned the soldiers to step forward, and stabbed the battalion thoroughly.

The archers of the Nanjun Army are all Shiwu commanders, and they are the most backbone of the troops, not only good martial arts, but also good tactical literacy. When they saw a battalion of Zhao Jun coming up, they adopted the method of retreating layer by layer, retreating while shooting arrows. The unit that had gone to drive away the archers had suffered heavy casualties, but they had barely completed their mission. The battalion that held back the Monk was defeated.

After Meng Fu commanded the Qin army to kill the Zhao army, he did not pursue, let the survivors flee back, and told the injured or sick Zhao army to lay down their weapons and go back empty-handed.

Since Meng Fu was on the side of the Zhao army, his presence was a huge threat to the Zhao army's attack. The 10,000 men will have to stop their troops, adjust their formation, and prepare to solve the siege first.

Just as Zhao Jun was adjusting the formation, there was a burst of cheers from the only mid-mountain camp next to him that was still in the hands of Qin Jun. When Meng Fu looked back, reinforcements from Dongling had already arrived. Seeing that Meng Fu was confronting the Zhao army, the reinforcements wisely relied on the Qin army's camp and began to line up.

The sudden appearance of Qin army reinforcements also surprised Zhao Jun a little. But there is no way to retreat now, and after reorganizing the formation, the Zhao army killed the Qin army with three battalions. Meng Fu commanded the army to move to the flanks and rear, moving closer to reinforcements. After retreating a few dozen paces, Meng Fu asked the troops to stop and asked everyone to show their allies.

As the Zhao army drove away the Qin army's archers, the Zhao army attacked in a dense formation, preparing to use collective strength to fight against Meng. After the two armies approached, the Qin army swept the lower limbs of the Zhao army with a long pole, and dozens of people were immediately tripped and tripped in the sweep, and the Zhao army's formation was in chaos. Meng Fu did not take advantage of the chaos in the formation of the Zhao army and took the initiative to kill the Zhao army, but instead took the opportunity to retreat, dodging the front, leaving it for the reinforcements who arrived. The archers in the reinforcements naturally did not let go of this opportunity, and under the command of the commander of Nanjun, the reinforcements fired a salvo and knocked the Zhao army's position out of a bloody hole. Seeing that the situation was not good, the 10,000 generals immediately ordered a retreat, withdrew from the range of the reinforcements' bows and arrows, and regrouped.

The number of soldiers with abdominal pain is even higher. Sensing that the situation was not good, the 10,000 men led the troops back more than 100 paces and disengaged. At the same time, he sent an envoy to report to Zhao Kuo that due to the arrival of Qin reinforcements, he had suffered great losses and asked for further instructions.

Not long after, Zhao Kuo sent instructions that the first team of 10,000 people would be responsible for resisting reinforcements, and the fourth team of 10,000 people would attack the top of the mountain. He himself will move to the Qin camp in the middle of the mountain. After receiving the order, the first group of 10,000 people will immediately give the order and move in the direction of reinforcements. After a little rest, the fourth team of the Zhao army, which had not yet received any energy replenishment, also immediately set off as a team and advanced towards the top of the mountain. Zhao Kuo led the pro-battalion to also advance to the mountain.

Instead of attacking on their own, the first team moved forward slightly, giving way to the fourth team's attack and stopping at a position to cover its flanks. After the fourth team departed, he followed his own side.

Seeing this, Meng Fu and Nanjun Lieutenant did not dare to delay any longer, and waved their troops towards Zhao's army.

The first group of Zhao troops cautiously stopped, and when the arrows of the Qin army flew over, they ordered to charge; Wounded, sick, and infirm soldiers were naturally left behind.

Both the reinforcements and the garrison are the Nanjun Army, and the tactical movements on both sides are similar, but the reinforcements have a more physical advantage. Meng Fu did not allow reinforcements to be left alone, and led a battalion of wounded and sick soldiers into battle. There were only about a hundred men in that battalion who were not yet sick, and they followed closely around Mengfu; The other four or five hundred people all had varying degrees of illness, but after half a day of fighting, under the stimulation of blood, adrenaline prevailed, and the pain seemed to have disappeared, and they followed behind the group of soldiers, and also bravely pounced on the Zhao army.