Chapter 258: The Zhao Army is defeated
This time
Faced with Zhao Qian's escape.
With Lian Po's state of mind, he felt a little broken.
It is you who said that Handan fought a decisive battle.
You are the one who said the battle in the city.
It's still you who says it's the royal driver.
In summary
You're good,
Occupy an unfavorable position, run away first, and throw the mess to me?
It's just that looking at the Qi army's iron cavalry surging like a surging tide in front of him, Lian Po didn't have time to care about Zhao Qian.
Five hundred steps...
Four hundred steps...
Three hundred steps...
The menacing offensive almost changed the color of heaven and earth.
More than 100,000 iron horsemen galloped wildly on this plain, and the whole earth trembled while rolling up the dust in the sky.
Especially before,
has staged a crushing victory in front of countless Zhao Jun.
At this moment,
Even a veteran of a hundred battles who has experienced countless battlefields, looking at the rolling iron horse in front of him, he can't help but feel a touch of fear in his heart.
finally
With the vanguard of the Qi army, after entering the range of the bow and arrow.
Lian Po pulled out the sword at his waist,
Pointing at the raging iron horseman in front of him, he roared: "Crossbowman, release the arrows!" ”
Suddenly
Ten thousand arrows are fired.
Dense arrows, like raindrops, poured down overwhelmingly.
However, in the face of such a horrific scene,
The iron cavalry of the Qi army did not slow down a bit,
Huo Quzhi took the lead, as if he had turned into a sharp blade at the front of the spear, and rushed towards the Zhao army's army without hesitation.
Arrows like locusts, with a burst of sound breaking through the air.
Fell among the cavalry of the Qi army.
The arrow landed on the armor with a crisp metallic crashing sound.
But in the dense rain of arrows, there will always be arrows falling in the gaps between the armor.
Constantly Qi soldiers fell off their horses.
But in the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows, the charge did not slow down in the slightest, and no one was afraid, still holding weapons and charging against the rain of arrows.
Two hundred steps...
One hundred steps...
Fifty steps...
The enemy forces are already close at hand.
Lian Po blushed and shouted, "Raise your shield!" ”
The next moment,
In the Zhao army's array,
All crossbowmen retreated.
Wearing armor and holding a huge shield, the heavily armed ironclad army came to the front of the military formation.
In the face of the approaching torrent of steel,
Plunges the shield deep into the ground, then uses its flesh and blood to push it against the back of the shield.
meantime
The pikemen placed their spears on the shoulders of the heavy infantry in front of them.
At this moment,
In the face of such a surging cavalry,
All the infantry could do was to stabilize the formation.
Otherwise,
Once the formation is disorganized, or a gap is breached, then these infantry, who can only run on their legs, can only be pursued by the enemy's cavalry.
The torrent rushed in front of Zhao Jun.
The Qi army at the forefront, carrying the impact of the war horse, crashed straight into the Zhao army's military formation.
Rumble!
In the sound of metal colliding,
The soldiers of the Qi army turned on their backs,
The high shield raised by the soldiers at the front of the Zhao army was like an impregnable embankment, relying on the firmness of flesh and blood, and stubbornly blocked the charge of the Qi army.
however
didn't wait for the smile on Lian Po's face to appear for too long,
With the continuous influx of follow-up cavalry, it was like a monstrous wave when a tsunami occurred, wave after wave.
Constantly attacking the Zhao army's military formation.
And
This huge wave is still divided into three ways, and it swept from the left, middle and right directions at the same time.
Under this huge impact,
The defense line of the Zhao army was soon torn open by the Qi army.
However, Lian Po is battle-hardened after all, and he is worthy of the title of a famous general of Zhao State.
When the gap appears,
Immediately mobilize the reinforcement corps and plug the gap forward.
The entire army array, like an impregnable fortress, has always stood firm under the rapid offensive of the Qi army wave after wave.
Even though Huo Qu was ill, he launched three charges in a row, but he failed to reopen the Zhao army's military formation.
But when the main army of the Qi-Wei coalition army arrived.
The situation on the battlefield changed in an instant.
The 600,000-strong army, under the command of Wei Qing, began to encircle the Zhao army.
Li Mu wanted to send cavalry to stop him, but Huo Qubing soon led his army to catch up.
The second cavalry hedge,
The Qi army still won a great victory.
In the case of the defeat of the cavalry, Zhao completely lost the strategic initiative.
.......
Both sides fought from noon to dusk.
When the afterglow of the setting sun falls on the battlefield,
The entire battlefield was littered with the corpses of soldiers of the two armies.
The ground was already muddy with blood.
air,
The smell of blood permeated the air.
At this time,
After experiencing the continuous attacks of the Qi army, the Zhao army, which had long been exhausted, finally showed its flaws.
As Huo Qubing led the army to break away from the enemy position,
Zhao Jun's defense line finally collapsed this time.
With the continuous influx of follow-up Qi troops,
The scales of victory are completely tilted at this time.
Although Lian Po tried his best to stabilize the military formation and save the defeat.
This is due to the disparity in strength and strength, but no matter how hard you work, you will not be able to return to the sky after all.
As the rout unfolds,
The battlefield began with a one-sided slaughter.
Like hungry wolves rushing into the sheepfold, the Qi and Wei coalition forces launched a pursuit of the Zhao army.
Countless Zhao soldiers threw away their armor and ran in the direction of Handan.
At this time, Lian Po, looking at the defeat of the whole army, was full of sadness.
His name as a famous general is achieved on the piling up of the bones of countless soldiers.
At the same time, it also represents the glory and glory of Zhao State.
But with today's defeat,
The glory that Zhao once cut together will become the dust of history.
Such a scene,
Lian Po has seen too much, too much.
Recalling his life,
I don't know how many small countries have been destroyed, and each of these small countries has its own glorious past.
At least
At the time of the founding of these small states.
Those founding kings must have had ambitions in their hearts.
Lian Po suddenly remembered Emperor Zhao Wuling.
More than thirty years ago,
Regardless of the opposition of the crowd, he decided to ride and shoot in Hufu.
It's also him,
brought Zhao to heights that he had never had.
It's just that now, all the glory of Zhao will also pass away with this defeat.
"General, the enemy is catching up, let's retreat!"
Then
The lieutenant general, who was covered in blood and a little embarrassed, came to Lian Po and shouted anxiously.
Lian Po handed the handsome seal in his hand to the other party, and sighed faintly and said, "Return this handsome seal to Your Majesty." ”
"The old man is old...... Nearly seventy years old, I can't run anymore. ”
"And today, the old man buried all the elites of Zhao State here, and what face did he have to go back and face the people of Zhao State."
The adjutant general said in disbelief: "General, you ....."
Lian Po waved his hand: "You go first, the old man will be here to break the rear for the army." ”
"In addition, you tell Li Mu for the old man, if you want the Zhao State not to be destroyed, you must not stick to Handan, with the combat strength of the Qi army, Handan is not enough to hold on."
"After going back, I advise Your Majesty to move the capital as soon as possible and go to the west of Taihang, and rely on the difficulties and dangers of Taihang to stop the Qi army."