At a distance of three to four hundred steps from the first line of defense to the second line of defense, there were a large number of seriously injured soldiers lying in random directions. Almost all of them were Zhao soldiers. Since Zhao Jun was the attacking party, the injured soldiers would not have received treatment unless they intentionally held back. On the contrary, the Qin army is a defensive party, and the injured can quickly return to the camp for treatment.
The Zhao army who came up with reinforcements did not launch an attack immediately, but tried their best to clear the camp fences and trenches set up by the Qin army to facilitate their own attack. At the same time, let the retreating Zhao Jun carry the wounded Zhao Jun back to the rear. The Qin army also rested and bandaged their wounds inside and outside the second camp fence. Someone silently took out a handful of fried millet from his arms and put it into his mouth. Someone next to him immediately reminded him: "Don't pass it, otherwise you will have abdominal distension and die!" The man nodded, evenly distributed half of it, gave it to the person who reminded him, and said: "Hold it There is salt in your mouth!" The man did not refuse, stretched out his hand to take it, and put it in his mouth. The fried millet, which was not much in the first place, was divided between the two of them. Neither of them chewed it immediately, but held it in their mouths, savoring the salty taste. Both of them had not drank water for a day, and they felt unbearably thirsty. There was a salty taste in their mouths, which could stimulate a little saliva secretion and relieve some pain.
At this moment, a group of soldiers entered the camp carrying two cans of water each, leaving ten cans in each camp. The official ordered it to be distributed to everyone to drink. In the age of cold weapons, more people were injured in battles than died. After fighting for most of the day, among the thousand people, there were almost no uninjured people, but no one was killed yet. Ten cans of water are given to a thousand people, and each person can only take a small sip.
The two camps are not far apart, and even if they speak louder, they can hear each other. Across the way, when I saw someone carrying water to drink from Qin Jun's side, I was so envious that my eyes bulged out. Zhao Jun's envy increased Qin Jun's pride, and someone pointed his can at the other side, and the other side shouted something loudly. They were all Bashu people, and they couldn't understand it, and they were immediately dismissed by the other side's officers. Stop shouting loudly.
Seeing that the sun was setting towards the west, Zhao Jun turned to the side facing the sun. Zhao Jun's mood seemed more anxious, and his actions were obviously impatient. The generals of the Zhao army realized this and ordered the entire Zhao army to attack.
The troops who had been on the front line of alert became the first to start the attack. Six battalions of halberdiers began to advance, followed by archers who hurriedly formed their formation. ——The archers were ordered to destroy the Qin army’s camp fence just now.
Zhao Jun's archers were about ten paces behind the halberd soldiers. Therefore, when the halberd soldiers entered the Qin Army's bow range, the archers did not start shooting to cover, allowing the halberd soldiers to face the roaring arrows. arrow. The effect of this drawing and shooting of arrows is quite good, because the shield soldiers in the front row do not fully raise their shields-most of the shields are only slightly higher than their heads. When the arrows rained down like a wall, a large piece of the Sixth Battalion's Halberdiers fell down visibly to the naked eye. The officer supervising the battle at the back cursed loudly, ordered the shield soldiers to raise their shields high, and ordered the other halberdiers to organize their troops and move forward immediately. While the halberdiers were still forming their team, another rain of arrows fell, and then drums sounded in the Qin army camp, and the Qin army shouted and rushed forward. Because the Zhao army suffered heavy losses under the rain of arrows, they had not yet organized their troops. Seeing the Qin army rushing up, they all panicked. Some people hurriedly made fighting postures, while others stood aside, almost numb. The officers shouted Cursing and yelling, the soldiers rushed forward, but they couldn't get into formation. Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers turned around and ran away. Then the halberd soldiers of the Sixth Battalion shouted, turned around and ran away. The archers who were more than ten steps behind had just entered the range of the bow and arrow, and were already kneeling down and were about to shoot. However, they saw the halberd soldiers in front scattering like a mountain falling apart. Fifty steps away, the Qin army was like a wall, advancing firmly, while the Qin army A rain of arrows also poured down from his head, making the shields crackle. Zhao Jun, who was scattered as birds and beasts, was shot down by the rain of arrows.
The fleeing Zhao army overturned the archer's position, and the archer collapsed without even firing a single volley.
Fortunately, at this time, the six battalions from the rear arrived. When the Qin army saw that reinforcements from the Zhao army had arrived, they stopped their pursuit and adjusted their formation on the spot. Zhao Jun did not launch an attack immediately, but only covered the defeated troops and retreated to the rear.
The sun was slanting further, and the tall mountain shadows almost enveloped the troops on both sides. At this time, the Zhao army, which had launched the first round of offensive, rejoined the battle and came over neatly in horizontal formation.
After reaching this point, Wang Hao had a certain understanding of the combat effectiveness of the five Zhao armies participating in the battle: the first group of attacking troops were the elite of the Zhao army, and their combat effectiveness was as strong as that of the other two armies. It seems that the troops that penetrated the Xiushui were just for diversion, and they were shot back with just a burst of arrows. When the task was not completed, Zhao Jun would rather re-activate the first troops than put them into battle. It was obviously There is no confidence in their fighting ability. It should be the weakest. Ten thousand people have been attacking the Qin Army's Northern Formation without any hesitation. Only the Qin Army retreated as soon as it counterattacked, and did not confront the Qin Army at all. It should also be an army with weak combat effectiveness.
Wang Hao watched nervously as the strongest Zhao army came up, preparing to fight the Qin army again. This time it was not a camp battle, but a head-to-head field battle. Wang Hao was even eager, eager to know whether the Qin army would compete with the strongest Zhao army. What can be the outcome of an encounter?
Just as the main force of the Zhao army moved forward and entered the position where the whole team was preparing to attack, a bell suddenly sounded from the mountain: Lian Po gave the order to retreat.
Wang Lu was wondering, why did Lian Po retreat? He looked across in confusion, and soon found the reason for Lian Po's retreat: a group of Qin troops came out from behind the mountain in the south, heading towards the camp group at the foot of the south mountain! Obviously, Bai Qi had arrived on the battlefield and witnessed the entire battle process, and now he finally caught the opportunity.
This time the whole army retreated. The Zhao army that had just arrived showed excellent fighting qualities. They stood still and became rearguards to cover other troops. Wang Hao was unwilling to give in, so he raised the red flag behind the stone. As the drums of the whole army were beating loudly, all the troops immediately launched an attack on the enemy in front of them. Those Zhao troops who lined up to retreat immediately retreated without waiting for the team to line up, and their personal belongings were scattered all over the floor. After the Zhao army broke off and defeated two attacks of the Qin army, they finally couldn't resist it and retreated.
Those Qin troops who had been in reserve for a day organized their troops and quickly went into battle. The troops guarding the direction of Xunshui also rushed out.
The army attacking in the direction of Xuanshui was the only one in Lian Po's hands that was not involved in the battle. Lian Po could only order them to set up formations five miles downstream of Dan River to block Bai Qi's attack. They must stop Bai Qi and prepare for the retreat of the large army. To gain time.
Except for the 10,000 Zhao troops at the rear who were fighting and retreating, but still had fighting strength, the rest of the troops were in disarray. Although each army left behind troops, when they saw the Qin army coming, they retreated without any will to fight.
Lian Po came down from the mountain, stood his own camp on the bank of Danshui, and slowly moved forward to join the Zhao army who had broken off the rear. Seeing the general's banners and drums gradually moving forward, the panic of the troops was slightly calmed down. At this time, there were also bursts of killing sounds coming from the lower reaches of Danshui.
Only a few senior generals such as Lian Po knew about Bai Qijun's participation, and ordinary soldiers did not. Suddenly I heard a shout of killing from the back road, and my mood that had just calmed down was raised again.
Wang Hao asked the Qin army guarding the southern formation to withdraw, and the remaining 30,000 people pressed the Zhao army from three directions. Although Zhao's army now had 50,000 men and was more powerful than Wang Lu, the sudden appearance of troops from the direction of Gaodu completely disrupted Lian Po's plan. Due to low morale, Zhao Jun had difficulty organizing an effective counterattack. The 50,000 Zhao troops were like a group of big fat sheep, ready to be slaughtered by the Qin army.
Lian Po knew that the most important thing now was to get Zhao Jun to quickly retreat into the camp and defend it. On the one hand, he asked the general of the camp to lead his troops to enter the camp first and prepare for defensive operations; on the other hand, he tried his best to find those officers in the rebel army who could still control the troops, and gave them direct instructions. In this way, three hundred, five hundred, even one hundred or two hundred troops were sent to the barrier sporadically.
At this time, the shouts of killing from the lower reaches were shaking, and the violent collision between the two armies could be heard even here. After several consecutive collisions, screams and cries were heard. Seeing this, Zhao Jun, who was crowding outside the city, did not care about anything and ran desperately into the camp. The gate of the camp was immediately blocked by the rebels. Seeing that there was no hope of entering the camp, the soldiers who followed ran north along the camp wall.
Seeing that Lian Po had not yet entered the city, the general of the Zhao army in the camp decisively ordered to open all the camp doors and let the Zhao army enter the camp. The Zhao army at the rear was also very effective, and almost single-handedly blocked Wang Lu's attack. Wang Hao had to stop and readjust his formation.
However, the troops that blocked Bai Qi were not that good. They hurriedly formed formations on both sides of Danshui, but they could not withstand Bai Qi's observation. Bai Qi saw the weakness of the formation at just one glance, and quickly assembled the formation to attack. After only three or five formations, the Zhao army was dispersed.
When Bai Qi's army arrived at the foot of Nanshan, Zhao's troops at the rear were still confronting Wang Lu. There were still about ten thousand Zhao troops in front of the barrier who had not been able to enter. When Bai Qi was discovered on the city fort two or three miles away, he decisively used a burst of flying stones to repel the Zhao army in front of the gate and closed the city gate. When Bai Qi saw this, he did not attack the city. Instead, he led his troops between the Zhao army and the camp, cutting off the connection between the two sides.
Although the Zhao army in the rear was brave, they were tired from the long battle and had to be wary of Bai Qi; and Wang Hao had a three to one advantage. After calmly adjusting his troops, he launched an attack and surrounded Zhao Jun from both wings. Although the Zhao army was in desperate situation, they still resisted desperately; but their bravery was no match for the situation, and this most elite unit of the Zhao army was eventually annihilated.
It was already dark by this time.
The battle outside the city was ten miles away. In the darkness, no one on the city could see the specific situation of the battle, but the black shadows were enough to show the intensity of the battle. When the screams finally stopped, there was a burst of crying in the city, and the generals couldn't stop it even though they yelled and cursed.
When the Qin army was sweeping the battlefield and harvesting the heads of the Zhao army, Wang Lu and the five senior officials came to the Gaodu military camp five miles away to see Bai Qi. When Bai Qi saw them, they didn't say much and said directly: "I helped you succeed, and you should also help me!"
Wang Hao and others didn't know what they meant, so they stood together and said: "I obey your order!"
