Zhao Kuo also heard the movements from the Qin army. But he has made up his mind that the offensive must start tomorrow. It would be better if the Qin army could be caught off guard! From the cheers in the Qin camp, we can feel that the Qin army wants to repeat its old tricks tomorrow. Such a sudden and resolute counterattack will definitely be unexpected and sudden!
What urged him to make up his mind with a whip was that he was fully aware of how much food he had transported, and in order to boost morale, he had been taking care of food for several days, and even gave double the food to troops who performed well. award. Doubling the food does not really double the food, but only increases the ration by half, that is, from one dou per person per day to one and a half dou. After nearly ten days, about one-third of the food was consumed. He must persist until at least October when Zhao's grain is completely stored in the warehouse, if he cannot completely defeat the Qin army. Everything he is doing now is to defeat or at least severely damage the Qin army.
With the arrival of a large number of reinforcements from the Qin Army, the hope of repelling the Qin Army became increasingly slim, and severely damaging the Qin Army became Zhao Kuo's goal. No matter what, attack operations are necessary!
At the regular meeting just now, Zhao Kuo had assigned each army their own offensive tasks. The main direction of the attack was still chosen to be in the south, but on the first day, the attack must be launched across the board. The attack will begin immediately after repelling the Qin army's attack.
Listening to the cheers from the Qin army, the Zhao army was also preparing silently, mainly adjusting the camp and mobilizing more capable sergeants to launch the first counterattack.
That night, Zhao Kuo inspected all the battalions with combat missions tomorrow, talked casually with the officers and soldiers, and expressed his contempt for the Qin army... The officers and soldiers also responded accordingly, although they were full of nervousness and worry.
On the other side, the Shu people took out all their winter clothes. There were only a hundred people in one battalion, but the other four hundred people stood behind him. Even though those 100 people were wearing three or four layers of winter clothes, there was no guarantee that they would not be injured. They were receiving blessings from others, and at the same time, there was a battle between heaven and man in their hearts!
It was a sleepless night for both parties...
It was still the Qin army who came out of the camp first, with 5,000 men.
Zhao Jun left the camp after breakfast, with 5,000 men.
The Qin army beat the drums and advanced towards the Zhao army. With the sound of drums, the Qin troops in other areas also crowded out of the barriers and began to form formations. Alarm drums sounded on the Zhao Jun position, and Zhao Jun, who was responsible for the defense mission, began to enter the position. At the same time, the Zhao army warriors who were responsible for the front-line assault mission quietly hid under the gate, ready to leave the city at any time. The reason why it was so early was to allow the counterattack troops to be mixed with the defensive troops and not be discovered by the Qin army. If the action is too late, Zhao Jun's mobilization may be discovered by Qin Jun.
The Qin army crossed the distance between the two armies and appeared on the hill again. There, they reorganized their formation and then pressed Zhao Jun neatly. The Zhao army's formation remained unchanged and they waited in place; when the Qin army reached a hundred paces distance, they began to retreat slowly. The Qin army quickened their pace to keep up, and the distance between the two sides quickly closed. When there were only about thirty steps left on both sides, Zhao Jun's drums beat loudly. Zhao Jun, who was retreating, shouted and rushed forward. The Qin army also rushed forward to meet the Zhao army.
This group of Zhao troops obviously had experience in attacking. They did not immediately collapse under the attack of the Qin army. Instead, they stayed in a stalemate for a while before turning away to both sides amidst the sound of commands; while a group of Zhao troops behind them had already charged. Came up and directly defeated the first formation of the Qin army. And engaged the second formation of the Qin army.
As the drums sounded and the Zhao army launched a charge, the gates of the Zhao army's barracks opened wide, and a thousand Zhao soldiers waving halberds rushed out from each gate. They swarmed forward to fight against the scattered Qin soldiers. Military confrontation. Since the Zhao army on the front retreated dozens of steps, these Zhao troops happened to appear on the side of the Qin army.
Feeling the threat from their flanks, the Qin army's fighting spirit dropped in the second formation, and they were also defeated by the Zhao army. Victory or defeat seems to depend on the third team.
But when the third formation of the Zhao army moved forward, the Zhao army suddenly shot out a shower of arrows and rushed towards the scattered Qin army.
The Qin army in the south attacked as a whole army, so they did not have three layers of winter clothing for protection, but they also put on their own winter clothes and all other possible clothes. Although they were bloated, they also reduced the lethality of many arrows. , but there are also many who were injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Seeing the situation, the Qin army did not dare to entangle with the Zhao army's surprise troops, and quickly retreated dragging the wounded.
The third formations of the two armies quickly approached, and the Zhao army's surprise troops also rushed towards the Qin army's third formation. But before they reached the third formation, the Qin army suddenly fired a hail of arrows from the direction of the third formation. The Qin army that had originally collapsed did not wait for the formation to reorganize, but first gathered the archers and fired at the Zhao army. Zhao Jun's troops fell in pieces. But urged by the sound of drums, they still ran desperately to the third formation of the Qin army.
Their interference worked, and the third formation was defeated by Zhao Jun under their interference. Zhao Jun's surprise soldiers quickly hid behind the main soldiers and entered a safe area. The main soldiers of the Zhao army rushed towards the archers under the cover of shields. The archers of the Zhao army behind the formation continued to shoot arrows, harvesting the stragglers of the Qin army.
The Zhao army's main soldiers followed the Qin army's defeated troops and approached the Qin army's position. Strange soldiers rushed out from both sides and swarmed the Qin army's archers. The Qin army, which had hastily formed a formation and rushed into battle, was unable to withstand the Zhao army's attack and collapsed at the first touch. At this time, the Zhao army behind them had arranged their formation and came back to fight; the Qi soldiers injured by the Qin army were supported by the lightly wounded and the seriously injured, and moved into the barrier with difficulty.
The Qin army retreated five miles with gold and broke away from contact.
What surprised the Qin army was that after occupying the hillock and seizing the symbol of victory, the Zhao army did not stop the attack. They also briefly organized their troops in the mountains, mainly to replenish the losses of the regular soldiers from the surprise troops, and then resumed their attack. Start moving forward. And on the vacant position behind, another regular soldier appeared!
Bai Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he whispered to Wang Lu: "The Zhao people are counterattacking, and the entire army is on alert!"
Wang Lu immediately ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the troops. Various drum sounds sounded in different directions in Baili Changping...
When the Qin army launched its offensive in the south, the attack on the Zhao army's barrier in the north also started in sequence. This time the Qin army boldly advanced to a death distance of seventy steps. Zhao Jun passed by with a hail of arrows. Many shield bearers could not withstand the impact of bows and arrows and fell to the ground one after another. The Qin army behind them was hit by several arrows. This can be seen: Qin Jun came here last night. Three or four layers of winter clothes worked. Although the Qin army had many arrows stuck in their bodies, they were still able to drag the fallen Qin army back quickly and out of the range of the Zhao army.
Because they were reminded, the Zhao troops did notice that after the Qin troops arrived at their own position, they took off arrows from their shields and bodies, and all the arrows on the ground were also picked up. It seems that Zhao Kuo is right, the Qin army's attack is indeed to pick up arrows. But unlike yesterday, where there were zero casualties, this time due to the close distance, despite preparations, some people were still injured and their winter clothes were stained with blood. Moreover, it was early autumn and the weather was still warm. It was too hot to wear three layers of winter clothes. After returning to the formation, the soldiers took off their clothes and wrapped their wounds while enjoying the cool air.
Thousands of people will ask Zhao Kuo if he wants to attack? Zhao Kuo observed it for a while and said: "If it declines three times, it will be exhausted. Wait for three formations before coming out!"
After the second formation was repulsed, alarm drums sounded from all over the Qin army's positions, reminding the Qin army that they had discovered Zhao Jun's sinister plot.
Finding that the Qin army had only begun to prepare now, Zhao Kuo felt a trace of regret. Wouldn't it be more advantageous to attack earlier? But he immediately put an end to this idea and concentrated on thinking about how to develop the offensive as planned.
To the south, the Qin army, which retreated five miles to reorganize, engaged the Zhao army, which was pressing forward step by step. This time in front of the mountain, the two sides fought fiercely, breaking up and regrouping. Due to the large number of Zhao troops and the harassment of strange troops, the situation was dominant. However, the Qin army's archers divided a part specifically to shoot at Zhao Qibing, and also killed many Zhao people.
After the two sides exchanged fire for five rounds, the second main force of the Zhao army appeared on the other side of the mountain. The Qin army once again shouted gold and retreated to their own camp.
The Qin army was driven back to its camp by the Zhao army. This had never happened since the war between Qin and Zhao in Changping. The Zhao army was delighted.
At the same time, in other areas, Zhao Jun who was lying next to the door finally waited for the command to attack. They pulled the door bolt, opened the camp door, and rushed out bravely. The first ones to rush out were a group of halberdiers, followed by shield soldiers, and then followed by spear soldiers.
The Qin army was originally prepared to deal with the archers. They made two tentative attacks. Although there were some wounded, they did capture many arrows from the Zhao army without firing any of them. But during the third attack, Zhao Jun did not shoot an arrow even after advancing seventy steps. The military official of Qin did not give up and asked the formation to advance another twenty steps. This time Zhao Jun fired double arrows, and some people were penetrated by arrows on the spot. Under the command of "retreat", the Qin army quickly picked up the wounded and returned to their own position, but several more were shot down. Fortunately, I wore thick winter clothes and it was not fatal. When they retreated without caring about picking up the arrows, they heard the cry of landslides and ground cracking, and a large number of Zhao troops rushed out, waving their halberds and charging towards them. Zhao Jun already had wounded soldiers, his formation was scattered, and he was unable to resist, so he ran back desperately. The Zhao army formed a formation seventy steps in front of the wall and pressed on the attacking Qin army.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gongcheng, who was in charge of the command, decisively gave up the attack, pulled the attacking Qin army back under the wall, and at the same time ordered the defending Qin army to enter the position.
The three areas of attack were preceded and followed, but the general situation was not much different. One official saw that the Qin troops on the left and right were counterattacked by the Zhao army, so he took the initiative to withdraw the troops. Moreover, the Zhao army in this area also rushed out of the barrier and prepared to attack.
The offensive and defensive momentum was instantly reversed, the Qin army's all-out attack was repelled, and the Zhao army switched to an all-out attack.
After Zhao Jun organized his team, he quickly rushed towards Qin Jun's position. The Qin army responded with a rain of arrows after they approached, just like the Zhao army did. It seems that Zhao Jun did not receive the task of picking up arrows and marched forward bravely despite the rain of arrows. At fifty steps, the Qin army who was lying in front of the wall stood up and forced them to leave the battlefield.
