After the third formation engaged the Zhao Army, the main soldiers of the Zhao Army moved out from behind the hills. Their appearance attracted the attention of the third formation of the Qin army. The Qin army quickly rushed towards the Zhao army on the opposite side, hoping to defeat the Zhao army's surprise troops with a single charge, and then turn around to deal with the main Zhao army. The close attack was exactly what Zhao Jun wanted. The combat effectiveness of the main soldiers of the Qin army was reduced, and the numerical advantage of the Zhao army was brought into play. After the Zhao army paid a heavy price for the vanguard, the two sides fell into a melee. Someone on both sides was stabbed and knocked to the ground. In order not to be surrounded by the numerically superior Zhao army, the Qin army began to retreat. After the scattered first formation regrouped, they fought back and covered the retreat of the third formation.
The first line of the Qin army achieved the most results, but also suffered the most casualties. Currently, there were almost one-third fewer soldiers able to charge forward, almost all of them were injured, and their combat effectiveness was reduced by more than half.
Zhao Kuo used flags and drums to order the three consecutive formations. The right-wing troops who suffered heavy casualties stopped attacking, retreated slightly, cleaned the battlefield, and dealt with their own wounded and the enemy's wounded. He then directed the main soldiers of Zhao Army to attack Qin's fourth formation from the side.
The main soldiers of the Zhao army broke through three formations of the Qin army in a row, and the results were brilliant! Although the gains were not much, the losses were also small. During this period, Zhao Jun's left wing also entered the battlefield and flanked Qin Jun. The right wing has cleared the battlefield and allowed the severely wounded to retreat, while the lightly wounded have re-arranged and will join the battle.
At this moment, a large number of Qin troops poured out from behind the flanking mountains of the left-wing troops. It seems that the Qin army was well prepared for Zhao Jun's saturation tactics and tried every means to lengthen the front line to dilute Zhao Jun's strength advantage. With the current situation, both sides of the Zhao army are threatened. Although the troops are superior, the two wings cannot care about each other, and they are trapped in a two-front battle, and the superior troops cannot be used.
Zhao Kuo ordered the regular soldiers of the entire team to go into battle immediately, and supported them with surprise troops from the right wing, aiming at the left wing of the Qin army that had been crippled. And all the new left wing turned to the Qin army's right wing reinforcements.
Since the front of the Zhao army is wide open, the left wing is not too far away from the Qin army's reinforcements. If you turn slightly, you can face the reinforcements - but this will expose your flank to the Qin army's left wing. If the Zhao army's rear is If the army cannot catch up in time, the consequences will be disastrous! The Qin army's left wing seemed to have noticed this, and tried its best to speed up the formation and march, trying to attack the Zhao army's left wing before the Zhao army's reinforcements arrived. The battle has become a contest of speed of formation changes!
The Qin army was well-trained and rushed into battle before the Zhao army completed its formation, and cut off a section of the Zhao army's tail. The Zhao army seized this opportunity and launched an attack on the Qin army's flank. The left wing of the Qin army saw the Zhao army coming and had no time to reap the victory. They quickly retreated, adjusted their formation, and prepared to meet the Zhao army's attack.
It seems that in order to gain time to adjust their formation, the Qin army continued to retreat to the rear, trying to trade space for time. After retreating for a mile or two, they finally adjusted their position and fired a large number of arrows at the Zhao army, especially in the direction of the Qi soldiers. They collectively chose a defensive position, slowly opened the distance from the Zhao army, and tried their best to attack with arrows. , avoid direct hand-to-hand combat. Due to the shortage of archers, the Zhao army fought back with bows and arrows, but the threat was not great. They could only rush forward desperately, get as close as possible to each other, and start a face-to-face fight.
As a result, a gap of up to a hundred steps appeared between the two wings of Zhao Jun.
Finally, the Zhao army and the Qin army collided violently. In just a moment, countless people on both sides were stabbed over. But this time, both sides persisted in retreating. The front row fell, and the back row continued to stab each other...
Just when the second formation of the Qin Army came into contact with the Zhao Army, drums were beating loudly in the Qin Army's camp fence, and a group of Qin Army armed with spears poured out from behind the barrier and formed ten columns from the gap between the two wings of the Zhao Army. Another horn sounded, and the ten columns separated to the left and right, and charged towards the back of the fiercely fighting Zhao army!
Zhao Kuo was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly sent an envoy to mobilize a nearby army out of the camp to prepare for battle. He himself stood on the hillock, constantly giving orders, adjusting the drumbeat, and trying his best to resist.
Soon Zhao Kuo saw clearly that there were five thousand spearmen who came out of the camp. They were skilled in martial arts, and the long spears in their hands were like leaping snakes; their physical strength was amazing, and the hard spear shafts were like Willow branches can draw arcs one after another, and with every arc passing by, one person will be lifted up into the air! The four rows of people at the back held the spears flatly, as if the spears had no weight at all, and were steady. Their task was to protect the vanguard from being caught up in the enemy's body due to mistakes.
Zhao Jun's rear row turned to resist the spearmen. But the halberd's shaft was not as long as the spear's shaft, and the spear pierced the body, but the halberd could not reach the opponent. Only a few with better martial arts skills and better luck were able to deflect the first thrust and rush to the inside of the spear shaft. However, they were immediately stabbed over by the spearmen behind them, and in the end they could only make a gash on the opponent's arm or chest. It doesn't hurt the bones at all.
In despair, Zhao Jun began to fight desperately! Many people threw away their weapons and allowed themselves to be stabbed by the spears, while holding the spearheads tightly with both hands. The spinning momentum of the spear could not shake them away. After spinning back and forth several times, the spear head was knocked off the spear shaft. Zhao Jun's hands clenched the spearhead that was inserted into his abdomen or chest, and he lay on the ground, as if he was stabbing himself into his body with a short spear!
Others have also invented other methods, such as grabbing a handful of sand or stones from the ground and throwing them over first, and then attacking...
Of course, the most effective way is to avoid the front and attack from the side, which is much simpler. Relying on the frontal attraction of their teammates, many Zhao troops went around to the side to kill the Qin army.
Although countless countermeasures have been invented, the ineffective frontal confrontation is a major flaw. Whether it is using a shield as a shield, using sand to blind one's eyes, or attacking from the side, it all comes at the cost of frontal casualties. ; And the number of frontal casualties far exceeds the damage it causes to the enemy. What was even more fatal was that the Zhao army was attacked from two sides. Not long after, the Zhao army fell in large pieces and was divided into several pieces by the Qin army. Being annihilated is only a matter of time. Zhao Jun, who was in dire straits, resisted desperately and tried his best to kill Qin Jun, even sacrificing his life for injuries. Zhao Kuo has not issued any new orders for a long time. The drummers can only beat the drums repeatedly to keep the drums beating, hoping to boost morale and complete a great reversal of fate!
The five thousand spearmen who appeared later were like a huge mountain, crushing the Zhao army. Zhao Jun was completely defenseless in front of them. They completed the killings one after another in an orderly, unhurried, and step-by-step manner, with exquisite techniques, rigorous attitudes, and calm demeanor, just like artists completing a work. Zhao Kuo was shocked, what kind of army is this? How can one resist?
It will still take a long time to completely eliminate the more than 20,000 Zhao army's remaining soldiers who are trapped and fighting. In the time gained by Zhao Jun's desperate resistance, Zhao Jun's troops came out of the camp and formed a formation on the mountain side. But everything was too late, Zhao Jun in front was almost surrounded!
Zhao Kuo issued an order to withdraw his troops. Zhao Jun, who was surrounded, tried his best to break out of the encirclement and dragged his wounded companions with him as much as possible. The Qin army deliberately stepped out of the way to let them go, and then killed them with dense arrows. Zhao Kuo's heart was bleeding. There were more than 20,000 people, but less than half came back, and all of them were injured.
The Qin army followed, marching and forming a team, only shooting with bows and arrows, and then stopped outside the shooting range of the Zhao army with great vigilance.
The Qin army also suffered heavy losses. Except for the five thousand swordsmen who rushed out at the end and suffered minor casualties, almost everyone in the other battalions suffered injuries. Zhao Jun's desperate fighting style seemed to have shocked the Qin Army and made them act cautiously. Facing the Zhao army who was waiting for them, they did not continue to advance and faced each other one mile apart.
Today's battle is not limited to the south. Fierce battles broke out in Danzhu Ridge in the north, the middle and the foot of the south mountain, especially the fiercest fighting at the foot of the south mountain. Due to the narrow mountain road, the Qin army started to launch a tentative attack with only a small group of troops. Not to be outdone, the Zhao army sent troops to fight. Both sides fought in the field, each suffering casualties. He had no choice but to drag the wounded soldiers back.
The attack at the foot of the mountain made no progress, and the Qin army launched another attack on the Zhao army at the foot of the mountain. However, the Zhao army at the foot of the mountain was well prepared, and the Qin army exhausted a lot of energy when rushing down the hillside. It was difficult to maintain the formation, and no results were achieved. Nonetheless, throughout the day, the sounds of killing and the beating of drums continued throughout the valley and at the foot of the mountain.
Despite the loud beating of drums and shouts of killing in other places, Zhao Kuo didn't even look at him. All he could see was the battle in this area. He swore a poisonous oath that if he returned without victory, his descendants would abandon him and he would never be supported; but Zhao Jun indeed showed amazing combat effectiveness in the battle. But even so, the more than 20,000 Zhao army was still no match for the 10,000 Qin army; and the existence of Qin swordsmen was even greater than Zhao Kuo expected. He did not expect that there was such an elite force in the Qin army camp. This unit was all equipped with spears. After entering the battle, it broke through the Zhao army's formation almost like a torrent and quickly changed the situation. In the end, it became difficult for the Zhao army to fight hard!
The appearance of the Qin swordsman gave Zhao Kuo a huge psychological blow! This unit has strong personal martial arts skills, strict overall discipline, and is skilled in changing formations. They are all-round warriors. Zhao Kuo had only heard that the Qin army had a force that was comparable to Wei Wuzu and Qi martial arts, but he had never seen their combat effectiveness. He thought that the swordsmen of Qin were just like the soldiers of Wei, but when he saw them today, the fighting power of the two was completely different. The soldiers of Wei were slightly stronger than the prisoners of the Qin army, but were completely incomparable with the swordsmen of the Qin. For the first time, Zhao Kuo had doubts about his ability: Can I train such an army? Can I defeat such an army? How hard would I go to defeat such an army? Even if the spearhead is broken by a Zhao soldier at the cost of his life, as long as the soldiers in front and behind him change positions, the combat effectiveness will not be affected. Generally speaking, it takes three or four people to be stabbed over before it is possible to break the head of a spear! Zhao Jun cannot afford such an exchange ratio. And it is impossible to have such an army wrapped in poisonous oaths again. Such a thing can never happen again, and it can only be encountered but not sought!
