Unlike other places where the drums are loud and the fighting is small, the fighting in the south is real. Zhao Kuo forcefully gathered the defeated soldiers who retreated from the stone city into a powerful force. At the cost of nearly annihilating the entire army, he severely damaged the Qin army and even forced out the Qin army's swordsmen. Zhao Kuo mobilized 10,000 Zhao troops at the last moment to cover the retreat of Zhao troops on the battlefield, but there were not many Zhao troops who could withdraw. More than half of the Zhao army has fallen on the battlefield, and less than 10,000 people can come back, and all of them are injured! Zhao Kuo was still afraid of the group of swordsmen, so he commanded Zhao Jun to control the strings and draw the bows, preparing to shoot them. However, the Qin army only retreated a mile in front of its own position, but did not return to the camp and confronted the Zhao army in front of the position.
Due to the shock caused by the loss of Shicheng, Zhao Jun did not launch a diversionary attack on the Qin Army's barrier from other directions today. Seeing that the Qin army was arrayed in front of the position and refused to retreat, Zhao Kuo sent an envoy to convey an order to the three closest generals of ten thousand, asking him to organize his own army and go out of the city to attack.
He looked up at several battlefields on the mountain, generally in a stalemate. He looked at the sky again and saw that the sun was just over his head. He hesitated: Should we organize another attack today? Due to the poor roads in the camp, it was very troublesome to mobilize personnel to go out of the city to fight; and the southern attack camp was temporarily squeezed out by Zhao Kuo, and the space was limited. The upper limit of the attack was to gather 30,000 people. Since the camp was used to arrange for Shicheng's defeated troops yesterday, they could only be allowed to go out to fight today. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be so brave and achieved unexpected results. But the problem is: the organized troops cannot leave the city and are blocked in the camp. It took a lot of effort for him to recruit 10,000 troops. It was actually very difficult to mobilize troops out of the camp, especially now that the morale of the army was unstable and troops were mobilized on a large scale, the camp might be blown up due to some slight disturbance.
He looked towards the opposite position. The Qin army was just a mile away at the foot of the mountain, in strict formation, and Zhao Kuo could clearly see the entire troop deployment. He could even estimate that of the Qin army's two public troops, one had more than 3,000 men and the other only had more than 2,000 men. There were obvious vacancies in both formations. The five thousand swordsmen were arranged at the rear of the position. They seemed to be surprise soldiers and seemed to supervise the battle.
While Zhao Kuo was watching, the Qin army's camp gate opened again, and hundreds of halberdier and axemen came out. Zhao Kuo felt nervous: This was to cut off the heads of Zhao's casualties.
In the age of cold weapons, it was rare for one or two stabs to kill someone. Only those who had undergone long-term and rigorous training had this ability. The most common situation is scratches. In the era when spears or halberds were the main weapons, this type of injury was the most common because most people usually did not stab but only slashed. The spear tip could only leave scratches on the body. ; If this kind of injury only damages the surface of the limbs or trunk, it usually does not affect the combat effectiveness; if the scratch is deeper and forms a cut, it may sometimes damage the blood vessels and cause massive bleeding, but in the limbs and trunk, life-threatening injuries can really occur. There won't be much bleeding. Fatal blows usually occur in stab wounds, which are generally deeper than scratches and are likely to penetrate the abdominal wall and chest wall, causing penetrating injuries. At this time, severe pain usually makes people lose their fighting ability or even faint. Completely incapacitated. Another type of injury is impact injury. When a spear or halberd is used as a big stick, whether it hits the head, shoulder or arm, it may cause a fracture; if it hits the head, it may cause a concussion. What kind of injury does it look like on the surface? None, but people can also suffer from various neurological symptoms and even fainting. The most serious injuries are arrow wounds. Whether they are shot from a flat angle or falling from the sky, as long as they hurt people, they will usually be very deep. Most of them will hurt the bones, and some will cause penetrating injuries. Therefore, during the battle, rushing through the rain of arrows is an extremely thrilling scene.
In this case, it is very important who stays on the battlefield after the war: they can rescue the wounded on their own side, and have sufficient conditions to kill the wounded on the other side! Once back and forth, the battle loss ratio between the two sides will increase significantly! Whether the defeated side can rescue its own wounded is also a test.
In this battle, the Qin army broke out from a tight encirclement, all of them were wounded, and they fought and retreated. Almost all the seriously injured soldiers were abandoned on the battlefield, lying in a large area in front of them! Since the Zhao army did not return to camp, the Qin army did not dare to clean the battlefield in a grand manner. They could only let the troops confront the Zhao army first, and send people out to clean up the wounded on both sides on the battlefield.
Zhao Kuo saw several groups of halberdier and axemen coming out from the Qin army, and immediately understood the Qin army's intention: they wanted to harvest the heads of the Zhao army under the cover of the Qin formation.
He looked inside the city and saw that the Zhao army he ordered to mobilize out of the city was still gathering troops! He no longer hesitated, pointed to the Qin army in front and said to the envoys: "The Qin army wants to kill our leader! We must go and save him!" The envoys rushed to each camp to convey the order. Zhao Kuo also ordered the drums to be beaten, and all the battalions rose up after hearing the drums. Between the formations, they accepted the order to attack the Qin army and rescue the wounded.
A complete fresh force would naturally have an advantage if it went to attack an army that had fought fiercely for a long time and suffered heavy casualties. The Qin army basically had to wait until the Zhao army had rushed about ten steps forward before launching a counterattack. After breaking through one or two formations, it retreated without rushing to kill the Zhao army. The swordsman who worried Zhao Kuo the most did not participate in the battle and retreated little by little.
Standing on the mountain, Zhao Kuo could see clearly that the fighting here did not affect the Qin army's harvesting of heads. They methodically stabbed the Zhao army to death first, and then chopped off their heads with axes. The shrill screams were clearly audible even though they were several miles away. The Qin army on the opposite side adopts delaying tactics, neither seriously confronting you nor allowing you to move forward happily. The formations of both sides dispersed and gathered together. It wasn't until the Zhao army on the flank attacked that the bells rang in the Qin army camp. An hour had passed by this time, and the Qin army had harvested the heads of most of the wounded and returned with some regret.
Zhao Jun dragged back all his remaining wounded soldiers and returned to the camp. Those soldiers who lost their heads could only be left on the battlefield and allowed to be gnawed by wild beasts.
When the fighting in the south was at its fiercest, Bai Qi did not stay in the camp at Taniguchi, but stood on the stone city to watch the battle. This is really a good place to overlook the entire battlefield. You can have a panoramic view of Danzhu Ridge in the north and Xuanshui in the south! Even the movements of the Qin army in the valley opposite could be vaguely observed. It makes sense for Lian Po to choose this place as the last line of defense!
Bai Qi also noticed Zhao Kuo's desperate counterattack in the south. Although Bai Qi praised Zhao Jun's fighting will, his whole mind was not there. The three mountain ridges in front of him were the focus of his attention.
Occupying the top of the mountain and being condescending, it is reasonable to have an advantage, but how to use this advantage is embarrassing.
Living on a high mountain, the most troublesome thing is drinking water - so Zhao Jun adopts a rotation system, with one day shift and one night shift, with two meals as the boundary to ensure that everyone is at the bottom of the mountain during meal time. However, the Qin army captured Shicheng with only 60,000 people. It was basically impossible to take shifts. They had to stay on the mountain all day long and be ready for battle at any time, which was extremely mentally and physically demanding. The Qin army's dry food, fried millet, was difficult to digest without water. So on Bai Qi's first day on the mountain, the main problem he dealt with was how to supply drinking water, which made Bai Qi furious! Several of the fifth doctors were so frightened that they lowered their heads and said nothing.
There is no other way but to pick it down the mountain. But there were no containers to hold water in the army, and they also lacked tools to carry water. There was no choice but to send troops down the mountain to search. Fortunately, many people were abandoned in Zhao's camp, and they were all collected, along with armor, arrows and a small amount of food.
Lack of water was the direct reason why the Qin army was unable to launch a powerful offensive on the first day. Under Bai Qi's coercion, several Fifth Doctors sent small groups of troops and launched a tentative attack. Bai Qi ordered that the offensive does not need to be powerful, but it must be continuous. Therefore, attacks at the foot of Sandao Mountain usually involve less than a hundred people.
What Bai Qi likes most is the foot of the southernmost mountain. The foot of the mountain is connected to the strongest fortress group built by Lian Po, and it seems to be the location of the granary. If the foot of this mountain is occupied, the Zhao army's outlet will be completely blocked. The Zhao army has no other way out except to attack desperately in an unfavorable situation. The Qin army can take advantage of its strong combat effectiveness and kill a large number of Zhao army.
It would be even more perfect if we could occupy the foot of the mountain in the middle! The Zhao army was almost separated and surrounded by two valleys, and victory was only a matter of time.
As for Danzhu Ridge in the north, Bai Qi didn't pay much attention to it: although it guarded the main road leading to Shangdang, under the current situation, it didn't matter whether it was connected to Shangdang or not.
What makes Bai Qi a little unhappy is that the Guanzhong soldiers he values the most are facing Danzhu Ridge. The defenders further south are prisoners from Shangjun and Beidi. The foot of the south mountain he values the most belongs to the Beidi Army. combat area. There are no five doctors in Beidi, and even the Beidi Lieutenant is not in the army. After asking, he found out that the Beidi Lieutenant is the original Shangjun Lieutenant Li Bing. Li Bing also served as Shangjun Lieutenant and Hedong Lieutenant. His footprints are almost the same as Bai Qi's. It's a pity that As soon as Bai Qi took office, he left his post and was transferred to another person. Now he is left by the King of Qin in Anyi to handle matters east of Hedong.
Bai Qi sent a military envoy to Anyi with his own letter. He reported on the progress of his battle and his next battle plan. At the same time, he asked Northern Lieutenant Li Bing to take up his post at the front line and command the Northern Army's operations. A very long letter was divided into ten slips and carried by ten military envoys. They rode separately from both sides of Shicheng via Shangdang and Gaodu. When the Duans gathered together, they headed to Anyi.
At this time, Chen Si had already ordered his informants at the foot of the mountain to contact Bai Qi, and the Zhao army officials hiding in the houses and women's houses were taken down one by one. At night, Bai Qi, led by his spy, visited these officers one by one to learn about the details of Zhao Jun, Zhao Kuo's character, the morale of the army, and further combat arrangements. These officials had different attitudes. Some nodded and bowed, but did not say a word of truth; some had a tough attitude, but revealed a lot of information in and out of their words; and some said everything they knew. However, most of these officials are mid-level officers and do not have much key information.
