Wang Hao was still a little nervous when he saw the Zhao army reappearing in force early that morning and seemed to be about to attack the city. Yesterday's high-intensity battle almost involved the entire army. If Zhao Jun sent troops to attack other barriers at this time, Wang Hao didn't know what to do! Fortunately, such a dangerous thing did not happen, and the Qin army survived this most difficult day without any danger.
The work of beheading and clearing the ravines was not completed until daybreak. Especially around the gentle slope, corpses and earthen baskets were piled up, and they had been stepped on by tens of millions of people. They were so solid that they were difficult to pry with ordinary grass and had to be moistened with water before digging. Although it is close to the Xun River, the terrain is high and it is not easy to bring the Xun River here. We can only go to the river to collect water in jars one by one. At dawn, we barely dug up the gentle slope and did not clean up both ends.
After daybreak, Wang Hao asked the Qin army who had been busy all night to return to the camp to rest, eat some fried millet, and prepare to meet the Zhao army's attack.
That night, Wang Hao did not rest. He visited the wounded in each camp, listened to the doctors introducing the heroic fighting deeds of the wounded, and expressed encouragement one by one. For those who have made achievements, they said they would verify it as soon as possible and report it to their respective counties. These wounded people are all Bashu people, and fighting together will bleed their blood together. Whether they are Ba people or Shu people is no longer important.
After being lightly bandaged, the seriously wounded were carried on the backs of animals. The wounded who were less seriously injured but had lost their fighting ability followed the animals and went to Duanshi for further treatment. There are about 20,000 livestock transported from Beidi and Shangjun, and they are concentrated in Anyi, Duanshi and Gukou. The five thousand horses at Taniguchi were used as mounts by the swordsmen the day before yesterday, and now they have arrived in the valley below the stone city. These animals were mobilized from Duanshi overnight. After dawn, they set out carrying the wounded, both light and heavy. About two to three thousand people left, walking in a long line in the ravine.
What surprised Wang Lu was that Zhao Kuo had no intention of launching an attack until noon. After leaving the camp, the Zhao army sat down to rest after standing all morning. This can be clearly seen on the mountain next to the Qin military camp. Wang Hao also saw that the dust was flying in Gaodu, indicating the arrival of a large number of reinforcements. This also gave Wang Lu more courage. Although the barrier is broken, there is no problem in holding on until reinforcements arrive! Even a counterattack after reinforcements arrive is not impossible.
But until reinforcements from Gaodu set up camp by the Xushui River, Zhao Jun did not attack, which made Wang Lu completely relieved. He explained a few words to the fifth doctor, and then took a few followers to visit the camp. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the fifth doctor leading the team turned out to be Bai Qi!
When Bai Qi saw Wang Lu, he was not excited at all. He said calmly: "Zhao Ren tried his best, but it can't reach this level! Ying Ruoping?"
Wang Lu was very excited and said: "We have beheaded more than 10,000 people, and we still haven't finished all of them. We don't know how many of them we have. It should be regarded as a surplus!"
Bai Qi asked: "How many doctors are fighting?"
Wang Lu said: "The fourth and fifth officials are all fighting!"
Bai Qi said: "Forty-five doctors but more than ten thousand levels? There may be others."
Wang Lu said: "Maybe it reaches level 20,000, and the points are not exhausted yet."
Bai Qi said: "The whole Zhao army is pressing down, and there is still room for them to take advantage of them, but why is there not a single army to take advantage of them?"
Wang Hao was a little surprised and asked where he could take advantage of it? "
Bai Qi pointed on the ground and said: "Zhao army attacks here with one army, one army fights with the swordsmen, and one army stays behind to prepare. If you send one army from the north and attack its flank, what will the other party do?"
Wang Lu was a little dissatisfied and said: "Those who I fear will come out of the wall to attack my wall. If our army goes out, we will not be able to defend it."
Bai Qi said: "It comes out from the wall. The place is narrow and only a thousand people can come out. But in a few seconds, it will be broken. If it goes into the wall, what harm will it do to me?"
Wang Lu said: "If Zhao comes in from that place, what can I do?"
Bai Qi crossed his fingers and said: "You swept across with five thousand troops, and the two armies of Zhao and Zhao were reduced to powder. Even if ten thousand people entered my wall, it would be worth selling!" Bai Qi's prediction of the progress of the war made Wang Lu stunned. I can only sigh secretly that I don't have the courage of Bai Qi, and I don't dare to take such a risk: I would rather let the Zhao army enter the Qinbi than annihilate the invading Zhao army! It really deserves the title of "human massacre". However, although his style of play is conservative, he has killed 10,000 or 20,000 people, which is enough to be proud of. He said in dialogue: "The power of your Majesty is beyond the reach of your ministers! Your Majesty is coming with a large army. You should enter the camp to rest your troops!"
Bai Qi waved his hands and said, "You think I'm the guardian of the wall? No! I'm going to break the Zhao wall!"
He took Wang Lu to Mount Ju. Jushan is the Zhaoshan Mountain of Gaodu, and its geographical location is very important. When Bai Qi first captured Gaodu, he set up a pavilion here to protect it from spying. After the army was stationed, the defense here became even tighter, with multiple lookout posts and mobile posts; there were repeated patrols up and down the mountain, leaving almost no blind spots. Zhao Jun's sentry couldn't get within five miles. After the two went up the mountain, Bai Qi pointed to the hillside opposite where Zhao Kuo was and said, "That mountain is occupied by Zhao, so he has no power to attack. I will attack it so that he cannot leave." He pointed to the last mountain. Those interlocking fortresses in the south said: "Lian Po takes that fortress as his victory, I will break it and make the world smile!"
Wang Hao stayed here for half a year, but he still couldn't think of any way to capture this group of fortresses, so he asked: "What strategy will your Majesty use to attack them?"
Bai Qi said: "I occupied the front mountain and took the camp like covering my hands and ears!"
Wang Hao didn't know how to respond, but his admiration for Bai Qi prevented him from having any doubts about Bai Qi's words. He would only think that his own realm was far from Bai Qi's level, so he knew nothing. He asked again: "When the king uses troops, the ministers must follow suit!"
Bai Qi said: "Yes!" He pointed to the farthest side of the valley and said: "You should gather heavy troops there and attack in front of the wall!"
While they were discussing, drums sounded from Zhao Jun's position, and Zhao Jun began to change formations and advance toward the east side of Jushan. Bai Qi seemed to have seized this rare opportunity and gave Wang Lu a live commentary: "He will attack me on the right, and I will attack him with my left. If you come out from behind and attack him, he will be in chaos!"
Just as he was talking, another group of Zhao troops came out from the Zhao wall. They formed formations on both sides of the hill, clearly on guard against the Qin wall. Then another army came out, pointing south, advancing about ten miles behind the front army, but the rear did not leave the camp.
Bai Qi asked: "Why do you attack this formation?"
Wang Lu looked at it and said: "Striking diagonally on the side will break the enemy!"
Bai Qi said: "Good!"
The scene of the battle between the two armies was blocked by the mountains, so neither of them saw it. They only saw the Zhao army withdrawing and being picked up by the Zhao army who had backup.
Bai Qi frowned and said, "Why don't you leave Gaodu?" This question almost scared Wang Lu's heart out of his chest. He had no idea that Bai Qi was going to use Gaodu as bait to annihilate the Zhao army. Only Bai Qi can have such a great courage, dare to have it!
In the battle before sunset, the Qin army took advantage of a small advantage and used the Chu army's mastery of retreating in the center and outflanking the two wings to repel the Zhao army's attack. The battle report reached Bai Qi, who ordered to reward the brave fighters. Since no heads were captured, no one made meritorious deeds.
At night, two people came to Bai Qi's tent. One of them, Bai Qi knew, was Li Bing, who had served as the captain of the three counties of Shangjun, Hedong and Beidi. The other he had never seen before. Li Bing recommended that this man's name was Meng Ao, a native of Qi State. He came to Tao County around the beginning of the month and claimed that he was willing to use force to respond to talents. However, Tao County did not have facilities for assessment, so he was arranged to go to Anyi nearby to accept the assessment from Hedong County. As a result, Meng Ao was excellent in all five ways, and according to the law, he could be promoted to Bu Geng. The examination results were sent to Xianyang and handed over to the Prime Minister's Office for processing, while Meng Ao himself was recommended to the King of Qin by Pi Wan. The King of Qin took the time to meet with him and allowed him to temporarily assist Li Bing in handling Hedong affairs as a doctor. Bai Qi asked the King of Qin for Li Bing to command the Northern Army in combat, and Li Bing brought Meng Ao with him.
When Bai Qi heard that Meng Ao was excellent in all five ways, he felt a little dissatisfied. He raised his hand and said, "Do you dare to compete with me?"
Meng Ao said: "I don't dare!"
Bai Qi asked: "Why is there fear?"
Meng Ao said: "The success or failure of Qin depends on the king, and the ministers dare not use private interests to dethrone the public officials!"
Bai Qi couldn't turn around for a while. Li Bing smiled and explained: "I'm afraid you'll be hurt!"
Bai Qi said: "This is unreasonable! The King of Qin will grant you the title of a senior official to the north of the country. If you win, you will actually be awarded the title of senior official!"
Meng Ao said: "That's why I abolish public service for personal reasons."
Seeing Meng Ao's repeated refusals, Bai Qi became interested and said, "I have accomplished this feat with my own strength. How dare you bully me!"
Meng Ao said: "You are already half a century old, and your muscles and bones are all exhausted. If your minister wins, you will hurt you; if your minister fails, you will deceive you. If you want to offend your minister, please punish him. I sincerely dare not respond!"
Li Bing turned around and said: "Your Majesty, just test it, there is no need to try it. Just watch the spear, its length..."
Bai Qi interrupted: "There are many highly skilled people in the world, but they only dazzle their ears. In battle, they are useless. What's so valuable about being highly skilled!"
Meng Ao said: "I would like to lend you a hundred soldiers to try it out! In one day you will be able to fight, in three days you will be strong."
Bai Qi showed little interest, waved his hand and said: "There are 20,000 soldiers in the North, let you try them!" Then he turned to Li Bing and said: "You will climb the mountain with me and watch!"
Bai Qi took Li Bing up Mount Ju, but Meng Ao was not qualified to follow him. Bai Qi pointed to the foot of the nearest mountain where the Zhao army was guarding and said to Li Bing: "You quickly go to the north to camp. We can capture this mountain within a few days. Things will be great!"
Li Bing said: "I will go immediately to find out whether the enemy is real or not, and then attack him immediately!"
Bai Qi described his understanding of Zhao Jun's deployment in detail to Li Bing, saying: "They are in a corner, so they are really fearless, but if they defeat their vanguard, they can go down smoothly. However, their troops are thick, and they cannot be defeated by three or five elite soldiers." If you rush it, it won't be enough to break it. I give you a swordsman, so you can make good use of it!"
Li Bing said: "I will remember your Majesty's words carefully. However, swordsmen are not what I can use. Ao Ao has a deep understanding of military strategy and may have other strategies. I hope you will allow it!"
Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, then said: "As long as we can break the formation, what can we do? You can judge it."
Li Bing said: "
In Bai Qi's camp, there was neither water to drink nor meat to eat, so Bai Qi grabbed a handful of fried millet as a treat. Then someone was sent to escort Li Bing and his party around the back of the mountain and into the North Military Camp of Shicheng.
Li Bing is not as wealthy as Bai Qi. He can ride a horse every day. He can only go to Shicheng on foot. Although his own camp was still relatively elite, he had to walk all night on the dozens of miles of mountain roads and did not arrive at the camp until dawn and took over the command. Li Bing and his party were not large in number, and they did not cause any disturbance after arriving. No one even reported to Zhao Kuo.
