After much deliberation, the ten thousand generals responsible for capturing the Nanshan camp found only one way, which was to use the closest battalion to launch an attack, and mobilize a small number of troops from the bottom of the mountain to feint attack, thus involving the Qin army's strength.
When the mission was assigned to the Zhao military camp, the five hundred people were worried: there was only a narrow mountain road from here to the camp gate behind, and both people had to bend down to pass. How could they organize an attack? Fortunately, the soldiers from the battalion who lost their camp fence at night also stayed in this military camp. This man of five hundred will wield power and bring blessings, saying: "If you lose the pass of the pavilion, you will all be beheaded. I hope you will be punished and have meritorious service. Go and attack it. If you take it, you will be exempted from guilt!"
After the shock of last night, these people had lost all their fighting spirit; many were injured, many even had no weapons, and the most lacking thing was a shield. But the 500 people would just use this group of people as a prevarication, not listen to their explanations and difficulties at all, and force the attack.
Sensing the carelessness of the five hundred generals, the soldiers of this battalion had an idea: waste time.
They went forward and stopped a hundred steps away from the Qin camp, and each time they sent ten or fifteen people along the mountain road to attack. Advance twenty or thirty steps, but retreat when Qin arrows are fired. This false story was quickly discovered by the Qin army. Later, they didn't even bother to shoot arrows. Seeing that they were getting closer, they fired a few shields to remind them, and Zhao Jun retreated.
The frontal attack that tens of thousands of people had pinned their hopes on turned out to be a joke, while the upward attack at the foot of the mountain, which was given the task of containing the enemy, turned out to be a disaster. After the soldiers left the camp, they came to the Baibu Line in a chaotic manner, waving flags and shouting, which initially made the Qin army guarding the camp very nervous. Shicheng also prepared a force for reinforcements at any time. But what I finally saw was this scene: This didn't seem to be an attack, but a challenge. A Qin man was a little impatient, so he picked up a stone and threw it down the mountain. The stone bounced on the mountain and fell into the crowd, causing a chaos. Then everyone dispersed and went back to their camps. Thousands of people will see it and there will be nothing they can do! This man of ten thousand people transferred all his capable soldiers to the south to form an assault group, and those transferred to him were old and weak soldiers, wounded soldiers or ruffians who could not fight. This latter type of person is the most hateful and has a great impact on combat effectiveness. However, they have considerable influence on some soldiers. They often affect the whole body with one move, causing devastating effects on the order of the entire battalion.
After screening, Zhao Kuo mobilized the best to the main battlefield of the battle and dumped the "garbage" in other directions, causing the combat effectiveness of other areas to decline. Shicheng is the area that has been weakened. It doesn't show up at ordinary times, but when there's a war, the bad consequences become apparent. Thousands of people can only cry out in vain when they see the battle being fought like this! He planned to report to Zhao Kuo, but how to report it? Are you saying that your subordinates are not doing their best? ... After thinking about it, I decided to forget it. After dark, I simply reported that despite repeated attacks, the Qin army would not retreat. The soldiers were tired, so they decided to suspend their troops and attack again tomorrow. After making up his mind, he ignored it and left the matter to the people below. He just found a few soldiers in front of the tent and started wrestling with each other.
The public transport dispatched by Wang Hao defeated the Zhao army in front of them in just a moment, and immediately turned around to attack the main force of the front army with the West Route Army.
The three formations of the front army turned vertically and horizontally, pressing down on the Western Route Army with a wide front. They took advantage of the Western Route Army's lack of shields and used arrows to push back the Qin Army. But when the Qin army in the Qin wall defeated the Zhao army, they immediately stopped, turned around, and clashed with the Zhao formation. They were shouting and rushing over the mountains and plains in disarray. The Zhao army fired several times in succession. As the Qin army's formation was scattered and the damage was not great, the Qin army reached the front of the formation in an instant. As usual, Zhao Jun stretched out his spear and halberd from between the shields to stop them. The Qin army mostly used long bamboo poles with spears in front. They were long and light. They rushed in and smashed them hard, either on their shields or on their weapons. No matter where they hit, there would be a gap. ; The bamboo pole stretches in along the gap, lifts it up violently, and either picks up people, weapons, or nothing at all. After taking half a step forward, it slams down again. With such a simple lift and smash, several cracks were opened in Zhao Jun's formation. Of course, there are also those that cannot be disturbed, and the Qin soldiers are stabbed down by the extended spears or halberds; and in those places that are disturbed, several Qin soldiers will follow up to expand the breakthrough. Not long after, the Zhao formation was divided into several pieces, but each formation itself remained intact. Many Qin troops fell in front of the formation; but more Qin troops attempted to break in along the breach and circle around the Zhao army. back. Zhao Jun had to focus on blocking the breakthrough. The two sides fought desperately here, and soldiers from both sides fell one after another. Arrows flew around here, taking away one life after another.
During the stalemate, the Qin army inside the Qin wall arrived and fired a burst of arrows from behind, knocking down the last archer in the position. The archers were the core of the entire formation. Once they fell, the entire army dispersed and fled.
At the critical moment, the Zhao army who was attacking the Qin army's flank and rear arrived. They fired fierce arrows at the Qin army who was killing the Zhao army, and then fought hand to hand.
Reinforcements arrived, giving the defeated Zhao army a chance to breathe. Under the guidance of the big flag, they retreated to the rear, reorganized, and waited for an opportunity to join the battle.
The troops invested by both sides on the battlefield are close to saturation. Both sides have no room to change their formations and can only fight head-on tenaciously. The tactics of the Qin army in Chu and Shu were completely different. The Qin army in Shu still used conventional tactics, with shield collision as the main method. The Qin army in Chu mainly used long swords and smashing. Zhao Kuo consciously moved the archers to the side of the Chu people, taking advantage of the Chu people's weakness of having few shields, and tried his best to destroy the Chu people with bows and arrows. The trouble was that without the cover of bows and arrows, the impact battles repeatedly failed.
The core of the impact battle is the shield. The attacking troops attack the enemy under the cover of the shield. This is the conventional method of warfare between Qin and Zhao. But the Chu people are different. Their weapons are relatively simple, and their shields are few, almost just a symbol of the commander; the archers are basically corps commanders; everyone else is a soldier. This makes their tactics not focus on shield protection, relying entirely on foot strength and luck to dodge bows and arrows, and rely on smashing to create a gap. Before there is an obvious gap, the Chu people's positions are uncertain; once a gap appears, the people around them will immediately follow. It almost becomes instinctive for them. Zhao Jun was not familiar with this tactic, and it was very difficult to deal with it, and he often fell into passivity. Thanks to the support of bows and arrows, the Chu people suffered greater casualties and their breakthrough power was not so strong, so they could barely maintain their formation.
Regular combat has clear first, second, and third formations. Once the shield soldiers are knocked away, the formation will automatically turn and withdraw, and the army will be reorganized to fight again. But when fighting against the Chu people, it was difficult to distinguish between several formations. The Chu people seemed to be swarming in, but they also formed their own system and were scattered without chaos. Therefore, the Zhao army seems to be fighting with a force of 1,500 people against 5,000 Chu people.
The Chu people moved to the flanks, forcing the Zhao army to also extend their formation to the flanks. At this time, a drum sounded from behind Jushan, and the Qin Army's Eastern Route Army came out.
Zhao Kuo had no choice but to deploy the newly assembled front troops to the flanks to resist the newly arrived Qin army from the east. The Zhao army has two armies with five formations each, with about 15,000 people, and the Qin army has three lines with about 15,000 people. Thirty thousand people crowded the battlefield. The soldiers cut down the enemy in front of them and were killed by the enemies next to them. Then they were killed by their comrades next to them. The battle unfolded on every inch of land, and the battle lines and formations could no longer be distinguished. The only thing that could distinguish the two sides was their clothing. Anyone wearing different clothes than me will be killed. Both sides were furious and didn't know how to stop the fighting, as if they could only wait until everyone died!
It wasn't until the sun set that the two sides stopped fighting like trapped beasts. Almost everyone on both sides was injured, and everyone was injured in more than one place. Everyone's front and back were covered in blood, whether it was their own or the enemy's. The retreating soldiers no longer had the strength to rush forward and fight. They were panting heavily behind their own positions, their legs were trembling, and their hands were trembling. They were really unable to fight anymore. There was a rare silence on the battle line. Both sides were breathing heavily, staring at each other, and no longer had the strength to pounce.
The generals on both sides had no choice but to withdraw their troops...but the soldiers didn't even have the strength to retreat. They just sat on the ground, as if they had no desire!
Countless soldiers lay overlapping in the center of the battlefield. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive. The whole world seemed to have died. However, occasionally someone would move here and there. A man stood up, soaked in blood. You couldn't tell which side he was a soldier. Only by looking at which way he was walking could you tell who they belonged to. Whenever a man stood up, soldiers from all sides called him in their own dialect, as if this would call them among their own. The injured soldiers will go to the camp they are familiar with, and a burst of cheers will erupt from that camp; the hostile camp will not stop them, let alone kill them, but quietly watch them stagger, stagger, and move. Limping and stumbling into his own camp. Slowly, more and more wounded soldiers stood up and returned to their own camps, causing cheers one after another, as if they had won a great victory...
The soldiers who had not gone to war also saw this scene, and many shed bitter tears.
It wasn't until it was completely dark and no one stood up among the people lying down for a long time that the armies on both sides returned to their camps.
Bai Qi was in a very irritable mood. He now feels like a warrior with superb martial arts who is locked in a narrow room, unable to display his martial arts. He can only trade injuries for injuries and lives for lives. He feels extremely aggrieved! He almost frantically ordered the troops to set up camp and force Zhao Lei to set up camp! After everyone's persuasion, Bai Qi reluctantly agreed to select half of the strongest soldiers from the East Route Army and the West Route Army who were not participating in the battle today, totaling about 5,000 people, and go to the hill to set up camp. It's located on a hill.
The fifth doctor of the East Route Army personally led 2,500 soldiers to arrive and joined the 2,500 people led by Bai Qi. Sima Jin led two thousand swordsmen to serve as guard throughout the entire process until the fortress was basically completed.
