Seeing that his goal of forcing Zhao Jun to turn around had been achieved, Dr. Gong ordered the attack to be stopped and to retreat slowly. After retreating for about a mile or two, Dr. Gong finally saw the Qin army appearing on the mountain. Doctor Gong finally let go of his anxious heart and began to retreat towards the mountain.
The Qin army who climbed to the top of the mountain discovered the fighting situation at the bottom of the mountain and immediately sent a thousand people to kill them down the mountain. Zhao Jun was attacked from three directions and felt guilty. He began to shrink his troops towards the center, preparing to form a circular formation and stabilize his position first. At this time, there were sounds of killing on the mountain behind. When thousands of people were about to watch, it was Zhao Meng who launched an attack on the Qin army.
Zhao Meng's army was just below the mountain stronghold attacked by the Qin army, only two or three miles away from the Qin camp. This time, he mobilized six battalions of 3,000 men to form an array and personally led the battalion to supervise the battle. The six battalions did not have enough formation area, so they used two battalions as a unit. One battalion formed on the hillside outside the camp as it went up and down; the other battalion formed up inside the camp and waited for the front army to set off. The whole battalion. He ordered the soldiers to start charging when they were a hundred steps away from the Qin camp, using the sound of drums as a signal. They must charge fifty steps, but those who are one less than one step will be killed!
Three battalions formed a horizontal line in front, and the other three battalions followed closely. When the Qin army on the mountain saw Zhao Jun dispatching six battalions to fight, he immediately blew the horn to warn and summoned the troops to enter the fighting position.
Zhao Jun only attacked on one side, so there was little pressure. Although there are many people, holding on should not be a problem. The official quickly informed Li Bing of the situation.
Since occupying half of the six camps at the foot of Nanshan, the Northland Army has 20,000 men and 10,000 men guarding Shicheng and 10,000 men guarding Nanshan Mountain. There is almost no battle to fight on the other side of Shicheng. They just go down the mountain every day to harass the Zhao army. The more important thing is Nanshan, although there are only six camps. But facing several tens of thousands of generals and a solid granary city built on a high mountain. ——This barrier can almost be called a city!
Due to the small size of the mountain, six battalions were enough to be stationed on the mountain. The remaining 7,000 people were stationed in a valley at the foot of the mountain. It was also the place where the Zhao army garrisoned troops. However, after the camp fence on the mountain was lost, all the Zhao army here were in a hurry. They retreated, leaving behind a large amount of living supplies.
Li Bing's tent was located in a gathering place. There are about a dozen households in this settlement, but all the people have left, leaving only a few dozen huts available for living. Li Bing and doctors at all levels each lived in a hut. Although it was simple, it was enviable. Fourteen military camps are scattered throughout the valley, forming a self-defense system, but they can also support operations on the mountain at any time. It's less than ten miles from the mountain to here. Since the camp had only been moved for two days, each camp looked in a mess.
The battle between the Qin Army and the Zhao Army for Dongling started more than ten miles away, and the whole battle could be clearly seen from the mountain. Li Bing asked each battalion to leave a hundred people to set up camp, and the rest of the people lined up at the mouth of the valley so that they could go out for rescue at any time if needed. When he saw a thousand Qin troops bravely going down the mountain to fight with ten thousand Qin troops, Meng Ao beside him was very excited and shouted loudly: "What a strong man!" The Qin army advanced and retreated flexibly, restraining the Zhao army from advancing. Meng Ao Ao Ye struck the knot and exclaimed, "That's right for me!"
Then, everyone saw thousands of Qin troops appearing on the East Ridge, and a thousand Qin troops immediately came down the mountain to join the battle. Li Bing felt that he would have no chance to participate in the war, and was ready to disband the army. At this time, the sound of drums came from the other side of the mountain.
Li Bing received the military envoy's report and immediately went up the mountain with Meng Ao to check. When they climbed the mountain and entered the camp gate, the official reported to them that the Zhao army had attacked three formations, but they only advanced 50 steps away from the Qin camp before retreating. And every time I go back, I have to kill a few people!
Zhao Jun was only a hundred steps away, and he could even see his face clearly. The five hundred people in the middle are obviously the personal camp of the ten thousand generals, and they are strong and powerful. There are six battalions on the left and right. Regardless of their lineup or shape, they are far worse than the pro-camp. There is a flag and drum cart in the pro-camp, with two people on it, one holding a mallet and the other holding a flag and standing on Shi. There are no horses beside the cart. It seems that the cart must be driven by manpower. As expected, there were more than a dozen headless corpses lying in front of the pro-camp, and their heads were hung on the spear points of the pro-camp guards for public display. The person holding the flag waved the flag, and a nearby battalion rushed out immediately, and the drums sounded immediately.
Meng Ao restrained the Qin army and did not rush to shoot arrows. Let's wait and see how Zhao Jun will act.
Without the interference of arrows, Zhao Jun rushed forward and crossed fifty steps in an instant. The drumming stopped suddenly. Meng Ao shouted: "Shoot!"
The sound of bowstrings sounded, and arrows shot out of the sky. Zhao Jun, who successfully completed the mission, was not nervous enough. When the formation was slightly loose during the retreat, arrows took advantage of it and shot down several people. Fortunately, everyone woke up in time, reorganized their formation, and returned with the wounded soldiers in tow.
This was the first time that Zhao Jun was injured during the attack.
Zhao Jun rushed over again, but Qin Jun still refused to fight back. The drums stopped and the Qin army stopped shooting. Zhao Jun retreated smoothly. Another wave came up, and it was still Zhao Jun who was a one-man show.
Six battalions in a row all took the initiative to retreat when they reached a distance of fifty steps. Except for a small number of casualties caused by the Qin army to them once, the Zhao army basically suffered no losses.
Thousands of people on the opposite side shouted loudly: "Scream, let Qin Zai listen!" The flag waved, and another battalion rushed up, shouting loudly: "Kill!~~~" Still only stopped at fifty steps . Qin Jun still didn't fight back, so he let Zhao Jun's family sing!
The tens of thousands of people were a little angry and shouted: "Strike that camp with your sword and we will return!" The flag waved, and another camp rushed up with loud shouts; when they were fifty steps closer, the drums did not stop and were still pounding. Knocking loudly, Zhao Jun looked back nervously. Meng Ao shouted "shoot", and the arrow flew out, knocking down another one. The drum beat still continued. The Zhao army had no choice but to rush forward, arrived in front of the Qin army's camp, and slammed their spears and halberds in front of the camp, kicking up a cloud of dust. When the drum beat stopped, Zhao Jun looked back and retreated, dragging the shot down soldiers back to the camp.
Thousands of people will order all the wounded soldiers to be beheaded because they did not obey the order. Thousands of people shouted loudly and ordered: "The sound of the drums will not stop, even when facing the abyss. - How dare you look back, you are really a rebel army! But those who commit crimes will be killed!" Then he ordered again: "Strike with the blade. That camp is home!"
With the demonstration from the previous battalion, this battalion moved much faster. A hundred steps away, moving forward as fast as possible. The mountain road was winding, and the shield soldiers had a hard time walking in front. Everyone followed behind and charged up the mountain with all their strength. When they reached fifty steps, the Qin army began to fire arrows. At this time, the archers in the Zhao army found a shelter on their own and fired back at the top of the mountain to cover the charge of other soldiers. Finally, the charging Zhao army kicked up a cloud of dust in front of the Qin army's barracks and retreated. The archers hiding behind the shelter also continued to shoot arrows to cover their retreat.
After returning to the camp, thousands of people shouted loudly: "Those who shoot are all brave. Everyone will get something to eat!"
Meng Ao could feel that Zhao Jun was training with the Qin Army, practicing with real swords and guns. Siege warfare is generally divided into several steps: the first step is to move to the forward position; the second step is to launch an attack from the forward position and come to the front of the barrier; the third step is to break through the barrier. Today, Zhao Jun's ten thousand people will be practicing the first and second steps. As long as they take one step further, they can attack the city.
Meng Ao admired Zhao Jun for being able to design such a training plan with tens of thousands of soldiers; at the same time, he was also thinking about how to prevent Zhao Jun from approaching the barrier more effectively. It was a smart move for Zhao Jun to use the cover of rocks to shoot arrows into the mountains. In the mountains, Zhao Jun could not form a neat formation, but the relatively loose formation was actually very offensive. It greatly reduced the power of the archers. .
Meng Ao asked a hundred halberdiers to come out of the camp to form an array, and he took a spear and followed him out. He shouted to the hundred people: "Hold Zhao people ten steps away and never allow them to attack our camp!"
When the Zhao army began to attack, these one hundred Qin troops also came down the mountain.
The Qin army was stationed on the mountain, and the camp gate was naturally opened on the ridge. One hundred halberdier soldiers lined up in a row on the ridge. Seeing Zhao Jun rushing up with shouts, they also rushed down the mountain with shouts.
When the Qin army was still lined up on the top of the mountain, they were seen by Zhao Jun. Now seeing the Qin army rushing down the mountain, I don't know what to do. The five hundred men shouted: "Go up the mountain, go up the mountain! Don't wait and see!" and drove the soldiers up the mountain.
They met at a distance of fifty paces. Due to the appearance of the Qin Army's halberd soldiers, the Zhao Army's archers were unable to leave the group and hid behind rocks to shoot arrows. They could only lie down and shoot upwards under their shields, which greatly limited the power of the shots. When the Qin soldiers rushed towards the flank of the Zhao army, the Zhao army's formation became somewhat scattered. The Qin army seized the opportunity and fired fiercely, knocking down several people immediately. When everyone gathered in the center, the Qin soldiers on the flanks came to cause trouble again. The Qin soldiers also dispersed, and their bows and arrows were not very powerful. And if it is bitten by the Qin soldiers, the losses will be huge. Ten Thousand Generals could not think of a particularly good response for a while, so they stopped beating the drums and asked the soldiers to retreat.
Although they did not attack the land in front of the Qin camp this time, thousands of generals still praised their behavior of strictly observing military orders and asked them to continue to carry it forward. Then he pointed at the group of Qin soldiers and said: "If he attacks us with a small number, he will look down on me! He must avenge this shame! Attack him quickly!" The flag was waved, and a battalion on the other side rushed forward. This time, The target was the one hundred halberdiers led by Meng Ao.
After completing their mission of harassing the enemy and preventing them from advancing to the front of the camp, one hundred halberdiers carried their halberds and walked up the mountain. Suddenly, I heard the shouts of Zhao Jun's ten thousand generals. Zhao Yin is a little different from Qin Yin. He speaks too fast and can't hear clearly. But Meng Ao was from Qi, neighboring Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Yan, and could understand their dialects. He stopped, asked the soldiers to line up, and said: "The Zhao people are not convinced. They must be obeyed!" Holding a spear in his hand, he stood majestically in front of the team.
Zhao Jun started to charge from a hundred steps forward, and suddenly knelt down after taking thirty steps forward. Meng Ao shouted: "Lie down!" He threw himself on the ground and fell down. Some of the other soldiers could keep up with the rhythm and fell down; some couldn't keep up with the rhythm and hesitated a little, then rained arrows from the sky. Those who moved slower were immediately struck by arrows. The Qin army also fired arrows at the Zhao army that had stopped advancing. Although Zhao Jun's shield soldiers tried their best to hold their shields high, some were still hit by arrows.
