Relying on the powerful personal fighting ability of the swordsmen, the Qin army almost used only a few arrows to break down Zhao Jun's resistance and break into the camp. They quickly took over the defense task of the camp and let the Nanjun army disperse to the middle of the mountain to prevent the Zhao army from sneak attack. When the first wave of Zhao troops attacked, they first fought with the Nanjun Army and were lured into the range of the swordsmen to kill them. During the second wave of attacks, the Nanjun army did not block it and directly let the Zhao army into the range of the Qin army. The swordsmen repelled the Zhao army with almost one arrow.
As the daylight turned, the Zhao army's offensive became more and more relaxed, and the Qin army's bows and arrows became more and more powerful. The task of the Nanjun army changed from vigilance to beheading and cleaning the battlefield to harvest spoils. From time to time, the festival symbols of a hundred or even five hundred generals were discovered. The blatant behavior of the Nanjun Army aroused the fear of Zhao Jun, thinking that he would never return, and no one could take it lightly.
But tens of thousands of people will have no other choice but to throw troops into battle one after another. After crippling all twenty battalions, we can select soldiers who can fight from them, temporarily form a line, and continue the attack. The soldiers of the Zhao army who had suffered losses also learned to be good, move cautiously, lay low, and mainly shoot at the Qin army with bows and arrows; as soon as the Qin army fought back, they immediately retreated and took away the wounded soldiers. After three or five rounds of this, the Qin army seemed dissatisfied with this kill rate and had to wait until the Zhao army had advanced fifty steps before firing arrows.
After the tens of thousands of generals discovered this situation, they immediately organized the commanders of each group and even hundreds of generals into two battalions, allowing them to seize this opportunity and storm the Qin army's camp. The Zhao army, composed of officers, was really strong. When they successfully approached fifty steps, they suddenly accelerated their pace and launched a fierce attack. The archers behind them fought back against the Qin army, not to be outdone, and attracted the Qin army's firepower. Almost all the archers were hit by arrows, but they bought time for the combat soldiers to charge and reach the camp gate. These people were very fierce. Instead of jumping into the camp fence immediately, they banged against the camp gate.
Nanjun soldiers outside the camp came out to harass, but they only allocated part of their troops to stop them. After more than a dozen collisions, the camp gate was knocked open, and the army rushed in and started a melee with the Qin swordsmen.
Thousands of people will be overjoyed to see this, and will immediately mobilize the other two battalions into the battle. Since there had been a scuffle in the camp, the bows and arrows had become useless. Both battalions were composed of halberds and spearmen.
But thousands of people will be miscalculated. After the Zhao army broke into the Qin camp, it was restricted to a narrow range by the Qin army's fighting soldiers, and it became a temporary confrontation. All the archers circled out of the camp. They were originally going to shoot at the Zhao army who entered the camp from behind. But suddenly they found that another Zhao army was attacking, so they temporarily turned their spearheads and shot at the Zhao army's halberd and spear soldiers who had no ability to resist. Shoot hard. After repelling the attack of the halberd and spear soldiers with a few arrows, they went around to the side of the camp as originally planned and shot behind Zhao Jun. The Zhao army that broke into the camp suffered heavy casualties. Only a few of them fought through the encirclement of the Nanjun army, escaped the pursuit of the archers, and fled back to the base camp.
These four battalions are already the last strength of the ten thousand generals. Unlike Zhao Meng, this ten thousand general was born into a humble family and had no personal camp, with only a hundred or so followers. Seeing that these four battalions were defeated, thousands of people felt helpless and committed suicide with their swords, but they were stopped by the retainers. The retainers urged him not to commit suicide. Thousands of people will ask: "Will you use me to uphold the laws of the country?" A retainer replied: "I am just a small soldier, but I am also planning for the country."
Ten thousand people were helpless, so they had to send a military envoy to report to Zhao Kuo: "All my soldiers are dead, but I will stay in the criminal camp!" Then he asked the remaining soldiers to strengthen the barriers and prepare to meet the Qin army's attack. It was already noon.
After the report of the tens of thousands of generals arrived, Zhao Kuo did not make any accusations. He only ordered the ten thousand generals to organize their troops and wait for their crimes to be punished with meritorious services. He asked the five surrounding armies to allocate a battalion of ten thousand people to each army to prepare to continue the attack tomorrow. At the same time, instructions were given to other armies not to stop the attack on Nanshan Sixth Battalion.
The night attack last night completely shocked the entire Zhao army, especially the loss of Liangshan. Therefore, not one of the ten thousand people would execute the planned attack on the Sixth Battalion of Nanshan. Everyone's attention is focused on whether ten thousand people can recapture the grain mountain, and what Zhao Kuo will do if he cannot recapture the grain mountain!
Throughout the afternoon, Zhao Kuo had no new instructions. During this period, many thousands of people would send people to ask Zhao Kuo for instructions, but Zhao Kuo only repeated the original plan and took no new actions.
The retainers sat around him with some worry, and Zhao Kuo also discussed with them a plan for further action: they could only use the existing food to support it. The specific method was to launch attacks against the Qin army without interruption, causing us to attack the enemy's defenders. , the initiative lies with me; it would be better if I could seize several Qin army positions in camera. If not, at least send all the soldiers to the battlefield and not let them stay in the camp unless they are injured.
The retainer who was sent to supervise the battle also came back and told Zhao Kuo that although there were some imperfections in the deployment of tens of thousands of troops, overall he was still working hard. He specifically mentioned that the Qin army's arrow skills guarding Liangshan were so precise that they could accurately find the gaps in their shields in the dark night and hit them with one hit. This was no ordinary soldier. "Ten thousand people will fight against the elite with weak troops. Although they want to win, they will not win." He also specifically mentioned that the ten thousand people will organize the officers of the entire army into two battalions and launch an attack. As a result, although the Qin camp was invaded, the entire army was wiped out. Among a thousand people, less than a hundred escaped, especially the archers, almost no one came back alive.
A retainer said: "The art of archery cannot be perfected without long-term practice. Anyone in our army who can shoot is a strong soldier; that camp has the skill of piercing the poplar. It is difficult! Moreover, our army has few arrows. If we attack, we may not be able to do it." The arrow is gone.”
Zhao Kuo asked: "What can I do?"
The retainer said: "I have followed the horse and obeyed the king for a long time, and there has never been a time like this. At that time, although the soldiers were few but good, their morale was strong, and everyone could fight. It was not like today."
Zhao Kuo said: "I weaken Zhao and try to strengthen Qin. The army has no fighting spirit and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. However, we must stay here until October. I hope you will take action!"
The retainer said: "From now to October, there are still a few months left. Although the soldiers can fight, what can they do about food?"
Zhao Kuo sighed and said: "Grain! Grain! If you get grain, why bother in the first place!"
The retainers asked: "What did you do at first?"
Zhao Kuo said: "It's beyond your ability to know!"
During the short break in the war, Sima Jin went to Liangshan in person to observe Zhao Jun's grain storage. The swordsmen guarding the camp took him into the granary. Sima Jin was surprised to find that three of the five granaries were almost empty, and the fourth one was still a little low, estimated to be less than a thousand stones. Only the fifth granary was filled with a large number of straw bags. When Sima Jin pierced it with his sword and looked at it, all it turned into was dirt. He stabbed several bags in succession, all like this, but there was no food. Sima Jin couldn't figure out why so much soil was packed in straw bags and placed in the granary.
Climbing the arrow tower on the top of the warehouse, he found that the fortress complex to the south had a panoramic view. The distance from here to the fortress group is only two or three miles. Sima Jin asked: "When I come to seize the camp at night, how come I can't do it?"
A public official replied: "I guarded the camp with one battalion and guarded the warehouse with another battalion, waiting for him to come. However, he only captured the camp but not the warehouse. None of the Zhao troops in the fortress were able to get out."
Sima Jin carefully checked the path around the granary and found that it was indeed narrow and difficult to navigate. Therefore, when all the troops took food, they always went to the camp in front, and no one came from behind.
Sima Jin pointed downwards and asked the official: "If you attack him, do you have any right to do so?"
The official said: "If there are a hundred or ten people, that's enough. If you fight in a formation, you won't get the right way."
Sima Jin visited the wounded and promised that someone would come to take them down the mountain in the evening. Then he visited the Nanjun soldiers who were stationed outside the camp and said to them: "Mr. Wu'an knows about your military exploits and highly praises you! I will tell you about it. I will arrive in the county in a few days. Your court will be very tall!"
The official was an officer from Bai Qi's camp. Knowing Sima Jin's intention, he deliberately asked: "What is the merit of the general?"
Sima Jin said: "The camp is called Ying, and everyone will get a title. Those who have captured will get more. Maybe there will be no change one day!" The crowd cheered, and the crowd was excited.
Sima Jin also took the opportunity to go to the camp in the north of Beidi Camp, talk to the officials on duty, and tell them to pay attention to cooperating with Liangshan. Officials and officials will naturally respond.
Sima Jin went back and reported to Bai Qi what he saw in the granary. Bai Qi said: "Cunning thief! I am covering up his evil deeds!"
Sima Jin said: "What do you mean?"
Bai Qi said: "That army really has no food, and they dazzle people with their straw bags! If they get the barn, they will really have no food to get out, and the army will disperse. Now that the food mountain is captured by me, the disadvantages of having no food will naturally be covered up." That’s it!”
Sima Jin said: "But does it have food?"
Bai Qi said: "Although there is no food, the fault lies with Qin, not Zhao."
In the evening, the Nanjun Army stationed in Dongling took over the defense of the granary, echoing the Northland Army from the north to the south.
Throughout the night, the Nanjun Army was strengthening the camp and moving baggage. The decapitated, headless bodies were set up and prepared for burning. Thousands of people will be sent over to negotiate, asking for permission for the Zhao people to transport the bodies themselves. The official in charge of the camp was an officer of Bai Qi's camp. He thought about it and agreed that Zhao Jun would leave the camp after sunrise every day to carry out the transportation, but he was not allowed to hold weapons. But when the sun rose the next day, Zhao Jun had already carried the corpses back to the camp overnight for burial.
Although the Qin army's battle went smoothly, its own casualties were actually quite high. Needless to say, half of the Nanjun army was injured and hundreds of people were killed; even the swordsmen had many injuries, mainly from stray arrows. The wounded were sent back to Gaudu for treatment.
In fact, the Northern Army also caused a lot of damage to the Zhao Army when they feigned an attack. This was one of the important conditions for the Qin Army to succeed in the sneak attack. However, those achievements were not counted among the Northern Army. They all became the Nanjun Army and the swordsmen. of credit. Li Bing mentioned something when submitting the battle report. Bai Qi did not comment, so Li Bing stopped insisting.
Seeing that the position was shrinking day by day and important strongholds were taken away everywhere, Zhao Jun's morale was shaken and his morale was depressed. Thousands more wounded were sent to the wounded barracks. They had no other future but to wait to die. Every day people are taken to the back hill for burial.
After occupying Liangshan, the only peaks Zhao Jun still controlled were the foothills of Danzhu Ridge and the location of Zhao Kuo's tent; in addition, the waterproof frontline troops were still relatively intact, especially in the southern fortress area, which still had combat effectiveness. But due to the lack of food, how long can the combat effectiveness of these areas be maintained?
