After roughly understanding the situation of the battle, Bai Qi asked: "Why fight?"
Wang Lu said: "He wants to eat, so I will lure him with food. There are five thousand Zhao people, and we will take two battalions at the right time. If I lose another two battalions, reinforcements will arrive. If they attack from all sides, the Zhao army will be defeated."
Bai Dian nodded and said: "You are supervising the battle, and I will watch." He leaned his head hard on a cold big stone.
Wang Hao knew that only one-fifth of his men could still fight, which was only about a thousand at present. In order to protect these people, Wang Hao did not organize them into separate groups, but sent the sick and non-sick people into battle together. But the first battalion fought head-on and lost hundreds of people at once - those who were able to fight head-on were naturally not yet sick. Although the losses of the second battalion were smaller, after several back and forth battles, it was clear who was sick and who was not. Those who were not sick could not keep up with the pace of the battle and were dragged behind the formation and separated from the forwards. What a long distance.
After the second camp was occupied by the Zhao army, Wang Lu retreated the camp to the flanks to protect the hills from the sides.
Bai Qi had ten battalions, four at the foot of the mountain along Danshui, three in the middle of the mountain, and three behind the mountain, forming a circular defense line facing the southern camp. Wang Lu planned to completely abandon the camp at the foot of the mountain if necessary, attracting the Zhao army to attack the top of the mountain; and then attack from a pincer attack on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain.
To the east of Danshui, under the East Ridge, are another five thousand people from the Nanjun Army. They are less than ten miles away from here, and there is flat ground in the middle. When the Zhao army came to attack, Wang Hao had already sent someone to notify the commander-in-chief Nanjun Lieutenant over there. The Nanjun Lieutenant had been reminded by Meng Ao before and secretly began to gather capable soldiers. They were now forming up and preparing to join the battle here.
Thirty miles to the northeast is the camp of the Northland Army. The Northland Army's 2,500 men have gathered and are moving towards this direction. Due to the long distance, it is estimated that it will take until the afternoon or evening to reach the battlefield.
More than ten miles to the northwest is Wang Lu's Taniguchi camp. At dawn, Wang Lu had ordered all combatable soldiers there to be sent out to reinforce the Danshui front line. It is estimated that two to three thousand people can be sent. This force was relatively close and could enter the battle before about noon.
It took Zhao Jun an hour to seize the two nearest camps. If you give him two more distant ones, it won't be a big problem if it takes an hour. At that time, the two supporting armies from Nanjun and Taniguchi had arrived, giving Zhao Jun another powerful force.
What is unknown now is how many troops Zhao Jun sent. In terms of area, 10,000 people are enough. However, Zhao Jun always has a large number of people when fighting in Changping, so it is not impossible to send 20,000 or even 30,000 people. But after Wang Hao saw Zhao Jun's offensive, he was confident that even if Zhao Jun sent 20,000 to 30,000 people, he would still be able to defend this hill: Zhao Jun's movements were too slow! This isn't a war, it's clearly a food grab!
The third camp is far away from Danshui. After Zhao Jun crossed the river, he organized his entire team before charging over. The soldiers guarding the camp also abandoned the food and retreated, but this army was more disciplined. No one went to grab the food, but continued to fight the Qin army. The Qin army fought and retreated at the same time. Due to the large number of sick and weak personnel, the Qin army was not fast and suffered heavy losses in personnel.
After the Zhao army drove the Qin army away from the camp, they also stopped attacking and began to rest. At this time, the fourth wave of Zhao troops also came out to form formation. This wave of Zhao troops appeared to be more elite and formed quickly. Although the troops were scattered, they were obviously more orderly. When Wang Lu saw it, he secretly thought, it's time to see Zhenzhang!
Zhao Jun, who was the last to emerge, directly crossed Danshui and came towards the hill. Wang Hao suddenly realized that Zhao Jun did not need to capture the four battalions at the foot of the mountain before attacking up the mountain. The fourth wave of Zhao troops passed directly through the camps occupied by the first three waves of Zhao troops and headed towards the camps on the mountain.
Wang Hao complained secretly. The fourth wave had five battalions, while the Qin army in the middle of the mountain only had three battalions in total, and most of them were sick. If the most elite Zhao army rushes over, it is very likely to break through the defenses of the three battalions in one fell swoop.
Wang Hao could only beat drums to warn, and at the same time sent military envoys to convey orders to the officials in the middle of the mountain. The battalion that was attacked must defend the camp, and the other two battalions cooperated at the same time. He also sent military envoys to move the two battalions behind the mountain up the mountain as the third line of defense.
Wang Hao looked eastward and saw that a thousand reinforcements from the Nanjun Army were already approaching the Danshui River. Looking to the west, Taniguchi's reinforcements had already walked halfway. But now Wang Hao doesn't know how to ask the reinforcements to act. The three Zhao armies that occupied the Qin Army's camp completely blocked the Qin Army's reinforcements. The Qin Army could only attack the Zhao Army on the mountain by forcefully capturing the "Qin Army's" camp fence.
Wang Lu felt like he was being cheated. Could this be General Zhao’s true intention?
More than a hundred archers led by Meng Ao were guerrillas among the battalions. Meng Ao also noticed the movement of the fourth wave of Zhao troops, which was pointing directly to the top of the mountain, and he also realized that the crisis was coming. He immediately asked the more than a hundred people to count the arrows. Each man also had about seventy arrows. Meng Ao selected ten archers with good archery skills and led them around to guerrilla; the others asked them to go up the mountain first and enter the camp to wait.
This force was divided into two groups and passed through the Qin camp in the middle of the occupied area. Meng Ao led ten men and shot at them from a hundred steps away. Meng Ao's bow was strong, had a long range, and was very accurate. Ten arrows passed by and he shot down six or seven Zhao soldiers. The others were either too far away or failed to shoot accurately, and only two or three of the ten arrows hit. Even so, watching the people around him fall to the ground one by one is also a frightening feeling. However, this unit seemed unmoved and continued to move forward steadily without even changing its pace. Meng Ao saw that the harassing shooting had little effect, so he could only stop shooting and wait for Zhao Jun to get closer.
Zhao Jun calmly crossed the trail, formed a horizontal line in the open field in front of the camp, and then drove towards the westernmost Qin camp halfway up the mountain. Meng Ao and others were waiting on the road leading to the middle camp gate. Zhao Jun turned east, which made Meng Ao's idea of waiting in vain. He had no choice but to change his mind and retreat to the middle of the mountain. He transferred the archers who had been assigned to the middle camp fence and rushed to the west camp fence.
At this time, Wang Lu, who was observing and commanding on the top of the mountain, also saw Zhao Jun's movements, sent military envoys down, and ordered the camp gates in the middle and east to send troops to attack Zhao Jun's rear. By chance, the soldiers from the Qin camp in the middle deliberately walked behind Meng Ao and the others.
Meng Ao only caught up to the rear of Zhao Jun. There was a burst of fierce shooting, killing dozens of people, and Zhao Jun had already launched a charge. Five battalions of Zhao troops rushed towards the Qin army's barracks from three sides. Meng Ao secretly screamed that something was wrong, and called the archers to recall their steps and catch up.
Around the camp fence, the Zhao army's formation became denser. Meng Ao naturally did not miss this opportunity and fired fiercely at Zhao Jun from behind. Zhao Jun almost fell in pieces. But the people next to him didn't seem to see it, and they just rushed towards the camp fence with all their strength. In just a few breaths, he rushed into the Qin army's camp and started fighting hand-to-hand. This group of Zhao troops had relatively high military quality and good martial arts skills. Instead of blindly fighting for their lives, they quickly jumped out of the way of the Qin army's attacks and seized the opportunity to assassinate the Qin army.
However, Zhao Jun's long-term hunger and reduced physical strength showed up: many soldiers almost exhausted their physical strength with just one thrust. After stabbing the Qin army, they themselves became dizzy and unsteady, becoming the prey of the Qin army next to them. object. At this time, the Qin army from the nearby military camp also rushed up from behind. There was a golden sound in the Zhao army camp, and Zhao army retreated in response.
When the Zhao army attacked, the Nanjun Army reinforcements in Dongling prepared to cross the river, but were blocked by the Zhao army and were forced to retreat downstream and cross the river through the area controlled by the Qin army. This delayed the time for reinforcements to enter the battle.
Meng Ao stopped the Qin army from harvesting the heads. He asked the lightly wounded Zhao army to carry back the seriously wounded and the corpses of the dead Zhao army.
Looking at the staggering gait of the Zhao soldiers, Meng Ao told the Qin soldiers not to confront the Zhao soldiers head-on, but to find ways to circle them and consume their physical strength by going back and forth. Zhao Jun has been hungry for several days, and his physical strength will definitely not be able to keep up. As long as he spends time with them, they will definitely be worn down.
When the Zhao army saw that the Qin army had put back the bodies of the wounded and dead soldiers, they also stopped their actions. At this time, the dust in the northwest was getting closer.
The Zhao army in the central camp formed a team again. This time, they drove towards the Qin army's mid-mountain camp in the center. Meng Ao warned the soldiers who were going for reinforcements not to confront them head-on and try to consume their physical strength; he led his archers to meet them and rushed to a place fifty steps away from Zhao Jun to shoot arrows. When Zhao Jun sent a hundred men to drive them away, they ran back. Zhao Jun chased for a few steps and stopped to catch his breath. Meng Ao asked the archers to stop and let the sharp archers shoot at the pursuing Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun pursued them again, they ran away again. Due to Zhao Jun's lack of physical strength, he would be out of breath and sweating profusely after running a few steps quickly, so he had to stop; and if he stopped, he would be shot by Qin Jun. After a short time, only one or twenty of the hundred people were left who had not been hit by arrows, so they had to retreat.
The expulsion of these one hundred people was not meaningless. With this uninterrupted time, the Zhao army had arrived at the starting position; and the Qin army's reinforcements had also arrived. Two hundred reinforcements took the initiative to charge against the 2,500 Zhao troops. Zhao Jun sent 500 men to stop them, while others continued to attack the Qin army's camp.
Meng Ao had already retreated to the camp fence. He loudly said to the Qin army: "Don't be afraid, he will be hungry for several days, but he will be tired after three or five stabs!" While throwing down the bow in his hand and the arrows on his waist, he took a bamboo pole from a soldier and took the lead. Rush out of camp.
The soldiers of the Qin army were in varying degrees of illness, ranging from severe coughing and wheezing to mild headaches and fever. They ran at different speeds and had different physical strength. They were a completely ragtag group of people, rushing forward without any formation.
Meng Ao turned his long pole and knocked the halberd of a Zhao soldier into the sky. When it fell, it hit a Zhao soldier on the cheek. The Zhao soldier was knocked down heavily. Chang Ge swept across the opponent's lower three lanes, and Zhao Bing, who was running, was hit on the foot and fell heavily. Meng Ao shouted loudly: "Do you know? But you can just hit his legs and feet." When Zhao Jun rushed forward, Meng Ao had already retreated.
