The shouts of killing outside Rao'an City have long since stopped, and only the trampled millet seedlings in the fertile fields outside the city still seem to be interpreting the bloodshed of that night.
On June 14, the sky started to drizzle again early in the morning. The main force of the Zhao army led by Pang Nuan was still one step ahead of the Qi army, and was able to gather with Zhang Yuan's forward army on the north bank of the Lijin River.
The striker's outstanding record of winning more with less allowed Zhao Jun to take more initiative, but Pang Nuan's expression did not show much joy at this time.
It's not out of pretense to compete with Zhang Yuan for credit. His merits are there, is this undeniable, but his merits cannot erase his strategic mistakes.
The attack launched by Zhang Yuan was so sudden that not only Qi people failed to react, but even our own side did not expect it.
The result was that one's own intentions were revealed in advance and the people of Qi were on guard; but one's own army did not complete the assembly.
The Zhao army gathered more than 50,000 troops this time, but the main force of Kuang Zhang's Qi army still had more than 70,000 people, most of whom were regular troops.
In other words, the Qi army still had an advantage in terms of military strength.
The people of Qi were not fools. The reason why they were kept in the dark and suffered a big loss from Zhang Yuan was mainly due to Zhao's false appearance of weakness, coupled with external pressure from Qin, Wei, and Han.
However, now because of Zhang Yuan's rash actions, Zhao Jun's strategic intentions were exposed in advance.
Now that Qi Ting has reacted, reinforcements from all over Qi will surely continue to flow.
In other words, Zhao Guo is the only one facing the anger of Qi people now. However, Zhao Guo did not complete the outflanking of the Qi army.
This war is not a war of 30,000 or 50,000 people seizing the day, but a war of annihilation involving hundreds of thousands of people!
If Pang Nuan's main force was not composed of cavalry, with strong mobility and timely reinforcements, Zhang Yuan's troops would have been eaten by the Qi army by mistake, and this battle would have been dangerous. At that time, not only will the chicken be stolen but the rice will be lost, but there will even be the danger of overthrowing the country.
But no matter what, now that the matter has come to this, Pang Nuan must seize the opportunity and engage in a decisive battle with the Qi army as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the forward's victory was quite fruitful. While Tianpan's former army was completely wiped out, it also dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Qi army.
After Pang Nuan re-formulated the battle plan, he did not dare to hesitate, and quickly integrated his troops and moved towards the main force of the Qi army in the north of Rao'an City. At the same time, more than 10,000 infantry were left to continue to carry out fierce attacks on the two isolated cities of Rao'an City and Wudi.
The Qi army quickly realized Zhao's intentions, but Kuang Zhang did not dare to divide his troops rashly because he did not know the specific strength of Zhao's army at all. They gathered troops to break through several times, but they were still unable to break through the Zhao army's defense line, and they could not even establish effective contact with the defenders in Rao'an City, which was several feet away.
The two isolated cities were originally located on the borders of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qi. Today they belong to Yan and they will belong to Qi tomorrow. The same is true for the residents in the cities. The defenders were not very motivated to resist. Under the carrot and stick of the Zhao army, they Seeing that there was no hope of relief from Qi, the people in the city simply opened the city gates and announced their surrender.
The two cities of Rao'an and Wudi changed hands. Qi Ting, who had just reacted, was once again cut off from the Kuangzhang Department by Zhao Jun before he could effectively mobilize his troops.
With no worries at all, Pang Nuan immediately ordered to set up camp a few miles away from the Qi army.
The two armies faced each other, hundreds of meters apart. The Zhao army was full of momentum. However, this was the first time Pang Nuan had commanded such a large force of troops, and the enemy general was the famous Kuang Zi, so he should be extremely cautious.
Pang Nuan did not rashly launch a general attack on the Qi army. Instead, he asked the Qi people who had surrendered before to go to the Qi army camp every day to shout to persuade them to surrender. Although every time he responded with a missing arrow, he knew that his king's strategic thinking was not the same. correct!
After another two days of confrontation, the two armies were still staring at each other, with no one taking the lead in launching an attack.
Pang Nuan sat on his horse and looked at the Qi army camp at the end of his sight. These days, the Qi army dug a lot of ditches in front of the camp, and rows of antlers were arranged behind the deep ditches. This should be to prevent the Zhao army and the Qi army from suddenly attacking the camp.
But Pang Nuan knew that this thing was useful for defending the city and preparing for war, but it was of little use against the mobile and flexible light cavalry in the field.
At this time, Zhang Yuan suddenly came over. He dismounted and clasped his fists at Pang Nuan and said, "Wu Yangjun, do you need me to challenge you?"
Facing this coach who was much younger than himself, Zhang Yuan, who had just made great achievements, did not
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He didn't show the slightest arrogance. After all, the young junior in front of him got to where he is today through his solid military exploits. He was not unconvinced at all.
But he really doesn't like the opponent's current timid style of play. Now that his side's morale is high, he thinks he should attack directly.
Pang Nuan shook his head: "No need, the Qi army's rations can't last for a few days, they will only be more anxious than us."
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, with an ugly smile on his face: "Okay."
Pang Nuan glanced back at the other person and was about to say something. There seemed to be some commotion in the Qi army camp ahead.
...The dust clouds were dim, and the flags blown by the wind and rain were rustling. Kuang Zhang, who was in his early forties, was standing on a raised high ground, looking at the Zhao Jun camp several miles away. His temple hair has long since turned gray, and his tough face already has many wrinkles. Especially when he heard that Tian Pan was captured alive two days ago, this veteran who was less than half a hundred years old seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.
Just as Pang Nuan thought, the Qi army was about to run out of food and grass. The reason why it was still struggling to maintain its morale was all thanks to Kuang Zhang, a commander with a high reputation in the army.
But Kuang Zhang also knew that the Qi army had become truly alone, and it was only a matter of time before its morale collapsed. Especially when the Zhao people were trying to persuade them to surrender in the past few days, he knew that Rao An had been defeated, and now there might be soldiers ready to make a move.
But faced with this situation, he had no choice. Because not to mention the overall deployment of the enemy in advance, there was not even local arrangements, and the decisions were all made on the spur of the moment. Moreover, there are almost no choices, because the path is arranged by others.
Zhao Ren's surprise attack was far more effective than Zhao Ren's own calculation.
When Kuang Zhang is conducting large-scale battles, he always likes to retreat instead of getting closer and defend instead of attacking, because this method is more reliable. Even if the battle situation is unfavorable, the overall army formation will not collapse due to small-scale disintegration. rout. Whether he fought against Wei and Chu in his early years, or the battle with Sancho that made him famous, he always used this method of warfare.
But now he discovered that Pang Nuan was using this method!
Kuang Zhang did not dare to attack rashly, because there was almost no chance of victory.
Field battles on the plains were completely the home field of the cavalry. The previous battles had left him with a knife in his throat, with the butcher's knife in front of him and the Yellow River behind him. He couldn't even run away if he was not careful.
Looking at Zhao Jun looming in the distance, Kuang Zhang knew it was time to make a decision. There is still a chance for a battle now, although the timing of the war is extremely unfavorable!
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