On the flat fertile fields beside the river, more than a hundred Zhao cavalrymen still entered uninhabited territory, galloping from east to west, shouting words of persuasion to surrender hundreds of steps away from the Qi army's formation.
The language not only contains the accents common to all the countries in China, but even the crooked dialects from all over the north and south of Qi State speak extremely smoothly.
All kinds of weird dialects came to Kuang Zhang's ears, and even he, a native of Qi, had never heard of some dialects.
"Sure!" Kuang Zhang was so anxious that he started to curse loudly.
He had already asked people to find out clearly that the commander of the Zhao army opposite him was the newly famous Wuyang Lord Pang Nuan. This younger generation is obviously a general, so it is unthinkable that this son's behavior is so despicable... There is simply no martial virtue at all. What is the difference between this kind of behavior and those Rongdi barbarians?
Could it be that Hu Fuling, the Zhao man, not only changed his skin, but also his head?
This was not the first time that Kuang Zhang had fought against the Zhao people, but he had never encountered such a difficult army that used all possible methods. (After all, although etiquette has collapsed nowadays, many of the past thinking cannot be reversed in a short time. Some novel tactics are even learned and used now. Even Sun Tzu's Art of War, written by Sun Wuzi, is at this time He was not regarded as the sage or sage. Although the generals of various countries on the battlefield regarded Zhou rites as rubbish, most of them maintained the war etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period. Most of them were head-on battles on the battlefield. In other words, the mask was not there yet. Tear it off completely.)
Although Kuang Zhang cursed, he had to say that he had learned another trick. Pang Nuan's strategy really blocked all the Qi army's retreat routes.
Originally, Kuang Zhang wanted to wait for Zhao Jun to attack first, and then take the opportunity to find a loophole to defeat the enemy. According to past experience, the Zhao people won a big victory, so there is no reason not to pursue the victory.
Fortunately now, the good opportunity he had been waiting for never came. Instead, the Qi army was somewhat disturbed, and he also missed the best opportunity to break out.
At first, there was some response from the Zhao people to persuade the Qi army to surrender, but now they are too lazy to even yell back.
Not to mention the soldiers below, even Kuang Zhang himself was disturbed.
Looking at Zhao Jun looming in the distance, he knew that it was time to make a decision.
There is still a chance for a battle, although winning the war is extremely slim. But if it drags on any longer, the tens of thousands of young people in Qi will really be waiting to be killed.
Kuang Zhang raised his head and glanced at the sky. The gray sky looked like an army setting off for battle.
He sighed again, no longer hesitating, turned around and walked down the slope, got on his horse and ran towards the Chinese army camp.
Not long after, several generals who had received orders gathered together in the commander's tent of the Qi army. Kuang Zhang did not show any politeness, but pointed to the Kanyu map in front of him and said in a deep voice: "The food and grass in the army can only last for three days at most. Rao'an and Wudi have been lost, and reinforcements will not be able to wait. Now we have no way out, we must Only by breaking out of Zhao Jun's encirclement can we have a chance of survival!"
After Kuang Zhang finished speaking, he glanced at everyone.
Most of the generals' faces showed panic at this time. Although I had roughly guessed that the war situation was not optimistic before, I did not expect that the actual situation was much more severe than expected.
Now these generals are feeling extremely aggrieved. They obviously came for support, but now they are forced to suffer the danger of collapse.
But the matter has come to this point, and it is impossible for them to surrender. Most of the people here are the clan nobles of Qi State, and their interests and wealth have been tied to the royal family of Qi State. Even if they surrender to Zhao State, how many good fruits can they get? ? Might as well give it a try.
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All the generals did not object and agreed to take the initiative to fight.
Seeing this, Kuang Zhang forced himself to calm down and consoled him: "Although Zhao's army has the upper hand, its numbers are not as good as ours, and some troops must be allocated to defend the ferry. And our Qi army has 70,000 elite soldiers. This battle will be defeated." It’s unknown!”
The generals bowed and said, "I will obey the general's orders!"
...At noon, the sun, which had been obscured by dust clouds for many days, suddenly showed its head. The warm sunshine fell from the sky, and the earth showed a few touches of bright red.
Zhao Qi, who was shouting outside the Qi army's camp, saw the movement of the Qi army and hurriedly ran towards his army's formation.
Chasms were also dug in front of Zhao Jun's camp, and dozens of half-man-high ballistas were placed behind the chasms. The arrows on these big guys, about ten feet long, had already been properly drawn.
Crossbows are actually rarely used in today's wars, especially large crossbows. Except for a few large-scale battles and city offensive and defensive battles, they have almost never appeared in field battles.
The reason is not only that the ballista is expensive to build, but also the main reason is that it is difficult to transport.
Fortunately, most of Zhao Jun's baggage traveled by water, otherwise it would have been very slow to transport these large armaments using oxen and horses. But it was precisely with these ballistas that the Qi people in Rao'an City simply surrendered.
The destructive power of these ballistae cannot even hold up the rammed earth walls of ordinary small towns, let alone the lethality to flesh and blood.
Tens of thousands of soldiers in the Zhao army's camp were now in formation across the front, center and right sides of the Qi camp. Except for the men on alert who were on guard against the Qi army's sudden charge into the camp, most of the front army were sitting on the ground to rest. However, all troops were The soldiers have been divided into formations, their armor and stomachs are already on their bodies, and their weapons are at their side. As long as they finish their rest, they can go into battle immediately.
Pang Nuan was riding on the horse at this time. He just turned around and wanted to say something to Zhang Yuan. But before he could say anything, a horse suddenly rushed towards Pang Nuan in the distance under a banner with the word "Zhao" written on it.
The knight approached, dismounted and bowed: "General, the Qi army has come out of camp!"
As soon as the knight finished speaking, a high-pitched horn sounded in the distance. Immediately afterwards, Pang Nuan saw the raging Qi army... surging towards him.
He Kuang Zhang finally couldn't bear it anymore! A rare smile appeared on Pang Nuan's lips: "Quickly summon the generals above the rank of lieutenant!"
"Here!"
After Pang Nuan finished speaking, he immediately galloped towards the front army.
The killing was inevitable, and Pang Nuan, the leader of this battle, had long known that the opponent would not surrender. He asked people to shout, but he was only shouting to the grassroots soldiers of the Qi army.
Zhang Yuan glanced in the direction of Qi Jun, clenched his fists, and followed closely.
The generals who had been waiting for a long time did not need to be summoned by Pang Nuan. After hearing the movement, they had already spontaneously gathered towards the front army.
As the army approached, Pang Nuan did not issue any military orders because everything had been prepared. At least until now, Qi Jun's every move has not exceeded Zhao Jun's expectations.
"Generals, obey the order!"
All the generals clasped their fists and said, "The last general is here!"
"Your Majesty is waiting for our triumphant return in Guanjin! This battle will be won!"
"Must win!"
