"Target Zhao Jun on the east bank of Danxi, prepare for three consecutive rounds." The command of the Qin Army Colonel was quickly issued. This time it was no longer the water surface of Danshui, but the Zhao Jun archers who had just stood on the west bank and dared to provoke the Qin Army.
Obviously, the captain of the Qin Army wanted to use his strength to tell Zhao Jun what "attacking with hard crossbows" means!
As the captain's order was issued, the commanders and corps commanders of each small phalanx immediately led their soldiers to adjust the direction and angle of the arrows.
"Hello!"
"Hello B!"
"Good C!"
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The commanders of the small phalanx raised their flags one after another to signal to the commanding captain that their direction and angle had been adjusted in place.
After receiving the message, the captain raised the flag in his hand high, then lowered it heavily, and shouted to the dozens of small phalanxes beside him: "Let go!"
In just a few minutes, the Qin army completed a series of operations such as receiving a blow, reorganizing the square formation, changing formations, re-selecting targets, adjusting the ruler, and drawing the bow and firing.
In other words, it only takes a few minutes from being hit to counter-clicking.
This is the power of the most powerful army in the world - the Qin Army in black - and this high-efficiency, high-precision counterattack does not even require the command of any senior generals, but is completed by itself under the command of a mere captain.
"Puff puff puff..." The bow string was released, and countless arrows rushed into the sky, and under the influence of gravity, they fell towards the archer formation on the east bank of the Zhao army.
At this time, Zhao Jun's second salvo had just been completed, and Zhao Jun's archers, who were also unobstructed, also suffered a devastating disaster. People kept falling down after being hit by arrows.
But obviously, as the first batch of troops to land, they are indeed elite. Faced with the constant falling of their companions, Zhao Jun's archer phalanx on the east bank did not panic at all. The surviving Zhao soldiers had no time to grieve. They calmly drew out their arrows, put on their long bows, and stared closely at what they were about to fire. direction, his ears quietly waiting for the captain's order.
It's a pity that they can no longer hear the captain's rough voice.
Beside them, the school captain holding the command flag had fallen into a pool of blood, with his back covered with arrows. As a commander, he received great attention from the Qin army. I still remember that this captain liked to wrestle with the soldiers the most. He almost threw the whole camp to the ground. Everyone was close to him and afraid of him.
A music commander looked at his comrade lying in a pool of blood, consciously took over the command, put down his bow and arrows, drew out the sword from his waist, pointed at the Qin army's barrier, and roared: "Lead!"
There was no time to grieve, and all the troops obeyed the command of the commander who took over the command, and drew their bows and arrows one after another.
"Let go!" Qu Chang slashed down with his sword!
Zhao Jun's arrow rain broke through the air again, but compared with Qin Jun's arrow rain and the first round of arrow rain, it seemed slightly sparse.
The arrow rain from the two armies intersected again not far from the Qin army's head, and once again ran to different places to take the opponent's life.
However, the difference is that the Qin Army's archers are already protected by shield soldiers in front. When the Qin Army's archers lower their heads to take arrows, the shield soldiers tightly protect themselves and the archers under the large wooden shield. As a result, the lethality of Zhao Jun's archers was greatly reduced.
Of course, the Qin army still needed to remove the heavy shield when setting up their bows and shooting arrows. Even if the Qin army cooperated tacitly, such an operation already took a lot of time, and as a result, the efficiency of archery was reduced.
Although it failed to kill a large number of Qin's archers, it was forced to slow down the frequency of archery. It can be regarded as achieving the purpose of suppressing the Qin's archers.
Compared with the Qin Army, the Zhao Army's archers did not have the protection of shield soldiers, and could only rely on their flesh and blood to withstand the Qin Army's arrows. The great loss can be imagined.
After just two more rounds of firing with the Qin army, the archer phalanx on the east bank was already in disarray. The few remaining archers were unable to suppress the Qin army on the barrier, and there was even no unified order. They can only carry out sporadic and unsystematic ejections under the command of their respective generals.
But their sacrifice was valuable. During the exchange of fire with the Qin army, the Zhao army on the west bank seized a rare fighter opportunity to quickly cross the river. This time not only the archers, but also the shield soldiers who protected them and the main force of the siege infantry had crossed the river. Square formations are being formed to advance towards the Qin army's barrier.
Thousands of elite archers created time and space for tens of thousands of Zhao troops to fight. The few remaining archers who landed first were immediately gathered up and joined the new archers to continue suppressing the Qin army.
At this point in the battle, the main force of the battle had quietly been transferred from the archers to the infantry.
On top of the barrier, the archers of the Qin Army who were still fully organized also retreated in an orderly manner to give up the combat area to the infantry. At the same time, the archers once again changed their shooting targets - to suppress the main force of the Zhao Army that was preparing to attack the city.
An offensive and defensive battle for the barrier is imminent.
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"Report, our army has broken through Danshui in the middle and has completed its assembly on the west bank of Danshui. At the same time, the siege equipment has set off to cross the river." A messenger brought the latest battle report to Zhao Kuo, who was sitting firmly in the Chinese army tent.
"Got it!" Regardless of the excited generals in the tent, Zhao Kuo just calmly replied to the ordering soldier.
"Report, our army's north and south routes have broken through Danshui!" Another messenger came with good news.
"I know!" Zhao Kuo continued to say calmly.
It's no wonder that Zhao Kuo wasn't excited. In fact, the current situation has been deduced on the sand table in Guguan, although the losses were much smaller than what was expected.
But Zhao Kuo's reaction was calm in the eyes of the generals - a performance quite like a general.
Zhao Kuo looked at the elixir water that was steaming with red clouds in the distance, and couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Born in the new century, he really couldn't treat human life as nothing.
"Instruct all ministries to report the losses after statistics." Zhao Kuo immediately ordered.
"Yes!" The ordering soldier was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and immediately took the order.
After a while, the battle damage had reached Zhao Kuo's hands. The casualties in the battle across the river exceeded 10,000 - 3,000 cavalry, 4,000 infantry, and the worst of all were the archers, with as many as 6,000. Of course, many of these are injuries. After all, bow and arrow attacks are not so fatal as long as rescue is timely.
But these more than 10,000 people are the few truly elite troops Zhao Kuo has left!
At this time, Zhao Kuo was in a dilemma, whether to keep these injured elites and continue to fight on the west bank after treatment, or to transfer these wounded soldiers. The former will give you more leverage and a greater chance of survival when you break out of the encirclement, while the latter will save thousands of people from being annihilated.
"That's all, it's important to be able to retain a bit of vitality." Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth and decided to send these thousands of people back to the rear. After all, in these ten days, the injuries may not be cured, but will become a drag... …
