"war!"
A roar roared from the east side of the barrier.
The Zhao army, which had already seen the Qin army crossing Danshui, immediately followed the instructions of their respective captains and began to block the enemy's advance.
First the archers suppressed them, and then the cavalry harassed the enemy. Just like the way the Qin army blocked the Zhao army from crossing the Dan River. However, the situation of the Qin army crossing the river was far different from that of the Zhao army.
The first is the relationship of time.
Zhao Jun chose a foggy morning with extremely low visibility. Not to mention the Danshui hundreds of steps away, it was difficult to see clearly even under the barrier. Although the Qin army discovered Zhao Jun's attempt to cross the river, if they wanted to stop Zhao Jun, they could only rely on dense arrow rain to cover several possible crossing positions. The rate of arrows can be imagined.
But now the Qin army was crossing the river under the bright sun. Zhao Jun could clearly see where there were more people and where there were fewer people, and his shooting accuracy was naturally much better. Bows and arrows alone caused heavy losses to the Qin army.
It's not that the generals of the Qin army don't know the weather, but that the Qin army can't wait, not even for a moment.
Taking down the west bank barrier means completely cutting off Zhao Jun's escape eastward. Qin Jun knew it, and Zhao Jun must also know it. From the Qin army's perspective, there was only a small time difference they could use. Once the Zhao army turned around, the two armies would definitely fight into a stalemate, and even a good encirclement and annihilation battle would turn into a defeat or even a draw.
This was unacceptable to the entire Qin army. If the barrier is taken down earlier, the door to the main force of the siege Zhao army will be closed earlier. The slight loss of troops for this is also within the expectations of the upper echelons of the Qin army, including Wu'an Jun Bai Qi.
However, the problem that made it difficult for Qin Jun Hu Shang's troops to cross Danshui was not just the arrow attack of Zhao Jun under the blessing of heaven and earth.
And the cavalry!
On the Qin army's side, because they were walking around the mountains, it was certain that they lacked cavalry. I originally hoped to gain something in the battle between Hanwang Mountain and the East Bank Barrier, but who could have imagined that the warehouses of Hanwang Mountain and the East Bank Barrier were as clean as if they had been infested with rats, and there wasn't even much grain.
This also resulted in the fact that there were few war horses in the Qin military camp on the east coast.
Therefore, if the army on the east coast wants to cross Danshui, it can only rely on the two legs of the soldiers. How fast can you run with two legs? Still in the current.
Or because there is no war emergency, the personnel to cut off the Danshui have not yet arrived. Although it is the summer dry season, the water level of Danshui is not deep, but it is enough to reach the knees. Coupled with the slow flow speed to the southeast, the water level is invisible. It added a little more difficulty to the Qin army's crossing of the river.
With rain of arrows covering the top, Dan Shui blocking the ground below, and only one pair of legs in the middle, it's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for the Qin army to advance.
Compared with the speed at which the Zhao army could cross the river with the help of horses, the Qin army's marching speed could almost be described as a turtle's pace, and the turtle's speed provided an opportunity for the Zhao army's archers on the barrier to perform.
Under a hail of arrows, hundreds of Qin soldiers were stunned on the spot.
The fallen corpses became an obstacle to the advancement of subsequent soldiers. As a last resort, the soldiers of the Qin army could only endure the grief in their hearts and use spears to push away the corpses of their comrades.
Under such a vicious cycle, Hu Shang's 20,000-strong army was already exhausted before they even landed on the west coast.
However, despite this, the Qin army still used their fearless spirit of sacrifice and successfully landed on the west bank of Danshui after paying nearly 3,000 casualties.
However, their nightmare did not end, and the greater casualties had just begun.
The reason is still the cavalry.
The Qin army on the east coast has no cavalry, but the Zhao army does!
Almost at the same time that Qin's soldiers boarded the west bank, a doorway was quietly opened under the west bank's barrier, and immediately, powerful horses came out of it to kill the generals.
In fact, there are not many cavalry in the Zhao army's barrier. Including General Xu Li's personal soldiers, there are only 1,500 cavalry. But just these 1,500 cavalrymen caused the Qin army to suffer a huge loss.
The archers of the Qin army who had just completed their formation had no time to draw their long bows when a cool breeze came towards them.
There was a flash of light in front of my eyes. I still didn't understand what happened, but a slight chill came from my neck. When I looked down, I saw bright red blood spurting out, and there was only blood red left between my eyes...
People go like the wind, and the sword is as fast as lightning.
Facing Zhao Jun's cavalry, the infantry had an inherent disadvantage that was almost irreparable. In addition, most of the people who boarded the west bank were archers, and their strength was only a few hundred. Regardless of the restraint of arms, the number of troops, coupled with the consumption of crossing the river and the reduction in combat power, even if Hu Shang's troops were all the elites of the Qin army, it was really difficult to resist the Zhao army's cavalry.
Helplessly, the elite Qin troops were either beheaded, shot, or driven into Danshui one by one, and then were attacked and killed by the rain of arrows that followed. The land defense line that was finally established fell almost instantly. They were completely destroyed by Zhao Jun's cavalry.
The only good news may be that because of the attack from the west, although Zhao Jun was prepared, his combat power against the enemy from the east was limited after all.
But the more this happened, the more difficult it was for Hu Shang to accept that he had lost thousands of troops but failed to accomplish anything.
General Hu Shang almost had his back molars broken. He naturally knew that it was not because his soldiers were not trying their best. After thinking about it for a while, Hu Shang immediately made adjustments and adjusted the order of crossing the river. The archers were replaced in the front. The soldiers with swords and shields took the lead, followed by the archers.
Not only that, Hu Shang even carried the long sword himself and led his soldiers into the battle across the river.
Of course, this was not an act of loyalty by Hu Shang, and Hu Shang was not a general who was easily carried away by anger. Otherwise, Bai Qi would not have arranged for him to lead a partial army across many generals.
Hu Shang knew very well that now that the army from the west had arrived, if he could not cross the Danshui as soon as possible and form a real pincer attack on the barrier, then the losses from the west would be even greater.
And this is not the most important thing. What is important is that if he cannot form a pincer attack as soon as possible, once the main force of the Zhao army returns to support, then Wu Anjun's entire plan will be disrupted.
Although Hu Shang didn't know that it was because he had alerted the enemy that he lost an excellent opportunity for a surprise attack, which resulted in a passive situation in the battle, Hu Shang knew that he had to make a breakthrough immediately.
How to break through?
Use your lives to fill it--use the most elite infantry to go forward, establish a defense line on the west bank, and cover the follow-up army's landing across the river. Obviously, in the absence of spearmen, the most elite infantry can only be himself and his own soldiers.
Without the slightest hesitation or timidity, Hu Shang immediately looked at his generals and said, "Commanders, listen to the order: Today is the day to make great achievements. Follow me and kill together!"
"Kill!" The Qin army on the east bank then shouted.
The shouts of killing spread all over Danshui from the east bank, and even passed through the towering barriers, heading straight to the Qin army camp in the west.
