General Hu Shang paid for his previous miscalculation with his actual actions.
Xu Li, who was standing on the barrier, finally turned his attention to the battlefield to the east. At this time, Hu Shang had successfully established a line of defense with his soldiers. Subsequently, the Qin army continued to move toward the line opened by Hu Shang. As they marched towards the landing site, the number of people was about to exceed a thousand.
It would be a lie to say that I have no regrets.
He clearly saw a strong general joining in the elixir, but he did not deal with it immediately. If he could do it again, Xu Li would personally lead the cavalry to kill this Qin army on the spot.
But now that the defense line has been established, even if he mobilizes troops and horses, he may not be able to break through, and may even become anxious. As the commander of the fortress, he obviously cannot leave for a long time. Otherwise, what will happen to the more important western battlefield?
Obviously, Xu Li knew in his heart that the mistake had been made. If he could not make up for it, then the most important thing was not to add to the mistake.
"Send the order: The cavalry gives up attacking the first base that has been established, and instead attacks the Qin army's other crossing positions. Call up the archers and suppress the landing place for me." Xu Li ordered calmly.
"Yes!" A messenger next to him agreed immediately.
Xu Li's general order was quickly implemented, and the cavalry who originally wanted to charge again immediately turned around and headed towards other Qin troops.
The Qin army, which had already prepared a defensive posture, secretly rejoiced when they saw Zhao Jun's turn. After all, facing the cavalry, even if they had General Hu Shang present, they were still at a disadvantage.
However, their rejoicing did not last for a moment. The whistling sound coming from the air directly blew away their smiles. On top of the barrier, a newly tuned archer was already attacking them.
Because the landing ground elsewhere had not yet been opened, a large number of Qin soldiers crowded into the landing ground opened by Hu Shang. Under the dense rain of arrows, the Qin army's losses suddenly increased.
However, although such suppression caused greater losses to the Qin army, it could no longer stop the Qin army from landing on the west bank of Danshui.
All the Zhao army could do was to delay the Qin army's landing and attack.
Xu Li knew this, and so did Hu Shang.
Therefore, Hu Shang did not lead his soldiers to support and open up a new landing site. Instead, he led his soldiers to expand the landing site at his feet.
"As long as one archer comes up, the barrier can be suppressed." General Hu Shang thought silently in his heart.
Obviously, Hu Shang understands very well the principle of "one sheep in hand is worse than a thousand sheep in sight".
By this point in the battle, several hours had passed quietly, and the originally hot sunshine was getting older.
Hu Shang's troops here were unable to break through, and Wang Qi over there obviously understood the failure of the raid plan.
"Since the raid failed, let's turn it into a battle!" Wang Qi, who knew that his plan failed, was not discouraged at all. Originally, no matter how well he concealed it, Zhao Jun still needed to succeed in the east coast raid. With the cooperation of Zhao Jun, as long as Zhao Jun does not relax his defense to the east, his strategy will not be successful.
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It's up to people to make things happen, but it's up to God to make things happen!
It would be best to succeed in a surprise attack, but if it doesn't work, you can still rely on hard power to win the barrier.
Since he had to rely on hard power to win the barrier, Wang Qi knew that this battle had become an intense one and would not happen overnight.
As early as the moment when Hu Shang's troops roared but failed to climb the barrier, General Wang Qi immediately made extensive adjustments to the army's attack.
First, they strengthened the defense at the rear of the army and sent out a large number of scouts to the west to prevent Zhao's army from retreating eastward and hitting directly at its door;
Secondly, the 80,000-strong army that was originally scattered like sesame seeds was withdrawn to 50,000, and immediately went to rest, preparing to take over the attack at night and during the day tomorrow, so as to form an uninterrupted attack on the enemy of the barrier;
Third, separate the direction of the main attack and attack the gaps left by your withdrawal from the barrier.
Therefore, with the landing of the Qin Army on the east coast and the strategic adjustment of the Qin Army on the west, the offensive of attacking the barrier from both sides has basically been formed. Apart from fighting on both sides, Xu Li had no good way at all, and the truly bloody battle of the barrier ensued. begin.
Of course, in order to form such a two-sided attack situation, the Qin army led by Hu Shang to the east suffered no less than five thousand casualties on Danshui. In the battle to the south, the Qin army's comprehensive but weak offensive suffered losses of no less than 5,000. Over eight thousand.
It can be said that the Zhao army on the barrier killed more than 13,000 Qin soldiers on the first day of the war, while its own losses were less than 3,000.
This result made the barrier army very happy, including Xu Li.
However, Xu Li knew: Such results would never happen again, and the days to come would be even more difficult.
The only good news is that the three-day period limited by General Zhao Kuo has already passed. Even if the Qin army fights day and night, one-sixth of the time has passed.
While talking, blazing bonfires were lit up and down the barrier, and tens of thousands of torches illuminated the sky.
"Sure enough, the Qin army will fight day and night." Xu Li silently lamented in his heart what Zhao Kuo had said to him that the Qin army would fight day and night.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xu Li immediately ordered the second batch of soldiers to begin rotating.
That's right, Zhao Kuo was fully confident about the Qin army's eagerness to capture the barrier on the west bank of Danshui. Therefore, after Xu Li took over the defense of the rear camp, Zhao Kuo left Xu Li alone to talk, which was Qian Dingzhu Wan's instructions: he must divide his army into several parts and take turns to face the Qin army.
Therefore, even when the east-west battle faced the most danger, Xu Li did not use his reserve team or resting team.
The emergence of new forces once again suppressed the Qin Army's East Division Hu Shang, who had just recovered from the landing battle. Even the extremely brave Qin general Hu Shang could not help but be fully taken care of by Zhao Jun's sharp arrows. On the armor, two long arrows with barbs looked so abrupt.
The moon is deep, and the Battle of the Barrier is finally a little relieved from the fierce battle. Although the Qin army's offensive is still continuing on the east and west battlefields, it is obvious that with the passage of time, both armies have lost their physical strength and energy. It has reached an extreme, and therefore the intensity of the Qin army's offensive has slowly slowed down.
But both the generals of Qin and Zhao knew very well that the next climax of the battle would be after the rotation, and by then, the barrier would be completely reduced to a flesh and blood mill.
The battle for this barrier is in full swing, and in the far northern Xinjiang, tens of thousands of Zhao Army cavalry are waiting ready to give the Qin Army cavalry in front of him a severe lesson. The fortresses in the south and west are The battle has also begun quietly.
To the west of Danshui, wars are going on everywhere.
