Che Nu did live up to expectations, and in the afternoon battle, he quickly showed his power.
But it is a pity that Zhao Kuo knew the power of the Qin army's strong bows and crossbows, and had read the story of Meng Tian's thousands of years of crossbow chariots defeating the Xiongnu. How could he gather his precious heavy cavalry together and become a target for the Qin army.
If you continue to take advantage, you are a fool.
Therefore, in the afternoon battle, Zhao Kuo overcame everyone's opinions and captured most of the fine armored cavalry. Even the cavalry vanguard Zhao Wei was not allowed to fight. After all, Zhao Wei is his Dian Wei-like existence. With Zhao Wei here, he has an extra life. How could such an important general be killed lightly?
Zhao Kuo's order was naturally unanimously disagreed by the generals, and even his confidant Zhao Wei was quite puzzled. However, after a salvo of Qin army crossbows on the battlefield, the originally aggrieved generals again There was no sound either.
Apart from "the general's foresight", I really can't think of any more words to express the shock in the hearts of the generals.
What a volley that was!
The crossbow arrow was as thick as an arm, and the triangular fine iron at the front glowed with cold light. After a few muffled buzzing sounds, it shot out from the crossbow cart in a swaying motion. The crossbow arrows were lined up in the air, and the air seemed to be condensed by the chilling air of the crossbow arrows.
As early as in the Battle of the Barrier, Zhao Jun had already seen the advantages and disadvantages of the Qin Army's bed crossbow. Although he didn't know how the Qin Army moved the heavy bed crossbow onto the chariot, how could he not be disappointed when he saw this scene again? Feeling afraid, he immediately raised the small shield in his hand and tried to block the crossbow arrow.
However, even if the power of a bed crossbow that can penetrate thick city gates is slightly reduced, it is definitely not something that a small shield can compete with.
The sound of "buzzing" piercing the air immediately sounded in the Zhao army's line, and the huge crossbow arrows went straight through the armor and passed through people. Their power did not diminish at all, and they still headed straight towards the next Zhao cavalry.
With several "bang bang bang" sounds, the crossbow arrows penetrated several people and finally sank into the body of a war horse, never to come back again.
In one volley, there were no more than a hundred ballistas. However, the Zhao cavalry directly lost hundreds of combat power, and among them there were more than a hundred fine armored cavalry. If Zhao Kuo had not stopped the fine armored cavalry from entering, I am afraid that this By this time, most of Zhao Jun's ace main force had been consumed. It should be noted that the entire elite cavalry in Zhao Kuo's hands was only three thousand.
The Zhao army on the front line quickly changed their formation, taking advantage of the fact that the cavalry came and went like the wind, and instead launched a concentrated shooting attack on the Qin army's crossbow chariots. After some entanglement, the second battle came to an end quietly with the acquiescence of the two armies.
During this back and forth, the second battle between the Zhao and Qin armies ended in a draw. The Zhao army lost thousands of cavalry, including more than a hundred fine armored cavalry, while the Qin army also lost nearly two thousand. The cavalry also exposed such powerful weapons as ballistas. Of course, many of the two thousand losses were caused by trying to lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory.
After the battle between the two sides, the Zhao army no longer dared to easily use armored cavalry to charge to tear apart the Qin army's defense line, and the Qin army did not dare to use ballistae to destroy the Zhao army except for the heavy cavalry. One is missing, and the other is also afraid that Zhao Jun will launch a surprise attack on the ballista.
Therefore, the cavalry battlefield in the north became the main battlefield for light cavalry and horse archers.
It is a pity that both Zhao and Qin have been dealing with northern nomads for a long time. Zhao has Hufu cavalry and archery, while Qin directly included Yiqu State in its territory. When it comes to riding skills and horsemanship, no one is convinced by the cavalry of the two countries. who. Although there are slight differences, it is not enough to shake the entire army, not to mention that the Qin army still has the advantage of strength.
You advance and I retreat, you retreat and I advance, bows and arrows attack from a distance, and melee swords!
For a time, the battlefield turned into a mess, and neither Zhao nor Qin could do anything to defeat the other. Only the occasional appearance of Zhao's armored cavalry also caused moderate trauma to the Qin army.
What was supposed to be a quick, accurate, and ruthless decisive battle turned into a helpless stalemate, and this situation was obviously more and more unfavorable to Zhao. As for Qin, it was happy to see this situation - time is on the side after all. On Qin's side, at least for now, this is indeed the case.
Current situation:
Northern battlefield: The cavalry of Qin and Zhao turned into a mess, and no one could do anything to the other.
On the west and south sides: The Qin Army's fortress army, together with the army of Jiepailing in the south (the left-behind troops each have about 10,000 troops), have caught up with the Zhao Army and are clearing the few fortresses of the Zhao Army one by one. .
Eastern battlefield: Zhao Jun still clings to the barrier on the west bank of Danshui, temporarily avoiding the possibility of the northern army being attacked from both sides. Once the west bank barrier is lost, both the Zhao Army in the south and the Zhao Army in the north will be completely exposed to the Qin Army's front.
It's just that the current barrier is being attacked from both sides. No one knows how long it can hold. What's more, according to Zhao Kuo's latest general order, the purpose of the barrier battle is no longer to hold on and delay, but to kill the Qin army.
Therefore, there is not much time left for Zhao Jun.
Zhao Kuo did not hide such dangerous information from the generals, or he could not hide it even if he wanted to.
In the face of such a crisis, if Zhao Kuo wants to keep people's hearts together, he must come up with practical measures. Otherwise, even if the army does not mutiny or defect, its combat power will drop sharply, which will affect the future layout. It has a huge impact - unless the Qin army fights to exhaustion and the Qin army is exhausted, reinforcements will not appear.
"Command: One hundred thousand troops on the North Road will prepare food at Mao tomorrow and set out at three o'clock.
I intend to use a thousand cavalry with fine armor and five thousand light cavalry to mobilize the Qin army's chariots and crossbows, and use 20,000 infantry to attack the Qin army's chariots and crossbows;
Then all the troops came forward, regardless of the cost, and based on the terrain, they deployed saturated troops to fight the Qin army to the death! "
Zhao Kuo ordered in a cold voice to his generals.
The soldiers were obviously fully aware of the urgency of the current situation. They immediately stopped talking and said with clasped fists, "Yes!"
The generals didn't know it, but Zhao Kuo felt like a mirror in his heart. Victory in tomorrow's battle was impossible. Although his arrangements seemed to be safe and sound, they were actually full of loopholes.
Not to mention other things, if I can invest the fine armored cavalry in batches, will the Qin army leave nothing behind?
If the Qin army keeps a back-up and devotes its own combat power little by little, how is it different from the tactic of adding fuel?
And with such fueling tactics, do you want to defeat the Qin army? If the Qin army is so victorious, why do they need to make such a big move? Put yourself in danger?
Although it is impossible to win, it is impossible to lose. It even relied on this battle to arouse Zhao Jun's fighting spirit, so that they could still maintain a strong desire to fight despite their subsequent despair.
And there is no other way to do this!
Only, bleeding...
