The square formation is different from the round formation. The round formation has spears stationed in all directions. When the defense is full, forget about attacking. Just imagine it and you will understand how to accurately retreat diagonally while guarding the people behind you. ? Defenses from all directions made the circular formation almost difficult to move.
The square formation has a huge advantage over the circular formation in terms of offense. After all, the entire formation is facing in the same direction, so it is obviously not difficult to adjust and move. But this resulted in the defensive power of the square formation being much lower than that of the circular formation. Especially afraid of attacks from the sides and rear.
Because in those directions, the phalanx has almost no defensive capabilities.
Therefore, after the Zhao army's elite cavalry broke into the line, they immediately changed direction, bypassed the front lined with spears, and gave the Qin army's formation a hard blow from the side.
Sure enough, after turning their horses' heads, they charged in from the side of the Qin army. As if they were in a deserted area, the finely armored cavalry slashed left and right, and dozens more Qin soldiers fell to the ground.
The fall of dozens of Qin troops is not important. What is important is the chain reaction caused by the fall of these dozens of Qin troops. Because the nearby Qin troops were scattered, the troops in front of the phalanx could not be replenished. Zhao The cavalry of the army would not miss such a good opportunity. In the blink of an eye, several more cavalry jumped into the line.
The Zhao army's cavalry cooperated tacitly, and with a sudden thrust, a gap was quickly opened in the Qin army's formation.
At this moment, Zhao Kuo, who was wearing a white robe, had also arrived in front of the formation.
In front of him, there were no shields and spears blocking him, only Qin infantry holding long swords.
Riding against each other, without spears, what else is there to say? Just kill.
Zhao Kuo laughed evilly, brandished his long knife, and continued to charge faster. Like a hot knife cutting through butter, he cut through the Qin army's formation as smoothly as a hot knife, reaping the lives of the Qin army.
The fine armored cavalry that followed immediately kept up with Zhao Kuo's speed, trying to continue the assault from the gap that had been opened, completely tearing apart the Qin army's formation in front of them.
As long as this military formation is quickly torn apart, the unprepared Qin army will have an almost smooth road from the rear to the middle of the Qin army. If they can attack the middle army...
Zhao Jun's cavalry had obviously seen the dawn of victory, and they were working hard, like heavy tanks one after another, about to crush everything in front of them and tear apart the Qin Army's defense line.
Just when Zhao Kuo and his remaining elite cavalry were about to penetrate the Qin Army's line, a long Qin Army sword blocked Zhao Kuo's way.
The person who came was wearing black clothes, black armor, and a black cloak. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes on his dark face. He looked like a Shaanxi farmer. Only the bulging muscles in his arms silently declared his strength.
Who else could it be but Ying Xi, the chief cavalry general of the Qin Army?
In just one round, Zhao Kuo realized the power of the Qin army's general. The swords met and the force of the counterattack almost made Zhao Kuo unable to hold the long sword in his hand.
Not daring to be careless, Zhao Kuo quickly changed to holding the sword with both hands and struck again with all his strength.
With the sound of "dang", the two horses passed each other while they were evenly matched, and neither of them could do anything to win over the other.
But Zhao Kuo knew that he lost without a doubt, because he used both hands and used all his strength, while the person opposite also had two hands, but he obviously still had some strength left.
Although Zhao Kuo inherited the original owner's martial arts, which was not a weakling, but compared to the real top warriors, whether it was experience or strength, Zhao Kuo still had a certain distance. After all, after Zhao She passed away, Zhao Kuo no longer had The opportunity to go to the battlefield. Being able to maintain his current skills is the result of Zhao Kuo's hard training day and night. Compared with other dandy boys, Zhao Kuo can be regarded as a good man with self-discipline and self-examination.
However, if Zhao Kuo could hang out more with those dandies, maybe the burden of Changping would not fall on him, and he would not have to die in Changping, and the thousand-year stigma might have nothing to do with him.
But it was such a conscientious general who was pushed to the forefront by the tide of history, and finally hated Changping. Things are often like this in the world, and what you think is right may not necessarily bring about good results in the end.
So, just do good deeds and don’t worry about your future.
Of course, Zhao Kuo now has a chance to break his fate. And Zhao Kuo also faced his second life-and-death crisis since the war began.
After all, it is just tempering alone, how can it compare to the baptism of blood and fire on the battlefield. Practicing sword practice a thousand times is not as good as wading through blood once.
Even with the martial arts inherited from his family, how could Zhao Kuo be a winning opponent who has been fighting on the battlefield all year round. And Ying Shi obviously would not let go of Zhao Kuo, a dazzling "tide-taker". After the two horses met, he casually killed the two Zhao riders, turned the horses' heads and charged at Zhao Kuo again.
Ying Shou, who had already measured Zhao Kuo's level, was very confident of knocking Zhao Kuo down with one blow.
Smiling ferociously, Ying Shou then clapped his horse and ran away - beheading Zhao Kuo and seizing the banner. This was Ying Shou's way of turning the tide.
However, his thoughts were naturally noticed by Zhao Kuo's soldiers. As the deputy leader of the soldiers (the leader is Xu Li), Zhao Wei, who had already fought against him, recognized the winning figure at a glance. Even on horseback, he was no match for the Qin general, let alone the general.
Zhao Wei didn't hesitate at all and took the lead and intercepted Ying'er.
He swung the sword with his left hand, forcing Ying Xi to withdraw the blade and defend himself. At the same time, he continued to use his right hand to attack the sword. Ying Xi was worthy of being one of the best generals in the Qin army. Zhao Wei's two swords in succession failed to break through his defense.
There was a stalemate in the air with one sword and two swords, and Zhao Kuo also took the opportunity to slip away from Ying Seng's sword and continued to kill other Qin troops.
This obviously played into Zhao Wei's plan. After Zhao Kuo was safe, Zhao Wei suddenly twisted his body, rolled his hands outwards with force, twisted Ying Seng's weapon and walked off the horse.
Caught off guard, Ying Xi refused to give up the sword easily. Naturally, with a roll, Ying Xi was taken off the horse by Zhao Wei.
Fight on foot! This is the fighting method that Zhao Wei is best at.
Standing on the ground, Zhao Wei seemed to have found his roots. The right way is to rise from the ground. It is obvious that Zhao Wei standing on the ground is not a level stronger than before.
He held a sword casually with both hands, smiled evilly, and walked towards Ying who also landed on the ground.
Although Ying Xi felt a little sorry for Zhao Kuo's departure, the fight just now had already made Ying Xi fully feel the strength of the general - he couldn't be careless in the slightest.
He immediately held the sword with both hands in a defensive position, preparing to face the attack from the Zhao army.
"Kill!" Zhao Wei took the lead in launching the attack.
The two swords were immediately danced into flowers, attacking from the left and blocking from the right, continuously delivering force to Ying Shou.
