That's right, Zhao Kuo is ready to run.
Just when the spies reported that the Qin Army in the north, about 20,000 men, suddenly moved eastward, and the Qin Army in the west, about 20,000 men, suddenly moved south.
If it is not moisturized at this time, it will really not be moisturized!
Even if you think with your heels, you know what the Qin army in the north suddenly turned to the east and the Qin army in the west suddenly turned to the south were going to do.
Go for what? What else could he do? Naturally, he went to besiege the Wei army. There was only one possibility for the Qin army, which had been dormant all night, to make such a sudden move - the armies from the barrier, Guanglang City, and Jiepailing had already arrived, or were about to arrive at the rear of the Wei army.
Then the question becomes, should the Wei army and our Zhao army attack the Qin army first, or will the Wei army or our Zhao army be unable to withstand the pressure and be defeated by the Qin army?
The answer to this question seems self-evident.
Let’s talk about his own side first. Although the nail position is still there, his own military strength has shrunk. The 20,000 troops that went out to Light Wolf City, all the positions and the light and serious wounded were added together. Zhao Kuo couldn’t even gather 60,000 soldiers who could fight. The army, and almost all of them were wounded and exhausted.
With such a shortage of troops, such a critical combat power, and facing the siege from all sides by the Qin Army's hundreds of thousands of troops, it is a miracle that they can persist until now. As for how long he can hold on, Zhao Kuo really doesn't know. Even if the Wei army had not arrived in time yesterday, the Qin army might have appeared outside the gate of his camp at this time.
I'm talking about Wei Jun. Although Zhao Kuo did not know the characteristics of the Wei army's strength and weakness, judging from the previous battles, whether it was the Battle of Yique or the Battle of Huayang, it was clearly demonstrated that when the Wei army with the same strength met the Qin army, There is almost no power to fight.
After a little calculation of the Qin army's strength, it is not difficult to find that Bai Qi mobilized almost hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to attack the Wei army. So how many troops did the Wei army have? Zhao Kuo had calculated before Lian Po set off that the 100,000 Wei army that came to help was the bottom line, but 150,000 might be the limit of our Wei army.
In this way, once the Qin army arrives, the Wei army's defeat is almost inevitable.
Then, the only question next is how many more Qin troops the Wei army can kill and how long they can hold on!
Zhao Kuo picked up his fingers and slowly calculated the score. From the beginning of the war, he was better at the front and worse at the back, but he finally used the lives of his more than 200,000 Zhao troops to defeat the Qin army of more than 200,000 troops. The battle damage ratio is almost one to one;
In yesterday's battle, the Wei army raided the Qin army, and their own side also launched a counterattack against the Qin army. The effect was pretty good. Coupled with the fierce battle all night, the Qin army's losses were probably tens of thousands.
In today's battle, with Lian Po here, no matter how weak the Wei army is, they should be able to tear a piece of flesh and blood from the Qin army. Not too many, thirty to fifty thousand is enough.
In this case, the total number of Qin troops in Shangdang will probably not exceed 150,000, and his own troops in the periphery alone will be nearly 120,000
Even if the troops and horses that broke out from the encirclement are unable to enter the battle for the time being, there are 120,000 troops outside occupying a favorable location, and the Qin army is in critical combat strength, lacking food and weapons, coupled with the reduced morale caused by the loss of food and grass, just relying on It's not too difficult to break out of the siege with an army of 150,000!
In other words, the meaning of the Zhao army's current defense - to stabilize the Wei army, has disappeared as the Qin army launched an encirclement and annihilation campaign against the Wei army. Although if the Zhao army stayed and continued to cooperate with the Wei army, it would be possible to eliminate more Qin armies, but all this was no longer necessary after the peripheral armies arrived.
Even the existence of Zhao Kuo has become the only comeback point for the Qin army.
So, take advantage of the war between Qin and Wei! Moisten it quickly, that's what Zhao Kuo has to do.
It must be moisturized, but you can’t moisturize it in Africa! Where it is moistened and where it goes is particularly critical and important.
"Send the order: The whole army shrinks and heads north!" Zhao Kuo put on his armor with the help of his own soldiers and ordered to Sun Gu next to him.
Go north! That's right, even if you go north, you can only go north!
To the east and south, although there was a counterattack by the Wei army, Zhao Kuo did not think that the remaining troops and horses he had could break through the Qin army's line, otherwise he would not have to defend himself. What's more, even if he was lucky enough to penetrate the Qin army's line, Zhao Kuo The Qin army joined the Wei army, and there was also the Qin army on the outside. Zhao Kuo did not think that the allied forces would join forces.
Then the combat power of one plus one is greater than two. There is a high probability that the trip will be delayed due to disagreements, and eventually they will be defeated by the Qin army one by one.
The east and south are dispatched first, so how to choose between the west and the north?
In terms of distance, it is obvious that heading west towards Guanglang City is the shortest, and there are only 20,000 elite soldiers in Guanglang City. Although Zhao Kuo's 60,000-strong army is dilapidated, it can still be combat-effective after repairing it. Moreover, the Qin army's weapons, food and grass were hoarded in Guanglang City, so the Zhao army could get enough replenishment as soon as possible.
But precisely because of the importance of Light Wolf City, Zhao Kuo had to give up the idea of breaking out from this side.
Knowing that the Light Wolf City behind him is an empty city and still hoarding his own food and grass, can Bai Qi let you break through? Don’t even think about it. Even if we use up all our troops, or even transfer our troops back to the south, we still have to prevent you from going to Light Wolf City!
So, only the north was left.
By coincidence, the northern side, which originally had the strongest military strength, was reduced to only 20,000 troops after being mobilized again and again, making it the side with the smallest strength among the four sides.
This cannot be blamed on Bai Qi's negligence. It is really difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw. If you want to surround the Zhao army and avoid being "encircled for reinforcements" by the Zhao army, you must try to average the fighting power on all four sides so that the Zhao army has nowhere to attack; and With the arrival of the Wei army, Bai Qi had to concentrate his main force to the southeast where the Wei army was.
As mentioned above, Bai Qi had to guard against the Light Wolf City behind him. Therefore, he retained more than 10,000 troops in the west. It was only an extra 10,000 troops. The Qin army was stretched thin. It can be seen. The sequelae of fighting against Zhao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops gradually emerged.
Of course, for the encirclement and suppression of the Wei army over there, and the possible breakout of the Zhao army here, Bai Qi would not be without measures. However, lacking the strength, the only thing he could do was to order his troops to close in and fight the Zhao army thoroughly, without giving the Zhao army a chance to assemble and break out.
The reason why Zhao Wei was able to take advantage of the loophole last night was that the Qin army contracted its defense line and the entire army was reorganized. Once the Qin army deployed, it would obviously be impossible for Zhao Jun to hide the enemy's attack.
However, the Qin army in the north was still too small after all, and with the current battle situation, it seemed that Zhao Kuo no longer needed to use the dangerous trick of concealing the truth.
Since I can’t hide it, I won’t hide it anymore!
Showing off the horse and carriage, all you have to fight for is hard power!
