Force a breakout!
Just take advantage of your illness to kill you!
The army in the southeast followed Zhao Kuo's instructions to switch from offense to defense when the morning sun rose. They slowly gave up their outer positions and the main force gathered towards the center. Due to the overnight attack, the Zhao army's combat power was reduced. The Qin army saw that In his eyes, switching from offense to defense and shrinking defense did not attract the attention of the Qin army at all.
Even Sima Cuo, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, was happy with Zhao Jun's retreat, so that he could mobilize troops here to support the front that was being torn apart by the Wei army.
As the sun hung high in the sky and the smoke ignited, the Qin army's reinforcements began to attack the Wei army from the periphery. Sima Cuo immediately ordered a counterattack against the Wei army. It can be said that the entire Qin army's attention was focused on the Wei army. As for the Zhao army, as long as He didn't move, so Sima Cuo was happy to let them go first.
From Sima Cuo's perspective, Zhao Jun is already a turtle in an urn. As long as he doesn't turn over the urn, let him be!
What Sima Cuo didn't know was that the turtle was not planning to break out of the urn from his side, but wanted to break out of the urn from the other side. Sima made a mistake and successfully completed the assembly of Zhao Jun - which was also the most difficult step before breaking out.
At this time, on the main battlefield, with Lian Po's adjustments, Jin Bi, along with Lord Xinling's 2,500 personal soldiers and 20,000 reinforcements, had arrived at the rear, and successfully stabilized the front, and even gradually moved towards The Qin army launched a tentative counterattack.
On the front line, with the arrival of Lian Po, the skills and tactics also improved to a higher level.
There were only less than two thousand soldiers left, and they unleashed their strongest combat power in Lian Po's hands. Lian Po did not use this limited force to fight with the Qin army's elite swordsmen. Instead, he used this sharp knife to poke at the Qin army's weak points. Wherever the Qin army made a slight oversight, the powerful soldiers would specially attack it. Wherever it appears, the Qin army is really hard to guard against.
Although Lian Po did not understand the "barrel principle", Lian Po was still familiar with Sun Bin's so-called tactics of "mounting the horse against the middle horse, and the middle horse against the dismounted horse".
As the weak points of the Qin army's front line were repeatedly harassed and cut by Wei soldiers, the surrounding Qin army could only retreat accordingly, and the entire front line also slowly retreated.
For a time, even Sima Cuo, who personally directed the battle, felt stressed, and Lord Xinling, who had been by Lian Po's side, was once again amazed by General Lian Po's command level.
This detailed formation of a thousand-man team tests the tactical level of a general. It not only requires strong eyesight to be able to discern the enemy's line, but also sufficient vision and judgment to be able to analyze the enemy's position. Weaknesses, and in the end, it takes extremely strong confidence and courage to deal with the enemy's weak points and attack decisively.
The so-called "no regrets" means that there were no radios or mobile phones in ancient battles. All they relied on was a command flag and individual messengers. In such a battle, the command flag is obviously not enough to adjust to the level of thousands of people. We can only rely on the order soldiers to convey the instructions one after another. However, no matter how fast the war horse runs, it still takes time, plus the time for the army to react. , there is obviously a considerable time difference between the issuance of an order and the execution of the order, at least it takes a cup of tea.
In the time it takes to drink tea, will the enemy's reinforcements have re-strengthened this weak point? Or maybe the other end is the real weakness?
As an excellent general, he must take this possible lead into consideration. In other words: what he is commanding is the battlefield after a cup of tea.
Lian Po, who had been fighting on the battlefield for most of his life, was obviously accustomed to such command. Even Sima Cuo had to accept defeat. Perhaps only Bai Qi could beat Lian Po.
Soon, the Qin army was defeated by the Wei army with almost the same strength. Of course, this was due to the critical combat strength of the Qin army, but it has to be said that Lian Po also played an irreplaceable role in it.
With the stabilization of the rear line and the gradual advancement of the front line, the Qin army in the encirclement circle has been fighting fiercely for a day and a night. The total strength is less than 40,000 and is still being rapidly reduced. Everything seems to be moving in favor of Wei. The direction of the Zhao coalition forces is advancing, and even Lord Xinling is becoming more and more confident about this battle.
Unfortunately, history always stops at inadvertent moments.
For more than two hours, while the Wei army was advancing vigorously, the Qin army's reinforcements were also running wildly on the edge of the battlefield.
After more than two hours of running around, the reinforcements from the north route of the Qin army successfully arrived at the outskirts of the Wei army. More than a quarter of an hour later, the reinforcements from the west route of the Qin army also quietly arrived at the designated location.
At three o'clock in the hour, as promised, the three pillars of smoke rose again!
The cavalry of the Qin army coming from the north took the lead in launching a fierce attack on the flank of the Wei army. The clatter of horse hooves, accompanied by whimpering horns and tsunami-like shouts of killing, resounded in the northeast of the Wei army;
Immediately afterwards, the infantry of the Qin army coming from the west frantically attacked the south side of the Wei army, trying to break through the corner of the Wei army and join Sima Cuo's troops.
Jin Bi's pressure suddenly increased.
Especially the 20,000 cavalry, which is almost the last trump card in Bai Qi's hand. The entangled formation is most suitable for the Qin army's light cavalry to harass.
The arrow rain was even more fierce with the lightning speed of the horse. After drawing an almost perfect arc in the air, it swished into the Wei army's array. Immediately, hundreds of Wei soldiers were filled with hatred. .
The archers of the Wei army in the rear wanted to fight back, but they had just set up their arrows and looked up. The Qin mutiny in front of them had disappeared. There were only the horses trampling the fallen grass in front of them and the excited roar of the Qin army coming from the distance. , announcing the arrival of the Qin army.
The Qin army's cavalry gave full play to the characteristic of coming and going like the wind, which not only caught the Wei army by surprise, but also made it unable to even counterattack from where. While stunned, the Qin army's cavalry turned around and returned, but they slaughtered the Wei army in another place wantonly.
As arrows pierced the sky, masses of Wei troops fell. The attacking Qin troops burst into bursts of cheers. Of course, the captain on the front line of the Qin army would not let go of such a good opportunity. With a command flag, his subordinates The soldiers then rushed towards the weak point of the Wei army.
The Wei army was caught off guard and suffered another big loss.
Large holes were torn open in several defense lines. Fortunately, Jin Bi reacted very quickly. He immediately mobilized archers to suppress the invading Qin army, while drawing some from the reserve team to fill the vacancies on the front line. At the same time, he Feng's message asking for help was immediately sent to General Lian Po.
In fact, this report asking for help is somewhat redundant.
When three streaks of smoke were burning in the sky, Lian Po had already guessed that the Qin army might have another army coming for reinforcements. Whether the reinforcements came from the Qin army in the northwest that he expected, or Bai Qi conjured them up from somewhere, Lian Po It is clear that at this time, whether the Wei army or the Zhao army, there is no way to retreat.
