The sharp Qin sword gently cut across the neck, just like a sickle gently cutting through a stubble of leeks.
The bright red blood spurted out in an instant, completely dyeing the white clouds on the horizon red. Heads were then thrown into the air, carrying infinite attachment and reluctance to the world.
The horse's hooves ruthlessly trampled over the body that had fallen down, and continued to run towards the coalition camp. The Qin Army knight on the horse did not even see clearly what the soldier who had just taken his life was wearing. What color is his armor, and I don’t know which country he is a soldier from.
"Kill!" A roar gushed out from the mouth of the Qin military captain who was charging at the front.
Thousands of cavalrymen, who were the vanguard behind them, immediately clamped down on their horses' bellies. The horses were in pain, and they instantly gathered their remaining strength and launched the final sprint in the direction of the allied camp.
Following closely behind the vanguard force that broke the stronghold in front were more than 10,000 horse archers. Seeing that the cavalry in front had launched their final charge, the captain in charge of the cavalry horse archers immediately shouted angrily: "Let go!"
Immediately afterwards, a rain of arrows from the sky rained down hard on the front camp of the coalition forces, instantly suppressing the coalition forces that had not yet had time to prepare, so that they could hardly raise their heads.
The Chu State's vanguard general, who was in the middle army, was holding the dense Qin army's arrows, and his heart suddenly felt cold: This arrow rain was at least an army of ten thousand people! There are ten thousand horse archers, so how much should the total strength of the cavalry be, thirty thousand or fifty thousand?
Fortunately, the vanguard general was still the elite of Chu State. Although he was frightened in his heart, he did not show any panic on his face. Facing the Qin army's attack, he did not collapse at the first touch. He immediately roared and ordered: "Counterattack, The archers immediately strike back, strike back!”
A general is the courage of a soldier.
Obviously, although the pioneer general did not show much panic on the surface, his words had quietly betrayed him.
Continuously repeating commands has no meaning except conveying a guilty conscience.
But no matter what, he finally conveyed clear general orders, which is better than those generals who fled in the face of the enemy. As the Chu general's order was issued, the Chinese army's banner quickly began to swagger.
Immediately, the horn sounded!
Listening to the whimpering horns from the middle army, although the archers in the front camp were not yet fully prepared, they could only draw their bows and shoot arrows under the command of the school captain, and began to counterattack the Qin army.
However, sparse arrows shot into the Qin army's formation, and were bounced away by the galloping horses. A shower of arrows came down. Although some Qin soldiers were injured, they did not have any impact on the Qin army's sprint. Influence.
Not only that, this sparse arrow rain formed a sharp contrast with the dense arrow rain of the Qin army. The morale in the front camp dropped.
Although the commander of the coalition forces in the central army saw that his archers did not have much effect on the Qin army, he obviously did not know what consequences his general order had on the morale of the front camp.
"Bang!" Before the Allied General could react, a loud noise came from the gate of the village.
That was the sound of the Qin army's cavalry attacking the village gate.
The huge noise instantly pulled the coalition commander back from the frustration of the archers. Obviously it was no longer time to pay attention to the effectiveness of the archers. Holding the door was the most critical thing.
Immediately, the general roared again: "Hold the village gate!"
After hearing the order, the soldiers at the front piled pieces of rolling wood and rocks behind the village gate, braving the dense arrows of the Qin army and the long swords and spears that came from the gaps in the fence at any time, trying to use these heavy objects to withstand the precarious situation. The village gate.
At the same time, the coalition soldiers on the wall also picked up huge rocks and rolling logs and smashed them crazily at the Qin army below. Although the gate of the village is not high, the powerful boulders and rolling logs under the combined effect of gravity and downward force cannot be underestimated. A casual hit can break bones and tendons, even if the Qin army is wearing thick armor. To no avail.
In an instant, the Qin army rushed to the cavalry outside the stronghold wall and suffered a big loss. Even the impact on the village gate was much weaker.
However, the Qin Army is a Qin Army that has experienced hundreds of battles.
In just a moment, the Qin army's subsequent archers found the part that threatened their cavalry the most. With little need for instructions from the captain, the Qin army at the front had slightly adjusted the angle of their arrows and shot them specifically at the coalition soldiers on the wall.
As another round of arrow rain was released, the coalition soldiers on the wall instantly fell down from the wall like dumplings. However, in just one round of arrows, the threat on the wall was greatly reduced.
Fortunately, the Qin army is powerful, and the vanguard of the coalition is not a vegetarian. The Qin army outside the stronghold continued to attack, and the coalition forces inside the stronghold quickly adjusted.
The archers in the Chinese army camp who were not disturbed by the Qin army's arrows had been prepared and were immediately assigned to the front army by the general.
The organized archer phalanx quickly rushed to the front camp, replacing the archer troops that had been disrupted by the Qin army, and quickly demonstrated their power.
The dense rain of arrows instantly crossed the high village gate and fell hard in the direction of the Qin army. The cavalry, which lost speed in an instant, became a target for the allied archers. Unfortunately, because the Qin army was already close to the wall of the village, if they wanted to break the siege, their arrows would have to be close to the gate of the village.
Although the archer captain was very careful, many coalition soldiers on the wall were also shot into hedgehogs by friendly arrows.
However, in the chaos, no one could tell whether the arrows fired by the enemy among them were from their own people.
One coalition soldier fell, and another coalition soldier was added to the wall. Although the Qin army's cavalry outside the wall suffered heavy losses, they never decreased.
In this way, the two armies were locked in a stalemate around the village gate and fence for more than a quarter of an hour. Both the Qin army and the coalition forces suffered heavy losses.
In war, the battle is about who is more ruthless.
Of course, although the Qin army is fearless in the ruthless competition, it is obviously not the Qin army's style to compete in a ruthless manner.
Seeing that the village gate was difficult to break through with ordinary tactics for a while, and thousands of cavalry had been lost in front of the village gate, Meng Ao knew that if the village gate could not be breached as soon as possible, once the coalition forces were ready, or even reinforcements arrived, , the Qin army's losses will be difficult to estimate.
Gritting his teeth, Meng Ao immediately waved his hand - changing his tactics.
As the Chinese army's banner danced slightly, the main force of the Qin army showed its power again. Several strong horses, with armor on their heads and huge rocks on their backs, rushed towards the village gate like crazy.
With a "bang" sound, the war horse collided with the village gate, and instantly fell to the ground with a bloody head!
Before the coalition forces inside could react, another war horse bolted towards the village gate.
One horse, two horses, three horses, four horses...
That's right, the Qin army actually used that precious war horse as a chariot, a disposable one!
This is no longer a matter of wealth and wealth, it is simply a waste of resources.
However, this kind of strategy is the most reasonable and effective strategy today. Compared with the victory of the battle, dozens of strong war horses are almost nothing to mention.
Finally, the already overwhelmed village gate quickly became crumbling under repeated impacts.
Finally, under the continuous impact of unknown numbers of war horses without fear of life and death, the village gate finally made a sad and sad sound of "creeping", and then it fell irretrievably towards the outside, and the piles of people inside were piled up. The rolling wood and rocks immediately rolled to the ground.
The defense of the coalition camp gate immediately failed!
Without stopping at all, the Qin army immediately stepped onto the gate of the village and rushed into the coalition camp!
At this time, less than two quarters of an hour had passed since the Qin army launched its attack!
Once the gate of the village is broken, the wall of the village is naturally undefendable. If you continue to hold on, you will only be attacked from two sides, and the whole army will be annihilated in a short period of time.
As the vanguard general of the coalition forces, General Jing naturally understood this truth. Immediately, the Chinese army sent an order again, and all the troops at the gate of the village were withdrawn from the Chinese army.
Immediately, a circular formation with the Chinese army's tent as the center was still formed.
Yes, the general of the coalition forces still did not give up, and still carefully organized the remaining troops to defend the Chinese army!
I have to say that there are really not many generals who can do this, at least in the Chu army, especially in external operations. Of course, this has something to do with the feudal system in Chu State.
Of course, both the coalition commander and Meng Ao, and even the soldiers present, knew very well that the moment the village gate fell, this was a war that was already destined to win or lose - losing the wall, there was no danger How can defensible infantry be a match for an elite cavalry?
The Qin army's cavalry didn't even need to forcefully break the formation, they just needed to shoot arrows around the formation again and again, constantly nibbling and consuming. It doesn't even take an hour for the remaining more than 10,000 infantry to lose most of them. By then the formation will no longer be formed. With just one charge, this lone army will be wiped out.
It can be said that this battle is meaningless. For the soldiers of the coalition, the only difference is whether they fall sooner or later.
But intimidated by the general's majesty, they still persisted!
Of course, they may still have a false hope of survival, which is the timely arrival of the main force of the coalition forces.
Unfortunately, their wishes were doomed to fail. Although all the exploring horses had been dispersed, even if they could pass the news back to the camp as quickly as possible, Lord Xinling immediately mobilized all his troops to come to the rescue. Even the cavalry of the Zhao army came to the rescue first, and it would not take an hour or two. things that can be reached.
In fact, it would take an hour just to detect the horse and send back the news, and it would only take longer for the army to arrive. Even with the horse power of the Zhao army's cavalry, it would take at least more than an hour. After this back and forth, two hours passed. Even if Zhao Jun's cavalry rushes in desperately, they may only be able to collect the corpses of the coalition soldiers.
Not to mention, the assembly and departure of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops is not such an easy decision. And Zhao Jun could not rush on his way without any scruples.
In the end, the coalition forces were defeated too quickly.
Some people died, but not completely...
