When the order was passed down, the sound of drums in the coalition line changed, and then, the sound of whimpering horns became more urgent and desolate.
"Second and third sons, follow me and charge!" Zhou Qi, who was in charge of the Zhao Army's cavalry, shouted, and with the cavalry behind him, he rushed out from the right side of the coalition forces. Almost at the same time, the Zhao Army's cavalry on the left also made the same move. Reaction.
In an instant, a thunderous sound resounded throughout the battlefield. It is worth mentioning that among Zhao Jun’s cavalry, there were also a few Hu cavalry. Although they were also wearing Zhao Jun’s armor, if you look closely at their appearance, it is not difficult to see that they are different from Zhao Jun. Differences between people.
The biggest difference is that the Hu people are shorter than the surrounding Zhao cavalry.
"One Han can equal the five barbarians" refers not only to the gap in weapons and equipment, but also to physical fitness. Don't think that the barbarians at that time will be the barbarians when the Mongol Empire was established. The barbarians at that time were better than People in the Central Plains area need to be thin.
Even now, they are already centurions and above among the barbarians. The reason why these hundreds of barbarian centurions were included in Zhao Jun's formation was, firstly, to let them experience the power of Zhao Jun's cavalry, and secondly, to teach them how to charge into the formation. .
Because except for the charge in this first battle, Lian Po was not prepared to waste any more of his precious cavalry. It would be a matter of time before the barbarians were replaced, so they still had to learn the necessary instructions.
The movement on the coalition side was quickly discovered by the Qin army. Even when the trumpet in the coalition suddenly changed, Wang Lu, who was observing the battle situation from the high platform of the central army, already knew that something was wrong.
However, even though he had expected it, Wang Lu did not immediately mobilize his cavalry as usual to prepare to intercept the coalition's cavalry.
Of course, this is not because Wang Hao is afraid of Zhao Jun's cavalry. On the contrary, Wang Hao, who has been fighting hard for a long time, has long wanted to fight Zhao Jun's cavalry again. After all, Qin's cavalry was majestically defeated by Zhao Jun in the Battle of Changping. After suppressing the situation, Wang Hao naturally wanted to get this place back.
However, facing the enemy's well-prepared army of more than 200,000 people, especially looking at the rather neat military appearance of the coalition forces, and the fact that the battle was still going on for more than an hour, Wang Hao actually knew very well that such a large-scale attack In a corps battle, it is impossible to determine the winner in today's battle.
Since the outcome is destined to be indistinguishable today, the purpose of this battle has to change. Since the coalition forces cannot be defeated, let's regard it as training a general. If you can train the general Meng Ao, it will be considered a success.
From this perspective, it is obvious that the effect of this battle has begun to bear fruit. On the battlefield, Meng Ao's command can be said to be becoming more and more smooth, from being controlled by others, to being able to make up for it in time, to launching a timely counterattack. Although much of it relies on the bravery of the Qin army's soldiers, it is undeniable that Meng Ao's conducting art has been improving - making great progress.
The battlefield is indeed the best classroom. Facing the increase in coalition forces, this is obviously a huge test.
It tests whether Meng Ao can detect changes in the enemy in time, and whether he can keep a clear mind and make the best response to sudden changes.
Wang Hao had already told Meng Ao that he would give full command to this war and he would not intervene unless absolutely necessary.
Facing the changes on the battlefield, Meng Ao must learn to identify, face and deal with them. Fortunately, Meng Ao was Meng Ao after all, and he lived up to Wang Lu's expectations.
This is also normal, otherwise he would not be able to become a veteran of Qin's three dynasties, let alone have descendants like Meng Yi and Meng Tian.
When the muffled thunder came, Meng Ao had accurately predicted that the coalition forces might have called for reinforcements because the front army was in a hurry.
Looking at the looming black line, Meng Ao didn't feel panic at all, and his mind was running rapidly: To deal with the cavalry, perhaps forming a circular formation with spears and extended shields would be a plan, but obviously on this battlefield where every second counts, forming a circular formation would be a good idea. The blocking plan will definitely not work.
Then, it's quite simple. Since the infantry is too late, let's use the cavalry to fight!
"Transmit the order: The Chinese army has 20,000 cavalry, divided into two groups: left and right, to intercept the invading Zhao army cavalry." Meng Ao quickly conveyed the general order.
Immediately, the sound of the Qin army's horn also changed, and then 20,000 cavalry came out after hearing the order, heading straight in the direction of the Zhao army.
Listening to the change in the horn sound, Wang Hao on the high platform of the central army finally felt relieved. If Meng Ao hadn't issued an order after the cup of tea, he might have to take action.
His move was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Meng Ao's confidence. Fortunately, Meng Ao still withstood the pressure and responded in time.
Of course, from Wang Lu's point of view, Meng Ao's reaction was considered slow. Because a good general should be able to roughly judge the enemy's next move based on the sounds of the enemy's drums, horns, and rhythm changes, so as to take precautions.
Wait for the enemy to move first or the move has already appeared before you block it. Even if you block it well, you will probably fall into passivity, or at least lose the previous advantage.
However, considering that this is the first time that Meng Ao has organized such a large-scale operation, it is already very good to be able to spot the enemy's moves. As for predicting the enemy's opportunities, take your time!
Sure enough, as Wang Lu expected, Zhao's cavalry army arrived at the battlefield earlier than Qin's cavalry because it was activated first. Then Zhao's cavalry did not rush directly into Qin's line, but on Qin's line. A brutal and inhumane battle unfolded outside the
"Left, right, right, left" shooting. Because almost all of the Qin army's shields were used to defend against the crossbows of the frontal coalition forces, there was no time to adjust. In just a short time, the Qin army suffered heavy losses.
When the soldiers of the Qin army panicked and tried to adjust the direction of their shields to block the arrows coming from the left and right sides, the allied forces of Wei, Han, and Chu in the front also fired a large number of arrows at the Qin army's line.
In an instant, another Qin army was harvested. In just these two rounds of arrow rain, no less than a thousand people in the Qin army fell in a pool of blood, and countless people were injured.
Obviously, this situation once again exposed the fact that Meng Ao's command was somewhat immature. Even with the bravery of the Qin army, they really couldn't withstand such three-sided blows!
Unfortunately, their own cavalry has not arrived yet, and the Qin army has almost no other means except to be beaten passively.
If he is an experienced veteran, when it is too late to send troops, he will definitely give instructions to the front line, increase the shields on the left and right sides, and shrink the front line as much as possible.
Of course, it is too late to shrink the defense line now. Because the appearance of the cavalry has caused the morale of the army to waver. If it shrinks now, the morale of the army may completely collapse. Even if it does not collapse, under the psychological influence of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, if you give the order to take three steps back, I'm afraid it will be On the battlefield, there will be three big steps, or even five steps.
Such a retreat is simply a nightmare for the army in the middle of a fierce battle. More importantly, the other side already knows that its reinforcements have arrived, but your reinforcements have not arrived. If you retreat at this time, what do you think the enemy on the other side will do?
Therefore, there is no other way. The Qin army can only withstand the rain of arrows from three sides and resist the counterattack of the coalition forces.
The good news is that the Qin Army's cavalry quickly arrived at the battle line. Then the Zhao cavalry on the left and right sides of the battlefield had no choice but to fight with the Qin Army's cavalry. The central infantry group was able to slow down. tone.
The bad news is that in just this short period of time, the coalition forces not only regained the key points they just lost, but even put pressure on the Qin army again.
It can be said that Lian Po turned the entire battlefield upside down by using only 20,000 cavalry.
The ability of a general can be seen as average. Of course, Wang Hao was not unable to accept such a situation.
After all, this loss was nothing to the Qin army, which had more than 200,000 troops. As long as Meng Ao could learn from it and improve from it, that would be enough.
What's more, looking at the whole battle, from lagging to leading and then falling behind, whether the Qin army or the coalition forces suffered casualties, the difference between each other's casualties was only a slight difference, and there was no such thing as victory or defeat.
From Lian Po's point of view, the goal he wanted to achieve has obviously been achieved. First, let the generals of the coalition truly see the power of the Qin army and not dare to take it lightly anymore. More importantly, after this battle, no one should oppose the king again.
The strategy of "building a stronghold and fighting a dull war" is adopted. The second is that his own cavalry unit has made an appearance, and it has given a show to the Hu cavalry. In the remaining battle, he can do no more work.
Of course, the generals of Wei, Han and Chu, including Lord Xinling, were also satisfied. No matter what, the advantage of this battle is still in the hands of the coalition forces. With the help of some writing skills, the battle report of the first battle victory has been previewed in my mind, which can be regarded as an explanation to the country.
Although no one said that they must win the first battle, everyone also knew that if they failed to win the first battle, it would be difficult to win the subsequent battles. At some point, their king would order his troops to return to the court.
Fortunately, the first battle was won. At least in a short period of time, the courts of various countries will not let go of this hard-earned opportunity to weaken Qin.
So, after nearly two and a half hours of fierce battle, it seemed that everyone had gotten the result they wanted.
Oh, except General Meng Ao on the front line of the Qin Army! Meng Ao, who realized that he had made a mistake, continued to try to counterattack the coalition's front through short assaults under tremendous pressure.
Unfortunately, Meng Ao's various efforts had little effect due to the constant harassment by Zhao Jun's cavalry. Obviously, Meng Ao was unwilling to do so.
It's just that his unwillingness is not within the scope of everyone's consideration at all. Looking at the bright moon hanging high above his head, Lian Po immediately summoned the messengers and said: "Please tell Lord Xinling whether to withdraw the troops for a long time. It will be detrimental to our army to fight for a long time."
"Yes." The messenger immediately agreed, then turned his horse's head and headed towards the high platform of the Chinese army. But before the soldiers arrived at the high platform, the sound of ringing gold could already be heard.
It's not that Lord Xinling made the gold call without discussing with Lian Po, but the sound of the Qin army's gold call came to his ears.
The messenger immediately jumped off his horse, took three steps at a time and came to Lord Xinling in two steps, and briefly explained General Lian Po's intentions.
Lord Xinling listened to the sound of the Qin army's ringing gold that kept echoing in his ears, and without any hesitation, he ordered: "Send the order, ring the gold and withdraw the troops."
"Yes!" All the soldiers agreed...
