Soon the Qin State's army arrived outside the coalition camp, and before the battle here began, the Qin State's cavalry took the lead and fought with the Zhao State's cavalry.
Outside the Zhao camp, Lian Po had already formed up with his cavalry. Seeing the Qin army attacking, he took out his sword without any nonsense, pointed to the sky, and thousands of cavalry came out.
"Attack!" Lian Po shouted.
Amidst the shouts, tens of thousands of Zhao Jun's elite cavalry stormed towards Qin Jun's flank.
The Qin army's queue seemed to have expected this. Tens of thousands of cavalry immediately broke away from the main formation and rushed up to meet the Zhao army's cavalry.
Between the sky and the earth, the black and red torrents rush towards each other in the light of the morning light!
In a cavalry battle, there is no such thing as defense.
The rain of arrows in the sky was the first round of confrontation between each other. The Qin army had stronger crossbows, while the Zhao army had better equestrian skills. The two sides competed, but it was a draw.
As the distance between the two sides gets closer and closer, the arrow rain becomes thinner and thinner, and the danger increases exponentially.
There is no suspense, in the rapid running of the war horses, red and black quickly intertwined together.
The long sword swept across and met Qin Jun's long sword head-on.
There was a "ding" sound, and the force of the shock even caused the running horse to stop.
The cruel horse battle also kicked off at this time, and blood started to spray.
It's a pity that this battle seems to be extremely fierce, but in fact both sides are saving their strength and not using their full strength.
The Qin army only dispatched no more than 50,000 cavalry, while the Zhao army also used 50,000 cavalry to face the enemy, with the Hu cavalry as the main force.
Even so, Zhao Jun still occupies a certain degree of initiative.
However, such an advantage is negligible and not enough to change the situation of the battle.
Of course, in fact, the generals of both sides knew that although the cavalry attack started first, what really determined the outcome of this battle was the attack and defense of the main stronghold.
Needless to say, Qin had no intention of wiping out all the coalition's 250,000-strong army so easily;
As for the State of Zhao, why would it want to enjoy the joy of destroying the Qin army alone?
Therefore, the generals of both sides consciously controlled the investment and rhythm of mutual attacks. Although the battlefield was filled with killings, the actual casualties were not too great.
After holding down Zhao Jun's cavalry, Wang Hao immediately focused his attention on the attack and defense of the coalition's main camp.
Soon, under Meng Ao's command, the main force of the Qin army's infantry marched in neat steps and finally advanced under the coalition's city wall.
At the same time, the coalition forces were already preparing for battle on the city tower, and the layout of the coalition forces was naturally transmitted to Meng Ao's ears at the first time - everything was exactly the same as what was analyzed before.
After briefly looking at Wang Hao, he found that Wang Hao didn't move at all.
Meng Ao immediately understood that General Wang Lu was not prepared to intervene and take command.
After confirming the position of the Korean army, Meng Ao immediately ordered: "Send the order: The main force of the 40,000 former army will attack the south gate, and all the siege equipment will go towards it; divide the troops into 15,000 each to pretend to attack the east and west gates! Move it to the south."
"No!" The ordering soldier heard the order, cupped his fists, and left!
Not long after, the Qin army's central army moved slowly to the south.
At this time, Tiqi appeared in all directions among the Chinese army, and then the entire Qin army's front line began to change. Especially the front army, which was immediately divided into three, and the strongest one accounted for more than half of the front army!
And this Qin army did not rush towards the broadest front of the coalition, but towards the weakest side of the entire battlefield - the south.
It is said that the south side is the weakest side of the entire battlefield. The reason is not only the insufficient strength of the Korean army, but more importantly, the combat power of the Korean army is also quite weak.
Although Han Jun had been preparing for several months, when it came time to take the field, he still couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Especially after seeing the densely packed Yan Army arrow towers, ladders and city assault vehicles, the Korean soldiers became even more nervous.
The ladder is okay, you can just hit it when you get up, but the arrow tower is very annoying, and the city ramming vehicle is also a devastating deterrent to your city gate!
The key is that he can hit you, but it's hard for you to destroy him! Unless a cavalryman breaks out, drives away the Yan army, and then destroys the discarded siege equipment. Otherwise, you can only rely on the height advantage of the city wall to shoot the soldiers inside to reduce their attack power. However, even if you have the advantage of the terrain, the strength of the troops is tight, and the opponent will not lose three for one!
The most depressing thing is that the Qin army seemed to know that it was the best place to bully, and actually drove the main army directly to the south.
You must know that the terrain in the south is actually narrow and not as broad as the west, which is conducive to the deployment of troops.
The coalition forces themselves are also to blame for this matter. Who told you to show the flag of your country at every turn? The Qin army did not even need to waste time and troops to test, and locked the direction of the Korean army almost effortlessly.
It's too late to say anything now. The Qin army is already close at hand and is about to launch an attack. Even if it wants to change defense, it is too late.
What else can be done?
Hit it!
"Hurry, hurry, prepare to fight!" The general of Han Zhiguo wiped the sweat from his forehead and then urged his soldiers.
The good news is that due to months of preparations, the rolling wooden rocks, golden poisonous arrows and arrows are already prepared on the city tower. Although the hands are sweaty, they are not without the strength to fight.
So, let’s fight!
"Quickly, transfer the catapults to the Korean army in the south." Lord Xinling was obviously also on the tower to see the current situation clearly, and immediately issued an order: "Tell General Han that all the catapults belonging to the coalition forces will be strengthened for him."
Catapults may be the only help the coalition forces can provide to the Korean army today.
It's not that Lord Xinling doesn't want to send reinforcements to the Korean army, it's just that he really can't.
First, although the direction of the Qin Army's main attack in the first wave of attacks has been exposed, the Qin Army's central army has not yet taken action. In case, this round of attack is just a cover, once the Qin Army mobilizes its troops, the Qin Army's main force will How should I respond to the frontal attack? Should the troops that were just transferred back be transferred back?
Secondly, the troops of each country have their own fighting habits. Although they have been working together in the camp for several months, they have never truly combined and practiced. Even Lord Xinling cannot guarantee what will happen if the Wei army is sent to reinforce the Korean army without any tacit cooperation.
If the front collapsed because of the cooperation between the two armies, it would be an injustice.
It would be better to deploy some catapults. Maybe they are not very powerful, but they do not have any side effects. It can be regarded as Lord Xinling's wish.
Soon, the Qin army outside the city continued to advance slowly, and the trebuchet position behind the south gate was also nervously making final preparations!
Closer, closer, closer!
Five hundred steps!
Three hundred steps!
The outline of the arrow tower can be clearly seen. It seems that the Yan army in the arrow tower is already setting up their bows, and the cold light is facing the Han army on the city wall!
Han Zhiguo received the kind explanation from Lord Xinling, but still resisted giving the order to launch.
Close, getting closer!
The forwards of the Qin army had reached the attack range of the catapult, and the beacon that had been marked long ago was quickly stepped on by the Qin army.
"Woo...Woo..."
In the Qin army's main formation, the sound of whimpering horns came, and the drumbeats immediately became rapid and intensive.
The Qin army immediately heard the sound and advanced, all speeding up their pace. Even the Qin army pushing the arrow tower ladder also increased their strength. The entire Qin army's front line finally entered the final sprint stage!
"This is the moment!" General Han Zhiguo's heart moved, and he waved his big hand. The red flag immediately rose above the city in the south, waving and swaying in the north wind.
"Buzz...buzz..."
The stone dump truck roared immediately!
The huge boulder smashed into the Qin Army's camp, immediately squeezing several Qin Army soldiers to death. The flying dust and gravel made the nearby Qin Army disgraced, but that was all.
Unfortunately, this group of stones was thrown right between the two groups of siege equipment and did not cause any damage to the siege equipment.
The soldiers of the Qin Army dusted themselves off. They were obviously not surprised by these inaccurate trebuchets. If they were crushed to death, they could only blame their own bad luck. So the Qin soldiers continued to move forward without taking it seriously!
The catapults in the Qin army's formation could not match the catapults of the coalition forces. They immediately stopped and started to fight back towards the tower.
It's a pity that the accuracy of the Qin army's catapults is not much better than that of the coalition forces.
Either they sneaked into the camp, or they hit the path of their own troops. Fortunately, they were lucky and didn't hurt any of their own people.
"Bang bang bang..."
Immediately afterwards, the catapult was launched again.
Unfortunately, the harvest was still very little. Although an arrow tower was destroyed, it was only a drop in the bucket.
If Zhao Kuo were here, he would shake his head fiercely. That's it, that's it?
Round after round of stone bullets hit the Qin army's siege equipment crazily. The harvest could not be said to be nothing, it can only be said to be very little!
Perhaps the only use of this catapult is to slightly delay the advancement of the Qin army's siege equipment.
Even the steps of the Qin army's infantry slowed down unconsciously. There is no way, without the protection of the arrow tower, the Qin army's infantry are just targets for the Korean army's crossbowmen on the wall.
But as time passed, the Qin army finally advanced beyond the city wall established by the coalition forces.
"live!"
Eighty steps away, the Qin army's arrow tower finally stopped moving forward.
"superior!"
With an order, hundreds of Qin army archers quickly climbed onto the arrow tower!
"attack!"
The captain of the former army immediately issued military orders to his soldiers, and countless soldiers of the Qin army instantly rushed to the tower with ladders one after another.
"Lead!" Standing on the tall arrow tower, the captain immediately ordered.
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Some people died, but not completely...
