Facing the rain of arrows from the Korean army, the Qin army rushed towards the tower without fear of death.
Amidst the "snap" sounds one after another, one ladder after another has been leaning on the tower.
"put!"
The sharp sword in the archer's hand suddenly fell down, and black arrows were immediately thrown out from the arrow towers.
The sound of "ding-ding-ding-ding" spread instantly on the tower. It was the sound of the Korean army's long shields blocking the Qin army's arrows. But the Qin army's archers, who have a high degree of superiority, are obviously not a problem that can be solved with just a few shields.
Along with the "ding-ding-ding-ding" movement, the wailing sound gradually resounded on the tower.
Even the crossbowmen of the Korean army suppressed the arrow tower, but unfortunately, the Qin army, which had a high advantage, was not afraid of the Korean army's exchange of fire.
Although the casualties of the Qin army were not small, their strategic intention of "suppressing the Korean army and covering the infantry" had been achieved.
As long as the arrow tower exists, the Qin army's crossbowmen will continue to suppress the Korean army on the tower.
In just one round, the Qin army firmly took the initiative.
"Send the order, aim the catapult at the enemy's arrow tower for me." The general of Han Zhiguo responded immediately.
"Also, Lord Xinling is asked to send out cavalry to destroy the Qin army's siege arrow tower." General Han ordered again.
"Yes." The messenger next to him immediately agreed.
The Qin Army would not give the Han Army any breathing space. Just when General Han was trying to find ways to regain the initiative on the battlefield, the Qin Army's infantry had already begun to attack the city.
The bloody fight has begun.
Rolling wood and rocks were thrown down as if they were free of charge.
The huge impact almost broke the ladder. The Qin army infantry climbing on the ladder could not withstand such a huge impact. They rolled down one after another under the huge force, with broken bones and tendons.
The boiling golden juice poured freely towards the bottom of the tower.
If it is contaminated even a little bit, the clothes and armor will be corroded in an instant, and even the skin and flesh will be corroded in an instant. Severe pain goes straight into the brain!
The rain of arrows coming from the side shot down the Qin troops one by one like a roll call.
Although most of the Korean army's archers have been restrained by the Qin army's arrow towers, there are still a small number of archers who can pose a threat to the Qin army's infantry. Coupled with the geographical advantage, even though the Qin army is brave, for a while It is impossible to attack this densely defended tower.
Looking at the soldiers of the Qin army who kept falling down from the ladder, Meng Ao didn't show any sign. His entire face was filled with a hint of indifference, and everything seemed to be just expected.
Perhaps this is the so-called kindness that does not control soldiers.
The attacking side always suffers. All Meng Ao can do is wait, wait for time's answer, and wait for the opportunity to appear.
Sure enough, as time went on, the strength of the defending Korean army gradually decreased, and the quantity of rolling wood, stone, and gold juice gradually exceeded demand, which directly caused the density of them to be thrown away and finally began to decrease.
The Qin army at the foot of the city tower immediately felt keenly: The opportunity had arrived.
The Qin Army captain immediately shouted: "Attack!"
A group of Qin troops who had just arrived on the battlefield climbed the ladder on the ground full of blood, and rushed toward the tower while the Korean army was counterattacking.
Finally, after pushing aside the last spear, a camp commander of the Qin army finally climbed onto the battlement with a long sword in his hand.
Unfortunately, before he had time to adjust his defensive posture, two spears, one on the left and one on the right, were already attacking him in unison, and several arrows were shooting towards him in a straight-line shape from right in front.
The village commander who had just climbed onto the city tower and whose footing was not stable could be the opponent of this three-dimensional attack.
He finally pushed aside the spear on the left, dodged the long sword on the right, and dodged the arrow from above. However, he accidentally got hit in the leg by the arrow from below.
One of the few things that the Kingdom of Han can still produce is the production of weapons. Because of the many iron mines in the territory, the iron smelting technology of the Kingdom of Han has always been second to none in the Warring States Period, even if it is not as good as that of the Qin Kingdom. Difference.
The arrow made of fine iron was driven hard into the leg bone of the colonel's right leg. With a "click" sound, the leg bone broke.
The village commander who was caught off guard suddenly lost his balance, staggered, and fell from the tower that was more than ten meters high.
With a "bang", the strong body instantly made a big hole in the ground. In the dusty sky, the Qin army infantry showed no intention of missing their camp commander and continued to move toward the tower on the tower as if they had been given blood. Han Jun rushed over.
The bravery of the Qin army is evident.
Fortunately, the Han army had already seen the power of the Qin army, and did not panic in the face of the Qin army's continuous attacks.
However, as time went by, it was inevitable that more and more Qin troops stood on the tower.
The Han army's losses also increased as the Qin army climbed up the building.
Fortunately, the setting sun was as bright as blood, and it was about to get dark.
Attacking at night is obviously not a good option for the Qin army. After all, there is a threat from the Zhao army on the other side. If Zhao Jun takes advantage of the darkness to get around it, the Qin army will really be unable to bear it.
"Ding ding ding..."
Sure enough, Ming Jin's voice finally sounded in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Although they were unwilling to do so, the soldiers of the Qin army still obeyed the orders honestly, like a black tide, slowly withdrawing from the tower and retreating to their own formation.
As for the Han army, or the other armies of Chu and Wei, except for the archers who were still shooting tirelessly, no one dared to open the city to pursue them.
Even the Zhao army had no intention of continuing to pursue after the Qin army's cavalry got away.
In this way, the two sides ended the first day's battle with a tacit understanding.
It should be said that both sides could barely accept the outcome of the first day's battle, except Han Zhiguo.
As for the Qin State, they found the country of Han they wanted to attack at the first time, almost no combat power wasted, and the Korean army was severely beaten during the battle.
A conservative estimate is that the Korean army's losses were at least 3,000.
You know, the entire Korean army now only has less than 40,000 troops left. In other words, if it continues at this rate, all the Korean troops will have to be here in less than twelve or three days.
Of course, the Qin army also suffered losses of nearly 7,000 men and horses, of which nearly 3,000 were lost in the battle with the Han army, and another 2,000 men and horses were lost in the confrontation with the Zhao army. The two thousand men below were lost in battles with the Chu and Wei armies.
It should be said that such losses were completely within the plans of Wang Lu and General Meng Ao.
If I feel a little distressed, it is because of the two thousand cavalry lost in the battle with Zhao Jun. The manpower, material and financial resources required to train a cavalry can almost train four or five infantry, not to mention that the Qin State does not have many cavalry.
Although the Qin State annexed the Yiqu Grassland and the Yiqu people gradually integrated into the Qin State and acted as cavalry, the actual number of cavalry in the Qin Army was not large, not even half of the Zhao Army. arrive.
Fighting with Zhao Jun's cavalry is obviously not a good option.
The reason why Wang Lu sent cavalry to attack in the first battle was because he wanted stability. He didn't want to be overwhelmed by Zhao Jun's cavalry in his first attack.
However, after this battle, Wang Hao could clearly feel that Zhao Jun's will to fight seemed to be the same as his own, which was not strong. If this is the case, maybe I can make some slight changes in the attack tomorrow.
In any case, the Qin army managed to snipe the Korean army with a mere loss of 7,000 men and caused heavy casualties to their troops. Wang Lu and Meng Ao were still very satisfied.
Of course, Zhao Guo was equally satisfied.
In this battle, although Zhao Guo's losses were not the smallest, they were the easiest.
It can be said that from the beginning of the confrontation, Zhao State has always had the upper hand. It lost 1,500 troops but nearly 2,000 Qin troops were killed. No matter how you look at it, it is a victory.
What's more, of the fifteen hundred people he lost, more than half were Hu people.
If we exclude the losses of the Hu people, the real losses of the Zhao army may not even be 600 men. Of course, now that the grassland has been incorporated into the Zhao State, the Hu people will all be Zhao people in less than two years. This calculation is obviously wrong.
However, even if there are 1,500 people, that is still nearly 500 fewer than the Qin army!
Chu, which suffered the least losses, is naturally the most satisfied.
Because the Zhao army was restrained in the north, the Qin army's attack here was almost a show-off. Both the amount of troops invested and the pace of the attack were much slower than those in the south.
Under such an almost unrestrained attack, Chu's losses were less than a thousand people.
The general of Chu State was naturally satisfied.
As for the Wei army who defended the front, although the losses reached more than 1,500 people, this loss was simply a drop in the bucket for the "rich and wealthy" Wei army.
Only the Korean army defending in the south suffered more than 3,000 casualties!
Accounted for almost half of the coalition's losses!
This is something that the general of Han Zhiguo cannot accept under any circumstances.
Although Qin Jun's approach is a bit strange in the eyes of other countries, it is not incomprehensible.
On the northern battlefield, with the Zhao army's cavalry as a protective wing, it is naturally impossible to be the direction of the main attack. Although the terrain on the front is flat, which is conducive to the deployment of troops, it is also visible to the naked eye that it will be heavily guarded.
On the contrary, it is the battlefield to the south, and it is possible to be caught by surprise.
Of course, General Han actually roughly guessed the intention of the Qin army. King Han had already expressed his intention to withdraw from the alliance in his letter, and repeatedly asked himself to preserve his strength.
The Qin army abandoned the frontal battlefield that was more suitable for attack and attacked itself with a large army. It had only one purpose, and that was to force the King of Han behind it to compromise through huge losses.
No matter what King Han decides in the end, General Han knows that what he has to do now is to reduce his losses as much as possible.
Therefore, in the four-person meeting after the war, the general of Han Zhiguo immediately asked Lord Xinling why he did not line up his cavalry to destroy the Qin army's siege equipment.
Faced with the questioning, Lord Xinling was naturally well prepared.
Not to mention anything else, today was only the Qin Army's first attack. Obviously, they did not try their best. How could their deployment be exposed to the Qin Army all at once.
What's more, the Qin army's central army has not taken any action. What if the cavalry as a trump card is released, and the Qin army clings to its own cavalry, and then launches an attack from the front?
The words can be said to be watertight.
Although the general of Han Zhiguo was itching to hear this, he was helpless.
In the final analysis, it is not your own army, and you have no right to dictate.
Of course, from the beginning, General Han never thought that Lord Xinling would admit his mistakes. The reason why the fire was directed at the cavalry was just to elicit the next request.
"In this case, I want to exchange defense directions with the Chu army." General Han immediately made his final request.
I have to say that General Han's request was very high-level. Isn't it that your cavalry can't get out easily? Then let's let Zhao Guo protect our head office.
Faced with such a request, Lord Xinling naturally could not say anything.
However, just because Lord Xinling didn't say anything, it didn't mean that others wouldn't say anything either.
Faced with General Han's request, General Jing of Chu State immediately refused!
Why? ! It has already been divided, why should we change it? General Jing is not a fool. Everyone knows that it is the safest side to approach Zhao Jun. How could he let him out?
What? ally? In the face of interests, there are no allies.
What's more, Han Zhiguo, an ally, only formed an alliance because they were afraid of Lord Xinling's dominance. There was neither a letter of credence nor an agreement. Speaking of which, Zhao is our ally signed and sealed by the King himself.
What's more, your Korean army suffered heavy losses, but our Chu army suffered heavy losses. You know, I have less than 30,000 people left now, and your Korean army still has at least 37,000 people!
After all, our Chu army suffered more losses!
No matter from which point of view, Zhao should protect itself, not any country between Han and Wei.
General Lian Po of Zhao State felt a chill in his heart when he saw the scene in front of him. He hesitated silently in his heart: The Qin army's choice of the direction of attack may not be as simple as it seems on the surface!
No, internal strife has begun over the issue of defense direction.
However, Lian Po, as an outsider, did not speak out.
From the perspective of Zhao State, resisting Qin is the first priority. Therefore, it would be the best choice to swap Han and Chu to maintain the relative balance of the combat power of the coalition countries.
But at the same time, Zhao's second goal is to consume the combat power of Wei, Chu, and Han. From this perspective, it is obvious that not moving would be a better choice.
Because, for Zhao State, consuming Chu State's combat power is of minimal significance. After all, Chu State is far away in southern Xinjiang, and it should be the last to deal with it. On the contrary, if South Korea and Wei can take the opportunity to spend some time, it will be a better help for Zhao's future actions.
Therefore, Lian Po decisively chose to shut up.
However, when Wei and Zhao gave up their stance, their ally Chu State opposed their proposal, which really surprised General Han.
Did we agree to share joys and sorrows and advance and retreat together? !
Why did a simple defense change reveal his true nature?
For a moment, General Han just wanted to write a letter to his king immediately and withdraw from this damn alliance.
Some people died, but not completely...
