The two armies are almost in the clear. Naturally, if either side makes a move, it will not be able to hide it from the other side.
The sudden acceleration of the Qin army was quickly detected by the Zhao army.
There are only two paths before Zhou Qi: the first is to speed up the movement to Luocheng and get to Luocheng before the Qin army intercepts it; the second is to choose an area for the decisive battle and move forward slowly, Prepare for a decisive battle with the Qin army.
But unfortunately, neither of these two options is a good option.
The first is the issue of accelerating forward. Although there are 20,000 cavalry in the reinforcements, most of them are infantry, and the speed of movement is limited. Zhou Qi was not absolutely sure that he would be able to rush to Luocheng to join the Qin army before the Qin army was harassed along the way.
As for the Luo City army, it was obvious that they could not easily come forward to respond.
Undoubtedly, if you choose the first option, the danger you need to face is the sudden interception of the Qin army. Then I will definitely have to fight the Qin army in a marching queue in a strange place.
As for the second plan, although you can choose a favorable location, the problem is that although you have an army of 100,000, 40,000 of them are field soldiers.
Facing the Qin Army's 100,000 troops, he did not have much chance of winning. Even if Luocheng could send 10,000 or 20,000 troops to respond, he would still be at a disadvantage.
But it was obvious that under Zhao Wangkuo's guiding ideology of "focusing on stability", the slightly adventurous first plan was eliminated by Zhou Qi almost instantly.
Now that another option has been ruled out, even if he is no longer sure, Zhou Qi can only hold his nose and prepare a second plan.
Fortunately, Zhou Qi's original mission was to delay the Qin army.
Procrastinating in Los Angeles or elsewhere is not a problem.
In order to maximize the advantages of his cavalry, Zhou Qi also chose a very flat area in the back of Luocheng as the battlefield for the next battle with the Qin army.
Of course, at the same time, Zhou Qi also informed Handan and Xinzheng of the Qin army's interception and his decision through flying pigeons and flying horses.
However, Zhou Qi also knew that no matter how fast Handan's flying pigeons and Xinzheng's flying horses were, they would not have time to change the situation in a short time.
You can only get through this hurdle on your own.
Soon, Zhou Qi led an army of 100,000 (20,000 cavalry + 40,000 elite infantry + 40,000 field soldiers + 3,000 heavy cavalry) and took the lead in arriving at the nameless plain in the north of Luo City.
Then he set up camp and waited quietly for the Qin army to arrive.
Naturally, Zhao Jun's move quickly reached Meng Ao's ears.
Naturally, Meng Ao already understood the intention of the general opposite him at a glance.
"Want to use the cavalry's combat power?" Looking at the location chosen by the opponent for the decisive battle, Meng Ao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
With the pearl of wisdom in hand, Meng Ao immediately ordered the team to advance slowly. The purpose was very clear. Since the opponent had accepted his decisive battle, he naturally had to conserve his physical strength and meet his opponent in the best condition.
Faced with the sudden slow march of the Qin army, Zhou Qi was not upset at all. This was obviously what he expected. Even Zhou Qi wished that the Qin army could move slower.
On the one hand, Zhou Qi was here to delay. From his perspective: the slower the Qin army marches, the more beneficial it is to Zhao;
On the other hand, since the Qin army chose to slow down
And doing so means that the Qin army has acquiesced in the location of the decisive battle that it chose.
Now that the opponent has given up the advantage of geographical location, he cannot expect his side to wait for work.
In this way, with the tacit understanding of both sides, the two armies met on this nameless plain five days later.
After another night's rest, the whimpering horn sounded throughout the battlefield.
Under the morning sunshine, Qin and Zhao both formed their formations. It is still the same strategy of infantry in the center and cavalry protecting the two wings.
However, because there were many garrison soldiers in the Zhao army, Zhou Qi had no choice but to mix 20,000 garrison soldiers into the battle formation, and the remaining 20,000 garrison soldiers and 3,000 heavy cavalry acted together.
Reserve team.
Fortunately, because the battle formation was long enough, the Qin army could not see any problems with the Zhao army's line.
But Zhou Qi knew very well that once a war started, the weakness of the field soldiers would inevitably be exposed.
By then, the only thing Zhou Qi could count on was Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry. Of course, if the heavy cavalry does not come out, it will definitely achieve results. Otherwise, it will be really dangerous to drag into a protracted war.
Therefore, Zhou Qi must use his existing troops to hold back the Qin army as much as possible.
You can suffer losses, but you cannot lose! This is the task Zhou Qi gave himself.
On the opposite side, Meng Ao, faced with the long Zhao army front, actually had no intention of annihilating Zhao army.
After two years of training, Meng Ao also knew that although the heavy cavalry was extremely powerful, its endurance was only half an hour at most.
Obviously, in such a large-scale battle, it is difficult to defeat a place in half an hour, unless it is at the end when the enemy army is about to collapse.
moment.
Therefore, all Meng Ao wanted was to attract Zhao Jun's attention and hold him back.
After all, they knew their own affairs. The most elite troops among the Qin army were either on the frontal battlefield in Xinzheng or recuperating in Daliang City.
The troops in Meng Ao's hands were mostly improvised from defense forces from various places among the Qin army.
In Meng Ao's expectation, it was okay for these troops to bully the smaller ones with more troops, or to bully other countries, but it would be difficult to take advantage against the Zhao army with the same strength.
In other words, he still held the heavy cavalry he had trained in his hands. Otherwise, Meng Ao would really not dare to engage in such a decisive battle.
It can be said that the Qin and Zhao armies, like sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks, seemed to have rolled up their sleeves and made plans to fight each other desperately, but in fact, they were stalling for time to buy time for their respective subsequent armies.
Unfortunately, once something starts, it cannot be easily stopped by humans.
Just like this battle, although the generals on both sides did not want to fight to the death in their hearts, the two armies inevitably got into a real fight as soon as the battle began.
The soldiers below don't know the drama in their leader's heart. They only know that the enemy is on the opposite side, and this is a battlefield - a battlefield where you die or I live.
Any distracting thoughts will lead to your own death.
As a result, an uncontrolled "decisive battle" finally began.
As a result, in the long array, among the flashes of swords and shadows, someone fell down almost every moment, and blood flowed all over the battlefield almost instantly.
In the river of blood, Meng Ao suddenly discovered that his troops were actually the same as Zhao in front of him.
The army played a 50-50 draw.
Immediately, Meng Ao understood that this group of Zhao Jun was also second-rate.
That's right, his family came out in full force, and Zhao Jun must be the same way, there are not so many elites.
Such a situation was naturally noticed by Zhou Qi, and Zhou Qi naturally understood that the Qin army on the opposite side was also half-hearted.
Immediately, Zhou Qi quietly replaced the 10,000 elites with 10,000 field soldiers. Even after seeing that after he replaced 10,000 elites, the Qin army still had no breakthrough, Zhou Qi was also ruthless and sent 5,000 more elite soldiers. The garrison soldiers were replaced, and another five thousand garrison soldiers were also ready to rotate at any time.
Zhou Qi's idea is very simple. Since the Qin army is not that elite, he might as well use this Qin army to train. Although the losses may be greater, leaving more elites can better cooperate with Zhao Kuo's counterattack. .
Which one is more important, Zhou Qi obviously thinks clearly.
Not to mention, as time goes by, the remaining field soldiers will gradually become elite.
This is like a "bitter first, sweet later" tactic.
What made Zhou Qi even more unexpected was that it was his tactics of first bitterness and then sweetness that inadvertently caused the Qin army to suffer a lot.
However, under this firepower, the Zhao army's infantry line on the front line immediately turned into 25,000 elites and 35,000 field soldiers.
Inevitably, the Qin army's combat strength advantage suddenly increased.
Fortunately, although the Qin army had an advantage, it was far from a victory, especially as the Zhao army still had 20,000 cavalry who harassed the Qin army from time to time.
Faced with such a situation, Meng Ao was obviously not in a hurry to show his trump card, and he was even willing for this situation to continue.
Although the Qin army took advantage of
Not much, but not much is cheap. As long as you can continue, there will always be a day when you add up to something.
It can be said that as the battle continued, the two generals were very accepting of the situation on the battlefield.
The only thing that makes the two generals a little unbearable is the speed of the loss of troops. Although they are not much better than each other, looking at the losses in their hands, the two generals who can only fight alone for the first time can only fight at the level of 100,000. , my heart still couldn't help but tremble.
In just one day's loss, the losses of both sides had reached more than 4,000 people (Zhao Jun had a few hundred more).
If this rate continues, both armies will lose their combat effectiveness in less than ten days.
Generally speaking, under such circumstances, the two generals should take the initiative to shrink the front line in order to reduce the rate of troop losses.
However, neither Zhou Qi nor Meng Ao had such an idea at all.
This is not only because both sides are pushed to the cliff, but more importantly, both sides still hold a trump card in their hands, a trump card that they think can cause a decisive blow to the other side-heavy cavalry.
Yes, both sides want to use this tragic battle to bleed the other side's blood, and then when the other side is exhausted, put the victorious heavy cavalry on the battlefield, and then completely defeat the other side.
As a result, the fierce battle continued.
Therefore, Zhou Qi's tactics of first bitterness and then sweetness gradually confused the Qin army.
Without him, it would still be a second-rate team, but it is obvious that Zhao Jun has grown much faster than Qin Jun.
It's not that the Zhao army's field soldiers are more receptive and grow faster than the Qin army, it's just that the Qin army lost and replaced them.
It's still the same Qin army, and it even needs to adapt to the battlefield again. However, Zhao Jun's field soldiers were lost, and the replacements were almost all elites. Can their combat power not soar? !
As a result, Meng Ao suddenly discovered that Zhao Jun on the opposite side seemed to be getting harder and harder to fight...
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