Just when Meng Ao's troops were unable to form a position and fled toward the weak pass, the weak pass that carried the Qin army's last hope of survival slowly opened its door.
The dark door seemed to be opened to welcome the Qin army.
However, just as all the Qin troops were desperately sprinting towards the dark city gate, the black flag of the Qin army suddenly fell from the top of the city.
Involuntarily, the Qin army in front stopped temporarily in disbelief.
Just when the soldiers of the Qin army were stunned, groups of soldiers and horses poured out from the dark city gate - soldiers and horses in red armor - that was Zhao Jun!
Zhao Jun has occupied the weak pass!
Qin Jun, who was running at the front, finally discovered this terrible fact.
"Hey!" A group of captains and captains of the Qin Army immediately reined in their horses and looked at the scene in front of them with disbelief.
They stopped, but the soldiers of the Qin army who followed had no intention of stopping. Between movement and silence, the two groups soon collided with each other. .
Before they had time to curse the generals in front for stopping, the ordinary soldiers of the Qin Army finally saw the scene coming from a weak pass.
Despair instantly filled the hearts of all the Qin soldiers.
Those with a slightly bigger heart can still remain calm for the time being, but just stay in place quietly, staring blankly at the weak pass in the distance;
Those with weak endurance, even if they are already crazy, turn around and run away in the direction they came from.
However, they apparently forgot that their path had been blocked by tens of thousands of Zhao troops.
Also because of the reverse escape of these Qin army soldiers, the entire Qin army became more and more chaotic.
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Meng Ao knew the moment he discovered that the weak pass had been occupied: it was all over.
Looking at the Zhao army that was constantly compressing, Meng Ao knew that this was where he would be buried.
After a brief moment of sadness, Meng Ao calmed down again: Looking at the size of the Zhao army from all directions, there were at least hundreds of thousands. In order to deal with his mere 20,000 people, Zhao Jun dispatched nearly half of his troops. This is what he thought. The desired effect, isn’t it?
With the belief that he had died a worthy death, Meng Ao immediately regained his energy and shouted an order: "Line up to meet the enemy!"
Yes, at the critical moment of life and death, Meng Ao, like his Southern Route Army general, chose to form a formation to meet the enemy, using his last life to delay time for the friendly forces.
It is a pity that when the southern army was surrounded, it still maintained good discipline, and all the Qin army officers and soldiers were also prepared to die.
But Meng Ao's troops, after seeing the hope of survival, were quickly reduced to mud and dust. During this ups and downs, the morale of the army was already out of control.
What's more, under the order to retreat just now, most of the Qin army's generals have abandoned their troops and rushed towards the weak pass. At this time, it is almost impossible for them to gather their troops and form a formation to meet the enemy.
But the so-called hero is someone who knows that something cannot be done but does it.
Even though he knew that he would die in this trip, even though he knew that it was impossible to gather the army, even though Zhao Jun's blade was already close at hand, Meng Ao still tried his best to gather his troops.
One hundred, two hundred...
One thousand, two thousand...
More and more Qin soldiers regained their composure under the gathering of Meng Ao and his soldiers.
I don’t know when the ballad of “Jiujiu, Lao Qin, we will face the national calamity together” started to be sung again.
The chaotic Qin army's front line quickly stopped in this ancient song.
The sobbing horn is accompanied by the belief of "together in the national crisis" flowing in the hearts of all old Qin people.
The people of Lao Qin knew that it was time to be loyal to the country. Without any hesitation, the old Qin people in twos and threes quickly formed a fighting group and slowly moved closer to the Chinese army.
At the same time, the captains and captains of the Qin army quickly returned to their posts one by one, trying to reorganize their front before Zhao Jun launched an attack.
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, Qin Jun's series of actions naturally could not escape Li Mu's eyes.
The road ahead was cut off and he was trapped in a tight siege. Under such circumstances, he could quickly integrate his military strength. Li Mu became more and more sure that he was right to eat Meng Ao first.
Of course, appreciation is appreciation, but Li Mu will not give his opponent any chance.
As the Qin army continued to adjust its military formation, and seeing that a circular formation was about to be formed, Li Mu also waved his hand and issued the order to encircle and annihilate: "Beat the drums, mount heavy cavalry, charge into the formation!"
Yes, Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry was also brought to the middle battlefield by Li Mu.
To be precise, heavy cavalry can only be effective in flat areas such as the south road and the middle road. The mountains and forests on the north road are the nemesis of heavy cavalry. The Qin army on the south road had too few troops and did not need such a big killer. Naturally, Li Mu brought them to the middle road. ..
The red banner immediately issued orders, and the thunderous drumbeats hit the hearts of the Zhao army soldiers, urging Zhao Jun to attack.
Accompanied by the rapid drum beat, the horse's neighing sound soon sounded on the northern battlefield.
"Kill!" Zhao Wei, who was leading the way, raised his sword high and roared wantonly!
A thunderous sound immediately resounded on the battlefield.
Amid the violent noise, even the Qin army who was still in formation could not help but turn their heads and look at the battlefield to the north.
But under the dazzling sunlight, a thick black line rushed forward mightily.
Heavy cavalry!
These three words struck hard in the hearts of every Qin Army soldier, and deep despair quickly spread to the hands and feet of every Qin Army soldier.
The soldiers of the Qin army who had been following Meng Ao had already known the combat power of this heavy cavalry as early as the battle outside Luocheng.
Facing this destructive force, what else could the Qin soldiers feel other than despair?
The military formation that had been adjusting rapidly could not help but come to a standstill at this moment.
This time, no matter how hard Meng Ao on the war horse drove him, the soldiers of the Qin army could not move even half an inch.
Fortunately, the Qin army stopped their march, but Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry charged faster and faster.
The soldiers of the Qin Army were not kept waiting. Accompanied by the howling wind, Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry rushed to the half-formed formation of the Qin Army.
The long knife slides down as smoothly as a hot knife cutting through butter.
It can be said that the military formation was so unprepared that even the Qin Army's well-prepared military formation may not be able to withstand the impact of this iron cavalry.
Zhao Wei was the front arrow, with almost no obstruction, tearing apart several Qin soldiers in an instant, and then rushed into the Qin army's formation.
The heavy cavalry following closely followed them instantly, and while their horses trampled the Qin soldiers, they also widened the gap.
He rode heavily into the formation, and wherever he went, people fell on their backs.
Still without any suspense, three thousand heavy cavalry rushed into the Qin army's formation, as if entering a deserted land.
Meng Ao saw all this in his eyes, and there was only despair in his heart.
As the Zhao Army's heavy cavalry rushed into the Qin Army's formation, the surrounding Zhao Army's light cavalry also surrounded them. In cooperation with the heavy cavalry, they began to hunt and kill the Qin Army's formation.
Under the rain of arrows, the Qin army had no room for counterattack.
After three rounds of arrow rain, Zhao Jun's infantry finally caught up with the battlefield.
What they had to face was the Qin army that had been beaten to pieces by heavy cavalry and crossbows. Following the bloody path trodden by the heavy cavalry, the infantry quickly separated the Qin army almost effortlessly.
In less than half an hour, despite Meng Ao's personal command, the Qin army inevitably collapsed completely. With the withdrawal of Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry, the battlefield has been divided into dozens of pieces by the 100,000 Zhao troops.
What's left is a ten-on-one or even a dozen-on-one massacre.
Li Mu did not give the Qin army a chance to surrender. Firstly, judging from the fact that the Qin army was still encircled and still in formation, it was impossible for this Qin army to surrender. Secondly, Li Mu did not want to waste any more time. Persuading surrender was obviously a time-consuming matter. .
Yes, Li Mu's heart was already flying to the north road at this time, just when the Qin army in the middle road was completely surrounded.
Less than an hour later, all the Qin troops, including Meng Ao, fell under Zhao Jun's sword.
Yes, the Qin Army's future star, the future general, fell so easily to Zhao Jun's sword, without even a chance to fight against the general.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Meng Ao's reputation among the Qin army is actually much greater than his reputation in Zhao.
After all, Meng Ao seemed to have never benefited from General Zhao since he went to war.
For such a general, being able to lead a large army to strangle him was a great honor to the Qin army.
Leaving an army of 10,000 to clean the battlefield, Li Mu hurried toward the north road with his army without even taking a look at Meng Ao's body.
In Li Mu's heart, a dead Meng Ao was obviously no more attractive than the 100,000 Qin troops on the northern route.
In this way, on the fourth day when Meng Ao led his army to break through, the two partial divisions on the south and middle roads, including the general Meng Ao, totaling more than 30,000 people, were wiped out.
Of course, their sacrifices were valuable.
At least, the main force of the Qin army on the north road was only one day away from the fortress of Fangling.
The Zhao army's cavalry also failed to capture Fangling due to the obstruction of mountains and forests, cutting off the northern route of the Qin army's return to Hanzhong.
Obviously, as long as the Qin army persists for one more day, the Qin army will be able to escape.
However, on this day, Qin Jun was obviously not having an easy time.
With the arrival of the south route army, the number of troops chasing the north route Qin army suddenly reached 150,000, surpassing the Qin army by tens of thousands. This undoubtedly made Zhao Jun suddenly bolder. ..
Immediately, the Zhao army's attack on the Qin army became more rapid and fierce.
As a last resort, the Qin army once again showed its determination to cut off the tail of the gecko, constantly throwing off the tail army, delaying the Zhao army's attack.
However, the Zhao army, with its superior strength, did not care at all about the Qin army's tail-cutting move, leaving a force to deal with the Qin army's rear troops, but the main force still pursued forward.
In this way, you run away and I chase, and the Qin army's troops are also being chased and fled, and they are quickly being consumed.
Until Li Mu joined the battlefield with 150,000 Zhao troops in the middle, the strength of the Qin army had dropped sharply from the 120,000 at the time of departure to less than 90,000.
Fortunately, at this moment, the Qin army was only less than half a day away from Fangling.
However, even though it was only half a day's journey, the Zhao army, under the command of Li Mu, was still pursuing them, with great plans to eliminate the Qin army outside Fangling.
There was no other way, the Qin army could only leave more troops to deal with Zhao's attack of 300,000 troops.
If the previous blockade could be regarded as the Qin army cutting off the tail of a gecko, with the arrival of Li Mu's army, the Qin army's blockade could be regarded as a strong man cutting off his wrist.
Even so, Zhao's army still stuck closely to the Qin army.
The closest distance between the two armies was less than half an hour...
