Perhaps, it was not that the commander-in-chief of the Qin army did not notice the fact that his soldiers were exhausted.
On the contrary, even he himself has almost reached the limits of his body and mind.
Even at this time, he was no longer able to think about so many things. He couldn't even think about how Fangling was lost, let alone the physical limits of the soldiers.
How to plan the next journey and get rid of Zhao Jun's pursuit and return to Shangyong City safely was the only thing on his mind.
It is destined that this escape will turn into a physical test.
As Shangyong City approached, the Zhao army's pursuers got closer and closer. As a last resort, the Qin army accelerated its march again.
Any skills or tactics are meaningless at this time. The only way to survive is to keep swinging your legs.
Fortunately, the physical strength of Zhao Wei and others is much better than that of the average Qin army.
Therefore, Zhao Wei's five hundred men were still ambushing the Qin army, and Zhao Wei even left a secret note for the following Zhao army.
As for the Zhao army that followed, the situation was much better than that of the Qin army. After all, the Zhao army had sufficient supplies.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Jun's pursuit became more and more fierce.
Therefore, the distance between the Qin and Zhao armies is getting closer and closer.
As a result, the Qin army could only speed up again, and more and more Qin army soldiers were forced to leave behind. On the contrary, Zhao Jun's gathered troops gained a lot.
In any case, before dusk arrived, the Qin army finally arrived at Shangyong City.
After some not-so-rigorous verification, the city gate was opened, and the embarrassed Qin army was able to rest. According to a rough calculation, there are less than 15,000 people who can follow the Qin army commander all the way to the upper city.
The rest probably either disappeared into the vast mountains and forests, or were captured by Zhao Jun.
And this also brought up another question, a question that the Qin army general should have thought about long ago but never had time to think about - what to do next?
Obviously, with only 15,000 people, even if the hundreds of people originally stationed here are included, it is almost impossible to defend Shangyong City in the face of Zhao Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops.
But if you have to retreat further, let alone whether you can outrun Zhao Jun, even if you can, you can't run anymore, and you can't run anymore!
If he runs again, there will be only one Wuling left.
Further back, it is the vast land of Hanzhong!
Moreover, in terms of the strength of the city and the dangerous terrain, Wuling City is far inferior to Dayong, and the Qin army stationed in Wuling City only has a few hundred people.
In other words, once Shangyong is lost, Wuling City cannot be defended. Once Shangyong and Wuling fall one after another, the Zhao army can continue to advance westward, directly into Hanzhong, and cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Shuzhong.
This can really kill you.
The commander-in-chief of the Qin Army can be valued by Meng Ao. Although there are some omissions when it comes to personal safety, at least there is no problem with the division in terms of military capabilities.
Naturally, I also understand that such a thing can never happen.
In this case, there is no better way.
The general of the Qin army also summoned up all his courage. While urgently requesting reinforcements from Xianyang, he began to reorganize his troops and strictly guard Shangyong.
Yes, the Qin army general decided to defend Shangyong and the last fortress before Hanzhong.
It should be said that the decision of the Qin army commander was correct and decisive, and Shangyong was really not unstoppable.
Although Shangyong does not have a unique terrain like Jiange where one man can guard the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it, it is not an ordinary city either. Relying on the narrow terrain of the Shangyong area, although the Zhao army had hundreds of thousands of troops, it was unable to deploy at all.
The short and tall city wall built against the mountain can effectively limit the number of Zhao troops attacking each time.
There are hundreds of thousands of troops in the sky, and the number of Zhao troops that can attack the city wall each time cannot even exceed 5,000. There are still more than 15,000 Qin troops who can calmly deal with Zhao Jun's attack.
At least until the fifteen thousand men are used up, Zhao Jun can't do anything to them.
It wants to consume 15,000 men. According to the attack intensity of 5,000 men in each wave, even if the Zhao army attacks day and night every day, it will not be able to consume them all in less than ten days and a half.
Ten days would be enough for the King of Qin to mobilize troops from various fortresses in Hanzhong for reinforcements.
And reinforcements don't need too many, just tens of thousands of people are enough. Tens of thousands of people are enough to hold Zhao Jun here for a month or two, by which time Zhao Jun will inevitably retreat.
You know, Zhao Jun's pursuit was all along mountain roads. In other words, Zhao Jun's food supplies had to be delivered through these rugged mountain roads.
More than half of them were lost?
The supply of food and fodder for hundreds of thousands of troops was enough to bring Zhao to collapse. As long as the consumption continues, Zhao will inevitably retreat if he does not retreat.
Therefore, the decision of the Qin army commander to station on the spot can be said to be one of the few correct decisions he made along the way.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that among the 15,000 troops he had high hopes for, there were Zhao Wei and his 500 elite soldiers among them.
What's even more terrible is that because of their good physical strength, many Zhao soldiers even broke into the main force of the Chinese army during the escape.
This also resulted in many Zhao Jun's elite soldiers being reorganized into key positions when the team was reorganized. For example, Zhao Wei was assigned to guard the city gate because he was very strong.
What a coincidence.
A person who most wanted to destroy the city was assigned to guard the city gate. How is this different from sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth?
Naturally, just when the city began to smell the aroma of rice, and when all the soldiers of the Qin army were eager to eat a bowl of millet, the clatter of horse hooves once again sounded in Shangyong City. rang outside the city.
The drums sounded again, and the Qin troops beside Zhao Wei also rushed towards the city gate one by one, blocking the gate with their bodies.
While pushing it, he shouted: "Quick, move the stone."
Because he was thinking about the return of the Qin army, and out of luck, the city gate was never directly blocked. Of course, there were not that many boulders to be found at one time.
Listening to the shouts in the city gate cave, Zhao Wei exchanged glances with his subordinates, and then rushed into the city gate cave holding a huge stone.
Following several loud "bang, bang" sounds, wailing sounds instantly came from the doorway.
The boulder half the size of the body did not stop behind the city gate, but hit the two nearby Qin soldiers hard.
Several Qin soldiers died on the spot.
Soon after, Zhao Wei took out the saber from his waist almost without stopping. Between the flicks of the sword and the rapid tossing and turning, there was no longer any breathing of the Qin army soldiers in the city gate cave. .
Several other Zhao soldiers also immediately removed the standing timber and door bolts holding up the city gate.
With several "bang bang bang" sounds of wood falling to the ground, the city gate was no longer restrained, and it was only then that the Qin army outside the city gate realized what had happened.
No need to ask, this group of guys who demolished standing trees must be Zhao Jun's spies.
Immediately, the red-eyed Qin Jun grabbed the weapons around him and rushed forward, trying to regain control of the city gate before the spies opened the city gate.
At this point, the Qin army has finally unleashed its final fighting strength.
Even if they haven't eaten all day, even if they have been running all day and night.
At this time of life and death, they still burst out with the power of life.
It's a pity that what they faced was the personal soldiers of Zhao Wei and Li Mu, not to mention their elite level, which was not comparable to that of the ordinary Qin army.
They were well prepared, but they didn't go hungry all the time.
Before fleeing, they had already hidden the millet on their bodies. During the busy march, they secretly replenished their energy more than once.
He already has higher combat power and better physical strength, so how can he still fight?
The only advantage of the Qin army may be its numerical advantage. But unfortunately, in the narrow city gate hole, it can't be used at all.
Zhao Wei, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, blocked the Qin army from the city gate almost by himself.
Qin Jun naturally understood the consequences once the city gate was opened.
As the sound of "squeaking" sounded, the atmosphere at the scene almost froze.
Fortunately, it was not dark yet. The Qin army in the camp on the city tower quickly discovered something unusual at the east gate, and immediately several Qin troops came to support the city gate.
And until this time, the soldiers of the Qin Army finally knew how Fangling was lost.
Seeing that it was impossible to break through the Zhao army's line in close combat, the Qin army immediately mobilized archers.
A dense rain of arrows shot out instantly, completely covering the entire city gate.
Even if it was Zhao Wei, facing the Qin army's strong bows and crossbows, he could only hide behind his shield to avoid the sharp edge.
"Come in!" The captain in charge of the command outside the city gate immediately gave an order to the Qin army who was fighting in close combat.
With shields in front and spears behind, a row of Qin troops quickly marched towards the city gate hole with neat steps under the cover of arrow rain.
It was obvious that once Ru Lin's spear entered the city gate, no matter how strong Zhao Wei was, he would not be able to escape the fate of being pierced.
But Zhao Jun outside the city gate, listening to the clatter of horse hooves, still needed dozens of breaths to reach.
The gap of just a few dozen breaths was like a chasm.
At this critical moment, another change came from the Qin army's formation.
"kill!"
A sharp shout came.
The marching Qin army's infantry line, and the array of archers and crossbowmen firing arrows suddenly became chaotic.
It turned out that when the Qin army gathered, the originally scattered Zhao army also naturally gathered together. Seeing that the situation was critical, the soldiers of the Zhao army immediately rose up and slaughtered the Qin army around them wantonly.
The unexpected attack completely blindsided the Qin army.
When dozens of Qin Army soldiers fell instantly, the seeds of doubt were deeply rooted in the hearts of the Qin Army.
Involuntarily, the Qin army moved further away from each other.
Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to even reorganize the front, let alone continue the attack.
Fortunately, the Qin army is a Qin army after all. In the few moments when the Zhao army was killing, someone discovered the characteristics of this Zhao army.
"Those who wear white silk in their hands are spies!"
The rushing sound soon resounded throughout the entire battlefield.
The soldiers of the Qin army were stunned for a moment, but they immediately understood.
The Zhao army, which had discovered the secret, was instantly unable to hide, while the Qin army soldiers' originally loose positions became denser again.
Waving their long swords, groups of Qin troops quickly attacked and killed Zhao Jun, who was wearing white silk.
However, the Zhao army that had been discovered did not retreat, but instead attacked the Qin army. The Zhao army's goal was very clear. It did not seek to defeat the Qin army, but only to hold back the Qin army's crossbowmen.
Without him, the only thing that could hinder the movement of Zhao Wei and others in the doorway was the Qin Army's crossbowmen.
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