Obviously, Zhao Jun's judgment was very accurate and his actions were extremely decisive.
In comparison, Qin Jun's judgment and actions seemed a little slow.
Of course, none of this matters anymore. Because, all this is just a cloud amidst the clatter of horse hooves at the city gate.
Yes, although the Qin Army's soldiers reacted very quickly, they were ultimately unable to outpace the Zhao Army's cavalry. In the short period of time when the Zhao Army's soldiers disrupted the Qin Army's line and the Qin Army finally launched a counterattack, the Zhao Army's cavalry had already arrived. In front of the wide open city gate.
Amidst the shouts of killing that filled the sky, Zhao Jun's cavalry quickly rushed into Shangyong City.
However, Zhao Wei no longer led his troops to escape among the ranks of the Qin army. Instead, he launched a fierce attack on the surrounding Qin army, like an arrow piercing the camp of the Qin army's general.
Without him, as the strength of the Qin army was greatly reduced, Zhao Wei and others had exposed Xingzang again, and there was no possibility of continuing to hide.
In this case, if you want to continue to occupy Wuling City, the final gateway without any bloodshed, capturing the Qin army's general alive may be a good idea.
As the Zhao Army's cavalry rushed in, the entire Qin Army's front collapsed again, and Zhao Wei's elite troops quickly charged towards the Qin Army's central tent as if they were in uninhabited territory.
And at this time, the Qin Army general has not escaped yet? !
He was even still commanding the troops to climb the city, trying to force Zhao Jun back.
It's a pity that the general of the Qin army obviously woke up too late. If he had nearly 100,000 troops in Fangling City, he might be able to block the gap and defend the city. But at this time, he only has more than 10,000 remaining soldiers in his hands. The Zhao army, on the other hand, numbered hundreds of thousands.
Even if all the officers and soldiers of the Qin army risked their lives, the huge disparity in military strength and combat power could not be easily smoothed out with just four words: risking their lives and forgetting their lives.
What's more, in a corner that the Qin army commander didn't know, Zhao Wei was already carrying Qin's long sword and killing in his direction with mighty force.
There was no one in the Qin army along the road who could be Zhao Wei's enemy, and the morale of the army was already dispersed.
With almost no obstruction, Zhao Wei quickly led hundreds of people into the Chinese army.
And here, Zhao Wei finally encountered a strong blockage - from the soldiers of the Qin Army.
After all, they were soldiers personally trained by the Qin Army's general. Their combat effectiveness and fighting will were much stronger than those of the average Qin Army.
But the troops led by Zhao Wei are not just ordinary people. Each of them is a personal soldier of General Li Mu. There are even a hundred people who were specially allocated to Li Mu by Zhao Kuo from his own guard. All of them are He was selected as a vanguard from the army, so one can imagine his strength in battle.
Although the soldiers of the general of the Qin army slightly blocked Zhao Wei's offensive, with Zhao Wei's roar, the Zhao army immediately showed their due quality and combat power.
Under the tacit attack of the Zhao army, the Qin army's personal lines retreated one after another, especially Zhao Wei. Once the long sword in his hand was waved, he was bound to take away a Qin army.
In a matter of seconds, the number of Qin soldiers who fell to Zhao Jun's small elite group was no less than a hundred. Zhao Jun's troops became more and more courageous as they fought, and they were able to completely invade it.
The commander-in-chief of the Qin Army naturally saw this scene.
But now he is powerless.
Not only his Chinese army's tent, but also the galloping Zhao army's cavalry were cutting through the Qin army's formation, trying to control each city gate.
What's even worse is that Zhao Jun's main infantry has also poured in from the city gate hole.
As the Zhao army's cavalry attacked and the infantry advanced, the Qin army's line was crushed and retreated over and over again. It was obvious that the Qin army had no chance of holding Shangyong City.
Finally, after passing through the heavy crowd, Zhao Jun's cavalry broke through to the west gate and captured the entire Shangyong City.
At almost the same time, Zhao Wei also led his soldiers to break through the Qin army's obstruction and captured the Qin army leader who was already unconscious on the spot.
The voice of "Those who surrender will not be killed" once again resounded throughout Shangyong City.
Looking at Zhao Wei who was escorting the Qin army general, Li Mulian said three good words.
"The last general asked for orders to continue marching westward, capture Wuling City in one fell swoop, and completely open the passage to Hanzhong." Zhao Wei also asked for orders immediately.
Zhao Wei was filled with energy when he thought that the powerful Qin State would be split into two in his own hands.
Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a while, Li Mu rejected Zhao Wei's tempting suggestion.
Indeed, it is tempting enough to capture Wuling in one fell swoop and open up the Hanzhong Passage, but what about after that?
The top priority is to completely isolate Qin and Hanzhong. Needless to say, once Qin learns that Hanzhong has fallen, it will inevitably face a crazy counterattack from the Qin Army in Guanzhong and the Qin Army in Shuzhong.
Let’s not talk about the situation in Shuzhong for now, but the old Qin people in Guanzhong will definitely fight to the death, even if they resort to military force, it is not impossible.
Although he has a lot of troops, they are all troops that have fought for a long time. If it were a decisive battle on the ground, they might not be the opponents of the crazy Qin army. Even if they won, it would probably be a miserable victory.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the best way is to quickly occupy Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass, the key points for the Qin army's counterattack, after capturing Wuling. Thereby taking advantage of the geographical advantage to block the Qin army's craziest first wave of attack.
But the problem now is that not only the soldiers of the Qin army are exhausted from the pursuit battles in recent days, but the soldiers of the Zhao army are actually gritting their teeth and persisting.
More importantly, with the increase in prisoners and the day and night pursuit, Zhao Jun's front line has actually been stretched very long.
For example, there are only more than 100,000 Zhao troops left in the pursuit of Shangyong City, and nearly half of the troops are either marching or watching over the prisoners in Fangling City.
It is obviously inappropriate to move on rashly under such circumstances.
Of course, the prerequisite for Li Mu's refusal was that the Zhao army had completely blocked Shangyong City and did not let the news of the Qin army's defeat leak out.
Although this news cannot be kept secret for too long, delaying it for a day or two is not a problem.
One day and two nights were enough for Li Mu to reorganize his troops, and enough for Zhao Jun's soldiers to recover 70% to 80% of their physical strength and combat effectiveness.
Immediately, Li Mu also replied: "The army has taken control of Shangyong City. The news of the Qin army's defeat will not be leaked for the time being. Our army's front line is too long. We will rest in Shangyong for a day, then head west and attack in one fell swoop." Wuling, then attack Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass to completely isolate Qin Guanzhong from Shuzhong."
Hearing this, of course Zhao Wei understood immediately.
To be honest, Zhao Wei has suffered a lot from the continuous attacks and escapes in the past few days. He is just relying on the excitement of victory to hold on. Now that the general has further plans, Zhao Wei will naturally not disagree.
Immediately, Zhao Wei also clasped his hands and accepted the order: "Yes, I will obey the order."
"Go and rest! You've worked hard these days." Li Mu then patted Zhao Wei on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Yes." Zhao Wei is not a pretentious person. The situation in the city has been controlled and he is no longer needed for the time being, so he immediately followed the order and left.
As Zhao Wei and a group of soldiers left, the Qin army in Shangyong City persisted for less than a quarter of an hour. After finally realizing that there was no hope of breaking out, they also chose to surrender on the spot.
Of course, the loss of the backbone also solidly accelerated the Qin army's surrender.
Soon, the surrendered Qin troops were gathered up one by one, and the Zhao army of hundreds of thousands also began to rest and reorganize under Li Mu's order.
This rest is a full day and two nights.
Of course, during this period, Li Mu also quickly took the time to report the situation in the middle of the matter to Zhao Kuo.
After all, the current insertion into Hanzhong has completely deviated from the plan back then. Even Li Mu must obtain permission from Zhao Wangkuo.
Even if this permission is granted later, it will still block the mouths of many people.
And within this day, the remaining troops of the Zhao army also arrived one after another, causing the Zhao army's strength in the already small Shangyong City to surge.
Li Mu also immediately arranged the next strategy again.
"Zhao Wei, you are still the vanguard. I will give you an army of 50,000, 20,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. All of them will put on the clothes and armor of the Qin army. They will pretend to be the Qin army returning and attack Wuling." Li Mu looked at the map carefully. Guided carefully.
Without waiting for Zhao Wei's reply, Li Mu continued to give instructions: "After occupying the city, do not stay. Leave three thousand soldiers to guard the city and wait for the arrival of the main army. The rest of the soldiers did not stop and continued westward, bypassing the west city of the county and taking advantage of the opportunity. Before the Qin army could react, the troops advanced in two directions."
As he spoke, Li Mu drew signs on the map and said: "Twenty-five thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry along the way, go northwest to capture Dashan Pass and completely cut off the communication between Guanzhong and Hanzhong; five thousand cavalry along the way With eight thousand infantry, we headed southwest to capture Yangping Pass and cut off the communication between Hanzhong and Shuzhong."
"Yes." Zhao Wei on the side immediately agreed with excitement.
"The two should focus on Dashan Pass." Li Mu once again urged: " Dashan Pass overlooks Guanzhong. Whoever holds it will have a great advantage. This is a game about the initiative on the battlefield. Therefore, from Guanzhong I expect the counterattack will be several times that of Shuzhong. No matter what, we must hold on and never let Dashanguan fall into the hands of the Qin army."
"Yes, general, don't worry! If you want to cross Dashan Pass, you have to step over my body." Zhao Wei agreed again excitedly.
Obviously, whether it is a long-distance attack or holding on to a pass, it is not a difficult task for Zhao Wei.
"After the main force of our army arrives in Wuling, we will immediately send 100,000 troops to Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass, 70,000 troops to Dashang Pass and 30,000 troops to Yangping Pass to help you secure Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass. At the same time, we will The main force of the army immediately marched towards the west city of Hanzhong County. After clearing the obstacles in Hanzhong, the army will decide to send more troops and adjust the deployment of troops depending on the Qin army's counterattack." Li Mu continued.
"Yes." Zhao Wei continued to nod.
The prototype of the entire battle finally appeared in front of the two of them.
"The road to unification begins from now on." Li Mu said to himself silently.
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