"General, please take a moment."
Seeing the old Qin people falling helplessly in the endless pool of blood one after another, but unable to even touch the city wall of the pass, a general couldn't bear it anymore and spoke to Wang Hao to persuade him.
The words fell, like opening Pandora's box, and more generals of the Qin army echoed their requests to Wang Lu.
"General, we can't continue fighting like this!"
"We have to think of a way!"
"The blood of the old Qin people is about to be drained."
Listening to the noisy words in his ears, he looked at the soldiers of the Qin army who were still advancing forward. Wang Lu, who had no expression on his face, was heartbroken.
Didn't he know that there was no point in continuing to fight like this? Even from the beginning, he did not agree to launch an attack on Zhao at this time.
However, if we don’t attack at this time, what can we do?
Be it the Qin Army in front of you or the Qin State behind you.
Apart from lowering your head and launching a desperate charge towards the pass to fight for the last chance, what else can you do?
Are you waiting for the Zhao army to wipe out Chu and Qi, and then gather more troops to strangle you?
Dashan Pass is in the hands of Zhao Guo, and Qin Guo is just a fish lying on the chopping board, waiting for the sword.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Zhao army was restrained by the Chu army, taking Hanzhong back was Qin's only chance to protect itself.
However, under the vast swarm of stone bullets and the blinding rain of arrows, where is the chance for Qin?
Looking at the dwindling queue, Wang Hao's cold heart finally couldn't help but clench.
An idea that shouldn't have appeared uncontrollably quickly formed and spread in Wang Lu's mind: Perhaps it would be easier to withdraw the troops and wait for Zhao Jun's attack to defeat Zhao Jun in defense than to take the initiative to attack. Some? Even if he would have to face several times the number of enemies at that time.
Perhaps it was the sincerity of the surrounding Qin army generals that moved heaven and earth. Just when Wang Hao's belief was finally shaken a little, with the sound of "pa da", big raindrops hit Wang Hao's helmet hard. above.
He raised his head slightly, only to see heavy rain falling on the earth like broken pearls.
In an instant, the road that had been in disrepair for a long time became muddy. Under the trampling of tens of thousands of Qin troops, the muddy road instantly turned into a tidal flat.
The entire Qin army's movements suddenly became sluggish, especially heavy weapons such as arrow towers and ramming vehicles, which could not move at all.
The terrible thing is that the Qin army below is already struggling, but the Zhao army, who has a roof to shelter from the rain, has no impact at all.
The sky-blocking arrows continued to fire fiercely at the Qin army's ranks without any pause, and the catapults immediately resumed their attack on the Qin army's siege equipment after a slight pause.
As a result, the Qin army's losses not only did not decrease due to the arrival of this shower, but instead increased due to the unbalanced terrain between the two sides.
Continuing to fight has no meaning other than increasing casualties.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling it heavily, Wang Hao finally closed his eyes slightly, and blurted out an order mixed with helplessness and a hint of joy: "Send the order, Ming Jin withdraws the troops."
"yes."
Immediately, the generals of the Qin army around him clasped their fists and agreed.
Soon, the crisp sound of Ming Jin quickly spread on the battlefield through the heavy rain curtains. In order to prevent the heavy rain from blocking Ming Jin's order to withdraw his troops, the generals of the Qin army even sent flying cavalry to inform Qin on the front line. military.
Fortunately, the Qin army was a powerful army that was galloping across the Six Kingdoms. After the sound of the golden ring, the Qin army did not panic at all. The rear army replaced the front army and came over almost instantly.
Immediately, the tens of thousands of Qin troops in the front army slowly retreated under the curtain of rain.
Only the ruins of the arrow tower were left on the ground, completely glued together with the broken road.
Looking at the army returning to the camp, Wang Hao even felt relieved for some reason. Just, today
The team withdrew because of the rain, but what about tomorrow?
The king's order is behind him, should he disobey it? .
Moreover, even if he really disobeyed, how long could he keep the Qin army?
When Zhao Jun frees up his hands, I am afraid that these hundreds of thousands of troops will still be unable to escape the fate of being strangled.
For a moment, Wang Hao's emotions were mixed together again. For the first time, the general of the Qin Army felt helpless - it seemed that whatever decision he made was wrong.
Fortunately, he seemed to feel the depression in Wang Lu's heart, as the rain lasted for several days.
In just a few days, Wang Hao could not think of an idea to defeat the enemy, nor could he make up his final determination.
As the rain became lighter and lighter, Wang Hao saw it and became anxious in his heart.
Finally, after being gloomy for several days, the sky reluctantly cleared up.
The continuous heavy rain washed away the embarrassment of the siege one by one. The blood mixed with the rainwater flowed into the soil. Even the corpses were covered by the soil washed down from the mountain. Along with the mudslides, Rushing towards unknown mountains, forests and rivers.
Above the long passage, only the remains of the arrow tower are still telling the story of the bloody battle.
Under the warm sunshine, the originally loose land slowly evaporated excess water and gradually became dry and hard, and small grasses slowly emerged from the soil.
Outside Dashan Pass, the bloody smell of that day has long since disappeared, and there is a clear smell everywhere.
If it weren't for the standing ruins of the arrow tower, people would never have discovered what kind of massacre-like bloody battle had occurred here.
Just when Wang Hao was struggling with whether to continue to obey the king's order and continue to launch a desperate attack on Dashanguan, the latest king's order came.
It's a pity that this latest king's fate not only did not ease the tangled heart of Wang Hao, but made Wang Hao even more frightened.
The content of the king's order was very simple: give up the attack on Dasanguan, immediately lead the army northward, and put an end to the chaos in the canal.
Yes, Yiqu is in chaos.
After decades of hard work by the late king and the late queen mother, Yiqu, which had almost become one with the Qin State, was in this precarious time.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand.
In order to maintain the expenses of these hundreds of thousands of troops, it is definitely not enough to just sit and eat.
Obviously, compared with exploiting the old Qin people in Guanzhong, exploiting the Yiqu people is obviously a more cost-effective thing, just like the Qin State's long-term exploitation of Shu.
It's a pity that the Qin people were accustomed to the weakness of the Ba people and Shu people, and the Qin people had obviously forgotten how warlike the Yiqu people were.
Therefore, after the Qin people repeatedly levied various taxes on the Yiqu people, they finally ushered in a counterattack from the Yiqu people.
Soon, the idea of "anti-Qin and restoration of the country" once again ignited this already bohemian and freedom-loving nation.
Of course, Zhao Guoyu and Lin Wei's contribution to this was indispensable.
But no matter what, it has become an established fact that Yiqu people have rebelled. In order to prevent the situation from escalating further, even if King Qin didn't want to, he could only bite the bullet and transfer Wang Lu's only mobile force back to the north to deal with the problem of Yiqu first.
After all, King Qin didn't want to have to take care of the Yiqu people behind him while fighting the Zhao army.
It was this order that, although it rescued Wang Hao from the dilemma of choice, it also made Wang Hao deeply aware of the critical situation.
Even Yiqu has rebelled, who will be the next one?
The old Qin people in Guanzhong?
If all the people of Qin cannot work together as one, can an army that only relies on militarism really defeat the Zhao army?
Thinking of this, Wang Hao let out another long and helpless sigh in his heart.
Of course, Yiqu's rebellion was also noticed by Zhao Guo at the first time, and Zhao Kuo finally set his sights on this grassland.
It turns out that it is not impossible to enter Guanzhong from the north.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo also ordered Daijun and Jiuyuanjun to start supporting Yiqu.
Just
The first batch of weapons and grain sent by Zhao Guo was enough for the Yiqu people to arm a team of tens of thousands of people. With the support of weapons and food from Zhao State, the Yiqu people, who were born warriors, easily took back the former capital of Yiqu State.
Immediately afterwards, Yiqu's war horses began to march towards Guanzhong.
This is also the most important reason why King Qin urgently mobilized Wang Lu to return reinforcements.
Before Wang Hao started returning reinforcements, Zhao Kuo had already organized the Hu cavalry that had joined the battle last year and began to reorganize them to prepare for the battlefield in Yiqu.
Of course, Zhao Kuo did not expect to bring Qin down with just one Yi Canal, but it was still good to consume Qin's few war potential.
What's more, this does not affect Zhao Guo's current actions in Chu State at all.
Although Chu's resistance became increasingly fierce, the King of Chu seemed to be gathering troops.
For the sake of safety, Zhao Kuo also immediately ordered to form a southward army with Li Mu as commander, and assembled an army of 200,000 to continue the piecemeal attack on Chu.
In order to prevent Qi State from getting involved again, Lejian was also transferred to Huaisi County by Zhao Kuo.
If anyone wants to push forward the timetable for Zhao's unification of the world, Zhao Kuo obviously won't mind. With the grain and grass from the autumn harvest, Zhao Kuo was really confident at this time.
It has to be said that whether the King of Qin or the King of Chu, at the last moment of life and death, they still showed enough excellence and wit, at least they did not sit back and watch success or failure like some later emperors.
From this point of view, they are indeed much better than the subjugated kings of previous dynasties.
It is a pity that in the face of the wheel of history, their resistance seems so weak and pale.
Even because of the defection of important officials in the court, their every move was watched by Zhao Kuo. .
The battle hasn't started yet, and the army hasn't even left the city yet. How many troops the opponent has, their configuration, and even the marching route are all on Zhao Kuo's desk.
How can we fight this battle?
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