1198. Fierce Soldiers
The battle between the two armies did not end until the early morning of the next day.
At this time, the sand and dust were rolling on the battlefield, the soldiers were dead and wounded, and the Zhao army wanted to break through the encirclement, but in the end they failed.
Although Zhao Jun began to show great heroism, the Qin army also fought to the death, in the eyes of Qin Jun, Zhao Jun was a war merit, that was honor, that was money, that was status.
Of course, the defeat of Zhao Jun also has a lot to do with the main general, Zhao Kuo was already dead at this time, because there was no timely treatment, he finally died of his injuries and died last night.
And the power of the command of the army fell into the hands of Su Jie and Zhao Ping, but the ability of the two was limited, and they could not make good deployments at all, they only knew how to rush forward.
After a long and fierce battle, they did not rush out, and the Zhao army was killed and wounded, and Zhao Kuo's body was also obtained by the Qin army.
Zhao Kuo's body was tied to a wooden stake, and he was erected in front of Pang Xuan's array, Pang Xuan was still fighting fiercely with the Qin army, and after seeing this scene, his hand clenched into a fist.
Zhao Ping and Su Shot, Bai Qi didn't pay attention to it, after a long time of fierce fighting, the Zhao army has long since lost the fighting spirit that it started, and the main general has already died, it can be said that Zhao Ping and Su Shot and the main force of Zhao Jun are already the turtle in the urn.
As long as Bai Qi is willing, then the main force of the Zhao army will inevitably perish.
So Bai Qi redeployed the army and began to deal with Pang Xuan, Pang Xuan did not evacuate at the best time, and it was not so easy to evacuate at this time.
Bai Qi's opponent in Changping at this time was only Pang Xuan, Yan Ju had already left, Li Wusheng had also left, and Zhao Kuo's main force, Zhao Jun, had become a turtle in the urn, and there was no trace of combat effectiveness.
Throughout Changping, only Pang Xuan and his generals could fight against the Qin army.
Pang Xuan looked at Zhao Kuo's corpse, he was silent for a long time, and then knelt on the ground: "The last general is incompetent, let the general die on the battlefield!" ”
And Pang Xuan's lieutenant looked at Pang Xuan and asked: "General, the main general is dead, we have to withdraw the army and replan the battle, right?" ”
The deputy general believes that Zhao Kuo is already dead, and there is no need to continue to consume the Qin army here, and they only know Zhao Kuo's stronghold, they don't know how many Zhao troops are still in this Grand Canyon, and how many of the nine generals are still alive.
Zhao Kuo is dead, and the deputy general thinks that even if there are nine surviving generals of the Zhao army, I am afraid there are few left.
Zhao Kuo's corpse can be said to have hit Pang Xuan's morale to a great extent, and also hit Pang Xuan, the main general is dead, how can this war continue? Who will replace Zhao Kuo? It's all a problem.
Pang Xuan's subordinates all persuaded Pang Xuan to start to turn back and evacuate, although the Qin army was planning to mobilize troops to blockade Pang Xuan, preparing to annihilate Pang Xuan from it.
But after all, there is no complete blockade, as long as Pang Xuan wants to evacuate at this time, he can still evacuate, of course, he will only suffer heavy losses.
But the heavy losses are much better than the annihilation of the whole army, judging from the battle situation, Pang Xuan's lieutenant generals can see that the Qin army intends to annihilate them.
Moreover, the Qin army had more and more troops, and they saw that if they didn't evacuate at this time, then by the time they wanted to evacuate, they might be too late, so they all persuaded Pang Xuan to leave.
And Pang Xuan did not reply to the words of these lieutenants, but looked ahead, and he was silent for a long time: "I have participated in many battlefields, but in every war, I have not won, but I have evacuated safely!" ”
"In this battle, I, the Zhao people, dispatched an army of 450,000 and sent the generals who were the mainstay of the Zhao State stationed in nine places to fight the Qin army in a decisive battle!"
"Now, the Lord will die in battle, and the rest of the brothers, I don't know how many are still alive!"
"I'm leaving, am I worthy of the brothers who died in Changping?"
"Also, I'm tired and don't want to run!" Pang Xuan looked at the adjutant generals around him and said.
He looked at Qin Jun, and then said, "If you want to leave, then leave, and I, Pang Xuan, will die here!" ”
Pang Xuan rejected the adjutant's offer, they did not intend to escape, since he became a soldier, he has been on the run in every war he has participated in.
Now that he is a general of Zhao Renzhong, wearing many honors, he has come to participate in the Battle of Changping, if he returns to Zhao alive as a surviving, he doesn't know what the people of Zhao will think of him.
And he is a general, a soldier, Pang Xuan is not a person who is afraid of death, for Pang Xuan, death is not terrible, what is terrible is those gossips.
He could imagine how many gossips he would have if he led his army out of the siege and escaped from here, and when he returned to Zhao Di, how many gossips would be there and his reputation would be ruined.
Although he is not wise, the main purpose of many wars he has participated in is to escape, and his military exploits are also to escape.
The lieutenant generals looked at Pang Xuan and were stunned, they didn't expect Pang Xuan to choose to fight to the death.
The Lord is going to fight to the death, how can they, who are lieutenants, slip away like this?
Pang Xuan values his reputation, why don't they value his reputation? If you run, even if you live, then this life will be over.
Moreover, these lieutenants are all from the famous families of the Zhao people, and these people value honor more.
Pang Xuan held the axe in his hand, then looked at the surrounding lieutenant generals and said: "I know, if we fight like this, the whole army will be wiped out, if you want to leave, just leave!" ”
"I just want to protect my reputation, I don't want to be stigmatized!" Pang Xuan looked at the lieutenants on the side and said.
Pang Xuan chose to fight to the death, but he didn't plan to let his subordinates fight to the death with the soldiers, because he looked around, the slow Qin army, once the back road was outflanked, then they had no hope, unless nine generals came over with soldiers and horses.
But Zhao Kuo is dead, who else is alive among the nine generals?
Seeing that the Qin army could dispatch so many soldiers and horses to deal with him, Pang Xuan had a feeling that maybe in the Battle of Changping, the highest-ranking general who is now surviving may be him.
At this time, he still had about 30,000 soldiers and horses, and these 30,000 were elite soldiers, including 10,000 elite light cavalry in Hufu and cavalry.
There are a total of 100,000 elite light cavalry in Hufu, and Pang Xuan's command has one-tenth of this kind of strength, which is enough to see his strength.
The Zhao people's Hufu cavalry and archery reform, although many light cavalry were strengthened, but the elite light cavalry was 100,000.
This is the most combat-effective and pure Zhao light cavalry.
Moreover, Pang Xuan also has 20,000 lightly armed guards under his banner, and these 20,000 lightly armed guards are mobilized from near Handan, and they are elite soldiers and horses belonging to the core of Zhao Di.
After fighting with the Qin army for so long, Pang Xuan's troops are only these, but the remaining troops are all the elite soldiers and horses of the Zhao people. ,