Chapter 787: A Thousand Shots (Second Update)
After hearing Lian Po say this, Zhao Dan was obviously stunned for a moment, looked at Lian Po with some puzzlement, and said to Lian Po: "Wu Xinjun, you want to let the widow retreat at this time?" ”
"Back to the king, that's exactly the case." Lian Po couldn't take care of it at this time, and immediately said to Zhao Dan: "The king's situation is critical now, the enemy army is too close to the king, if the king stays here, the old minister is really worried about the king's safety, and please return to Suiyang City as soon as possible." ”
As a courtier, a countryman who loves Zhao very much, Lian Po naturally doesn't want Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao State, to be in any danger.
Zhao Dan looked at Lian Po fixedly, of course he understood what Lian Po meant, now that the battle situation is so critical, once it is broken through by the Qin army, then the king of Zhao will immediately face the Qin army, and the personal safety of Zhao Dan, the king, will not be guaranteed by anyone at that time.
Zhao Dan let out a sigh of relief, glanced at Lian Po deeply, and then slowly said, "Wu Xinjun, the widow can't leave at this time. As soon as Lian Po heard this, he was so anxious that he even forgot the etiquette of speaking between monarchs and ministers, and shouted directly: "King, this is not the time to be reckless, please retreat quickly!" ”
Fortunately, in the midst of the shouting and killing in the sky, Lian Po's words were completely drowned out, and only the nearby palace guards of the Zhao State could hear it.
Zhao Dan waved his hand, stopped Lian Po's words, and said very seriously: "Wu Xinjun, the widow is not ignorant, and the reason you said is not that the widow does not understand. But you must know that now that the people of Qin have come to the front of the widow, if the widow retreats at this time, have you thought about what the consequences will be? ”
Lian Po was stunned when he heard this, to be honest, what Lian Po was thinking about before this was how to ensure Zhao Dan's safety, and he really didn't think too much about what the consequences would be if Zhao Dan retreated.
Zhao Dan pointed to the royal flag behind him, and then pointed to the Qin people not far in front of him, and then said in a deep voice: "If the widow leaves, what will happen to the morale here?" As soon as the morale is hit, the entire Central Route Army will be disbanded. As soon as the middle route army is dispersed, then this war will be completely over, didn't Wu Xinjun think about this? ”
Lian Po was completely stunned.
Zhao Dan took a deep breath and continued: "So the widow can't escape, and he won't escape. The widow is here today to watch how these Qin people were blocked in front of the widowed Zhao warriors, and then wiped out! At this moment, the war situation is not completely over, who can say that the widow and Zhao Guo must be the losing side? Wu Xinjun don't say any more, do what you have to do. ”
Zhao Dan's voice was very calm, and on this battlefield full of murderous sounds, his calmness even made him an outlier.
Lian Po looked at Zhao Dan steadily, and his heart was full of strange emotions at this moment.
If Zhao Dan's statement before the war still had the meaning of showmanship, then at this time, Lian Po no longer suspected that Zhao Dan was putting on a show, because now Zhao Dan is indeed facing a situation that may be threatened by the people of Qin, and this situation will even lead to Zhao Dan being captured or killed!
Lian Po nodded heavily, his eyes shone brightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured, as long as the old minister is still alive, he will never let any Qin people appear in front of the king!" ”
Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and said to Lian Po: "Wu Xinjun's words are wrong, the widow is still waiting for Wu Xinjun to defeat these enemies in front of him, and use the heads of these Qin people to add glory to the widow's celebration ceremony!" ”
Lian Po jumped off Zhao Dan's royal car, returned to his chariot, and began to give orders: "Crossbowmen, keep an eye on these damn Qin Ruishi for me, shoot directly, don't be afraid of accidental injury, you must beat these Qin Ruishi!" ”
Although Lian Po is also a general who loves soldiers like a son on weekdays, this general who has been in charge of the army for half his life knows the truth of not being in charge of the army, and the current situation is so critical, as long as he can block Qin Ruishi's advance, then even if he sacrifices his own people, there is no way to do it.
With the experience of the previous Eight Bull Crossbows, after Lian Po's order, the crossbowmen of the Zhao Army naturally no longer hesitated, raised their bows and crossbows one after another, and directly launched a covering and indiscriminate shooting towards the place where Qin Ruishi was most active, that is, the front line of the battlefield between the two sides.
"Whoosh!" Hundreds of crossbow arrows shot out, instantly covering the most dense part of Qin Ruishi, that is, the salient where Wang Jian was.
Wang Jian noticed this as early as when the crossbowmen of the Zhao army were aiming, so as soon as the crossbow bolt was fired, Wang Jian directly rolled and hid on the ground on the side, and pulled a corpse of Zhao Jun to block the gun for himself.
The next moment, Wang Qian's ears were suddenly filled with screams, dense arrows stuck into the ground, and one corpse after another fell to the ground one after another.
Wang Jian let out a sigh of relief, pushed away the arrows in front of him and stood up, only to see that about ten zhang or so around his center, there was no one who could stand alive at all, and there were corpses and wounded soldiers rolling on the ground everywhere.
It is easy to see from the crowd lying on the ground that most of the dead and wounded are soldiers of the Zhao army, and only about twenty or thirty Qin Ruishi were injured or killed, but the problem is that each Qin Ruishi can play the role of one as ten, from this point of view, it is really difficult to say who loses and who earns on both sides.
Wang Jian gasped: "The commander of the Zhao army is so cold-blooded, he does not hesitate to delay my attack at the cost of the lives of his subordinates!" ”
But there was not much time left for Wang Jian to be distracted, because after just a few breaths, countless Zhao soldiers appeared in front of him again, and hundreds of Qin troops also rushed from behind Wang Qian, and the two sides once again began a fierce battle.
But even so, Zhao's defensive dilemma has not passed.
Zhao Dan stood on top of Wang Jia, his eyes were firmly locked on Wang Qian's body, and he couldn't help but ask left and right, "Who will this Qin be?" ”
In Zhao Dan's eyes, this young general of the Qin State not only took the lead but also was brave, leading the Qin Ruishi like an extremely sharp knife all the way through the direction of the Zhao army, no matter how much the soldiers of the Zhao army tried their best to stop him, but they were all killed one after another under the long sword in his hand.
Even if he is an opponent, such a demeanor still makes Zhao Dan feel admired in his heart, and even has a kind of regret to want to recruit.
As soon as Zhao Dan asked, someone naturally replied on the side: "Great King, this person is Wang Qian, the general of the Qin Army, and one of the famous generals of the younger generation of the Qin State. ”
"Wang Qian?" After hearing this answer, Zhao Dan couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face.
Unexpectedly, I actually met Wang Qian, one of the legendary four famous generals of the Warring States Period, here!
Zhao Dan silently looked at Wang Jian for a while, and found that although Zhao Jun's crossbowmen repeatedly suppressed the arrow where Wang Jian was located with covering long-range firepower, Wang Jian was able to avoid it every time, and then got up again to attack the part where Zhao Dan was driving.
Judging from Zhao Dan's visual inspection, Wang Jian at this moment was only about two hundred steps away from Zhao Dan.
Zhao Dan was silent for a while, stretched out his hand very calmly, pointed at Wang Ji and said: "Pass the order, whoever can kill this Wang Jian will be promoted to the third rank and the second rank to the second rank." ”
Zhao Dan is very aware of Wang Qian's ability, so if he can take off Wang Qian's head, Zhao Dan feels that this reward is 100% worth.
Zhao Dan's order quickly spread throughout the entire defense line in just a few moments, and countless Zhao soldiers became excited as soon as they heard the news, and immediately swarmed towards Wang Qian.
Among them, there are many elite veterans and even officers of Zhao State, all of them are skilled in martial arts, and they cooperate perfectly with each other, so they want to kill Wang Jian directly and get a reward.
However, Wang Jian was born in a family like the Wang family that has joined the army for generations, and has the guidance of senior generals like Wang Ji and Wang Ling, and his martial arts have long been very good, plus there are many Qin Ruishi around him as a cover, and there are thousands of Qin troops behind him who are constantly following his footsteps, and the whole person is also like a tiger descending from the mountain.
After a quarter of an hour of fierce fighting, although Wang Jian suffered many injuries on his body, the whole person was still mighty, and he still tore a gap in Zhao Jun's formation, killed it fiercely, and approached Zhao Dan's Wang Jia step by step.
And in the Qin army's main army, the Qin army's main general Wang Ji was also overjoyed when he saw that Wang Jian was so fierce, and he no longer hesitated at the moment, and gave an order very decisively: "Pass the order, beat the drum and order the three armies to march with all their strength, and defeat Zhao today is today!" ”
The earth-shattering drums began to resound in the sky, and the soldiers of the Qin army were encouraged by the drums to fight for the first place, compressing the defense line of the Zhao army step by step, and getting closer and closer to the king of Zhao.
After hearing the drumbeat of the Qin army's general attack, Lian Po was so shocked that he couldn't care much more, and directly boarded the king's chariot where Zhao Dan was, and shouted: "King, please retreat immediately!" ”
Zhao Dan broke free of Lian Po's hand very hard, and his eyes were full of determination: "Wu Xinjun, the matter has come to this, the only way to fight to the death is to retreat, how can you retreat because the enemy is strong?" ”
Saying that, Zhao Dan suddenly pulled out the long sword from his hand, raised the tip of the sword high to the sky, and shouted at the loudest volume: "Soldiers, you are willing to go into battle with the widow to kill the enemy!" ”
Around Zhao Dan, all the soldiers of Zhao State were also red-eyed, and they all pulled out their blades.
"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"
The 1,000 palace guards responsible for protecting Zhao Dan finally began to enter the battlefield, they were all the best warriors in the entire Zhao Kingdom, and at this moment they have also become the last line of defense in front of their own king!
One after another palace guards brandished weapons and slaughtered into the battlefield, killing Qin Ruishi in front of him, Qin Ruishi, who had always been invincible, finally met his opponent, and the momentum of his advance slowed down greatly.
But no matter what, the Qin army still successfully attacked to a place that was only a hundred steps away from King Zhao!
The old general Lian Po had also drawn his weapon, and the whole person changed into a war horse and came to Zhao Dan's king, a pair of white eyebrows kept trembling slightly on his face, showing the unpeace in his heart.
Of course, with Lian Po's ability, it can be seen that the personal strength of the Praetorian Guard may be on par with Qin Ruishi, but when it comes to fighting on the battlefield, it is obvious that Qin Ruishi, who has been on the battlefield for a long time and almost everyone has crawled out of the pile of dead, is superior.
This is why the Praetorian Guards of the Zhao State are obviously more numerous, but Qin Ruishi still keeps advancing forward.
Judging from the current situation, it is already a matter of time before the Qin people break through this last line of defense.
Is there really no way? Lian Po's right hand holding the long sword couldn't help but exert himself, and the roots of his wrist were exposed.
Wang Jian roared, stabbed a hundred generals of the Zhao State Praetorian Guard in front of him, and then forcefully pulled out the long sword inserted in the opponent's chest, looking up to the sky and roaring like a mad tiger.
"The second and third sons followed me, and they captured King Zhao and made meritorious contributions today, and they !! today"
But at this time, a roar like a thunderbolt suddenly sounded from the side, even a few points louder than Wang Qian's voice, and rushed into Wang Qian's eardrums.
"Qin thief, don't hurt my king!"