Chapter 316 Battle of Yiyang is full of intrigues (11)
The duel between Zhao Kuo and Ying Zheng can not be avoided, the battle of wits and courage, every critical time is even more thrilling, Ying Zheng easily broke Zhao Kuo from the periphery with a catapult from the periphery, and did not want Zhao Kuo to quickly lay down the fire oil array to regain the disadvantage, an earthen dam once again became the focus of the duel between the two, from the offensive fortifications to the cavalry assault, every step is to deal with.
The white lightning lit up the entire water, the rushing stream gradually flattened, and a space appeared above the earthen dam, from where you could directly approach the earth city, the same Zhao Kuo carefully prepared the way to live, and fought against the water, leaving no way to live for the way to fight to the death, the soldiers must fight with all their might, so it is inevitable to be tragic, retain a glimmer of hope, and there must be more people willing to fight for it.
Ying Zheng's arm was raised, and the direction he pointed to was above the earthen dam, and he snorted coldly, "Although this battle is lost, the widow does understand a truth, and it may not be there if you don't see it." ”
The methods used by Zhao Kuo along the way are all recorded in the topography chapter of the tactics of war, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, dragging the opponent with less than the opponent's strength, and seizing the opportunity to counterattack.
The water weakened, the cavalry of the Zhao army in the earth city were killed, and the tactics used were the same as the previous ones, but they were different, the archers took the lead in attacking, taking advantage of the chaos to launch an offensive, the shield battalion responded quickly, the bows and arrows in their hands were put away, and the long sword was drawn out and the heavy armored cavalry was killed at the same time, after all, it was a cavalry, and the people were on the horse, and the attack power of the war horse was instantly improved.
"Light cavalry attack."
Ying Zheng is really crazy, there is water in front of him, that is, this water directly swallows up all the Qin army camps in the rear, plus he has just caught up with the cavalry camp, and the loss of troops will inevitably exceed 10,000.
"The King."
"Execute it immediately."
Seeing that the darkness subsided, a glimmer of light rose in the sky, as the earth dam opened, the rain also disappeared, the Zhao army above repeatedly tested, the water quickly fell, Ying Zheng just saw this, the Zhao army above wanted to escape, the western camp was being slaughtered by the cavalry of the Zhao army, and his side was indeed helpless, and he could only fight if he wanted to minimize the casualties.
"Whoa!"
One person had to order to move forward quickly, with a wave of the weapon in his hand, the archers on the side rushed out quickly, approaching the water without hesitation, urging the horse forward, the sound of the water did not stop, the war horse raised a splash, and the deepest position only reached the root of the horse's legs, which was not affected at all.
"Great King, Qin Army Cavalry!"
Zhao Kuo held a long sword, "Ying Zheng can be called the strongest opponent this king has encountered in this life, he knows how to remedy the disadvantage in the face of disadvantages, and the method used is even more simple and effective, before the upper camp retreats into Tucheng, no one is allowed to retreat." ”
"Yes!"
Heavy cavalry, like a sharp spear, the battlefield can be directly inserted into the opponent's heart, the speed is amazing, shield battalion, soldiers holding shield spears, both offensive and defensive, especially long shields, close to each other, soldiers use their bodies to struggle down, cavalry want to rush in only two ways, one is the prancing horse rushing, so the most dangerous, don't forget that there are countless spears behind you, the other is to force the horse to rush away, so the most test cavalry, how to maximize the cooperation with the war horse, Proper coordination can not only maximize the impact force, but also protect the horse from damage.
The cavalry of the Zhao army entered again and again, the front camp suffered one after another, behind the turbulent water, there was no way to retreat only a battle, the shield was quickly erected, the rear camp moved forward, and the entire defensive camp was restored, which is precisely where the Qin army excelled, the combat effectiveness of the entire camp depends on two aspects, one is the general, whose own characteristics and understanding of the war, and the second is the soldier, with a team of soldiers who can fight and will fight, it is definitely better than a team of physically strong recruits.
The sky was bright, the upper and lower waters crossed the water at the same time, and the Qin army launched the attack on the eastern fortifications again, the speed slowed down significantly, and it was soaked by the water, and it was difficult to walk on the original muddy ground, and the legs were deeply immersed in it, not to mention running, it was extremely difficult to walk.
"Quick."
The shout came out, but it didn't work at all, Wang Jian quickly ran down from the fortifications, his strength was amazing, his legs were equally powerful, he took a big stride and jumped high, and fell deeply into the exclamation of everyone, this kind of quagmire is the most difficult, no matter how much strength you have, it can't come in handy.
"Only cavalry can be counted."
The sky was bright, the situation was also clear, the originally trapped Zhao army quickly approached Tucheng along the waters above, the pursuit of the Qin army fell into the quagmire and marched slowly, the Qin army's shield battalion erupted in the face of the Zhao army's cavalry impact, and the shield battalion's stability was completely reflected at this moment, and it was changed to other camps, even if it had the intention to resist, it also did not have the strength.
A village below Tucheng
Several old men fell to the ground, a scene just happened was too scary, just walked through the waterway, suddenly boomed, a huge stream of water instantly appeared behind him, falling water droplets hit the body with a hot pain.
"It's the first time I've seen this kind of strange thing after living for decades."
"That is, this stream has never been broken, it was suddenly gone a few days ago, and here it is again." A few people sat there, still with a little palpitation on their faces, if they hadn't walked a few steps quickly, a few people would have been washed away by the water.
"The water seems to be a little bigger."
"It's just that I've never seen such fierce water even in the rainy season."
"Look."
An old man pointed with his hand, the water weakened, and finally saw clearly, the water surface was completely full, stood up, and sat on the ground in fright, "It's a dead man." ”
"How can there be so many dead people on the water?"
Several people approached slowly with courage, and one said: "These people seem to have seen them somewhere!" Where exactly! ”
"It's the Qin people, who are burned to ashes, and they all recognize it, take away our food, and burn our houses."
"The god of water has appeared, it must be the god of water who has seen the evil deeds of the Qin army."
Several people knelt on the ground and kowtowed at the same time, and kept chanting in their mouths, as Chu people, the hatred of the country, and the Qin people's plundering of Chu land was even more hateful to Qin.
The state of Chu has long ceased to exist, leaving only the endless humiliation of the Chu people in the past, and the two powerful men in the world are staging a life-and-death duel at this time.
The cavalry of Zhao State took turns to attack, and the offensive never stopped, every time the cavalry approached, the front shield formed a fortification and retreated again and again, splashing in all directions, and the cavalry camps on both sides approached.
"Retreat to the outskirts of Tucheng."
The Zhao army's offensive was blocked, and the cavalry was also exhausted, the heavy cavalry was extremely heavy in armor, and the weapons in their hands were also heavy, the purpose was to increase their own impact and cause damage, and rushed into the camp The cavalry camp retreated, the weapon was in his hand, and he was panting in his mouth, he was really tired, but he was holding on with a lot of strength, and no one knew how long he could last if he fought like this.
Whether it is advantageous to attack at this time, Ying Zheng secretly calculated, the Zhao army above approached nearly half of Tucheng, and the remaining camps approached quickly, below Tucheng, the two teams of cavalry lined up left and right still maintained the momentum of rushing and killing, their arms were raised, and the generals of the front camp moved, and everyone knew that once the banner in the hands of the king fell, the front army camp would immediately attack.
A figure appeared, it was this figure that made Ying Zheng change his mind, Zhao Kuo, climbed to the height of Tucheng, the long sword in his hand reflected the light, and the neighing of war horses came from the Tucheng, compared to the peripheral fighting cavalry camp is different, is there still Zhao Guo's soldiers and horses in Tucheng, the terrain around Tucheng is not conducive to the march of the army, just reversed the defeat, it is better to be cautious.
Zhao Kuo climbed to a high place, so that it was easier to grasp the battle situation, behind Zhao Kuo, more than a dozen people rode back and forth, waving the whip to drive away the remaining war horses, the war horses neighed, and the war horses had branches behind them, and the branches dragged on the ground to bring up a lot of dust.
The soldier is also treacherous.
Zhao Kuo's troops are insufficient, and half of the troops above have not returned, once the Qin army attacks at this time is not conducive to Zhao, and the casualties are even more difficult to estimate.
Time passed little by little, and the retreating soldiers quickly entered Tucheng, Zhao Kuo said loudly: "King Qin, the sky is sunny today, and this king is also happy, why don't you drink and talk here." ”
The soldiers below quickly boarded, holding the wine jar in their hands, Zhao Kuo took it, snapped it, grabbed it, took off the things above, and the whole jar of wine was raised directly above the head, and the mellow wine was poured directly, so that the drink was admirable.
"Fetch the wine."
Ying Zheng did not show weakness,-for-tat, not only in terms of tactics, but also in terms of momentum, he could not lose to Zhao Kuo, he couldn't do anything, the soldiers stepped forward, the wine jar was in hand, the two drank across the water, and cheered.
"Good wine, come again."