Chapter 391: Death Battle Hangu Pass (4)
Bai Ying was wounded, his white clothes were dyed red, and he couldn't tell whether he killed the Qin people or his own wounds flowed out, and his eyes fell on the Qin army's camp, and the battle intent in his eyes was even stronger.
Bai Ying led 50,000 soldiers and horses to hide in the dark and wait for the Qin army to pass, and the front battle immediately rushed out to cut off the rear of the Qin army, this move did have an amazing effect, the Zhao army suddenly killed back, and the rear was also captured by the Zhao army, and the entire Qin army camp, including the main general Wang Qian, could not help but be anxious, whether it was from the strength, terrain, or psychology, the Zhao army completely occupied an absolute advantage.
"General."
Bai Ying stood up straight, blood constantly oozing from the tight cloth belt, "What are the casualties?" ”
"More than half of the dead and wounded."
Bai Ying couldn't help coughing, more than half of the dead and wounded, that is to say, more than 20,000 people were killed and injured in successive battles, and more than 20,000 lives disappeared with the war in one day, and the Qin army's casualties were far above him.
A mountain of corpses was piled up between the two camps, and the entire ground was completely stained red with blood, and blood stains continued to flow down from the corpse mountain, and the battle was as tragic as you can imagine.
"The big army is ready to fight again."
People are iron, rice is steel, no one can stand fighting hungry, taking advantage of the fire when the Qin army retreated, the soldiers took out dry food from their pockets and stuffed it into their mouths, it was dry and unpalatable, and they could only eat it in one bite in order to survive.
"It's gone."
The soldiers of the Qin army's camp touched the pockets that had become empty, and the dry food they carried with them was eaten, and the whole pocket was turned over, but unfortunately they still couldn't find even a little something to eat, and there was not a drop of water.
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The spear in his hand stabbed down hard, the arm was loosened, and the spear was heavy, at this time, any way to consume the body should be avoided, and then the fight would start again, not only to have the body to fight, but also to have the body to escape.
After repeated battles, the Qin army camp retreated, the Zhao army was also not in a hurry to attack, the Qin army was trapped, the situation was completely favorable to Zhao at this time, as long as it could drag on for three days, the Qin army would be chaotic.
The day is nearly three watches, between the two passes is as bright as day, Wang Jian is holding a big flag, the situation changes again, as the Zhao army keeps attacking the east and west sides, at this time the entire periphery is completely occupied by the Zhao army, and the Qin army can only rely on the defense of the middle area. 、
"Zhao Kuo must not be allowed to succeed." Wang Jian gritted his teeth, he had already seen Zhao Kuo's intentions, formed a situation of encirclement, and finally trapped his people here, there was only one way to break the situation, at any cost, to break through the defense of the Zhao army in the rear, and open the passage between the large array and Hangu Pass, even if it was worth paying several times the price.
Wang Jian made up his mind, "Immediately transfer the elite cavalry of the concentrated army to reinforce the rear, and the speed should be fast." ”
"General, if the strength of the Chinese army is weakened like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the offensive of the Zhao army." The military counselor on the side couldn't help but remind him that Zhao Kuo's army surrounded the Chinese army and had the potential to swallow it in one fell swoop.
Wang Jian nodded, "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, if you don't want to be trapped here by the Zhao people, you have to rush out." ”
Zhao Kuo let out a cough, and Zhao Yi stayed by his side, "Father, let's go back to the big tent to rest first." ”
"Don't get in the way, Wang Jian will definitely take action tonight, this battle is related to the gains and losses of Hangu Pass, and there is no room for any mistakes." As he spoke, the camp of the Qin army changed, Zhao Kuo stood on a high place and could see clearly, and the two teams of cavalry rushed straight to the rear.
"Wang Jian still couldn't help but move, and ordered the army to storm the middle battle."
With an order, the drum beat accelerated, the rear team advanced rapidly, the offensive of the fighting camp in front was strengthened, the sound of horses' hooves was bursting, and the black magic cavalry guards who retreated to the rear rushed out again, although there was damage in numbers, it was still the strongest sword in Zhao Kuo's hand.
"Array up to meet the enemy!"
The Qin army's camp was in chaos, and it could only shrink inward to form a circular formation, the so-called circular formation, each formation was connected to each other, and the center was the axis to obey the commander's mobilization, and the stability was greatly enhanced, and the disadvantage was that the mobility was insufficient, and Wang Jian's purpose was only to defend, and it was also suitable to use the circular formation.
The spearmen on the periphery raised their spears one after another, and the shield array behind them was also raised above their heads, and a sound of horses' hooves approached, and without direct impact, the men bent their bows and arrows on their horses and shot inward.
The arrows fell one after another, and the screams continued, and several empty spots appeared in the circular array in an instant.
"Turn."
Wang Jian waved the command flag in his hand, the peripheral soldiers moved quickly with spears, and the entire circular array began to rotate, spears, shields, bows and arrows, cavalry, and the entire circular array formed a large shield composed of tens of thousands of people, and the outside was full of spears forming sharp spikes.
"Circle Array!" Zhao Kuo snorted coldly, it seemed that he had already expected that Wang Jian would use this array, and the command flag in his hand changed again, and the cavalry camp of the Zhao army, which was close to the middle formation of the Qin army, changed its position accordingly, and the sound of horses' hooves was bursting, and it also quickly rotated with the big array.
The spear-wielding soldier kept his feet on his feet, following his body according to his usual training, clenching his spear, his eyes fixed on the periphery, and his horse galloped forward, the speed was obviously faster than his legs.
"Kill!"
The cavalry stopped suddenly, shook the sword and entered, the speed was extremely fast, attacking from four directions at the same time, Wang Jian was in the middle of the large array, seeing that the four teams of cavalry were entering from four directions, the position was just right, once they entered, the east, west, north and south cavalry could echo each other, and the most important thing was that the entire circular large array was directly divided into four parts.
"Zhao Kuo is really amazing!" Wang Jian couldn't help but exclaim in his eyes, the defensive power of the circular formation was outstanding, if he forcibly attacked the periphery, even if he paid double the number of troops, he would not be able to break through, at this time, he suddenly attacked with four teams of cavalry, and the effect was far above the array charge.
Zhao Kuo ordered the flag to change again, and the other camps in front of him moved forward quickly, also divided into four formations, as long as the cavalry could rush in, they immediately launched an attack on the four camps that were separated, and wiped out the troops and horses led by Wang Jian in one fell swoop.
"General, the other party's reinforcements!"
The fire weakened, the Qin army in the rear followed forward, the two teams of cavalry approached quickly from the left and the right, it was Wang Jian who mobilized troops and horses from the middle formation, Bai Ying frowned, and his hand inadvertently touched the wound, the cavalry was a great threat to the infantry, and the rear of the Qin army has been launching an offensive with infantry, and it is the first time that such a number of cavalry has appeared, and it is inevitable to forcibly capture the rear, so it is even more obvious that the Qin army is worried.
"Are the spears ready?"
"Distribute it as the general instructs."
Bai Ying nodded, "Whether you can block it depends on whether this trick works, pass the order, calm down, and wait for the other party to approach before making a move." ”
"General rest assured."
Several figures left quickly, spear formations were lined up, the soldiers in front of them were downward, their spears were clenched, the army of Qin picked up the charred corpses and quickly advanced forward, and the left and right cavalry were ready, so that the distance was most suitable for cavalry to charge and kill.
"Kill!"
The spear array of the Qin army was the first to launch, and the spears were raised and rushed straight towards the Zhao army camp, almost at the same time, the left and right cavalry launched, the rear came first, the sound of horses' hooves approached quickly, and the Zhao army's spear array in front suddenly went down, instantly revealing the rear camp, and the spears in hand were thrown one after another.
Spears flew in the air, Bai Ying had already prepared, after a battle, there were tens of thousands of dead and wounded on both sides, dead corpses all over the ground, corpses could not be used, and those discarded spears could be used to kill the opponent.
"Vote."
One round was thrown, and the second round followed, and immediately the cavalry was pierced through the chest by the spear, and the spear fell, and the approaching infantry was also affected.
"Rush."
The cavalry rushing in front died instantly, and the cavalry behind accelerated one after another, and their bodies went downward, and they were experienced and knew how to dodge arrows to protect themselves to the maximum.
"Up."
The soldier pulled suddenly, and several vines rose up to the ground and twisted into a tripwire, and the cavalry only paid attention to the top and did not pay attention to the feet, although it was just an ordinary tree vine, it could become a cavalry nightmare at this time, the more chaotic it was, the more effective it was, the horse's legs were tripped by the vines and fell forward, and the cavalry was not spared.
"How many more?"
"It's gone."
"There's no way, you can only fight hard."
Projecting spears, plus tree vines consumed a lot of cavalry, the remaining camps rushed closer, roars came out, several generals led the crowd to rush out, the two camps approached, the spear stabbed down to the horse's leg and pulled it, Zhao Kuo broke the chain horse to improve the spear, with a long hook on it, the sharp hook can not only kill the enemy, but also deal with the war horse.
The war horses fell one after another, the remaining strength was still there, and they kept smashing into the Zhao army's camp, people were crowded, people were crowded, the Zhao army was completely blocking the Qin army's offensive with flesh and blood, the Qin army's war horses smashed in, several people were directly hit by the war horses and fell to the ground, and a few people quickly rushed out of the rear, and the entire space was filled again, and there was no retreat in the face of death.
"Kill!"
The cavalry offensive of the Qin army slowed down, the two camps approached, the Zhao army quickly counterattacked, the legs exerted force, the spear was quickly rushed out in front of the chest, the spear is extremely common on the battlefield, easy to use, has its own advantages, the length of the spear plus the arms, can kill the opponent from a distance, it is more effective in siege warfare, although it is common to be sharp, because of the complex construction process, etc., the spear is mainly used in the hands of soldiers.
The soldiers of both camps rushed in one after another, stabbing at the opponent with all their hatred, there were no distracting thoughts in their minds at that moment, life and death were only in an instant, and the others had to wait until they won the battle and survived.
The front camp rushed out, the spears were raised together, the screams were bursting, the body was quickly overwhelmed by the opponent's forces, and the next counterattack was issued, there was almost no big difference in the combat strength of Zhao and Qin, and only faith determined the final victory.
The Chinese army was in a large array, and the four-way cavalry entered, Wang Qian's expression changed greatly, and he immediately called a few generals, "The middle is in formation, and the cavalry of the Zhao army is absolutely not allowed to attack." ”
"Whoa!"
Several figures rushed out, thousands of soldiers and horses in the middle quickly set up a formation, the camp was backwards, spears were lined up, and the rear was full of archers, once the cavalry approached, the archers surrounded by the spear array in the middle could form a fatal blow to the cavalry.
Since Wang Jian knows the method of opposing each other, why not set it up in the same way on the periphery, but choose to be in the inner formation, which is puzzling, which has its own reason, the flexibility of the circular formation is insufficient, the cavalry of the Zhao army suddenly entered, and it is impossible to quickly change the formation, once the formation is not successful, it will be planned by the Zhao army, so it will only suffer a greater loss, simply change the inner formation, form a formation in the formation, even if the cavalry can break through the periphery, can not capture the inner formation, and finally want to separate the large formation and gradually break through the purpose can not be achieved.