Chapter 16: The Qin Army's Attack (II)

In fact, the whole process did not last too long, of course the Qin army would not be so passively beaten, just after the Qin army's chariot barrier was just built, I saw a two-wheeled wooden cart from the gap in the chariot barrier, and the wooden cart was loaded with sand and gravel mud, which was used to fill the trenches, and behind the wooden cart, it was a group of Qin troops in black clothes and black armor, after the wooden cart rushed out of the chariot barrier, it rushed straight to the position of the Zhao army, and the Qin army quickly spread out sideways, like dozens of trickles, converging into a surging black giant Lang, to the position of the Zhao army swept in the form of a storm crashing on the shore.

The Qin army finally launched a formal offensive.

And at this moment, in the position of the Zhao army, the archers quickly stepped forward and deployed the defense line that was shattered by the catapult, and the bows and arrows were fired, and in the rain of arrows, mixed with a large number of rockets, they shot towards the Qin army. For a while, the entire battlefield was full of arrows and locusts, and the smoke was misty.

However, the plateau can see very clearly, the wooden carts launched by the Qin army are installed on the left and right of the arrows, and the body of the car is also coated with fireproof wet mud, so the arrows and rockets have basically no harm to the wooden carts, and the attacking Qin army is not like a plate of loose sand rushing and killing, but always maintains a neat formation, the soldiers in the first three rows hold their shields high, covering the spearmen and archers behind them, like a black wall, like the position of the Zhao army pushed away.

The arrows fell on the shield, making a "pounce" and the sound of entering the wood, although in the place where the shield could not be covered, through the gap between the shield and the shield, there were still a lot of arrows shot down, and many Qin soldiers were killed by the shooting, and some crossbow guns could directly penetrate the shield and the soldiers hiding behind the shield, and a big stone fell, which could even be smashed into pieces with a shield, but the Qin army still maintained a relatively neat formation and advanced to the position of the Zhao army.

At the same time, in the array of the Qin army, some stone-throwing vehicles were also pushed behind the chariot barrier to carry out a deep attack on the position of the Zhao army, which was also able to kill and wound many soldiers of the Zhao army. However, on the whole, the casualties of the Qin army were much greater than those of the Zhao army, because the Qin army was the attacking side after all, so it also suffered a lot of losses.

But such casualties could not stop the advance of the Qin army, the dead lay on the ground forever, the wounded themselves struggled to return to their arrays, and the vast majority of the Qin army still continued to maintain an intact formation and move forward.

Although Li Mu's location was about three or four hundred meters away from the very edge of the Zhao army's defense line, and the horizontal distance reached almost a thousand meters, there were constantly soldiers who reported the situation of the battlefield to Li Mu and marked it on the map on the table, so Li Mu basically knew the situation of the entire battlefield, and immediately ordered 10,000 infantry to attack and prepare to meet the Qin army in the first line of defense.

Just when the Zhao army was dispatching troops, hundreds of chariots filled with sand, gravel and soil launched by the front of the Qin army were first pushed to the edge of the Zhao army's trenches under the blow of the Zhao army's arrow rain, dumping the sand, gravel and soil on the carts into the trenches, and quickly filling the trenches in dozens of places. At this time, the Qin army, which followed behind, finally disrupted the neat queue, killed from the place where the trenches were filled, and rushed straight to the first line of defense of the Zhao army.

At this time, the Zhao army had just completed the replacement of soldiers, so the soldiers of the Zhao army also fought out of the defense line and started a fierce battle with the Qin army.

The position of the plateau is closer to the battlefield, so he can see the changes in the shape of the battlefield very clearly, and at the same time, he is also in awe of Li Mu's command and dispatch ability, the so-called famous generals do not rely on what to predict the enemy like a god, surprise victory, and changeable use of troops, but the most basic command and dispatch ability, just like this time the replacement of soldiers, if the change is early, the blow to the Qin army is not enough, if it is changed late, it will cause its own chaos, but Li Mu can handle it just right, not sooner or later, This requires not only the ability to observe and judge the battle situation keenly, but also an understanding of one's own army. Since it was in an ancient battlefield, the transmission of information remained unchanged, which was even more rare.

The Qin army dispatched about 15,000 soldiers, and the Zhao army put 10,000 soldiers into the battlefield, and the two sides divided a total of 25,000 soldiers to engage in a fierce battle.

Although the Zhao army had few people, it occupied a certain geographical advantage, because the Zhao army only used to guard one side of the trenches, while the Qin army had to kill the trenches, although the Qin army filled in dozens of places, it was impossible for the Qin army to kill all the trenches at once. In this way, the Qin army that could really fight with the Zhao army was actually only two or three thousand people.

However, the 10,000 people of the Zhao army were not all elite soldiers, and nearly 7,000 of them were recruits, so the number of the Zhao army was locally superior, but it was difficult to turn the numerical advantage into victory for a while. The two sides surrounded the trench of the first line of defense of the Zhao army, and fought desperately, leaving a large number of corpses of soldiers on both sides. However, after the Zhao army's crossbowmen retreated to the rear, they could still use projectiles to strike at the Qin army that failed to cross the trenches. The crossbowmen of the Qin army could only stop shooting at this time. At this time, the stone throwers and bed crossbows in the positions of the two sides were still striking each other at the depth of the other position.

Although the current battle situation is not very favorable to the Qin army, but the main general of the Qin army, Huan Qi, does not feel any nervousness at all, although he does not know now, Li Mu is in the Zhao army camp opposite, but since Li Mu left his troops to garrison in the Fanwu camp, then he will definitely do a good job of being fully accurate, and the Qin army is attacking after all, the Zhao army is defending, and the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army is not inferior to the Qin army, and Li Mu personally trained it, if the Fanwu position is so easy to be broken by the Qin army, Li Mu will not be regarded as the number one enemy by the Qin state.

Therefore, the current development of the war situation is basically expected by Huan Qi. Although the Qin army is currently at a disadvantage on the battlefield, it is only temporary, after all, now the Qin army has entered the edge of the first line of defense of the Zhao army, which is a very good result, and the Qin army's strength is superior, as long as the battle continues to develop like this, the Qin army can turn the situation around little by little, until the first line of defense of the Zhao army is completely occupied.

In addition, Huan Yu can also see that the Qin army's offensive is now blocked, and a large part of the reason is that it is blocked by the trenches of the Zhao army, so that the Qin army's strength cannot be fully deployed, so Huan Qi also immediately ordered to send 500 sand and gravel wooden carts to continue to fill the trenches. At the same time, he also ordered that 15,000 Qin troops should be prepared and go up to reinforcements at any time.

This time, the advance of the sand and gravel wooden car was much smoother than the last time, because at this time, the Qin army and the Zhao army had already been in a melee, and they also ignored the sand and gravel wooden car launched by the Qin army. Therefore, the Qin army also pushed the wooden cart to the edge of the trench very smoothly, poured sand, gravel and soil into the trench, and filled dozens of trenches at once. In this way, the Qin army doubled the road to kill the trenches, so there were also a large number of Qin soldiers wielding weapons, killing the trenches, and joining the ranks of the fierce battle with the Zhao army.

Under the fierce attack of the Qin army, the Zhao army was also a little unable to support it, and gradually retreated from the trench to the inside of the first line of defense, and continued to fight with the Qin army with the help of the remaining bunkers in the defense line. However, in the face of the all-out attack of the Qin army, although the Zhao army was also trying its best to resist, after all, it was inferior to the Qin army in terms of numbers and suzhì, so it was already a little weak, and was killed by the Qin army and retreated.

At this time, Li Mu, who was in command on the high platform in the rear, has always been relaxed and calm, the battle has progressed to this point, basically in Li Mu's expectations, Li Mu's tactics are to first use recruits to consume the Qin army's sharpness, but also to let the recruits experience the battlefield, as much as possible to mature, now this goal has been basically achieved, although at this time the Qin army has been killed in the first line of defense of the Zhao army, but it has also suffered a lot of losses, and the sharp energy has basically consumed most of it, so Li Mu also immediately ordered, ordered Yuan Xuan, the former army commander, to immediately lead 15,000 Zhao troops to reinforce the battle, and must hold the first line of defense.

After Yuan Xuan received the order, he immediately stepped down to mobilize the soldiers, and then Gao Yuan suddenly said: "General, let me go to battle with General Yuan!" ”

Li Yinghong also said: "Father, I also want to fight." ”

Li Mu pondered for a while, then finally nodded and said, "Okay, there are no eyes on the battlefield, you have to be careful." He turned his head and said to Zhao Xuan: "Zhao Xuan, pull out two hundred people from my personal guard army and hand them over to take charge." ”

Zhao Xuan said: "Yes." After speaking, he took Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong off the stage.

After a while, Zhao Xuan returned to the high platform, stood beside Li Mu, and said, "General, is this a good job, is it appropriate for Gao Yuan to lead the cavalry army now, let him go to battle with the infantry army?" Although Yinghong's martial arts skills are the best choice, after all, he is young, and he has never experienced a real battlefield, so I think it is too dangerous for the two of them to fight in this battle. ”

Li Mu said: "Yinghong always has to go through the battlefield, if she can't go through this battle, she will go to the next battle, there will be no safe place to fight, and she has been taught by you for many years, I believe she should have the strength to protect herself on the battlefield." As for the plateau, you can rest assured, don't forget Jì, he once killed more than 200 Qin soldiers by himself. I believe that with the two of them in the fight, it will be able to determine the outcome of this battle. ”

Zhao Xuan said: "That being said, what should I do if the plateau gets angry again in this battle?" ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "Then after defeating the Qin army, I will ask you to take action to restrain him." ”