The more than thirty or forty chariots of the Qin army were drawn into a formation of about 200 meters long and about 20 meters wide, protecting Huan Qi's chariot in it, and there were up to four war horses side by side, and at this time, the cavalry of the Zhao army was divided into two columns, and gradually chased up from both sides of the Qin army, and the chariots of the Qin army were about fifty or sixty meters away from each other, and galloped side by side.

At this time, the soldiers on both sides also began to shoot at each other with bows and arrows.

Although the cavalry of the Zhao army can sit firmly on horseback, the training time of Bi Jing is too short, so the bow and arrow shooting is not too accurate, but the Qin army is even more bumpy on the chariot, because the chariots of this era are all wooden wheels, and there is no shockproof device, if it is on a flat avenue, it is better, but in the wilderness, the bumps and bumps are strong, and they are not under the horseback. So in this respect, the two sides are basically on the same level.

However, the cavalry of the Zhao army exceeded two hundred horses, and there were only three armor soldiers in a chariot, and one of them was responsible for the carriage, and only two armor soldiers could actually be used to fight, so the whole army could only be used to fight, only more than sixty or seventy people, so in terms of numbers, the Qin army was much smaller than the Zhao army. And relatively speaking, the chariots of the Qin army are relatively dense, while the cavalry of the Zhao army is looser, and the two sides shoot at each other, and the Zhao army should have a certain advantage.

The two sides shot at each other for a few rounds, the arrows flew back and forth between the two sides, the sound of breaking the air, endlessly, in the Zhao army there were seven or eight knights in the arrow fell off the horse, and in the Qin army there were also six or seven soldiers in the middle of the arrow killed.

At this moment, a war horse pulled by the Qin army was hit by an arrow, and the war horse screamed sadly, its legs were weak, and it fell to the ground with a "bang". Although a chariot was drawn by four horses, as long as one of the horses fell to the ground, the other three horses were also dragged down by the dead horses, and they could no longer pull the chariot, and the chariot naturally overturned.

And just behind this overturned chariot, there was another chariot because the distance was too close, and the speed of the Mercedes was too fast, and it was too late to turn and avoid, so it collided head-on, of course, it also overturned and overturned. There was also a chariot that, in order to avoid the reverse in front of it, turned too quickly and ended up tipping to the side.

After seeing this scene, Gao Yuan's heart moved, and he immediately said loudly: "Shoot horses, all the war horses that shoot and pull carts." ”

When the cavalry of the Zhao army on his side heard this, they immediately changed their goals one after another, and all of them attacked the war horses pulled by the Qin army. The cavalry of the Zhao army is a combination of men and horses, and shooting people and horses is actually almost the same, while the horse of the Qin army pulling the cart is an independent and obvious target, and it is a larger target than the soldiers on the chariot, so after the target of the Zhao army was transferred, the hit rate also increased a lot.

Although this was only a small change, it made a fundamental change in this chase battle, the chariots of the Qin army overturned one by one, some chariots were shot dead because of the horses pulling the chariots, and many chariots crashed into other chariots because they could not dodge. As a result, within a short time, more than a dozen chariots of the Qin army were overturned.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan immediately led more than a dozen cavalrymen, urged the war horses to run, overtook the front of the Qin army's chariot queue, and then struck diagonally from the Qin army's queue about twenty or thirty meters, and at the same time shot at the direction of the Qin army's column with bows and arrows.

Although in the high-speed gallop, the cavalry of the Zhao army was difficult to aim, and they turned to shoot to the side and rear, so the accuracy was not high, but the chariot was pulled by four war horses side by side, and the target was huge and concentrated, and after a dozen arrows were fired, three or four arrows still hit the target. The horses that pulled the carts of the two chariots were shot respectively, and the two chariots naturally overturned with a bang at once.

And because these two chariots were the two chariots in the forefront of the entire Qin army, this overturning was immediately like toppling dominoes, triggering a chain reaction, so the chariots behind couldn't dodge, and immediately rushed up and crashed into the chariots in front. And it was a series of collisions between more than two dozen chariots, including the chariot that Huan Qi was riding.

Although one or two of the vehicles were trying their best to stop the brakes, the vehicles behind them could not hold their feet and were hit by the vehicles behind them. For a while, the horse reversed and overturned, and the people shouted and screamed, so that it was a bit like a series of crashes on the highway.

Only the last five or six chariots of the Qin army were spared from a forced stop. But at this time, the cavalry of the Zhao army also reined in their horses and surrounded Long. And the Qin soldiers on the remaining chariots saw that the general trend was gone, so they all had to raise their hands and surrender. This pursuit battle is completely over.

Although the scale of this chase is not large, but the significance is not small, because in such a small chase battle, the weakness of the chariot is also fully expressed, although compared with the cavalry, the frontal impact of the chariot is stronger, but as long as a horse pulling the chariot dies with an arrow, the chariot will be scrapped, and although the speed of the chariot is not slower than the cavalry, the offensive route of the chariot is too monotonous, and it can only go straight, and the ability to turn and change the line is extremely insufficient, so with the progress of the cavalry, The chariots, although not completely eliminated by the war, were also destined to give way to the cavalry. This pursuit battle is a typical example.

So Gao Yuan immediately ordered to collect the weapons of the surrendered Qin soldiers while cleaning up the battlefield and looking for Huan Qi. Because this pursuit was originally to capture Huan Qi, of course we had to find him, I had to see people alive and corpses when I died.

But after removing all the broken chariots, the bodies of more than a dozen Qin soldiers were found among them, as well as several Qin soldiers who were injured but not dead. Among them, there was a corpse wearing armor that was very different from other Qin soldiers, and at first glance it was a high-ranking general. And after the identification of other Qin soldiers, this is Huan Qi's body. He was killed when the chariots collided and overturned, and were impaled through the body by the sharp blades of the other chariots.

Although Huan Qi died, he was the chief general of the Qin army after all, and he was also one of the most senior generals in the Qin state, so of course his body could not be abandoned in the wilderness, so Gao Yuan also ordered that Huan Qi's body be loaded on the chariot and returned to the battlefield.

At this time, the battle on the battlefield was basically over, and Li Mu was commanding the Zhao army, cleaning up the battlefield, burying the corpses, and harvesting the guns, halberds, weapons, chariots, horses, and so on left by the Qin army. Seeing that Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong led the army back, and also brought back Huan Qi's body, Li Mu couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although this battle failed to completely annihilate the Qin army, the killing of the main general of the Qin army was also a very heavy blow to the Qin state. After all, in the past hundred years, there has been no general-level general in the Qin State who has been defeated and killed on the battlefield.

After simply cleaning up the battlefield, Li Mu led the army back to the camp and immediately gave an order, on the one hand, he sent people to report the victory to Handan to calm the people's hearts, and on the other hand, he sent Yuan Xuan to lead 30,000 horses and 500 chariots, and immediately rushed back to support Handan. And he led the men and horses to the Jingjing Dazhai to garrison.

Although the Qin army left 30,000 troops stationed in Jingjing Dazhai, they were all auxiliary logistics soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, and the defensive surface was very large, so the Zhao army did not spend much effort to break through Jingjing Dazhai. The grain and grass materials left by the Qin army in Jingjing Dazhai were all captured by the Zhao army.

Because Jingjing Dazhai is the base of the northern line of the Qin army, not only the strategic position is very important, but also the grain and grass materials collected by the Qin army here are extremely rich, plus other materials captured on the battlefield, the Zhao army only has more than 500,000 stones of grain and grass (one stone is 120 catties, about 40 kilograms), in addition to hundreds of various vehicles, more than 20,000 horses, thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock, and guns, halberds, swords, armor and banners are countless, and more than 20,000 Qin soldiers have been captured. Therefore, after this battle, Zhao Jun gained greatly.

Li Mu also ordered, kill cattle and sheep, the whole army celebrated the victory of the battle of Fanwu, and in this battle, the plateau and the cavalry army he formed once again made great contributions, almost played a decisive role, although Huan Qi died in a car accident, not killed by that Zhao soldier, but because of the pursuit of the plateau, so Li Mu also made a decision, with the plateau in this battle to make the first contribution, and the plateau formed a cavalry to reward. The prize was given to the plateau for 100 gold medals, and the prize was given to the other cavalry soldiers for 100 gold medals.

And the generals have no objection to this, after all, in these two consecutive battles, the cavalry of the plateau is the most important task, and the record is also there. In addition, in the cavalry army formed by the plateau, Li Mu's adopted daughter served as the deputy commander, so who would dare to compete with them?

On the second day, Li Mu immediately ordered to send a small force of Zhao troops to attack in several ways and continue to pursue the Qin army. At this time, the Qin army had just suffered a major defeat, the main general was also killed, the morale of the army was extremely low, and they had no intention of fighting the Zhao army at all, so wherever the Zhao army went, the Qin army had no power to resist, and it was almost defeated at the touch of a button.

In this battle of Fanwu, the Qin army lost a total of more than 80,000 soldiers, and the main general Huan Qi was killed, and the generals above the rank of lieutenant were killed in a total of nine people. And the total losses of the Zhao army were less than 10,000 people. Although the Qin State has also fought a lot of defeats in the past, and the number of soldiers lost is more than this battle, and there have been several times, even if the Qin army loses, the winning side has also suffered a lot of losses, but like this battle, the difference in the proportion of losses between the two sides is so large, it is extremely rare, and it can only be compared with the battle of the cuisine hundreds of years ago.

At the same time, this is also after the Battle of Fei three years ago, Li Mu once again broke the Qin army, and the results were even greater, so Li Mu's prestige was also pushed to a new peak.

And the Qin army on the southern front Yang Duanhe had already broken through the Zhao army's Zhangshui defense line at this time, and was about to wave his army to attack Handan, but after learning that the Qin army on the northern front was defeated, Yang Duanhe did not dare to continue the march, but immediately led the Qin army to retreat.

More than 20 days later, from Handan sent the doctor Shi Chong as a messenger, brought a large number of cattle and sheep wine, gold and copper coins, rewarded the three armies, but also brought Zhao Wangqian's edict, Li Mu and the generals of the Zhao army were greatly praised, but also focused on the plateau praise, and finally ordered Li Mu to return to Handan with the plateau in front of Zhao Wangqian, to Li Mu, the plateau in front of the seal of the award.