Chapter 127: The Decisive Battle of Zhao Qin (6)

After picking off the horse, Zhao Xuan did not stop, and the spear was swung again, only to kill the Qin soldiers who were either injured or killed, and fell to the ground one after another.

Gao Yuan immediately commanded the team to enter through the gap opened by Zhao Xuan, and the subsequent native soldiers also rushed up one after another, moving away from the other horses, and the first line of defense of the Qin army was broken through by the Zhao army.

Subsequently, under the command of Gao Yuan, the assault team steadily moved towards the second line of defense of the Qin army.

The second line of defense of the Qin army is composed of chariots, only more than ten meters away from the first line of defense, and there are two Qin soldiers standing on each chariot, armed with spears, and behind the chariots, there is a row of archers, in the dense gap of the Qin soldiers, shooting at the Zhao army.

Zhong Sun Qi and Wu Zhanpeng both raised their shields to block the arrows, while Zhao Xuan waved his spear and rolled up a gust of wind, and the arrows that shot at him were immediately blown to pieces, and after a while, the assault team was killed in front of the Qin army's chariot.

Zhao Xuan swept with his spear, knocked down four or five Qin soldiers from the chariot, and then swung his spear and stabbed into the side wall of the chariot with a burst of spear, and then Zhao Xuan's hands were raised vigorously, picking up this chariot and smashing it into another chariot.

With a loud "boom", both chariots were smashed to pieces, and the Qin soldiers guarding the second line of defense jumped off the chariots one after another and retreated.

The assault team passed through the gap in the chariot, and then the soldiers who came up pushed the other chariots away, widening the gap, and the second line of defense of the Qin army was broken by the Zhao army.

Breaking through the two lines of defense of the Qin army in a row, the morale of the Zhao army was greatly boosted, everyone was excited, and they were full of confidence in victory. But in addition to the joy, the plateau is not a little surprised, because the breakthrough of these two lines of defense seems to be too easy, in the plateau's expectations, at least after a bloody battle, to break through a line of defense.

Although it is said that the Zhao army has gathered a group of personnel with high individual combat effectiveness to form an assault team, and there is a super strong strongman like Zhao Xuan to suppress the formation, the resistance of the Qin army seems to be too weak, and it does not have the momentum of forgetting life and fighting desperately. It's hard to imagine that such a Qin army actually firmly resisted the Zhao army for more than five hours?

But now the Zhao army has broken through the two lines of defense of the Qin army in a row, but it is a fact, and Gao Yuan is also a little puzzled, but now is not the time to study the Qin army, we must take advantage of the momentum of breaking through the two lines of defense in a row, and then break through the third line of defense of the Qin army, then this time the goal of the battle will be achieved. Therefore, Gao Yuan also immediately commanded the assault team and continued to kill the third line of defense of the Qin army.

The third line of defense of the Qin army was similar to the second line of defense, all of which were composed of chariots, and the distance between them was about ten meters. But when the plateau commanded the assault team to kill the third line of defense, it was discovered that the Qin army that was originally stationed in the third line of defense actually jumped out of the chariot one after another, retreated back, completely abandoned the defense line, and gave it to the Zhao army.

This time on the plateau, I really can't figure it out, what's wrong with the Qin army, why did the army fall like a mountain after a while? He jumped on a chariot and looked around, it turned out that not only himself, but also the Qin army's defense line, was also a thousand miles away, and the Zhao army in many places had broken through the Qin army's defense line and pursued the Qin army in the direction of the depth of the Qin army's Dazhai.

At this time, Zhao Jun can also say that he is indeed victorious. But Gao Yuan still couldn't understand why the Qin army collapsed all of a sudden? After thinking about it, Gao Yuan only found a reasonable explanation, that is, after more than five hours of fierce fighting, he had now reached the critical point of the Qin army, and the resistance of the Qin army had basically reached the limit, so his own participation in the war was a good time, and as a result, he broke through the defense line of the Qin army.

So Gao Yuan also immediately ordered the assault team to suspend the attack, waiting for the cavalry troops behind to come up and bring everyone's war horses, after all, this group of people is now cavalry, and after breaking through the defense line of the Qin army, the cavalry also has a place to play, and now it is just to let the subsequent infantry disperse and develop towards the vertical and horizontal development of the Qin army's Dazhai.

In fact, now the Qin army is far from reaching its own critical point, although after more than five hours of fighting, the Qin army Dazhai has been broken through seven or eight gaps, and the Qin army's casualties have reached nearly 40,000, but at this time the total strength of the Qin army is still more than 80,000, still maintaining a strong combat effectiveness, and because the Qin army used horses and chariots in Dazhai to lay down layers of defense lines, the Zhao army did not break through the Qin army's defense line. The Qin army could have resisted for quite some more time.

But the reason for the sudden rout of the Qin army was that the Qin army's commander-in-chief, Wang Jian, ordered the Qin army to retreat.

Because not long before the battle on the plateau, Wang Jian received a return from Mengwu, the Qin army to save Qiu Yong's army was attacked by the Zhao army, and the casualties amounted to more than 30,000 people, although the Zhao army did not take advantage of the victory to attack Qiu You, and the Qin army then arrived at Qiu You, but no one dared to guarantee when the Zhao army would kill back, so in a short period of time, Mengwu was unable to return to Dazhai.

As soon as Wang Jian saw this battle report, he immediately understood the intention of the Zhao army, it turned out that the Zhao army did not want to attack Qiu You, but only to mobilize the Qin army and send troops to reinforcement Qiu You, so as to weaken the strength of the Qin army and Great Qin, and this Zhao army that attacked Qiu You must have been waiting in the middle of the road to prevent Meng Wu from returning to the camp of the Qin army.

Originally, Wang Jian's plan was to command the Qin army to garrison in the camp, involving and consuming Li Mu's troops, but to let Meng Wu lead the army back to aid Qiu You, and after defeating the Zhao army that attacked Qiu You, he would return to Dazhai. Wang Jian was still full of confidence in the Mengwu Army, because Mengwu's strength was far superior to the Zhao army that attacked Qiu You. Then the two sides can join forces in Dazhai and defeat the Zhao army led by Li Mu.

Even if Li Mu can withdraw his troops in time, Wang Jian can send Meng Wu to attack Quyang again, and also mobilize the Zhao army. However, Zhao Jun's tactics greatly exceeded Wang Jian's expectations, and now it is basically impossible to count on Mengwu to come back to help, so Wang Jian also has to consider the current battle situation. Although the Qin army still has considerable resistance, it cannot be denied that now the Zhao army has a clear advantage, and in the absence of reinforcements, the Qin army will not be able to resist sooner or later.

Although the Qin army still has nearly 100,000 troops scattered outside, it is difficult to use it without unified command, and now sending people to gather this group of troops will not be completed without three or five days, and the Zhao army still has outside waiting, and it will never let the Qin army gather easily. In this case, if the Qin army continues to garrison Dazhai, it has become a meaningless action, because defeat is a matter of time, and at most it can only consume the strength of the Zhao army, but in the same way, the Qin army will also suffer heavy casualties, and even the entire army will be annihilated, although now the casualties of the Qin army are not small.

Wang Jian is a person who is proficient in the art of war, and he also participated in the decision-making of the Qin State to unify the world, and he also has a certain understanding of national policy. knew that if his Qin army was completely annihilated, it would be a heavy blow to the Qin State, and it would be all-round, and it would be far better than the Battle of Changping that year.

After all, the Qin State still won a crushing victory in the Battle of Changping that year, although the loss was the national strength and military strength, but due to the complete military victory, the morale of the Qin State and the army were not hit, and the strength of the Qin army was still recognized by the world, so the Qin State could still maintain its advantage over the six countries of Shandong. But this time it was a crushing defeat for the Qin army, and even the entire army was annihilated, although the loss of material and strength may not be comparable to the Battle of Changping, but the blow to the national strength and morale of the Qin State was far better than the Battle of Changping.

Although the Qin State will not weaken from then on, it is still the most powerful country in the world, but the plan of the Qin State to unify the world will be postponed for at least ten years, or even longer, and there will be countless variables in this, such as the formation of a joint column among the six countries, or the emergence of a Ming monarch and a strong minister, and a change of law to become stronger. Since it is the State of Zhao, maybe Li Mu can use this time to replace the King of Zhao, with Li Mu's talent, as long as there is five years, it will definitely be able to make the State of Zhao strong again and become the biggest opponent of the State of Qin, and if the Qin army retreats now, although it is also a failure, as long as the current army can be kept, not the whole army is annihilated, it is not a fiasco, just a normal defeat, for the State of Qin, this is not unacceptable, and the State of Qin has not failed since then. The national situation and morale of the Qin State will not be greatly affected, although large-scale military operations are not possible, but a battle of less than 100,000 people can be launched at any time, even if Li Mu becomes the king of Zhao, it is impossible to calmly change the law to become strong.

So after careful consideration, Wang Jian finally made a decision to abandon the Qin army's Dazhai and withdraw to Qiu You to garrison. Therefore, the attack launched by Gao Yuan and the others will be so smooth, and it can also be said that Gao Yuan is indeed lucky, and he has taken advantage of a bowel movement.

However, the Qin army only retreated, not a rout, and Wang Jian, Li Xin, Qiang Qi and others are all experienced in a hundred battles, proficient in the art of war and other famous generals, under their organization, the retreat of the Qin army is orderly, orderly, and the troops supported after the break have also withdrawn from the Qin army's Dazhai in turn, and there is no chaos, which also shows that the Qin army still maintains considerable combat effectiveness and is not defeated by the Zhao army.

But after all, the Qin army retreated, which means that the Qin army has admitted defeat, and the Zhao army has finally won the final victory. Li Mu also let out a long breath, after almost eight months, he had exhausted his mind and exhausted all kinds of means, and finally defeated the Qin army, which was indeed not easy.

But the Qin army retreated, of course, it was also to pursue, not to drive the Qin army to extermination, but to drive the Qin army as far away as possible to prevent the Qin army from coming back.