Chapter 119: The Battle of the Enemy
The battle that took place outside Qiu Youxiao was also the beginning of the final battle of the battle of Zhao Qinjing.
This war was a war in the traditional mode of the Warring States period. However, although both sides brought a large number of chariots, the terrain in this area was mainly hilly and mountainous, which was not suitable for chariot combat, so neither side invested a large number of chariots, but only a few main generals brought a few chariots to fight, but the battle was mainly fought with cavalry and infantry troops.
However, although Yuan Xuan's subordinates did not have a new army trained on the plateau, the Zhao army came prepared, the soldiers were full of body, morale was high, and they were ready to wait for work, so under the command of Yuan Xuan, everyone fought bravely, one by one, waving the weapons in their hands, and slashing and killing the Qin army.
After the Qin army after a day and a night of hurrying, at this time it was already sleepy and exhausted, and the Zhao army did come a little suddenly, although the number of the Qin army was more than the Zhao army, but the soldiers were unstable, although Xin Sheng brought out the formation of the 30,000 horses and horses, but after all, it was a hasty battle, too late to line up, and the number was not as good as the Zhao army, of course, it was not the opponent of the Zhao army, as soon as the vanguard of the two sides fought, the Qin soldiers who were fighting were beaten to the ground by the Zhao army, and they were defeated and retreated.
Less than half an hour after the battle between the two sides, the entire line of the Qin army was forced back by the Zhao army by a distance of more than 100 steps, and the entire front was in danger. This is not because the Qin army does not work hard in battle, and the soldiers do not have to die, but because the current situation of the Qin army is not as good as that of the Zhao army in all aspects, and it is indeed more than enough and not enough. The combat effectiveness of the Zhao army has always been not inferior to that of the Qin army, and there is no fear of the Qin army, on the contrary, every time he fights with the Qin army, the Zhao army is very energetic, and finally seized the opportunity of the weakening of the Qin army.
In addition, the soldiers of the Zhao army now know very well that the Qin State is going to destroy the Zhao army this time, and only by fighting desperately and defeating the Qin army can the country be preserved. Therefore, everyone fought to the death, and the Qin army was able to resist until now, and it was able to hold the front without being forced, which was already quite good, if it was the army of any other country, it would have been crushed by this time.
However, if the fight continues like this, the defeat of the Qin army will not be delayed for too long, and Meng Wu is still nervously distributing the remaining soldiers of the Qin army, after all, it is not possible to divide the remaining Qin army into two halves to let them go to the battlefield, at least there is a certain organizational structure, who is under whose command, who listens to whose orders, there must be an arrangement, and it is not possible to complete it all at once.
Seeing this, Xin Sheng, the chief general of the Qin army, couldn't help but be very anxious, now the resistance of the Qin army has almost reached the limit, and it may be defeated by the Zhao army at any time.
Although the battlefield at this time is not suitable for large-scale chariot combat, but a small number of chariots are still possible, Xin Sheng does not expect these fifty chariots to be able to turn the situation around, only hopes to use the powerful impact of chariots to cause a certain amount of chaos to the Zhao army, delay some more time, let Mengwu rectify the Qin army, come up to help.
At this time, the infantry equipped with the chariot had already been put into battle, and the chariot was no longer equipped with infantry, so it could only participate in the battle without the protection of the infantry. Of course, this situation was not uncommon during the Warring States period, and sometimes in order to highlight the speed of the chariot's advance, it would also throw off the infantry equipped with it and go into battle lightly. After all, the chariot has a considerable advantage over both the cavalry and the infantry. But after this battle with Zhao Jun, it is difficult to say whether it will still be advantageous. It's just that now Xin Sheng has no choice.
Xin Sheng held a halberd in his hand, stood on the left side of the chariot, and rushed to the front of the chariot of the Qin army. Although Xin Sheng was in the Qin military, he had always been known for his combat bravery, but with his current status, he didn't need to go into battle in person, and when he had to go into battle in person, it meant that the Qin army was already in a very crisis.
Among the several generals of the Qin army, after the death of Huan Qi, Wang Jian of course sat firmly in the first place, followed by Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Wang Ben.
Therefore, Wang Jiancai sent Xin Sheng to fight with Mengwu, and the two could complement each other. And Mengwu sent Xin Sheng to fight, and he was also hoping to borrow his bravery to block the edge of the Zhao army.
After joining the war group, Xin Sheng led the chariot and directly entered the Zhao army's formation, roaring angrily, and the halberd in his hand was stabbed and sharpened, with the help of the impact of the chariot, in a blink of an eye, he stabbed five or six Zhao soldiers, and the deputy soldiers of his chariot waved the halberd again and again, and also knocked down three or four Zhao soldiers. The other Qin chariots then rushed up one after another, and the soldiers of the Zhao army saw that the Qin army's chariots were fierce, and they all retreated one after another. Driven by the chariots, the soldiers of the Qin army couldn't help but be in high spirits, and their combat effectiveness also increased suddenly, so that they stabilized their positions and stopped retreating.
Xin Sheng stabbed another infantry of the Zhao army, also exhaled, and looked back, the Qin army's chariots only had two or three turnovers, and at this time, the chariots of the Qin army broke through the distance of forty or fifty meters in the Zhao army's formation. And the infantry of the Qin army also followed behind the chariot and charged towards the array of the Zhao army.
But before Xin Sheng could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the Zhao army in front of him was divided to the left and right, and a team of cavalry troops came out of the Zhao army's formation and rushed towards the chariot of the Qin army. And Xin Sheng's heart sank, he had seen on the battlefield of Jingcheng how the cavalry of the Zhao army broke the chariot of the Qin army, but now he was not allowed to retreat, so Xin Sheng also gritted his teeth, waved the halberd in his hand, and said sharply: "Kill." ”
The emperor who set up the chariot shook the reins of the war horse, and the chariot pulled Xin Sheng and rushed up to the cavalry of the Zhao army.
The two sides have not yet engaged in battle, only listening to the sound of "whoosh", there are already two feather arrows, flying past Xin Sheng's side, and there is a "grab" sound inserted in the front baffle of the chariot. And Xin Sheng's secondary soldiers also put down their halberds, picked up bows and arrows, and fired back at the Zhao army, shooting down two Zhao cavalry in a row, and at the same time, seven or eight Zhao soldiers were shot by other Qin soldiers and fell off their horses. But on the left and right of Xin Sheng, three chariots had already drawn their horses and were shot by feathered arrows, two chariots overturned, and one chariot stopped.
In fact, there were also several feather arrows that were shot at Xin Sheng's chariot war horse, but they all missed their direction and did not hit. And Xin Sheng's chariot also met the cavalry of the Zhao army. Xin Sheng let out a roar, and the halberd swung out violently, striking the spear of one of the cavalrymen, who shook twice on his horse, and finally lost his strength and fell off his horse.
Xin Sheng's hands clenched the halberd, and he swept towards another cavalryman, knocking this cavalryman off his horse. But at this moment, Xin Sheng heard a scream beside him, it turned out that his deputy soldier Qiao was stabbed by another Zhao cavalry, Xin Sheng shouted angrily, waved his halberd, and was about to attack that Zhao soldier. But suddenly I felt a movement under my feet, and the chariot actually tilted to the side. It turned out that a war horse pulling a cart was stabbed down by another Zhao soldier, and a war horse pulling a cart was missing, and the chariot suddenly lost its balance and overturned to one side.
Fortunately, Xin Sheng's reaction was very quick, and he jumped out of the chariot first, so as to avoid the mistakes of the chariot. And his emperor was not so lucky, because the emperor set up the chariot and sat in the chariot, not standing, so he did not have time to get up, and was crushed under the chariot that turned over.
However, after Xin Sheng landed, he rolled over twice on the spot, and even the helmet fell off, so that he could be regarded as stabilizing his figure. At this time, on the battlefield, more than ten chariots of the Qin army had overturned, and more than ten chariots had stopped.
Although Yuan Xuan's Zhao army did not have a new cavalry army trained on the plateau, because of the rotation, many cavalry had experienced previous battles, although some cavalry had not participated in previous battles, but they had also heard other soldiers say, so they all knew that the way to deal with the chariot was to attack the war horse that pulled the chariot, as long as one of the war horses was killed, the chariot would almost be scrapped.
So after the chariots of the Qin army went into battle, the cavalry of the Zhao army also attacked the horses drawn by the Qin army, and it was not necessary to shoot the horses with bows and arrows. Because the war horse is in front of the car, when the cavalry and the chariot are staggered, they are first staggered with the war horse, so they can also attack the war horse very calmly, and the Qin soldiers on the chariot cannot protect their chariot and war horse at all.
As a result, in just ten minutes, more than 30 of the 50 chariots were scrapped, either turning over or stopping, and the chariots of the Qin army also completely failed.
At this time, Xin Sheng also got up from the ground, looked left and right, and saw that it was all the abandoned chariots of the Qin army, and a cavalryman of the Zhao army was already holding a spear, and the flying horse shot quickly at Xin Sheng. Xin Sheng had already thrown away the long halberd in his hand when he landed, but fortunately he was still wearing a long sword, so he hurriedly took out the long sword and swung the sword to make a move. Blocked the spear stabbed by Zhao Bing.
It's just that the sword is short and the spear is long, Xin Sheng can't attack Zhao Bing, after blocking a few times, Xin Sheng grabbed an empty man, grabbed the spear that stabbed him with one hand, and pulled the cavalryman off the horse, and then regardless of his palm being cut by the tip of the spear, he raised his sword and stabbed the Zhao soldier to death.
But because Xin Sheng used too much force, the long sword couldn't be pulled out for a while, but now Xin Sheng was holding the spear of the Zhao soldier in his hand, so he didn't pull out the arrow. And Zhao Bing's war horse was on the side, Xin Sheng had practiced horseback riding, so he was ready to ride his war horse to fight. But at this moment, only to hear a "whoosh", a feather arrow shot at Xin Sheng, right in the left shoulder, Xin Sheng also screamed in pain, threw away the spear, and covered his shoulder.