But the current situation does not allow Wang Jian to think too much, because the Qin army is the main challenger, and the troops invested are far more than the Zhao army, so according to the convention, the Qin army should first launch an attack. Of course, the Qin army can also not attack and wait for the Zhao army to attack first, but if the Zhao army does not move, the two sides will be so exhausted, obviously the Qin army will not be able to hang on the face, and it will also be a big blow to the morale of the Qin army.

Wang Jian was not the kind of commander who hesitated, of course he knew that the Zhao army would never take the initiative to attack, and the longer he delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be to the Qin army. Therefore, Wang Jian also immediately ordered the two hundred chariots of the left and right armies to attack the Zhao army first.

At this time, Meng Wu said: "General, send out all the chariots of the left and right armies at once, will it be too risky, Li Mu must have another trick to set up the formation like this, we can't help but guard against it, it is better to send fifty chariots first, launch a tentative attack on the Zhao army, and see how the Zhao army reacts." ”

Wang Jian shook his head and said, "No need, if Li Mu really has any tricks, we will only send a small number of chariots to fight, Li Mu will not use them at all, they also have a hundred chariots on the left and right, and it is very easy to defeat fifty chariots." Therefore, we can only dispatch the main forces of the left and right armies and attack with all our strength, so as to force Li Mu to use all the necessary moves. And this is considered a defeat in this battle, it is nothing, it will not affect the overall situation, at least we can be clear, what means Li Mu has, to be honest, I also want to see what Li Mu has to do. ”

Meng Wu also nodded, and admired Wang Jian very much, although Wang Jian is known for his steady construction with soldiers, but when it is really time to do it, Wang Jian will never be indecisive, otherwise it will not be possible to become the best famous general after the white rise of the Qin State.

As the horns in the Qin army's array sounded, the chariots on the left and right flanks of the Qin army moved and pressed towards the Zhao army.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about five or six hundred meters, which exceeded the range of any long-range weapon of this era, and it was also conducive to the galloping of chariots. However, due to the long distance, the vehicle does not start at full speed, but drives slowly and gradually accelerates to save horsepower. Despite the fact that a chariot was equipped with four war horses, the chariot itself was extremely heavy, and the burden on the horses was no less than that of the cavalry. If you gallop with all your strength at the beginning, by the time the two sides engage, nearly half of the body of the war horse will be consumed.

The soldiers of the chariot configuration also followed closely to the left and right of the chariot, advancing with the chariot. In the formation of the Zhao army, the soldiers stood still, watching the Qin army approach him. The two sides are still and moving, which also forms a very sharp contrast.

As the distance between the two sides approached, the chariots of the Qin army began to gradually accelerate, and the soldiers began to trot along with the chariots, and at the same time, the formation of the chariots began to gradually pull apart, expanding the distance between the chariots and the chariots. And Zhao Jun remained unmoved.

And at this time, in the array of the Zhao army, Gao Yuan also stood on the chariot, closely observing the close range of the Qin army, because the Zhao army's battle today and the plan were the result of Li Mu and Gao Yuan's discussion together, and at the same time, Li Mu also decided to let Gao Yuan command this battle, and he was just watching from the wall, of course, when necessary, Li Mu would also give the plateau some advice, but the command of this battle was still based on the plateau. And in order to let Gao Yuan let go of his hands and feet, Li Mu also told Gao Yuan, even if he let go and do what he wanted, even if he lost this battle, it didn't matter.

Gao Yuan really didn't expect that Li Mu would hand over the heavy responsibility of commanding the whole army to himself at the beginning, and he estimated that he would have to follow Li Mu to fight a few battles before he would have the opportunity to command the battle independently. However, since Li Mu said so, Gao Yuan did not refuse, but was a little eager to try, because in peacetime, Gao Yuan did not think less, if he had the opportunity to command the battle independently, how should he fight, it can also be said that he had a plan, and Li Mu was by his side, and when needed, Li Mu would also speak out to help. With such a good opportunity, what are you afraid of?

At this moment, the left and right armies of the Qin army advanced to a distance of only more than a hundred meters from the array of the Zhao army, and the war horses also began to stride forward, and the speed of the chariot was gradually accelerating, and it would soon reach the highest speed. The soldiers who followed the chariot could not keep up with the speed of the chariot and began to be gradually thrown off by the chariot. This is also a common tactic in chariot warfare, where when approaching an enemy army, the vehicle can throw off the infantry and fight independently, while the infantry then follows.

Although Gao Yuan was in the middle of the Chinese army, he was very concerned about the advance of the Qin army's left and right armies, and before the battle, the Zhao army also made distance marks on the battlefield, so Gao Yuan was also very clear about the advance distance of the Qin army, so he immediately issued his first order in this battle.

As the horn sounded in the Zhao army's array, the crossbowmen in the front line of the left and right armies of the Zhao army opened their bows and arrows one after another, launching the first round of strikes at the chariots of the Qin army.

The Zhao army had a thousand crossbowmen in each of the left and right armies, plus six or seven hundred crossbowmen among the soldiers equipped with the chariot, so they all started up, and the power was not small, and for a while, the arrows were like flying brightly, shooting towards the chariots of the Qin army.

Of course, the Qin soldiers on the chariot can raise a shield to cover them, and they have a chariot as a cover, so the bow and arrow will not hurt them much, but the war horse can only resign itself to fate. Although the Guanjian parts of the Qin army's war horses are protected by leather armor, there are still many places exposed outside, and the defense of the leather armor itself is much worse than that of bronze armor, and the arrow rain of the Zhao army is too dense, so under the blow of the bow and arrow, the cart and war horses of more than 20 chariots that rushed to the front were shot by bows and arrows, and they fell to the ground one after another, and the people overturned on their backs.

However, because the distance between the chariots of the Qin army was very wide, although the chariots in front overturned, the chariots behind still had enough time to change direction and dodge, and then advance, of course, the speed of the advance was also slowed down a bit.

Until this time, the progress was also expected by Wang Jian, because the Zhao army put the infantry in front of the chariot and waited for the Qin army to attack first, obviously to attack the Qin army's chariot with bows and arrows first, and these losses were also the price that the active attacking side had to pay. Of course, these costs are also within an affordable range. Bi Jing Zhao's army could not rely on bows and arrows alone to block the advance of the Qin army's chariots, so the next choice for the Zhao army was to either meet the battle or wait for the Qin army's chariots to rush into the Zhao army's array.

Just when the Qin army broke through to a distance of only fifty meters from the Zhao army, in the middle army of the Zhao army, the horn sounded again, and in the left and right armies, the cavalry army slaughtered out of the array and rushed towards the chariot of the Qin army.

In the rear of the Qin army, Wang Jian, Meng Wu and others also understood at this time that it seemed that the Zhao army was planning to use cavalry to deal with chariots. But the doubts in their hearts were still not resolved. Because the horses of this era were not perfect, the fighting ability of the cavalry was not strong, so the cavalry was generally only used for surprise attacks, and the weapons used were mainly bows and arrows, and there were not many times when they were really used in hand-to-hand combat. Compared with the combat effectiveness of chariots, it is even more different, in general, in frontal combat, a chariot can defeat more than five cavalry very lightly, or even ten cavalry.

At this time, the losses of the Qin army on the left and right were about twenty vehicles, which did not have much impact on the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, so in the impression of ordinary people, it was impossible for the cavalry to fight against the chariot.

However, Wang Jian and Meng Wu did not forget jì, just ten days ago, the Zhao army sent a cavalry army to raid Qiu You, and once defeated a cavalry of the Qin army, it is said that the combat effectiveness of this Zhao army cavalry is extremely strong, far better than the Qin army. Wang Jian also deduced at that time that this should be an elite cavalry specially trained by Li Mu. Then now the Zhao army sent out to meet the chariot should be this cavalry. In other words, Li Mu thought that this cavalry army could fight against the chariots, or that he trained this cavalry army to use against the chariots of the Qin army.

Wang Jian and Meng Wu glanced at each other, and both saw each other's thoughts, so now they can see with their own eyes how strong such a cavalry army is, and whether it can compete with the chariot.

When the cavalry of the Zhao army attacked, it was less than fifty meters away from the chariot of the Qin army, so after the Zhao army was killed, it also quickly met the chariot of the Qin army, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle. But as soon as the two sides engaged, the chariots of the Qin army overturned one after another, and seemed to be completely defeated by the cavalry of the Zhao army.

This also surprised Wang Jian and Meng Wu, but because the current battlefield took place on the side close to the Zhao army, it was about four or five hundred meters away from the main formation of the Qin army, plus the chariots galloped, the war horses galloped, and the dust raised also blocked part of the vision, so the battlefield situation of the body, Wang Jian and Meng Wu did not see it very clearly.

But the Qin army on the battlefield knew very well how the Zhao army was fighting.

In fact, in the left and right armies of the Zhao army, there are three cavalry corps of 500 cavalry, including a new cavalry corps of 500 cavalry, and the standard personnel is 1,500 people, but because the new cavalry is not full now, there are actually only more than 1,400 people.

After entering the battlefield, both the new and old cavalry immediately deployed, according to the smallest team of five people, separately attacking the chariots of the Qin army. Moreover, the five cavalrymen also divided the work, two of them were armed with spears and were responsible for covering, while the other three used bows and arrows, mainly to attack the horses pulling the carts.

Because the distance between the two sides is too close, almost more than ten meters away, and each squad has three archers, not only the hit rate is extremely high, but also the power of the arrows shot is extremely strong, and the penetration of leather armor is also strong. Therefore, as soon as the two sides entered the battle, the horses drawn by the Qin army immediately fell to the ground with arrows.

Four horses, as long as one of them falls to the ground with an arrow, even if the other three are intact, it is difficult to move again, and the chariot with good luck can still stop and drag it slowly, while the unlucky chariot will directly reverse and overturn. Later, the cavalry of the Zhao army caught up and assassinated the Qin soldiers who fell to the ground because of the overturned car.

After the overturned, of course, the Qin soldiers fell into a daze, and could only wait for death, and although some of the chariots stopped, but after losing the impact of the chariot, the combat effectiveness of the Qin soldiers on the chariot was also greatly reduced, and they were obviously inferior in numbers.