The boulder fell vertically suddenly, rotating with the pole frame, and the rope attached to the end of the pole frame drove the stones of the chute to move, turning a half-arc in the air, and the stones broke away from the rope and flew away into the air. The soldiers operating the trebuchets hurriedly extinguished the remaining flames in the chute, and were busy twisting the hanging stones and reloading them with stones.

The stones behind the rope continued to rise into the air according to inertia, until they reached the limit of kinetic energy, and then began to land downward, and the whole process took more than ten seconds. Of the nearly fifty stones thrown in the first round, more than forty fell into the Qin army's array, and after some of the stones landed, they continued to bounce on the ground and advanced more than a dozen steps before stopping.

Although the fortifications of the Qin army's defensive positions were complete, they were all to prevent ground attacks, and there was no shelter for air strikes at all, so the stones fell in the Qin army's formation, which naturally smashed the Qin army's soldiers to the head and blood, and killed and injured countless people. Although some Qin soldiers raised their shields to parry, a stone weighing fifty or sixty catties fell from a high air, and the force brought out was very amazing, it was not at all an ordinary shield that could be blocked, it would be smashed to pieces immediately, and the Qin soldiers hiding behind the shield were naturally not spared.

This is the first time that the lightning strike vehicle has officially entered the battle, and even most of the soldiers of the Han army have never heard of it, they actually have such a powerful and terrible weapon, and the soldiers of the Qi army have never heard of it, so the soldiers on both sides saw that the stones really smashed into the array of the Qin army, and immediately burst into a warm cheer, and their morale increased greatly.

On the central platform of the Hezhong Army, Tian Kezhang was so excited that he waved his hand several times in a row, and said to Gao Yuan: "King Han, I didn't expect you to have such a powerful trebuchet, I saw this kind of lightning truck before, and I would never have thought that I could project stones so far." ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "An Pingjun, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, since the widow dares to formulate a strategy of dividing and attacking together, he naturally has a plan, just with these forty lightning strike vehicles, he is not afraid not to attract the attention of the Qin army to Daliang." ”

Tian Kezang also nodded again and again, and said: "The King of Han is really a plan, this time we will join forces to attack Qin, and we will definitely be successful." ”

In fact, forty or fifty stones caused a very limited blow to the Qin army, and only twenty or thirty Qin soldiers were injured and killed by the stones, but first, it brought a huge panic to the Qin army, and the trebuchet of the Hezhong army could throw the stones four hundred steps away, and at this distance, the Qin army had no power to fight back, which naturally made the Qin soldiers depressed; The second is that the stones thrown by the Han army are all on fire, and the Qin army's position has a large number of wooden fences, vehicles, and tents, once hit by the stones, they will immediately burn, which is actually more lethal than the direct damage of the stones.

Moreover, there was not only one round of stones thrown by the Han army, forty lightning trucks were divided into two batches and took turns to throw stones into the Qin army's position, so the stones with flames smashed into the Qin army's position one after another.

Although the Qin soldiers were directly stoned to death, but it caused a huge panic to the Qin army, although the Qin army's military law is strict, military discipline is strict, but it has not yet reached the point where it can face the stones falling from the top of the head, and it can still do not change its face, so after five or six consecutive rounds of stone falling, a considerable part of the Qin army can no longer maintain an intact array, running around the east of the position, dodging the falling stones. It was in the area of the forward position, and it was the main strike area for projecting stones, and the Qin army had basically collapsed.

In addition, the stones also caused many fire points in the position of the Qin army, although these fires were not large, but now the Qin army did not have much energy to fight the fire, so they could only let the fire grow. Therefore, for a while, the position of the Qin army was filled with smoke and fire, and the Qin army was in chaos, and the originally impregnable defensive position suddenly appeared full of holes and loopholes.

Wang Ben's command platform was far away from the forward position, so the stones projected by the Han army could not hit him, but Wang Ben could not do anything about the chaos of the Qin army, so he could only watch the Qin army in chaos and have no way to go. And now Wang Ben also regrets it greatly, if he had known this, he should have taken the initiative to send troops and fight directly with the Hezhong army, so as not to be beaten in this way, but he could not fight back, but in this situation, the Qin army could not organize the army at all.

However, although the Qin army's position was chaotic, Gao Yuan did not order the army to attack the Qin army's position, and let the lightning truck continue to throw stones to further attack the Qin army's position.

After more than 20 rounds of projection, nearly 1,000 stones were projected to the position of the Qin army, and the defense of the forward position of the Qin army was almost completely destroyed.

However, at this time, the trebuchet did not stop throwing stones, because the army was still more than 400 steps away from the Qin army's position, and it would take a few minutes for the infantry to walk over. However, after the infantry was dispatched, the trebuchets were replaced with small stones weighing more than ten catties, which could not only project more stones at a time, but also project farther distances, and the density of the attack on the Qin army was also greater.

As the projection continued round after round, the infantry of the combined column army also steadily advanced, gradually approaching the position of the Qin army. And although Wang Ben could see clearly from the high platform, he couldn't do anything, because under the blow of the lightning strike car, at this time, within the range of fifty steps in front of the Qin army's position and nearly three hundred steps horizontally, a huge open area had been formed.

Wang Ben had no choice but to give an order, ordering the Qin army to retreat sixty steps back from the forward position, and then regroup, preparing for a close engagement with the Hezong army, hoping to use the Qin army's strong combat strength to resist the attack of the Hezong army and hold the position.

It should be said that Wang Ben's decision is the most correct thing to do under the current circumstances, not only to avoid the blow of the lightning strike vehicle, but also to be able to reorganize the array and resist the attack of the Hezhong army. It's just that the fortifications built by the Qin army are basically concentrated within thirty to fifty steps of the front line, and now that the Qin army has all withdrawn from this area, the advantage has naturally been greatly reduced, and it can even be said that there is not much left of the Qin army's advantage now.

The army advanced until it was only sixty paces away from the Qin army's position, and the lightning truck stopped throwing stones, leaving the battle behind to the infantry, and the craftsmen rushed up, dismantled and assembled the lightning truck from the shape of a trebuchet, and pulled the horse out and put it on, and pulled the lightning truck back. Gao Yuan and Tian Kezang came down from the high platform, each boarded his own chariot, and advanced with the army, personally commanding the battle to attack the Qin army's position.

Although the lightning truck stopped attacking, at this time, the Hezong army had already approached the position of the Qin army, and did not leave much time for the Qin army, so the Qin army had no chance to reoccupy the forward position and resist the attack of the Hezong army.

As a result, the Hezong army easily advanced to the forward position of the Qin army, and at this time the Qin army caught up, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in the position of the Qin army.

Because the Hezong army broke through to the forward position of the Qin army, although it failed to completely occupy the position, the Qin army did not have any geographical advantage, and could only confront the Hezong army according to its actual combat effectiveness.

Although there are only 20,000 Han troops in the army, the combat effectiveness of the Qi army has been greatly improved, and just saw the strike of the Han army's lightning truck on the forward position of the Qin army, and now it is very easy to break through the forward position of the Qin army, so the morale of the whole army is high, not to mention that at this time, the chariot of the plateau and Tian Kezang has driven to the edge of the battlefield, and he personally commanded the army to fight.

Although the Qin army has always been brave and good at fighting, it was hit by a blow that it did not think about before the war, and its geographical advantages were lost, and its morale was naturally hit hard, and the number of people participating in the battle was also less than that of the combined army, so as soon as the battle began, it was firmly suppressed by the combined column army, not only did not drive the combined column army out of the position, but was also forced to retreat step by step by the combined column army.

Although Wang Ben tried his best to command the Qin army to resist on the high platform, and frequently dispatched troops, hoping to resist the advance of the Hezhong army, under the ferocious attack of the Hezong army, the Qin army could not stop the advance of the Hezong army at all, and could only give up the position step by step.

However, after all, the Qin army is a victorious division, and before the battle, Wang Ben reorganized the Qin army, so although the Qin army is now fully defeated, it still fights in a disciplined manner, although it retreats but is not chaotic, reflecting the essence of a strong army that has been prosperous for a hundred years.

If only the Qi army participated in the war, it might have been sharpened by the Qin army's sophistication and experience, allowing the Qin army to turn defeat into victory, or to control the defeat to a minimum. However, there are still 20,000 Han troops in the joint army, although in terms of heritage, the Han army is far inferior to the Qin army, but it is also much stronger than the Qi army, and it will not only rely on the courage of blood and courage to fight, so after the Qi army's edge is frustrated, the Han army began to gradually exert force, occupy a dominant position, and continue to maintain pressure on the Qin army.

After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, although the Qin army was well-trained and experienced in a hundred battles, it could not resist the continuous attacks of the Hezong army, and the speed of retreat became faster and faster, and gradually retreated to Wang Ben's command platform.

Now Wang Ben has another choice, which is to draw troops from the second front to reinforce the army, but in this case, the Qin army must hold the first line of defense, once it can't hold the first line of defense, then a chain reaction will be formed, and the second line of defense will be lost immediately.

Wang Ben thought about it again and again, and finally decided to give up the first line of defense and retreat to the second line of defense.