Chapter 17 Chisel through
At the same time that Li Mu sent reinforcements, Huan Qi also sent reinforcements to the Qin army, and the reinforcements from both sides arrived on the battlefield almost at the same time and added to the battle. By the time Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong arrived at the battlefield with all their men and horses, it was already a step too late, and the Qin army and the Zhao army had already fully engaged in the battle.
As a result, the total number of troops invested by both sides on the battlefield has exceeded 50,000, and the entire battlefield has basically become saturated. Because now the two sides are not fighting in the field, but an offensive and defensive battle, the offensive side left for the Qin army on the position of the Zhao army is limited after all, and it can only supply about fifty or sixty thousand troops to fight.
Although the number of the Zhao army is slightly smaller than that of the Qin army, and there is also a part of the new army, the Zhao army Bi Jing still has a certain geographical advantage, and most of the positions are still in the hands of the Zhao army. Therefore, both sides have their own strengths, and for a time, the two sides fought a close match.
Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong were not in a hurry to join the battle, but only observed the situation of the battlefield in the rear of the Zhao army, at this time, the battlefield spread horizontally in front of the Zhao army's camp, about 2,000 meters, and the depth of the two sides was about 20 to 25 rows, about 50 to 60 meters.
At this time, Yuan Xuan was in the rear of the Zhao army, standing on a high car to command, and constantly changing the banner, giving orders to the various troops in the battle, commanding the battle situation, and on his left and right, every two hundred meters or so, there was a command high car, constantly transmitting Yuan Xuan's instructions to the troops in battle, and at the same time, feeding back to Yuan Xuan various situations on the battlefield in a timely manner.
Because of the relationship between the field of vision and the angle, the middle-level commanders who are in the battle cannot see every part of the battlefield clearly by relying only on the human line of sight, and can only grasp the dynamics of the battlefield in this way.
Watching the battle at close range is completely different from watching the battle in the rear just now, the plateau also boarded a high car next to Yuan Xuan, and looked at it, at this time, the Zhao army and the Qin army had been in a dog's tooth staggered shape, and the flags of each unit advanced or retreated, or rose or fell, showing the battle situation of both sides, and the soldiers on both sides also raised their guns and halberds and other weapons, and the battle was very fierce. However, neither side penetrated into the other side's array of more than ten columns, so the battlefield was basically in a stalemate.
Although it was the first time for Gao Yuan to participate in a large-scale battle in ancient times, from the information he had and the military knowledge he had learned in the past, Gao Yuan also knew that if that side could first attack the opponent's array, it would be able to gain the initiative in the battle situation and occupy the advantage of the battlefield. In large-scale battles in ancient China, when the two sides were in a stalemate, they would often send their most courageous generals, leading a small number of elite men and horses, using chiseling tactics to surprise the enemy's formation, but most of the time, this role was played by cavalry, such as the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry in the Tang Dynasty, and the Beiwei Cavalry of the Yuejia Army.
The current cavalry is not yet able to take on such a role on the battlefield, but if he can choose a suitable opportunity to throw these 200 soldiers into the battlefield, he can also raise a surprise enemy formation. Therefore, after watching it for a while, Gao Yuan also basically had a general understanding of the situation on the battlefield.
At the same time, the plateau also lined up the two hundred soldiers in the shape of an arrow. Although the soldiers of the Zhao army could not understand the intention of the plateau to discharge such a formation, because in this era, in this kind of large-scale battle, or the phalanx and horizontal column operations, almost no one has used this kind of arrow-shaped queue, only Li Yinghong knows that the plateau is used when training the cavalry, this kind of arrow-shaped queue is used, and he does not feel anything strange, but these two hundred soldiers are Li Mu's personal guards, and they are very rich in combat experience, so they still arrange the queue according to the requirements of the plateau.
And Gao Yuan, together with Li Yinghong, led this team into the battlefield.
Gao Yuan's right hand held the saber he brought, and the bronze long sword in his left hand, rushed to the front of the entire team, and led this group of Zhao troops to fight through a gap in the battlefield, and first met the Qin army.
The two Qin soldiers held Chang Ge in their hands and stabbed towards the plateau. The bronze sword in the left hand stabbed out, penetrating a Qin soldier as a chest, and the Qin soldier did not snort a sound, and fell to the ground, while the saber in Gao Yuan's right hand slashed down obliquely, cutting the breastplate of another Qin soldier, and blood gushed out, and he fell on his back.
After slashing two Qin soldiers in a row, Gao Yuan did not pause, swung his sword, and killed the third Qin soldier. The saber in the right hand cut off the bronze sword of the Qin soldier again, and the bronze sword in the left hand slashed down quickly, the Qin soldier could only raise his hand to parry in a hurry, but his right arm was cut off by the plateau's elbow, he screamed and passed out, and the plateau swung his sword flat and cut the throat of the fourth Qin soldier.
He killed four Qin soldiers in one go, but it also aroused the fighting spirit of the Qin soldiers, and they all raised their weapons and surged towards the plateau, rushing over. And the plateau also roared, killing into the array of the Qin army, the right sword and the left sword, unstoppable, as long as the Qin army's guns and halberd swords and other weapons collided with the plateau's saber, seven or eight out of ten would be cut off, which was very advantageous on the battlefield, so the plateau killed and injured more than ten Qin soldiers in a company, and a company rushed through the four or five rows of the Qin army.
And Li Yinghong held a double sword, followed closely behind the plateau, although her double swords are not as sharp as the plateau's saber, but in this era, it is also a high-grade sword that has been tempered many times, and her sword skills are more rapid, the double sword swings out a piece of practice-like sword, dazzling, I don't know how to block it, and there are several Qin soldiers whose weapons were cut off by the plateau, although they dodged the plateau, but they can't avoid Li Yinghong's double swords, so in a short time, six or seven Qin soldiers died under Li Yinghong's double swords.
Behind the two of them, the two hundred Zhao soldiers also raised their weapons and rushed to the Qin army together, although the personal martial arts of the two hundred Zhao soldiers were not as good as Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong, they were all Li Mu's personal guards, they were the elite of the elite, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
Therefore, the assault of this Zhao army was also carried out very smoothly, and a company broke through more than ten queues of the Qin army, like a spike, piercing into the array of the Qin army. However, the casualties of the Zhao army also exceeded thirty people, but they were generally able to maintain the shape of an arrow, which of course was also related to the slow speed of the infantry army's assault.
And at this moment, in front of the plateau, two generals of the Qin army with swords and shields blocked his way. Obviously, the commander of the Qin army also noticed this assault Zhao army, so he also hurriedly mobilized his troops to block it. Gao Yuan didn't speak, swung his sword, and quickly slashed at the Qin general on the left, while Li Yinghong also slashed out with both swords and attacked another Qin general. The soldiers of the Zhao army also engaged in a fierce battle with the Qin army.
Gao Yuan certainly knew that if he didn't defeat these two people, he would not be able to penetrate the array of the Qin army. Therefore, he waved his sword and slashed at this Qin general, but this Qin general obviously took precautions against the saber of the plateau, holding a shield in his hand, and protected himself from the wind and rain.
This Qin general used a round shield that was common among the armies of the nations, with a diameter of about sixty or seventy centimeters, a shallow convex surface, a wooden base, an iron hoop around the perimeter, and a convex surface covered with two layers of cowhide. In the center is a bronze relief of the head of an animal.
Although Gao Yuan slashed five or six knives in a row, the defense of this round shield is very strong, although the saber is extremely sharp, it can also cut the cowhide and cut the surface of the round shield into sawdust, but it just can't cut through this round shield, so it can't defeat this Qin general.
Taking advantage of the slightly weaker momentum of the plateau, the Qin general immediately swung his sword and fought back, but before the two of them could fight, his bronze sword was cut off by the plateau's saber, so he had to hide behind the round shield again. And this time, Gao Yuan also changed his tactics, and instead of continuing to cut the round shield with his saber, he turned sideways and slammed into the round shield.
This Qin general obviously didn't expect that Gao Yuan would make this move, and Gao Yuan hit his whole body hard, so the whole person with a shield was hit by Gao Yuan and flew out, and more than ten Qin soldiers behind him were not prepared, some threw away their weapons to save people, and some people didn't react for a while, waving the guns and other weapons in their hands to meet them. As a result, this Qin general was also hit twice in the back, and when he fell to the ground, he also knocked down three or four other Qin soldiers.
Gao Yuan took advantage of the situation and rushed forward with his sword, and before the Qin general could get up, he stabbed him down with a sword and assassinated him. And another Qin general who fought fiercely with Li Yinghong was also killed by Li Yinghong and retreated. Of course, even with the Qin army, he kept retreating. Seeing this, Gao Yuan threw the bronze sword in his left hand violently, and the Qin general couldn't dodge and was stabbed in the left flank by the bronze sword, and Li Yinghong immediately put his two swords together, and the Qin general was hit by three or four swords in a row, and finally fell to the ground and died.
At this time, the morale of the Zhao army was greatly boosted, and under the leadership of Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong, he continued to advance towards the Qin army in depth, and broke through the seven or eight queues of the Qin army in one breath. At this time, there were only three or four queues left in the array of the Qin army.
At this time, the plateau also killed, holding a round shield, and slammed into the Qin army in front of him, although the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was not under the Zhao army, but at this time, the momentum had been overwhelmed by the Zhao army, and several Qin soldiers also recognized the plateau, this is the person who fell with the meteor sky, in that night, he was like a fierce god, and killed more than 200 Qin soldiers in a row, so his heart plummeted, and he saw the plateau rushing up with a shield, and several Qin soldiers involuntarily dodged to both sides, although there were two Qin soldiers in front of the plateau, But it was also slammed away by the plateau.