Chapter 125: The Decisive Battle of Zhao Qin (4)
However, Wang Jian also took the lead, and also arranged a defense in Dazhai, and although large weapons such as bed crossbows and stone throwers could not be used, the Qin army still had a large number of bows and crossbows and arrows, which could still come in handy.
At this time, the soldiers of the Qin army were already guarding the wall, and launched a fierce attack on the Zhao army with bows and crossbows. Although at this time, many Zhao troops had already mixed with the Qin army, and the bows and crossbows and arrows would also hurt their companions, but at this time, there was not much to worry about. However, at this time, there were already a lot of Zhao soldiers along the wooden ladder, climbing to the wall, and it was too late to shoot the scriptures with bows and crossbows, so there were also many Qin soldiers who used spears to guard the wall, and stabbed the Zhao soldiers attacking the village with a condescending posture. At the same time, some Qin soldiers smashed Zhao soldiers with stones, bricks, and horizontal logs.
In addition, at several walled gates, Zhao soldiers and Qin soldiers also launched fierce battles. In order to let the defeated soldiers enter the village, the Qin army's Chinese army Dazhai opened a total of five walled gates, but when the Qin soldiers entered the city, a lot of Zhao soldiers were also put in, because the Qin soldiers and Zhao soldiers were already mixed together, and it was impossible to distinguish them at all. Therefore, they mixed in with the Qin army, and when they arrived at the gate of the wall, they immediately slashed and killed the surrounding Qin army, guarding the gate of the wall, so as to receive their companions to enter.
But the Qin army also set up a heavy garrison at the walled gate, and also arranged a moment of horses to block the car, blocking the entry of the Zhao army, two of which were closed when the Zhao army had not occupied the door, although the gate was not lost, but many Qin soldiers were shut out of the door, and the Qin soldiers outside the village were scolded, because at this time the Zhao army had surrounded Long, and the Qin soldiers had no way to retreat, so they could only rely on the city gate and fight to the death with the Zhao army. The other three gates failed to close on time, and the soldiers on both sides fought fiercely over several narrow gates.
At this time, the battlefield also showed a chaotic appearance, some climbed the wooden ladder to attack the wall, some fought to the death at the wall, and some fought fiercely with a small number of Qin troops outside the wall, and even a small number of Zhao soldiers killed into the Qin village, you have me, I have you, chaos is clustered, and outside the wall of the Qin army's wall, a lot of corpses have begun to accumulate, Qin soldiers and Zhao soldiers have it, and some of the trenches have been filled.
In the face of such a chaotic battle scene, even famous generals like Li Mu and Wang Jian were a little helpless, so they could only temporarily hold down other armies and carefully observe the battle situation before they could determine the main attack or main defensive target. Therefore, Li Mu did not hesitate to take risks, close to the battlefield, and inspected the battle at a distance of less than 100 meters from the Qin army's Dazhai, and Wang Jian also ignored the dissuasion of the generals and personally climbed the wall of the wall to arrange the defense of the Qin army. At this time, if anyone can take the lead and arrange their own forces and attack direction, the chance of victory will be greater.
At this time, the Zhao army had already invested 50,000 soldiers to fight along about half of the Qin army's Dazhai front. Li Mu surrounded the battlefield, turned around, and immediately found a biggest loophole. The main gate of the Qin army Dazhai was not closed.
The main gate of Dazhai is also the widest gate of Dazhai, of course, it is also the place where the Qin army retreats the most, in fact, the Qin soldiers guarding the village have long wanted to close the main gate of Dazhai, but there are too many Qin soldiers who have no choice but to pass through Guò from here, and the gate is crowded inside and outside the gate almost impassable, but even the main gate of Dazhai is only four or five meters wide, plus the Qin soldiers compete with each other, pushing, but the gate is blocked to death, the Qin soldiers guarding the village tried to open and close the gate twice, but there is no chance at all, All of them were pushed away by the Qin soldiers who rushed to enter the village, and some of the Qin soldiers even attacked each other in order to enter the village, killing and wounding more than a dozen people.
Of course, the chaotic situation of the Qin army, but also because there were a small number of Zhao soldiers mixed in, on the way of the Qin army's retreat into Dazhai, there were also sporadic battles, but although the number of Zhao soldiers was small, but the Qin army had no intention of fighting, and only cared about fleeing into Dazhai earlier, so they ignored these Zhao soldiers, and as a result, the Zhao soldiers gathered more and more, from the beginning of the three or five groups, they had gathered fifty or sixty people, and launched a fierce attack on the gate of the Qin army.
At this time, the Qin army wanted to close the city gate again, it was too late, dozens of Zhao soldiers had firmly blocked the gate of the wall, and the soldiers on both sides resisted the city gate to the death, not letting the Qin army close, and the soldiers in the middle waved their spears one after another, stabbing at the Qin army in the wall, and the Qin army in the village also knew that the Zhao army must not be allowed to come in, so they also desperately blocked the Zhao army, and the two sides did not give in to each other at the position of the gate of the wall, and started a fierce battle.
Although the Qin army had a large number, because of the narrow location at the city gate, the Qin army's superiority in strength could not be brought into play at all, but it was difficult for the Zhao army to break through the Qin army and enter the Qin army's big village. The soldiers on both sides showed their fighting spirit and courage, all of them forgot to die, fought desperately, and the comrades in front fell, and the soldiers behind immediately made up for it and continued to fight. As the intensity of the battle continued to increase, more and more soldiers were killed in battle, gradually covering the ground. Later, the soldiers on both sides almost trampled on the corpses of their comrades or each other, fighting to the death until they themselves fell to the ground.
Li Mu also adjusted the arrangement at the very time, sending reinforcements to the Zhao army, which also ensured that the Zhao army had continuous reinforcements, and also launched a fierce attack on the walls on both sides of the walled gate, containing and dispersing the forces of the Qin army, and creating an opportunity for the Zhao army to seize the gate. However, Wang Jian, the chief general of the Qin army, also discovered this dangerous area, and also sent a large number of troops to the Zhaimen area, assigned soldiers to strictly guard the city wall, and laid three rectangular horse defense lines behind the Zhaimen to prevent the Zhao army from expanding into the fortress after rushing through the gate.
As a result, the competition between the two sides was firmly confined to the area of the Zhaimen, and the Qin army could not close the Zhaimen, and the Zhao army could not take a further step into the Zhaimen.
Of course, the fierce battle did not only take place in the wall, in each section of the wall, both sides were fighting to the death, although there were also a few Zhao soldiers who broke through the defense line of the Qin army and killed the wall, but the Qin army still fought to the death, and beat back the Zhao soldiers who rushed to the wall. At this time, inside and outside the wall, the corpses of soldiers on both sides were already lying down, and the ditches were filled in large sections, and in some places, the corpses were piled up almost half the height of the wall, and the places were almost completely covered with blood.
However, the Zhao army was the one who took the initiative to attack, and the Qin army had walls to defend in most of the areas, so the casualties of the Zhao army were far greater than those of the Qin army, and after more than an hour of engagement, the casualties of the Zhao army had exceeded 20,000.
At this time, in the rear of the Zhao army, Sima Shang said to Li Mu: "General, it is not a way to fight like this, our casualties are too great, do you want to hold off for a while." ”
Li Mu shook his head and said: "No, we have reached this point, we have no way to retreat, if we let the Qin army breathe this breath, it will be more difficult to break through the enemy village, and our casualties are large, and the Qin army will not be better there, so we can only continue to insist on fighting until we break through the Qin army's middle village." ”
Although Li Mu has always been sympathetic to his soldiers and loves soldiers like sons, at this time, although he knew that the casualties of the Zhao army were heavy, he must not stop, and at the same time ordered that another 50,000 soldiers be transferred to reinforce the Zhao army that is now fighting on the battlefield, and continue to maintain pressure on the Qin army's Dazhai, and sent two more armies to go around the flank and rear of the Qin village to attack and contain the Qin army's strength. He also ordered the archers to approach the Qin army's Dazhai and use the method of projectile to shoot arrows into the Qin army's Dazhai, so that the Qin army could not calmly mobilize troops in the village, and finally organized the remaining army, except for the new cavalry trained on the plateau, all the other cavalry and charioteers were all ready to fight on foot as the third batch of attacking troops.
Li Mu commanded the Zhao army to dispatch troops and arrange troops, and Wang Jian was also not idle, although the casualties of the Qin army were smaller than those of the Zhao army, but the defensive side of the Qin army was larger than the offensive side of the Zhao army, although the offensive side of the Zhao army only accounted for half of the wall, but the remaining half of the wall, the Qin army could not ignore it, and also reserved a certain number of troops to garrison. Li Mu sent two armies to launch a feint attack around the rear of the Qin army's Dazhai, which also brought a lot of pressure to the Qin army. Although Wang Jian also knew that these two armies were feints, he had to send troops to deal with them, otherwise the Zhao army could turn their feints into reality at any time.
At this time, the troops stationed in the Qin army Dazhai were about 120,000 people, but they had to use half of the troops to hold the village, and the Zhao army could send troops to rotate and temporarily retreat, but the Qin army could not relax in the slightest, because as long as it was a little relaxed, at the same time, Wang Jian also ordered to move out a large number of horses and chariots, behind the wall, to form a second and third line of defense, in order to prevent the Zhao army from breaking through the wall, the Qin army could still be stationed in the village to resist the attack of the Zhao army.
However, at present, the main battlefield for the two sides is still the wall, the soldiers of the Qin army outside the Qin village are basically killed and wounded, and the battle situation is gradually becoming clearer, and after the Zhao army completes the rotation, it gradually restores order, whether it is attacking the wall or fighting for the city gate, it begins to appear to be orderly, not a mess. And the Qin army was also dispatched by Wang Jian to completely stabilize its position, and the main generals of both sides were finally able to grasp the situation on the battlefield.
The battle was still raging, after the second batch of rotation troops of the Zhao army went up, they fought fiercely for nearly two hours, with more than 15,000 casualties, although they attacked the wall several times, and broke three or four gaps, but in the end they were either beaten back by the tenacious Qin army, or they were blocked by the second and third lines of defense arranged by the Qin army in the wall, and they still could not be expanded into the village.