"Target the Zhao army on the east bank of Danxi, prepare for three consecutive rounds." The command of the Qin army captain was quickly issued. This time it was no longer the water surface of Danshui, but the Zhao army archers who had just stood on the west bank and dared to provoke the Qin army.

Obviously, the captain of the Qin Army wanted to use his strength to tell Zhao Jun what "attacking with hard crossbows" means!

As the captain's order was given, the captain immediately led his soldiers to adjust the direction and angle of the arrows according to the length of each small square formation.

"Hello!"

"Hello B!"

"Bing is good!"

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One by one, the commanders of the small phalanx raised their flags to signal to the commanding captain that their side's direction and angle had been adjusted in place.

After receiving the message, the captain raised the flag in his hand high, then lowered it heavily, and shouted to the dozens of small phalanxes beside him: "Let go!"

In just a few minutes, the Qin army completed a series of operations such as receiving a blow, reorganizing the square formation, changing formations, re-selecting targets, adjusting the ruler, and drawing the bow and firing.

In other words, it only takes a few minutes from being hit to counter-clicking.

This is the power of the most powerful army in the world - the Qin Army in Black - and this high-efficiency, high-precision counterattack does not even require the command of any senior generals, but is completed by itself under the command of a mere captain.

"Puff puff puff..." The bow string was released, and countless arrows rushed into the sky, and under the influence of gravity, they fell towards the Zhao army's archer phalanx on the east bank.

At this time, Zhao Jun's second salvo had just been completed, and Zhao Jun's archers, who were also unblocked, also suffered a devastating disaster. Some people continued to fall down after being hit by arrows.

But obviously, as the first batch of troops to land, they were indeed elite. Faced with the continuous fall of their companions, Zhao Jun's archer phalanx on the east bank did not panic at all. The surviving Zhao soldiers had no time to grieve and calmly

He drew out the arrows, put on the long bow, stared closely at the direction where he was going to shoot, and his ears quietly waited for the captain's order.

It's a pity that they can no longer hear the captain's rough voice.

Beside them, the captain holding the command flag had fallen into a pool of blood, with his back covered with arrows. As a commander, he received great attention from the Qin army. I still remember that this captain liked to follow him the most.

The soldier fell down and almost threw the whole camp. Everyone was close to him and afraid of him.

A music commander looked at his comrade lying in a pool of blood, consciously took over the command, put down his bow and arrows, drew out the sword from his waist, pointed at the Qin army's barrier, and roared: "Lead!"

There was no time to grieve, and all the troops obeyed the command of the commander who took over the command, and drew their bows and arrows one after another.

"Let go!" Qu Chang's sword slashed down hard!

Zhao Jun's arrow rain broke through the air again, but compared with Qin Jun's arrow rain and the first round of arrow rain, it seemed slightly sparse.

The arrow rains from the two armies intersected again not far above the Qin army's heads, and once again rushed to different places to take away the opponent's life.

However, the difference is that the Qin Army's archers are already protected by shield soldiers in front. When the Qin Army's archers lower their heads to take arrows, the shield soldiers tightly protect themselves and the archers under the large wooden shield. In this way,

The lethality of Zhao Jun's archers was greatly reduced.

Of course, the Qin army still needed to move their heavy shields when setting up their bows and shooting arrows. Even if the Qin army cooperated tacitly, such an operation would already take a lot of time, and as a result, the efficiency of archery would be reduced.

Although it failed to kill a large number of Qin's archers, it was forced to slow down the frequency of archery, which could be regarded as achieving the purpose of suppressing the Qin's archers.

Compared with the Qin Army, the Zhao Army's archers did not have the protection of shield soldiers, and could only rely on their flesh and blood to withstand the Qin Army's arrows. The great losses can be imagined.

After just two more rounds of firing with the Qin army, the archer phalanx on the east bank was already in disarray. The few remaining archers were unable to suppress the Qin army on the barrier, and there was even no unified order.

They can only carry out sporadic and unsystematic ejections under the command of their respective generals.

But their sacrifice was valuable. During the exchange of fire with the Qin army, the Zhao army on the west bank seized a rare opportunity to quickly cross the river. This time it was not only the archers, but also the shield soldiers who protected them and the siege troops.

The main force of the infantry has crossed the river and is forming square formations to advance towards the Qin army's barrier.

Thousands of elite archers created time and space for tens of thousands of Zhao troops to fight. The few remaining archers who were the first to land were immediately gathered up and new archers were added.

The troops continued to suppress the Qin army.

At this point in the battle, the main force of the battle had quietly been transferred from the archers who were shooting to the infantry.

On top of the barrier, the archers of the Qin Army who were still well-organized also retreated in an orderly manner to give up the combat area to the infantry. At the same time, the archers once again changed their shooting targets - to suppress the main force of the Zhao Army that was preparing to attack the city.

An offensive and defensive battle for the barrier is imminent.

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"Report, our army has broken through Danshui in the middle and has completed its assembly on the west bank of Danshui. At the same time, the siege equipment has set off to cross the river." A messenger brought the latest battle report to Zhao Kuo, who was sitting firmly in the Chinese army tent.

"Got it!" Regardless of the excited generals in the tent, Zhao Kuo just calmly replied to the ordering soldier.

"Report, our army's north and south routes have broken through Danshui!" Another messenger came with good news.

"I know!" Zhao Kuo continued to say calmly.

It's no wonder that Zhao Kuo wasn't excited. In fact, the current situation has been deduced on the sand table at Guguan, although the losses were much smaller than what was predicted.

However, Zhao Kuo's reaction was calm in the eyes of the generals - a performance quite like a general's.

Zhao Kuo looked at the elixir water that was steaming with red clouds in the distance, and couldn't help but feel something in his heart. Born in the new century, he really couldn't treat human life as nothing.

"Instruct all ministries to report the losses after statistics." Zhao Kuo immediately ordered.

"Yes!" The ordering soldier was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and immediately took the order.

After a while, the battle damage had reached Zhao Kuo's hands. The casualties in the battle across the river exceeded 10,000 - 3,000 cavalry, 4,000 infantry, and the worst of all were the archers, with as many as 6,000. Of course, many of them were

Injury, after all, a bow and arrow attack is not that fatal as long as rescue is timely.

But these more than 10,000 people are the few truly elite troops Zhao Kuo has left!

At this time, Zhao Kuo was in a dilemma, whether to keep these injured elites and continue to fight on the west bank after treatment, or to transfer these wounded soldiers. The former would give him more bargaining chips, and he would have greater chances of survival when he breaks out of the encirclement.

Possibly, the latter could save these thousands of people from being annihilated.

"That's all, it's a good thing if you can retain a bit of vitality." Zhao Kuo gritted his teeth and decided to send these thousands of people back to the rear. After all, in these ten days, the injuries may not be cured, but will become a drag...

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Chapter completed!