"war!"

A roar roared from the east side of the barrier.

The Zhao army, which had already seen the Qin army crossing the Dan River, immediately followed the command of their respective captains and began to block the enemy's advance.

First, the archers suppressed the enemy, and then the cavalry harassed the enemy. It was just like the Qin army blocking the Zhao army from crossing the Dan River. However, the situation of the Qin army crossing the river was far different from that of the Zhao army.

The first is the relationship of time.

Zhao Jun chose a foggy morning with extremely low visibility. Not to mention the Danshui hundreds of steps away, it was difficult to see clearly even under the barrier. Although Qin Jun discovered Zhao Jun's attempt to cross the river, he wanted to stop it.

Zhao Jun could only rely on dense arrow rain to cover several possible crossing positions, and the rate of arrows can be imagined.

But now the Qin army was crossing the river under the bright sun. Zhao Jun could clearly see where there were more people and where there were fewer people. Naturally, he was much more accurate when shooting at them. The bows and arrows alone caused the Qin army a lot of losses.

Heavy.

It's not that the generals of the Qin army don't know the weather, it's that the Qin army can't wait, not even for a moment.

Taking down the west bank barrier means completely cutting off the Zhao army's escape route to the east. The Qin army knows it, and the Zhao army must also know it. From the Qin army's perspective, the time difference they can use is only a little. Once the Zhao army turns around, the two armies will surely

If the battle becomes a stalemate, even a good encirclement and annihilation battle will turn into a defeat or even a draw.

This was unacceptable to the entire Qin army. The earlier they had taken down the barrier, the earlier they had closed the door to the main force of the Zhao army, and the loss of some troops for this was also not expected by the upper echelons of the Qin army, including Wu'an Jun Baiqi.

within.

However, the problem that made it difficult for the Qin army Hu Shang's troops to cross the Dan River was not just the Zhao army's arrow attack under the blessing of heaven and earth.

And the cavalry!

It is certain that the Qin army lacked cavalry because they were walking around the mountain. I had hoped to gain some gains in the battle between Hanwang Mountain and the East Bank Barrier, but who could have imagined that in the warehouses of Hanwang Mountain and the East Bank Barrier?

, it was as clean as if it had been infested with rats, and there wasn’t even much food.

This also led to the fact that there are few war horses in the Qin military camp on the east coast today.

Therefore, if the army on the east coast wants to cross the Dan River, it can only rely on the soldiers' two legs. How fast can it run with two legs? It is still in the current.

Or because there is no war emergency, the personnel to cut off the Dan River have not yet arrived. Although it is the summer dry season, the water level of the Dan River is not deep, but it is enough to reach the knees. Coupled with the slow flow speed to the southeast, the water level is invisible.

It also added a little more difficulty to the Qin army's crossing of the river.

It was covered with rain of arrows above, obstructed by Dan water below, but there was only one pair of legs in the middle. You can imagine how difficult it was for the Qin army to advance.

Compared with the speed at which the Zhao army could cross the river with the help of horses, the Qin army's marching speed could almost be described as a tortoise speed, and the tortoise speed provided an opportunity for the Zhao army's archers on the barrier to perform.

Under a hail of arrows, hundreds of Qin soldiers were stunned on the spot.

The fallen corpses became an obstacle to the advancement of subsequent soldiers. As a last resort, the soldiers of the Qin army could only endure the grief in their hearts and use spears to move the corpses of their colleagues away.

Under such a vicious cycle, Hu Shang's 20,000-strong army was already exhausted before they even landed on the west coast.

However, despite this, the Qin army still used their fearless spirit of sacrifice and successfully landed on the west bank of Danshui after paying nearly 3,000 casualties.

However, their nightmare did not end, and the greater casualties had just begun.

The reason is still the cavalry.

The Qin army on the east coast has no cavalry, but the Zhao army does!

Almost at the same time that Qin's soldiers boarded the west bank, a doorway was quietly opened under the west bank's barrier, and immediately, powerful horses came out to kill the generals.

In fact, there are not many cavalry in the Zhao army's fortress. Including General Xu Li's personal soldiers, there are only 1,500 cavalry. But these 1,500 cavalry gave the Qin army a big blow.

deficit.

The archers of the Qin army who had just completed their formation had no time to draw their long bows when a cool breeze came towards them.

There was a flash of light in front of my eyes. I still didn't understand what happened, but a slight chill came from my neck. When I looked down, I saw bright red blood spurting out, and there was only blood red left between my eyes...

People go like the wind, and the sword is as fast as lightning.

Facing Zhao Jun's cavalry, the infantry had an almost irreparable disadvantage. In addition, most of the people who boarded the west bank were archers, and their strength was only a few hundred. Whether it was the restraint of arms or the number of troops,

Coupled with the expense of crossing the river and the loss of combat power, even if Hu Shang's troops were all the elites of the Qin army, it would be difficult to resist the Zhao army's cavalry.

Helplessly, each of the Qin army's elites were beheaded, shot, or driven into Danshui, and then attacked and killed by the rain of arrows that followed. The land defense line that was finally established fell almost instantly.

They were completely destroyed by Zhao Jun's cavalry.

The only good news may be that because of the attack from the west, although Zhao Jun was prepared, his combat power against the enemy from the east was limited after all.

But the more this happened, the more difficult it was for Hu Shang to accept that he had lost thousands of troops but failed to accomplish anything.

The commander-in-chief Hu Shang almost had his back teeth broken. He naturally knew that it was not because his soldiers were not trying their best. After thinking about it for a while, Hu Shang immediately made adjustments and adjusted the order of crossing the river. The archers were replaced in the front.

The soldiers with swords and shields took the lead, followed by the archers.

Not only that, Hu Shang even carried the long sword himself and led his soldiers into the battle across the river.

Of course, this was not an act of loyalty by Hu Shang, and Hu Shang was not a general who was easily carried away by anger. Otherwise, Bai Qi would not have arranged for him to lead a partial army across many generals.

Hu Shang knew very well that now that the army from the west had arrived, if he could not cross the Danshui as soon as possible and form a real pincer attack on the barrier, then the losses from the west would be even greater.

And this is not the most important thing. What is important is that if he cannot form a pincer attack as soon as possible, once the main force of the Zhao army returns to support, then Wu Anjun's entire plan will be disrupted.

Although Hu Shang didn't know that it was because he had alerted the enemy that he had lost an excellent opportunity for a surprise attack, resulting in a passive situation in the battle, Hu Shang knew that he had to make a breakthrough immediately.

How to break through?

Use your lives to fill it - use the most elite infantry to go forward, establish a defense line on the west bank, and cover the subsequent army's crossing the river. Obviously, in the absence of spearmen, the most elite infantry can only be yourself and your own relatives.

Soldiers.

Without the slightest hesitation or timidity, Hu Shang immediately looked at his generals and said: "Generals and soldiers, listen to the order: today is the day to make great achievements, and we will kill them together with my generals!"

"Kill!" the Qin army on the east bank then shouted.

The shouts of killing spread all over Danshui from the east bank, and even passed through the towering barriers, heading straight to the Qin army camp in the west.


Chapter completed!