The beating of war drums is like the roar of thunder.
In the Qi army's formation, under the order of Grand Sima Tian Chong, soldiers recruited from Ju, Jimo, Changguo and other cities began to launch a tentative attack on the Qin army.
Among these three cities, Ju and Jimo were the last two cities that Qi defeated when the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi. Changguo was a fiefdom granted by King Yanzhao to King Leyi of Changguo.
The three are all from the great cities of Qi. Their people are brave and good at fighting. After a short period of training, they have good combat effectiveness. They can just serve as the vanguard to charge into the formation and stimulate the fighting spirit of all the soldiers who follow.
At this moment, the Qi army opened the way with chariots, followed by infantry, and rushed towards the Qin army.
"shoot!"
On the other side, the generals of the Qin army saw that the Qi people were approaching and were within shooting range, and immediately issued shooting orders.
At the forefront of the Qin army's formation, unarmored light crossbowmen launched rounds of fire.
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired, and dense arrows flew into the sky and fell like raindrops.
There were screams of misery in the charging Qi army formation.
Many soldiers fell to the ground wailing, and were immediately trampled by the robes from behind.
However, after withstanding this rain of arrows, the Qi army's chariots had already approached the Qin army's formation.
Chariots charge head-on into battle, not for the purpose of killing.
Instead, they used the sacrifices of these chariots and soldiers to force the Qin army's crossbowmen to stop shooting, and at the same time disrupted the Qin army's formation, gaining a combat advantage for the infantry following behind.
Sure enough, under the fierce charge of the Qi Army's chariots, the Qin Army's crossbowmen immediately gave up shooting and retreated towards the two wings.
After the crossbowmen, Qin heavy infantry armed with beryllium and halberds and wearing metal armor came forward to resist.
The Qin and Qi armies were in close combat, and the infantry of both sides began to fight.
At the same time, after receiving the order to attack, the chariots and cavalry on both wings of the Qin army rushed out from both sides, intending to flank the Qi army.
The Qi army also saw the move, and the chariots and cavalry on both wings also galloped out to engage the Qin army.
"We all have great morale."
Zhao Tuo was sitting on a slightly higher ground in the rear, looking at the battlefield situation with a solemn expression.
Although the Qi people have not fought in a war for decades and are not trained, so their overall quality is not as good as that of the Qin soldiers, but they have just entered the battle at this moment, which is when their spirit is strong.
This is contrary to the original Qin Chu Huai River War. At that time, the Chu troops under Xiang Yan were all veterans and had much more combat experience than the Qi people. However, the Chu troops suffered consecutive defeats and their courage was exhausted. They were immediately defeated when encountering disadvantages.
On the contrary, these Qi people in front of them have the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. If they punch them randomly, they still have some momentum.
"Haha, as the ancients said, the strength of the Qi people is only in this period of strength. Our army only needs to block the enemy's fierce momentum. As time goes by, victory will come by itself.
In the hands of the general."
Counselor Li Shiqi opened his mouth, his voice full of confidence.
"That's what sir said."
Zhao Tuo nodded in agreement, keeping his eyes on the battlefield situation.
In a battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, as a coach, you can't be impatient at all.
Now that the war has just begun, both sides have not invested many troops and are still testing each other. They must put stability first, slowly look for opportunities, and ultimately achieve the goal of deciding the outcome with one blow.
As time passed, the battle between the Qin and Qi armies became more and more intense.
After the Qi army failed to break the Qin army's battle formation with its bravery, it fell into a stalemate, and then gradually fell into a disadvantage.
The people of Qi were organized into teams of five, and their officers were named Gui Chang. The basic organization was the same as that of the Qin army.
But from Zhao Tuo's perspective, we can see that there is no mutual cooperation between Wu and Wu in the Qi army.
Even the soldiers within a single group fought independently. While people in one group were running, some would run to another group.
The Qi army's track was indistinguishable from reality, and there was no basic battle formation at all. The scene was very chaotic. It was more like a group fight than a battle on the battlefield.
The battle of the Qin soldiers was based on the configuration during training, with short soldiers in the front and long soldiers in the back, cooperating with each other, and alternating attack and defense.
The military law of the Qin Dynasty states that "if you die, you will not be able to serve in the army; if you die, you will not be able to grow; if you die, your family will be disabled."
If the Qin soldiers' robes, corps commanders, generals, etc. are killed in battle, they must kill the enemy's generals of the same number and rank to offset the punishment.
This makes each team of the Qin army closely connected. When teammates of Pao Ze are in danger, they can be rescued immediately.
After the death of a Paoze, even the corps commander, and even the commander, the remaining Qin soldiers' eyes were even redder, and they howled and rushed forward, as if their parents had died, and they must kill the same person on the other side.
In this case, although the numbers of the Qin and Qi armies fighting were about the same, the Qi army's combat effectiveness was obviously inferior.
In addition, some Qi people had never seen blood. Suddenly seeing the scene of blood and flesh flying on the battlefield, they were already frightened and frightened. There was no intention of fighting, and they retreated in succession.
Within half an hour, the Qi army was on the verge of retreat.
"Send the Gaomi and Liaocheng soldiers up."
Behind the Qi army, Grand Sima Tian Chong stood on a small hill, watching the battlefield and ordering more troops to be deployed.
The combat effectiveness of the Qi army is not as good as that of the Qin army, which is normal.
"I have more people, so it's not a big problem."
Tian Chong pursed his lips, everything was still under control.
After all, he is fighting 150,000 against 100,000, which is equivalent to an extra 50,000 reserve troops. Quantity can make up for quality.
Not to mention……
Tian Chong focused his attention on the thousand strong men who looked like towers at the very back of the Qi army's right wing.
Although these thousand people were sitting a little scattered and there seemed to be no formation at all, their fighting will and combat effectiveness were actually very strong. The martial arts warriors were all brave and powerful, and they were the real trump card of his great Sima.
When the fighter planes appear and are sent to the battlefield, Zhao Tuo must be surprised!
Sure enough, as Tian Chong began to send more troops, the Qi army's defeat on the battlefield was stopped again.
"Haha, Da Sima can't sit still anymore."
Li Shiqi laughed.
Zhao Tuo did not respond, but ordered 10,000 people to join the battle and attack the Qi army's right flank from the northwest.
"Good Zhao Tuo, I didn't send anyone to attack you, but you are here to do this. Tian Dan, send Chunyu's soldiers up to stop me."
Seeing the Qin army making a surprise attack, Tian Chong sneered and immediately ordered troops to be sent to stop it.
After receiving the order, the Qi army quickly stepped forward to engage in the battle, temporarily blocking the Qin army's side attack, and the entire battlefield fell into a stalemate again.
Zhao Tuo and Tian Chong fought each other with military tactics on the battlefield. Although every move of the Qin army could have a huge impact on the Qi army, the Qi army still blocked it with their numerical advantage.
As the fighting and confrontation continued on the battlefield, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed and the sun shone down.
On the earth, black soil and red blood blended.
Zhao Tuo raised his head and glanced at the sky. The sun was not strong, but it was in the sky, indicating the current time.
He smiled and said: "It's time to eat the cake."
With that said, Zhao Tuo turned around and told Li Shang: "Send orders to all the ministries to let the soldiers eat cakes. After the second and third sons have eaten enough and gained strength, we can surprise Da Sima in the afternoon."
"only."
Li Shang immediately went down, ordered the short soldiers to mount their horses, and sent orders to the reserve units at the rear of the battlefield.
"Hahaha, the wheat cakes made by General Zhao are really a sacred item in the military war!"
Li Shiqi took out a piece of cake from his arms and took a bite.
After he swallowed it, he laughed and said: "With this thing, our soldiers can eat one more meal than Qi's army on the battlefield. By the afternoon, Qi's soldiers are exhausted, but our soldiers are all full."
Belly, full of energy, it’s time for a big victory!”
Zhao Tuo smiled and nodded.
In this era, except for nobles and wealthy businessmen, ordinary civilians basically had one meal in the morning and one in the evening. Even the army did not eat lunch and would only make food after setting up camp in the evening.
Of course, in some long-distance missions, the army will also prepare some dry food made after being exposed to the sun, such as dry rice, for the soldiers to eat when they are hungry.
Zhao Tuo had also eaten that thing. Not only was it difficult to chew, he had to mix it with water and swallow it, but it was also very difficult to digest. There is no cake that is comfortable to eat. Eating a large cake is almost the same as eating a meal.
What's more, the dry food is troublesome to make and needs to be steamed and then dried. Qi's army has a total of 150,000 people, and the amount of dry food required for one meal is huge.
Even the cakes that Zhao Tuo could eat for one hundred thousand people took a long time to prepare.
Many people in the Qi army had just arrived in Zhencheng. It is estimated that many of the Qi people were hungry at this noon.
In this way, this is a huge advantage.
"Here comes the cake."
Zhao Tuo opened his mouth, took a piece of cake from the short soldier's hand, and took a bite.
The taste is a little moist, but it is easy to swallow and digest, and my hungry stomach is somewhat relieved.
Zhao Tuo's eyes moved away from the fighting battlefield and fell on the military formation behind his home.
I saw tens of thousands of Qin soldiers in the reserve team taking out cakes and eating them silently with their heads down.
"The Qin army has cakes, how can they not win?"
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