, nbsp; Zhao now has an army of nearly 350,000 people. Starting from Nanpi, Li Zuoche attacked the city and plundered the territory. He used the scrap weapons in the warehouses of the captured counties to arm an army of nearly ten people.
Yu Wan's armored army
As the seat of Julu County, the treasury of Julu County stores a large number of dilapidated weapons and armors that were discarded by the Qin army or were later collected but had not yet been transported to Xianyang.
The capture of Julu County immediately doubled Li Zuoche's strength, and the number of armored soldiers increased to 250,000. Although the remaining more than 100,000 did not have enough weapons and armor, Li Zuoche did not
Because there are more or less copper and iron weapons and equipment in various counties in the Qin Dynasty that have not been transported to Xianyang. These are the soldiers hidden by the six peoples that were successively collected after the First Emperor cast the twelve golden men.
Peng Yue's 50,000-strong army only had 30,000 armored soldiers; the 50,000-strong army Li Zuoche sent to Linzi were all elite soldiers with hard-wearing armor.
This time Li Zuoche brought out all the remaining 170,000 armored troops. Now there are only more than 100,000 so-called soldiers with no weapons left to defend Julu, the capital of Zhao State.
It can be said that if Li Zuoche defeated Meng Tian this time, then the five counties of Handan, Hanoi, and Shangdang that were originally part of the Zhao Kingdom would be transferred to Zhao State, and Zhao State would return to the vast situation of the past with Taihang Baxing Tianxian as a fortress.
The Taihang Mountains begin in Hanoi, and extend from Hanoi to Youzhou in the north and Fanbailing, extending across the boundaries of the twelve states.
Taihang Baxing: the first is Zhiguanxing, which now belongs to Jiyuan County, Henan Prefecture, eleven miles west of the county; the second is Taihangxing, and the third is Baixing, these two are in Hanoi; the fourth is Fukouxing to the west of Ye;
The fifth Jingxing is between Handan and Shangdang; the sixth is Feihuxing and Wangduguan; the seventh is Puyinxing, these three are in Zhongshan; and the eighth army is Duxing in Youzhou.
So the most important thing is that as long as he can occupy Handan and Shangdang, Li Zuoche can rebuild the Jingxing Fortress where his grandfather Li Mu blocked the Great Qin General Taiwei Wang Jian for a year.
Jingxing Fortress was ordered to be demolished after the First Emperor destroyed the six kingdoms and unified them.
With Jingxing Fortress as the choke point for going north and south, Li Zuoche believed that his grandfather could resist Wang Jian's 200,000 troops here for a year, so he should be able to do well now with Zhao Yiyan and Jiuding.
If Meng Tian dies again, he can retreat and defend. If he advances, he can go south to Sanchuan and Hanoi, overlooking the fertile land of the Central Plains.
At this point, Li Zuoche made a desperate move and brought all the armored troops up. He wanted to decide the outcome in a battle. Either Zhao Guosheng would be born and Meng Tian would be defeated; or Meng Tian would be victorious and Zhao Guo would be destroyed.
When Meng Tian received the news that his scouts had discovered Li Zuoche's army, Li Zuoche also received the news that his own scouts had discovered Meng Tian's army. When he heard the scouts reported that Meng Tian's army was less than 100,000, Li Zuoche smiled.
Li Zuoche's nearly 180,000-strong army includes more than 10,000 flying cavalry, which he modeled on his grandfather Li Muzhi's flying cavalry and put in all his efforts to build it. Although the time is still short, his absolute strength can make the difference at critical moments.
The power of victory and defeat in war
Although the thousand chariots were all scraps dug out from the treasury of various counties in Daqin, in the pre-Qin period chariots could be used as a standard to measure the strength of a vassal state, so they naturally had their role.
Li Mu didn't find many Qin crossbows, but he also formed a group of more than 20,000 archers. Since King Wuling of Zhao Hufu rode and arched, almost everyone in Zhao has the ability to ride and arch, and now Li Mu selected 20,000 archers.
Although the rest of the troops are slightly less skilled archers than the elite knights of the Zhao army before, they are already extremely good at shooting.
In addition to the flying cavalry, chariot soldiers, and archers, the rest of Li Mu's army were all infantry, totaling more than 130,000 people. The nearly 40,000 flying cavalry, chariot soldiers, and archers were all wrapped up in the infantry.
You can't tell any difference at all
Although it is stronger during the day than at night, the scouts can observe the movement of the army from a distance, but the specific situation inside the army is not clear. Now that Meng Tian's army is known to be weak or weak, Li Zuoche did not hesitate and directly ordered the army to form a left, center and right formation.
Spread out one word and press them all up
Of course, all of them are more than 130,000 infantry. The left and right armies each have 50,000 people. The center army Li Zuo's Cheya Banner is located
Li Zuoche's central army seems to be the weakest, but in fact it is the most dangerous. There are more than 20,000 archers quietly hidden on the two wings. Near the tooth flag of the central army are camouflaged chariots with thousands of chariots. Behind the central army are more than 10,000 flying warriors.
ride
With such a formation, Li Zuoche wanted to overwhelm others with force. Although Meng Tian's army was an elite with well-equipped weapons, the biggest drawback was that there were too few troops, and chariot soldiers were the nemesis of cavalry.
The three armies are lined up. No matter which army Meng Tian attacks, as long as they hold off Meng Tian's army for a moment, Li Zuoche's other two armies can immediately surround Meng Tian's army. As long as Meng Tian dies, even if the 180,000 troops are wiped out in one battle, Li Zuoche will
I think it's worth it
Scouts constantly walked between the two armies, conveying the latest military information.
After Meng Tian learned about the formation of Li Zuoche's army, he remained silent for a while, and then ordered: "Order all the scouts to go out and detect the invincible army within twenty miles around our army, and we must detect Li Zuoche's bandit army clearly."
"False and Real"
"Here"
After the bodyguards around him went down to deliver the order, Meng Tian thought for a while and then said: "Send the order to Zhang Wu's army to attack Zhao Peng's bandit army immediately, and order Qian Liang to lead 20,000 cavalry to rush to the rescue. He will definitely annihilate all the tens of thousands of bandits."
Rush to the rescue of the Chinese army immediately”
"Here"
After a while, 20,000 cavalry detached themselves from Meng Tian's central army and rushed to support Zhang Wu.
Meng Tian divided his troops, not forward but behind. Such a large-scale cavalry movement could not be concealed in the wilderness. Li Zuoche's scouts soon discovered it, and the situation was immediately reported to Li Zuoche.
Li Zuoche had just received Peng Yue, and the military information from Bang Tuo contacted Meng Tian to divide his troops. He immediately guessed that Meng Tian wanted to destroy Peng Yue's 50,000 troops who were hanging outside first, and then devote all his strength to himself after all his worries were relieved.
decisive battle
To save or not to save Peng Yue? This question made Li Zuoche very confused.
His own army is still thirty miles away from Meng Tian's army, and it is at least forty miles away from Peng Yue's army. To save Peng Yue, he must cross Meng Tian's army. Meng Tian will definitely not sit idly by and watch him go to save people.
Then a big war will inevitably break out in advance. This is inconsistent with Li Zuoche's plan to defeat Meng Tian with all his strength. If he wants to save Peng Yue and others, he will have to use his hidden flying cavalry of more than 10,000 people in time.
Not only did this expose the flying cavalry in advance, but the important thing was to alert the snakes. Meng Tian saw that he could hide the flying cavalry among the army. Wouldn't he be able to hide other strange soldiers?
With the strength of the Jiuyuan Army, if something goes wrong, Meng Tian can still break out of the encirclement.
Once Meng Tian breaks out, even if he wins, as long as Meng Tian is still there, Da Qin's army will continue to march northward. Yi is hard to find a general, especially a famous general like Meng Tian. If Meng Tian dies, it will be an extremely huge blow to Da Qin.
blow
Only one chance
But if he doesn't save him, Peng Yue's 50,000-strong army will definitely not be able to withstand Da Qin's tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Nine Plains. If he refuses to save him, once word spreads, who will dare to come to him in the future? Who will dare to lead troops into battle?
Li Zuoche was indecisive for the first time.
Meng Tian's middle army and rear army were not less than ten miles away from Zhang Wu's front army. Qian Liang led 20,000 cavalry and arrived in less than a cup of tea.
When Qian Liang arrived, Zhang Wu's 20,000 former troops had already repelled Peng Yue's three charges. In the passage less than ten feet wide deliberately left in front of the main gate of Peng Yue's camp, no less than a thousand corpses were densely piled up, and blood flowed like a river.
The horse traps, horse ropes, copper thorns and iron nails that were originally used to stop the Qin cavalry have now become the first obstacles to prevent Peng Yue and others from breaking out. The narrow passage in front of the camp has become their own death.
the road
It just makes it easier to shoot the Qin crossbow.
Peng Yue saw Meng Tian leading the tens of thousands of troops from the central and rear armies and heading straight towards Julu, leaving only more than 20,000 men behind, and wanted to surround his 50,000 troops in the camp. He immediately
bristle
Regardless of Bang Tuo's objection, he ordered the army to leave the camp three times, trying to break through the obstruction of Zhang Wu's former army, but he was shot back by the powerful crossbows of the Qin army. Not only did he not rush out, but also wasted more than a thousand soldiers.
At this moment, seeing more than 20,000 cavalry arriving, Bangtuo quickly dissuaded him and said: "General, the Qin people's crossbows are fierce, and the passage in front of our camp is too narrow. Now Meng Tian has divided his troops here, obviously to annihilate us all."
here
Meng Tian was a famous general at that time, but he was too arrogant. It was really stupid to divide his troops to fight in two directions during the war. Not to mention the layout outside our military camp, the rugged mountainous terrain alone made it difficult for the Qin people's elite cavalry to move forward, and their infantry only had more than ten thousand.
How to break our army camp?
Meng Tian led an army of only more than 100,000 people at most this time. Now our army has more than 40,000 people, and Meng Tian's middle army only has less than 60,000 people. How can he fight with the Prime Minister's 300,000 troops?
With the power of the Prime Minister, as long as we hold back the Qin army here, Meng Tian will be defeated and perished this time. We, the State of Zhao, are very lucky." At the end of the sentence, Bang Tuo was already overjoyed.
These words made Peng Yue and others beam with joy, as if Meng Tian's army was already the meat of Li Zuo's car.
Peng Yue and others are still concerned here, but Qian Liang over there has told Zhang Wu and Mengtian's military order. The two briefly discussed it, and then the 30,000 cavalrymen left 10,000 cavalrymen and retreated to 500 paces with their horses.
In the wilderness outside, all the remaining 20,000 cavalry dismounted and turned into infantry.
Although the Jiuyuan Cavalry cannot mount and fight like the Longxi Army, and dismount and fight on foot, the enemy troops are now in the camp and cannot come out, so there is no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat. The Qin Crossbow is the most commonly equipped weapon in the Qin Army, whether it is infantry or infantry.
Everyone can use pawns or cavalry.
What's more, although the Jiuyuan cavalry is not good at infantry fighting, it is not that they cannot fight on foot, let alone dealing with these incompletely armored soldiers.
Zhang Wu and Qian Liang's method is very simple. They use the range of Qin Nu's long-range bow and arrow to clear out all the traps and obstacles outside Peng Yue's camp step by step. They want to use the powerful crossbows of 30,000 soldiers to defeat Peng Yue's 50,000 army.
Kill them all in the camp
And the ten thousand cavalry roaming the wild land will be the last to seek death.
Peng Yue, Bang Tuo and others were puzzled when they saw all the Qin cavalry dismounting, but then the actions behind the Qin army suddenly changed their faces.
The 10,000 infantrymen originally stationed on both sides of the Pengyue Army's camp began to fill the horse pits in an orderly manner, cut off the horse ropes, and picked up thorns, nails and other objects on the ground. The 20,000 Qin Army cavalry who dismounted followed closely.
Following the rear sweep formation, we are still within the range of the crossbow.
Seeing Qin Jun's actions at this moment, no matter how stupid Peng Yue and others were, they knew what Qin Jun was going to do.
"Hurry up, let the archers shoot for me" (to be continued)
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