The situation of the war changed unexpectedly quickly.
Li Zuoche never expected that in this short moment of hesitation, the situation he was facing would take a turn for the worse.
A black hurricane, a black torrent, rushed from the southwest to Li Zuoche's central army, which was facing north and south. However, Li Zuoche's central army now only had more than a thousand personal guards. Li Zuoche was two miles away.
The Jiuyuan Army rushed towards them within a hundred steps.
Behind the two black waves were large groups of Zhao army infantry, archers and the remaining more than a hundred chariots.
As early as when he heard the sound of war drums in Meng Tian's army, Li Zuoche was worried. Sure enough, Meng Tian's more than ten thousand infantry broke through the encirclement that had been barely maintained until the end.
Immediately afterwards, in just a dozen breaths, more than 8,000 Yuanjing cavalry used their bodies and horses to forcefully break out of the two hundred chariots. This completely made Li Zuoche's heart sink heavily.
Go down.
"Lord Xiangguo, let's go quickly!" The older guard who spoke earlier didn't care much. He grabbed Li Zuoche and prepared to escape in Li Zuoche's special command chariot.
At this moment, a black line appeared behind the Zhao army that was hotly pursuing Meng Tian's infantry phalanx, and then the thunderous roar of horse hooves was heard in the distance.
When the sudden appearance of the large number of cavalry saw the countless soldiers in the wilderness, their speed suddenly increased. In just a few breaths, the large number of cavalry that was originally only vaguely visible had become extremely clear.
Black-armored cavalry! Great Qin cavalry! At least tens of thousands of Great Qin cavalry!
The tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers who were originally desperately chasing Meng Tian's army turned pale when they saw the overwhelming 30,000 Jiuyuan cavalry rushing towards them. More than 100,000 people besieged the Daqin infantry of less than 20,000 and suffered numerous casualties.
Tens of thousands of people, and now there are tens of thousands of Great Qin elite cavalry, how can we fight this battle?
Mengtian's infantry phalanx and the remaining Jiuyuan Jingqi, who were charging towards Li Zuoche, apparently also noticed the arrival of tens of thousands of cavalry from the former army. They cheered in unison, and their charge became even more fierce.
Witnessing tens of thousands of black-armored spirits riding at high speed in the wilderness was a huge shock to the 70,000 to 80,000 Zhao troops!
The earth is trembling, the sky is trembling!
The entire earth seems to be covered in this black! Everywhere you look, there is a heart-stopping black!
Finally, some Zhao soldiers could no longer bear the fear in their hearts, threw down their weapons, turned around and fled to the other side.
With the first one, there will be the second, and then the third... More and more Zhao Jun's infantry began to throw down the weapons that Li Zuoche had finally equipped them with and ran away.
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In an instant, when Zhang Wu and Qian Liang's 30,000 elite cavalry arrived in a hurry and were still hundreds of steps away from the battlefield, Li Zuoche's tens of thousands of infantry had collapsed and fled in all directions.
Li Zuoche, who had still had a glimmer of hope, suddenly felt cold all over when he saw this scene.
"There's no need to run away. You can't escape today!" Li Zuoche said calmly as he shook off the older guard's big hand that grabbed his arm.
"Sir!..." the older guard shouted in desperation.
"Mr. Li, tens of thousands of Qin's elite cavalry have arrived here, and our Zhao Kingdom's army of more than 100,000 people has been put to shame. Can we still escape? Where to escape?" Li Zuoche interrupted Mr. Li's words and asked urgently.
"This old slave will take the young master to escape from this place even if he sacrifices his life." The elderly bodyguard whom Li Zuoche called Mr. Li said loudly.
"Buzz"
There was a strange trembling sound, followed by a sharp whistling sound!
Of the 8,000 Qin Jingqi who had broken through the obstruction of more than 200 chariots, less than 6,000 were left at this moment. At that time, Meng Tian's infantry phalanx had not broken through the siege of Li Zuoche's infantry, so the 8,900 Qin Jingqi were
The fastest and most brutal charge was adopted.
The more than 2,000 Jiuyuan Jingqi who acted as the vanguard were the vanguard, using their bodies and horses to cut a bloody path from the last 200 or so chariot formations that lay in front of Li Zuo's army formation.
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Not much time was wasted in digging through the chariot, but the tunnel dug was paved with the blood of Jiuyuan Jingqi!
The more than 2,000 cavalrymen in the vanguard, including the cavalry captain Liu Xin, were all killed on the spot!
In the Jiuyuan Army, except for General Meng Tian, who is the commander-in-chief, the rest, from the corps commander to the lieutenant general, must be on the front line in person during war and lead the troops to kill the enemy. This is the unchanging tradition of the Jiuyuan Army.
Liu Xin was not the first captain-level general killed in the Jiuyuan Army, and he obviously will not be the last.
Liu Xin, the leader of the army, was killed in battle, so naturally there was a captain on top. The remaining 6,000 original cavalrymen had already reloaded their powerful crossbows while galloping after breaking through the defense line composed of chariots.
At this moment, the sharp whistling sound was the sound of more than six thousand crossbow arrows piercing the air.
"No!" The elderly guard named Mr. Li was stunned for a moment when he heard the voice. Then he reacted and hugged Li Zuoche, trying to use his body to cover the falling crossbow arrows.
But obviously his action was in vain. The crossbow arrows were thrown rather than fired flatly, not to mention there were more than 6,000 crossbow arrows!
The continuous "duh" sound was mixed with the sound of crossbow arrows entering the body and tearing flesh and blood.
After the screams, the area around Li Zuoche's chariot was completely covered by dense crossbow arrows. The hundreds of personal guards closest to Li Zuoche, including Li Zuoche, Mr. Li and the unlucky chariot of course,
The chariots are all filled with cute little eight-inch crossbow arrows, like rice fields after harvesting.
Li Zuoche's death immediately caused some Zhao soldiers who were still watching to completely collapse in despair. They threw down their weapons, flags and other objects and fled in all directions. From time to time, some people fell to the ground and were trampled to death.
Originally, Chen Yu, as the general in history, led Li Zuoche to resist Han Xin who went north to destroy Zhao. As a result, Chen Yu, a fool, rushed in with little troops and was stolen by thousands of Han Xin soldiers. The camp was kicked and more than 100,000 Han soldiers were kicked.
The army collapsed, Chen Yushen died, and Li Zuoche was immediately captured by Han Xin.
Han Xin did not kill Li Zuoche, but treated him as a teacher. Then Li Zuoche assisted Han Xin in pacifying the two countries of Yan and Qi.
Later, Li Zuoche followed Han Xin to assist Liu Bang in conquering the world. He set up an ambush on all sides in Jiuli Mountain and forced Xiang Yu to commit suicide in Wujiang River. He made great achievements in the founding of the Western Han Dynasty. Just when Liu Bang was discussing meritorious service and awarding rewards, Li Zuoche quietly disappeared.
Retreat, not knowing where to go.
But now, Li Zuoche, who should have died a good death and left in history the famous saying "A wise man will make a mistake after a thousand worries; a fool will gain after a thousand worries", is now dead on April 28, 209 BC.
On this day, he died in the wilderness between Handan and Julu with dozens of arrows in his body.
Li Zuoche died, and Zhao's army of more than 100,000 troops was ashamed, which meant that the Zhao Kingdom, which had just been restored to power less than three days ago, had been destroyed.
Zhang Wu and Qian Liang also rushed to the battlefield at this time. There were nearly 50,000 Zhao soldiers who had no time to escape or were driven back by Zhang Wu and others. They knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Qin army.
The reason why Zhang Wu and others did not pursue and kill the rest of the ashamed Zhao army was because Meng Tian knew Hu Hai's wishes. These strong men were common people of the Qin Dynasty. Since the main culprit was dead, Meng Tian took advantage of the situation and let go of these soldiers who were just escaping.
Meng Tian ordered people to simply collect Li Zuoche's body, cut off the head and prepare it with salt, and prepared to send people to Xianyang to present to Hu Hai.
Zhang Wu and others here have already calculated the losses of the Jiuyuan Army in this battle.
In this battle, the Jiuyuan Army who followed Meng Tian to the north lost more than 18,000 infantry and more than 4,500 cavalry, including more than 10 captains including Liu Xin, and more than 10 captains and below.
There are hundreds of people.
It can be said that this is the most serious loss suffered by the Jiuyuan Army since its formation, especially the losses of many middle and low-level generals, which will directly affect the combat effectiveness of the Jiuyuan Army to a great extent.
After Meng Tian heard Zhang Wu's report, he suddenly seemed much older, but he knew in his heart that as a soldier of the Qin Dynasty, whether he and other generals, or ordinary soldiers, died on the battlefield and were wrapped in horse leather, it can be said that everyone
I was already prepared in my heart.
So he quickly regained his composure and issued the order crisply.
Zhang Wu was left to lead the remaining 17,000 cavalry and infantry who had just fought fiercely to guard the surrendered Zhao army and to take care of the injured Jiuyuan army and baggage. Meng Tian took the unscathed 30,000 fine cavalry and 10,000
The infantry went straight towards the giant deer.
The reason why Zhang Wu and others arrived so late was to chase down Peng Yue's 50,000-strong army. In the end, they beheaded 30,000 of them. Peng Yue did not escape the disaster in the end. He did not die at the hands of Lu Pheasant, but died early in the battle.
into the hands of Zhang Wu.
Meng Tian did not blame Zhang Wu and others for the killing, because he knew why Zhang Wu and others did so. Those rebels were all military merits in the eyes of the Jiuyuan Army! And if Meng Tian had not stopped them just now, the more than 50,000 Zhao troops who surrendered would also have
It will also become the military merit of the Jiuyuan Army.
At this moment, Julu was already in chaos. The defeated soldiers brought back the news of Li Zuoche's defeat and death, which immediately turned the Zhao Kingdom's small court, which had just been re-established for three days, into a mess.
Pang Xin had just assumed the post of right prime minister. If Li Zuoche was still alive, even if the army was defeated as long as he did not die, then his right prime minister would still be a bit of a deterrent to the survivors of Zhao. But now that Li Zuoche has died, no one will buy it.
His account was settled.
Some of the deceased Zhao survivors even proposed to kill Pang Xin directly to vent their anger!
Pang Xin stood silently in the main hall, looking at the noisy Zhao survivors, with a sneer flashing at the corner of his mouth.
These deceased Zhao survivors did not have the courage to resist Meng Tian's army at this moment. Indeed, Prime Minister Li Zuoche and his nearly 200,000 elite soldiers were defeated and killed by Meng Tian in just three or four hours. Julu's ten
No one among the remaining ten thousand soldiers thought they could withstand the attack of Meng Tian's army.
What they were arguing about right now was whether to take King Zhao Xie and flee north to the land of Yanyun or to go east to the sea to avoid the Qin Dynasty's pursuit!
At this time, a strong man dressed as a domestic slave poked his head in outside the hall, and saw Pang Xin standing in the corner of the hall, with a flash of joy in his eyes.
Pang Xin had been paying attention to the outside of the main hall, and saw this strong man sneaking out from a corner of the main hall. No one among the Zhao family members who were arguing fiercely in the main hall paid attention to him, so no one noticed that Pang Xin was no longer in the main hall.
The hall was deserted, with no guards at all.
Pang Xin slipped out of the hall, stopped the strong man from saluting, and asked in a low voice: "Are you all ready?"