Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

"Arrowers prepare!"

With Le Cheng's order, Zhao's soldiers took down their bows and crossbows from behind, and immediately wound them up, preparing to strike the enemy in front of them with a rain of arrows.

Le Cheng thought for a while, and then continued to give the order.

"Raise the flag!"

A red flag of Zhao State was hoisted immediately, flying high above the small hill where Lecheng was located.

The routed soldiers who were fleeing at the forefront immediately changed their escape direction from the direction they wanted to go around the hill after they spotted the high-rising red flag of the State of Zhao, and turned directly in the direction of Le Cheng. come.

After seeing this situation, Le Cheng couldn't help but frowned, and murmured: "The situation is not good, so don't shoot arrows, wait for my order!"

After a while, the rout of the Qin army running at the front had already entered the range of Zhao Jun's bow and arrow, and the cavalry of the Qin army who had been chasing behind the rout of the army were about to catch up with them , and has already begun to bow and shoot arrows on the horse, shooting and killing the fleeing soldiers.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and a battle was imminent.

Three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps

It was also at this time that someone among the defeated Qin army in front of Le Cheng suddenly shouted loudly.

"Don't shoot arrows, I am Zhao Kuo, Lieutenant of Shangdang County, Zhao State! Who is the leader in front?"

"Zhao Kuo?" Le Cheng's eyes moved slightly, and he looked along the source of the voice, and he found Zhao Kuo in a panic among the defeated soldiers.

Le Cheng let out a long breath, couldn't help but shook his head, and gave another order.

"Let go of the rout of the Qin army in front of them, and prepare to meet the cavalry of the Qin army behind them!"

Chapter 288 Relief

To be honest, Le Cheng never thought that things would turn out like this.

In Le Cheng's view, this battle should never have happened.

Le Cheng felt that he should have led the [-] Zhao Guo elites under his command all the way to the Qin Army camp outside Anyi City, and helped Zhao Kuo capture [-] Qin Army in one fell swoop with lightning speed. The military power, thus pacifying Hedong in one fell swoop, won the world's merits, was praised by the king and countless people of Zhao State, and left his name in history.

However, at this moment, when Le Cheng came to the city of Quwo, which was at least one day away from Anyi, he suddenly discovered that Zhao Kuo, who was supposed to be in the camp of Anyi, was being chased and appeared like a bereaved dog. in front of myself.

This script is wrong!

But even so, Le Cheng made an extremely correct judgment subconsciously, that is, to meet Zhao Kuo first, and then repel the Qin State's pursuers who were chasing Zhao Kuo.

After Le Cheng gave an order, Zhao Jun's archer position, which had been lined up, immediately withdrew a hole from the middle, just enough for the rout soldiers led by Zhao Kuo to pass through.

This is actually a very risky choice, because once these routs enter Zhao Jun's position, it is possible to disperse Zhao Jun's formation.

If such a situation really happened, then as long as the cavalry of the Qin Army who were chasing after them rushed up to cover up the kill, Le Cheng would definitely lose the battle.

So when Le Cheng gave the order to let go of a hole, he gave another order at the same time.

"Any broken soldiers who don't pass through the gap will be shot directly!"

Compared with the lives of these defeated soldiers, Le Cheng felt that victory in this battle was actually more important.

Fortunately, what Le Cheng was worried about did not happen. Although the rout troops of Qin State led by Zhao Kuo were very embarrassed when they broke up and ran away, their quality was not bad when they ran away. After getting an exit and receiving Zhao Kuo's order, most of the defeated Qin army rushed towards the exit that Zhao Jun gave up.

Of course, it was unavoidable that there were hundreds of blind Qin soldiers who did not choose to squeeze in through the gap in desperation, but rushed towards the soldiers of Zhao Army who were waiting on both sides of the gap.

After seeing this scene, Le Cheng's pupils shrank slightly, and he let out a cold snort: "You're looking for your own death!"

After shooting dead at least a hundred of such stupid reckless men, most of the defeated Qin army was finally forced to calm down under the deterrence of ruthless arrows and corpses all over the place. He rushed through the gap made by the army.

Le Cheng stood on the small hill watching all this with cold eyes, and finally couldn't help shaking his head.

The current situation can be said to be very good, but even so, Zhao Jun's formation has been shaken by these Qin army's defeat.

If a not-so-elite Zhao army is here, maybe the entire defense line has been completely dispersed by these Qin army Kui soldiers.

But Le Cheng actually didn't have much time to feel these things, because when the last Qin army rout hurriedly passed through the gap made by Zhao army, those Qin army cavalrymen who were chasing after him had already begun to enter. Zhao Jun soldiers within range.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the sky was full of smoke and dust. Many cavalry figures of the Qin Army appeared and disappeared in the smoke and dust, charging towards Zhao Jun's position.

Le Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and carefully looked at the cavalry of the Qin army in front of him.

As we all know, in today's world, when it comes to the strength of the cavalry, no one but Zhao Guo will think of others.

As a general of the Zhao State, Le Cheng, who is now second only to Wu Xinjun Lianpo in the Zhao State Army, is of course no stranger to the cavalry.

It can even be said that when it comes to understanding cavalry, few people in this world can compare to Le Cheng.

If it weren't for the fact that the roads of Taihang Baxing were too rough and difficult for war horses to pass, Le Cheng would have led a surprise attack on Anyi with a cavalry long ago.

It was precisely because of his familiarity with the cavalry that even though his sight was obscured by the billowing smoke and dust, Le Cheng was still able to make a quick judgment based on what he saw in his eyes.

"There are only five hundred cavalry from the Qin State, the archers shoot immediately!"

From Le Cheng's point of view, the commander of the Qin cavalry on the opposite side must have lost his mind.

Did he really think that the Zhao Guo elite led by this general was as bad as the defeated army led by Zhao Kuo?

To dare to gallop the horse into battle so recklessly is simply asking for death.

Le Cheng's order was immediately sent down layer by layer, reaching the ears of every soldier in Zhao State.

After just a few breaths, the crossbowmen of Zhao State either bent their bows and set up arrows, or raised their crossbows to aim, and under the orders of their own officials, they shot arrows at the Qin State cavalry in front of them.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The overwhelming arrows turned into an overwhelming rain of arrows, and instantly submerged in the rolling smoke and dust.

Immediately, the sound of countless people turning their backs came from the smoke and dust.

After a burst of screams, the billowing smoke and dust, which was full of momentum, seemed less scary to Zhao Jun's soldiers.

So Le Cheng continued to issue the order without hesitation: "Don't stop the archers, keep shooting!"

From a common sense point of view, before the light cavalry rushed to the infantry position, the infantry actually had time to send out a few waves of arrows, so it was necessary to kill them as much as possible before the cavalry of the Qin army charged.

So after just a few breaths of time, another wave of arrow rain fell from the sky, falling into the billowing smoke and dust again.

If so again and again.

Le Cheng stood on the top of the hill, staring at the cloud of smoke and dust formed by the cavalry of the Qin army in front of him.

It can be seen very clearly that every time a wave of arrow rain falls into the billowing smoke and dust, the scale of the smoke and dust will be significantly reduced.

By the time the third wave of arrow rain had also fallen into the smoke and dust, the scale of the smoke and dust brought up by the cavalry horseshoes of the Qin Army was even less than half of the beginning.