Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

The coalition soldiers all over the mountains and plains shouted in terror, and fled back towards Jixing and Xiangping cities. Behind these routs, countless cavalrymen from Zhao State were chasing them and hacking and killing them.

This is simply a massacre!

The smug Ji Xing forgot one thing, that is, the marching distance of chariot soldiers is very limited, even more limited than that of armored cavalry.

Although the chariot soldiers have four horses, there are also three heavily armed heavy armored warriors standing on top of the chariots, and the chariots weigh several hundred catties. It is far more heavy than the horses of Zhao Guogu's armored cavalry.

Under such circumstances, when the chariot soldiers chased them for twenty or thirty miles, the horses pulling the chariot showed signs of losing strength and had to slow down.

In addition, the North Korean infantry who followed the chariot for dozens of miles were also out of breath, and many of them even started to fall behind.

It was at this time that the ambush soldiers arranged by Li Mu came out from the side. Under the leadership of Yi Qusheng, [-] armored cavalry swept up the North Korean chariots like autumn leaves. .

At the same time, Li Mu, who was in the front, also led Zhao Guo's cavalry troops to turn around and launch a counterattack.

For Zhao's cavalry who can run hundreds of miles a day, the distance of twenty or thirty miles is nothing more than sprinkling water, not to mention that it is impossible for the chariot soldiers or infantry of the coalition army to catch up with Zhao's light cavalry.

Under such circumstances, the severely lacking physical strength of the coalition forces completely became lambs to be slaughtered.

In just a quarter of an hour, the identities of people and things were reversed.

The coalition soldiers who were desperately chasing the Zhao cavalry just now turned around and began to run desperately towards Xiangping City. They only hated their parents for losing two legs.

Ji Xing stared blankly at the scene of great defeat in front of her, and suddenly thought of four words in her mind.

Don't chase after the poor.

Don't chase the poor!

Chapter 823 Siege of the city (third update)

But no matter what Ji Xing thinks at the moment, the problem before him is that it's too late to say anything.

There are still a few loyal subordinates around Ji Xing, seeing his prince in a daze and the enemy army approaching quickly, he immediately dragged Ji Xing back to the city.

Just as he was entering the city, Ji Xing turned his head and saw a general Zhao Guo in heavy armored cavalry wielding a saber, chopping off the heads of North Korean soldiers in front of him like chopping melons and vegetables.

This guy is of course Yiqu Sheng.

At this moment, Ji Xing suddenly had the urge to chop off her own head, of course, it was just this moment.

The Empress Dowager Yan on the city wall was also stunned, with an expression of disbelief on her pretty face.

She is not familiar with war, and even this is her first time on the front line of war, just to cheer for her soldiers.

From the Empress Dowager Yan's point of view, [-] to [-] seems to be a question of giving points. No matter how I look at it, I have no reason to lose.

But there are too many unreasonable things in this world. Wars are never something that can be easily won by the number of soldiers.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Empress Dowager Yan to know that in fact, Li Mu thinks that if [-] cavalry are used against [-] infantry, the cavalry will still have an advantage in the plain.

Ji Xing finally came to his senses, and rushed to the top of the city in three steps at a time. Looking at the Zhao cavalrymen who were chasing closely and killing their own soldiers, Ji Xing clenched his fists tightly, Nails are about to pierce into palms.

"Close the gate, close the city gate!" Ji Xing suddenly roared crazily.

This order startled the Empress Dowager Yan, she said almost subconsciously: "If the city gate is closed, what will these soldiers do?"

Indeed, as long as the city gate is closed, the fate of the soldiers of the coalition forces outside the city can be imagined.

"There's no time!" Ji Xing shook her head in great pain, and said, "The Zhao people did it on purpose. If we don't close the city gate, they will rush into the city closely following the rout!"

The Empress Dowager Yan also wanted to intercede for her soldiers: "But"

"No but!" Ji Xing interrupted the Empress Dowager Yan very rudely: "If we don't want Zhao people to break the city, we must close the city gate immediately!"

After a pause, it seemed that he felt that his attitude was too bad when he spoke, so Ji Xing slowed down his tone again: "Now we still have [-] soldiers and horses in our hands, we can stick to it, we still have a chance !"

Empress Dowager Yan was silent.

Perseverance is of course possible, but the problem is that if you just stick to it, what is the use?

With the current situation, sticking to it will not be able to make people see any hope!

Amid Ji Xing's roar, the gate of Xiangping City was slowly closed.

The fleeing coalition soldiers completely collapsed after seeing this scene, and they knew very well in their hearts that they had been completely abandoned.

As a result, many coalition soldiers no longer fled towards Xiangping City, but fled in all directions like a group of lambs being chased by wolves.

Zhao Jun's operation of capturing prisoners lasted a whole day, until night fell, and all Zhao Jun's cavalry slowly returned to camp.

Yi Qusheng and other generals of the Yan Kingdom gathered in the tent and reported the military situation.

Through everyone's reports, Li Mu also came up with a summary of today's battle.

In this battle, the Zhao army killed more than 1 enemy troops and captured more than 1 people. About 1 coalition forces finally escaped successfully.

There was no way to do this, after all, these coalition forces were running around in all directions, and Zhao Jun, who had a small number, was really hard to catch.

Li Mu nodded, and said, "Tomorrow, let's take these captives to attack the city."

"Siege?" All Zhao generals were a little puzzled.

It is not Li Mu's first idea to attack a city with captives.

"This effect will not be very good." Someone reminded.

Li Mu shook his head and said: "But this is also useful to a certain extent. Compared with letting our soldiers spend on siege battles, I am more willing to exchange the lives of these captives for destroying the city, and our food is also more expensive." Not enough."

Twenty thousand cavalrymen ate horse chews, which was actually a very heavy burden.

In the past six months, Li Mu's team sent out to search for grain almost turned the entire Liaodong County upside down, and then transported grain and grass from Jidu a few times, which barely solved the problem.

Now that there are more than 1 captives' mouths, the food problem will definitely not be solved.

The generals of Zhao Guo also understood Li Mu's intention. It is absolutely impossible to release these prisoners. Isn't this increasing the enemy's combat power out of thin air?

Then, besides massacring all the captives, the only way is to let the captives attack the city.

"Tell those prisoners that their only way to survive is to break through the city! If someone is willing to cooperate with us and perform well, then I will reward him for his merits after the battle."

Li Mu didn't say what was the reason for his reluctance to cooperate, and no one asked.

Of course, if you don't want to, you will die. There is no need to ask about this.

The next day, Zhao Jun really launched a massive siege.

When he saw countless captives rushing towards the city driven by Zhao Jun, Ji Xing on the top of the city turned pale and slammed his fist on the city wall.