Zhao Kuo rushed over with his troops and saved the Zhao Village army at the last moment.
The excellent quality of the Zhao army's soldiers was fully displayed in this battle. Even though they were in danger and suffered heavy casualties, not a single deserter appeared in the Zhao army. All of them fought to the end.
It had to be said that this was a miracle of the warring states era.
After Zhao Kuo rushed over, he took command and gathered the scattered Zhao Village army back together. With the addition of Zhao Kuo's 150,000 fresh soldiers, the Qin army was under a lot of pressure.
Seeing that things were not going well, Bai Qi decisively gave the order to retreat.
Zhao Kuo did not waste too much time. After gathering with the Zhao Village army, they retreated towards the old pass.
This unprecedented battle had many twists and turns. After fighting for an entire day, both sides lost more than 100,000 soldiers. Changping Valley became a land of death. Blood soaked the ground and it was impossible to grow crops.
Looking over, the plains, hills, and valleys were filled with the corpses of dead soldiers. There were Qin soldiers in black and Zhao soldiers in red. The Little Dong Cang River was completely dyed red. The surging river water was like waves of blood.
After the battle, the Qin army arranged for people to collect the corpses, bury them, collect usable weapons and armors, and find lost horses.
The sky of Changping Valley was still terrifyingly dark, indicating that the battle was far from over.
As the evening approached, a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. Gradually, the rain became heavier and became a rainstorm that engulfed the entire Changping region.
The abundant rainwater washed away the bloodstains on the battlefield. The rainwater turned blood red and gathered at the Dan River, dyeing it bright red. The bright red river water was the best illustration of this battle.
After the rainstorm, the earth regained its vitality, as if nothing had happened.
In this battle, the Zhao army successfully broke free from the Qin army's trap. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they managed to turn the tables.
The Qin army was more depressed. Not only did they let the enemy escape, their general Wang Ling died in battle and Wang Ling's army was completely annihilated. None of this was something to be optimistic about.
According to the setting of the battle, historical figures like Wang Ling, who were not the leaders of the camp, would not have the chance to appear in the wilderness after the battle ended.
In the Wolf Mountain House, Lord of Martial Peace Bai Qi's expression was terrifyingly dark.
The generals sat on two rows of stone blocks in an orderly manner, their expressions solemn. As the representative of the Mutants, Ouyang Shuo was invited to attend the military conference. He sat quietly in a corner without saying a word.
According to the statistics of the general in the army, other than the destruction of Wang Ling's army, Huan Qi's army had lost over ten thousand men, Wang Ling's army had lost over fifty thousand men, and Meng Ao's army had lost over thirty thousand men. The number of Qin soldiers killed in the battle reached an astonishing figure of nearly one hundred and fifty thousand.
As for the Inhuman Army, Ouyang Shuo had also done his calculations. Of the seven thousand infantrymen led by Chen Tang, less than four thousand had successfully retreated from the battlefield.
Of the 24,000 cavalrymen who set off for the expedition, there were now less than 20,000 left. The ten thousand cavalrymen from Shanhai County were responsible for the main attack, but they also suffered heavy casualties. Nearly two thousand of them were killed, which made Ouyang Shuo feel extremely pained.
In the Battle of Changping, Ouyang Shuo had brought ten thousand cavalrymen with him. That was more than half of Shanhai County's forces. Yet, on the first day of the battle, they had already lost one-fifth of their forces. How could he not be heartbroken?
"The defeat of this battle is due to the forty thousand mutant army that suddenly charged out of the Zhao army's old pass. Yesterday, Extraordinary Man Who Says He Has No Clothes had already reported to me. I didn't pay enough attention to him, which led to today's defeat. "
Unexpectedly, Bai Qi didn't reprimand the generals. Instead, he started to reflect on himself.
Wang Qi and the others immediately looked at Ouyang Shuo, who was sitting in the corner. Among the generals, Huan Qi's gaze was the friendliest. He had seen the strength of the mutant army.
Being stared at by these generals, Ouyang Shuo's heart shook. He stood up and said, "Reporting to Lord Calm Martial, the arrival of the mutant army of the State of Zhao at the old pass is the will of the heavens. It isn't something that can be changed by humans. In just one day, the Zhao army has already made such a move. No matter how we prepare, it is useless. "
"That's right!" The generals all agreed.
Ouyang Shuo wasn't trying to absolve Bai Qi. Bai Qi's arrangements were not inappropriate. His on-the-spot command today was even more amazing. With his own strength, he had turned the Qin army's disadvantageous situation around.
After the battle, the Zhao army had been killed in a short period of time. This was an abnormally shocking number, almost equal to the army of the Royal Tomb that had been destroyed.
"Lord Calm Martial, now that the Zhao army has escaped, what should we do next?" Left Concubine Wang Qi asked.
Bai Qi stared at the map of the Shangdang Mountains and Rivers and did not speak for a long time.
The Qin army's military meeting ended just like that. With Bai Qi's capabilities, he couldn't come up with any shocking military plans in a short period of time. He could only plan slowly.
After Ouyang Shuo left the mountain, he reported the general's meeting to his allies. Everyone was also speechless.
Since that was the case, Ouyang Shuo immediately left Ju Shou behind to analyze the current situation. Only when the night fell and the sky was as dark as ink did Ju Shou leave Ouyang Shuo's tent.
Outsiders had no way of knowing what the two discussed in secret.
When they arrived at the old pass, other than the 70,000 soldiers that were guarding the pass, the main force of the Zhao army still had more than 300,000 soldiers.
Compared to the Qin army, the Zhao army had lost more than 170,000 soldiers. Just the Zhao army alone had lost more than 100,000 soldiers. In addition to the encirclement of the royal tomb, the Zhao army also paid a heavy price.
The old pass could not hold such a large army.
Helpless, Zhao Kuo first arranged for a general to lead 50,000 soldiers to occupy the royal tomb. He then arranged for Zhao Zhuang to station 150,000 soldiers at the foot of the old pass. The remaining 100,000 soldiers were stationed at the old pass.
After Zhao Kuo moved his residence to the old pass and settled down, the first thing he thought of was to open up the passage between the Hundred Mile Stone Wall and Handan so that Handan could continuously transport rations to the old pass.
The rations stored at the old pass could only last the army for a month.
Compared to Zhao Kuo, Bai Qi's reaction was faster and more decisive.
When Zhao Kuo arranged for the 100,000 soldiers to leave the pass to annihilate Ying Bao's army in the north, Ying Bao had already received orders from the Lord of Martial Peace to retreat from Changping Pass.
Bai Qi knew that with the main force of the Zhao army retreating to the old pass, Ying Bao's less than 40,000 soldiers would not be able to defend the pass. Rather than that, it was better to take the initiative to withdraw the army and reduce unnecessary casualties.
At this point, the Qin and Zhao armies seemed to have returned to the three years of confrontation between Wang Ci and Lian Po.
In reality, neither Zhao Kuo nor Zhao Kuo planned to do so. After three years of confrontation, be it Qin or Zhao, the burden of war on their countries was almost beyond what they could bear.
Countless rations were gathered to the battlefield, and the number of civilians several times the number of soldiers was conscripted to serve the army. They had to transport rations to the army day and night, and countless young men were sent to the battlefield. The economy of the country was on the verge of collapse.
This was especially true for Qin. Their lone army had created a long transportation route for rations. For every rations they transported to the battlefield, four to five rations would be consumed on the way.
If this confrontation continued, even the powerful Qin would not be able to hold on. The national strength that they had painstakingly accumulated over the years would be dragged down by this battle.
Militarism was a great taboo for a country.
Emperor Wu of Han's expedition to the Xiongnu had used up all the resources that Wen Jing had accumulated. Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goguryeo had used up all the national strength that Emperor Wen had accumulated during his reign.
Di Chen's tent at the old pass.
"The first step has been successfully implemented. Is it time for the second step?" Xiong Ba asked.
Di Chen nodded and said, "I will bring up the suggestion to Zhao Kuo during the military conference tonight."
"Good!"
"Do you think Zhao Kuo will agree to our plan?"
"Why not? Isn't today's victory enough to prove the point?!"
"What do you think, Battle Wolf?"
In the battle during the day, Battle Wolf had led the Inhuman army to destroy Wang Ling's army. He had even taken Wang Ling's head and was ranked second on the military contribution list, just below Ouyang Shuo.
The reason why Ouyang Shuo was able to suppress Battle Wolf was because of the ten thousand cavalrymen from Shanhai County. Otherwise, it was very likely that he would be surpassed by Battle Wolf.
Therefore, Battle Wolf's prestige in the Yan Huang Alliance was growing day by day.
Battle Wolf smiled faintly and said, "In my opinion, even if we didn't bring it up, Zhao Kuo would have had the same idea."
"Why do you think so?"
"Don't underestimate Zhao Kuo. In history, Zhao Kuo was able to defend for forty-six days without any food supplies and his army did not rebel. He is not an easy opponent to deal with. After advancing rashly, Zhao Kuo will definitely learn his lesson and find another way to defeat the Qin army. With his personality, it's impossible for him to be like Lian Po and not come out. "Zhan Lang analyzed.
"Great!" The allies couldn't help but applaud Battle Wolf's analysis.
"Looks like we have a sixty percent chance of winning the battle of Changping." Di Chen said with satisfaction.
Ten days later, the news of the Zhao army successfully breaking out of the encirclement and killing Qin's General Wang Ling had spread to all the kingdoms, shocking the world!
Previously, when Zhao's four hundred thousand main army was trapped by Qin's five hundred thousand army in the Changping River Valley, Zhao had sent envoys to ask for help. Unfortunately, the five kingdoms in Shandong could not see the situation clearly and didn't dare to make a bet. Adding on the fact that Qin's envoys were sniping everywhere, Zhao ended up with nothing.
Now that the Zhao army had successfully broken out of the encirclement and killed Qin's General, it was undoubtedly a boost to the confidence of the five kingdoms in Shandong. The situation of the war gradually became clear.
Qin's dream of conquering Shang Dang seemed to be getting further and further away.
The kingdoms in Shandong had been afraid of Qin for a long time. At this time, Zhao sent a group of envoys led by Prime Minister Lin Xiangru to persuade the five kingdoms in Shandong to send troops to attack Qin together.
This time, the attitudes of the kingdoms were a little subtle and they all reorganized their troops.
Seeing that the situation was developing in a direction that was disadvantageous to Qin, Prime Minister Fan Ju of Qin also repeatedly attacked, using large amounts of money to bribe the various kingdoms in Shandong, making sure that they would not send troops to attack Qin.
Because of this, the waves of diplomatic relations between the warring states once again swept up like a whirlwind. (To be continued.)
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