?There were only 150,000 real soldiers, and were attacked by enemy troops that were twice as fast as their own army, and then detoured by one-fifth of the entire army's cavalry. The situation was not optimistic. The collapse of the six new divisions was aggravated, which aggravated the disadvantages of the Chu army and caused greater casualties. Fortunately, the Qin army was unable to defeat the shrinking array of its own divisions and brigades in a short time, so it was not as close to the entire army as the six new divisions.

As the snowflakes were flying, one division and brigade reported the number of soldiers who could fight. In the end, in the teacher brigade, there were only 70,000 soldiers who could fight without injuries, the number of casualties was as high as more than 29,000, and nearly 5,000 soldiers who died in battle. These people were plus ten Chu military divisions, fifty thousand Zhao troops, and eight new divisions left to fight, plus more than 10,000 cavalry, with a force of about 180,000.

The Chu army had no advantage. The Qin army had exhausted its strength for a long time, and the ten divisions and 50,000 Zhao army were also exhausted for a long time. In terms of number, the Qin army would only throw away 20,000 seriously injured soldiers and nearly 10,000 corpses, and the total number of troops would not be less than 270,000. The cavalry was also the Qin army, and the number of Qin cavalry was twice that of the Chu army.

After obtaining this data, Xiong Jing felt regretful. He should not have decided with the Qin army too early, but should have waited for Runan's troops to gather, so that there would be 260,000 soldiers to fight, which was almost the same as the Qin people. Now, the first time he decided with 150,000 troops, and the second time he broke with 180,000 troops, each time he broke with 100,000 troops, and each time he broke with 100,000 troops. The Qin army did not have only 200,000 elite soldiers like last year, and all of these 400,000 were elite soldiers.

Fighting by Zhi, Sima Shang, Dongyegu, Chengtong, Deng Sui, Peng Zong, Zhuang Wudi..., the generals stared at Xiong Jing, waiting for him to make the final decision. The 400,000 Qin troops were all elite soldiers, and the 40,000 cavalry were all in Yingchuan County. This is why Wang Jian only led 150,000 people to attack Qi. He only had 150,000 soldiers who were good at fighting. Qi was worry-free, and the main battlefield was north of Fangcheng.

The teacher brigade suffered nearly 30,000 casualties, and the six defeated new divisions were even more severe. In addition, the casualties of the Zhao army on the left wing were even more severe. With their losses and the losses of the two new divisions of Youque, it is initially estimated that the Chu and Zhao army suffered 80,000 casualties in this battle, and more than 20,000 were killed. If there were several days of rest, at least more than half of the minor wounded soldiers could be returned to the building, and the number of people who fought with the Qin army again would not be less than 220,000.

"I think our army can expel the Qin people, but it is not appropriate to fight again." Zhuang Wudi still said what he meant just now.

"What's the use of chasing without fighting?" Dou Yuzhi completely disagrees with his words. "The Qin people are in panic at this time. When will they fight again if they don't fight? The king must not be stingy with the soldiers at this time. There are not many opportunities for me to fight with the Qin people."

"The enemy cannot be faked, and the time cannot be lost. This should be chased. If you can fight, then fight." The Zhao army was arranged on the left wing. Because the left wing was too far away, the Youque had no time to protect him in a hurry. Most of the nearly 30,000 Zhao troops were fully covered. Under the old hatred and new hatred, Sima Shang's eyes were inflamed, but he had always restrained himself.

"The Qin people have succeeded and failed, and the defeated army cannot be easily led." Dongye Gu also bowed.

"This battle is like this, but the artillery soldiers are not effective." Deng Sui said. "If the artillery soldiers are effective..."

The oil-adding tactic is a strategic mistake, and the artillery failure to play its existing role is a tactical mistake. Xiong Jing understands the usage of naval artillery, but he doesn't know much about the usage of army artillery.

Unlike artillery that became the decisive force of naval warfare as soon as it appeared, whether in the East or the West, in the first few hundred years of gunpowder used in military affairs, the main purpose of artillery was to siege and defend cities, or similar uses, and most of the killing of soldiers was gunfire rather than shells. It can almost be argued that before the nineteenth century, field artillery was not considered a force that could be decided individually. Even if it was, there was no war example to prove it was.

An important factor affecting the use of artillery in field battles is the weight of artillery. Gustav's leather cannon allowed artillery to enter the battle as regiment artillery. Later, the rise of mule and horse artillery allowed artillery to participate in field battles, but artillery was still a supporting role. It was not until the Battle of Friedland in 1807 that artillery was considered the main offensive force of the battle, and it could determine the outcome of a battle.

In the four or five hundred years of development, artillery manufacturing went through three stages of forging, casting and boring in the West. In the East, there were casting, forging, and casting. Repeated summary of the diameter, diameter, and ammunition ratio, and under the influence of the French Valier gun barrel system, the first artillery system was born: the Littenstein system, which was soon replaced by the Glyboffer system.

The artillery itself, the artillery system, facilitates the development of mule-horse artillery mounts and artillery vehicles, field artillery tactics, artillery command experience..., many aspects of progress have made artillery a force that can ultimately determine the outcome of the battle. In addition to the flaws of gunpowder, the Chu army already has all the hardware, but it lacks the experience in combat, and even lacks the famous quote from General Maximilian Sebastian Foy for mule-horse artillery.

Without correct strategic thinking, artillery was just an auxiliary force for battle. Deng Sui, as an infantry general, only felt that artillery soldiers did not play their existing role. If artillery soldiers could destroy the Qin army array before the war, the Ying army would kill the shogunate behind the Qin army formation as soon as the war was fought.

Gong Shuji, the general of the artillery, did not agree with him. He was worried that Xiong Jing would accuse him and said hurriedly: "It is not that the artillery is used improperly, but the Qin army's formation is strange. It is two miles in the artillery formation, and the fifteen-pound cannon is also two miles effective to kill. The Qin people avoided this section, and after two miles, the artillery shells were exhausted, and they could not kill people, nor were there many."

Xiong Jing saw how the Qin army avoided artillery attacks. In short, the array facing the artillery retreated two miles behind the main formation. How to make up these two miles? When the Chu army was 50 or 60 steps away, the main formation of the Qin army retreated and attracted the Chu army to step forward. While the main formation retreated, the array two miles away quickly moved forward. When the Chu army chased the Qin army, it advanced about one mile, and the Qin army that was reorganizing the formation also ran about one mile, retreated one mile and advanced one mile, just filling the distance between the two miles.

Two miles and eight hundred meters, with the charge of 15 jin cannons, this distance can only kill ten people at most, but at a distance of 5 or 60 steps, the 15 jin cannon can shoot a blood groove and kill forty or fifty people.

"I should use cavalry to defeat it!" Yang Wei also saw the Qin people's retreat and decisive battle just now. His first reaction was that this vacancy should be sent to attack Gui Jing's cavalry. "The cavalry can defeat this formation, and Ying's army can attack again."

"The cavalry can attack it before, but it will be worse than it will be if it fights again." Zhuang Quji also saw the Qin people's retreat and decisive battle tactics. He said that, everyone looked at him, not knowing what he thought. "If I were Li Xin, my cavalry would be twice as high as the enemy. I should let the cavalry stop it. After the cavalry, the infantry would be used to arrange this formation."

Zhuang Wudi said while drawing an array on the snow. On both sides of the broken Qin army array, there was a longitudinal military formation about one and a half miles long. When the two armies approached to fight, these two vertical military formations could close the gap of more than three miles long like a closing gate. If there was a cavalry in front of them interfering with the impact, Ying's army might not be able to rush through this gap to the enemy's formation.

Everyone looked at Zhuang Wudi's array painting silently. It was not impossible for this kind of array to be seen. Xiong Jing did not say anything. He suddenly did not want to discuss the war again. He wanted to let go of the war, clear the distractions in his mind before discussing the war. The Chu army was not completely defeated in the battle just now, but the defeat was already achieved. If he just wanted to find face in a hurry, then this battle should be done as Zhuang Wudi said, and then he would take a break and fight.

"How about the floating bridge?" Xiong Jing coughed and asked about the floating bridge on the tributary. The Qin army was prepared properly and retreated in time. The floating bridge was damaged thoroughly. However, the wood for the bridge was still there, so it was not difficult to re-build the bridge after picking up and repairing it.

"It takes half an hour to report to the king." Gongshuji is not only a general of artillery, but also a general of engineers. When he answered, Xiong Jing suddenly had an understanding that artillery should be more professional, and only by being more professional can he mature faster.

"The Qin people must chase it, and if they chase it, they will fight it." Xiong Jing said to the generals. "However," he punched his hand, "our army is too anxious. We forget the tactics of war too quickly; I am also too anxious. We are too anxious and we fight with the Qin people early..."

The last sentence was expressed, because Xiong Jing decided to pursue Dou Yuzhi and others with their eyes shining, his eyes darkened. This battle was indeed too urgent, one was reflected in the immediate formation of confronting the Qin army, and the other was reflected in the fact that the Qin army crossed the artillery and pursued them closely as soon as they retreated, and the artillery was unable to perform.

But what can I do? The Chu people were originally eager to fight, and they were invincible before, and they looked down on the Qin army. Unexpectedly, after the Qin army obtained the stirrup, the cavalry was stronger than the Chu army. If this force was put into battle, the Chu army would not be able to defeat it.

"This is a blessing for our army." The general led a silence. Sima Pengzong's view was different from others. "In this battle, our army has been defeated. If reinforcements had not arrived quickly, the army would have ended."

When Peng Zong said that everyone was sweating and was not polite to pretend, the Chu army was defeated in this battle. If there were no reinforcements, the stalemate would probably be defeated. Once the cavalry was defeated, the cavalry could not compete with the Qin cavalry, and the possibility of the full moon was extremely high.

"When Ce again?" Xiong Jing also sweated slightly on his back. This was all his fault. At least it was his fault.

"I don't know." Peng Zong shook his head. "I only know that I will never defeat if I fight again."

Just now, 150,000 people were not prepared for the battle, but now 180,000 people were prepared for the Qin cavalry, of course it was impossible to defeat. Invincible is not the answer Xiong Jing wanted. What he wanted was a big victory, or half of the troops of Li Xin were wiped out. Assuming that Wang Jian had 150,000 elite soldiers, then Li Xin's troops would have to destroy at least 100,000 people, so that the strength of both sides could barely balance.

But how can we destroy another 100,000 Li Xin’s men?

The snow continued to fall. When the floating bridge was repaired, the broken Ying army took the lead in crossing the Yingshui tributary and chased the Qin army dozens of miles away. One and a half hours of the Qin army could not retreat much. In fact, the Fenxing Pass and Yingshui were not far behind the Qin army, and they had no choice but to retreat.

Like Xiong Jing, Li Xin did not build a shogunate, nor did he enter the Fenxing Pass. He did not dare to let the Qin soldiers not see themselves. If the Qin soldiers could not see themselves, their morale would collapse; if the morale collapsed, the entire army would be massacred by the Chu army, so his chariot was not before the soldiers, but behind the soldiers.

He asked the imperial hand to run from the east to the west, and then from the west to the east, and made people keep shouting "General inspectors" to stabilize the morale of the army. Peng Zong said that the Chu army was defeated, and the Qin army had no such idea from generals to soldiers. At most, they thought that they had defeated the Chu army and destroyed the Chu army's array, and then ran away in shame.

Fenxing Pass is in front of you, and the mountains on both sides of Yingshui are also in front of you. If the Chu army chases you and does not enter Fenxing Pass in time, the result is predictable. Looking at Li Xin from the east and the west for a while, most of you will not be grateful, but will have a faint resentment.

If Li Xin had not fallen into the counter-espionage plan of the Zhao people, if Li Xin had not ordered the army to cross the Ru River, he would have been north of the Fenxing Pass. At least 100,000 soldiers were lost in the two battles, and it would have been fine if the Jing people did not chase after him. If they chased him, they would probably have to die another 100,000 people to enter the Pass.

The general's eyes looked at him were different, and Li Xin could only ignore it. At this time, his only hope was that the Chu army would not pursue, at least not pursue today. If the baggage, chariots and horses were abandoned, the soldiers would obey orders, and about 60,000 people would enter the frontier every hour, and 400,000 troops would enter the frontier in seven hours. Including more than 400,000 cavalry, the entire army could enter the frontier in a maximum of nine hours.

At present, the Qin army still has 270,000, and except for the wounded, there are 250,000 or 60,000 left. The entire army can enter the barrier for up to seven hours. It only takes seven hours for seven hours.

"Report——!" The military newspaper rang out from afar. Without hearing the military newspaper, Li Xin had seen the Chu army appear north of the tributary. The phoenix flag took the lead and wanted to drive all the Qin army out of the way.

"What kind of trick does General Bai have?" Feng Jie died, and Zhao Wan was still there. But Li Xin did not ask his subordinate general or his confidant, but asked Bai Lin.

"The last general dares not." Bai Lin is just a commander and dares not be called a general.

"I said you are a general or a general." Li Xin could see clearly that if Bai Lin had not reorganized the array, the Qin army would have suffered more serious losses. The Central Army was probably not two lieutenants in Runan, but six and seven lieutenants.

"The last general thought that our army must be extended to dark. Only when it is dark can we discard the baggage and enter the barrier quickly." Fenxing Pass is an old pass, with the gate of the gate only three rails, two feet wide, and only four people or two cavalry can be used in parallel when passing quickly. Just by calculating silently, Bai Lin will know how long it takes for the entire army to pass through the Fenxing Pass.

"It's just after noon, and it's still three hours before it's dark." Li Xin frowned and said. "And the people of the black Jing will attack me, what can Ruozhi do?"

"I thought that it was necessary to keep people outside the border to resist the people of Jing." Bai Lin answered very seriously by debating the war.

"General Bai thought that the number of soldiers needed to resist Jing people overnight?" Li Xin asked.

"Fifty thousand people are required." Bai Lin replied without hesitation. "The heavy chariots should be left in front of the carriage and guarded by the chariot array."

"Good!" Li Xin nodded again, "I want to use General Bai as my right general, command 50,000 troops to resist Jing people..."

Feng Jie and the Right Army were destroyed on the south bank of Rushui. Li Xin appointed Bai Lin as the Right General. This was to promote him, but he asked him to lead the army to retreat for 50,000 yuan, which was to let him die.

Bai Lin was shocked. He looked at Li Xin, then at Zhao Wan, and finally looked at Feng Sheng who had a personal grudge with him. Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded, "I hope that the leader will be in charge of 50,000 to resist the Jing people."
Chapter completed!