Chapter 872: Wang Ling’s Special Forces Capture the Xuan Family

Almost at the same time that the Qin army launched a counterattack, Sima Geng's 45,000-strong army appeared north of Changping Pass and launched a fierce attack on Changping Pass. Although the Changping Pass guard had been reminded by Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo himself was not sure about the Qin army's situation, so he did not put up a strict defense at all.

As for the 30,000 foreign soldiers who were transferred to Bailishi Great Wall, although Cao, Charlie and everyone knew that the Qin army would send troops to attack Changping Pass, their troops were too few and their combat power was not strong, so they were assigned to Bailishi Great Wall. There was no way the walls on the several miles of the Great Wall could withstand the Qin army's attack. After holding on for a day and a night, Changping Pass finally fell under the desperate attack of the Qin army.

Subsequently, while strengthening the defense of Changping Pass, Sima Geng sent a large army to march east along the Bailishi Great Wall and launched an attack on Gu Pass to the east.

Let's turn our attention back to the main battlefield of Guanglang City. Zhao Kuo's idea was good, but he didn't consider that Zhao Jun had been fighting for a day and a night. When the Zhao army began to prepare to retreat, hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers who were recharging their strength pounced on the Zhao army like tigers descending from the mountain.

The 350,000 Zhao troops were attacked by an equal number of Qin troops and were forced to retreat step by step. Seeing this, Zhao Kuo quickly moved the 100,000 Chinese troops around him to the front, trying to block the Qin army's offensive, and then Use the Qin Army's barriers to contain the Qin Army's attack.

Unfortunately, in the face of the Qin Army's attack of tens of thousands of crossbowmen, Zhao Kuo's central army still could not withstand the Qin Army's offensive and retreated step by step. In less than half a day of blocking, Zhao Kuo's army lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Public.

In desperation, Zhao Kuo kept dispatching troops and generals to block the Qin army's attack while arranging the army to retreat. Bai Qi ordered the Qin army to press forward step by step, leaving no room for Zhao Kuo to adjust his troops.

At dusk, tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers finally returned to the east bank of Danshui. At this time, Zhao Kuo received news that the city of Xuanshi, where the Chinese army was located, had been captured by the Qin army's surprise troops. Currently, nearly 50,000 Qin soldiers were stationed in Xuanshui. Shi, blocked the way for the army to retreat to the rear camp where the supplies and supplies were stored.

At this time, Zhao Kuo didn't understand that he had fallen into the Qin army's trap, but there were pursuers behind and interceptors ahead, and his army was tired from the old soldiers, so there was no time to stop and recuperate. In desperation, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to order the army crossing the river to turn north and enter the Danshui Valley west of Hanwang Mountain.

In the city of Xuansi, Huangfu Chaobo was attending the meeting of generals summoned by Wang Ling. Two hours ago, Wang Ling led 10,000 cavalry to suddenly attack the city of Xun City, and then captured the city with less than 5,000 people garrisoned at lightning speed. After receiving the news, the follow-up troops quickly crossed the river. , rushed to the Xuans, and as a result, there were 40,000 troops here to cut off the connection between Zhao Kuo's army and the rear camp.

Both Wang Ling and Huangfu Chaobo knew that the most difficult battle was about to begin, and their 40,000 troops would be the key to the entire war.

Sure enough, after gathering the generals, Wang Ling immediately began to arrange defense. He divided the 40,000 army into two. He personally led an army of 20,000 to defend Zhao Kuo's army in the northwest, while Huangfu Chaobo led his 15,000 army. Thousands of troops defended the Zhao army's rear camp in the northeast. As for the Xuansi City, only five thousand soldiers and horses were left to defend the city.

After a night, Zhao Kuo finally withdrew the Zhao army to the east bank of Danshui. At this time, the army had less than 300,000 soldiers and horses left, and the Qin army also followed closely with nearly 300,000 troops.

Zhao Kuo, who returned to the east bank of Danshui River, immediately ordered the army to set up camp again so that the soldiers could rest safely. At the same time, he sent people back to Handan to ask King Zhao to continue sending troops to support him. In his opinion, he was able to contain the Qin army here. With hundreds of thousands of troops, as long as Handan sends tens of thousands more troops to join the 80,000 troops in the rear camp, they can attack from both inside and outside and completely defeat the Qin army.

While the Zhao army was setting up camp, the Qin army was not idle either. Bai Qi commanded an army of 300,000 people, guarding various mountain passes, building barriers, and surrounding Zhao Kuo's 300,000 army.

Zhao Kuo was not idle either. After the soldiers had rested,

He then mobilized his troops and generals to launch a breakout at Changping Pass in the north and the Qin army's fortress on the west bank of the Dan River in the west, trying to mobilize the Qin army's strength. At the same time, he began to organize elite soldiers and launched a desperate attack on the Wang Ling Department defending the Xuans camp, hoping to open up contact with the rear camp.

To the northeast of Xun's family, inside the Zhao army's rear camp and supplies camp, Zhao Ze was convening the generals in the tent to discuss matters and arrange for the delivery of grain and grass to the army tomorrow. At this moment, the anxious voice of the soldiers came from outside the tent: "General, the scouts have urgent news!"

Zhao Ze was startled and quickly asked his personal guards to lead the scout into the tent. Inside the tent, Ye Laixiang and his military advisor Xi Zhicai looked at each other, and both saw a trace of uneasiness in each other's eyes.

Sure enough, a wounded scout was helped into the tent by Zhao Ze's personal guards. As soon as he entered the tent, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly to report: "General, it's not good. The general's central army is stationed in the Xu family." The county seat was occupied by the Qin State, and our communication with the general was cut off."

"What?" Zhao Ze was furious, grabbed the scout and said: "Where did the Qin army come from? Hasn't the Qin army been beaten to the point of being completely helpless by the general? How could the east bank of Danshui appear and capture it? "Hunshi County?"

"I don't know what happened. More than an hour ago, 10,000 Qin cavalry suddenly appeared in the south of Xuanshi County. The defenders of Xuanshi had less than 5,000 people. They were caught off guard by the Qin army and broke through the city. I sneaked into the city to get intelligence and learned that the Qin general Wang Ling attacked Xuanshi this time. There were only 10,000 troops, but when I left the city, I found that another 30,000 Qin soldiers entered Xuanshi."

"Damn it, come on, gather troops and follow me to attack Xuanshi. There must be something wrong with the general..." Zhao Ze hurriedly ordered;

"Wait!" Just as the messenger was about to send out the message, Ye Laixiang suddenly stood up to stop him;

"How dare you, Ye Laixiang, stop me?" Zhao Ze was furious.

"General, calm down. I want to ask you a few questions," said Ye Lai Xiang.

Zhao Ze was stunned and said, "What questions? Let's talk about it after we take back the Xuan family..."

"I want to ask you, how many troops are you going to lead to attack the county defended by 30,000 or 40,000 Qin troops?" Ye Lai Xiang asked without waiting for Zhao Ze to speak again.

Zhao Ze was stunned and was about to answer when Ye Lai Xiang asked again, "Even if you use all 80,000 troops to reoccupy the Xuan family, who will be sent to defend the baggage and food in the camp? If the Qin army comes to attack the camp, can our army defend the food? If we can't defend the food, what's the point of reoccupying the Xuan family?"