Chapter 975: Retreat to the south bank of the river

"Puff." There was another sound of a knife cutting off the flesh. The Zhao Jun cavalry unit, who had succeeded repeatedly from behind, waved its saber quickly, chasing and killing the Qi Jun infantry who fled. The Qi army infantry can only flee desperately. They simply cannot resist. They can only flee madly in this way. For them, it was a massacre.

"Wow." Zhao Jun cavalry kept rushing over. For this cavalry, it was a battle like training.

The process of fighting can be simplified to a few sentences in words.

The soldiers of the Qi army ran away desperately. And Zhao Jun frantically brandished the saber in his hand and slashed. The two sides formed a one-sided situation. The corpses of Qi army soldiers were hacked and killed everywhere on the battlefield. The whole river was stained red with blood. Only a small number of Qi soldiers escaped from the battlefield disaster. And Zhao Jun's loss was minimal.

The fighting didn't just happen at night. The early morning has just begun. The mist in the morning is still not alive. A team of Qi army is rectifying the team.

"Ah." A soldier of the Qi army stretched while hitting Hache. A new day is about to begin again. The Qi army began to shrink their forces to rectify their defenses, and they themselves didn't know where they were going. They just know. Just go south.

"Stand well. Hurry up." A man with the appearance of a Qi army officer shouted loudly. The rough helmet showed that he was just a junior officer. Few ordinary soldiers wear helmets, and their helmets are much rougher than those of officers. And more use of leather armor. After the gunpowder weapon appeared. This helmet was decisively discarded by the soldiers. The reason is that wearing this kind of helmet is of no use, but rather cumbersome. Wearing a heavy object on your head naturally looks unnatural and does not serve any purpose. Ever since, the soldiers abandoned it decisively. But officers are different. They are in a command position. They need to be identified with the soldiers, so the role of the helmet is still retained. Military officers use helmets among some high-ranking generals. The degree of refinement of the armor is still to a large extent an identifying mark of Qi Jun's position. This is different from Qin Jun. Qin Jun has used military ranks with extremely clear marks, and the military rank system is much more sophisticated than the use of armor for identification. At this point. Zhao Jun, Han Jun, and Yan Jun have all realized this. Qin Jun's influence has already affected these countries.

"Boom." At this moment, a dull voice came.

"It's Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun made a sneak attack." The guard post not far from the camp issued an alarm at this time.

"Bang. Bang." At this time, there were two gunshots.

"Bang bang bang bang." After two gunshots. There were continuous gunshots.

The first two shots were fired by the guard sentry. The gunshots from the back were the intensive gunfire of Zhao Jun's cavalry.

Before the two guard sentries had time to escape, they were shot and killed by the intensive bullets of the Zhao Jun cavalry.

"Ah." When the sentry fell. Many of the Qi army soldiers who were lining up behind were also shot down.

"Disperse. Disperse quickly." At this time, a lower-level Qi army officer wearing a rough helmet shouted loudly.

"Bang." "Bang." A bullet hit his chest directly at this time. A junior officer of the Qi army was hit in a vital position.

"Disperse." The soldiers of the Qi army dispersed at this time. Some soldiers threw away their rifles in a hurry. Other soldiers evaded the flying bullets.

"Fight back." An officer of the Qi army shouted loudly, brandishing the bronze dagger in his hand. The other soldiers were still in a state of panic, and the cavalry's thunderous impact made them feel frightened.

The earth was trembling. The soldiers can only feel a kind of invisible pressure when they are punched by such a momentum. The soldiers panicked looking for a place to escape. Some soldiers simply moved closer to the back position.

"Shoot. Quickly. Shoot." The officer shouted loudly, waving his short sword.

"Boom boom boom." This time. The Zhao Jun cavalry was getting closer. The soldiers of Zhao Jun have put down their rifles and pistols. Pike shooting is very unsuitable among the cavalry. And it cannot be launched continuously. The spear is not very useful in cavalry operations. So the cavalry abandoned the spear. Instead, use a pistol. Rifle. However, this time, a considerable part of the Zhaojun cavalry used long spears. The reason is that their mission is special, they want to block the entire river. Intercept the passage of Qi Jun going south. Such a task must require a part of the soldiers to change into the use of longer-range long guns for defense. In this regard, cavalry officers have their own views.

They believe that the greatest characteristic of the cavalry is his mobility. Stop the cavalry to defend on the spot. This seriously violates the cavalry's highly mobile combat principles. At this point. Cavalry officers generally opposed it. However, senior officers believed that Zhao Jun was defending the river. It is necessary to intercept the Qi army going south, and the cavalry officers believe that it is simply a stupid practice for them to do so.

The important role of the cavalry is to use the advantage of mobility to achieve sudden attacks on places. In other words, mobility and suddenness are the main combat characteristics of cavalry. The high-level officers held one-sidedly that they should stop the cavalry to complete the same defense task as the infantry. In this way, the combat characteristics of the cavalry suddenly disappeared. This is a disaster for the cavalry.

The high-level combat missions made the cavalry feel very helpless. However, they obey the discipline and earnestly complete the tasks that should be completed.

"Bang." "Bang. Bang." The soldiers of the Qi army began to shoot at the cavalry sporadically.

"Charge." The Zhao Jun cavalry, who was getting closer and closer to the Qi army, began to roar. They waved their sabers to kill them.

"Ah." A Zhao Jun cavalry who was unfortunately hit was knocked off his horse, and he was quickly enveloped by the dust and fog that his cavalry flew up from behind.

"Kill." The Zhao Jun cavalry quickly approached the Qi Army.

"Run." Seeing the cavalry who was about to rush in front of you. The soldiers of the Qi army threw down their weapons one after another and began to flee backwards. The huge impact effect of the cavalry made the soldiers of the Qi army feel a strong sense of fear.

"Retreat. Retreat quickly." The soldiers of the Qi army began to flee by themselves.

"Don't retreat. Fight back." The officer shouted loudly, waving his short sword. But he himself was running away.

"Da da da." This time. The cavalry quickly rushed to the front of the Qi army.

"Puff." A knife went down. A long blood mark was drawn on the back of a Qi army soldier. The soldier was killed immediately.

"Puff." More and more cavalry began brandishing their sabers and slashing towards the Qi army.

For a time, the Qi army was in chaos. Qi Jun suddenly lost his resistance. The battlefield fell to Zhao Jun's side again. Zhao Jun frantically waved the machete in the hands of the Qi army soldiers who were running away, blood and light would inevitably be splashed wherever the machete was swung. The battlefield became a place of massacre by cavalry.

On the way back of the Qi army. Qi Jun frequently encountered a large number of Zhao Guo cavalry attacks. The original orderly retreat of Qi Jun was directly broken by Zhao Jun's strong impact at this time.

The entire retreat plan of the Qi army was severely disrupted. But Qi Jun's communications are very backward. They basically rely on cavalry communications to communicate. Although Zhao Jun communication is basically done by cavalry, the attacking side is Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun originally used cavalry, and the maneuvering speed of the cavalry was very fast. The huge advantage in speed formed a suddenness. The Qi army is only infantry, they can only passively accept different news. Thus. Qi Jun's situation is getting worse. And Zhao Jun will be a lot easier at this time. The speed advantage of the cavalry is transformed into a sudden advantage in tactics. The Zhao Jun cavalry formed a great initiative.

The situation is quickly unfavorable for the Zili Army. Because of the rapid advance of the cavalry.

The situation on the battlefield is changing. However, the senior leaders of the Qi army still don't know anything about it. At this time, they are still transporting logistic materials to the front line. They need to hoard supplies to ensure that they have enough strength to hold on to their current line. Then seize a strategic position advantage in diplomacy on this front.

"Are our current forces sufficient?" Tian Heng asked anxiously.

"Not enough." A general on the side shook his head and said.

"We need a lot of manpower to defend such a large position," the general said.

"How much is the minimum required?" Tian Heng asked.

"Two hundred thousand." The general gritted his teeth and said.

Tian Heng took a breath. Qi Guo couldn't come up with so much force at once.

"There are not so many people." Tian Heng replied directly.

"This, the final will understand, so the final will think. Our army should take the initiative to retreat and retreat to the south bank of the river. Relying on the river to build strong fortifications. In this way, our army can use its current strength to defend against Zhao and Yan. , The offensive of the South Korean army." The general said.

Tian Heng nodded. Show approval.

"Furthermore, the flat terrain in this area is very conducive to offense. It is not conducive to defense. Our army needs to retreat as soon as possible and build a large number of fortifications on the south bank of the river. These fortifications require a lot of manpower and material resources to build. Otherwise, Our army can hardly resist an attack by Zhao, Yan, and Han.” The general said.

"The problem is that King Qi won't let us retreat here." Tian Heng directly told the general next to him at this time.

"This is about the survival of tens of thousands of soldiers." At this time, the general next to him said anxiously.

"I know this. But you should understand. The importance of the situation. This requires people above us to consider the overall situation. We must keep those occupied lands in order for Qi to retreat from the war." Tian Heng said.