Chapter seven hundred and eighty fourth war begins
July 20, 254 BC.
This is destined to be a day for the entire China.
Because on this day, a fierce battle broke out on the plain outside Suiyang City with 350,000 Zhao troops and 450,000 four-nation coalition forces broke out on the plain outside Suiyang City, and this battle also had an extremely far-reaching impact on the entire Chinese history in the future. Historical books called this battle the "Battle of Suiyang".
It was still dawn that countless Zhao soldiers had already gotten up at the scolding and urging of their officials. After washing up, they had breakfast and quickly assembled with the harsh sound of roaring. Teams of camps were opened in line with the first dawn in the sky, and began to set up formations on the plain in front of Suiyang City.
Almost at the same time, the four-nation coalition camp on the other side also completed the assembly and began to set up the camp.
Zhao State has 350,000 troops and 450,000 troops on the coalition, and the total number of troops on the two sides is as large as 800,000 troops.
What kind of feeling will the 800,000 army beside us?
Shock, absolutely shocking.
In fact, no one can fully see the full picture of the two armies on both sides, because there are so many soldiers, vehicles, horses, etc. on both sides, so many that no matter which direction they look, they will see endless enemies, like a tide, which makes people feel that the enemy on the opposite side is really endless.
There is no doubt that this is a very terrifying illusion that many new recruits are already scared before they can actually fight.
This illusion is not even possible for new recruits. Even though many veterans who have been on the battlefield have already experienced this feeling, they are still involuntarily nervous at this moment, and their bodies are trembling slightly.
Before traveling through time, Zhao Dan had watched a huge scene of thousands of troops on the screen many times, the Chinese-style war film that shocked and talked about. The grand scenes were extremely fascinating.
But it has to be admitted that everything I see on the big screen is not as real as before. The flags are waving like a forest of spears, the crowds are surging, and the endless scenes are as shocking as the tide.
On the second day of responding to the letter of war, Zhao Dan received information from Qi State. The people of Qi had decided to suspend the attack on Dong'a City, but Zhao Dan did not decide to terminate the decisive battle. After all, at this time, the arrow was already on the string and had to be fired.
Today, Zhao Dan was wearing a golden armor and a golden crown. He stood tall on the chariot. The armor on his body reflected a dazzling light under the sunlight, just like a god descending to earth, which made people feel like they dare not look directly at it and want to worship him.
Behind Zhao Dan was an extremely huge flag. On the top of the high flagpole, the flag was as bright as blood, with a big word "Zhao". No matter where in the Zhao army formation, as long as you look back at the position in the central Zhao army, you can see this flag flying high.
All the soldiers of the Zhao army knew that it was where the King of Zhao's flag was located.
The king's flag is here, and the king is here!
This is the effect Zhao Dan wants to achieve. He wants the 350,000 Zhao soldiers under his command to see this flag at any time when they look back. They all know that their king is watching them, looking forward to their fighting to the last moment and winning the victory of this battle!
There are many factors that can determine the outcome of a war. To put it bluntly, it is the right time and place and harmony between people. If you are more careful, what are the terrain, strategy, diplomacy, general's command ability, equipment level, etc.
But what is the most important point? Of course, it is morale.
As long as an army still maintains strong morale, even if it faces an enemy that is ten times more than one of its own, the army will fight to the last moment. But if an army loses its morale, then even if it faces an enemy of only one-tenth of it, it can only become a background board and negative textbook for a battle of defeating the more with less.
It was precisely in order to boost the morale of the Zhao army that Zhao Dan personally went to the front line of the battlefield to cheer for his soldiers.
In the eyes of everyone else, Zhao Dan's move was completely unnecessary, but only Zhao Dan himself knew that this was something he had to do.
In this era, no one has ever had the experience of great unification. The entire Chinese world believes that the decline and rise of every country are lawful, and no country can dominate for a long time. The seven Warring States are destined to survive for a long time.
Judging from this theorem, it is obvious that the State of Zhao, which has been silently growing and growing for decades, is already at its declining time.
Zhao Dan knew very well that since the entire history had been changed by himself, no one could say whether Qin would be unified in the next state.
If this failure caused a huge turning point in the history of the Chinese world and caused the seven heroes of the Warring States Period to fall into a complete division like Europe in history, then Zhao Dan felt that he was definitely a sinner to the Chinese nation that would be infamous for thousands of years.
Therefore, the battle in Suiyang City must not fail. Zhao Dan must lead Zhao to this victory. He must make Zhao the first dynasty to unify China, so that history can return to the rules of unifying China again, and be sure that this civilization destined to be the strongest civilization in history!
This is Zhao Dan's responsibility, and it is the responsibility that Zhao Dan must bear as a time traveler to this great nation.
Therefore, Zhao Dan is willing to put any bargaining chips for such a victory, even if this bargaining chip is his own life!
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It took almost two hours for the 350,000 troops to assemble and arrange the array. When the sun slowly moved to a place not far from the highest point in the sky, Lian Po, who had been with Zhao Dan, finally received feedback from his subordinates and said to Zhao Dan: "All the formation of the king has been completed, and you can send troops."
Zhao Dan nodded and said to Lian Po: "Even if the general lets go, I will definitely become your most solid backing!"
Lian Po bowed and said nothing, but began to issue orders: "Send the order and beat the drums and march!"
The rumbling drums began to be sounded, and the battle of Sui Yang, which was destined to be recorded in history, finally kicked off.
You can see from the sky that whether it is on the side of Zhao State or the four-nation coalition, there is a stance of three armies on both sides.
On the Zhao State side, Zhao Dan personally took charge of the central army with Lian Po, responsible for coordinating and commanding the entire Zhao State's 350,000 army. Lian Po's old partner, the old subordinate General Le Cheng, was responsible for commanding the left wing, while another general of Zhao State, Xu Li, was responsible for the right wing.
On the side of the Four-Nation Alliance, the 150,000 Qin troops led by Wang He were the central army, the 150,000 Korean troops were the left wing under the leadership of Jin Mou, and the 150,000 coalition forces of Wei and Chu were the right wing.
After receiving the order, Zhao Guoli, who were above the 100 ox carts behind Zhao Dan and Lian Po, immediately waved his arms, raised the drumsticks in his hands vigorously, and hit the cowhide drum placed on the ox cart beside him.
"Dong, dongdong, dongdongdong!"
The heavy drum sounded like thunder and everyone's eardrums. At the same time, the huge king flag behind Zhao Dan also began to waving. Under the wave of the flag-holding officer, there were constant changes of signals, and they issued orders to the Zhao army general in all directions.
With the sound of drums and the release of flag slogans, the Zhao army's formation began to change slowly, and the left and right wings slowly emerged like two sharp arrows, heading towards the left and right wings of the Four-Nation Alliance.
This is also the strategy conceived by the Zhao army's generals and generals of Zhao State such as Lian Po gathered dozens of people to command posts to create a plan that was weak first and then strong.
Among the four-nation coalition forces in front of us, the strongest one must belong to the Qin army, while the second-ranked one is the Han army, and the weakest one is undoubtedly the right wing composed of Wei and Chu.
Therefore, this time the Zhao army was preparing to defeat the right wing formed by Wei and Chu, and then it could take advantage of the situation to cover up and defeat the central and left wings of the coalition forces, thereby achieving victory in this war.
It is actually very old-fashioned, and it is also repeated many tactics in the past wars. However, old-fashioned does not mean outdated. On the contrary, the repeated use of this tactic by generals from various countries over the past few hundred years has just proved the rationality of this tactic and the success rate it can bring.
However, there are not no talented people on the Four-Nation Alliance.
Almost as the Zhao army had just taken action, Wang He, who was also responsible for the chief general of the Qin army and the Four-Nation Alliance, had already learned about the Zhao army's movements through his own vision and the rewards of the scouts.
The chief general of the Four-Nation Alliance twitched the corners of his mouth, turned to Wang Ling beside him and said, "The movements of Zhao's army are indeed exactly the same as what we thought before the war."
Wang Ling also showed a smile on his face and said, "What the General said is very true. But to be honest, this should be the best choice that Lian Po can make under the current situation."
Wang He nodded, sneered, and said, "Yes, this is indeed the best choice made by the people of Zhao, but did he really think that the Wei and Chu coalition forces would be defeated so easily? Also, does he really think that his central army is so indestructible? Well, don't delay, pass on the order and beat the drums to advance!"
With the order of Wang He, the same rumbling drum sounded in the rear of the coalition forces. The huge black chief commander flag of Qin began to fly and dance. Countless soldiers of the four-nation coalition forces held up their weapons, gushing out like a tide, shouting at the Zhao army several miles away.
The opposite of the Zhao army was that the two wings rushed to the front side of the Four-Nation Alliance, but the Qin army located in the middle, forming a "Pin" shape.
Wang Yi's response to Lian Po's tactic of breaking the flanks first was very simple. He did not reinforce his right-wing Wei and Chu army, but directly chose to break through to the central army of Zhao.
As long as the Zhao army can be defeated, the left and right wings of the Zhao army will be cut off instantly, and the Zhao army will naturally be defeated.
Of course, Zhao's central army is obviously not so easy to break through, because Zhao Dan is in charge of the central army, and his morale is extremely strong. According to common sense, Zhao Dan's central army is definitely the strongest unit in Zhao.
However, Wang He was very confident about himself and the Qin soldiers under his command. After all, Wang He had broken through the two defense lines of Lian Po in Shangdang County, and that was still among the mountains and ridges of Shangdang County. Now Lian Po has no mountain passes as a barrier. Wang He didn't believe that Lian Po could defend his attack!
As long as Wei and Chu could delay enough time, Wang Cheng could completely defeat Zhao's central army and win this precious victory for the coalition and the other six countries!
In the rolling smoke and dust, the first wave of soldiers on both sides collided heavily like two huge waves. Countless sharp sword blades were waving in the air, reflecting dazzling lights in the sun.
Chapter completed!