Chapter 41: Fortune and Fortune depend on each other
The Qin army retreated all the way, and the Zhao army followed.
As the Qin army retreated, they fired fire bombs to ignite the vegetation and used fire walls to protect their flanks.
Zhao Jun's cavalry could neither bypass the mountains nor charge forward, so they could only follow slowly from behind.
In fact, the Zhao army's cavalry could bypass the mountains on both sides, but it would probably take far more time than waiting for the Qin army to retreat.
As a result, the two armies "maintained contact" unhurriedly.
Occasionally, a few cavalrymen shot a few arrows at the Qin army with itchy hands, but they were quickly shot back by the Qin army's crossbowmen.
Infantry can use the crossbow.
The cavalry either used bows or arm-loaded crossbows, so of course they couldn't defend themselves against the front-loaded crossbows, which had a much longer range.
After finally returning to the Great Wall, the Qin army hurriedly deployed defenses under the city, but suddenly found that the northern cavalry had disappeared.
Fatty Tun asked with lingering fear and hope:
"Did the Zhao army retreat?"
Shen Bing smiled:
"How can Zhao Jun retreat?"
"Li Mu will not stop until he takes the Great Wall!"
"Wait!"
Cang was instantly frightened:
"Then why no one is seen?"
"What should I do?"
"Brother, please think of a way quickly..."
Shen Bing was speechless.
He is a human being, not a god, and cannot solve all problems.
The knowledge and skills he brought from modern times may be enough for ordinary people.
Such as Xuchang and Wang Bai.
But he was unable to deal with Li Mu.
Because he is a God of War with rich experience in cold weapon combat.
An invincible military strategist.
A central figure who is admired and respected by the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State.
…
He can almost be said to be the pinnacle of this era and the soul of Zhao State.
If Shen Bing is given some development time and resources, he may still be able to fight against him.
But Shen Bing has only been in this world for a few days, and has been struggling to survive.
Then we hit this evil star head-on, so how could we do anything?
After waiting for a while, everyone became more and more panicked when they couldn't see the enemy. Everyone looked nervous like an arrow string.
Shen Bing sighed secretly:
This Li Mu is indeed a master of military affairs and knows how to manipulate the enemy at his fingertips, especially psychologically.
Then, even Yang Ting couldn't stand this oppression.
She walked out of the tower, carrying Zhang Xuan, who was still injured...
Since Tian was "heroically injured", the only senior leader of the 200-500 was Zhang Xuan, so he became Yang Ting's assistant again.
This is a good thing, because at this time Zhang Xuan and Shen Bing are already on the same page.
If the Qin army is still at odds when Li Mu's army approaches the city, it will not be a good thing.
Yang Ting stood on the tower and looked into the distance, anxiously walking back and forth several times.
When he saw Shen Bing standing at the bottom of the city, he called out: "Shen Bing, come to the archery tower!"
Shen Bing said "Promise", then turned around and climbed up the steps.
It's just that this time, I'm not as confident as usual.
As soon as Shen Bing walked into the archery tower, Yang Ting, who was restless, immediately asked a barrage of questions:
"Then why didn't Zhao Jun attack?"
"Do you have any strategies to defend yourself against the enemy?"
"How can we rescue the general?"
…
Another one who regards Shen Bing as a god.
Shen Bing replied helplessly:
"Forgive me, Captain, but I have no strategy to defend myself against the enemy."
"There is no way to save the general."
"This time I'm just afraid..."
Yang Ting interrupted Shen Bing without thinking:
"Don't try to bully me. How come you don't have any strategy to defend yourself against the enemy?"
Shen Bing was speechless for a moment:
Who was going to Matou Mountain just now?
Who is going to burn Li Mu?
Blame me?
But of course, Shen Bing would not answer like this.
"I wonder if the captain still remembers what his subordinate said before, that offense is greater than defense?"
Yang Ting replied:
"certainly!"
"Our troops stationed at the Great Wall had to disperse their forces."
"However, first there is your "pretext to spread suspicion on the soldiers and show the enemy that they are weak", and then there is Tian who is "detected by the enemy and aided".
"What can Zhao Jun do to me?"
Shen Bing sighed:
"This time, that time."
"At that time, we were facing Xuchang, but now we are facing Li Mu."
"You might be able to deceive Xuchang by showing the enemy that he is weak and spreading suspicion, but how can you deceive Li Mu?"
Yang Ting asked again:
"Then what about detecting the enemy and aiding them?"
The so-called detection of the enemy and reinforcements is what Tian was previously said to do a good job in intelligence work, and then reinforce wherever the enemy attacks.
However……
Shen Bing shook his head in denial and said:
"This method may be feasible for infantry."
"The infantry marches slowly, no more than fifty miles a day."
"We can detect the enemy's whereabouts in time and then change our deployment and rush for reinforcements."
"Now Li Mu is leading cavalry..."
There is no need to say more next.
The strength of the cavalry is high mobility, and they can march more than a hundred miles in a day.
Therefore, even if they knew which direction the cavalry was heading, the Qin army would probably not be able to get ahead and reinforce them.
If Li Mu used his cavalry to play the trick of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, the Qin army would probably be moved around like a monkey.
Therefore, Shen Bing had no choice but to bow his head helplessly:
"I'm sorry for my incompetence."
"Unless the general leads the main force to break out and reach the Great Wall in time."
"Our army may be capable of fighting!"
"otherwise……"
Yang Ting couldn't help but frowned.
Yang Duanhe was besieged north of Ma Tou Mountain and had no care for himself. How could he rush back to the Great Wall?
At this time Liu Xu hurriedly opened the door and came in to report:
"Colonel Captain!"
"A beacon fire is burning in the direction of Linzhang!"
Yang Ting stood up and walked out of the archery tower with excitement.
Shen Bing didn't move.
Because this was already expected by him.
As mentioned before, Li Mu will definitely divide his troops to attack various sections of the Great Wall to mobilize the Qin army's strength.
There is not much difference between the Qin army's reinforcements and its lack of reinforcements.
Reinforcements will be dispersed everywhere.
Then Li Mu used the mobility of the cavalry to suddenly unite his troops and launch a fatal blow to the Qin army.
Without reinforcements, we can only watch the Zhao army break through the Great Wall and then divide and surround the Qin army.
…
Either way, the Great Wall cannot be defended, even though it is a natural hazard.
Zhang Xuan walked up to Shen Bing with difficulty and patted Shen Bing on the shoulder:
"We have no choice but to defend the Great Wall, otherwise it will be unthinkable."
"Do you understand?"
Of course Shen Bing knew this, but he still shook his head helplessly.
Yang Ting's shout came from outside the archery tower:
"Hurry and reinforce Linzhang!"
This was a helpless move. Even if Yang Ting knew it was a trick, she could only provide reinforcements.
This is the brilliance of Li Mu, he can leave his opponent with no choice but to escape.
This may also be the reason why Zhao Jun did not pursue closely all the way.
Sometimes, Shen Bing felt sorry for these Qin soldiers.
Because Shen Bing discovered that everything he did seemed to be moving forward, but was actually going backwards.
If he hadn't improved the Nalaoshizi trebuchet, Yang Duan and his nearly 100,000 troops would still be attacking the Great Wall at this time.
Even if they can't attack for a long time, at least their lives are safe.
But now...
So things are impermanent.
There is a saying that "good fortune lies on the back of misfortune, and misfortune lies on the back of good fortune." This may be what it means.
What can save Qin Jun and Shen Bing now may be a miracle.