Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Chapter 426 Broken Arrow Tower (third update)

Handan.

Zhao Kuo was very excited.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo had a big helmet on his head, only two eyes were exposed, and he was wearing a pair of silver heavy armor. He was holding a spear longer than himself in his hand, and a war horse in the same armor was under his crotch.

And behind Zhao Kuo, there are a total of five hundred Zhao Guo's armored cavalry.

After the First Battle in Hedong County, Zhao Kuo was transferred back to the Central Army and became a general of the Central Army's Northern Army.

As a general, Zhao Kuo originally led an infantry.

But on the day Zhao Kuo came to the Northern Army camp to report, he happened to see the scene of armored cavalry training.

In just a quarter of an hour, Zhao Kuo was completely fascinated by this cavalry, and he was no longer a good general. He directly used various relationships and made various demands on his superiors, and was finally transferred to an armored cavalry as he wished. Among them, he became the leader of the armored cavalry of the Northern Army.

What Zhao Kuo didn't know was that the fact that he wanted to be transferred to the armored cavalry had actually been reported to Zhao Dan's desk.

Zhao Dan was also a little speechless after discovering this situation. How come the two future seedlings Li Mu and Zhao Kuo in the history of Zhao State all joined the armored cavalry?

But Zhao Dan thought about it again, and felt that this didn't seem to be a bad thing.

After all, this armored cavalry is already an out-and-out "high-tech" unit in this era.

That being the case, it is better to let these good seedlings enter this high-tech unit to receive training than to stick to the old-fashioned thinking of "the infantry is the second boss".

So Zhao Kuo finally got such a status as he wished.

Zhao Kuo didn't know that so many stories had happened around one of his job transfers. At this moment, Zhao Kuo's heart was filled with incomparable excitement, and the expression he had when he looked at the tall and heavy Handan South Gate in front of him was almost like It's the feeling that a wanderer who hasn't returned home for a long time just saw the door of the house.

Zhao Kuo held back for too long.

The defense of Handan has been going on for almost half a month, but Zhao Kuo and the [-] armored cavalry under his command have nothing to do with eating, drinking and training every day, and they don't get the chance to go to the battlefield at all.

Zhao Kuo, who was eager to fight, asked for a fight many times, but every time he was rejected by Pang Nuan and Ju Xin, and the reasons were exactly the same: "The time has not come."

Later, Zhao Kuo even doubted whether he would be able to fight one day.

Fortunately, all of this is no longer a problem at all. Zhao Kuo is now fully armed and riding his horse here, with only expectations for the upcoming battle in his heart!

At the end of a long street not far from Zhao Kuo, Zhao Dan, surrounded by a large number of generals such as Pang Nuan and Ju Xin, watched from afar the armored cavalry that was about to set off.

Zhao Dan opened his mouth and asked Pang Nuan, "Is there any hope of success?"

Pang Nuan thought for a while, and replied: "It's hard to say, but there is great hope. I have already told Zhao Kuo that if something goes wrong, I will give up the mission and retreat directly."

Zhao Dan nodded and said: "This is very good. Although I also understand that everything on the battlefield is based on the highest premise of winning, but if possible, I hope that you will reduce the number of soldiers as much as possible when you lead the army in the future." Our casualties, after all, every soldier is a citizen of the widow, and their lives should not be wasted in vain."

There was naturally a lot of promises around, but Zhao Dan couldn't say exactly how many people listened to it.

At this moment, the city gate slowly opened.

Almost at the moment when the city gate opened, the overwhelming shouts of killing from outside the city converged into a huge sound wave, which instantly hit Zhao Kuo who was riding his horse and standing in the front.

But Zhao Kuo was completely unmoved by this. He just raised the spear in his hand high and moved forward slowly.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo could clearly see many soldiers of the Wei army outside the city gate. These soldiers also discovered the sudden opening of the Handan city gate, and they were very excited and excited towards the opened Handan city gate. He rushed forward, wanting to grab the first victory in capturing the gate of Handan City.

Looking at these soldiers of Wei State rushing madly, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth.

"Armored cavalry, attack!"

After saying this, Zhao Kuo clamped the horse's belly hard, and the horse under his crotch immediately understood, and the speed exploded in just a few breaths, leading Zhao Kuo like a violent steel whirlwind Rushed into the soldiers of Wei Jun!

And the [-] armored cavalry behind Zhao Kuo also followed Zhao Guo's footsteps immediately. The [-] horses and knights gathered into a torrent of steel, and countless spears shone brightly in the air. He mercilessly shredded all the enemies in front of him, and rushed out a bloody road of death among the Wei Guo infantry positions that were completely caught off guard!

In just a moment, thousands of Wei soldiers who had just gathered outside the city gate were slaughtered, leaving only blood and corpses all over the ground.

Behind Zhao Kuo and the five hundred iron objects, the gate of Handan City was slowly closed.

Zhao Dan watched from a distance that the torrent of steel led by Zhao Kuo disappeared from his sight, suddenly his heart moved, and he said to Pang Nuan: "I want to go to the top of the city to have a look, how about it?"

As soon as Zhao Dan finished speaking, the surrounding ministers of the Zhao Kingdom were startled, and hurriedly began to dissuade him: "Your Majesty, you must not do it!"

"How can the king's precious body be easily involved in danger?"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Zhao Dan turned his head helplessly, and looked at Pang Nuan beside him.

Pang Nuan thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, there is only time for a cup of tea!"

Zhao Dan was overjoyed immediately, and said, "That's it!"

As he spoke, he didn't care how noisy the officials of Zhao Guoqun were behind him, he just strode towards the city not far in front of him.

After a while, Zhao Dan finally boarded the south wall of Handan under the guard of many elite Zhao soldiers, and saw the panoramic view of the battlefield for the first time.

As soon as he saw the panorama of the battlefield, Zhao Dan was shocked.

In front of Zhao Dan was the tall battlements of Handan City, and under the battlements was an extremely vast land. In this vast land, there were bursts of dust and smoke. Countless soldiers of the State of Wei swarmed with weapons, and the chariots rumbled The crowd was turbulent, and the scene was very spectacular and shocking.

Zhao Dan had just glanced at it when he suddenly heard a sharp sound of piercing through the air, and then Ju Xin who was standing beside Zhao Dan suddenly rushed in front of Zhao Dan, holding up the shield in his hand: "Protect the King!"

With Ju Xin's order, the guards who had already prepared also raised their shields one after another.

"Swish, swish!" Several crossbow arrows shot over, all of which hit the shield.

Zhao Dan looked at the crossbow that had just landed under Ju Xin's feet, and a drop of cold sweat rolled down his cheek.

Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a brush with death, right?

Zhao Dan looked in the direction where the crossbow arrows were coming from, and finally saw the archery tower not far away.

The archery tower is actually not that big, and it is divided into several floors. It can accommodate dozens of archers shooting at the same time. There has always been a steady stream.

But when Zhao Dan saw this archery tower, there were actually not many archers from Wei State shooting arrows at the top of the city.

The reason is actually very simple. The [-] armored cavalry led by Zhao Kuo are fighting through the thorns and thorns among the turbulent crowd of countless Wei soldiers, like a small boat facing the huge waves in the sea, which is extremely conspicuous.

And as long as anyone pays a little attention to the direction of Zhao Kuo's armored cavalry, he will find that his goal is the arrow tower of Wei State!

The archers on the archery tower have obviously also discovered the existence of Zhao Kuo's cavalry, so they didn't bother to suppress the Zhao Guo archers on the city wall, and instead shot arrows at Zhao Kuo's armor. cavalry.

However, Zhao Kuo led [-] armored cavalry to rush forward like a tide in the Wei army formation, invincible all the way, and there is no one general. What effect can dozens of hundreds of arrows play?

The commander of the Wei army had obviously discovered Zhao Kuo's attempt, and countless orders and flags were passed down one after another, and batch after batch of Wei army soldiers rushed forward, trying to completely submerge Zhao Kuo's army.