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Seeing all this, Le Cheng's brows gradually relaxed.
This is one of the reasons why cavalry has not completely replaced chariot soldiers in the other six countries today.
Because in the eyes of today's people, cavalry should charge and fight directly like chariot soldiers, but the protection of cavalry is much worse than that of chariot soldiers.
These Qin cavalry may be good at chasing the enemy, but facing the dense firepower of hordes of archers, these hundreds of Qin cavalry are actually far from enough.
In this era, dense long-range fire coverage is the most deadly weapon against these light cavalry who basically do not have any armor and protection.
In history, the reason why Li Ling, a general of the Han Dynasty, was able to fight hard for eight days and nights with [-] infantry under the siege of [-] Hun cavalry in the Battle of Junji Mountain, and almost broke out of the siege was precisely because of Li Ling's extremely fierce long-distance troops. firepower.
It was not until the arrows were exhausted that Li Ling, who was out of ammunition and food, had no choice but to surrender.
At this moment, the long-range firepower in Le Cheng's hands is not inferior to that of Li Ling, but the opponents Le Cheng faces are far from being able to compare with the [-] elite of the powerful Hun Empire in terms of quantity and quality.
Therefore, the outcome of this battle was actually doomed from the very beginning.
Sure enough, after several rounds of arrow rain, the Qin cavalry, who had suffered heavy losses, finally felt frightened. They all reined in their horseshoes, stopped their attempt to continue the pursuit, and retreated in embarrassment.
Le Cheng did not order to pursue, because with the two legs of the infantry, it was impossible to catch up with the four legs of the cavalry.
But even so, the hundreds of Qin army corpses left on the ground were enough to satisfy Le Cheng.
The corner of Le Cheng's mouth twitched slightly, a smile appeared on his face, and he said gently to Zhao Kuo who happened to walk in front of him: "Come on, what happened?"
Chapter 289 Zhao Kuo's setbacks (first update)
Zhao Kuo in front of Le Cheng looked quite embarrassed at the moment, not only his clothes were worn out like a monkey, but also his body was stained with blood, and there was an extremely narrow wound on his left arm, which was quite shocking at first glance.
After hearing Le Cheng's inquiry, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing wryly, and told the situation at that time.
It turned out that after Zhao Kuo announced that he would seize power and surrender to Zhao that day, many Qin generals who were in the tent at that time seemed to have been completely convinced, and the [-] Qin army seemed to have really fallen into Zhao Kuo's hands.
But when a mutiny suddenly broke out in the barracks, the situation began to change.
When the mutiny just started, Zhao Kuo chose to counter the rebellion by using the known troops of the generals who had been secretly drawn in by Wang Ji a few days ago.
In Zhao Kuo's view, since these guys have agreed to join Zhao Guo, they should be more reliable.
However, what Zhao Kuo didn't expect was that the scale of the mutiny was expanding too fast. Even though tens of thousands of troops had been invested in a short period of time, Zhao Kuo found that the situation was still developing in an uncontrollable direction.
What surprised Zhao Kuo even more was that those Qin generals who had decided to take refuge in Zhao and worked hard to suppress the mutiny were assassinated one after another.
Several generals were assassinated to death on the spot, and the stalemate of the battle suddenly became unfavorable to Zhao Kuo.
Under such circumstances, in order to save the overall situation, Zhao Kuo had to take the risk of releasing all the other generals in the big account and order them to control their subordinates to suppress the mutiny.
Le Cheng couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, and said, "No wonder you lost this battle."
Zhao Kuo paused, and looked at Le Cheng with some puzzlement: "Why did the general say that?"
Le Cheng said: "You are still young, and you don't know people's hearts. Those generals of the Qin army are nothing but idiots, and they will bow down when they see a strong man. If the situation is still under your control, then they will definitely be willing." They surrendered to Zhao, but Ru was in a disadvantageous situation at that time, so they would naturally help Qin."
Zhao Kuo still didn't seem to understand: "But everyone in the world knows that Zhao Guo has a great chance of winning this battle."
Since Zhao Guo has a great chance of winning, there is no reason for these guys to follow Qin Guo.
Le Cheng laughed, and patted Zhao Kuo on the shoulder: "You are wrong. These fools are all short-sighted people. They always see the situation in front of them. How can they take into account the future situation? But you don't need to Angry, when the day when Anyi is breached, it will be the time when he will confer the head."
After a pause, Le Cheng said again: "Wang Ji, the governor of Hedong County, is still alive?"
Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "He was shot by an arrow in his hip and couldn't walk, so I ordered someone to carry it behind him."
As Zhao Kuo said, he waved to the back, and soon two soldiers came carrying Wang Ji who was lying on the straw mat.
Wang Ji's complexion looked a little pale, and his spirit was not very good. Obviously, the life of fleeing for the past few days was quite difficult for the pampered governor of Hedong County.
However, after Zhao Kuo introduced Le Cheng to Wang Ji, the despair on Wang Ji's face instantly disappeared, and he held Le Cheng's hand tightly and never let go.
"General, please tell Your Majesty, it's not that I'm not good at things, it's just that someone is doing tricks in the dark!"
Wang Ji gritted his teeth, not to mention his angry expression: "Hou, Hou must be playing tricks behind his back!"
Le Cheng was stunned for a moment, then reached out and patted Wang Ji's shoulder: "The county guard takes care of his life and rest, and I will take care of the rest."
As he spoke, Le Cheng waved his hand and asked two soldiers to carry Wang Ji away.
To be honest, Le Cheng looked down on people like Wang Ji very much.
Although it is indeed common for scholars to change their country to serve these days, Wang Ji is different.
Interpreting it from the perspective of later generations is that when others worked for company A, they worked hard, and no one would say anything if they switched to company B.
But Wang Ji directly stole the business secrets of Company A when he was working for Company A, and then applied for a job with a competitor of Company A. This practice is obviously a very serious violation of professional ethics, so it is also despised by others .
But although he said he couldn't get used to Wang Ji, Le Cheng knew very well that Zhao Dan had personally ordered Lian Po to save Wang Ji's life under any circumstances.
As the so-called king's life is above all else, as Zhao Dan's loyal minister and Lian Po's right-hand man, even if he doesn't like Wang Ji, Le Cheng will do his best to save Wang Ji's life.
After seeing Wang Ji being carried away, Le Cheng turned his gaze to Zhao Kuo who was in front of him again: "You must be extremely exhausted after running around for days, so go and rest first."
The relationship between Le Cheng and Zhao Kuo's father Zhao She is actually very good, so even if Zhao Kuo lost the battle, Le Cheng's attitude towards Zhao Kuo is still quite gentle.
Zhao Kuo scratched his head, his expression seemed a little coy, and he said after a while, "I wonder when the general will enter Anyi?"
Le Cheng saw Zhao Kuo's appearance and immediately understood: "Are you still thinking about revenge?"
"Exactly!" Zhao Kuo said with a face full of displeasure: "This failure, Kuo remembers five things, if you don't avenge this revenge, how can you face the king!"
No one can be indifferent to such a failure, especially for a young man like Zhao Kuo who is full of vigor and full of enthusiasm to follow in his father's footsteps.
Seeing this, Le Cheng couldn't help laughing, then patted Zhao Kuo's shoulder heavily, and said seriously, "Zhao Kuo listens!"
Zhao Kuo subconsciously straightened his body and said loudly, "Zhao Kuo is here!"
Le Cheng straightened his face and said in a very serious tone: "The general ordered you to lead the soldiers under his command to camp and rest immediately, and then wait for the general's order!"
Zhao Kuo became anxious when he heard this, and was about to say something, but was stared back by Le Cheng's stern eyes.
"Zhao Kuo, do you still want to disobey orders?"
Zhao Kuo shook his head reluctantly, speaking in an extremely forced tone: "Kuo dare not."
"Very good." Le Cheng said, "Since that's the case, why don't you go quickly?"
Zhao Kuo stood there for a while, but finally turned around helplessly and walked down the hill.
Looking at Zhao Kuo's leaving figure, Le Cheng couldn't help but shook his head slightly, and said in his heart: "The young man really can't hold back, even if it's revenge, why rush for a while?"