At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 187, Crossing the River and Re-establishing the King of Chu
July 37, the 7th year of the First Emperor's reign, Julu County, Gucheng.

There are a few white clouds floating in the sky, and even though the sun has set to the west, the summer sunshine is still dazzling.

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of the war drums resounded throughout the fields. The sound of the war drums became more and more passionate and fearless. A huge army slowly appeared in front of the defenders of the old city.

This army stretched for more than ten miles, making all the soldiers of the Qin army feel desperate. The size of the enemy definitely exceeds 10 people. The gap between the two sides is too big. They have no chance of winning at all.

Jiang Hao, the captain of the old city, said to his own soldiers: "Ask Dongwucheng for help, and say that 10 Han troops will launch an attack on my old city. If the reinforcements do not arrive within 5 days, the old city will not be saved."

After the guards went to ask for help, Jiang Hao looked at the trembling soldiers and shouted loudly: "Bang the war drum and suppress the voices on the other side."

"Dong dong dong!" Along with the earth-shattering sound of war drums in the old city, the morale of the Qin army finally increased.

However, the Han army did not attack the city immediately, but instead set up camp first.

Lu Chen led the Han army generals and personal guards to inspect the city defense of the old city. They had witnessed Xingyang's hedgehog-like city defense, and then looked at Fangcheng's horizontal and vertical walls, which were three feet high. Lu Chen said with a smile: "This city defense It's much worse than Xingyang, but it's a pity that we didn't bring the stone cannon here, otherwise if we cannonball a few times, the city wall will probably collapse."

Zhang Liang said: "We want the King of Han to support some craftsmen who can build stone cannons. The defense of the ancient city is naturally vulnerable, but Dongwuyang has been built by the Qin people for half a year, and there are still 25,000 Qin troops. , it’s difficult to attack head-on.”

During this period, Liu Bang was in an extremely comfortable mood. After Julu expanded his army, he suddenly became the false lieutenant general of the Han army. He was promoted to two levels and became one of the lieutenant generals of the Han army, although it was only a temporary one. position, but when they defeat the Qin army this time and make achievements, he is very confident that his fake lieutenant general can become a real lieutenant general.

Of course, Jiang Hao couldn't really come out, so he could only let the war drums sound again.

Lu Chen looked at Xu Zhongzhao and said: "You lead 3 troops to ambush on the road between Dongwu Yangcheng and Gucheng. Don't let go of any Qin army supporting Guyang."

Zhang Liang nodded.

Lu Chen said: "Do as you say."

"Bang, bang, bang!" One by one, they plunged hard into the river bank, and the suspension bridge of the hull opened directly.

But just like a famous saying from later generations, lies cannot hurt people, only the truth is cruel. Although the propaganda of the Han army has a certain effect, the Qin State does not regard the Qin army soldiers as human beings. This is the root of the matter. After Xu Fan's exposure, the soldiers of the Qin Army discovered that the one who really didn't want them to live a good life was the Qin State. The soldiers did not want to work hard for these countries that persecuted them. This did not matter whether it was the First Emperor redistributing land to the soldiers or Meng Tian, ​​a ten-year-old man. The old leader didn't even give them any encouragement.

July 37, the 7th year of the First Emperor's reign, White Horse, Yellow River Front.

"Soldiers, follow Naigong and charge!" Zhou Bo shook off the mud and water on his body, defended himself with a huge shield in one hand, and rushed off the warship with a sword in the other. He led his men to charge hundreds of steps and became the whole army. The presence at the forefront of the charge.

Jiang Hao took out his bow and arrow and aimed an arrow in the direction of the Han soldiers.

"Order the stormtroopers to land and the crossbowmen to continue suppressing the enemy!"

However, Zhang Liang thought for a while and said: "The old city must be kept. Use the old city to attract the support of the Qin army in Dongwuyang. Otherwise, if we want to attack Dongwuyang, it will be extremely difficult for us to attack Dongwuyang with complete city defense and sufficient troops."

But Ge Ying's order was conveyed to each battleship.

Although there is no opera troupe here in Lu Chen, the Han army soldiers have watched the two operas "Chu Zhaonu" and "Alive" so much that they can't even recite the lyrics. It is not difficult to have four opera troupes.

The crossbow arrows were so powerful that they immediately frightened the Qin army. Before the second round of crossbow attack, the Qin army soldiers fled from this hell one after another.

Liu Bang immediately responded angrily: "Besides killing people, what else can you lackeys of Yingzheng do? It's a blessing to spare your life, but you are so ignorant. Have you ever thought about being Yingzheng's lackeys? Do you want the soldiers under your command to die? Brothers of the Qin Army, Ying Zheng is not worthy of your surrender. It is better for me, the King of Han, to conquer the world without corvee. You must think clearly about whom to help.

As Ge Ying's order was issued, hundreds of transport ships transporting troops from the rear were loaded with soldiers in bright armor. Hundreds of ships thrust straight into the north bank of the Yellow River like hundreds of long arrows.

Lu Chen said: "It is indeed difficult to attack Dongwuyang City with 25,000 Qin troops garrisoned, but if there are less than 10,000 to 20,000 Qin troops, Dongwuyang will be much easier to defeat."

After Liu Bang returned, Lu Chen laughed and said, "You are really good at scolding. The Qin general in question is speechless and can only let you leave in this way."

So a Han soldier held a big loudspeaker and said: "Qin generals above the old city, listen, my general has said that as long as you surrender and give up the city, my general will spare your life."

Jiang Hao said angrily: "How dare you disturb the morale of our army by rebellious ministers and traitors."

Xu Chongzhao said: "The army will have to rest for a while. Why don't the generals learn from the king of Han's old tricks of performing operas on all sides to weaken the morale of the Qin army?"

The Han army had been carrying out a propaganda offensive for several days, and the morale of the Qin army was finally affected. Meng Tian frequently patrolled the Yellow River defense line during this period because he was worried that the morale of the soldiers would be affected by the Han army.

"Boohoo!" The crossbow arrows, like spears, shot at the Qin Army archers 200 steps away.

Each Han warship has 10 crossbows on its left and right sides, and 100 warships have more than 1000 crossbows facing the Yellow River embankment.

Lu Chen agreed with Liu Bang's opinion.

East County, Baima Ferry.

"Puff!" The Qin army archers did not expect that the enemy could shoot such a large crossbow 200 steps away. They were unprepared and suffered heavy casualties. Many soldiers were even shot in two by the crossbow. The most unlucky ones were three. The soldiers stood in a row and were all shot through by crossbows.

Liu Bang smiled and said: "There are only five thousand Qin troops in the old city. If Nai Gong were the Qin army's garrison, I'm afraid he would be frightened. The general can recruit the Qin generals to surrender. Maybe the Qin army will surrender without a fight."

Xu Zhongzhao said: "Promise!"

Lu Chen said: "Joining the army is because I want to surround the place and provide reinforcements."

Brothers of the Qin Army, the world belongs to the tyrant Ying Zheng and these Qin officials, but it does not belong to you. Only your life belongs to you. When fighting, you must hide away, for the sake of the tyrant Ying Zheng and those who are corrupt It's not worth it for the Qin officials to lose their lives. "

"Dong dong dong!" On the ferry, the war drums shook the sky.

Lu Chen immediately thought that when Xu Fan besieged Xingyang, he actually wanted to fight Li You's 5 Qin soldiers.

Liu Bang said with a smile: "You can also say that a rebellious minister and traitor have the ability to come out and challenge Naigong, but Naigong will give up one hand."

Jiang Hao said loudly: "You rebellious officials and traitors, how dare you bark here."

"Archers prepare, the rebels cannot land." Tens of thousands of archers stood on the embankment of the Yellow River, looking down at the warships lined up in the river. Captain Su Jiao felt solemn when he saw the warships covering the river. The rebels finally launched an attack. If they could not stop the rebels' offensive, their Northern Xinjiang Army would be in real danger.

On the Yellow River, hundreds of giant warships unfolded their huge sails and rode the wind and waves, but they were discovered by the Qin army near the north bank of the Yellow River.

"Poof!" The long arrow hit the soldier's leg, and the frightened soldier immediately ran back.

"Boom!" The crossbows from the Han army's warships were like locusts, and the number seemed endless. The distance between 100 and 200 steps along the Yellow River embankment was filled with Han army's long arrows, suppressing the Qin army on the river embankment. Didn't dare to look up at all.

Ge Ying looked at the Qin Army archers lined up on the river embankment and sneered: "Fire the crossbows at the Qin Army archers."

Su Jiao saw Zhou Bo's prominence and said angrily: "Archers, suppress the enemy!"

"咻咻咻" Thousands of long arrows shot towards Zhou Bo and his team.

"Puff!" Several long arrows hit Zhou Bo's shield.

Zhou Bo was lucky, and his long arrow was blocked by the shield, but more soldiers failed to resist the Qin army's bows and arrows and were shot. For a time, the entire river embankment was full of screaming soldiers.

"Form up!" Zhou Bo roared. With Zhou Bo as the center, the surrounding Han troops formed a wall with shields, which could resist the crossbow arrows of the Qin army.

But the Qin army's archers kept shooting in their direction, trying to drive them back.

Zhou Bo immediately squatted down and said angrily to the rear: "Archers, you are dead people, let Naigong suppress them."

As soon as Zhou Bo and others stepped onto the river beach, their own troops were suppressed by the enemy's dense arrow array. Even though they were protected by shields, a large number of Zhou Bo's men were shot by such condescending shooting.

"Stop scolding, we'll shoot now."

"100 steps forward to the left, three-stage shooting!"

As Cao Shen's order was issued, thousands of his archers shot in the direction reported by Cao Shen.

"Boohoo!" Thousands of long arrows shot at the Qin army's archers.

Then Cao Shen and the others fired the second round and the third round. The long arrows of the Han army continued to shoot at the Qin army's formation like a heavy rain. Soon the Qin army's soldiers could not bear the casualties and collapsed.

There were no more enemies standing in his way. Zhou Bo was overjoyed and said, "Brothers, keep charging and kill!"

They rushed all the way to the Yellow River embankment and began to form formations to protect the landing of subsequent troops.

The ballistas and crossbows on the warships fired even more violently. If the Qin army came with one long arrow, the Han army would fire back ten. At the beginning, the Qin army had interactions with the Han army, but soon the Qin army soldiers All the long arrows were shot, and the long-range firepower was completely suppressed by the Han army.

At this point, the Qin army could no longer prevent the Han army from landing. Groups of Han soldiers stepped onto the embankment on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the deafening shouts of killing instantly resounded throughout the battlefield.

The unscrupulous Han soldiers continued to attack the Qin Army's embankments like floods, submerging the embankments step by step. The Qin Army had lost control of the Yellow River embankments.

"Kill, defeat the Qin army!" After receiving support from the rear, Zhou Bo raised his sword and charged towards the Qin army's formation.

Zhou Bo and other Han army officers have long been hungry and thirsty. In the past half a year, they have only watched other generals kill the enemy and perform meritorious service. His old superior Liu Bang is said to have made great achievements in Julu. The rebel army is a fake captain. He and Cao Shen I don't want the gap between me and Liu Bang to get wider and wider, so I can only work hard to make meritorious deeds.

"Kill!" Zhou Bo cut a Qin army soldier into two pieces with a single blow, and the soldiers from both sides strangled each other. At this time, Zhou Bo's men, encouraged by the war drums, were also excited, and they attacked the Qin army one by one. They were as hungry as The tiger pounces ferociously on its prey.

"100 steps ahead, angle three, shoot!" Cao Shen led his archer soldiers and constantly provided cover for Zhou Bo's vanguard. Under the cover of his own dense arrow array, the Han soldiers were unstoppable and killed the Qin army in retreat.

Tens of thousands of Han troops boarded the embankment of the Yellow River. More and more Han troops were on the embankment. Under the slaughter of the Han troops, a large number of Qin troops fell under the embankment. The fallen corpses of the Qin troops were everywhere, soaked in blood. The soil was covered with dirt, and the entire battlefield was filled with the smell of blood.

"Brothers of the Han army, stop fighting, we surrender!" The public opinion offensive during this period was still effective. The soldiers within the Qin army had already accumulated dissatisfaction with the court, but they were scattered internally and lacked organization. A wave of dissatisfaction was vented to the senior generals of the Qin Army.

Even if generals like Meng Tian knew the soldiers' dissatisfaction, they could not change Qin's national policy. They could only choose not to see it, pretend not to hear it, and continue to use the old method to suppress their dissatisfaction.

In Meng Tian's view, as long as the Han army is defeated, the battle is won, and the land is divided, no matter how much dissatisfaction the soldiers have, they will disappear.

But the reality is that they cannot defeat the Han army. With the lessons learned in the past few years, they do not trust the Qin State even if they divide the land. Their dissatisfaction has not been vented. The future looks like a painted cake and is not worthy of trust. Meng Tian couldn't see this and still used old methods to solve the problem, so the Qin soldiers chose to stay on the battlefield and not sacrifice their lives for the Qin generals and the court.

The surrender of these Qin soldiers caused the collapse of the entire front. A large number of soldiers chose to abandon their weapons and surrender to the Han army. Some Qin soldiers could not bear the casualties and collapsed, but did not want to surrender to the Han army, so they could only flee towards the Qin army camp. .

"Victory!" Zhou Bo and the others shouted wildly. They had won the login battle!
Ge Ying, who was on the warship, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Who is the officer who rushed to the front?"

Deng Zong, the general overseeing the army, said with a smile: "That is Army Sima Zhou Bo. He is also among the best in the officer training class."

Ge Ying smiled and said: "Record, the first achievement of this landing battle was Zhou Bo."

"Know!"

Ge Ying then reported the good news of the successful landing to the rear and ordered the transport ships to continue transporting troops to the north bank of the Yellow River. On the one hand, he organized the army and continued to fight towards the Qin army's Yellow River camp.

Qin army camp.

"Captain, the rebel crossbows are too powerful, there are too many long arrows, and a large number of traitors have surrendered to the Han army. We can't resist it anymore!" The captain of the Qin army who escaped from the river embankment faced Su Jiao in panic. report.

There are tens of thousands of Qin troops on this section of the river embankment. As long as they can hold it for half a day, Chaoge from the rear will send soldiers to block the rebel soldiers and prevent them from landing. But now they can't hold it for even an hour.

The battlefield was so brutal. He could see the kind of crossbow arrows that could shoot spears. They shot more than 500 steps. When they were fired directly into the formation, blood was everywhere, and broken limbs were flying all over the sky. Any defensive weapons of the Qin army were Unable to withstand the rebel attack.

Su Jiao calmly issued the order: "Ask the general for help. Tens of thousands of rebels are attacking our Yellow River camp. Now the Yellow River embankment has been lost. Please support the general."

Dongjun, Baima County, the ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River.

A Han army messenger ship came quickly, and the messengers rushed from the ship to Xu Fan and said: "King Han, our army has defeated the Qin army on the Yellow River embankment, and now General Ge Ying of Zhenxi is commanding the army to attack the Qin army's Yellow River camp. "

Xu Fan said happily: "Okay!"

This was a good start for the Northern Expedition. As long as the Qin army's camp was captured, the Han army could safely cross the Yellow River.

Not long after, the transport fleet returned, and Han soldiers boarded the ships one by one, and then watched the fleet move toward the north.

Tian Jie, who was beside Xu Fan, looked bitter when he saw this scene.

Tian Heng sent him to Baima for help. Tian Jie was worried about Tian Heng's danger and traveled day and night from Jimo to Baima County, thousands of miles away. As a result, before the words of asking for help were spoken, the Han army saw the entire northern expedition and now established a stronghold on the north bank of the Yellow River.

The Qi army and the Han army rebelled against Qin at about the same time, even when they had an army of 30. The Han army did not even occupy the small Chen County, and more than two years later, the Han army was able to defeat the Qin army's most powerful Northern Xinjiang army, but they could not even defeat Feng Jie. , what went wrong?
The Qi State has also been a powerful country for 800 years. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they have been no worse than the Chu State. Why has the performance of the Qi Army been far inferior to the Han Army (Chu Army) in recent years?

But Tian Jie didn't have time to think too much. He knelt down and begged, "King of Han, Qi is in danger. As the commander of the anti-Qin alliance, you must save our Qi."

Xu Fan said: "I have asked General Peng Yue to attack Linzi. You will be safe for a short time. When I defeat Meng Tian's army, the Han army will encircle and suppress Feng Jie's tribe."

Tian Jie had no choice but to accept this result. After all, the Han army was on the Northern Expedition, and it was impossible to stop them.

"King Han, do you want to make the decision for us?" Xiang Bo suddenly rushed over, knelt down in front of Xu Fan and shouted.

Xu Fan was also baffled by the scene before him.

"You don't have to do this big ceremony, why don't you just talk about things first?"

Xiang Bo said: "There is a villain who seizes the territory that my elder brother conquered. Please ask the King of Han to make the decision for us."

Then Xiang Bo carefully explained the reason to Xu Fan and others. Xiang Liang's defeat not only affected the war situation in the Central Plains, but also caused problems in Xiang Liang's rear area.

The powerful nobles of Sishui County and other four counties were terrified in the face of such a huge defeat. They were worried that the Qin army would take the opportunity to attack, and they were also worried that the Han army would take the opportunity to capture their territory. After discussion for a while, these powerful nobles decided to find a new leader and let the Han army The army had no excuse to invade. They found Song Yi, the original commander of Chu State, and wanted him to replace Xiang Liang's position.

But Song Yi did not dare to take on this hot potato, and finally proposed that Xiong Xin, a clan member of the original Chu State, be the king of Chu. This proposal was approved by all the nobles of the original Chu State, so King Xiong Xin of Chu ascended the throne in Pengcheng.

(End of this chapter)