Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 125
"There is no way to go, if you want to survive, turn around and fight to the death! Kill the Tyrant Qin and take my life away!"

Driven into desperation by the pursuers of the Qin army, Xiang Zhuang, who had always been used to stealing, raping, and playing tricks with Xiang Kang, made a rare move, and decisively turned his horse's head on the bank of Gushui, urging the soldiers and horses to turn around and fight to the death, in an attempt to take advantage of the backwater to fight to the death. The dangerous situation of the war inspired the combat effectiveness of the young commanders and soldiers, and created a miracle by repelling the Qin army.

It's a pity that the effect is not as ideal as Xiang Zhuang hoped. Firstly, the young generals and soldiers with too many recruits are too panicked and fearful, and secondly, Xiang Kang and Xiang Zhuang didn't tell the soldiers of their own army that there would be an accident in order to keep it secret. As soon as this came out, on the chaotic battlefield where people shouted and horses neighed, not many young commanders heard Xiang Zhuang's shout, so not many young commanders decisively followed Xiang Zhuang and turned around to fight. The soldiers of the handsome army were still in a state of serious confusion, running around like headless chickens, or fleeing eastward to the west gate of Pengcheng to ask for help, and some even jumped into the icy cold valley water, swam to the north bank to escape for their lives. There was no scene of the whole army turning back and fighting to the death as Xiang Zhuang hoped.

By the way, the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army in the chaos did not flee westward to the main camp of the Young Marshal Army, because the Young Marshal Army also dug two trenches for guarding the camp outside the east gate of the camp, and the trenches were still full. Sharp pickets, well aware of this point, of course the young generals dare not blindly die.

It was good for Xiang Zhuang. When deducing the tactical changes before, Xiang Kang had already discovered that Xiang Zhuang's troops might be defeated like a mountain and could not be dealt with. He made certain preparations in advance, and just saw Xiang Zhuang's The flag turned to the south, and Xiang Kang immediately asked the young generals in the camp to beat the drums to cheer. When dozens of cowhide drums were beating neatly, the young generals who were already familiar with the attack of the drums also subconsciously turned around to meet the enemy. He didn't let Xiang Zhuang and his personal army fight alone and die in vain.

It's still a pity that the young commander's defeated army can only do this. The Qin army's chasing soldiers with two thousand elites from Longxi as the backbone are full of morale. On the narrow battlefield, the pursuers of the Qin army were still striding forward, hacking with knives, spears and axes, killing the young generals who dared to stop them to the point of howling ghosts and wolves, with corpses strewn across the field, quickly continuing to suppress the young general The room for movement of the defeated army gradually forced the young marshal's defeated army to the narrow area on the south bank of Gushui.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ping, who led the rear of the Qin army and marched in the distance to the south, of course laughed loudly, constantly mocking the young commander's defeated soldiers for their overreaching, how they dared to dream of defeating themselves after losing like this. pursue soldiers.Xiang Kang was sweating profusely in the self-army camp. He was afraid that Xiang Zhuang would not be able to restrain the troops, which would cause the defeated troops of the self-army to be forced into Gushui by the Qin army, causing heavy losses. Being able to complete the preliminary plan cannot help Xiang Zhuang turn the tide at the critical moment and reverse the defeat.

Not bad, after being oppressed to the limit by the Qin army's chasing soldiers, and after being crowded with each other so that even a needle could not be inserted in, the defeated soldiers of the young commander who had nowhere to go finally gradually burst out with courage and blood, in order to survive In order not to lose their lives in vain, the defeated soldiers of the Young Commander's Army summoned up the courage to fight with their lives, one after another fought head-on with the powerful enemy on the opposite side, and the situation that Xiang Kang was most worried about did not occur-the defeated soldiers of the Young Commander's Army were forced into the valley by the Qin Army's chasing troops. Water, drowned and drowned countless people, and the corpses were piled up so that the valley water stopped flowing.

As a result, the battle became intense. Under the night sky, with the help of the faint light of torches, the soldiers of the two armies seemed to be crazy, and they just waved their weapons to greet the enemy on the opposite side. Amidst the screams, some people had their arms chopped off. The head, blood and brains splash together, and the killer is killed immediately. Even if the victim falls down, he still hugs the enemy's legs in despair, creating opportunities for his companions to avenge themselves. If it is broken, hit it with the hilt of the sword, if the spear is broken, stab it with the tail of the spear, hit it with your fist, hit it with a stone, bite it with your teeth, the howls of beasts rise and fall on the chaotic battlefield, and the shouts of killing merge with the sound of war drums. One strand, the sound travels for miles.

The offensive of the Qin army's chasing troops was also delayed because of this, but Zhang Ping in the distance was not anxious at all, because Zhang Ping still had a full [-] rear troops available in his hands, which was enough to prevent any eventuality, even if Xiang Kang jumped the wall in a hurry, The defenders in the battalion were dispatched temporarily to respond, and Zhang Ping was absolutely sure that he could deal with it.At the same time, the Qin army's pursuers still have the upper hand, and the defeated soldiers of the young commander's army are completely supported by one breath. After a long time, the breath is released, and the Qin army's pursuers can immediately kill all the defeated soldiers of the young commander's army. , so of course Zhang Ping doesn't need to be anxious.But……

But the distance was too far, and because the sky was too dark, what Zhang Ping didn't see was that in the chaos, there was a gradual change in the crowd of Qin soldiers chasing soldiers. Some soldiers of the Qin army with white cloth tied on their left arms didn't want to kill the enemy. Instead, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Qin army fell into chaos due to the fierce battle, they suddenly attacked other Qin soldiers from behind, or suddenly wiped a sword on the neck of the comrade in front, or suddenly stabbed the back of the comrade from behind, Then he fled away immediately, and fled into the chaotic crowd to hide.

This kind of situation also happens from time to time on the battlefields of ancient and modern China and foreign countries. Some soldiers either became enemies with their comrades, or hated their superiors for oppressing them. , which is not surprising.But the strange thing is that these soldiers of the Qin army don't seem to have any specific goals. They only want to assassinate other companions desperately when they get the chance, regardless of whether these companions know each other or whether they have offended themselves to death. black hands.

The battlefield was too chaotic, and this situation was not quickly discovered by the generals of the Qin army at first, but as more and more generals of the Qin army were assassinated, the surrounding generals of the Qin army also gradually realized that something was wrong, especially when they saw it with their own eyes. After the soldiers of the Qin Army assassinated the soldiers from behind, the soldiers of the Qin Army knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly yelled and asked what the soldiers of the Qin Army were doing, but the soldiers of the Qin Army ignored them at all and ran away immediately.

"Someone is killing our own! Stop him! Catch him!"

Seeing the murderer's Qin soldiers chasing after them shouting and chasing, the already chaotic Qin army inevitably became even more chaotic. Those Qin soldiers with white cloths tied to their left arms also took the opportunity to move more rampantly, and immediately assassinated their companions at the slightest opportunity.And some of the smarter soldiers of the Qin army came to their senses and soon discovered a terrible truth, "The bandit army! There are traitors who put on our clothes and sneaked into our army!"

"A traitor has sneaked in! A traitor has sneaked in! Pay attention to your surroundings, there is a traitor who disguised himself as our soldier and sneaked into our army!"

Even more panic and shouts rang out, causing the soldiers of the Qin army to panic. They just looked around for their companions, looking for enemies who had infiltrated their own army. Daojian greeted his companions and shouted, "Rebel! This is a rebel in disguise!"

"I'm not!" The soldier of the Qin army who was wronged hurriedly shouted for grievances, but unfortunately the other soldiers of the Qin army around him were dizzy, and when they heard that he was a traitor shouted, they immediately slashed and stabbed their weapons on him. This unlucky Qin soldier was chopped into meat paste alive.

There were also soldiers of the Qin army who discovered the real rebels, but when they were fighting with those real rebels, those rebels kept shouting, "I want to fight, I am one of my own! Help me, this rebel wants to kill I!"

This kind of situation can be seen everywhere in the Qin army's chaotic army, causing the Qin army to panic from top to bottom. They no longer have any thoughts to go forward to kill the enemy. Taking the opportunity to counterattack, not only regained a large area of ​​ground, but also took the upper hand on the battlefield in turn.

At this time, the situation ahead was finally reported to Zhang Ping. Hearing the bad news, Zhang Ping was stunned at first, and couldn't figure out how the young commander in uniform of the Qin army got into the army. After careful recollection, Zhang Pingyou finally came back to his senses, and screamed like a slaughtered pig: "It must have been when we were chasing and killing the defeated rebels! Our fake soldiers ambushed outside their camp and sneaked into our team in disorder! Damn Xiang Kang! How can you be so insidious and shameless that you can come up with such a bad move!"

It was too late to realize that he had been fooled. The former army was in complete disarray. If he wanted to quickly identify the young generals who were disguised as self-serving soldiers, even the gods could not do it. Zhang Ping had no choice but to It was someone who hastily knocked on the bronze gong of withdrawing troops, ordered the former army to retreat and regroup, and found out those damned young commanders and soldiers to be cut to death!

It's a pity that after the bronze gong sounded, the Qin army in front immediately retreated, but Xiang Zhuang, who had known for a long time that there would be such an attack, immediately led his army to pursue it, and in turn bit the tail of the Qin army's front army. , did not give the Qin Army's former army a chance to retreat the whole team calmly. Crying and howling, the number of casualties caught up with Xiang Zhuang's troops almost instantly.

At the same time, at this time, something that made Zhang Ping's soul fly away even more happened. The Qin Army's camp in the west suddenly became angry, and at the same time, there was a report from the Qin Army's fast horse, saying that there was a young commander in Qin Army. When the main force of the army left the camp, they suddenly rushed out from the dark place in the southeast and attacked the east gate of the Qin Army's camp. The east gate of the Qin Army's camp had been destroyed by the young commander's army the last time they stole the camp. Continue to stand behind closed doors, but the young generals who came suddenly rushed into the camp, murdered and set fire everywhere, and although the Qin army still had [-] defenders in the camp, the camp was too large, so it was impossible to stop it. , can only quickly send someone to Zhang Ping for help.

This time it was Zhang Ping's turn to sweat, and he wanted to hurry back to the army to rescue the camp. The young commander would definitely take advantage of the fire and rob him with all his strength, and the Qin army was flustered. Well, in case there is a loss of food and grass, the Qin army will definitely not want to fight again in this battle in Pengcheng.After thinking about it, Zhang Ping, who was still reasonable, was forced to make a painful decision, and shouted: "The rear army stepped forward, stopped the rebel army, and bought time for our front army to regroup! Leave him alone in the camp! "

After saying that, Zhang Ping added another sentence in his heart, thinking to himself: "Even if the food and grass are lost, it doesn't matter, the worst is to withdraw to Xiao County to get the food, as long as the army is kept! With the army, you can talk about anything. If the army is lost, everything is over. !"

Although Zhang Ping's choice was painful, it was very correct, because at this time, the reserve team of the Young Marshal led by Xiang Guan and Chao Zhi had already lined up in the camp, waiting for the Qin army to return to rescue the camp. The reserve team of the Qin army will attack immediately, taking advantage of the panic of the Qin army to expand the results of the battle.But Zhang Ping chose to fight on the spot, and Xiang Kang was completely helpless, and couldn't help sighing: "We're on the verge of defeat! It's very difficult for us to gain much in this night's battle."

As Xiang Kang expected, although the morale of Xiang Zhuang's young generals had greatly improved, they still couldn't take advantage of the Qin army who was fighting on the spot. Even the rush failed to shake the position of the Qin army's rear army. On the contrary, the Qin army's rear army was forced into the narrow space between the self-army camp and Pengcheng again.At the same time, relying on the cover of the rear army to get rid of the young commander's pursuit, the Qin army's front army also hurriedly regrouped in the distance to screen out the traitors, and led five hundred young commanders' death squads to sneak into the Qin army. It is to take advantage of the opportunity that the Qin army is still in chaos, take the remaining soldiers and flee, and flee to the south gate of Pengcheng to seek the protection of friendly troops.

During this period, adopting the old man Fan's suggestion, Xiang Kang also decisively sent Xiang Guan and Ma Xijin to help the commando of the Young Marshal Army led by Long Qie attack the Qin army's camp, and continued to force and lure Zhang Ping to retreat immediately. The heavy Zhang Ping was unmoved, gritted his teeth and refused to return to the army immediately, and retreated slowly with the former Qin army who had hastily reorganized the team, without giving the young commander a chance to continue to disrupt.Xiang Kang had no choice but to quickly send someone to contact Xiang Guan and Long Qie and ask them to withdraw from the battlefield immediately to avoid being dumped by the Qin army.

This battle lasted until dusk, and the young commander's army did not defeat Zhang Ping's troops in one fell swoop through chaotic warfare as Xiang Kang expected. Although many enemies were killed, the casualties of his own army were also considerable Not small.However, this is not what Xiang Kang is most concerned about. When the sky was bright, Long Qie and Xiang Guan's troops had just returned to the camp. Xiang Kang immediately asked Long Qie, "How is it? Did you burn the Tyrant Qin army?" food?"

"Reporting to the young commander, the burning is over, but the final general can't guarantee whether the burning is over." Long Qi replied dejectedly: "The Tyrant Qin army is pressing too hard, and the final general only has a thousand troops in hand. After rushing into the inner camp of the Tyrant Qin army, the last general was forced out not long after setting fire to their food and grass, so I can’t guarantee whether the food of the Tyrant Qin army has been burnt.”

Xiang Kang quickly turned his gaze to Xiang Guan again, but Xiang Guan's expression was more embarrassing than that of Long Qi, and he said, "Brother, I'm sorry, I just rushed into the inner camp of the Tyrant Qin army and was arrested The Baoqin army, who was in a hurry to jump over the wall, forced out, but failed to set fire to all the Baoqin's inner camps, and I don't know if they burned all the food and grass of the Baoqin army."

Xiang Kang had no choice but to smile wryly, but he couldn't blame Long Qie and Xiang Guan. He could only pretend to be happy, praised Zhongli Mo and Long Qie for their outstanding performance last night, and promoted them to the rank of captain, but In his heart, Xiang Kang still let out a long sigh, and said to himself: "I'm afraid this battle will still have to be fought!"

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"This battle! Still have to fight!"

At the same time, in the camp of the Qin Army, Zhang Ping was also roaring with almost the same words, because he hurriedly counted the losses after returning to the camp. The food, however, was still enough for all the Qin army, including Chen Kan and Yao Ang's two partial divisions, to eat for more than five days. It's just that less than [-] troops have been lost, and with the addition of two partial divisions, the overall strength is still far above the main force of the Young Marshal's Army. It is definitely not without a chance to reverse the situation again, let alone a dream!

Because of this, Zhang Ping categorically rejected the general's suggestion to withdraw troops. While sending people to Xiao County to urge food and grass, he also sent people to urgently call Chen Kan's troops who had already gone north to quickly return to the army to join the main force.As for Yao Ang's troops who had already gone south, Zhang Ping's attitude was even more resolute. Not only did he not send someone to tell him to return to his teacher immediately, but he also urged him to go south to fight Fuli as soon as possible. Of course it would be best to offer the city to surrender. If Duan Zuo is swindling the enemy to lure the enemy, it doesn't matter. Yao Ang's troops can just let go and attack the city. This battle must still be fought!
For the next day or so, Xiang Kang, who was unwilling to reconcile and continued to try to win by surprise, took advantage of the fact that the Qin army's partial division had not yet returned. Unfortunately, in front of Zhang Ping, who had already suffered a big loss and knew how to learn his lesson, Xiang Kang was the real one this time. There was absolutely nothing to do, and at the same time the main force of the young commander's army was also very exhausted, and it was difficult to launch a large-scale decisive battle again in a short period of time.So Xiang Kang had no choice but to watch the Qin army go north and quickly return to Pengcheng, re-strengthening the strength of the Qin army.

But there are also things that make Xiang Kang a little relieved. First, Liu Laosan continued to play his virtue of anti-Qin great cause, and once again led his army to the Pengcheng battlefield to reinforce Xiang Kang. Although the Qin army scraped three feet of land in Xiao County, they still didn't get much food to support Zhang Ping, so Xiang Kang can also conclude that as long as Xiang Han and Feng Zhong can guard Fuli, they will not give the Qin army partial divisions to seize food and supplies. If there is no chance, then even if the self-army is still unable to repel Zhang Ping, it is still sure that Zhang Ping will retreat until the food is exhausted, so that the battle of Pengcheng will end in a draw.

Under such circumstances, the battle for Fuli County has become the key to the battle of Pengcheng. If the Qin Army can win Fuli, the balance of victory will immediately tilt to the side of the Qin Army, and as long as the young commander guards Fuli , at least it can keep the draw of the Pengcheng battle, it's either one or the other, nothing else.

Because of this, Xiang Kang and Zhang Ping also focused their attention on the battlefield of Fuli. In order to keep abreast of the situation on the battlefield of Fuli, the scouts of the Qin Army and the Young Marshal continued to travel to and from Pengcheng on the road leading to Fuli. , and conflicts continued to be fought, and both sides would lose several scouts and several fast horses in a day, but Xiang Kang and Zhang Ping didn't feel distressed, but they also sent more scouts and fast horses at the same time, so that they could Keep abreast of Fuli's movements on the battlefield at any time.

Of course, Zhang Ping and Xiang Kang were not working hard in vain. On the morning of the fourth day after the night raid, a scout from the Qin army, whose horses were already foaming at the mouth, finally brought Zhang Ping the latest news from the Fuli battlefield. Regarding the battle situation, Zhang Ping, who had long been anxious, couldn't wait. As soon as they met, he asked, "How is it? General Yao Ang, have you defeated Fu Licheng?"

The scout of the Qin Army who came to report the letter did not answer immediately, but knelt down to Zhang Ping with a plop, his mouth was not opened, and tears of pain had already clustered down on his dusty face...

"How is it possible?! How is it possible?!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ping's desperate roar echoed in Qin Jun's camp, as miserable as a wounded beast, and as sad as a helpless lamb, poor lamb.

(End of this chapter)