Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 127 Ambush from All Sides
Although Feng Zhong's corps of the Young Marshal Feng Zhong who is attacking from the front is a typical mob, it has to be admitted that Feng Zhong, Xiang Kang's most trusted general with a different surname, has put in a lot of effort in managing and training the army, no matter how patched together The soldiers of Feng Zhong's corps, marching on the beat of the drums, moved in an orderly manner, the formation was almost not chaotic, and the formation was also arranged reasonably. , Zhou Fu and other motley crews are comparable.

But there is no way, people are more popular than others, how Feng Zhongzai worked hard to manage the army and train with the help of Han's personal soldiers, compared with the Qin army's army formed in a hurry, there is still a very obvious gap, The formation is also the same, but the formation of the Qin army with less than 3000 soldiers is not only more orderly, but also more seamless and flexible. Moreover, there is a murderous aura that is almost visible to the naked eye, which makes people daunting.

Although the gap is very obvious, the commander's tactical use can sometimes make up a lot of gaps, which surprised Yao Ang and Jiang Wen, the commander of the Qin Army on the south bank of Suishui. , and did not rush out chariots and infantry to attack the Qin army's phalanx. Instead, they chose the Qin army's best crossbow salvo tactics to start a battle with the Qin army. The sound of the war drums stopped immediately, and the whole army stopped. At the same time, according to the command of "Feng Zhong", the crossbowmen of the young marshal army who followed the long shield immediately adopted the shooting tactics of standing upright and kneeling, and shot at Qin who was just within reach. The military formation casts feather arrows.

Jiang Wen, who commanded the Qin army on the south bank, was quite angry. He expected that the young commander's army was too far away, and the feathered arrows he cast could not cause great damage to his own army. The Young Marshal's army wasted crossbow arrows, but the result was not as Jiang Wen expected. Although the Feathered Arrows of the Young Marshal's Army that flew in front of them caused some damage to the Qin Army, most of them turned into the end of the crossbow, even if they hit the Qin Army's leather armor In fact, it will not cause any harm to the soldiers of the Qin army, so although the young commander's army has many crossbows, the effect is not great.

The inexperienced Feng Zhong obviously didn't realize that his army was wasting crossbow arrows, and he was still taking turns standing upright, squatting and kneeling to release arrows, and kept suppressing the Qin army's phalanx with arrow rain, but shooting and shooting, Jiang Wen gradually realized That's not right, the feather arrows shot directly by the Young Marshal's Army are getting stronger and stronger, causing more and more casualties to the soldiers of the Qin Army. It was only then that I discovered that the commander of the young commander's army had been slowly approaching the formation of his own army without a trace, and the crossbowmen of the young commander's army who took turns getting up and firing arrows also had to take a step forward before squatting down after changing their arrows. Kneeling on the strings, he slowly approached the Qin army's phalanx with the long shield horizontal team, and gradually opened the distance from the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal's Army behind.

Cursing Feng Zhong's cunning, Jiang Wen couldn't bear it any longer, and quickly ordered the Qin Army's crossbowmen in the front row to stand up and shoot arrows in turn, competing with the Young Marshal's crossbow to shoot at each other. The situation on the battlefield immediately changed dramatically. The crossbowmen took turns to release arrows like a machine, and the whistling arrows were like locusts, constantly going back and forth between the two armies, causing the crossbowmen on both sides to be killed and injured by arrows continuously, and they let out a tragic cry.

Jiang Wen was angry. Although the Qin Army's uniformly equipped crossbows were stronger and had a longer range, and the movements of the Qin Army's soldiers were more orderly, but the disadvantage was that the strength of the troops was at a disadvantage. When the crossbows were fired at each other, the casualties of the Qin Army's crossbowmen were unexpectedly The casualties of the young commander's army have always been evenly matched, and because the infantry of the Qin army lined up behind the crossbow team, the overall casualties are obviously greater than that of the young commander's army. ——The infantry phalanx of the Young Marshal's Army happened to be on the edge of the range of the Qin Army's crossbow arrows. Of course, it was difficult for the Qin Army to damage the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal's Army in the shooting battle.

Of course, Jiang Wen also has a way to break the stupid way of the young commander's army to fight more and less. If Jiang Wen is willing, the Qin army only needs to move forward, and it will not be long before the young commander's crossbowmen can be forced back, so that the Qin army's The crossbow can directly touch the infantry brigade of the Young Marshal's Army, but Jiang Wen dare not do so, because at the moment behind the Qin Army's phalanx, the soldiers of the Qin Army have already started to build a pontoon bridge with all their strength. If Jiang Wen urges the army to step forward, then The cavalry of the Young Marshal Army ambushing on the two wings will definitely be dispatched immediately, rushing to the ferry, destroying the pontoon bridge, and cutting off Jiang Wen's connection with the rear army, so Jiang Wen has no choice but to grit his teeth and continue fighting with the young commander's army. Recruit hard consumption.

Fortunately, in the dry season, the surface of the Suishui River narrowed and the flow rate was relatively slow, which gave Qin Jun a chance to quickly build a bridge. Jiang Wen gritted his teeth and persisted for a moment, and Qin Jun's four pontoon bridges were built one after another. Yao Ang He also hurriedly sent troops forward, stepped on the bridge and crossed the river to reinforce the battlefield on the south bank.However, at this moment, the command flag of Feng Zhong's flag was waved, and then the command flag was also waved on the Fuli City next to it, and the south gate of Fuli facing Gushui was quickly opened, and three young marshals of 500 troops rushed out in line. Rushing directly to the Suishui Ferry to the west, in order to protect the pontoon bridge, Yao Ang had no choice but to let the [-] Qin troops who crossed the river for reinforcements go east to block it, and at the same time led [-] troops to the bridge and crossed the river in a hurry, and personally led the army to reinforce the battlefield on the south bank. .

Feng Zhong's banner was not just to order the young commanders in Fuli City to attack. When the young commanders in the city were dispatched, Feng Zhong's camp also dispatched two thousand troops at the same time. Outward rushed to the north, rushed directly to the ships lined up on the shore of Fuli's North Gate, and quickly boarded the ship under the cover of the friendly troops out of the city, rowed and rowed straight to the north bank.Yao Ang was shocked when he saw this, and immediately understood that the Young Marshal wanted to take advantage of the opportunity when the main force of his own army was heading south, and directly attacked the convoy of his own army, and quickly asked the rear army to form a formation to protect the convoy.

As a result, the situation on the battlefield became extremely complicated. The front army of the Qin Army was fighting against Feng Zhong's main force in the front, and the east flank was fighting fiercely with the Young Marshal Fu Li's army. The rear army was directly threatened by the cavalry of the Young Marshal Army. The central army was at a loss. It had to be ready to return to the north bank at any time, and it had to be ready to reinforce the front army. It didn't know which side to focus on.

What made Yao Ang even more distraught was still behind. At this time, more than [-] civilian boats suddenly came from the upper reaches of the Sui River, and each boat was pulling a raft full of firewood. At the same time, cut off the ropes, let the fire raft drift with the waves, and rushed towards the pontoon bridge of the Qin army burning blazingly. The Qin army was shocked when they saw it, and their morale was immediately frustrated. Yao Ang was at a loss and didn't know what to do. Shuai Jun's morale was greatly boosted, and the crossbow fired arrows even more quickly, shooting the former soldiers of the Qin Army to death and injury.

"Why did you suddenly become enemies in all directions?"

Gazing at the young commanders who kept appearing, Yao Ang was extremely confused. He didn't know whether to move forward or retreat decisively to the north bank. However, a general next to him saw the key point and hurriedly said "General, I'm afraid the pontoon bridge will be difficult to keep. We should go forward with all our strength, give priority to defeating the main force of Feng Zhong's rebels, and then turn around to reinforce the north bank. We still have [-] troops on the north bank, and we will be able to hold on for a while. Don’t worry about it for now.”

As if grabbing a life-saving straw, Yao Ang, who was in a state of confusion, immediately adopted this suggestion without thinking. The bow and crossbow team formed a strong formation to compete with the Qin army.

In fact, the strategy adopted by Yao Ang is actually not bad. The main force is facing forward and backward. No matter how Feng Zhong's main force fights in formation, it is absolutely impossible to block the Qin army's attack for a long time. At the same time, the Qin army on the north bank Relying on the local strength advantage, they have blocked the surprise soldiers of the Young Marshal Army from the front, so even if the fire raft released by the Young Marshal Army has already burned a pontoon bridge of the Qin Army, there is still a high degree of confidence in directly cutting off the Qin Army's north-south connection. However, as long as the Qin army can quickly defeat Feng Zhong's main force, it can still restore the situation and regain the upper hand.pity……

Unfortunately, what Yao Ang didn't know was that the real enemy he met this time was not Feng Zhong, the head of the pavilion who was bullied by the Xiang family's children and begged for mercy, but the soldiers surnamed Han beside Feng Zhong.So just when the main force of the Qin army started a fierce battle with Feng Zhong's main force, a scout rushed to Yao Ang's face, crying, "General, it's not good! Upstream Gushui! Upriver Gushui!" Ten miles away, a bandit army suddenly used boats hidden in the woods to cross the river and build a bridge, and they have already built a pontoon bridge and are crossing the river at full speed!"

"There are still ambushes?!" Yao Ang's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. He never dreamed that the enemy would be so bold. They were clearly a mob, and they dared to divide up their troops and set up ambushes again and again, attacking our own army from several directions at the same time.

Disturbed by the frequent ambushes of the Young Marshal's Army, Yao Ang inevitably became even more flustered when commanding the army to fight. In addition to desperately urging the army to attack Feng Zhong's main force, he also hurriedly ordered the Qin army on the flank to return to the north bank. The Qin army had just made a move, and the young commander of Fuli, who had been killed before, immediately made a comeback and bit the tail of the flanking Qin army. The second pontoon bridge of the Qin army was lit, and the third pontoon bridge of the Qin army was lit.

The Qin army became more and more panicked and chaotic, but this was only the beginning of the Qin army's nightmare. When the ambush of the young general army who crossed the river from the upper reaches appeared on the battlefield on the north bank, the Qin army panicked to the extreme. All the troops were in a complete mess, and Yao Ang was completely at a loss as if he was in a nightmare.

The main force of the Qin army on the north bank had already been entangled by the surprise soldiers of the young commander's army before. The young commander's ambush soldiers from the upper reaches rushed to the front and back. Fighting, but the ambush soldiers of the young commander had no interest in fighting with them at all. As soon as they met head-on, the rear army immediately turned around and rushed into the Qin army's luggage convoy with torches, wantonly setting fire to the food and luggage. The Qin army on the north bank, which was fighting on the front line, was forced to return to the food trucks, and the ambushes of the young marshals who had been killed on both sides took the opportunity to cover up again, killing the flustered Qin army on the north bank into chaos. Soon one after another was set ablaze by the young marshals and turned into thick black smoke.

The defeat of the Qin army on the north bank was determined. Affected by the battle situation on the north bank, the morale of the Qin army on the south bank also dropped to the extreme. Feng Zhong took advantage of the momentum to launch a counterattack, and the battle situation on the south bank immediately reversed. Slashing and hacking fiercely, the flustered soldiers of the Qin army were retreating steadily. Even the elite from Longxi could not resist the tide of the young commander's attack, and were pushed back again and again by the young commander.

The first to collapse was the flanking army of the Qin Army. As the fourth pontoon bridge was ignited by the fire raft of the Young Commander's Army, the soldiers of the Qin Army who had nowhere to retreat to the north could no longer withstand the fierce offensive of the Young Commander Fu Li's army, and fled in a mess, howling like ghosts and wolves. Come to meet the main force, and directly cause a chain reaction, causing the main force of the Qin army to become even more flustered, and it is even more difficult to support before the impact of Feng Zhong's main force, and the formation quickly becomes chaotic.

Food and grass will definitely not be able to be kept. If he wants to keep the army, the only way for Yao Ang is to fight to the death and kill Feng Zhong, and then it is possible to withdraw from the battlefield with the army.For this reason, the Qin army's Longxi elite led by Yao Ang and Jiang Wen also made great efforts, almost gritted their teeth, and repeatedly attacked Feng Zhong's flag formation in the melee, trying to destroy Feng Zhong's flag formation. Turn the tide of battle again.

The command art of 'Feng Zhong' made Yao Ang and Jiang Wen and other generals of the Qin army despair. They were clearly a mob, but under the banner of 'Feng Zhong', the formation of the Young Marshal's army seemed to have turned into a piece of brown sugar. The more he charged, the stronger he became, and the more he rushed, the more sticky he was. Qin Jun's several counterattacks were quickly stopped by the array of young commanders who suddenly appeared in front of him. The generals and soldiers of the army consumed the elite of the Qin army little by little, relying on their local strength advantages.

The ordinary Qin army, mainly composed of prisoners from Lishan Mountain, also completely exposed their weaknesses at this moment. The army was flustered and morale fell to the bottom. Running around, fleeing south and north, flustered like a group of headless flies, and as the elite Qin army in Longxi attacked less and less, the Qin army's offensive became weaker and weaker, and gradually fell into the trap of being half-baked by the young commander. surrounded state.

The Qin army on the north bank has already completely collapsed, and all the Qin army's heavy vehicles have been ignited by the young commander's surprise soldiers. After completing the task, the young commander's ambush soldiers quickly returned to the south bank by boat to reinforce the main battlefield. Seeing that there is an advantage to take, Xiang Han, who had been guarded by Xiang Kang in Fuli all this time, couldn't wait to lead his army out of the city himself, and brought all his soldiers and horses to beat the dogs in the water. Facing more and more enemies, the main force of the Qin army was completely lost. In the hope of a comeback, the generals scrambled to beg Yao Ang to retreat quickly, and it was not uncommon for soldiers to escape the main force and flee alone.

Completely helpless, in order not to be annihilated by Feng Zhong's mob in a daze, Yao Ang had no choice but to give up his dream of making a comeback. Before the army collapsed completely, he hurriedly fled westward with the remnants of the defeated army. Feng Zhong did not hesitate. He led the army to chase and killed the Qin army who had fled in a hurry, and chased them for more than [-] miles in one breath. During the pursuit, he beheaded more than a thousand, and captured countless armor and weapons abandoned by the Qin army.

After the victory, the Young Marshal's team was of course beaming with joy, and Feng Zhong was even more beaming, patting the shoulder of the soldiers surnamed Han and laughing constantly, and impatiently promised that he would reward the soldiers surnamed Han.It's a pity that the soldiers surnamed Han have always regarded money as dung, and they didn't care about how much reward Feng Zhong promised to give him, and said to Feng Zhong: "If the general still wants to make meritorious service, it is best to clean up the soldiers and horses immediately. Tomorrow, we will send troops to the west. While chasing the defeated soldiers of the Tyrant Qin army, we will recover Xiangxian, Mangxian, and Dangxian counties that we had previously occupied. Opportunity to tyranny Qin's main force."

"Follow westward?" Feng Zhong was startled, and said, "But the order given to us by Young Marshal Xiang is to return to Pengcheng?"

"We don't need our help in Pengcheng anymore." The soldier surnamed Han said coldly: "Did you forget the information about the Pengcheng army that General Xiang Han gave us before? Our main force once broke into the camp of the Tyrant Qin army and burned it down. There is a lot of food and grass for the Tyrant Qin army. The southern expedition of the Tyrant Qin army has been defeated, and the main force's food and grass are unsustainable. They will definitely choose to retreat to Dang County. We will enter Dang County first and block their westward retreat. With the main force attacking back and forth, it is difficult to stop fighting a big victory."

"Although the words are reasonable, but without asking for instructions..." Feng Zhong hesitated.

"The general is out, the king's life is not accepted, and it is the general who sees the opportunity to make a decisive decision." The soldier surnamed Han said seriously: "You don't have to listen to my suggestion, but I can guarantee that if you miss this opportunity, Young Marshal Xiang will definitely be very disappointed in you, and he will never dare to entrust you with a bigger burden in the future."

After hesitating for a long time, considering that the situation in Pengcheng has been stabilized, and Xiang Kang did not urge himself to rush north to help Pengcheng, Feng Zhong still gritted his teeth, nodded and said: "Okay, let's do this, go back and pack up the troops immediately , Tomorrow, we will go west to hunt down the defeated soldiers of Tyrant Qin."

Of course, for this decision, Feng Zhong did not waste his saliva with Xiang Han. At the same time, in order to avoid Xiang Kang's misunderstanding, Feng Zhong sent Wu She, a civil servant he had received in Xutai, to go north with a book and report the matter to Xiang Kang face to face. At the same time, he honestly admitted that he was good at specialization, and said that if Xiang Kang objected, he would immediately bring the army back to Pengcheng.

Feng Zhong was obviously worrying blindly. After Wu She went north to Pengcheng with his autographed letter, Xiang Kang was ecstatic at Feng Zhong's miraculous victory. Zhong Da has made great progress, and he already knows how to look at the three, which may create a favorable situation for the self-army, and he is full of praise for Feng Zhong's decisive decision.

But it is also a pity that when Xiang Kang asked who planned the complex tactics of the Fuli War for Feng Zhong, although he had heard some rumors, but because he knew Feng Zhong's temper of greed for merit, in order not to be caught The boss wears small shoes, but Wu She chooses to help Feng Zhong tell lies, insisting that these are all planned by Feng Zhong.Xiang Kang was skeptical after hearing this, and said in doubt: "Is it really Feng Zhong? Brother Feng is really so talented in military affairs, why didn't I see it at all before?"

Although he was very suspicious, Xiang Kang still hoped that Feng Zhongzhen would be so capable in his heart. As a junior and a self-proclaimed young marshal, Xiang Kang still has to obey Xiang Liang's orders, and all the children of the Xiang family will definitely follow Xiang Liang's lead. By then, whether Xiang Kang can maintain his military power and independent status will be a question of his own. It depends on whether the generals with different surnames in the Young Marshal Army choose to continue to support Xiang Kang.

Therefore, for Xiang Kang, Feng Zhong, who has a close personal relationship with him, had better be so capable, because only Feng Zhong and Zhou Zeng, Xiang Kang's confidants with foreign surnames, who were hand-picked and trained by Xiang Kang, are the least likely to be pulled away by Xiang Liang. .And even if Xiang Liang forced him to ask for someone, he was sure he would pull him back again.

It is true that Xiang Liang is a hero, and he has no son who can inherit his family business in the future, but among the children of the Xiang family, the one who is closest to him and also the one he loves the most is Xiang Yu. Xiang Liang only took one with him when he fled to Jiangdong. Xiang Yu is a clear proof, if he assists Xiang Liang to conquer the country, but in the end it makes Xiang Yu cheaper for nothing, Kang is unwilling to do such a thing.

(End of this chapter)