Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 139
Zhang Han's military use was as cautious as in the legend. Even though the young commander's army demolished the city wall of Xiangyi when it retreated eastward, he directly made it clear early on that he wanted to make a fuss about the Qin army's grain road. Nearly four times, but Zhang Han still kept in mind the military strategy of five attacks and ten sieges, and refused to take the risk of dividing his troops to encircle the camps of the Young Marshal Army and the Anti-Qin Allied Army. Attack the enemy head-on.

As a result, the Suiyang battle became unprecedentedly fierce and tragic. On the third day after arriving at the Suiyang battlefield, after some intensive preparations, Zhang Han dispatched 12 troops in one breath, and the troops were divided into two groups to attack. Unexpectedly, he used partial divisions to attack the camp of the Young Marshal Army on the front, and led the main force to storm the camp of the Anti-Qin Allied Army of Yingbu, Lu Chen, and Wei Bao next to the camp of the Young Marshal Army.

Knowing that Zhang Han wanted to cut off his own wings, hit his morale, and then free up his hands to deal with him, but Xiang Kang had no way to break Zhang Han's strategy. He could only bite the bullet and command the army to stick to the camp. Prepare in advance to send troops to reinforce friendly camps.And Ying Bu, Lu Chen, and Wei Bao didn't dare to neglect, they all went to the front line to boost morale, and commanded the soldiers of their own army to defend to the death.

The battle became fierce from the very beginning. The Qin army led by Dong Yi directly invested [-] archers and crossbowmen in a long-range battle with the young commander's army, covering the Qin army's trebuchets and attacking with stones. The young commander's army also used crossbows and trebuchets to attack. In retaliation, they shot at each other with the Qin army, and the sun and the moon were dark. Although they were not at a disadvantage, they could not repel the enemy.

The battle at the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army was even more intense. The main force of the Qin army, which had an absolute advantage in strength, launched a fierce attack from three directions at the same time. The battalion walls and the sheep and horse walls that the coalition forces worked so hard to build were riddled with holes, and there were potholes everywhere. Although the three armies of Yingbu, Lu Chen, and Wei Bao fought back hard, they were still suppressed by the long-range firepower of the Qin army. It was suffocating, and the casualties were quite large.

Under the cover of long-range weapons, the main force of the Qin army with strong troops dispatched tens of thousands of infantry in one breath, divided into ten teams, and took turns carrying sandbags and bundles of firewood to fill the guard trench outside the north gate of the anti-Qin coalition camp. , although Lu Chen's troops who were in charge of guarding the north gate tried their best to stop them with arrows, but the Qin army's attitude towards filling the trench was very firm. Any soldier who dared to drop sandbags and firewood bundles and retreat would be beheaded on the spot by the Qin army's supervising team. Coupled with the frantic suppression of the Qin army's crossbows, countless firewood bundles and sandbags were still thrown into the anti-Qin allied army's guard camp trenches, and gradually accumulated, filling up multiple guard camp trenches.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Lu Chen had no choice but to mobilize the reserve team early to assist the shooting in an attempt to prevent the Qin army from continuing to fill the trench, but the tenacity of the Qin army's soldiers made Lu Chen's soldiers dumbfounded, just like a group of single-celled creatures, blindly The only thing is to move the bundles of earth, stone and firewood forward, frantically filling the two guard trenches dug hard by the anti-Qin coalition forces. Unless they are directly killed, they will never retreat even if they are injured by arrows. The corpses of the soldiers of the Qin army who fell beside the trench were also pushed into the trench to pave the way for the attacking army.

Unable to withstand the desperate filling of the Qin army's soldiers, the two guard trenches outside the north gate were quickly filled with multiple roads that could be passed directly. Zhang Han did not hesitate, and immediately dispatched [-] troops to beat the anti-Qin coalition army head-on. At the north gate of the camp, the Qin army outside the east and west gates also dispatched troops at the same time, carrying a large number of pontoon bridges to rush forward to build a bridge across the river, so that the anti-Qin allied forces at the east and west gates could not spare their hands to reinforce the north gate.

When shooting at long-distance, Lu Chen's army could barely sustain no matter how many casualties they suffered, but when it came to the offensive and defensive battle of the camp wall, Lu Chen's army soon felt extremely exhausted. The army sent guards on the camp wall, but the soldiers of the Qin army still shouted and rushed to the camp wall one after another, rushing Lu Chen's defense line to the ground, panicking everywhere, and forced Lu Chen to send envoys to Xiang Kang for emergency Xiang Kang had no choice but to send Zhujishi to rescue Lu Chen in order not to shake the friendly army's disastrous defeat and hit his own morale.

Xiang Kang's decisive decision saved the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army. Just after Zhujishi led the young generals and soldiers to join the battlefield, Zhang Han dispatched two thousand elite troops from Longxi to strengthen the attack. Fortunately, Zhujishi's army arrived in time Climb the wall and help Lu Chenjun withstand the fierce counterattack of the Qin army, so the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army was not directly breached by the Qin army.But in this way, Zhujishi's troops no longer had the opportunity to take down the camp wall to rest, and were forced to stand at the forefront, fighting the Qin army who rushed in by turns, and the loss was not small.

Zhang Han never gave up frontally attacking the north gate of the anti-Qin allied army's camp. In addition to letting the troops take turns to attack the camp wall, he also never gave up filling the trenches. The army's attack surface became wider and wider, and the pressure Zhujishi faced was also increasing. He had to fight for his life with the shouting Qin army soldiers almost every second, without any chance to rest.

The combat effectiveness of the Young Commander's Army is indeed stronger than Lu Chen's mob, but compared with the Qin Army, it is even inferior to the ordinary Qin Army, which is mainly composed of Lishan prisoners, let alone Zhang Han's trump card. Longxi elite.Therefore, even though Zhujishi's troops have a condescending geographical advantage, after being repeatedly consumed by the soldiers of the Qin army who took turns to come forward, they still gradually became overwhelmed, forcing Zhujishi to take precautions in case of emergency. Send people back to the camp to report the situation to Xiang Kang, and ask Xiang Kang to send reinforcements.

"Why did Zhujishi ask me for help so quickly?"

After complaining with great annoyance, he glanced at the camp of the anti-Qin allied forces fighting in the dark. Xiang Kang suddenly came to his senses and blurted out: "Could it be that Zhang Han did it on purpose? He knows that the troops of Lu Chen, Ying Bu and Wei Bao are not as good as My army is able to fight, but deliberately attack them again and again, forcing me to send troops to reinforce Lu Chen and the others, let me consume the army in Lu Chen's camp, and then calmly attack me?"

After finally realizing Zhang Han's intentions, Xiang Kang only thought for a while, and immediately told Xiang Zhuang: "Brother, you bring [-] troops there, and you must help Zhujishi guard Lu Chen's camp no matter what. "

"Brother, I'm leaving, what if there is danger on your side?" Xiang Zhuang asked worriedly.

"It's okay, what I'm facing here is the tyrant of the Qin Dynasty, and I can hold it." Xiang Kang shook his head, and said: "Go, help Lu Chen and the others survive today, and then we will find a way to solve the problem that the friendly army will be attacked by the Qin Dynasty." The problem of the military's focus on attack."

Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to hastily mobilize soldiers and horses, and led [-] young commanders out of the northern camp to rescue the friendly army whose combat effectiveness was completely unreliable.When Zhang Hanyao saw this situation, he immediately snorted coldly, "Smart enough, I saw the general's intention so quickly, and directly dispatched a sufficient number of troops to reinforce other bandit troops. But it's useless, as long as there are Lu Chen Wei Bao and these useless bandits are here, and they will always be your flaw and weakness."

On the surface, it seemed that the Qin army was mainly attacking the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army, and it was only a feint attack against the main force of the young commander's army. In the camp, Zhujishi and Xiang Zhuang's young generals fought one after another, taking turns fighting on the wall, fighting with the Qin army with blood and blood, and suffered heavy casualties. They paid a very heavy price, and finally persisted until it was getting dark. The Qin army was forced to withdraw and go back to rest.During the period, although the three servants of the Young Marshal Army also fought desperately, their fighting power was limited, and they did not play a great role, and they failed to share too much pressure on the soldiers of the Young Marshal Army.

As a result, some gaps and conflicts inevitably emerged between the soldiers of the Young Commander Army and the soldiers of the Anti-Qin Allied Army. I also bled, sweated, and put in a lot of effort, so how could I be mocked and looked down upon by the young commander?He was also somewhat dissatisfied with the Young Marshal Army, creating gaps.

Because of this situation, that night, Ying Bu, Lu Chen and Wei Bao also hurriedly got together for a discussion. During the period, although the three of them admitted that their army was indeed not as good as the Young Marshal's, without the help of the Young Marshal, It is absolutely impossible for the self-armed army to hold the camp, but they still don’t want to ask Xiang Kang to take over and become Xiang Kang’s subordinates. They just want to ask Xiang Kang to agree to let his army be stationed in the young commander’s barracks, so as to avoid becoming the focus of the Qin army. target of attack.

But a new problem came up again. Since he refused to accept Xiang Kang's recruitment, how could Xiang Kang dare to rest assured that Lu Chen and other troops would enter his camp and become his confidant's serious trouble?Besides, the total strength of the anti-Qin coalition army reached more than [-] people, and a hasty move to the camp of the young commander's army would definitely disrupt the camp defense deployment of the young commander's army, and Xiang Kang was of course even less likely to agree.

When we were worried together, another news came from the camp gate, saying that the Qin army sent envoys to deliver letters, and there was a letter written by Zhang Han to deliver to Lu Chen.Out of curiosity, Lu Chen agreed to accept the letter, but after carefully reading Zhang Han's letter, Lu Chen immediately cursed. It turned out that Zhang Han's letter was to sow discord, saying that Xiang Kang refused to let Lu Chen, Yingbu and Wei Bao's three-man army stationed in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army, but they couldn't trust Lu Chen and others, and sooner or later they would abandon Lu Chen and others as outcasts. Take Xiang Kang's head in front of me to ask for credit and receive the reward, and enjoy the glory and wealth bestowed by the Great Qin court.

"Mr. Zhang Han, it seems that he really wants to catch us." Ying Bu sighed, "If we continue to be stationed here, Mr. Zhang Han will definitely concentrate his forces to attack our camp in the future and force us to attack Xiang Xiang. It won't take long for the young commander to ask for help, even if Xiang Shaoshuai doesn't say anything, his subordinates will definitely have conflicts with us."

Wei Bao and Lu Chen, who understood this truth very well, were silent together, also helpless, and at this moment, another soldier came from outside the tent to report, saying that Li Shiqi, an admonishing doctor appointed by Xiang Kangxin, had come to the camp to see him, and had something important to think about. On behalf of Xiang Kang, he discussed with Lu Chen, Ying Bu and Wei Bao. ——By the way, it was only when he saw the official military document signed by Li Shiqi that Wang Xiangkang finally realized that he had accidentally caught a big fish, and at the same time made up his mind to let Li Shiqi replace Xu Shu. Become your own dedicated diplomatic con man.

Cannibals are soft-spoken and owe Xiang Kang so much favor. Of course, Lu Chen, Ying Bu and Wei Bao went to the gate of the camp to greet Li Shiqi in person, and respectfully invited Li Shiqi into Lu Chen's military tent. Later, Lu Chen also took the initiative to hand over Zhang Han's letter.Li Shiqi smiled after reading it, and said very eloquently: "Zhang Han Shuzi, you are just dreaming. General Lu Chen, you avenged the old master and killed the traitor Zhuang Jia who betrayed King Zhang Chu with your own hands. The name of loyalty has long been famous all over the world." , Zhang Han Zhuzi actually dared to think wildly, and came to General Lu to take his own humiliation."

Glad to be praised by Li Shiqi, Lu Chen hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Li, for your praise. I have already ordered someone to take down the envoy of Tyrant Qin. Please take the envoy of Tyrant Qin back to Young Marshal Xiang later, please." He throws it away at will."

"I'm not busy with this matter. I'll talk about it later." Li Shiqi shook his head and said with a smile, "Three generals, I'm here to apologize to you for Young Marshal Xiang when I come to the camp this time."

"Young Master Xiang apologized to us?" Lu Chen, Ying Bo and the others were stunned, and said, "Young Master Xiang, why did you apologize to us?"

"Our young marshal Xiang didn't think carefully before and put you in danger, so we have to apologize to you three generals." Li Shiqi said very sincerely: "Young commander Xiang thought that you were friends and guests. For the convenience of command, you were not allowed to bring troops into our camp, and arranged for you to set up another camp, but he did not expect that doing so would cause you to become the main target of Zhang Han's attack, and force you to resist Tyranny with weak troops The main force has completely fallen into a passive position. This is due to his poor thinking, so he wants the old man to apologize to you on his behalf."

"Young Marshal is really too polite." Lu Chen said movedly: "It is actually our own request to set up camp alone. How can we ask Young Marshal Xiang to apologize to us for this matter? Besides, if there is no such thing as Young Master Xiang Shuai sent reinforcements in time, I am afraid that our camp has already been breached by the Tyrant Qin army today, and it is too late for us to thank him, how can we ask him to apologize?"

Ying Bu and Wei Bao agreed, and they all honestly admitted that this matter had nothing to do with Xiang Kang, while Li Shiqi waved his skinny old hand and said, "You three generals don't have to be humble, and they didn't stop you from setting up camp alone. It's our Young Marshal Xiang." Therefore, regarding this matter, we, Young Marshal Xiang, must apologize to you. Also, in order to make up for his previous mistakes, Young Marshal Xiang asked you to adjust your camp, so that you will not be directly targeted by the main forces of the Tyrant Qin. "

"Master Xiang wants us to adjust the camp? How?"

Lu Chen couldn't wait to ask, wishing that Xiang Kang would take the initiative to ask his troops to move to the Young Marshal's camp, but what Lu Chen, Ying Bu and Wei Bao couldn't believe was that Li Shiqi suddenly pointed In the direction of Suiyang City, he said: "Young Marshal wants to invite three generals to lead the troops into Suiyang City and take up the important task of defending the city for our army."

"Young Commander Xiang wants us to enter the city to be stationed?"

Lu Chen was so pleasantly surprised that he couldn't believe his ears. Yingbo and Wei Bao were also very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said: "How can this be done? We entered the city, and Xiang Shaoshuai's soldiers and horses, don't they have to bear the burden of fighting alone?" Has the Tyrant Qin army faced the burden of confronting it head-on?"

"Such a heavy burden can't be carried by our army alone." Li Shiqi said with a smile: "After the three generals enter the city, please be ready to attack and rescue at all times. See our army When the situation is critical, I hope you will send reinforcements in time. Of course, if Zhang Han sends troops to attack the city, our army will also send troops to attack the back of the Qin army in time to share the pressure for you. In this way, your army and our army will be at odds with each other. Wouldn't it be better to compete with the Tyrant Qin army?"

Li Shiqi is indeed a genius for negotiating. If he wants the three armies of Lu Chen, Yingbo and Wei Bao to enter Suiyang City, Lu Chen and others will definitely feel that Xiang Kang is looking down on them and wants to drive them out. Going into the city so as not to continue to drag the Young Marshal's back.But Li Shiqi turned the host into a guest, and first apologized for Xiang Kang, and then politely persuaded Lu Chen and others to move to Suiyang City. There will be extra branches.So after a few words of humility with Li Shiqi, Lu Chen and the others happily agreed to lead the army into the city, and they no longer became the weakness of the young commander's defense line.

The matter was not over yet. After agreeing on the matter of entering the city, Li Shiqi said to Wei Bao: "There is one more thing I want to ask for your help. Your general, Uncle Zhou, had previously predicted that Mr. Zhang Han would come to attack Suiyang this time." , will emphasize the front power over the reserve, and expose the weakness of the grain road. Now this matter has been fulfilled. It is inconvenient for your army to communicate after entering the city. Uncle General lent him a period of time, so that he can help our Young Marshal Xiang formulate a plan to rob food at any time, I wonder if the general can cut off love?"

"All right, all right." Wei Bao, who didn't like Uncle Zhou at all, agreed without hesitation, and said, "I'll arrange for Uncle Zhou to go to the camp when I get back, and let him work under the tent of Young Marshal Xiang for a while."

In this way, under Li Shiqi's ingenious persuasion, in the middle of the night that day, the anti-Qin coalition forces hurriedly pulled out their battalions and moved to Suiyang City, where the risk factor was the least, overnight. At the same time, Wei Bao's general Zhou Shu also temporarily entered Xiang Kang's army , was used by Xiang Kang as a temporary staff officer.And when the news of the anti-Qin coalition troops stationed in Suiyang City was reported to Zhang Han, Zhang Han was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help sighing a long time, saying: "Xiang Kang, this traitor, is really extraordinary! I didn't expect him to have This kind of courage allows other weak bandit troops to enter the city and garrison to deal with our army's frontal attack alone."

Sigh to sigh, in order to seize this rare opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of the Young Marshal's army, a day later, Zhang Han personally commanded the army and launched another attack.However, when it was time to attack the Young Marshal's camp, Zhang Han realized that it was definitely not an easy task to take down the Young Marshal's camp with a frontal attack, and he had to pay a heavy price that he could not estimate.

In the fierce battle, the young generals, who no longer had to worry about the safety of their allies, had no other thoughts. They shot the soldiers of the Qin army who had stepped forward to fill the trench with their strong bows and suffered heavy losses. The Qin army had to pay a heavy price to barely open the few advances. When the Qin army launched an ant-attached attack, the powerful young commanders and soldiers relied on the favorable terrain with water in the south and a city in the east. They took turns in the two battlefields in the northwest where they could only be attacked by the enemy, and beat the Qin army head-on. The soldiers who attacked the battalion made the Qin army more dead and wounded, and the corpses were even more numerous.

What makes Zhang Han even more angry is that because of the favor of Xiang Kang, the troops of Yingbo, Lu Chen and Wei Bao actually sent troops from the city in a fierce battle to raid the camp of the Qin army in order to repay their kindness. The flank of the soldiers shared the huge pressure for the young marshal's army.Although Zhang Han easily divided his forces and defeated them, the friendly deeds of the friendly army still effectively stimulated the morale of the young commander's soldiers, making the young commander's soldiers fight more resolutely and defend more tenaciously.

Xiang Kang was a little surprised, he barely got the chance to attack the ants, and the Qin army, who was attacking the camp while filling the trenches, voluntarily gave up the opportunity to quickly fill up the trenches of the Young Marshal's guard camp. Ming Jin withdrew his troops, gave up the storm and withdrew to the camp to regroup.As a result, when Xiang Kang felt puzzled, Xiang Yang suddenly rushed to Xiang Kang with ecstasy on his face, and shouted: "Brother! Here we come! Second uncle's reinforcements have finally arrived! We have arrived in Yu Township, just a short distance from Suiyang. Only less than fifty miles away!"

"No wonder Zhang Han wants to retreat suddenly." Xiang Kang suddenly realized, and then he was also excited in his heart, secretly said: "It's finally here. Not only is it more sure to defend Suiyang now, maybe there is hope to create a miracle and repel Zhang Han head-on. The main force."

(End of this chapter)