Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 140 The Second Uncle Hero and Overlord Cousin

In the battle of attacking the Young Marshal's camp head-on, Qin Jun, who was stubbornly blocked by the Young Marshal's officers and soldiers, was not sure that he would be able to attack the camp directly, but he was very hopeful that he would fill up the Young Marshal's guard camp in large numbers with the cover of the ant attack. The trenches are convenient for the next day's attack on the camp, but Zhang Han suddenly gave up and suddenly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.The reason is the same as what Xiang Kang guessed, Zhang Han received an urgent report from Qin Jun's secret agent, knowing that Xiang Liang's army was rapidly approaching the Suiyang battlefield, so he decisively ordered to retreat.

Zhang Han also had to withdraw his troops as soon as possible. The first reason was that the tenacious performance of the main force of the young commander in the camp offensive and defensive battle greatly exceeded his pre-estimates, and let Zhang Han know that it would be difficult for the Qin army to win with just one or two frontal assaults. In order not to waste the energy of the soldiers and the army in vain, Zhang Han had no choice but to give up this unsure battle to attack the camp, lest the attack would be futile, and gave Xiang Liang's army a smooth march to the Suiyang battlefield. The opportunity to meet with Xiang Kang.

Secondly, the size of Xiang Liang's army is quite large. Based on the preliminary statistics made by the Qin Army alone, Xiang Liang brought at least [-] troops this time. Although it will not pose a fatal threat to the Qin Army, it is still an absolute threat. The existence cannot be ignored, and once Xiang Liang's army joins forces with the Young Marshal's army, the total force is likely to reach [-], which is enough to fight the Qin army head-on.Therefore, Zhang Han could only quickly withdraw his troops and free up his hands to concentrate on responding to the sudden changes on the battlefield.

It was only after the troops retreated back to the camp that Zhang Han disclosed the news to the generals of the Qin army. The generals of the Qin army who were still wondering about Zhang Han’s sudden withdrawal of troops also suddenly realized this, and immediately discussed it. Just like in the Great War, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were deliberately allowed to join forces, and then tried to defeat the enemy. Some people also suggested that Zhang Han besiege the city and fight for reinforcements, leaving part of the army to monitor and contain the main force of the young commander's army, and concentrate superior forces to kill Xiang Liang who came from afar. , and then turned around to deal with Xiang Kang calmly, and argued endlessly about it.

Zhang Han's beloved generals Zhao Ben and Nei Shibao advocated intentionally letting Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang join forces. As the thieves grow, they will inevitably be taken lightly under the arrogance, and even have the idea of ​​​​taking the initiative to fight. Moreover, the two thieves Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang joined forces in a hurry, and it must be difficult for them to quickly integrate with each other. Create an opportunity to destroy the enemy. In addition, the Xiangliang traitors came from afar, and it is absolutely impossible to establish a strong camp in a short period of time. It is absolutely not impossible for our army to seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop like the Linji War."

"If you want to rely on a surprise attack to defeat the enemy, it's best not to even think about it. Don't you know how treacherous that traitor Xiang Kang is? Besides, he must have known the situation of Linji's battle a long time ago. How could he not?" Let his uncle, the traitor, be careful to prevent us from repeating the old tricks? Don’t sneak attack, and give Xiang Kang, that despicable traitor, a chance to sneak attack us in turn.”

Dong Yi, who led a few generals advocating besieging the city and fighting for aid, sneered at Nei Shibao's opinion, and said: "Only the besieging and aiding the city is the most prudent and sure, and the rebels of Xiang Kang are most afraid of battle. Soldiers and horses restraining and monitoring are enough to make him dare not move. The main force advances eastward first and hits the Xiangliang bandit army head-on. We are absolutely sure to wipe out the Xiangliang bandit army who are too late to establish a strong camp, and then turn around, we can calmly Let's take care of the traitor Xiang Kang."

"What if the rebels in Xiang Liang avoid fighting instead? Our grain road is already too long and we are easily threatened by rebels. The main force moved to the east of Suiyang. How could the rebels not seize the opportunity to attack and harass and cut off our food supply?"

Listening to the arguments of his subordinates, Zhang Han, who always likes to seek stability in military affairs, has always remained silent. It was only after Dong Yi and Nei Shibao and others argued dryly that Zhang Han slowly opened his mouth and said: " The bandit army is more difficult than we imagined. It should be the most prudent strategy to besiege the city and defeat the two rebels Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang. But we must also guard against Xiang Liang's rebels and avoid fighting. Drag us into a confrontation and consume. So we'd better make a compromise, and instead use Xiang Liang's rebel's anxiety to join Xiang Kang's rebel army to lure him to a decisive battle with us, and use our strengths in battle to fight against us. Destroy the enemy."

"General, what do you plan to do?" Sima Xin asked next to him.

Zhang Han didn't answer, but just ordered Dong Yi: "General Dong, you and Su Wei go down and prepare for the attack. Tomorrow morning, you will lead an army of [-] troops to march eastward, and set up camp east of Suiyang to stop Xiang Liang and his army. Xiang Kang and these two rebels join forces. Seeing that you have little advantage in military strength, the rebel Xiang Liang will definitely have the idea of ​​a decisive battle. At that time, you will fight the enemy in battle, try to repel the rebel Xiang Liang for me, and give me a test by the way Xiang Liang's rebels' strength, and then we will make the best use of the situation and formulate a strategy to defeat the enemy."

Dong Yi happily agreed, and immediately went down to prepare with Su Lu, a general of the Qin army who advocated besieging the city and fighting for aid. The next day, the sky was just dawn, and he immediately marched westward with [-] troops, bypassing the camp of the young commanders and the army. Suiyang City, went straight to the eastern suburbs of Suiyang to set up camp.At the same time, Zhang Han also prepared a sufficient number of reserve teams to prevent Xiang Kang from sending troops to meet Xiang Liang.

On the side of the Young Marshal's Army, the disparity between the strength of the main force of the Qin Army was too great. Of course, Xiang Kang did not dare to take the risk of dividing his troops to meet Xiang Liang. Xiang Kang didn't dare to take any action, so he could only send a fast horse to contact Xiang Liang, let Xiang Liang know that the situation here is still stable, and there is no need to take risks and rush forward, while letting the anti-Qin in Suiyang City The coalition forces are ready to attack so that they can send troops to meet their uncle at any time.

Xiang Kang really underestimated his heroic second uncle. Although in the urgent letter sent to Xiang Liang, Xiang Kang already hinted that Xiang Liang could avoid the enemy's sharp edge, retreat properly and take a defensive position. At the same time, Xiang Kang's messenger also The letter was delivered to Xiang Liang very smoothly.But after reading the letter from nephew Zhengqi, Xiang Liang just smiled, and without hesitation, he ordered the troops holding the banner of Chu State to move forward and strode towards the city of Suiyang.

At about noon, Xiang Liang's army ran into Dong Yi's troops of the Qin army who were coming to stop them from the east. The army continued to repair the camp.Xiang Liang did not hesitate, and immediately formed his own army on the spot, preparing for a decisive battle with Dong Yi.Of course Dong Yi was overjoyed to see him, but when the news was delivered to the camp of the Young Marshal Army by Kuai Ma, Xiang Kang felt uneasy. He really didn't understand why his second uncle, the hero, would use Qin Jun's best battle to fight against Qin Jun. Army decisive battle.

What made Xiang Kang even more unexpected and Dong Yi even more delighted was still to come. After forming a battle formation, Xiang Liang was the first to attack!As soon as the position was established, Xiang Liang immediately dispatched two thousand cavalry from the right wing of the Chu army to launch an assault. Dong Yi was not very happy when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the Qin army to stabilize their positions and prepare enough bows and crossbows in advance to attack Xiang Liang head-on. Charge cavalry.

To Dong Yi's surprise, the cavalry of the Chu army, led by a general flag with the word "Xiang", directly bypassed the tight battle formation of the Qin army, rushed in a detour, and headed directly towards the camp of the Qin army behind the battle formation of the Qin army. .After a moment of astonishment, Dong Yi immediately sneered and said, "You want to take advantage of the opportunity to attack my camp and disturb my army's morale? Just go if you like, and see how my rear army can deal with your bandit cavalry."

Dong Yi did have this self-confidence, because in this era, high bridge saddles and stirrups had not yet been invented, and cavalry in this era could only fight with one hand holding the rein and the other holding a weapon, and their combat effectiveness was actually not strong. Therefore, cavalry in this era are usually used as auxiliary arms, and it is difficult to take on the heavy responsibility of assault.So even though the camp of the Qin army was still being established and there were flaws everywhere, Dong Yi didn't panic at all. The rear troops of the Qin army who were rushing to build the camp didn't panic at all. The cavalry of the Chu army rushing to the camp.But……

However, neither Dong Yi nor the rear of the Qin army expected that this cavalry of the Chu army, who were wearing armor even man and horse, was not only far more powerful than they imagined, but also so powerful that they could not imagine it at all. After the crossbows and arrows hastily released by the rear army rushed to the vicinity, the cavalry general of the Chu army who took the lead suddenly roared and swung four or five of the spears that were stabbing at him at the same time. The two spears flew out directly, and before the soldiers of the Qin army could scream, the spear of General Chu pierced like lightning, piercing through the bodies of the two soldiers of the Qin army like candied haws on a string. When the spear swung again, the corpses of the two soldiers of the Qin army flew out, knocked over several soldiers of the Qin army, and shouted, "Who else?!"

"My God! What kind of strength is this?"

When countless soldiers of the Qin army screamed in horror, the cavalry of the Chu army had already killed them one after another, either dismounting from their horses and fighting on foot, or directly fighting on horseback, waving their spears and halberds fiercely to fight against the Qin army, which shocked the hearts of the Qin army. The frightened soldiers of the Qin army backed away, screaming constantly, and hardly imagined that such a fierce enemy existed in the world.

In fact, the greatest psychological pressure on the soldiers of the Qin Army was still the Chu Army general who was so powerful that he almost didn't look like he was raised by his parents. He was wearing heavy armor and riding on a black horse. He swung the spear with one hand, but every time the spear was thrust out, it could directly pierce the chest of one or two Qin army soldiers, and every time he killed a person, he would shout, "Who else?!"

There were also a few soldiers of the Qin army who were confident in their martial arts skills and resolutely met the Chu general, but all of them could not fight for a while, and were immediately pierced by the Chu general's spear, screaming and falling in a pool of blood.One of the strong Qin army commanders took advantage of the opportunity of the Chu general to return the spear, suddenly dropped his weapon and grabbed the Chu general's spear with both hands, trying to pull him off the horse, but the Chu general was Raising the spear with one hand, he actually lifted the commander of the Qin army into the air, and then smashed it down heavily, directly using the body of the commander of the Qin army, knocking over the other two soldiers of the Qin army, "Who else?!"

A sheep led by a lion can defeat a lions led by a sheep, and the cavalry of the Chu army led by the general Chu, who is more fierce and powerful than a lion, are obviously all carefully selected elite soldiers. Under the leadership of the Chu general, the cavalry of the Chu army, with few enemies and many enemies, rushed forward like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. Corpses littered the field, blood and flesh splattered.

"Who else?!"

Hearing this lion-like roar, countless soldiers of the Qin army went limp before they started the battle, and then saw that general Chu leading the cavalry of the Chu army directly towards his own flag, and the general Dong Yi who was staying in the camp Even more frightened, he kept urging the troops around him to step forward and stop the cavalry general of the Chu army who was as ferocious as a ghost descending from the earth.It's a pity that it's useless, but all the soldiers of the Qin army who dared to stop the general of Chu were stabbed to death, just like moths flying to the flame, they were buried under the flames of the general of Chu.

Finally, seeing that General Chu was about to kill him, General Dong Yi, who was staying in the camp, could no longer resist the fear in his heart. He suddenly let out a scream, turned his horse's head and fled to the rear. , yelling and escaping everywhere, but that General Chu was merciless, saw the opportunity and made an assault, suddenly rushed to the back of Dong Yibu who was fleeing for his life, and stabbed out with one hand with a proud face, He directly pierced the back of Dong Yi's general, "Who else?!"

At this time, Dong Yi had of course realized that the situation was not good. In order not to let the collapse of the rear army affect his morale, Dong Yi could only quickly urge the soldiers on the two wings to come forward, trying in vain to break Xiang Liang's battle formation and turn the tide of battle again. .

Xiang Liang was waiting for the Qin army to attack on its own initiative. After ordering the whole army to stabilize their positions, Xiang Liang stopped talking and just waited for the Qin army to come to die with a smile on his face. As a result, the soldiers of the Chu army did not disappoint Xiang Liang. During the volley of random arrows, the soldiers of the Qin army who were forced to take the initiative to attack fell to the ground one after another, and they rushed to fight close by after suffering huge casualties.And then, the battle formation of the Chu army remained motionless, like a copper wall covered with thorns and iron walls. Not only did it stand tall like a mountain, but it also stabbed the soldiers of the Qin army who forcibly rushed into the formation until their heads were bleeding and they fell to the ground one after another.

The two wings could not move forward, and the rear army was being massacred wantonly by the cavalry of the Chu army. Of course, Dong Yi and the soldiers of the Qin army in the middle army were panicked and flustered. In the upper hand, Yingbo in Suiyang city also sent troops decisively, and ran to help with his own army.As a result, when meeting the general of the Chu army riding a black horse, Yingbo, who had witnessed his bravery and majesty, did not dare to neglect him. He immediately cupped his fists on the horse and said loudly: "Under Yingbo, if you dare to ask General Gao's name?" .”

"Xiang Yu." The general of Chu replied very simply, and pointed at the Qin army's battle formation in the distance with his blood-stained spear, and said, "I don't need your help here anymore. If you really want to help me, Just take your army to attack the back of the Baoqin phalanx, as long as you can entangle the Baoqin rear team for me and create a surprise attack opportunity for me, I can disrupt the battle formation of the Baoqin army."

If someone else said something like this, even if it was Xiang Kang who said something like this, Yingbo would definitely think it was bragging, because at this moment, the Qin Army's middle army still has a very large force of more than 2 troops, but since Xiang Yu Having uttered such big words, and having witnessed Xiang Yu's unrivaled power, Ying Bo said without hesitation, "Okay! I'm going to act as a forward for the general!"

After all, Yingbo issued a loud order, and he really took his own army to serve as cannon fodder for Xiang Yu, to attack the still very strict Qin army's middle army battle formation for Xiang Yu.Xiang Kang's overlord cousin Xiang Yu calmly organized the cavalry, waiting for Yingbo to create an opportunity for him to attack.

Even if they were facing the enemy head-on, the Qin army's battle array still had very tight protection for the back. At least twenty small phalanxes of one hundred people were facing the rear. Therefore, when the Yingbu army launched an attack, they were still head-on by the Qin army's bow and crossbow. After suffering a lot of casualties, he managed to rush close to start a close combat with the Qin army, and to a certain extent confused the formation of the Qin army.Xiang Yu saw the opportunity, and decisively led the regrouped Chu cavalry to charge, directly killing the enemy whose number was ten times larger than his own.

"Who else?!"

Still roaring like thunder, still invincible, under the leadership of Xiang Yu, the cavalry of the Chu army descended like fierce tigers, and immediately smashed into chaos the five Qin army's hundred-man phalanx, massacring Qin like melons and vegetables. The sergeant, Yingbu, was overwhelmed by Xiang Yu's aura, and led the army to rush and fight. Together with Xiang Yu, he gradually disrupted the rear of the Qin army, forcing Dong Yi to divide his troops and fight, blocking the group of madmen behind him. terrifying enemy.

At this time, Xiang Liang, who had obtained the true biography of his father Xiang Yan, still stood still, and only observed the battlefield carefully with a smile on his face, peeking at every subtle change on the battlefield.It turned out that when the Qin army on the right-wing battlefield retreated a little because it could not attack for a long time, Xiang Liang asked his soldiers to wave the command flag and order the right-wing Chu army to launch a counterattack.

Xiang Liang seized the opportunity very accurately. The flanking Qin army who took the initiative to retreat was already timid, and when he saw the opposite right-wing Chu army launching a counterattack, his heart inevitably became even more flustered. He was defeated steadily and quickly fell into a disadvantage.The Qin army, which was dragging down the other wing, was also psychologically affected, and involuntarily slowed down its offensive. Xiang Liang decisively urged the soldiers on the right wing to come forward and quickly grasped the initiative of the two wings.

The balance of victory is obviously tilting towards the Chu army, the rear has been disturbed, and the two wings are clearly at a disadvantage. Of course, Dong Yi knows that if this continues, his army will undoubtedly lose. Zhang Han asked for help, and asked Zhang Han to send troops to reinforce him, and at the same time, he was ready to retreat early.

When Kuai Ma sent the news to the Qin army camp, Zhang Han was so surprised that he could hardly believe his ears, and kept saying, "How is it possible? How is it possible? Xiang Liang's traitor, how could he defeat our army with battle?"

"General, this is not too strange." Sima Xin said: "General, don't forget that Xiang Liang is the son of Xiang Yan, a famous general of the old Chu. Having been on the battlefield together, he must have obtained the true biography of Xiang Yan, so not only is he good at battles, he may even be more proficient in battles than us."

"Then why didn't you say it yesterday?" Zhang Han asked angrily.

"Damn the servant, I forgot about this yesterday." Sima Xin lowered his head and pleaded guilty, and said, "I also blame that traitor Xiang Kang for stealing, raping and playing tricks. The subordinate officials forgot to consider this point yesterday, and failed to remind the general in time."

"Ah!" Zhang Han sighed and punched the table heavily, and regretted that he knew that Xiang Liang was the son of Xiang Yan, a famous Chu general, but he forgot to guard against the fact that Xiang Liang might be very proficient in battle.But it was too late to say anything now, and Zhang Han had no choice but to dispatch Shi Cheng with an army of [-] to attack, and hurried to the eastern suburbs of Suiyang to meet Dong Yi.

"Who else?!"

At the same time, there was another roar of tigers and wolves, and another Qin army soldier whose chest was pierced by a spear fell from the sky, knocking a Qin army soldier unconscious, Xiang Yu's eyes widened with anger, and he went to look for the next massacre target.It's a pity that the soldiers of the Qin army standing in front of Xiang Yu were not fooled, and even those who were scrambling and scrambling just retreated crazily, desperately staying away from the Asura killing god, and many soldiers of the Qin army screamed directly, "Ghosts! Ghosts are here!" !"

On Xiang Liang's side, seeing that the Qin army on the right wing was about to be overwhelmed, Xiang Liang waved his flag, and two thousand-man teams rushed out of the Chinese army formation, rushed into the right wing battlefield to strengthen the attack, and the frightened right wing Qin The army no longer wanted to resist, and immediately broke up and fled.Xiang Liang smiled slightly, and then ordered: "Beat the drums, the Chinese army will advance. Send an order to the right wing, let them go around the back of the Bao Qin battle formation, and assist Yu'er to attack the back of the Bao Qin."

(End of this chapter)