Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 144 Situation Reversal
More than a mile away, the light at night is poor, and only the eye-catching fire can be seen in the distance, and the specific battlefield situation cannot be seen. Therefore, the main force of the Qin Army who was attacking the Chu Army's camp certainly did not know that the Qin Army's partial division had fallen. trap.On the contrary, when they saw the fire in the camp of the Young Marshal from a distance, many generals and soldiers of the Qin Army who did not know the truth were ecstatic for a while, thinking that the partial division had succeeded and was trampling the unprepared Young Marshal on the ground The violent beatings boosted morale.

After coming to this wrong judgment, the general Nei Shibao of the Qin army who led the front team to attack the Chu army camp not only urged the army to move forward, but also shouted excitedly: "Quick! Quick! General Dong has already succeeded." Let’s work hard on our side! Go! Kill! We must break through the camp of the rebels!”

According to Nei Shibao's order, the soldiers of the Qin army's front team were not afraid of death or injury, and they followed one after another, either carrying a ramming log directly to the gate of the Chu army's camp, or carrying firewood bundles to the trenches of the Chu army's guard camp, striving to fill up the ground with firewood bundles. Leveling the ditch opened the road for the self-army to reach the fence of the Chu army camp.

It is a pity that although the high-spirited soldiers of the Qin army charged fiercely, the soldiers of the Chu army in the camp shot even more fiercely with their bows and crossbows. The soldiers of the Chu army took turns to shoot in an orderly manner. The soldiers of the Qin Army who rushed forward were shot dead and injured, screaming and groaning endlessly, and the Qin Army's wooden team, which was under special care, was killed and injured by the stormy feather arrows before they could reach the camp gate. , The infantry of the Qin army who filled the trench were also shot with blood, fell to the ground again and again, and screamed one after another.

"The thieves are definitely prepared!"

Zhang Han came to a positive conclusion, because Zhang Han knew very well that even if Xiang Liang arranged for troops to take turns guarding the camp, it was absolutely impossible for the Chu army to enter the camp in such a short period of time, let alone prepare so many troops in advance. With bows, crossbows, feathers and arrows, there is only one explanation for why the Chu army guarded so tightly, that is, the Chu army has long known that the Qin army will come back to attack the camp tonight, and has already made full preparations!And then, a new question naturally came to Zhang Han's mind, "How did the thieves know that I would come to attack their camp tonight? My night battle preparations are so secretive, it's impossible to reveal any flaws? "

At the same time, the ambushes of the Young Marshal Army ambushing inside the camp have also tasted the huge sweetness of surprise. In the melee, the morale of the Young Marshal Army who is good at fighting with the wind is like a rainbow. Under the leadership of the leader, he rushed and killed, screaming excitedly and greeted the soldiers of the Qin army with swords, spears and halberds desperately. Unfortunately, the soldiers of the Qin army rushed out of the camp and fled for their lives, and had no intention of resisting. Trampled on each other, countless dead, people crowded, people trampled, people crushed, almost all the way forward on dead bodies and injured companions, screams and wailing everywhere, the distressed appearance cannot be described with words.

The Young Marshal's army hadn't exhausted their rear moves yet, seeing that the Qin army in the camp was in complete chaos, the north gate of the Young Marshal's camp suddenly opened again, and the Young Marshal's general Zhu Jishi led the troops out, rounding back to attack the soldiers outside the camp. The Qin army's rear team, although the Qin army's rear team fought hard to catch them, they no longer had any chance to cover the retreat of their own defeated soldiers. The Qin army killed so many corpses and blood pools, and then chased them out of the camp, and continued to kill the buttocks of the Qin army's defeated troops. Dong Yi's troops had no fighting spirit and could only rush north. To seek the protection of the main force of the Qin army.

At this time, the news that Dong Yi fell into the trap was finally stumbled to Zhang Han by Dong Yi's personal soldiers. When he heard the bad news, Zhang Han, who had long suspected that he had fallen into the trap, suddenly turned around. The generals of the army were even more surprised, and hurriedly said: "General, Xiang Kang's traitor has set up an ambush, which shows that Xiang Liang, a dog thief, must have been prepared for this battle. We can't fight this battle, we have to withdraw immediately. !"

"I can't retreat!" Zhang Han suddenly roared, and said very calmly: "If we retreat at this time, Xiang Liang's rebels will definitely send troops to chase and kill them immediately. Our army's morale has dropped, and we will definitely suffer another big defeat!"

After saying that, Zhang Han yelled again: "Form a circle on the spot, fight and retreat! Go and send an order to Dong Yi, telling him not to come this way, but to retreat directly to the camp!"

Although most of the soldiers are Lishan criminals, it is not easy to form an army on the spot in the dark, but the soldiers of the Qin army who have received strict training from Zhang Han moved quickly, and immediately withdrew to the camp. Soldiers, one side immediately formed an array.And Xiang Liang, who had followed his father on the battlefield since he was a child, didn't hesitate, and immediately shouted: "Beat the drums, counterattack in an all-round way! We must not let the Tyrant Qin army form a formation!"

The battle drums in the Chu army camp were beating quickly, and the camp gate was wide open. Xiang Kang's overlord brother Xiang Yu took the lead and led more than 2000 Chu army cavalry to attack first. The main force of the Qin army in the formation, and the cavalry of the Chu army who had long been accustomed to Xiang Yu's style of play resolutely followed, surrounded Xiang Yu like a sharp arrow off the string, and directly pierced towards the crowd of the Qin army.

The nightmare of the soldiers of the Qin Army came again. After overcoming the messy feather arrows that the soldiers of the Qin Army hastily cast, Xiang Yu, who was wearing armor even man and horse, had just rushed into the enemy group, and immediately brought endless terror to the soldiers of the Qin Army He panicked and stabbed and swung the spear in his hand. Wherever he went, the soldiers of the Qin army either pierced their chests or let go of their weapons, and their brains shot out directly.The cavalry of the Chu Army, who had received rigorous training and countless actual combat experiences, also followed like a torrential rain. They frantically stabbed and killed the soldiers of the Qin Army who had rushed to fight, and the ground was covered with dead bodies.

During this period, the soldiers of the Qin Army certainly fought hard. Even if the front team was disrupted, the rear team resisted resolutely, gnashing their teeth and trying to stabilize their position, but there was no way. Xiang Kang's overlord brother was too fierce and strode forward There was almost no enemy on the opposite side, and it was as unstoppable as a sharp knife stabbing into tofu. One after another, the soldiers of the Qin Army were picked up into the sky, and then smashed down with all their might. He retreated again and again, while the overlord brother and the cavalry of the Chu army advanced step by step, quickly cutting a big hole in the hastily arranged circular formation of the Qin army.

The cavalry succeeded in a surprise attack, and of course the infantry brigade of the Chu army that came out of the camp was even more impolite. They followed the cavalry and strode forward. Big, killing more chaos.

What's more terrible is still to come, because the messengers sent by Zhang Han hurriedly failed to find Dong Yi to convey the order because of the chaos when they fled, so Dong Yi's defeated soldiers rushed directly into the main position of the Qin army , Countless soldiers rushed to the main force of the Qin Army who had just set up their formation in a chaotic manner to seek rescue, and directly disrupted the Qin Army's position. The main force stirred up more confusion.

At this time, of course Zhang Han didn't dare to dream of anything and fought and retreated. After a helpless sigh, Zhang Han could only order the army to retreat immediately, and retreated to the self-army camp overnight.As a result, as soon as the order was issued, the Qin army, which had lost its fighting spirit, immediately collapsed and fled in all directions. The Chu army and the young generals took the opportunity to chase and kill them with all their strength. It was like a strong wind blowing down the grassland, smashing the Qin army into pieces Stuck upside down, the passionate shouts of killing and the screams and wailing of the defeated Qin army merged into one, straight into the sky.

Seeing that there was an advantage to take advantage of, the three armies of Yingbo, Wei Bao, and Lu Chen in Suiyang City also immediately attacked, howling excitedly and rushing to join the pursuit. The Qin army ran amok in the rout, chopping down countless routs of the Qin army, even chopping them into pieces, and completely turning the escape route of the defeated Qin army into a road of death. The corpses of the Qin army soldiers were scattered all over the wilderness. Blood flowed, and countless puddles of blood accumulated.

But there is no way, the terrain in Suiyang is too wide, there are teams that can escape everywhere, and the sky is too dark, the sight is not clear, so no matter how hard the soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition army chase and kill, they are doomed. Even though there was no way to annihilate the Qin Army's night attack army, there were still countless defeated Qin Army soldiers who fled back to the camp to hide, or fled to a hidden place for temporary shelter. So he was ready to respond, and shot the chasing soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition army with strong bows and crossbows so that they couldn't get close at all. Even if Xiang Kang's overlord brother personally attacked the camp of the Qin army, he was still shot by the dense rain of arrows from the Qin army. He had to be forced to retreat, but he failed to create a miracle and broke the Qin army's camp.

In the end, there was no other way. The anti-Qin coalition army could only vent their anger on the defeated Qin army who had not yet returned to the camp. As long as the defeated Qin army was discovered by the anti-Qin coalition army soldiers, if they knelt down and surrendered slowly, there would be no one who was not. They were dismembered by knives, and even many soldiers of the Qin army who had dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground and shouted to surrender were still stabbed to death with spears and halberds. , What they are after is more heads of Qin soldiers who can be exchanged for rewards, so they are too lazy to waste time capturing prisoners.

The massacre outside the camp lasted until the sky was clear before it was declared over, and after the flamboyant Qin camp yelled and insulted, all the anti-Qin allied forces retreated back to the camp together, leaving countless incomplete Qin soldiers outside the camp. Army corpses, and countless puddles of blood that had clotted and turned black.

In this battle, the Qin army was killed and disappeared, and lost more than [-] soldiers and many generals. Not only did it hurt their vitality, but their morale was also severely damaged. The danger was too long, so after escaping back to the camp by chance, Zhang Han did not hesitate at all, and immediately decided to withdraw his troops and go west the next day to avoid the sharp edge of the anti-Qin coalition forces.

The forced westward retreat of the Qin army had long been expected by Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang, and they had already made preparations for a full-scale pursuit. As soon as the Qin army had just retreated westward, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang immediately led the army to launch a pursuit together. The three armies of Bu, Wei Bao and Lu Chen also decisively joined the pursuit team. Unfortunately, Zhang Han was also well prepared. He arranged for the core backbone Longxi elite to be in charge of the rear. At the same time, he worked hard to restrain the team. Let the Chu army and the young commander-in-chief's army launch assaults twice, but they failed to defeat the Qin army's rear army, creating another opportunity to defeat the Qin army.

The Qin army retreated without panic, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang did not rush after them, because Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang knew very well that whether Zhang Han retreated to Chenliu or Huang, he had to cross Sui River or Gu Shui, when the time comes, it will be difficult to stop winning a big battle.Therefore, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry, but carefully followed the main force of the Qin army, which still had a clear advantage in strength, and waited for the opportunity for the Qin army to be forced to cross the river.

Then, as expected, in the afternoon three days later, when they were forced to retreat westward to the Xiangyi Ferry in Suishui, where the city wall had been flattened, the Qin army was forced to stop and carefully arranged the crossing plan. At the same time, in order to prevent the army from panic Zhang Han deliberately did not rush to build a bridge on the Suishui bridge, but set up camp temporarily at the ferry. Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry to launch an attack. They also set up camps a few miles away, waiting patiently for the Qin army to launch an attack. cross the river.

It was not early when we arrived at the Xiangyi Ferry Battlefield. After the temporary camp of the Young Marshal Army was established, it was completely dark. According to the usual practice, after dinner, Xiang Kang first patrolled the camp, and then went to the camp. After returning to the sleeping tent to rest, he fell asleep soon after being quite exhausted.But I don't know how long it took, Xiang Kang was suddenly awakened by a voice outside the tent, and in his sleepy eyes, he could still hear a vaguely familiar voice shouting outside the tent, "Young Commander, Young Commander, I have something important to do, I have something important to do , I have important military information to report."

After yawning again, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered that the voice outside the tent came from Uncle Zhou, a guest general whom he had borrowed from Wei Bao. Then Xiang Kang didn't hesitate, put on his clothes and got up, and went out of the tent and asked: " What happened?"

"Young Marshal, General Zhou wants to see you suddenly. The villain sees that you are already asleep, so I advise him to come back tomorrow." The soldier guarding the bed tent said a little aggrieved: "But he didn't listen, and he did it deliberately to see you. shout loudly."

"It's okay." Xiang Kang waved his hand, and then asked Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, what's the matter?"

"Young Marshal, don't you find that the behavior of the Tyrant Qin army is a bit weird?" Uncle Zhou said very directly: "It stands to reason that after Zhang Han arrived at the Suishui Ferry today, he should try his best to make it easier for the army to cross the river." A large number of pontoon bridges were built to make it easier for the army to cross the river, but he did not do so, why is this?"

"For what?" Xiang Kang, who hadn't fully woken up, was a little confused, and said, "It should be that Mr. Zhang Han was afraid that his soldiers would rush across the river and affect the morale of the army, or that it was too late, so he didn't rush to build the bridge. Boardwalk, huh?"

"Of course it's an explanation." Uncle Zhou nodded and said, "But there is another possibility. I don't know if you have discovered it, Young Commander?"

"Another possibility?"

Xiang Kang was puzzled, and before Xiang Kang could think carefully, Feng Zhong had already rushed to the vicinity with a few soldiers, and shouted from a distance: "Young commander, Brother Xiang, the situation is not good, we have to Hurry up and prepare for the battle, lest you be overwhelmed by the Tyrant Qin army!"

"Brother Feng, what do you mean?" Xiang Kang asked in shock.

"The pontoon bridge! The pontoon bridge of the Baoqin army!" Too nervous, Feng Zhong was incoherent in a hurry, and said: "The Baoqin army arrived at the Suishui Ferry, but deliberately did not rush to build the pontoon bridge. On the surface, it may be that there is too little time. But Another possibility is that the Tyrant Qin army is deliberately paralyzing us, wanting us to think that they will not cross the river overnight, relax their vigilance and rest in peace, and then they will highlight their surprise soldiers and kill us by surprise!"

Xiang Kang opened his mouth wide, and after a while he yelled loudly, and then hurriedly asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's less than a quarter to the third watch!" Feng Zhong and Uncle Zhou said in unison.

"Quick! Brother Feng, go and call up all your troops and guard the fence of our camp!" Xiang Kang hurriedly ordered: "Blow up the account number and call all the generals to the central army tent to discuss matters. I want to rearrange the defense of the camp. !"

"Brother, don't worry, I found out that something is wrong. I have already asked all my troops to stand up and prepare for battle." Feng Zhong replied loudly, and then quickly reminded: "Brother, do you have to send someone to see Xiang Zhuguo quickly and let his army , and the troops of Yingbu and Lu Chen will also immediately prepare for defense."

Xiang Kang didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately pulled over two soldiers, and quickly ordered: "Quickly, take my command arrow and go to my uncle's camp, as well as Yingbu's camp, and tell them to prepare for battle immediately. There may be another night attack!"

The soldiers took the orders and rushed away, while Xiang Kang ordered Feng Zhong to go back to the camp immediately to organize his soldiers and horses to prepare for the battle, and hurried back to the tent to get dressed. Soon the clarion call for overnight soldiers was sounded.

Let Xiang Kang despair, the sound of the horn suddenly sounded, but it became the signal for the Qin army to launch a night attack in advance. Hearing the sound of the horn from the camp of the young marshal, Zhang Han, who originally planned to do it together at the middle of the night, did not dare to hesitate. Immediately ordered the army to beat the war drums, and urged the three Qin armies to attack the camps of Xiang Kang, Xiang Liang and the anti-Qin coalition forces together.

If Feng Zhong's troops hadn't prepared in advance, the camp of the Young Marshal Army would have been directly broken by the Qin army. The hastily built camp was only protected by fences, and the temporarily dug trenches were narrow and shallow, and ordinary people could almost jump over them. , so the Qin army's raiding team charged directly to the fence of the camp of the Young Marshal, and almost broke through the fence and entered the camp. Fortunately, Feng Zhong's army responded quickly and rushed to rescue immediately, fighting hard to block Qin's attack. Only then did the Qin army avoid the bad luck of being rushed into the camp by the Qin army.However, even so, the other generals of the young generals were still in chaos, almost causing a camp roar, and it took a lot of effort for the generals of the young generals to calm down the army and organize troops to join the battle to close the camp.

Xiang Kang's dog is lucky, he has Uncle Zhou and 'Feng Zhong', two world-class military geniuses under his command, to advise, and he made a decisive decision early on to make some preparations, so he escaped by chance.However, Xiang Liang's camp and the camp of the anti-Qin coalition army were in bad luck. Both were attacked by the Qin army and broke through the camp directly. They also burned all the military supplies of the Chu army and the anti-Qin coalition army, causing heavy losses.

If it weren't for the filial Xiang Yu who sacrificed his life to protect Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang would have been killed by the Qin army in advance. However, even if he was lucky enough to escape with Xiang Yu's protection, Xiang Liang's army was still completely defeated by the Qin army. After fleeing for more than [-] miles, he barely stopped.The anti-Qin allied forces were even worse. Yingbo and Luchen were both injured in the scuffle. Wei Bao ran away and lost his shoes. They couldn't stand still, they could only lie on the ground and wail in pain.

Xiang Liang was a good uncle. After he was in shock for a while, Xiang Liang didn't have time to think about the loss of his army. He first asked, "Where is Kang'er? How is his condition?"

"Need to say?" Xiang Bo, who escaped the fastest last night, snorted coldly and said, "When I left the camp, I saw his camp was on fire from a distance, and it must have been broken by the Tyrant Qin army."

The cruel facts quickly swollen Xiang Bo's old face, and as the routs continued to return to the army, when the sky was clear, Xiang Liang and others finally received accurate news, knowing that the camp of the Young Marshal Army was safe and sound, and it was still standing Near the Suishui Ferry, Xiang Liang, who was worried about the safety of his beloved nephew, heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, Kang'er is really up to the task, and his camp has finally been defended. Even if we can't win this battle, don't worry about it." Turning victory into defeat, was completely defeated by the Tyrant Qin army in turn."

Clenching his fists and gnashing his teeth, Uncle Xiang refused to let go of his hatred, and ran up to Xiang Liang to provoke him: "Brother, isn't Kang'er too selfish? His camp is fine, and he saw us fleeing in a big defeat. A support army will not be sent to us?"

"He probably can't help it." Xiang Liang was very understanding of Xiang Kang's difficulties, and said: "I was attacked in a hurry, and the enemy's situation was unknown in the dark. An opportunity for the army to profit from the chaos."

"If he is really a filial nephew, no matter how dangerous it is, he should send troops to reinforce us." Xiang Bo continued to provoke, and said: "Also, brother, don't blame me for not reminding you, we lost so badly last night, his The camp is safe and sound, what will his subordinates think of you? Then our army will merge with his army, how can his subordinates be convinced by you?"

Xiang Liang finally stopped talking, and at the same time, he was really a little embarrassed - as his uncle, he was defeated, but his nephew's army was safe and sound. This was indeed a big blow to his prestige and reputation.

(End of this chapter)