Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 164 Despicable and Great

Xiang Kang, who didn't want to give Li You, the famous defender of the city at the end of Qin Dynasty, too much time to prepare for the battle, and who never liked to attack frontally, finally gave up his strength this time. The total number of troops was only about [-], and more than [-] people were mobilized in one go. At the same time, the young commanders and soldiers who stayed in the camp were still hurrying to build siege weapons, and they had already put on a posture that they would not stop until the small town of Waihuang was taken down.

The coming out of the main force of the young general army did not scare Li You, the second generation of the most promising official in the Great Qin Empire. When defending Xingyang, Li You, the Wu Guangjun with more than [-] troops, had seen it before, and he was never afraid of it. , not to mention the young commander's army whose total strength is only one-tenth of Wu Guangguang's army?

What worries Li You is the city defense situation of Waihuang Town. In an ordinary county-level town, the rammed-earth city wall is less than three feet high and less than half a foot thick. It is narrow and narrow. Even if we dig hard in less than two days, the width of the trench is only more than half a foot. Even ordinary trench bridge vehicles can easily build a road on the trench, which can block The effect is quite limited.

The situation of the army made Li You even more worried. Although the Sanchuan veterans were tenacious, even though they suffered a disastrous defeat on the Jiyang battlefield, more than [-] soldiers of the Qin army fled back to Waihuang and returned to the army, but the weapons were seriously damaged. The bows, crossbows, feathers and arrows are seriously lacking, and they can't last much time at all.In addition, the residents of Waihuang City were frightened by the repeated tug-of-war, and they were unwilling to offer help to the Qin army's defense of the city. Li You, who had a good official reputation, could only use the army to force the residents in the city to participate. For logistics work, the level of popular support is seriously insufficient.

Internal and external troubles and difficulties, but Li You still remained calm, and quickly divided the only more than 5000 troops in his hands into five teams, four of which were on duty at the four gates, led a team as the general reserve team, and called on the generals of the Qin army Hold the determination to die and defend the city with all your strength.However, after all the generals of the Qin Army clasped their fists together and agreed, Wu Qingxiang, the beloved general who had suffered an injustice, suddenly jumped out, cupped his hands to Li You and said, "Your Majesty, please let the last general guard the North Gate of Waihuang. Face the main force of the Chu thieves head-on!"

The main force of the Young Marshal's army has already begun to form formations outside the Waihuang North Gate, and the main attack direction should probably be the Wai Huang North Gate. Li You also made the same judgment as Wu Qingxiang, but considering that Wu Qingxiang was in a state of rage In terms of status, Li You inevitably hesitated. For the first time, he didn't want Wu Qingxiang to be the heaviest burden on Wu Qingxiang, whom he personally promoted.Wu Qing hesitated to meet Li You, and couldn't help feeling even more aggrieved and angry, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please let the last general guard the North Gate of Waihuang!"

After looking at Wu Qingxiang whose eyes were already red, Li You hesitated again, then nodded and said, "Okay, you guard the north gate, but be careful, don't be impulsive."

Wu Qingxiang agreed loudly, and quickly sent someone to order the army assigned by Li You to quickly board the North Gate of Waihuang, and waited for the young generals to launch a frontal attack with a murderous look on their faces.Li You quickly arranged for the defenders of the other three gates, and then he was not in a hurry to return to the city to rest. While letting the reserve team gather in the city to wait for orders, he stayed on the north gate city, condescending to observe the siege deployment of the young marshals .

At the same time, the Young Marshal's Army was also ready to attack the city, but Xiang Kang was not in a hurry to arrange the siege army and the main attack direction. He still confirmed Wu Qingxiang's "Wu" banner on the Young Marshal's Ranger It was only after he appeared at the north gate of Waihuang that Xiang Kang decisively issued the command, saying: "Zheng Bu, you lead the army to attack the west gate of Waihuang, and Zhujishi to attack the south gate. Ding Ji and Long Qi, each of you leads the headquarters Men and horses, attack the Waihuang East Gate by force, and act as the main attacker!"

The young generals whose names were named by Xiang Kang agreed, and immediately led their troops to the battlefields they were in charge of. Uncle Zhou next to him was a little strange and asked, "General right, our main force is outside the north gate of Waihuang. Formation, why do you want to go far away and focus on the Waihuang East Gate?"

"Forgot the letter I wrote to Wu Qingxiang, General Wu yesterday?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile: "Since General Wu is our internal response, why do we attack the north gate guarded by him? This is not brotherhood, Is Li Yupifu cheap for nothing?"

Uncle Zhou smiled wryly after hearing this, and said: "General You, the last general has convinced you. When is it? You still haven't forgotten to set up a trap. You can't even tell Wu Qing with a hundred mouths."

Just as Xiang Kang hoped, in a short while, the various units of the Young Marshal Army quickly entered their respective battlefields. After attacking the three gates of Waihuang, East, West, and South at the same time to the sound of war drums, Wu Qingxiang, the only one who was not attacked by the enemy, suddenly burst into anger. Roaring on the north gate, "Xiang Kang! Why don't you open the north gate? Why don't you open the north gate?!"

"Why didn't Xiang Kang hit the north gate?" Li You was also extremely suspicious, but the battle had already begun, and Li You didn't have the time and mood to pay attention to the reaction of his beloved general Wu Qingxiang, so he just rushed to the Young Marshal's Army to put in his troops The East Gate battlefield with the largest number, personally visited the front line to urge the army to fight.

The Young Marshal Army, who had made sufficient preparations for mobilization before the war, fought resolutely this time. The Long Shield Team had just established a temporary fortification outside Waihuang City, and the crossbowmen behind the Long Shield immediately released feather arrows, desperately suppressing the city. The defenders, and then the infantry of the Young Marshal Army pushing the trench bridge cart shouted up, and rushed directly to the edge of the moat with the bow and crossbow of the Qin army, and rushed to build the trench bridge at all costs. After more than ten marching routes, the two armies of Ding Ji and Long Qie immediately launched a charge, carrying a rough flying ladder directly to the outer yellow city wall, and another group of infantrymen from the young commander's army rushed to the city gate with a ramming cart, and the defending Qin army Standing up to fight, the violent shouts of killing also rose into the sky.

The battle became fierce from the very beginning. The flying ladders of the Young Commander's Army climbed up to the top of Waihuang City one after another, and the warriors who climbed ahead kept charging up. , The soldiers on the ladder fell down the ladder one after another screaming, and the soldiers of the young commander also persevered, roaring and soon lifted the overturned ladder again, climbed the city wall again, and charged continuously.And once a young commander rushed up the city wall, the top of the city wall was immediately splashed with blood, flesh and blood flew across the city, and countless blood spots were sprinkled from the city in a blink of an eye.

The same tragedy happened on the side of the city gate. The stones thrown by the Qin army continued to fall with the sound of the wind, smashing the wooden structure of the Young Marshal's army into the city cart, breaking the wood and cracking it, and smashing the young commander's soldiers who were pushing the cart into the city. His brains were shattered, his tendons were broken and his bones were broken, but the first crashing vehicle was destroyed, and the latter one immediately followed without hesitation. As much as possible, he shot the feather arrow above the city gate, desperately sharing the pressure for the crashing convoy.

The brutal fierce battle continued, and the pressure on the Qin army was also increasing, because the soldiers of the Qin army under Li You's command were no longer facing the mob under Wu Guang's command during the Xingyang War, but were well-organized and experienced. The rich young marshals are the masters of a hundred battles, and they are powerful enemies who are above them in terms of experience and combat effectiveness.In less than an hour of fierce fighting, the young generals rushed to the head of Waihuang City many times. Although the Qin army quickly chased and killed all the enemies in the upper city by relying on their partial strength, but after a long time, their physical strength declined. Still, a few soldiers of the young marshal successfully charged up the city wall and seized a little bit of position at the top of the city, forcing the east gate defenders of the Qin army to quickly dispatch the reserve team to rescue them.

The same is true for the South Gate Battlefield and the West Gate Battlefield. Although they are not the main attackers, Zheng Bu and Zhujishi's second generals obviously don't want to give credit to Ding Ji and Long Qi, who are the main attackers. The siege and the killing sprang up. Zhujishi even personally led the army to participate in the ant-attached battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the young generals and soldiers, and also put even heavier pressure on the south gate defenders of the Qin army.

The situation was obviously favorable to the Young Marshal's army, but Xiang Kang still did not order an attack on the North Gate of Waihuang. Instead, he sent Uncle Zhou to lead an army to reinforce the battlefield at the East Gate, and gathered more troops outside the East Gate of Waihuang to strengthen the attack.Seeing that the situation was not good, Li You had no choice but to hastily order the reserve team of the Qin Army to come to the East Gate City to wait for orders, so that they could go to the city for reinforcements at any time.

At this time, the weaknesses of the Qin army's lack of preparation gradually began to be exposed. First, the stones above the city gate were used up, and they were forced to use firewood to set fire to the city crash vehicle of the young commander. Li You was forced to temporarily send people into the city to collect the feather arrows shot by the young generals into the city, and send them to the top of the city for the defenders to use.In addition, the sheep's head stone and the gray bottle are also consumed in large quantities rapidly, and no matter how they force the people to transport them to the city, they cannot keep up with the consumption rate.

"The thieves acted too fast, just give me a few more days to prepare."

When he was lamenting in his heart, something happened suddenly that made Li You's soul fly away. First, there was a huge noise and roar from the direction of the North Gate of Waihuang, and then some soldiers came stumbling to report, saying: "Jun Zun, it's not good. General Wu opened the north gate and rushed out with our army!"

"Wu Qingxiang?!" Li You was almost stunned, and shouted: "What is he doing out of the city? Who told him to go out of the city?!"

At this moment, Li You even had doubts in his heart for a while, and secretly said: "Could it be that Wu Qingxiang is really a traitor and intends to sacrifice the city to Xiang Kang's son?"

Wu Qingxiang proved his loyalty to Li You with his actions. After leading the army out of the city, Wu Qingxiang's troops galloped like flying, and quickly circled to the battlefield of Waihuangdongmen, and without hesitation, they went to the young man who was storming Waihuangdongmen. The commander-in-chief's team launched a charge, killing the young commander-in-chief's soldiers who were on the way to the city by surprise, and was forced to stop the siege and turn around to fight. It is to concentrate our forces and give priority to dealing with Wu Qingxiang's troops who are risking their lives to attack.

There are advantages and disadvantages. Seeing that Wu Qingxiang led the army to rush out, Xiang Kang didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately ordered Chao Zhijun, who had been preparing for a long time, to make a big stride to attack the Waihuangbeimen position that Wu Qingxiang was in charge of. .Although Li You also reacted very quickly, he immediately ordered his reserve team to rush to the north gate for reinforcements and take over from Wu Qingxiang to guard the battlefield at the north gate. Opportunity quickly built a bridge across the trench and directly attacked the north gate wall.

Here I have to praise the bravery and tenacity of Wu Qingxiang's troops. Facing the joint attack of Zheng Bu, Long Qie and Zhou Shu's three armies, Wu Qingxiang's troops, which are only a few hundred people, are still rushing left and right, unstoppable , the Young Marshal, who once had an absolute advantage in strength, was a little too hard to parry. During the killing, Wu Qingxiang was still taking off his armor in the battle, charging forward with his spear shirtless, and yelling wildly every time he stabbed a spear , "Chu thief! Sue to die! Sui to die!"

Encouraged by Wu Qingxiang, all the soldiers of the Qin Army under his command also worked hard, and everyone put their lives on the line. They followed closely behind Wu Qingxiang and rushed hard, and even drove back the team of the young commander-in-chief Long Qi.However, the solitary sun does not grow long, and the solitary yin does not grow. With the passage of time, the physical strength of the soldiers of the Qin army declined, and Wu Qingxiang's troops were gradually surrounded by the young commander's army. As a result, there were fewer and fewer Qin soldiers around Wu Qingxiang.

Sweat appeared on Li You's forehead, and the soldiers of the Qin Army next to him were all anxious, and they scrambled to say to Li You: "Jun Zun, General Wu is dying, if you don't send troops to respond, his army will not be able to come back! Please!" Jun Zun ordered, send troops to respond."

He closed his eyes in pain, regretting that he did not absolutely trust Prime Minister Wu Qing, Li You, who felt guilty, hesitated for a long time, and then ordered: "Send five hundred troops to rescue General Wu!"

Li You, who lacked military talent, made an unforgivable wrong choice. After five hundred soldiers of the Qin army rushed out from the Waihuang East Gate, they not only failed to rescue Wu Qingxiang's army who was in a tight siege, but were immediately divided by the young commander's army. Fighting and living, the precious lives of countless soldiers were sacrificed in vain, but Wu Qing was not able to return to the city. Several times the charge was killed by the young commander's army, and finally he had to retreat back to the city in embarrassment. When he returned to the city in a hurry, he was almost killed by the young commander The army took advantage of the momentum and entered the city.

At this time, there were only more than 100 soldiers of the Qin army around Wu Qingxiang, and there was no hope of breaking through. Without fear, he was still yelling loudly, "You guys of Sanchuan County, kill! Even if you die, you will have to be backed!"

"Kill!" The remaining soldiers of the Qin army roared in response, continued to follow Wu Qingxiang, and once again charged at the crowd of young commanders who were ten times larger than themselves, proving their loyalty and loyalty with blood and precious lives. Courage also sets off the shameless face of a despicable villain...

In the end, all the more than 600 soldiers of the Qin army brought out of the city by Wu Qingxiang were killed, and none of them surrendered. , The tragic look made the young generals and soldiers couldn't help crying.

Although Wu Qingxiang's angry attack proved his loyalty, it seriously disrupted Li You's defensive deployment. Not only wasted a lot of precious troops, but also forced Li You to put all the reserves into the north gate battlefield. There was no more mobile force available, and when the young marshal reorganized the team and launched a fierce attack on the Waihuang East Gate again, Li You had no choice but to go into battle in person, bringing the already severely damaged East Gate with him. The gate guards defended desperately, using their blood and lives to resist the tide of the young commander's offensive.

In the afternoon, when Shen Shi was about to pass, the young generals entered the city successively from east, west, and south, and seized many positions at the top of the city. After breaking, mix into the crowd of soldiers and escape for your life.Li You flatly refused, holding the spear and just continuing to charge, rather than take half a step back, he would rather die.

At the first moment of You Shi, the east gate of Waihuang was knocked open by the car of the young commander, and the young commander swarmed into the city. Waihuang announced that the city was broken, and Li You was forced to withdraw the city wall. , while working hard to gather the Qin army in the city, preparing to launch a breakout when it was completely dark.It's a pity that Xiang Kang had already prepared for this, and ordered the young generals to guard the Waihuang four gates early on, and would never allow Li You to break through.

After it was completely dark, Li Youjun started to break out of the encirclement, but unfortunately, the young generals had already deployed heavy guards at the four gates of Waihuang. In the city of Waihuang, which was full of fire and smoke, at the same time, the young commander's army entered the city with heavy troops, chasing and killing the remnants of Li You who refused to give up his banner no matter what he said.

At this point in the battle, no matter how tenacious the Qin army in Sanchuan was, there were still countless shakers in the army. Under the intimidation of the young generals, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered on their knees. The soldiers of the Qin army around Li You also As a result, they decreased rapidly, and there were only more than [-] people left when they arrived at Ergeng. They were surrounded by Zhongli Mo and Long Qie's two young commanders, and they were trapped near the west gate of Waihuang.

"Surrender without killing! Surrender without killing!"

The sound of slogans one after another was overwhelming, completely submerging the trapped Li You's remnants, unable to withstand the fear in his heart, many trapped Qin soldiers were forced to put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender, but Li You still took the remaining soldiers to form a circle Formation, to resist the attack launched by the young marshal's army from all directions.

"General Li You! We respect you as a strong man! Surrender! We will never kill you!"

The roar of Long Qi's loud voice was heard clearly in Li You's ears, but Li You, who was covered in blood all over his face, just spit out a mouthful of bloody saliva and cursed: "The eldest son of Prime Minister Daqin, how can you Surrender to the traitor?!"

"The eldest son of Prime Minister Daqin, how could he surrender to the traitor?!"

This was also the last sentence Li You, the first official and second generation of the Great Qin Dynasty, said in his life. After more than half a quarter, Li You, who had only a dozen soldiers left by him, was accidentally killed by a sudden attack while fighting hard. The spear pierced the lower abdomen, directly pierced through the body, and then was stabbed by more spears. Blood flowed profusely in the chest and abdomen, and the blood flowed continuously in the mouth, but Li You still held the spear tightly and tried hard to support it with the spear. Holding his own body, he didn't fall down until he died, and ended his life standing up...

"Send Li Junzun!"

Accompanied by Long Qie and Zhong Li Mei's two generals shouting at the same time, countless young commanders and soldiers present bowed down together, expressing their admiration and admiration to Li You with tears.And when Li You's body was sent to Xiang Kang, he learned of Li You's death in battle, and saw Li You's eyes that had not been closed until now. The body bowed down, wept and said, "Li Junzun, you didn't embarrass your father."

Afterwards, out of respect for Li You, Xiang Kang not only decided to send someone to send Li You's body back to his hometown of Xiacai for burial, but also agreed with Shu Suntong's suggestion to set up a spirit sacrifice to Li You outside Waihuang City, and Allow the newly recruited Qin Army prisoners and captured Qin Army officers and soldiers to worship in front of the spirit, so as to buy people's hearts.Then, as Xiang Kang hoped, seeing that Xiang Kang was so benevolent and righteous, many soldiers of the Sanchuan Qin Army with strong will also changed their course and voluntarily joined the team of the Young Marshal Army, allowing Xiang Kang to squeeze out a lot of love from Li You. Oil and water.

(End of this chapter)