Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 179 Overlord's Style
"You bastards of Tyranny, listen up, your food supply has been cut off, and you will soon run out of food. If you are smart, put down your weapons and surrender! If you give your life to Zhang Han, all of you will be safe. There is a dead end!"

"You thieves! You have run out of food and grass, and you will die if you continue to fight! Surrender quickly, surrender quickly! Surrender and spare you!"

"Your Puyang has already been taken by us! The tyrants of the Qin Dynasty, your food and grass can't be transported, and you want to survive and surrender quickly, otherwise none of you will be able to go home alive!"

Dozens of cavalrymen of the Chu army galloped back and forth in front of the Qin army's position. Similar shouts were also heard one after another in front of the Qin army's formation. They vaguely heard the shouting content of the Chu army's cavalry. Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army were extremely surprised, and then whispered and discussed in low voices. The news spread deliberately by the cavalry of the Chu Army is true or false.After the situation was reported to Zhang Han, Zhang Han's face was of course ashen, knowing that the young commander finally got in touch with the main force of the Chu army, and let the main force of the Chu army know the important military situation that Puyang had fallen.

At this time, Wang Li also rode up to Zhang Han. After meeting Wang Li, he was not polite and said to Zhang Han directly: "General, the news of Puyang's fall may not be concealed. If we delay, our The morale of the army will definitely be affected, whether to return to the army to fight to the death, or to immediately cross the river and go down the river at all costs, you have to make a decision quickly."

Wang Li's tone of voice to Zhang Han was extremely rude, the reason was that Wang Li was extremely unconvinced that Zhang Han, who had been supported by Li Si to become the General of the Great Qin Dynasty, had never shown due respect to Zhang Han since joining forces with Zhang Han. Zhang Han also knew this well, but kept pretending not to know it just for the sake of the unity of the army.This meeting is the same, in order to preserve the army as much as possible, Zhang Han still didn't care about Wang Li's disrespectful tone, and asked instead: "In the opinion of the general, what should we do?"

"Resolutely go back to the army and fight to the death, first kill the Chu thieves and pursuers, and then cross the south of the river!" Wang Li answered directly.

"I'm afraid it's useless to do this." Zhang Han shook his head and said, "The Chu thieves already know that our food supply is cut off, and they will definitely not fight us head-on. If we are not given a chance to fight decisively, the time has been delayed for a long time, and other bandit troops have received the news and went south to help in the battle, and it will definitely be more difficult for us to retreat unscathed."

"Then we can't just do nothing and just waste time with the Chu thieves, right?" Wang Li was even more impolite, and said, "Otherwise, we will send out an army to drive northward to expel the Chu thieves, while we hurry up and pass the time." After the main brigade and food, grass and military supplies have safely withdrawn across the Zhangshui River, the troops going north will be withdrawn to cross the river."

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Han nodded helplessly, and said, "That's the only way. Please, General, dispatch [-] troops to the north to drive out the Chu thieves and give us time to cross the river."

Wang Li agreed without even paying any respects, and immediately went back to the formation to dispatch troops to fight. Zhang Han swallowed his anger and immediately arranged for the main force of the Qin army to cross the Zhangshui River.

In no time, under Wang Li's dispatch, the [-] Qin army in the Great Wall Corps, led by Qin army general Su Jiao, came out in greater numbers, aggressively attacking the main force of the Chu army in the north.After this situation was reported to Xiang Yu, the generals of the Chu army suggested to retreat temporarily to avoid the sharp edge of the Qin army. However, Xiang Yu, who had confidence in his heart, flatly refused, and shouted: "I can't retreat, I will fight resolutely! Only by defeating the Tyrant Qin's northward division of troops, can we seize the opportunity and severely damage the Tyrant Qin's main force!"

After drinking, Xiang Yu immediately ordered people to wave the banner, and ordered the main force of the Chu army with less than [-] troops to form a conical formation on the spot that was conducive to attacking. The second general was on the two wings, and regardless of everyone's dissuasion, he insisted on arranging his command flag array behind Yingbu's front team, ranking in the second team of the whole army, so as to lure the Qin army to attack the Chu army's cone tip, and it was also convenient to lead the Qin army to attack the Chu army. The main force of the Chu army advanced forward.

The Qin army moved northward at a very fast speed. The Chu army had just set up the battle array, and the [-] Qin army led by Su Jiao had already moved northward to the vicinity. As a result, the Chu army was actually forming an offensive formation, and Xiang Yu's handsome flag In the second team of the Chu army, Su Jiao was overjoyed and said happily, "Okay, since the Chu thieves are so arrogant, then we must not be polite! Arrange a square formation and attract the Chu thieves to attack!"

According to Su Jiao's banner command, the Qin army quickly arranged a mixed infantry and cavalry phalanx to sweep across the six countries. However, before the Qin army lined up, and before Su Jiao used a small force to lure the main force of the Chu army to attack, Xiang Yu He had decisively ordered the beating of the war drum, urging the main force of the Chu army to stride forward, directly impacting the front of the Qin army's battle formation.Su Jiao grinned even more when he saw this. In addition to letting the soldiers of the Qin army in the front suppress them with bows and crossbows, he also made the soldiers on the two wings ready to attack so that they could turn around and charge behind the Chu army's conical formation at any time.

The ferocious smile continued on Su Jiao's face. In the dense rain of arrows like migrating locusts, the soldiers of the Chu army who were attacking from the front were constantly shot and injured. They were killed and injured again and again before they could fight the Qin army, but Su Jiao's grinning smile Soon he became a little stiff again, because he soon discovered that although the Qin army's feathered arrows were dense, the Chu army's forward speed was not affected at all, and gradually changed from a small trot to a fast-paced charge. Under the leadership, the soldiers of the Chu army in the back team were not at all chaotic, striding forward closely following Xiang Yu's handsome flag, and directly attacked the solid front of the Qin army's battle formation without hesitation.

"Don't worry, since the Chu bandits are taking the offensive, they must put elite soldiers in the front line. It's not surprising that the Chu bandits' front team can't be shot down by crossbows. We're doomed." When Su Jiao comforted himself quietly, the tip of the Chu army's cone had already hit the front of the Qin army's battle formation, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing immediately rose to the sky.

After being subordinated to Xiang Yu's command, the Yingbu Department, which was reused by Xiang Yu, seemed to be completely reborn. The combat effectiveness suddenly increased a lot. , Roaring and just rushing desperately, although the soldiers of the Qin Army mustered their courage to fight hard, they still involuntarily retreated again and again under the crazy impact of the Yingbu Army, and the neat horizontal line was forced to bend backwards, and the soldiers of the Chu Army behind took the opportunity to keep up. , Putting more pressure on the Qin army's battle formation.

At this time, he found that the fighting strength of the Chu army exceeded his own estimation and imagination. Su Jiao did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly urged the troops on both wings to come forward.But it is a pity that the Qin army's team attacking from the left wing unfortunately ran into Ji Bu, another fierce general under Xiang Yu's command. The shape is quickly chaotic.

The Qin army that detoured to the back of the Chu army's conical formation was not much better. Although they encountered Chu army Liu Laosan's troops were not as well-equipped as the Yingbu army, Liu Laosan's army was notoriously united. And tenacious, they also blocked the impact of the Qin army. In addition, the formation was not chaotic.

As a result, the battle at the tip of the cone became more brutal and bloody. In the fierce battle, the soldiers of the Chu army fought one after another, fiercely waving their weapons and stabbing the enemy on the opposite side. Even if they were injured, they refused to take half a step back. On the ground, although the soldiers of the Qin army struggled to support them, they still couldn't stop the sharp tips of the Chu army from continuously advancing into their battle formation.

But even so, Xiang Yu still refused to be satisfied, and still felt that Yingbo was advancing too slowly, so he simply sent someone to the front team to contact Yingbo, asking if Yingbo's troops needed to retreat temporarily, and Xiang Yu himself led the army to charge As a result, Yingbo's eyes turned red when he heard it, and he shouted: "Go back and tell the former general that he doesn't need to do it himself! If I can't break through the battle formation of Tyranny, I will go back and see him!"

After yelling, Yingbo jumped off his horse, raised his spear and rushed to the front line. As soon as he met Qin Jun, he knocked over two Qin soldiers and rushed to the front with a roar. Encouraged by Yingbo's bravery, Ben The soldiers of the Chu army with high morale were even more insane. They were like being spat with chicken blood, stabbing swords and axes with spears. A gap was torn.

Seeing this scene, Su Jiao was of course even more terrified. In order to stop the attack of the Chu army, he kept urging the army to come forward. As a result, not only did this not have much effect, but on the contrary, it also caused the soldiers of the Qin army to unconsciously attack Chu. The two wings of the army's conical formation extended, increasing the enemy's surface. The soldiers of the Chu army in the back row took the opportunity to stab and kill the soldiers of the Qin army frantically, adding more casualties to the soldiers of the Qin army.

The fierce battle continued, and the gap in the Qin army's battle formation was getting wider and wider. The sun had just started to set, and the Qin army's battle formation was almost torn in two by the Chu army. When he found that the situation was not good, Su Jiao could only send someone quickly Going back to ask for help, I begged Zhang Han and Wang Li to send troops over quickly to prevent the soldiers from collapsing after the battle was split by the Chu army, which would lead to more serious consequences.

Su Jiao's request for help was a little slow. Before the reinforcements sent by Zhang Han and Wang Li, who were shocked and paled, arrived at the scene, the Qin army's battle formation was already torn apart by the Chu army, and the left and right lost direct contact. .However, Xiang Yu refused to give up. He even ignored the torn Su Jiao army, and urged the army to continue to advance, head-on to the rear of the Qin army who rushed to the rescue, and ordered Yingbo, whose physical strength had declined after the battle, to wait for the time being. Retreat, personally lead the army as the tip of the cone, and continue to attack the enemy who comes to help.

Xiang Yu's madness frightened the generals of the Qin army. Seeing his commander-in-chief appearing at the forefront of the Chu army, none of the generals of the Qin army who had long been accustomed to the commanders of both sides hiding behind their backs and commanding remotely did not suspect that their eyes were wrong. , and when Xiang Yu personally led the army to the front, the unrivaled majesty of the overlord of Chu scared the soldiers of the Qin army even more!
"Who else?!"

A single-handed spear pierced the chest of a Qin army soldier. Xiang Yu didn't even bother to take back the spear, and directly provoked the dead body of the Qin army soldier, knocking over three or four Qin army soldiers, and then stabbed him with another spear. When he came out, he stabbed through two Qin soldiers directly, swung their corpses left and right, smashed the Qin soldiers in front of them to the side, their tendons were broken, and their bones were broken. They screamed in fear, "Ghosts! Ghosts have descended to earth!"

Encouraged by Xiang Yu's unrivaled power, the Chu cavalry around him were also extremely brave, roaring and rushing forward one by one, like a raging fire passing through the grassland, unstoppable, and the reinforcements of the Qin army had no time to line up the battle formation In the battle, Xiang Yu, the world's most powerful general, led his troops to charge the battle. Naturally, they were scattered far faster than Su Jiao's troops. It was just getting dark, and the [-] Qin troops who came to help in a hurry were killed by the Chu army. The rescue messengers had already collapsed before they could be dispatched in time.But Xiang Yu still refused to be satisfied, and even left the defeated Qin army alone, and continued to advance with the main force of the Chu army, rushing directly to the Zhanghe ferry.

At the critical moment, Zhang Han's calmness avoided the bad luck that the Zhang River would not flow due to the dead bodies of the Qin army. He had just received the news that the reinforcements were also defeated by the Chu army. , Returning to the north bank of Zhangshui with only a few entourages, while ordering the Qin army to stop crossing the river, at the same time let the Qin army who had not crossed the river form an formation on the spot, lined up several tight formations to protect the ferry bridge, and quickly killed them with a fierce rain of arrows. The main force of the Chu army who came, relying on the fortifications repaired earlier, managed to block the attack of the Chu army and temporarily forced the Chu army to retreat temporarily, which did not give the Chu army a chance to directly smash the Qin army at the ferry.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and without preparing torches and dry food in advance, all the generals of the Chu army advised Xiang Yu to retreat for a while, so that the soldiers of the Chu army could have a rest and prepare the torches for the night battle, and then launched when the Qin army continued to cross the river. assault.However, Xiang Yu flatly refused, and shouted: "Fighting opportunities are rare, you can't retreat! Form an formation on the spot and see who can outsmart whom!"

Unable to resist Xiang Yu's unruly temper, the more than 4 Chu troops could only form an array on the spot only a mile away from the Qin army, and continued to confront the Qin army with almost no torches to illuminate them. Zhang Han saw Lianzhu crying, Wang Li, who hadn't had time to evacuate Zhangshui, was furious, ran to Zhang Han and said, "The Chu thieves are deceiving people too much! We can't bear it, we have to take the initiative to attack, and kill these Chu thieves who are advancing every inch!"

"No risk!" Zhang Han finally didn't give Wang Li face this time, and flatly refused: "The Chu thieves are fighting in formation. If our army cannot break through their formation quickly and be dragged into a melee, the other thieves will fight again." If it comes suddenly, our loss will only be even greater!"

"Then what should we do?" Wang Li asked unconvinced: "Wouldn't we still suffer heavy losses when the other bandits come to kill us?"

"You need to use your brains in war." Zhang Han said coldly to Wang Li, and then he ordered to his own soldiers: "Go to the south bank to send an order to let our soldiers who have crossed the river push some of the luggage and vehicles into the upper reaches of the Zhangshui River. Block the river!"

The soldiers were ordered to go away, Zhang Han then said to Wang Li: "Now you can rest assured? First confront the Chu thieves, and when the river is temporarily blocked, we can quickly cross the river. I will personally lead the army to the rear. You lead the brigade to withdraw first, so that more of our soldiers can be preserved."

I didn't expect Zhang Han to have such a skillful Wang Li to shut up, so he was a little convinced of Zhang Han, but unfortunately, after the Qin army started to block the river, the scouts had just reported the news to Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu immediately Decisively ordered: "Order the whole army, march forward with drums beating, and attack the Tyrant Qin army head-on!"

"Ex-general, wait a little longer, our reinforcements are likely to arrive soon." Feng Zhong, who was next to him, persuaded.

"Shut up!" Xiang Yu yelled, and said: "The Tyrant Qin army is already blocking the river. When they temporarily cut off the Zhangshui River, we will have no chance to wipe out the enemy on the north bank! Attack! No matter what the cost, resolutely charge forward! "

Unable to withstand Xiang Yu's despotic power, the tired and hungry generals of the Chu army were forced to attack again under the twilight illumination of the stars and moon. The dense rain of arrows rushed to the vicinity and started a close combat with the Qin army.

At this time, the Qin army on the north bank, which had been defeated before, also returned to the vicinity of the ferry under the leadership of Su Jiao and other generals, and bravely joined the battlefield again, joining forces with the Qin army guarding the ferry to pinch the main force of the Chu army, but Xiang Yu showed no fear , led the main force of the Chu army to fight bravely, and waited patiently for the moment when the Qin army had to cross Henan to escape.

This moment was finally waited for by Xiang Yu. When it was close to the second watch, the light in the distance to the north gradually became brighter, and then the light of the torch became more and more clear, which proved that other anti-Qin volunteers were coming quickly. It was only the Qi rebel general Tian An's army that came here, and the combat power was not strong, only more than [-] troops. But after discovering this, Su Jiao and other troops who had been defeated by Xiang Yu before were the first to panic. It was not a very strong offensive at all. Immediately slowed down, countless soldiers probed their brains, trying to see the current situation of the Zhanghe River, the Chu army's morale was immediately boosted, and under the leadership of Xiang Yu, they rushed harder and harder, and also killed the Qin army on the north bank even more frightened, and dared not fight again. The Chu army remained deadlocked.

Finally, when the reinforcements led by Tian An arrived at the edge of the battlefield, the Chu army cheered loudly, and their morale was greatly boosted, and their combat power suddenly exploded. However, the Qin army suddenly shouted in unison, and countless generals and soldiers ran away, scrambling to be the first. Wang Li rushed to Zhangshui, and fled across the river, which had become much shallower. Wang Li couldn't stop him at all, so he had to rush to the pontoon bridge to escape under the protection of his own soldiers, while Zhang Han, who had crossed the river before, hurriedly directed The army directly under it is ready to face the battle, lest the Chu army take advantage of the momentum and smash the Qin army on the south bank.

As a result, the battlefield was completely one-sided. Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the soldiers of the Chu army completely forgot about their hunger and exhaustion. Relying on the faint moonlight, they massacred the defeated Qin army as frantically as they were chopping melons and vegetables, killing countless Qin soldiers. The soldiers stabbed and hacked to death, and then smashed into meat paste. The corpses of Qin soldiers on the river beach and in the shallow water were layered on top of each other, first floating all over the river, and then blocking the already shallow river again.However, the generals of the Chu army still refused to give up, and led by Xiang Yu, they crossed the river again, almost defeating the rear of the Qin army led by Zhang Han himself, and forced Zhang Han to withdraw southward ahead of schedule, so as to escape The tide of the Chu army's offensive was overwhelmed.

On that day, the main force of the Chu army led by Xiang Yu created miracles in a row. When the strength of the troops was at a disadvantage and the preparations were extremely insufficient, Leng Shi achieved an astonishing record of three victories and one tie, killing the Qin army to the ground. There were blood pools all over the fields, and Zhangshui once stopped flowing, which severely damaged the main force of the Qin Army's Great Wall Corps, and also stunned the anti-Qin coalition forces who came one after another. They couldn't believe the miracle of the battlefield created by the Chu army.

Then, just like in history, after admiring Xiang Yu's unrivaled glory, the commanders of the anti-Qin coalition forces also willingly elected Xiang Yu as the leader of the anti-Qin alliance, and expressed their willingness to join hands to fight against Qin under Xiang Yu's command. Xiang Yu, on the other hand, was triumphant, and after a few words of humility, he accepted the persuasion of the princes, and sat on the throne of the leader of the anti-Qin alliance with infinite glory.

But there were also discordant voices. At least Uncle Xiang, who was sick before the battle yesterday, stood up and reminded Xiang Yu, saying: "Nephew, you can't let the tiger go back to the mountain. You must strike while the iron is hot. Immediately launch a pursuit and kill Zhang Han as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Kang Er He was ahead of you and captured and killed Mr. Zhang Han, and the position of general of the Chu State belongs to him."

Thinking of Xiang Kang who was already stuck in the front, Xiang Yu hesitated, and said: "If my brother can avenge my uncle with my own hands, of course I am willing to respect him as the general. We have to cross the Huan River, we must not miss this opportunity, and we must launch an immediate pursuit."

(End of this chapter)