Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 263 Duzi
Ever since he fooled around with Xiang Kang, the general of the Han army, Zhong Limei, has never suffered a real defeat. No matter how hard, difficult or dangerous the battle is, at least he can fight the enemy evenly. I have never tasted the taste of complete failure to hold on until the enemy is exhausted, or to retreat and escape after repelling the enemy's pursuit.

Even when the Young Marshal's Army was relatively weak, when he encountered the Zhang Han Corps of the Qin Army, which was at its peak, Zhong Limei never had a real defeat. Even if he ran around with Xiang Kang, he was forced to throw away With all the military supplies and supplies, he fled hungry and hated his parents for giving him two missing legs. Zhongli Mo also led his troops to retreat from the battlefield in an organized formation.

The battle of Wancheng, all this has become history.

After Zhongli Mo's incident, he was very reluctant to recall the situation at that time. In the dark night, he saw Liu Laosan's camp was on fire, and Chai Wu's army suddenly defected and entered Liu Jun's camp. Liu Laosan's army was in chaos. And the soldiers of the Han army can create another miracle of defeating the strong with the weak, and lead the soldiers of the Han army to the Liu army camp without hesitation.Who would have thought that the drums of war would suddenly sound, and Liu Jun's ambush troops would attack from the front, and the Yingbu army would attack from the flank. Chai Wujun, who had agreed to help the Han army clean up Liu Laosan, would also tear off his disguise and suddenly attack the other flank of the Han army. , The Han army, which was attacked on three sides, was in chaos immediately, and was quickly defeated by the coalition forces of the three kings.

After discovering that he had been tricked, Yingbo once tried to withdraw to Wancheng for a while, and Qi Ji, who was in command of the rear of the Han army, also rushed over to meet him, but the overall strength of the Three Kings Alliance Army was too strong. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers was no less than that of the elite old soldiers of the Han army. The rear of the Han army led by Qi Ji was killed and dispersed almost in a blink of an eye. The defeated soldiers of the Han army fled everywhere. There were countless dead. Wang Lianjun was so frightened that Lu Yu did not dare to open the city gate to let the defeated Han army enter the city. Zhong Limei and Qi Ji had no choice but to lead the defeated army to flee westward in a hurry, and were forced to abandon the camp outside the city and Wan Wan, who was weak and weak. The important town of the city caused the Han army to suffer a disastrous defeat for the second time after the defeat of Ye County.

The Allied Forces of the Three Kings did not let go of the defeated Han army because of this. The capricious Chai Wu personally led the main force of his troops to launch a pursuit. After chasing hundreds of miles, they still refused to give up. Qi Ji soon had less than [-] remnants of defeated soldiers left, and was forced to rob the people of the villages along the way to feed their stomachs. He fled to the vicinity of Xi County.But just as the defeated Han army was taking a breather, Chai Wujun chased him up again.

In desperation, Zhong Limei and Qi Ji had no choice but to continue fleeing westward with the defeated soldiers, while hastily sending people to Xi County for help, asking the Xi County defenders of the Han Army to send troops to respond, but before the rescue arrived, Chai Wujun had already arrived. When they got close, the exhausted Han army had no power to resist, and was defeated by Chai Wu's army. Qi Ji, who was already wounded, was injured again. He was carried by his own soldiers to escape. He chased him down to the city of Xi County.

At this time, the defenders of Xi County had already hurried out of the city to form an formation to cover the retreat of the defeated Han army, but Zhong Limei and Qi Ji couldn't believe that the Chai Wu army, who had rushed for a long distance, was in the formation again. The county defenders were defeated, and taking advantage of the opportunity of the defenders' defeat and fleeing into the city, they mingled with the defeated Han army and entered Xixian County. The dream of protecting the city itself.

It was only later that Zhong Limo learned that long-distance raids were Chai Wu's forte. On the battlefield in the Central Plains, Chai Wu and Ying Bu joined forces to lead the way for the coalition forces of the princes more than once, and they made long-distance raids to break through the Qin Army's defense line. If it's not his opponent, what's more, what's more, the Xixian garrison who only belongs to the county soldiers?
Afterwards, the Han army was in a state of embarrassment at that time, the city gate position had already fallen, Zhongli Mo and Qi Ji's defeated soldiers could not even catch their breath, they were completely powerless to fight again, and the strength of Xixian's defenders was too weak , is not an elite opponent of Chai Wujun at all. Even if they gritted their teeth and launched a street fight, they failed to save the defeat. As Chai Wujun continued to enter the city, Zhong Limei and Qi Ji could only give up in a hurry. Wuguan.

Chai Wu also paid great attention to collecting military information. Before the war in the county was over, Chai Wu couldn't wait to send people to interrogate the Han army prisoners and inquire about the situation of the Han army in Wuguan. Because the main force of the Han army in Nanyang was defeated so suddenly, Xiang Kang had no time to send reinforcements to Wuguan. At present, Wuguan has only more than 2000 troops guarding it, and it is absolutely impossible to be the opponent of Chai Wujun.

It is also because of this that just after Shenshi in the afternoon, and the battle in the city was basically over, Chai Wu immediately ordered to gather the army, and planned to rest only outside Xixian County for one night, and then continue to march into Wuguan the next morning. A little worried, he hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, we have traveled nearly three hundred miles and fought again and again. The soldiers are already very tired. It is better to accept it when we are good. We will rest in Xi County for a few days, and then go to Wuguan. Late."

"Fighting opportunities are rare, so don't waste time!" Chai Wu shook his head resolutely, and said: "We must take advantage of the opportunity that Xiang Kang'er has not had time to send reinforcements to Wuguan, and rush in to take Wuguan, otherwise, wait for Xiang Kang's rescue. Once it arrives, if we want to win Wuguan, it will only be more difficult than ascending to the sky."

"But our soldiers are exhausted and it is difficult to fight anymore." Zeng He said helplessly.

"No matter how tired you are, you have to persevere to the end!" Chai Wu shouted: "Don't forget, our fiefs are in Hanzhong and Bashu. Only by taking Wuguan can we attack Xunguan in the west, open the gate of Hanzhong and enter Hanzhong! Tell us Soldiers, take down Wuguan, and give them all the money and silks of the women in Xixian County! The first person to break into Wuguan can get [-]% of Xixian County's money and food alone!"

Seeing that Chai Wu has made up his mind, he also knows that Wuguan is extremely important to his own army. Once it is successfully captured, the Han army will only be forced to retreat to Gaoguan, so that his army can calmly enter Xunguan. No longer objecting, I can only hurry up and make Chai Wu's order public with other generals, and use the money and grain woman from Xi County who should belong to Liu Laosan to inspire the morale of the self-armed soldiers.

Chai Wujun’s good luck was not limited to this. In the evening, according to Xiang Kang’s order, the magistrate of Zhuyang County of the Han Army led the defenders in the county and the Nanyang people who voluntarily went north and returned to Guanzhong. Going to Guanzhong, Chai Wu, who received the news, dispatched only [-] troops, easily killed and scattered the Zhuyang army, seized a large amount of military supplies, money and food, and captured many young and strong men and women. The gains were not small, and the morale of Chai Wu's army Even more exciting.

Early the next morning, after only 1 troops were left to guard Xi County to protect the retreat, Chai Wu set off northward with more than [-] main force of the headquarters, and attacked Wuguan aggressively. As a result, Chai Wu almost smiled crookedly. Yes, just at noon, his front team caught up with the defeated Han army led by Zhong Limei and others, and won another victory. They killed the defeated Han army and filled the ditches with corpses, leaving only a thousand people fled to Wu close.

Seeing the appearance of the defeated Han army fleeing in embarrassment, Chai Wu besides laughing, urged the main force of the self-army to advance faster, demanding that his army must rush to Suoqiao Ridge before sunset to capture the outer barrier of Wuguan. The soldiers of Lian Jie's Chai Wu army suddenly agreed, and their pace became more brisk during the pursuit. Before the time passed, they rushed to the position less than [-] miles away from Suoqiao Ridge.

At this time, Chai Wu's army had of course penetrated deep into the Qinling Mountains. The road was lined with high mountains and dense forests. The road built by the people of Daqin was less than ten meters wide. .Zeng He was very worried about this, so he persuaded Chai Wu again: "Your Majesty, the road is narrow and the mountains are high, should we proceed cautiously? Our army is already very tired. If Xiang Kang's bandit army hides an ambush, they will suddenly rush out and cut off our army. , we may be in big trouble."

Looking at the high mountains and dense forests on both sides, Chai Wu snorted disdainfully, and said, "The bandit army in Wuguan is only about [-] people in total. Even if there are ambush soldiers, what can they do to us? Don't worry, just march in with confidence." , let’s go to Suspension Bridge Ridge first.”

Having said that, Chai Wu also ordered the army to advance faster and rest at the foot of Suoqiaoling Mountain. Zeng He had no choice but to send his soldiers into the mountain to investigate in private, and beware of ambushes hidden by the Han army.

Facts have proved that Zeng He was just worrying about the sky. On the way to the Suoqiao Ridge, no Han army ambushed. There are very few banners of the Han army, and it is obvious that there are not many defenders.Chai Wu was also overjoyed, and asked all the generals under his command directly on the road: "Who dares to work hard and lead the army to attack Suoqiao Ridge immediately?"

Chai Wu's subordinates are indeed like a cloud of fierce generals. Although the soldiers are very tired and their combat effectiveness has dropped sharply, several generals still stood up without hesitation and clasped their fists to ask for orders. They volunteered to fight Suoqiaoling. Chai Wu was not very happy and ordered The general who asked for orders first led [-] troops to act as the vanguard, and took advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to go up the mountain to attack the Han army camp.

At the same time, the main force of Chai Wu's army was not far from the open space at the foot of Suoqiao Ridge, and they could clearly see the defeated soldiers of the Han army stumbling up the mountain to flee for their lives. Many soldiers began to cheer - glad they could finally stop and take a rest.

At this time, a sudden change occurred, and the guards of the Han army on the Suspension Bridge Ridge did not know what medicine they had taken by mistake, so they beat the war drums frantically. In the forest to the north of the clearing, countless soldiers of the Han army carrying red Han flags rushed out shouting, and quickly seized the open space below the mountain to form an formation, blocking Chai Wujun on the narrow mountain road.

"Ambush? How is that possible?!"

Chai Wu and Zhong Limei, the general of the Han army who was going up the mountain, screamed together, and then shouted in disbelief: "Then the army? It's impossible for the King of Han (Xiang Kang's son) to send reinforcements to Wuguan so soon? !"

Zheng Bu's flag appeared in the ranks of the Han army. Seeing the Chai Wu army crowding in the mountain road, the general of the Han army, Zheng Bu, gritted his teeth, and shouted with a ferocious expression, "Chai Wu! Hunt us down!" The defeated soldiers, is it enough? If not enough, just let the horse come over and see how I will avenge our soldiers of the big man!"

His physical strength had already dropped to a critical point, and he was blocked in the narrow mountain road. Of course, Chai Wu's army would only rush up to die unless they were crazy. After a quick look at the battlefield situation, Chai Wu, who was experienced in the battlefield, yelled: "Line up on the spot, shoot Xiang Kang's bandits with bows and crossbows, and retreat slowly!"

The soldiers of the Chai Wu army, who had survived many battles, were equally experienced. Before Chai Wu's order was issued, they had already lined up countless horizontal formations on the narrow road, pointed their bows and crossbows at the soldiers of the Han army at the foot of Suoqiaoling Mountain, and tried to take advantage of the narrow road. The terrain blocked the Han army with dense bows and arrows, creating opportunities for the self-army to retreat calmly.

On the other side, Zheng Bu, the general of the Han army who also climbed out of the dead for countless times, suddenly seemed to be unable to fight. For the assault, he just ordered the soldiers to come forward and use the excellent crossbows left by Qin Shihuang and Hu Hai to shoot at Chai Wu's army. After the Han army's ambushes were all lined up, Zheng Bu waved his hand and shouted, "Beat the drum!"

The battle drums of the Han army beat together again, and when the second round of drums sounded, there was a sudden sound of killing in the dense forest on both sides of the road. Countless Han soldiers rushed out, and even threw some strange objects condescendingly from a distance. Many Chai Wu soldiers had sharp eyes, Seeing clearly that those strange objects were black coarse porcelain vases, with strange white smoke emitting from them, they were all surprised, "What is that?"

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Gunpowder weapons appeared on the battlefield of the two armies hundreds of years in advance. The flames splashed and there were loud noises, and Chai Wu's army was in chaos. Countless generals and soldiers screamed together, and Chai Wu was even more surprised. Roared: "What is that?"

"kill!"

Taking advantage of the chance that Chai Wu's army was blown up by primitive grenades, Zheng Bu finally gave the order to attack. The soldiers of the Han army, who had been recharging for a long time, rushed up and rushed into the narrow mountain road, while the Qin army, which was heavily attacked by primitive grenades, came forward. The troops were already extremely chaotic, and there was no gun to stop the Han army's charge. The Han army officers and soldiers took the opportunity to rush forward quickly, swung their weapons and stabbed randomly. The front team of Chai Wu's army was quickly defeated and forced to retreat.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Han army on both sides of the road had already dropped countless fagots, grass bundles and torches, and threw grenades to support the combustion. Burning, the Chai Wu army, which could barely maintain an orderly formation, was in complete chaos. Countless soldiers screamed and walked away, trampling each other on the narrow road. The army was defeated, and the soldiers in the front team rushed to flee, and the screams were endless.

The battle has reached this point, even if Han Xin puts on his wings and flies to help Chai Wu, he will definitely not be able to turn things around.Seeing that the situation was not good, Chai Wu had already issued an order to retreat. He turned the carriage and took the lead to flee for his life. The soldiers of Chai ran to each other, crying and shouting, and fled even more embarrassingly. Zheng Bu personally led the army into the mountain road, yelling constantly with red eyes, "Kill! Kill me desperately! Avenge our Wancheng! Avenge our big Han soldiers! Don't let any one go!"

The anger of the generals of the Han army completely turned into raging fire, burning every soldier of the Chai army who could catch up to them into ashes and wreckage. During the pursuit, not even a single general of the Han army was willing to show mercy. When you see the enemy, you will chop it down. There are several Han soldiers with heads hanging around their waists who are still struggling to kill. Finally, they paid a heavy price for their pursuit and pursuit.

The revenge of the generals of the Han army is just the beginning. As the sky gets darker and the sight is blocked, the casualties caused by the trampling of soldiers of the Chai Wu army rapidly rises linearly. Countless soldiers just fell or were pushed down, and they were immediately trampled alive by the straw sandals of their companions. Meat paste, the number of deaths far exceeds the number of beheaded by Han soldiers.

In order to facilitate the escape, Chai Wujun also abandoned all the food trucks without hesitation, and fled eastward in the dark night, but he still couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the Han soldiers.What made Chai Wujun even more frightened was that after fleeing 25 miles to the east, a huge chai mountain suddenly appeared on the narrow road. escape route.

Countless feathered arrows shot from behind the sea of ​​flames, knocking down the soldiers of the Chai army who were trying to put out the fire one after another. On the cliffs on both sides of the road, rolling stones and huge trees fell one after another. There are countless soldiers fleeing into the mountains and forests in the dark. Chai Wu yelled and roared wildly in the car, forcing the soldiers under his command to go forward to put out the fire and open the way, but there were only a few who responded. The organized army obeyed his orders.

When Zheng Bu personally led the Han army's chasing troops to the front, Chai Wu's army was doomed to be wiped out. He was killed by the vengeful Han army soldiers and his corpses piled up like mountains, blood flowed into rivers, and Chai's army was defeated. They were forced into the sea of ​​flames countless times, crying and screaming, being burned to the point of stretching their arms and legs, the stench was indescribable.General Zeng He of the Chai Army was also hacked to death by the soldiers of the Han Army among the rebels.

Almost using the corpses of the defeated soldiers of his own army to force a way out of the sea of ​​flames, Chai Wu, who had been replaced by ordinary soldiers, was lucky enough to rush through the fire array set up by the Han army surrounded by his own soldiers, but before Chai Wu and him Fortunately, the soldiers of the Han army lined up behind the fire formation had already come head-on. Chai Wu's defeated soldiers were tired and hungry, and their morale had plummeted to the extreme. How could they resist the charge of the Han army soldiers?The generals and soldiers of the Han army killed and dispersed the defeated Chai army with only one charge, and continued to divide and encircle, stabbing and killing, without mercy!
Chai Wu's luck was still good. In the chaos, he and two of his own soldiers managed to escape the charge of the Han army and fled to the woods beside the road. Unfortunately, his good luck quickly came to an end. Team Shi came suddenly, and without saying a word, he stabbed wildly with his spear. Chai Wu had no choice but to throw down his weapon and knelt down and shouted, "I am Chai Wu, King of Hanzhong! I surrender! I can make you Fugui, don't kill... me."

What interrupted Chai Wu's yelling was a spear that pierced directly into his chest, and it was only after he personally stabbed the spear into Chai Wu's unarmored heart that the leader of the Han army heard clearly He shouted and asked in surprise: "You are Chai Wu?!"

Chai Wu couldn't answer Hanjun's question well. With blood gushing from his mouth, Chai Wu reluctantly nodded, and was about to continue begging for mercy, but the damned Hanjun took his spear away again, and Chai Wu's body shook. Crooked, before he could set foot on the fiefdom that Xiang Yu gave him, he was extremely unlucky to become the first prince and king to die at the hands of the soldiers of the Han army.

Of course, Chai Wu's death was not wronged at all, because of his betrayal and defection, the main force of the Nanyang Han army with a total strength of more than [-] people, in the end, only a thousand people escaped back to Wuguan by chance. The important town was also easily captured by the coalition forces of Liu Laosan and Yingbo. The Han army's Nanyang County Guard Lv Yu, who was unwilling to surrender and notoriously surrendered, was killed by Liu Jun when he broke through the encirclement.So even if Chai Wu was killed and Chai Wu's main force was successfully annihilated, the Han army only had a draw on the southern front, and strictly speaking, it suffered a lot.

(End of this chapter)