Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 395
In fact, Zhou Yin was really not avenging his personal revenge. He chose to send Xu Xun and other neutral generals to lead the attack. It was just a compromise method for the sake of the overall situation. The plan of the crown chaos army can also preserve the strength of Zhou Yin's own lineage, and prevent Xiang Guan, who refuses to show Xiang Yu's warrant, to play any tricks.

But it is a pity that Zhou Yin forgot to consider the feelings of the neutral faction in the Western Chu Army. Because he was afraid of the blood relationship between Xiang Guan and Xiang Yu, he did not help Zhou Yin when the mutiny broke out. , Zhou Yin ordered them to go out to camp and fight the Han army in the field to cover the withdrawal of the Qi army back to the Qi army camp. Can Xu Xun and other neutral factions not be afraid that this is Zhou Yin's borrowing a knife to kill people and avenge their personal revenge?

It is precisely because of this that after receiving Zhou Yin's attack order, Xu Xun, a high-ranking general in the Western Chu army, not only did not immediately follow the order, but also sent his own soldiers to contact Xiang Guan. , asking Xiang Guan, who openly fought against Zhou Yin, to make a decision—to attack?Still not shooting?
Thinking from his own standpoint, of course Xiang Guan became suspicious again. He suspected that Zhou Yin was taking the opportunity to eradicate his potential support and deliberately weakened the strength of the army loyal to Xiang Yu within the Western Chu Army, so it was just a little calculation After a while, Xiang Guan ordered Xu Xun's personal soldiers who had come to ask for instructions: "Go back and tell you General Xu, tell him to attack according to orders, but don't rush into the battlefield, just pretend to be a snake on the periphery, and withdraw our troops immediately if you see something is wrong. Camp!"

Of course, Xiang Guan's decision let Xu Xun and other generals who were ordered to attack quietly breathe a sigh of relief. Not only did they deliberately dawdle, it took a long time to prepare for the attack, but they also procrastinated after leaving the camp from the west gate, and refused to join the Han Qi army in a hurry On the battlefield of the battle, they just line up outside the battlefield and wait and see, ready to withdraw to the self-army camp at any time. Rather than attacking and covering, it is better to march out of the camp and cheer for the Qi army.

However, the Western Chu Army's attack still had a certain effect. Seeing them leave the camp, the Han army general Wang Ling, who was the first to bear the brunt, suddenly turned red. He flattered his horse and rushed to the front line, and personally led the army to rush into the battle formation of the Qi army. During the period, he kept yelling, "Fight forward, fight to the death! Our reinforcements will arrive soon! Fight with the Chu Qi bandits!"

Seeing the bravery of the general, the soldiers of the Han army were of course more motivated to fight, each and every one of them seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and they just rushed desperately, waving their weapons frantically to greet the soldiers of the Qi army, and from time to time threw primitive shots. The grenade smashed into the dense formation of the Qi army, using the violent explosion from the original grenade to disrupt the enemy formation, took the opportunity to tear open the gap and entered the Qi army's defensive circle, jumped the wall in a hurry, and miraculously crushed three or four Qi troops one after another The 500-man circle formed by the army was even more entangled with the left-wing Qi army.

The same is true for Chongda and Tao Xi. Seeing the Western Chu army go out to fight back, the second general Chongtao also blushed anxiously. The army position and the right wing were constantly on the line, and they also shouted one after another, "Kill! Kill! Fight with the bandit army! Our reinforcements will arrive soon, don't worry about the back, let's kill the bandit army of Qi State first!"

The reaction of the Qi army was completely opposite. Seeing that the friendly army had finally come out of the battalion to respond, the head coach of the Qi army, Tianbe, who was in a hurry to retreat, was even more unwilling to fight. To launch a counterattack, I just let the troops under my command fight in formation, covered my head and let the Han army press down and beat me up, patiently just waited for the Western Chu army to charge, and temporarily entangled the Han army for my own army, and then Mingjin retreated.

It's a pity that after gritting their teeth and suffering for a long time, not only did the Qi army never wait until the western Chu army came out of the camp to charge, on the contrary, the Han army's backup army was getting closer and closer to the battlefield, and another unknown number of the Han army's rear army was about to arrive. , Tian Bu was so anxious that he jumped his feet and kept yelling, "What are the Western Chu troops doing? What are they doing? Why don't they charge? Why don't they catch the Han bandit army for us?"

At this time, finding that the situation was wrong, Zhou Yin had already sent someone to contact Xu Xun, asking Xu Xun to charge immediately and entangle the Han army on the battlefield. Scalply urging the troops forward, they trotted close to the left-wing battlefield of the Qi army that was fighting fiercely. The Chu army has two enemies.

It made Zhou Yin dumbfounded, and Tian Bu vomited blood. After just a little contact, Xu Xun and other troops of the Western Chu Army, who had a good fighting capacity, stopped immediately and stood in place to fight the Han army. Army, the Han army fought more with less, and still held the Western Chu army from the west while continuing to entangle the Qi army on the left wing, without any disadvantage.Seeing this scene, Ming Jin's order, which had already flowed to Tian Bu's mouth, did not dare to shout out, and could only curse with red eyes, "Is it the army led by that man? Are you fighting the traitors, or are you fighting the traitors?" Acting pretend?"

"kill!"

After a little delay, the Han army who came after them had already arrived at the scene. Seeing that the situation on Wangling's side was critical, the Han army who arrived after that didn't even have time to organize their formations, so they immediately charged forward with shouts, and frantically rushed towards the left-wing battlefield. To reinforce Wang Ling, Xu Xun and other troops, who had no fighting spirit, retreated at the touch of a button. The Chu army rushed back to the camp, leaving the Qi army behind and continued to fight to the death outside the camp.

"The husband raised by the maidservant!"

The angry Tianbu roared loudly, and was so angry that he wanted to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops almost immediately, but at this moment the Han army was completely entangled together, and the Han army was like two strong men, not only hooking their hands and feet together He kicked his feet and bit the muscles of the opponent's body tightly with his teeth. If the golden gong for retreating was sounded in the Qi army's flag formation, the Qi army would collapse immediately and become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered under the knife of the Han army.So after forcing himself to calm down, Tian Bu grabbed the messenger who had contacted Zhou Yin before, and shouted at him with red eyes: "Go and tell Zhou Yin, if you don't send troops to cover our retreat, I will return to the camp and immediately lead the army." Break through! Let the Western Chu army fight the Han thieves by themselves!"

The messenger scrambled and rushed to the gate of the Western Chu military camp behind him. Tianbu looked up at the sky and shouted at the stars in the night sky, "O ancestors of Qi! Please bless your children and grandchildren!" !"

"Beat the drums, attack! Kill the Han thieves and retreat!"

The battle drums in the flag formation were beating wildly, and the main force of the Qi army, who had no choice but to shout and attack, launched a countercharge against the Han army, and launched a full-scale decisive battle with the Han army that had already launched a charge. The number of Han Qi was close to [-]. As a result, the two armies moved forward separately, fighting fiercely under the night sky, spears clashing, flesh and blood squalling, human heads intertwined like ants, fighting until the stars and the moon were darkened, and blood flowed like rivers.

On the side of the West Chu army, just when they saw that there was no order of their own, the Ximen battalion officer opened the gate to let Xu Xun and other troops return to the camp. Zhou Yin already understood that the whole thing was all caused by Xiang Guan—in the West Chu army, Only Xiang Guan can do this, and only Xiang Guan has the courage to do so.So before the envoys of the Qi army came to him, just when he saw the Qi army launching a general attack, Zhou Yin ordered to his own soldiers: "Go and send orders to Xiang Guan and tell him that if he still wants to fight this battle, he can just fight." Immediately take his army, and Xu Xun's army, and go out to cover Qi's army back to camp! If he doesn't want to fight, then let him go, the commander has done his best!"

Zhou Yin's soldiers quickly conveyed the order to Xiang Guan. Xiang Guan remained silent for a long time with a gloomy face, and then said to Zhou Yin's soldiers: "You go back first, I will make my own decision later."

Zhou Yin's soldiers didn't dare to disobey Xiang Guan's order, so they immediately turned around and left. Xiang Guan sat down on the spot, crossed his legs and pondered in his mind, "Should we attack? Could this be Zhou Yin's man borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

Xiang Guan shouldn't hesitate, because when he was hesitating, Zhou Shu, a general of the Han army who was relatively close, had already led his main force to the vicinity of the battlefield. My uncle was dumbfounded and said in surprise: "What's going on? The camp of the Xichu bandit army is no longer in chaos, and the Qi country bandit army is already entangled with us. Why haven't the Xichu bandit army sent troops to respond? They Do you want to intentionally let the bandit army of Qi be sent to death?"

Confused is confused, the most important thing right now is how to win. Seeing that the self-armed army who fought fiercely with the Qi army did not lose the wind, and fought with the Qi army evenly, Uncle Zhou made a decision after a little calculation, and immediately divided the army under his command. For the second, one was handed over to Ling Jing to lead the army to reinforce the battlefield of the decisive battle, and to attack the Qi army's left wing position at the nearest Qi army camp. Having won the victory over the main force of the Qi army, Uncle Zhou also handed over the only 200 armored soldiers under his command to Ling Jing, and asked him to lead them into the battlefield with the Qi army.

At this time, seeing the arrival of reinforcements from the Han army, Xiang Guan also made up his mind, and said with a livid face: "It's useless to attack, let the Qi army break through and return to the camp by themselves. Send people to contact the generals in the army and let them go back to the camp." They guarded their camps and accepted my command instead. Pang Run, you lead the headquarters and are responsible for monitoring the camp of the Chinese army. If there is anything unusual about Zhou Yinpifu, go in and kill him resolutely!"

Xiang Guan's decision of course delayed the defeat of the Western Chu Army, but it completely suffered the poor Qi's army. It was only a second-rate army, and its combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Han Army and the Western Chu Army. The Han Army was temporarily equal in strength The battle was indistinguishable, and it was entirely due to the short-lived morale during the all-out general offensive. This time, we saw that the reinforcements of the Han army continued to arrive, but the Western Chu army still refused to lend a helping hand. Of course, the Qi army hated and feared, and their morale continued. The balance of power on the battlefield that was maintained at one time gradually tilted towards the Han army, and gradually only the power of parry was left, and there was no power to fight back.

The Han army Ling Jing's unit, which was finally put into the battlefield, became the last straw that crushed the Qi army's camel. They opened the way with heavy armored soldiers wearing steel armor all over their bodies. There was a bloodbath on the ground, and the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army with steel protection on their faces could only attack but not defend. When he is attacked, he is almost unharmed, and the natural charge is fierce and ruthless, unstoppable.The soldiers of the Qi army have a huge generation gap with the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army in terms of weapons and equipment, and their physical strength has declined after a long battle. How can they withstand the violent impact of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army?
Then, like a red-hot knife piercing cheese, the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army unstoppably tore a huge gap in the crowd of the Qi army, and directly aimed at the flag of the general of the Qi army who commanded the left wing of the Qi army. Then, the general flag of the Qi army, which was targeted by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, quickly disappeared, and the soldiers of the Qi army who lost their command also rushed towards the direction of the self-army camp like a tide, screaming incessantly, "We Lose! Run! We lost! Run!"

Once the dominoes fell, it was impossible to clean up. The Qi army on the left wing had just collapsed, and the Qi army on the central army's position was affected. There was no way to support it, and it collapsed completely in a blink of an eye, surrounded by Tianbu who was still in the army and fled eastward for his life. After recovering, he immediately led the Qi army to retreat and break through the siege, regardless of the life and death of the West Chu army!

Then, the right-wing Qi army closest to the Qi army's camp also collapsed, scrambling to flee to their own camp, but unfortunately, the Han army Lu Kuang's troops who attacked from Julu City had already formed an formation to defend them On the way back to the camp, when he saw the defeated soldiers of the Qi army fleeing, he immediately shouted and rushed to intercept them, like chopping melons and cutting vegetables, frantically massacred the defeated soldiers of the Qi army who were fleeing in embarrassment. , Abandoning the flag and abandoning the weapon, fleeing all over the mountains and plains.

Seeing that the situation is not good, the Qi army's rear army in the Qi army camp has no choice but to bite the bullet and open the camp gate to welcome the defeated soldiers back to the camp. However, there are too many defeated soldiers of the Qi army who fled hastily. Difficult, the Han army chased and killed closely, and in the chaos, many soldiers of the Han army were wrapped up in the defeated Qi army and rushed directly into the Qi army camp.

"Huh? How did we get in?"

In fact, after chasing the enemy and rushing into the Qi army's camp, many soldiers of the Han army realized that they had rushed into the enemy's camp that had to be fought hard by ants.After recovering, these Han soldiers were of course not polite, and immediately used the torches in their hands and the bonfires in the Qi army camp to set fire to the tents, fortifications, and transportation vehicles in the Qi army camp, and sent them to the Qi army camp. However, it was too late when the Qi army found out about this situation. Not only did nearly a thousand soldiers of the Han army rush into their camp in chaos, but their outer camp was already on fire everywhere. It was a loud noise.

"Close the camp gate quickly! Don't let the traitors come in with you!"

"It can't be closed! The general hasn't come in yet!"

"Close the door! The traitors are coming in!"

"It can't be closed, we still have countless people outside!"

Similar contradictory orders came one after another in front of the Qi army camp. In fact, even if the Qi army's rear army can now unify their opinions, there is no way to close their gates. Too many Qi army defeated soldiers and Han soldiers have already crowded their gates. The gate of the camp, it is difficult to insert a pin in front of the camp gate, and it is difficult to get wet when splashed with water, so how could they give them a chance to calmly close the gate?The red-eyed pursuers of the Han army were either actively or passively rushing into the Qi army camp mixed with the defeated Qi army crowd, and quickly accumulated a considerable force in the Qi army camp. A sharp knife pierced into the hinterland of the Qi army.

At this time, Xiang Kang, the biggest boss of the Han army, finally led the main force of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han army to the vicinity of the battlefield. He only had a glimpse of the battlefield, and Xiang Kang immediately went up to welcome Uncle Zhou and said: " I will be in charge of the bandit army of Qi State, and I will be in charge of the bandit army of Western Chu, try to take down the camp of the bandit army of Qi State, and then free up your hands to help me!"

Uncle Zhou also knew that a battle opportunity was rare, so he immediately left behind the attacking weapons he brought with the army, and led his troops to rush to the Qi army camp. There are already a sea of ​​people, and the soldiers are like ants. Not to mention taking the opportunity to rush into the Qi barracks, Uncle Zhou's army is hard to get close to the camp gate, so Uncle Zhou also immediately made up his mind and shouted: "Stop advancing, organize the queue, and wait for our former army Let’s talk after we’ve made a name for ourselves!”

Generals such as Chongda and Tao Xi did not disappoint Uncle Zhou. They led the army to pursue and found that some soldiers from the self army had successfully entered the camp of the Qi army. Generals such as Chongda and Tao Xi also made decisive decisions and shouted orders in unison Said: "Rush, rush inside! Take advantage of the chaos and rush in! Take down the Qi thief camp in one go!"

Roaring, generals such as Chong Da and Tao Xi simply got off their horses and walked on foot. Surrounded by their own soldiers, they fought hard to attack the completely chaotic Qi barracks gate. Although the defenders on the gate of Qi's barracks had already made up their minds and shot arrows at the dense crowd indiscriminately, they still couldn't stop the surging crowd. The densely packed defeated Qi army and Han army Soldiers entered the camp one after another, completely turning the Qi army's outer camp into a mess.

Not to mention, maybe a good man is rewarded with good rewards. The commander of the Qi army, Tian Bu, who is not bad in character, fled back to his own army camp amidst the chaos, and even returned directly to his Chinese army camp to take over. However, it was doomed to be useless. Tian Bu had just returned to his tent of the central army commander, and before he even had time to drink a sip of water handed by his own soldiers, a burst of noise came from the gate of the Qi army barracks. There was a loud noise, and immediately after, under the light of the fire, a red flag of the Han army suddenly appeared in the outer camp of the Qi army.

"A Chinese bandit general led his troops to rush in!"

This conclusion made all the civil and military members of the Qi army turn pale, and Tian Bu drank water into his trachea in a hurry, coughing and shouting: "Quick! Quick! Hold the camp of the Chinese army! Contact the generals of our outer battalion, Let them gather their troops and fight the traitors to the death!"

"General, it's useless!" Yu Ling, the general of Tianbe Ai who stayed in the camp before, stood up and said, "The outer camp has been broken. Even if we temporarily hold the camp of the Chinese army, our army will suffer heavy losses. There is no strength to resist the next attack of the Han bandits! Now our only way is to take advantage of the fact that the Western Chu Army can temporarily hold back the main force of the Han bandits for us, and quickly break through and retreat, so as to save part of our army!"

Although he hated the disloyal Western Chu army to the bone, and vowed countless times to leave the Western Chu army alone, but considering the possible consequences of doing so, Tianbe still hesitated and said: " If we leave the Western Chu army alone, the king of Western Chu will ask about the crime..."

"With the courage of the King of Western Chu, he will never dare to ask us about our crimes!" Yu Ling said firmly: "The Zhao Kingdom is over, and the strength of the Western Chu army has been greatly injured. If you dare to ask about our crimes, it will only make us Your Majesty pushes to the side of the Han bandits, and the King of Western Chu will not ignore the consequences! Only by keeping our army and leaving us some strength, will we have the strength to speak in front of the King of Western Chu and the Han bandits! At that time, no matter whether it is Xiang Yu or Xiang Yu Kang, you will only try to win us over, and will not push us King Qi to a dead end!"

Tabe, who was somewhat politically minded, nodded slowly, and then asked, "Who is the Queen?"

"Since it's the last general's suggestion, of course the last general will lead the army to the rear." Yu Ling replied with his hands clasped.

Touched by Tian Bu, he stepped forward to give Yu Ling a hug, and said in a low voice, "My good brother, you must come back alive."

Half an hour later, after hastily making some corresponding preparations for abandoning the camp and retreating, the Qi army resolutely abandoned the self-army camp that was no longer worth holding on to, and strode towards the east to retreat at full speed.Seeing this situation, Uncle Zhou, who has never been in a hurry to join the battlefield, quickly made up his mind. He just ordered General Yang Xi to lead the cavalry to join in the pursuit. Xi and Wang Ling and other troops pursued the Qi army and expanded the results of the battle. He himself led the army that was still maintained to go back to the battlefield of the Western Chu Army camp and helped Xiang Kang attack the Western Chu Army camp.

"The bandit army of Qi State is irrelevant. Even if some of them escape, they will not pose any threat to us. The bandit army of Western Chu is the key. Whether we can crush the last hope of the bandit army of Western Chu depends on whether we can go well tonight. Take down the camp of the Xichu thief army!"

(End of this chapter)