Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 396 Simple truth

The time turned back slightly, and the screen returned to Xiang Kang who had just personally led the main force of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army to the battlefield.

Xiang Kang is a careful person. After entrusting the battle of the Qi army camp to Uncle Zhou, because the soldiers of the Han army needed to reorganize their troops and distribute attacking weapons to prepare for the attack, the basic order could not be restored immediately. Xiang Kang launched an attack on the Western Chu army camp, but Xiang Kang was not idle. He saw the dead bodies and seriously wounded soldiers of the Han and Qi armies lying outside the Western Chu army camp. In addition to sending an army forward, Xiang Kang still had time to search In addition to the wounded Han soldiers, he also ordered: "Among the wounded soldiers of the Qi army, if there are any who can speak, they should be rescued, and take the time to interrogate them to see if they know what happened in the camp of the Xichu army. What happened just now?"

According to Xiang Kang's order, a team of one thousand Han troops quickly came forward with torches to clean up the battlefield, and soon rescued some seriously wounded Han soldiers who were still breathing, and a dozen who were still able to speak The wounded soldiers of the Qi army were interrogated in exchange for feeding water to treat their wounds, and a very vague summary report was sent to Xiang Kang.

"My lord, I have interrogated the wounded soldiers of the Qi thieves. According to their account, it seems that some of the generals of the Western Chu thieves led an army to attack the camp of the central army of the Western Chu thieves. That's why the disturbance occurred. Later After the bandit army of Qi State sent people to mediate, it was discovered that it was just a misunderstanding, so they reconciled."

The information provided by the grassroots soldiers of the Qi Army was very general, but as one of the culprits behind the scenes, Xiang Kang quickly came to a conclusion and immediately said: "Ninety percent of it was my brother Xiang Guan who did it! Among the generals of the Western Chu thief army , Only if he dared to lead the army to attack the camp of the Chinese army, and only if he did such a thing, would the bandit army of the Qi State choose to mediate, and Zhou Yinpifu could only agree to reconcile with him and replaced it with someone else. Things will never be so easy and let it go!”

"Mr. Chen Ping's ingenious plan!" Zhang Liang praised sincerely: "I thought the plan would be effective in three steps, but it has achieved such an effect after only taking the first two steps. I really admire it."

"Mr. Zifang." Chen Ping said modestly, "It's a pity that it didn't work completely. The Xichu bandit army reached a settlement at the last moment, which didn't give us a chance to take down the Xichu bandit camp."

"There is still a chance." Xiang Kang said without blinking his eyelids: "The Xichu bandit army has just ended the fire. Even if a settlement is barely reached, the conflict between them will not be completely eliminated. Can Mr. Chen Ping think about it again?" One way, while we still have a little time, let the Xichu bandit army join forces again, so that we can take down the camp of the Xichu bandit army at the lowest cost?"

"This..." Chen Ping was in a dilemma, hesitatingly said: "My lord, I'm afraid this will be very difficult. We don't know the details of the Western Chu bandit army's situation, how Zhou Yin and Xiang Guan behaved during the period, and what happened to them?" We also don’t know anything about how the reconciliation was made, and we don’t know the enemy’s situation, so how can I ask my subordinates to use their tricks against the enemy?”

The most important prerequisite for the alienation plan is to grasp the internal situation of the enemy. Now the Han army can control the Western Chu arms and the situation is pitiful, so naturally it is impossible to adapt measures to local conditions and use tricks to alienate the enemy. After hearing Chen Ping's words, Xiang Kang, a master of the enemy, could not help but feel a little worried. He didn't know how to strike while the iron was hot and re-intensify the enemy's internal conflicts.

Fortunately, when Xiang Kang and Chen Ping were in a dilemma together, Zhang Liang, who was not good at this aspect, suddenly had an idea and came up with a very direct solution, saying, "My lord, can this work? Since we can basically be sure It was General Xiang Guan who provoked the Western Chu army's fire, and confirmed that he led the army to attack the Chinese camp of the Western Chu bandits, so there must be no doubt that the target of his fire was Zhou Yinpifu."

"Since that's the case, why don't we send an envoy to go to the barracks of the Western Chu bandits and shout directly, asking the Western Chu bandits on the wall to bring news to Zhou Yin, and asking Zhou Yin to initiate an internal response to support us in attacking Western Chu? General Xiang Guan will definitely become suspicious when he finds out about the camp of the bandit army. Even if he dare not fight Zhou Yinpifu again when we attack the camp, he will definitely be careful to prevent Zhou Yinpifu from attacking us. It is used to defend the camp, so that we can attack the camp of the Western Chu bandits much easier."

"Brilliant plan!" Chen Ping applauded, and said, "This will definitely work, because the Western Chu bandit army guarding the outer camp is definitely not Zhou Yinpifu's direct army, and it is difficult for our shouting to reach Zhou Yinpifu's ears." , Zhou Yinpifu did not take action to meet us, and Xiang Guan would definitely think that Zhou Yin didn't know the situation, so he didn't dare to do it immediately. In this way, Xiang Guan and Zhou Yinpifu are destined to only go further and have different dreams in the same bed. Truly reconcile, and work together to guard the camp of the Western Chu bandit army."

Xiang Kang was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly discussed with Chen Ping, who was wicked in five elements, and prepared some shoutouts that were most likely to make Xiang Guan suspicious, and then immediately arranged for a loud envoy to come forward and let him call Under the protection of the long shield, Bai Qi came directly outside the Xichu barracks, and shouted loudly to shake the enemy's morale and mislead Xiang Guan's judgment.

"Brothers of the Western Chu Army on the base, please listen carefully. I would like to ask you to bring a word to your chief Sima Zhou Yin, which is the conditions he proposed to our King of Han. Our King of Han has agreed to them all. Please initiate an internal response immediately to meet us. Attack the camp. Who among you can report these words to Zhou Yin Da Sima, after breaking the camp, our Han king will reward you with a thousand gold! One thousand gold!"

"Brothers, the opportunity to make a fortune is here! Just bring the words to Zhou Yin Da Sima, and say that our king has agreed to his conditions, and let him immediately launch an internal response to support our attack on the camp. After the matter is completed, our King of Han will reward you A thousand pieces of gold! It must be fulfilled!"

The answer to the Han army envoy was, of course, the dense feathered arrows shot by the soldiers of the Western Chu army one after another. After shouting and ordering the soldiers to shoot the Han army envoy away with arrows, the general of the Western Chu army who was in charge of the walled battlefield roared again: " Pass on the order, whoever dares to send the words of the envoy of the traitors to the camp of the Chinese army will be killed immediately! Also, immediately report the situation to Deputy General Xiang Guanxiang!"

The simpler and more direct method is sometimes the easier to work. After the content of the Han army envoy's shouting was reported to Xiang Guan, Xiang Guan, who was already suspicious, was inevitably even more suspicious. The elder brother-in-law Pang Run ordered him to step up surveillance of Zhou Yin in the Chinese army camp, and strictly forbade Zhou Yin from contacting outsiders. At the same time, as Chen Ping expected, he completely cut off the idea of ​​further reconciliation with Zhou Yin.

At this time, the Han army has also hurriedly completed the final preparations before the attack, and then under the condition of severe lack of light and the hasty preparations before the battle, with the sudden sound of the drum, the attack of the Han army officially began. Unfolding, two thousand warriors from the Han army came forward with flying ladders and trench bridge carts shouting, and rushed at full speed to the still intact Western Chu army barracks, and the Western Chu army on the wall soon fired random arrows , and shot straight at the Han soldiers rushing forward.

Seriously poor sightlines greatly reduced the accuracy of the bows and arrows of the Western Chu Army, but what was gained was bound to be lost. The severe lack of light also greatly reduced the charge speed of the Han Army, and gave the Western Chu Army soldiers more feathers. Due to the opportunity covered by the arrows, many soldiers of the Han army died on the way to the charge, including Fang Ziqian, the general of the Han army who led the charge, was shot in the cheek by the bow and arrow of the Western Chu army, and his face was immediately bleeding.

However, the real test for the generals of the Han army is yet to come. When they rushed to the side of the ditch of the Western Chu Army's guard camp, a dozen soldiers of the Han army stumbled and fell into the ditch because of insufficient light. The stabbing was either dead or injured, and the screams shook the sky. When building the trench bridge vehicles, they still thought it was difficult to see. The Han army's trench bridge vehicles were not only difficult to build, but three trench bridge vehicles fell into the trench one after another. Progress is far worse than during the day.The soldiers of the Han army who directly attacked the gate of the Western Chu army's barracks were shot with blood all over their bodies by the strong bows and crossbows of the Western Chu army.

The Western Chu Army really still has hope.

It’s just that there is still hope. Although it is very difficult to invest troops and build bridges, under the efforts of the soldiers of the Han army, no less than ten trench bridge vehicles were built on the trenches of the Western Chu Army’s guard camp, carrying the flying boats. The soldiers of the Han army stepped up the bridge, put the ladder on the top of the wall of the Western Chu army barracks one after another, and immediately climbed up the ladder with shouts, and rushed towards the top of the Western Chu army barracks wall.

The distance was too far, and the light was poor. Xiang Kang and others in the flag formation could only rely on the light of the torches to barely confirm that the soldiers of the own army had launched an ant-attachment attack, but they couldn't see clearly the situation of the troops climbing the fort. Even so, Xiang Kang did not hesitate to invest another [-] troops to the front, taking advantage of the opportunity that the front army had restrained a part of the enemy's forces, and replenished troops to the front as quickly as possible to strengthen the offensive, and then Xiang Kang was very helpless He said: "There is no way to see the situation ahead, and then we can only rely on our soldiers to perform themselves."

This is indeed a fierce battle that is difficult to command and control. Under the dark night sky, relying on the light of the pitiful torches, the soldiers of the Han army can only fight with courage, rushing through the narrow gap at the risk of slipping at any time. It was very difficult for the trench bridge car to take the flying ladder up to the two-foot-high Western Chu army barracks, and it was covered with stones and wooden ladders like hail and raindrops. Casualties were far greater than usual, and the offensive was also very difficult to strengthen. The defenders of the Western Chu Army who occupied a favorable location suffered heavy casualties.

At the critical moment, one of the soldiers of the Han army attacked by the ants did not know who came up with a very vicious but effective idea, and even called on his companions to carry the corpses of the soldiers of the Qi army left outside the Western Chu army camp and throw them into the Western Chu army. The rain-protecting ditches paved the road, and immediately got the response of other Han soldiers. In a hurry, these Han soldiers not only threw the corpses of Qi soldiers into the trench, but also threw the remains of many Han soldiers who died in battle into the trench. Trench paving...

This situation was soon reported to Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang, whose conscience had not been devoured by the dog, did not say a word or make any statement. Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zheng Bu, Zhong Limei, etc. People also kept silent, because Xiang Kang and others knew that if they ordered to stop this inhumane behavior, it would only make the soldiers of our own army pay more casualties during the attack on the camp...

With the acquiescence of Xiang Kang and others, relying on the corpses of the soldiers of the Han and Qi armies, the soldiers of the Han army quickly paved two solid and spacious roads for advancing troops outside the Western Chu barracks. The speed has been improved, and the offensive has finally come up fiercely. A warrior of the Han army shouted and rushed up the ladder, and finally some people successfully rushed to the wall and started hand-to-hand combat with the defenders on the wall. Got a chance to hit the bases.

At this time, the Qi army also helped the Han army. With the outer battalion having been severely damaged, the insufficient Qi army resolutely chose to abandon the camp to break through, and voluntarily withdrew from the highland battlefield in the northeast suburb of Julu City. They attacked the eastern flank of the Western Chu army camp, and directly hit the morale of the Western Chu army, causing many soldiers of the Western Chu army to scream, "Qi's army has run away, and we have no helper!"

On the contrary, the morale of the Han army also improved suddenly. Seeing the enemy's allies choose to flee, the Han army immediately burst into cheers. After successfully rushing to the enemy's camp, the progress of the attack suddenly accelerated.At the same time, the [-] Han soldiers led by Uncle Zhou were freed up and returned to help the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army attack the Han Army camp.

Without the Qi army making trouble behind, Xiang Kang of course ordered Uncle Zhou's corps to attack the east gate flank of the Western Chu army. In addition to immediately sending people to send a large number of flying ladders to Uncle Zhou, he also casually ordered, "Tell General Zhou, Let’s just say that at the south gate, corpses from the battlefield were used to fill the trenches to open the way.”

After Xiang Kang's guards brought the words to Uncle Zhou, Uncle Zhou also understood, and immediately ordered his soldiers to carry the corpses of soldiers of the Qi army forward, and went to the east gate camp of the Western Chu Army to fill up the trenches of the guard camp. The soldiers yelled at the Han army on the base for their viciousness, but they had no choice but to shoot arrows as much as possible to stop them, while watching the Han army pave the way with the corpses of Qi soldiers.

Then, when Zhou Shujun also launched an ant-attached attack on the Western Chu Army camp, the pressure on the Western Chu Army's camp defense immediately doubled. It is to quickly reinforce the two battlefields in the southeast, relying on the location of the camp to defend desperately, and bite the teeth to resist the fierce offensive of the Han army.

The battle has already entered a fever pitch. Amidst the shouts, the soldiers of the Han army continued to step up the ladder, and repeatedly attacked the enemy's Western Chu army barracks. As long as they could rush to the top of the wall, they would immediately wave Fighting enemies with weapons at close quarters, risking death at any time, crazily throwing weapons at enemies, sometimes rolling down walls while holding enemies.No one was able to rush up the wall. After falling from the ladder, as long as he could move, he struggled to get up again, and climbed up the wall with both hands and feet. He was as tenacious as a swarm of moths rushing to a flame. .

Although the morale of the army has been greatly affected, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army also showed amazing tenacity and courage, nailed to the top of the narrow wall, and kept using various weapons to greet the soldiers of the Han Army. , The soldiers in front fell to the ground, the soldiers behind immediately made up, and the soldiers behind immediately moved forward, making room for the army behind the base to go up the wall to help in the battle, just like a copper wall and iron wall, blocking the Han army like a giant A crazy attack like a raging wave.

At the same time, after relying on the ant attack to successfully contain the defenders on the base, the soldiers of the Han army used several siege vehicles brought by the army to directly attack the gate of the Western Chu army's camp, but correspondingly, The Western Chu army also immediately gathered a large number of troops to guard the gate of the camp. As long as the soldiers of the Chu army were able to free their hands a little bit, they would try their best to shoot arrows and stones at the soldiers of the Han army outside the camp gate. Therefore, the Han army was still not progressing smoothly. Inside.

At this point, even Xiang Kang, Uncle Zhou and others dare not say that their own army is sure to be able to take the camp of the Western Chu army, because the Western Chu army's strength in the camp is still very sufficient, and the Han army Xiang Lei The speed of putting troops on the wall is too slow, and the method is too single. Even if it relies on human life at any cost, the Han army may not be able to pile up the Western Chu army camp.

The Western Chu Army really still has hope.

But the Han army also has hope, and the hope is even greater than that of the Western Chu army!
At the same time, in the barracks of the Western Chu Army, Zhou Yin, who had actually been deprived of his military power, had always had a gloomy face, and his heart was always at war between heaven and man. Thoughts in the barracks, but considering Xiang Yu's trust in him, and his parents, wife and children behind the Western Chu Army, Zhou Yin could not make up his mind. When the third child surrendered, his family was by his side, so he didn't have such a big worry.

While feeling conflicted, Zhou Yin was still wondering about a problem, that is, since Xiang Guan claimed that he had Xiang Yu's warrant in his hand, he could take over his military power at any time, and he certainly didn't have the guts to forge Xiang Yu's warrant, so why did he refuse to do so? Let his own soldiers see Xiang Yu's warrant, and choose to bribe his own soldiers to lie and falsely report?

Suspicious in his heart, and unable to intervene in the war in the outer camp, Zhou Yin simply called his loyal soldier to him and asked him carefully about the details of the mysterious warrant. Unfortunately, the soldier only answered Said that he only saw the back of the warrant, but did not see the text of the warrant, Zhou Yin still couldn't figure out what was going on, and he couldn't help but muttered to himself, saying: "Strange, so the warrant should be genuine. Yes, why doesn’t that crown let you see the text?”

"The little one doesn't understand." The loyal soldier also said that Zhou Yin was asking himself, and said casually: "However, the villain guesses that there must be something that is not good for you, the chief Sima, in that warrant. It is also possible that General Xiang Guan is going to kill you, so General Xiang Guan dare not let the villain see the words on the warrant."

"Let Xiang Guan kill me?" Zhou Yin hesitated, and blurted out, "How is it possible? How could the king give such an order?"

"Big Sima, the villain is just guessing. Don't blame me if I'm wrong." The loyal soldier said honestly: "The villain thinks that if the king didn't ask General Xiang Guan to kill you in the warrant, General Xiang Guan would be After eating the guts of a leopard, you dare not let General Wu assassinate you for him?"

A word awakened the dreamer, and suddenly remembered the situation where Wu Su, Xiang Guan's best friend, assassinated him. Zhou Yin suddenly realized, and laughed wildly, and said with a wild laugh: "It turns out to be like this! Such a simple truth, why have I never heard of it?" Figured it out? If Mr. Xiang Yu didn't give the order to kill me, he wouldn't dare to let Wu Su assassinate me even if he borrowed a hundred guts from Xiang Guanxiaoer! No wonder Xiang Guanxiaoer didn't dare to let me see the warrant. Here it is!"

After laughing crazily, Zhou Yin suddenly stood up, and the gloomy face and hesitation in his heart were instantly swept away, replaced by an incomparably firm and vicious one, saying word by word: "Very Alright! Mrs. Xiang Yu, boy Xiang Guan, since you are not benevolent, don’t blame me for being unrighteous! Come on, call in all the thousands of people who are directly under me!”

(End of this chapter)