Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 489 The Crazy Feng Zhong

In order to allow the exhausted soldiers who participated in the battle during the day to retreat with peace of mind, after starting from Huling Ferry and heading eastward, the main force of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang Yu just rushed at full speed, ignoring the situation in the rear. Opening the space road, Master Xiang hurriedly set off with more than 4 rear troops, for fear that he would be overtaken by the Han army if he ran too slowly.

Traveling east for several miles, the Sishui River flowing under Huling City gradually diverted to the south, and the Western Chu Army gradually changed its march southward along the east bank of Sishui. Looking back, I quietly prayed for God's blessing, so that the Han army's pursuers would come later and it would be better not to come. However, things backfired. The rear army led by Master Xiang had just diverted to the south along the road, and the Huling Ferry area in the northwest had already appeared. With the flames visible to the naked eye, it is obvious that a large number of troops have arrived at Huling City with torches.

Seeing this scene, Master Xiang suddenly said, "I hope the Han bandits are attacking Huling City, and I hope the magistrate of Huling County can gain some momentum and stop the Han bandits for a while at least."

Hearing this, Master Xiang's precious son Xiang You, who was by his father's side, immediately nodded his head. He also sincerely hoped that such a situation would happen, but Wu Dian, the general of the Western Chu Army who assisted Master Xiang in commanding the army, was puzzled. I couldn't help but said: "Master Xiang, how could such a good thing happen? Let alone the fact that the Han thieves don't need to attack Huling City immediately. Seeing our main force retreat, the magistrate of Huling must also understand that we have already He abandoned it, and it's fine if he didn't surrender right away, how could he risk going out of the city to help us temporarily block the traitors?"

"Of course the old man knows this, and the old man just said it casually." Master Xiang sighed helplessly, and urged: "Hurry up, order the whole army to advance at full speed, and try to distance yourself from the chasing soldiers of the traitors." .”

"Advance at full speed?" Wu Dian, who had experienced in actual combat, was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Master, are you joking? We are at the back of the palace, and we are walking at night. There is no chance to come back, the formation is messed up, and the bandits are suddenly chasing behind, how can we line up to block them?"

Master Xiang blushed in a very rare old way, and quickly changed his words: "You wait for the old man to finish speaking. The old man wants our army to advance as fast as possible, but we must not mess up the formation."

Wu Dian heaved a sigh of relief, and then conveyed Master Xiang's order to his army, and at the same time, Master Xiang's guards also rushed to the front and back to pass on the order, not to mention, relying on the usual strict training and long-term accumulation With the cohesive force, the Western Chu Army's rear troops marched at an accelerated speed, and at the same time, the queues and formations were basically stable, and there were almost no cases where soldiers fell behind and left alone, reflecting the military demeanor that a main force should have.

At the same time, the weather at night was also very favorable for the emergency retreat of the Western Chu army. The night sky was clear and cloudless, and it was half a month, and the moonlight was bright and clear. Even without a torch, the road could be seen clearly. The difficulty of marching was not very high. In addition, the terrain in the southeast of Huling is relatively open and flat, so the marching speed of the Western Chu army is extremely fast, basically not much different from the normal marching speed during the day.

However, such weather conditions and terrain are also more favorable for the pursuit of the Han army. After continuing to rush southward for about ten miles, there was a sudden noise when walking in the last Western Chu army team. Master Xiang was also taken aback immediately, and subconsciously shouted: "The traitors are chasing you! Run!"

"Impossible!" Wu Dian said hastily: "There is only noise, no shouts of killing, and the torches of our rear team are not messed up. It must be the cavalry squad of the traitors who caught up with us, and they will not pose any threat to us!"

After being guessed by Wu Dian, after a while, the noise disappeared first, and then Qi Jin, the general of the Western Chu Army who was leading the army at the end, sent someone to report that a scout team of the Han Army was trying to capture the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were conveniently on the side of the road. They found out that in order to rescue the soldiers who were temporarily alone, they had a scout battle with the Han army cavalry, and they killed the Han army scouts very smoothly, and did not let the Han army scouts capture the prisoners. Master Xiang also let go In a low tone, he hurriedly shouted: "Quick, quick, keep going south, no one is allowed to stop and rest without orders."

The situation is indeed the same as what Qi Jin sent people to report, because the Western Chu Army has always maintained a complete formation and almost no soldiers are left behind. The detailed situation of the Chu Army’s rear team, after finally meeting a Western Chu Army soldier who was convenient on the roadside, the Han Army’s scout team rushed to take the risk of raiding and capturing the prisoners. Unexpectedly, the Western Chu Army’s rear team reacted quickly, not only immediately counterattacked and rescued them. He was alone with his companion, and even killed a Han army scout who was adventurous and raided, making the dream of the Han army scout come to naught.

Of course, the scouts of the Han army could not give up on this, and continued to follow the rear of the Western Chu army as they went south. The experienced scouts of the Han army had been carefully watching the movement on the side of the road, trying to find enemies who might be alone, but it was a pity that the soldiers under Master Xiang The main force of the Western Chu Army is also experienced, and has always been careful to pay attention to the situation on the side of the road. Whenever they find their companions who are alone due to accidents, they immediately urge them to go forward and return to the team. Holding or carrying them on, the scouts of the Han army followed until half past three o'clock, but they failed to catch even a single tongue.

At this time, Feng Zhong, who led the army in pursuit, also sent his own soldiers to contact the scouts chasing ahead to find out what kind of military news they had heard. He shouted at the head of the Han army scout who led the team: "What are you doing to eat? Why is it that now, you don't even know how many people are in the rear team of the Western Chu bandit army? Don't think that we, General Feng, are easy to talk about. I won’t argue with you, if you don’t hurry up and find out the situation of the rear of the Xichu bandit army, be careful with military law!”

Forced by Feng Zhong's personal soldiers, the scout chief of the Han army had no choice but to come up with a stupid way to let the scouts under his command install the crossbows in advance, and then rushed to the rear of the Western Chu army in turn to release them. Shooting arrows blindly, trying to shoot and injure a few soldiers of the Western Chu army to capture prisoners, but when the Han army scouts took the risk to do so, the crossbow arrows shot randomly, and they actually shot and wounded a few soldiers of the Western Chu army—of course Correspondingly, the scouts of the Han army were also shot dead and injured several people by the soldiers of the Western Chu army who immediately launched a counterattack.

After a while, seeing the Western Chu Army brigade walking away, the Han army scouts of course rushed to the scene to look for the Western Chu army soldiers who were killed and injured by the arrow, and then the hard work paid off. On the grass by the roadside, the Han army scouts really I found a seriously injured soldier of the Western Chu Army who was still breathing, and then quickly drenched him awake with water, thinking that in exchange for his wounds, he forced him to explain the situation of the rear of the Western Chu Army. In order to survive, he obediently told the truth about what he knew, and let the scouts of the Han army know the important situation that the rear army of the Western Chu Army was personally commanded by the famous Master Xiang Boxiang...

"Is the rear army of the Western Chu bandit army led by Uncle Xiang? Is it true or not? Has the situation been confirmed? Did Xiang Yu really let that old man, Uncle Xiang, lead the army in the rear?"

Needless to say, after this important situation was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong was of course taken aback and couldn't believe it.The scout of the Han army who came back to report truthfully replied: "Reporting to General Feng, I have repeatedly confirmed that as early as in the daytime, it was Xiang Bo who led the Western Chu bandit army to stay at Huling Ferry to protect the military supplies of the Western Chu bandit army. After the Chu bandit army started to retreat, Xiang Yu asked Xiang Bo to lead the Western Chu bandit army who did not participate in the battle to be in charge of the rear, and there is absolutely no chance of a mistake!"

Feng Zhong's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen to him. Wei Bugeng, the young commander-in-chief who followed Feng Zhong to defect from the Western Chu Army in Pengcheng, cheered loudly and shouted excitedly: "Feng Zhong! Brother, since that old man Xiang Bo is leading the army, then we don’t have to worry about anything, hurry up! Catch up with the fastest speed, and kill the Xichu thief army behind the palace in one go!"

"General Wei, are you crazy?" Tong Chou, another general of the Han army next to him, said in surprise, "You didn't hear our scouts report that the Western Chu bandit army has more than 4 troops in the rear, which is more powerful than ours." Halfway, do you still dare to persuade General Feng to pursue the surprise attack?"

"Brother Tong, don't worry!" Wei Bugeng laughed wildly and said, "Since that old man Xiang Bo is leading the army, let alone [-] troops, even if there are only [-] troops, I dare to be the leader." The forward strikes!"

Before Wei Bugeng could finish his words, Feng Zhong had already roared, roaring: "Order the whole army to advance faster, and chase and kill the Western Chu bandits at the fastest speed!"

"General Feng, why are you like this?" Tong Chou said dumbfounded: "Our soldiers are small and we are fighting at night, isn't it too risky to do this?"

"No risk at all!" Feng Zhong and Wei Bugeng replied in unison, and said, "You will know if you catch up. Tonight, we are lucky!"

Although I still don't understand why Feng Zhong and Wei Bugeng are suddenly full of confidence, since Feng Zhong has made a decision, Tong Chou, who is on duty, hastened to execute the order like other generals of the Han army, and rushed back to the team to urge his subordinates The soldiers accelerated their advance, and when they clearly knew that their troops were not as strong as the enemy, they pursued the rear of the Western Chu Army as quickly as possible—or at night, when the risk factor was far higher than during the daytime.

Feng Zhongjun, who was chasing lightly, was doomed to march extremely fast. With all his strength, just after halfway through the fourth watch, the pursuers of the Han army led by Feng Zhong had already caught up to the rear of the Western Chu army, and led the army to the last Western Chu army. The generals of the Chu Army Qi Jin had no choice but to quickly line up the soldiers under his command to prepare for the battle, and at the same time urgently rang the gong to warn Master Xiang Boxiang who was walking in the middle of the team.

Master Xiang's reaction will definitely make Qi Jin and other Western Chu Army officers and soldiers dumbfounded. Hearing the sound of the warning gong, Master Xiang not only did not immediately order the army to stop advancing and turn around to fight, on the contrary, he screamed like a frightened jackass. "The traitors are catching up! Run!"

"Master Xiang, are you crazy?" Wu Dian, who was next to him, was almost scared to death by Master Xiang's order, and hurriedly shouted to stop him: "The Chinese bandits have already caught up with us, and you still let our army run quickly, isn't it the same as letting our army run away?" Our army shows its buttocks to be hacked by the traitors?"

"Then what do you think should be done?" Master Xiang asked quickly.

"Of course we stop advancing, and the whole army turns around to fight!" Wu Dian quickly replied, "First kill the Han thieves, and then continue to retreat south!"

He looked at the other generals of the Western Chu Army beside him in great panic, and saw that all the generals of the Western Chu Army, including his precious son Xiang You, nodded, expressing that Wu Dian's suggestion was the right choice, so Master Xiang bit the bullet Said, "Then do it."

It is a pity that although Wu Dian and others succeeded in persuading Master Xiang to make the right choice, the poor rear of the Western Chu Army unfortunately ran into a crazy enemy general, and led the front team to catch up with the Western Chu Army. Zhong's deputy, Xu Ci, an old man in the young commander, didn't hesitate at all, and he didn't even want to waste time organizing the formation, so he immediately slapped his horse forward, personally led the front team of the Han army to charge, and shouted excitedly: "Kill! Kill me! Show the old man Xiang Bo a little bit of power!"

Roaring, Xu Ci also clipped his horse, and was the first to rush to the rear of the Western Chu Army, who was in an emergency lineup. Encouraged by his first charge, the soldiers of the Han Army also rushed forward with shouts, rushing like an arrow off the string. Facing the enemy line, although the rear troops of the Western Chu Army hurriedly shot arrows to stop them, they still couldn't stop the fierce offensive of the Han soldiers.

Swords and swords, blood and flesh frenzied, Han and Chu soldiers fought each other in the chaotic army, roaring and waving their weapons, desperately greeting each other's body, blood continued to splatter, soldiers of the two armies also kept roaring and dying and injured screams Everywhere, the weapons of the soldiers of the two armies stabbed into each other's bodies almost at the same time, and everywhere the soldiers of the two armies scuffled into a ball and rolled on the ground. .

After all, the Western Chu Army under Master Xiang's command is the main force, and its combat experience is obviously better than that of the Han Army after repeated dilution of elite veterans. The rear team of the Western Chu Army forced the Western Chu Army's rear team to start a melee with their own army, and was quickly dragged into a stalemate by the Western Chu Army, unable to directly transform it into victory in one go.

However, this situation soon changed. After Feng Zhong led the main brigade to catch up close, seeing that Xu Ci had successfully pulled the enemy into the melee, Feng Zhong didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "Beat the drum, General attack! Defeat the Western Chu bandit army!"

The marching drums sounded in a hurry, and the main force of the Han army immediately launched a full-scale general attack, shouting like a tide rushing forward. Seeing this scene beside Master Xiang, Wu Dian was dumbfounded and blurted out: " Are the Chinese thieves crazy? A full-scale attack as soon as they come up? Are they so confident that they can directly defeat us?"

"What should we do? The traitors are attacking? What should we do?"

Master Xiang's terrified shout brought Wu Dian back to his senses, and after a moment's calculation, Wu Dian immediately said, "Master, let our Chinese army be on top, and the front army be behind! As long as we can withstand the momentum of the Han bandits , and then use the former army led by General Xiang Xiang to launch a counterattack, and we will be sure to kill the Han thieves!"

"Okay, Youer, you and Wu Dian lead the Chinese army to the top! This old man first joins up with nephew Xiang Xiangxian's former army, and then I will help you!"

After yelling these words quickly, without further ado, Master Xiang turned around and ran towards the front team in the south. Of course, his guards quickly followed with his handsome flag. Wu Dian was even more dumbfounded when he saw it. He hurriedly shouted: "Master, you have taken the handsome flag away, how can we command the Chinese army to top it?"

It was too late to shout, Master Xiang had already fled away non-stop, and after seeing his commander-in-chief fleeing southward, Xiang Bojun's central army was in an uproar, and countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army screamed out loud , "What's going on? Why has our handsome flag started to run? Has this battle already been lost?"

The morale of the army was suddenly hit by such a huge blow. After reacting to the battlefield, of course Wu Dian, Xiang You and others led the army to meet them and reinforce the front team. Understand why the commander-in-chief of the self-army fled first, and no longer has the mind to devote all his energy to fighting against the enemy.

Contrary to the Western Chu Army whose morale was frustrated by itself, Feng Zhongjun, who directly launched the general offensive, joined the front team's main charge and immediately gained the upper hand by relying on the local force superiority, killing the Western Chu Army's rear team hard to parry, and then resolutely met the enemy. The central brigade of the Western Chu Army rushed forward, and the rear army of the Western Chu Army launched a super-large-scale bloody battle of tens of thousands of people in the dark night.

At the critical moment, not only Xiang Bo, Master Xiang, the chief general of the Western Chu Army, but also Xiang You, who had been pampered by Master Xiang and Xiang Yu, was forced to start a melee with the Han army. Not only did Xiang You completely forget himself. During his several brave performances in the Young Marshal's Army, he kept urging the soldiers around him to fight, while quietly retreating, looking around early in the day to find a way out, which caused his direct army to be lagging behind obviously. The fighting troops of the Western Chu Army formed a stark contrast.

Feng Zhong, who personally killed the enemy with his spear, soon discovered this situation, and immediately realized that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, so he quickly pointed to the position of Xiang Youjun with his spear, and shouted: "Rush there, first take the enemy there. The Western Chu bandits are defeated!"

Under the guidance of Feng Zhong's banner, the Han army quickly adjusted its main attack direction and concentrated its mobile forces to attack Xiang You's position. His retreating pace also quickly accelerated, and when he saw his flag constantly retreating, his bodyguards were also forced to retreat and continue to protect his flag. Not to mention, other soldiers and generals under his command also panicked, and even more so It can't stop the Han army from attacking the key points of their positions.

Fortunately, Wu Dian, a general of the Western Chu Army who had experienced in actual combat, happened to be in the vicinity of Xiang Youjun's position. Hurry up to lead the army to reinforce, and catch the Han army Wei Bugeng's troops rushing to the front from the side, and temporarily share the pressure for Xiang You.But it was still useless to do so. Feng Zhong, who also crawled out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, seized the opportunity tightly and let Wei Bugeng's army fight bloody with Wu Dian's troops. The flank of Xiang You continued to attack Xiang You's army.

Finally got the chance to fight Xiang Youjun in close quarters. The well-equipped Feng Zhong's troops immediately threw a lot of primitive grenades. The grenade is actually very lethal, but after the original grenade exploded in the crowd, Xiang Youjun's front team was still staggering, and the formation was in chaos. Feng Zhong's direct soldiers took the opportunity to kill Xiang You's soldiers thoroughly In chaos, the soldiers scattered and fled for their lives.

Not only that, seeing the original grenades of the Han army exploding in his own army one after another, Xiang You blurted out: "Oops! With so many palm mines, we have encountered the elite of the Han bandits!"

When Xiang You screamed, Feng Zhong also tried to jump out of the battle again, and rushed to the front, his guards quickly grabbed him, and his direct soldiers shouted forward with red eyes, crazy Fighting towards Xiang You's flag, the soldiers of the Han army who were leading by Feng Zhong's flag also followed like a tide, and formed a semi-encircled situation against Xiang You's army in a blink of an eye.

It's a pity that Feng Zhong still didn't get the chance to meet his old subordinate Xiang You directly on the battlefield, because when the soldiers of the Han army rushed to the fifty paces in front of Xiang You, Xiang You couldn't resist the pain in his heart. Frightened, he suddenly turned his horse's head, and the horse fled to the direction of the front team of the Western Chu Army led by his clan brother Xiang Xiang...

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By the way, it was only when it was getting dark that Uncle Zhou received the scout report and learned of the important situation that Feng Zhong led the army to launch an assault on the army behind the Western Chu Army.When he heard the news, Uncle Zhou was always calm and trusted Feng Zhong, who was known for his tenacity in battle. He doesn't want to take the risk of making a surprise attack at night, why doesn't he listen? Why doesn't he think about it, what he met this time is the main elite of the Xichu bandit army!"

"Lu Kuang! You immediately lead an army of [-] to reinforce Feng Zhong! If he has already been defeated, the Xichu bandit army will take advantage of the situation to counterattack, resolutely block it, and cover our defeated soldiers to retreat and join the main force!"

After Lu Kuang, the general of the Han army, agreed loudly, Li Shiqi who was next to him hurriedly added, "General Lu, if you see Feng Zhong, you must try to comfort him! He is as close as brother to our king, and has rescued him again. Countless family members of our Han army, don't let him commit suicide because of shame!"

(End of this chapter)