Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 494 The Wheel War
The Han army's forced confrontation tactics were not blindly fighting blindly. Due to the narrow and long terrain in the north and south of the Sishui Pavilion, it was inconvenient to send troops from the east and west. Conveniently, according to Xiang Yu's order, three camp gates, one large, two small, and three camp gates were built on the north front of the Western Chu army camp, about half a mile apart from each other. It focuses on these three camp gates.

According to the tactical plan formulated by the decision-makers of the Han army before the battle, during the storm launched on the first day, the Han army focused on attacking only the two small gates on the left and right in front of the Chu camp, and deliberately opened the way to the middle gate of the central camp of the Western Chu army. Not fighting, the purpose is very simple, that is, to lure the grumpy Xiang Yu to send troops to counterattack from the middle gate, so as to win the opportunity of a diplomatic war with the Western Chu army in the camp.

Xiang Yu was also almost fooled. At Shenshi in the afternoon, relying on repeated strong attacks at all costs and taking advantage of the failure of the Western Chu Army camp, a large number of Han soldiers rushed to the west left gate wall of the Western Chu Army Camp. In the hope of entering the camp of the Western Chu army, the impatient Xiang Yu ordered Zhou Lan to lead his army out of the camp and raid the critical left-door battlefield to reduce the frontal pressure of the Western Chu army here.

It was Liu Laosan who held Xiang Yu firmly, turned Han Xin's views into his own, clearly pointed out that the Han army was deliberately luring the enemy to gradually weaken the Western Chu army, and urged Xiang Yu to calm down and not worry, and give priority to using Adhere to the advantages of the fortifications, rely on the battalion, and don't take the risk of sending troops unless it is absolutely necessary. In addition, Master Xiang, who is currently the only one who can influence Xiang Yu's decision-making, is also firmly on the side of Liu Laosan. The team reinforced the urgent west gate wall section from the inside of the camp.

In the end, as expected by Han Xin and Liu Laosan, relying on a certain fortification advantage and the strong combat effectiveness of the main force of the Western Chu Army, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who stepped forward to reinforce from the inside finally regained their positions and rushed to the front line by luck. The Han army soldiers who built the wall suffered heavy casualties, unable to parry, and had to flee to the base in embarrassment. The Western Chu army took the opportunity to rebuild the defense line and continued to use the thin fortifications to tenaciously resist the Han army's attack. Chance.

Of course, it is also doomed that the warring parties will suffer huge casualties. After the sun sets and the sky is getting dark, seeing that the self-armed army has no hope of breaking the camp, and there is no hope that they will be able to break through the Western Chu army camp on the first day. Xiang Kang, who was fighting a tough battle, decisively issued the Mingjin order, and when the soldiers of the Han army finally gave up the attack and took the initiative to retreat, a shocking, tragic and bloody picture was completely revealed in front of the soldiers of the two armies.

There are dead bodies everywhere, and there are blood everywhere. The densely packed broken flags and broken weapons are countless, and the colorful feather arrows are pierced all over the wall and the ground. , the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies piled on top of each other, piled up half a person high, blood stained a large piece of the wall dark red, thick blood slowly flowed along the ground, in the trenches that had not been filled on both sides A puddle of blood was accumulated, broken flags and shields floated up, and the strong smell of blood in the air could not even be blown away by the river wind of Surabaya.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Kang couldn't help but feel heartbroken even though he had been prepared for a long time, and he didn't want to ask about the casualties of his own army. On the contrary, Xiang Yu, who had only one-third of Xiang Kang's troops, was still careless .Laughing loudly at the Han army who took the initiative to retreat, "Fight, if you have the ability to continue to fight, I would like to see if you have the determination to fight this king to the end."

"My lord, time is precious." Liu Laosan reminded: "Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Han bandits withdrawing their troops and returning to their camp, we'd better let the reserve team who didn't participate in the battle today clean up the battlefield immediately, dredge the trenches, and continue to build camps." , in order to meet the next strong attack of the Han bandits."

Xiang Yu also listened to the persuasion this time, nodded and said: "Clean up the battlefield immediately, kill all the Han bandits and soldiers who have not died, and let the reserve team who did not participate in the battle during the day continue to rush to build camps."

After the order was communicated, the Western Chu Army reserve team immediately began to act in accordance with the order. While taking various tools to repair and build walls damaged in the battle, they went out of the camp to dredge the trenches, and brutally killed the heavy soldiers of the Han army left on the battlefield. The wounded, the various units of the Western Chu Army who participated in the battle during the day hurried back to the camp to eat and rest. Xiang Yu, who had been wounded for a whole day, also returned to his tent to rest, but when Xiang Yu forced himself to eat and recover his strength as soon as possible, In the direction of the front battalion, gongs and drums suddenly shook the sky, and an enemy attack alarm was issued.

"What's going on? The traitors have just retreated, why is the front battalion in a hurry again?"

Surprised in his heart, Xiang Yu hurriedly threw down his job, covered his newly painful abdominal wound, and hurried out of the tent. As a result, Xiang Yu just glanced north, and Xiang Yu's face suddenly changed——Under the night, the camp of the Western Chu Army The torches in the north are all over the mountains, and countless Han soldiers lined up to attack. At the same time, there was noise from the other side of the camp, and the torches on the base were messy. There was a battle between the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were dredging the trench.

Not daring to have any hesitation, Xiang Yu could only rush to the big tent of the Chinese army to summon all the generals to prepare for the battle. As a result, when all the generals of the Western Chu army were about to arrive, there were already guards rushing to report to Xiang Yu. Played: "Qi Your Majesty, our scouts have found out clearly that this time it was the general Zhou Shu, the general of the Han bandits, who came to attack. It is not yet clear how many troops he brought, but there must be 9 or [-] people! In addition, because the Han bandits sent The cavalry rushed, and our soldiers failed to dredge the trench much."

"My man, you actually gave this king a wheel battle!" Xiang Yu roared, and then roared: "Let the army that did not participate in the battle during the day go to the base to guard, and select 2 troops from the army that participated in the battle during the day as a reserve team, and fight with the Han thieves! in the end!"

This arrangement by Xiang Yu is currently the only choice for the Western Chu Army, so none of the Western Chu Army's civil and military personnel dared to say anything, and they all immediately clasped their fists and sang promises. The troops under his command joined the reserve team and worked tirelessly to help Xiang Yu guard the camp, in exchange for Xiang Yu's satisfied nod and a straightforward agreement.

Then, when he returned to the army under his command, Liu Laosan of course immediately told Han Xin the general situation of the Han army discovered by the scouts of the Western Chu Army. Han Xin frowned when he heard it, and said: "The Han thieves have two purposes for doing this." The first is to use the wheel battle to consume our soldiers' physical strength, so that our soldiers can't rest peacefully, don't have enough physical strength to defend the camp and fight, and don't have time to calmly build the camp. The second is for our king's current special situation. "

"Come here for our king's special situation?" Liu Laosan immediately understood what Han Xin meant, and said, "The Han thief wants our king to be unable to rest, and the injury worsened?"

Han Xin nodded and said: "Our king has a quick temper, and he likes to do it himself when encountering a war. If the Han bandits attack the camp outside the camp, he will definitely not rest and recuperate in peace in the camp. Moreover, Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou are both The talents of the generals, except our king personally commanding and supervising the battle, none of the other generals of the Western Chu Army are their opponents. They only need to take turns to lead the army to attack the camp. It will take less than three days to exhaust our king. Your king If it breaks, we're finished."

Liu Laosan, who has personally taught Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou, nodded, and asked, "Is there any way to deal with it?"

"There is a way, but it can't be done." Han Xin said with a wry smile, "Unless we can persuade the king to restrain his violent temper temporarily, follow the example of the Han bandits and set up a deputy commander, who will take turns leading the army to defend against the Han bandits' attacks, so that he can get out of the way." Come and rest."

Liu Laosan smiled wryly when he heard this, but after careful consideration, Liu Laosan held a glimmer of hope and said, "I'll give it a try and see if I can persuade the king to let Xiang Bo be the deputy commander, and take over from him to command the army guards." camp, with you and I assisting Xiang Bo, we will be able to deal with the two traitors Xiang Kang and Zhou Shu taking turns attacking the camp."

The cruel facts quickly shattered Liu Laosan's dream. After the night battle started, the Han soldiers under the command of Uncle Zhou still stormed the east and west side gates of the front camp of the Western Chu Army just like during the day. Kang led the army to fill up most of the ground. The first time they attacked, both ants attached to the base. Once again, the Western Chu army could only rely on the Great Wall of flesh and blood to resist the Han army's attack. The head is like an ant, and the soldiers on both sides are fighting non-stop.

Under such circumstances, of course Xiang Yu flatly rejected the well-intentioned suggestion from the Western Chu Army’s civil and military forces to let him go back to his account and rest. Instigated by Liu Laosan, Xiang Bo bit the bullet and took the initiative to ask Ying to take over Xiang Yu’s command of the night battle, but Xiang Yu scolded him as well. With a disheveled face, "You alone can stop Uncle Zhou's army from attacking the camp? Just as King Bieben returned to his tent and lay down, the traitors have already entered our camp!"

Facts have proved that only Xiang Yu personally commanded and supervised the battle, and the Western Chu army was confident that Xiang Kang and Uncle Zhou would take turns leading the army to attack the camp. Behind the army, more than a dozen pottery urns the size of a bull's head flew up one after another, directly crossed the bloody battlefield, flew into the Xichu barracks, and landed in the Western Chu barracks. Much louder than the original grenade explosion, the other pottery urns burst into flames immediately after landing, igniting the clothes, beards and hair of countless Western Chu soldiers who could not escape, and turning the scene into a sea of ​​flames.

Even the main force of the Western Chu Army, who had already experienced many battles, was caught off guard before such a change, and was immediately blown up by the gunpowder altar of the Han Army. Seizing the opportunity to strengthen the offensive, quickly rushed to the top of the base wall in large numbers, successfully captured a large area of ​​the base, and saw the hope of breaking the camp in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this situation, Xiang Yu had no choice but to quickly order the reserve team to come forward for reinforcements. Regardless of his own injuries, he insisted on going to the front line to command and supervise the battle. This re-inspired the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army , The bloody battle regained the fallen positions and re-stabilized the already crumbling defense line. ——If it was Master Xiang Boxiang, of course, such a situation would not happen.

Before the matter was over, the gourd on the side of the west gate had just been pressed down, and there was another loud noise like thunder from the side of the east gate. The Western Chu army on this side exploded, and the Han army officers and soldiers took the opportunity to rush to the base, and formed a huge pressure on the Western Chu army on the east side gate.Xiang Yu had no choice but to rush to the east gate battlefield to direct and supervise the battle, but naturally he didn't find that his abdominal wound had started to ooze blood again.

In the end, relying on the bloody battles of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army and Xiang Yu's decisive tactical command, the Western Chu Army survived the night tenaciously, and persisted until the sky was full and the Han Army Zhou Shu, who had been unable to attack for a long time, was under attack. Forced to call gold to withdraw troops.However, this time, the Western Chu Army didn't even have the chance to send troops to clean up the battlefield outside the camp. The Han army led by Uncle Zhou had just gone far, and the Western Chu Army's scouts rushed to report again, saying that Xiang Kang had died. Leading the Han army out of the camp again, they are marching here to kill.

It was at this time, when he once again revealed the insidiousness and shamelessness of his scumbag cousin, Xiang Yu, under the reminder of the guards, found that his blood had stained a large area of ​​his underarms red, and then quickly asked the medical staff to bandage the wound again, Just after removing the gauze, Xiang Yu was very surprised to see that the wound on his lower abdomen had not only opened up again, but also redness and swelling appeared around the wound, showing signs of aggravation.

"My lord, your wound is suffering from evil heat (wound infection), so you must take a good rest. If not, I'm afraid..., I'm afraid it will get worse."

The medical worker's careful reminder earned Xiang Yu a loud slap in the face, and after scolding his military doctor for being incompetent, Xiang Yu thought for a moment, and then suddenly shouted: "Order the whole army to come out of the camp immediately and fight to the death with the Han bandits! "

"Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!" Xiang Yu's roar interrupted the kind dissuasion of the civil and military forces of the Western Chu Army, and roared with red eyes: "This king has made up his mind! Rather than being consumed by the Han bandits, it is better to go out of the camp and fight to the death with the Han bandits! The traitor Xiang Kang will fight to the end!"

Seeing that Xiang Yu was already in a state of madness, all the civil and military personnel of the Western Chu Army present, including Liu Laosan, did not dare to touch his fire again.However, to everyone's surprise, Xiang Zhuang, who has always been obedient to Xiang Yu's words, suddenly stood up and said with a straight face: "Brother, even if you kill me now, I will persuade you to make peace! We and Brother Xiang Kang They are brothers of the same clan, flesh and blood, there is no need to fight to the death! If you agree to seek peace, I will go to see brother Xiang Kang now and beg him to let you live!"

"Zhuzi, what are you talking about?" Xiang Yu yelled at Xiang Zhuang for the first time. Regardless of the fact that his wound was still bleeding, he forced himself to stand up and drew his sword, and roared at Xiang Zhuang: "You covetous man who is afraid of death, you want to The king begged for peace and mercy from the traitor Xiang Kang?"

"Brother, how long are you going to be stubborn?" Xiang Zhuang stared at Xiang Yu without fear and said, "Do you think you are still my opponent now? Back then we had hundreds of thousands of troops, and all the princes outside the pass were entrusted You are the master, you have finally reached the point where you are today, if you continue to fight, what hope do you have? Instead of letting our soldiers die in vain, it is better to seek peace now."

"ordinary man!"

"Brother——!" Xiang Guan and Xiang Han screamed at the same time, stepped forward together, grabbed Xiang Yu's arm that had already swung his sword and stabbed Xiang Zhuang, and shouted with tears in their eyes: "Brother! Brother Xiang Zhuang is your brother, your real cousin!"

"Brother, let me persuade you one last thing." Xiang Zhuang said again: "Please make peace, as long as you are willing, I will go to Brother Xiang Kang for you now, and beg him to let you take the army back to Jiangdong in Huainan, and let you return to Jiangdong in Huainan." Huainan becomes the king, is that all right?"

Hearing this, Liu Laosan immediately understood that the situation was not good, and when he hurriedly looked at Master Xiang's expression again, he saw that Master Xiang's eyes were hesitating, and he seemed to have begun to waver. He bowed his hands to Xiang Yu and said, "Your Majesty, you must never ask for peace! Any lord in the world can ask Xiang Kang's traitor for peace and become a minister, but you cannot ask for peace and surrender to Xiang Kang's traitor!"

"You man, shut up!" Xiang Zhuang shouted angrily.

"You who are greedy for life and afraid of death, shut up! Don't think we don't know. You persuaded the king to seek peace because you are greedy for the glory and wealth promised to you by the traitor Xiangkang!"

Liu Laosan roared louder than Xiang Zhuang, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Xiang Yu and said, "Your Majesty, please think about it carefully. In the past few years since you have been fighting with the Han bandits, how many soldiers have been killed on the battlefield, and how many people in the world have been tortured?" The flames of war have spread, if you finally choose to kneel down to the traitor Xiang Kang for peace, and surrender to the traitor Xiang Kang as the elder brother, wouldn’t you immediately become a laughing stock in the world? Even if the traitor Xiang Kang allows you to become king in Huainan, you What face is there to call you lonely?"

Xiang Yu, who was desperate for face, immediately became gloomy, and Liu Laosan said plausibly: "Besides, we have not reached a dead end yet in the current situation! It is true that the Han bandits have many soldiers and generals, but we still have eight or nine. Wan's soldiers can continue to fight, and now Zhou Shupifu has retreated back to the camp with the tired Han bandits, Xiang Kang's traitor came alone, we take the opportunity to go out to fight him, and we may not have the opportunity to behead him! As long as you kill the traitor Xiang Kang, who else in this world can be your opponent?"

When Xiang Yu nodded slightly, Liu Laosan quickly knelt down on the ground again, clasped his fists to Xiang Yu and said loudly: "Your Majesty, will you become the laughing stock of the world and no longer live shamelessly between the heavens and the earth, or will you defeat the enemy in one battle and seize the world? You just thought about it! I also hope that you will not hesitate to lead the army to battle immediately. The last general is not talented. I would like to lead the army to be the vanguard. I will cut off the head of Xiangkang's traitor on the battlefield for you, and seize the world!"

Xiang Yu was completely moved by Liu Laosan's words, he waved his hands away from Xiang Guan and Xiang Han who were holding his arms, and roared: "Get lost! You cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death! Want to covet the glory and wealth that the traitor Xiang Kang gave you, now Just get out of here! Order the whole army to come out of the battalion immediately, and this king will personally behead the traitor Xiang Kang!"

"Brother!"

Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Han knelt down and screamed at Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu's face was ashen, and he shouted: "Lu Matong, take these three greedy rats and put them in the prison car! When Wang Kaixuan returns, he will personally send them off!"

Lu Matong and other Xiang Yu guards still hesitated, but after being stared at by Xiang Yu's one eye, Lu Matong and other guards still did not dare to disobey Xiang Yu's order, and stepped forward to take down Xiang Zhuang and others who were yelling at Liu Laosan. Only then did the third child quietly breathe a sigh of relief, and secretly said: "Danger! If Xiang Yuzhuzi really asks for peace from the traitor Xiang Kang, then the king must be handed over to the traitor Xiang Kang by Xiang Yuzhuzi immediately, and he will end up with a death without a burial." It's the end of the land."

It's not that Xiang Yu has no discerning people around him. He glanced at Liu Laosan who was secretly rejoicing, and Kuai Che next to him snorted coldly in his heart and said, "Don't be too happy, you persuaded Xiang Yu to insist on fighting Xiang Kang to the death. Will thank you."

(End of this chapter)