Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 496
The main force of the Western Chu Army that has lasted for several years and experienced hundreds of battles is of course extraordinary. Even if the physical strength is not at its peak, even if there are only one large, two small, and three camp gates, the main force of the Western Chu Army can go out to assemble and attack in formation. The soldiers still moved fast, rushing out a large number of soldiers in a very short period of time, and kept their formation in order while advancing at a high speed, and quickly formed a dense horizontal line in front of the gate of the Sandao Camp to protect the way out of the camp. Allowing the rear troops in the battalion to go out of the battalion one after another without interference and assemble, it shows the demeanor that an ace army should have.Even the elite Han army under Xiang Kang's command is slightly inferior to it.

However, Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, and Han Xin, the Bingxian, were secretly shocked that even though the main brigade of the Western Chu Army had already assembled at high speed and no longer concealed its intention for a decisive battle, the main brigade of the Han Army five miles to the north still remained motionless. He neither seized the time to change the formation urgently, adjusted the main battle formation that was originally stronger than the defensive, nor did he let the army launch a surprise attack, delaying and slowing down the attack speed of the Western Chu Army, so as to buy time for the rear team to make adjustments.

"What's the matter? Why hasn't the traitor moved yet?"

This is a question shared by Xiang Yu and Han Xinxin, because according to Xiang Kang's previous tactical style, the most important choice should be to let the Han army go forward decisively and not give the Western Chu army a chance to calmly move out of the camp. Yes, in this way, we can maximize our strengths and avoid weaknesses, try to avoid frontal battles that Xiang Kang has always disliked the most, and create opportunities for the rear team to adjust. They couldn't help but came up with such a thought, "Could it be that the traitor Xiang Kang really wants to fight with us? He is sure to command such a large-scale decisive battle? This has always been what he is least good at?"

Xiang Yu and Han Xin were surprised, and Xiang Kang, who had temporarily handed over the command to Li Zuoche, was of course even more strange. Seeing that Li Zuoche had never made any adjustments, and just kept staring at the Western Chu army leaving the camp, Xiang Kang couldn't believe it. Curious in my heart, I couldn't help asking Li Zuoche: "Mr. Guangwu, I would like to ask you, the Western Chu bandit army is still out of camp, we still have a little time, why don't you adjust our formation?"

"Report to Your Majesty, because this is what the Xichu bandit army wants us to do most. Since the Xichu bandit army wants us to do this, then we absolutely cannot let them do what they want."

Li Zuoche replied without turning back: "The terrain in this area is long and narrow from north to south, and it is difficult to deploy troops. Once we adjust our formation, the Western Chu bandit army will definitely launch an assault immediately and defeat our front team at any cost. Once the front team is defeated by the Western Chu bandits and fled north, it will immediately become the vanguard of the Western Chu bandits. At that time, the Western Chu bandits will not need to do anything. The wave of defeated soldiers is enough for us to drink a pot .”

"But can it work if we don't make adjustments?" Xiang Kang asked very worriedly: "For the convenience of attacking the camp, we arranged the formation in such a way that the offense is stronger than the defense. If we don't adjust it, it will not help us buy time. The rear army you led came to reinforce it?"

"Don't worry, my lord, we don't need to make any adjustments." Li Zuoche replied with a smile: "The formation we formed before was indeed stronger in offense than defense, but we didn't completely ignore defense. In addition, our strength is far behind that of the Western Chu bandits. Above the army, blindly defending and not attacking is passive and wasteful, it is better not to make adjustments, and to fight a decisive battle with the Western Chu bandits in an upright manner."

"Fight a decisive battle with my brother?" He graduated from a crash course in battle, and he knows better than anyone how good Xiang Yu is at battle. Hearing Li Zuoche's words, Xiang Kang's heart inevitably felt a little bit He beat the drums, but considering that he would be even more uncertain if he were to command by himself, Xiang Kang still cheered up and let Li Zuoche continue to command the Han army and the Western Chu army to fight this decisive battle.

At this time, the battle formation of the Western Chu Army has also formed a rudimentary form. Unlike the formation of all the Han army's troops, the more than 6 Western Chu troops who rushed out of the camp have arranged six conical formations that are convenient for assault. The troops are divided into three formations, one in the front, one in the middle, two in the back and three in the back. They join forces to form a huge cone formation. The front team has a maximum strength of more than 1 people, led by Liu Laosan, and the two teams in the middle row are respectively composed of famous generals Ji Bu and He Wei of the Western Chu Army. Wang Fen led, Xiang Yu appeared in the middle of the rear team for the first time, and the left and right teams of the rear team were led by Dongfang Mi and Ding Gu. assault formation.

Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche also nodded his head and said with a smile: "No wonder the king of Xichu is so eager to fight. It turns out that his injury is more serious than we estimated. Otherwise, with his temper, how could he hide?" In the safest rear squadron? If he didn’t stand at the front and act as the tip of the cone himself, he would have been considered calm.”

"Mr. Guangwu, don't underestimate Liu Jipifu, the forward of the Western Chu bandit army." Xiang Kang hurriedly reminded: "Fan Kuai, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, and Xia Houying under his command are all brave generals who can be counted on one's fingers in the world. , they assist as the vanguard of the assault, and the threat will not be less than that of my elder brother leading the army to go there."

Li Zuoche smiled and nodded, expressing that he had remembered Xiang Kang's warning, and then ordered: "Show the flag, change the formation, let our second and fifth teams in the front line become..."

The flags in the Han army's flag formation were raised, and the situation that Xiang Yu and Han Xin had been waiting for finally happened. Taking advantage of the fact that the Western Chu army was still in urgent formation, the second and fifth teams of the Han army that had not been attacked made emergency adjustments. The formation turned the phalanx of ten thousand people with both offensive and defensive capabilities into two conical formations like the Western Chu Army!
"Cone formation?!" Xiang Yu and Han Xin almost suspected that their eyes were wrong, and exclaimed together, "How is it possible? Xiang Kang's traitor ate the guts of a leopard? We have already set up an assault formation How dare the Chinese thieves still dare to line up? Do the Chinese thieves want to fight us?"

The second adjustment made by Li Zuoche did not exceed the expectations of the Western Chu Army. He chose to change the third team of the Han Army's central formation, which is in the most central position, into a circular formation, and blocked the Western Chu Army's attack. The front road of the military flag formation, and the rear right rear team that protected the Han army flag formation also became a circular formation to strengthen the defense, while the other three square formations in the rear formation did not make any adjustments.

Seeing this, Xiang Yu and Han Xin certainly understood that the Han army really wanted to fight a decisive battle with their own army. Although this was far beyond Xiang Yu's expectations, it also made Xiang Yu's blood boil even more, and he cursed with a grinning smile. The scumbag cousin didn't know how to live or die, so he immediately sent someone to Liu Laosan, who volunteered to be the vanguard, ordering the Western Chu Army led by Liu Laosan to attack the fourth team of the Han army that was not attacked by the front line, and then attack the Han army's center. The fourth team of the front line and the right front team of the back line took the shortest path and went straight to the Han army flag line to capture and kill Xiang Kang.

As soon as the order was conveyed to Liu Laosan, Han Xin, who was guarding by Liu Laosan's side, immediately understood that Xiang Yu was too aggressive, but when Liu Laosan asked whether Xiang Yu's route of attack was correct, Han Xin hesitated and ordered He nodded and said: "Although this may be a tactical trap arranged by the traitors for us, we only have this option to save time. Fortunately, the traitors have never been good at battles, even if it is a deliberately arranged trap. , may not be able to work.”

Seeing that Han Xin also agreed to do so, Liu Laosan did not hesitate any longer, and quickly prepared for the assault. As soon as the drums were sounded in Xiang Yu's flag formation, Liu Laosan immediately ordered the assault. Launch a charge to the fourth team of the Han army's front formation, which is not currently under attack, with the intention of breaking through the phalanx of the fourth team of the Han army and opening the way for troops to advance.At the same time, Zhou Lan's unit of the Western Chu Army, who was fighting fiercely with the third team of the Han Army's front line, also cleverly shifted its focus to the west quickly, preparing to help Liu Laosan break through the formation.

The main decisive battle concerning the future and destiny of both Chu and Han finally started. Amidst the shouts, the front team of the Western Chu army was like a sharp knife, stabbing straight at the fourth team in the front of the Han army, no matter how crazy the Han soldiers were. However, when the Western Chu Army's awl pierced the front of the fourth team of the Han Army's phalanx, the earth-shattering shouts of killing and the sound of gold and iron colliding immediately disappeared. It exploded on the battlefield.

Fan Kuai, who served as the tip of the cone, did not disappoint Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu. Under his leadership, the elite of the Western Chu Army forcibly rushed out of a gap in front of the fourth team of the Han army, forcing The fourth team of the Han army could only quickly shrink its troops to strengthen its defense, while the Western Chu army resolutely stepped forward, brandishing their weapons frantically and making continuous assaults, advancing unshakably and firmly amidst the blood splattering, bit by bit towards the inside of the Han army phalanx Advancing forward, the two wings spread out resolutely stopped the Han army soldiers who were reinforcing the central position, and gradually tore apart the phalanx of the fourth Han army's front formation. Zhou Lan also took the opportunity to attack on the flanks, sharing the pressure for Liu Laosan.

During this period, seeing that the Western Chu Army really chose to attack the flaws he intentionally revealed, Li Zuoche took his time. When the tip of the Western Chu Army gradually approached the center of the fourth team in the front line, Li Zuoche Only then did he issue an order to let Xiang Kang's guards play the banner and let the fourth team of the Han army's central formation change from a square formation to a circular formation to strengthen defense.

The time-precious Western Chu Army also quickly took action. Seeing that Liu Laosan was progressing smoothly, and the fourth team in the front line that broke through the Han army was in sight, the two middle teams of the Western Chu Army immediately strode north and followed Liu. Behind the third child, he was ready to join the battlefield at any time to strengthen his offensive.

To Xiang Yu's surprise, after he made adjustments, the two teams in the center had just stepped forward to make room for the Western Chu army's rear to be attacked. Launched a charge to attack the third team on the right wing behind the Western Chu Army. At the same time, the first and sixth teams of the Han Army also launched a counterattack, launching a counterattack against the two 3000-man teams of the Western Chu Army that had attacked them before.

"The traitor Xiang Kang has improved a lot? How dare you use such complicated battle tactics against me, wanting to gradually weaken my offensive on both wings, and then free up your hands to fight more?"

After seeing the vicious purpose of the Han army at a glance, Xiang Yu, who had absolute confidence in his own army's combat effectiveness, did not panic and did not make any adjustments. As expected by Xiang Yu, although the Han army took advantage of its strength on the two wings of the front line and quickly formed an anti-encirclement against the two commandos of the Western Chu Army, the commandos of the Western Chu Army quickly formed a circular formation and took a defensive position. It offset the offensive of the Han army, without any disadvantage, and it is absolutely impossible to be defeated by the Han army in a short time.

As for the attack on the right wing of the Western Chu army's rear formation, let alone the third team of the Han army's front formation. It was just temporarily entangled by the Han army.

After Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and waited patiently for a while, with the help of Zhou Lanjun who had all been vacated, Liu Laosan's troops also made a major breakthrough. Then he tore the fourth team in the front of the Han army in half, and then quickly scattered the right wing of the Han army on this position, and strode towards the fourth team in the middle of the Han army.

Of course, after doing this, Liu Laosan's army also suffered a lot of losses, and the soldiers whose physical strength had already declined became even more exhausted.And this also caused the Western Chu army's charge to be blocked, and was soon stopped by the fourth round formation of the Han army's central formation with strong defense. When the soldiers of the Western Chu army were forced to extend to the two wings, they were naturally attacked by other positions. The soldiers of the Han army shot their bows and arrows indiscriminately, and the casualties rose rapidly.

Of course, Xiang Yu couldn't bear this situation. After shouting and giving the order, the second formation of the Central Army of the Western Chu Army rushed forward, followed Liu Laosan to attack the middle formation of the Han Army, and because of the space to accommodate them, he was soon forced to fight with him. The third and fifth teams of the Han army's center line fought.

At this time, the Han army also made adjustments again. The first and second teams in the central formation quickly changed into a conical formation, with the tip of the cone facing the west. The second team of the front formation of the Han army also made great strides forward, strengthening the attack on the right wing of the rear formation of the Western Chu army, while the fifth team of the front formation advanced towards the left wing of the central formation of the Western Chu army, pinning down the left wing of the central formation of the Western Chu army, serving as a counterattack for the central formation. Allies share the pressure.

"There are restraints and counterattacks. Sure enough, there is progress, but it depends on whether you can hold your breath. As long as you can't hold your breath and let your first and second teams of the Chinese army charge westward and join the battlefield, my chance will come."

After snorting again, the battle genius Xiang Yu forced himself to calm down again and again, patiently waiting for the first and second squadrons of the Han army that were already facing west to take the lead, intending to launch a general attack after the Han army's formation was chaotic and a large number of soldiers gathered to expel them. The defeated troops of the Han army attacked the rear of the Han army.

Xiang Yu, who ran into a master of micro-manipulation, of course could not wait for this fighter to appear. On the contrary, the front team of the Western Chu Army, whose physical strength had declined, encountered the powerful defensive Han army circle, and both wings were restrained. For this reason, it was as if a copper rod with no front end pierced the tough rawhide. Although it was still advancing slowly, it could not pierce the rawhide. slowing down.

"It's definitely not the traitor Xiang Kang who is directing this battle! He doesn't have the ability to fight such a complicated battle with such complicated tactics!"

When Han Xin came to this correct conclusion, Xiang Yu couldn't hold his breath any longer. He roared and sent his guards to rush forward to deliver an order to Liu Laosan, demanding that Liu Laosan must break through the first half of the Han army's center line within a quarter of an hour. The fourth team, open the way for the Western Chu Army's rear team to advance. If you can't do it, come and see us!
After receiving the order, Liu Laosan had no choice but to pass the pressure on to his subordinates immediately, and sent someone to issue a death order to his brother-in-law Fan Kui who was in charge of the awl, demanding that Fan Kui must fulfill Xiang Yu's request, and at the same time personally rush When they went to the front of the formation to fight violently and helped Fan Kui attack the Han army's circle formation, Cao Can, Zhou Bo and others had no choice but to rush to the front line and personally wield their weapons to fight the Han army soldiers with their lives.

After all, he was the unrivaled general second only to Xiang Yu. Under the coercion of Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu, Fan Kui, who was already wounded in many places, roared and swung the dog-butchering knife one after another. A general of the Han army forced the fourth team of the Han army to shrink their formation one after another. However, at this moment, a spear stabbed suddenly, like a poisonous snake, in the middle of Fan Kuai's cheek. The murdered Fan Kuai stabbed his face with flowers.

"ordinary man!"

After roaring angrily, Fan Kui first opened the spear with his arms, and then took a step forward, cutting off the neck of the Han soldier who stabbed him, but correspondingly, Fan Kui's eyes were blurred by the blood. Opportunity, more spears came one after another, stabbing Fan Kui's body full of black flesh one after another, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army next to him were shocked, and rushed to help Fan Kui, but the soldiers of the Western Chu Army finally retreated When the soldiers of the Han army besieged Fan Kuai, Fan Kui was already covered in blood, and there were bloody wounds everywhere.

"General, you can't fight any more! Get back!"

"Get lost! Don't get in the way of Nai Weng's business!"

Roaring and pushing away the well-intentioned soldiers who pulled him back, Fan Kui continued to move forward with his sword, and once again killed the crowd of Han soldiers who were already too dense to insert needles, his eyes were about to burst into flames, "Dog thief! Take my life for Nai Weng! "

In the end, relying on the bloody battle of Fan Kuai and other soldiers of the Western Chu Army, the Western Chu Army finally succeeded in defeating the fourth team of the Han Army's middle formation and opened the way to enter the Han Army's rear formation. However, Fan Kui fell on the battlefield covered in blood, his personnel were unknown, and his breathing was still very weak.The situation report was in front of Liu Laosan, and Liu Laosan also had tears in his eyes, which was very rare, and then shouted: "Zhou Suona, you go! Take over Fan Gouer and continue to charge forward!"

The fourth team of the Han army's central formation finally collapsed, and the crowd of Western Chu soldiers who had silted up here also found a vent like a flood, and immediately rushed forward, continuing to rush towards the right front team of the Han army's rear formation.And when the two central formations of the Western Chu Army rushed to catch up, and at the same time a part of the space was vacated, the Han army also made adjustments immediately, and the first and second central formations of the Han army, which had been preparing for a long time, immediately charged westward. , Flocked to the right wing of the Western Chu Army led by Ji Bu, forcing Ji Bu to turn around and fight.

At this time, the tactical goals of both Chu and Han were also fully exposed. The Western Chu army mainly attacked the right wing of the Han army, and wanted to take the shortest path to go straight to the Han army's flag formation located at the right rear of the rear formation, destroying the Han army's command center in one fell swoop to win.The Han army is also attacking the right wing of the Western Chu army. The purpose is not only to gradually weaken the Western Chu army's charge, but also to defeat the Western Chu army's right wing, freeing up hands to reinforce the right wing of the Western Chu army, and drowning the Western Chu army with its superior strength. The main force of the army.

Xiang Yu, a genius in battle, of course saw through the intentions of the Han army at a glance, but the battle has reached this point, and with the Han army's follow-up force still extremely strong, Xiang Yu has neither time to adjust tactics, nor any room for choice , can only raise the steel spear in his hand, aimed at the Han army's flag formation, and roared: "Beat the drum, attack! The target is the Han bandit flag formation! Who can take down the head of the traitor Xiangkang, this king and He divides the world equally!"

(End of this chapter)