Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 497 So far away
"Whoever can take down the head of the traitor Xiang Kang, I will share the world with him!"

When Xiang Yu made this huge promise again, the battlefield of Sishui Pavilion, which was long and narrow from north to south, had already become a pot of boiled blood. There is a huge gap, and the right front team of the Han army's rear formation is rushing like crazy, and there is only less than two hundred feet away from Xiang Kang's flag formation, no matter how dense the right front team of the Han army's rear formation is. Violent greetings with various weapons could not stop and shake the determination of the Western Chu army to attack the Han army's flag formation.

As a result, the right wing of the Han army became chaotic. Soldiers of the two armies were fighting each other everywhere. Metal and iron collided and feather arrows roared everywhere. , The deafening shouts of killing directly covered the sound of the general attack drums in the Western Chu army banner formation, blood flowed into rivers, and corpses piled up like mountains.

The two wings of the Western Chu Army were not much better. On the left wing, the [-] commandos who were the first to attack had been surrounded by the sixth regiment of the Han army. Huansheng, if something unexpected happens, it will definitely end in annihilation of the entire army.Further ahead, Wang Fen's troops of the Western Chu Army were attacked by the two fifth teams of the Han Army's two front and middle formations. They also fought less and more, relying entirely on morale and fighting spirit.

The situation on the right wing of the Western Chu Army was even more critical. The [-] troops attacking from the right wing were also surrounded by the first Han army in the front line, and the Dongfang secret office on the right wing in the back line was also suppressed by the second and third teams in the front line of the Han army. Ji Bu's troops on the right were under even greater pressure. In addition to being held back by the third squadron of the Han army's center formation, they were also attacked horizontally by the first and second squadrons of the Han army's center formation.

If it was Xiang Kang who commanded the decisive battle, of course he would never be able to play such a beautiful tactic. Under Li Zuoche's superb command, after paying the price of the collapse of the phalanx of [-] people, the Han army actually Most of the Western Chu Army's assault attacks have been offset. Except for the frontal battlefield, there are more battles and fewer battles on the two flanks. As long as the Western Chu Army makes a mistake in one link, it is in danger of a complete collapse.

This is not to mention, although the Han army is at a disadvantage on the surface, but because the two wings of the Western Chu army have been strongly restrained, in fact, the Western Chu army is still maintaining the momentum of frontal attack, and only the Western Chu army is left. Liu Laosan and Zhou Lan, the two Western Chu armies, among them, Liu Laosan's army has suffered nearly half of the casualties, and its physical strength has also declined very seriously. It is already in a state of exhaustion due to scars. The Western Chu army he led was in danger of being completely exhausted.

Under such circumstances, the general offensive to destroy the Han army's flag array is of course the only hope for the Western Chu army to come back, but it is a pity that even if the general offensive drums sounded, the Western Chu army that was jointly suppressed by the second and third teams of the Han army's front line The Dongfang secret office still couldn't get rid of the entanglement and interception of the Han army. It continued to be suppressed by the Han army near the north of the Western Chu army camp, freeing up its hands to help Xiang Yu, so it really charged forward and entered through the gap. There are only two Western Chu armies, Xiang Yu and Ding Gu, in the position of the Han army.

But of course Xiang Yu wouldn't mind this. Under his personal leadership, the elite rear troops of the Western Chu Army charged forward at lightning speed like Li Xuan's arrows, and quickly devoured the defeated soldiers of the Han army remaining on the ground. The forcibly torn gap went straight to the rear of the Han army, and the slogans of killing all the Han thieves came and went, and the indomitable momentum caught people's eyes. Xiang Yu, who was wounded, rushed to the front again, waving a steel spear and shouting wildly, " Kill! Kill! Kill!"

At this time, Li Zuoche also let the Han army's flag formation raise the banner again, and let the left front team of the Han army's rear formation charge forward and attack the flank of Zhou Lan's troops of the Western Chu army. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Can you What has been done, the subject has already done, and the next thing is to see the performance of our soldiers."

"Mr. Guangwu, isn't that right?" Zhang Liang asked in great surprise: "Our rear left team hasn't moved yet, and our third team in the middle team is still fighting in a circle. Shot to help other friendly troops, why didn't you give them orders for these two armies?"

"The battlefield is narrow. If we let them all move, they may be overwhelmed by the Western Chu bandits because of their loose ground, which will bring us more threats of our own defeat." Li Zuoche replied: "Instead of that, it's better It’s better to let them stay still, put nails on the battlefield to protect our positions, and limit the space for the Western Chu bandits to move. At critical moments, we still have them to count on.”

Zhang Liang, who was even less good at tactical battles than Xiang Kang, seemed to understand and nodded, while Xiang Kang, who was greedy for life and fear of death, kept his face, and just ordered two thousand heavy armor soldiers who originally belonged to the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army to form a circular formation to protect the flag He set up the last strong line of defense to protect himself and Li Zuoche and others in case of emergency. At the same time, he picked up the spear for the first time after several years, and was mentally prepared in advance to kill the enemy with the spear himself.

The flag formation of the Han army can only be commanded so far. The Han army and the Western Chu army on the two wings contain each other. Within a certain period of time, none of them can spare to reinforce other battlefields. The Western Chu army can only watch the left front team of the Han army helplessly. With full charge, they entangled Zhou Lan's troops of the Western Chu Army who was helping Liu Laosan. The Han army could only watch helplessly as the rear captain of the Western Chu Army drove straight in, and charged directly at the rear of his own army from the gap. It is no longer possible to make further adjustments.

Finally, the rear of the Western Chu Army, which was killed like an arrow off the string, rushed straight to the right front of the Han Army's rear. Relying on the huge inertia and unstoppable madness, they forcibly landed on the Han Army's position. After rushing out of a gap, Liu Laosan's troops of the Western Chu Army strided forward and made a detour to the right to get out of the way. They also began to contact the circle formation of the Han Army's right rear team protecting the flag formation. first shot.

The scene was so brutal and bloody that it could no longer be described in words. The soldiers of the Han army who were determined to hold their ground stabbed with knives and spears, forcibly blocking the enemies of the Western Chu Army who were constantly rushing from all directions. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army continued to stride Going forward, he frantically greeted the soldiers of the Han army who were fighting in line with various weapons. The soldiers of the two armies were groping and crawling on the fields that Liu Laosan worked hard on, and there were soldiers of the two armies who were dying in pain all the time. Called to lie down, and there was blood splashing like rain all the time, and the blood quickly dyed the water diversion ditches in the field red, and the incomplete corpses lay all over the fields and ditches.

Liu Laosan's army, which was already at the end of its crossbow, could no longer threaten the safety of the Han army's flag array. The soldiers of the Han army who were protecting the flag array were resolutely killed and retreated several times, and each attack caused hundreds of casualties. Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and other generals were all blood-stained and bruised, and Liu Laosan also had two colors on his body, and the impact on the Han army's flag array became weaker and weaker.

But even so, Liu Laosan was still urging the army to attack with red eyes, because Liu Laosan knew very well that if he could not destroy the Han army's flag array before the Han army's reinforcements arrived, then as long as Uncle Zhou led the army to arrive, Western Chu The army is destined to be the result of a disastrous defeat.

Of course, the greatest pressure was the right front team of the Han army. Under the joint impact of Xiang Yu and Ding Gu's two Western Chu armies, the number of casualties in the rear right front team, which was at a disadvantage in strength, continued to rise. Nearly 500 Han soldiers lay down on the battlefield forever, and more than [-] phalanxes were crushed. Gongsun Tong, who commanded the Han phalanx, was also injured. He could only grit his teeth and lead the rest of the Han army The soldiers struggled desperately.

The time left for the Western Chu army is getting less and less. Xiang Yu, who knows this well, has no time to wait until the right front team that completely breaks through the Han army's rear formation. A man swung his spear at Xiang Kang's commander-in-chief's flag, even if the Han soldiers protecting the flag array shot arrows to stop him, and those who did not hesitate to accidentally injure his comrades in front of him shot arrows at Xiang Yu desperately, they couldn't stop Xiang Yu's charge.Feather arrows were filled with steel armor Xiang Yu snatched from the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, and shot the black horse under Xiang Yu's crotch, but Xiang Yu was still roaring forward. Non-stop, without hesitation, we faced the dense arrow rain of the Han army.

The steel armor and steel spear captured from the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army also helped Xiang Yu a lot at this moment. In addition to helping him block most of the feather arrows of the Han army, they also blocked countless spears of the Han army that pierced his body. , While the steel spears were being swung by divine power, the soldiers of the Han army lay down in pieces, and the black horses who had been hit by dozens of arrows stepped forward, panting heavily and carrying Xiang Yu forward, on the dense circle of the Han army Forcibly rushing out a bloody road, advancing towards Xiang Kang's banner bit by bit.

Amidst the noise of the battlefield like a storm, Xiang Kang's wretched and familiar figure finally appeared in Xiang Yu's field of vision after several years. The horse had already been cut off its front hoof by a felled Han soldier with a knife, and fell miserably in a pool of blood. Xiang Yu, who was wearing heavy armor, also fell to the ground for the first time in his life. on the battlefield.

The cheers of the generals of the Han army soared into the sky, and countless swords, spears and swords also slashed at Xiang Yu who fell to the ground at the same time. However, it was Xiang Yu who greeted these generals of the Han army, swaying across the lightning and flint. The tough steel spear was thrown out, and the leg bones of several Han soldiers were broken, and two Han soldiers were thrown into the air by the steel spear. Then, amidst the exclamation of the Han soldiers, Xiang Yu was like a spring. The same suddenly jumped up, and walked towards Xiang Kang's banner again on foot, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were screaming behind also burst into exclamations of surprise.

The cheers from the soldiers of the Western Chu Army also came to an abrupt end, because when Xiang Yu smashed away several Han soldiers wearing ordinary leather armor with his spear, a row of heavy armored soldiers of the Han Army wearing black steel armor suddenly appeared in front of them. In front of Xiang Yu and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army, he raised his steel spear and stabbed Xiang Yu head-on.

If it was changed at other times, then I am afraid that the Han army's infantry ace heavy armor soldiers could not stop Xiang Yu from advancing, but there is no way, Xiang Yu's abdominal wound that has been bleeding all the time, but at this moment it had a huge impact on Xiang Yu Xiang Yu just defeated more than a dozen heavy armored soldiers of the Han army when he could only break open and stun them by brute force. The blood that had already oozed out of the steel armor before was flowing faster and more, and Xiang Yu, who had already lost a lot of blood, gradually became blurred in front of his eyes, and even his scumbag cousin, Shuai Qi, who was already close at hand, could not be seen clearly. , completely turned into a dying beast struggling frantically on the battlefield, fighting by instinct with a spear.

At this time, the round formation formed by Xiang Kang's direct guards had already been torn apart by the Western Chu Army by nearly half. Xiang Yu himself was only less than 50 meters away from Xiang Kang. This scumbag cousin only had one last step left.

This step is close at hand, yet far away in the world. The heavy armored soldiers of the Han army lined up to defend their position, and killed and wounded the soldiers of the Western Chu army who kept rushing forward with their extremely sharp and strong steel weapons. Splash, difficult to move forward.What's worse is that due to continuous blood loss leading to severe retinal ischemia, Xiang Yu can no longer see the surrounding situation clearly, and he can't hear the shouts of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army amidst the loud noise on the battlefield, so he can only be blind Swinging the steel spear crazily, he rushed like a headless chicken in the chaotic army, and even killed and injured countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had come up to help him.

Seeing this scene on the high ground of the flag formation, Xiang Kang, who does not have much medical knowledge, besides being surprised that Xiang Yu seems to be blind, felt a little guilty for Xiang Yu for the first time in his heart, and secretly said: "Brother, don't blame me, if it is not In order to unify the world as soon as possible and end this chaotic world, if I show some sincerity, there is still a possibility for us brothers to reconcile as before."

"Come! Come! Our reinforcements are here!"

The sudden loud cheers ended Xiang Kang's guilty self-talk, and then, the thunderous sound of horseshoes quickly reached Xiang Kang's ears. Countless Han army cavalry held high their sharp sabers, carrying them like a tide. Billowing Dust and Mist came first, and after the Dust and Mist, of course, it was the banner of No. 1 Uncle Zhou in the Han Army's military circle, and the Han Army's infantry brigade with a number of [-].

"The reinforcements of the traitors have arrived!"

This situation is as if a magnitude [-] earthquake suddenly occurred, instantly stunned the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were in a bloody battle with the Han army. It also fell to the bottom immediately.The crowd of Han soldiers cheered like thunder, and their morale and fighting spirit were extremely high. "Here we come! Our reinforcements are finally here!"

The atmosphere of despair filled every Western Chu army in an instant. Many soldiers of the Western Chu army who were already close to the Han army's flag array began to retreat subconsciously, and were forced to prepare for their escape in advance. Only Xiang Yu, who was already blurred in front of him, Still waving his spear in despair, howling wildly like a dying beast, "Traitor! Xiangkang traitor! Die! Die——!"

"My lord, the reinforcements of the traitors have arrived! Let's retreat quickly!"

"My lord, please! Withdraw quickly!"

The desperate cries of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army did not have any effect. Xiang Yu, who had lost his mind, not only kept running around blindly, but also overturned and killed more than a dozen soldiers of the Western Chu Army who tried to pull him back. All he saw was waving his spears and rushing around on the battlefield, crying in the voice of shouting, "Xiang Kang's traitor! Come out! Come out! Come out and die!"

Xiang Kang's flag formation was in critical condition. Of course, the Han army cavalry led by Guan Ying rushed to rescue the flag formation first. As a result, before the Han army cavalry rushed to the vicinity, Liu Laosan, who had only [-]% of his soldiers left, had already turned around. Ma Tou, with his friends from Pei County, fled southward for his life.When the cavalry of the Han army was about to approach the Han army's flag formation, Li Zuoche also decisively ordered Xiang Kang's guards to beat the drums, signaling a general attack.

Immediately following Liu Laosan, Ji Bu's uncle Ding Gu, whom even Feng Zhong despised, immediately turned his horse's head, leaving behind the army he was still fighting with Gongsun Tong of the Han army and ran away. His guards hurriedly held the flag and followed In the middle, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were assisting Xiang Yu in the charge also collapsed in an instant, screaming and fleeing faster and faster one by one. The cavalry of the Han Army swept down and killed the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army under Ding Gu. Across the plains, dead and wounded.

On the two wings of the battlefield, the two Western Chu armies that had been at a disadvantage for a long time also collapsed quickly one after another.

Liu Laosan and Wang Fen, the general of the Western Chu Army behind Ding Gu, wanted to persevere. Seeing his comrades from the north rushing forward crying and shouting, bypassing his battlefield and crawling southward, countless Western Chu soldiers under his command The soldiers of the Chu army still couldn't bear the fear in their hearts, and turned around to join the fleeing crowd. The two [-]-strong Han troops he faced took the opportunity to step up their offensive, killing his army to collapse faster, fleeing more, and completely crumbling. It is destined to be only a matter of time, and it will definitely not be very long.

Ji Bu, who has left an allusion of a thousand gold promises in history, is still very loyal. Even though all the soldiers under his command were Xiang Zhuang's army that Xiang Yu handed over to him before the war, he still ordered the soldiers to organize a round formation on the spot and continue to fight. He risked his life to fight against the Han army, and at the same time urgently sent someone to contact Xiang Yu, asking Xiang Yu to lead his army to retreat immediately, and let him take up the important task of the rear.But it is a pity that the guards he sent to contact Xiang Yu were like mud bulls falling into the sea and never returned, and his army was quickly surrounded by the Han army that had begun a general offensive and counterattack.

Ji Bu couldn't contact Xiang Yu, of course, because his guards couldn't get close to Xiang Yu, who had completely lost his mind. Because of Xiang Yu's involvement, the Jiangdong soldiers he personally commanded didn't dare to abandon him and escape on their own, so they could only kill him quickly in the melee. Surrounded and protected, while shouting and screaming in vain, begging him to regain his senses and retreat immediately, while fighting with the soldiers of the Han army who kept pouring in, making the final dying struggle.

At this point in the matter, in fact, Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang, the unscrupulous brothers who joined forces to harm the world, are still not far away from each other. The distance between each other is less than [-] meters. The overlord's cousin, who was fighting desperately among the crowd of rebels, looked at him, two lines of tears slowly streaming down Xiang Kang's not-so-ugliness cheeks, muttering in his mouth...

"Brother, it's not that I don't want to spare you and let you die. It's that I can't spare you. You are a tiger. If I keep you, it's like raising a tiger in my house. Sooner or later One day it will kill me, and it is bound to kill many more innocents."

After muttering in his mouth, Xiang Kang wiped away the tears on his face, and shouted loudly: "Command the whole army, Xiang Yu, King of Western Chu, has committed many evils, tyrannical and immoral, and his crimes will not be pardoned! Whoever wins Xiang Yu's head will be named the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households! Reward Ten thousand!"

(End of this chapter)