Chapter 237: Sideways

The five thousand elite soldiers of the Qin army cultivated by Wang Jian rushed forward desperately, no matter how many Chu troops there were in front of them, after throwing the pointed wooden sticks in their backs, they held a long-bladed Qin knife in each hand, and slashed at the Chu army.

The Chu army had never seen such an enemy who was not afraid of death, even if he slashed them down, they seemed to be not afraid of pain, no matter what the injuries on their bodies were, they directly cut off their heads with a backhand. Who is not afraid of such a desperate way of fighting, and the military spirit of the Chu army was suddenly in turmoil.

Xiang Liang, who was in the back, led the Chu army to engage the Qin army outside the battle circle of Meng Tian and Xiang Yu, but fortunately, Meng Tian Chong was closer to the Chu army's camp, allowing him to lead the Chu army to take the lead and surround Meng Tian and Meng Li and hundreds of Qin troops. Although the Qin army that came after Meng Tian surrounded them outside, Xiang Liang just ordered the soldiers of the Chu army to protect their encirclement, and even if he lost, he couldn't let the Qin army general who was fighting against Xiang Yu escape.

In the encirclement of the Chu army, there were not many of the hundreds of Mengjia soldiers brought by Meng Tian and Meng Li, but fortunately, the encirclement of the Qin army outside gave Xiang Liang a lot of pressure, so that they could not distract themselves from dealing with the remaining Meng Tian and Mengli and the remaining dozen Mengjia soldiers.

Meng Li and his subordinates who followed him to the encirclement of the Chu army all knew in their hearts that if Meng Tian could not defeat Xiang Yu, then they would definitely be besieged by the Chu army and finally die here. No matter how quickly Wang Qian's reinforcements were, Meng Tian could not win, and the Chu army would definitely kill them before the Qin army surrounded them.

And in the center of the battlefield, Meng Tian and Xiang Yu had already used their twelve points of spirit to face the opponent's attack. Although Meng Tian and Xiang Yu have fought twice, counting this time it is only the third time, they are already somewhat familiar with each other's playing style. Meng Tian still relied on his superb swordsmanship to steadily suppress Xiang Yu's spear, but Xiang Yu was born with divine power, and he only sought to break through the tricks with strength, and his moves were all thunderous, which caused Meng Tian a lot of trouble.

The two of them didn't care about the situation on the battlefield around them, they only cared about the other party's attack, until one of them was injured and quit or was killed by the other party, otherwise the battle would never stop.

Xiang Liang commanded the Chu army to resist the attack of the Qin army on the periphery of the battle between the two, and then he was also very concerned about the battle situation of the two. If nothing else, it is for Xiang Yu, because Xiang Yan said that anyone in the Xiang family can die, but Xiang Yu cannot, because Xiang Yu is the last hope of the Xiang family, no matter where or what the situation, Xiang Yu must be protected, which is why Xiang Liang has been sworn to resist the attack of the Qin army.

Xiang Liang didn't know very well why his father wanted to say the words of Xiang Yu, but he once heard Xiang Yan inadvertently say a sentence, "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", although it is only a short eight words, but it hides a heavenly opportunity that no one knows. However, Xiang Liang later asked his father Xiang Yan, and Xiang Yan said that this was the fate calculated by a master outside the world for Xiang Yu when Xiang Yu was born, and said that Xiang Yu's achievements in the future would not be low. Although Sage Kong said that Zi Bu was silent and strange and confused, Xiang Liang was still willing to believe what the master said from the bottom of his heart, although he didn't know why.

The 5,000 dead soldiers of the Qin army were killed in the center of the battle between the two armies, and behind them was a bloody road paved with the corpses of the Chu army, and when the 5,000 people were killed in front of the Xiangliang array, there were less than 3,000 people left, and everyone was covered with blood on the mountain, I don't know if it was their own or the soldiers of the Chu army who died in their hands.

"Kill!" Without superfluous words, the three thousand dead soldiers launched an attack towards Xiang Liang's encirclement. Although there was a wave of rushing formations before, the three thousand dead soldiers of the Qin army with their naked bodies rushed up at this time and still had such an indomitable momentum, almost the moment the two armies intersected, the encirclement of the Chu army was almost opened, and the surprised Xiang Liang hurriedly sent troops to block in front of these three thousand people.

Meng Li and more than a dozen soldiers of the Mengjia Army couldn't help but lift their spirits when they saw the reinforcements arrive. "General, our reinforcements have arrived!" Meng Li shouted at Meng Tian.

Meng Tian was fighting with Xiang Yu, and when he heard Meng Li's words, he finally let go of his heart, before he fought with Xiang Yu, he was worried that this attack on Chu would end in failure because of himself, and he would follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and father and die on the battlefield. Now that the reinforcements sent by Wang Jian have arrived here, it means that the Qin army has gained the upper hand in this war.

Meng Tian thought well, it is true that the balance of the war has tilted towards the side of the Qin State, the decline of the Chu army is getting bigger and bigger, on the other hand, the Qin army is becoming more and more courageous, and the scene where the two armies are still somewhat evenly matched has instantly become an almost one-sided killing of the Qin army.

Wang Jian saw that the 300,000 Chu troops put into the battlefield were already a lamb to the slaughter, and the dead soldiers he had carefully cultivated for two months really gave him a surprise, directly splitting the battlefield of the two armies in half from the middle, and the Qin army followed behind them to divide the Chu army into three parts on the battlefield. Now it is only a matter of time before the two Chu armies that are surrounded are wiped out, and as for the Chu army with the largest number in the center of the battlefield, it will not be the opponent of the Qin army, and the Chu army will be completely defeated in this battle.

Wang Jian set his eyes on the camp of the Chu army, he ordered the trumpeter who followed him to blow the horn, and Wang Ben, who led the army to fight, summoned him, and asked him to lead the 1 Qin army to attack the camp of the Chu army, and ordered that if the Chu army escaped, it must follow behind them, and kill the Chu army wherever it fled without giving the Chu army a chance to rest.

Wang Jian took the order, and a Qin army appeared not far from the Chu army camp around the battlefield.

Xiang Yan was naturally aware of the arrival of the Qin army, he knew that the general trend had gone, and the fall of the Chu State was already a matter of time, but no matter what, the 400,000 army could not all die here.

"Mingjin collected his troops, informed Xiang Liang, and took Xiang Yu to retreat according to the predetermined route, there must be no mistake. Xiang Yan gave an order to the soldiers beside him.

The herald ran away, and Xiang Yan continued to give the order while walking down the viewing platform, "Tell Xiang Qu that the 50,000 army retreats with grain and grass, and these grain and grass are the last cards in our battle with the Qin army, and we must not lose." ”

After arranging all this, Xiang Yan looked at the almost empty Chu army camp, he walked to a brazier in the barracks, picked up a torch that had not been extinguished, and threw it on the military tent in the barracks, the military tent ignited instantly, and then burned towards the camp tent next to him.

"What does this mean, Dashuai?" the soldiers of the Chu army beside him were puzzled and asked Xiang Yan.

"We lost this war, but even if we lose, we can't give all these things to these Kansai barbarians of the Qin State, and burn them all for me, so that it can also slow down the pursuit of the Qin army. ”

Xiang Yan gave an order, and although the soldiers of the Chu army who were following him to protect his safety couldn't bear it, everyone still lit torches and set fire to the Chu army camp.

"General, you see, the camp is on fire. On the battlefield, Xiang Lianggang killed a dead soldier of the Qin army with a knife, and a soldier who followed him suddenly said.

Xiang Liang looked in the direction of the camp, and sure enough, black smoke had risen from the camp. It seems that something happened to the camp, I don't know what happened to my father, Xiang Liang was a little worried, he knew that this should be a signal from his father to him, maybe he was worried that the soldiers who sent messages to him would not be able to reach him.

Xiang Liang didn't have time to think, he said towards the battle circle between Xiang Yu and Meng Tian: "Yu'er, retreat quickly, we can't stop it!"

Xiang Yu and Meng Tian both consumed a lot of physical strength, and both of them already felt a little physically exhausted at this time. At this time, Xiang Yu heard his uncle's shout, and hurriedly waved a shot to force Meng Tian back, and then the two of them pulled away for a distance.

Xiang Yu didn't care to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, panting and running to his uncle's side, and asked, "What's wrong, uncle?"

Xiang Liang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiang Yu was safe and sound, and he said: "Father and eldest brother have retreated, and we must also retreat, we have lost this battle, but we still have hope, so we have to retreat with these soldiers." ”

Xiang Yu turned his head to look at Meng Tian, who was resting under the protection of the dead soldiers of the Qin army, and a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes, but for the sake of the overall situation, he could only obey his uncle's words and lead the rest of the Chu army to retreat.

The main force of the Chu army led by Xiang Liang slowly withdrew from the battlefield, representing the final victory of the Qin state in the battle of Qin and Chu. But Wang Jian would not give Xiang Yan a chance to start over, he directly ordered, and the army followed behind the Chu army to continue to chase and kill, sweeping all the way, and arrived at the capital of Chu in less than half a month, Shouchun.