Chapter 122: The Battle for the Capture of the City

The general also knew that he was unforgivable if he lost this Xiongguan, so he asked the soldiers to tie himself up and wait for Yu Xian to deal with it.

After hearing the loss of Xunyang Pass, Yu Xian was furious, and despite everyone's dissuasion, he pushed out the guard of Xunyang Pass, his confidant general, out of the tent and beheaded.

Losing Xunyang Pass is not just a simple loss of a pass, because there is sufficient confidence in the defense of Xunyang Pass. Yu Xian didn't make any serious arrangements for the defense of the land of Chu after the pass.

The city close to Xunyang Pass, except for the big city of Fufeng, the defense of the city is relatively strong, and the garrison in the city is relatively sufficient. There are several small cities near Fufeng City, and there are not many soldiers guarding the low walls. If the Dafu army comes, these small cities will be vulnerable at all.

Yu Xian immediately asked people to summon some senior officials under him, and everyone discussed how to deal with this sudden situation. The officials of the Chu State present couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that Xunyang Pass had actually been lost, and everyone immediately put forward many suggestions to deal with this unexpected situation.

As the generalissimo of the army, Yu Xian's judgment ability and command ability are all upper-level, and the response is also fast, he began to deploy troops as soon as possible to strengthen the defense level of this area.

Yu Xian also reacted relatively quickly. But what he didn't expect was that Da Furen moved faster. When the Chu soldiers he sent to reinforce several nearby small cities had not yet set off, the spies in front came with news that the Dafu soldiers had crossed the Xunyang Pass and launched an attack on the four nearby small cities at the same time.

Although the small towns near Fufeng City are not large, they are still very important to Fufeng City. There is a tendency for these small towns and Fufeng City to be horns of each other.

When the enemy army comes, they can cooperate with each other, while pinning down the enemy's forces, and waiting for an opportunity to carry out a surprise attack on the enemy. If these small cities were lost, Fufeng City would be isolated on the south bank of the Chu River and surrounded by the Dafu army.

Therefore, when Yu Xian got the news that Dafu's army was attacking several nearby small cities, he immediately asked his soldiers to speed up and reinforce several nearby small cities as soon as possible.

"Why haven't these Chu soldiers come yet? Slowly, it's boring to death. We don't want to gnaw on the hard bones of the siege, but let us stay here and ambush reinforcements, and the credit goes to those guys! Chi Mu'er lay in the grass in the mountains, looking up into the distance, and said to Yao Xia next to him.

"You kid, some time ago, the task of blocking the Chu army from escorting food and various materials was arranged for us, and the task of sneaking up on Xunyang Pass at night was also carried out by us, and the credit will not be given to us. So this time, it is normal for me to be responsible for blocking the reinforcements and letting them attack the city. Yao Xia was much calmer than Chi Mu'er, he said with a smile on the side.

"However, I don't like to hide in this mountain to feed mosquitoes, I really hope that the Chu army will come later. Slightly tougher. Don't be those flimsy soft eggs, it's so boring to fight! Chimur said again!

"It's coming, it's coming!" At this time, a soldier in front quietly shouted, and when they heard the voice, everyone looked in the direction where the Chu army was coming. Sure enough, a team of soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Chu army hurriedly came.

The Chu army finally came, Chimur picked up the long hammer in his hand, and was about to rush down the hillside, but was stopped by Yao Xia on the side.

"Don't worry! This is the Chu soldier who came to explore the way, and you will fight it later. This team of Chu troops finally appeared in everyone's field of vision. Yao Xia was right, there were only about two or three hundred people in this Chu army, and the generals of the Chu army, who were obviously leading the troops, were also worried that there would be ambushes on the road, so they were sent to take the lead first.

The pair of Chu troops moved slowly on the road, looking around from time to time to see if there was anything suspicious on the side of the road. The Dafu soldiers, who had already received orders, lurked behind the grass and trees in the mountains, and did not even make a sound.

The team of Chu soldiers did not notice anything unusual, so they sped up and walked along the road ahead.

These Chu soldiers had just walked less than a cup of tea, and there was another sound from the rear. Immediately afterward, another group of Chu soldiers quickly approached from the end of the road.

"You can kill it now, right?" As Chi Mu'er spoke, she was about to stand up and rush down the mountain, but she was unexpectedly stopped by Yao Xia with a smile on her face.

"Don't worry, don't worry! Let them enjoy the gifts we have prepared for them first. Yao Xia patted Chi Mu'er on the shoulder, a treacherous smile on his face.

The Chu soldiers who appeared this time were twenty or thirty thousand, and in front of the team, there were about three or four thousand, well-equipped cavalry.

The soldiers who were scouting in front didn't notice anything unusual, and they and the others were now in a hurry to support a small city next to them. Therefore, this group of Chu soldiers marched very fast and soon came to the front of everyone.

At the time when these Chu soldiers were preparing to speed up and wanted to quickly pass through this section of the road. Suddenly, one of the horses in front suddenly neighed and fell to the ground, and the knight on the horse, apparently unprepared, also fell to the ground with the horse.

Because the speed of the war horse was extremely fast, the knight on the horse fell not lightly, and lay on the ground for a long time without getting up.

Immediately after that, the neighing of countless war horses reached everyone's ears, and dozens of war horses fell in the middle of the road, blocking the team that was about to move forward. Seeing this, the knights in the rear immediately controlled the running horses and made them stop.

They sat on their horses and looked out into the road ahead. I saw that on the road ahead, at some point, a thin iron cable with a hook suddenly appeared.

"Tripside!" At this time, a sharp-eyed knight saw these iron ropes and shouted loudly, alerting the rest of the knights around him.

In a hurry, Yao Xia and the others could only simply use this kind of tripping rope, although these iron ropes could only hurt the unprepared knights in front of them. But because there were people in front of them, blocking the road, and there were tripping ropes on the ground, the cavalry all stopped.

For cavalry, their greatest advantage is to use the advantage of speed to surprise the opponent in fast movement. Now that they have stopped completely, their advantage is gone.

Before the cavalry could come to their senses, countless arrows were shot out of the jungle, and the knights on horseback suddenly became the targets of the archers, and many knights fell to the ground with arrows.

For a while, people shouted and horses neighed, and they rose and fell on the road. Some of the war horses that had lost their owners, in a panic, ran wildly on the road, completely destroying the formation of the entire team.

At this time, the infantry behind the cavalry also followed. Seeing what was going on, they prepared for it, and held their shields in front of them to block the arrows that were being fired.

The generals of the Chu army still have some skills. Under his beckoning, all the shield bearers gathered together, and with their shields formed a huge barrier, surrounding all the soldiers in the barrier, and suddenly the archers hiding in the forest were useless.

While blocking the opponent's arrows with his shield, the Chu army picked up his sword, ready to meet the opponent and rush out. But it was a long time. The enemy, hiding in the mountains and jungles, did not attack.

"Their purpose is not to kill us. Rather, they want to stall for time. Don't let us go to the city ahead. Everyone is holding shields. The team moves forward. "The general of the Chu army who led the troops, the other party did not launch an attack for a long time, and after waiting for a long time, he suddenly reacted.

"They want to escape, but they can't get it. Now, you can kill them all! Yao Xia saw that the other party had seen through his intentions, and there was no other way but to fight.

After Yao Xia finished speaking to Chimur, he shouted to the Dafu soldiers behind him: Well, "Brothers, rush!" Kill these Chu dogs. ”

As Yao Xia shouted, the Dafu soldiers in the jungle roared like tigers coming down the mountain, rushing towards the Chu army.

Seeing the Dafu soldiers rushing out of the jungle, the general of the Chu army who led the troops breathed a sigh of relief. This also proves that the enemy is not having enough time to do so. There was no other means to prepare, so we had to fight face-to-face.

A big war is about to break out, and the two sides have been fighting face-to-face for the past three years. In this kind of battle, there is no possibility of any tricks. As the saying goes, when the brave meet on a narrow road, it is to see who is stronger and who has the courage to not be afraid of life and death.

As the battle between the two sides continued, the situation became more and more unfavorable for the Dafu army, because this time Yang Yun arranged Yao Xia and Chi Mu'er to block the other party's reinforcements, and did not give them too many troops.

Now there are less than 300,000 soldiers in Dafu, and they still have many tasks to complete. Most of them had to defend Fufeng City, Yu Xian's main force. Others were to attack a few nearby towns, and the rest were to be sent to block the enemy's reinforcements.

Manpower is needed on all fronts, which leads to a serious shortage of troops. Therefore, Yao Xia can only bring out 5,000 people.

On the other hand, in order to rescue these small cities, Yu Xian sent 20,000 Chu soldiers with strong combat power to each team. 20,000 to 5,000, a ratio of four to one, even though the Dafu soldiers are very brave, but with such a big gap, they are still a little unbearable.

As the battle progresses. More and more Dafu soldiers are falling. They were forced to shrink to a very small range, and everyone gritted their teeth and held on in the face of the Chu soldiers who were several times their size, back to back.

Seeing that his soldiers were about to be unable to hold on, Yao Xia looked up at the sky, they had blocked the enemy in this mountain for almost two hours, and they had basically completed the scheduled blocking task.

Thinking of this, Yao Xia shouted: "Brothers, withdraw!" The Dafu soldiers who were fighting, when they heard Yao Xia's order, immediately abandoned the opponent who was fighting and quickly withdrew to the mountain.

Seeing the sneak attack, the Dafu people fled, and the Chu soldiers did not pursue. Because their task is not to kill this group of soldiers who sneak up on their own Dafu soldiers, they have more important things to do.

Seeing that the sneak attack of the Dafu people had gone away, the leading Chu army generals immediately organized all the Chu soldiers and rushed to the small city they wanted to reinforce as quickly as possible.