Chapter 276: When Our Banners Are Planted All Over the Hills!
Heifu did not simply rest, but took out ι€± (hΓ³u), or fried millet, from his blanket, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with water.
While eating, Heifu also ordered Lixian and Dongmen Leopard: "Hurry up and let everyone eat a little!" β
Heifu knew that the soldiers felt very tired after a rapid march all the way, and many people only felt that they could not move their legs, and they could not walk half a step, which was later called "hitting the wall time". Some people even experience dizziness and cold sweats, which is because the glycogen in their bodies is depleted in large quantities.
Modern people with excellent nutritional conditions, one and a half horses run down, and a lot of glycogen is consumed, not to mention these soldiers in ancient times. Although he can walk the mountain road and endure hardships, the rapid march is really inferior to the troops of later generations, without him, the nutrition is too poor. Looking at their skinny appearance, not to mention glycogen, they don't even have much fat, which is also the reason why the ancient army was seriously left behind, and they only dared to walk thirty miles a day.
So Heifu couldn't help admiring General Wang, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Wang Jian spent a winter to let the soldiers rest and eat well, which can not only accumulate morale, but also raise fat!
In addition to making the elite soldiers and strong men fully nourished and exercising their physical strength on weekdays, and acting as an assault force in wartime, there is another way, that is, to quickly knock some dry food and replenish sugar during rest.
Naturally, there is no chocolate or anything, only starch, which is fried rice......
After a few mouthfuls of fried rice, the feeling of dizziness finally disappeared, and they could stand up straight, and at the behest of Heifu, they planted the flags in a row along this small hill that was not tall - along the way, Heifu even threw away his own chariots and horses, but kept all the flags.
As for attacking the crowd with outnumbered, using a thousand tired soldiers to attack the 10,000 army around Xiang Yan? Hefu didn't have any idea.
"Has the chief forgotten the ambition of the marquis?"
The five hundred lord Lixian said softly: "If you can capture and kill Xiang Yan, you will be able to make immortal achievements, and you will be much closer to the position of the Marquis of Che!" β
"In that case, how many of these thousand Anlu children will die? Maybe even your life will be put into it. β
Heifu also looked into Liham's eyes and asked in a low voice. Lixian is a capable person, but in terms of the effect of leading troops, he is far inferior to Xiao Tao, and even inferior to Dongmen Leopard, because he is ruthless and does not take the lives of his subordinates seriously, and the soldiers can fear him, but they do not love him.
Grassroots military officials are different from generals, and if they can't make a gesture of loving soldiers, it is very rare for soldiers to follow them to the death.
Moreover, a mere 1,000 people can play a very small role in a great battle of 200,000 people, and if you rush down at this time, you may encounter three or even five times as many enemies.
This war is neither like last time, about their life and death, nor like the people of Chu, about the survival of the country and family, and even a battle that is destined to win in history.
Heifu, a wage earner, has fulfilled his promise to Li You and arrived here in advance, so that after the war, he can give priority to merit in the Nanjun Corps, weighing the pros and cons, and he doesn't need to let himself and his subordinates take risks.
Besides, instead of rushing out and exchanging their numbers, it is better to stop here, plant flags all over the place, and make a posture that the Qin army has occupied this mountain and may come down the mountain at any time!
"Sometimes an unfired arrow is a greater deterrent than an arrow that has already been fired."
As soon as Heifu said this, Xiao Tao with the bow and crossbow understood, and Lixian, Ji Ying, etc., whether they understood it or not, also nodded yes.
Only Dongmen Leopard stared blankly at the earth-shattering battle between the two armies of Qin and Chu in the distant battlefield, listening to the faint Chu Ge and Qin Feng, this reckless man was so excited that his blood boiled, he clenched his halberd, and blurted out: "Captain, even if we don't go down, we can shout something!" β
"Okay."
Heifu laughed and said, "Just shout six, six, six." β
"Huh?" None of the military officials, including Dongmen Leopard, understood the joke.
Ji Ying patted his head and said smartly: "It's really stupid, six, it's sixty thousand." The meaning of the commander is to let you shout, 'General Mengwu's 60,000 troops have arrived'! Use this to intimidate the enemy! β
"Oh!"
Only then did everyone sigh with a sudden realization, and Dongmen Leopard immediately asked the strongest of his five hundred people, the strongest, with their hands on their waists, standing on the hill and shouting loudly!
"General Meng, the 60,000-strong army has arrived!"
However, this sound was soon drowned out by the sound of drums and iron that stretched on the battlefield, and the people shouted that the horses neighed......
Even though their shouts did not stir up the slightest wave, the battle situation still changed a little because of the arrival of these thousand people: three thousand Chu soldiers were separated from Xiang Yan's army and set up a formation under the hill, and on the battlefield on the southern front farther away, the more than 10,000 Qu clan soldiers, while resisting the attack of the Qin army, there were also people who kept turning back, for fear that Heifu and them would suddenly kill him!
After Heifu and the others rested for a while, he saw from a distance that the scout messenger he had sent to the Chinese army had already connected with the scout sent by Wang Jian on the periphery of the battlefield, and galloped towards Wang Qian's rock-like camp together.
At this moment, another Nanjun soldier also arrived on the battlefield!
Although, there are only 500 people.
"Rate!"
Compared with last year, Gong Ao, who had a little more soft beard on his lips, panted and trotted over: "Five hundred people from Yan County have also arrived!" β
The meaning is obvious, the other 500 people have already fallen behind halfway......
Heifu nodded and asked, "Where are the five hundred lords of yours?" β
Although Gong Ao, a hundred generals in Yan County, looked like he was his boss, and in the past six months, he had nothing to do with his soldiers to play and train with An Lubing, but after all, he was someone else's subordinate.
Gong Ao looked proud: "I am!" Those 500 lords unfortunately fell from their horses! Unable to lead the troops, the commander of Yan County asked me to be a fake five hundred masters, and everyone arrived first with fast feet! β
This kid's luck is really good, Heifu was amazed, and asked Gongao to let his subordinates quickly eat something, replenish their physical strength, and also planted the banners they carried all over the hills, and even cut down the nearby grass and trees, and inserted them in the crowd, making a posture of 5,000 people with only 1,500 people!
Gong Ao rested for a while, then came over and asked hurriedly, "We have rested enough, but are we going to attack?" β
"Did Captain Li let us attack?" Heifu asked rhetorically: "It's just that we can get to the battlefield first and take up the position." β
Gong Ao was a little anxious: "I'm afraid Captain Li has only walked half the way, and he is still far from here!" β
Heifu pointed to the other end of the battlefield: "I will also send someone to ask the old general Captain Wang for instructions, if the general lets us attack, these 1,500 soldiers will descend the mountain like fierce tigers!" Straight to Xiang Yanshuaiqi! β
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At the other end of the battlefield, at the banner of Wang Jian Shuai, in the face of the continuous attack of tens of thousands of Chu soldiers, General Wang was at ease, because he knew very well that there were tens of thousands of elite Qin people in the pass to resist the enemy, and it was impossible for the Chu people to get close to him within an arrow.
Observe the enemy outside to know the inside, observe its progress to know its stop, and expect the enemy to be like this, you can determine the victory or defeat.
Within half an hour of the start of the war, Wang Jian had already calculated all of Xiang Yan's moves, so he came to make a plan, and now Qin Chu seemed to be deadlocked, but the balance of victory was tilting in favor of the Qin army a little bit.
What's more, in the southeast direction, a heavy weighing instrument (weight) has entered the scale!
"How many people are here?" Wang Jian looked at his herald scout, and his words were concise and to the point.
The scout dismounted and knelt down and said: "It's Li Youbu of the Southern Army, a thousand people who led the commander Heifu!" He said that Captain Li's soldiers were coming one after another, but as long as the general gave an order, these 1,000 people could also attack the enemy and capture the flag for the commander! β
The eldest concubine is the title of Wang Qian, and he is also the highest title holder of the Qin State after the fall of LΓΌ Buwei and Chang Yu.
"Black Husband ......" Wang Jian in his mind, the image of the black, white-toothed sturdy young man, he was deeply impressed by this person, Heifu's "soldier ball" is very popular in the army, and his speech is also very decent, but not ostentatious and reckless, Wang Jian admires this young man.
According to the scouts, Hefu spread banners on the hill to the southeast, and even cut down trees everywhere, making a posture of thousands of men arriving in formation, but he did not rush to attack.
On Bagong Mountain, the grass and trees are all soldiers, although this incident did not happen, but Wang Jian can also see Heifu's bluff intentions, this move can make the enemy suspicious, morale decline, look forward and backward, and our army saw the arrival of reinforcements, the morale is high, and the battle has no worries.
"This black man is really a ...... who knows how to use soldiers."
Wang Jian nodded appreciatively, but shook his head and said secretly: "It's just that it's too dishonest and a little slippery!" β
So the old general Wang ordered angrily: "Go and tell him quickly, if you don't attack again, the old man doesn't need him to make meritorious contributions in this battle!" β
Wang Jian said this, it makes sense.
He didn't care that it was still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat of the main forces of Qin and Chu in the near future, but set his sights on the battlefield on the southern front.
At the moment of the great enemy, when the battle is engaged, the most taboo soldiers are looking left and right, and even more taboo soldiers looking backwards. However, the soldiers of the Qu clan of the Chu army, who were fighting with the 20,000 men of the Qin army, were shaken and confused because of the bluff drummed up by Heifu.
10,000 people are fighting against 20,000, it is already very difficult, and it may be defeated at any time, and now there are "5,000" enemy reinforcements behind him, it is really like a sword on the vest!
For a time, the 10,000 soldiers of the Qu clan who were looking forward and backward began to rout!
The balance of victory and defeat, after a long stalemate for a long time, quickly fell towards Wang Qian's side!
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At the same time, on Heifu's side, Gongao came to ask for war again, and complained unhappily:
"On the way I came, I always thought that the chief would be like the last time in Liyang, saying 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger', and lead us to attack resolutely, capture and kill Xiang Yan, and be a hero!"
This young man did not like the laws of the Qin State nor the nobles of the Chu State, and even had little interest in meritorious service, but he had a deep heroic plot.
He is a person who has lived and died together, and there is no old-fashioned that ordinary Qin people dare not cross the rules, and Heifu does not have to hide his thoughts, so he smiled:
"Ah Ao, in my opinion, this time is different from the last time. Last time, General Li Xin wanted to be a hero for destroying the country, but it ended miserably, and we were forced to fight hard in Liyang, do you think I went out of the city to surrender and inspire the soldiers to be heroes? What do I want to be a hero, I was forced to be helpless, at that time, in order to survive, in order to go home, non-heroic deeds could not inspire soldiers and soldiers......"
Gong Ao nodded as if he didn't understand.
Heifu said: "But this time in the attack on Chu, from the time when General Wang Lao was the general and asked for 600,000 manpower, this battle was won by one-third. By the time we built high barriers, forced the Chu State with the number of national strength, and did not fight with the Chu army for a while, the battle had already won half of the battle. β
"And at this moment, when our flags are planted all over the hills, this battle is almost a complete victory! This is the so-called, the victory of the good fighter is also without wisdom and fame, and there is no bravery, so the Qin army does not have it, and it does not need heroes. β
"What does the commander mean is that just by standing here, we can surrender without a fight?"
Gong Ao looked incredulous.
"Don't believe it!"
As if a prophecy, Heifu pointed to the Chu army closest to them on the southern front, the Chu people, who were still struggling to resist twice their own Qin army, I don't know when they had begun to collapse and disperse! Even the tens of thousands of Chu people who attacked Qinzhong's army head-on were constantly retreating at this moment.
Gong Ao was dumbfounded, he could see that these Chu soldiers were not weak, didn't they fight well?
"The enemy on the back of the abdomen and the morale are broken, so we only stand here, and we have achieved the effect of 5,000 people with the number of 1,500 people!" Hefu said.
While the two were talking, the Qin army on the southern front broke through the array of the Chu army, one killed the fleeing and recalcitrant resisters, and the other fought hard to kill Xiang Yan's headquarters Shuaiqi!
"But there are heroes in this war, look at that!"
Heifu pointed to Xiang Yan's red flag again, and Gong Ao also found that Xiang Yan's handsome banner, which had been kept in place for a long time, was slowly moving forward!
The northern front was inferior, the chariots were weak, and the main force in the middle was fruitless for a long time, at this time, the enemy reinforcements arrived, and the southern front suddenly collapsed, and the victory and defeat of this battle were divided, but at this time, Xiang Yan also made a choice.
He didn't evacuate in a hurry, didn't stand still and didn't know what to do, and he didn't even instinctively go to meet the Qin army on the southern front that was killing him......
Instead, he pointed to the front of the banner and pointed to Wang Jian on the opposite side!
"Heroes, sometimes they are also losers."
With flags fluttering and grass and trees in the mountains and mountains, Heifu took a long breath and had to admire Xiang Yan's final choice.
This Shangzhu State, whose defeat has been decided, with the only remaining 10,000 miscellaneous army reserves, resolutely confronted the Qin army in the center for a long time, but it has been in decline, and the 30,000 main forces that are about to retreat have driven over!
He's going to join them, let his own flag burn, and stir up the last wave of attack.
Regardless of the rear, regardless of the left, regardless of the right, just forward forward forward! In the midst of a frantic attack, put an end to it all!
In a desperate situation, with the heart of death, seek a trace of nirvana.
If not? It's better to be broken jade! Not for the tile!
This is the style of Chu-style heroes, this 800-year-old country is full of tragedy.
From Qu Yuan to Xiang Yan, and then to Xiang Yu in history, being a grandfather is exactly the same as his grandson!
This pair of ancestors and grandchildren seem to be roaring at the sky: "Life is a hero, death is also a ghost!" β
Therefore, the hero of this war is Xiang Yan, a Chu person who could not win despite his best efforts, and could only end tragically and tragically, losing his country and family.
Heifu, who had been watching from the edge for a long time, was also infected by this tragic atmosphere, and suddenly became serious.
When the scout came to convey Wang Qian's order, Heifu raised his hand high again, and let people beat the only war drum he brought!
Knock knock knock!
The Qin army has shown a trend of encirclement on all sides, and the rear of Xiang Yan's army is opening up to Heifu and them.
It's time to put an end to this.
"Let's go, second and third sons, pull up the banner, charge the whole army, and attack the rear."
Heifu looked at Gong Ao, at Dongmen Leopard, Lixian, Ji Ying, Xiao Tao, and at the 1,500 soldiers of Anlu and Yanxian beside him, they had rested enough and had been waiting for a long time.
He smiled, "Let us wait, go and finish off the heroes!" β