In the early and middle period of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the chariot was a well-deserved absolute king on the battlefield of the Central Plains, but after King Wuling of Zhao implemented Hufu cavalry shooting, the chariot had to gradually retreat to the position of auxiliary troops, and even gradually became a chicken rib, tasteless food, and it was a pity to lose it.

There are many reasons for the gradual decline of the status of the chariot, the speed of maneuver is not as good as that of the simple cavalry, the flexibility is not as good as the infantry, and it is severely restricted by the terrain and roads, and it is not possible to use it on the battlefield of many terrains, and it is quite difficult to control.

However, of course, the chariot is not completely useless, the impact is strong, the leather is durable, it can undertake the task of transportation, and it can be used to establish a temporary defense line when camping, these are the advantages of the chariot, especially when the terrain conditions are suitable, the destructive power of the chariot for the enemy's array is far above the cavalry or infantry, and it is a good weapon to break the formation.

The Western Chu army took such good luck this time, the decisive battlefield chosen by the Han army was not only flat and open, suitable for chariot combat, but also let the main force of the Chinese army cross the gallop path array dozens of meters wide, and the straight gallop road was so smooth that there was not even a pothole, which was naturally more suitable for chariots to charge and break the formation, so after Zhou Yin arrived at this battlefield with the main force of the Western Chu army, he just observed the terrain a little, and immediately made up his mind to win by chariot rushing, and then various tactics were also revolved around this decisive tactic.

After the charge of more than 300 heavy chariots pulled by four war horses, they quickly increased their speed to the fastest on the open and flat terrain, just like the 300 primitive tanks, with billowing dust and smoke, roaring and roaring, and rushed straight towards the position of the Han army with only the protection of long shields.

At this moment, many of the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army even seemed to see that the long shield defense line of the Han army was like paper paste, which was easily torn apart by their chariots, and the spikes at the front end of the chariot directly pierced the bodies of the Han soldiers more easily, rushing out of the dense queue of Han soldiers one after another, and directly rushing through the infantry phalanx of the Han soldiers!

What made the officers and men of the Western Chu Army even more unbelievable and overjoyed was that seeing their chariot convoy launch a dense charge, the Han army actually made a mistake again, and dispatched five hundred light cavalry on both sides of the Chinese army's position, using the flesh and blood of the horses and soldiers to block the way of their chariots! The mantis arm is used as a car, and the grasshopper shakes the tree, which is simply beyond the limits of self-strength!

"The thief is stupid." This is the psychological words of all the Western Chu army chariot soldiers who are driving and charging, and Li Shi, the general of the Western Chu Army who commands the chariot soldiers, laughs directly out loud, and increasingly believes that his first merit in breaking the formation is already within reach.

To the surprise of the Western Chu army, when they were about to crash into their chariot, the Han cavalry that came out from both sides suddenly turned into zero, rushing towards their chariot in twos and threes, and at the same time, some black clay bottles were thrown one after another on the horse, and the mouth of the clay vases was still with curling green smoke, rolling and smashing into the war horse pulling the chariot, and then, before the soldiers of the Western Chu army could figure out what was happening, earth-shattering explosions had already sounded one after another on the battlefield......

"Boom! Bang! Bang! ”

The loud noises that broke out one after another numbed the eardrums of the Western Chu army chariot soldiers, and the distance was particularly close, and it directly shook the eardrums of the Western Chu army chariot soldiers, and blood flowed out, and many Western Chu army chariot soldiers were caught off guard, and they were directly frightened and sat on the car.

The soldiers are still like this, of course, not to mention the war horse pulling the cart, intimidated by the loud noise made when the primitive grenade exploded, many frightened war horses stood up directly, and the momentum of the charge disappeared suddenly, and the heavy carriage because of the inertia, directly hit the war horse that raised the legs, the war horse could not resist, or fell on the back, or fell down with hooves, and many chariots also lost their balance and overturned directly, throwing the soldiers of the Western Chu Army on the car out of the carriage and falling heavily to the ground.

This is all good, frightened by the loud explosion that was close at hand, more horses pulling chariots were still frightened and galloping, uncontrollably pulling chariots to run wildly on the battlefield, or in circles on the battlefield, or directly rushing in other directions, and some chariots simply turned their heads and rushed directly to the other chariots behind and the infantry brigade of the Western Chu Army that followed, no matter how the driver on the chariot pulled and shouted, he couldn't control it, and he knocked over many self-army chariots one after another, and even rushed into the crowd of the infantry of the Western Chu army, In the dense crowd of infantry of the Western Chu army, a bloody path was plowed.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the chariot convoy of the Western Chu Army, which was originally neatly charged, was completely chaotic, people shouted and neighed, and the screams were endless, but the cavalry of the Han Army still refused to give up, and continued to throw primitive grenades that were actually very lethal one after another, and tried to smash the primitive grenades into the horses of the Western Chu Army chariot and exploded, so that more war horses were frightened and galloped, causing more and greater chaos in the convoy of the Western Chu Army.

The neighing of the war horses and the sound of the collision of the chariots have long been merged, and the out-of-control Western Chu army chariots are rampage on the open battlefield, knocking down and knocking over other chariots of the self-army one after another, rushing into the crowd of Western Chu army infantry that followed, and crashing out of the flesh-and-blood paved roads in the Western Chu sergeants' strokes, countless Western Chu army infantry did not even figure out what was happening, or they were stabbed through the body by the spikes of the self-army chariot, or they were hung down by the wrong hub of the self-army chariot, and died tragically at the wheels or the feet of their companions, Even if the sun still hasn't set at this moment, and the light is still very bright, there have been countless cases of trampling on each other in the infantry brigade of the Western Chu Army.

Zhou Yin closed his eyes painfully in the flag formation of the Western Chu army, and couldn't bear to look at the tragic appearance on the battlefield in front of him, and Xiang Sui, the general of the Western Chu army, who led the infantry attack, shouted like crazy in the chaotic army, desperately yelling and asking the chariot soldiers to hold the war horses and stop their chariots from hitting their own families, but the chariot with four war horses galloping together can not be controlled by one driver and two chariots? Therefore, the chariot that lost control was still rampaging in the infantry crowd of the Western Chu army, invincible, and constantly taking away the precious lives of the soldiers of the Western Chu army.

In the blink of an eye, the infantry brigade of the Western Chu Army, which was following behind, collapsed, the soldiers shouted and fled one after another, and the chariots that lost control rushed in all directions, and the first round of offensive launched by the main force of the Western Chu Army completely collapsed on its own without injuring the officers and soldiers of the Han Army, and the casualties were extremely heavy, and the morale of the army was severely damaged.

That's not all, after completely disrupting the convoy of the Western Chu Army, the cavalry of the Han Army immediately raised their sabers and rushed towards the infantry crowd of the Western Chu Army who was already in chaos, slaughtering the infantry of the Western Chu Army who had been completely chaotic like a tiger descending from the mountain, and at the same time, on both sides of the Chinese Army position of the Han Army, there were more than 1,000 cavalry who committed suicide each, like two dragons going to sea, rushing to kill the infantry brigade of the Western Chu Army that had collapsed.

On the one hand, the elite cavalry that has been recuperating and accumulating strength for a long time, on the other hand, is the panicked and chaotic frightened bird, as soon as it comes into contact, the infantry of the Western Chu army will be even more defeated, and the swords of the cavalry of the Han army are like a storm, frantically slashing and killing the infantry of the Western Chu army, and the men and horses are roaring like the wind, like an avalanche in the mountains, unstoppable.

In order to save the front infantry as much as possible, Zhou Yin had no choice but to urge the rear army to step forward to block the Han cavalry and cover the retreat of the defeated soldiers, but the Han cavalry was too cunning, and they did not engage with the new Western Chu army at all.

At the critical moment, Xiang Sui, the general of the Western Chu Army, also made the fatal mistake of being too conscientious, and did not seize the opportunity to fight on horseback, throwing down the defeated soldiers and fleeing back to the formation to live, or after the army was completely dispersed, he fled for his life, and was soon targeted by a group of Han cavalry, roaring and killing him directly in conspicuous armor, and the personal soldiers around him were too flustered, all of them only cared about their own lives, and no soldier stood up to stop the pursuit of the Han cavalry, The Han cavalry, which led to the charge of the horses, soon chased after Xiang Sui.

Luck is also against Xiang Sui at this moment, seeing that the Han cavalry has been killed, Xiang Sui subconsciously kicked the horse to accelerate, a Western Chu army infantry panicked, suddenly rushed from the oblique time, just stopped in front of his horse, Xiang Sui's war horse directly hit the infantryman's body, although the infantry was directly knocked over, the horse body lost its balance, a hoof fell to the ground, and then before Xiang Sui stood up, a snowy saber had already slashed with the wind, directly on his neck.

Blood flowers rose to the sky, the sword had no eyes, and Xiang Sui, who actually had a very deep relationship with Xiang Kang, unfortunately became the first child of the Xiang family to die under the sword of the Han army.

Of course, Zhou Yin did not know that Xiang Sui had been killed in the first time, holding the last ray of hope, Zhou Yin also let his own soldiers play the banner, so that the infantry of the Western Chu Army who came out of the battle later launched a charge against the Chinese position of the Han army, in a vain attempt to entangle the main force of the Chinese army of the Han army by attacking, and defeated the right flank of the Han army for Xiang Guansuo, who had the advantage of the situation, and once again reversed the overall situation of the battlefield.

It's a pity that the fiasco of the chariot soldiers has seriously affected the morale of the Western Chu army, and the Western Chu army, which has launched a general attack, has already confused the formation of the queue by itself in the fierce battle, and Xiang Guan no longer has the ability to control the army like an arm, so he can only let his subordinates fight on their own, and continue to besiege the strong circle formation of the Han army on the right flank, and the soldiers of the Western Chu army, whose morale has been seriously affected, will of course be even more unable to break through the circle formation of the Han army, and the battlefield on the right flank of the Han army is still deadlocked. The Han army and the Western Chu army were both helpless.

On the contrary, the only left-wing Han army that took the offensive took the lead in making a breakthrough, seeing the great victory of the Chinese army, under the great morale, the offensive of the left-wing Han army led by Wang Ling was naturally more violent, and the sword and spear stabbed the opposite Jibei army to the point that it was even breathless, and at the same time saw the defeat of the Chinese army of the Western Chu army, the morale of the Jibei army was also seriously affected, the soldiers were panicked, the fighting spirit was even more exhausted, the phalanx was defeated by the Han army one after another, and the rear phalanx had to quickly become a circle formation, so as to resist the fierce attack of the Han army.

At this time, the news of Xiang Sui's sacrifice has also been reported to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin's tiger eyes were full of tears, but he had no choice but to continue to urge the Chinese army to step forward, and attack the position of the Han army at any cost.

In fact, judging from the situation alone, the Western Chu army seems to have maintained the upper hand, and has been attacking the middle army and the right wing of the Han army, but Zhou Yin knows very well in his heart that he is about to run out of cards to play, if he can't defeat the Han army's middle army or right wing before dark, then the Western Chu army, which is not well prepared for this decisive battle, will undoubtedly be defeated, so Zhou Yin has been biting his nails and calculating, calculating whether to make a desperate bet and launch a comprehensive general attack, and gamble completely?

A full-scale general attack, if you still don't take the position of the Han army, then once the momentum passes, the Western Chu army will definitely end up in a complete collapse, and it is difficult for Zhou Yin to make up his mind. But Uncle Zhou helped him make up his mind, when the sun was about to set on the top of Taihang Mountain in the west, seeing that the Western Chu army on the right flank battlefield had been completely chaotic, and it was impossible to fight in formation, Uncle Zhou just gave an order, and the main force of the Han cavalry behind the Han army's middle army immediately set out with a horse, holding a saber and shouting to kill the Western Chu army on the right flank.

Uncle Zhou's choice of counterattack once surprised Zhou Yin, he never expected that Uncle Zhou would choose to attack the champion first, rather than the slightly weaker Jibei Army, but when he saw the chaotic crowd of Han cavalry charging in clusters easily entering the champion, Zhou Yin immediately understood why Uncle Zhou chose to counterattack the right flank - the combat effectiveness of the Jibei Army is relatively weak, but more than half of the Jibei army is still quite complete, and it is difficult for the Han cavalry to gnaw this hard bone, but the champion of the chaotic queue after the all-out attack is different, There is no way to line up to intercept the charge of the Han cavalry, and the Han cavalry can be more comfortable in such a battlefield!

"We can only gamble, even if we keep the rear army and withdraw to the camp, we will definitely lose, it is better to gamble everything and fight to the death with the Han thieves!"

With this idea, Zhou Yin had no other choice, and immediately ordered the drum of the general offensive to be beaten, and personally led the rear army of the Western Chu Army to charge the Chinese position of the Han army, gambling all his chips in a desperate gamble.

Still can't, Zhou Yin's desperate gamble, just forced the Han army's Chinese army to fight in a circle, and still failed to break the Han army's Chinese army position, and on the contrary, the main force of the Han army's cavalry, but it was very easy to kill the Western Chu army on the right flank battlefield one after another, and the Han army's insect Da Division, which had been pressed and beaten before, also took the opportunity to counterattack, joined forces with the cavalry, and killed the Xiang Guan's department of the Western Chu Army, whose physical strength and morale had fallen to the extreme, and the soldiers kept fleeing.

When the sky was slightly dark, the Western Chu army on the right-wing battlefield had been completely defeated, and the exhausted Western Chu soldiers and soldiers fled in all directions, including some middle-level generals such as five hundred and thousand chiefs, and the banner of the crown was also targeted by the Han cavalry, and was chased by the Han cavalry and fled everywhere, embarrassed, and it was only a matter of time before it completely collapsed.

The defense line of the Jibei Army was also crumbling, seeing that the defeat of the right flank battlefield had been decided, and the Chinese army could not see any hope on the battlefield, the military spirit of the Jibei Army was seriously shaken, and even some generals ran to Tian Xin to speak, saying: "General, we have already lost, run away, and continue to fight, if the Western Chu Army collapses, it will be difficult for us to escape." ”

Tian Xin's face was gloomy as water, and he wanted to lead the army to escape for his life countless times, but considering that if he did this, the Western Chu Army would definitely dismantle himself in eight pieces, and Tian Du, who was obedient to Xiang Yu's words, would definitely not let go of his family, but Tian Xin was slow to make up his mind, so he could only turn his eyes to the only Chinese battlefield that was still on the offensive, hoping that a miracle would appear, and the Chinese army of the Western Chu Army would be able to suddenly defeat the Chinese army of the Han army.

The miracle did not appear, the West Chu army on the right wing battlefield has never been able to escape the doom of complete collapse, chased and killed by the Han cavalry, Xiang Guan and his direct army rushed to the west, gradually away from the center of the battlefield, the rest of the West Chu army was unrestrained, and I don't know who shouted to run, suddenly it collapsed, the generals fled in all directions, the Han army took the opportunity to counterattack, and quickly defeated the West Chu army on the right wing battlefield, and then shouted and chased to the Xiang Guan banner that had fled away.

Seeing that the situation was extreme, the pro-soldiers could only pull the reins of the horse with the crown to flee to the south, and at first the crown also shouted to stop, and even personally cut down the two pro-soldiers who pulled their own escape, but when the Han cavalry chased after him, the crown could only be a war horse, leading his own soldiers to flee to the south, and crying loudly while fleeing, both hating his cowardice and incompetence, and there was no way at all.

The chain reaction of fear also appeared, the Western Chu army on the right flank was the first to flee, and Tian Xin, who commanded the Jibei army, was not only not depressed and disappointed, but on the contrary, as if he had put down a thousand catties of burden, he immediately shouted: "Mingjin, retreat!" ”

As soon as the golden cymbal sounded, the Jibei Army, which had long been unable to hold on, immediately collapsed completely, and the generals and soldiers rushed to the camp of the self-army in the south, leaving behind the main force of the Western Chu Army that was still fighting fiercely.

The Chinese army of the Western Chu army was the same, seeing that the two wings collapsed and fled one after another, the officers and men of the Chinese army of the Western Chu army, who were already depressed to the extreme, did not have the courage to fight any longer, shouting and just running south, all afraid that they would be caught up by the Han army if they escaped late, Uncle Zhou was not polite when he saw it, and immediately ordered to beat the drums of the general offensive and personally led the army to launch a comprehensive counterattack.

The fiasco was already doomed, out of duty, Zhou Yin immediately arranged for the army to retreat to the palace, in a vain attempt to cover the main force to withdraw to the camp, but I don't know if the personal soldiers did not convey the order in place, or received the order and were unwilling to stay to die, the Western Chu army named by Zhou Yin did not stay to block the Han army's counterattack, and fled faster and fiercer than other armies, Zhou Yin did not have the courage to personally lead the army to the palace, so he could only hurry to flee south surrounded by his own soldiers, and trampled on each other and fled to the camp of the army.

The distance was not very far, and the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army quickly fled to the front of the camp of the self-army, and what made Zhou Yin tremble with anger was that although the Western Chu army that stayed in the camp immediately dispatched to respond, holding the camp fence and preparing to block the Han army's pursuit, but the defeated crowd of the Western Chu army in extreme panic was like a tide, directly overturning the camp gate and a large fence, and also disrupting the rear army of the Western Chu army that lined up behind the fence to respond.

Not only that, countless defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army in order to survive, but also directly crossed the camp, grabbed the pontoon bridge built before to cross the river to escape, squeezed on the narrow pontoon bridge constantly, fell into the water countless times, the Jibei army on the other side was extremely cunning, knowing that at this time the direct retreat to the south must have suffered heavy losses, but also knew that if they continued to stick to the camp, they would definitely become the abandoned son of the Western Chu army, and were completely annihilated by the Han army on the north bank of the river, so they simply did not even enter the camp, so that the rear army brought the little grain and grass that was left, Retreating and fleeing to the lower reaches of the river with all his might, the Han army really used most of its strength on the Western Chu army, and the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army fled faster under the frenzied pursuit, fell into the water more, and the corpses were stacked layer upon layer, and they were quickly piled up in the river, and the large amount of water did not even flow.

In fact, Zhou Yin also hoped to be able to retreat and flee to the lower reaches of the river, but he had lost control of the army, and the Han army was chasing after him, and there was a danger of being in a different place immediately after a slight delay, so he had no choice, Zhou Yin could only hurry up with the defeated soldiers who could still be restrained, and rushed across the river to flee south with the corpses of his own soldiers, and at the same time, Uncle Zhou also led the pursuers to chase and kill to the side of the river, but Uncle Zhou still refused to give up, and resolutely led the army to chase and kill across the river, shouting: "Chase!" Give me as much as possible to annihilate the defeated army of thieves! Otherwise, these defeated thieves will be cheaper for our friendly troops on the southern front! ”

Human nature, during the roar, even Uncle Zhou couldn't help but look forward to the surprised look of the friendly troops on the southern front when they learned that they had broken the main force of the Chuji coalition army on the Huangshui battlefield, and the beautiful scene of his own army swinging south to the Julu battlefield and once again breaking the main force of the Zhao Qi coalition army, which had retreated south first.