Chapter 17: Outwitting the Three Levels
After the defeat and retreat, the first time the army lost more than half of the army, just because I broke his "vajra hand", and with internal force on him, although I held a grudge against me, but I was seriously wounded, and was no longer my opponent, so I had to cross the river and return to the city overnight.
In the middle of the night, the wind was blowing, and there were a few black crows on the forks of the dead trees, where they were desolate and chirping, and the cry was really disturbing. I secretly led a team of men and horses, taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind, to sneak quietly.
In the middle of the night, the soldiers at the city gates also relaxed their vigilance, and everything was quiet. I have quietly ordered someone to hold the zipline, only to hear the "whoosh", the zipline has grabbed a piece of the city wall, a few good hands along the rope to fly up the tower, I just jumped in the air, from the dead tree where I was hiding to the city wall. I was armed with a crossbow, and with just one arrow, I shot and killed one of the officers who were keeping vigil, and the rest of them were killed by several good men as soon as they had their knives in their hands.
Although this team had only eight soldiers, they all had extraordinary martial arts, and the purpose of this trip was to open the city gates so that the army could enter the city smoothly and reduce casualties.
With a "squeak", the city gate was opened, and the troops also rushed in, surrounding the enemy regiments who rushed over, and the officers defending the city saw this, and were about to flee, but were killed by Xiang Yu's halberd, and the soldiers surrendered one after another.
At the third watch, Nakong had just come with troops from a neighboring city, but it was too late, and our army had already occupied this city. When Kong Gang saw it, he couldn't help but be angry, spit out a mouthful of blood, and was unconscious. I had already prepared and ordered the arrows to be released, and suddenly, the Qin army under the city lost its armor and collapsed, and fled in a hurry.
There is a city near the mountain, called Qicheng, it is only one or two hundred miles away from Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the place where the soldiers must fight, take it, you can attack according to the danger. It can be said that it can be attacked, and it can be defended when retreating.
But now, in terms of troops, it may be difficult to break through twice as much, so we still have to find another way. Listen to his subordinates, the enemy defending the city is known as "ten thousand enemies", he can block thousands of people alone, and he is good at flowing gold hammers, double hammers weigh 240 pounds, so that the mountains and rivers can be pneumatized. When this person practiced martial arts, he swung his double hammer, and then used his luck to smash a century-old tree at the waist. There is also a powerful weapon in this city, that is, the super large crossbow, this kind of crossbow is huge, weighing about one or two hundred catties, only the arrow body is one foot long, the arrow body weighs four or five catties, the lethality is extremely strong, the shooting can reach eight hundred meters, killing people must kill a column, shields, armor can penetrate.
From the point of view of the terrain, the fire attack is suitable, the terrain is favorable, and the enemy army can be easily disintegrated, and if successful, the casualties will be much smaller than the frontal attack. But the danger is no less than a frontal attack. Once hit by the arrow from the crossbow, I am afraid that ten more lives will be lost.
I told Xiang Yu what I thought, and Xiang Yu clapped his hands and applauded: "I'll go with you!" None of our Jiangdong boys are soft eggs! Let's go! ”
Xiang Yu called more than a dozen Jiangdong disciples, set off with me, quietly climbed up from the back mountain, climbed to the mountainside, the underground city was in full view, Xiang Yu asked people to prepare torches, and threw them straight into the city from the mountainside, and suddenly a fire ignited, I ordered my subordinates to change their bows and arrows, aiming at the soldiers defending the city and setting off arrows, only a few seconds, a piece of soldiers fell on the city.
Just when I was proud, I only heard a "whoosh" sound, a bronze casting giant arrow came head-on, but I didn't notice it, Xiang Yu saw that it was not good, and quickly pulled me to squat, the giant arrow swept over my head, I only felt the scalp numb, and then when I looked at the giant arrow, the arrow had been deeply inserted into the rock, I couldn't help but gasp, secretly screaming that it was dangerous.
At some point, there were a few more crossbows on the tower, and a few soldiers loaded the huge arrows into the crossbows. Suddenly, another arrow came to me, and I leaped into the air, dodging the arrow, and the soldiers who were with me were killed, and the huge arrow pierced through the body, and half of their heads were gone.
"What a guts!" A cold drink came into my ears, I looked back, I don't know when we have been surrounded, the leader is the "ten thousand enemies", the man flew with a hammer, sure enough, the power is great, I held a gun, was beaten back a few steps by the hammer, my heart was hot, almost vomited blood. I looked around the mountain, and saw that the surrounding area was densely packed with enemy troops, about a hundred people, and there were only twelve people left with me and Xiang Yu, and the disparity in strength was extremely great, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to even get out of danger.
I did not fight him, but led my troops to retreat to the mountains, firstly, to find a good place to avoid the great crossbow, secondly, to prevent us from confronting the enemy army head-on, and thirdly, to find an opportunity to counterattack.
I picked it up with the tip of my spear and picked it back again, and the "ten thousand enemies" blocked it with another hammer and took it with my left hand. Taking advantage of this, I quickly climbed upwards. The giant crossbow was not aimed at for a while, and it was not fired. The "10,000 enemies" rushed forward and wanted to pull me down, but was stopped by Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is also born with divine power, and the two are indistinguishable for a while. I was afraid that Xiang Yu would be attacked by the soldiers behind the "Ten Thousand Enemies", so I ordered my subordinates to cover with bows and arrows and rolling stones, and those soldiers did not dare to step forward for a while.
My men and I continued to retreat upwards and climbed to the summit of an open field, which was a kilometer away from the giant crossbow on the tower, and the range of the giant crossbow was far from reaching. As soon as the "ten thousand enemies" came up, they would fight him to the death.
The "10,000 enemies" rushed forward, danced with two hammers, and smashed down from the air, and as soon as I dodged, there was a big hole in the ground. "Brother Xian, you are not his opponent, this person is left to me to deal with!" Xiang Yu pulled me away and said. I didn't want to fight him, so I rushed into the crowd of enemy soldiers and fought for a while. Xiang Yu held the Overlord Moon Snatching Spear, turned into a sky, and rowed towards the "10,000 enemies", who used a double hammer to pick it up, and was picked away by this gun, knocking down dozens of enemy sergeants. Xiang Yu shot down the wind again, and the "10,000 enemies" lost their weapons, so they had to rely on brute force to barely parry.
Suddenly, Xiang Yu's gun pierced, and his palms turned into fists, it was the "Kongming Fist", each punch had the power of crushing stone and gold, and the "Ten Thousand Enemies" were beaten to the point that they had no power to fight back, Xiang Yu took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the "Ten Thousand Enemies" were hit five times in the chest, and they were beaten to vomit blood, and they couldn't help but retreat again and again. Xiang Yu suddenly volleyed a kick, extremely fast, the "ten thousand enemies" failed to block this kick, was kicked on the chin, was kicked off the cliff by this kick, and disappeared in a moment. The enemy army on the mountain was also killed and wounded more than half of them at this time, and when they saw that the general was dead, they had no intention of fighting, and the flags under the mountain were everywhere, and each flag had a big "Chu" character written on it.
Looking across the mountain, after crossing the chain bridge is the Jinyang City, Jinyang City was originally the land of Zhao State, was broken by the Qin Dynasty as if it belonged to Qin, seeing this Jinyang City, it remembered the scene of the past, it was really "the general taste in the heart".
Jinyang City, there are more than 80,000 soldiers, abundant grain and grass, following the fall of Zhao State, the Qin Dynasty has sent additional troops, the general of the city is named Jiang Huan, originally the old general of Zhao State, although he surrendered to the Qin Dynasty, but has long been dissatisfied with Qin Shi Huang****, it can be said that "the heart of Cao Ying is in Han", and he wants to take this city and attack the heart for the top.
The weather in Layue is very cold, the river has long been frozen, after crossing the chain bridge, a white horse came to the front, the person on the horse was wearing a goose feather armor, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, the appearance was very white, I didn't think about it: "This is General Jiang Huan." ”
Jiang Huan said: "It's Jiang, please give General Guan advice." ”
"You and I used to be old generals of Zhao State, and we were officials in the same dynasty. Although there is no brotherhood, there is also bureaucratic affection. Today, he wants to meet each other, and he does not want to be an enemy with the general, let alone implicate the people, so please think twice. ”
Jiang Huan said: "Life is impermanent, and the world is full of things. Please give me advice, general. ”
I saw that there was a sadness in his eyes, and said, "The general is not afraid of the prison army in the city, see me capture him!" “
I slapped the horse, my feet on the horse's back, flew and jumped, before the person arrived, the gun had flown out, stuck on the city wall, I crossed to the gun, stepped on the gun, jumped again, and went up to the tower, the overseer still wanted to dodge, I was dragged down the tower by my hand, I took the gun from the tower, "As soon as this person dies, the general will not have any scruples, right?" "I didn't wait for Jiang Huan to say anything, just stabbed the prison soldier to death with a wave of the gun.
That Jiang Huan was silent, and suddenly flew towards me, I flashed, that Jiang Huan went up to the city tower, killed the other two lieutenant generals with a halberd, and said to the surrounding soldiers: "These three people are dead, I no longer have any scruples, General Guan is an old general of Zhao State, and I am an official in the same dynasty, everyone is willing to surrender General Guan together, and those soldiers shouted in unison: "The general's words, subordinates should obey." Jiang Huan randomly led people to the Prison Mansion, and the entire Prison Mansion was surrounded by regiments.