There is such a rumor in the ranks of the Qin army, saying that there is such a fierce general in the team of the anti-Qin rebels, riding a black horse to make a spear, with a green face and fangs, a thick waist, long hands and feet, four eyes, and the whole body is invulnerable, a roar is like thunder in the sky, and the strength is even greater than if it is raised by his parents. Then you can pick up all these people who have been stabbed to death with one hand, and smash them like hammers, until all the corpses strung on the spear are smashed into meat sauce!

The soldiers of the Qin army generally did not believe this rumor, even if some Qin soldiers who claimed to have escaped from under the spear of the black horse and swore that they had seen this fierce general with their own eyes, and had seen him smash the corpses of Qin soldiers like a string of fish, most of the Qin soldiers still took the words of these survivors as a joke, and refused to believe that there could be such a thing in the world, and that people who could have strength to this point no matter what.

But today, many soldiers of the Qin army suddenly believed such rumors, because they saw with their own eyes the majesty of this dark horse general on the battlefield!

Against the feather arrows hurriedly cast by the Qin soldiers, the cone-shaped array naturally formed by the cavalry of the Chu army in the charge was like a sharp arrow off the string, directly piercing into the crowd of the Qin army, and the soldiers of the Qin army who were originally here to impact the right flank of the anti-Qin coalition army also forgot their own tasks, and howled excitedly to meet Xiang Yu, the commander of the anti-Qin coalition army who rushed to the front, to fight for a rare opportunity to make himself rich and noble for life and even to be a marquis. However, it is a pity that these soldiers of the Qin army who hoped to make meritorious contributions soon found that they were too naïve to think.

"Kill!"

A very simple word erupted from Xiang Yu's mouth, like thunder, shaking the eardrums of many Qin soldiers who rushed in, and the spears that had been soaked in tung oil repeatedly pierced directly, without any tricks of dragging mud and water, just surprisingly fast, and like a string of sugar gourds, even the armor directly pierced the chests of the two Qin soldiers, and the two experienced Qin army warriors didn't even have time to feel the pain, and their bodies were brought up by a strange force together, and smashed sideways towards the companions next to them, and the bones broke between the human body collisions, Four or five Qin soldiers were directly smashed over, and before they could react to what had happened, they had already fallen on the battlefield, and then they were trampled to death and injured by their companions who could not be retracted.

The spear continued to fly, swinging the weapons in the Qin soldiers, smashing the neck bones of the Qin soldiers, stabbing and stabbing unstoppable, when it moved, it was like a mountain and a sea, the Qin soldiers in front of Xiang Yu kept staggering, and from time to time the Qin soldiers whose bodies were pierced flew off the ground, turning into weapons in Xiang Yu's hands, smashing the other Qin soldiers to the point of breaking their tendons and fractures, spurting blood from their mouths and noses, and the screams that were terrified to the extreme were also in front of Xiang Yu, "Ghosts and gods!" The ghosts and gods have descended to earth! ”

The cavalry of the Chu army, which followed Xiang Yu and rushed into the crowd of the Qin army, was also unstoppable, roaring excitedly and desperately beckoning the weapons in his hands to the Qin soldiers, with red eyes, the moves were only offensive and not defensive, although the Qin soldiers they faced were the elite troops in the Great Wall Corps, but they still could not resist the fierce offensive of the Chu cavalry, and in a blink of an eye, the Chu cavalry directly tore out a big hole, and the formation was chaotic. The armies on the right flank of the anti-Qin coalition army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and the cavalry of the Chu army flanked the charging troops of the Qin army on both sides, quickly reversing the offensive and defensive posture.

The more it was time for the melee, the more the heroic style of the overlord of Chu was revealed, every time the spear was pierced, one or two Qin soldiers screamed and were pierced through the chest, and several Qin soldiers fell to the ground screaming every time the spear was moved, and there were particularly unlucky people who were directly pierced by the tip of the spear, and even the skull was directly pierced, and the brains and blood were sprayed together, but Xiang Yu was so relaxed that he was walking in the flowers, and he kept yelling in his mouth, "Who else?!" ”

Captured by Xiang Yu's divine might, none of the Qin soldiers who originally wanted to make meritorious contributions were not frightened, and retreated again and again in fear and screams, and no one dared to stop in front of Xiang Yu's horse, and the cavalry of the Chu army took the opportunity to keep up, and they were even more excited to shoot the enemy, killing the Qin soldiers who were heartbroken, and the corpses were all over the field, and the formation was even more chaotic, and the Qin army's team was torn into two.

Seeing this scene on the high ground in the distance, Wang Li couldn't believe his eyes at all, opened his mouth wide and couldn't make a sound for a long time, or under the repeated reminders of his subordinates, Wang Li woke up like a dream, and hurriedly urged the army to step forward and attack the left flank of the position of the anti-Qin coalition army, in a vain attempt to take advantage of Xiang Yu's temporary departure from the command flag array to break the enemy's left flank and seize the initiative in the decisive battlefield.

It's a pity that the Qin army that attacked in a hurry failed to shake the left flank position of the anti-Qin coalition army, on the contrary, the Qin army team that attacked before was defeated by the anti-Qin coalition army on the right flank battlefield, and was forced to flee back to the main formation for help.

After the left wing of the Qin army was also dispersed by Xiang Yu himself, the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army was doomed to the fate of defeat, and the two wings of the anti-Qin coalition army flew together, driving out the defeated soldiers of the Qin army as the vanguard and rushing to the two wings of the Qin army's position, and Xiang Yu, who returned to command the flag array, did not even wipe the sweat and blood on his face, and immediately urged the Chinese army to attack, and the soldiers were divided into three ways to attack the Qin army battle formation at the same time, and the Qin army had no power to fight back, so it could only grit its teeth and hold on hard with the formation, and strive to force back the anti-Qin coalition army to maintain the draw.

Wang Li's dream failed to succeed, the fierce battle to the time when the sun was about to set, saw that the Qin army's right flank had begun to loosen, Xiang Yu, who had been carefully taught by Xiang Liang, decisively sent the general Ji Bu to lead the elite troops to reinforce the right wing of the battlefield, and successfully broke the right flank of the Qin army before it was dark, Wang Li saw that the general trend had gone, and he had to hurry up to let people ring the golden cymbal, and retreated hastily with the Great Wall Corps, and the anti-Qin coalition army pursued in a big way, killing the Qin army that fled in a hurry, and the corpses were all over the field. also directly chased and killed Zhang Han's main force.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Han's main force had already established a strong camp, and prepared for the night battle in time, and also sent 20,000 troops to line up on the road with torches, temporarily blocking the pursuit of the anti-Qin coalition army for Wang Li's defeated army, and covering the defeated soldiers of the Qin army's Great Wall Corps to flee westward. Although the offensive of the anti-Qin coalition army was fierce, it suffered from the fact that it did not prepare torches and other things for night fighting, and its physical strength decreased seriously after the fierce battle, and several shocks failed to defeat the army sent by Zhang Han to respond, and in the end they could only give up the pursuit helplessly and temporarily retreat to camp to rest.

After the fiasco, Wang Li knew that he was guilty, and he had just barely collected the defeated soldiers, so he ignored the opposition of the generals, ordered someone to tie himself up, and entered the camp of Zhang Han's army to ask Zhang Han for his guilt in person, and knelt down on Zhang Han's knees as soon as they met, and took the initiative to express his willingness to accept any treatment from Zhang Han. And although Zhang Han wanted to break the body of Wang Li, who did not listen to the command, in his heart, but considering Wang Li's identity background and the feelings of the Great Wall Corps, Zhang Han still forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "I won't kill you for the time being, but I will tell the court truthfully about your affairs, and ask the emperor to personally decide how to deal with you. ”

"Thank you, General." Wang Li paused heavily, and took the initiative to say: "Please rest assured that no matter how the emperor sends the guilty general, the guilty general will never complain, let alone dare to have the slightest complaint against the general." ”

With a long sigh, Zhang Han said with a gloomy face: "Get up, hurry back and regroup the army, count the losses, we still have a long way to retreat, whether we can successfully withdraw to Hanoi depends on whether we can withstand the pursuit of the thief army next." ”

Wang Li respectfully agreed, and then got up to say goodbye and left, but just as Wang Li was about to walk out of the military tent, Zhang Han's heart suddenly moved, and he hurriedly shouted: "Wait! ”

"What else does the Admiral command?" Wang Li hurriedly turned around and asked.

"After you go back, select 20,000 troops from your defeated army overnight, replenish enough weapons and equipment, and hand them over to reliable generals to command." Zhang Han instructed: "After receiving the dry food tomorrow morning, I will immediately break away from the main force and go west first, go to Dangyin to set up a camp, and defend Dangyin to the death for me, and protect our westward retreat road." ”

"Dangyin is just a small city, not even a city wall, why does the general attach so much importance to it?" Wang Li asked suspiciously.

"Have you forgotten Xiang Kang'er?" Zhang Han asked angrily: "Now that he has taken Puyang and Baima, we can't go through the road of Baimajin no matter what, we can only take the road of Dangyin and retreat west to Hanoi, if Xiang Yu's thief army splits up an army to attack Dangyin and joins forces with Xiang Kang Xiao'er to cut off all our retreats, how can we retreat to Hanoi?" ”

Wang Li woke up, hurriedly clenched his fists again to receive the order, and then hurriedly returned to the Great Wall Corps army sleeping in the wilderness, to select an army that remained intact to form a partial division, and prepared to go to Dangyin to protect the retreat the next day.

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The anti-Qin coalition army still had a chance to join forces with the young marshal army to cut off the retreat of the Qin army, because at this time, the young marshal army messenger who came from Puyang had already made contact with the anti-Qin coalition army, and after identifying himself, he was summoned by Xiang Yu overnight, and submitted Xiang Kang's letter to Xiang Yu before the Qin army divided the troops.

Xiang Kang did not agree with Master Xiang Boxiang, when the messenger of the young marshal army saw Xiang Yu, Master Xiang Boxiang, who had made great contributions today, also happened to be by Xiang Yu's side, and he was still foaming at the mouth and boasting about his clever tricks, with infinite scenery and arrogance. As a result, after being interrupted by the sudden arrival of the young marshal's army messenger, Xiang Bo, who was already very dissatisfied with Xiang Kang, was inevitably even more annoyed in his heart, and encouraged Xiang Yu: "Virtuous nephew, it's late at night, and you are also very tired, so let's see Kang'er's messenger tomorrow." ”

Xiang Yu, who knew the severity of the matter, ignored Xiang Bo's dissuasion, and immediately summoned the messenger sent by Xiang Kang, but after reading the letter sent by Xiang Kang, Xiang Yu was still very happy, and immediately said: "It's still Adi's thoughtfulness, that's right, I should immediately divide my troops to attack Dangyin, and join forces with Adi to cut off the retreat of the main force of Tyranny Qin, so that we must have hope of annihilating the main force of Tyrant Qin to the east of Hanoi." ”

Xiang Bo, who likes to show his identity, asked Xiang Kang for the first time to read the letter carefully, and after reading it quickly by the light of the bonfire, Xiang Bo also rolled his eyes, first waved his hand to let the messenger sent by Xiang Kang go down to rest, and then asked Xiang Yu with a pleasant face: "Virtuous nephew, listen to your tone, are you planning to take Kang'er's suggestion and divide your troops to take the risk of attacking the Yin?" ”

"Of course." Xiang Yu didn't think about it and said: "As long as we divide our troops and attack Dangyin successfully, the two retreats of the Tyrannical Qin army will be cut off by us, and the Tyrannical Qin army is like a turtle in an urn, such a risk is certainly worth taking." ”

Xiang Bo sighed, and then said: "Virtuous nephew, this risk may be worth taking, but have you considered it, you took the risk to run and succeed, who benefited the most?" ”

"Who is it?" Xiang Yu was asked.

"Do you need to ask? Kang'er, of course. Xiang Bo smiled bitterly and said: "If you take the risk of dividing your troops to attack Dangyin and succeed, and capture Zhang Handipuff to avenge your second uncle, it will all be in the hands of Kang'er. If the main force of Tyranny Qin breaks through the siege, he can also immediately take the army from Baimajin directly north to Langyin to pick up the cheap, and when the time comes, our army will chase after him, and he will suddenly kill from the flank, if he really let him get lucky to capture and kill Zhang Handpifu in front of you, then wouldn't he be the righteous general of the Chu State? ”

Xiang Yu's face in the bonfire changed a little, Xiang Bo observed his words, and took the opportunity to say: "Virtuous nephew, in addition to the old man, you are the eldest among the children of the Xiang family, and the old man and I are incompetent and incompetent and not qualified to replace my brother as the general of Chu State, but I sincerely hope that you can inherit your brother's will and succeed him as the general of Chu State, so the old man has a hard time for you, you have to understand." ”

Xiang Yu was still silent, and Xiang Bo took the opportunity to say again: "Actually, in my uncle's opinion, there is no need for us to risk dividing our troops to attack Dangyin, because there is still more than sixty miles to retreat from here to Dangyin, with the marching speed of the Tyrannical Qin army, there are at least two days to withdraw to Dangyin, and if the Tyrannical Qin army wants to withdraw to a safe place to get food, it will take at least two more days to withdraw to Chaoge, and we must cross the flood on the way, we have so much time to pursue, and there is a chance to attack the Tyrant Qin army in the flood. Why risk dividing your forces to attack the Yin? Running misses, losing soldiers, running successfully, cheapening others, virtuous nephew, why do you have to suffer? ”

Xiang Yu still had a gloomy face and didn't speak, but after a long time, Xiang Yu said in a hoarse voice: "Uncle, it's late at night, you go and rest, I'll think about it carefully." ”

Xiang Bo nodded in agreement, and after getting up, he patted Xiang Yu's shoulder again, and said: "Virtuous nephew, uncle is not partial, it is Kang'er who is indeed a little greedy and insufficient, Huaisi's foundation was originally laid down by him, if he picks your advantage and grabs Zhang Handpifu in front of you, I am afraid that you will be trampled under his feet in this life." You must think carefully about where to go, otherwise it will be too late to regret it in the future. ”

Xiang Yu still didn't react, even after Xiang Bo sighed and left, Xiang Yu still sat motionless in front of the bonfire, but the light of the four pupils kept changing, and he gradually made up his mind in his heart......

In the early morning of the next day, the main force of the Qin army and the anti-Qin coalition army got up and marched west almost at the same time, one after the other slowly marched in the direction of Hanoi. During this period, the scouts of the anti-Qin coalition army also discovered the situation of the Qin army's division of troops in time, and reported the news to Xiang Yu in time.

This is also the last chance for the anti-Qin coalition army to cut off the retreat of the Qin army first, hearing that the Qin army divided the troops first, the soldier surnamed Han, who happened to not be on duty by Xiang Yu's side last night, first woke up, and immediately stood up and spoke, pointing out that the Qin army's division of troops must be to go to Dangyin to protect the retreat, and tried his best to persuade Xiang Yu to immediately divide his troops to attack Dangyin, not to give the Qin army a chance to divide troops to gain a foothold in Dangyin, and also gave Xiang Kang the opportunity to directly send troops from Baimajin to the north to Dangyin, and assist the partial division of the anti-Qin coalition army to cut off the retreat of the Qin army.

This time, Old Man Fan also stood on the side of the soldiers surnamed Han, and also persuaded Xiang Yu to immediately divide his troops and intersperse, Xiang Yu hesitated, and Xiang Bo jumped out to object, saying: "Don't take risks, don't forget, Zhang Handpifu left 10,000 troops in Chaoge before, if the violent Qin army received Zhang Handipfu's order to fortify in Dangyin in advance, our division of troops is lonely, and the violent Qin army is waiting for work in Dangyin, wouldn't our division of troops be in danger?" ”

"General Right hasn't dealt with that tyrannical Qin army yet?" Old man Fan was stunned and hurriedly asked Xiang Yu: "Former general, did General Right send someone to contact us?" Is there any introduction to the movements of Chaoge's violent Qin army? ”

After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Yu shook his head and said, "No." ”

"What the hell is this Xiang Kang?" Old man Fan was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and said: "The main force of the Tyrannical Qin has been bitten by us, and the Tyrannical Qin army that went to reinforce Puyang from the Thorn Plains has also been killed by him, he doesn't want to find a way to quickly kill the Tyrannical Qin army of Chaoge, why didn't he even send a message in a hurry?" ”

"So, Fan Gong, the enemy situation is unknown, and we'd better not risk dividing our troops." Xiang Bo persuaded bitterly: "The strength of the Tyrannical Qin army is already above us, and it is best for us to concentrate our troops to pursue it with all our might, so as to ensure that something happens." ”

Suffering from the unknown enemy's situation, Old Man Fan could only obey Xiang Bo's persuasion for the first time, and gave up the suggestion of immediately dividing his troops to attack Dangyin. Xiang Yu let Xiang Bo be powerful, or after Xiang Bo forcibly suppressed all the opposing voices, Xiang Yu ordered: "Order the whole army, speed up and advance, catch up with the tyrannical Qin army and force them to fight a decisive battle." ”