Chapter 420: The Battle of the Pavilion Chiefs

"Red flag! It's an army of thieves! ”

The crimson banner soon revealed the identity of the troops coming from the rear, and this situation was quickly reported to Liu Laosan and Han Xin by the scouts of the Nanyang Army in the rear, so that Liu Laosan and Han Xin couldn't help but scold the enemy for being cunning like Xiang Kang before, and even divided the pursuers into four or five teams to pursue one after another.

"King, the number of Han thief infantry behind doesn't seem to be very large, the strength advantage is on our side, we still have a chance!"

Fortunately, by roughly estimating the number of torches, Han Xin soon found that the number of Han infantry suddenly chasing from the rear was not as good as his own army, and he quickly reminded Liu Laosan to pay attention to this situation, Liu Laosan also quickly confirmed this, and hurriedly asked Han Xin: "What should I do?" ”

"It's definitely not okay to fight in formation, it's just a waste of time." Han Xin pondered and said: "The only way is to take the initiative to charge, take advantage of our military superiority, and defeat this thief army in one go, and then we can get out calmly." ”

Liu Laosan nodded, made a decision after a little thought, and said: "You bring 5,000 infantry, responsible for preventing and dealing with the Han thief cavalry behind us, and this king personally leads the main force to counter-charge and defeat this Han thief." ”

Han Xin agreed, and then advised: "The king is careful, the enemy general who can lead the pursuit in the middle of the night is definitely not a good person. ”

"It doesn't matter who he is!" Liu Laosan, who had been a sword ranger for many days, replied proudly: "This king has a sword in his waist, a spear in his palm, and he has also drunk a lot of human blood. Tonight, this king is just fighting a good fight! ”

Confidently and proudly, Liu Laosan immediately dispatched troops and horses, and he didn't have time to recall the chariot convoy that was in the vanguard position before, and directly led more than 16,000 officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army to launch a counter-charge, just like when he first raised troops against Qin, he abandoned the car and rode on horseback, and personally rushed to the front line of the battlefield to boost morale, and shouted desperately, "Kill!" Kill the thieves and take my life! Kill ——! ”

God made a joke, what Liu Laosan, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion back then, never dreamed of was that at this moment, the enemy general who appeared in front of him happened to be a general of the peasant rebel army who was also born as a pavilion chief, and like him Liu Laosan, he was a small pavilion chief who belonged to Surabaya County of the Qin Court, and he had received the same school education from the Qin Court as he did, and he had relied on arresting thieves to maintain law and order for a long time, so strictly speaking, Liu Laosan appeared on the opposite side of the enemy this time, In a broad sense, he can be regarded as his fellow disciples!

Feng Zhong, who is also the pavilion chief and has mediocre talents, is of course not worthy of Liu Laosan in terms of leadership, political ability and strategic ability, but fortunately, Feng Zhong's advantage is that he is diligent and conscientious, and after gradually changing the weakness of his cowardly personality, he also showed the tenacity and military talent that even Xiang Yu admired. Therefore, in the pursuit, seeing that the Nanyang Army took the initiative to launch a counter-charge, Feng Zhong, who knew that he had a heavy responsibility, not only did not hesitate at all, but also rushed to the front line on horseback, and personally led 10,000 Han army soldiers including many of his old troops to shout, and he also yelled in his mouth, "Kill!" At any cost, defeat the Nanyang thief army! ”

A decisive battle between pavilion chiefs began, because the light was too dim, or when the two armies were less than twenty steps apart, Feng Zhong passed the flag, and was stunned to find that he actually ran into Liu Laosan himself, who had been gritting his teeth with his good brother Xiang Kang, and after a while, Feng Zhong immediately understood that his opportunity had come, and without hesitation, he clamped his horse between his legs and rushed directly to the direction where Liu Laosan's banner was. Liu Laosan is the same, in order to capture the thief and capture the king first, kill and disperse the Han army's pursuers as soon as possible, the same horse rushed directly to Feng Zhong's banner, and the Han army and the Nanyang army also took the two sides as the vanguard at the same time, like two torrents rushing together, they collided head-on, and suddenly broke out with earth-shattering shouts and killings and gold and iron.

It was another vicious battle of copper plate and iron broom, the well-equipped Liu Laosan's direct guards tightly hugged Liu Laosan, and as soon as he met the enemy, he greeted the enemy with weapons like crazy, even if the Han army hurriedly threw some primitive grenades, it did not blow up their crowd, Feng Zhong's side was the same, the direct army he brought from Pengcheng was also tightly surrounded by him, and as soon as he collided with the enemy on the opposite side, the weapon in his hand had already stabbed out and slashed out, and blood splashed on the soldiers on both sides at the same time, The roars of the wounded and the screams of the dying sounded at the same time, and as soon as the soldiers in front fell to the ground, the comrades behind did not hesitate to make up for it.

The two soldiers quickly intertwined into hemp, the sword and sword shadows everyone fought separately, the roar was always in the wounds of the two sides of the soldiers were injured, blood splashed like rain, and there were also soldiers on both sides who were killed and injured and fell to the ground all the time, in the trampling of the chaotic feet, most of the fallen soldiers did not have a chance to stand up again, but there were many wounded and fallen soldiers on both sides regardless of their lives, trying to hold the legs of the enemy around them, and even creating opportunities for their companions to kill the enemy, spears and swords continued to stab into the human body, steel knives and axes cut off the head and arms, and the head was pecked by the battle, Dark red blood splattered with white brains, but in a matter of moments, the front line of the battle was already strewn with corpses.

With the continuous influx of soldiers on both sides, the scale of such fierce battles is still expanding, the restrictions of the night make all tactical strategies useless, and also make the battle between Feng Zhongjun and Nanyang Army completely turn into a 10,000-person scale weapon fight, the scene is chaotic and boiling more than boiling water, the soldiers on both sides only know that they are brandishing weapons with red eyes, desperately smashing, stabbing and slashing at each other's enemies, and those who hesitate and cowardly will only pay the price of their lives.

Maybe it was fate, in the melee, Liu Tingchang and Feng Tingchang actually got the opportunity to meet directly, each of them was surrounded by the pro-soldiers, Liu Laosan, who was quick-eyed, saw the opportunity, and suddenly roared and threw the spear in his hand, stabbing Feng Zhong who was ten steps away like a bidding gun, Feng Zhong reacted a little slowly, and only found out the situation when the spear flew in front of him, and it was too late to dodge, and was directly stabbed in the chest by Liu Laosan's spear, and immediately let out a miserable scream.

"Good! Got it! ”

Seeing this situation clearly through the light of the torch, Liu Laosan's heart was suddenly overjoyed, but Feng Zhong, who was not far away, suddenly threw a battle in his hand, Ge Jian broke through the wind, and the lightning came, although Liu Laosan, who was taken aback, made a dodge reaction in time, but he was still scratched on the cheek by the sharp war blade, leaving a deep wound on his handsome cheek, and immediately bleeding all over his face.

Liu Tingchang and Feng Tingchang only met once, and with the successive surges of soldiers on both sides, the distance between the two was quickly widened, during which Liu Laosan was of course extremely puzzled, not understanding that his spear had obviously stabbed Feng Zhong in the chest, but he didn't ask for Feng Zhong's life or seriously injured Feng Zhong, how could Feng Zhong still have the strength to fight back? Feng Zhong stroked his breastplate during this period, his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, and he said secretly: "Fortunately, I wore the steel fish scale armor that Brother Xiang personally gave me, otherwise, this life would have been confessed just now." ”

Being far behind, the light was poor in the dark night, of course Han Xin didn't know that the one who was fighting Liu Laosan at the moment was Feng Zhong, the old boss who was the first to discover him, Han Xin only observed the fierce battle battlefield in the north a little, and then put his attention on the Han cavalry that might turn around and kill at any time, because Han Xin knew very well that Liu Laosan's ability to command troops was not bad, and he also trusted the combat effectiveness of the Nanyang soldiers trained by himself and Liu Laosan, and knew that in the case of an advantage in troops, as long as Liu Laosan was given some time, It was only a matter of time before the enemy in the north was defeated, and all you needed to do was deal with the Han cavalry, which was not strong in melee combat!

At first, Han Xin was extremely worried that the Han cavalry would come forward in a roundabout way, and directly joined the battlefield behind him that was already in a state of melee, and was ready to join the same melee as early as possible, but what made Han Xin overjoyed was that the Han cavalry from the south chose to move straight forward and kill directly towards the five thousand troops under his command, Han Xin was overjoyed and did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the charge, and more than 80 Nanyang chariots led by Xiahou Ying took the lead in attacking, and the unparalleled momentum first greeted the Han cavalry.

In the era when there were no stirrups and Takahashi saddles, chariots and cavalry hedged, and the cavalry was nothing more than an egg hitting a stone! This point has been verified by countless actual battles in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

It's a pity that the limitations of the times once again limited Han Xin's thinking, the two wings of the Han cavalry suddenly rushed out of dozens of horses, and ignited the lead of the original grenade with the letter incense in the mouth, and smashed the grenades one after another after smashing into the Nanyang Army convoy in the violent explosion, the frightened Nanyang Army war horses suddenly lost control, including the famous general Xiahou Ying of the chariot soldiers could not continue to control their chariots, and the convoy of the Nanyang Army was also suddenly in chaos, either colliding with each other and overturning, or losing control and rushing in other directions, and even more than a dozen chariots turned around, In turn, he rushed to the Nanyang soldiers who were charging forward, and immediately killed and crushed many Nanyang soldiers.

"And this trick! In the future, when you fight with the Han thieves, you can't count on the chariot soldiers! ”

Han Xin murmured in pain, but Han Xin did not despair, because Han Xin was convinced that even if the ranks of the self-army were a little disrupted, the infantry of the self-army could still deal with the Han cavalry that most of the soldiers had to dismount and fight on foot!

It is still the limitation of the times, when he saw that the cavalry of the Han army were all riding on horses, brandishing sabers with gauntlets, condescendingly slashing and killing the self-commissioned soldiers who had to fight on their backs, Han Xin, who had never seen this kind of weapon, couldn't help but groan again, "Han thief, how many tricks do you still have to play?!" ”

The saber of the Han army, which appeared on the battlefield of Nanyang for the first time, completely killed the Nanyang army by surprise, and had never encountered so many enemies who could all fight on horseback, the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Army were not only extremely uncomfortable, but also panicked because of this, and even several middle-level generals of the Nanyang Army couldn't help but exclaim, "What the hell? How can a thief all fight on horseback? Are they not afraid of falling? ”

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Han army, which can only be wielded with one hand, is still far from being equipped with the cavalry of later generations equipped with a high bridge saddle and stirrups, but it is enough to deal with the Nanyang army that is still in the tail of the Bronze Age. Even if the Nanyang sergeant was lucky enough to avoid the first saber of the Han cavalry, he could not avoid the second and third swords of the Han cavalry.

What makes the Nanyang soldiers even more desperate is that the sabers of the Han cavalry are all forged of carbon-doped steel, which is not only tough and extremely difficult to break, but also far sharper than the bronze weapon, which can easily cut off the leather helmets on their heads, causing them serious injuries and even fatal injuries.

The god of war Han Xin was once again defeated under the huge gap in science and technology, but in a moment, the five thousand Nanyang Army infantry was rushed to pieces by nearly eight thousand Han cavalry, and the army was defeated, Han Xin also had to temporarily put down the flag, and fled from the battlefield with his own soldiers, fortunately, the Han cavalry cared more about Liu Laosan, and after his army was defeated, he immediately raised his hooves to the north and continued to kill Liu Laosan's back, which gave Han Xin the opportunity to escape, and also gave Han Xin the opportunity to quickly change the clothes of ordinary soldiers in the dark night.

The sudden Han cavalry that came from behind also caught Liu Laosan off guard, and made Liu Laosan can't help but roar wildly, "What does Han Xin eat?" This king gave him 5,000 troops, and also gave him chariots, why can't he stop the cavalry of the Han thieves? ”

It was still after seeing with his own eyes that all the cavalry of the Han army could fight on horseback, Liu Laosan knew that Han Xin had lost unjustly, and only then did he know that whether it was Feng Zhongjun or the cavalry of the Han army, the purpose was not only to entangle the army and buy time for the main force of the Han army to catch up with him, but to directly give himself a fatal blow and kill his main force with the contribution of the division! And after understanding this, Liu Laosan didn't have any extra choice, he could only yell with red eyes, "Kill!" Kill! Kill the thieves and take my life! ”

In the case of the Han cavalry with absolute mobility advantage participating in the battle, if Liu Laosan wants to keep his main force, it is true that only by killing the Han army with all his strength can he keep this gradually slimming hope, Han Xin also understands this truth very well, so after a little retracted the defeated army, Han Xin immediately took the defeated army north to participate in the battle and joined the melee battlefield to help Liu Laosan.

The Han cavalry still did not dare to be too entangled with the enemy, so they could only attack the enemy's relatively empty and chaotic position as much as possible, and could not stop and fight with the enemy for a long time, struggling to resist the frantic offensive of the Nanyang army, Feng Zhong himself was wounded in the fierce battle and was forced to retreat to the naturally formed circle formation to lead the army to resist.

At this time, Han Xin had already recognized Feng Zhong's identity through the banner, lamenting the impermanence of life, but Han Xin was unrelenting, roaring and constantly urging the army to go up, repeatedly impacting the crowd formation formed by the soldiers of the Han army, gambling on the fate of the main force of the Nanyang army, and striving for the opportunity to completely defeat the army of the old boss.

Fortunately, Feng Zhong's biggest strength is that he is full of tenacity, he brought the old part of the Han army from Pengcheng to the Han army, and all of them rushed to participate in the battle this time, so even if several troops temporarily subordinate to the Han army under Feng Zhong's thousand generals were defeated by the Nanyang army, there are still nearly half of the Han army soldiers still united around him, gritting his teeth and standing up to the crazy offensive of the Nanyang army, no matter how the Nanyang army repeatedly impacts, it is standing still, and refusing to give the Nanyang army hope of crushing them.

During this period, the Han cavalry also shared the huge pressure on Feng Zhongjun, and repeatedly clashed with the enemy's weak forces, not to mention, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Nanyang army gradually encircling Feng Zhongjun's crowd and diluting its own forces, Guan Ying also led the Han cavalry to charge Liu Laosan's handsome banner.

The Han cavalry at any cost to launch the impact received miraculous results, from the oblique stab to Liu Laosan's handsome banner after the Han cavalry not only messed up a lot of Nanyang soldiers, but also created an opportunity for Feng Zhongjun to counterattack, seeing Liu Laosan's banner near the chaos, the same is from the corpse mountain of blood crawled out of Feng Zhong grasped the opportunity, immediately urged the army to Liu Laosan's handsome banner launched a counter-charge, under the joint force of the cavalry, the Han army finally completely messed up the army around Liu Laosan, and forced Liu Laosan, the ancestor of the battlefield life-saving master Liu Huangshu, to flee eastward.

This also led to Liu Laosan's complete despair, seeing that he could not defeat the Han infantry brigade, but was forced to flee by the Han infantry cavalry in a weak position, in despair and loss, Liu Laosan couldn't help but sigh, and said with a wry smile: "Still fighting a bird?" Even the Han thief's partial division can't be beaten, and when the main force of the Han thief kills Fan Gou'er and they catch up, this king must not be slaughtered by them as a dog? Run——! ”

After a loud roar, a slap of the war horse, the escape kung fu in this era of the best Liu Laosan took the lead to rush to the south, his own soldiers hurriedly held his handsome flag to follow, and soon according to Liu Laosan's request, took the initiative to throw down the damn banner that was destined to only attract the Han cavalry to chase and fight. And after seeing Liu Laosan's banner take the lead in the south and disappear quickly, the Nanyang Army, which still had a little advantage in terms of troops, was also defeated, and the generals and soldiers scrambled to be the first, fleeing all over the mountains, and even escaped so that his father and mother gave birth to two legs.

Seeing that the Nanyang army was defeated and fled, the cavalry of the Han army of course immediately chased after them, wantonly slaughtered the defeated soldiers of the Nanyang army who abandoned their weapons and flags and fled for their lives in embarrassment, and also rushed towards the direction of Liu Laosan's disappearance. Feng Zhong, who was stabbed through the thigh with a spear, temporarily dismounted under the support of his own soldiers, and while urgently bandaging his wounds, he gathered the scattered soldiers and prepared to launch a pursuit, but at this time, the Han sergeant suddenly burst into cheers, "It's coming!" Our workhorse is coming! ”

Looking back at the north, he saw that the wilderness in the north was covered with torches, it was obvious that the main force of the Han army led by Xiang Kang himself was chasing after him, and then looked at the defeated crowd of the Nanyang army in the south that was gradually moving away, Feng Zhong suddenly said to himself, "Although I am very sorry for the good brother of the king, but I still hope that you can save your life in the past." ”

The former Shiling Pavilion Chief Feng Zhong was indeed very nostalgic, but what Feng Pavilion Chief didn't realize was that he had inadvertently created a big miracle, that is, he had become the first person among the generals of the Han Army to win the battle between Liu Laosan and Han Xin head-on. You must know that even if Xiang Kang is in Feng Zhong's position, he may not be able to do this!