It is very lucky for the Western Chu Army's partial division, thanks to the fact that there is no suitable ambush around Wude in the hinterland of Hanoi County, there is no way to completely trap the Western Chu Army or cut it off, otherwise, the Han Army's partial division will definitely be able to pinch out the egg yolk of the Western Chu Army's partial division this time!

However, this is enough, the strength of the Wude Han army was originally several thousand more than the Western Chu army's partial division, and the sudden appearance of Han army reinforcements further expanded this advantage, and the Western Chu army was still in an uproar, and the morale of the army was greatly affected, and countless generals and soldiers were cowardly together. After all, the partial division of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang You is just an ordinary army mixed with infantry and cavalry, not the elite cavalry of the Western Chu Army that used to draw the Han Army's Zhou Shu's troops all over the ground to find teeth, and the quality of individual soldiers is far inferior, and the overall combat effectiveness is even more different.

It is still not bad for the Western Chu army, although their main general Xiang You is not very good, but the deputy general Xue Gong recommended to them by Old Man Fan is a very reliable general, seeing that the situation is not right, knowing that wanting to fight back is equivalent to looking for death, and retreating from the battle is equivalent to showing his ass for the Han army to kick, Xue Gong didn't have time to discuss with Xiang You, so he decisively shouted: "Hit the flag, form a round formation!" Fast! ”

The bannermen subconsciously acted according to the order, and quickly issued Xue Gong's order with the order flag, and the various departments of the Western Chu army, which had received strict training, also acted quickly, quickly adjusted the queue and urgently changed the formation, and changed the previous mixed phalanx into the strongest defensive round formation, but the Han army was not in a hurry at all, and calmly advanced to the close position of the Western Chu army to set up a formation, and placed two mixed phalanxes with both offensive and defensive capabilities in the south and west of the Western Chu army's round formation.

To the surprise of the Western Chu army, the first to attack was the Han army reinforcements that suddenly emerged from the west, three teams of 500 people in the shape of a zigzag written upside down, striding to the flank of the Western Chu army to attack, when they approached the range of the bow and arrows of the Western Chu army, the two Han army 500 teams walking in front of them shouted and charged together, holding shields and rushing to the circle formation of the Western Chu army at the fastest speed, to minimize the possibility of being hit by the feather arrows of the Western Chu army, and the 500 team of the Han army walking behind continued to maintain a tight formation, Unhurriedly pressed towards the round formation of the Western Chu army at a normal speed - not a single soldier had taken out a shield to protect the head and chest.

The soldiers of the Western Chu Army will miss such an opportunity unless they are stupid, and if Xue Gong and Xiang You ordered, most of the feather arrows hurriedly released by the soldiers of the Western Chu Army covered the heads of this Han army team that was neither protected by a shield nor moved slowly, like hail raindrops, splitting their heads and covering their faces into the crowd of this Han army team!

However, the result of the feather arrow covering made the Western Chu army look dumbfounded, and after the dense arrow rain covered the head of this Han army, it failed to make even a Han sergeant fall to the ground with an arrow, and this Han army team seemed to be unaffected by bows and arrows, and just calmly walked towards the Western Chu army in a round formation. Countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army also suddenly exclaimed, "There are ghosts! How is this army of thieves not afraid of arrows? ”

Of course, there are no ghosts, this Han infantry who are not afraid of being covered by feather arrows are of course all Han heavy armor soldiers wearing steel armor with face protection!

Although the output is still not high, during the Han army's western expedition, the craftsmen in the rear of the Han army rushed to work day and night, and still urgently created more than 800 sets of steel armor for Xiang Kang, of which 300 sets were handed over to the Han army led by Uncle Zhou, and the remaining 500 sets of steel armor were newly armed for the main force of the Han army.

Getting back to the point, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Western Chu army was stunned by the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, the ordinary infantry of the Han army, who had fully charged, had already taken the opportunity to rush to the vicinity of the circle formation of the Western Chu army, and then needless to say, the soldiers of the Han army of course unceremoniously threw out dozens of primitive grenades one after another, and smashed them specifically at the dense places of the soldiers of the Western Chu army. easily became a mess with the soldiers of the Western Chu Army.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the 20,000 Han troops from the west were new recruits from Guanzhong, and only a small part of the core backbone were old men of the Han army, then the Han army was likely to rely on this thousand troops, and it was already a big hole in the circle formation of the Western Chu army, but it was a pity that the combat experience of the Han army recruits was too lacking, even if there was a primitive grenade to help, it only blew up the enemy and took the opportunity to melee with the enemy, so the experienced Western Chu army quickly stabilized its position, quickly reorganized the queue, and resolutely expelled the Han infantry out, and soon received some results.

It's still a pity, when the Han army heavy armor soldiers took the opportunity to rush to the front, the situation changed again, the five hundred Han army heavy armor soldiers led by the young marshal army old man Chongjun were like a humanoid tank, rampage in the melee crowd, invincible, they were basically invulnerable, the steel knife and steel spear in their hands were still extremely sharp, and a knife was only heavily chopped, even if the enemy could not be hacked to death on the spot, at least the enemy could be seriously injured, and the spear was stabbed horizontally, stabbing the Western Chu soldiers one by one to the chest and abdomen, screaming constantly, From time to time, one or two primordial grenades were thrown out to blow up the enemy group, helping the self-army to rush forward faster and more effectively, and the cluster rush was like a sharp knife, constantly advancing and piercing into the fragile interior of the Western Chu army's circular formation.

At this time, the recruits of the Han army led by Fu Kuan, the old man of the young marshal army, and Gongsun Tong had decisively invested 2,000 follow-up troops to launch a charge, and the Han army general Zhu Jishi also sent 3,000 troops to the front, and the soldiers were divided into three ways to attack the front of the circle formation of the Western Chu army, all counting on the heavy armor of the Han army to kill into the circle formation of the Western Chu army in one fell swoop, and completely destroy the defensive circle formation of the Western Chu army. Xue Gong, who directly seized the command, decisively threw himself into the reserves of the Western Chu Army in the circle array, reinforcing the position that was concentrated by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, in a vain attempt to block the offensive of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, and waited until the Zhao army came to the rescue - although Xue Gong knew very well in his heart that the Zhao army might not really spend blood to rescue the Western Chu army, but how much was it a hope?

"Boom! Bang! ”

The dying struggle was destined to have no effect, and the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army did not disappoint their friendly comrades, with the loud noise after the explosion of the two primitive grenades, the bombed Western Chu soldiers surged in the middle of the people, and the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army finally tore a hole in the strict queue of the Western Chu army, and the cluster rushed into the empty interior of the circle formation of the Western Chu army, and the Han infantry behind took the opportunity to keep up, the Western Chu army team was in an uproar, and the morale plummeted, and Zhu Jishi took the opportunity to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to launch a general attack, The infantry brigade of the Han reinforcements led by the old man Gongsun Tongye of the young marshal army launched a charge, while the Han cavalry led by Fu Kuan and the Han army Longhe continued to stand still, calmly waiting for the Zhao army that might still arrive.

It's still enough, the circle formation of the Western Chu army was already in chaos, and then it was rushed by the Han army with roughly equal strength, and the circle formation of the West Chu army quickly deformed and collapsed, and countless soldiers began to flee with their feet, Xiang You was also so frightened that he screamed, and quickly grabbed Xue Gong and shouted: "General Xue, we lost, run!" Come on! ”

"Can't run! I can only continue to resist! Xue Gong shook off Xiang You's hand, pointed to the Han reinforcements in the west and said: "See, the cavalry of the Han thieves is waiting there, as soon as we run, they will definitely take advantage of the momentum to chase and kill immediately, use the speed to completely defeat us, and let the Han thief infantry kill our defeated soldiers as much as they want!" Only grit your teeth and hold on to ....... ”

"Ah——!h

Before Xue Gong finished speaking, Xiang You was already like a girl who was violated by a pervert, suddenly screamed, turned his horse's head and ran, it turned out that at this time, the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army had adjusted the direction of the charge, and were killing towards the front of the flag formation of the Western Chu army. Xue Gong was furious when he saw this, and shouted: "General Xiang You, stop!" Hold it! We still have a chance, we can't run! You must not run! ”

At the moment of life and death, Xiang You, who can even betray his cousins, will go to listen to Xue Gong's obstruction? Between the fast horses and whips, General Xiang You not only rushed the fastest and fled the fastest, but also used the horse whip to whip the Western Chu soldiers to open the way, and Xiang You's own soldiers holding his handsome flag also did the same, and escaped faster than rabbits one by one. As a result, seeing Xiang You's banner fleeing north quickly, the soldiers of Western Chu, who were already panicked, lost the courage to persevere, shouting and hugging their heads, and the queue of the Western Chu army soon collapsed completely. Xue Gong saw that he was helpless, so he could only turn the horse's head in a hurry, scatter his legs and flee for his life to the north, and roared wildly with red eyes as he ran......

"Xiang You'er! Lao Tzu finally understood, why Xiang Kang, the traitor, took the army to fight Guanzhong, and he didn't want any of your Xiang brothers! With pig and dog brothers like you, no matter how many troops we have, we can't defeat you! ”

The Han cavalry led by Fu Kuan immediately launched a cluster charge, using the absolute advantage of maneuver speed to kill the large crowd of the defeated Western Chu army from the oblique stab, fiercely brandishing the saber and chopping and chopping, and soon killed the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army who had no intention of fighting, and became more and more powerless, and the Han infantry took the opportunity to slash and kill the Western Chu army's rout, and the decapitation level captured the prisoners. The devil cries wolf.

The matter is not over, after the Western Chu army fled north for more than ten miles, it finally ran into the Zhao army walking behind, and the Zhao army that had received the scout report was still righteous, not only did not abandon the Western Chu army to flee for their lives, but also hurriedly lined up two phalanxes on both sides of the road, which not only made way for the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army to have a way to escape, but also effectively intercepted the pursuing soldiers of the Han army, so that the defeated soldiers of Western Chu could get rid of the pursuit. But what made the Zhao army dumbfounded and angry was that Xiang You, who saw them lining up to respond and holding high the handsome flag and leading the escape, panicked, and actually rushed directly to the Zhao army Chen Ze's headquarters on the right side of the road............

"Xiang Youxiao'er, I'll fuck your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor! Are you going to fight?! Shoot the arrows! Shoot me the arrows! We can't let the Western Chu army disrupt our ranks! Hurry up and release the arrows! ”

After scolding frantically, Chen Ze didn't dare to hesitate, so he could only quickly yell and order the arrows to be released, but in the middle of the random arrows, a stray arrow also happened to hit Xiang You's right ear, leaving a deep blood mark on his handsome cheek, and then pierced the cartilage of his right ear, so painful that the poor General Xiang You screamed loudly, and also scolded, "Zhao State Thief Army!" Dare to shoot arrows at Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu and you are not finished! ”

At this time, the Han army's pursuers had also been chased to the front, taking advantage of the opportunity to take the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army to the wrong way under the banner of General Xiang You, the veteran of the Han army, Zhu Jishi, skillfully adjusted the direction of his banner's charge, and worked hard to expel the crowd of defeated soldiers of Western Chu to continue to impact the Zhao army Chen Ze's department, and successfully used the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army as a free forward, and in one fell swoop, Chen Ze's phalanx was disrupted, and directly obtained the opportunity to engage the Zhao army in close quarters - without the help of the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army, it is not easy to get such an opportunity, At the very least, you have to pay the price of the lives of countless Han soldiers!

As a result, the situation on the battlefield was even more chaotic, the Han army pursued Chen Ze, and the defeated troops of Western Chu walked around the formation, and then they were immediately targeted by the Han cavalry, and they continued to be killed to the point that they could not be defeated, and there was no chance to assemble and counterattack at all. And when the rear of the Han army led by Long He came in line to kill and fought with the Zhao troops led by Zhang Huang, this battle became the Han army PK Zhao army.

There is still not much suspense about the outcome of the victory, the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army is not as good as the Han army and the Western Chu army, and it was affected by the fiasco of the Western Chu army, and is psychologically at a disadvantage, although Zhang Huang and Chen Ze are determined to fight and retreat, not to give the Han army a chance to defeat the army, but when the Han soldiers used the primitive grenades one after another, the queue of the Zhao army was still quickly chaotic, and the Han army took the opportunity to rush and kill the Zhao army beyond parry, so it could only retreat again and again. In the end, Zhang Huang and Chen Ze had no choice but to praise the heroism and invincibility of General Xiang You, and not be surprised by the change, while Zhang Huang led the army to the rear of the palace, threw down the heavy grain and grass and retreated to the north, and the Han army took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill, beheading countless people, and also paid the baggage and military supplies abandoned by the Western Chu army and the Zhao army.

It's not over yet, if the Western Chu army, which fled first, retreats to the big and small Xiuwu, can choose a city to garrison, and quickly regroup to meet the arrival of the Zhao army, then even if it can't turn the tables in the end, there is hope that a large part of the Han army's partial divisions will continue to be contained on the Hanoi battlefield, so that the Han army's partial divisions will not be able to quickly move south to support the main battlefield. But on the morning of the next day, when Zhang Huang and Chen Ze fled to the city of Xiuwu in disgrace, they were stunned to see that the floating in Xiuwu County had turned into a crimson banner of the Han army, and at the same time, a part of the Han cavalry was still waiting under the city of Xiuwu, smiling and waiting for the arrival of the Zhao army!

"What's wrong? The Western Chu army also has cavalry, and it is running at the front, so it will definitely return to Xiuwu earlier than the Han thief cavalry? How could the Han thief cavalry take the lead and take Xiuwu City first? ”

No one could answer Zhang Huang and Chen Ze's incomprehensible questions, and the only ones who answered them were the Han army pursuers who came quickly, and the Han cavalry who came head-on, and the Zhao army was defeated again, and even the small Xiuwu in the east did not dare to go, so they could only throw away their armor and flee north in embarrassment, and once again paid an extremely heavy price, which barely got rid of the Han army's pursuers.

In the end, after going north to the vicinity of Gongting, Zhang Huang and Chen Ze finally caught up with a group of defeated soldiers of Western Chu led by Xue Gong, and after meeting, Chen Ze, who was the worst pit by the Western Chu army, rushed forward angrily and smashed Xue Gong directly on the nose, smashing Xue Gong all over the face, blood splashing in his nostrils, and roaring madly: "You guys fought a good battle!" Don't count the phalanx that disrupts me, and you don't even defend the Martial Arts City, you are all dry rice wretched? Sake-sac rice bag?! ”

Xue Gong didn't have the face to fight back, just wiped a handful of blood spurting out of his nostrils, and said angrily with his head hanging down: "Don't blame me, it's our General Xiang You who didn't dare to defend Xiuwu, and didn't even dare to enter the city, so he ran directly north with the cavalry, and ordered our rear army to abandon Xiuwu City and go with him, so when I arrived at the big Xiuwu, the Han thief cavalry had already rushed into the city!" ”

"Fart!" Chen Ze scolded: "The King of Western Chu is such a hero, how can he have such a useless cousin? ”

"If you don't believe me, ask my soldiers." Xue Gong pointed to the Xichu sergeant behind him, and replied very helplessly: "If I tell half a lie, I don't need you to do it, I will apologize to you now." ”

It was only after questioning the soldiers of the defeated army in Western Chu that Chen Ze closed his mouth and did not spill his anger on the innocent Xue Gong again. Zhang Huang was gloomy, and suddenly said: "I heard that when Xiang Kang rebelled away from Chu State, not only did he not bring a single Xiang family brother, but also deliberately sent the last Xiang family brother around him back to Chu State, and only brought a group of people with foreign surnames to fight the world. If this is true, then the Kang rebel thief is too prescient. ”

Xue Gong smiled helplessly, and said from the bottom of his heart: "To be honest, I also think that Xiang Kang did too right, and it is no wonder that the traitor started from scratch and fought the world for himself for the second time, so soon he was qualified to be on an equal footing with the overlord of the Guanwai Alliance, Xichu." ”

This matter is still not over, and finally escaped to the queen of Chaoge, Xue Gong, Zhang Huang and Chen Ze and others finally met General Xiang You who was asking the beauty to change the dressing for the wound on her right ear, and in the face of the angry condemnation of Xue Gong and Zhang Huang and others, General Xiang You not only did not feel ashamed and guilty, but also asked confidently: "Then what else can I do?" I am the commander of the partial division of Western Chu, if there is any accident, our partial division of Western Chu must not be wiped out immediately? How can I complete my brother's task of letting me contain the Han thief in Hanoi? ”

"But our current remnants of the defeated army are less than 10,000 people, and we have lost most of the military baggage, how can we contain the Han thieves for the king?" Xue Gong asked with a sneer.

"It's as much as we can contain, in short, as long as we are still in Hanoi, the Han thieves will definitely not dare to go south to reinforce their main force." General Xiang You said with a relaxed expression: "Don't worry, with my father here, for the sake of my father's face, my brother will definitely not pursue our misfortune this time." ”

Strictly speaking, General Xiang You's words are definitely not all wrong, because he failed to completely annihilate the Western Chu Army's partial division and the Zhao State army, even if he succeeded in recapturing the two cities of the Great and Small Xiuwu, in order to prevent the Han Army's partial division from withdrawing all of Sanchuan to reinforce the main force, after discussion, the Han army generals could only decide that Zhu Jishi would continue to garrison the large and small Xiuwu to prevent the remnants of the Western Chu Army and the Zhao army from coming back.

In addition, because General Xiang You's escape kung fu was too wonderful, Long Ji, Zhu Jishi and others were unable to fulfill their promise to dedicate his head to Xiang Kang as a night pot. But fortunately, General Xiang You still left a gift to the Han army's partial division, discussing how to let the main battlefield know as soon as possible that the Western Chu partial division had been defeated, the young marshal army old man Fu Kuan, who led the Han cavalry, took out the handsome flag of General Xiang You that his army picked up on the battlefield, and proposed: "How about we immediately send Xiang You's handsome flag back with a fast horse?" As long as he sees Xiang You's handsome banner, Xiang Yu Pifu will definitely know that his partial division has collapsed, and he will definitely have to prevent us from returning to Sanchuan immediately, so that the pressure of our king and the main force will definitely be much smaller immediately. ”

As soon as Zhu Jishi, Long Ji and the others heard the applause, they immediately arranged a fast horse and sent Xiang You's handsome banner back to Sanchuan as quickly as possible to report to Xiang Kang. Then when they were drinking and celebrating, Zhu Jishi, Long Ji, Fu Kuan, and Gongsun and the other young marshals and old men also talked about their hearts, and they all said with great joy: "Fortunately, our king had the foresight, and when he was about to take us alone, he deliberately sent all his brothers back to Chu State, otherwise, it would have been replaced by us fleeing to the bank of the big river and crying today." ”