Chapter 44: Attacking Yingchuan County (1)
Jiujiang County, in the county guard's mansion.
Wu Guang and Chen Sheng sat in the first place, and below them were the leaders of migrant workers, and there were more than a dozen leaders.
Wu Guang gave the letter to the leader below, and a leader who knew how to read took the document and read it out loud.
Waiting for the leader to finish reading the content, Wu Guang said, "Leaders, this is the content of the document, the little emperor of Yingfu Su sent 150,000 Qin troops to attack Yingchuan County, Xiang Yu of Yingchuan, only 50,000 Jiangdong fathers and elders guarded, they must not be able to stop the main force of Qin, we can't see death without help, the same rebel army, we also agreed to the alliance."
One of the leaders said, "How many men should we send for support?" We only have 50,000 people in total, and we are not well armed, so how can we support many people without weapons and armor?"
Chen Sheng opened his mouth and said, "That's it, three counties, each county has 10,000 people left, and I will lead 20,000 people to go there, and I don't know what the little emperor thinks, attacking Yingchuan County in the winter!"
Everyone had no choice but to let Chen Sheng lead 20,000 people to Yingchuan County to support.
The next day, Chen Sheng led 20,000 people to Yingchuan County, where the weapons and armor of the 20,000 people were rudimentary, some were holding long knives, some were holding sharp swords, some were holding bows and arrows, some were holding hoes, some were holding axes, and most of the people had no armor and no cotton clothes.
Chen Sheng led 20,000 people through Chen County, and then supported Yingchuan County, if you go directly from Jiujiang County, it is difficult to walk, it is all mountains and there are no roads! From Chen, you only need to pass through Mangdang Mountain.
The army of Win Fusu began to line up, preparing to attack, the 30,000 heavy crossbow army advanced nine miles, five hundred meters away from Yingchuan County, the Qin army soldiers all began to clean the snow on the ground, and then put the heavy crossbows on the ground, in groups of three, 10,000 sets of heavy crossbows were all prepared in place, and the other two soldiers began to carry long arrows, and there were 50,000 troops guarding the 100 meters in front of the heavy crossbow army.
Xiang Yu stood on the city gate and looked at the army a mile away.
An old man said, "Young master, we should defend Yingchuan County to the death, don't go out to fight, our 50,000 defenders are uneven, and a frontal attack can't stop the Qin army."
Xiang Yu nodded, "That's it, let all the soldiers hide, the army of the Qin Dynasty has prepared a heavy crossbow, and it will definitely fire ten thousand arrows, this kind of heavy crossbow is not easy to stop."
The old man nodded, "Fortunately, we built the fortress, otherwise, it would be really dangerous."
Xiang Yu ordered, "All the soldiers will hide in the fortress when the Qin army fires heavy crossbows, and wait until the Qin army stops shooting arrows, and then the army will come out again to block the charging army."
A general received the order and ran to the generals to give orders.
Win Fusu and Marshal Zhang, standing on the chariot together and looking at the army, Marshal Zhang Han ordered, the soldiers of the heavy crossbow army, cover the charging army, and stop shooting arrows after the charging army rushed to the city tower"!
More than 20 heralds hurriedly received the order and ran to the positions of the generals to give orders.
Ying Fusu turned his head to look at Zhang Han, "Marshal Zhang Han, did you set off to block Wu Guang Chen Sheng's army?"
Marshal Zhang Han said respectfully, "We have already set off, and the last general will send General Xingchen of the Jingshi Army to lead 20,000 soldiers to intercept it."
Ying Fusu said curiously, "Twenty thousand soldiers? Isn't it a little less"?
Marshal Zhang Han said again, "There are a lot of Your Majesty, those soldiers are all experienced in a hundred battles with the last general, all of them are elite soldiers, and they can definitely destroy the rebels."
Ying Fusu nodded and stopped talking.
A soldier came to the chariot and "reported to the marshal, 10,000 siege vehicles have been put in place, and 20,000 siege vehicle soldiers have also been in place."
Marshal Zhang Han ordered, "the whole army attacked"!
The herald soldiers, hurriedly ran into the distance, one by one the flag soldiers began to wave the flag, the drummer, began to beat the drum, a drum sounded, leading the army of the general camp, leading the 50,000 charging army to Yingchuan County!
30,000 heavy crossbow troops, 20,000 siege vehicle soldiers all moved, those who put stones put stones, those who put long arrows put long arrows, General Qin Lu ordered, "put".
10,000 long arrows and 10,000 stones the size of a human head flew towards Yingchuan County! The black pressure is terrifying!
After Xiang Yu heard the sound of the drum, he hurriedly ordered, and the soldiers of the whole army hid in the fortress to avoid the long arrows and stones!
The 50,000 Chu army hurriedly moved and ran into the fortress, each fortress was built of neat stones, it was okay to block long arrows, but it was not ideal to block stones the size of a human head, after all, the speed at which the stones fell was very fast, and the weight would increase!
When the 50,000 Chu troops received the order to run to the fortress, in the middle, there was a time difference, and some of the soldiers did not have time to run into the fortress, and long arrows and stones had already arrived, crackling on the city tower, and the fortress was also full of long arrows, and stones fell from the sky and smashed on the fortress of the city tower.
The screams sounded, there were nearly 3,000 soldiers, who did not have time to run into the fortress, were shot and wounded, and were not shot to death on the spot, the soldiers of the Chu army, crawled in the direction of the fortress, miserable, a soldier watched the generals around him, directly pierced by the long arrow and flew out a few meters away, and was hit by the falling stones, and was directly smashed by the flesh and blood blurred, surrounded by the soldiers who died screaming, the soldier trembled in fright, and collapsed on the ground and was incontinent!
A general directly grabbed this soldier and threw it to the fortress, he was nailed to death by several long arrows on the city tower, his eyes were wide, and he couldn't blink to death, maybe he thought of his elderly parents and young wife and children before he died!
Xiang Yu hid in the fortress, looking at the Chu army who was shot and stoned to death, his heart ached, this is all Jiangdong's father!
On the tower of Yingchuan County, a fort of two meters, a fortress can enter twenty soldiers, as the second wave of arrow stones fell, the screams outside were a lot less, the stones smashed on the fortress, the fortress shook, some fortresses have been smashed, and the soldiers inside are all killed, either shot or stoned, or crushed to death by the collapsed fortress!
The fortress where Xiang Yu was was loosened appeared, and the stones smashed on the fortress and shook, feeling that it would collapse at any time!
After attacking more than a dozen waves, the heavy crossbow army led by the battalion army has come to a hundred meters of the city tower, and the siege vehicle army of the heavy crossbow army is afraid of being injured by mistake, General Qin Lu ordered, "stop attacking"!
The city tower of Yingchuan County is dilapidated, it is full of long arrows and stones, and there are dead Chu troops and injured Chu troops, one-third of the fortress was destroyed, Xiang Yu walked out of the broken fortress, looked at the army, and made a visual inspection, in a short period of time, tens of thousands of Chu troops were killed, and about 5,000 Chu soldiers were injured!
Xiang Yu roared angrily, "All the soldiers of the army, you can still fight and shoot the Qin army!" Revenge for the Koto fathers"!!
One of the lieutenants shouted, "Quick! Let's not care about the dead soldiers and wounded soldiers, and stop the charging army of the Qin army first"!
One by one, the heralds ran everywhere and gave Xiang Yu's orders.