Chapter 282: The Panicked Jiangdong Disciples (First Update)
It is true that Xiang Yu is an acute child, but the acute child is not completely without benefits, and the advantage of the acute child is that when something happens, it is quite decisive, for example, now.
At this time, if you change to an ordinary general, then you will be ambushed by the enemy, and many sergeants under your hands will be shot and killed by the enemy soldiers who are close at hand, so you will at least kill all the Qin soldiers who came out of the box, so that at least the face can be a little better.
But Xiang Yu knows that with the time you kill these hundreds of people, Shouchun may not be the case.
Although he only brought 30,000 horses with him this time, he had a total of less than 80,000 people, plus the people and horses who were lost in the tug-of-war with Chen Ying during this time, there are definitely no 50,000 horses in the current Shouchun barracks, and he also brought out the dragon, and the generals in it are also stretched.
And in stark contrast, the Qin soldiers are not able to take out such a few people, the sergeants brought by Yinggao this time are 1120,000 plus the defenders of Chen County before, and there is no problem at all to get together 140,000 Qin soldiers.
In addition to Chen Ying's 30,000 horses, Yinggao can dispatch at least 100,000 people, hundreds of thousands against 50,000, and he is not in Shouchun, what kind of result will it be in the end Xiang Yu still has a very good idea in his heart.
Therefore, Xiang Yu must return to Shouchun as soon as possible, in that case, he can still fight with Qin Bing a little, if he wastes too much time here, the daylily will be cold when he goes back.
So, under Xiang Yu's orders, these Jiangdong disciples had just killed a few people who were hiding in the box and shooting their companions with Qin crossbows, and they hurriedly retreated in the direction of Shouchun.
This time Xiang Yu's estimation was right, and when he learned that everything was ready on Han Xin's side, and the overlord of Western Chu was also attracted by himself to stay up all night in the grove, the sleepy Ying Gao finally came to his senses.
This time, Yinggao almost exhausted all the troops in Chen County, leaving Xu Gong and 10,000 people, obviously, Yinggao was planning to finish the battle, and did not leave any way back for himself at all.
When Xiang Yu walked back, Shouchun City was already in a mess.
More than 100,000 troops, the emperor of Great Qin personally conscripted, what kind of concept is this, this is a situation that Great Qin has not had for decades, in such a situation, how can the soldiers of Great Qin not take their lives.
On the one hand, the high-spirited strategy was successful, on the other hand, the main general was not there and was attacked in a hurry, coupled with the comparison of the number of people on the two sides, if it were not for Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang to turn the tide in the city, it is estimated that Shouchun's defense line would not be able to hold out until Xiang Yu's return.
Speaking of how Yinggao almost broke through Shouchun's defense line all of a sudden, it also took a lot of his effort.
Although Xiang Yu went to Chen County, but did not delay the people of Shouchun to deal with Chen Ying's attack every day, two hours after Xiang Yu left, Chen Ying came again, at first glance it was still the same as before.
Therefore, the general who was appointed by Xiang Yu to fight against Chen Ying didn't care, and directly led the less than 20,000 military horses to go.
But ah, unlike the previous taste, today's Chen Ying is like a different person, as soon as he comes up, he is a fierce attack at the expense of his life, and the Jiangdong generals can't adapt for a while, and they say that this guy has taken the wrong medicine today, and he wants to withdraw it.
But since you have come out and Chen Ying has also changed, if he is really a general with a strategic sense, he should know that it seems to be very difficult for him to retreat this time.
He ran, Chen Ying did not mean to give up, and began to chase behind, and I don't know why the more people chased Chen Ying, the more people under his command, and when Xiang Yu set up the barracks outside Shouchun City, Chen Ying was no longer the main general of this army, and the handsome banner of the emperor of the Great Qin Empire had been erected high.
Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang, who discovered this scene in the barracks, almost sank to the bottom of their hearts.
Yinggao came in person, he finally came in person, but what does it mean that he is here, it means that people must have the bottom in their hearts this time, otherwise what are people doing here?
"This expedition, I'm afraid that there will be more bad luck, I have to hold on here until the major general returns, and then immediately return to Huiji County before making plans!"
Fan Zeng was originally a person who took one step at a time and looked at two steps, what he was most worried about was that this time Xiang Yu went to ambush the team that transported the baggage was a trap, if this was really the case, then it was obvious that Xiang Yu had fallen into the pit, and it also meant that this attack failed.
But now the question in front of Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang is whether they can hold out until Xiang Yu returns, or whether Yinggao can let them persist until Xiang Yu's return.
What made Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang a little bottom in their hearts was that although Yinggao personally conquered, although he also brought an army of more than 100,000 people, although it also caused a surprise effect, it did not cause a devastating blow to them.
Of course, Yinggao also wanted to inflict a devastating blow on him, but he didn't want his soldiers and horses to suffer too many casualties, so he could only exert some pressure on the one hand, and wait for Xiang Yu's return on the other.
Ying Gao did this, Meng Yi and Zhang Han and others were very incomprehensible, Meng Yi said to Ying Gao more than once, they have planned to this extent, isn't that what they are doing is to exterminate Xiang Yu, if the 50,000 troops in it are annihilated, even if the Qin soldiers pay the price of tens of thousands, it will be completely worth it.
Yinggao couldn't explain to him in detail, because he was playing with people's hearts, and now you have to fight with others, and the children of Jiangdong have a lot of energy in their hearts in order to wait for their lord to return.
At this time, the combat power that can burst out must be the strongest, if you don't kill these more than 50,000 people, no one will surrender, because the main general of the people, the major general Xiang Yu of the people, has not returned, and he must not surrender without Xiang Yu coming back, so there is no difference between being the master and betraying the master, especially these are the people of Chu who are more or less a little bit of a festival with Daqin.
If Xiang Yu came back, the situation would be different.
The 30,000 people that Xiang Yu brought back were unlikely to cause any reversal of the situation here, Ying Gao had already expected that all he could do was to lead all the Jiangdong disciples back to Huiji County.
Huiji County, which is separated by a river from here, will always be safe for Xiang Yu, it is his big rear, and he is also very loyal.
Therefore, Xiang Yu is not afraid of failure, if he fails, he will not be able to retain a little strength and return to Huiji County, and in the last year and a half, he will be a good man again.
If you want to build a warship, with the technical level of this era, you have to build it on the edge of this river, so you will repeat the same mistakes as before.
Yinggao knew all these thoughts, so Yinggao had to wait, and he wanted to be the hunter who followed behind the prey unhurriedly.
He believed that when Xiang Yu and his Jiangdong disciples confidently returned to the place where they had kept their warships, only to find that there were nothing more than a large pile of corpses and a large pile of broken walls, all the motivation in their hearts that supported them to continue fighting would be gone.
At that time, it is time for him to really make a move, and he believes that by that time, the strength he will spend will be much smaller than now.
And Meng Yi and Zhang Han beside Yinggao didn't know that Han Xin's trump card was now less than a hundred miles away from them, so they were worried that Yinggao would let Xiang Yu go down like this, and it was understandable.
"Taiwei is relieved for the time being, these people from Jiangdong will not be able to return to Jiangdong today, what I think in my heart is just to let my soldiers of Daqin pay less with their lives."
In the face of their doubts, Yinggao only explained this sentence, but the amount of information in this sentence was enough for Meng Yi and Zhang Han to think for a long time.
Before Meng Yi and the others could figure out an approximate situation, Xiang Yu had already returned with his army of 30,000.
Seeing that the situation of Shouchun was the same as he imagined, the anger in his heart was really not to mention, he looked at the handsome banner representing the Emperor of Great Qin from a distance, and knew that the enemy who killed his uncle was already very close to him today.
He wanted to take a team of people and kill him directly in the direction of Yinggao, originally he thought that even if he saw Yinggao, he would probably be able to restrain his emotions, but now Xiang Yu understands that it is not easy to restrain himself.
"Young General, Yafu and others are afraid that they are still waiting for the young general in the Shouchun military camp, and now that Gongzi Gao is almost pouring out, what he thinks in his heart is obviously to fight hard with our army here, and not let the young general return to Huiji County with vitality, the young general is not going to fall for the tricks of the Qin people, as long as I wait to return to Huiji County, that Gongzi Gao will not succeed in the expedition, and he will become the laughing stock of the people of Daqin, and when I go out of the mountain again, he will not dare to fight in person, and then it will be the real opportunity for us to wait!"
The reason why Long Yu was able to follow Xiang Yu's side was of course because he was one of Xiang Yu's most appreciated generals, and Long Yu's understanding of Xiang Yu was also quite deep, as soon as he saw the expression on Xiang Yu's face, he knew what this guy wanted to do, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.
Long and his heart is like a mirror, since the emperor of Great Qin dares to wear armor to the front of your two armies, people are quite confident in their own safety, but it is not that you can kill the head of the chaotic army with a force of bravery.
Listening to the shouts and killings in the Shouchun military camp, and then looking at the huge banner waving in the wind in the Yinggao military camp, Xiang Yu finally sighed, chose reason after weighing it, waved his hand, and took the dragon and the army out of the oblique stab, and reinforces Fan Zeng and them.
"Major General, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, it is still not easy to achieve such an effect by crossing the river this time, so we should evacuate as soon as possible."
After Fan Zeng saw Xiang Yu, he didn't say that if you didn't insist on going your own way, you wouldn't be so depressed this time, but persuaded Xiang Yu to hurry back to Huiji County as soon as possible, as long as they got to the warship and the river, they would be safe, even if Yinggao had millions of people on the shore, he would not be able to do anything.
Xiang Yu had to admit that what Fan Zeng said was right, and from the moment he found out that he had been tricked, his thoughts were exactly the same as this, and now Fan Zeng and the generals in front of him could be regarded as giving Xiang Yu a small face.
Of course, Xiang Yu knew that he couldn't waste time here, otherwise, if Yinggao's string was wrong, he suddenly didn't want to play with him, and directly killed him regardless of the loss, and he couldn't say how much these centaurs could bring back to Jiangdong by themselves.
"Your Majesty, Xiang Yu has already joined forces with the generals in the barracks, if they don't attack with all their might, I'm afraid they will return to Jiangdong......"
"It doesn't matter, if Xiang Yu retreats with these horses, we can just chase after him, I have already explained before, this is so that my soldiers of Great Qin will not sacrifice needlessly, so don't argue again!"
Yinggao knew that if he didn't say that, his order would be regarded by Meng Yi and them as a big stupid trick that would cause him to question it, and he didn't bother to listen to that now, and said that you will naturally know when you get to the place.
Meng Yi and Zhang Han are so helpless and helpless, but Yinggao is here, he is the sky, he asks you to use a little force, you have to use a little force.
So seeing that the Jiangdong men and horses who were in one place were about to run to the south of Shouchun, Meng Yi hurriedly ordered the Qin soldiers to chase after him.
The seventy-mile chase battle is said to be near and far.
But the soldiers in Jiangdong knew that as long as they ran to the place seventy miles away, they would be safe, they would be able to go home, and they would not have to fight so passively for the time being, so their footsteps were really fast, and although the Qin soldiers behind them also did their best, they could just keep up.
"Your Majesty! According to the current distance, at least that Xiang Yu will definitely board the ship and return to Jiangdong first! ”
"Boarding the ship? If they had a boat to board, I could have spared them this time......"
Now, Yinggao finally stopped selling with these old generals under his command, but Meng Yi understood the meaning of his words, doesn't this mean that the warship in Jiangdong has been discovered by Yinggao, or has been destroyed by Yinggao, or has been transferred by Yinggao.
Yinggao is the emperor, what he said, although Meng Yi didn't know how he did it, but what he could guarantee was that Yinggao would definitely not fool himself, so Meng Yi's hanging heart finally let go.