Chapter 90: The Levee Breaks

The dust on the battlefield has risen again, and the rolling dust is no longer from the south to the north, but from the north to the south. The Chinese army's array is like a long causeway, once the embankment breaks, the general trend is gone, and it is difficult to recover. The rout of the Qin army, the dragoon of the Chu army, the rout of the Qin army, and the armor of the Chu army in front of the pontoon bridge, after the formation was broken, these people all rolled upside down to the south, bringing up the sand and dust in the sky.

The advisors of the National Captain's Mansion did not want a decisive battle and only wanted to block it, so the battle of hundreds of thousands of troops was reduced to a duel of tens of thousands of cavalry. This cannot be said to be a mistake, as long as the Chu army with artillery crosses the Weishui, there will not be much suspense in the battle. Only by keeping the Chu army north of Weishui could the Qin army win the war.

However, once such an attempt failed, did not give full play to its military superiority, and its tactical superiority was inferior to that of the Chu army, once the cavalry was defeated, the Qin army would also be defeated. The vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of foot soldiers did not stab a spear, and they were defeated by the embarrassed oolong and the sharp charge of the Chu cavalry.

Zhao Zheng's eyes were no longer on Xiong Jing, he stared at the Chinese army array that collapsed on the whole line and was full of dust, and watched the Qin army collapse. He trembled, it was the atmosphere, and it was the fear.

"Our army has been defeated, the king should leave quickly!" Wei Yi's chariot rushed to Zhao Zheng's body, and then turned sideways, blocking the road ahead. He knew Zhao Zheng's thoughts, and shouted again: "The king wants to destroy the four kingdoms and the whole world, how can he die here!" ”

"The king is leaving!" Rushing in front of Wei Ji, Zhao Yong grabbed Chiji's reins, and after turning around, his sword stabbed directly into the horse's buttocks, and the injured Chiji jumped and neighed wildly, carrying Zhao Zheng on the horse to run wildly.

Zhao Zheng returned, and the servants around him followed him quickly, and the sunshade canopy that attracted the wind had been thrown away, and only Chang Qi followed behind Chiji, moving against the wind at unimaginable speed.

Kill Zhao Zheng, and everything can be over; If the Qin army does not attack, there are few attacks in the world. Xiong Jing rode alone to assault regardless of life and death for this reason, but the chariots sent by Zhao Yong continued to create obstacles for him, and he could only walk around the Rong workshop, and when he got out of these chariots, Zhao Zheng had already turned around and left, and he shouted unwillingly: "Zhao Zheng!" Zhao Zheng! Zhao Zheng ......"

In the shouting, he seemed to see Zhao Zheng turn around, but Zhao Zheng still walked farther and farther, and the columns of guards protected him.

"Not good!" Because of the obstruction of the car, Zhuang Quji, Fu Jing, Cheng Kui and others were only one or twenty steps away from Xiongjing. After the guard formation, Cheng Kui saw a familiar figure, the bow was slowly raised, and the arrow had been wound. He leaped off his horse, his bow in hand before he could land on the ground, and the arrow was on the line. After the guards were formed, the bow was full, the arrow was off the string, and Cheng Kui's fingers that were holding his breath were loosened, and the arrow was also off the string. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to see the result, and the dragoon ran behind him, knocking him away with a 'bang'.

After charging into battle, Xiong Jing opened his face armor, and suddenly found that the arrow on the left side was too late, and his arm shield was too late to be raised, just when he thought he was about to be hit by the arrow, a black shadow flashed beside him, and the flying feather arrow grazed the bridge of his nose and deflected, leaving a blood groove in the heat.

"King!" When Xiong Jing was about to turn around and look back, Zhuang Qu rushed up, and there was some blame in his shout, blaming Xiong Jing for being so reckless and rushing alone regardless of his life.

"It's okay." Xiong Jing, who had just escaped death, knew that he was wrong, and he immediately pointed to the Qin army on both sides that were completely defeated, and said with a smile: "The Qin army is defeated!" ”

If it is possible for the reserves to stabilize their positions after the collapse of the Chinese army, then hundreds of thousands of Qin troops witnessed Zhao Zheng's Chang Qi retreat sharply, and the defeat was really irretrievable. The array of the Chinese army was all collapsed, and the soldiers rushed to flee for their lives, although Meng Tian and Yang Duanhe of the left and right armies tried their best to stabilize the array, but they were all old and weak pawns.

Once the army of hundreds of thousands is thrown into chaos, it will be as unruly as a flood and overflow. The flood encroached south and engulfed everything, covering the previous Qin army camp. These camps were just as the Chu army scouts had not only ditches but also earthen walls in the tents. The Qin soldiers stationed here originally wanted to let the rout stop, but in a panic, the front rout was squeezed down the trench by the rear rout without exception, and when the rout of the call sign filled the trench, the rout rushed to the next ditch.

There was no decent battle anymore, only simple sheep driving, and the five thousand Chu cavalry who could still fight drove the rout army south like sheep. The infantry soldiers of the Chu army who took off their heavy armor followed all the way, at first they also assassinated those Qin soldiers who had fallen behind, and in the end, there were too many defeated soldiers to kill, so they abandoned these people and rushed forward to chase more defeated soldiers in front.

At the Weinan bridgehead, the battlefield where the two armies fought before was in shambles, full of flags, armor, corpses and wounded. Previously, the huge camp of the Qin army was all flattened, and under the southeast wind, the broken tent was open, like a corpse with a broken belly. The capture of the baggage was extremely rich, and the Qin army had more than 30,000 cavalry, and the horse material needed far exceeded that of the Chu army. There was also a lot of corn, and the Qin people did not have time to burn these materials during the rout, and now they are all owned by the Chu army.

"Tell the king, don't chase after him." Zhuang is not authentic. He didn't finish his words after instructing, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the sand table.

At this time, the shogunate of the Chu army had been launched again in Weinan, and the sand table was replaced with a larger style, from Xianyang City in Weibei to the mouth of Gongchuan out of the Qinling Mountains, from Lishan in the east of Bashui to Fengyi on the west side of Fengshui in the west, all of which were displayed on the sand table. The Qin army was defeated, and fleeing to the south was tantamount to facing the Nanyang Chu army rushing from Bashang, and could only go east or west.

Since Baqiao is actually directly east of the battlefield, since Baqiao is directly east of the battlefield, if Zhao Zheng, who retreated to the north, turns to the east after fleeing south, he will have to cross Chanshui and Bashui, and if the Chu army can occupy the bridge on the two rivers first, it can prevent the king of Qin from fleeing eastward.

To the west, there are many rivers to the west, including water pools, spirit swamps, and Feng water, and there are also pickaxe ponds (north of Kunming Lake in the Han Dynasty). It is not convenient to cross the river. But this piece is the location of the Zhou people's Feng Hao, and there are many palaces and cities, and if the King of Qin is scattered, he may go west.

"Please send people to seize the bridge of Chanshui and Bashui quickly, and prevent the king of Qin from going east. If you have spare strength, you should occupy Feng Ho Eryi. After thinking about it, under the nod of a strategist, Zhuang Wudi commanded very slowly. The strategists were not worried about King Qin fleeing west, but only worried about letting him flee east. Fleeing eastward to join the Qin army led by Li Xin and Wang Jian, the Chu army had to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army. At that time, July was coming to an end, the Danshui was falling, and the logistics of the Chu army, which relied on waterways to transport grain and straw, was cut off and could only retreat to the south of the Qinling Mountains.

In fact, at this time, the Chu army occupied the bridge on the Chanshui, because of the obstruction of Zhuang Qujian and others, Xiong Jing could only watch the Yan Jing and others who were attacking and killing the Bashui Bridge to the west of the Chanshui.

Chanshui and Bashui meet not far to the north, and this acute triangle is flanked by more than a dozen bridges. The slow-moving Qin army's foot soldiers were still in the rear, and the fast-moving rout cavalry had rushed here. Perhaps because he knew the meaning of the bridge, after the Chanshui Bridge was lost, the Qin cavalry defended the Bashui Bridge - if the Bashui Bridge was lost, the army would not be able to withdraw to the east of Bashui, and hundreds of thousands of people would all die here.

"The power of the dragon rider, the Qin people are invincible." When the Qin army was defeated, the 150,000 Qin army led by Zhang Han was annihilated. Higashino Gu's confidant, Higashino Ge, rode a Di horse and stood beside Xiong Jing.

Because the Qin people rammed the embankment, the rim river has become a water. The Chu army led by Dong Yegu could only enter the Bailu Plateau from the ridge west of the Rim River like Xiongjing that day, and fought a decisive battle with the 150,000 people led by Zhang Han on the Bailu Plateau. Zhang Han will be punished if he is defeated again, and the Qin army is also fighting hard, but it still can't stop the Chu army's spear charge.

After the decisive battle, the army was rushing at full speed to join Xiongjing, and Dongye Ge, who led the cavalry, was faster, and it was they who slammed the Qin cavalry guarding the Chanshui pontoon bridge from the direction of Bailuyuan, and the Chanshui pontoon bridge was quickly taken.

Even if it is a cavalry general of the Chu army, not all of them have dragon horses to ride, and the war horse under Dongye Ge's crotch is a Di horse, standing on the west bank of Chanshui and being a head shorter than the others. Hearing his envious voice, Xiong Jing shook his head slightly. Weaponism is unacceptable, and although Ryoma is good, he must be able to use it. It's just that weapons are included in tactics, and more advanced tactics, as long as they are used reasonably, will inevitably defeat backward tactics. Weaponism is not advocated, but tacticalism should be promoted.

"Report ——!" The rider hurried and went straight to Xiong Jing. "Tell the king, the ministers have not seen the king of Qin."

"Report ——、 Report ——!" A louder sound, everyone's eyes lit up after seeing it, and a scout horse rushed towards with a broken flagpole, because the wind was too low to blow, and the red flag tail fell to the ground.

"Where is King Qin?!" Jing Sheng asked first.

"The king, I only see the king of Qin's flag on the ground, but I don't see where the king of Qin is." The scout only saw the Chang Qi thrown on the ground, and didn't know anything else.

"Where do you see that?" Xiong Jing asked.

"Thirty miles to the west." The scout pointed to a place to the west, from where he had come.

"Map." Xiong Jing commanded left and right.

The Qin army blocking Dongyegu was defeated, and the trapezoidal area from Fengshui to Bashui, from Weishui to Qinling, which was about 70 miles wide from east to west and about 100 miles long from north to south, was already under the control of the Chu army. If hundreds of thousands of Qin troops don't search and kill, they will also starve to death, Zhao Zheng wants to search and kill, but before searching and killing, it is necessary to block the Fengshui line.

"Jingsheng?" Xiong Jing shouted.

"The minister is here!" Jing Sheng was watching Fu Jing's 1st Cavalry Division attack the pontoon bridge on the Ba Shui. The place was too narrow, and the hundreds of cavalry of the first cavalry division could not be put away, so he had to watch from the side.

"Go here to stop the Qin people from crossing the water." Xiong Jing pointed heavily to Feng Ho to the west. When Jing Sheng was about to leave, he instructed again: "If you can be captured alive, then you will be captured alive, and you must not be humiliated; If they can't ......, they are to be killed and brought back to their bodies. ”

"Respectfully obey the order!" A king has the etiquette of a king, and to be kind to the kings of other countries is to be kind to Xiong Jing himself. Jing Sheng fully understood what Xiong Jing meant, and after he saluted, he led people to hurry west.