Volume 17 Redefining the Central Plains Chapter 5 Overlord Divine Might
At the end of October in 211 BC, when Fusu had just proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, Cao Shen, Wu Rui, and Han Anguo basically wiped out the Chuxiang tribe of Huiji, and left Han Anguo to command 30,000 troops to guard Huiji, and Cao Shen and Wu Rui led an army of 100,000 to cross the Yangtze River and march northward to Guangling!
Guangling is now Yangzhou, and it is also one of the important towns in northern Chu, and the current Guangling County Order is Zhaoping.
Zhaoping was a local nobleman who was named the Marquis of Tanglin during the Qin Dynasty, but this was a nominal and powerless official position, so even the most basic Qin Dynasty officials would not take him seriously. Therefore, although Zhaoping is a marquis, he does not have a good impression of the Qin royal family. However, although Zhaoping had no power, he was very knowledgeable, upright, and a rare agricultural expert at that time, so he had a very high prestige in the Guangling area and was supported by many young people!
After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Zhaoping originally remembered that a rebel army defected, but the local county commander was very loyal to the Qin State and took very strict precautions, so Zhaoping never had a chance. Soon, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu led the army to raise troops in Huiji, and as a Chu person, Zhaoping turned his target to Xiang Liang. But Xiang Liang was restrained in Huiji by Cao Shen and Han Anguo together, and he was not allowed to go north, which made Zhaoping, who was lonely and difficult to speak, also helpless!
Later, the Qin army's Wu Ruibu, Cao Shen, and Han Anguo's troops forced Huiji, and Zhaoping was keenly aware that Xiang Liang was likely to give up Huiji, and the only way out after giving up Huiji was to go north to Guangling. So, Zhaoping sneaked to Huiji overnight in disguise, and happened to meet Xiang Liang's army who went north to avoid trouble in the area of Beigu Mountain. Zhaoping immediately expressed his intention to serve and was willing to help Xiang Liang take down Guangling.
Xiang Liang saw a pie falling from the sky, how he didn't like it, so he and Zhaoping attacked Guangling together, and then rewarded him for his meritorious deeds. Feng Zhaoping is the order of Guangling County!
Then, Xiang Liang took Guangling as a base and went north, successively captured Huai'an, Huaiyin and other important places, and took Donghai, Xue County and Surabaya County, so Zhaoping's status in Xiang Liang's army is still very high, second only to the military Fan Zeng.
Therefore, after receiving Zhaoping's urgent letter, Xiang Liang, who had just swallowed Liu Bang's forces, immediately left Xiang Bo to guard Pengcheng, and led the main army of 70,000 to the south with Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Long Ji, and Fan Zeng to reinforce the south. Almost the front and rear feet, the Qin army's front foot reached the city of Guangling. The Chu army led by Xiang Liang also entered Guangling City!
So, a fierce battle is about to break out!
Early the next morning, Cao Shen led the army to line up under the city of Guangling and fought against Xiang Liang!
In the past, when the two of them faced the enemy on the border of Huiji, Cao Shendi's troops occupied an absolute advantage, and he couldn't hold out, so although Xiang Liang was in a hurry, he had no way to take Cao Shen, and was finally forced out of the nest Huiji! Now the strength of the two armies is quite small, and Cao Shen will fight again. Xiang Liang surged into his heart with new hatred and old hatred, leaving Liu Bang at the moment, Zhaoping to defend the city, opening the city gate by himself, and leading the main force out of the city to fight!
Suddenly. The southern suburbs of Guangling are full of thousands of troops, and it is the Qin army that is suppressed by the black. Huang Hu was the Chu army, and the two armies were separated by about 300 steps, and they stopped their positions!
The thick Cao Shen was thick but careful, and he carefully looked Chu Jun up and down. Secretly admired: "This Chu army sergeant is strong, the military appearance is neat, compared to the meeting when there is a layer of calm and fierce, it seems that the recent continuous combat has made the Chu army exercise a lot of maturity!"
Cao Shen hesitated. Ordered Wu Rui to hold down the formation, destroy the horse himself, and come to the formation. Panma stopped at the residence, Cao Shen pointed at Chu Jun with a halberd and said: "Ah, Xiang Yu Xiao'er, I heard that you are brave and brave, and you will personally fall into battle in every battle, presumably your hands are stained with countless blood of my Great Qin soldiers, and today this general wants to avenge the robe!" Do you dare to fight?"
Originally, there was a generation of King Qin, and it was relatively rare for the generals to go head-to-head in front of the battle, but it was more common in the late Shang and early Zhou years. However, from the beginning of the great chaos in the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the generals of the two sides fought head-to-head battles gradually and more frequently before the war, and even eventually almost evolved into a practice. Therefore, when the style of heads-up gradually prevailed, Cao Shen, as a big battle, did not seem very abrupt to single-handedly Xiang Yu. In particular, Fusu has mentioned Xiang Yu's courage in orders more than once, which made the competitive Cao Shen unconvinced, so this time he singled out Xiang Yu but Cao Staff Officer has been thinking for a long time!
In front of the Chu army, there was a young general about twenty years old beside Xiang Liang, who was about twenty years old: this general wore a golden crown, held a black black black halberd of two feet, wore a black thin scale chain armor, and wore a black Shu brocade robe, and stepped down to ride a huge sturdy black horse that was almost half higher than half of an ordinary horse, looking majestic and unbeatable. He was also extremely tall, eight feet long, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist; The muscles of his body are tense, and although he is wearing armor, he can't hide the explosive power under the armor, and it looks like an insurmountable mountain, giving people a feeling of pressure. His face is also very distinctive: his hair is very dark and shiny, his eyebrows are unusually thick, the bridge of his nose is a little high, his beard is slightly curled, and his face is bronze, which looks completely in line with the majesty of a fierce general! The most amazing thing is that he actually has double pupils, which makes him have an extraordinary magic: where the eyes of the double pupils scan, there is an immediately amazing power that makes people worship and worship, which is irresistible!
This general is one of the protagonists of the Chu-Han hegemony - Xiang Yu! Aside from his natural twin pupils, he resembles his grandfather, father, and uncle in shape and appearance, and is even more powerful. As for the handsome Xiang Liang, it is completely an accident in Xiang's products!
Xiang Yu was in front of the battle to appease the black horse that smelled the breath of battle and was a little restless, suddenly heard Cao Shendi's words of challenge, suddenly raised his head, a trace of brilliance flashed in his eyes, and looked at Xiang Liang solicitatively: "Uncle?"
Xiang Liang was very relieved of Xiang Yu, who was an enemy of ten thousand people, and said in a deep voice: "This person has killed a lot of people from my Xiang clan, and he has paid for his blood debt, so he will come back to see me by beheading him!" Yes, uncle!" Xiang Yu nodded excitedly, knocked the horse's belly, the black horse neighed, and the four hooves that could no longer be held back suddenly spread out, and the joy galloped towards the formation like a black hurricane on the tongue.
Xiang Yu on horseback was also enthusiastic, and a fiery red brilliance flashed in his eyes: every time he went into battle. Xiang Yu always has an instinctive urge to kill like crazy, and it is often more difficult to control when he sees blood, which is also an important reason why he likes to slaughter cities after the war, and he seems to be a demon god born for war!
Cao Shen stood in the middle of the formation, saw Xiang Yu galloping over, and shouted: "Good come!" As soon as he smashed the war horse under the seat, he stepped down and the black horse also neighed and galloped out. On horseback, Cao Shen held up the halberd, wow wow, come to fight Xiang Yu!
Electrifying and flint. The two black horses quickly approached within three zhang, and Xiang Yu and Cao Shen were almost inexorable, holding halberds with both hands, and slashing their heads! One green and one black, the cold halberd light streaked across the void, slammed into each other, and slashed across a spark.
Cao Shen only felt an incomparable burst of tremendous force coming from Xiang Yu's black halberd, the tiger's mouth heated violently, and his body couldn't help but shake slightly. The two horses staggered, Xiang Yu's murderous pupils glared at Cao Shen coldly, and Cao Shen immediately felt a chill invade his heart. The chest that was hit hard couldn't help but feel even more uncomfortable!
When Pan Male returned, Cao Shen looked at Xiang Yu from afar, and couldn't help but be secretly shocked: This person has so much strength. What a strong murderous aura!
The sound of hooves was like thunder, and Xiang Yu's black horse had already charged. The black halberd flashed a cold light in the sunlight. Cao Shen gritted his teeth, not losing his momentum, and rushed up with a shout.
"Whoosh...... There was a strange roar in mid-air, and Xiang Yu's black halberd flickered. A little cold light in a cloud of black gas rushed to Cao Shen's throat, and the power was like a poisonous dragon roaring! Cao Shen was shocked and struggled to make the halberd slam down!" Be ......!" A dull and distant loud bang resounded over the battlefield, and the two halberds quickly separated after splashing sparks!
Cao Shen suddenly shouted. The tiger's mouth has cracked. Where the blood flowed, the two horses staggered past, and Cao Shen clearly saw the mocking sneer on Xiang Yu's face and the murderous aura in his eyes like looking at a dead person. The frightened Cao Shen knew that he was not defeated by Xiang Yu's bravery, so he immediately did not dare to fight again, pulled out his horse and left, and ran to his own battlefield in the wilderness!
Xiang Yu turned his horse back, saw Cao Shen walking away in a cowardly fight, and shouted loudly, like thunder in the sky: "Cao Shen is leaving, leave your head!" The black horse was as fast as the wind, as swift as lightning, and chased after him.
Wu Xiao Shenjun, approaching Cao Shen in an instant, Cao Shen suddenly felt a chill on his back, his hair stood on end, and he secretly shouted in his heart: "Oh my God, am I Cao Shen going to die here?" Just as he was in a panic, suddenly a bowstring sounded in the Qin army's array, and a sharp arrow screamed and galloped towards Xiang Yu's throat!
Xiang Yu had already chased behind Cao Shen, and was about to wave a halberd, but Cao Shen suddenly heard the evil wind was not good, and looked up sharply: A little meteor flew in, and the murderous aura was agitated! Xiang Yu's hand was quick, and the black halberd turned into a grid, and the arrow flew with a "dang" sound. Suddenly reined in the horse, the black horse neighed, the front hooves soared, and stopped quickly. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Cao Shen used his strength to whip the war horse and fled back to his own position.
Xiang Yu's face was cold, because of anger, his bronzed face darkened, and even his beard seemed to be slightly cocked, and the powerful double pupils quickly swept in front of the Qin army's formation, and stopped on Wu Rui, who was holding an iron tire bow.
Wu Rui, tall, heroic, Yugan County, is a famous family, Wu Wangfu is the seventh grandson, since childhood, intelligent, anxious and righteous, both civil and military, quite famous in Hengshan County. Three years ago, he was recruited as the commander of Poyang County, and in a short period of time, Poyang was governed very prosperously, and was deeply loved by the people, and was called 'Pojun' to show his love!
"Good archery!" Although Xiang Yu was very angry, he couldn't help but praise, and then added: "But if you dare to stop me from taking revenge, you are killing yourself." Later, I'll cut off your head with my own hands!" The voice was so calm that it didn't seem to have a trace of popularity, which made Wu Rui suddenly have some hair, and there was a sense of fear of being stared at by a fierce beast!
Wu Rui couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and angry, ashamed that he was a little afraid, angry that Xiang Yu was so arrogant, Wu Rui, who boasted of being bold and fearless all his life, said coldly: "Xiang Yu'er, don't blow nonsense, Wu's head is here, and those who have the ability to take it are!"
Xiang Yu didn't say anything, just glared at Wu Rui and Cao Shen coldly with his sharp eyes, and then smashed the war horse and went back to the main formation. Seeing Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu said with some uneasiness: "Uncle, my nephew is incompetent, let Cao Shen run away!" Xiang Liang smiled: "Yu'er doesn't have to worry, then Cao Shen can't run away!" Watch me strike at it and take its head!" Xiang Yu couldn't help but burst into battle and said, "Uncle, let me lead the army to charge!" Xiang Liang shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I can be useful for your bravery." Stand aside for now!" Xiang Yu was only afraid of this uncle who raised him all his life, although he was a little unhappy in his heart, he still obeyed the order and retreated!
Xiang Liang looked at the Qin army's formation: the black armor covers the sun, the black flag is monstrous, and it is very strict! Knowing that he had to disrupt his formation in order to win, he called the general Long He and said, "Long He! You lead 5,000 cavalry to assault the Qin army!" Whoa!" The dragon with thick eyebrows and big eyes bowed down to receive the order.
"Yu Fanjun, Zhu Jishi, each of you will lead three thousand crossbowmen to respond from the side. Cover the dragon and get into battle!" Whoa!" Behind Xiang Liang, two futures flashed.
"Knock knock knock......" A loud war drum sounded, and the dragon held his halberd high and said loudly: "Brothers of the Chu army, Qin and Chu are not separated, let us recover the blood debt of the past today!" Kill-" With a roar of rage, Long He immediately rode out first and pounced on the Qin army's battle array. Then the five thousand Chu army elite horsemen shouted, rushed out, followed the dragon and directly hit the Qin army's middle formation. The crossbowmen of the Chu army on both flanks also ran wildly, quickly approaching the Qin army.
Cao Shen has come back to his senses in this battle. Seeing the Chu army slaughtering in a big way, he was furious in his heart: "I can't compare to Xiang Yu in terms of martial arts, but I am in the battle array." I, the Qin army, have no reason to be afraid of you Chu army!" Then he shouted: "Crossbowman prepare, three consecutive shots!" Put!"
The six thousand crossbowmen who were waiting in front of the Qin army pulled the trigger one after another. In a strange cry, the first wave ......of 2,000 arrows jumped into the air and fell into the galloping Chu cavalry with incomparable precision.
Suddenly, the rumbling and galloping cavalry of the Chu army was like crashing into a wall of arrows. There was a miserable neigh, and even the people and horses were shot to the ground. For a while, blood flew in front of the Qin army, and people shouted and neighed. Floundered!
When the Qin army was just about to shoot the second wave of arrows, the crossbowmen behind the Chu army also caught up, and the bows and crossbows were all opened, and in an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired at the Qin army. At the same time, the second wave of arrows of the Qin army also jumped into the air and pounced on the enemy. For a while, arrows roared in the sky over the battlefield, and the density was so dense that many arrows would fight in the air!
The crossbowmen of the Qin and Chu armies, who also lacked protection, were killed and wounded in the rain of arrows in an instant, and blood flowed all over the land of Guangling: the advantage of the Qin army's crossbowmen was precision, continuity, and great power, and the advantage of the Chu army's crossbowmen was the speed of fire, and the two were inseparable. In fact, to tell the truth, with the same number of crossbowmen firing, the Chu army will definitely lose to the Qin army in the end, but there is no way to distinguish the winner in a short period of time, and Xiang Liang has this effect!
Just in the gap when the crossbowmen of the Qin army were temporarily suppressed, the cavalry of the Chu army braved the dense rain of arrows and took the opportunity to rush up, quickly approaching the middle of the Qin army! Seeing the shining halberds and long swords of the Chu soldiers approaching the formation, Cao Shen did not panic, and hurriedly waved his hand: The left wing cavalry charged, stop the Chu army for me! The crossbowmen retreated to the back of the formation, and the pikemen came up!"
The Qin army was well-trained, and the sound moved, and the five thousand iron horsemen on the left flank shouted, pouring out like thunder, and the war halberd set up six cyan dense forests in the air to meet the enemy.
With a "bump", the cavalry of the two armies of Qin and Chu were mixed together in an instant. The halberd and the halberd, the halberd and the long sword slashed at each other, and the blood and the four organs flew around in the fierce battle, and it was completely a mess!
At this time, the crossbowmen of the Chu army were no longer useful, but were killed by Qin cavalry, so Xiang Liang hurriedly ordered Yu Wanjun and Zhu Jishi to lead the crossbowmen to retreat. For a time, in the formation of the two armies, only nearly 10,000 cavalry were engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the battle situation was very tragic: the elite of the Qin army, the Chu army was brave, they did not give in to each other, fought to the death, almost every breath between dozens of people were killed in the chaotic army, and in less than half an hour, the cavalry of the two armies on the battlefield shrank by half!
Slowly, as the battle progressed, the Qin army's superiority in training and equipment gradually emerged, and among the five or six thousand people under the dose, the Qin army's cavalry was almost two to one, and the remnants of the Chu cavalry gradually became exhausted, and quickly showed signs of collapse!
Seeing this, Xiang Yu was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, the cavalry of our army can't break through the cavalry formation of the Qin army, let my nephew lead the troops!" Xiang Liang was also a little anxious, the attack on the Huaishang area was too smooth, which made him underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, thinking that with the collapse of the empire, the combat effectiveness and morale of the Qin army should decline greatly, but he did not expect that the Qin army under the command of Fusu to conquer Baiyue was really the elite from Guanzhong, and it has maintained a good state over the years, and it is still an invincible army that is enough to sweep the world.
Xiang Liang looked at the battle situation again, and found that the cavalry of the Chu army could not withstand it, and if there were no reinforcements, the cavalry of the Qin army would take advantage of the situation to rush over and charge the battle, so Xiang Liang hurriedly said: "Xiang Yu, you can have 8,000 Chu Xiang elite soldiers to attack the enemy's middle formation." Be sure to take down the enemy's banner!" Yes, uncle!"
Xiang Yu's blood boiled again, his battle intent burned like a flame, and the black Xuantie halberd was raised in the air, and he let out a roar of the marching ground: "The warriors of Chu Xiang, for the sake of the Chu State, for the sake of the Di family killed by the Qin army, defeat the Qin people!" Kill ——!" The black black horse was like a bolt of lightning, taking the lead in protruding, and then the eight thousand Chu Xiang rode in the direction of their master and tongued a red whirlwind. Rush to the scene.
"Chu Xiang! Chu Xiang! Chu Xiang!"" The Chu army behind the formation waved their flags and shouted, beating drums and cheering.
Cao Shen suddenly saw a Chu army's elite and murderous generals under the leadership of Xiang Yu, and knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly ordered: "The cavalry on the right flank attacked, stop the Chu Xiang cavalry, and the three thousand 'trapped camps' blocked the Chu Xiang infantry soldiers, and the enemy could not be impulsive to the main formation!"
When the order was made, the 5,000 cavalry of the Qin army on the right flank met the 4,000 Chu Xiang cavalry, and the 3,000 dead soldiers in the 'trapped camp' after the middle battle also met the 4,000 Chu Xiang foot soldiers. Suddenly, the dialogue between the strongest and most elite of the two armies began again. Slaughtered in the array.
For a time, black and yellow, black and red canine teeth intertwined, devouring each other, and launched a desperate hand-to-hand fight.
Look at the battle in full swing. Cao Shen couldn't help for a while, so he had to hope that the Qin army would be able to block Chu Xiang's elite soldiers. In this way, with a slight advantage in troops, relying on the superiority in equipment and training, we can win the victory!
Gradually, the ordinary cavalry of the Chu army that went into battle at the beginning was quickly wiped out, and only a few generals such as Long He were left to cooperate with the elite soldiers of Chu Xiang in a bloody battle, and seven or eight thousand Qin cavalry against four thousand Chu Xiang cavalry were formed on the battlefield. Three thousand 'trapped camps' against four thousand Chu cavalry foot soldiers. And the originally chaotic situation also began to change: the cavalry of the Qin army still had an advantage in numbers and equipment for a while, resisting the fierce and peerless Chuxiang cavalry, and stabilized the battle situation immediately; However, although the three thousand 'trapped' dead soldiers no longer cared about life and death, and they almost fought to the death under the heavy reward, they still could not compete with the elite soldiers of Chu Xiang, who seemed to be born for war. The situation of the battle under the horse gradually changed to a situation favorable to the Chu army.
In fact, the current Chu Xiang elite soldiers cannot be compared with the Chu Xiang elite soldiers trained by Xiang Yan more than ten years ago, after all, the current Chu Xiang army is relatively hasty, and the equipment is mostly to seize the Qin army, and Xiang Liang's military talent is indeed slightly inferior to Xiang Yan, otherwise the Chu Xiang elite soldiers are not just as simple as having a slight advantage in the ground now, but would have already crushed the Qin army's main formation! Among the existing Qin army, only the battle-hardened and prestigious 'Broken Army' and 'Wolf Teeth' can compete with Chu Xiang, who was trained by Xiang Liang. Even the Meng Tian Blackshirt Army that was rampant in the northern frontier was much inferior to Chu Xianglai's combat strength, otherwise it would not have been killed by Xiang Yu in the battle of Julu in the original history and defeated repeatedly!
Xiang Yu waved his halberd and galloped back and forth in the battlefield, where the golden crown and black halberd passed, the clothes and armor were flat, and the corpses were rolling, and the Qin army had no enemy. But even so, the cavalry of the Qin army did not seem to have the intention of retreating, and wherever Xiang Yu passed, he still went forward and fought to the death.
Xiang Yu was stunned, and was surprised: the Qin army also had such an unyielding fighting spirit, which was very different from the Qin army on Huai; Xiang Yu was also angry, proudly he couldn't tolerate someone daring to block his edge, and neither could the gods! Suddenly, Xiang Yu let out a long roar, as if a thunder thunder sounded in the sky, and the faces of the Qin cavalry nearby couldn't help but show a look of horror.
The double pupils were covered with extreme anger and battle intent in a moment, Xiang Yu's face was also terrifyingly hideous, and the bloodthirsty demon god was really angry!
"Ahhhhh Xiang Yu roared, and as soon as he stepped down the black horse, the black halberd flashed with black light, and killed the most dense area of Qin cavalry, he actually wanted to challenge the fighting will of the entire Qin army with the strength of one person!
"Huh-" The black halberd slashed through a terrifying black light in mid-air, carrying the rumbling sound of wind and thunder, and slashed down. The two cavalrymen of the Qin army, who struggled to meet them, screamed miserably, and were cut to pieces by the incomparable black halberd and the men and horses. This astonishing scene suddenly stunned the Qin riders who were surging up like a tide!
In the rain of blood, Xiang Yu's armor was dyed purple and brown, more like a demon god who came up from hell, which made people feel cold in their hearts.
"Roaring ——!" Xiang Yu let out a dull roar from his throat, like the roar of a king, which made the Qin cavalry who came up a little frightened, and they were angry!
The black horse seemed to be infected by the surging battle spirit of its master, roaring and roaring, rattling hooves and scattering joy, and rushed towards the most dense area of the Qin army.
The black halberd flashed slightly in mid-air, and the two Qin army daring men suddenly opened two huge caves in their chests, and flew out upside down as if they had been hit by a huge thunderbolt. Sprinkled with guts and blood along the way!
"Kill ——!" Looking at the killing gods who rushed over, the Qin cavalry knew that running away was not the right choice, no matter how fast they ran, they didn't seem to be able to run away from the black horse under the killing god's seat, and the 'invincible and proud' heart didn't seem to allow these Qin soldiers to become deserters, so the outlaws of the Qin army also plucked up their courage and roared towards Xiang Yu, hoping to stop this seemingly unstoppable killing god!
However, how could ordinary soldiers of the Qin army be able to resist this world-shattering demon god with superb martial arts: where the black horse roared, the black halberd shadow roared all over the sky. With a stream of bloody arrows and flying stumps, the Qin army fell off their horses one after another, and the death was miserable, almost all of them were disemboweled, and their corpses were in different places!
One, two, three...... In the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred cavalry of the Qin army died under the cruel black halberd. For a while, where Xiang Yu's black horse passed, there were corpses, and the Qin army was invincible, and no one dared to sacrifice their lives to step forward.
Xiang Yu is killing and rising. The black halberd didn't know how much Qin people's blood he had drunk, and he suddenly felt empty in front of him, looking around. All the soldiers of the Qin army were frightened and far away from him, and there was incomparable fear in their eyes!
"Ah——!h Xiang Yu suddenly raised his arms and raised his halberd, raised his head to the sky and roared, declaring his heavenly authority. Hideous faces. Blood-colored armor, invincible halberd, roaring divine steed, for a while, the soldiers of the Qin army seemed to see an undefeated demon god roaring and demonstrating in front of them.
The morale of the army collapsed in an instant! The cavalry of the Qin army, which was originally able to resist, and the 'trapped camp' faced such a terrible enemy. There were no more warriors who resisted, and they were defeated in the face of Chu Xiang's elite soldiers and incredible courage. In an instant, the defeated army was like a mountain, and the defeated Qin army fled frantically towards the main formation.
Cao Shen and Wu Rui were stunned. The battle situation that originally seemed to be evenly matched collapsed in an instant, and it turned out to be due to the strength of Xiang Yu alone!
At this time, the deserters of the Qin Army no longer had any thoughts of military discipline and honor in their minds, they only wanted to flee as soon as possible, and get as far away from that terrible demon god as possible. As a result, the Qin army's main formation was in strict formation, and the phalanx of spearmen was almost instantly rushed by the rout, and the spearmen who lost their formation were simply lambs to the slaughter. As a result, the elite soldiers of Chu Xiang, who then pounced fiercely, slashed indiscriminately, only killing the corpses of the spearmen of the Qin army, and they were invincible!
The Qin army's main formation collapsed for a while! Although Cao Shen and Wu Rui fought hard to kill the defeated army, trying to stop the momentum, an army that had lost confidence in winning could not restore order even if its predecessor was invincible and good at fighting!
The defeat of the Qin army is inevitable!
The Chu army was in the main formation, Xiang Liang was in ecstasy at this time, waved his long sword, and shouted: "Brothers, avenge the first king, the time has come to recover the Chu State, kill ——!" The Chu army, who was extremely good at fighting against the wind, suddenly burst out with unbelievable courage, crashing into the chaotic Qin army like a group of tigers descending from the mountain, sprinkling the last handful of salt on the wounds of the Qin army!
At this time, although the Qin army still occupied a slight advantage in personnel, but the defeat was decided, and he no longer had the intention of fighting, and after a few slight resistances, he was defeated, lost his armor and walked towards the village! Cao Shen and Wu Rui saw that the general trend had gone, and they smiled bitterly at each other, so they had to leave with the defeated army!
For a time, in the entire field south of Guangling, there were all the soldiers of the Qin army who had fled, like a flock of black ducks, driven by the Chu army and fled in panic, so they were not embarrassed!
Poor, once upon a time, the Qin army also chased after the Chu army like this. Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the two have changed!
This is also the first time in decades that the Chu army has defeated the main army of the Qin State, and everyone can't help but be excited, and they all fought bravely, and they actually chased down ten miles in one breath and killed at the door of the Qin army's camp.
At this time, the 20,000 Qin troops left behind in the Qin army's camp were also dumbfounded when they saw that they were all fleeing from the mountains and fields: You say shoot, those who die first are their own; Don't shoot, the Chu army will enter the village with the defeated soldiers, and everyone will be finished!
is still the captain of the Qin army who stayed behind - the general of the Qin State Sect won the nuclear opportunity quickly, knowing that the current situation is the best policy to preserve strength, he immediately ordered the 20,000 Qin troops left behind to withdraw from the camp and rush south!
Seeing this, Cao Shen and Wu Rui did not dare to enter the camp, so they led the defeated army around the camp and went straight to the nearest Yangtze River ferry, Shatou Town.
Xiang Liang knew very well that it was advisable to chase after the poor and brave, and drove the Chu army to chase the Qin army for a day and a night almost non-stop, unclothed, only to chase the Qin army is rumors, vomiting and diarrhea, and most of them are either dead or collapsed!
In the early morning of the next day, the defeated troops of the Qin army, who were already exhausted and almost paralyzed, fled to Shatou Town, and happened to meet Wu Zhu and others who came to reinforce with 20,000 Minzhong and Yueyue water divisions.
Wu Zhu had just arrived in Shatou Town, and was preparing to go north to the Huai River to reinforce Cao Shen and others, when he heard the urgent report of the army that Cao Shen and Wu Rui's main forces had collapsed, he was also panicked, and hurriedly sent a small boat to collect all the ferries on both sides of the strait to meet the defeated soldiers.
As soon as the Wuzhu fleet arrived on the north shore, it happened to follow Cao Shen and others to send troops, so they quickly responded to the ship. The Chu army chased to Shatou Town, although the river was full of Qin army ferryboats and diving escapees, but because there was no sailor, they could only release a burst of arrows, kill some unlucky people who could not escape, and then retreat to camp for twenty miles!
At noon, Wu Zhu led the sailors to cover the defeated army and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, and set up camp on the outskirts of Biling County.
After the war, Cao Shen and Wu Rui inspected the defeated soldiers: 100,000 people when they set out on the expedition, it was a banner covering the sun, how majestic! Now, in addition to the 20,000 left-behind troops of the Winning Nuclear Institute, who ran fast and suffered few losses, only more than 15,000 escaped from the 80,000 troops, and the number of the whole army, including all the wounded and disabled soldiers, was less than 35,000, which was really miserable!
In the next three or five days, some of the remaining defeated soldiers fled back one after another, and finally the number of people was 40,000! But the baggage, grain and grass have been completely lost, if it weren't for the help of the water division, I'm afraid that the Qin army would really have to go to Biling and other places to rob homes and houses to gather enough food and grass for 40,000 people! However, in a short period of time, the defeated Qin army no longer had the ability to march north into Huai!
And Xiang Liang led 60,000 troops to fight the Chu army, and the losses were not small: more than 12,000 people were killed in the battle, of which 2,000 were Chu Xiang's elite soldiers, and more than 10,000 were wounded, but they were not injured.
Since then, the Qin army has been stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, and although there are sailors to help, they are also unable to forge ahead. Although Xiang Liang was enterprising, he had no warship to cross the river, and it was in vain. After the two armies refused to resist for more than ten days, Xiang Liang led his troops to retreat north, but still stayed to call for peace to guard Guangling, and increased his troops by 5,000 to help, and led the army back to Pengcheng, reorganized the soldiers and horses, and made another plan!
Since this war, Xiang Liang's department, which was not too prominent in the Central Plains peasant rebel army, suddenly became famous, in stark contrast to the rebel armies that had just been defeated by Fusu.