Volume 17 Redefining the Central Plains Chapter 20 The Death of the Dragon

The land of Jianghuai, the shore of Huaishui.

The sky was overcast, and the cold wind kept whistling and circling between the heavens and the earth, rolling up the yellow grass clippings and fallen leaves all over the sky; In the sky, the dark clouds were also constantly gathering, accumulating more and more, accumulating thicker and thicker, slowly forming a huge black dome, but it was so low that it seemed to fall from the head at any moment, which was very oppressive.

At this time when the clouds were thick and the cold wind was roaring, there was a huge army trudging hard: hunting with flags, crowds of people, and the team was boundless and could not see the end at a glance. At the front of this team fluttered a majestic handsome flag, on which the word "dragon" was swept wildly in the wind, and it was actually majestic and murderous.

This is the 80,000 Linhuai army led by Long Ji, who is rushing to reinforcements after receiving Guangling's urgent request for help.

In the field, another cold wind swept in, and the messy weeds and rough stones in the wind shadow rolled towards the Chu army team, and there was a slight clanging sound on the armor.

"Damn, why is this damn old man always working against Lao Tzu! The weather was still good two days ago, but today it suddenly became this virtue, but don't rain or snow, lose Guangling, the general must pick my skin!" Looking at this bad weather, Long He was a little worried!

"Yonghe! Yonghe! Damn it, get over here!" The dragon suddenly shouted.

"General Long, the last general is here!" With Long Ji's call, a fierce general in his thirties rushed out of the team behind him, urging his horse, bowing his head, and protecting his helmet with his right hand, and hurried over.

"General Long, what do you command?" The general Yonghe arched his hand in the cold wind.

"Well, where is our army now? How far is it from Guangling?" The dragon was a little anxious.

"General Qiyu, our army is now probably near Liushui Town, and it is about three hundred miles away from Tutang, the nearest county town to the west. It is about four hundred miles away from Guangling, and there is a Huai River across it!" Yonghe said quickly, and from time to time spit out some mud foam and grass clippings from his mouth!

"Damn, it's that far away! In this way, it takes a hundred miles a day, plus it takes one day to cross the river, and it will take five days to reach Guangling?" Ryuge asked anxiously. "Yes, General! This is the best-case scenario, if it is bad and it snows or rains heavily. Maybe not in five days!" Yonghe poured cold water on the dragon.

Long He looked up at the sky again, this weather really doesn't look good-tempered, I'm afraid that heavy rain or snow is inevitable, I can't help but be a little depressed: "I hope Zhaogong can support it, otherwise if we lose Guangling, our battle will be difficult!" The general doesn't have to worry, Guangling City is strong, and Zhaogong is very cautious, there should be no big problem!" Yonghe comforted.

At this moment, suddenly there were a few fast horses running in the opposite direction on the side of the road. Due to the strong wind, everyone was so crushed that they almost fell on their horses. "General Long, there is a messenger in Guangling!" One of the scouts who rushed to the front straightened up and reported.

"Where is the messenger?" Long was eager to know about Guangling's current situation. "The villain is!" Behind him, a well-dressed young man arched his hand.

"How. What is the situation in Guangling? Can Zhaogong still support it?" The dragon is in a hurry.

"General Long, that Han Xin is very treacherous. They just harass our army day and night, but they don't really engage me. Now, my Sergeant Guangling is very tired, and I am afraid that I will not last long. Summoning the general and asking General Long to send reinforcements quickly!" The messenger was also eager.

"Okay, you go with the army, and I will immediately order the march to be accelerated!" Long and was just about to give the order, suddenly. The sky flashed with lightning, and a thunderbolt slashed down!" Boom!" The rumbling loud sound shook the ear drums of the Chu soldiers a little numb, and they also stuffed Long Ji's words into their stomachs.

Immediately afterwards, countless hailstones and rain and snow were sprinkled in the sky without a head and a face, and suddenly the Chu soldiers in armor were clanging, and for a while, a chaotic symphony was played between heaven and earth.

The corners of Long He's mouth twitched, and a sentence was squeezed out from between his teeth: "Set up camp!" Whoa!" A herald rushed down to give orders.

The Chu army, who was being smashed by the hail, was overjoyed when they heard this, immediately stopped their army, and quickly erected a huge camp at an unprecedented miraculous speed, and then all rushed in to avoid the damn weather.

Gradually, the sky slowly darkened, and the hail slowly stopped, but the annoying rain and snow did not seem to stop, and still flowed between heaven and earth.

Long He stood at the door of the tent, his face was blue: The current rain is not as good as summer, and you can travel in the rain in summer without getting sick, but if you rush in the rain in such cold weather, I am afraid that most of the sergeants will not fall ill by tomorrow, so Long He is just crying out in vain now, glaring at God.

Seeing that the rain had not stopped at night, and there was no chance to hurry at night, Long He had to eat some dry food depressedly and went to bed hastily to rest. This night, Long Ji remembered the battle in Guangling, and it was really tossing and turning, and it was difficult to sleep, until it was almost dawn, and he fell asleep in a daze.

At dawn the next day, the accustomed to getting up early and waking up suddenly, put on a robe and came out of the tent. At this time, the sky was a clear color, blue and blue, and it was exceptionally clear. Long He breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, the rain has stopped, and if I don't stop, I have to hang myself!" shouted: "Come on, send an order to the three armies, get some dry food, and quickly pull out the camp and go on the road." If you don't walk a hundred and fifty miles today, you won't be allowed to rest!" Whoa!" The soldiers received the order and went down to give the order.

Soon, the vast Chu camp quickly disappeared into the horizon and became a huge army, with rolling wheels and horses' hooves, galloping south.

There is a way that 'the heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient', although the dragon and thought very well, and set the distance of today's march to one hundred and fifty miles, but the navel, the road is rotten, the hard-working Chu army walked for a morning, only walked less than thirty miles, and there is no way to be angry and thunderous.

In the afternoon, the Chu army, which had little rest, was almost driven by the dragon and used leather whips and long swords to advance frantically to the south, and by the evening, they finally got out of the area of yesterday's rain. Embarked on the broad road.

At night, Long Ji wanted to continue to hurry, but when he saw that the soldiers of the Chu army had been rushing frantically for a day, they were already tired and staggering, so they had to set up camp under the advice of Yonghedi, and prepare to cross the river at noon tomorrow by the water.

In the evening, the camp east of the Huai River of the Qin army, Han Xinshuai's tent.

Han Xin and the generals gathered around the sand table, carefully inspected the terrain near Huaishui, and after looking at it for a while, Han Xin asked and reprimanded: "How far is the Longhe Chu army from the Huai River now?" Where is it?"

He replied: "It is estimated that there are still about forty to fifty miles away from the Huai River. It's in a place called Shiwagang, and you can reach the bank of the Huai River around noon tomorrow!" That's it!" Han Xin thought for a moment and said, "Generals, what do you think?"

The generals looked at each other, and Wu Rui smiled and said: "The last general sees that the general is already confident, and he has a decision, so why bother asking us!" The general is much stronger than us, so don't let us make a fool of ourselves!" yes, yes!" Since the First Battle of Guangling, Han Xin's command ability has been affirmed by the generals, and the generals are convinced of Han Xin.

"Hmmm! Then I'll talk about my humble opinion!" Han Xin smiled resolutely. Exuding a strong self-confidence, the majestic demeanor made the generals can't help but have an illusion: it seems that this young man was born to be a genius commander born for battle!

"General Cao, I heard that you fought with that dragon. How's it going to be a win or a loser Han Xin asked Cao Shen with a smile. Cao Shen was stunned and said, "Yes, I fought in the battle of Guangling." If it weren't for Xiang Yu and Chu Xiang to join, Cao would never be afraid of him!"

"Well, tomorrow I will make you the vanguard and lead 15,000 soldiers to the east bank of Huaishui to line up. When the dragon army arrives, you will cross the river and engage the dragon with your army! I will personally lead 40,000 main forces to answer later!" Han Xin said with a smile.

"What!?" Cao Shen and the generals couldn't help but be a little stunned, thinking that they had misheard. Cao Shen smiled bitterly: "General." It was too difficult for a certain army with 15,000 horses to meet the dragon and 80,000 troops, and to cross the river to attack. As long as Long He knows a little about the art of war, if he strikes halfway, my forward army must be defeated and returned. Please think twice, this plan is really impossible, you have to be afraid of death!"

"Yes, General, even if you want General Cao to fight in the front, can't you let him wait for the Chu army to come before crossing the river, isn't this a chance to attack Long and half-cross!? It is better for our army to cross the Huai River tonight, line up on the west bank of the Huai River, and then fight with the Chu army!" Wu Rui also didn't dare to agree with Han Xin's discussion!

Han Xin was not annoyed when he saw that the generals were opposed, and said with a smile: "What you two generals said is that when the Chu army comes, you will cross the river and then say that with such a small number of troops, you will inevitably be defeated by Long and Bandu!" However, this is what Han wants!"

The generals were startled when they heard this, and looked at Han Xin's gaze and couldn't help but be a little strange, and said in their hearts: "Isn't it that the general holds a grudge, seeing that General Cao was not very respectful to him in the past, this time I plan to take this opportunity to take advantage of the enemy's hand to announce a personal vendetta!" I can't help but feel a little chill in my back for a while!

Wu Rui also had a look of affection, and hurriedly said: "This, this, general, if General Cao has offended in the past, please Haihan!" Here Wu Rui apologized to the general on behalf of General Cao!"

Cao Shen also said indignantly at this time: "If the general kills me, please use the knife at this time, let Cao die in defeat, and Cao will not do it!" This Cao ginseng is really a hard bone.

"Yes, the general is generous, if General Cao has offended in the past, please forgive this!" The generals also pleaded one after another.

Suddenly, Han Xin burst out laughing, and the generals were stunned. In the midst of laughter, Han Xin stood up, left his seat and came to the generals, and said with a smile: "Who do the generals think of Han!?" Han is deeply favored by His Majesty, and he has not achieved a high position without the merit of size, and he is trying to make meritorious contributions to repay His Majesty, how can he do the thing that destroys the Great Wall!? Rest assured, the generals deliberately let General Cao lose the battle this time is really a strategy to lure the enemy. Although the dragon is hot-tempered, he also has a little strategy, our army captured Guangling so quickly and cleanly, he will definitely have some suspicions, if he sees me arrayed across the river, how can he dare to come easily!? If the war drags on for a long time, Xiang Liang attacks from Pengcheng, and our army is in danger. Therefore, only by settling his heart and luring him to cross the river to pursue him can he use a plan to break it in one fell swoop. The reason why General Cao was chosen to lure the enemy this time was because General Cao had fought with Long Ji, was more familiar with him, and was wise and brave. can shoulder a heavy responsibility, and it is by no means an act of communiqué and personal vendetta. Doubt, generals!"

All the generals are enlightened, and their faces are a little impressive! Cao Shen also said with a flushed face: "In the end, I will spend the belly of a gentleman with a small and human heart, please ask the general Haihan!"

Han Xin smiled disappreciatively: "It doesn't matter, in the future, everyone will know who I am when they are familiar with Han!" General Cao, this move to lure the enemy is not true, false and not false, to master a good scale, we must let Long and think that our army really will not use soldiers, so it will be defeated. This is a daunting task and a certain degree of danger. I think that among all the generals, only General Cao is suitable for this position, I don't know if I dare to take on this important task!?" Cao Shen was a little enthusiastic for a while, raised his fist and said in a deep voice: "The last general is willing to be this military order, if it can't be done, come and see you!"

"Okay, the general is mighty, and he is really strong! He is worthy of being promoted by His Majesty!" Han Xin was also very happy.

Suddenly, Wu Rui said: "General, there are two doubts, I don't know if I can say one?" Talk. Han doesn't make a statement, the generals have different opinions, you can say it and let everyone consult!" Han Xin said with a smile.

Wu Rui hesitated for a moment and said, "First question: let more than 10,000 sergeants take on such a heavy task of luring the enemy. There must be heavy casualties, isn't there something wrong. Your Majesty will not be dissatisfied when he knows. Second, I don't know what the general's real 'killer' is, and whether he can really break the dragon in one fell swoop! This is not a foolish word, I hope the general is not strange!"

Han Xin's face became solemn when he heard this. After pacing a few steps, he said: "Generals, there is a way to be merciful and not to be in charge of the troops, a real commander will not put the casualties of the soldiers in the first place." He only sees the victory of the whole picture. For the sake of the overall victory, any sacrifice is necessary and deserved. Your Majesty is a man of knowledge, and there will be no objection to this. As for mine, the killer, what it is, you don't need to know. The reason why a secret is a secret is that there are fewer people who know it, and if there are more people who know it, can it still be called a secret!? Okay, you go back and prepare for each other, tomorrow's big battle will not be light!"

"Whoa!" Everyone looked at it, and they had a new view of Han Xin in their hearts: It was ruthless enough to exchange the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers for the overall victory——

In the early morning, on the west bank of Huaishui, Shiwagang, the dragon and the army rose up and rushed to Huaishui.

The big army couldn't go far, and suddenly heard the sound of hooves in front of them like thunder, and rode a reprimanded Pegasus to report: "General Long, Guangling has been conquered by the Qin army three days ago. Last night, Han Xin had led a main force of about 60,000 people to the east of Huaishui and stationed there. At present, the Qin army has blocked Huaishui, and the villain has made a detour of more than a hundred miles before he can find the cross-river diver to come back!"

"What!? Guangling falls!?" Long He was a little stunned, this Han Xin's movements were so fast!

"What is the life and death of Zhaogong now?" Long He had a good relationship with the summoner, and asked anxiously.

"Fight to death, live and die with Guangling!" Chu Jun's rebuke was also a little gloomy.

"Han Xin'er," Long He gritted his teeth a little: "I will not break your body to pieces, and I will not be a human being!" Suddenly, he shouted: "The army will speed up, defeat Han Xin first, and then capture Guangling!" Whoa!" The herald answered, and rushed down to give the order.

Suddenly, the 80,000 Chu army soldiers sped up, hunting with banners, and their footsteps were like thunder, rolling towards Huaishui.

Seeing that Huaishui was approaching, suddenly the front explorer brought a person Pegasus to report: "General Qiyulong, Han Xin sent a prisoner of our army to send a letter and a wooden box, please take a look!"

"Oh!" Long He reined in the war horse, took the letter first, and unfolded a look, and the book said:

Han Xin, the general of the Qin State, sent a letter to the general of the Chu army, General Long He: Why is it too late for the general to come!? The letter couldn't wait for the general, so he took Guangling first, and asked Haihan. I heard that Zhao Gong and General Long are old friends, and Xin is a person of great affection, so I will return the head of Zhao Gong, and the general will not thank you!

After reading this letter, the muscles on his face twitched like cramps, and his face turned blue in an instant, and he said in his heart: "This is clearly a demonstration to me, don't thank you for what you say!" It's so annoying!" Gritted his teeth, he said, "Open the wooden box!" Whoa!" The rebuke opened the wooden box in his hand, and inside was the head of the Zhaogong: Wu opened his eyebrows, as if he was unwilling to die!

Seeing his old friend in such a tragic situation, Long He finally became angry and scolded: "Han Xin'er deceived me too much! I will not kill you today, and I will not be a man! Someone is coming, give the order quickly, go full speed forward, and avenge General Zhao!" Whoa!" The Chu army shook up his spirit and rolled up the smoke and dust in the sky. Rolling towards Huaishui, it is really imposing and murderous.

The rumbling sound of rushing is becoming clearer and clearer, and the weeds, reeds, and shourong beside the road are becoming more and more dense, and gradually, the wide Huaishui appears in front of the Chu army.

"Report - General Long, there are about more than 10,000 people in the vanguard of the Qin army who are taking rafts and boats to start crossing the river and killing our army!" A horse struck a gallop to report the dragon and.

"Really!" Surprised, the dragon hurriedly rode to a nearby hill and looked east. Not far away, hundreds of ferries and rafts on the Huai River were rowing from the east bank to the west bank. Densely packed like ants. Long and sharp-eyed, at a glance saw the word 'Cao' on the flag, and couldn't help laughing: "It turned out to be the general of the defeated army, no wonder it was so straw." In this way, if we cross the river and attack without waiting for the pontoon bridge to be erected, won't we give our army a chance to hit the ground halfway through!? Han Xin'er, the strategy is nothing more than that!"

But Long Ji was not a reckless person, and on the hillock, he struggled to look at the east bank of the river: as far as the eye could see, except for Cao Shen, who had more than 10,000 Qin troops, there was not a single Qin army soldier or horse. In his heart, he was determined and laughed: "This Han Xin'er doesn't think that he can defeat a certain with only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, it's ridiculous." Ridiculous, look at how Lao Tzu cleans you up!" As he spoke, the dragon shouted, "Someone." Passing on our military order, the three armies immediately lined up two miles away from the river bank. Put most of the Qin army ashore first, and listen to my orders to attack!" Whoa!" The herald galloped away.

Suddenly, the Chu army brigade stopped, and 20,000 heavy troops retreated. The 60,000 main force immediately set up a tight attack formation on the bank of the river, waiting for the arrival of the Qin army.

"Hey, hey, hey......" On the Huai River, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Qin army took a boat on a raft and rowed hard to the west bank with a trumpet. The sound of the loud trumpet, the surging sound of the water, stimulated the blood of the Qin army. The fighting spirit has multiplied. Although the wind is cold, everyone is sweating, I don't know if it's tired from rowing or excited!

Cao Shen stood on the bow of the general big ship and looked at the west bank, and saw that the Qin army's forward ship had not yet reached the shore, and the Chu army had already set up a tight formation on the west bank, and looked at the Qin army with high morale, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "In this battle, I don't know how many of these vigorous sons and daughters can come back alive!"

Soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and the ancient wisdom is reasonable. Cao Shen couldn't be more sentimental, cheered up, and shouted: "Brothers, row quickly, kill ashore, give the Chu army a little bit of power, and let them see what a hundred battle heroes are!" Kill - kill ——!" The Qin army also shouted in response, and there was a shout of killing on the river.

"Bang——、bang——......" Soon, the vanguard of the Qin army crossed the river and docked one after another, and immediately rushed to a group of crossbowmen, and quickly formed a solid defense line on the bank of the river to cover the landing of the Qin army behind them.

For a time, hundreds of Qin ships and rafts began to land, sending a large number of Qin soldiers to the west bank of Huaishui. Due to the large number of people and miscellaneous ships, although the Qin army was a well-trained force, they couldn't help but fall into chaos for a while.

Long He stood in front of the Chu army, quietly watching the Qin army's crossing process, and soon, the time finally came: at this time, about half of the Qin army's troops had successfully landed, and the river bank was crowded with rafts crossing the river, messy like a vegetable market; The other half of the army was still drifting along the river, rowing towards the west bank; As for the east bank, there were not many Qin soldiers left on the base, and only a few lonely boats remained.

"Cao Shen, see if you're not dead this time!" A sinister smile appeared on Long He's rough face, and suddenly he raised his head to the sky and let out a long roar, which shook the four wildernesses, and a murderous roar burst out, igniting the long-endured Chu army: "Kill ——!"

"Kill ——!" With the commander's roar, 55,000 Chu army foot soldiers stepped on the land that had just thawed, and swept towards the Qin army on the river bank like a group of angry giant elephants shaking the ground and mountains.

Not long after the Qin army came ashore, before they had time to form a complete lineup, they had to face the fierce Chu army, and the situation was extremely grim. But the Qin army, which had been on the battlefield for a long time, did not seem to have any fear, and the crossbowmen immediately rushed forward automatically and launched a fierce attack on the Chu army, in order to compete for precious time for the brothers behind them to line up.

"Xiuxiuxiu......" The Qin army's three-stage serial crossbow array was powerful, and three thousand sharp green arrows screamed in mid-air, cutting through smooth and powerful lonely lines, and landed heavily in the group of Chu soldiers who rushed into the formation.

"Pounce, pounce, pounce......" The blood splash sound like a storm bean fought one after another, and the front of the Chu army immediately splashed with beautiful blood flowers. The Qin army's long-trained crossbowmen displayed terrifying attack power and accuracy, and nearly 1,500 Chu troops were dropped to the ground in just one volley.

The blood of the Chu army immediately stained the west bank of the Huaishui red.

Qin and Chu are already old rivals, and the Chu army knows how powerful the Qin army's crossbowmen are. But there is no good way to restrain it, and only by rushing through the terrible 300 steps kill distance as soon as possible can you survive and win. As a result, the fierce Chu army did not dodge, and in the overwhelming rain of arrows of the Qin army, they slammed straight into it like a group of furious beasts, and the speed was like a three-hundred-meter sprint.

Seeing the Chu army approaching quickly with arrows, Cao Shen, who had already landed and was quickly directing the Qin army to line up, was also a little panicked: under the fierce impact of the Chu army, only by forming a tight formation could they hold out for a while longer, and only when they were defeated and retreated, could more sergeants survive, otherwise. The consequences are unimaginable.

So, Cao Shen, who was so anxious that he jumped up and down, shouted: "Hurry, hurry, each in formation...... You're fucking faster...... The spearmen came first, the broken soldiers followed, and the halberd soldiers last...... Don't mess around, hurry up ......"

Just when Cao Shen was hurriedly directing the Qin army to line up, the soldiers of the Chu army had already rushed through the second round of arrow rain of the Qin army and forced it to within 200 steps, and the Qin army's formation had just begun to form, and Cao Shen broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. When the Chu army rushed through the third round of arrow rain of the Qin army and approached to within a hundred paces. Anyway, the phalanx of spearmen was lined up first, and the beryllium soldiers were already half lined up, and most of the halberd soldiers were still slashing on the river!

Cao Shen breathed a sigh of relief. shouted, "Crossbowmen shoot one more round, then retreat!" Spearmen hold spears. Ready for battle!" As soon as the words fell, the fourth and final round of arrow rain of the Qin army roared out and crashed straight into the chest of the Chu army, who was close at hand. Since the distance was only a few dozen steps, the power of the Qin crossbow was very huge. Therefore, almost all of the people who were hit by the Chu army entered through the chest, and some even pierced two of them. The corpses of the Chu army that fell one after another caused chaos in the front of the Chu army, but at the same time, it also ignited the fire of the Chu army's vengeful tyranny.

Indeed, in the first four rounds of the Qin army's crossbowmen. The Chu army paid a huge price of five to six thousand casualties, and the Qin soldiers were simply minimal, which could not make the arrogant Chu army red-eyed and dripping blood!?

In the midst of a huge whistling sound, the furious Chu army quickly rolled in front of the Qin army's formation, and their red eyes seemed to be breathing fire. Seeing that the situation was not good, the crossbowmen of the Qin army retreated behind the spearmen one after another, and fled every day. A large number of Qin spearmen immediately raised their huge spears, slightly bent down and reached their feet, and clenched the solid spear shafts with both hands, ready to meet the fierce impact.

"Bang ——......" Suddenly, countless Chu officers and soldiers roared angrily and crashed into the huge gun forest of the Qin army. At this time, the difference between veterans and recruits was revealed: the experienced veterans of the Chu army knew that the general situation was not good when the Qin spearmen poked forward the huge spear body, and quickly bent down to dodge, and while avoiding the giant spear, they abandoned the heavy soldiers and pulled out their long swords and slashed at the long pole of the giant spear, in order to be able to kill a bloody path; The recruits were a little dazed, only to find the fear when the huge spearheads of the Qin army roared to their chests, and when they wanted to hide, they were too late to hide, there were guns on the left and right, and the footsteps of the rush could not be stopped, and in the end they could only become strings of dead corpses hanging on the spears of the Qin army!

At this time, the two armies were evenly divided: the Qin army, which had just formed a formation, relied on a strict military formation and skilled spear skills to resist the tide of the Chu army's offensive forcefully; And the Chu army also successfully rushed into the Qin army's main formation, relying on their strong fighting spirit and skilled swordsmanship to devour the formation of the Qin army's spearmen!

The fierce hand-to-hand fight began, and in the bloody sky, the stumps flew and the howl was deafening! A Ming Chu officer and soldier fell in front of the huge gun forest that was as immobile as a mountain, but the robe behind him followed one after another without fear and continued to launch a fierce attack on the Qin army's main formation; The spearmen of the Qin army also suffered heavy casualties before the skilled and effective attacks of the veterans of the Chu army, but when each spearman fell, the spearmen of the Qin army behind him would step on the corpses of their brothers to make up for them, stubbornly maintaining the integrity of the formation.

The fierce battle continued on the banks of the Huaishui, and the rushing blood soon stained the river on the banks red.

Long Ji stood on the chariot behind the formation, condescendingly monitoring the progress of the battle, and his face couldn't help but become more and more solemn: "This Qin army was able to complete the defense of the formation in such a short time, and it still fought to the death without retreating despite almost one enemy and five enemies, and stubbornly launched a powerful counterattack against the Chu army. The ferocity of this Qin army seems to surpass that of the Qin army at the time of the Battle of Guangling three months ago, it really deserves to be a world-famous force!"

"But, how long can you hold out, do you really think that our Chu army is easy to mess with!?" The dragon's eyes are fierce. His left hand pressed the hilt of the sword under his waist, and said coldly: "Order, Yonghe leads five thousand cavalry to intercept the Qin army's main formation from the right side, and can't break the formation, come and see you!" Whoa!" The herald rushed away and gave the order to rush out to the five thousand Chu cavalry in a array.

"Zheng!" Yonghe pulled out his long sword and shouted, "Brothers, killing the enemy and making meritorious service is today, kill ——!" Kill-" The cavalry of the Chu army responded to the peace, and let out a strange cry. Burning like a pack of angry wolves, it swooped down on the boiling battle array with rumbling thunder and smoke and dust. In an instant, the galloping cavalry array drew a beautiful circle like a right hook, bypassing the charging Chu army's foot soldiers, and fiercely struck the left flank of the Qin army's main formation from the right.

The left flank of the Qin army is a little low-lying, showing a gentle slope from south to north, such a terrain is the most conducive to the Chu army to exert the impact of the cavalry, good at using troops and dragons, and naturally will not let go of this good opportunity to break the enemy!

Looking at the Chu cavalry roaring wildly and the guns like a forest rolling towards his left flank like the wind, Cao Shen couldn't help but secretly exclaim, and shouted: "Quick, the crossbowmen turn to the left flank and block the Chu cavalry!" In order to cross the river smoothly, almost all of the Qin troops led by Cao Shensuo were foot soldiers. There weren't many cavalry, and there was just no way to deal with them with crossbowmen.

"Hulala!" Retreating to the rear of the battle early, the crossbowmen of the Qin army rushed out quickly. On the left flank began to form formations.

Yonghe really shouted, "Quick." Charge with all your might, don't let the Qin crossbowmen form a formation!" Whoa!" A rapid trumpet of the charge sounded from the galloping cavalry, and the Chu cavalry immediately whipped their horses wildly, sweeping towards the left flank of the Qin army like a swift hurricane. In an instant, the distance has been shortened to more than 100 steps.

Finally, the Qin Army's three-stage chain crossbow array was formed: "Xiu Xiu Xiu ......" A crazy screaming arrow curtain came out of the string, and crossed a straight and uniform trajectory and crashed heavily into the Chu cavalry array.

"Pounce, pounce, pounce ......" The countless arrow curtains immediately drowned countless Chu cavalry and war horses: in the bloody rain and bloody wind, the war horses neighed and fell to the ground. stir up dust; The wounded soldiers of the Chu army fell to the ground, and before they could let out a terrified wail, they were drowned by the hoof rain behind them.

"Kill ——!" In front of the galloping cavalry, the Qin army's crossbowmen no longer had the opportunity to launch the second round of arrow rain, and suddenly, the Chu army's iron cavalry and the Qin army's crossbowmen had a 'veneer dance'!

"Hey, hey!" A hideous smile appeared on Yonghe's face, and the long sword played a round lone in his hand, and then slashed hard. "Pounce-" With a tooth-aching sharp blade entering the flesh, the head of a Qin crossbowman rose into the air, and blood spurted wildly from his empty neck.

"Kill ——!" Yonghe shouted excitedly, swung his sword left and right, and killed the crossbowmen of the Qin army in front of him one after another, without the power to fight back. The cavalry of the Chu army was also so excited that they screamed, waved the swords, guns, swords and halberds in their hands, and launched a massacre against the crossbowmen of the Qin army, who basically had little melee combat ability.

Almost instantly, four or five thousand Chu cavalry smashed the fragile defense line composed of three thousand Qin crossbowmen into scattered pieces.

Cao Shen didn't see it well, and if he continued to fight, the entire battle array would be cut off by the Chu army, and it would be too late to retreat. At the moment, he also felt that he had done enough of the scene, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Quick, release, retreat, retreat!"

"Dangdang, Dangdang......" The rapid and short-lived sound of bronze duo sounded behind the Qin army's formation, and the Qin army, which had been struggling to support it, immediately lost their morale, and they couldn't care about it at the moment, and after barely coping with it a few times, they immediately fled to the boat like a tide, and they couldn't care about maintaining a very strong formation anymore.

"Boom-" The Chu army foot soldiers, who were originally facing a huge wall, suddenly saw the huge wall in front of them shattered into powder, and the excitement was indescribable, and they howled and chased after each other, looking like they were beating the water dogs.

For a time, the Chu army attacked on both sides, and the Qin troops who could cross the river were difficult to parry, and fled to the boat like a flock of ducks. Seeing that the victory was decided, a smile could not help but appear on Long Ji's gloomy face.

The battle continued, and the frantically fleeing Qin army and the relentless Chu army fought from the shore to the ship, fighting each other one after another, and the sweet battle was endless. In a short time, the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies fell into the river. There was a splash of blood-colored water.

In the midst of the chaotic battles, from time to time, brave Qin soldiers grabbed one or two rafts and sailed off the shore one after another, fleeing back to the east coast. However, most of the soldiers of the Qin army had been entangled by the tide of Chu troops and had no chance to return to the east coast.

Seeing such a scene, how could a small number of rafts of the Qin army that had not docked still dare to come to see them to death, and they quickly turned the bow of the ship and fled every day.

Cao Shen was a brave general in the end, and he led nearly 100 guards to fight a bloody road in the chaotic army, and took the lead in grabbing a big boat. Then he sprang up and shouted, "Quick, quick, open the boat, open the boat!" Now that the catastrophe is coming, Cao Shen can only take care of himself, and everything else is not to be discussed.

"Don't let go of the Qin army, kill it, ......" In the shouting of killing, more than a dozen Chu soldiers saw that the Qin army was here and left the others behind. He went straight to Cao Shen's big ship. In the hurry, Cao Shen's ship had just left the shore, and was pulled back by the Chu soldiers who jumped into the shallow water.

Cao Jian was anxious: lure the enemy. Lure the enemy, but you can't lose yourself in it! shouted: "Bring the halberd and shield!" You row. I'll cut it off!" General, we're going to break off!" The pro-soldiers did not know the details and fought for the lead.

"Don't argue, violators will be killed! Go boating!" Cao Shen took the halberd and beast tooth shield handed over by the guards. Furious like a fried lion!

The soldiers did not dare to disobey, so they grabbed the oars and began to row backwards. And Cao Shen took three or two steps to the bow of the ship with a shield and a halberd, and a halberd stabbed a Chu soldier who came onto the ship. Then he flew up and kicked the dead body away, knocking two or three Chu soldiers who were trying to grab the boat and flying back into the muddy water.

"Let it go! Let it go...... "Cao Shen waved his halberd and slashed indiscriminately. Immediately, the Chu army who grabbed the boat gang and dragged the cable was killed. Slowly, Cao Shen, who had been dyed purple and brown all over his body, no longer dared to approach any of the Chu army soldiers, and they were all frightened by Cao Shen's murderous aura like roaring Tianzun.

Slowly, Cao Shen's boat gradually sailed away from the shore under the vigorous rowing of the guards, and rowed towards the depths of the Huaishui. Seeing this, Yonghe, who had killed on the shore, was in a hurry: "Quick, crossbowman, shoot me an arrow!" As soon as the words fell, a team of Chu army crossbowmen were snatched out of the chaotic army, and they opened their bows and arrows on the shore and shot at Cao Shen. Cao Shen held a shield in one hand to protect the vital point in his chest, and in the other hand he held a halberd and struggled to hold the frame, in the rain of arrows, protecting the car and gradually sailing towards the east bank, shooting down countless arrows along the way, all of which fell into the bow of the ship or in the water.

Soon, under the full force of the pro-soldiers, the inferior bows and crossbows of the Chu army could not cause much damage to Cao Shen. Cao Shen, who was already exhausted, abandoned his halberd and shield and sat on the bow of the boat.

"General, General, how are you?" Several guards abandoned the wooden oars and rushed up to support Cao Shen.

"It's okay! It's okay!" Although Cao Shen was exhausted, he was full of energy.

"Oh, General, your wounds are bleeding!" Cao Shen took a look, and sure enough, although the guns and halberds came just now, he was actually hit by an arrow in his left leg and left arm, and he didn't feel it just now, but when he stopped now, the wound was actually a hot pain.

"Quick, don't stop the boat, find some more cloth to bandage me!!", "Whoa!" At that moment, the big boat did not stop, and rowed towards the east bank, and several other pro-soldiers found a place to carry ##和金创药为曹参包好了伤口!

When the bandaging was completed, when Cao Shen got up and looked around, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart: on the wide river, there were originally nearly 1,000 boats and rafts when they set off, but now only two or three hundred Liao Liao boats were left floating alone on the river, and they were all crowded with escaped Qin soldiers, and from time to time there were wounded people who were spasmodic and wailing. On the west bank of Huaishui, the battle has slowly subsided, representing the black color of the Qin army, and everywhere you can see, there is an earthy yellow color of the Chu army.

"Alas, I'm afraid that 10,000 people won't be able to go back this time, and the price of this bait is really not small! But it's worth it, and Chu Jun didn't take any advantage!" Cao Shen was thinking about it, and suddenly there was a faint sound of war drums like thunder on the east bank, and Cao Shen was happy in his heart: "It seems that the general is already preparing!"

But he said that on the west bank, Long Ji saw that the hateful Qin army was defeated, and he couldn't help laughing: "Haha, Han Xin Xiao'er, I thought you had a lot of skills, but it turned out to be nothing more than that!" Come on, give an order to the three armies, while the main force of the Qin army has not yet come up. Immediately take the Qin army boats and rafts to start crossing the river and seize the beachhead!"

Now the Huai River is in the dry period, the river surface is not wide, the river is not deep, even if it takes not long to swim across, so Long Ji does not need to prepare anything, and immediately urges the army to start crossing the river with the rafts of the Qin army.

For a time, the hundreds of boats and rafts that were looted by the Chu army were crowded with dense Chu troops, and many boats and rafts were pressed so that the waterline was almost close to the side of the ship. Fortunately, most of the Chu soldiers grew up in water towns and were all good at water, so although the boats and rafts were rickety and staggering. It also rushed towards the east bank with great momentum.

For a time, thousands of sails crossed the river, and thousands of books competed for the current, and the scene was very spectacular.

At this moment, Suddenly Long heard the faint sound of war drums from the east bank, and couldn't help laughing: "Han Xinxiao'er, it's too late to send troops to help at this time!" Quick, send orders to the three armies, step up preparations to cross the river, and give me a direct attack on the Qin camp!" Whoa!"

Soon. The remnants of Cao Shen's army, which had returned from defeat, gradually approached the east bank, and did not dare to stay at the moment, so they threw away their armor and threw spears to the eastern camp and fled in defeat. Cao Shen didn't dare to stay after getting off the boat. The horse was lost on the west bank and had to walk away.

Followed by. The first batch of crowded Chu ships and rafts landed on the east bank of the Huai River in a menacing manner, and as soon as the Chu army docked, they immediately disembarked and lined up to guard the east to prevent the main force of the Qin army from counterattacking.

Followed by. A small group of Chu troops returned to the west bank with all the boats on the east bank to meet the second group of Chu troops crossing the river. The river is once again densely packed with boats and rafts!

At this time, on a hill three or four miles away from the east bank, Han Xin, Wu Rui and other generals were watching the development of the battle situation on the river. Behind them, 40,000 Qin troops were standing behind the mound and waiting for them!

"General. What next?" Wu Rui couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw that the Chu army had begun to prepare to meet the second batch of Chu troops crossing the river.

Han Xin smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, wait until the second batch of Chu troops have already boarded the ship, I have my own plan to break it!" The generals were a little stunned, but they stopped speaking for a while.

Seeing that the Chu army was gradually approaching the west bank with boats and rafts, Han Xin turned around and said: "Order, transfer five hundred cavalry, tie branches to the horse's tail, and gallop back and forth behind the hill, no order shall be stopped, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Whoa!" The herald rushed down to give the order.

After a while, when the Chu army ships and rafts had just docked the west bank, suddenly, there was a faint sound of rushing thunder and dust covering the sky in the east.

Long He was taken aback when he saw this, thinking that the cavalry of the Qin army brigade was taking the lead in killing quickly, thinking that more than 10,000 Chu troops who had landed on the shore did not know whether they could withstand the Qin cavalry's hard counterattack, he was a little anxious in his heart, and shouted: "Someone, pass on my order: the cavalry will get on the boat first, and the foot soldiers will wait for the next batch!" Whoa!" More than a dozen heralds rushed away, shouting: "General Long has an order, the second group of cavalry will cross the river, and the foot soldiers will take the next batch of ......."

Seeing that about 4,000 remaining Chu cavalry began to board boats and rafts one after another, Long He said to Yonghe beside him: "Yonghe, you command in the back, and I will cross the river with the cavalry." As long as we can withstand the counterattack of this group of Qin cavalry, we will be able to gain a firm foothold on the east bank!" Whoa!" Yonghe nodded.

At that moment, the dragon and the horse, more than 100 guards behind him rushed up together, and chose the largest ferry boat to rush over.

Soon, the cavalry of the Chu army finished boarding the boat, and the boats and rafts immediately went out of the shore and rowed towards the east bank. Although the soldiers of the Chu army had done their best, Long Jiwu was slow and stood at the bow of the boat and urged loudly: "Quick, row quickly, work harder, the cavalry of the Qin army is about to kill!" ……”

Long He was dancing here, but Han Xin smiled triumphantly on the hill, turned his head and said, "Where is General Cao Sen's defeated army now?" Wu Rui said: "Follow the general's previous instructions, and run back to the camp early!"

"Very good, immediately give me all the war drums of the whole army, the bigger the better!" Han Xin clapped his hands and ordered. "Whoa!" Although everyone felt that Han Shin's order was a little inexplicable, it was still carried out to the letter.

"Knock knock ......" Behind the hill, dozens of big drums of the Qin army beat like crazy, and the posture could be heard for more than ten miles. In this deafening drum sound, Han Xin smiled and said: "The generals are optimistic, and see how Han breaks the Chu army!" The generals were stunned: This Han Xin will not transfer troops and send generals, and he can defeat the Chu army with a few big drums!? I can't help but look at each other, all of them have a look of disbelief.

After a while, the generals suddenly heard a huge sound of thunder coming from the north, and they couldn't help but be startled, and they all looked towards the north. Condescending, looking into the distance, the public will see it really. I couldn't help but be dumbfounded: I saw that in the upper reaches of the Huai River, a huge torrent was roaring with an earth-shattering sound, rolling up a huge wave of a water wall more than ten meters high, and swept towards it at a speed several times higher than that of a galloping horse. That astonishing momentum makes people have no doubt that in the face of this huge natural power, even if there are millions of male soldiers, they will all be turned into fish and shrimp!

"General, this ......" Wu Rui was a little dumbfounded.

"Hahahaha, I expect that the dragon and myself will be in this second fleet! You see, so much water is coming down. That dragon can't be a fish or shrimp, when will it be!?" Han Xintian laughed.

But it was said that the poor dragon was waving his halberd on the bow of the ship and shouting the soldiers of the Chu army to row to the east bank, and suddenly heard a huge war drum sound from the east bank, and the dragon did not doubt it, but thought that the main force of the Qin army also killed with the cavalry, and couldn't help shouting: "Quick, row quickly, the main force of the Qin army is about to arrive, hurry up and go ashore!"

The Chu army rowed with all their strength and quickly drove through the center of the river. Gradually approaching the east coast. Suddenly, Long Ji seemed to hear a loud thunderclap from the north, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at the north in surprise: "Hmm. All political parties! Where in the north is the thunder?"

Immediately after, a picture that was enough to make the dragon's soul fly away and his face distorted to the extreme, came into his eyes: in the distance. A huge, stretching white line set off a monstrous wave, with a mighty force that swept everything, as fast as a wind, as fast as a galloping horse, and swept in without hesitation.

"Water Attack! Finished. I'm in Han Xin's child's hands!" The dragon's head went blank in an instant!

The dragon shouted hysterically, "Quick, quick, paddle back!" No, no. Or paddle forward! No, slide back again...... "Long He just wanted to row back, but he thought of paddling back too far, and when he wanted to slide forward, he immediately reacted that the Qin army must have an ambush on the east bank.

In this momentary hesitation, the monstrous flood had already swept in, and hundreds of Chu army boats and rafts on the Huai River began to shake violently from afar, and from time to time Chu soldiers and war horses neighed and fell into the river. Soon, the sky-shading Hong Feng was officially rolled up, like a huge wall of water, and everywhere he passed, the boats and rafts were all smashed to pieces, and the soldiers and horses of the Chu army were mercilessly swallowed in it.

"Mom, run for your life...... the soldiers of the Chu army on the east and west sides screamed, scattering and fleeing, trying to escape this terrifying torrent; The Chu troops on the river dived into the water like dumplings, hoping to escape with their lives in the torrent. But the rushing flood swept in at once, and had already overflowed the riverbank, swiftly sweeping away all the obstacles that came before it. In the immense power of nature at the moment, the individual struggle is almost negligible!

The dragon looked at the monstrous waves that were getting closer and closer, as if he saw a white dragon with a bloody mouth, and sighed: "Today, a certain person died here, let the shaft be named!" A huge wave swept in, and the dragon standing on the bow of the ship was swept away without a trace, and even the boat was immediately crushed and shattered by the huge wall of water!

The generals and armies of the Qin army deployed at the heights with Han Xin were a little stunned as they watched the main force of the Chu army being quickly swallowed up by the huge torrent, and couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts: This general is really ruthless! Not only ruthless to one's own people, but even more ruthless to the enemy!

Wu Ruiqiang swallowed his saliva, and said with a look of horror: "General, this time the Chu army is finished!" I just don't know why the general's plan is so successful?"

Han Xin stroked his palms and laughed: "I told the generals earlier that Cao Shen's army was just luring the enemy, and the purpose was to be proud of the dragon's heart and loose dragon's defense, and lure him to cross the river to pursue. Moreover, as soon as Long Ji arrived, he hastily responded to the battle, so he did not have time to make a careful investigation of the vicinity of the Huai River, and certainly did not find that ten miles upstream, our army had secretly sent troops to build a water storage dam since last night. The first drum of our army is to make Long He think that our army is mobilizing the main force and preparing to counterattack, and to strengthen Long and quickly cross the river. The purpose of galloping behind the mound with a horsetail and dragging branches is to let the dragon and the vanguard cavalry of our army approach, and lure the enemy to personally command the cavalry to come to the east bank for reinforcements. The second drum is naturally the signal to release the water! In this battle, although Long Ji did not make any major mistakes in tactics, he had already lost in terms of strategy, because he knew what he had done but did not know the other, so he did not lose unjustly in this defeat!"

When the generals heard this, they were so impressed that they fell to the ground: this General Han's calculation is simply a god, and the dragon is not an idle person, but he is obediently led by the nose like a child!

"Well, except for the baggage troops, the rest of the Chu army is either gathered on both banks or moored on the river, and once the flood passes, not many people should survive! General Wu, you will take care of the aftermath, what do you think?" Han Xin looked at Wu Rui with a smile.

Wu Rui understood in his heart: "Except for some of the heavy troops of the Chu army on the west bank, the main combat force of the Chu army is finished!" The Qin State regards military merit as the most, and the remaining heavy soldiers are the general's kindness to leave some leftovers for everyone! Still, something is better than nothing!" Wu Rui grinned and responded: "Yes, the last general will definitely wipe out all the remnants of the Chu army, and not let one go!"

"Okay, then General Ben will go back to the camp first, and wait for General Cao to wait for the news of General Hou's victory!" Whoa!"

Looking at Han Xin's figure riding away, Wu Rui actually felt relieved, and looked at the generals who turned out to be the same, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "Yes, now it seems that all the generals are convinced of this great general, or are they afraid!?" Wu Rui shook his head, no longer thinking about such a nerve-wracking question, and set his eyes on the Huai River.

At this time, on the Huai River, the flood peak formed by the river water that had gathered overnight has basically passed, although the river water is surging endlessly, it has basically returned to the river channel, and no longer has the ability to rush onto the river bank to wreak havoc. But what is surprising is that the banks of the Huai River and the river surface near it seem to be very empty, except for the occasional weapons scattered on the river bank and a small number of floating corpses floating in the water, it is not at all obvious that there have been tens of thousands of main forces of the Chu army gathered here just now!

Wu Rui shook his head and smiled bitterly at the generals: "Generals, fortunately, there are still 20,000 Chu troops on the east coast, is it better than nothing!" Li Zuogen, you immediately notify the thirty large ferries hidden in the river in front of you to come over, so that the army can cross the river! The rest of the generals reorganized their troops and horses, gathered on the shore, and when the big ships came, the cavalry crossed the river first and intercepted the heavy troops of the Chu army, and then the rest of the troops covered up and annihilated the Chu army!" Whoa!" The generals nodded and went about getting ready.

That night, the 20,000 heavy soldiers of the Chu army, who saw that the main force was wiped out by the flood and fled in fright, were intercepted by the cavalry of the Qin army near Shiwagang. The poor Chu army was generally the old, weak, sick and disabled in the army, or technical soldiers, and their close combat strength was extremely limited, and the crowd of 20,000 people was actually killed by 5,000 Qin cavalry. Before the main force of the follow-up Qin army arrived, the heavy soldiers of the Chu army, who were frightened of their bitter courage, were already dead and surrendered, and this depressed ending couldn't help but make the generals of the Qin army shout that this battle was really boring!

However, since this battle, the prestige of Han Xin, the young general of the Qin State, who is like a god and all-encompassing, has spread all over the world. However, fame is not just a good thing, at least for the current Han Xin, because his real opponents are not Long Ji, but Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu, who heard bad news in Pengcheng and are plummeting like thunder!