In the third year of Qin II (207 AD), March 21, it was night, drizzle, the sound of horses' hooves shaking the ground was faintly heard outside the city gate of Nanyang County, from far to near, the horses neighed, and suddenly woke up a soldier on duty who curled up and leaned against the guardrail of the city tower to nap. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After yawning, the warrior opened his sleepy eyes, stood up lazily, and looked out of the city, and saw that the fire of Shanliang Avenue in the southwest of the city was densely packed with fire, and it continued from right front to back, looking like a tactful extension of the fire dragon in the dark night, almost reflecting half of the night sky several miles outside the city.

By the light of the fire, the visual inspection, excluding the light cavalry in front, the infantry that was several miles long behind alone was afraid that there were at least thousands of people, and when the soldier saw this momentum, he immediately became sleepy, and exclaimed: "Oh no, no, there are thieves attacking the city."

After speaking, he picked up the torch inserted in a crack in the city wall, ran back and forth in the city tower and shouted loudly, the originally quiet city tower suddenly made a mess, and the curses and complaints could be heard everywhere, one after another, followed by torches around the city tower.

Suddenly, in the panicked crowd, a person shouted: "Hugh is panicked, who dares to call again, those who disturb the hearts of our army, Hugh blames Yingbu for being ruthless under the gun."

Behind him, hundreds of archers with bows and arrows and scabbards full of arrow feathers on their backs were followed by a heroic young man who had just climbed the castle tower and held a long cherry spear in his hand.

Because everyone knew that the young man who said this was the chief of their governor, Yingbu, the governor of Nanyang County.

After Yingbu saw that the city tower was quiet, he immediately walked to the city tower to watch, and saw that the dense torches outside the city stretched for several miles from beginning to end, I am afraid that there are thousands of people and horses, and it is less than a mile away from the city wall, and its forward light cavalry is about to enter the range of the city wall bow and crossbow, and when he saw that the flag that the other party was playing turned out to be the flag of Xiang Yu of Chu State, he was shocked in his heart, but his face still did not change on the surface, and he shouted: "Some rabble, where are the archers, the chain of arrows."

As his words landed, the hundreds of archers who had been following him and were now scattered all over the city wall all bent their bows and arrows when they heard the words, and lined up in groups of two, one in front of the other and one behind the city to face the army outside the city.

A young man wearing the uniform of a chariot and riding school on Yingbu's side, after looking at the army outside the city, he also recognized Xiang Yu's banner, it is rumored that this person is brave and unmatched, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, but why does Yingbu say that it is a rabble? He didn't break it at the moment, and said: "Lord Commander, the enemy army is overwhelming, and the city is now empty, how should this be fought." ”

While the two were talking, hundreds of light horsemen from the vanguard of the army outside the city had arrived at the city, and the leading horse passenger was a young general wearing a white robe and white armor and holding a spear.

Immediately behind him, dozens of horsemen came out of the ranks, and after the words of "promise" were said in unison, dozens of fast horses rode along the marching army column, galloping away from the front army in the direction of the rear formation, raising the command flag in his hand and shouting as he ran: "The general has an order, stop advancing!" ”

"The general has an order, stop advancing!"

"The general has an order, stop advancing!"

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Orders were given one by one, and the thousands of infantry behind the forward light cavalry slowly stopped.

Behind the white horse general, there was a general in black heavy armor, who touched the rain on his face and said; "General, according to the foolish opinion of the last general, let's set up a village, since we have been discovered by the Qin army, I am afraid that it will not work to attack Nanyang at night."

The white horse general shook his hand, but he didn't speak, opened his mouth slightly and let the rain drip down his forehead to the ground, squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the Qin army who were waiting for the bow and crossbow on the tower of Nanyang City, and after staring for a while, he immediately raised his right hand again, stretched out his index finger and waved it lightly forward: "Chen Ping, pass my general, open the way in front of the shield hand!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Ping, who was behind him, was suddenly shocked and persuaded immediately; "General, no, our army has been attacking overnight, and now it is a tired division, how can it ・・・・・・"

"Chen Ping, you dare to resist my order, my father is now trapped by Zhang Han's army in Dingtao, and he is in danger, I, Xiang Yu, as his son, how can I stay at all, this little Nanyang City, can I still stop me? "When he said that, his sword eyebrows were raised, and his voice was fierce.

When Chen Ping heard this, he immediately jumped off the horse, knelt down on one knee and said: "Chen Ping doesn't dare, Chen Ping also knows that the general is brave and heroic, but Nanyang City seems to have been prepared, and please think twice."

When Xiang Yu heard Chen Ping's words, his anger suddenly increased, and he squinted his eyes slightly and said: "Chen Ping, you rely on my father's favor and trust with you, and repeatedly disobey my orders, if I really don't dare to kill you, Xiang Yu won't dare to kill you."

After finishing speaking, he was about to make a move, but Long Ji behind him had already jumped off the horse, knelt down on one knee and said side by side with Chen Ping: "The general is angry, General Chen is just a momentary gaffe, since the general has to attack the city overnight, the last general Long Ji was originally the vanguard."

Xiang Yu snorted lightly in his nostrils, no longer glanced at the two, but turned his gaze to the Nanyang City Tower, stabbed the spear in his hand at the City Tower, and shouted: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

After Chen Ping and Long He glanced at each other, they didn't say anything more at the moment, flew on their horses, and ordered the flag officers to pass on the orders.

After a while, the horn in the rear army whined and remembered, from the initial long and long, to become high-pitched and excited, Xiang Yu took the lead in riding his horse and galloped towards the head of Nanyang City, followed by Chen Ping, Long and the two,

The horse's hooves stepped on the stagnant water, and thousands of Chu army soldiers were also like a flood that broke the embankment, trotting forward with the light cavalry in front, and the shouts of a strong army were even more earth-shattering.

Walking in front were the shield soldiers with Mao shields in their hands, all of them holding their shields in front of their chests, and advancing in rows and rows.

Yingbu on the upper floor of Nanyang City saw that the Chu army had entered the firing range, and also shouted: "Release the arrows"

The sound fell, and the archers of the Qin army in Nanyang City Tower took the arrow array alternating before and after, and after this shot was quickly pushed, the archers who followed closely behind him stepped forward, and the arrows in their hands were already full.

In this way, although there are only hundreds of archers, the arrow feathers make a whoosh...

Soon after the arrow feathers of the city tower fell, the sky that was originally drizzling rain also thundered, and the heavy rain poured down, coupled with the uneven road outside the city, in a few breaths, the ground suddenly had countless mud puddles, and the water became a ditch, and among the infantry in the rear of the cavalry of the Chu army, there were also many people who stepped into the puddle by mistake and fell・・・・・・・ fell ・・・・・・・.

And the hundreds of light cavalry of the Chu State in front of them were even more miserable, with their horses under them, their hooves stepping on stagnant water, making a rattling sound.

In the heavy rain, these elite light cavalry of the Chu State was originally proud, due to the heavy rain, their eyesight was limited, and some cavalry even stood tall to meet the arrow feathers that were shot

"Heaven doesn't help me, heaven doesn't help me" Xiang Yu didn't expect that at this time, it would suddenly rain rain, and he couldn't help but be sad and angry, and the spear in his hand was dancing so that the rain could not enter, knowing that there was no hope of attacking the city today, he looked at Chen Ping, who was not far from him, and said: "Pass my general, retreat."

After finishing speaking, he took the lead in turning the horse's head and galloping away towards the way he came, and the soldiers of Chu saw that the commander Xiang Yu, who had never had a record of retreating, had retreated, and did not wait for the general to pass the word, they all turned around and galloped away with the road, coming and going faster, losing their armor all the way, panicking like a lost dog.

Seeing the defeat of the Chu army and leaving in embarrassment, the Qin army on the upper floor of Nanyang City suddenly cheered, Yingbu glanced at the Chu army who had gone far away, looked up at the rain curtain falling from the sky in the night, and muttered: "What a spring rain, Mr. Fan is really a god." ”

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