Chapter 231: Defeat Pengcheng
The battle lasted about an hour and a half, and the main force of the Wei army withdrew from Pengcheng on all fronts and fled directly to the banks of the Yellow River. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The Qin army was scattered and routed, with about 50,000 dead and wounded, but the main force was still maintained, and the brigade rushed westward, and no one could stop it. The worst was the Zhao army and the Han army, the main force of the Zhao army was basically killed, and the number of casualties was more than 70,000, becoming the heaviest casualties of the Zhao army since the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Don't mention the Han army, fortunately, [Infant] ran fast, and there were less than 5,000 people left in the 60,000 Han army, but the main general ran away, and some elite cavalry also escaped. After this battle, he completely woke up from the general's dream, he calmly analyzed the situation, and chose to break through in the direction of Xingyang, there are still many Han troops stationed in this area, he decided to gather people here to atone for his crimes. This is a matter of no further aside.
Xiang Yu saw that the situation was almost over, and ordered someone to send an order to Xiang Zhuang, asking Xiang Zhuang to lead the troops to continue to pursue and kill the Qin army, the Zhao army, and the Han army, and let the Wei army go for the time being. The goal was to pursue these troops to the south around Lingbi, Suishui, and Surabaya, in order to annihilate the enemy forces to the greatest extent. Then, he himself led his troops to turn around and rush straight into Pengcheng!
At this time, the battle had just been going on for less than two hours, the sky was white, and outside Pengcheng, there was already a river of blood; And in Pengcheng, the dragon and killed in Pengcheng, what is the situation? Are there any surprises?
Besides, Long He killed all the way to Pengcheng, because it was dark, and Long He sent people to hold high the banner of the Zhao Army, the troops defending the city did not receive a report that the enemy might attack, and after a night of celebration banquet, there were not many soldiers who were sober and still stuck to their posts. The general defending the city saw a cavalry coming from a distance, and with the help of torches, he saw that it was the banner of the Zhao army, and thought that something had happened. When I arrived at the city tower, I found that I was wearing all the clothes of the Chu army, so I was in a hurry, and urgently reported to the general [Xiahou Ying] who was guarding the city.
To tell the truth, [Xiahou Ying] did drink too much yesterday, his brain reacted very quickly, and he immediately turned over and got on his horse, without wearing any clothes, this stupid boy did not rush to organize the army to go to the city to resist, he ordered the troops to quickly assemble troops to counterattack, but he was like a wild horse, straight to Liu Bang's camp. Why? He is not stupid, as soon as he heard that it was the Chu army that came back, he estimated that he would not be able to withstand this little bit of people, and he must immediately notify Liu Bang to transfer, otherwise if there is any accident, he will really be served by someone.
Although fighting is not a material, it has been through the rivers and lakes for a long time, and the priorities can still be seen clearly. He informed Liu Bang as early as possible this time, and objectively saved the lives of Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and other generals. You must know that at this time, it is the dragon and the siege, although the dragon and the murderous spirit are heavy, but after all, there is still a gap with Xiang Yu; Two hours later, Xiang Yu led a large army into Pengcheng, and if the Han army was still resisting, the result might be unpredictable. It is not the situation of the victory or defeat of the two sides, but the situation of the casualties of the Han army is unpredictable!
Due to the limited garrison on the city tower, there is no hurry to deploy defenses. Long He directly waved the banner, drew his sword and ordered more than 800 people in the first echelon of the cavalry to dismount and organize into a flying tiger team, these are special forces trained by Xiang Yu himself, they are fully equipped and have excellent combat power. These team members did not use the conventional siege equipment at all, they directly pulled the zipline from their waists, and 800 people threw the zipline to the castle tower in unison, while the cavalry under the city shot arrows at the castle tower at the same time, and crushed the defenders on the castle tower with a rain of arrows. In less than ten minutes after the two sides clashed, 700 of the 800 Flying Tigers had already climbed the tower, of which 500 pursued the defenders of the tower, and 200 concentrated on the sling near the city gate. Soon, the Flying Tigers cut the slings and opened the city gates.
There were about 3,000 defenders on the city tower who had been assembled, but because the general was not present, the adjutant general of the temporary command was already stunned when he saw this formation.
Soon a team of 1,000 cavalry roared up the tower, and the 3,000 defenders were strangled by the Flying Tigers and the 1,000 cavalry in less than two faces. Long Ji's cavalry was too familiar with Pengcheng, where there were military camps, where there were generals, and where there was the general headquarters, there were guides lurking in the city to draw a map. At the sound of an order, Long He divided the remaining 8,000 cavalry into four brigades and directly attacked all possible camps of the Han army from the east, south, west, and north.
Most of the poor Han army and the princes' troops who were lucky enough to enter the city were still asleep.
Long Ji's style of play is still very simple, after attacking the enemy's garrison, all of them are burned with rockets first, then shot with random arrows, and then send cavalry to attack. In fact, although Liu Bang has implemented benevolence and righteousness, he has fallen into the vast sea of the people's war, after all, the people of Chu still love Xiang Yu, and Xiang Yu is a big hero in the hearts of the Chu people. Liu Bang, in the minds of the Chu people, has always been unorthodox......