Chapter 232: The Arrow from the String

Large-scale resistance occurred Liu Bang stationed in a large camp, where about 150,000 Han troops were gathered, and the fatal thing was not how effective the 150,000 Han troops were, but the overall narrowness of the streets in the city, and the 150,000 Han troops could not display their formation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info And the Han army didn't know how many Chu troops had killed them.

Judging from the reports received by the Han army headquarters, it seems that there are Chu troops in all directions in the city, and they are all cavalry who are the first to attack, and they are murderous. After receiving the report of [Irrigating Baby], Liu Bang originally planned to urgently convene the generals, but [Xiahou Baby] came directly - "Xiang Yu has been killed, what else is there to gather, let's escape quickly." I have already sent people to inform Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Lu Ze, Zhang Er, Lu Xuan, Cao Shen, etc., as well as all the princes and kings. Now that Xiang Yu's main force has not come back, more than 300,000 troops outside the city have been broken, and our hesitation is a dead end! ”

Liu Bang saw [Xiahou Ying] angry and depraved appearance, and his originally calm psychology also began to panic and fear, sometimes emotions can be contagious to each other, especially fear. As a result, Liu Bang issued an order to summon a complete rout, and he ordered [Xiahou Ying]: "Quickly inform Zhou Bo to lead the army to retreat to the Xingyang area." Inform other generals to disperse and break through, and no battles are allowed! ”

This is confidence and courage, at the critical moment of the war, Liu Bang was crushed by the psychological shadow, and Long He only had 10,000 cavalry in the city, and fighting in the city was not originally a specialty of cavalry! In this way, due to the unfamiliarity of the terrain, because of not knowing the reality of the enemy army, and due to the long-term accumulation of fear of Xiang Yu, Liu Bang's army of more than 200,000 troops was frightened and dispersed to Pengcheng. The biggest trouble with this order is not the evacuation itself, but after the evacuation, the scattered Han army can no longer effectively organize counterattacks and resistance, and it has become an opportunity for Xiang Yu's army to perform unilaterally.

Because they didn't know the direction, the 150,000 Han troops near Liu Bang's camp directly followed Liu Bang to evacuate from the west of [Pengcheng], and this route was precisely the direction in which Long He led the army to break through. Liu Bang's idea was that Xiang Yu must have been killed from the east, because Xiang Yu's army was in the Qi State, east of Pengcheng. Therefore, by fleeing westward and fleeing to the Xingyang area, a more effective defensive line can be organized and a greater rout can be avoided.

The idea is right, but the mistake is that Xiang Yu has not played according to the routine in the war.

The dragon and cavalry scattered in Pengcheng to chase and kill, giving the Han army the impression that Pengcheng had been broken on all sides. However, as soon as he entered the city, there was a gap in the west road, which formed an illusion for the Han army, and the west was indeed a way to escape, and the Chu army was weak in this direction. If Liu Bang knew that the Chu army was chasing and killing the Han army, the Qin army, and the Zhao army in all directions on the western periphery of Pengcheng, he would definitely be mad with anger! However, now it is up to Liu Bang to judge and choose, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, let's flee to a safe area first!

The 150,000-strong army fled from the west of Pengcheng, and since most of the Han army was infantry, it was a little sluggish. This time it took about an hour and a half to assemble, retreat, and get out of the city, and it was exactly two hours before the general dragon began to attack the city! At this time, Xiang Yu happened to complete the drive and slaughter of the main Han army troops outside the city, leaving a wide passage for Liu Bang's army.

At first, Liu Bang was very happy, he didn't expect to be able to get out of Pengcheng so easily, and it seems that Xiang Yu didn't send many troops to attack the city! Hey, don't I still have 350,000 troops outside the city? What about these troop people? It should be fine, right? Do you want to call Xiahou Ying to inform these troops of retreat?

Soon, Liu Bang was unhappy.

Because it happened to be Xiang Yu's main cavalry, a cavalry formation of 10,000 people.

Xiang Yu is not an unpredictable prophet, but he originally planned to enter the city to support Long Ji and wipe out the Han army in Pengcheng! happened to encounter the Han army that withdrew from the city in embarrassment, and the Chu army, whose eyes were red, didn't care who this army was? Who is leading? Isn't it Liu Bang? Seeing from afar that a Han army brigade came out of Pengcheng and was marching westward, Xiang Yu made a move of the [Overlord Golden Gun] in his hand, and the entire cavalry formation began to shoot at Liu Bang's army like an arrow from the string.