Chapter 168: Change of Strategy
Li You panicked, the person who died tragically was his personal guard, and he couldn't hide the pain in his heart. "Damn, Xiang Yu'er!" He gritted his teeth and said hatefully.
"General, retreat!" The guards in the rear continued to step forward and protected Li You in the middle.
"Let's go!" Li You knew that he was no match for Xiang Yu, so he also retreated resolutely.
Xiang Yu laughed loudly, and the halberd continued to chase and kill. However, his offensive was blocked by many personal guards, and Li You fled back. Looking at the battlefield, the left and right wings were fighting separately, and in the middle lane, Xiang Yu was too brave. Fortunately, the Qin army had a large number of people, nearly 5,000 more than the Xiang family army.
Li Youben had 10,000 Qin troops, plus Chen Tong and Peng Li's 2,000 troops from Surabaya County, this strength was the only advantage of the Qin army today. Li You, who was defeated, waved his hand and hurriedly ordered: "Beat the drum and continue the attack." ”
"Boom!" On the battlefield, the Qin army's drums continued to sound, and all the Qin soldiers suddenly moved when they heard the drums, only to see that the battlefield was changing, and the chariots of the Qin soldiers began to intersperse and divide the battlefield. And the Qin army also began to use the numerical advantage to surround the Xiang family's sergeants.
Xiang Liang, who was in the rear, was also shocked when he saw the sudden change in the battle formation of the Qin army, and in this rapid change, the Xiang family army had already begun to be eaten away by the Qin army. Li You's 10,000 Qin troops are all border troops, and they have fought against the Xiongnu and Donghu all the year round, so they are naturally experienced.
The battlefield was disrupted and divided by the chariots of the Qin army, and the Xiang family army immediately fell into passivity. Yu Ziqi and others were also struggling, and the Qin soldiers around them fought for their lives, which was the simplest and most murderous method of warfare, exchanging lives for lives. But the number of Xiang's army did not have an advantage, and the Qin army could not afford to consume, so Yu Ziqi anxiously shouted to Xiang Yu: "General, the battle situation is not good!" ”
Xiang Yu roared angrily, and he killed several Qin soldiers again, but now, because he was too deep with Yu Ziqi, he and the others were surrounded. Xiang Yu continued to rush forward alone, he wanted to kill Li You to solve the battle.
However, there was an order from the rear for the Xiang family army to withdraw its troops. Xiang Yu shouted: "Why did you withdraw the troops? ”
"General, get out of the siege." Yu Ziqi has already led people to break through to the rear, "The general's order, don't disobey." ”
Hearing this, Xiang Yu had no choice but to lead the troops to evacuate angrily. On the left and right wings, Long Ji and Ji Bu were also surprised and hurriedly withdrew their troops, which made Chen Tong and Peng Li both breathe a sigh of relief.
On the frontal battlefield, Xiang's army finally broke through, but lost a lot of soldiers.
Li You immediately ordered the pursuit, however, when the Xiang family army on the left and right flanks was withdrawing, they suddenly inserted themselves towards the pursuing Qin army. Seeing this, Li You had to give up the idea of continuing the pursuit. Moreover, after this battle, Li You was also much more cautious, don't look at Xiang Liang's order to withdraw the army, but he knew that Xiang Jiajun was not injured, and if he pursued, he might not be able to get the results again.
Therefore, Li You also temporarily collected his troops and returned to the city of Yongxian County, and he immediately ordered the army to rest and recuperate, and at the same time strengthened the guard of the city tower.
After Xiang Yu returned, his face was still full of fire, he looked at his uncle, and asked puzzledly: "Why did uncle order the withdrawal of the army?" The nephew was about to kill Na Li You. ”
Xiang Liang reprimanded in a low voice: "Our army has been divided by the Qin army's chariot soldiers, and it is not appropriate to continue to fight again." This time it was just a temptation, but I didn't expect that the strength of Li You's border army should not be underestimated. "Xiang Liang has always been outside the battlefield, and he is also meticulous about the battle situation, and in the face of the Qin army with a numerical advantage, it is not rational to blindly fight.
With Xiang Yu's bravery, Xiang Jiajun was able to gain a short-term advantage at the beginning of the war. Therefore, Xiang Liang's withdrawal also has his own plan, and when Fan Zeng leads the troops, at that time, Li You's numerical advantage will be completely lost.
"Jibu, you will lead the vigil tonight. In addition, the army was ordered to rest and wait for the return of the military division. Xiang Liang said nonsense, "Let's go down, Ji'er, you stay." ”
"No!" Ji Bu and the others left respectfully.
"What else does my uncle command?" Xiang Yu asked.
Xiang Liang patted the latter's shoulder and said with relief: "You can be as brave as ever in this battle, which really boosts the morale of my Xiang family's army." But......" Xiang Liang's voice changed, "As a general, you must know how to advance and retreat, not like a reckless man, do you understand?" ”
Xiang Yu knew that his uncle was teaching him, so he nodded respectfully and replied, "My nephew knows." ”
"Okay, you can go and rest too." Xiang Liang bowed slightly.
In Yongxian County, Li You swept past Chen Tong and the others, and said with a low sigh: "If it weren't for the superiority of our army, I'm afraid this battle would be dangerous." ”
"General Li, can you risk your life, this Yu is not invincible to General Meng Tian." Chen Tongxin reminded with palpitations that if Li Youdang was killed, then even if the Qin army had a numerical advantage, this battle would definitely be lost.
Li You nodded in conviction, "Hey, the only way to rely on General Meng Tian is to rely on it." ”
"General Li, how do you deal with it now?" Peng Li bowed his hand.
Li Youze said: "Xiang Liang's withdrawal is nothing more than waiting for reinforcements. ”
"Don't let reinforcements arrive." Chen Tong hurriedly posted, "One Xiang Yu is enough for our army to have a headache, if there are more reinforcements, it will be really troublesome." ”
Li You thought about it, he spread out the map again, and paused for a long time between Yongxian and Pengcheng, and finally, Li You finally made a decision. "Pengcheng is where the heart of the bear is, at this time, there is no army of Xiang Liang, and Pengcheng only has a few thousand soldiers of Liu Yuan, which is already empty."
"General Li means to attack Pengcheng instead?" Chen Tong also said in a deep voice.
"Yes, once the bear's heart dies, this is naturally like a plate of loose sand, and it will not condense again." Li You nodded and said again very firmly. "In this way, Chen Junshou, you and Peng County Commander are here to block Xiang Liang, and I will personally lead five thousand troops to Pengcheng."
Chen Tong and Peng Li glanced at each other, both of them were frightened by Xiang Yu's bravery, but now, they had to take the order hard: "I'll wait for the order!" ”
"Take advantage of the night, and I will lead the troops out tonight. You two go ahead and arrange it. Li Youze waved his hand and ordered.
As for Peng Cheng, since Xiang Liang left, Liu Yuan has been paying attention to the movements in Yong County. And Ergou, who is the deputy commander of the outer hall, has planted a lot of eyeliner around Yongxian County. Therefore, when Li You led the troops to leave in the night, Ergou also received the news.
Seeing Li You heading in the direction of Pengcheng, Ergou was in a hurry, so he immediately whipped his horse and rode to Pengcheng himself. He had to send this news to Liu Yuan to help Peijun make arrangements in advance. Li You suddenly sent troops to Pengcheng and attacked the emptiness of Pengcheng, could Liu Yuan resist it?
Thanks for the tipping without a bad temper!