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As the son-in-law of Xiang Yan, the late Chu general who was as famous as Meng Tian more than ten years ago, Xiang Liang naturally has his pride and persistence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info╔╗Fan Zeng is very clear about the reason why Xiang Liang chose this way.

Among the Jiangdong soldiers who followed Xiang Liang across the Huai River to fight this time, half of the Chu army's Jing cavalry, 10,000 Jiangdong Jing cavalry, and the other half of the 10,000 Jiangdong cavalry followed Xiang Yu from the East China Sea to prepare to go north. Under the protection of this 10,000 Jiangdong Jing cavalry, it is still possible for Xiang Liang to escape.

Most of the places in Daqin, Shandong, and other places are empty, coupled with the secret support of Jixia Xuegong Ji, as long as Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu converge. If the Qin people wanted to destroy Xiang Liang again, it would not be so easy.

After all, Xiang Yu's original purpose was to disturb Shandong and other places that Great Qin had just calmed down but was extremely empty. As long as the Qin army is not encircled and the Qin people are not given the opportunity to fight head-on, these 100,000 Chu troops can exhaust the entire Great Qin Jing.

After all, Daqin is not such a developed means of transportation in later generations, nor is it as densely packed with various monitoring systems as in later generations, and can occasionally know the situation of the opponent at any time. Isn't this exactly what happened behind enemy lines in a certain period of later generations?

The reason why Hu Hai mobilized several large armies, and even did not hesitate to transfer nearly 200,000 troops of Feng Zao and Han Xin, who were originally stationed on the north bank of the Huai River, to the East China Sea and Surabaya was actually to prevent a large number of Chu troops from entering the empty Shandong and other places. ╔╗ If these Chu troops only choose to destroy and not occupy the territory to stay, under the current conditions, Daqin does not know how long it will take and how much manpower and material resources will be spent to exterminate these Chu troops.

Looking at the banner of the word "Xiang" that was moving forward towards the Qin army, Fan Zeng still comforted himself in his heart. Maybe it will win. No, it's guaranteed to win!

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In the wilderness, two armies of armies, also dressed in pitch-black armor, were slowly approaching. From the moment Xiang Liang's army appeared at the end of his sight, the White Tiger Army, which was originally rushing wildly, began to slow down its pace, slowly moving forward, and gradually adjusting its formation.

The 100,000 White Tiger Army, except for the 10,000 cavalry of the Vermilion Bird Army stationed in the pass who was transferred back to Xianyang by Hu Hai to replace the north to Jiuyuan, the remaining 90,000 foot soldiers all sent a letter to Guguan to go south.

The 90,000 White Tiger Army is equipped with the largest number of new large-scale crossbow machines among the five major legions of the Bashang Battalion, and there are 2,000 large company crossbow machines! Even the 200,000 Tiger Army, which was twice as numerous as the White Tiger Army, did not have so many large crossbow machines in the army. ╔╗

If you add in the small crossbows of all the foot soldiers, the White Tiger Army is a completely long-range attacking force. Of course, this is not to say that the White Tiger Army is not good at melee combat.

On the contrary, among the five major legions, whether it is the Suzaku Army, which focuses on cavalry, or the White Tiger Army, which focuses on foot soldiers, basically everyone can fight when they get on their horses and become cavalry, and they can also fight when they dismount into foot soldiers.

The Qin people were born to raise horses, and most people were exposed to all kinds of horses from an early age. Maybe they can't be called war horses, but they are not bad at riding. Cavalry, in the pre-Qin era, was not as particular as the later generations, and to a large extent, the cavalry pursued its maneuverability and unparalleled impact on the plains.

Except for the Suzaku Army, which is a cavalry legion, the requirements for soldiers are much higher, and the foot soldiers in the other major legions can be ridden as long as they can ride horses and be proficient in using crossbows and slashing.

Of the 90,000 White Tiger Army, except for the 5,000-strong scout battalion, which is cavalry, the rest are all pure infantry.

The 10,000 Jingrui cavalry of the White Tiger Army and the Blue Dragon Army were all drawn out. Now there are 85,000 people in the White Tiger Army, 85,000 foot soldiers, equipped with 10,000 foot foot soldiers armed with three-foot wooden shields and broadswords, 20,000 spearmen specially used to deal with cavalry and chariots, and the remaining 55,000 people are all foot soldiers with small shields and large swords. ╔╗

Of the 55,000 foot soldiers, 10,000 were in charge of the 2,000 large crossbow machines!

In order to equip the equipment of the five major legions, the hundreds of thousands of craftsmen in Shangfang basically did not have a good day of rest in the previous four or five months. After rushing to build it overnight, the equipment and armament of the other four major legions except the Xuanwu Army were finally equipped when the army was formed.

The broadsword, which gradually became the main standard equipment of various dynasties in the era of cold weapons in China in later generations, appeared on the battlefield for the first time. Today will be their time to exalt.

10,000 shield soldiers in the center, 20,000 spearmen on the left and right wings, these 30,000 soldiers were at the forefront of the White Tiger Army's large array, and the remaining 30,000 foot soldiers and 2,000 large crossbows were close behind, which was the Chinese army. The left and right wings of the rear army were each 10,000 foot soldiers, and Du Teng personally led 5,000 personal soldiers, sitting in the rear army of the large array.

By the time the two armies were less than five miles apart, the White Tiger Army had already formed a huge three-three array.

At a distance of five miles, the cavalry charge was only an instantaneous time. At this distance, the two armies chose to stop advancing at the same time, accompanied by the shaking of the command flag, a horse herald galloped in front of the formation, conveying the orders of generals at all levels to clean up the formation that had been somewhat chaotic due to the march before, and prepare for the upcoming battle.

Before the two armies took over, the strong aura of slaughter had already begun to collide and churn in front of the two armies, and the countless dust stirred up by the advance of the army stirred up in the air.

Xiang Liang's 180,000 troops were also all foot soldiers. 10,000 cavalry had already followed Xiang Tong to the north to stop Xu Chuang's 100,000 Qinglong army. Xiang Liang's large array is also decent, with 20,000 fierce Baiyue barbarians holding six-foot shields at the forefront of the large array, and the left and right wings also choose spearmen.

However, the number of spearmen on the left and right flanks of Xiang Liang far exceeded the number of the Qin army, after all, the Great Qin cavalry was the same as the strong crossbows of the Great Qin, which was famous all over the world. On the left and right flanks were 30,000 spearmen, 60,000 in all.

In order to resist the Qin army's powerful crossbows, Xiang Liang spent a lot of effort to build a large number of shields. Although it is a small shield the same size as the Qin army, it can more or less prevent some vital parts, which is much stronger than standing there and being hit by arrows.

Xiang Liang was in the middle of the formation gathered 50,000 people, 30,000 Baiyue barbarians with shields and swords in the other, and 20,000 foot soldiers with bronze swords in one hand and strong crossbows in one hand. At the back of the large array, there were 50,000 foot soldiers who had been trained for more than a month and could not be used for the first time.

It can be seen from this array of troops that Xiang Liang's first precautionary post was the cavalry and strong crossbows of the Qin army.

When Xiang Liang's army was still rectifying the formation, the White Tiger Army on the opposite side moved first!

With the earth-shattering sound of war drums, the huge phalanx of the White Tiger Army, which was originally standing still, began to slowly crush towards the place where Xiang Liang's army was.

Originally, Xiang Liang was most worried about the Qin army's large number of sharp and incomparable cavalry, but as the war drums sounded, until the Qin army continued to move forward, no cavalry appeared in front of the formation or left and right, which made Xiang Liang's heart suddenly relaxed, and his originally somewhat uneasy heart instantly calmed down.

If they were all foot soldiers against foot soldiers, the Chu army, which far surpassed the Qin army, would obviously have a much better chance of winning.

The quality of Xiang Liang's army naturally cannot be compared with the White Tiger Army, so when the White Tiger Army moved, the Chu army's military array was still chaotic. Looking at the Qin army's large array in the distance, which was slowly approaching without a trace except for the rustling footsteps, Xiang Liang's heart that had just settled down lifted again.

No matter how you look at the performance of the Qin army, it cannot be a rabble. Even the sharpest Jiangdong soldiers under his command could not maintain such a strict formation after a rapid march.

But it's too late to say anything at this point! Now that we've come to this point, there's only one battle!

It's not that Xiang Liang hasn't read the book of soldiers, and it's not that he doesn't know how to use tactics. But any scheme is nothing but illusory in the face of absolute strength. The disparity in strength between the Qin army and the Chu army is not something that can be swayed by strategy.

What's more, the state of Chu is on the south bank of the Huai River. It was naturally impossible for Xiang Liang to abandon the state of Chu and then lead the army to fight guerrillas. Xiang Yu can do such a thing, but he Xiang Liang can't.

He Xiang Liang is the son of the great general Xiang Yan, the patriarch of the Xiang clan, and the Shangzhu State and the general of the Chu State!

As the distance of the Qin army approached, a crushing momentum wrapped in extremely suppressed excitement swept across the Chu army on the opposite side.

That's right, it's exciting! This excitement, on the other hand, can also be seen as a high-pitched fighting spirit.

Feeling the momentum of the Qin army, the Chu army, especially the soldiers of the Chu army who went to the battlefield for the first time, all felt cold in their hearts, their faces were pale, the two armies had not yet taken over, and the Chu army of 180,000 people had been pressed down by the White Tiger Army with less than 90,000 people in terms of momentum.

The sāo movement of the army, Xiang Liang, who is in the Chinese army, can naturally detect it!

"Beat the drums!" Xiang Liang knew that if he continued like this, this battle would be doomed before it was fought.

"Knock knock!"

The rumbling war drums, which were far more high-pitched than the war drums of the White Tiger Army, instantly rose from the Chu army's large array.

More people is better, at least the people who beat the drum far exceed the White Tiger Army!

The high-pitched and blood-boiling war drums sounded, which made the Chu army gradually calm down. On the battlefield, either you die or I die, since you have already participated, you can only survive if you fight Jingshen!

What kind of goods are the Chu army, Du Teng knows very well. The Chu army beat the war drums at this time to improve morale like the Qin army, of course, the war drums of the Qin army are not just to improve morale.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums in the Qin army's large array stopped abruptly without warning.

At this moment, the two armies are no more than two thousand steps apart!

As the war drums stopped, the White Tiger Army's large array that was slowly crushing over stopped advancing instantly! When the flag shook, the three arrays of the front army were suddenly split into two! In the midst of the sound of the machine, a large black crossbow machine with a hideous and huge swarf slowly emerged from the grinning passage.

In just a moment, under the gaze of more than ten thousand Chu troops, the front of the Qin army's large array was already densely covered with an unknown number of large crossbow machines! On the crossbow machine, huge crossbow arrows with the thickness of an arm exude a faint and cold glow in the sun.

"Bang Bang!"

I don't know how many dull bangs sounded suddenly and without warning, from the front of the solemn Qin army. With this bang, countless long black shadows as fast as lightning, with a sharp whistling sound, instantly crossed a distance of less than two thousand steps and appeared in front of Chu Jun's eyes. (To be continued.)