Chapter 115: The Massacre Begins
At the strong request of more than 20,000 old Qin people who moved out of Guanzhong and came to Chengwu County, Dongjun, all the disabled old Qin soldiers who had been in battle became the Great Qin soldiers again, the pro-army of Emperor Great Qin II!
In addition to these old Qin soldiers who retired due to disability and illness, there were also nearly 3,000 old Qin people who were also incorporated into Du Teng's command, and most of them were old Qin people over forty years old!
Man is inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or as light as a feather!
The simple and kind old Qin people don't know this sentence, but it doesn't prevent them from making their own choices!
It was only at this time that Hu Hai discovered that the old Qin people who moved out of the land of Guanzhong seemed to be old and weak in addition to being disabled! And then there are women and children, and there are almost no able-bodied young people!
As a result, the army under Hu Hai's command suddenly surged by nearly 6,000 people! Among them, more than 2,000 are old Qin soldiers who have fought for Great Qin in all directions and have rich battlefield experience!
In addition to the old Qin people, the people of Chengwu do not seem to be outdone, and there are more than 8,000 young people who ask for the line of fire to enlist! These people were also handed over to Du Teng for firing line training!
Hu Hai knew that if he only relied on his current more than 10,000 soldiers, it would be impossible to defend Chengwu City! After all, Chengwu County is not small to say! More than 10,000 soldiers are scattered, and the troops will be overstretched immediately!
If he is Xiang Liang, in the case of an absolute superiority in troops, he will definitely order people to attack 24 hours a day, so that his more than 10,000 people will be polished by Xiang Liang's hundreds of thousands of people!
What's more, if you want to maintain your combat strength, adequate rest is a must! That's how you have the strength to kill the enemy, isn't it?
Hu Hai didn't know how many of these old Qin soldiers and 8,000 young warriors who had enlisted in the line of fire would survive this battle! Come to think of it, these young men who enlisted in the front line also know this in their hearts!
However, they still came without hesitation!
So, let's fight!
…… The fierce day has finally disappeared, and the night is quietly coming!
The heat in the sky seems to have dissipated a lot because of the disappearance of the fierce voice!
Chengwu County Ya!
Hu Hai, who was wearing a white coat and had an open chest, sat in the lobby, and the newly made banana fan in his hand was fanning! Even so, the sweat on his head has never been broken!
Under the hall, Weng Zhong, Du Teng, Xiahou Ying, Fan Xu, Long Xuan, and Chen Youguang sat in turn! Except for Chen Youguang, the remaining generals are also disheveled, of course, this is what Hu Hai asked them to take off! After all, the emperor can be free in front of his courtiers, but his courtiers can't be free in front of the emperor!
The weather was unbelievably hot!
What Hu Hai is most worried about now is whether Meng Tian and Han Xin, the two closest armies to him, can arrive within three or five days in such a scorching summer day! If it is delayed because of the summer, how many days can Cheng Wu last?
"Are you all ready?" Hu Hai slapped the banana fan in his hand twice, then threw it on the copper case, looked at Weng Zhong and asked!
"Back to Your Majesty, the two thousand Xuanwu troops are all ready, ready to fight at any time!" **Weng Zhong, who was wearing his upper body, bowed to Hu Hai and said, dripping sweat down the thick chest hair on his chest!
"General Xiahou, General Fan, how are your subordinates?"
"Back to Your Majesty, our department has also made all preparations!" Xiahou Ying and Fan Hao hurriedly responded!
"Du Teng, is there any movement over there in Xiang Yu's camp?" Hu Hai nodded, looked at Du Tengdao!
"Back to Your Majesty, a letter came from the scout an hour ago, and Xiang Yu's camp didn't make any moves!" Du Teng bowed and said!
"Hmm!"
Hu Hai's purpose is very simple, that is, Xiang Yu, who burned and looted all the way from Chen County to Chengwu to ambush his tens of thousands of Yue barbarians, he has already made up his mind to solve it before Xiang Liang comes!
Not only because of the heavy blood debts on them, but more importantly, if they don't take the opportunity to weaken Xiang Liang's forces when their own forces are superior, then when Xiang Liang comes to join the army with Xiang Yu, at that time, the pressure on Chengwu City's defense will be even greater!
In war, often a small mistake can change the outcome of the war, not to mention Xiang Yu, who still has an army of more than 30,000 people! can be selected to drag himself, how can it be the elite soldiers in Xiang Liang's army!
Of course, it would be great if he could take the opportunity to kill Xiang Yu! It is equivalent to directly cutting off one of Xiang Liang's arms! Xiang Liang is the most unlucky, and he is heartbroken, no!
Chen Youguang sat quietly on the side, his robe as strict as ever. It seems that the scorching heat has not affected him in the slightest! Of course, if you see the futon completely soaked with sweat behind his back and under his buttocks, no one will think so!
Hu Hai naturally asked him to take off his clothes and enjoy the coolness, but Chen Youguang said that he would not say anything! Hu Hai has no choice but to have him!
What happened to Xiang Yu tonight had nothing to do with him, but Hu Hai thought about how to say that he was also a county order, so he still called him to observe, but now it seems that it is a torture for him!
"In that case, let's get started! I will order Long Xuan to lead the dragon guards to help you clear the scouts around Xiang Yu's camp! If I could, I wouldn't want to let anyone go! ”
"Your Ministers obey!"
"Go ahead!"
…… The seventh day of the seventh month of the first year of Great Qin II!
Dangjun, Mengxian (near Shangqiu, Henan in later generations)!
Mengxian is only more than 50 miles away from Dangjun County Suiyang, Xiang Liang's army received a letter from Xiang Yu Zichengwu at noon on the seventh day of the first month! In the afternoon, Xiang Liang had already ordered the army to pull out the camp from Suiyang and go straight to Chengwu!
The scorching hot weather not only caused a huge obstacle to Hu Hai's Qin army's battle, but Xiang Liang also encountered this problem!
Now Xiang Liang's army has a total of nearly 300,000 people! Among them, there are nearly 120,000 Baiyue barbarians, and nearly 80,000 Jiangdong children! The remaining more than 100,000 were Tian Du who raised troops from Xue County and Sima Ang who raised troops from Hanoi County, bringing a total of more than 100,000 troops!
Of course, most of the more than 100,000 troops of Tian Du and Sima Ang were actually the people who burned and looted all the way by the two of them! Many people even use sticks and other things as weapons!
Wei Bao, who raised troops in Hedong County, was chased and killed by Han Xin for three days and was wiped out!
Han Xin's move was tantamount to robbing Feng Zheng of the credit for receiving the emperor's troop transfer letter at Hangu Pass! Feng Zheng hated Han Xin, the little white face who first robbed his army power and then robbed his military exploits! Of course, that's an afterthought!
In addition to Tian Du and Sima Ang, many old and young people from the original six countries came to seek refuge in Xiang Liang one after another, or to seek to rebuild their own country.
Naturally, Xiang Liang's ambition skyrocketed!
When Tian Du and Sima Ang came to Xiang Liang's army, they were easily stripped of all the soldiers in the hands of Zhang Liang by Zhang Liang's design, and then they all gathered into Xiang Liang's army, and the two suddenly became the commanders of the light pole!
But people had to bow their heads under the eaves, although Sima Ang and Tian Du were dissatisfied with Xiang Liang's behavior, they couldn't bear to swallow their anger and became a general in Xiang Liang's army!
Xiang Liang's army suddenly became the base camp of various anti-Qin forces! Fortunately, Xiang Liang's army still occupies an absolute advantage, so these remnants of the Six Kingdoms who rushed to take refuge are all interested in respecting Xiang Liang's orders!
Xiang Liang had a total army of nearly 350,000 people, and when he received the news that Xiang Yu was sure to drag Hu Hai Xinbao, he immediately transferred all the troops stationed in various places except for Chen Liucang, who had to stay behind, with the intention of killing Hu Hai in Chengwu in one fell swoop!
Unexpectedly, after only half a day of marching, no less than 100 people died of heat stroke!
The whole army was full of complaints, and there were several waves of cold arrows and attacks on the way, and the marching speed was unusually slow! At this time, Xiang Liang received a letter from Handan again!
On the sixth day of the first month, the letter from Handan told Xiang Liang Mengtian's army about the whereabouts and deployment of his army, but today's letter from Handan told Xiang Liang Mengtian's more than 100,000 troops that were heading south from Julu!
"Ovary, is there a good plan?" The disheveled Xiang Liang looked at Zhang Liang, who was sitting in the tent in a small coat, and asked!
"Meng Tian's army went south from Julu, and what he did didn't need to be said by the ovary, I think the general has already made a decision in his heart! If it's okay for the Hanoi rebels, if it's for Meng Tian to rush to the aid of the Qin Emperor, I obviously don't have much time to wait! Zhang Liang shook the banana fan in his hand and said slowly!
"Then look at the ovary, how should we behave!" Since there is Zhang Liang, Xiang Liang must listen to Zhang Liang's opinion first! Just like this is already an obvious problem!
Zhang Liang was also very helpless, but he was also willing!
"General, the weather is very hot now, and it is difficult for our army to march, and it will be the same if you think that Meng Tian will come to it! For today's plan, we should take advantage of the dark night and cool weather, rush overnight, and camp at noon! Meng Tian went south from Julu, counting the time it took to deliver this letter, I think it should be at the edge of the Yellow River now!
Meng Tian's use of soldiers is known to the world! If we wait for these more than 300,000 troops to fight with Meng Tian's Nine Plains Army, the result does not need to be said by the ovary, I think the general knows it in his heart! Therefore, we must kill Emperor Qin before Meng Tian's army arrives at Nachengwu, and then retreat south to avoid its edge! When the land in Guanzhong is in turmoil, the general must have trained an elite soldier! At that time, Fang I was equal to Meng Tian at the time of the decisive battle of the Qin people! ”
"What the ovary says is true! Someone came, and ordered the army to immediately pull out the camp and rush overnight! If anyone disobeys, there will be no forgiveness! ”
"Whoa!"
…… Twenty miles west of Chengwu County, Xiang Yu's camp!
Five miles away from Xiang Yu's camp, a long convoy was marching! Around the convoy were six thousand Great Qin Jing riders in black armor wrapped in horse legs and sealed horses' mouths!
Boxcar stops!
Weng Zhong led two thousand Xuanwu soldiers and began to change their costumes!
Ahead, more than 100 dragon guards led by Long Xuan had already swept away the scouts around Xiang Yu's camp!
Now, the Xuanwu Army and these six thousand Great Qin Elite Cavalry are already on a smooth road ahead!
The slaughter is about to begin!
(To be continued)