Chapter 129: To Fight or Not to Fight?
After a while, Sima Ang saw more than 200 chariots of all sizes rumbling towards with thick smoke and dust!
Xiang Liang has a total of four core elite forces in his hands!
The first is that Xiang Yu trained it, and after the first battle of the Huaihe River, the losses were not small, and now it has been replenished to nearly 6,000 Jiangdong iron cavalry! The second is the veterans of the Six Kingdoms who have fought against Great Qin with more than 30,000 people!
The third is more than 200 chariots of all kinds that are patched together!
The fourth is the Jiangdong children who followed Xiang Liang all the way from Huiji to Chengwu in this eastern county! Most of these Jiangdong disciples participated in the bloody battle of the Huai River in the Great War with Wang Li, and they have seen blood on the battlefield!
These four can barely be regarded as the descendants of Xiang Liang's subordinates now!
Although there are still more than 100,000 Baiyue barbarians, no matter how Xiang Liang reconciles, it is inevitable that the soldiers of the Central Plains will despise these Baiyue barbarians, and it will also cause the unpopular Baiyue barbarians to be hostile to Xiang Yu's Jiangdong soldiers!
So now, these more than 100,000 Baiyue barbarians are all in the rear army, handed over to Fan Zeng to command!
Counting more than 100,000 Baiyue barbarians, these more than 200,000 troops are all Xiang Liang's belongings, of course, the army that is still training in Shouchun will definitely be inserted into the many cronies of the Zhao, Qu, and Jing clans, and even if Xiang Liang is the commander, it is impossible for him to be like these descendants.
The remaining more than 100,000 people are the remnants of the Six Kingdoms who came to take refuge in various anti-Qin countries, hundreds of you, and thousands of me, little by little! Of course, the main thing is that Sima Ang and Tian Du brought over the most soldiers!
However, now Sima Ang and Tian Du are already the commanders of the light pole! All the soldiers were scattered by Xiang Liang and mixed in the front, middle and rear armies, and 50,000 Jiangdong disciples were responsible for supervising these rabble!
More than 200 large and small unscrupulous gallops, the chariots were full of Jiangdong children who followed Xiang Liang, and when they saw Sima Ang coming up, they didn't have the slightest intention of stopping to say hello to Sima Ang. Boom straight ahead!
Sima Ang's heart was suddenly unhappy, but he still held back the anger in his heart and hurriedly flashed aside!
After all, looking at the appearance of these Jiangdong disciples who were driving, if Sima Ang didn't go, it was estimated that they would drive directly past him! Isn't it important to have a small life!
More than 200 chariots roared past, but the sound of hooves did not stop, followed by the chariots were Xiang Liang's 6,000 Jiangdong iron cavalry as the personal guard of the Chinese army! The leader at the forefront of the 6,000 Jiangdong Iron Cavalry is the stubborn Xiang Liang himself!
Sima Ang didn't expect Xiang Liang to directly send out the two elites under him, and he personally led the army!
The former army was defeated, and Sima Ang, as a leading general, naturally has an unshirkable responsibility! Although the Qin army is too fierce, the front army, which is five times larger than the Qin army, is about to collapse at the touch of a button, and he, the former army general, is also suspected of incompetence!
Seeing Sima Ang who hurriedly came up, Xiang Liang raised his hand and waved, and the six thousand Jiangdong Iron Cavalry quickly reined in the war horse and waited quietly behind him!
"General! ......" Sima Ang turned over in shame and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists!
"General Sima! It doesn't have to be that way! Xiang Liang, who had not planned to take the opportunity to trouble Sima Ang, did not expect Sima Ang to give himself such a big gift directly, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, supported Sima Ang with both hands, and interrupted his words!
"General! The former army was defeated, and the last general pleaded guilty! Sima Ang insisted on kneeling on one knee, Xiang Liang's action suddenly made him feel at ease, it seems that Xiang Liang will not take the opportunity to clean himself up!
The corners of Xiang Liang's mouth twitched when he heard Sima Ang's words!
Can you make a show again?
"General Sima, please get up! The Qin army is fierce, we all know it! This time it was also a thoughtless one! I didn't expect that Emperor Qin would dare to take the initiative to send troops to attack my hundreds of thousands of troops! It is not easy for General Sima to hold on to the aid of the army with 50,000 soldiers who have not been in battle, and General Sima is worthy of being a famous general! ”
Xiang Liang even boasted about the defeat of Sima Ang's former army, and it seemed that he still had great achievements!
Even Sima Ang, the initiator, couldn't help but blush when he heard Xiang Liang's words, but people had already taken advantage of the situation!
"General Sima, can you fight again?" Xiang Liang looked at the six thousand Jiangdong iron horsemen standing on the side and said loudly!
"To be able to fight with the generals of the Qin people, Sima died without regrets!" Sima Ang smiled and said loudly!
"Good!"
Xiang Liang turned over his horse, pointed to the three Qin troops in front of him, who were still a thousand steps away from the army, and were chasing and killing the fleeing former soldiers, and said, "General Sima! Today, we will hunt the Qin Emperor, and we will be very happy! Please! ”
"I don't dare to ask for it! General, please! ”
Sima Ang was thrilled by Xiang Liang's words, turned over and bowed to Xiang Liang!
"Drive!"
Xiang Liang was not polite with Sima Ang, and galloped out first! Sima Ang hurriedly followed!
Hoofs roared. Behind the two, more than 6,000 Jiangdong iron horsemen followed!
There was not too much distance between Sima Ang's front army and Xiang Liang's Chinese army, and Lang Lang Bai said that the great Qin Jing rode ten thousand horses and galloped wildly, and the vast momentum could be seen clearly in the wilderness, even if it was ten miles away!
So when the Great Qin Jingcai approached Sima Ang's front army less than five miles, Xiang Liang, who was calculating with Zhang Liang, received a letter from his guards!
Zhang Liang and Xiang Liang stepped out of the carriage, stood on the wheels, and put up a pergola with their hands, and could clearly see the billowing smoke and dust of the galloping horses in the north, and hear the roar of the horses' hooves.
Xiang Liang and Zhang Liangren didn't need to report to their subordinates, and they knew that it must be the Great Qin cavalry that launched a surprise attack on Sima Angqian's army that was advancing!
No one expected that Emperor Qin would be so bold!
His own hundreds of thousands of troops came with great power, and the Qin army, which was only more than 10,000 people, not only did not stick to Chengwu County, but even dared to send troops to take the lead in attacking!
In a moment, Xiang Liang and Zhang Liang both saw what the Qin cavalry was risking to attack their own army!
Hundreds of thousands of troops are coming, and their morale must be high! And the front army that is trekking at this moment must be the most exhausted time, and attacking at this moment can not only destroy the morale of their own army in one fell swoop, but also to give the rest of the rebel soldiers a dismount!
Therefore, Xiang Liang did not hesitate to directly pull out the two elites in his hands!
6,000 Jiangdong iron cavalry and more than 200 chariots of all sizes!
Unexpectedly, the Qin people sent it to the door, so naturally it was impossible for them to run away in vain!
Xiang Liang and Zhang Liang also knew that if even if the previous army was wiped out in this battle, as long as they could leave even a third of the nearly 10,000 Great Qin Jing Cavalry, then the Qin people's plan would be in vain, and they would steal chickens and lose a handful of rice!
It's just that Xiang Liang didn't expect the front army to collapse so quickly!
It seems that the scouts came to report that the cavalry of the Qin army had not yet joined the front army, and just used a strong crossbow to completely defeat the entire front army!
And the first thing that the collapsed front army was about to block was the way for his six thousand iron cavalry and more than two hundred chariots to advance, so Xiang Liang did not hesitate to give the order to Mingjin to withdraw his troops!
Of course, the soldiers collected can only be the front army!
When he saw Sima Ang, Xiang Liang did have the urge to kill him on the spot!
However, now that the war has not started, it will be killed in battle, if this battle of their own Jiangdong Iron Cavalry can defeat the Qin army, it is good, if it is a draw or defeat, then the impact on morale will be even greater!
Therefore, Xiang Liang forcibly endured the killing intent in his heart and spared Sima Ang, and praised him by the way!
…… The sound of gold and the roar of horses' hooves sounded in Xiang Liang's array, and Du Teng and the others who were slashing and killing the fleeing front army heard it! Xiang Liang still sent troops to engage the Great Qin cavalry when the previous army had collapsed completely, and Du Teng and the others were not surprised!
After all, if he and others could think of attacking Xiang Liang's former army to destroy their morale, Xiang Liang would naturally be able to see one or two through the actions of his own army!
However, Xiang Liang's quick response and the speed of the army were beyond Du Teng's expectations!
When more than two hundred chariots of all sizes roared, the movements of the Great Qin Jing Cavalry were all slow!
After seeing the cavalry of the Qin army, more than 200 chariots suddenly divided into two parts, and the two sides of the front army formation that left corpses everywhere were spared! I want to cut off the road of the Great Qin Jing back to the city from both sides!
As more than two hundred chariots separated, the six thousand Jiangdong Iron Cavalry that followed behind the chariot and was personally led by Xiang Liang appeared in front of the Great Qin Jing Cavalry!
The two sides are still more than 600 steps apart at the moment!
The movements of Xiang Liang's rebel chariot Du Teng, Xiahou Ying, and Fan Xu all saw it, and in an instant, Du Teng understood the battle situation in front of him!
The long horn suddenly sounded from Du Teng's array! This battle is led by Du Teng! Commands, most of the marching formations are controlled by him!
Hearing the sound of the horn, the Great Qin cavalry, who had originally scattered and came to chase and kill the soldiers of Sima Ang's former army who had fled, began to give up the pursuit, turned their horses' heads and began to gather around the horn sound!
At this moment, Du Teng hadn't figured out whether to continue the battle or go back to the city directly! However, the gathered and scattered Great Qin cavalry is a must for both fighting and returning to the city!
In this battle, it can be said that all the operational objectives have been achieved so far! Of course, that was when Xiang Liang's army didn't come fast enough! Xiang Liang's army rushed to the aid so quickly, if the Great Qin Jing cavalry left without taking over the battle, then the effect of defeating Xiang Liang's morale in this battle would be greatly reduced!
After all, the Qin army saw Xiang Liang's cavalry and chariots and retreated without a fight, and the Qin soldiers knew that this was to reduce unnecessary casualties, but those rebel soldiers would definitely think that this was the Qin army's iron cavalry that was afraid of Xiang Liang!
I'm afraid that the effect of destroying the enemy's morale did not come out, but it gave the rebel soldiers a little confidence!
However, if you don't leave at this moment, once you engage with Xiang Liang's army, if you can't quickly defeat these two hundred chariots and the galloping Xiang Liang cavalry, the entire Qin army will fall into Xiang Liang's army formation!
After all, at this moment, the Qin army's strength is absolutely weak, but Xiang Liang has hundreds of thousands! As long as the rear road of the Qin army is blocked with chariot soldiers, and then the Qin army is dragged by cavalry, then there is no need to think that Xiang Liang will definitely use a large number of foot soldiers to surround and die here with the eight thousand Qin elite cavalry who came out alone!
To fight or not to fight?
Du Teng quietly looked at the six thousand Jiangdong iron horses that came from the gallop, and he was quickly making trade-offs in his heart!
(To be continued)