Chapter 08: The Tragedy of Wujiang

The night was dark, and the hooves were thundering.

The cavalry of the 5,000 Qi Army was moving south along the vast wasteland, and the cavalry general Guan Ying and the soldiers under his command did not realize that in the dark night, in the ashes not far from them, there were more than 4,000 remnants of the Chu army lurking silently, and all the remnants of the Chu army consciously held their breath and did not dare to make the slightest noise.

Because they all know very well that once they make a sound, once they are discovered by the Qi army, it means death! In the uncovered wasteland, it was impossible for foot soldiers to escape the pursuit of cavalry.

The horses' hooves whistled up the sky with smoke and dust, whistling forward.

The cavalry of the Qi army came and went quickly, and in less than a moment, more than 5,000 cavalry had already disappeared under the dark night sky in front of them, and finally turned into a faint line of fire, gradually moving away.

Xiang Zhuang got up first, and the black horse that was pressed under him also struggled to turn over and get up, and raised his head and sneezed loudly, spewing out a large amount of dust inhaled into his nasal cavity, and then looked back silently, looking at the night sky in the south and falling two crystal tears.

"Quick, get up, get up, get out of here now!" Not far away, Xiang Bo's voice sounded.

Although Xiang Yu has clearly appointed Xiang Zhuang as the general of Chu and the commander-in-chief of the whole army, Xiang Bo does not seem to intend to obey this royal order at all, because he is not satisfied at all, so without waiting for Xiang Zhuang to order, Xiang Bo has already ordered the remnants of his headquarters, and then walked north, Xiang Zhuang knew that Xiang Bo was going to lead the army to surrender to Han.

Obviously, Xiang Bo believed that the demise of the state of Chu was inevitable.

Seeing that Xiang Bo led his troops to pull out, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, Yu Ziqi, and Xiao Gongjiao also led their troops to accompany him.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang was only a nominal general of the Chu State, and he did not have a truly convincing record, and it was not easy for these battle-hardened generals to bow down to him, even Xiang Yu, who was born with divine power, was not born a convincing commander, and his prestige was gradually established on the battlefield.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, the pro-soldier Tun Chang Jing Qian and Gao Chu came to Xiang Zhuang's side.

"General, what now?" Seeing the Chu army leaving one after another, Jing Qian couldn't help but be a little anxious, among the remaining more than 4,000 remnants of the Chu army, perhaps only Jing Qian, Gao Chu and more than 200 pro-soldiers were really obedient to Xiang Zhuang, because the more than 200 Rui soldiers all crawled out of the pile of dead people with Xiang Zhuang and belonged to absolute cronies.

"Let's go too, with them!" Xiang Zhuang quickly made a decision, now is not the time to turn against Xiang Bo, let alone kill people, the top priority is to leave the Mustang Plain as soon as possible, transfer to a relatively safe place as soon as possible, and wait until then, and then try to eradicate Xiang Bo and establish prestige.

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At dawn, the infant army finally caught up with Xiang Yu's remnants.

"General, look, Chu army cavalry!" General Li Bi suddenly pointed his finger forward and shouted.

"Huh?" When Guan Ying looked at it urgently, he saw a large group of cavalry fleeing all over the mountains and fields in front of him, and in an instant, Guan Ying shouted excitedly, "Xiang Yu, that must be Xiang Yu's remnants!" After that, Guan Ying shouted with a hideous face, "Order the whole army, speed up, catch up, and kill them all!" ”

"No!" Dozens of riders responded with a bang, and then scattered in all directions.

As soon as the order was given, more than 5,000 cavalry whipped one after another and began the final charge!

On the other hand, most of the Chu troops in front were already sleepy and lacking horses, and from time to time the Chu cavalry fell behind and left alone, and then they were soon overwhelmed by the Qi cavalry that rushed in like a tide.

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"Woo ......" Xiang Yu gently drank the war horse, and then slowly turned the horse's head.

I can't go any further, and I can't go any further, because in front of me is the mighty Wujiang River, and the cold river is rolling east in the bleak north wind, sad and lonely.

Looking around, there were only the last twenty-eight horsemen left.

At this moment, Xiang Yu's mood is more than sad? Since Wuzhong raised troops and led 8,000 children to cross the Wujiang River, Xiang Yu has experienced hundreds of battles and killed countless enemies in his life, how could he have thought that he would fall into such a desperate situation today? Five years ago, he was all over the princes and was respected as an overlord by the world, and now looking back, it seems that it was just yesterday, and he made people so bad that he was in such a situation.

On the horizon ahead, the cavalry of the Qi army was surging all over the mountains, like a raging ant colony.

After taking a breath, Xiang Yu's eyes suddenly surged with endless killing intent, wanting my Xiang Yu's head, it's not so easy!

The next moment, Xiang Yu turned over and dismounted, stretched out his hand and slapped the horse's stock fiercely, driving the mount into the distance, and then looked back at the twenty-eight cavalry accompanying him, and shouted: "Do you dare to rush into battle with Lone?" ”

The twenty-eight horsemen responded with a bang, and there was no hint of retreat between their expressions.

Xiang Yu bowed his head happily, and slowly turned around, Shi immediately raised the big iron halberd to meet the surging Qi cavalry in front, and behind Xiang Yu, the twenty-eight horsemen also turned over and dismounted, and raised the halberd to swear to accompany him.

Ahead, seeing that Xiang Yu led twenty-eight people to take the initiative to attack, the surging Qi cavalry also stopped their horses, turned over and dismounted, and took out their halberds and big swords. ”

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

All the cavalry soldiers who heard Wang Peng's voice suddenly cheered like a tsunami.

Wang Peng swung his sword and pressed forward, and thousands of cavalry soldiers held high their spears and halberds, roared and shouted, and rushed towards Xiang Yu on foot, which seemed a little strange, they were cavalry, but they actually chose to dismount and fight? Actually, this is not surprising at all, because the cavalry of this era was only infantry on horseback.

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North, on the Mustang Plains.

Yu Ji, who went north silently, seemed to sense something, and suddenly looked back, and in those suffocating eyes, endless sadness was revealed, king, farewell......

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On the edge of the Wujiang River, Xiang Yu has fallen into a heavy siege.

The twenty-eight people who accompanied him, including Xiang Yu's brother Xiang Sheng, had already been chopped into meat by the Qi soldiers, and under the temptation of the Marquis of Wanhu, thousands of Qi soldiers were like wild wolves that had seen their prey, going forward one after another, flocking to Xiang Yu endlessly, the Qi soldiers in front fell and were killed, and the ones behind swarmed up.

In the face of thousands of troops, Xiang Yu was fearless, holding a sword in his left hand and a halberd in his right hand, still shouting for a fierce battle.

"Die!" Xiang Yu shouted violently, the iron halberd in his right hand swept away, and the surging more than a dozen Qi soldiers suddenly screamed and fell in a pool of blood, two of the soldiers were cut in two by the iron halberd, and the internal organs and blood gushed out, and the battlefield was red in an instant, but the people were still not breathing, and they were screaming to themselves.

"Xiang Yu, don't be rampant!" A Qi military captain stepped out of the crowd and swung his sword at Xiang Yu.

"Piff, look for death!" Xiang Yu snorted coldly, his right hand shook fiercely, and the big iron halberd, which weighed more than 100 catties, suddenly burst into a clear sound, and then slashed out like a whirlwind.

Captain Qi, who swung his sword forward, only felt a flower in front of him, and before he could react, he felt that he flew up suddenly.

People were in the air, but the Qi military captain was horrified to find that his body was still on the ground, and he still maintained the posture of swinging his sword and rushing forward, but above the neck of the body, there was a human head missing, and the Qi military captain was suddenly shocked, however, before he could turn his mind, the cold darkness had swallowed him forever.

Xiang Yu beheaded Xiang Shang, the captain of the Qi Military Academy, with a halberd, and slaughtered into the chaotic army like a tiger entering a flock.

I saw where Xiang Yu passed, the Qi army's array was like a wave splitting, up to the leading general, down to the miscellaneous soldiers, no one could stop him for a moment, Xiang Yu shouted and left, killed from the riverside to the big array, and then killed back to the riverside from the formation, repeated four times, the formation was more than 400 pieces, the Qi army was shocked, and no one dared to step forward easily.

Xiang Yu began to gasp violently with a halberd, he was not an iron body after all, he had been fighting for so long, and his physical strength had been consumed to the limit, however, there were more and more Qi soldiers around him, at this moment, Xiang Yu was calm in his heart, since there was no hope of breaking through, then it would end like this.

Suddenly, Xiang Yu saw a familiar face in the Qi army array.

When Xiang Yu took a few steps forward with a halberd, he asked in surprise, "Isn't that Lu Yan?" ”

Lu Yan, Lu Ma Tong also, since Xiang Liang Wu Zhong was Xiang Yu's horseman, that is, Ma Tong, Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, the great feudal princes, although Lu Yan was meritorious, he was not allowed to be a marquis, resentful in his heart, and soon rebelled against Chu and joined the Han.

Seeing Xiang Yu again before this battle, Lu Yan couldn't help but feel ashamed, and didn't dare to face it head-on.

Xiang Yu said lightly: "I heard that Han Xin'er has ordered that the lone head will be sealed as the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, right?" ”

Without waiting for Lu Yan to answer, Lang Zhong next to him rushed to say, "That's right, Xiang Yu, you are already dead!" ”

"Hahaha......" Xiang Yu looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and then said to Lu Yan, "Lu Yan, I didn't make you a marquis before I was alone, so let's fulfill you once after death, the head of Lone is here, come and get it." With that, Xiang Yu turned his sword and halberd sideways, and with a twist on his neck, a head had already rolled to Lu Yan's feet.

"King Xiang!" Lu Yan's expression was miserable, and his knees fell to the dust.