Chapter 121: The First Battle (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Pei Gong, never!"
Listening to Liu Bang's words, Zhang Liang was taken aback.
Liu Bang's face was puzzled: "Why not?" ”
Zhang Liang smiled bitterly: "Pei Gong, our soldiers and horses add up to a total of 20,000, at most they can only be regarded as strong soldiers, and elite soldiers are not counted.
Pei Gong, if you really force Zhao Jun to be in a hurry, his soldiers will inevitably fight back frantically in order to survive, and then Pei Gong will be able to resist it? And if the Zhao army is hating the point and marches east to directly attack Surabaya County, what should Pei Gong do? ”
"He dares, if he attacks my Pei County, I will attack Linzi, and isn't there still Wu Bing and the Xiang family's people?" Liu Bang was not convinced.
At this time, Li Shiqi said: "Pei Gong, Linzi City is big and deep, and there are six or seven thousand left-behind soldiers, plus Zhao Jun has been running Linzi for many years, and the people's hearts are all reaped, and there is also Langya County as the flank, only 20,000 horses are afraid that it will be difficult to capture Linzi." ”
Zhang Liang persuaded bitterly: "What Mr. Li said is yes, he is talking about the Xiang family and Wu Bing, these people are all noble-born, high-minded and arrogant, and their power is greater than ours, so they may not listen to Pei Gong's call, in case Zhao Jun fights back, what if they don't care about Pei Gong's death?" ”
"This" Liu Bang was speechless, and finally waved his hand and asked, "Then what do you say to do?" ”
After Zhang Liang and Li Shiqi glanced at each other, they spoke: "Pei Gong only needs to lead 10,000 horses into Chen County and aid King Chen, presumably Song Liu in the west, as well as Lu Chen and Zhaoping in the south, Deng Zong in Jiujiang will definitely return to the division to rescue, and as long as the various departments are well adjusted, it will not be a problem to defend the Zhao army." ”
After hearing this, Liu Bang touched the mustache on his mouth, his eyes were full of calculation, and finally said: "It's the only way, but this trip is for nothing, and I can't get anything." ”
"Hehe, Pei Gong is wrong." Zhang Liang smiled, and finally said: "When we march, we can make a big show and let the world hear about it, no matter whether we win or lose this battle, Pei Gong has already gained a foothold in righteousness, and he has gained the reputation of benevolence and righteousness." ”
"Haha, the ovary is good, fame is a good thing, now others only think of us as a small fight, this time let the Xiang family and these people from the big family see, we are a gentleman." Liu Bang's political consciousness was very high, and he understood the key in an instant, and finally said: "Pass my general's order, Zhou Bo, Li Shang, and Jin She will stay behind, and Fan Hao and Ren Ao will lead 10,000 horses with me to go on the expedition." ”
Yeling County is a small county in the north of Chen County, far away from Chen County, Chen Sheng in order to defend against the Zhao army, almost all the soldiers in the county, so now the Yeling County guards are less than 2,000 people, and they are all miscellaneous soldiers.
The soldiers at the head of the city patrolled very cautiously, because Chen Sheng had already announced the news of the Qin army's attack, and strictly ordered the counties to defend it.
"Captain Li, look, there is the Qin army."
Suddenly, a soldier on the battlements in the north of the city pointed into the distance and shouted.
Li Duwei was very majestic, with a fierce and vicious face, and after hearing this, he hurriedly looked north, and saw a big flag slowly appearing on the horizon, under the banner were more than 100 infantrymen, holding big swords, and at the head there was a young warrior, riding on a horse and holding two iron hammers, wearing iron armor with an unusually majestic appearance, white skin, and faintly a little noble.
Zhang Chujun on the city wall was frightened at first, and finally found that there were only more than 100 of them, and when they didn't have heavy weapons, his expression relaxed, and he even wondered if he had killed these people to make meritorious contributions, especially the fierce and vicious Li Duwei, looking at the Qin army in the distance, his eyes almost narrowed into a slit, full of murderous aura.
Soon, the Qin army approached the city wall a stone's throw away.
Although the Qin army only had about 100 people, it was in a strict formation, majestic and sharp, and Hu Hai, who was holding an eight-edged golden gourd hammer, rode on a healthy horse, pointed to the Zhang Chujun army on the city wall and shouted: "Listen to the people in the city, I am Hu Hai of the Great Qin Imperial Family, the vanguard under the command of the Shenwu Marquis, wait for the city to open the city and surrender quickly, otherwise as soon as my army arrives, it will definitely be killed." ”
"Hu Hai?" Zhang Chujun in the city was stunned, isn't this the youngest brother of the first emperor, a big fish, after listening to Hu Hai's words, they didn't feel like laughing.
Li Duwei laughed and said: "Haha, even a hundred or so people like you dare to be a pioneer?" Even if it's the prince, he still wants to make your Li Ye surrender and look for death. Hu Hai shouted angrily: "What if I am a hundred and ten, do you dare to go down to the city to fight with me, see that I don't smash your head and take your dog's life." ”
"Huangkou child, don't be rampant, and take your dog's life after reading it." Li Duwei was furious, pulled out his long sword and was about to order his troops out of the city.
The subordinates next to him persuaded: "Captain, King Chen has an order, and he is only allowed to defend." ”
"Rules are dead, people live, get up, don't delay Lao Tzu's meritorious service." Li Duwei flashed fiercely, and shouted loudly: "Come on, order 800 soldiers with me out of the city and kill this Si." ”
Li Duwei wanted to kill this big fish and then dedicate it to King Chen to make meritorious contributions, but he was not stupid, he ordered 800 people, thinking that it was enough to eat Hu Hai's 100 people.
Soon, Captain Li took 800 Zhang Chu troops out of the city, rode on a horse, pointed at Hu Hai and shouted: "Chong, kill this person." ”
"Kill."
More than 800 people crowded outside the city, armed with weapons, shouted and rushed towards Huhai, especially Li Duwei who rode his horse the fastest.
A fire rose in Hu Hai's heart, and he was about to rush forward with his hammer, but then he suddenly remembered Yingbu's arrangement, hung the sledgehammer on his horse, took out his bow and arrow, took out a reasonable arrow and put it on the string, the bow pulled the full moon, aimed at Li Duwei, and with a 'boom', the arrow was like thunder, shooting towards Li Duwei.
Li Duwei was startled when he saw Hu Hai aiming at him, hurriedly tilted his head, the long sword was picked obliquely, and with a local sound, the long arrow was picked off, Li Duwei only felt that his arm was numb, this kid has so much strength.
"Let's go, let's run, there are a lot of them."
Hu Hai was in the middle of an arrow, and he ran away from his horse in alarm, and the Qin army, which was originally in a tight formation, was instantly in chaos, dropped his weapon, and ran away in a panic.
"Haha, little rabbit cub, you still want to leave after shooting Li Ye with an arrow? Give me chase! ”
Li Duwei chased after him in a hurry, a hundred people ran in front, and seven or eight hundred people chased after him in a hurry, and after a while, he ran out for two or three miles.
At this time, Hu Hai crossed a mountain pass, suddenly turned around, and disappeared.
"What about people?" Li Duwei was startled, and instinctively felt a little bad, so he stopped and dismounted, and wanted to order to go back.
However, at this moment, suddenly the sound of the collision of weapons and armor sounded, and among the grass and shrubs on both sides of the col, countless Qin army armor soldiers suddenly stood up, all holding bows and crossbows, and they had already pulled the full moon.
Li Duwei's face changed instantly, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "It's not good, it's a trick!" ”
"Shoot!" Under the order of a general, countless sharp arrows roared out, instantly covering the entire mountain pass, like locusts.
"Woooo
The screams and the whistling of bows and arrows were all in one piece, like hell on earth, and blood shot out, and people kept falling.
Cao Wuxian, who was on the high slope, buckled an arrow, pulled out the bow to shoot the sky, aimed at the horse, Li Duwei's eyes narrowed, and finally the fingers with the wrench were loosened, only to hear the sound of 'boom', the arrow was like lightning, cutting through the sky. Poof', blood flashed, and the cold arrow instantly penetrated Li Duwei's throat, Li Duwei was wielding a long sword to dodge the arrow, and was suddenly shot and couldn't help but be stunned, the sword in his hand also stopped, the fierce face was full of fear, and before he could react more, the other arrows that followed him shot him into a hedgehog.
In less than two quarters of an hour, not a single soldier could stand up in the col, ambushed by thousands of crossbowmen, and without a shield, the outcome was already predestined.
"Brothers, clean up the battlefield immediately, don't take prisoners, and deal with the living ones immediately." Cao Wushu quickly rushed down with the men of the bow and crossbow battalion, put away the bow and arrows, and switched to swords.
At this moment, Hu Hai, who had escaped, returned, as well as Yingbu and Bolang, and there were three thousand light soldiers behind him, Yingbu came up without saying a word, and directly cut off the head of Li Duwei, and then said to Cao Wuxian: "The next target is Qu County, you go to find a place to ambush first, and I will arrive later." ”
"Yes." Cao Wuxian didn't say much, nodded and agreed.
Yingbu rode on his horse and went straight to Zhiling County with Bolang, Huhai, and three thousand dead soldiers.
Three thousand dead soldiers were holding sharp swords, shining with cold light, and the banners were all over as if there were thousands of troops and horses, rolling up smoke and dust in the sky, like a mountain and a sea.
Zhang Chujun in the city panicked, they felt that the city walls were all fighting, and the Qin army was so mighty.
Yingbu rode on his horse, the light in his eyes was bloodthirsty and cruel, and he raised the head of Lieutenant Li with his spear and shouted: "Those who surrender in Kaesong will not die, otherwise, all old and young will be beheaded!" ”
"Surrender or kill!"
The three thousand dead soldiers roared wildly, and the sound was neat and violent, which frightened the soldiers in the city.
"Don't fight, I'm surrendering." As soon as the words fell, some people shouted in panic, and the others also shouted to surrender, and Li Duwei was dead, how could they resist with their miscellaneous soldiers of less than a thousand people.
Soon, the city gate opened, and with a wave of his hand, three thousand dead soldiers poured into the city like a black torrent, instantly disarming the soldiers defending the city, occupying the county office, and controlling the form of the county.
An hour later, the auxiliary soldiers of the logistics battalion arrived to take over the city, and Yingbu led his troops out of the city to the next county seat.
If it was concocted in the same way, but there was resistance, Yingbu would never break his word and kill the sergeant's family
Chen County, in the palace of King Chen, Chen Sheng sat on the throne in the middle of the main hall with a gloomy face.
After the army of Zhao Jun arrived at Chen County, within one day, three cities were connected, and all the county towns north of Chen County were lost, and the sharp edge of the troops was simply invincible.
At this time, Cai Ci walked in and said, "King, the latest news, the Zhao army has pushed its troops to camp five miles north of the city, almost blocking the passage north of my Chen County. ”
Chen Sheng's face was a little defeated, and he sighed: "Alas, I didn't expect the speed of Zhao's march to be so fast, and it only took seven days to get from Linzi to Chenjun. ”
Cai Ci's face is not good-looking, there are nearly 800 miles from Linzi to Chen County, and there is no late way to go, according to the rapid march, the fastest will take ten days, but the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhao army only took seven days, and they were completely caught off guard.
"It doesn't matter if you take the city, the key is that he has gained a firm foothold, which has dealt a serious blow to our morale and has the upper hand in the early days."
Chen Sheng nodded, it was obvious that Zhao Jun's purpose was this, and now there was panic in Chen County, and Zhao Jun was really powerful. (To be continued.) )