Chapter 304: A Glimmer of Life

On the outskirts of Jiangzhou, the Han army camp.

As a large county with a population of more than one million, and bordering Linjiang State, Ba County usually has garrisons, but the military system of the Han army is different from that of the Chu army, which has implemented a mixed military system of recruiting soldiers (forbidden army) and government soldiers, while the Han army still implements a more pawn system following the military system of the Qin army.

The so-called shift system means that all men between the ages of 16 and 50 must serve in the military, and then go to the border pass, Xianyang or various counties to serve in the military and receive military training on a yearly and monthly basis.

Of course, the 20,000 cavalry in Lütai was an exception, and the 20,000 cavalry was a standing army.

This time the northern expedition to the Xiongnu, Liu Bang ordered three households to go out of one ding, a total of 600,000 soldiers were recruited, of which 500,000 were sent to Jiuyuan to fight against the Xiongnu, and the remaining 100,000 were stationed in Xianyang and various counties to maintain local security.

The sound of killing in Jiangzhou City shook the sky, and the Han army in the camp had been alarmed.

In the chaotic footsteps, the county lieutenant Xiahou Zao was wearing heavy armor and had come to the outside of the big tent surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers, Xiahou Zao was the eldest son of Xiahou Ying, and the remnants of the Chu army who had followed Xiahou Ying to chase and kill Xiangzhuang during the battle of Dabie Mountain, although he was young, he could be regarded as a battle-hardened general.

"Blow the trumpet, gather the troops!" As soon as he came out of the big tent, Xiahou Zao issued a military order.

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Xiahou Zao knows very well that the combat effectiveness of an army lies in the strong joint force formed when hundreds or thousands of soldiers act in unison, so no matter what happens, it is always the first thing to assemble the army in time and let the soldiers get effective command.

At the sound of the order, the sound of trumpets sounded in the camp.

Don't look at Xiahou Zao is just a small county lieutenant, but he has never relaxed his requirements for himself, for the Ba County guard, Xiahou Zao has carried out almost cruel military training, Xiahou Zao has seen the Chu army's soldiers, so he has always used the high standards of the Chu army to demand the Ba County guards under his command.

Ten years of recuperation and ten years of training, the soldiers of Ba County seem to be an elite.

As soon as the horn sounded, the soldiers of the Han Army, who were still watching the excitement just now, turned around and rushed to the school field at a speed of 100 meters, and the military camp that was originally boiling and noisy also became silent in an instant, only the distant and low horn still echoed repeatedly in the night sky.

In less than a few moments, the 5,000 Han army was assembled.

Xiahou Zao raised his right hand again and pressed it forward, and the five thousand Han troops turned around in unison, carrying their shields and swords, and surging towards Jiangzhou City with uniform steps.

However, the army had only marched less than half a mile when there were sporadic fires in the wilderness ahead.

Xiahou Zao's heart suddenly froze, looking at this posture, most of it was a large army approaching rapidly, and then Xiahou Zao suddenly raised his right hand, and clenched it into a fist, and the five thousand soldiers who were following up behind him stopped one after another, and then quickly formed a dense square array under the reprimand of generals at all levels.

The square array can be defended or attacked, and it is the first choice for night battles.

In less than a moment, the sporadic firelight in front of him has gathered into a sea of fire, under the firelight, a strict army formation, arrogant armored soldiers are surging towards this side, Xiahou Zao's pupils shrank slightly, Chu army, it turned out to be Chu army! Moreover, there are 30,000 troops, to say the least!

When the two armies were still hundreds of steps away, the leader of the Chu generals raised their right hands slightly, and the Chu soldiers who followed up behind them stopped their advances, and then quickly set up a-for-tat array of arrows, a square array of arrows can be attacked and defended, but the number of arrows is a pure attack formation, obviously, the opposite Chu will be a guy who advocates attack. …,

With 5,000 to 30,000, the Han army was at an absolute disadvantage, but Xiahou Zao was fearless.

"Here comes the halberd!" As soon as Xiahou Zao stretched out his hand, a personal soldier had already presented a large iron halberd weighing more than 60 catties.

Xiahou Zao's iron halberd in his hand, the momentum of the whole person suddenly changed, just like a sword originally hidden in the box, once out of the sheath, the edge was suddenly revealed, and then Xiahou Zao stepped forward immediately, and shouted: "Dahan Kingdom, Xiahou Zao, the captain of Bajun Changshui, is here, who dares to fight with a certain one?" ”

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The 5,000 Han army roared angrily to help the momentum.

On the opposite side is 30,000 Chu soldiers led by Gao Chu and Jin Xiang, seeing that the Han generals are out of battle, the corners of Gao Chu's mouth suddenly burst into a sneer of disdain, and when he was about to go out of the horse, the broken army had already flown out, urging the horse to dance the knife to take Xiahou Zao, and at the same time did not look back and said: "Kill chickens with a knife?" General, let's see the last general cut off the head of this Han general! ”

Seeing that there was a Chu general coming out, Xiahou Zao suddenly turned the horse's head and urged the horse to greet him.

The two horses marched against each other, and in an instant, Xiahou Zao's big iron halberd and the long knife of the broken army came to a hard shock without any tricks, between the lightning and stone fire, the two horses had staggered, and they had been galloping forward dozens of steps away, Xiahou Zao stopped his horse, and then handed over the big iron halberd to his left hand, raised his right hand and pointed at the broken army and shouted: "Boy, you are far behind." ”

"What? It's so arrogant! Hearing this, the broken army was furious and urged the horse to gallop forward again.

Xiahou Zao urged the horse to greet him, and continued to tease: "Boy, it's too late to return to the horse now, otherwise, it will be too late to regret it after being cut off by someone." ”

"Damn! Whoa...... Let's eat a certain knife! The broken army became more and more violent, and tried his best to slash down Xiahou Zao's neck.

The long knife of the broken army is menacing, but Xiahou Zao is not surprised but happy.

I saw that Xiahou Zao raised the halberd just lightly, and the powerful knife of the broken army had already slid past Xiahou Zao's right shoulder, and the broken army was too strong, and a knife almost fell from the horse's back, but fortunately, this guy reacted quickly, and quickly grabbed the horse's belly with a pair of long legs, so he luckily did not fall off the horse.

However, the mount under the crotch was in pain by Xiahou Zao, and at that moment he let out an incomparably sad hiss when he looked up to the sky, and staggered a few steps to the right before he could stabilize his body.

When there was no room for it, Xiahou Zao was already in the saddle.

In the next moment, Xiahou Zao had already bowed in his left hand, buckled the arrow in his right hand, and between the exhalation and opening the sound, the bowstring had already been full, and then he swished at the broken army more than a dozen steps away.

"Ahh The broken army screamed, beat the horse and left.

"I just want to leave now, it's too late!" Xiahou Zaole turned the horse's head and urged the horse to chase after him.

Xiahou was fast, and in a short time, he was able to catch up with the broken army, and between the heavy iron halberds, the chilling front had already slashed down towards the neck of the broken army.

Seeing that General Chu was about to be conferred the head, the five thousand Han troops suddenly cheered like a tsunami.

Gao Chu was furious, and immediately urged the horse to go out of the battle, and pulled the bow and arrow at the big iron halberd of Xiahou Zao is arrow, and then shouted loudly: "The thief will be rampant, and eat an arrow from this general!" ”

Listening to the explosion of "ding", Gao Chu's arrow hit the horizontal blade of the iron halberd of Xiahou Zao, and the iron halberd that originally cut at the neck of the broken army suddenly crooked, almost touching the head of the broken army, but only cut off the skin of the broken army and a few strands of green silk, until the green silk floated down his cheeks, and the broken army knew that he was about to die just now.

Xiahou Zao was in his heart, and it was not uncommon to shoot the iron halberd horizontal blade from a hundred steps away, but it was not easy to shoot the iron halberd horizontal blade dancing at high speed, and it was still at night! Seeing that Chu was urging the horse to approach, Xiahou Zao was already cowardly, so he turned his horse's head and went straight to his own formation. …,

Seeing that Han would run back to his main formation, Gao Chu was suddenly stunned.

Suddenly, Gao Chu raised his right hand and pressed forward, and the 30,000 elite soldiers who were waiting behind him suddenly threw off their strides and launched a tidal charge towards the Han army on the opposite side.

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On the galloping road from Jiangzhou to Langzhong, 20,000 Chu troops were rushing forward at night.

The Shu Road is difficult and dangerous, and it is said that it is the road from Hanzhong or Linjiang to Sichuan, but once it enters Sichuan, the flat plain of Sichuan can no longer stop the pace of the Chu army's advance.

After the sneak attack on Jiangzhou was successful, the Chu army was divided into two routes, Gao Chu led 20,000 soldiers plus the tiger camp of Jinxiang, along the road straight to Chengdu, across the Sichuan Plain, Xiang Zhuang personally led 10,000 soldiers plus Huyan Zhengde's wolf battalion, copied the small road to take Langzhong, one to block the Langzhong ancient road, resist the Han army's counterattack, and the other can wait for the opportunity to seize Hanzhong.

The Chu army's entry into Sichuan seems to be very smooth, but Xiang Zhuang knows better that there will never be too much time left for the Chu army, and with such a big movement of the Chu army entering Sichuan, it is absolutely impossible to completely block the news, Liu Bang will soon know about the change in Bashu, so the Chu army must seize the Langzhong Ancient Road before the Han army reacts.

As long as the Langzhong Ancient Road is blocked before the Han army reacts, Bashu will belong to Chu from now on!

Of course, it would be great if Hanzhong could be captured before the Han army reacted, once Hanzhong belonged to Chu, the strategic situation between Chu and Han would be completely reversed, and from then on, the Chu army would occupy the strategic initiative, and the Han army must always be on guard against the Chu army's surprise attack on Guanzhong from the Chencang Road, the Chute or the Meridian Valley.

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On another closer but more precipitous sheep intestine trail from Jiangzhou to Langzhong, Jin She is galloping on a horse at great risk with his life, Xiang Zhuang knows the strategic significance of the Langzhong Ancient Road to Bashu, and Jin She, who is the county guard of Bajun, does not know? Jin She also knows that once Bashu loses, then his head will definitely not be able to be saved.

Not only can't he keep his head, but I'm afraid that the entire Jin family will also be finished.

Therefore, it is necessary to rush to Langzhong as quickly as possible, quickly gather the strong men in Langzhong to resist desperately, and then report the news of the Chu army's sneak attack on Bashu to Xianyang as soon as possible, and ask the King of Han to send a quick army to rescue, only in this way can Bashu be preserved, and his Jin family will have a glimmer of life.

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