Chapter 14: The Fall

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Whether it was Xiang Liang or Fan Zeng, or the generals at all levels who were still full of confidence before crossing the river, they thought about the results of this battle, but they only didn't expect that the nearly 200,000 troops that the Chu State spent more than a month on salary and courage and spent countless money and grain to train did not even really engage and fight with the Qin army, and collapsed like this!

It is a great irony to say that this is a great irony!

The White Tiger Army's large company crossbow machine unified poured more than half of the giant crossbows equipped with the Xiangliang Great Array! There are more than 100,000 giant crossbow arrows. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.infoβ•”β•— That is, these 100,000 giant crossbow arrows defeated the 180,000 army that Xiang Liang had worked so hard to pull up.

The absolute disparity in armaments was the main reason for the defeat of the Chu army, but it was not the fundamental reason.

The fundamental reason is that Xiang Liang and others overestimated themselves as the soldiers of the Chu army who were put together and put on the battlefield. You must know that in today's Chu State, the soldiers who have really fought with the Qin army on the battlefield have basically followed Xiang Yu. The remaining 100,000 Jing Rui, who had seen blood, also followed Xiang Tong to intercept Xu Chuang's Blue Dragon Army.

The 200,000 Chu troops who followed Xiang Liang were as many as 60,000 or 70,000 without training. β•”β•— In this way, among the 200,000 people, only 1120,000 people can really take up arms to fight, and if you remove the 20,000 people that Xiang Liang gave to Fan Zeng, there are less than 100,000 left.

Originally, in history, when Great Qin was facing life and death, Zhang Han was ordered to directly pull hundreds of thousands of prisoners who had not undergone any training, put on the armor of the Qin army, and took weapons, and fought all the way from Hanoi directly to Chenjun, invincible.

Xiang Liang died at the hands of Zhang Han in the original history.

As for how the battle of the giant deer in the final Zhang Han failed, there are different opinions. However, it can be expected that Sima Xin, who has something to do with Uncle Liang's nephew, obviously played a big role in it. And the rash defeat of Wang Li, Su Jiao, Shima and others is also one of the big reasons.

In today's history, hundreds of thousands of prisoners and slaves in Lishan can be said to be very different from the prisoner army led by Zhang Han in the original history. Whether it is morale, combat power, or the weapons used, the convict army under the command of Tong Zhang Han is several grades higher.

Of course, if the 200,000 Qin troops of Feng Zai and Han Xin stayed in these two camps, Xiang Liang would still have some chance of winning. After all, Han Xin and Feng Zheng's 200,000 Qin troops, both in terms of weapons and soldiers, were about the same. β•”β•—

However, Xiang Liang only has some chances of winning. After all, Han Xin is not an ordinary person, and if he adds the 20,000 material battalions in his hands, Xiang Liang may also be defeated on the north bank of the Huai River, but the defeat is not as crisp and complete as today.

The soldiers of the Chu army who fled in embarrassment were all military feats in the eyes of the soldiers of the White Tiger Army. Military merit is equivalent to a title, a medal, a land, and everything.

The distance of three hundred paces is almost one hundred and fifty meters. The physical fitness of the soldiers of the White Tiger Army is obviously much better than that of the soldiers of the Chu Army. Even though all the Chu troops had thrown off their legs and were running wildly, the distance between the White Tiger Army, which was only advancing at a uniform speed, was still getting closer and closer to the Chu army.

Enter a distance of two hundred paces.

The familiar humming sound sounded from the large formation of the White Tiger Army that was heading towards the Chu army in a semi-arc formation. With a humming sound that made the air tremble, a long arc-shaped black cloud rose from the Qin army's array.

The sound of countless small crossbow arrows several inches long breaking through the air converged into a terrifying sharp sound that swept down from mid-air.

Without warning, the soldiers of the Chu army, who were still running desperately in the rear, fell like harvested wheat in an instant as the sound disappeared. β•”β•—

The White Tiger Army, which was scattered and wanted to eat Xiang Liang's army as a whole, had nearly 80,000 soldiers, and one Qi shè should have at least more than 100,000 crossbow arrows, and the soldiers of the Chu army who fell behind basically fell to the ground without any suspense.

The tragic howl of the Chu army in the rear before death resounded throughout the battlefield!

The entire Chu army's original front army, and now the rear army, instantly became a hell on earth. The Chu army, which was crowded together, let the strong crossbow in the hands of the White Tiger soldiers exert the greatest power!

The hum of terror is heard again!

The soldiers of the Chu army, who were still crowded together, heard this buzzing sound, and immediately scattered and ran wildly all over the mountains. No one wants to die!

Xiang Liang's army of more than 100,000 people is already in a complete mess at this moment! The real defeat is like a mountain! However, fortunately, Xiang Liang has gradually detached from the battlefield under the protection of thousands of personal soldiers, and the distance between him and the White Tiger Army is getting farther and farther!

The 20,000 personal soldiers who originally guarded Xiang Liang were scattered in the chaos!

Fan Zeng, who was at the rear of the Chu army's array, was already preparing to lead the army to slip away as soon as Xiang Liang arrived! Although the rout of the Chu army was fast, fortunately, Xiang Liang was still alive, as long as he got out of the battlefield, whether it was crossing the Huai River or looking for Xiang Yu, at least safety would be guaranteed. β•”β•—

Fan Zeng was still thinking about returning to Shouchun, but he didn't know that at this moment, Shouchun on the south bank of the Huai River had been approached by Weng Zhong's Xuanwu army!

At this moment, the sound of rolling muffled thunder came from far away from the north, quickly approaching the chaotic battlefield!

Is it Xiang Tong's 10,000 Jiangdong Iron Horse? Xiang Liang was happy in his heart!

However, a moment later, one of Xiang Liang's hearts instantly fell from the clouds to hell.

As a general who has led the army for more than ten years, Xiang Liang can still roughly judge the number of cavalry from the sound of galloping horses' hooves! The cavalry that is rushing over must definitely exceed 10,000 people!

And the Jiangdong Iron Cavalry who followed Xiang Tong to the north to block the enemy had a total of 10,000 people! Could it be that in one battle, thousands more cavalry can come out? This possibility is not impossible, but it is absolutely impossible to appear on Qin Jun!

Xiang Liang has already experienced this Qin army himself! In the previous observations, neither the momentum nor the formation were inferior to the Qin army in the north of the Qin army he encountered, even if it was not as good as this Qin army, it would not be much worse!

Regarding the fate of Xiang Tong and the 100,000 Chu soldiers, Xiang Liang had already prepared for the worst in his heart!

At the end of the line of sight, in the smoke and dust in the sky, a long dazzling black line was rapidly expanding!

It was indeed not Xiang Tong's 10,000 Jiangdong Jing cavalry, but the 15,000 light cavalry of the Qinglong Army!

Xiang Tong's army of 100,000 collapsed no more than Xiang Liang at night!

Xu Chuang's Blue Dragon Army is the only one of the four major legions other than the Tiger Ben Army to go south with full strength! The combat power is also the most neat!

The fully manned Qinglong Army has 5,000 heavy armored cavalry with no different equipment from the Xuanwu Army's heavy armored cavalry, 25,000 light cavalry, 5,000 scout cavalry, and 65,000 foot soldiers!

In this battle, Xu Chuang only dispatched 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and 10,000 light cavalry of the Qinglong Army, and basically solved Xiang Tong's 100,000 army!

The heavy armored cavalry that Hu Hai had spent countless times to build, and when he appeared on the battlefield for the first time, he swept everything away, and directly disabled the 10,000 Jiangdong iron cavalry led by Xiang Tong himself with just one charge!

Immediately afterwards, the remaining Jiangdong Iron Cavalry was easily strangled by the 10,000 Qinglong Army light cavalry that followed closely behind the 5,000 heavy cavalry. β•”β•— Xiang Liang's second son, Xiang Tong has returned to the sky one step ahead of Xiang Liang!

After a charge and crippled 10,000 Jiangdong iron cavalry, 5,000 heavy armored cavalry of the Qinglong Army rushed into Xiang Tong's 90,000 infantry array, and 10,000 light cavalry followed the heavy cavalry that broke into the enemy formation after strangling the Jiangdong iron cavalry. 5,000 heavy cavalry, 10,000 light cavalry, only three in and out, Xiang Tong's 100,000 army has completely collapsed like Xiang Liang's army!

The thick armor on the heavy armored cavalry, and the strange things placed on the back of the war horse that can both sit and support their feet, made the Jiangdong soldiers and Baiyue barbarians, who had never seen such a thick armored cavalry wrapped in people and horses, completely lose their fighting spirit in a very short period of time!

It's not that they didn't resist, it's that they simply couldn't!

Regarding the outcome of this battle, Xu Chuang, the commander of the Blue Dragon Army, had already known! The power of the heavy cavalry, no one knows better than the soldiers or generals from the big battalion in Bashang.

Therefore, Xu Chuang did not take Xiang Tong's menacing 100,000 Chu army in his eyes at all. As soon as the heavy armored cavalry engaged Xiang Tong's Jiangdong Iron Cavalry, he had already sent the remaining 15,000 light cavalry of the Qinglong Army to support the White Tiger Army!

How many people crossed the Huai River in Xiang Liang, the Qin army scouts explored very clearly! There are 300,000 soldiers of the Chu army, and the Qinglong Army only encounters 100,000 Chu troops, so obviously it will be 200,000 Chu troops who will deal with the White Tiger Army!

Of course, Xu Chuang sent 20,000 cavalry over not to support the White Tiger Army. For the five legions from the big camp in Bashang, each legion basically knows the roots! Xu Chuang had no doubt at all that Du Teng's 85,000-strong White Tiger Army would not be able to defeat Xiang Liang's 200,000 rabble.

He sent 20,000 light cavalry to be called support, in fact, in a more appropriate way, it is called taking advantage of the situation!

The White Tiger Army has no cavalry, Du Teng knows it, and Xu Chuang also knows it! In the face of the 200,000 Chu army that will inevitably be defeated, the White Tiger Army, all of which are foot soldiers, wants to chase and defeat the retreating Chu army soldiers, and it is inevitable that it will be difficult!

And the Blue Dragon Army is obviously enough cavalry! The light cavalry of 15,000 people can help the White Tiger Army pursue the Chu army, and if you are lucky, you may be able to catch a few big fish, such as Xiang Liang, Fan Zeng and others named by the emperor!

In the final analysis, Xu Chuang was still very surprised that Xiang Liang chose the White Tiger Army as the main direction of attack! Obviously, Xiang Liang looked down on the Qinglong Army a little, so he sent 100,000 Chu troops to block the way! Concentrate the army and want to eat Du Teng's White Tiger Army first!

This kind of thought, not only Xu Chuang has, but also the soldiers of the Qinglong Army! Therefore, the attack of the 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry of the Blue Dragon Army was extraordinarily fierce!

The appearance of 20,000 cavalry of the Qin army means that Xiang Tong's 100,000 army has entered the same fate as Xiang Liang's Chu army!

Looking at the cavalry of the Qin army, which had originally rushed towards the large force of the routed Chu army, they instantly changed direction and rushed towards Xiang Liang's thousands of people in the gallop, Xiang Liang, Fan Zeng and Du Teng all changed in an instant!

ps: Pray for the blessings of the compatriots in Ya'an, may the deceased rest in peace and the living be strong! (To be continued.)