Chapter 360: The Unfavorable Times Have Passed
Oriental fish belly white.
Summer mornings always come early.
Time passed little by little, and when the first rays of the glow on the horizon began to show off its flaunting style, the siege of the Chu army's assault troops by the Qin army also reached its peak.
The previous forbearance and retreat were all for the sake of this moment of outburst.
After learning the news of the night attack of the Chu army, the various departments of the Qin army were also fiercely warlike, but the first order the generals received was to resist one by one, and they also had to put on a posture of bloody battle.
Now, after being suppressed for a whole night, they are eager for victory, like springs that have been pressed to the lowest point, and the chariot troops that once retreated have once surrounded them again, and they have appeared on the battlefield very actively, this time, these chariots are no longer used in a wall-like concentration like last time, but are interspersed with the infantry ranks, and with the cover of the surrounding foot soldiers, the safety of the chariots has suddenly strengthened a lot.
Such a moving fortress is like a hedgehog that is difficult to catch for the Chu army, and what is even more terrifying is that there are more than ten such hedgehogs, and the short spears thrown from the hedgehog are like deadly arrows, as long as they are not careful, they will be like flying horizontal spears to pierce the body.
The chariots of the Qin army are terrifying enough, and their foot soldiers are just as shocking, not long ago, the Qin soldiers, who were still soft and listless, after seeing Li Yuan's Chinese army dispatched, rushed forward like a desperate swarm, this sudden change made these new soldiers of the Chu army who had only experienced the campaign against Jiangdong change color.
"The Qin people, the descendants of the Di people and the Qiang people, drink blood and eat flesh, you should be cautious when encountering them!" At this time, the new soldiers of the Chu army couldn't help but recall the advice of the disabled veterans when they were about to go out.
The soldiers were terrified.
The generals of the Chu army were also uncertain at this time.
The scramble at the time of crossing the river. By now, courage and ambition are gone.
Chu general Xiang Sheng was covered in blood, his silver-white battle armor was stained red with blood, his carefully combed hair bun when he first set out for the battle was also scattered, his war horse had just been stabbed by the three short spears of the Yuezhi barbarians, and the scene of the miserable scream and crashing to the ground made Xiang Sheng panic inexplicably.
Disheveled!
"Major General, be careful!" A soldier screamed and slammed down the stunned Xiang Sheng.
It wasn't until the grizzled Xiang Sheng pushed away the pawn who was still twitching that he found that this loyal subordinate was behind his back. It's a blur of flesh and blood.
The soldiers around him became fewer and fewer as they fought.
The 2,000 infantry of the Chu army subordinate to Xiang Sheng, after repeated battles and fierce battles, could not even have half of them left, and Xiang Sheng's voice became sand and hoarse in the screams again and again, and even though he opened his mouth wide, he could no longer give a complete order.
"Why are the Qin people so fierce? Could it be that Xiang Yu's so-called victories back then were all boasted? Until this time, Xiang Sheng's heart suddenly became suspicious of Xiang Yu, the hero of the clan and the hero of the Chu State.
It's also weird. Xiang Sheng did not experience the anti-Qin storm that swept the whole country seven years ago, but rose up in Chen Sheng and Wu Guangdaze Township, when Xiang Liang and Zhang Han fought fiercely in Puyang, and when the Zhangshui Weichu army fought against the 400,000 Qin army. Xiang Sheng is still nesting in the township on the edge of Taihu Lake in Wuzhong County, playing a game of teasing and teasing the Huansha girl with a group of inferior teenagers.
Xiang Sheng was terrified.
The ruthlessness that was used to grab credit has long been thrown out of the clouds.
Xiang Sheng is so unbearable, and another Xiang general: Xiang Xiang's performance is not much better than Xiang Sheng. At least Xiang Sheng only lost his horse, and Xiang Xiang couldn't even find his subordinates.
With the same 2,000 soldiers, Xiang Sheng has at least more than 1,000 people left. And Xiang Xiang became the commander of the light pole for the whole, and the Qin general Li Zuoche aimed the spearhead of the attack at Xiang Xiang at the forefront of the assault at the beginning of the war.
In just one round of competition, Xiang Xiang fell into the trap carefully laid by Li Zuoche, and Xiang Xiang, who had successfully attacked, did not notice that his left and right wings were empty, and when he woke up and found that it was too late.
Fortunately, Xiang Xiang's personality is not bad.
Relying on the desperate fighting of a team of soldiers, Xiang Xiang barely broke out of the encirclement, and when they saw the same bitter Xiang Sheng, these two guys couldn't help but be relatively speechless, at this time they were invariably jealous of Xiang Han who stayed in the back camp.
Of course, under the opportunity of "sharing weal and woe", they no longer remember that they united last night in order to compete for the first merit of the battle, and ruthlessly pit Xiang Han, who was not very bright-minded, and now, they only envy Xiang Han on the east bank of the chasm, and they don't need to face the endless approaching Qin army soldiers all the time.
The children of the clan are vulnerable!
Xiang Yu could only suppress the pain of losing his beloved horse, and once again put on the battle, this time, he did not ride the war horse let by his own pawn, but like a foot soldier, with both feet on the ground, a shield in one hand, and a halberd in the other, like other ordinary Chu pawns, rushing to the front line of the battlefield.
The injured left hand, although it can't flexibly pick up the sword, can still be tied to the big shield, and the other right hand is holding the overlord halberd, each halberd stabbed, that is, with a rain of blood, each halberd swept, all to the face of the Qin pawn to deal a heavy blow, just not a short half an hour, Xiang Yu took the Chu army to rush back and kill a mile away.
The war is over!
He also understood that it was impossible to insist on beheading Li Yuan.
The Chu army's most effective result now is to quickly retreat and join up with the rear battalion troops in Hedong, in order to strive for another opportunity to maintain the chasm battlefield, if the Chu army in Hexi is surrounded and annihilated by the Qin army, the only living liliang and elite of the Chu State will be lost, Xiang Yu can't imagine what liliang he will have next to meet the overwhelming attack of the Qin army.
"Pull out the mountains, and the air is overwhelming!"
"The times are not good, the skulls are gone!"
In the midst of grief and frustration, Xiang Yu angrily shouted out the second lyrics of the song "Song of the Fall" that Zuihou sang at the moment of his life.
If luck is bad and even the horse falls, what can I do?
This shout is to tell all the voices of Xiang Yu at this moment, compared to Li Yuan, Xiang Yu has too much unwillingness, he doesn't believe that he has the advantage of being one step ahead, and the support of celebrities and people with lofty ideals in the East will be so difficult when dealing with the remnants of the violent Qin who everyone shouts and beats.
Those heroes who shouted to overthrow the tyrannical Qin and restore the land where the princes lived have either died on the battlefield or surrendered to the Qin state without discipline.
Now, he is the only one left struggling to support.
This is not that luck does not favor the Chu State, what other explanations can there be.
"Xiang Yu wants to escape!" From the intelligence transmitted back by Li Yuan, who was located under Daxu, he sensitively judged the intention of the Chu army to break through.
"Give Li Zhongxiang an order, at all costs, block the Chu army's return route to the east, and the generals are all gone, I will make up for him. Then order the rest of the departments to hurry up and annihilate the divided enemy, and those who have taken the first rank of the item will be rewarded with ten thousand gold, plus a fourth-level military lord! Li Yuan's eyes flashed sharply, and he shouted in a deep voice.
"Nono, No!"
"Wuhou has an order, and those who take the first rank of the entry will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!" The herald scout shouted excitedly, and every time he passed, the Qin soldiers in that room suddenly thundered with joy.
Morale rises and falls.
This great battle west of the chasm.
With the issuance of Li Yuan's decisive order, it became more uncontroversial, on the one hand, the defeated soldiers of the Chu army who fled in a hurry, and on the other hand, the soldiers of the Qin army who were eager to make meritorious contributions.
If it weren't for Xiang Yu personally acting as the arrow, with the current scattered formation of the Chu army, plus fearful generals like Xiang Sheng and Xiang Xiang, not to mention breaking through Li Zhongxiang's resistance, it would have become very difficult to take a step forward.
However, the difficulty of the Qin army in blocking the troops was not small.
Li Zhongxiang had a big battle with the soldiers earlier, was the earliest in the Qin army to touch the enemy, and it was also the unit that insisted on fighting for the longest time, in the subsequent battle, the Li army turned back sharply and launched an attack on the follow-up troops of the Chu army, and after Xiang Han's army began to cross the river, the Li army also needed to divide a force to reinforce the Qin cavalry that swept the heavy troops of the Chu army at the river embankment.
Troops are used in many places.
In the case of losing more than half of the money, if other generals are replaced, at this time, in the face of Xiang Yu's personal assault, it is estimated that he can only retreat and let the tiger return to the mountain.
But Li Zhongxiang was unwilling.
Why do you say that if you say hit me, you will beat me, if you want to withdraw the troops, you will withdraw the troops, this soldier is impermanent, the water is impermanent, today, I just don't believe it, I fight this little bit of family foundation, and I have to gnaw on his family name fiercely.
"Come on, transfer the Loulan soldiers to me, go to battle with this general, kill and kill!" Li Zhongxiang was so strong that he shouted.
As the son-in-law of the king of Loulan, Li Zhongxiang naturally has his proud capital, although Loulan and the Qin State cannot be compared, but among the countries of the Western Regions, it is also a big country, and at the same time, the Loulan warriors are also high-nosed and strong cypriots, and this race is almost the material of the natural heavy infantry.
Compared with the yellow-skinned Central Plains people, what the Loulan people lacked before was only jishu to build sophisticated armor and weapons, and after Loulan officially formed an alliance with the Qin State, the three major military buildings of the Qin State could continuously supply the Loulan soldiers with equipment, so that the status of the Loulan State in the Western Regions rose impressively.
There are 36 countries in the Western Regions, six of which are large countries, eleven in China, and about 19 in small countries, and the changes and disputes between countries are even more chaotic than in the Spring and Autumn Period.
The strength of Loulan State has expanded, which makes the attitude of King Loulan towards Li Zhongxiang more friendly, at present, the military and political power of Loulan Kingdom are controlled by An Qinglan and Li Zhongxiang and his wife, with this relationship, Li Zhongxiang came to the east with more than 200 Loulan guards It is also natural.
The Loulan heavy infantry was transferred out of the battalion, and the warrior who led this Loulan army was a strong man from Loulan who was promoted by Li Zhongxiang.
The height is one head taller than Qin Zu.
With brute strength, strong chest muscles, and heavy weapons, as soon as the Loulan soldiers appeared, they made the Chu army generals who were already tired frightened. (To be continued......)