Chapter 274: Breaking the Zhao Army
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Chen Yu's stubbornness exhausted Zhang Liang's little patience, and in frustration, Zhang Liang left Chen Yushili, which also made Chen Yu, the cheap Zhao king, even less likely to turn around. The likes of Gongchengzi Dragon, who don't learn and don't know how to do it, have some ability in infighting, and as for making suggestions, they are completely blind types.
The balance of the battlefield, in the little by little changes, towards the side of the Qin army's favor, under the all-pervasive blow of the Qin army's stone-throwing carts, Chen Yudong hid in Tibet, still unable to completely get rid of the possibility of being hit, Zuihou He could only order the soldiers to set up wooden shields, and struggled again and again to resist the bombardment from the air.
Of course, if Chen Yu could be a little more flexible, follow Li Qi's example, and fall into the daze, the catapult would have no target, and he could only blindly attack Zhao Jun's brigade.
was only passively beaten, but could not attack the opponent hiding in the Qin army's formation, which made Chen Yu, who had a stubborn personality, fall into a state of madness, attack, attack, and attack again until he defeated the opponent in front of him, which was the only clear instruction given by Chen Yu throughout the entire campaign.
With Liu Bang's death as the dividing line, the main forces of Qin and Zhao lasted for five days around the battle for Julu, perhaps inheriting the blood of the tragic Zhao army, the generals of Zhao were much braver than the soldiers in other places, and in the afternoon of the third day, Li Qi, who had been struggling to support, was beheaded by Su Jiao, and the right wing of the Zhao army also lost its combat effectiveness.
Under the cover of the continuous loss of the left and right flanks, more than 40,000 people of Chen Yuzhong's army were besieged by the Qin army from multiple directions, and Su Jiao's heavy cavalry continuously attacked the weak points of the Zhao army from the flanks regardless of fatigue, which made the Zhao army finally lose one or the other and could no longer support it. Under unfavorable circumstances, Chen Yu ordered a retreat to the city, trying to hold on to the fortified city.
"Chase!" Li Yuan let out a sigh of relief and shouted loudly.
"Kill!"
The veterans of the Qin army, who had been blocked under the city by Julu City for several months, saw the Zhao army fleeing, and the red-eyed generals at all levels almost did not wait for Li Yuan's order. That is, chasing Zhao Jun's ass towards the city gate. Because the two Qin army troops of Gan Yong and Cao Xin chased too fast, when their troops reached the city, there was still a Zhao army brigade of nearly 10,000 people behind them that did not enter the city.
The Qin army and the Zhao army were entangled all the way into the Julu City, this kind of melee made Chen Yu completely lose the ability to command the battle, even if his order was issued, the herald did not know where to find the troops who received the order, in the case of losing the command of the general, the Zhao army in the city was even more chaotic, they did not know whether to step forward to block the Qin army, or simply abandon the city to escape.
Compared to Zhao Jun, who was at a loss. The Qin army's strict implementation of the military hierarchy played an important role in the melee, scattered small units under the command of their respective captains, military marquis, and generals, interspersed into the deep and powerful depths of the Zhao army, and the multi-day campaign made these Qin generals red-eyed, and they had no fear in their hearts, no fear, only the desire to win more honors.
"Husband, man, it's time to make a contribution." The new life in Chang'an City, which is well-equipped and comfortable, makes middle and lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers envious. They aspire to one day be able to let their wives and children live in such a place and live a happy life where they can take a bath once a day.
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April 4th.
At noon, the fierce battle in the city came to an end, and the soldiers of the Zhao army, who had lost their fighting spirit, began to lay down their arms and surrender in large numbers. This made the various departments of the Qin army busy all at once.
At the same time, Chen Yu, the king of Zhao, saw that the general trend had gone, and hurriedly escaped from the north gate with his cronies such as Gongcheng Zilong and fled in the direction of Xiangguo and Daiguo. Chen Yu's original intention was to go to the north to meet Xia Shuo, so as to rely on the Yan Kingdom. Get a little respite.
Unfortunately, his plot was chased by Su Jiao's cavalry, and on April 7, Su Jiao personally led a cavalry to chase all the way, and Zuihou captured Chen Yu, who had escaped only a few dozen people in the plain.
Chen Yu died in battle.
The 80,000 troops on the southern front of the Zhao army were wiped out in the snap of a finger, among them: more than 30,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and nearly 50,000 Zhao soldiers became prisoners of the Qin army.
Mid-April.
The Qin army broke through the bamboo all the way to the north, and Han Xin's army flanked the remnants of the Zhao army Xia Shuo, Zuihou completely annihilated the remnants of the Zhao army in Daidi, and Xia Shuo chose to lead the rest to surrender after the resistance was hopeless.
So far, it lasted nearly half a year, the offensive and defensive battle around Zhao ended with the Qin army's great victory over the Zhao army's fiasco, the 60,000 Qin troops who went out to Zhao State, more than 8,000 people were killed on the battlefield directly, and 15,000 were wounded, this battle loss ratio was much less than that of the Zhao army, but it also showed that the Qin army was not easy to win from another side.
However, few people know about the battle damage of the Qin army, and in this regard, Li Yuan blocked the news very strictly, and Yan Le's military intelligence department not only accelerated the infiltration of the enemy country during this time, but also controlled the speech within the Qin army quite strictly. This information asymmetry made the myth of the invincibility of the Qin army widely spread among the princes.
When Wei Bao, the king of Western Wei, heard of Chen Yu's defeat, he hurriedly ordered the reinforcements not far from Julu to return quickly.
In the north, the retreat speed of the Yan army was not much slower than that of the Wei army, the Yan army was not much, this time the five thousand reinforcements were already the limit of the Yan State's ability to dispatch troops, after withdrawing from Zhaodi, the Yan army was deployed along Yishui, nervously built a simple defense line.
Among the various shili forces north of the river, the only one that is still calm is the troops of Changshan Hou Zhong Liwu, Zhong Liwu, who broke away from Xiang Yu and became self-reliant after the first battle of Hujiaoguan, has been disturbed by the envoy from Chu State in recent days, and the meaning of Chu State is very clear, that is, it hopes that Zhong Liwu will return.
It's a pity that the ideas of Xiang Yu, Xiang Tuo and others are at best wishful thinking, Zhong Liwu basically gained a firm foothold after sweeping away the remnants of Zhang Er Shili in the Changshan area, and independently developed into a small shili, although it is much weaker than a big prince like Chen Yu, but rather as the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, Zhong Liwu can no longer turn back after taking the first step.
The Qin army won a great victory.
The Kwantung region was shaken, and even the government and opposition of the Western Chu State, which had made up their minds to fight for the long term, also vibrated together, and the internal friction between the two factions within the Chu State ended with the complete victory of the Xiang clan.
Pengcheng.
The civil unrest gradually subsided, and everything returned to normal.
After purging Kuaicher Shili and successfully completing the suppression of the foreign Qi Yu clan, the Xiang clan has completely mastered the government of the Western Chu State. Che was thrown into prison, his uncle Sun Tong was demoted, An Qisheng was killed, and the new shili who gave the Chu government a different breath was defeated.
In terms of relatives shili, because of the existence of the five Jiangnan Ji, the relationship between Yu Ji and Xiang Yu, who was bitter in her heart, gradually became no longer so close, and this result also indirectly affected the army.
At the same time, in the Chu dynasty, there was also a once prominent figure officially left, the father Fan Zeng died in Pengcheng, compared with the depressed end in history, Fan Zeng's ending was better, but in the two years of this zuihou, Fan Zeng has actually been abandoned by Xiang Yu.
An old and rigid think tank is obviously not what the Chu State needs.
After searching for many paths, the Chu regime under the leadership of Xiang Yu gradually turned into a Shili group that relied on the clan Liliang lineage.
In this group, the most core figure is undoubtedly Xiang Yu, but behind Xiang Yu, Xiang Tuo, Xiang Sheng and others gradually supported the scaffold of Chu State, and the young Xiang Zhuang is the one with the most development potential in this scaffold.
"Overlord, Qin and Zhao's results have been divided, although Chen Yu's army was defeated, but the loss of the Qin army will definitely not be small, our army is now recuperating for a long time, it is better to take advantage of the fatigue of the Qin army, and when the foothold in Zhao is not stable, send a large army to expel the Qin thieves, in order to restore the prestige of my Great Chu." At the court meeting, Xiang Zhuang, who represented the young Liliang, admonished loudly, and his proposal was full of ambition, which made people can't help but be impressed by Xiang Zhuang.
"Overlord, General Xiang Zhuang's proposal is not advisable, his subordinates think that the strength of the Qin army did not suffer much loss in this battle, Chen Yu is very happy, abandoning the fortified city but fighting with the Qin army in the field, this is obviously a stupid move, the Qin army has a large number of cavalry auxiliary, it is easy to defeat the Zhao army, which is dominated by foot soldiers." Zhou Yin, who ranked third in the New Five Tigers, frowned and put forward a rebuttal.
Zhou Yin and Da Sima Cao Ji are Xiang Liang's old departments, and they belong to the category with deep seniority in Chu State, and at the same time, they are not keen on forming gangs, it is precisely because of such a political attitude that there is also an intermediate force led by Zhou and Cao in Chu State, of course, under the suppression of Xiang, Zhou Yin, Cao Ji and others are very weak in their ability to influence the government.
"General Zhou is afraid, no matter how strong the Qin people are, they are not iron bones, I Xiang Zhuang dare to guarantee that the current Qin army is at the end of the strong crossbow, and its strength can't even wear the cloth of Ludi." Xiang Zhuang insisted.
After listening silently for a while, the overlord Xiang Yu stood up, rolled his pupils, and said loudly: "There is no need to fight, Xiang Tuo, you go and arrange it, find a messenger with outstanding eloquence and go to the Qin State, just say that I, Xiang Yu, want to invite Li Wuhou to Chenggao for a while, if you have the courage, you will come, if you don't have the courage, you will refuse directly." ”
"No, I'll arrange it immediately." Xiang Tuo replied in a low voice, and his face was surprised for a long time.
Xiang Yu wanted to invite Li Yuan for an interview, this proposal made Xiang Tuo, Zhou Yin, Xiang Zhuang and others all have no voice, Xiang Yu's mind was completely beyond their expectations, at this time, what is there to talk about with Li Yuan, Xiang Tuo and others don't understand, but they don't dare to come forward to inquire and question Xiang Yu's decision. (To be continued......)
PS: Well, it's late, I'm still on the way tomorrow, I hope I can still stick to the code chapter.