Chapter 235: Layers of Interception
The whole army pressed on.
After understanding that there was no way out, Liu Bang was like a gambler who lost so much that he only had a pair of pants left, desperately bare his buttocks, and took out a fig leaf from Zuihou to make a bet.
"Lao Tzu has lived for more than fifty years, Xianyang's dragon couch has also been sitting, the prince has also been a prince, and the beautiful woman has also slept, what is there to be dissatisfied, now, I, Liu Ji, want to fight for my brothers, Zhou Bo, you wait, my Liu Ji is not dead, and I will not let you down."
With despair and tragedy, Liu Bang embarked on the northern expedition with the remaining 100,000 Han troops in Yingdu, and this time, he did not escape and could not escape again.
I have to admit it.
Liu Bang, who is open-minded, is also a very courageous man.
At the beginning, he was able to cut the white snake and rise up, and he was able to let a group of small officials and gangsters in Pei County follow him to the death, which is enough to prove his personal charm, if it weren't for the fact that he was a little complacent after becoming a king, and unfortunately met Li Yuan, a killing star, Liu Bang is now the leader of the princes, and he fooled a group of princes into counterattacking Xiang Yu.
Fame is an excellent weapon to attract talents, in the past, Liu Bang relied on the reputation of the elder benevolence and righteousness to attract one after another people of insight, and now, he has to pay the price for this.
The vanguard of the Han army took the Marquis of Ruyin Xiahou Ying as the main general, and took the infant as the deputy general, leading more than 20,000 Han soldiers to go north first, along the road to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water, Liu Bang led the main force to follow up from a day's journey, this time, the Han army obviously learned the lesson of being constantly harassed by the Qin army, and the small Qin army harassed the troops along the road only to drive away, and never pursued deeply.
After losing many old brothers one after another, Liu Bang trusted fewer and fewer people, and even the sleek and rude cloth dealer who was a bunker was now difficult to get Liu Bang's approval.
In his early years, Xiahou Ying has always appeared as the driver and bodyguard of Liu Bang's car, and when Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and other old brothers captured the flag one by one in front of the battle. At most, Xiahou Ying couldn't hold back and rushed forward to tear up the chariot, of course, there are not many such opportunities.
Now, Liu Bang, who has no one to use, has finally pushed Xiahou Ying onto the battlefield.
In the face of the Qin army's fierce offensive situation, Xiahou Ying was like a thousand catties of heavy burden on his shoulders, and 20,000 Han soldiers were the vanguard, which sounds like a lot, but if it encounters how much combat power the Qin army can exert, Xiahou Ying is really not sure.
May 7.
Hanshui West.
On the galloping road from Nanjun to Nanyang County, the reinforcements of the Han army advancing by land and water advanced to the south of Yexian. collided head-on with the interception force of the Qin army led by Li Yuan.
And when the familiar and unfamiliar "Li" character black inlaid with gold trim of the Qin army, the Han army generals gasped.
"It's really Li Yuanββ!" Guan Ying's black and red face, a burst of red tide, he has always thought that he was brave, in the battle of Guanzhong last year, was beaten by Li Yuan and fled, it was that battle that made Guan Ying from the hope star in the Han army to a second-rate general.
"It's the god of Qin who is here, and it's over. If we don't die this time, we will shed our skin. This is the voice of the veteran of the Han army who was finally redeemed from the construction site of Chang'an City.
"Command the whole army: set up camp and wait for the king of Han to catch up and make a decision." Xiahou Ying stared coldly at the black pressure Qin State cavalry formation in front of him, and ordered angrily.
Infantry against cavalry.
The most haode way is to form a formation and defend yourself, and first stabilize the morale of the soldiers. Then, the main force behind the Flying Cavalry Express followed, so that the advantage of the Qin Cavalry's rapid maneuver could not be brought into play.
I have to admit it. Although Xiahou Ying has always been an executioner and bodyguard, and there are not many opportunities to lead troops to fight, these arrangements are still decent. Li Yuan, who was looking at the vanguard of the Han army on the other side, couldn't help but admire.
"Xiahou ββ!"
This surname is rare, among the celebrities in history, Xiahou Ying can be described as famous, not only because of his founding father in the Han Dynasty, but also because among his descendants, there are one or two very famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Xuan, these two followed a generation of cattle Cao Mengde, in the Three Kingdoms era of the Later Han Dynasty, made great contributions, compared to the ancestor Xiahou Ying, more than equal.
The Han army was rigorously arranged, and the cavalry of the Qin army could not find any favorable fighters, so Li Yuan and Su Jiao led 4,000 cavalry to follow the Han army from afar.
In the barracks, the Han infantry had the barracks as cover, and it was difficult for the cavalry to break through, but if they acted, it was time for the cavalry to have an advantage.
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From May 10 to 15.
The Han army set out from Yexian and marched a total of seventy miles north, although such a marching speed cannot be called turtle speed, but it is also unbearable slow.
However, if you want to make the speed faster, it will be used by the Qin army, in this short five days, the Han army can be said to have suffered enough, and the Qin cavalry under Li Yuan will not confront the Han army head-on, compared to the heavy cavalry hand-to-hand combat, these side cavalry from Jiuyuan are better at killing and injuring opponents with machine crossbows.
Wave after wave of crossbow bolts rained down.
At the middle distance, the power of Qin's crossbow was revealed, and the Han soldiers wanted to use the same method to give a salute, but the opponent was on a horse, and by the time they took aim, the opponent who had just taken aim was long gone.
Movement controls stillness.
This made the Han generals miserable.
Occasionally, a few strong-blooded generals and colonels rushed out of the Han army, trying to break through the encirclement under the Qin cavalry, but soon, the sparse Han warriors were surrounded by the swarming Qin army's sharp cavalry.
The shouts of killing suddenly sounded, and then there was silence.
When one team after another of warriors went and never returned, the morale of the Han army gradually declined, and Xiahou Ying had no choice but to tighten the constraints on generals and colonels at all levels not to fight on their own.
In such a march in the rain of crossbows of the Qin cavalry, the speed of the Han army can be imagined.
"General Xiahou, if we go on like this, when will we get Wancheng?" Guan Ying spat angrily and said helplessly.
The Qin army besieged the city very urgently, Wancheng reported three times a day, in the case of not seeing reinforcements for a long time, the Han army in Wancheng may defect at any time, and the infant also saw that the purpose of the Qin cavalry was only to block the reinforcements of the Han army, and did not mean to eat them, the main force of the Han army.
Xiahou Ying rode on a big black horse, his eyes were full of bloodshots, the speed of the Han army in the past five days made him feel very unwilling, and Liu Bang had urged again and again, but what to do to break the Qin army's blockade, Xiahou Ying had too few hole cards in his hand.
If only the Han army also had a cavalry. It's really not good, it's okay to give a crossbow of 3,000 people, and in breaking the encirclement of the Qin crossbow cavalry, the Han army must have its own special weapons.
"Baby, do you want to break the encirclement of Qin Dog, do you want to take Li Yuan's life, do you want to be famous and famous all over the world." Xiahou Ying said in a deep voice.
"Of course I think, if I can take the head of the Li thief, I will laugh out loud in my dreams." The baby gritted his teeth.
"Okay, now I order you to select three thousand elite soldiers, hide in the formation, and wait until my banner is cut off by the Qin people, and then you will kill it in one fell swoop, and take the life of the Li thief." Xiahou Infant Road.
"What, General Xiahou, you want to lure the enemy with yourself, how can this be done? If the lure of the enemy fails, how much less will the losses be? The baby exclaimed.
"How to lure the enemy, you don't have to care, you just need to keep an eye on the big side of the Qin army, where it goes, where you kill me, remember, if you can't kill the Li thief, I Xiahou Ying won't let you go." Xiahou Ying stared at the infant deadly, without a little anger in his voice.
In the early summer weather, Guan Ying couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, he mustered up the courage to look at Xiahou Ying, but saw that the latter's face was calm as if he hadn't said anything.
"The last general, the last general order." Baby Irrigation said.
"Go down, wear a few more layers of armor, and sharpen your sword faster, and in the future, King Han will rely on you." Xiahou Ying smiled and commanded.
Guan Ying lowered his head, not daring to look at Xiahou Ying's face again, at this moment, even if he had no brains, he understood what Xiahou Ying was planning in his heart.
However, can he really kill Li Yuan by filling the baby, can he really afford such a heavy trust?
Babies have no self-confidence.
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On a high hill.
The Qin army moved slowly in the direction of the Han army's march.
Compared with the helpless Han army, the Qin army's side cavalry that served as a blocker was high morale at this time, and the two Qin army tiger generals, Su Jiao and Meng Hu, protected Li Yuan in the center and were carefully watching the movements of the Han army.
"Wuhou, something seems to be wrong with the Han army?" Meng Hu looked at it for a while, and said with some doubts.
"Tell me more about it, what's the difference?" Li Yuan asked. Meng Hu's comprehension is the highest among the border army generals, and in Li Yuan's heart, he also very much hopes that Meng Hu can succeed Wang Li in the future and become the new chief general of the border army, and this requires the accumulation of experience and the encouragement of time.
"Wuhou, look, the banner of the infant has moved backwards, this is not normal, with the courage of the infant, the Han army has always used it as the pioneer in the vanguard, how could he let him go backwards." Meng Hu pointed to the Han army formation not far away and commented.
"Maybe it's because this kid is cowardly and wants to run away?" Su Jiao hahadaxiao, Dao.
"If you do that, you don't need Xiahou Ying to kill him, even Liu Bang will never let him go, Menghu, you will keep an eye on the baby, don't let him out of sight." Li Yuan commanded in a deep voice.
Although the baby was not too prominent in the previous wars, this cloth dealer was a fierce general of the Han army, and he repeatedly escaped the pursuit of the Qin army, which in itself shows that this person is not simple, otherwise, in the battle of Guanzhong, how could it be Zhou Spy and Zhou Cao who died, not him.
Not to despise any opponent, to use all the resources he can use, to give the opponent the greatest respect, this is the lesson that Li Yuan has summed up in the past four years, and it is also the secret of his success in many historical bulls. (To be continued......)
PS: Well, it's September, and I finally have the opportunity to fight for full attendance again, today's second update, send, cheekily ask for a reward and a monthly pass, xiexie.