Chapter 109: The Battle of Julu (9)

The drums of war are like thunder, and the noise of people and horses is endless. The red flag waved in the Qin army, and the army quickly changed formations, and the soldiers who were fighting in the front line quickly retreated to both sides, giving way to an open space. The knights who accelerated at the back of the team did not hesitate to ram into the coalition defense line with their horses, and the bodies of the horses flying high smashed down, meeting the spears of the coalition army, and there was no possibility of survival.

But no one retreated, and the Qin army used this most tragic and easiest way to break through the defense line of the Chu and Zhao armies. Finally, after paying nearly a thousand casualties, the coalition defenses were somewhat loosened. Han Xin's eyes were red, watching his soldiers die generously one by one but could only grit his teeth and insist, he had already dripping blood in his heart.

Seeing that there was an opportunity, he would hesitate, waved his spear, and personally led the army to attack this point. Long Ji also discovered the crisis here, and hurriedly led his troops to plug the gap, but it was too late. Han Xin seized this hard-won opportunity, and took the lead in leading the elite and brave men to break into the depths of the coalition army, slamming left and right like a sharp knife, stirring up chaos in the entire coalition army.

The first to collapse was the Zhao army, half a year ago they were mostly just farmers working in the fields, but now they are facing such a tragic life-and-death battle. Relying on the military formation, they could barely muster up their courage, but now that the hooves of the Qin army had stepped in front of them, they threw down their weapons and fled in all directions with shouts.

Seeing that the Zhao army was so unbearable and that his lungs were blown up, he hurriedly transferred the rear army to defend the Chu army in the city to step forward to block the position abandoned by the Zhao army, wanting to save the rout. At this time, there was a sound of killing in the city, but the gate of the city that had not been attacked for a long time suddenly opened, and Huangfu Gui had already organized the defenders to go out of the city to receive reinforcements.

The coalition army, which had already fallen into the collapse of the border, was suddenly defeated, and the Qin army's iron cavalry was like a flexible arm, constantly attacking the weakest defenses of the coalition army under the leadership of Han Xin, exacerbating their rout.

A fierce war drum and an impassioned slogan completely awakened the bloodthirsty desire in the hearts of the Qin people, and even reversed the situation on the entire battlefield.

The angry dragon was gone, and he couldn't help but glared angrily at the head of the city, who was still beating the drum, and roared and rushed to the city, stretching his bow to shoot.

The dragon and archery are the best of the three armies, and they are determined to win this arrow, but Win Ke is still beating the drum hard, unaware of the imminent threat.

A grim smile appeared at the corner of Long Ji's mouth: Since you can't get it, then destroy it.

"General be careful." One of his own soldiers suddenly shouted, and the dragon was alert, and suddenly felt a wind in the back of his head, and hurriedly lowered his head, a spear grazed his face, nailed to the city wall still with undiminished strength, and the tail of the spear was still buzzing and trembling.

When he turned around, he saw Han Xinzheng in the distance glaring at him angrily, grabbed a shot and rushed towards him, and yelled in his mouth; "Long Ji, do you dare to fight me."

Long He was conceited all his life, he looked down on anyone except Xiang Yu, and when he heard Han Xin being so agitated, he was immediately furious, and he stepped forward to meet him with a gun.

The two horses crossed over, and in an instant the weapons had collided several times, and the two of them turned their horses' heads and fought together.

Long He had seen the competition between Han Xin and Xiang Yu, and thought that Han Xin was good at assassin swordsmanship, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse on the battlefield was not his forte, so he came to meet him with confidence. Unexpectedly, Han Xin's marksmanship was not weaker than him at all, but loomed above him, and he was suddenly more and more shocked in his heart.

He didn't know that Han Xin had been practicing gunnery for more than two years in the Northern Army, just for the battlefield. There is also a master of marksmanship like Wang Jing who has passed on all the marksmanship of the Wang family, you must know that martial arts are originally a hundred and easy to learn, and Han Xin is naturally handy in learning.

Although Long Ji is a fierce general, he is far from Xiang Yu's level, and after more than a dozen moves, Han Xin has already gained an advantage. A spear stabbed horizontally, forcing the dragon and only had the power to parry. Han Xin roared, the spear swept violently, and Long He hurriedly blocked with his spear, but was forced to his chest by a huge force, only to feel that his chest was like a lightning strike, and he immediately spat blood and rolled off the horse.

When Long He struggled to get up, the spear was already in front of his throat, and Han Xin did not move forward, but just looked at him coldly on the horse. The dragon's face was as dead as ashes, and he closed his eyes and said; "I'm not as good as others, and I'm convinced to lose. If you want to kill, kill me, why insult me. ”

Han Xin slowly withdrew the gun and snorted coldly; "Nian is that you and I have an old age, and you are my eldest brother's right-hand man, I will spare your life today. Let's go, if we meet on the battlefield next time, don't blame me for not remembering the old love. ”

The dragon gritted his teeth and got up, got on his horse and left the battlefield without looking back, regardless of his men who were still fighting.

Seeing that the commander was defeated and fled, the Chu and Zhao armies completely gave up resistance and scattered in all directions, and Han Xin did not chase after him, but ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

A ball of flames rushed out of the city gate, and Ying Ke ran out with tears on his face, and Han Xin dismounted with a smile and greeted him.

Win Ke rushed into his arms, wept with joy, and said in a stalk; "I thought I would never see you anymore, without you, Ke'er would be bored to live."

Han Xin's brows furrowed, his body turned slightly sideways, and a painful expression appeared on his face, and in his arms, Ying Ke noticed that his expression was wrong, so he hurriedly asked; "Brother Han, is it where you are injured?"

Han Xin's brows gradually stretched, and he smiled slowly; "It's fine, just a little skin trauma."

Win Ke refused to give up, and insisted that Han Xin take off his armor and bandage his wounds, but Han Xin couldn't pinch her, so he had to nod and agree.

Han Xin had been fighting in the chaotic army for a day, and his body was already scarred, although he avoided the vital place with his martial arts, but the pain of flesh and skin was still inevitable. At the end of the day, the wounds on his body were mixed with rain and blood, and had formed a hard lump with his clothes. But fortunately, they were all external injuries as he said, and they did not hurt the muscles and bones and internal organs.

Ying Ke is used to being pampered, where has he done the work of bandaging wounds, when bandaging wounds, he can't help but be hairy, and from time to time he touches Han Xin's wounds and makes him grin in pain. But this was her intention again, Han Xin still kept smiling in front of her, and the corners of her mouth twitched when she turned around.

At this time, Huang Fugui had already explained the military affairs and hurried over, but when he saw Han Xin sitting on the stool topless and asking the princess to bandage his wounds, he was stunned, and opened his mouth wide as if he wanted to say something, but after all, he couldn't help but say nothing.

"Huangfu Guiduo thanks the general for his rescue." When he walked up to Han Xin, he was about to bow down: Han Xin hurriedly stood up, helped him up and smiled; "We are both Qin Jun, why be so polite." This stop touched the wound, Han Xin couldn't help but snort, and as if Ying Ke glared at him, he quickly sat down honestly again.

Huang Fu Gui shook his head and insisted on worshipping. "General, my worship is for the sake of thousands of Qin people's children under my subordinates, and I hope that my lord will not refuse." Han Xin couldn't resist him, so he had to go with him.

After the emperor bowed, he stood up and said; "Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't seem to have seen you, general, may I ask which general you are from?"

When Han Xin said that he was Zhang Han's subordinate, Huang Fugui was stunned for a moment, and then his face became gloomy, and he looked at Han Xindao with a flickering eye; "So, when Zhang Han sent you to rescue us, he has a big appetite, and he wants to take advantage of the fisherman and swallow the rest of our northern army?"

Han Xin smiled bitterly, thinking that Zhang Han's hand was really the biggest failure in his life, not only did he not protect himself, but he also ended up with a bad reputation. Now everyone in the northern army gritted their teeth with hatred for Zhang Han, even more than the hatred for Xiang Yu, you must know that traitors are far easier to attract hatred than enemies. Fortunately, he was smart at the beginning and did not persuade Wang Jing to go south to Zhang Han to fight against Xiang Yu.

Said with a smile again; "Although I am a subordinate of General Zhangshang, I did not come to the rescue on his orders. I have been in the Northern Army for more than two years, my name is Han Xin, I guess you have heard of General Huangfu. ”

Huang Fugui silently read it twice in his mouth, and suddenly his whole body was shocked, and his face showed an incredible color; "Are you the Han Xin who swept through Mobei, broke the royal court alone, and defeated hundreds of thousands of Hun troops in the three armies?"

Han Xin touched his chin and said with a wry smile; "I guess it's me, but am I really that good?"

Huangfu Gui laughed and said; "General Han, you are too modest, your deeds have already spread all over my northern land, and the young soldiers all regard you as an idol." After speaking, he sighed and said; "It's a pity that our commander doesn't have the capacity to accommodate people, just such a big hero as you, was forced to escape from the Northern Army."

Ying Ke had already finished bandaging at this time, and her expression was a little gloomy when she stood there, Han Xin knew that she was thinking of her uncle, whose life and death were unknown, so he hurriedly interrupted Huang Fugui's words and said; "General Huangfu, how many men do you still have under your command?"

Huangfu Gui lowered his head and sighed, "Nearly half of the eight thousand people under my command were killed or wounded, and now there are less than five thousand. ”

Han Xin nodded, this was already more than he expected in his heart. And he said; "General Huangfu, you go and prepare, gather your men and horses, bring it with you in the camp, and burn it with fire if you can't bring it, we have to evacuate."

"Evacuate, where to go?"

Han Xin looked to the north and said: "Back to the north, Major General Wang Jing has already taken the first step, with him and us, the northern army will not perish!" ”

Huangfu Gui is indeed a capable official, and in less than an hour, he has already taken care of everything in the city. The wounded soldiers were placed on horses, each soldier carrying with them the necessary food and supplies for ten days, and the rest was burned. Fortunately, this was the rear baggage of the Northern Army, and there was no shortage of horses, which allowed this army to move quickly and greatly increased the success of the retreat.

After dealing with the affairs of Yanyu, the 16,000 Qin troops left the city and retreated to the north.

The city belongs to the territory of Shangdang County, and to the north is Taiyuan County. When the northern army moved south, a few garrisons were stationed in each city, so Han Xin sent messengers to inform the northern troops along the way in advance, ordering them to abandon the city and make peace with the army.

By gathering thousands of soldiers, Han Xin already had 20,000 subordinates by the time he arrived in Jinyang.

In the past five days, the Qin army has already been sleepy and tired, and Han Xin is worried about Xiang Yu's pursuers, so he keeps urging him to hurry, but fortunately, he didn't see Xiang Yu's iron cavalry attacking all the way.

But when he arrived in Jinyang City, he encountered trouble. The Zhao army had been ordered by Xiang Yu to send 30,000 heavy troops to guard Jinyang to prevent the remnants of the northern army from fleeing north.

Jinyang City is built on the side of mountains and rivers, with Fenshui in the west and hills and forests in the east. If the Qin army wanted to go north, it must first capture Jinyang, or cross Fenshui in the east and Yue Mountain in the west.

The water here was turbulent, and it was difficult for the Qin army, who lacked the means to cross the river, to cross the Fenshui. Or over the mountains, then it will definitely have to throw away the horses that depend on it for a living, and if Xiang Yu's pursuers arrive at that time, the Qin army will only be sent to death.

Therefore, if you want to go north, there is only one way out to capture Jinyang.

This Qin army fled north lightly, let alone bring any siege weapons. It was impossible to storm the city, so Han Xin could only carefully arrange, wanting to lure out the defenders in the city in order to annihilate them. Unexpectedly, the defenders in the city received a death order, and they were only allowed to defend, and no matter what, they did not go out of the city to fight the Qin army.

Han Xin tried his best, but the guards in the city were indifferent, just guarding the city and not coming out.

The Qin army was delayed for two days under the city of Jinyang, but nothing was found, and Han Xin tried to storm again, but only lost 2,000 soldiers in vain.

Seeing that the road to the north was blocked, and Xiang Yu's pursuers could catch up at any time. The Qin army's heart gradually became chaotic, and the panic and anxiety spread rapidly among the army, and even a few deserters appeared.

Han Xin had no choice but to turn the army around and move south, along the Fenshui all the way south. This time, he came up with a slogan to encourage the morale of the army: 'Go home'.

Back to the level! Go back to Daqin!

Relying on these words, the Qin army regained their morale, and they crossed Shangdang County again, wanting to take advantage of the ferry to the east of the river to return to the west of the river.

On the ninth day, the scouts had the astonishing news that their pursuers had appeared behind them, and a considerable number of elite cavalry was following their route.