Chapter 132: The Decisive Battle (Part II)
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From sunrise to the present, the siege has been going on for three hours, and both the Qin army and the coalition army are exhausted. The soldiers in the city mechanically brandished their broadswords and fought hard, forcing the Qin army down the city step by step, seeing that victory was about to be achieved, but they heard a rapid sound of gold in their own camp. The soldier with a bloody and sweaty face poked his head out to look at the city in confusion, but his mouth was wide open and he was speechless in surprise.
Beneath the city walls, a huge black dragon was slowly converging from the city gate. After breaking the Wei army at the city gate, the chariot did not rush straight to the coalition base camp in the distance, but quickly assembled and turned around and rushed towards the coalition army that was besieging the city.
More than 2,000 huge chariots roared like a landslide and tsunami, and Midex tightly grasped the reins, trying to control the direction of the angry horse. The chariots kept a distance of two feet from each other to prevent collisions with each other, and the heavy halberdiers on the carts leaned down and clung to the railings to prevent being thrown out by the violently bumpy chariots, and what they had to do now was not to fight and fight, but to tear apart the coalition defenses with great momentum.
The iron hooves smashed on the ground like thunder, even though the opponents were so outnumbered, ten or a hundred times more than them! Along the city walls, there were black and oppressive human heads, and the border could not be seen in the distance, but they were not afraid.
The first to encounter was the siege troops of the Qi army and the Wei army, and the army of 50,000 people was stunned to see the Qin ironclad troops coming in the distance. It wasn't until the breath of death came so close that it was impossible to breathe that the soldiers who had recovered from their senses hurriedly formed in the midst of the officers' whipping and scolding, and before their frightened expressions could freeze, the chariots were already surging like a tsunami. The soldiers in the front row were completely crushed into pulp before they even had time to scream, and the weak defense line of the coalition army was easily torn apart by the Qin army.
Row after row of ironclad torrents roared by, crushing the last little resistance of the coalition forces into powder, and the black chariot was like a grim reaper, driving wherever it went, there was a whole piece of flesh and blood, and the terrified coalition soldiers screamed wildly, threw down their weapons and turned around and ran,
Meng Shi was at the forefront of the team, and his face was flushed with excitement with a somewhat immature face under the helmet, and when Han Xin handed over this trump card unit to him, he only gave one order, that is, rush, rush, rush! Non-stop forward assault, assault, assault! Until the last chariot, the last Qin army, fell.
Meng Shi suddenly opened his hands, waved the sword in his hand wildly, and roared like a beast in his mouth; "Kill! Kill! Kill it! ”
At this time, Xiang Yu in the large camp in the distance was already pale, he almost roared to convey the military orders one after another, and Yu Ziqi ordered to quickly assemble the remaining Chu army and the Four Nations Alliance army in the camp, preparing to form a formation to intercept the crazy onslaught of the Qin army. The Zhao army, which was closest to the Qin army, was ordered to stand by for reinforcements, buying enough time for the army to assemble.
Zhao General Shen Yang looked at the Qin army Tieliu who was rushing wildly with a pale face, and the officers of the Zhao army in front of the battle kept shouting loudly to steady their feet.
The elite soldiers in the world are all from Qin and Zhao, and the Zhao people are also famous for their courage and good warfare in the Seven Kingdoms, in fact, the Zhao army is also the most relied on by Xiang Yu in the princes' army, and the preferential treatment of them is far better than that of the armies of Qi, Yan and Wei.
But at this moment, the faces of the Zhao soldiers who were in a hurry were as pale as their main generals, and the hands holding the halberd in their hands also trembled slightly with the trembling of the ground.
The earth trembled violently under his feet, and the sound of horseshoe wheels rumbled in his ears like thunder, remembering that although the Qin army's chariot array was only 6,000 people, the soaring murderous aura emitted was as unstoppable as Mount Tai's overwhelming.
"Put." The officer in front of the formation hissed and roared as hard as he could, and a dark cloud rose from the Zhao army's formation, and nearly 10,000 feather arrows shot towards the torrent of the Qin army that was moving at high speed. The expected person turned on his back but did not appear, the feather arrows were fiercely inserted into the wooden frame on the chariot, but there was only a clanging sound when shot at the armor's body, and the heavy armor on the armor and the war horse easily bounced these feather arrows away, only a few unlucky ghosts were shot into the gaps in the armor, and disappeared under the rolling horseshoe wheels with a scream.
Before the archers could shoot the second round of arrows, the hooves of the Qin army had already arrived, and the huge war horses slammed into the soldiers in front of the Zhao army, smashing out a deep pit in the Zhao army's formation. The huge inertia could not be easily blocked by flesh and blood, and the galloping war horse dragged the broken chariot and still rushed forward with all his strength, easily stepping on the ant-like Zhao Jun in front of him. The roars of the Qin soldiers drowned out the screams of people turning over on their backs, and the five columns of phalanxes in the front row of the Zhao army were overwhelmed by this torrent of iron armor in less than a round.
The Qin army's chariots tore through the Zhao army's defense line as easily as a sharp blade, and directly chiseled through the Zhao army's military formation in half. Shen Yang was slightly relieved to see that the Qin army had limited strength, and he was only able to chisel through the Zhao army but was unable to pursue and kill the rout. He was about to gather the scattered Zhao soldiers, but he saw a forest of swords flashing at the end of the chariot array, shining in the western sun, and tens of thousands of Qin army's light cavalry followed the rushing chariot formation and then killed him.
Although the impact of the Qin army's chariot array was amazing, it was limited in number after all, and it was difficult to turn back and chase the scattered enemy under the high-speed gallop, and the light cavalry that followed closely behind undertook the task of slaughter. This was Han Xin's intention, to tear apart the coalition defense line with chariot soldiers, and the 35,000 cavalry under his own command followed to completely crush the coalition army.
Zhao Jun, who was shrouded in great fear, realized that the opponent in front of him was not something they could defeat, and after a frightened scream, tens of thousands of soldiers immediately collapsed and fled in all directions. Shen Yang didn't want to throw his life here, so he immediately fell off his horse and ran wildly.
Although the Zhao army was defeated, it made the momentum of the Qin army's onslaught and bought precious time for the Yu Zi period, at this time he had already rushed up with the 60,000 Chu troops who had come in full armor to meet the attack. The first to attack the Chu army's formation was not the Qin army, but the scattered Zhao army, Qi army and Wei army, but they were greeted by a forest of spears and a dense rain of arrows, so as not to impact the Chu army's military formation. The routs had no choice but to flee from both sides by a detour, followed by the thunderous chariots of the Qin army.
One after another, the chariots smashed into the position of the Chu army like meteors, turning the dense defense line into a huge concave. The chariot in the high-speed gallop turned up in the sky, and it was greeted by a long halberd like a forest of halberds. The chariot weighing more than 1,000 catties was smashed down, and the soldiers who were hit in the phalanx were either killed or wounded. The follow-up Qin army did not know how to die, and continued to rush towards the defense line of the Chu army as fiercely as always.
The first, two, fifth, and tenth....... layers of Chu army's defense line were torn apart, but there were soldiers who kept filling it with flesh and blood. Yu Ziqi's eyes were red, and he kept urging the soldiers to go up and fill the loopholes like crazy, and he still refused to stop until they were all dead.
He knew in his heart that only by stopping the crazy momentum of the Qin army could he have a chance to win, otherwise he was afraid that the whole army would be wiped out here. That's why he didn't care about the casualties of the soldiers, and used the most brave and unafraid elite soldiers in the Chu army.
Finally, after the chariot of the Qin army chiseled through the layers of defense lines, it finally stopped the momentum of rushing forward, and the heavy infantry with halberds on the vehicles began to play their role, and the thick heavy armor of their bodies was not afraid of the swords and arrows in the hands of the Chu army, but the halberds in their hands could bring a scream of the Chu army as long as they waved their hands.
Although the heavy armored halberds on the chariot are still powerful, the Qin army has lost the powerful impact force that it relies on the most, and when Han Xin's light cavalry comes, although the Chu army has suffered heavy casualties and has been oppressed by the Qin army to retreat again and again, it has stabilized the military formation and will not collapse in a short time.
And this time is the opportunity for Xiang Yu to win.
Xiang Yu's elite cavalry was waiting for this opportunity, more than 24,000 elite cavalry were like arrows off the string, galloping quickly towards the left wing of the Qin army, Xiang Yu, who was dressed in a fiery red cloak, was particularly conspicuous in the army, and the black horse under his crotch was like black lightning in the lead.
Xiang Yu never hid his tracks on the battlefield, on the contrary, he always wanted his soldiers to see him, knowing that their commander was fighting with them. He is always at the forefront of the ranks, and his straight posture is like a banner, guiding the most fervent fighting spirit of his soldiers.
As long as his figure appeared, the soldiers and soldiers of Chu all burst out with cheers, and they all bravely rushed forward and burst out with huge combat effectiveness, this is the domineering spirit that swept the world!
Han Xin saw Xiang Yu coming from a distance, and immediately abandoned the infantry of the Chu army, and quickly gathered the cavalry to rush to kill him. The two streams of iron smashed together head-on, and the soldiers of the two armies fell off their horses one after another, but they didn't have time to snort before they stepped into meat under the hooves of ten thousand horses. A round of rushing and killing, both sides suffered heavy casualties, but they continued to turn their horses' heads and rush head-on.
Both Xiang Yu and Han Xin chose the simplest and most tragic method, using the momentum of the cavalry to make decisions quickly, and time was precious to both of them. Round after round of hedging and fighting, Qin Jun and Chu Jun were like two beasts biting red eyes, ignoring the blood on their bodies, just angrily moving forward and wanting to tear the opponent in front of them to pieces.
At this time, there is no reason to speak of, just a simple rush to kill, a rush to kill, and continue to rush and kill until the opponent is all dead or he is all killed.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield had gradually become unfavorable to the Qin army, which had taken the coalition army by surprise with a sharp spirit, and successively scattered hundreds of thousands of troops. And now, like a giant beast stuck in the quagmire, it can't move, and the Chu army has bitten the Qin army fiercely, preventing it from wreaking havoc on the battlefield and killing it. The Yuzi period army, which was in chaos by the impact of the chariot, has also come to its senses, and is slowly slaughtering the heavily armored chariots that are deep in the formation, and the defeated soldiers of various countries have also gathered under the tents of their respective commanders to regroup.
The blood of the Qin people was running out drop by drop, and watching the soldiers around him keep falling, Han Xin's confidence was extremely cold, and he began to be afraid, and his teeth couldn't help but tremble.
He couldn't afford to lose, and once he lost, all the people who had trusted him, and those who had entrusted his lives to him, would die one by one, and he suddenly thought that it would really be his good luck that had run out.
But at this moment, he could only hold on to the horse's mane tightly, and the spear in his hand was raised high, facing the Chu cavalry that was rushing to kill.
If the arrow has been shot, there is no reason to turn back! Now that I have made a decision, I can only grit my teeth and persevere.
After rounds of rushing and killing, the ranks of the Qin cavalry became thinner and thinner, and Yu Ziqi had already exhausted his spare strength to slowly approach from the right flank, wanting to outflank Han Xin.
Just when Han Xin was about to fall into despair, he heard a long horn sound faintly in the distance, which was the horn sound of the Qin army's charge, and his whole body was suddenly like a lightning strike, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar in ecstasy.
Li Xin, you didn't fail me after all!
Behind the coalition camp, a dark cloud suddenly poured out, and the mighty Qin Army Longxi Army finally arrived at the battlefield at the most critical moment.
It was Li Xin who took the lead, he did not wear a helmet, but pointed forward with a sword swing from his cape, and his loud screams boosted the morale of his subordinates, and his gray hair contrasted sharply with the radiant expression on his face.
He seems to be twenty years younger, and he has returned to the battlefield of the year, leading the invincible army of the Qin State to completely crush and annihilate the rabble of the six Kwantung countries!
Although most of his men were poorly armoured, many of them even held rudimentary homemade weapons in their hands. The northwest of Longxi is not richer than Guanzhong, where most of the Qin people still rely on nomadism for a living. They didn't have the mountains of sophisticated weapons and armor in the Xianyang car, nor did they have the rich rewards of the palace and nobles, they were more attached to the Qin State in their hearts.
No one loves the empire they built more than them, and the Qin State has grown step by step from the birth of a horse in Longxi to the huge empire that unified the six countries, all relying on their outstanding military exploits. They lived in the desolate Longxi and northern lands, ate rough and simple food, but sacrificed their lives with the Qiang, Huns and horse thieves all day long. Although many of them are on the battlefield for the first time, it is not the first time they have killed people, and their rich combat experience is enough to make up for the disadvantage in equipment.
Li Xin has hardly had a moment to rest in Longxi in the past two months, and he has been running around for help as if he was obsessed. He is the eldest son of the Li clan of Longxi, and he is a famous general of the Qin State back then, the old departments of the army in the past are all over the three counties, relying on his family background and qualifications in the army, he did not spend much tongue to take over the military and political affairs of the three counties, and then visited the patriarchs of various tribes one by one, asking them to send adult warriors to save the fate of Daqin.
Relying on Li Xin's efforts, he finally raised an army of nearly 100,000 people in Longxi, racked his brains to piece together weapons and equipment for this army, and used the old troops in the army to control this army of cantons, and then quickly killed Xianyang to rescue.
Outside the west of the city, he got the military order brought by Han Xin's messenger, and he hibernated in the mountains according to the order, until the scout reported that he found the paper kite at the head of Xianyang City early this morning, and then sent troops straight to Xianyang according to the agreement, and finally appeared behind the coalition army at the most critical juncture.
Li Xin had a lot of experience when he was crisscrossing the frontier, and he saw at a glance the crisis of the coalition forces at the moment, and immediately led the army directly to the weak battalion of the coalition army, wanting to occupy the camp in one fell swoop.
In the tent of the coalition army, several princes looked at each other, all panicked and at a loss, and wanted to return to the camp and lead the army to escape. At this time, Fan Zeng had already arrived in stride, and yelled at Zang Di: "General Zang, you immediately take the Yan army to block the Qin army, go quickly." ”
Zang Di said in shock; "Fan Zeng, are you hurting me, I have less than 40,000 troops, and you let me stop the Qin army?"
Fan Zeng's old face was full of anger, and he grabbed Zang Di's shirt fiercely and roared; "Do you think you ran away? Go quickly, or we'll all die without a place to bury. Didn't you always want to be the king of Yan, I will promise you for King Xiang. I don't want you to win the Qin army, as long as you resist it for me, and it will be fine for a quarter of an hour. ”
Zang Di's face trembled, Fan Zeng's coercion and temptation really moved him, he spat on the ground fiercely, his heart swelled up ruthlessly, and roared loudly; "Okay, I'll go."
After speaking, he turned around and went to the camp to take the Yan army to meet Li Xin, Fan Zeng knew that his troops were too thin, and forced more than 40,000 scattered coalition soldiers to fight side by side with the Yan army under the leadership of their respective commanders.
Xiang Yu's heart had also fallen to the freezing point at this moment, and his eyes, who had always been fearless, actually showed a look of panic for the first time. He gritted his teeth, he wanted to kill Han Xin as soon as possible, but he still suppressed his anger, he knew that the most important thing now was not to kill Han Xin, but to keep his camp. If the camp is lost, then everything is over!
Taking advantage of the situation to rush and kill, Xiang Yu did not turn around and continue to fight, but led his subordinates to rush to the camp. Han Xin did not pursue, but turned the team to kill Yu Ziqi, wanting to solve this Chu army first.
At this time, Li Xin's army had already fought with the coalition army, and the coalition army killed by the Qin army, which was in high morale, retreated step by step, and the defense line was crumbling. Zang Di gritted his teeth and held on to prevent the defense line from collapsing, waiting for Xiang Yu's reinforcements.
Li Xin saw that there was a commotion after seeing the army, and more than 10,000 cavalry of the Chu army had already tore in from his rear, and the rear army of the Qin army was suddenly in chaos. The first one was Xiang Yu, who was holding the halberd, and wherever the halberd came, it was as unstoppable as a landslide and a stone crack, and the Qin soldiers screamed and died.
These Qin troops were all built by Li Xin with all his hard work in the past two months, and he couldn't be heartbroken when he saw it. Suddenly roared, and the spear was killed at Xiang Yu, wanting to behead this Chu general immediately under the horse.