Chapter 176: The Battle of Tiger Prison Pass (1)
Red and black.
Chu and Qin, the colors of the flag, symbolize boiling blood and indifferent discipline.
Mix them together, and it's crimson blood.
The two armies of Qin and Chu confronted each other in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and a battle that could be called the largest and far-reaching after the Battle of the Giant Deer finally began in the rumbling war drums after more than a month of testing and preparation.
The plains outside the pass.
In the middle of a green day in the summer, the tents with green skin and cloth rise, the Chu army camp is continuous for several miles, looking from afar, you can see the flags of the Chinese army's Daxu, left, right, front and rear battalions, located in the front of the Chu army flag, written with the word "item" in the big character of the seal, and the other battalions also have the surname of the general.
This time, Xiang Yu almost poured out of the nest.
The five generals under his command, in addition to the dragon and the death, Yingbu turned against the eye, Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, Yu Ziqi three generals are all in number, Zhong Liwu and the first army are partial divisions, alone in the north of the river, Ji Bu and Yu Ziqi respectively served as the main generals of the left battalion and the rear battalion, in addition, Ding Gong, Zhou Yin, Zhou Lan and other slightly famous generals of the Chu army are also waiting in the camp.
On the right flank of the Chu army, there is still a part of the camp with chaotic banners, which are some small shili teams who rushed to attach, with their combat power, basically no real role, at most they are waving the flag and shouting.
July 11, morning.
The north wind from the big river had just blown away the mist in front of the pass, and the generals of the Chu army buried the pot early to make food and began the first day of life in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.
Ji Bu, the commander of the left army of the Chu camp, got up early, went out of the camp tent, and carefully inspected the deployment of the camp while inspecting the generals under his command.
"Big brother, you see that the camp, antlers, fences, and traps in this section are properly arranged, if Qin Gou dares to come. Tell them to come and go! "Look, Jibu is coming. A rough man who was directing his soldiers to dig a trench shouted. Then he jumped out of the pit excitedly.
"Captain Ji, Qin Jun is not a dog, a wolf, or a jackal on the grassland. So, don't underestimate your opponents. Also, please call me a general in the army. Ji Bu said expressionlessly.
"This--, put on the big brother's shelf again!" Ji Xin was stunned for a while. When he understood what Ji Bu meant, he found that his eldest brother had gone far away and only his back was left.
Looking at Ji Xin's eating row, the Chu soldiers who were digging snickered one by one, Ji Bu led the soldiers rigorously and promised a thousand gold, so he was deeply supported by the soldiers, on the contrary, Ji Xin was straightforward and righteous, and was famous for his bravery in the army, and the two brothers were brave and promised. Under their leadership, this Chu army repeatedly defeated the powerful Qin army. Ji Bu also quickly grew into one of the five generals under Xiang Yu.
Not far away, a fast horse galloped along the passage between the camps.
"The overlord has an order, the left battalion has 2,000 men and horses, and the army will go to battle with the army!" Seeing the figure of Jibu, the messenger did not have time to rein in the reins of the horse, but turned over and jumped off the horse, holding the command and shouting loudly.
"Fight, fight-!"
Hearing the order, the soldiers of the Ji Bu battalion immediately let out a burst of shouts, and the soldiers of the Chu army, who had just beaten Tian Rong's ragtag troops miserably in Qidi, were obviously not satisfied with the so-called merit of bullying the weak, and they were looking forward to meeting a strong opponent and having a good time with a chess game.
"Tell the overlord, a moment later, Bu will come out of the left camp gate!" Ji Bu's cold face finally had a trace of fluctuation.
Li Yuan.
The young man who was in the middle of the day.
It's really jealous.
With the same seven-foot man's body, Ji Bu has not respected anyone else except for admiring Xiang Yu, but for Li Yuan, who has never met before, he has raised his spirit.
The courage of Long and the best of the Chu army, even if the strategy is a little weaker, but with the support of bravery, the difficulty of defeating Long Ji's 50,000 elite soldiers can be imagined, and the most incredible thing for Ji Bu is that the Long and the army was still completely annihilated, in other words, with Long Ji's ability, he couldn't even escape.
It's July.
The sun scorched the earth.
The rainy season of Huangmei in May and June passed, replaced by a strong and intimidating strong light, the fiery red banner gathered in the Chu camp, the figure of the overlord Xiang Yu was embraced by many generals, flickering, the gate was opened, the horses' hooves were trampled, and a column of Chu troops proudly held their heads high, throwing a provocative gaze towards the Tiger Prison Pass.
"Overlord, Overlord—!"
Under the guidance of the high-voiced soldiers specially selected in the army, the shouts of the tsunami from the mountains three times made the morale of the generals of the Chu army rise all of a sudden.
The Chu army fought against the enemy and scolded the formation.
Fang just led the morale-boosting Chu army trumpeters to go out of battle under the urging of drums, and in front of the pass, began their own performance, this kind of scolding that looks a little funny, but it is real, throughout the entire ancient cold weapon war, and they are accompanied by the heads-up between generals and generals.
The purpose of the Chu army was to induce the Qin army to fight!
Guarded by several horsemen on the left and right, Xiang Yu's Chinese army began to move towards the front of the Chu army.
Lead by example.
Every battle comes first.
This is Xiang Yu's habitual practice, and it is also the reason why he can win the support of the soldiers, for ordinary Chu soldiers, what kind of rhetoric is not as exemplary as action, there is no doubt that Xiang Yu has done a very good job in this regard.
"Li Yuan'er, dare to fight!" Xiang Yu shouted, the sound was like thunder, and a pair of heavy pupils looked particularly strange under the sunlight.
"Herod!" The black horse neighed, the front hooves were raised high, Xiang Yu was a person, a horse and a halberd, and the red Daxu of the Chu army that hunted and danced complemented each other, so that the soldiers of the Chu army felt that Xiang Yu was like the Erlang God Yang Halberd in the sky, and suddenly surrendered.
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Tiger Prison Pass.
The Qin army's spear array is like a forest, with bronze swords, high buns, and nervous generals and military marquis, building a guard scene that is completely different from that of the Chu army.
The shouting and scolding of the Chu army came, which made the faces of several young Qin soldiers standing at the pass with a little excitement, and soon, under the order of the marquis who led the team, these soldiers slowly regained their calm.
Hot and cold.
Inside and outside the gates, two completely different camps were formed.
Qin Shenwu Marquis Li Yuan was wearing the same black cloak, and his whole body was like ink for a quarter of an hour, and in the face of Chu Jun's scolding, there was no emotional fluctuation on his face.
"Li Hou, Xiang Yu invites the battle, Menghu asks for the order, go out of the customs and break the enemy-!" Meng Hu, the general of the border army, ran up to the pass, and the Chu army under the pass asked for orders.
When Xiang Yu led the army that broke through the eight camps of the Qin border army in Julu Company reappeared, Meng Hu could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, the glory of the border army was not obtained by defeating the miscellaneous armies of Ghost Fang and Shenyang, but by defeating the strongest army in the world - the Chu army to win.
The border army has the glory of the border army.
If you want to re-emerge the elite cavalry troops of Great Qin, there is still a long way to go before it is restored, and under the command of Meng Hu, there are only a thousand cavalry, compared to Xiang Yu, he is still too young and immature.
Xiang Yu personally invited the battle.
Li Yuan can not fight, has been guarding the pass, if the Chu army attacked, relying on the danger of the pass is understandable, the army of the six countries under the leadership of Su Qin's conspiracy strategy, attacked Hangu Pass, is subject to the Qin army's stubborn defense, however, after seeing Menghu, Li Yuan changed his mind.
Meng Hu has the courage to dare to face a strong enemy, what does he Li Yuan not dare.
At the beginning, when he was only a small military marquis in Yongqiu City, he was able to confront the powerful Chu army head-on, and now, he has commanded tens of thousands of elite soldiers, is he still afraid?
"Xiang Yu, it's also two hands and two feet, it's not more than others, why not go for a while?" Li Yuan's heart was agitated, and his eyes stared at Meng Hu's young face for a long time, until he became panicked in his heart.
"Li Hou-!" Meng Hu's sharp spirit was pressed by Li Yuanyi, and he gradually became a little discouraged.
"Captain Meng, you will gather all the men and horses, and go out with Ben Hou!" Just when he was disappointed, Li Yuan's order gave Meng Hu a sense of joy coming back from the dead.
Li Yuan, who is still the Li Yuan who is willing to take risks to help Gao Nu, has not changed, and Meng Hu secretly regrets that he misunderstood Li Yuan's cowardice.
"Order, General Wang Shang, order two thousand crossbowmen and fight together!"
"Order, the armor will take the head of the Chu general who died in the battle of Luoyang, and pick it in front of the battle!" Li Yuan's continuous orders caused the scouts who were delivering the message at the head of the city to rush away.
1,000 cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, a total of 3,000 soldiers and horses, compared with the huge Chu army of tens of thousands, the number is much less, but in terms of momentum, these two Qin armies are by no means weaker than any opponent.
Needless to say, the elite of the border army is no longer mentioned, the crossbow troops are known as the sharp weapons of the Qin State Town, and the crossbowmen in Wang Shang's hands have repeatedly fought viciously, and have killed fierce generals like Fan Xu.
"Squeak!"
The heavy gate of the pass was opened, the huge lock pulled the drawbridge and slowly fell, Wang Shang's crossbowmen killed like a fish, and a cold machine crossbow was like a beast with a huge mouth open, and the cold light of the crossbow made the Chu pawn on the opposite side shudder.
Behind the crossbowmen, there was a cavalry team composed of several tall and healthy horses, and these Qin soldiers were naked with half of their bodies, revealing strong chest muscles and thick arms, showing their fat color.
The Qin army's Zhongjun Daxu appeared in Zuihou, symbolizing the black color of death, which made people suffocate and nervous, and what made the Chu army even more red-eyed was that on the top of the flagpole, there were several Bai Sensen's heads being held high, and the strange and bloody scene made some timid Chu soldiers couldn't help but bend over and vomit.
"It's Captain Xiao—!" A lieutenant who was familiar with Xiao Gongjiao exclaimed in surprise and almost fell off his horse.
"Qin Dog. So brutal! At this moment, most of the morale of the Chu army was lost, and the frightened soldiers stared at the frightened eyes and searched around, if it weren't for the general's bullets, some of the soldiers almost scattered immediately.
In the way of the other, return the body of the other.
The Chu army, who took the pit killing and surrendering as the fun, finally really felt the pain of the pain after enjoying the happiness brought by brutality. (To be continued.) )