Chapter 107: The Battle of Julu (7)
Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, the whole land was dark, and the oppressive smell in the air was breathless. A large group of cavalry galloped down the night straight, and they did not light torches for illumination, but followed the front army all the way down the straight.
Finally, the pouring rain fell from the sky, and the sky and the earth were suddenly filled with mist. From time to time, lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the entire darkness, and then thunder rang out. The raindrops of soybeans smashed down on the knight's face, and the rain soaked the helmet and flowed down the collar into the placket, leaving no dry place on his body.
The knights bowed their bodies and pressed their faces tightly against the necks of their horses, and no one made a sound, except for the anxious and short urges of the officers; "Quick, quick, quick." The lightning brought an instant of light, reflecting the young faces of the horse, just staring wide-eyed in the rain to see the road ahead.
No one complained, because their generals hurried in the same rain as they did, and no one was timid, because their generals were always a man who would not fail.
Although it was raining heavily, the cavalry of more than 10,000 people still maintained a simple queue at high speed. Zhang Han did not treat Han Xin badly, he supplemented Han Xin's troops with elite soldiers, and his training equipment was not much inferior to the Northern Army. In the past two months, Han Xin has won every battle, which has given this army great confidence, and more importantly, he can share weal and woe with all the soldiers, and he is the first soldier in every battle, so he is deeply supported by the soldiers.
Although everyone didn't know where they were going or what kind of opponent they would face, everyone was full of confidence in Han Shin.
Han Xin was at the front of the line, pursing his lips and letting the rain run down his face. The wound on his forehead was soaked in rainwater, and he didn't have time to bandage it, so he looked forward with a frown, thinking about his thoughts.
Everyone had faith in him, but he didn't have much faith in himself. He already knew the rest of the defeat of the Northern Army, and no one knew how bad the battle situation was now, the only thing that was certain was that the Qin Army would not only face Xiang Yu's Chu Army, but the entire coalition of princes who saw the defeat of the Northern Army and took the opportunity to 'beat the water dogs'.
With 10,000 tired troops to face hundreds of thousands of anti-Qin coalition troops, or in Xiang Yu, a morale coalition army commanded by a natural god of war, he Han Xin is just a person, not a god! So what he was thinking about was not how to defeat the anti-Qin coalition army, but how to rescue Wang Jing, Tian Shi, and many brothers who had lived and died with him.
The straight road soon came to an end, and the Qin army broke away from the straight road and turned to run towards Julu. The mud caused by the heavy rain made it very inconvenient for the Qin army to walk, but it also covered up the movement of the Qin army's march very well. The Chu army did not, or did not have time to set up blockades and scouts in the west, so that Han Xin could drive all the way in.
The rain gradually stopped, and the moonlight came out again. The Qin army had been marching in the heavy rain for nearly two hours, and the Qin army was already sleepy and tired.
At this time, Zhao Wuji rushed up to ride with Han Xin, and said loudly; "General, the scout is here, ten miles ahead is the camp of the Northern Army, the Chu army and the princes' army are besieging and fighting, and we may be discovered if we go any further."
When Han Xin heard this, he ordered the advance to be stopped, and the whole army stood by to rest, replenishing the horses with some fine materials to nourish the horsepower, and he himself took Zhao Wuji to a peak near the battlefield to personally investigate the military situation.
Standing on the top of the mountain and looking out, I saw that the battlefield in the distance was in chaos, and the earth-shattering sound of killing could be clearly heard even from a distance of several miles. Countless rockets were fired at the Qin army's position, but fortunately, it had just rained heavily and the ground was damp, so it did not cause a fire, but on the contrary, it also greatly reduced the effect of the bow and crossbow that the Qin army relied on as a sharp weapon.
Under the cover of rockets that obscured the sky, the Chu army and the allied forces of the princes rushed forward shouting 'kill', while the Qin army guarded the fence and arrow towers, each of which was full of corpses. Xiang Yu really didn't give the Qin army any chance to breathe as Han Xin expected, even if the torrential rain was pouring down, he still led the soldiers to continue to fight.
His Chu army has been fighting for a whole day, and normal people have long been exhausted, but the Chu army is still fighting with red eyes and selflessness, regardless of losses, casualties, everyone has only one thought in their minds; Follow the main general and kill all the Qin dogs.
The Qin army, which was forced to the end of the situation, also mustered up the determination to fight to the death, they knew very well that once the camp was captured, death awaited them, and from the afternoon to now, this remnant army had resisted for a full six hours. The situation has become more and more unfavorable to them, most of the camp has been captured, and the Qin army is only cowering in the southwest corner and resisting stubbornly, and it is only a matter of time before it is captured.
Han Xin closed his eyes in pain, he had too deep feelings for this army, but today he wanted to see its demise with his own eyes.
Zhao Wuji's panicked voice sounded in his ears. "General, the Northern Army is dying, should we go to the rescue?"
Han Xin shook his head slowly, the matter has come to this point, no matter how resourceful he Han Xin is, he will not be able to return to the sky. Let 10,000 cavalry of the Qin army attack the hundreds of thousands of morale-boosting coalition troops, that is undoubtedly stirring up a small wave in the sea, even if it can make the coalition army a little chaotic, but it will soon be annihilated by the army.
"We've removed 10,000 more corpses, and it's useless."
Zhao Wuji's eyes widened, "Then what are we going to do?" Could it be that you are watching the annihilation of the Northern Army? ”
"Let's go north." Han Xin turned his head, as if he wanted to listen to the screams of the fighting and screaming, he had long known that Wang Jing was not by Wang Li's side, but as the deputy of Shijian, Tianshi and they were Wang Jing's subordinates.
Since you can't save the fate of the Northern Army, you can only do your best.
The camp of Shijian was thirty miles north of Julu City, and it was originally placed by Wang Li's princes' armies to defend Yan, Zhao, and Daidi.
Shijian was much luckier than Su Jiao, he got Wang Li's wolf smoke warning signal before the Chu army attacked, so he was prepared not to be attacked by Yingbu. And this Qin army is facing Yingbu, not Xiang Yu, which is also their luck.
Although Yingbu is brave and abnormal, he is not Xiang Yu after all, his reputation and prestige are far from convincing the princes, and most of the princes of the Yan army, Zhao army, and Dai army treat his military orders negatively, which makes the army of Shijian still hold the camp without loss.
The 30,000 Chu troops under Yingbu, plus the 100,000 princes' armies of Yan, Zhao, and Daidi, have far exceeded the 40,000 northern troops in Shijian. However, the Qin army in Shijian was not attacked by Xiang Yu, so the morale was still preserved, and several attacks by the coalition army were repulsed.
Yingbu also found that the princes' armies were not of great use, so he ordered the armies of the three kingdoms to besiege the eastern, northern, and western triangles, attracting the defensive strength of the Qin army, so that they did not dare to rush to the aid of other places, and he himself led 30,000 Chu troops to storm the south. This trick really worked, the disadvantage of the Qin army's strength gradually appeared, the defense line was gradually broken through by the Chu army, and the entire Qin army's camp was cut in half, with one part of the river in the west of the camp, and Wang Jing led most of the resistance in the east.
Seeing this, Yingbu decisively left Wang Jing behind, turned his head and concentrated his forces to storm the river. There were few soldiers in Shijian, and it didn't take long to be wiped out by the Chu army, and Shijian himself set himself on fire in despair.
In the Qin army, Wang Jing roared and raised the big gun high, throwing the corpse of the Chu army on the tip of the gun away, the blood on his face had already blurred his eyes, and he couldn't tell whether it was his own blood or the blood of the enemy. This wave of the Chu army's offensive had retreated, and he sat on the ground with a big gun, panting heavily.
He had been fighting all night, and he was desperate to think that he would not survive the long night, but he was surprised to find that the dawn had come.
At this moment, his heart was extremely sad and indignant, and his eyes were wide open, as if he wanted to figure out why in less than a day, the mighty army of more than 200,000 Northern Army ended up like this. At first, he was full of hope that his father would come to the rescue, but when he saw the wolf smoke burning high in the Chinese army, he knew what despair was.
He has only one hope now, and that is to hold on a little longer, and maybe there will be a miracle.
A soldier suddenly shouted loudly: "General, the Chu army is going to attack again." ”
Wang Jingqiang stood up on his own, the war drums of the coalition army battalion under the mountain beat again, and tens of thousands of coalition troops stepped forward like a tide and shouted loudly, and the Chu army was still in the lead.
Wang Jing shouted loudly in a hoarse voice; "Northern Army, face the battle."
"Bow and crossbow."
The sparse crossbows fell in the ranks of the coalition forces, causing a little panic as the ranks continued to march in stride.
Wang Jing held the big gun tightly, and his eyes slowly swept over the tired faces of the soldiers around him, he knew that they were already at the end of their crossbows. This attack may be the last.
"Fight to the death!" Wang Jing raised his spear high, his eyes were about to split, and he shouted vigorously. With a wave of his spear, he was about to fall down and lead the crowd to meet him, but his body suddenly froze there.
"Woo... Wang Jing faintly heard the sound of the horn, and in the distance, he put down his weapon, pricked up his ears and listened hard.
That's right, it was indeed the sound of a horn, the sound of the horn of the Qin army's charge!
On the distant horizon, there was a muffled roar of thunder. The first to be restless were the Yan soldiers in the rear, they stretched their necks one by one, looking curiously into the distance, but some experienced generals had already changed their complexions.
When the black battle flag of the Qin army appeared on the horizon, the Yan soldiers, who were stunned with their mouths wide open, hurriedly set up a defensive formation under the whip of the officer.
The ten thousand horsemen of the Qin army rushed to it, and it was like a landslide cracking, and the whole earth trembled, and the Yan soldiers and soldiers held the spears in their hands tightly, their faces turned pale, and their hearts shook with the earth.
Han Xin rushed to the front of the line, holding his spear aloof, and yelled in his mouth: Hurry up! Hasten! Hasten!
A few arrows away, just a few miles away. The Qin soldier did not release the arrow, but lowered his body, held the horse's neck tightly, and kept urging the horse to speed up. The sound of horses' hooves thundered down, and they were undaunted, despite the fact that the enemy army was so numerous and overwhelming that the ranks were as dark as clouds in the sky.
The earth trembled violently under his feet, the sound of horses' hooves roared like thunder in his ears, and the entire phalanx of the Qin army roared like a tsunami.
Obviously, Han Xin wanted to rely on the huge impact of the cavalry to quickly break down the obstacles in front of him.
The iron cavalry of the Qin army rushed into the Yan army like a torrent of steel, easily tearing through the defense line of the Yan army, splashing patches of blood. More than 40,000 Yan troops were in chaos, and the soldiers panicked and trampled on each other. Seeing that the Yan army was so useless, Yingbu was completely defeated by the Qin army in less than a quarter of an hour, and was immediately shocked, so he had to let the attacking army turn its head and let him personally lead the attack on the Qin army.
However, the Qin army suddenly changed formation, and the two wings protruded beyond the position of the Chinese army, and the entire ranks of the ranks became a concave arc, driving the scattered Yan army towards the Zhao army and the Dai army formation. Soon, the defeated Yan army broke up the positions of the Zhao and Dai armies, and fled backwards with the two armies.
Yingbu held a big knife and shouted in front of the Chu army: "Don't impact, don't impact, those who rush to the battle die!" ”
He asked the Chu soldiers to raise their spears and raise their shields, trying to stop the defeated allies from breaking up their ranks, but they were already frightened by the Qin army, how could the coalition forces obey his orders and turn around and fight with the Qin army's iron cavalry.
Yingbu looked at the oncoming rout, and his teeth were clenched with blood spilling from his lips, but he did not give the order to release arrows, nor did he order the soldiers to defend. The Chu army's originally dense plastic surgery was routed and scattered, while the Qin army's iron cavalry was rushing at high speed.
He is not Xiang Yu, he can despise the heroes of the world, he is just a small general, and any of the allies are kings and ministers, he can't afford this responsibility!
This was a cheer on the mountain, and seeing the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the northern army was suddenly greatly boosted. Wang Jing, who had already mounted his horse, led the northern army out of the nest and wanted to flank Yingbu.
Seeing that the general trend had gone, Yingbu decisively abandoned the armies of the Three Kingdoms and fled alone with the Chu army, and Han Xin did not chase after him, allowing him to leave.
Wang Jing, who rushed from afar, was covered in blood, and when he saw Han Xin, he rode his horse and chased after him, shouting loudly; "Han Xin, if it's you, I knew you wouldn't leave your brother."
"Come, follow me to rescue the Chinese army."
Wang Jing waved his horsewhip and galloped a few steps, but when he saw that Han Xin did not follow, he turned around with wide eyes and said angrily; "Won't you come with me?"
Han Xin's face was gloomy, and he shook his head and said; "You don't have to go, I think the handsome man is already more auspicious at the moment."
Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and then roared madly; "Fart, my Northern Army is so brave, how majestic it was when it swept through the Six Kingdoms, how could it be defeated by a group of rabble today. You must be lying to me, lie to me again, my father must be waiting for me to come to the rescue now. ”
The voice became smaller and smaller, almost crying, and Wang Jing kept muttering, "Yes, you must be lying to me, lying to me." After saying that, he turned the horse's head and headed in the direction of the deer.
"Wang Jing!" Han Xin's loud shout sounded in Wang Jing's ears, "You should be sober, the Northern Army is over, and now the remaining Northern Army is so much in your hands." ”
Wang Jing was stunned in place, stunned, and suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, full of grief and indignation. He is unwilling, really unwilling!