Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Battle of Pengcheng
202 BC, Pengcheng.
"General Zhang, General Fan, and General Zhou, why are you here?"
The guard general of Pengcheng, who was also the cavalry commander under Liu Bang, watched in surprise as Zhang Liang and others arrived, followed by at least 200,000 troops.
Could it be that Xiang Yu fled here?
Zhang Liang's brows furrowed slightly, and he waved his hand and ordered: "The rear army will turn to the front army, defend the formation, the 50,000 army will go to the left five miles of Pengcheng, and the 50,000 army will go to the mountain to the right of Pengcheng." ”
"General Baby, mobilize the army, and prepare for the defense of the city."
"In the Battle of Pengcheng a few years ago, Xiang Yu had only 30,000 cavalry, and hundreds of thousands of the coalition forces collapsed."
"Although all of them are our Han army now, they are not the same as they were back then, but this time the enemy is even stronger!"
Seeing Zhang Liang's serious face, he didn't dare to slack off, and said, "Yes!" ”
The 60,000 defenders of Pengcheng began to operate, and the 200,000 troops brought by Zhang Liang also began to move, 100,000 went to Pengcheng left and right, and each other became horns, while the other 100,000 slowly left Pengcheng and camped ten miles away, while sending cavalry to search for traces of the Great Qin army.
In the mountains and forests south of Pengcheng, Wang Li stood on a tree with an army of 20,000 and looked in the direction of Pengcheng.
"Although the preparation is good, I miscalculated the gap in strength." Wang Li smiled.
Zhang Liang did not let the army enter the city, in addition to letting the army be stationed outside the city, so that they could use Pengcheng as horns and support each other, but also worried that they would be attacked by the Great Qin army on the way into the city.
This is the same as a half-crossing attack.
However, the Great Qin army, which is at the peak per capita, has strong cavalry combat strength, but it is more suitable for siege warfare.
After all, the first master can kill more than a dozen people with a wave of his hand, and the ordinary city walls can't stop it at all.
For example, if there are 20,000 Guo Jing on the battlefield, it is simply an unimaginable scene in this world.
"General, what are we going to attack?" The adjutant asked softly.
With the speed of the Qin army, they had already rushed to Pengcheng, but Wang Li wanted to defeat the 200,000 army led by Zhang Liang and others in one fell swoop, so he waited deliberately.
"Night."
"Although the Han army will also guard against our night attacks, night is the greatest advantage for us."
"After all, we can see at night."
Wang Li smiled slightly, closed his eyes and recuperated.
The 20,000-strong army was scattered in the mountains and forests, and they quietly watched the scouts searched by the Han army pass under their feet.
The night is slowly deepening.
"Zou Bin." Wang Li gestured to the lieutenant general.
Adjutant General Zou Bin bowed slightly, and then quietly left with a thousand soldiers.
A moment later, boom! The sound of horses' hooves!
Zhang Liang opened his eyes suddenly, and soon walked up to the city wall and looked into the distance, but the moonlight was dim and pitch black.
"General Baby, can you hear how many people there are?" After all, Zhang Liang was only a strategist, not a commander of the army, and he couldn't hear anything from the sound of horses' hooves.
After listening to it for a while, General Guan Ying hesitated a little and said: "The sound of the hooves of this cavalry is relatively heavy, and it is very neat, and the last general guesses that there are 5,000 soldiers and horses. ”
"Five thousand." Zhang Liang bowed, "Then there are still about 20,000 troops in the shadows." ”
Night raids are common when marching and fighting, and preparing for night raids is naturally something that almost all generals have to prepare for.
Therefore, as soon as the Qin army moved, Zhou Bo and Fan Xu immediately let the army move and prepared to meet the burden
"Listen to me! Charge! Zou Bin shouted.
A thousand cavalry, five horses side by side, shuttled like an arrow, and a dense rain of arrows covered Zhou Bo's military camp.
"Archer, shoot!"
Zhou Bo also gave the military order to shoot, and the spear was waved in the air, and he was about to remove the arrows that were shooting at him.
However, the arrow shot by the first master was too powerful, and it directly knocked Zhou Bo's spear crooked.
As soon as his pupils shrank, Zhou Bo quickly retreated, resisting with all his might.
At this time, there were also screams around him.
"Two with a shield! Defend with all your might! Archer arrow rain cover! Zhou Bo hurriedly gave the order, the opponent's bow and arrow were too strong, and it was easy for a person holding a shield to be repulsed.
Whew!
A rain of arrows fell from the dome like a black river.
However, the mounts of the Great Qin army are all spirit beasts that have been nourished by the aura, and the speed is extremely fast, and the Han army can only catch up with the tail of the Great Qin army when they shoot arrows when they hear the sound, and then they are easily pushed away.
A firerope lit and lit the torches that had been prepared long ago, illuminating the wilderness outside Pengcheng.
It also illuminates the Great Qin army that is galloping rapidly.
"Hmph, charge with me!" Zou Bin snorted coldly, turned his direction slightly, and rushed towards Zhou Bo's military camp under the rain of arrows.
"Only about a thousand!" The baby's pupils shrank, "There are still 20,000 enemy troops before the general?" ”
Zhang Liang slowly bowed his head, and his gaze swept towards the outside of Peng City, wanting to find out the Great Qin army hidden in the shadows.
At this time, Wang Li had already led an army of 4,000 on foot and quietly entered Fan Xu's military camp, with trench antlers, like decorations.
Poof!
A sword cuts the throat.
Wang Li led specially trained scouts to kill the Han army on the edge of the camp, and then submerged into the place where the Han army stored grain and grass.
"There's a lot of grain and grass here." Although there was some pity in his heart, Wang Li still ordered the fire to be lit.
Then the sword swung and scattered the flames in all directions.
There was a burst of fire in Fan Xu's barracks.
"It's not good, the enemy is sneaking up!" Fan Xu's face changed, "Come on, don't go to fight the fire, reorganize the army to meet the enemy!" ”
The grain and grass are burned, and the main thing now is to face the battle.
On the city wall, Zhang Liang and Guan Ying also discovered that there was a fire in Fan Xu's military camp.
"General Baby, please give an order immediately to inspect the city wall to prevent any enemies from mixing in." Zhang Liang frowned: "The enemy's skills are very extraordinary. ”
Thinking that in the Great Qin army, every soldier had the same force as the overlord Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang had a headache.
Could it be that the First Emperor asked for medicine from the immortals and found a magic medicine that could greatly increase people's strength?
"Wind! Gale! ”
The Great Qin soldiers shouted loudly, and marched forward in a neat line like a knife.
Everywhere they passed, people and horses were cut off, and no one could stop them.
The 4,000 Qin troops rushed into Fan Xu's tent, and with their speed, they quickly became entangled with the 50,000 army, avoiding the Han army's rain of arrows.
Swish!
Wang Li's long sword swept, and the sword light swept vertically and horizontally, sweeping dozens of soldiers in front of him away, and severed arms and stumps flew in the air.
The figure turned into a series of afterimages, mixed with sword light, almost like a rolling silver ball.
The army of 4,000 was divided into dozens of teams and crisscrossed the barracks.
It is not mainly to kill the enemy, but to disperse the enemy's military formation.
"This!" Fan Xu watched from a distance as Wang Li swept out a silver sword light of tens of meters, and his eyes widened in disbelief, what is that? Immortals? Black art?
It's inhuman!
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