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Zhang Wu killed Fan Zheng, which did not have much significance for the duel between the two knight troops, which is not to say that Fan Zheng was not important to the Chu army at all, but that when Fan Zheng's headless body slowly slid to the ground, the duel between the two knight troops could be said to have been decided. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, this is not to say that the Chu army has won the initiative in the war, but on the contrary, although Xiang Yu and the remaining Chu army knights are still fighting to the death, for them, the war seems to be over at this time.

Because judging by the development of the situation on the battlefield, they have already lost, and they have lost completely.

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The strength of the two sides is equal, but at this time, the Qin army knights still have about 3,500 troops to continue fighting, but the number of casualties of the Chu army is unknown, and the Chu army knights who can really barely fight are less than 1,500 people.

The two sides have fought fiercely to this extent, and the consumption of physical strength is also very large, but compared to the Qin army knight troops, there is still a certain amount of spare strength, and even if the Chu army knights can continue to fight, they are afraid that they will be exhausted.

Xiang Yu didn't know this, because he himself felt that his body was getting more and more tired. But he still didn't give up, but continued to kill the Qin knights who stood in front of him.

And at this time, Xiang Yu's armor also had several parts of his body damaged in different shades, together with a wound on his arm that was desperately cut open by a Qin army knight with his own life, for Xiang Yu, such a situation was not enough to make him retreat.

It's just that Xiang Yu ignored one point, that is, he was indeed able to continue to kill enemies in this place, but for the remaining knight troops under his command, more of them were already at the end of the crossbow at this time.

The wounds on the bodies of many Chu knights caused them to lose more and more energy, and for them, the combat effectiveness of the Qin knights on the opposite side did not seem to have decreased significantly.

In the eyes of many remaining Chu army knights, the combat effectiveness of these Qin army knights may not be as good as them, but one thing cannot be denied is that at this time, even if they continue to fight with the situation they have just carried out, maybe they will not make the battle situation change much.

Such a situation is very bitter for them, but this is a fact that many people cannot deny in their hearts.

And some Chu army knights have not continued to follow the other remnants of the robe for the next battle plan, because of excessive blood loss or too much energy consumption, they fell directly from their mounts to the ground.

At first, there may be other Chu knights looking at the robes of these fallen mounts, but as more and more people seem to be unable to support it, they fall off their horses one after another, or these Chu knights are facing the attack of another group of Qin knights, and they have no time to care, most of these Chu knights who have fallen off their horses can only gradually keep the breath of life away from their bodies......

And when the battle came to this point, the few remaining middle and senior officers of the Chu army knights knew very well that they had completely lost.

Even if they were able to reverse the Qin army's knight troops, whose numerical gap was becoming more and more obvious, what could they do? The main force of the Qin army still had nearly 25,000 people who did not participate in the battlefield. Once they launched an attack on these Qin troops, in their current state, there would be only one result, and that was to kill themselves.

The knight officers of the Chu army, who were very aware of this situation, were unwilling to continue to command the troops to fight in this place, because for them, this way of fighting was not a battle, but just a way to die.

They are not afraid of death, but they also do not want to leave this world in such a meaningless way.

Now they no longer think about the promise that Xiang Yu made to them when Xiang Yu led them to set off. Because they knew that they couldn't do that kind of thing at all, let alone get everything that Xiang Yu promised after the success of this battle.

There is a saying that makes a lot of sense, that is, if there is no life, then all the benefits can only be more than a mirror.

Although they, the knights of the Chu army, did not know such a truth, but for them, they were unwilling to continue to pay their own price for a leader who had no hope of victory, and this price already included their lives.

They have a lot of thoughts in their hearts, and many of them even hope to return home alive and see their loved ones again.

Such a situation also led to the further collapse of the Chu army under this battlefield disadvantage.

Under the first leadership of two or five hundred knights of the Chu army, the remnants of a knight of the Chu army, numbering less than two hundred, quickly broke away from the range of battle.

I have to say that the choice of the two or five hundred lords of the Chu army was indeed to save him and the lives of the knights who were willing to follow him out of this place, which was undoubtedly hell for them. And many of them are indeed able to live longer and see their loved ones again.

But the actions of these two or five hundred lords caused a series of chain reactions.

In this operation, Xiang Yu did not arrange a reserve team or a team of supervisors. He was still very confident in the loyalty of the knights under his command.

However, Xiang Yu ignored one point, and that was the thoughts of these knights.

For these fleeing knights, they had done enough for Xiang Yu and Xi Chu. The battle has reached this point, and continuing to stay in this place is more of a way to let them all follow Xiang Yu and the robe that died in the previous battle, and go to hell together.

They have their own ideas, and many people even think that they have reached this point, even if they all leave Xiang Yu's side, this Chu Overlord naturally can't have any complaints.

They want to live, they want to go back and see their families.

They may not end well, but many of them have lost their will to fight when they see the corpses on the ground or the badly wounded and howling.

And the most terrible thing about a unit is not the huge gap between the equipment, which leads to a sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of this unit, but if the will to fight of a unit completely disappears, then even if this unit has the best equipment, I am afraid that there will be no hope of victory.

As a result, after the remnants of the Chu army who fled the battlefield, more and more remnants of the Chu army knights also looked for opportunities to escape from the battlefield after learning about this situation.

According to the data obtained from some later records, it seems that these fleeing Chu knights seem to have been affected by the domino effect, and after someone fled the battlefield, the number of people who fled the battlefield before and after reached at least 500.

After Xiang Yu learned about such a situation, it was already a little late.

Maybe the history of this world is also playing a big joke on him, when Xiang Yu had to evacuate the battlefield, the remnants of the Chu army knights who followed him were less than four hundred......

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Xiang Yu fled, and the knights under Zhang Wu's command after this fierce battle did not have enough spare strength to continue to pursue the remnants of Xiang Yu's troops.

Because the knight troops under Zhang Wu, like Xiang Yu, did not reserve such a unit.

Under the premise that the casualties of these knights were also very heavy, and the physical and energetic consumption was also very high, Zhang Wu finally gave up the idea of pursuit.

Zhang Jiashi was also relieved to know that the knight melee on the front line had ended, the knights under Xiang Yu's command had suffered heavy casualties, and the rest of the troops had scattered and fled.

He said lightly to the subordinate Wu next to him: "After this battle, Xiang Ji no longer has the power to return to heaven. ”

Zhang Jiashi said this sentence, and he really had a lot of confidence to say this.

After Li Xin, Sun Po and the others glanced at each other, they nodded slightly, expressing their agreement with Zhang Jiashi's statement.

But at this time, Sun Po then said a sentence to Zhang Jiashi, that is:

"Your Majesty, it is true that the rebellious Xiang Ji fled in this battle, but there is a sentence that makes sense, that is, we must cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of Xiang Ji. ”

(Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots comes from the record of "Zuo Chuan": The gentleman said: "Good cannot be lost, evil cannot be long, and Chen Huan Gong is said! Although he wants to save it, he will be able to do it? The Book of Shang says: "The evil is easy, like the fire burning in the original, and it cannot be extinguished?" Zhou Ren said: "Those who are for the country, see the evil like a farmer's business to grass, and worship it, and destroy its roots, and do not enable it to multiply, then the good will believe." ’”）

Regarding Sun Po's remarks, Zhang Jiashi nodded, because he knew that Sun Po's suggestion was imperative.

Although Xiang Yu's identity has become a lost dog due to the development of the war. But for Xiang Yu, his original identity still has considerable appeal, if Xiang Yu is left, then it is very likely that many people will use Xiang Yu's name to do something to resist the rule of the Great Qin Empire.

Zhang Jiashi naturally didn't want to see this, and he also didn't want to see it while he was fighting the Huns in northern Xinjiang, and there would be a fire in the backyard.

As for Zhang Jiashi, since Xiang Yu will not surrender to him, he will also not yield to him, so what is the use of him leaving Xiang Yu?

It's like this kind of stupid thing that does all kinds of harm and no benefit, since Zhang Jiashi won't do it. Because for him, a dead Xiang Yu is a character who makes him completely relieved.

It's just that what Zhang Jiashi is thinking about now is that Xiang Yu's main direction of escape can still be confirmed from the feedback from the front-line troops.

But the situation that made him puzzled was that Xiang Yu, who was supposed to flee in the southeast direction, would actually flee in the northeast direction like this.

Although this matter is not a far cry, Zhang Jiashi does not think that Xiang Yu even has the idea of joining up with his last army. What's the point of him doing this?

It is also possible to make a detour to return to the main force of the remnants of the Chu army. But in the case of Xiang Yu's troops, even if the other party does this, it may not be able to succeed.

Because if he had given Yu Ziqi and others a tip, and he couldn't solve the remnants of the Chu army, Zhang Jiashi would be willing to admit it.

Although Zhang Jiashi is really not kind in this matter, Zhang Jiashi thinks that a sentence is very reasonable, that is: no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is a good cat to be able to catch mice.

That kind of strategy is of course very bad for the remnants of the Chu army. However, this method is also of great significance to preserve a considerable part of the youth and restore the agricultural production base of some areas.

It wasn't that Zhang Jiashi hadn't thought about using this method before, but in terms of the battles that Zhang Jiashi had experienced before, this rather damaging strategy could not be implemented due to many factors. This made Zhang Jiashi a little helpless.

This also shows that no strategy is used in any situation, and that a good strategy will often be limited by many factors in order to be effective.

However, the current remnants of the Chu army are even worse than the remnants of the Chu army pursued by the Han army after the covenant of the Chu-Han chasm in the world where Zhang Jiashi was originally located.

Because Chu Di is basically in the hands of Zhang Jiashi now, and whether it is Xiang Yu or these remnants of the Chu army who seem to have the strength to fight to the death, they have all become lost dogs.

Zhang Jiashi is very much looking forward to the strategy in that bag, and how much of a role it can play in this time and space.

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In the general opinion of later generations of military historians, the knightly duel that broke out on the plain more than 30 miles south of Hongxian County was not large-scale, but it had a very far-reaching impact.

Among these views, there are three main points that are widely shared.

The first point is that this battle destroyed the last chance of reversal of the Chu State. In fact, many people believe that if Xiang Yu launched a strong attack on Zhang Jiashi's troops at the beginning of this battle, although the chance of victory is not great, it is higher than the victory rate of the knight melee with Zhang Wu.

The second point is that the casualties of the knight troops of the Qin army in this battle made Zhang Jiashi, after quite detailed thinking, officially set the tone for the development of the knight troops in the nearly 100 years after the revival of the Great Qin Empire.

After this battle, Zhang Jiashi decided to abandon the combat method of letting the knight troops break through or fight in a melee at the beginning, depending on the actual combat feedback of the knight troops and the calculation of casualties. In the battle against the Huns, the knight troops of the Great Qin Empire changed this way of fighting, but used a large number of archers to harass them, and with their own sophisticated weapons and equipment, they weakened the strength and will to fight of the enemy knight troops as much as possible in the early battle.

Third, after this battle, Zhang Jiashi formally established the establishment of the Military Intelligence Department of the Great Qin Empire.