Chapter 25: The Scarlet Deer 12
readx;?? It is not too strange that Dong Fei would lead the army to leave Zhang Han at such a time, but in such a situation, he also piggybacked on a Sima Xin, which made Zhang Jiashi still a little incomprehensible. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info.v.om Bi, Qi, Xiao, Said, Net, First, Hair
For Zhang Jiashi, Dong Fei had contact with him, and under such a situation, it was a normal thing to lead the army to leave Zhang Han's side. But Sima Xin, as Zhang Han's confidant, did such a thing, which really made Zhang Jiashi feel that such a thing was unlikely. Because if he hadn't appeared in this place, Sima Xin, like Dong Fei and Zhang Han, would have become the three Qin kings in the Guanzhong region, and would have been annihilated in this chaotic era at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
However, since Zhang Jiashi appeared in this place, even Dong Fei's fate has changed, and there is no such Sima Xin. It's a big deal to send the other party to Liaoxi County, and then think about how to deal with this person in detail.
Of course, this is a later matter, and the top priority at the moment is how to rescue the besieged troops of Dong Peng and Sima Xin.
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According to the contents of the bamboo slip written by Dong Fei to Zhang Jiashi, more than 100,000 people under Zhang Han's command, together with 50,000 Chu troops and 30,000 Zhang Ping's troops, totaled almost 200,000 troops, besieging more than 30,000 people under Dong Peng and Sima Xin.
This means that the troops sent out to rescue will have no effect if they are less, and if they are more, they are likely to be followed and attacked by the Qi army behind them.
Including Wang Li and others, they are very aware of this situation.
Because Zhang Han rebelled against the Great Qin Empire, the advantage that Zhang Jiashi had created before this has been wiped out. Faced with this situation, Zhang Jiashi, in a sense, can be said to want to cry without tears. It's just that now that things have happened, there is no point in saying anything more.
Originally, according to the situation, it was impossible for Dong Fei and Sima Xin to leave Zhang Han's Thorn Plains camp with 30,000 troops. However, because Zhang Han was defeated by the Chu army, in addition to Zhang Han's loss of soldiers, Dong Peng, one of the remaining generals, quietly annexed several Qin army troops that were almost killed and wounded by middle and senior officers. In such a situation, Zhang Hanjun had several teams of captains or captains who were almost all killed, and Dong Peng took the opportunity to install his henchmen.
As a long history, Sima Xin, of course, discovered such a situation. But he didn't report this kind of thing to Zhang Han, but helped Dong Peng cover it up in secret.
Perhaps it was at such a time that Sima Xin had the intention of turning away from Zhang Han.
And in order to solve this problem, Zhang Jiashi carried out an experimental combat method. That is, let him and Wang Li's knight troops, a raid on Zhang Ping's army, so that Dong Fei and Sima Xin's troops can withdraw from the breakthrough.
It's not that Zhang Jiashi doesn't want to send the main force to rescue Dong Fei and Sima Xin's troops, but in the current situation, whether it is him or Wang Li, their troops are far away from Dong Fei and Sima Xin's troops. Sending the main force to the rescue, not to mention the speed of the infantry troops, this kind of combat method that almost poured out of the nest is obviously even more inappropriate.
It's just that when Zhang Jiashi said such an idea, many of the people who heard this idea fell silent. It's not that Zhang Jiashi's idea is not feasible, but everyone, including Wang Li, knows that this kind of combat method will cause heavy casualties to the knight troops who assault the enemy.
After all, the enemy army is not an ordinary army, not to mention the Chu army, which should have grown a lot, just the army under Zhang Han, although the will to fight has been greatly weakened, but using cavalry to impact the other party, it is obvious that it will pay considerable casualties as a price.
In a sense, those who meditate know that this kind of price is used to rescue Dong Peng and part of Sima Xin's troops, and the gains outweigh the losses.
It's just that the first person to agree with Zhang Jiashi is no one else, but Chen Ping, the prime minister.
Chen Ping knew that it was impossible for the current Zhang Jiashi not to think of this problem, and since he put forward this idea, it was more to make things easier to deal with in the future in a certain sense.
If Zhang Jiashi gave up Dong Peng and Sima Xin this time, then those who intend to cooperate with Zhang Jiashi in the future may have to give up this idea because of this matter.
So the cost of doing this is certainly very large, but for Zhang Jiashi's considerations, he has to do it.
Chen Ping, who had figured this out, glanced at Zhang Jiashi deeply: "The king is becoming more and more mature. He knew who he was. But will he be a little impulsive and do something that is usually unimaginable?"
Perhaps Chen Ping's guess was correct. But at such a time, Chen Ping stood up and said resolutely: "Ladies and gentlemen, what the king said is reasonable, we must not sit idly by and watch the matter of General Dong and Sima Changshi. If we sit back and watch General Dong and Sima Changshi be eliminated, then what will the people of the world think of the king?
After Chen Ping said this, he continued: "Ping agrees with the king's suggestion, but I don't know if you have any other ideas?"
After saying this, Sun Po, who was beside Chen Ping, secretly sighed softly: "It is true that this matter must be done, but the price we paid is not ordinarily heavy." ”
Chen Ping and some people with good strength naturally heard Sun Po's sigh, and they fell silent again. When the cost of a thing is not proportional to the gain, then it is likely to discourage many people.
But to the surprise of many people, Sun Po also agreed with this matter.
Then Wang Li and the two of them also agreed with Zhang Jiashi's suggestion after pondering for a while.
It has come to this point that it is a foregone conclusion......
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In the following arrangement, Wang Li's army and the Liaodong army concentrated almost all the knight troops, more than 40,000 cavalry, and successively concentrated in the area southwest of Wang Li's army camp.
In order to avoid accidentally injuring their own people in the melee, Zhang Jiashi and Wang Li, in Chen Ping's suggestion, let these knights put a red and white linen cloth on their necks and left arms.
At noon, the knightly force of more than 40,000 men was finally assembled. After spending about half an hour to complete the assembly and rest, Zhang Jiashi personally commanded this force, with Wang Li as the deputy general and Ruan Weng Thiao as the vanguard, to rescue Dong Peng and Sima Xin's troops.
Chen Ping was very opposed to Zhang Jiashi's plan to personally lead the army to the battle, but they did not think of a problem, that is, the current consciousness of Zhang Jiashi is not Zhang Jiashi himself, but Bai Qi.
Bai Qi knew very well the importance of Zhang Jiashi's battle, and also knew that such a big battle was not a good time for Zhang Jiashi to exercise his combat experience. Under the tough demand, Zhang Jiashi handed over control of his body.
At such a time, Zhang Jiashi, or to put it bluntly, glanced at Han Xin and Chen Ping, who rushed over, and said, "I will leave it to you if I promise." ”
"Your Majesty, you don't have to do this, General Wang is enough to deal with such a situation. Chen Ping still did not give up advising Zhang Jiashi, because Chen Ping knew very well that once Zhang Jiashi suffered an accident at this critical moment, the entire Liaodong Army and even the piece of world that they opened up together would lose the most important person.
Bai Qi, who controlled Zhang Jiashi's body, was very emotional, because Chen Ping was indeed thinking about a lot of things for Zhang Jiashi.
But Bai Qi did not compromise at this time, because he knew that Chen Ping might have underestimated the impact of this battle.
Dong Fei and Sima Xin are not dead, Bai Qi doesn't care at all, although the other two are two of the Three Qin Kings, but what can this represent?
He knew very well that in such a situation, if he did not bring heavy losses to the troops of Zhang Han and Xiang Yu, he was afraid that once the other party and the Qi army and the other princes' coalition forces attacked the two troops together, then in this case, even if Zhang Jiashi and Wang Li had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, they could only retreat with hatred and defeat.
In this case, it is impossible for Bai Qi to let this situation happen. Even if he wiped out the entire knight army of the Northern Legion, he would have to let the Chu army and the Zhang Han army suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, in this case, Bai Qi insisted on controlling Zhang Jiashi's body and insisted on going out with the army.
Seeing that Zhang Jiashi had made such a decision, Chen Ping, who knew that the matter was irreparable, could only nod silently.
He didn't know why Zhang Jiashi was so resolute in such a situation. He never thought that Zhang Jiashi would be possessed by Bai Qi's soul. What he wants to do is to take care of their "home" for Zhang Jiashi.
In this case, Chen Ping nodded and said something that made Zhang Jiashi very relieved: "Your Majesty, as long as Ping still has a breath, he will naturally not let those juniors break through our camp." ”
Zhang Jiashi, who heard this, seemed to be very relieved to say a sentence: "Then, everything will trouble you." ”
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Watching the 40,000 cavalry head in the direction of the giant deer, Chen Ping's mind was very complicated. He didn't want Zhang Jiashi to join the battle in person. But as Zhang insisted, it was difficult for him to convince Zhang.
At this time, Han Xin, who was a little puzzled, approached Chen Ping and whispered: "Xiangguo, I don't know if you feel that the king is a little strange today?"
"Han Duwei, what are you talking about?" Although Chen Ping was not a scribe who was powerless, he still didn't know much about some things.
Han Xin thought for a while, and said something that Chen Ping could still understand clearly: "Xiangguo, that is, although the king has any way to suppress that momentum, Han Xin knows very well that ordinary kings will not show this kind of momentum." ”
Chen Ping was a little puzzled, and he looked at Han Xin, who was one of Zhang Jiashi's favorite generals.
"Murderous. The murderous aura exuded from the king's body was very strong. Han Xin asked himself, even the late General Meng Shang (Meng Tian) was not as strong as the trace of murderous aura that the king occasionally revealed. ”
Han Xin said this, and the corners of his forehead couldn't help but ooze a trace of fine sweat.
Hearing Han Xin's words, Chen Ping did feel that Zhang Jiashi's momentum was different from the past. But now, it is impossible to recover Zhang Jiashi.
It's not that Han Xin and the others can't catch up, but at such a time, if they catch up, what can they do?
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"General Dong, have General Zuo's reinforcements not yet arrived?" Sima Xin was on a dirt slope, looking at a fierce attack launched by the Chu army and the Zhang Han army that were repulsed again, and the enemy troops who were repulsed and retreated, and said such a sentence helplessly.
Their troops were attacked six times in a few short hours, not to mention the various supplies that had been gradually exhausted, and the fatigue and hunger of the officers and men alone became a big problem.
After knowing that his path of advance was blocked by Zhang Ping's army, Dong Peng, who knew very well that he was chasing after him, quickly ordered the troops to occupy a small hill with a height of about 100 meters and hold on to the spot.
Dong Peng was not sure that under such a situation, he would be able to quickly defeat Zhang Ping's army, which seemed to be waiting for work, and quickly advance to the northeast.
Once he and Zhang Pingjun enter the melee, it is very likely that they will be delayed in this place by Zhang Pingjun, who has more physical strength, and once the Chu army and Zhang Hanjun behind him deal with the chaotic situation of the Thorn Plains camp, and want to catch up with them and fight Zhang Pingjun back and forth, then they will all have to die directly in this place.
Therefore, in a sense, after choosing the method that he thought was most appropriate, Dong Peng sent his henchmen to ask Zhang Jiashi for help.
It's just that even Dong Peng didn't expect that on the morning of the next day, a large number of enemies would appear behind him. So in the face of such a situation, Dong Peng and Sima Xin had to feel bitter in their hearts.
Sima Xin's question, in fact, even Sima Xin himself knew it very well. At a distance between the two sides, Zhang Jiashi wants support, maybe it will be tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
In less than a few short hours, the enemy forces that launched several onslaughts inflicted heavy casualties on the troops under Dong Peng's command.
He understood Sima Xin's anxiety very much, but he himself understood that if this development continued, it was very likely that they would not be able to wait for Zhang Jiashi's reinforcements, and the whole army would be wiped out.
Dong Fei was very helpless, because he didn't want his subordinates to be buried with Zhang Han and chose such a path with Sima Xin, but he would bring himself and others to hell faster.
Not knowing what he should say, he shook his head lightly and glanced at the many scarred officers around him, with a look of pain.
The subordinates who originally left with only a small amount of supplies were consumed very quickly in these fierce battles. Moreover, in the absence of sufficient rest time, the physical strength and combat effectiveness of the officers and men under his command declined rapidly.
If it weren't for the height factor, I am afraid that the next two or three attacks of the enemy army would be able to deal with some of their enemies.
Dong Fei didn't expect that he would end up in such a miserable end, he didn't expect that Zhang Han would be able to deal with Zhao Gao's personnel so quickly, and he never thought that the Chu army would directly intervene in the chaotic situation of the Thorn Plains camp and assist Zhang Han in solving the opponents.
But things have come to this point, and there is nothing to say.
He stood up slowly, then looked at Sima Xin, and was about to say something, when he saw that behind Sima Xin, which should have been the rear of Zhang Pingbu, there was a chaotic situation.
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"Rush, !!"
Ruan Weng Shao took the lead, brandished the double crescent halberd in his hand, and after pushing away the arrows that he didn't know how many splashes, he rushed into the rear of Zhang Ping's army, which was barely changing formations.
Other knights of the Qin army who did not die in the rain of arrows also rushed into the rear of Zhang Ping's army and wantonly killed their former comrades.
Many Qin knights knocked the enemy's shield soldiers into the air after colliding with the shield soldiers who were blocking the front in the rear formation. There were also some people who were stabbed by their mounts and flew into the formation of Zhang Pingjun, and were directly dismembered by the officers and soldiers of Zhang Pingjun with weapons in their hands.
More and more Qin knights rushed into the formation of Zhang Ping's army, and the knights who lost their sprint power could only resist the attacks of Zhang Ping's officers and soldiers with various weapons in hand-to-hand combat.
However, many of the knights on horseback were killed by the officers and soldiers of Zhang Ping's army with the long weapons in their hands.
The two sides gradually scuffled together.
The second team of Qin army knights came from behind, and found that the situation in front was quite chaotic, and it was difficult to intervene directly, so they drew out the bows and crossbows hung on their mounts and shot at the enemy troops behind Zhang Ping's army.
The arrows in the sky come and go like locusts, and many times, almost at the same time, several people are injured or even killed.
Many knights were killed by the enemy after their horses were stabbed and fell upside down on the ground, or their mounts pressed their thighs down.
However, as the infantry troops in front could not withstand the impact of the knight troops, they were rushed out of the gaps one by one, and the military formation of about 5,000 people urgently arranged by Zhang Ping's army quickly collapsed.
Once the army collapsed, the officers and soldiers of Zhang Ping, who were waiting for these infantry-based, would be killed one-sidedly.
Zhang Ping had already discovered such a situation, but after he ordered the other troops to move and prepare to assemble the second line of defense, the other two Qin knight troops who were on standby in the distance, led by Wang Li and Zhang Jiashi, rushed over.
Wang Li didn't want Zhang Jiashi to do this, but first, he couldn't resist Zhang Jiashi's insistence, and secondly, as Zhang Jiashi said, even under Wang Li's command, there were quite few generals and commanders who could command large-scale cavalry troops.
Therefore, according to the battle situation found out by Zhang Jiashi using Taoism, the 40,000 knights were divided into four teams, with Ruan Weng Shao as the vanguard to attack the enemy, while they suddenly launched a surprise attack when the other troops of Zhang Binh's army were mobilized.
In a sense, this method of warfare is tantamount to death for the first attacking force. But at this time, it is clear that there is not much time to think about other tactics, so there is only one way to choose.
Before he made contact with Zhang Pingjun, more than 2,000 knights under Ruan Weng Shao's command were shot or fell on the way to the assault, so that Zhang Jiashi, who saw this situation through the grass dragonfly, couldn't help but bleed in his heart......
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