Chapter Eighty-Three: Mikawa Divergent Road 7

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But Zhang Jiashi didn't dwell on such a situation for too long, because he knew one thing very well, that is, no matter what, it was time for him to leave Ao Cang now.

After all, they are not fighting on the "mainland" now, but in the hinterland of the Chu army's controlled area, and once they delay in one place for a longer time, I am afraid it will not be a good thing for their troops.

Zhang Jiashi quickly gathered the surviving officers and soldiers, cleaned up the battlefield a little, and quickly cremated the bodies of the war dead under his command, and then left the Aocang area with his troops.

Of course, Zhang Jiashi hoped that the officers and soldiers under his command could be buried in the ground, but the actual situation obviously could not allow Zhang Jiashi to do this, and he could only choose a compromise method, that is, to bury the cremated remains of the officers and soldiers on the spot in a seemingly safe mountain forest.

As for the corpses of Chu officers and soldiers as enemies, Zhang Jiashi can't care so much.

Moreover, he doesn't need to take care of such a thing.

After all, this area is the control area of the Chu army, and the Chu army wants to collect the remains of these war dead, or simply bury them nearby, and he is not interested in knowing too much about such things.

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After the last battle, Li Ping was appointed by Zhang Jiashi as the deputy lieutenant of the prisoner army, responsible for assisting the commander Yingbu to reorganize the prisoner army.

And in this operation, because Li Ping is better at commanding the knight troops to fight and is a good deputy, Zhang Jiashi will urgently mobilize him in the sequence of this operation and act with the army.

At the same time that Zhang Jiashi almost broke through the outer area of Aocang, Li Ping's 4,000 or so knight troops also made meritorious achievements.

His goal was to have a grain convoy of about 13,000 men.

Li Ping thought that it was inevitable that he wanted to attack this grain transportation team, but the number of people on the other side made Li Ping, who did not know much about the opponent's combat effectiveness, had to think about what he should do.

Because the number of the other party is about 13,000 people, no matter how bad it is, the other side will have four or five thousand escort troops to protect this grain transportation team.

The current knights come to attack this army, and they often have to pay a certain price to be able to do it. Li Ping didn't want the knights under his command to lose too much, so he could only think of a way to fight.

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In Li Ping's thinking, he believed that attacking with fire was one of the best means of warfare, after all, the opponent's troops had a large amount of grain, and once they could successfully ignite a batch of grain, and then contain the opponent's firefighters for a period of time, then the possibility of these ignited grains being recovered was very small.

But there is one point, Li Ping has to think about it, in such a battle, they can't shoot rockets in the middle of running, and in the running, even if there are special personnel to light other crossbow knights who are good at riding and shooting, I am afraid it will be difficult to successfully do such a thing in such a situation.

And if you set the rocket on fire before attacking the enemy, such a thing is very unreliable.

Metal crossbows are better, but wooden crossbows can't be lit for long, because the flames will slowly burn the shafts of wooden arrowheads.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ping came up with a solution, that is, he decided to let five hundred knights under his command, armed with torches, join the battle after the others successfully broke through the opponent's escort force, and use the torches in their hands to ignite the grain transported by the Chu army.

Li Ping, who decided on such a tactic, immediately asked the officers and soldiers under his command to make arrangements.

After all, it wouldn't take too long for the Chu army's grain transport team to pass through the avenue near the woods where they were hiding.

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About fifteen minutes later, accompanied by a Chu army grain transport unit in the Kanto Province six hundred meters away, about to pass through the Kanto Road directly north of the woods, Li Ping immediately led the army to attack, and the five hundred knights lit the torches in their hands one after another.

The number of this grain transport team seems to be quite large, but since Li Ping misestimated the number of the escort team, he also misestimated the combat capability of the escort force.

Even a Chu military lieutenant who led the escort team of more than 3,000 people, his ability was only at an average level.

What's more, the 3,000-strong escort team, except for a small number of veterans with some combat experience, the vast majority of the others can only be regarded as farmers or residents who have just been coerced by the Chu army to become soldiers.

After encountering this knight raid commanded by Li Ping, most of the guards, together with the strong men of the grain transport team or the sturdy peasant women, fled directly.

"???" Although Li Ping didn't know what was going on, he would not easily let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in his eyes.

"Leave it alone the fleeing personnel! Directly attack the enemy forces that are still capable of fighting!!

Li Ping said this sentence directly, and after more and more officers and soldiers conveyed it, the more than 3,000 Qin army knights who attacked knew very well what they should do.

The lieutenant of the Chu military academy was busy commanding his veteran troops and assembling the formation, but after he found out that most of the officers and soldiers under his command had escaped, he was simply depressed in his heart.

But he knew better that this large number of knights who pounced on them would not let them go so easily.

"Give me !! resistance"

Hundreds of Chu officers and soldiers assembled in formation to defend part of the convoy to the south.

However, what this lieutenant of Chu Army couldn't imagine at all was that it took a lot of effort for him to make the officers and soldiers under his command assemble in formation, and they were not broken by the enemy, but by the convoy that fled in all directions and was chaotic!

This lieutenant of the Chu military academy was so anxious that he wanted to scold his mother, and in such a situation at that time, it was also not the time for him to do other things.

"Shoot !!"

Dozens of crossbowmen in the Chu army's array, after hearing this order, quickly shot out the bows and arrows in their hands.

However, this attack was not very useful at all for the raid offensive of more than three thousand knights.

Two hundred meters away, the knights of the Qin army, a few people were shot, screaming and falling off their horses, some of these people did not die immediately, but the end will not be any better, because the robe behind more than ten meters sometimes can't even react.

One of the unlucky men saw a robe mount behind him, with his front hooves stepping directly on his shins......

"Ah!!!!!h

A terrible scream made even the knights of the Qin Army dozens of meters away be able to hear it quite clearly.

However, no one will distract them, because for them, they are fighting on the battlefield.

"Put !!"

More than a thousand knights running in front shot their well-wound bows and arrows, and a few seconds later, some Chu officers and soldiers more than a hundred meters away, as well as more strong men of the grain transportation team, were shot by this batch of arrows and fell to the ground or let out a miserable scream.

In this way, the two sides fired at each other two or three times at a distance of more than 100 meters, and each paid a disproportionate price of casualties, and soon, the Qin army knights in the front row collided with the officers and soldiers of the Chu army escort team who suffered many casualties.

At the same time as the contact, about 20 Qin army knights were directly stabbed by the long weapons of the Chu officers and soldiers, or their mounts, and fell to the ground screaming.

But these Chu officers and soldiers soon paid a greater price.

Because of the impact formed by more knights, the formation formed by these Chu officers and soldiers who still left to resist paid a very heavy price.

Because although the current knights directly impact the infantry formation, it is not a good idea, but this does not mean that the knights under Zhang Jiashi will give up using their impact power to make the formation of the Chu army more fragmented.

After many Chu officers and soldiers were knocked into or hit by sturdy horses, once they did not get up in time, what was waiting for them was often the weapons in the hands of these knights or the horseshoe that directly trampled on their bodies.

After a hundred generals of the Chu army were hit by a knight, and even the right hand holding the shield was directly broken, the hundred generals screamed and fell backwards to the ground.

And the next moment, the second group of knights rushed over, and one of the knights' war horses stepped on the shield that the hundred generals could no longer hold with their strength.

There was a slight "clapping" sound, and this shield made of wood could not withstand the trampling of seven or eight hundred kilograms at all, and it shattered directly.

Under the pressure of the horse's hooves, the horseshoe directly "imprinted" the old bronze armor pieces on the body of this hundred generals......

After this Qin army knight continued to run forward, if anyone saw the appearance of this hundred generals, they would see the chest part of this hundred generals, a part of the armor that was constantly bursting with blood and broken armor, and this hundred generals, after directly coughing up a few mouthfuls of black blood, after twitching a few times on the ground, their round eyes gradually lost the luster of life......

The Chu officers and soldiers, who were several hundred people, completely collapsed in just a few minutes after resisting.

This Chu military captain was leading more than a dozen pro-army troops to flee in embarrassment.

In fact, after he saw the formation in front of him being easily broken through, he knew that this time he was completely planted on this enemy who didn't know where it came from.

He wanted to run away, but it didn't mean that Li Ping would let him go like this.

Li Ping shouted out a sentence: "Except for the enemy's carriage, don't care about the other party's porter!"

Then, he led a hundred guards under his command to hunt down the enemy who was supposed to be the commander of the escort.

After breaking through the escort force of the grain transport team, a large number of Qin knights scattered, chasing and killing the chariots that fled in all directions or the people who were still running with food.

Although, most of these people are civilians, especially those porters, and they are even more civilians who are coerced in Sanchuan County.

But that doesn't mean they're innocent and don't deserve to die.

In the few years since Zhang Jiashi came to this world, he has long put aside some of the kindness of women.

In addition to formulating corresponding strict military discipline, Zhang Jiashi did not intend to restrain the style of his officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

He is well aware of one truth, that is:

There are only two kinds of people on the battlefield, one is the living and the other is the dead.

Zhang Jiashi, who realized this, did not formulate an order not to attack civilians on the battlefield. He knew very well that this was impossible to do at such a time, and it was completely unrealistic.

Because that's the reality.

Zhang Jiashi didn't think that he had done anything wrong in such a point, and Bai Qi also did not express any objection to such a situation.

And Chen Ping, after knowing such a situation, didn't say anything, even Xiao He just sighed slightly.

Because those of them who are deeply trusted by Zhang Jiashi have understood a truth, that is, there is no difference between soldiers or civilians who appear on the battlefield.

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Many of the Qin army knights who were in charge of chasing the fleeing personnel did not kill people when they saw them, at the very least, they would not attack those who did not have food bags.

But those carriage drivers were unlucky.

Maybe they were innocent, but the food or ordnance they were transporting on their wagons was enough to kill them in this place.

Whenever some knights caught up with a carriage, they simply crossed the carriage and then stabbed their weapons into the horses that pulled the carriage or killed the carriage outright.

Of course, they tend to choose the former, because in such an environment, it is not easy to kill the driver.

If a horse is seriously injured, there is a good chance that the carriage will turn over.

After seeing such a situation, these knights did not care whether the coachman lived or died, but pursued the next target.

And many porters who carry grain, they flee with food, of course, there is a reason, but this does not mean that these Qin army knights will show mercy.

The corpses of many porters who fled with food often had a few arrows stuck in their backs, or a wound on their backs that had been pierced by spears or beryllium, almost through the body.

And a small number of porters are separated from the body by a certain distance, and they fall on this piece of land......

Five hundred knights of the Qin army carrying torches, after they arrived, quickly rushed to the abandoned or overturned carriages.

They threw their torches directly onto the grain bags of the wagons or on the periphery of the burning bags.

After a while, the carriages, which were getting bigger and bigger, were gradually engulfed in flames......

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The captain of the Chu military academy did not run too far before being caught up by Li Ping's army.

After several mounted shots, the Chu military captain, who had several arrows in his back, still fell to the ground behind his mount.

Li Ping asked a few guards to see if this Chu military captain was hanging, he didn't believe that such a few arrows could solve the other party.

Li Ping's conjecture was right, even if this Chu military captain fell off his mount, he was not dead, but he was not too far away from such an ending as death.

The Chu military captain, who was overflowing with blood from the corners of his mouth and nostrils, just opened his eyes, and after glancing at the few Qin army knights who came over, he closed his eyes again.

He didn't have anything he wanted to say, and besides, he couldn't say anything.

After these Qin army knights stabbed the tips of the weapons in their hands into each other's bodies, this Chu military captain, after a few convulsions, did not make any sound......

Glancing back at the black smoke rising in the distance, Li Ping said, "Let's go back." It's time to take a round with the king. ā€

"Whoa!"

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Although it is said that the information obtained by Xiang Yu does not contain the actual experience, and even Ding Gong has not reported in detail whether he was alive or dead.

However, after Xiang Yu came back to his senses, even if Fan Zeng hadn't returned to his side, he knew one thing very well, that is, the situation was very bad.

It's just that no matter how bad the situation is, Xiang Yu can only wait for Fan Zeng's return while summoning his henchmen and generals to arrive.

Xiang Yu did not tell Xiang Zhuang and other confidants the two bad news he received. But for Long Ji, Xiang Zhuang and others, Xiang Yu's silent expression was not a good situation in itself.

But they didn't ask.

I don't know how long it took, Fan Zeng returned to the camp tent with a helpless face.

"Father, how's the situation going?"

Of course, this sentence was asked by Xiang Yu, because Fan Zeng also thought that Xiang Yu would not tell those two things before there was a result, especially the fact that Ao Cang was lost and almost all the grain was burned.

Fan Zeng was silent for a moment, then looked at Xiang Yu, and said something that made everyone else in the camp tent except Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng not quite understand what it meant:

"Excuse me, the grain and grass in the army can only continue to support for about five days. ā€

Xiang Yu, who heard this, couldn't help but clench the fist on the desk, and even Long He could see that a trace of blood slowly oozed from Xiang Yu's fingers.

Xiang Yu didn't want his opportunity to attack Guanzhong this time to be wasted.

After taking a deep breath, he looked at Fan Zeng and asked, "Father, if our entire army is reduced, how long will it last?"

"You should know for yourself that this can't be done casually. After all, we can't really leave a corpse under the fortified city. ā€

Fan Zeng, out of practical terms, hoped that Xiang Yu could dispel such an idea.

Xiang Yu is not a real reckless man, he has his own ideas.

So after hearing Fan Zeng's words, he had to be silent.

At this time, Long He asked in a low voice: "General, Father, I don't know what happened?"

Fan Zeng really wanted to strangle Long and that bastard, because he knew that Long He asked this sentence could only make his advice just now completely wasted.

After he heard Xiang Yu roar out that sentence in a low voice, he could only sigh secretly in his heart: It's over......

And Xiang Yu's low roar made the people within Long He couldn't help but be stunned:

"What happened? Ao Cang is lost! Ding Gong is dead! And our latest batch of grain and grass has also been burned! This is what I received this morning!"

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