Chapter 50: The Second Crusade 4
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Because fighting in the winter, the need for logistical supplies in various aspects has a greater impact.
In the case of the Kwantung princes, with the exception of Qi and Chu, the more devastated the area of the princes, the greater the influence of their overall strength.
This is also the reason why Zhang Jiashi prefers to choose to fight after the autumn harvest.
After all, playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses is also an important art to achieve victory in war.
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The Chu army was much better equipped than the princes defeated and eliminated by Zhang Han and Zhang Jiashi in their First Crusade launched last year.
In this case, the advantage of the army under Zhang Jiashi's command over the Chu army was also weakened a lot in disguise.
Therefore, whether it is Su Teng or Han Xin, they have to be cautious in the face of Long Ji and the Chu army under Peng Yue.
Han Xin discovered a serious problem, that is, his officers and soldiers could not find a place where they could effectively dig the water storage dam.
After all, it was winter, the flow of the river was relatively small, and his troops were now in the lower reaches of Yingshui, so he didn't have the kind of way to make Yingshui flow backwards.
However, Han Xin knew one thing very well, that is, in the next few days, it was also an opportunity for him to easily defeat the Chu army under Long He's command.
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On January 12, 203 B.C., it had been snowing heavily in the sky for several days.
In this case, the scouts under the command of Long Ji relaxed their vigilance in other directions.
And Long Ji also thought that under the influence of this kind of weather, even if Qin Dog's reinforcements came from Sanchuan County, they would not choose to act at this time.
But...... He was wrong, and he couldn't have been more wrong.
Han Xin thought of a method that Zhang Jiashi described and learned from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that is, in heavy snowy weather, using a large number of infantry, wearing white robes and white clothes, to attack the enemy in the snow.
Don't talk about this kind of thing, even Zhang Jiashi himself didn't expect Han Xin to think of such a approach.
After all, Zhang Jiashi himself didn't say anything about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to others.
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On the snow east of Yangzhai City, more than 10,000 Qin infantry wearing white robes and armor slowly advanced in the heavy snow.
Many of them didn't want to march and fight in this kind of ghost weather, but Han Xin even personally commanded this battle plan in order to let his officers and soldiers advance.
And on the way to Yangzhai City from the place where they started, although the cold protection measures of the Qin officers and soldiers had been done well, there were still some sick Qin officers and soldiers who fell on the snow.
Han Xin knew this kind of thing very well, but there was no way he could stay in this place for too long for the sake of a small number of wounded, otherwise, they would be completely wiped out.
The Xingyao Sword given to him by Han Xin Zhang Jiashi was used as a crutch to continue in the snow.
He knew that there was still a long way to go, and this heavy snowfall, according to some veterans under Han Xin's command, should not stop for three or four days.
Of course, he was able to postpone his actions for a day or two. But he also knew that he had to race against time for his actions, because every time he delayed it, the road would become more difficult to walk.
This is also an opportunity for Han Xin to defeat Long and his army and rescue Dong Fei and the remnants of Sima Xin.
Perhaps, it is indeed very difficult to defeat Long Ji just by doing this, but Han Xin also has a foreshadowing, that is, in terms of Long Ji's character, once Dong Fei and Sima Xin are rescued, he will definitely personally lead the army to pursue.
Han Xin used this dragon and possibly did it to lead an ambush against the Chu army.
The more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, including him, are in fact just a decoy.
Although he also wanted to heal the wounded in the snow, for him, the sacrifice of these people would be the key to the salvation of more people and his victory. ()
From time to time, people fell on the snow, and these people did not pay much attention, and they fell asleep slowly until their bodies were gradually buried by the heavy snow......
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The dragon is resting in his stronghold.
He didn't quite understand why he was able to besiege Dong Fei and Sima Xin in Yangzhai City so easily this time.
Of course, he was caught off guard by the other party, but even if it was Long Ji, he knew one thing very well, that is, the current Qin army was not easy to deal with.
Otherwise, they would not have suffered a big defeat in Hangu Pass, and they would almost not even be able to return to Pengcheng.
However, several strong attacks on Yangzhai City failed, making Long He give up the idea of solving Dong Fei and Sima Xin in Yangzhai City in a short time.
It's just that he also remembered another thing now, that is, before leaving, Fan Zeng personally said a word to him, that is, the offensive of Yingchuan County must be quickly resolved.
He knew very well that Fan Zeng's worries should be reasonable, but the problem was that he didn't have the ability to quickly solve Dong Peng and Sima Xin, as well as the remaining Qin Dogs under his command.
He underestimated Yang Zhai City's defense system.
In fact, he is not to blame at all, after all, after Zhang Han drove away the original Han King Han Cheng, he began to run Yangzhai City.
Even if Zhang Han gave up Yingchuan County, led his main force to resist the main force of the Qin army in the north of Nanyang County, and moved a large number of materials and equipment from Yangzhai City, the defense system of Yangzhai City did not suffer much damage.
In this case, the Qin army troops that occupied Yangzhai City naturally used the fortified city of Yangzhai City as a logistics base to recover Yingchuan County and resist the possible offensive of the Chu army.
The supplies in Yangzhai City are quite sufficient, especially in order to allow Yingchuan County to be able to resist the offensive of the Chu army of a certain intensity, Zhang Jiashi mobilized a large number of materials from Taiyuan County and Hengshan County to the south before the operation.
This is also the reason why Yangzhai City's supplies are quite sufficient.
Of course, more than half of these supplies continue to be stored in the southern part of Sanchuan County.
This is also the reason why the remnants of the Qin army in Yangzhai City were able to repel the fierce attacks of the Chu army many times.
He didn't expect this situation, and thought that the remnants of the Qin army under the command of Dong Fei and Sima Xin were just the end of the crossbow and took it lightly, which was actually a kind of taboo for soldiers.
Of course, Long Ji also paid a pretty heavy price for his actions. That is, the army under his command lost more than 7,000 people under Yangzhai City, even more than the soldiers and horses lost when they raided Dong Fei and the Qin officers and soldiers under Sima Xin.
So, after seeing the heavy snow outside the camp, Long Ji continued to pour wine into his wine jue again in a depressed mood......
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On the gate tower of Yangzhai City, Dong Fei and Sima Xin couldn't help but glance at each other. Because of the arrival of this heavy snowfall, of course, they can temporarily rest in the onslaught of the Chu army.
However, although Yangzhai City was not short of materials in a short period of time, but in the absence of sufficient troops for defense, many officers and soldiers had to participate in the defense of the city wall for a long time, resulting in exhaustion.
If this heavy snow does not come, even if the Chu army still can't directly capture Yangzhai, they will all lose Yangzhai City because of internal problems.
"Old man, will the king send reinforcements?"
The person who said this was Dong Fei, who had a white cloth wrapped around his arm.
In the past few days of fighting, his arm was almost not destroyed by Long Ji in the battle against Long Ji.
If it weren't for the desperate rescue of his guards, he would not have been seriously injured by the dragon and his arm, and he might even be killed directly by the dragon.
So he now has a lot of hatred for Chu Jun and Long Ji.
And after Sima Xin heard Dong Peng's words, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "In this kind of weather, even if the king wants to rescue us, I'm afraid we are all more than willing to do it, the snow is too big, and it is impossible for the king to make a forced march when the army is frostbitten or frozen to death." ”
"Where the hell is the Su County Guard?"
Dong Fei is a little resentful of Su Teng now, because if it weren't for this person's overdue, I'm afraid they wouldn't have encountered this incident.
But this time, Dong Fei didn't expect that he was indeed wrong to blame Su Teng.
Because Su Teng was also devastated by the blizzard.
Sima Xin heard Dong Peng's words and shook his head, because he really didn't know where Su Teng was.
But once Su Teng did not come to the rescue, then what was waiting for them would be only death.
Because in this case, even if they plan to rush out, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it.
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At 3 p.m. that day, although the temperature seemed to have risen, the heavy snow in the sky showed no signs of stopping.
In this case, the besieging Chu army barracks, which was located about a kilometer east of Yangzhai City, and the defenders of the East Gate on duty did not notice that clusters of ignited rockets suddenly fell in the sky.
"Ah!!h
A group of Chu officers and soldiers patrolling the camp in the snow let out a scream. Because the rocket pierced the armor and pierced the thigh, the damage caused was not so pleasant.
But what these Chu officers and soldiers did not expect was that this was a rather premeditated attack.
The rockets in the sky kept falling, igniting the tent of the Chu army camp in the blizzard.
More and more screams rang out, and more and more tents were set ablaze in the snowstorm.
Of course, there are also many rockets that were blown out by the strong wind in mid-air, and the accuracy of these arrows was greatly affected by the blizzard, but the arrows that fell into the Chu army's camp still brought a lot of casualties to the Chu army.
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This was just Han Xin's first surprise to Chu Jun.
The casualties brought to the Chu army by these arrows fired from the east of the camp to the Chu army were actually not too large, and what Han Xin really wanted to surprise the Chu army was naturally the six thousand Qin officers and soldiers armed with swords.
In the vast snow, more and more Qin officers and soldiers approached the periphery of the Chu army camp. In the eastern camp of the Chu army, which was gradually chaotic, many Chu officers and soldiers did not notice this matter.
It wasn't until a large number of Qin officers and soldiers approached about thirty or forty meters away from the Chu army camp that these Chu officers and soldiers discovered the attackers who attacked them.
"Enemy Attack !!"
An exclamation kicked off the battle that was the real fame of Han Shin this time.
The Chu officers and soldiers who were in chaos were simply unable to effectively resist the more and more Qin officers and soldiers who were entering the barracks.
Many times, some lone Chu officers and soldiers had to face at least five or six Qin officers and soldiers wearing white robes and armor.
Officers and soldiers from both sides are engaged in melee fighting in more and more areas.
Inside and outside the tents that were not lit, the blood of many officers and soldiers on both sides was also splattered.
Han Xin led a team of five hundred people from the periphery of the east gate of Yangzhai City to the east gate of Yangzhai City.
The officers and soldiers of Chu who blocked Han Xin's troops could not effectively resist Han Xin's small army at all.
Although Han Xin's current strength is not yet a master, in this kind of melee situation, Han Xin, who is also wearing a white robe and armor, has also broken through the armor of many Chu officers and soldiers with the Xingyao Sword in his hand, killing and injuring the other party.
In this case, what he has to do is to contact Dong Peng, Sima Xin and others as much as possible to break through with the counterpart.
But Han Xin didn't dare to easily send someone to approach Yang Zhai City under such a situation, because he himself was afraid that he would be killed by Dong Peng, Sima Xin and others as Chu army.
Because in this case, there is a real possibility that such a situation will happen.
While Han Xin was commanding his troops to confront the officers and soldiers of Chu, he was also thinking about how he could do this kind of thing.
Suddenly, he thought of one thing, that is, Dong Fei and Sima Xin should not weaken their defensive strength in this situation, so he could send someone to shoot the letter into Yang Zhai City with a strong crossbow.
For this reason, Han Xin looked for the nearby camps that were relatively intact, and then ordered someone to transcribe the documents in these camps.
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The battle for the eastern stronghold of Yangzhai City continued. And the dragon has no way of knowing such a situation for the time being. Because although in the early days of the attack, the officers and soldiers of Chu lit the beacon fire of warning. But in this kind of weather with extremely poor visibility, the effect of this beacon warning can be said to be extremely detrimental.
However, the commander of the Chu army in charge of this camp area did not expect this, and he also thought that Long Ji should soon receive the warning beacon fire sent by him, and quickly support the battle on their side.
It's a pity that this commander of the Chu army seems to be clear about that sentence, that is, the reality is actually quite cruel.
And Han Xin will not give up this opportunity and continue to break into the direction of Yang Zhai City. Because he himself knew very well that although the beacon fire had no effect in this weather, the camps of the Chu army could be said to be connected. The fact that the beacon is useless does not mean that the person sent by the other party to inform Long Ji cannot tell Long Ji about this.
So Han Xin himself knows one thing, that is, he must hurry up.
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The officers and soldiers under Han Xin's command raided the Chu army barracks, which was indeed a surprise to the Chu army, but these raiding officers and soldiers under Han Xin could not effectively suppress the Chu officers and soldiers for too long.
Han Xin must rescue Dong Peng, Sima Xin, and the remaining robes trapped in Yangzhai City before more Chu troops can react.
Otherwise, even he would most likely be surrounded by the Chu Legion.
Something like this, Han Xin naturally couldn't let it happen.
After opening up a passage that could lead to the east gate of Yangzhai City, Han Xin quickly dispatched several marksmen under his command to the outside of the east gate of Yangzhai City to inform Dong Fei and Sima Xin by letter.
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However, when Dong Peng and Sima Xin received the news, it was nearly half an hour later.
As Han Xin had predicted, he was besieged by more and more Chu officers and soldiers.
"Why haven't you come out yet?"
Han Xin's mood was very anxious, he didn't want to be buried with Dong Fei and Sima Xin in this place.
He constantly commanded his officers and soldiers to flank the Chu officers and soldiers from the south and north.
If it weren't for the fact that the wind and snow were too big, it would be difficult for the Chu army to assemble effectively at this time, otherwise Han Xin would have faced a much worse situation.
In this case, Han Xin couldn't help muttering: "Could it be that those two bastards suspect that this is a conspiracy of the Chu army?"
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Han Xin's thoughts were not wrong, because after Dong Peng and Sima Xin received this letter, they really wondered if this was the conspiracy of the Chu army.
But when they thought about it, they found that they were undoubtedly dead end, and if what that letter said was true, they might have a way to live.
Therefore, in less than ten minutes, Dong Peng and Sima Xin concentrated the officers and soldiers who could be found in a short time and broke through to the east gate.
It's just that when they came out, they happened to encounter a situation where the raiding troops under Han Xin's command began to be unable to resist more and more Chu troops' flanking attacks and gradually retreated. In this case, Dong Peng and Sima Xin no longer had any doubts, but led the remnants of the officers and soldiers under their command to carry out a surprise attack on the rear of the Chu army.
Dong Fei and the others, who knew very well that there was no way to leave quickly under this heavy snow, could be said to have left almost all the heavy equipment in Yangzhai City.
In fact, this is something that Zhang Jiashi doesn't want to see, because once these equipment are drummed out by the Chu army, Zhang Jiashi's equipment advantage over the years can be said to be directly back to the same level after a short period of time.
If it weren't for the fact that Long He was indeed as Han Xin thought, after knowing that Dong Fei and Sima Xin were rescued by the army led by him, he quickly led the army to pursue, I am afraid that the large number of weapons left in Yangzhai City would bring an unclear turning point to the battle situation in Yingchuan County, and even whether Zhang Jiashi would easily unify the world.
And this one thing has also become Zhang Jiashi's most dissatisfied with Dong Fei and Sima Xin.
If it weren't for this matter, it would be no wonder that Dong Peng and Sima Xin would have dismissed the two directly......
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