Chapter 166: Xiang Yu's First Battle Leaving the King
Early the next morning, after the Chu army had breakfast, Xiang Yu let Chen Ping take charge of the banner of the Chinese army, and he and Yafu went to battle with the whole army. At this time, all the princes and armies contacted by Chen Yu also arrived, they were Zang Di of Yan State, Tian Du of Qi State, Wei Bao of Wei State, Ding Li of X State, Zhang Ao of Zhao State, etc., all of whom came to see Xiang Yu. After Xiang Yu met with everyone, he asked them to return to the camp and then follow behind the Chu army. Xiang Yu rode on the black horse and ordered the Chu army to beat the war drums and kill Zhang Han's military camp. Because of the large number of coalition troops and horses, the momentum is very huge.
At this time, the sun had already risen, and Zhang Han returned to the camp at dawn because he was rushing to repair the Yongdao. After he had breakfast, he had only rested for a while, and he heard that Xiang Yu had led the coalition army to fight. He hurried out of the camp to set up his formation, and then came to the chariot at the gate of the camp to watch. There was not much time, but I saw that there were black oppressive people and horses on the distant horizon in the east, and they were like the rising tide of the sea under the backdrop of the rising sun, surging from the east. Zhang Han was simply stunned when he saw the scene in front of him, and he watched every move of the coalition forces with trepidation.
Xiang Yu came to a place about three hundred meters away from the Qin camp and stopped his position. After a moment of confrontation between the two sides, Xiang Yu sent a general, who galloped to the gate of Zhang Han's camp and said loudly: "General Zhang Han, we meet again." Chu and Qin are incompatible! In the battle of Dong'a, our Chu people won, but in the battle of Dingtao, you used your troops too despicable, and you actually attacked our army shamelessly, and now the two sides are one win and one loss. Today, the Chu army wants to avenge Tao and is ready to fight here. If the Chu army is defeated again, then your Qin state will reunify the world. But if our army wins this battle, our Chu State will definitely dominate the world! At this time, Li Liang, who was behind Zhang Han, saw that Chu Jiang was talking like this, and he was furious in his heart, so he took the initiative to come forward to ask Zhang Han for battle, and also threatened to challenge Xiang Yu. General Chu said: "Willing to accompany!" With that, he turned his horse's head and galloped back to his position to report.
Zhang Han knew how powerful Xiang Yu was, and was afraid that the morale of the Qin army would be frustrated after Li Liang's defeat, so he didn't let him fight. But Li Liang was energetic, relying on his bravery, repeatedly asked to fight, and shouted that he had to cut off Xiang Yu's head. Zhang Han thought to himself: Li Liang is a capricious villain, forced to surrender only when he is cornered, this person is unreliable in the end, it is better to let him go and fight Xiang Yu alone, if he wins, there is no pity to be defeated and killed. said to Li Liang: "General Li, do you have to emulate the warrior Gao Gu of the previous generation?" Li Liang said: "I don't know who Gao Gu is, I only know that I want to cut off Xiang Yu's head!" Zhang Han praised: "Amazing! If the general can win the battle, I will wave my army to cover the past! Li Liang galloped out of the barracks, and when he came to the middle of the positions of the two armies, he loudly challenged Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu saw that it was not Zhang Han who came out of the battle, so he roared loudly: "I only fight with Zhang Han's old man, not with unknown people, come and get out of the way!" Li Liang saw that Xiang Yu looked down on him so much, and said angrily: "I am Li Liang of Hebei!" I have never met an opponent in the world, and you dare to look down on me, this kid? Xiang Yu saw that Li Liang had reported to his home, so he scolded: "It turned out to be you capricious guy, I took your life first!" Li Liang raised his whip and laughed, flaunted his might, and shouted vigorously: "I want to let you, a little Nanban, take a look today, is the 'Hebei Tiger' a waste of fame?" When Xiang Yu heard Li Liang being so arrogant, he gritted his teeth and wanted to cut off his head immediately. Fan Yafu saw that Li Liang was going to fight Xiang Yu alone, so he reminded Xiang Yu: "Although Li Liang is an unrighteous person, he is known as the 'Hebei Tiger'. The general must be victorious! Xiang Yu shouted at Li Liang: "What tiger? It's a stupid pig! "Let's beat the horses out of battle and let the horses come.
Li Liang also slapped his horse and danced the halberd and rushed forward. At this time, the trumpets of the two armies sounded together, and the soldiers also shouted in unison, beating the war drums loudly. Xiang Yu saw that Li Liang was fierce, so he deliberately dodged a few tricks first. Li Liang thought that Xiang Yu was nothing more than that, so he raised his weapon viciously and stabbed him with a slash on his head and face. Just listen to "Bang! With a sound, Xiang Yu forcefully picked off Li Liang's weapon, and roared: "Come and collect the corpse!" Then he waved the dragon swallowing the moon halberd, and stabbed Li Liang under the horse with a halberd. Li Liang is known as a famous general in Hebei, and he does rarely meet opponents, but today he was killed by Xiang Yu in more than ten rounds, which shows how strong Xiang Yu's martial arts are.
When Qin Jun saw it, they were all terrified, and their shouts stopped abruptly. Xiang Yu beheaded Li Liang, then laughed and said, "Who is still going to fight a decisive battle?" Chen Yu was really overjoyed when he saw Li Liang being beheaded, so he galloped out of the position, and the leader shouted: "Long live the Chu army!" Long live Xiang Yu! Seeing Xiang Yu's victory, the Zhao army and the princes' armies also shouted together: "Long live the Chu army!" Long live Xiang Yu! ......" For a time, hundreds of thousands of soldiers roared Xiao Xiao, and the sound shook the sky. Qin Jun was so frightened that he was scattered. Seeing this, Zhang Han was also depressed, so he hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Xiang Yu commanded the army to cover up and kill, and approached the Qin army camp. The Qin army was afraid that the Chu army would attack the camp, so they shot arrows in unison. The Chu army used shields to cover it, and the army stopped when it came to a place about a hundred meters away from the Qin camp, because this distance was a relatively safe range. At this time, no matter how the Chu army challenged, Zhang Han no longer dared to fight, and the two sides confronted each other.
Wang Li was in the camp of Julu, and that morning, he dreamed that the allied army had been defeated by him, and he only smiled with joy. "Report! General, all the soldiers and horses of Yan, Qi and other countries have withdrawn, and the military camp is gone! After Wang Li was awakened by the sergeant's report, he hurriedly got up and walked out of the barracks to inspect, and sure enough, he saw that the coalition camp in the northeast had disappeared without a trace, so he was overjoyed and said: "This is simply great, we must capture the giant deer today!" He ordered the Qin army to immediately burn the fire and cook, and after eating, immediately launch a general attack. But just after the Qin army finished eating, they saw a sergeant running to report on Pegasus: "General, the coalition forces did not flee, they went to Thorn Plain, and Xiang Yu is leading them to attack General Zhang's camp." Wang Li was shocked: "How did the two sides win or lose?" The sergeant said: "The two sides confronted each other, and there was no fighting. Wang Li said happily: "This is a good time for us to attack Julu City. "He ordered the Great Wall Army to launch a general attack immediately. For a while, the Great Wall army attacked Julu City, only to hear the sound of killing endlessly.
Just when the Great Wall Army was about to break through Julu City, suddenly a meteor Ma reported: "General, Xiang Yu challenged General Zhang Han in Thorn Plain, General Zhang sent Li Liang to fight, who knew that Li Liang was killed by Xiang Yu in a few rounds!" Wang Li was shocked when he heard the sergeant's report, so he grabbed the sergeant's collar and asked, "Has General Zhang been in battle?" The sergeant replied: "General Zhang did not go to battle, he has already withdrawn all the generals and horses to the camp!" Wang Li was shocked, so he asked the sergeant to continue to investigate, and then ordered the Qin army to stop the siege. When Su Jiao and Shima and other generals came to Wang Li, they asked why they had stopped the siege. Wang Li said: "Now Xiang Yu is leading the coalition army to attack General Zhang Han's camp, and the military detective says that Li Liang has been beheaded. If the Chu army wins, Xiang Yu is very likely to attack the giant deer, and we have to be prepared. The generals were shocked, because they all knew that Li Liang was a famous general in Hebei, and now that Li Liang was beheaded, Xiang Yu must be very powerful. Wang Li ordered the Qin army to come to the south of the city to set up a formation. The horn of an emergency assembly suddenly sounded in the Qin camp, and Wang Li transferred the main force of the Great Wall Army to the southeast, arranged it into a rectangular battle array, and then draped it neatly, Tigo got on his horse, and prepared for the battle.
There was not much time, and sure enough, I saw a military horse killed due south, which was the banner of the Chu army. As the first general, bronze helmet and silver armor, white robe and black shoes, dragged a long dragon swallowing moon halberd upside down, and stepped off the black horse, it was indeed a hero, a hero through the ages, it was Xiang Yu, the general of Chu State. He led Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, Chen Yu, and Zhang Ao to the front of the battle majestically, stabilized the men and horses in a hurry, and then glared ahead. I saw that there was also a general in the formation of the Great Wall Army, who was also extraordinary, he was wearing a face-covering red gold helmet, wearing a chain of chain mail, holding a shield in his left hand, and playing with his right hand. On the left and right are the majestic and high-spirited veteran soldiers, it seems that they are usually well-trained, although they are facing an unfamiliar opponent today, but they are not flustered at all, but the lineup is strict and orderly.
Xiang Yu glared at Wang Li, out of a rough breath, his chest kept rising and falling, he couldn't wait to swallow the enemy in one bite. Chen Yu said to Xiang Yu: "General, he is Wang Li, the commander of the Great Wall Army." Xiang Yu asked loudly: "Are you the grandson of Wang Jian and Wang Li, the son of Wang Ben?" Wang Li replied contemptuously: "Since you know my name, why do you still raise an army to rebel?" Xiang Yu asked angrily, "Do you know who I am?" Wang Li laughed and said: "My family has served as the general of the Qin State for three generations, and they are all victorious generals, who knows you, this little Nanban?" Xiang Yu was enraged by Wang Li's words, and he gritted his teeth and said, "General Chang Sheng!" Hey! Fifteen years ago, your grandfather Wang Jian killed my grandfather Xiang Yan, and I am Xiang Yan's grandson Xiang Ji! Pay off your debts, pay for your life! Today I will use your head to pay tribute to the ghost of my grandfather! Wang Li was not intimidated by Xiang Yu's words, but laughed and said, "Xiang Yan is my grandfather's defeated subordinate!" What can his grandson do? I only hate that he didn't kill your whole family back then, leaving you as a bane, and today he is here to make waves and disturb the country! Xiang Yu pointed at Wang Li with a halberd and shouted, "I want to fight you alone!" Today, let the soldiers on both sides see who is the best man in the world! If I kill you, I'll feed the dogs with your dead body!" Wang Li hadn't fought with Xiang Yu, and he didn't know what Xiang Yu's martial arts were, so he smiled and said: "I fought with you for 300 rounds today, if you hurt someone with a dark arrow, you will definitely be a hero!" Xiang Yu said: "Okay, I can't ask for it!" The soldiers of both sides beat the drums of war.
The two men rode forward and rushed to each other, and when the two horses intersected, their weapons slammed together, and they saw sparks splashing everywhere, and suddenly a great battle broke out. The weapons of the two of them flew and swished, like two flames burning together, killing fifty rounds in one go, regardless of victory or defeat. At this time, the soldiers on both sides cheered endlessly, and the two killed more than 30 times, and Wang Li gradually couldn't parry. There are four deputy generals who often protect the commander on the position of the Qin army, they are Chen Ji, Li Hao, Li Cheng, and Wu Ban, at this time, seeing that the commander could not fight Xiang Yu, they rushed up together to protect the commander, and the four generals killed together, and then surrounded Xiang Yu, Wang Li took the opportunity to leave the battlefield. Xiang Yu saw that Wang Li had fled, and shouted angrily: "Coward! You will make the heroes of the world laugh! At this time, Zhong Liwu, Ji Bu, Chen Yu, and Zhang Ao in the Chu army formation saw that someone in the Qin army formation came to help, and they also spread their bridles and rushed up to help in the battle.
But at this time, Xiang Yu saw Wang Li fleeing, he was so angry that he smoked, he saw the four Qin generals who came to relieve the siege, he couldn't wait to swallow them in one bite, so he shook the weapon forward, and grabbed the front Chen Ji with a light grab, and then threw it a foot away, Chen Ji was smashed to pieces. When Li Hao saw it, he was stunned with fright, and was about to turn around and flee, when Xiang Yu roared, Li Hao's war horse was frightened, and his front hooves were raised, and Li Hao was actually put on the ground. Li Hao's foot and neck were still stuck in the stirrup, and he was dragged by the horse. Li Cheng and Wu Ban were shocked and wanted to escape, but their legs were weak, so Xiang Yu thrust the Moon Swallowing Halberd into the ground, rushed forward and grabbed one, and then touched the heads of the two together, and their brains burst to death. When Li Hao was dragged back to the formation by the horse, he hurriedly rescued him left and right, but found that he had already died. Wang Li was shocked, and the noise of the Qin army also stopped abruptly.
When Zhongli and the others came to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu had already finished the battle. The four were stunned. At this time, Xiang Yu waved his weapon into the enemy formation, then turned around and shouted: "Kill it!" Seeing that the commander was so brave, the soldiers of the Chu army let go of their steps and rushed forward to kill. When Wang Li saw that the Chu army had launched an attack, he hurriedly ordered the retreat to the camp, only to see the Qin soldiers and horses trampling on each other, and countless dead. The Chu army slaughtered the Qin army's fence with overwhelming momentum, and the Qin army guarding the camp shot arrows at the Chu army. Xiang Yu ordered to stop the people. The Chu army won the first battle of the Great Wall Army, and the morale was greatly shaken. There is a poem praising Xiang Yu Dao:
The three households are destined to die in Qin, and Chu is too anxious.
Who can be a Jedi, and treat ten thousand enemies.
Wang Li returned to the camp after defeat, hurriedly undressed and wiped his sweat, and said to the generals in horror: "I didn't expect Xiang Yu to be so brave, he is really a tiger general, I have been fighting in the field for more than ten years, and I have never encountered such a strong opponent!" And he commanded all the generals to hold the fortification.
Xiang Yu saw that Wang Li didn't dare to fight, so he scolded him for being a coward. Wang Li had no choice but to let it go. Until the afternoon, Wang Li saw that Xiang Yu was still challenging, so he hung up the battle exemption card, and then gathered to discuss a good strategy. Su Jiao said: "Although Xiang Yu is powerful, the Chu army may not be powerful. Now it's just that our challenge has failed, and it's not that our army can't defeat the Chu army. I heard that when the Chu army came, they all destroyed their baggage, and they must have camped in the open air at night, which was very beneficial to our army. Wang Li asked him if there was any good way. Su Jiao said with confidence: "As long as you carry out a night attack, you can defeat the Chu army." Even if you can't catch Xiang Yu in the night attack, you can kill him without leaving a piece of armor! As soon as Wang Li heard this, he said excitedly: "Your idea is really good, but I'm worried that Xiang Yu is brave and fierce, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult to get close to him." Su Jiao said boldly: "As long as we prepare more strong crossbow shooters, shoot Xiang Yu from a distance." No matter how powerful he is, how can he stop the sharp arrows? As long as Xiang Yu died, the Chu army would be leaderless. Once the Chu army is defeated, the rest are vulnerable! As soon as Wang Li heard this, he really came to his senses, and decided to shoot Xiang Yu in the night attack.