Chapter 163: Crossing the River and Fighting Again
Soon, it was time for a decisive battle.
According to the plan, just after nightfall, Xiang Yan asked people to beat drums, gathered the army to prepare to forcibly cross the Fenshui, the drum sound was deafening, and soon spread to the other side of the river, but the Chu army only gathered on the river bank, and did not immediately pass the pontoon bridge, waiting for the fire on the opposite bank to light up.
Hearing the drums of the Chu army, the Qin army on the other side immediately responded.
As it was about to enter the night, Xiang Yan could see that the Qin troops on the opposite bank lit torches one by one, waiting for them to cross the river.
Their Chu army, also prepared a large number of torches, illuminated the shore.
Xiang Yan judged the time and felt that it was almost over, so he first arranged for some Chu troops to raise their shields and torches to cross the river, and while passing through the pontoon bridge, he also inserted the torches on the edge of the pontoon bridge to illuminate the soldiers who passed later, and continued to walk towards the opposite bank.
The Qin army on the opposite bank quickly counterattacked, and the arrows were fired rapidly, but some of the sharp arrows were blocked by the shield of the Chu army and continued to advance to the opposite bank.
"Aweng, it worked!"
Xiang Liang suddenly pointed to the opposite bank, only to see a large piece of firelight, reflecting the sky that was about to enter the night.
After a while, it was obvious that the Qin army on the other side was in chaos, the torches were walking around, swaying, and he said excitedly: "We have succeeded!" ”
Xiang Yanchang breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that he had finally won back a game, and decisively ordered: "The whole army crosses the river!" ”
Knock knock!
The sound of the war drums became louder and more rapid.
The soldiers who were about to cross the river walked across the pontoon bridge in batches and went straight to the Qin army on the opposite bank to kill.
Standing on the pontoon bridge, the soldiers of the Chu army could also see the chaos on the other side, and they understood that their opportunity to regain the lost territory had come, and the speed of crossing the river was getting faster and faster, although the Qin army continued to suppress it with sharp arrows, but the Chu army continued to raise its shield and cross the river without fear of death.
Meanwhile.
On the other side of the river.
"General, a batch of hay has been burned, and the fire is not bright enough."
Geng Wu asked as he walked to the shore.
Although the action of the Chu army came very suddenly, it still could not be concealed from the Qin army, because Bai Zhong brought a lot of people from the Black Ice Platform with him, although Ying Shu and the people of the first lieutenant used to be Ying Zheng's personal guards, but they were all professionally trained, and they were the best at detecting the enemy's traces and sneaking ambushes.
As soon as Xiang Yan's 2,000 people crossed the river, they were discovered, and Bai Zhong simply calculated and asked people to burn a batch of hay, and at the same time solve the 2,000 people.
"Bright enough."
Bai Zhong looked at the shore, the chaos was also deliberately created by them.
Wang Li asked at this time, "When will the general move?" ”
Bai Zhong said: "Wait a little longer, there are not enough people in the Chu army to cross the river, when about 8,000 to 10,000 people come over, we will counterattack again, and pass on my military order, let Zhang Tang under Chen Cheng bring the troops back, I am worried that the troops are not enough." ”
They continued to wait, and this matter could not be rushed.
After a while, Zhang Tang came back with his troops.
Looking at the enemies crossing the river on the bank, there were almost eight thousand, Bai Zhong ordered: "You can counterattack, the Iron Eagle Sharps are in front, first use our strong crossbow to shoot down the enemy's shield on the pontoon bridge, kill it!" ”
"Kill!"
Geng Wu shouted excitedly and rushed away first.
The Iron Eagle Ruishi served as the vanguard, and more than 20,000 Qin troops followed behind and entered the landing Chu army.
Geng Wu quickly occupied a favorable position, and let the sharps use that powerful crossbow to hit the pontoon bridge remotely, and the shield was directly penetrated by the arrows, and the Chu soldiers holding the shield kept falling into the water.
Seeing that the Chu army crossing the river had no shield to cover, Meng Tian decisively ordered a large number of arrows to shoot at the pontoon bridge.
For the Chu army that had already landed, there was an infantry interception immediately.
In the darkness of the night, the sound of screams kept ringing out.
The torches that were originally chaotic on the shore are gradually tidying up at this time.
The soldiers of the Chu army who landed felt that the Qin army should be in chaos, not only was it not chaotic at this time, but it was immediately tidy up again, but they were chaotic first, and they turned around and wanted to go back at this time, but it was too late, because the people on the pontoon bridge kept squeezing forward, and they couldn't go back.
Bai Zhong did not go to battle, only commanded the battle in the rear army, and seeing that the situation was about the same, he said: "You can arrange for sailors to go into the water and cut off the pontoon bridge." ”
Most of the soldiers of the Chu army passed through the pontoon bridge, and if it was cut off at this time, I don't know how many people would fall into the water in embarrassment.
In such a chaotic environment, even if you know how to swim, you can drown.
The 3,000 Nanjun sailors, Bai Zhong had not returned them to Ning Teng, and continued to take them with him, and after hearing the order, more than 100 sailors jumped into the water and dived to the edge of the pontoon bridge, and cut the rope connected to the pontoon bridge according to the plan.
"Oh no, the pontoon is broken!"
A soldier of the Chu army happened to walk by, and suddenly his feet shook.
If all the pontoons are connected together, when you walk over, you can be very stable, but the connecting rope is broken, the pontoon is disconnected, and you lose your balance, and as long as you walk a little bigger, it will immediately shake.
Thump!
More and more people fell into Fenshui.
The soldiers of the Chu army who crossed the river were being slaughtered by the Qin army.
The soldiers of the Chu army on the pontoon bridge kept falling into the water at this time, and the pontoon bridge was quickly washed away by the current, staggering, and there were more and more people falling into the water at this time, and the scene became more and more messy.
Drowned, countless.
"That's not right!"
Xiang Yan saw the firelight on the other side, and it seemed to be neat again.
He had a foreboding feeling that something was wrong again, and was about to give the order for the soldiers crossing the river to retreat, when he saw that the pontoon bridge was broken.
"We've been tricked again!"
Xiang Yan was shocked in his heart, and said, "All retreat, don't cross the river again, and leave here immediately!" ”
Xiang Liang was also shocked, their father and son actually lost in front of the Qin army one after another, no matter what the plan, that Qin general Bai Zhong seemed to be able to predict the prophet, and all of them predicted their predictions.
"Retreat!"
Xiang Yan shouted.
As for the soldiers on the other side of the river, he simply gave up and could not be saved.
Their plan to cross the river did not work at all.
The 2,000 men sent over were all afraid of death.
The fire that is still burning now must have been deliberately set by the Qin army.
They were defeated.
Xiang Yan didn't dare to stay here, so she fled overnight and fled to the south.
As soon as the army withdrew, Xiang Yan asked people to carry the military flag as a guide and led everyone to the south, but not long after, a sharp arrow suddenly shot from the front.
Sou......
As soon as the piercing sound sounded, the military flag and flagpole of the Chu army were broken by arrows on the spot.
"Stop!"
Xiang Yan hurriedly ordered, and then he looked ahead, only to see that in the darkness, torches were lit one by one, and there was another group of Qin troops waiting for them here.
Soon, he figured out that it must be the Qin army of Pingyu, who came back to support Bai Zhong at this time and intercepted the escape of the Chu army.
Qin's plan for Bai Zhong was closely linked, directly forcing them into a corner.
Now it seems to be on a dead end!