Chapter 38: Two Women Fight
After a few days of truce in Xingyang, Zhang Han once again set foot in the footsteps of the south, and his target this time was Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chuguo.
Zhang Chuguo was the country with the largest bandit army in various places at this time, as long as Zhang Chu's regime collapsed, it would cause a lot of impact on the bandit armies from all walks of life, and it was precisely because of this that Zhang Han would target Chen County in Chen County.
Along the wide Wei River, the Qin army marched south, in a few days, it recovered Xinzheng, crossed the river from Xinzheng, the Qin army arrived at Changshe, killed the Changshe guard, after that, the Qin army did not stop, marched to Yingyin, and Xu County looked at each other from afar, at this time, it was the end of September.
The weather plummeted, and it was an extremely difficult thing for the army to march and fight, but Zhang Han was eager to seek merit, so he ordered to urge Ao Cang to transport grain, and the three armies rested in Yingyin County for three days and continued to move south.
At this time, the three-day period had passed, and the Qin army came to the city of Xuxian County, with the sound of drums, ladders, catapults and rushing carts ready, and the war was about to break out.
There are 10,000 defenders in Xu County, and the guard general Xu Wu once worshiped the left general under Wu Guang, after the battle of Xingyang, Wu Guang found that he could not take Xingyang in a short time, so he ordered Xu Wu and Deng Shuo to divide their troops and advance, trying to establish a stable logistics base and retreat.
At this time, Zhang Han had already entered the city, Xu Wu was worried, the huge Xu County, there were only 10,000 defenders, if it was broken, Chen County was in danger, but more than 400,000 Qin soldiers, how could he resist?
Looking at the city, the Qin army is very complete in attacking the city, if Xu County is attacked, Xu Wu concluded that in a few hours, the Qin army will be able to break through Xu County, and sit in the city to wait for death, Xu Wu decided to go out of the city to fight to the death.
At this time, looking at the Qin army swimming back and forth under the city, Xu Wu resolutely ordered: "Beat the drum and gather the troops." ”
"Squeak" The gate of Xu County slowly opened, Xu Wu led seven thousand main forces of soldiers and horses, slowly marched out of the city gate, lined up in the open space outside the city, and looked at the endless Qin army formation opposite, Xu Wu couldn't help but sigh lightly.
On the other side, Zhang Han had already seen thousands of Chu troops marching out of the city, and he couldn't help but sneer: "Stupid people, do you still want to resist?" ”
Zhang Han stood up with a halberd, rode out of the horse, came to the formation of the two armies, raised the weapons in his hands, there was a cheer in the Qin army, and on the opposite side, Xu Wu saw that the main general of the Qin army would fight in person, and also picked up the spear and rode the horse out, and the two were in the middle of the formation, looking at each other coldly.
A moment later, Zhang Han roared, brandished the halberd, and rushed forward, Xu Wu also waved the spear and ran forward, and the two quickly collided together, when the horses intersected, the halberd and the spear collided, and the fire splashed, but soon, with the force of the horse's impact, the two quickly separated.
Zhang Han quickly turned the horse's head, he looked at Xu Wu who was still running, and couldn't help sneering, how can he compete with himself.
Zhang Han did not hesitate, he rode the horse to chase after him, following Xu Wu, Xu Wu had quietly hung the spear on the horse hook at this time, this one, he had taken out the bow and arrow, and looked at the opportunity, one sideways, the feather arrow shot instantly, and went straight to Zhang Han's door, but Zhang Han was unhurried, and gently flicked the feather arrow with a halberd.
Zhang Han didn't pause, he rode his horse and continued to pursue Xu Wu, Xu Wu saw that the sneak attack failed, so he had to rein in his horse and go back, wielding a spear, and fighting Zhang Han again.
The two fought each other, no less than 30 together, no one could take half a advantage, just when the war was at its most intense, Xu County suddenly mutinied, shouting and killing was endless, Xu Wu was shocked, turned around and looked, on the head of the city, I don't know when the Qin army had entered the city, many Zhang Chu banners were thrown down the city, and the Qin army banner was hung high again.
At this time, a thought flashed in Xu Wu's mind, it must be that the Qin army had entered the city from the east, thinking of this, Xu Wu could no longer care about Xu County, straightened his spear, opened the halberd from Zhang Han's stab, immediately turned the horse's head, and went south.
Looking at the back of Xu Wu fleeing from the wilderness, Zhang Han couldn't help laughing, in the laughter, he was so uninhibited, so unruly, so staring at the heroes, after a long time, Zhang Han waved his halberd and pointed at Xu County, and the Qin army rushed up and killed Xu County.
Two hours later, Xu County has been completely controlled by the Qin army, Zhang Han led the team slowly to the city gate, at this time, a general with a helmet and armor quickly greeted him, he is the surprise attack on Xu County's general Su Jiao, once served under the command of Fusu.
Seeing Su Jiao coming up, Zhang Han laughed and said, "General Su, you have made great contributions in this battle, I should tell the court and show your merits." ”
Su Jiao thanked him and replied: "Thank you to the general for cultivating, but the last general failed to stop Xu Wu from escaping, and asked the general to forgive him." ”
Hearing Su Jiao mention Xu Wu, Zhang Han instinctively looked south, the path where Xu Wu fled in a hurry, Zhang Han couldn't help but sneer: "The dog who lost his family, how to be afraid, soon, I want to wash Chen County in blood, and if I think of him Xu Wu, it will be difficult to escape the doom!" ”
"The general is wise." Su Jiao praised, and at this time, Zhang Han pointed to the city and ordered: "Order, enter the city!" ”
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Hengshan County, Qisi County, Jiangdong Chu military time 14 days, across the Dabie Mountain, and the use of the people, built a simple gallop road, ready in the future, can effectively march to the north, and this gallop road, will also go through the second construction of Xiangzhuang, become more smooth.
At this time, 10,000 Jiangdong Chu troops lined up in the south of Qisi County, the drums were noisy, the cloud ladders, and the bows and crossbows were ready for battle, and in front of the formation, more than 100 large shields became the best bunker for the Jiangdong Chu army.
The drums of war kept beating, and the defenders of Qisi County had no intention of surrendering, and the brutal attack was about to break out.
But in the Chinese army of the Jiangdong Chu army, Cao Feng was holding a piece of cyan coarse cloth and was wiping the blood marks on Xiang Zhuang's shoulder, just in the battle not long ago, Xiang Zhuang was wounded, he was shot in the shoulder by a sudden feather arrow, although a simple bandaging was done temporarily, but the wound was a little purulent and swollen.
Because of this, the siege battle was temporarily stopped, on the side, Ding Gu and Li Ji waited anxiously, seeing that Xiang Zhuang's wound was fine, Ding Gu was relieved, and Lang smiled: "Major General, let me lead the troops in this battle." ”
Xiang Zhuang endured the pain, wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at Ding Gu, and said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't believe in your ability, but we only have 10,000 people, once we can't conquer it, we will go north this time, and we will come in vain." ”
"Don't worry, young general, I only need 3,000 people, and I will be able to capture this city in this battle!" Seeing that Ding Gu was full of confidence, Xiang Zhuang just wanted to agree, but a scout rushed over and said, "General, we found that an army is approaching us from the south." ”
Xiang Zhuang was startled, he got up suddenly, but he forgot that Cao Feng was bandaging his wound, the wound was touched, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but gasp, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Why don't you go and investigate, which way is it!" ”
The scout sang Nuo left, at this time, Xiang Zhuang couldn't care about the wound, he personally picked up the coarse cloth, wiped the bruises, put down his sleeves, looked at his relatives, and ordered: "Bring the armor!" ”
Cao Feng said anxiously on the side: "Brother Xiang Zhuang, you can't do this!" ”
Cao Feng grabbed the corner of Xiang Zhuang's clothes and wanted to stop Xiang Zhuang, at this time, a scout ran again and arched his hand: "General, it is the banner of the Poyang Army, and their main general wants to see the general at this time." ”
Xiang Zhuang heard that it was the Poyang army, his heart was a little calm, and he breathed a sigh, what he was most worried about at this time was that the Qin army on the front line of Jiujiang was advancing westward and cutting off his retreat, at that time, he would be in a dilemma, at this time the Poyang army came to help, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but smile and said: "Let them come over." ”
The scout sang Nuo left, and Cao Feng saw that Xiang Zhuang was no longer struggling to put on the armor, and said happily: "Brother Xiang Zhuang, your wound hasn't healed yet, I'm messing with you." ”
Looking at Cao Feng's concerned gaze, the status quo really didn't want to refuse politely, so he had to take off his sleeves, Cao Feng carefully wiped the abscess wound with a coarse cloth, and at this time, a familiar voice sounded: "I heard that our General Xiang Zhuang is injured!" What a miracle! ”
The rough voice of the cloth sounded, and soon, he rode his horse to the Chinese army, turned over and dismounted, and walked towards Xiang Zhuang, but behind him, there was a female general, who had already run over first, anxiously took out a handkerchief, and said hurriedly: "You kind of coarse cloth, quickly take it aside!" ”
The woman snatched the coarse cloth from Cao Feng's hand, threw it aside, and carefully wiped Xiang Zhuang's wound with a handkerchief, about half a cup of tea, she finally got it right, then she breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat on her forehead with her hand, looked at Xiang Zhuang, and smiled with concern: "When you encounter this kind of thing in the future, don't blindly wipe the wound with a coarse cloth, it is easy to fester." ”
After speaking, the woman glanced at the person who had just wounded Xiang Zhuang, she was actually a woman?
At this time, Cao Feng also recognized that the person in front of him was none other than the female general of the Wu family who he had seen on the boat that day, Wu Fang.
Where the eyes of the two women touched, lightning flashed and thundered, and murderous opportunities erupted.
Tu Bu was beside him, seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Xiang Zhuang is injured, this time to attack the city, I will fight the main battle!" ”
After speaking, Tu Bu turned around and ordered: "Order, line up, prepare to attack the city!" ”
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In the distance, the seven thousand Poyang troops lined up and waited, and Huang Bu took the lead and came to the front of the formation, at this time, the war drums were also sounded in the city of Qisi County, and a few beacon fires were emitting black smoke and soaring into the sky, which was a signal to ask for help from afar.
Soon, Tu Bu rode his horse a few steps forward, and he slowly drew out the iron sword from his arms, which was a finely crafted iron sword, and it was the first batch of iron swords built by Poyang. ”
Three thousand vanguard troops were dispatched, and they carried the ladder and rushed towards Qisi County together with the Jiangdong Chu army.
Soon, the second wave of troops also began to run forward, and they followed in the footsteps of the first group of vanguards, rushing towards the city of Qisi County.
Not long after, a cloud ladder set up the city, whether it is the Jiangdong Chu army or the Poyang army, they are all struggling to climb the cloud ladder, to the city tower to kill, the war is extremely tragic.
But not far away, Xiang Zhuang, who had always been riding on a horse to watch the battle, did not have any excitement about the start of the war, beside him, the two women looked at each other like torches, like a war that could not be touched or seen.
Just when Xiang Zhuang felt uncomfortable, in the distance, the flames on the city tower were monstrous, countless Qin army flags were thrown off the city, the city gate slowly opened, Xiang Zhuang saw that the opportunity had come, he could get out of the sight of the two women, he immediately waved his sword and shouted: "Kill out!" ”
The main force of the Jiangdong Chu army and the soldiers and horses of Tu Bu rushed towards Qisi County, this was the last wave of attack, and the shouting of killing was like thunder in the sky, shaking the four fields.
Xiang Zhuang grabbed the reins with his right hand, and wanted to rush out, but found that there seemed to be something missing around him, when he calmed down and observed carefully, the two women, I don't know when, had killed Qisi County, each holding a sword in their hands, shouting, like a fierce warrior, a tiger in the mountains, secretly competing for their own strength.