Chapter 25: The Battle of Pengcheng
As if in a race, since Xiang Liang rejected Dong Wei, Qi Jingju held a grudge against the Chu army, and soon after taking Dingtao, Qi Jingju took the main force of 130,000 and hurriedly went south to Pengcheng, preparing to stop the Xiang family's northward journey.
Qin Jia didn't expect that Xiang Liang would refuse so decisively, isn't Qi Jingju a descendant of the Chu royal family, this is obviously a strong word, and it can be seen from this point that Xiang Liang has no intention of supporting the Chu royal family's surname 'Qian', I'm afraid his real purpose is to monopolize the Chu country,
Because of this, Qin Jia did not stop Qi Jingju from going south, and he also thought that it was not appropriate to give Xiang Liang a little bit of power, I am afraid it would be difficult to suppress Xiang Liang.
At this time, the army has already marched through Xiao County, and it will not be long before they can reach Pengcheng, and everyone rode their horses in, at this time, a scout rushed over, in front of Meng Jingju, and arched his hand: "King, the vanguard of the Chu army has begun to land,"
Hearing this news, Qin Jia took out the map and looked at it roughly, if the Chu army wants to reach Pengcheng, it will take at least one to two days, that is to say, the time for attacking the city is very rich, and since the defeat of Surachuan to Liu Bang, Surabaya County has no strong enemy, and Pengcheng can be taken only with a wave of his hand.
Thinking of this, Qin Jia looked at Jing Ju and arched his hand: "The king is going slowly, wait for me to lead the vanguard troops and take Pengcheng,"
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In about half a day, Qin Jia's 50,000 vanguard troops arrived at Pengcheng, which is a plain area, easy to attack and difficult to defend, besides, there are less than 7,000 defenders in the city, for the Eastern Chu army, there is no suspense in attacking Pengcheng,
For more than half an hour, the Eastern Chu army surrounded Pengcheng, Qin Jia rode out of the horse, staring at Pengcheng in front of the army, on the city, a guard in leather armor was also looking at himself, Qin Jia couldn't help sneering, drove the horse forward for a distance, and said with a smile: "My 200,000 troops of the Eastern Chu Army are going south, Pengcheng is bound to win, if you want to live, you can quickly sacrifice the city,"
As if the defenders in the city didn't hear it, Qin Jia didn't get a reply, he waited patiently for a while, and when he saw that there was still no movement, he couldn't help but say angrily: "I don't know how to lift the dog thing,"
Qin Jia rode his horse back to the main formation, this time, he didn't have the patience to persuade the Qin army to surrender again, he pulled out his long sword from his waist, waved it forward, and ordered loudly: "Within half an hour, give me the capture of this city,"
50,000 Qin troops attacked at the same time, launched the most fierce attack on Pengcheng, the Chu army was on all sides, and nearly 3,000 cloud ladders were set up on the city head one after another, the Eastern Chu army began to climb, closer to the city, on the city, the Qin army was busy with anxiety, taking care of one and losing the other, it was impossible to resist the fierce offensive of the Eastern Chu army, the fire gradually spread in the city, and the Qin army fought less and less,
In less than a stick of incense, Dongcheng fell, and the shouts of killing in Chen County were everywhere, and soon, the city gate was slowly opened, and Qin Jia saw that Pengcheng had been taken, and couldn't help but smile and ordered: "Kill in,"
At the gate of the city, the general who was guarding the city was tied with his hands behind his back and pressed in front of Qin Jia, Qin Jia looked at the Qin general who had just stood proudly at the head of the city, and said hatefully: "Just now, why didn't you surrender?"
General Qin snorted coldly: "If you want to kill or chop, listen to the respect,"
Qin Jia was furious, brandished his long sword, and stabbed at the Qin general, after the scream, the Qin general died tragically at the gate of the city, at this time, Qin Jia looked at Zheng Bu on the side, and ordered: "Build camps on both sides of Pengcheng, and use each other's horns, and the Chu army will be able to arrive in a few days,"
Zheng Bu was ordered to leave, Qin Jia looked at the rest of the people again, and said with a smile: "You, follow me to the West Gate to meet the king,"
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This time, there were more than 50,000 people in the vanguard of the Chu army going north, one was Xiang Zhuang and the other was Xiang Yu, and Huang Bu and Wu Fang under Xiang Zhuang had returned to Wu Rui's side and no longer obeyed Xiang Zhuang's dispatch, so the available troops under Xiang Zhuang were reduced by 15,000 people.
At this time, Xiang Liang has already received the news that the Eastern Chu State has entered Pengcheng, although Xiang Liang has never put the Ming Jingju in his eyes, but after all, the Eastern Chu State has nearly 200,000 armor, and its strength should not be underestimated, besides, once the Eastern Chu State occupies Pengcheng, it will have a war advantage, and it can be held according to the city, no matter what the final battle situation is, the Chu army will be the side with the most losses,
It is precisely because of this that Xiang Liang hurriedly dispatched Xiang Zhuang and Xiang Yu to the north at the same time to fight the vanguard and seize Pengcheng.
At this time, the mighty Qin army was like a wriggling dragon, marching towards Pengcheng, and soon, they came to the south of Pengcheng, and stopped their marching footsteps twenty miles away, when the scouts galloped and reported that Pengcheng had been occupied by the Eastern Chu State, Xiang Zhuang realized that the Chu army was still a step slower, but on the side, Xiang Yu was already furious, he turned around and shouted coldly: "Long And, Ji Bu, Yu Zi Period, Huan Chu, quickly lead the troops to set up the formation, I want to attack the city,"
"Slow," Xiang Zhuang stopped everyone from leaving, at this time, all eyes were on Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang thought for a while, and said loudly: "First break through the two large camps outside the city, and then attack the city,"
Xiang Yu also gradually calmed down at this time, and he also realized that the two military camps outside the city were used by the Eastern Chu army to aid Pengcheng, thinking of this, Xiang Yu ordered, "The three armies continue to advance,"
In the south of Pengcheng, the rumbling drums beat slowly, nearly 50,000 Chu troops lined up in front, behind the Chu army, thousands of soldiers were urgently assembling siege equipment, many of the equipment were brought by Xiang Zhuang from Hengshan County, far more powerful than Xiang Yu's five cloud platforms,
At this time, with the rumbling drums, the two camps on the opposite side also gathered troops one after another, and nearly 30,000 Eastern Chu troops under the leadership of Zheng Bu marched out of the camp and stood opposite to the Chu army.
The two soldiers and horses each beat the war drums, the huge shield of the Chu army gave way to a gap of one person's width, and a spear poked out, at this time, the door flag opened, Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang came out side by side, and the generals behind were ringing, majestic,
Zheng Bu was stunned by the Chu army camp in front of him, originally thought that the Chu army was just some rabble, some straw hat soldiers from Jiangdong, at this time, it seemed that he was too light on the enemy, but Zheng Bu was also a person who had experienced a hundred battles, he was not too worried about the strength of the Chu army, at this time Zheng Bu had already driven out of the horse, came to the front of the two armies, stood up with spears, and looked at the Chu army coldly,
In the Chu array, Xiang Yu was already furious, at this time he rode out of the horse and went straight to Zheng Bu to kill, the sudden encounter, Zheng Bu hesitated slightly, but was picked by Xiang Yu's halberd, a halberd fell off the horse, and suddenly his soul disappeared from the world.
The Eastern Chu army saw that the main general was dead, Xiang Yu was brave and invincible, and retreated, at this time, Xiang Zhuang saw that the enemy's army was scattered, and immediately drew his long sword, waved forward, and ordered: "Kill the past,"
The Chu army rushed towards the eastern Chu army like a big wave, crying and begging for mercy.
The red Chu flag fluttered in the wind, and instantly poured into the camp of the Eastern Chu army, like a fire engulfing the camp of the Eastern Chu, scattered and moved, the Chu army was extremely brave, and it was even more so that the Eastern Chu army was unable to resist, and they retreated to Pengcheng, on the city tower, Qin Jia also heard the news of the Chu army's killing, when he climbed the city tower, he had already seen that the East Chu army outside the city had been like a plate of scattered sand, a lost lamb, at the mercy of others, he couldn't help but beat the wall in anger, and resolutely shouted: "Gather soldiers and horses, follow me to kill out,"
A new round of drums rumbled, the south gate of Pengcheng slowly opened, Qin Jia led the main army of 70,000, struggling to kill, to the Chu army head-on, sudden changes, the Chu army was disrupted formation, and was divided and outflanked by the enemy, for a while, the situation reversed, the Chu army gradually withdrew from the camp, gathered in the wilderness,
Some of the Yuntai that had been close to Pengcheng were slashed by the Eastern Chu army with great effort, and the sound of collapse continued, and the Chu army on the Yuntai was either killed or killed, and the battlefield was extremely tragic and miserable.
At this time, the two armies re-arrayed, and the Chu army gradually gathered its rout, and on the opposite side, Qin Jia took the lead, and when he came to the front of the battle, he quietly stared at the Chu army on the opposite side, just now, I heard that Zheng Bu was only defeated in the hands of the Chu generals, which made Qin Jia really surprised, and he couldn't help but look at the Chu army differently,
At this time, several rounds of drums sounded, Qin Jia wanted to send a deputy general to fight, on the opposite side, Xiang Yu stood up with a halberd, and waved forward, and the Chu army surged like a landslide and tsunami again.
Xiang Yu's army was killed, Xiang Zhuang was not far behind, led more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, swarmed up, rushed to the opposite side, both of them were in front of the most elite troops under their command, Xiang Yu's ironclad army, Xiang Zhuang's spear array, followed by a group of archers, the super long-range shooting of the compound bow said, it has an absolute advantage here,
On the other side, Qin Jia saw that the Chu army was swarming and killing, and he hurriedly turned around and swore an oath, but the rumbling drums and the mighty shouting of killing had overshadowed his voice, and in desperation, Qin Jia waved his sword and pointed forward, and the Eastern Chu army also shouted, and swooped forward,
"Boom", the two armies collided together, Xiang Yu took the lead, the halberd in his hand flew left and right, no one could stop him, behind him, Long And, Ji Bu, Yu Ziqi and Huan Chu were even more brave and good at fighting, no one was invincible, the Chu army instantly divided the Eastern Chu army, surrounded and swallowed it,
Not far away, on the city tower, Meng Jingju looked at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, his heart was about to break, just the vanguard of the Chu army, it was so strong, it was conceivable that Xiang Liang behind was even more difficult to resist, Meng Jingju felt that it was the biggest mistake to snatch Pengcheng,
But regret is also Wuji, at this time there are less than 30,000 defenders in the city, if Qin Jia is defeated, Qi Jingju really can't imagine, can he still hold Pengcheng, besides, Pengcheng's special geographical environment, easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is even more impossible for him to defeat the powerful Chu army, thinking of this, Meng Jingju decided that he must leave a way back for himself,
"Go and gather the soldiers and horses, wait for me at the north gate," Qi Jingju ordered the guards on the side, and then looked at the city again, he was waiting for the result, if Qin Jia was defeated, he decided to flee from Pengcheng as soon as possible,
Under the city, Qin Jia fought to the death, at this time, he had killed a lot of Chu troops, blood dyed his armor red, but the endless Chu army, still trapped Qin Jia in the core, he only kept fighting, at this time, from not far away, rushed a silver-armored general, holding a halberd, roaring, Qin Jia immediately waved his sword to block, but the sword in his hand was cut in half, looking at the broken sword, Qin Jia was surprised and stared, the halberd had stabbed Qin Jia's chest without hesitation, and the blood flowed out along the halberd,
"It's Xiang Yu,......" Qin Jia said with difficulty, and fell off the horse,
Half an hour later, the Eastern Chu army completely collapsed on the whole line, they could not resist the powerful offensive of the Chu army, especially the iron sword held in the hands of the Chu army, which was extremely hard, and when the sword was chopped, the copper sword in the hands of the Eastern Chu army would be cut off, which made the Eastern Chu army unable to resist and retreated to Pengcheng,
The Chu army waved weapons unscrupulously, slashing and killing the Eastern Chu army along the way, and some of the Eastern Chu troops who tried to surrender were prostrate on the ground, trembling and crying, begging for mercy,
On the other side of the battlefield, in a high place, Xiang Liang, Wu Rui, Deng Zong and others were watching the battle, the courage of the Chu army satisfied Xiang Liang, but Wu Rui and Deng Zong were slightly surprised, they didn't expect that the Chu army at this time, had it been elite to this extent, they were even braver than the Qin army,
After the Chu army defeated Qin Jia's troops, they began to storm Pengcheng, and the cloud platforms, crossbow beds, and siege vehicles began to approach Pengcheng and launched the most fierce attack.
Seeing that the city was broken, he hurriedly fled from the north gate and fled in the direction of Daliang, and soon, Zhou Chu, Zhu Jishi Kaicheng surrendered, Xiang Liang led the army into the city, out of the list of Anmin, Pengcheng Da'an,
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