Chapter 37: The Battle of Dingtao (1)



%d7%cf%d3%c4%b8%f3Just when the war situation in the Central Plains was tense and Zhang Han was repeatedly defeated, in the land of Jiangbei, Yixian County also prepared more than 1,000 warships, assembled in Shaxian River Port, preparing to march west along the Yangtze River, take the Han River, and march to Anlu.

The situation of the Chu army has risen sharply, and the power has been greatly boosted, so the land of Chu has praised the courage of the Chu army, and the defeat of the Qin state is only in the evening.

Not only did Xiang Zhuang send troops to the west, but even Wu Rui's army in Poyang also crossed Lushan and marched to Changsha County.

At this time, Shaxian River Port, Xiang Zhuang came slowly under the escort of a hundred people, Kong Ji, who had always organized boarding in the river port, saw Xiang Zhuang galloping at a glance, he explained a few words to the adjutant beside him, and hurriedly greeted him: "The general came so early, is it not at ease with us?"

Seeing Kong Ji coming, Xiang Zhuang turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to his relatives, and laughed loudly: "I can't sleep these days, so come out and have a look,"

Saying that, Xiang Zhuang took Kong Ji and others and went in the direction of Hegang.

Not far away, the drums are noisy, a team of Chu troops are making preparations before the expedition, many ships have begun to dock, a piece of board on the bow of the ship, at this time, the first batch of Chu troops began to board the ship one after another, looking at the soldiers on the ship with high spirits, Xiang Zhuang nodded with satisfaction, this is his own elite, the soul of the Chu army,

After a short silence, Xiang Zhuang looked at Kong Ji and asked with a smile: "Grain and grass supplies, how are you preparing?"

"According to the general's orders, they have all been transported to the ship, and they will leave the port with the first fleet,"

Listening to Kong Ji's report, Xiang Zhuang nodded again, at this time, his eyes were attracted by a galloping war horse, above, a female general was majestic, with a pink cloak fluttering in the wind, she was Cao Feng,

At this time, Cao Feng had already ridden his horse to Xiang Zhuang's side, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiang Zhuang, I'm ready, when will we leave?"

"I'm not going to take you away this time, you ......" Xiang Zhuang didn't finish speaking, Cao Feng said urgently: "Brother Xiang Zhuang, I am a general ordered by Uncle Liang's father, you can't abandon me,"

Cao Feng's stubbornness made Xiang Zhuang helpless, but this expedition to Nanjun, Xiang Zhuang really had no bottom in his heart, I heard that Nanjun had more than 100,000 defenders at this time, far more than three times more than his own army, whether he could win the battle of Nanjun, it is still unknown, how could Xiang Zhuang take Cao Feng to adventure, just when Xiang Zhuang was brewing his rhetoric and was about to reject Cao Feng, on the side, Ding Gu had already galloped on his horse, and when he was approaching, he shouted loudly: "General, the army is assembled, just wait for your words, we can set off,"

Ding Gu's arrival broke the embarrassing situation between Xiang Zhuang and Cao Feng, Xiang Zhuang looked up at this time, he came to the river port, it has been more than an hour, it seems, the auspicious time is coming, at this time, Xiang Zhuang turned to look at Cao Feng, and said decisively: "I have made up my mind, you and General Ding Gu stay in Yi County, everything must be under the dispatch of General Ding Gu, don't play with the temper of a child, do you understand?"

Cao Feng's anxious tears were going to stay, she didn't know why this time, Xiang Zhuang wanted to keep herself, just when Cao Feng took a step forward and wanted to fight, Xiang Zhuang put his face next to Cao Feng's ear and said in a low voice: "You honestly wait for me to come back in Yixian, I promise, at most three months, I will return,"

Xiang Zhuang's right hand stroked Cao Feng's face gently, and then turned back and ordered: "Order, the three armies board the ship,"

The mighty Chu army marched west along the river, more than a thousand warships stretched, Xiang Zhuang stood at the bow of the ship at this time, looking at the Shaxian River Port that was gradually moving away, the river port had become a small black spot, there was a girl there, waiting for herself,

Kong Ji was beside him, seeing Xiang Zhuang sad, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, 'Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass',

Both of them were silent for a long time, until the slogan of the soldiers pulling the sails sounded in the distance, and their thoughts were pulled back, at this time, Kong Ji sighed lightly, he looked at Xiang Zhuang on the side, and sighed: "General, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not,"

Seeing Kong Ji stumbling, Xiang Zhuang smiled: "When did you become indecisive, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly,"

Kong Ji nodded, in fact, what he wanted to say was not a big deal, but his father Kong Kun had some worries about the Chu army now, originally this kind of thing could not be said by himself, but Kong Ji didn't want to bury these things in his heart, at this time, since he had already mentioned it, he simply said it without doing anything, at this time, Kong Ji's eyes stared at the rolling river quietly, and said with a little sadness: "A few days ago, I took a leave of absence to report to my father to report safety, but my father said that the Chu army was moving west too fast, and the logistics and supply transportation were difficult, and, Although the Chu army has won many battles at the moment, but the arrogant army will be defeated, my father hopes that the general can persuade Wu Xinjun not to follow the old path of Zhou Wen, and drink hatred and hatred.

Xiang Zhuang heard what Kong Ji said, he was worried that Xiang Liang would be in a hurry and re-follow the path of Zhou Wen back then.

Xiang Zhuang didn't worry about this, he also persuaded Xiang Liang bitterly, hoping that Xiang Liang would give up the decision to divide the troops and continue to advance, or stay by his side, at least, Xiang Zhuang would pay more attention to the situation than others, give advice for his uncle or charge into battle, but Xiang Liang insisted on sticking to his decision, causing Xiang Zhuang to wave his troops south, starting troops from Yi County to march westward, approaching Nanyang step by step, and raiding Wuguan and stepping into the pass.

It can be said that Xiang Zhuang does not support Xiang Liang's decision, but now, Xiang Zhuang knows that he can only take one step at a time, thinking so, Xiang Zhuang looked at Kong Ji with deep eyes, and sighed: "When I have the opportunity, I will have a good talk with my uncle,"

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Under the city of Puyang, the drums are noisy, nearly 100,000 Chu regiments will be surrounded by Puyang City, the city, the Qin army is panicked, a team of temporarily recruited people are fighting for fate to send supplies, in the city, the houses near the city wall are all destroyed, used as rolling wood and thunder stones,

The people of Wei who had just escaped from the bitter sea of Qin and Wei disputes, but in less than a month, they encountered the Qin and Chu disputes again, these days, the Chu army has attacked three times in a row, the scale is unprecedentedly huge, and all kinds of siege weapons are used to the extreme, but under the strict defense of the Qin army, Puyang has never been able to conquer,

Today, the Chu army regrouped and prepared to launch a fourth attack on Puyang,

During this time, although Zhang Han was repeatedly defeated, but he was defeated on the way to Puyang, constantly gathered the rout, the Qin army gathered about 150,000 soldiers and horses again, although the number was not advantageous, but Zhang Han could hold on to the danger, Puyang as the foundation, and Xiang Liang stalemate here,

Besides, the Qin army can eat Aocang and send grain from Sanchuan County to relieve the urgency, but the Chu army, they may not have such convenient conditions for the Qin army.

Zhang Han's greater hope is not only to consume the Chu army in food, but Zhang Han has launched a request for help to the imperial court and to all parts of the Qin State at this time, as long as the reinforcements arrive, only Xiang Liang, not to be afraid, Zhang Han believes that he will be able to defeat the Chu army again and win back his prestige.

Just when Zhang Han was thinking nonsense at the head of the city, under the city, the low horn whimpered, and the Chu army shouted and rushed towards Puyang City again, Zhang Han's eyes stared at not far away, Xiang Liang with a helmet and armor, he slammed the wall in anger, Zhang Han knew in his heart that this person would not die, and it would be difficult for him to turn over.

The mighty Chu army approached the head of the city, and a bobo impact came, and the feather arrows continued to shoot at the head of the city, and the crossbow arrows of the Qin army also hit the Chu army at the first time, but there were still many Chu troops carrying iron shields and gradually approaching the city wall.

With the sound of bangs, one after another ladders were set up at the head of the city, Zhang Han was in a hurry on the city tower, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Quickly increase the troops to garrison, don't let the Chu army climb to the top of the city,"

Groups of conscripts were forced to come to the city, and threw rolling logs and thunder stones at the bottom of the city, and from time to time feathered arrows were shot, piercing their shoulders, chests, or facing the doors, and screaming one after another.

The ladders were pushed outward by the Qin army's Changge, and from time to time the ladders collapsed, and the Chu army suffered heavy casualties.

But there are still some places where the Chu army climbed to the top of the city and fought hard with the Qin army, and the Qin army also continued to increase troops to the city, surrounded the Chu army, and killed back on the cloud platform.

Below, the car gradually approached the city gate, more than 100 Chu soldiers waved and hit the wood, knocked on the city gate, every impact, the city gate will be crumbling, and inside the city gate, the Qin army gathered more and more, they used the log roof // to live in the city gate, and some even used their bodies to support it, so as not to let the Chu army crash the city gate,

In this way, the war was fought from early morning to evening, and the casualties on both sides were extremely heavy, but in the end, it was difficult for the Chu army to jump onto the city and enter Puyang.

In the second half of the night, Puyang City was finally quiet, the Chu army finally gave up the attack, they once again died down and evacuated under Puyang City, on the head of the city, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, in an inconspicuous corner, Zhang Han stood quietly at the head of the city, looking at the corpses all over the ground, he couldn't help but sigh softly,

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At night, the lights in the Chu army camp were bright, and a team of wounded soldiers were carried to the camp for emergency treatment.

At this time, howls sounded from time to time, and some soldiers passed out because of excessive pain, and then, because they could not wake up in time, such comatose soldiers may become real death after a few days of coma.

Xiang Liang led everyone to inspect the barracks, and the miserable screams made Xiang Liang feel sorry in his heart, he couldn't attack Puyang for a long time, the Chu army suffered heavy casualties, and the grain and grass supplies could not be delivered, and there were many difficulties, so that Xiang Liang couldn't help but retreat in his heart.

If he persists like this, Xiang Liang doesn't know what the point of capturing Puyang is.

Suddenly, the strategy proposed by Zhang Liang appeared in Xiang Liang's mind, instead of fighting Puyang, it was better to advance to Guanzhong first, Hangu Pass was broken, and Guanzhong was turbulent, I am afraid that at that time, no matter how fierce Zhang Han was, there was nothing he could do.

Thinking so, Xiang Liang turned around and walked quickly towards his barracks,

Early in the morning, Xiang Liang gathered the generals and ordered, with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu as the vanguard, to advance to Hangu Pass, and he led the main force to march to Dingtao, where Yang Xiong's heavy troops guarded, it is very likely to threaten Xiang Liang's logistics and transportation, as long as Dingtao is taken, Xiang Liang will go all out to fight Hangu Pass and advance to Guanzhong,

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