Chapter 30: Breaking the Cauldron (Part II)
The fiasco of Shijian led to the collapse of the Qin army on the whole front, and five thousand Qin soldiers were like lost dogs, waiting to be slaughtered, throwing away their armor, throwing away their baggage, and fleeing in a hurry, but at the most critical time, they met Su Jiao, who came to reinforce, and the two soldiers and horses were fused together, nearly 10,000 people, and re-arrayed again, drums and horns sounded one after another,
In the Chu array, Pu Shan and Duo Bu saw the arrival of the Qin army's reinforcements, and they suppressed their positions, and the Chu army also re-lined themselves in the sound of drums and horns, with crossbowmen in front, spearmen in the back, and cavalry on both wings to meet the Qin army.
About a tea time, the Qin army gate flag opened, Su Jiao rode out of the horse, came to the front of the formation, beside him, was just defeated, embarrassed Shima, at this time, the two were discussing something, from time to time to look into the Chu array, after that, Shima pointed to Pu Shan in the Chu array, Su Jiao Nai laughed three times, and rode out of the horse,
Su Jiao's spear stood horizontally in front of the horse, came to the formation of the two armies, stared at Chu Zhen and laughed: "Who dares to fight me to the death,"
This is obviously aimed at himself, Pu Shan knows it, he also picked up the halberd at this time, rode out of the horse, and went straight to Su Jiao to kill,
There was a long shout, Pu Shan's halberd went straight to Su Jiao's door, Su Jiao was also a well-known general in the Qin army, he saw the halberd waving, and immediately raised his spear to resist, a crisp sound, sparks splashed, the two accompanied the horse speed, quickly separated, at this time, Su Jiao was the first to stop the horse, turned around and looked, Pu Shan had run out of a distance, recalling Pu Shan's blow just now, full of strength, Su Jiao secretly admired in his heart,
But the more difficult it was, the more excited and challenging Su Jiao felt, so he immediately rode his horse and chased after Pu Shan.
Pu Shan also turned the horse's head at this time, looking at Su Jiao who was galloping, Pu Shan waved his halberd, and quickly met each other, and it was another violent collision, the two weapons intersected, and the fire splashed, but soon, the two separated again,
In this way, there are no less than 100 fights, and no one can defeat the other, so they can only stalemate back and forth.
Su Jiao's bravery, aroused Pu Shan's competitive heart, the more he fought, the more courageous, the two were in a stalemate, not far away, Di Bu saw clearly, Pu Shan and Su Jiao could only draw, but no one could win anyone, if this stalemate continued, once the main force of the Qin army killed, the two would fall here, and Xiang Yu's main force would also land in the near future, so Di Bu knew that he had to make a move,
Duo Bu watched the battle for a while, seeing that the two were deadlocked, he immediately rode out of the horse, straightened the spear in his hand, and ran towards Su Jiao, Duo Bu suddenly killed, so that Su Jiao could not fight Pu Shan with all his strength, he hated it in his heart, and had to shake a shot, avoid Pu Shan, turn the horse's head, and wanted to leave the battle, that head, Duo Bu had gradually rushed in, but suddenly shot a feather arrow from a distance, piercing the door of the face of the sub, Di Bu waved his spear to block, and the feather arrow was knocked down, but the momentum of the attack of the Duo Bu was also blocked, he stopped the war horse, and looked into the distance, in the Qin army's formation, Shibu was staring at himself with a curved bow in his hand,
Pu Shan, who was not far away, also withdrew from the battle array, he came to the side of Di Bu, stopped his war horse, exchanged glances with Di Bu, raised the weapons in his hands together, and waved forward, 20,000 Chu troops collapsed and swooped into the Qin army's formation.
Su Jiao, who had just rushed back to his own position, hated two to one, the Chu generals were too treacherous, and when Su Jiao was depressed, the Chu army launched a large-scale attack, and under Su Jiao's hatred, he also waved his weapon forward, and the Qin army shouted and killed the Chu army,
With a "bang", the two armies collided together, swords and stabs, the soldiers of both armies fought hard, flesh and blood flew on the battlefield, and there were screams and begs for mercy everywhere.
Under the escort of more than 100 personal guards, Su Jiao went straight to Su Jiao, at this time Su Jiao had just killed a Chu military captain, and used a halberd to raise the enemy general in the air, the morale of the Qin army was greatly boosted, but suddenly encountered Huang Bu, Su Jiao immediately abandoned the body of Chu Jiang and came to fight Huang Bu, but found that Huang Bu was different from Pu Shan, Huang Bu was cautious in marksmanship, full of strength, Su Jiao gradually lost support, and soon, the momentum of the Qin army was suppressed by the Chu army, 20,000 against 10,000, the Chu army occupied an absolute advantage, and the war began to become a one-sided massacre,
The soldiers of the Qin army could not resist the Chu army, and some people began to run backwards, after that, the Qin army was defeated, and Su Jiao saw that Duo Bu was brave and difficult to fight, and knew that he could not fight, so he had to abandon Huang Bu and retreat in a hurry.
The sound of the gong of the retreating troops sounded throughout the wilderness, and the Qin army gradually withdrew, leaving only some slow Qin troops kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, but they were still hacked to death by the Chu army with their swords.
Pu Shan wanted to pursue the Qin army, but was stopped by Dubu, watching the Qin army gradually flee away, Dubühler turned his horse's head and said angrily: "The general is about to cross the river, it is important for us to meet the general, once the lone army goes deep and is surrounded by the Qin army, the gains outweigh the losses,"
Seeing the reasonableness of Duo Bu's analysis, Pu Shannai gave up the idea of pursuing the Qin army, turned his horse's head, gathered the sergeants with Duo Bu, and retreated to the Zhanghe River Port.
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About more than 1,000 temporarily collected boats appeared on the bank of the Zhanghe River, one by one the ships were full of Chu troops, and began to dock in an orderly manner, on one of the largest ships, Xiang Yu was wearing silver armor, staring into the distance, and the battle with Zhang Han was finally about to start,
The hatred that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time suddenly swelled at this moment, Xiang Yu felt the blood boiling in his heart, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, the sound was like a huge thunder, and the surrounding sergeants looked at Xiang Yu one after another, not knowing what was happening,
With someone shouting at the bow of the boat: "Docked,", Xiang Yu's boat gradually approached the shore, a piece of boat board on the shore, the Chu soldiers began to land one after another, soon, Xiang Yu under the escort of his family, also came to the shore, Di Bu and Pu Shan have been waiting for a long time, saw Xiang Yu, immediately greeted up, have given Xiang Yu a military salute, Xiang Yu saw the two, couldn't help laughing: "Have you encountered the Qin army?"
"It's encountered, the Qin army is vulnerable, we have won two battles and two wins," Pu Shan said with a smile.
Hearing that the two of them won two battles, Xiang Yu couldn't help laughing, at this time, the Chu army had basically landed, Xiang Yu turned around and looked at Long He, and ordered: "Order the three armies, only carry three days of grain and grass, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and march to the giant deer,"
Long He nodded and left, soon, Xiang Yu's military order spread in the army, the soldiers were frightened, three days of food and grass, marching into the giant deer, this is the rhythm of the battle to the death, many people are worried about this, for a while, the army is scattered, the soldiers are suspicious, each has a guess,
Soon, the war drums of the expedition slowly sounded, and a team of Chu troops began to move forward, on an inconspicuous earthen bag, Xiang Yu wore a red cloak on his shoulders, held a sword in his right hand, and said loudly: "The main force of the Qin army, stationed under the Julu City at this time, this battle, we only bring three days of grain and grass, and vow to fight with the Qin army to the end, if we win, we can go down in history, the mighty side, if defeated, we will live up to the expectations of the king of Chu, loyal to the country, soldiers, pick up your weapons, together with me, charge at the forefront, with our blood, defend the dignity of the Chu country, ”
As soon as Xiang Yu's words fell, a burst of cheers sounded in the Chu array, Xiang Yu saw that the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted, and his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately ordered to march to the giant deer.
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Julu is north, the sand dunes area, the first emperor died of illness here, by Zhao Gao and Li Si conspired, raised up the second emperor Hu Hai, and today, near the sand dunes, another tens of thousands of military horses are stationed here, they should have rescued the Yan reinforcements of Julu, but the strength of the Qin army, so that the Yan army stopped, did not dare to approach half a step,
Today, the Qin army once again launched a fierce attack on the giant deer, the sound of drums and horns was mixed together, and the thick black smoke swirled over the giant deer city.
On the cliff not far from the giant deer, Zang Di and his son Zang Yan stood here, both of them were silent, only staring into the distance,
I don't know how long it has passed, Zang Di sighed lightly, turned to look at his son Zang Yan, and sneered: "It seems that it is difficult for Julu to be conservative anymore, we should consider returning to the north,"
"Dead lips and cold teeth, doesn't my father consider reinforcing the giant deer," his son Zang Yan was a little worried, but Zang Di sneered and replied: "The mantis arm blocks the car, why bother to increase casualties, besides, just relying on our Yan Kingdom, can we save the danger of Zhao Kingdom?"
After speaking, Zang Di stared into the distance again, but Zang Yan was slightly unwilling: "But father, once the Zhao State is defeated, the Qin army will inevitably shift its attention to the Yan State, I am worried that it will be difficult for the Yan State to resist the Qin army,"
"Could it be that if we go north at this time, we can stop the Qin army, you think too simply," Zang Di was displeased, and just wanted to reprimand his son for a few words, a scout ran over and arched his hand: "General, near the giant deer, I found 100,000 Chu troops, and they are moving towards the giant deer at full speed,"
Hearing that the Chu army was heading north, Zang Di couldn't help but snort coldly: "What Chu army, it's just some brave men who don't measure their own strength,"
After speaking, Zang Di stared at the rising gunpowder smoke in the distance, and fell into contemplation again,
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At this time, the Qi army was stationed in the southeast of Julu, and also had tens of thousands of troops, they had arrived at Julu half a month ago, but they were worried that the Qin army was strong and not good with the enemy, so the Qi general Tian Du chose not to move, and only followed more than 100 people every day to check the battle situation near Julu.
It can be said that Tian Du does not want the Zhao State to perish, after all, if the Zhao State is dead, the Qi State will have one less reinforcement that can be echoed, but the Qin army Zhang Han is extremely brave, and the Qi army is not the opponent of the Zhao army at all, so Tian Du chose to brake quietly, observe the battle situation, and make calculations.
At this time, a scout came quickly, arched his hand beside Tian Du and said: "General, there is movement in the Chu army, they are marching north, it is estimated that they are going to Julu,"
"Oh," Tian Du couldn't help but be surprised, Xiang Yu really had Xiang Liang's demeanor, not long after he seized power, did he send troops to the north,
Thinking that the Chu army was so eager to participate in the battle, Tian Du couldn't help but sneer: "300,000 Qin troops, how can 100,000 Chu troops be able to shake it, we might as well stop here and wait and see what happens,"
After speaking, Tian Du couldn't help but raise his head and laugh......
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100,000 Chu troops rushed north, the team was in the shape of a long snake, Xiang Yu was escorted by a hundred people, marching in the middle of the team, at this time, Pu Shan galloped on horseback, almost to Xiang Yu's side, Pu Shan arched his hand and said: "Marching to fight, you are in a quick battle, if the general allows, I am willing to lead the army to cut off the Qin army's grain road, if the grain road is broken, the Qin army will be chaotic, and then we will fight with the Qin army, we will win,"
After Pu Shan finished speaking, Xiang Yu turned around and looked at Fan Zeng on the side, and said with a dumb smile: "What does the military advisor think?"
"Cutting off the grain road of the Qin army, it is not a day or two days to balance the Qin army, if the time drags on too long, the giant deer will be lost, at that time, the Qin army Yongcheng is firmly defended, it is extremely difficult to shake," Fan Zeng said with a smile on the horse, at this time, Xiang Yu also smiled and said: "I have made up my mind, directly hit the giant deer, and fight with the Qin army to the end,"
As soon as the words fell, Xiang Yu looked at the herald on the side, and ordered: "Command the three armies, accelerate the advance, before dark, you must rush to the giant deer, those who dare to delay, behead, there are those who dare to retreat the latter, behead,"
The herald took the order and left, Xiang Yu looked at Pu Shan again, and said with a smile: "The Qin army is three times larger than our army, if we can't poke its sharp spirit, it will be difficult for us to shake the Qin army, so it is better to intercept the grain and grass than to directly enter the giant deer and fight to the death, there is still a chance of victory, don't mention the matter of intercepting the grain and grass,"
Seeing that Xiang Yu had made up his mind, Pu Shan had no choice but to give up his hand and say: "Get the order,"
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