Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Battle of Puyang 3
Xiang Ye raised his long sword high and stopped the advance of the team.
He saw that under Puyang City, the black-pressed Qin army had already lined up in formation. Countless spears were like jungles pointing at their more than a thousand people. Countless archers had already opened their bows and arrows, buckled their arrows to the strings, and just waited for the Chu army to approach, they shot an overwhelming array of arrows at them.
Xiang Ye stopped the advance of the team, and he looked at the black and oppressive Qin army under Puyang City from a distance.
Zhang Han did not station the army in the city, he had his plans.
The Chu army has 100,000 people in this westward expedition, if he stationed all the troops in the city, can Puyang City accommodate so many troops and second, the most important thing is the city wall defense, the number of people required is limited after all, even if everyone enters the city, it is impossible to defend the city at the same time, once the city wall is breached, the retreat of the garrison in the city will be completely blocked.
In this way, he might as well withdraw the main force outside the city, so that he can attack and retreat. Once a war with the Chu army began, the Qin army on the city wall could also fire bows and crossbows as a countermeasure. In case of defeat, it is much better to withdraw from the battlefield than to be trapped in the city.
Zhang Han's arrangement was undoubtedly correct, and it was precisely because he arranged the army outside the city and formed an exceptional pattern with the defenders in the city that the Qin army was able to find Xiang Ye who came to raid in time.
Seeing that his whereabouts had been discovered by the Qin army, Xiang Ye shook his head helplessly, his original plan was to go to the vicinity of the Qin army, first station, and then take advantage of the night raid as in the TV series that he had watched to describe ancient wars.
What he didn't expect was that as soon as they arrived outside Puyang City, they were discovered by the Qin army in charge of lookout in the city and reported to the main force of the Qin army outside the city.
"General, I always feel that Liu Bang is sending us to death!" Shi Lei rode his horse to Xiang Ye's side, pointed at the black and oppressed Qin Jun and said: "There are forty or fifty thousand people over there, and we only have a thousand, not to mention the fight, even if they take off their pants and use the thing in their crotch to whip us, they also beat us to death!" ”
Xiang Ye glanced at Shi Lei, and said angrily: "Smoke with something in the crotch of your legs?" You might as well take off your pants and smoke one for me to see! Do you think you're a donkey or a horse? Can you be a whip? ”
"Ugh!" Shi Lei rolled his eyes when Xiang Ye snatched it, and muttered: "It's just an analogy!" ”
"Tell everyone, rest in place, don't leave your weapons, don't leave your horse three steps away, and prevent the Qin army from attacking us at any time!" Xiang Ye looked at the black-pressed Qin Jun and said to Shi Lei: "In addition, tell everyone to bury the pot and make rice, everything will be said when we are full!" ”
The archers of the Qin army in the distance tightened their bowstrings, and after waiting for a long time, they didn't see Xiang Ye leading the army towards them, many of them had their arms a little sore, and gradually put down their bows and arrows, and sat on the ground to observe Xiang Ye and the more than a thousand Chu troops he brought.
After many Qin army archers put down their longbows, the corners of Xiang Ye's mouth pulled upward, and he suddenly shouted: "Everyone get on the horse and rush with me!" ”
More than a thousand Chu troops were burying the pot and preparing to cook, Xiang Ye suddenly issued an order, they didn't have time to put away the pot stove, they hurriedly turned over and jumped on horseback and rushed towards the Qin army behind Xiang Ye.
When they were busy, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when they raised their eyes, they saw more than a thousand Chu troops waving weapons and rushing towards them.
The Chu army launched an attack without warning, and the Qin army suddenly became busy, the archers hurriedly picked up their bows and arrows and aimed at the Chu army, while the spearmen panicked and set up a crooked wall of spears.
To the surprise of the Qin army, the more than 1,000 Chu troops suddenly stopped again after rushing out of a distance, and the Chu army stopped in place for a moment, then turned around and ran towards the place where they were buried.
It was not only the Qin army that was depressed that the bow and arrows were spread out and the spear array was arranged, but even the Chu army, which rushed halfway but was stopped by Xiang Ye, was also full of confusion.
The Chu army was busy burying the pot and cooking according to Xiang Ye's order, and suddenly got the order to attack the Qin army, and hurriedly put down the pot stove and stepped on the horseback, but he didn't expect to rush not far, Xiang Ye suddenly stopped the army's advance.
When Xiang Ye stopped the army advancing again, thousands of Chu troops looked at him with puzzlement, and Xiang Ye didn't explain to everyone, but just lightly re-ordered: "Go back and continue cooking!" ”
When the Chu army suddenly attacked, the Qin army was ready to meet the battle in a panic, and the Chu army suddenly withdrew, which made them feel very puzzled.
Zhang Han stood in the camp with his sword in his hand, looking at the more than 1,000 Chu troops led by Xiang Ye from a distance, and after a while, he beckoned to Zhang Ping on the side.
Before and after Zhang Ping, Zhang Han pointed to the Chu army led by Xiang Ye and said: "Look over there, there are only more than 1,000 bandits, if my analysis is not bad, they want to disturb our army, and the bandit army should be not far behind, as long as our army's position is slightly chaotic, it will inevitably be fatally attacked by the enemy." Rather than being beaten passively, why don't we send troops first and wipe out these more than 1,000 bandits. ”
Zhang Ping looked at Xiang Ye's team in the direction of Zhang Han's finger, and after a while, he nodded and said: "The enemy must want to paralyze our army through many feints, and suddenly launch an attack when our army is negligent in guarding, although they are small in number, but if they are allowed to succeed, our army will inevitably suffer great losses." ”
"You go and order Bai Fu to lead two thousand men to attack the bandits, and be sure to eliminate them before they pose a threat to our army." The corners of Zhang Han's mouth pulled up slightly, and said to Zhang Ping: "That group of barbarians in Jiangdong underestimate me Zhang Han too much, we must cut off all the heads of the thousand thieves on the opposite side, and let them know that I am not as stupid as they imagined!" ”
Zhang Ping answered, turned around and went to Bai Fu.
Bai Fu had just led the army to fight a big battle with the Chu army, and after returning to the barracks, he was lying in the tent to rest, when Zhang Ping opened the tent curtain and rushed in.
"General White!" After Zhang Ping entered the tent, he didn't talk to Bai Fu much, and said to him as soon as he opened his mouth: "The general ordered you to lead another 2,000 people to fight!" ”
"Get out!" Bai Fu was lying on the straw mat, with one arm pillowing behind his head, his eyes slightly closed and said coldly: "Report to the guards, and get permission to come in again!" ”
Zhang Ping didn't expect that he would be deflated as soon as he entered the account, his face changed, and he had a heart attack, but he thought that now was the time to employ people, and Bai Fu was a brave general, so he had to retreat with a red face.
Bai Fu was not under Zhang Han's tent originally, and he only joined in when the Qin army attacked Wei. Originally, he just wanted to come to find his brother Bai Wuyi, but he didn't expect to be recommended to Zhang Han by Bai Wuyi, when Zhang Han attacked Weidi, Bai Fu led the army to intercept and kill Tian Dan, the king of Qi who went to reinforce, and beheaded Tian Dan and the chaotic army; Later, he helped Zhang Han to besiege Linji and forced the king of Wei to blame and die.
He made great achievements for the Qin army, but he never had a good impression of Great Qin, and even to a certain extent, he hated the Qin royal family, which was completely different from his brother Chang Bai.
If it weren't for the fact that he could stay by Bai Wuyi's side, Bai Fu would definitely lose his general seal and leave the Qin army alone. He has always been haunted by the murder of Bai Qi and the fact that his whole family suffered from Zhulian.
Although he is not Bai Qi's grandson, but he also belongs to the Bai clan, when Bai Qi was executed, the Bai clan people looked for Bai everywhere to no avail, and finally had no choice but to move away from Xianyang.
Bai Fu has been instilled by the clansmen since he was a child with the idea that the Qin royal family is sorry for the Bai family, and he hates Qin Shi Huang to the core, and now the fundamental reason for helping Zhang Han is only because Bai has no intention of being here, and Bai Wuyi is the person who the Bai family swears to protect to the death, he is just abiding by the rules of the clan.
In the past, whenever there was a military operation, Bai Fu only accepted the order under Bai Wuyi's instructions, but now Bai Wuyi has been stationed in Puyang to assist in defense, but he stayed in the military camp to confront the Chu army.
Zhang Ping rushed straight into the camp tent and changed to other generals, not only would he not show disgust, but he might also greet him with his feet and receive Zhang Ping with a tide of sycophants.
The biggest difference between Bai Fu and everyone else was that he didn't think about developing in this army that existed in order to keep the Great Qin River, so when Zhang Ping rushed into the camp, he showed great impatience.
After Zhang Ping came out of the tent, he straightened his armor and raised his voice to say to the guards guarding Baifu's tent: "Zhang Ping came to ask to see General Bai, and I bothered the two of you to report. ”
The two soldiers looked at each other, and they looked at each other, not knowing whether it was better to go inside to report or not.
In the entire army, no one doesn't know that Zhang Ping is Zhang Han's younger brother, even if he is a general, he has to avoid three points when he sees Zhang Ping, but Bai Fu is the one who doesn't buy it, and sometimes his approach makes the soldiers who follow him feel difficult.
The two pro-soldiers were in trouble, but Bai Fu in the tent seemed to shout outwards very generously: "I don't know that General Zhang Ping is coming, and I hope to forgive my sins if I miss the distance, please come in and speak." ”
Hearing the voice coming from the tent, Zhang Ping's brows furrowed, and he secretly greeted the eighteenth generation of Baifu Ancestors one by one. Bai Fu's goods are too good to pretend, obviously he drove Zhang Ping out, and he was stunned to say "I don't know where the big driver is coming".
Knowing that military affairs were urgent, Zhang Ping was not good at making more plans with Bai Fu, so he opened the curtain and walked in.
As soon as he entered the tent, he saw that Bai Fu was still lying on his side with his buttocks facing outward, and he suddenly felt his scalp explode. Bai Fu had already ignored him several times, and this time he was even more presumptuous to convey Zhang Han's orders, but Bai Fu was still lying prone on the straw mat.
"General Baifu." Zhang Ping frowned, clasped his fist at his back and arched slightly, and said, "The general wants me to come and convey the order, ordering you to quickly lead two thousand soldiers and horses to annihilate the more than 1,000 bandits who are approaching our army......"
As soon as Zhang Ping said this, Bai Fu stretched his waist and waved his hand at him and said, "I know, general, please go back, I'll be there later!" ”
Bai Fu's rudeness made Zhang Ping feel very uncomfortable, but for the safety of Daqin Sheji and the whole army, he had to swallow this breath, arched his hand towards Bai Fu's back again, and turned around and walked out of the tent.