Chapter 163: The Battle of the Giant Deer 7
"Cavalry, detour on both wings! Heavy infantry, attack head-on! Crossbowmen, crossbow support! After approaching the Qin army, Chen Yu nodded to the general beside him, and the general gave the order to attack the Zhao army behind him with a snort.
Thousands of Zhao cavalry divided into two groups and flanked the Qin army's flanks, while heavy infantry armed with large shields and spears charged the Qin army from the front. After the heavy infantry rushed out, the Zhao army's crossbowmen followed, charging and unleashing arrows at the Qin army.
After the Zhao army launched a charge, Wang Li sneered twice and said to Su Jiao beside him: "General Su, the Zhao army thinks that their charge can 'force' us to retreat from Julu City, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to wipe out the cavalry on their left flank, and then attack their Chinese army from the left flank." ”
After Su Jiao received the order to leave, Wang Li said to the Shima on the side: "General Shijian, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to wipe out the Zhao army on the right side, and then attack the Zhao army from the right side." ”
Shima responded, and also led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to meet the Zhao army that rushed from the right flank and killed it.
"Crossbow! Suppress the Zhao Army's crossbow arrows! After Su Jiao and the Shijian army left, Wang Li gave another order to the Chinese army.
A group of Qin soldiers put out hundreds of large crossbows more than one person long, relying on people to 'shoot' with their feet.
This kind of crossbow was widely used in the 'Meng' Tian's conquest of the Xiongnu, and its 'shooting' range could reach more than 500 steps, and the damage to the Xiongnu heavy cavalry was incalculable.
However, due to the westward migration of the Xiongnu, Wang Li's army was transferred to the Central Plains battlefield to crusade against the rebels, and the cavalry of the rebels was not a heavy cavalry like the Huns, but only light cavalry with better mobility and no much attack power, so the role of the crossbow gradually became smaller, and most of the crossbows were sealed by the Qin army and gradually lost their role.
The Qin army moved out of the crossbow this time, and did not expect much damage to the Zhao army, Wang Li only expected to use the powerful impact of the crossbow to dismount the Zhao army, who had not been on the battlefield much, to suppress their morale first, and then defeat Chen Yu in one go.
Hundreds of Qin soldiers lay on their crossbows, their feet on the brackets, and 'shot' the crossbow arrows as long as javelins towards the Zhao army.
"What's that?" When the crossbow arrows flew towards Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun was 'chaotic' as Wang Li expected, hundreds of crossbows 'shot' into the Zhao army holding the big shield, rushed to the front of the Zhao army was 'shot' by the crossbow arrows, the lucky people with the shield were flying backwards and fell heavily to the ground, the bad luck in the hand of the big shield was directly pierced, the crossbow arrow passed through the big shield, pierced the body of the Zhao Jun holding the shield, and flew towards the Zhao army behind with a puddle of blood 'flowers'. "Search to see the fastest"
After the first batch of crossbow arrows were 'shot', the Qin army standing next to the crossbow added new crossbow arrows to the crossbow, and the Qin army lying on the crossbow kicked the crossbow again and 'shot' the second batch of crossbow arrows.
After several successive crossbow attacks, the charging Zhao army was already stunned, and the momentum of the charge slowed down a lot.
At this time, the cavalry of the Zhao army outflanked the Qin army from the two wings had been stopped and killed by Su Jiao and Shijian respectively, Wang Li looked at the two wings, and when he saw a cloud of smoke and dust rolled up by the fighting on the two wings, he smiled slightly and shouted to the Qin army in front of him: "Soldiers! Kill! ”
After receiving the order, more than 100,000 Qin troops howled and rushed towards the Zhao army. The crossbowmen of the Zhao army, who had been stunned by the crossbows, completely forgot to use the crossbows to suppress the charge of the Qin army, and the two armies soon fought in one place.
Chen Yu is not a brave general like Xiang Yu, he leads the troops by strategy and tactics, and when the two armies are 'fighting', he is always guarded by a group of personal soldiers and hides in the rear. This also reflects the defects of civilian soldiers, military generals lead troops to charge into battle and fight in front, which has great benefits for morale, while civilian leaders, when the two armies 'engaged', they can only hide in the rear, and soldiers sometimes think that they are cowardly and lack confidence in defeating the enemy.
"Kill!" Wang Li rode on horseback and took the lead in rushing towards the Zhao army with a halberd.
When a group of Zhao soldiers saw that it was Wang Li rushing towards them, they were eager to make meritorious contributions, and hurriedly greeted them, and stabbed at him with their spears.
Wang pulled away from the halberd, and picked out all the spears that were stabbing at him, and after the spears in the hands of this group of Zhao soldiers were picked apart, he sharpened the halberd horizontally.
Zhao Jun, who stopped in front of him, fell to the ground one after another by his halberd. After killing these Zhao troops, Wang Li rushed in the direction where Chen Yu was.
"Wang Li, where are you going?" Just as Wang Li was about to rush in front of Chen Yu, two Zhao generals rushed towards him, picked up their spears and swept towards him.
These two Zhao picked up the spear, and the entrainment power was really not small, Wang Li didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly waved the halberd to face the battle.
After the cavalry of the Zhao army on both flanks encountered Su Jiao and Shejian respectively, the heavy infantry of the Qin army rushed to kill, and suddenly lost the advantage of good mobility, and was surrounded by the Qin army in the middle, like a group of lambs surrounded by hungry wolves, suffering from the slaughter of the Qin army.
"Soldiers! Fight hard! Revitalize Da Zhao! Chen Yu brandished his sword and shouted loudly at Zhao Jun, who was fighting in front.
His shouting obviously did not have much impact on the Zhao army, and the revitalization of the Great Zhao was too ethereal, and what the Zhao army needed at this time was a brave general who could charge in front and lead them to fight to the death with the Qin army, not a general who hid behind and only knew how to shout slogans.
Compared with the Zhao army, the Qin army is much braver. The army led by Wang Li was a border guard army built by 'Meng' Tian to be responsible for the defense of the north. They fought against the Xiongnu all the year round, defeated the Xiongnu many times, and had already accumulated rich combat experience, made great achievements, and were worthy of the name of the Qin Dynasty's trump card army.
If Chen Yu chose to attack Zhang Han, the Zhao army might still have the strength to fight, at least they would not be as embarrassed as they were when they encountered Wang Li's army.
Wang Li's two Zhao generals, who were 'forced' to retreat in front of him, turned around to look for Chen Yu again, Chen Yu had already stayed away from the battlefield under the escort of his own soldiers.
Seeing Chen Yu, who was watching the battle hundreds of steps away from the battlefield, Wang Li pursed his lips contemptuously, and shouted to the Qin army behind him, who was fighting with the Chu army: "The enemy's main general has fled, and the army is fighting hard with me!" ”
Listening to Wang Li's words, the Qin army shouted in unison, and fought with the Zhao army even harder. The Zhao army, who was resisting the Qin army, felt the pressure increase, and gradually showed a sign of defeat.
Just when the Zhao army was fighting hard, the cavalry of the Zhao army on both wings had been 'forced' back by Su Jiao and Shijian, and after the two of them 'forced' the Zhao army cavalry to retreat, they immediately turned around and killed the Chinese army.
"Our army is defeated, flee!" Among the Zhao army, I don't know who shouted, this shout was like a thunder on the glacier, which suddenly caused an avalanche, and the Zhao army, which was struggling to support, immediately "coaxed" to scatter everywhere and retreated.
The defeat was like a mountain, the Zhao army was defeated, Chen Yu knew that he was powerless to urge them to move forward again, so he had to retreat under the protection of his own soldiers and withdraw from the battlefield.
"Su Jiao and Shejian, you two will lead the army to continue to surround Julu City, and I will immediately lead the troops to the bank of the Yellow River and fight to the death with the Chu army that crosses the river!" After repelling the Zhao army, Wang Li raised his halberd and pointed at the bank of the Yellow River, and said to Su Jiao and Shijian: "I have long heard that Xiang Yu is brave and extraordinary, and I happened to meet here today. ”
"General, take care!" Su Jiao and Shema didn't stop Wang Li, they just arched their hands to him, said cherished, and led the troops back to the outside of Julu City.
Zhang Han heard that Xiang Yu led the main force of the Chu army across the river to find the Qin army for a decisive battle. He did not dare to slack off after being defeated by Xiang Yu, and hurriedly convened the generals to discuss the way to retreat from the enemy.
After discussing with the generals under the tent, Zhang Han decided to divide the soldiers and horses under his command into nine routes, and he personally led the most 'elite' soldiers and horses to challenge Xiang Yu, and when the Chu army all entered the battlefield, the nine soldiers and horses rushed together to annihilate the Chu army outside Julu City.
At the same time that Zhang Han ordered his troops and horses to meet the Chu army, Xiang Yu also gathered his army and marched in the direction of Julu City.
Xiang Ye was a little nervous, he looked back at the five thousand Chu troops following behind him, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Pioneer, this position looks glorious, but it is not so easy to do. The Chu army had already crossed the river, and he didn't need to build bridges and open roads in the mountains when he encountered water, but he was on the cusp of fighting the Qin army.
In front of him was a full 400,000 Qin army, although he knew that it was impossible to meet these 400,000 people at once when fighting against the Qin army, this huge number still made him feel a big head when he thought about it.
A cloud of smoke and dust rolled in the distance, Xiang Ye rode on horseback, stretched out his head to look at the smoke and dust, and smiled bitterly, he knew that it was the Qin army that came, and it was a group of Qin troops who far outnumbered the soldiers and horses under his command.
"Attention the whole army!" Xiang Ye 'drawn' his long sword, turned around and shouted to the army behind him: "The Qin army is here, get ready for battle!" ”
"Xiang Ye, it's time for you to learn horse warfare!" Xiang Qing, who was following Xiang Ye, saw him 'draw' his long sword, leaned into his ear and whispered: "After this battle is over, I will ask my eldest brother to teach you his set of 'one-handed eighteen picks'." Long Ji's horse fighting kung fu was learned from him. ”
Xiang Ye glanced at Xiang Qing and didn't speak, just nodded silently.
Horse warfare, for him is indeed always the weakest link, his swordsmanship is only suitable for foot combat, and the power of the horse will be greatly reduced, but the red horse under his crotch is a rare good horse, and he has saved him from danger several times, since the swordsmanship can not be performed well on horseback, he can only learn the art of horse warfare, but now that he is on the battlefield, he has no time to learn at all.
The Qin army was getting closer and closer, and far away, Xiang Ye could already see the gilded jade crown on the hair bun of the Qin army general who rushed to the front.
"Wei Feng! Shoot the man's crown off! "After the Qin army approached, Xiang Ye originally wanted Wei Feng to 'shoot' their main general to death, but after thinking about it, 'shooting' the main general to death would not be as good as destroying morale, so he changed his mind and just let Wei Feng 'shoot' the crown of the main general of the Qin army. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "Reverse Chu" written by Yan Yan