Chapter 116: Bitter Battle
Almost when the Qin army collapsed and fled, thousands of torches were lit up again in the darkness around the Zhanghe River, and in the blazing firelight, Xiang Yu and more Chu troops were swarming from all directions, damn the Chu army, the cunning Chu army, actually left an ambush outside the Zhanghe River, it turned out that they had already calculated.
The result is self-evident, the remnants of the Qin army, who have long lost their fighting spirit, have no intention of fighting at all, they are like frightened deer, scattering and fleeing, and the swarming Chu army is like a wild wolf breaking into the flock, one by one they all opened their bloody mouths, showed their cold and deep fangs, and began to enjoy the bloodthirsty feast!
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The first battle was so embarrassing, and the Qin army was greatly shocked.
Xiang Yu even broke Zhang Gan's Fire Phoenix Array, this time Zhang Gan was in a hurry, he never expected Xiang Yu's army's offensive to come so quickly and violently, losing 100,000 troops of the Qin army, the Qin army has reached the point of life and death, and the Qin country has reached a precarious time.
Zhang Gan hurriedly gathered all the troops to the shogunate, and the general of the Jiuyuan Army, Wang Liqi, was furious, and scolded: "Xiang Yujun is really a group of wild boars and wolves, and they must be killed happily in the future." ”
Zhang Gan was also very heavy, and said: "In today's battle, most of my fire phoenix soldiers have lost most of them, and even the elite Jiuyuan army you sent has suffered a lot of casualties, and the strength of the Jiuyuan army is no longer as good as Xiang Yu's army, so it is better for me to lead the prisoner army to deal with Xiang Yu tomorrow." ”
Wang Li, the general of the Jiuyuan Army, and the three of them shot at the same time, Wang Li shouted: "Is the old general teasing our Jiuyuan Army, no one expected that the Chu Army would come so quickly in this hasty battle, just a battle, why should you change the Jiuyuan Army?"
The three of them took turns attacking Zhang Gan, and they were all indignant.
Zhang Gan didn't say a word, quietly listened to the angry episodes of the three, and at the end, Zhang Gan got up and bowed deeply, "The three young generals have no cowardice to fight, and the old man is very pleased!"
After hearing this, Wang Li couldn't help but laugh: "The old general was afraid that we would be cowardly!
Su Jiao also hammered the case again and again: "It's fun to fight with Xiang Yu's army! The dog day is fiercer than the Huns! Just fight such a tough battle, it's worth dying!"
Zhang Gan said: "The old man just reminded the three generals that there are many strange people in Xiang Yu's army, and he can't treat Xiang Yu with the usual law. The old man expects that Xiang Yu will not rest, and he will come to fight tomorrow!"
Wang Li gritted his teeth and said, "I know, tomorrow the old general will hear the news." ”
After meeting in the middle of the night to discuss countermeasures, the Qin army quietly withdrew more than ten miles, stationed in a relatively secret valley, and began busy preparations for another battle.
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In the camp of the Chu army, after the victory in the first battle, Xiang Yu was very excited, the shogunate gathered the generals, looked at the generals excitedly, and said passionately: "Today's battle, our army defeated the Qin army, the first battle destroyed the prestige of the Qin army, tomorrow our army should destroy the main force of the Qin army in one fell swoop, and capture the old horseman Zhang Gan." ”
Xiang Zhuang frowned, and said: "Big brother, this is just the beginning, although the Qin army was defeated in the first battle yesterday, but we also lost tens of thousands of horses, but Zhang Gan's prisoner army, as well as Wang Li's main force of the Jiuyuan Army is still there, the Qin army has always been brave in battle, strong combat power, fortunately, Zhang Gan and Wang Li are stationed at the north and south ends of Julu respectively, and the grain and grass are all transported by Zhang Gan, as long as we cut off their grain and grass, the elite Jiuyuan Army of the Qin army will be defeated without a fight. ”
"Yes, what General Zhuang said is very true, they should immediately cut off their grain and grass passage. Old Fan Zeng praised again and again, this Xiang Zhuang is much more strategic than Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu said disapprerovingly: "Now is the time when the morale of our army is at its peak, how can we not fight, the matter of the grain route of the Qin army will be handed over to Yingbu to handle, and the rest of the departments will follow me to fight the main force of the Qin army tomorrow." ”
The generals were full of passion, and they all howled to fight to the death, Xiang Zhuang and Fan Zeng were silent and silently prepared for the battle.
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In the early morning of this day, the sun had just come out of the mountain, and the valley where the Qin army camp was located was still half bright and half bright, and Xiang Yu's army was killing like a tide again.
The Chu soldiers outside the valley mouth were in chaos, and the roar shook the valley, and Xiang Yu shouted: "The Qin army is scared to kill! Hide in the ditch! Kill, destroy Qin in one battle!"
"The Qin army is scared, destroy Qin in one battle!"
"The Qin army is scared, destroy Qin in one battle!"
"The Qin army is scared, destroy Qin in one battle!"
In the midst of the shouting and killing all over the mountains, the Qin army's mountain pass suddenly thundered and thundered, and the bows and crossbows on both sides of the valley mouth were launched together, and the thick long arrows roared towards the Chu army like a storm.
Xiang Yu's Chu army had to retreat slightly, and an iron cavalry at the mouth of the valley held high the banner of the word "king" and slaughtered like a black hurricane.
At the same time, there was also an iron cavalry on both sides of the mountain pass that rumbled out and flew towards the back road of the Chu army, which was the left and right flanks of Shima Sujiao, and the three iron cavalry obviously wanted to take revenge with the tactics of "breaking through the center, cutting off its rear road, and encircling and gathering and annihilating".
Xiang Yujun fought yesterday, arrogant, and today the odds are full of victory to destroy the main force of the Qin army, and he did not expect that the Qin army was not as panicked as expected, but was prepared to kill, and its momentum was far from being comparable to yesterday, and he was a little caught off guard for a while.
Xiang Yu hurriedly ordered Xiang Zhuang and Long Ji, Ji Bu and Hengju to meet the two wings, and he personally led 8,000 soldiers to meet Wang Li head-on, and a thrilling bloody battle immediately unfolded in the narrow valley basin.
Xiang Yu's Seven Killing Sword roared and roared everywhere, but the Qin army was also furious, not only the knights were all mighty, but also three horses, five horses, ten horses, hundreds of horses, thousands of horses, and thousands of horsemen fought in a row, and everywhere there were boundless shining swords chasing the horse team surrounding Xiang Yu, although Xiang Yu's eight thousand soldiers were all cavalry, and they were known to be invincible, but today they had nowhere to focus, and for a whole hour, Xiang Yu did not kill ten Qin army knights, but a large number of Jiangdong soldiers had already fallen around him.........
The fierce fighting lasted until sunset, and for more than five hours, the battlefield shouting gradually turned into boundless gasps and short roars, and no one could shout anymore. The casualties of the Chu army were increasing, but the encirclement of the Qin army was gradually shortening.
Now, for the Chu army, the most important thing is to break through as soon as possible!
Seeing that the encirclement of the Qin army's iron cavalry is getting smaller and smaller, Xiang Zhuang is galloping, while quickly calculating the way out of the Chu army, the Qin army's iron cavalry really lives up to its reputation, if it is directly assaulted from the middle, the assault distance will be greatly increased, if it is assaulted from the side, the Qin army is likely to become a reverse roll, and the Chu army will be cut into two sections, so only by assaulting from the front waist can the Qin army be defeated in the shortest possible time and highlight the encirclement!
Xiang Zhuang was like an angry wolf king, slamming into the Qin army's array.
Seven or eight halberds stabbed almost at the same time, the Tai'a sword in Xiang Zhuang's hand suddenly chopped down, seven or eight halberds were all broken at once, the tips of the halberds fell all over the ground, Xiang Zhuang stepped forward suddenly, and the sword in his hand was picked up obliquely, and the Qin army in front of him was suddenly broken, and a few intestines suddenly jumped out of the open abdominal cavity.
The soldiers of the Qin army suddenly lowered their heads, stared blankly at their own broken abdominal cavity, and then howled miserably, and then more intestines gushed out of the abdominal cavity, and the soldiers of the Qin army grabbed the intestines and desperately tried to stuff them back into their stomachs, however, before he could get his wish, the elite of the Chu army who followed up had knocked him to the ground.
Seeing Xiang Zhuang's ferocity, the soldiers of the Qin army all retreated to the side to make way for a road, and at this moment, the Qin general Su Jiao and the guards rode over and shouted, "The thief will leave!" Su Jiao stood proudly with a halberd in his hand.