Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 371 Zhao Kun VS Xiang Yu, who will win?
Fan Zeng's death made Xiang Yu heartbroken, but apart from being heartbroken, he didn't seem to express much emotion.

He didn't even think about why Fan Zeng left, so he was sad for a day or two, then he gradually regained his composure and began to invest in his strategy against Zhao Kun.

According to the previously established strategy, Long Qie was in charge of guarding the Fufeng camp, Zhong Limei led 30 cavalry to attack Longxi, and Xiang Yu led [-] coalition troops to attack Yongcheng.

As soon as Zhao Kun got the news, he held another military meeting.

"How many people did Xiang Yu dispatch?" Zhao Kun questioned Han Xin while watching Luo Wang's secret letter.

Han Xin pondered for a while, then clasped his hands and replied, "According to reports from scouts, there are about 30 people!"

"30?"

Zhao Kun was taken aback for a moment, and said strangely: "It's really unexpected that Xiang Yu mobilized 30 people to attack Yongcheng so quickly. I thought he would have to wait for a while."

"Someone has ordered the whole city to be on alert, and asked the artillery battalion to move the artillery to the city wall," Han Xin said with a frown.

"Not urgent."

Zhao Kun waved his hand, and said thoughtfully: "It is still unclear whether Xiang Yu really attacked the city, maybe it was just a feint."

"Feint?"

Han Xin tilted his head and looked at Zhao Kun suspiciously: "What news did you receive, Your Majesty?"

"That's right. I received a secret letter from Jiang Chao, saying that Xiang Yu ordered him to assist Zhong Limei in capturing Longxi, and cooperate with Chencang guard Zhou Yin to lure our army out of the city!" Zhao Kun nodded.

"So, as your majesty expected, Xiang Yu planned to sneak attack the rear of our army?" Zhang Han asked in surprise.

"It's not surprising to attack our army's rear, but our army's anti-encirclement strategy needs to be changed!"

As soon as Zhao Kun's voice fell, Han Xin on the side said: "It is indeed necessary to change the strategy, but I think the previous sneak attack plan may be more suitable for the current situation!"

"You mean to attack Fufeng camp?" Zhao Kun frowned.

Han Xin nodded and said, "That's right, late June is the best time to fly a hot air balloon, we can take this opportunity to get behind Xiang Yu first!"

"Get rid of Xiang Yu's rear. How will he deal with his 30 troops?"

"Since it's a feint attack, there must be no intentions."

Han Xin thought for a while and asked Chen Ping, "Where is Xiang Yu now?"

"According to reports from the spies, they are now setting up camp at a location twenty miles away from Yongcheng!"

"Set up camp at a location twenty miles away?"

Han Xin was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Then how many days have they been away?"

"Counting today, it's a total of three days!" Chen Ping replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Han Xin frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then cupped his hands at Zhao Kun and said, "Your Majesty, judging by Xiang Yu's marching speed, there is a high possibility of a feint attack, but the purpose of the feint attack is not yet clear, so a certain suggestion Send the air force to the sky to investigate, and then deploy!"

"I agree, then send someone up to have a look!"

Zhao Kun nodded, and then said to Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, I will leave this matter to you to arrange!"

"promise!"

Chen Ping bowed his hands and turned to leave immediately.

"Report—!"

Just as Chen Ping left, a loud voice suddenly sounded outside the tent.

Zhao Kun frowned slightly, and waved to the Wu family brothers. Soon, a messenger Sima was let in.

But he heard the messenger Sima panting: "Your Majesty, Chencang guard Zhou Yin led the army to attack, and it is only three miles away from the south of Yongcheng!"

"Humph! Zhou Yin really dares to attack the city without fear!" Zhang Han snorted coldly, and immediately asked Sima, the messenger, "How many soldiers and horses can you find out?"

"It is estimated that there are no less than 2 people, and they are all the elite of the Chu army, with extremely strong combat power!" The messenger Sima replied.

"No way, Chen Cang's garrison is only [-], and Zhou Yin dares to come out with all his strength. Isn't he afraid of the emptiness in the rear?" Zhang Han asked in surprise.

"It shouldn't be all Chencang defenders. Judging from the military equipment, it may be reinforcements from Fufeng's soldiers and horses!" The messenger Sima pondered.

"I see!"

Han Xin suddenly smiled and said, "No wonder Xiang Yu marched slowly, only traveling ten miles a day, and began to set up camp in the afternoon of the third day. It turned out that he secretly divided his troops during the night!"

"Oh?" Zhao Kun raised his eyebrows: "How do you judge that he divided his troops at night?"

"Returning to your lord, Fufeng is only fifty miles away from Yongcheng. Xiang Yu set up camp at thirty miles away. Whether it is returning to Fufeng or raiding Yongcheng, it is the best distance."

Han Xin said with a smile: "The purpose of returning to help Fufeng is to prevent our army from attacking us, or attacking our army back and forth. The surprise attack on Yongcheng is to catch us by surprise while our army is empty."

"hiss……"

Hearing Han Xin's words, all the generals gasped, secretly thinking that this feather was so insidious.

Counting the strategy of raiding Longxi, it can be said that there are three prongs, and every time the troops are divided, they reach the vital point.

After calming down, Wang Yanchao handed over to Han Xin: "General Han, since we have deduced Xiang Yu's strategy, how should we deal with it?"

"Yes, General Han, how should we fight back against them!" Ma Liang also echoed.

"Everyone, don't worry, please listen to Han!"

Han Xin smiled and pressed his hands, and said to the generals, "Wu Guang is there to assist Shejian and the others in Longxi, so there is no need to worry."

"As for Zhou Yin, if I leave it to someone to deal with it, I will definitely let him come and go..."

"Okay! Just do it!"

Zhao Kun clapped his hands and laughed, "Han Xin, I leave it to you!"

"Yes!"

Following Han Xin's order, the archers and crossbowmen of Yongcheng who had been passively defensive were all replaced, replaced by the artillerymen of the artillery battalion and the shield soldiers protecting them.

At the same time, Zhang Han led [-] Musketeers to sneak out from the secret road of Yongcheng, preparing to go around to the rear to ambush Zhou Yin.

On the other side, Xiang Yu's general Zhou Yin, who was in charge of attacking the city, frowned and glanced at the top of Yongcheng.

Although he knew that [-] soldiers would not be able to capture Yongcheng, he did not dare to disobey Xiang Yu's order.

Hesitating for a while, Zhou Yin took a deep breath, immediately pulled out the sword at his waist, and said in a deep voice, "Give me the general's order, the former army will attack!"

Rumbling--

As soon as the voice fell, the war drum roared.

All of a sudden, in front of the Chu army, five thousand soldiers under the command of Zhou Yin attacked Yongcheng one after another.

"[-] soldiers were invested in the first round of attack. It seems that Yin's ambition is not small this week!"

Frowning, Zhao Kun ordered to Han Xin: "Han Xin, you can start."

"promise."

Han Xin cupped his hands, and then ordered to go, leaving only Zhao Kun and Fusu to watch the enemy's offensive at the corner of the city wall.

The five thousand soldiers charged very fast, and they rushed to the artillery coverage in less than a moment.

Without further ado, Han Xin ordered: "The artillery battalion is ready to fire!"

bang bang bang-

Following Han Xin's order, hundreds of cannons on the city wall were fired together.

"Defense! Defense raise shield!"

The [-] stormtroopers were startled by the loud cannon on the city wall, and they couldn't help being stunned on the spot. The general responsible for supervising the siege anxiously reminded the soldiers to raise their shields for defense.

However, in the face of the rolling solid bullets, the mere shield is not enough to see, and it is directly penetrated by the company with the shield.

Some of them were hit by shells without even reacting, and then flew backwards under the action of inertia.

"This……"

Zhou Yin looked at everything in front of him dumbfounded, unbelievable.

From his perspective, those soldiers seemed to have been cut off in an instant, their thighs were smashed, and then they fell to the ground screaming.There were also people who lost their heads and fell forward.

Since no one can stop the shells passing by, countless big holes were made at the moment of landing, and then disappeared in the sky filled with flying soil.

This happened in a very short period of time. Those soldiers who were not hit by the shells turned around, and as far as their eyes could see, there was a mess and blood.

Even elites who have experienced many battles turned pale when they saw this scene.

At the same time, Zhou Yin in the rear also came to his senses.

From his position, the damage caused by the shells can be clearly seen, just like cutting wheat. Wherever the sickle passes, the wheat is completely cut off, while the surrounding wheat is safe.

It's just that the wheat has become a person, and the sickle has become a cannonball.

Although Zhou Yin didn't know what the cannonball was, it was quite shocking to see the blank area where the cannonball passed.

Even the artillerymen who had participated in two wars on the city wall couldn't help but change their expressions suddenly when they watched the shell damage from such a close range.

Among all the people present, the person who knew the performance of the shell best was not Zhao Kun, but Han Xin who commanded calmly.

But the reason why he was calm was not because he was indifferent to the scene in front of him, but because of the role of the artillery, which was within his expectation.

When Zhao Kun instructed the formation of the artillery battalion, Han Xin began to be in charge of artillery training. It is not surprising that he can achieve such an effect.

However, this is not the full strength of the artillery battalion.

Today is just a defensive battle, when the siege battle, the artillery battalion will shine.

When Zhou Yin's army was in chaos and stopped charging, the movements of the artillerymen's hands did not stop.

Soon, after a new round of ammunition loading, Han Xin ordered to fire again.

At this time, the siege soldiers also regained their composure, turned around and continued to charge.

At this moment, there was no fear in their eyes anymore.

Rather, their fear has been replaced by luck.

After all, the attack range of the artillery shells is limited, and they can charge up the city wall and kill those artillerymen at the cost of some casualties.

It was with this mentality that they abandoned their screaming companions, and rushed towards the city wall holding ladders and weapons.

However, what they didn't know was that the artillerymen were also waiting for them at this time.

When the enemy approached the city wall, the artillery had changed the shells again and adjusted the angle of the barrel to aim at the ladders and soldiers.

But as the enemy army rushed to the corner and set up the ladder, the command flag in Han Xin's hand did not fall immediately.

Soon, the enemy army had climbed to the middle of the city wall, very close to them.

Despite the amazing power of the artillery, facing so many enemy troops, it is easy to expose the shortcomings of the artillery battalion's insufficient defense.

There are only a hundred cannons and three hundred artillerymen on the city wall, but there are hundreds of thousands of enemy troops rushing up. Such a huge gap is enough for those enemy troops to break through the artillery barracks, occupy the southern gate of Yongcheng, and then lure the enemy The army entered the city.

But even in the face of this situation, Han Xin still did not drop the command flag.

It's like when the storm is approaching, the lake is calm, and the artillery battalion has no movement.

This made Zhou Kui, Li Zhu and others who were watching and studying from the sidelines extremely anxious.

Zhou Kui, in particular, yelled at Han Xin directly: "Hurry up and shoot, it will be too late if you don't shoot!"

Li Zhu also began to worry.

Although he has never commanded a battle, he is also a general. He can see some shortcomings of the artillery. For example, the shells fired by the artillery have to shoot up to the sky before falling. If the enemy is too close, it is easy to block the barrel and reduce the damage. Effect.

This made him look nervously at the city.

On the other side, Fusu, who hadn't spoken since the cannon was fired, frowned in confusion, and asked Zhao Kun, "Brother Kun, what's going on?"

To be honest, Zhao Kun didn't understand what was going on at first, but as the enemy army had rushed to a dangerous distance, he was not so worried.

Hearing Fusu's question, Zhao Kun was stunned for a moment, and then said a little funny: "If my guess is right, the shells this time should be different from the previous ones."

"Different shells?"

"That's right!"

Zhao Kun nodded, and said with a look of relief: "I never thought that Han Xin's use of artillery has reached such a level that he can actually change the artillery operations according to the situation."

Hearing this, Fu Su still couldn't understand.

But the enemy has already refused that the artillery battalion is very close. At their speed, they can drown the artillery battalion in a few breaths.

This made those shield soldiers who were holding shields stand uneasy one by one as if they were facing a big enemy.

But at this moment, the sound of the cannon suddenly rang.

There was another chilling sound of intensive artillery, accompanied by the flames of the barrel, blasting out.

The difference from before is that the shells at this time are obviously shooting straight at the enemy, accompanied by a huge roar, from top to bottom.

Those enemy troops were very close to the gun barrel, and there was no time to dodge. The moment the artillery was fired, the shells pierced through their bodies, and along with the shell fragments, they broke their feet and the surrounding ladders, and fell to the wall.

"This...what's the matter?"

Fusu looked down at the city in astonishment: "Why are those ladders broken?"

"Why are there no bullets!"

Zhou Kui turned his head and asked Zhao Kun, "How did the artillery do it?"

"It's not that there is no bullet!" Zhao Kun explained: "It's a blooming bullet!"

"Flower bomb?"

Zhou Kui was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Is it the flower bombs used when attacking Xiangzhuang?"

"Exactly!"

"No wonder it's so powerful..."

Because the production of flower bombs is very difficult, if it is not necessary, it is generally not used. Han Xin's use of flower bombs this time is also to deter the enemy.

The effect was as he expected. When the siege enemy soldiers saw their companions being smashed into a hornet's nest by shell fragments, their faces were as white as paper, and the luck they had finally established was filled with fear again.

However, before they could react, the soldiers of the artillery battalion had reloaded the ammunition again.

Looking at the gun barrels close at hand, those enemy soldiers who were lucky enough to survive no longer had the courage to climb the city wall, and one by one howled and fled with pale faces.

The menacing scene just now turned into a bereaved dog in an instant, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he returned the same way.

Looking at the defeated army that kept fleeing back, Zhou Yin's scalp was numb, and a bad premonition suddenly came to his heart.

"Quick! Stop them! Don't let them attack the defense!"

Zhou Yin roared and ordered decisively: "Archers, let the arrows go!"

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