Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 373 What is the use of mere reputation?

The arrival of Xiang Yu raised the momentum of the Chu army.

In an instant, tens of thousands of troops gathered in the south of Yongcheng. The black ones were the Qin army, and the red and yellow ones were the Chu army. The two armies were about [-] steps apart, and they all stopped.

And the gate to the south of Yongcheng was blocked by Zhou Yin's stones from the trebuchet and the corpses of the Chu army at the moment when Han Xin ordered it to be opened.

In other words, as long as Xiang Yu defeats the Qin army under the city, there is a high possibility of attacking Yongcheng.

At the moment when swords were tense, Xiang Yu rode on his horse, looked at Zhao Kun at the top of the city, and said with a smile, "Zhao Kun, long time no see. I heard that you died. I was happy for a few days. Why are you alive again?"

"Hahaha--"

As soon as Xiang Yu's words fell, Zhao Kun's laughter sounded from the top of Yongcheng City.

The laughter was full of sarcasm.

Xiang Yu didn't care about this. After all, Zhao Kun's character was like this, and he had already seen it.

After hesitating for a while, Xiang Yu put away the smile on his face, and said seriously: "Zhao Kun, Qin is already dead, why do you need to make unnecessary struggles, as long as you surrender to me, I can forget the past and make you king!"

"Oh~~~"

Zhao Kun nodded as if suddenly enlightened, and then said jokingly: "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. I heard that you are called the overlord of Western Chu, and you have divided the princes from all walks of life. I just want to ask you if you are worthy!" ?”

"presumptuous--!"

"Bold—!"

Hearing Zhao Kun's words, Xiang Yu's generals immediately shouted loudly.

But Xiang Yu looked at Zhao Kun with a gloomy expression, and said coldly: "I'm not as good as you in talking, but I want to ask you a question. Where is the body of my cousin Xiang Zhuang?"

Xiang Zhuang?

It turned out to be for him!

Zhao Kun pondered for a while, without concealing it, and said truthfully: "Xiang Zhuang is also a descendant of a famous family. I have ordered people to collect his body and choose a date for burial!"

"it is good!"

Xiang Yu yelled loudly when he heard the words, then let out a foul breath, and said in a deep voice: "There is no need to choose a date for burial. After I break through Yongcheng, I will take care of his funeral!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Zhou Yin who was on the side: "I will deal with those cavalry, and you will be responsible for attacking the city with all your strength!"

"Yes!"

Following Zhou Yin's order, the Chu army began to attack the city again.

"Boom boom boom——"

A loud drum sound suddenly reminded Xiang Yu, holding up the Overlord's Halberd, and said loudly: "Brothers in the Chu army, the tyranny of the King of Qin has caused unspeakable suffering to the people. His son Zhao Kun wants to prevent us from overthrowing Qin, and we are incompatible with him. Kill him!" ——!”

"Kill—!"

As Xiang Yu's words fell, the [-] Chu cavalry led by his general Yu Ziqi rushed to the Thunder Cavalry Battalion ahead.

The Chu infantry on the two wings, also under the command of Zhou Yin, quickly approached Yongcheng.

In the army formation, Wang Yan smiled coldly: "In terms of force, I am not as good as you Xiang Yu, but in terms of cavalry, I have no reason to be afraid of you!"

After finishing speaking, he immediately shouted: "Lei Qi is ready... to shoot arrows!"

Yu Ziqi, who was coming towards him, couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he saw that Lei Qi gave up charging and changed to archery.

"Why is the Lightning Cavalry different from the previous ones today? Isn't their advantage armor...why don't they charge?"

Yu Ziqi was puzzled, because in his impression, Lei Qi should be the same as Ju Lu Shi, invincible.

However, today's Thunder Knight seems to be very different.

"Humph! Pretending to be a ghost!"

With a cold snort, Yu Ziqi confidently pointed to Lei Qi in front of him.

He felt that the elite Chu cavalry behind him were not weaker than the Lei cavalry, because these elite cavalry were all trained by Xiang Yu. They were not only good at riding and shooting, but also very well equipped.

However, just when he thought that the enemy generals were putting the cart before the horse, the five thousand Thunder Riders who were waiting in full battle pulled their crossbows one by one.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Countless densely packed arrows flew into the air and shot at the enemy with incomparable precision.

After a while, the rumbling Chu army seemed to have hit a wall of arrows, screaming and falling off their horses.

All of a sudden, flesh and blood flew in front of Lei Qi's position, and the horses neighed, making a mess.

Since every Lei rider was equipped with Zhuge Liannu as standard, after a round of shooting, there was not much stagnation, and a new round of shooting started.

Although these Chu troops were well-equipped, they still suffered a large number of casualties under the dense arrow rain.

Most of the equipment of the Chu army came from Zhang Han's prisoner army, and the key to the rapid formation of combat effectiveness of the prisoner army was their crossbowmen.

Seeing the thunder cavalry shooting a volley of crossbows, Yu Ziqi was not to be outdone, and immediately ordered the crossbowmen of the Chu army to fight back.

Although a single-shot crossbow is not as good as a continuous-shot crossbow, as long as the winner cannot be determined within a short period of time, his goal will be achieved.

Just as the thunder cavalry shot the arrows, the cavalry of the Chu army arrived with bee pupae and quickly approached the thunder cavalry position.

"Charge on the left wing, disperse the Chu army for me, crush them over, the crossbowmen will retreat, and the pikemen will come forward!"

Facing the approach of the cavalry of the Chu army, Wang Yan didn't feel flustered at all, and ordered loudly.

The Thunder Riders are not only powerful in combat, but also well-trained. The two thousand Thunder Riders on the left wing have long been ready for battle. The moment they heard the order, they rushed out like thunder.

"Bang bang bang-"

The cavalry of the Qin and Chu armies exchanged together in an instant, sparks shot out in all directions, and blood and shouts appeared at the same time, completely killing them into a mess.

This time, the Chu army cavalry's charge advantage was useless, and instead, Lei cavalry took advantage of the chaos and killed many of them.

So Yu Ziqi hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to retreat and let the two wings surround Wang Yanzhong's army.

However, Wang Yanzhong's army did not give him a chance at all, and began to charge towards them before the Chu army encircled them.

Lightning cavalry belonged to heavy cavalry, and the most suitable formation for heavy cavalry was to have no formation, keep a certain distance between each other, and just crush them without thinking.

"Boom--"

As the battle intensified, Leiqi's superiority in armaments gradually emerged. Five thousand Leiqi killed [-] Chuqi, retreating steadily, and even showing signs of collapse.

"My lord, our cavalry can't break through the Qin cavalry, let me go to support Ziqi!" Xiang Yu's general Chen Wu couldn't help feeling a little anxious when he saw the battle in front of him.

And Xiang Yu was also a little anxious. When he was in Julu, he knew that Lei Qi was very good, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated the strength of Lei Qi.

"Chen Wu, this king orders you to lead [-] cavalry into the army and make sure to take the head of the enemy general!"

Xiang Yu looked at Zhao Kun on the top of the wall, and then at the battle situation, and found that Yu Ziqi couldn't stand it anymore, and Wang Yan was killing a lot, so he couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, so he ordered decisively.

When Chen Wu received the order, he immediately bowed his hands and rode his horse to the battlefield.

"Warriors of Western Chu! For the sake of the overlord and the Chu people killed by the Qin army, kill all Qin dogs, kill—!"

Chen Wu galloped his horse while roaring loudly.

The morale of the [-] cavalry behind them was high, like a red and yellow sharp sword, piercing directly into Wang Yan's army.

At the same time, the Chu army behind Xiang Yu waved their flags and shouted: "Chu Xiang! Chu Xiang! Chu Xiang!"

.........

On the other side, above the city of Yongcheng, Zhao Kun looked thoughtfully at the intensifying battlefield.

After a while, he turned his head to look at Han Xin, and said: "If the fight continues like this, the five thousand thunder cavalry will not be able to withstand it."

"Xiang Yu hasn't joined the battle yet. If we can't lure him to join the battle, our plan will be in vain." Han Xin frowned.

"Then what should we do now? We can't just let Wang Yan die like this!"

"This……"

Han Xin hesitated for a moment, then suddenly remembered the conversation between Zhao Kun and Xiang Yu, and tentatively asked Zhao Kun, "Your Majesty, do you mind your own reputation?"

"Ok?"

Zhao Kun was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Han Xin with some puzzlement: "What do you mean?"

Han Xin hesitated and said, "I mean...if you don't mind your own reputation, someone is going to use the corpse of Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang to anger Xiang Yu!"

Zhao Kun: "..."

Han Xin: "..."

The two looked at each other without speaking.

After a while, Zhao Kun asked deeply: "Are you joking with me?"

"Don't dare!"

Han Xin hurriedly cupped his hands: "Your Majesty, Xiang Yu is a respectful and benevolent man, and treats soldiers and relatives with kindness and gentleness, but this is the kindness of women, and it is the most taboo thing on the battlefield."

"Victory is always the iron law on the battlefield. The so-called soldier never tires of deception. This is the truth. As long as I humiliate Xiang Zhuang's corpse in public, Xiang Yu will definitely become angry and attack the city with all his strength."

"At that time, if we attack him together again, we will definitely win this game. As for reputation..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and continued: "I think that fame is just the glory of the winner, and once you lose, it's just a false name."

After hearing this, Zhao Kun took a deep look at Han Xin, and said in his heart that this guy is worthy of being humiliated under his crotch.

In his eyes, victory is everything, so he does everything he can. This is also the main reason why he was able to defeat Xiang Yu and establish the Western Han Dynasty for Liu Bang.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Kun patted Han Xin on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "My reputation is not good. I don't care about my reputation. Go! Take this victory for me!"

"promise!"

Han Xin bowed his hands and agreed, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Zhao Kun would not let him use tricks because of his reputation.

After all, Zhao Kun is the son of the first emperor who is serious about his son's eight classics, and he might ascend the throne and become the lord of the world in the future. It is understandable for such a person to cherish his reputation.

However, the facts were beyond his expectation. Zhao Kun didn't care about fame at all, he just wanted to win.

This increased his respect for Zhao Kun.

Soon, Han Xin ordered someone to take Xiang Zhuang's body, and shouted towards the city: "Hey! Younger Xiang Yu, General Han ordered you to surrender quickly, or your cousin's bones will be gone!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiang Yu yelled angrily: "How dare you!? Zhao Kun, you despicable villain, you promised to treat my cousin's corpse kindly, but now you backtrack, I will kill you!"

Hearing this, Zhao Kun frowned slightly, and then laughed loudly: "There are so many people who want to kill me, Zhao Kun, who are you!

Besides, when did I say to treat your cousin kindly, I only said to let him be buried on another day, since you refused, then I will deal with it casually! "

"........."

Hearing Zhao Kun's brazen words, Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment.

Even Chen Wu's cavalry, who were charging towards Wang Yanzhong's army on the battlefield, were shocked by this scene, and their sprinting speed gradually slowed down. Finally, Wang Yanzhong's army, who was fighting hard, noticed the clue and began to return to the army to defend.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu was as expected by Han Xin, and suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and ordered without saying a word: "Rush over to me, kill the Qin army, slaughter the city of Yong...kill!"

Following Xiang Yu's order, the entire Chu army was mobilized and swept towards Wang Yan's army.

In an instant, Xiang Yu, who was covered with extreme anger and fighting spirit, rushed directly to the Leiqi position like a ferocious demon god.

"Yeah, die for me!"

While roaring, Xiang Yu urged the war horse under his crotch, and the Overlord Halberd turned like a full moon, killing towards the area where the Thunder Riders were most dense.

He actually wanted to single out the Thunder Cavalry Army by himself.

"Bam—"

At the same time Xiang Yu rushed to Wang Yanzhong's army, the artillery on the city tower crashed behind him.

The huge noise made the horses jump in all directions. Xiang Yu's hands froze slightly, then he looked up at the city wall and murmured, "Is this the secret weapon? It really is amazing!"

As soon as the voice fell, he immediately shouted to the left and right generals: "Order all the sword and shield soldiers to block in front of the trebuchet, advance fifty steps forward, and attack the city!"

"Let the spearmen cover the sword and shield soldiers and shoot at the top of the city!"

"No!"*2
The left and right generals agreed in unison, and soon, the attack of the Chu army except the cavalry was concentrated on the top of the city.

For a while, the pressure on the city of Yongcheng increased sharply, and the artillery suppression was relatively weakened.

The attack of the cavalry of the Chu army also began to become intensive, and there was a faint tendency to turn defeat into victory.

I saw one, two, three... In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Thunder Riders were besieged by thousands of Chu cavalry, and fell down one after another.

"what--"

Wang Yan suddenly waved his arms and shouted to the sky, announcing that he was not defeated yet.

However, under the siege of several times the enemy forces, Thunder Cavalry faintly showed signs of collapse.

The defeat of the Qin army seems inevitable...

At this moment, another team of Chu cavalry rushed to the battlefield desperately from one end of the battlefield, and shouted at Xiang Yu: "My lord! Something is wrong! We have fallen into the trap!"

At this time, Xiang Yu, who was in full swing, heard the shout and couldn't help being extremely angry, and immediately shouted: "Where did the thief come from, how dare you disturb our army's morale, come here, kill without mercy!"

"My lord, please spare me—!"

Hearing that Xiang Yu was going to kill him, the messenger Sima waved his hands in fright, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the Qin army has seen through our army's strategy, the Fufeng camp was attacked, General Longqie died in battle, and the food and grass were also burned!"

"What?! The dragon died in battle?!"

Xiang Yu's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, and he thought that his plan was easily seen through, and Long Qi was also dead...

"This, how is this possible!"

Chen Wu on the side was stunned, as if he couldn't believe this fact, so he reacted and asked Sima, the messenger: "Zhao Kun's army is clearly in Yongcheng, how did they attack Fufeng camp? Could it be Li Xin's army?!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu also reacted, and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on, why don't you tell the truth!"

"It's not Li Xin's army..."

The messenger Sima shook his head, and said cautiously: "The specifics are not very clear to the subordinates, I only saw a dozen huge balls appearing above the camp, and then the people on the balls kept throwing things down;

When those things fell to the ground, they exploded in an instant, and then the flames shot up into the sky, and howls were everywhere. Our army was bombed to pieces before they could rally to resist, and they ran for their lives in all directions! "

Huge ball?

explosive?
Xiang Yu and Chen Wu looked at each other, looking at each other.

At this moment, a large number of Qin troops rushed out from the direction of the city gate, and a large number of Qin troops also rushed to the other side of the battlefield.

Xiang Yu frowned, because he already knew that he had really been tricked. After all, if the news was fake, these Qin soldiers could not have appeared at this time.

After thinking for a while, Chen Wu came to Xiang Yu's side and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, withdraw your troops. If you continue to fight, it will be nothing but unnecessary casualties... Without sufficient troops, our army will not be able to break through Yong City!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu looked sideways at Chen Wu and said, "Chen Wu, have you ever seen this king fearful on the battlefield?"

"Your Majesty's bravery is unmatched by anyone in the world, but is it possible that Your Majesty will just watch my soldiers of the Chu Army die in vain?"

Chen Wu took over the conversation and said coldly: "The 20 allied forces around the Weishui River have no news so far. Could it be that they don't know that Fufeng was attacked? Even if they can't fight against the giant ball in the sky, they can support Yongcheng...

But are they here?No!They just sit back and watch the king ignore them, they just want to see my Chu army destroyed..."

Hearing this, Xiang Yu fell silent immediately, because what Chen Wu said was the truth. Taking this war as an example, if there is the assistance of the coalition forces, not to mention almost, there is at least a greater chance of breaking Yongcheng.

However, the coalition forces turned a blind eye, which is enough to judge the reason for the failure of the strategy, which is by no means accidental.

Looking at the retreating Wang Yanlei cavalry, Xiang Yu was very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he still wanted to maintain the strength of the commander of the coalition forces.

"Forget it, just follow what you said, withdraw the troops!"

As Xiang Yu spoke, he sighed, and suddenly changed the topic, and said coldly: "However, before withdrawing the troops, I still want to show some color to Zhao Kun and kill that Qin general!"

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