Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 78 Perfect Miss
"General Xiang, we seem to be in an ambush."

All over the sky, crossbow arrows shot suddenly from all directions. Basically, these crossbow arrows were not aimed at, but shot randomly into the sky, forming a firepower coverage like a rain of arrows.

In Xiang Yu's life as a soldier in his previous life, what kind of scene has he never seen? At that time, facing the Qin army's strong crossbows and rain of arrows, he never panicked. After retreating.

It was Han Sui's Qiang cavalry who shot these crossbows. They suffered a big loss from Xiang Yu's men before, and now they are holding their breath and want to take this opportunity to fight back. The arrows and crossbows seem to be free of money. , Continuously shooting from the sky.

Some of Xiang Yu's cavalry units were equipped with small shields specially used to resist bows and crossbows, but in the face of such a dense arrow attack, none of them had much effect, and soon the troops around Xiang Yu appeared Not a small loss, when Xiang Yu gave the order to retreat, they also retreated quickly, but there were still a lot of self-trapped casualties among the chaotic army.

Not far into the valley, Xiang Yu was attacked by the enemy. It seemed that Han Sui's army had been prepared for Xiang Yu's arrival, but in fact the current situation was not bad. Launched an attack on Xiang Yu's troops. Although Xiang Yu was caught off guard, on the other hand, they exposed themselves prematurely. If they choose to let Xiang Yu's troops pass safely first, and then look for opportunities to surround Xiang Yu, then it will be inevitable. Able to obtain greater military exploits.

Xiang Yu saw that the number of cavalry deployed by the opponent in the mountains should be quite large, and relying on the advantages of the terrain, it can be said that they have an absolute upper hand. If any other generals are replaced, they may retreat in spite of difficulties , choose to avoid its edge.

However, the reason why Xiang Yu is Xiang Yu is that he dares to think and do things that others dare not do. Although he temporarily withdrew his troops out of the valley, he did not stop.

Most of the several groups of spies Xiang Yu sent out did not come back alive. Even if one or two managed to come back alive, they did not bring back any particularly useful information. Quite vigilant, just a posture that does not want Xiang Yu to get the slightest information.

In this way, Xiang Yu has no way to accurately assess the real strength of the opponent. In this case, Xiang Yu can only temporarily choose to camp.

The situation on Sun Jian's side was relatively smooth, and the boats were built very quickly. They didn't need to build particularly large boats. This place already belonged to the upper reaches of the Wei River, and the river was not too turbulent. able to sail.

Several days passed, and the defenders in Tianshui City didn't seem to notice that Sun Jian's main force had left. They just thought that Sun Jian had temporarily given up on the attack. During this period, the defenders in Tianshui City also launched several outward surprise attacks. However, these troops left behind by Sun Jian were not weak in combat effectiveness. After a fierce battle, they repelled the defenders in Tianshui City, which also made these defenders believe that all of Sun Jian's troops were outside the city. And they have surrounded most of Tianshui City, and they haven't launched an attack for the time being, maybe it's just because they are holding back some big moves.

For this reason, the defenders in Tianshui City have strengthened their defense and investigation. After all, they have learned from the past before, and they are always worried that when the macaque army will find a weak defense somewhere, and then become a good place for Sun Jian's army to launch an attack. place.

Han Sui's troops stationed in Ji County did not go down the Weihe River by boat, but marched towards Tianshui City from the north and west along the mountains. Among them, the fastest group of vanguard troops had arrived soon. Outside Tianshui City, under such circumstances, the troops Sun Jian left behind to pretend to attack the city were not enough.

The supporting cavalry and the defenders in Tianshui City launched an attack on Sun Jian's army outside the city. After all, these Sun Jian's troops were limited in strength. Without a powerful confrontational force, they can only spread out their formation as much as possible and work hard to defend their positions.

However, after all, the gap in numbers was too great, and these Sun Jian's troops soon suffered several defeats one after another. The defenders and reinforcements in Tianshui City found that the number of Sun Jian's troops was too small, even if they dispersed their troops. However, such a number was too small, so they finally realized that Sun Jian's main force was no longer here.

Knowing that they had been deceived, the defenders of Tianshui City immediately opened the city gates, and all the troops in the city went out to meet Sun Jian's troops. In the absence of Sun Jian and the main force, these remaining troops were beaten steadily. The retreat, coupled with a burst of concealment by the Qiang cavalry, the troops left by Sun Jian really suffered heavy losses.

At this time, Sun Jian had already sailed up the Wei River in a boat, and came directly to the edge of Ji County near the Wei River. At this time, most of the Han Sui army in Ji County had gone to the end of Tianshui City, so there were not many defenders.

Sun Jian also followed the principle of quick battle and quick decision, that is, to quickly capture the enemy's city to the greatest extent. This time Sun Jian found a defensive weakness in Ji County, because the defenders never thought that someone would go up against the Wei River. Come here directly by boat, so there is a hidden port on the east side of Ji County.

Sun Jian led the army to occupy this port very decisively and quickly, and then used this port as a breakthrough point to directly lead the army into the city of Ji County. When the defenders in Ji County faced the sudden appearance of Sun Jian's main force, they were not able to respond in a timely manner.

An extremely tragic battle took place between the two sides in Jixian County. The urban structure in Jixian County itself is very simple. The roads here are very wide, there are not many houses, and there are too many places extending in all directions in the city. Once a battle occurs, other The scale is destined not to be too small.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of Han Sui's defenders is not bad, but because there is a certain gap in numbers, Sun Jian led his army after two days of fierce fighting, and finally took down Ji County, and the remaining defenders scattered and fled. out.

Sun Jian was not surprised by the victory of the attack on Jixian County. He didn't know that a large part of the defenders in Jixian County had already rescued Tianshui City at this time. What kind of decision would Sun Jian make in this situation? , Will continue to lead the army up the Weihe River and march towards the Longxi area.

(End of this chapter)