Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-12-27

The sun was already in the sky, and the drums inside and outside the city of Hedong shook the sky, but the shouts of killing were not much lighter than the drums that stirred people's hearts. This was the third day when the Chu army arrived in Hedong, and it was also the second day when they began to attack the city. .The guards of this city are indeed much more difficult to attack than the previous city as Xiang Yu expected. It seems that the Qin army in the city is guarding the city with the heart of death, although the Chu army outside is more than ten times their number, But they didn't have the slightest thought of retreating or giving up, and they still stood firm on the top of the city.This made the Chu army begin to wonder whether the only enemies in the city were those 2000 people.

Seeing that the troops of the Chu army were repulsed by the Qin army guarding the city again, Xiang Yu snorted angrily, and at the same time felt very anxious.If this east river can make him lose so many troops and can't be easily captured, wouldn't the city below be more difficult to attack?This will also lead to the low morale of the Chu army. How will they hit Xianyang then?The worry in his heart made Xiang Yu unable to sit still any longer, and he urged the black-tailed horse that stepped down to rush up to the front line.

"Overlord, the Qin soldiers on the city are very tenacious. We have forcibly ascended the city several times, but we were all killed by them and retreated." A general who was directing the soldiers to attack saw Xiang Yu coming up, and said he was coming. Asking about the battle situation, he hurriedly explained to him.

Xiang Yu nodded, and suddenly said to all the soldiers of the Chu army: "Soldiers, the Qin people are now raging in the cities of our country of Chu. The purpose of our coming out of there is to break into the hinterland of the Qin people, and even go to Xianyang. How can we be blocked by this small Hedong City? Think about it, everyone, our relatives may be struggling under the sword of the Qin people, shouldn't we, as warriors of the Chu Kingdom, avenge them?"

His words provoked all the Chu soldiers to shout loudly: "Take Xianyang and avenge our Chu people!"

Xiang Yu said: "Since this is the case, we should do our best to take down this Hedong County, so that we can go to Xianyang as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Qin army turns around, we will die." Having said that, Xiang Yu took the lead and rushed towards Hedong City.Seeing that even the chief general rushed forward, the Chu army in the back didn't flinch anymore, and followed closely behind Xiang Yu, screaming and killing him.

The Qin army on the city saw that the Chu army attacked suddenly after retreating once, and hurriedly drew their bows again, raised their weapons and prepared to fight.But this time the Chu army's offensive was much fiercer than the previous few times. No matter how dense the Qin army's arrow rain was and how heavy the wood and stone were thrown, it could not make the Chu army take a step back at all.Qin Jun was so courageous because he was encouraged by the news sent by Chen Ping from Xianyang in the past two days, but they still lacked the determination to fight to the death.But the Chu army was different. Encouraged by Xiang Yu's words, the Chu army had completely forgotten about death. At this moment, they burst out with huge strength. Originally, the Chu army was much stronger than the Qin army in Hedong. The results are self-evident.

After half a day of repeated fighting, the city wall of Hedong was finally completely controlled by the Chu army. With the fall of the city wall, the Qin army in the city could no longer hold the city. Only a few hundred people fled before the Qin army entered the city. Going out of the city, the other soldiers of the Qin army died on the spot. This was a tragic battle.

When Xiang Yu came into the city with a large army, he only saw corpses on the ground and the burning granary that was ignited by the fire. It was the Qin army who burned the grain and grass in the city according to Chen Ping's intention before retreating, in order not to let them go. Let this Chu army support war with war.Looking at the burning granary, Xiang Yu's face was a little distorted: "The people of Qin are really desperate. They have already guessed that we are short of food, so they burned the stored food in the city and didn't use it for us." The Chu army's further operations were of no benefit, but instead aroused Xiang Yu's fighting spirit, and he vowed to attack Xianyang.

Just when Xiang Yu was furious, a soldier came over, glanced at the red-faced Xiang Yu, and said cautiously: "Overlord, there are no civilians in the city, and the captured Qin soldiers are only more than ten people. I also learned from them... I learned that Kuaiji has been captured by the Qin people, and now everyone is waiting for Bawang to make the next step for us."

Although he had already prepared for Kuaiji to be captured by the Qin army, when he heard the news, Xiang Yu felt a sense of loss in his heart: "Is it really the end of Chu? No! As long as I, Xiang Yu, am here for a day, my Chu The country will not perish, I must take down Xianyang, so that the state of Chu can continue to exist!" Xiang Yu strode forward with great strides when he thought of this.

After the generals learned that Kuaiji had been destroyed and there were people in the Hedong city, they completely lost their strength. It wasn't until Xiang Yu appeared in front of them that they calmed down a little and began to cast their hopeful eyes on Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu glanced at everyone and said: "I already know the matter. Although the Qin people said that Kuaiji had been breached, it might be a lie fabricated by the Qin people to disturb our army's morale, and even if it is true, we can't Therefore, we are in a state of confusion. Now that Kuaiji is in the hands of the Chu people, it doesn't matter to us to attack the counties of the Qin State. Now our top priority is to continue to attack the Qin people's cities, and finally capture Xianyang."

Seeing that Xiang Yu didn't look flustered at all, those panicked people also began to calm down. They firmly believed that under Xiang Yu's leadership, they would be able to continue their glory and conquer Xianyang City.

Then Xiang Yu started to arrange the matter of the city they should attack next, and everyone put all their attention on it and forgot the panic just now.But in fact, Xiang Yu knew that he still had a serious matter that he had not said, that is, there was not much food and grass left in the army, but he knew that this matter should not be revealed casually, otherwise the army's morale would be disturbed.And Xiang Yu also believed that he would be able to conquer another city before the food and grass were exhausted, so as to find the food and grass he needed.

Just when Xiang Yu was attacking the cities in the Central Plains with all his strength, Fusu had already brought his troops to Jiujiang City, and joined the army of Meng Tian and Zhang Han.Seeing the two of them, Fusu naturally praised them well, and rewarded the soldiers of the three armies, which greatly improved the morale of the whole army.

Walking on the familiar streets of Jiujiang, Fusu was filled with emotion.I had made a long history in this city that day. To be honest, although I didn't have such great power at that time, I couldn't say it all, but I was very happy when I thought about it.When he walked into the prefect's mansion, he couldn't help thinking of the woman who was here, the woman who he thought he had forgotten, but when he met again, he felt that the emotion was not only still there, but became more intense.It's a pity that she is already married as a woman, and she is still Xiang Yu's wife, so what can she do?Looking at everything here, Fusu seemed to have gone back to the past again, which made him stand there in a daze for a while, until Zhang Liang called him to wake him up.

"Your Majesty, now we have no idea where Xiang Yu's army has gone, but Ruochen guessed that he should have gone to our Central Plains through the three counties of Chen, Dong, and Dang. I don't know what the Emperor thinks?" Zhang Liang said.

Fusu was taken aback for a moment, then he fully recovered, nodded and said: "Zifang's words are somewhat reasonable, this Chu army is indeed very likely to attack my Daqin suddenly when my Central Plains is empty, so we must Hurry back as quickly as possible, and we must get rid of Xiang Yu and others before the situation can be controlled, otherwise the loss outweighs the gain."

Han Xin frowned and said, "But after these several battles, our soldiers are already exhausted, and now we want them to return to the Central Plains immediately to deal with the Chu army, I'm afraid they will have no combat power by then."

Han Xin's words hit the point that Fusu was worried about. During the march from Kuaiji to here, Fusu had already seen the tired side of the soldiers, which also made him hesitate to rush back to the Central Plains.But now that the Chu army is already in the Central Plains, if they don't rush back, the cities of the Central Plains will suffer great losses. This is also the contradiction between Fusu and Su.

Seeing Fusu's contradictory appearance, Meng Tian said, "The emperor has a compromise solution. Although it may not be able to wipe out the Chu army, it is more than enough to guard my Daqin city."

"Oh? I don't know what method it is. General Meng, tell me." Fusu asked.

"The troops led by Chen and General Zhang have been resting here for several days, and they have never just rushed hundreds of miles away like the emperor's army, so it is better to let the minister lead the troops back to the Central Plains first to hold Xiang Yu back. But the emperor can take the rest of the army along the road and rest while resting. When the emperor's army arrives, with the strength of my army of more than [-], we will definitely be able to wipe out the Chu army." Meng Tian said confidently.

Meng Tian has always been not a person who likes to stand out, once he can say this, it is obvious that he is [-]% sure, so Fu Su immediately agreed to his proposal: "Okay, since General Meng dares to say that, I will Believe you, then you can lead your troops to rush there tomorrow, and hope that it will be decided in one battle."

Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

Early the next morning, Meng Tian and Zhang Han left Jiujiang and headed west with [-] troops who won the victory in the attack on Jiujiang and were rewarded heavily by Fusu.After those few days of fighting, this team already had a clear psychological advantage over the Chu army, and their morale was high after being rewarded by the emperor, so even though they knew that they were going to deal with the most elite Chu army brought by Xiang Yu However, there was still no expression of fear, but full of confidence.

A new battle begins again...