At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 168: The arrival of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the first battle with Han Xin

The next day, the Han army still used stone cannons to attack, but this time Zhao Rong and others found that although the frequency of the enemy's stone cannons was not reduced, the power of the stone cannons was much smaller. A large number of stone cannons destroyed the low wall of Xingyang City and refused to attack. Horse fortifications.

While the rebels were using stone cannons, a large number of civilians were filling the trenches, pushing up the low walls, and dismantling the defenses Zhao Rong had worked so hard to build little by little.

"What should we do? How can we continue to fill up the enemy like this? When the trenches outside are filled up by them, we will be dead."

The enemy doesn't have many large stone bullets, so as long as we hold on, we have a chance of survival. "Zhao Rong said in a hoarse voice.

"We still have to wait, isn't there any other way?" The Qin Army captain was going crazy.

As a result, Zhao Rong stabbed the Qin general to death with a sword. Then the Qin general looked around coldly and said, "Today is still the second day of the rebel attack. Neither the imperial court nor General Meng Tian has received any information from us asking for help. You don’t want to wait, maybe you want to betray the enemy, anyone who thinks like this will be the first to behead him.”

The other generals of the Qin army were silent when they saw the bloody sword in Zhao Rong's hand.

After the generals left, Zhao Rong had no choice but to take out a blank bamboo scroll and write down: "The rebel stone cannon is so powerful, it is powerful, and its sound shakes the world. It destroys everything it hits. It penetrates seven feet into the ground, and the sound is as loud as Thunder shakes the city. The city is raging, and there are many generals who have surrendered beyond the city. If we don’t rescue them, Xingyang will not be saved!" After writing this letter asking for help, Zhao Rong ordered Tan Ma to quickly send it to Xianyang City.

It may be that Zhao Rong's ferocity suppressed the generals who wanted to surrender, or it may be that the attack frequency of the stone cannons behind them was not as fierce as the first day. Xingyang City can be defended for the time being, and the Qin army generals can endure it.

"Now we are faced with two choices. One is to let Ge Ying die and carry Meng Tian's army to buy our army time to conquer Xingyang. The other is to give up the attack on Xingyang and station the army on the Baima and Yanjin lines to defeat Meng Tian's army. Then Fight back and seize Xingyang."

Zhang Liang said calmly: "The speed is so fast. If Meng Tian gets the news that we have breached Daliang, he will give up attacking Handan City and attack our coalition forces directly."

Zhang Liang said decisively to Xu Fan: "King of Han, we must give up the attack on Xingyang and send a large army to occupy Xiuwu County, Baima County on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Yanjin County to block Mengtian's grain road."

But Zhao Rong did not intend to watch the rebels dismantle Xingyang's defenses. After several days of shelling by the rebels, Zhao Rong had discovered that the rebel large stone cannons lacked stone bullets, while the small stone cannons had a short range and poor power, making it difficult to It caused too much damage to the city of Xingyang.

Army Sima Han Xin had a stern look on his face and observed the surrounding terrain. There were dense woods here and there were slopes on both sides of the road. This was a natural and good place to lay an ambush.

"Boom, boom, boom!" 10 crossbowmen fired 40 rounds in succession. long arrows covered the entire Xingyang city wall. There were so many long arrows in the army, and they were caught off guard. The soldiers of the Qin army suffered heavy casualties and lost their ability to counterattack in a short time.

Qin Bo shook his head and said: "There is not much hope. Neither the stone cannon nor the projectiles are powerful enough. The number of stone projectiles produced cannot match the number consumed. Xingyang City is still strong and there is no possibility of breaking it in a short time. "

"The Qin army still has the power to counterattack!" Xu Fan looked at Xingyang City and said with a cold face: "It seems that our attack is not fierce enough, leaving the Qin army generals feeling lucky."

Xu Fan said: "If Meng Tian had not conquered Handan and he dared to go south, Meng Tian's 30-strong army would be seeking death. As long as we block the north bank of the Yellow River for a month, Meng Tian's food and grass will be exhausted."

Everyone is thinking about the pros and cons of these two strategies. The best choice is of course to conquer Xingyang. In this way, the Han army will be in a situation where they can advance, attack, retreat and defend. If they occupy Aocang, they can drag Meng Tian to death. army. But if they cannot break through Xingyang, the coalition forces will be in a state of being attacked from both sides.

"King of Han, what else can you think of? The soldiers and white horses will block Meng Tian's army on the north bank of the Yellow River. If Meng Tian's 30 army is destroyed, Qin will have no soldiers. The world will be ours." Yingbu said excitedly.

In the main tent of the Han army, Xu Fan handed Ge Ying's letter to everyone for viewing.

"Escape!" The Han army noticed the Qin army's long arrow and roared sadly.

Moreover, the number of trebuchets of the Han army has also been increased to 300. Although the large trebuchets have not been increased, the number of small trebuchets has increased rapidly, and their power cannot be underestimated. These trebuchets completely suppressed the counterattack force of Xingyang City, so that Zhao Rong Watching the Han army dismantle the outer defenses of Xingyang City. The Qin army in the city already felt that the danger was getting closer and closer.

Ji Xin said in astonishment: "Meng Tian responded so quickly?"

Han Xin's soldiers began to arrange the battlefield. The soldiers used Luoyang shovels to dig deep pits on the road and both sides. After digging, the soldiers cut down some vine branches to cover their bodies. Thousands of Han soldiers hid on both sides of the road. In the woods, no one could be seen in Yingchuan.

December 37, the 5th year of the First Emperor's reign.

After being raided by the Qin army, Xu Fan mobilized 4 crossbowmen and launched a crazy crossbow shooting at Xingyang. The number of stone cannons Xu Fan was insufficient, but Xu Fan brought millions of long arrows this time, which was enough. Flooded the entire Xingyang.

"Now Qi is under siege by Tian Heng and Xiang Liang and has too much time to take care of itself. No matter whether Feng Jie wants to send soldiers or grain and grass, he can't support Meng Tian. Meng Tian can only rely on a small amount of grain and grass support from Dongjun, Xuejun and other places. But in fact, Meng Tian didn't even notice that he was surrounded by various rebel armies, and he didn't even have a solid rear."

But most of the soldiers were shot by long arrows before they had time to dodge. Hundreds of Han soldiers fell under the Qin army's bows and arrows.

"No!" said the generals.

Ji Xindao: "The news hasn't spread yet, so my subordinates will immediately send someone to inquire."

At this time, he also discovered that Meng Tianjun was actually in a very dangerous situation.

Han Xin hid in the bushes a little nervously. Although he performed well in the drill, this was his first actual combat, and it was also his first time to use such tactics.

"The rest of the army rushes to Baima County, and we go to meet Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army."

Ying preached: "Ge Ying only has 3 troops in his hands. Although he has captured Dongjun's counties on the south bank of the Yellow River and Hanoi County, it is impossible for the army in his hands to withstand Meng Tian's 30 troops. Even if Ge Ying If we defend the line of the Yellow River, we will not be able to stop the Qin army for long."

They didn't even attack Xingyang City for 10 days. Meng Tian's army had already arrived in Anyang County, which was less than 200 miles away from Chaoge. To reach Chaoge, they only had to march west along the Yellow River, otherwise Meng Tian's 5 army would not have been able to attack Xingyang City in 30 days. The rear of the coalition forces will appear.

Hanoi County, countryside of Xiuwu County.

"General, the Qin Army's cavalry of more than a thousand people is coming to kill us."

So Han Xin ordered: "The army is hiding on both sides of the road, digging horse pits, and don't let any enemy go."

Several detective horses rushed towards a thousand-man squad of the Han army.

Xu Fan looked at the map of the world for a while and asked, "Has Meng Tian conquered Handan?"

So after the Han army got closer and closer to the city wall of Xingyang, Zhao Rong planned a counterattack. 5000 archers in the east of Xingyang simultaneously fired three rounds of rapid fire at the Han army soldiers, and 1.5 long arrows covered them like black clouds. Han army.

Ying preached: "No!"

Xu Fan said loudly: "Go and inquire quickly!"

After listening to Xu Fan and Zhang Liang's words, the other generals also looked at the map carefully one by one and found that Meng Tian had not captured Handan and was really surrounded by their rebels.

However, the Han army surrounded the barbicans and arrow towers in Xingyang and attacked for five consecutive days. Three barbicans in Xingyang were destroyed by stone cannons, and more than twenty arrow towers were destroyed. The towers on the top of the city wall suffered heavy losses due to the raging stone bombs. All the wooden buildings on the city wall were destroyed by stone bombs.

Yingbu bowed his hands and said, "The general is here!"

Xu Fan said: "I have left 5 troops in Sanchuan County. Your duty is to resist the Qin army's march to the west. You must block the Hulao Pass and prevent the Qin army from leaving."

Xu Fan said: "Yingbu!"

Zhang Liang looked at Qin Bo and asked: "Master Qin, are you sure you can use the stone cannon in your hand to defeat Xingyang within 10 days?"

At the Chenjun officer training class, the Han army was fortunate enough to have a war game with Xu Fan. During this game, Xu Fan used many unprecedented tactics, which opened Han Xin's eyes. For the first time, he discovered that strategies and tactics could still be like this. Playing, like the horse trap he made, and the methods of hiding his figure with branches were all learned from Xu Fan.

What was a pity for Han Xin was that the King of Han only played one war game with him, and after that he never had the chance to learn the King of Han's strategies and tactics.

But he also understood that after all, the King of Han had so many things to do every day, how could he have so much time to play war games with a little guy like him.

But in fact, Han Xin didn't know that Xu Fan was afraid of him.

When the Soldier Fairy came to his tent, Xu Fan had a bad taste and planned to torture the young Soldier Fairy.

So there was a war game, but even the young warrior fairy couldn't defeat it so easily. If Xu Fan hadn't come up with his own tactics and gained a big advantage first, and then Han Xin would use his excellent commanding ability to regain the situation little by little, Xu Fan would immediately change the way of defeating the enemy by using a stronghold to fight dull battles. Taking advantage of his early advantage, he finally defeated Han Xin.

This battle also scared Xu Fan into a cold sweat. He no longer dared to underestimate Han Xin. From then on, Xu Fan did not dare to play war games with Han Xin. Of course, Han Xin didn't know all this. He thought that because the King of Han was busy and his status was too low, he was lucky to have a fight. However, he didn't know that he was too powerful and Xu Fan no longer dared to play with him. .

Han Xin was hiding on both sides of the road. Not long after, a group of people rushed over quickly.

Suddenly, the war horse at the front suddenly fell to the ground. The soldiers of the Qin army kept screaming, and the soldiers in the rear stopped the horse.

"Shoot!" Han Xin shouted.

Then he raised the crossbow in his hand and shot at the Qin army.

"Boom, boom, boom!" 300 long arrows were shot at the Qin army, and the Qin army was immediately in chaos.

"Kill!" The Han army rushed out with thousands of soldiers. The soldiers shouted wildly in unison, and suddenly they were like wild horses running wild, killing the Qin army at an alarming speed.

The Qin army fell into panic.

"Strengthen the team and attack the enemy." The Qin army officer tried to adjust the team to allow the soldiers to fight back.

"Surround and kill that officer!" Han Xin didn't give him a chance at all.

Under his command, dozens of crossbows were fired at the officers.

"Boohoo!" The Qin army officer and the horse he sat on fell to the battlefield full of long arrows.

The Qin soldiers were even more frightened by the commander's death.

In this case, the Han soldiers held spears and charged into the Qin army. Although the cavalry had strong mobility, it was difficult for them to use their mobility when they were trapped in a narrow mountain road. At this time, the Qin soldiers in the rear hit their horses and fled for their lives.

"Block the Chi Road, block the Chi Road for me!" Han Xin shouted excitedly while waving his short halberd.

Hundreds of Han soldiers blocked the rear of the Qin army, forming five criss-crossing columns, with hundreds of spears pointing directly at the Qin soldiers to block the escape route of the Qin army on the Chidao.

"Brothers, fight your way out." After the Qin army was completely blocked, they fell into a state of madness. They turned their horses' heads to face their spears and charged forward.

"Kill, kill!" The morale of the Han army was like a rainbow and they moved forward indomitably. However, the horses of the Qin army were not the three-piece cavalry horses like the Han army's cavalry. They were no match for the spear phalanx when running, not to mention that at this time The battlefield did not leave any distance for their charge. The Qin army did this in a desperate struggle.

"Puff, puff!" One after another, the spears of the Han army were mercilessly inserted into the bellies of the horses, or thrust into the bodies of the Qin soldiers. The horses neighed and fell down, and the knights on them naturally He also fell down, and was hit again by the Han soldiers. The scene was extremely tragic, and the blood of the war horses mixed with that of the Qin soldiers and flowed into a stream.

"Surround them, compress the front, and don't let the enemy's horses charge!" Han Xin continued to command.

The soldiers of the Qin army struggled more and more weakly, when they realized that fighting to the death would only lead to death.

The soldiers of the Qin army also shouted sincerely: "Brothers of the rebel army, stop fighting, we surrender!"

After saying that, the other Qin soldiers also stopped.

Han Xin went on to say that the Han soldiers surrounded the Qin cavalry with spears. Then he shouted: "Dismount and throw away all your weapons. Our Han army will treat the prisoners preferentially and keep you safe."

People had to bow their heads under the eaves, and the Qin soldiers dismounted and threw down their weapons.

Then Han Xin ordered the soldiers to tie them all up!

"Where did you Qin soldiers come from?" Han Xin also looked confused.

Although he followed Ge Ying and captured more than 30 cities, he actually did not kill many Qin soldiers. Most of the Qin soldiers in Dongjun and Hanoi surrendered after seeing the banners of their Han army. There is no will to fight at all.

At first, Xu Fan only asked Ge Ying to attack Yangwu Jujube and other places, but Ge Ying won these places without fighting. Ge Yingbing fought hard and tried to expand his territory, but he didn't expect that he would get out of control and fight directly from the bank of Jishui River to the bank of the Yellow River.

Then he asked for orders to attack Hanoi County and completely surround Xingyang. Xu Fan agreed after seeing that Ge Ying fought so easily.

Because the fight was easy, Han Xin was very surprised where the Qin army appeared from. The local soldiers of the Qin State could not have so many cavalry.

"We are the cavalry under General Meng Tian."

"Meng Tian!" Han Xin was extremely surprised and immediately reported this information to his superiors. At the same time, he led his men back to Xiuwu County, intending to use this as a stronghold to block Meng Tian's army.

Then he summoned all the people in Xiuwu County and said: "We, the Han army, will hire you at the price of 5 kilograms of corn a day."

With such a good thing, tens of thousands of local people came to Xiuwu to dig trenches and build city walls to build strong defenses for the Han army.

In Baima County, Deng Zhong ran into the lobby and shouted to Ge Ying: "No, Meng Tian killed Chaoge to the border of Xiuwu County. The vanguard rebels entered Hanoi County. Our army's military commander Han Xin captured a The vanguard of the Qin army with thousands of people."

Ge Ying was surprised and said, "Are Meng Tian and the others so fast?"

Meng Tian's vanguard rebel army arrived at Chaoge. The armies of both sides were already face to face, but he only had 5 troops in his hands, half of whom were surrendered Qin soldiers. It was still unclear how much combat effectiveness he could exert.

"Has the King of Han replied to your letter? Are you planning to support us or continue to conquer Xingyang?" Ge Ying quickly calmed down and looked at the map to check the situation on both sides of the Yellow River.

Deng Zhong said: "The King of Han has replied. We will defeat Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army."

After Ge Ying heard this, he felt relieved. After all, it was a bit difficult for him to face Meng Tian's 30 troops. He was under great pressure. Now that he knew Xu Fan was coming, the pressure was gone. He could hold on for a few days. I still have this confidence.

Chaoge, Qin army camp.

Meng Tian was discussing with his generals about rescuing Xingyang.

At this time, a soldier broke in and said: "Report to the general, thousands of our vanguard cavalry were wiped out by the Han army in the countryside of Xiuwu County."

Meng Tian looked at the map on both sides of the Yellow River.

"These rebels are moving so fast. They even occupied Hanoi County. They want to block the way for our army to rescue Sanchuan County." Meng Tian said calmly: "Order Meng Tianfang, no matter what means he uses, give I will call and make sure to open up contact with Hanoi County."

The Central Plains collapsed so quickly that Meng Tian thought that the Han army only captured Sanchuan County. But he did not expect that after he arrived in the Central Plains, the rebels not only attacked Sanchuan County, but also captured most of Dong County and the entire Hanoi County.

Even Meng Tian was a bit Muggle-like at this time. He originally thought that the Han army was alone and penetrated into the Qin territory. But when he led the army over, it turned out that his army was surrounded by rebels. Now his army was surrounded by rebels. Cut off contact with Guanzhong.

In front of them, they can only contact Feng Jie in Qi. This is an extremely dangerous situation for the Qin State and the Qin Army. Although Meng Tian and Feng Jie have a large army, they have lost the political and logistical advantages of the court. Support has become two lone armies in the Central Plains. He is even more dangerous than Feng Jie. Feng Jie at least has a piece of land as a stronghold, so it is not a rootless tree.

The 30 troops in Meng Tian's hands did not even have a stronghold that could be used as a base. They were completely rootless trees. Now the entire army's supplies relied on several counties near Chaoge.

Vice General Zhang Han said: "General, Dongjun and Xue are extremely important to us now. The Northern Xinjiang Army can only rely on Qi Di to supply food routes. If the rebels block us north of the Yellow River, our army will be in extremely danger. "

Meng Tian said: "As long as we fight across the Yellow River, this deadlock will be solved. Who are the rebels on the other side of the Yellow River?"

Zhang Han said: "It is Ge Ying, a subordinate of the puppet king Xu Fan. It is said that he is a fierce general. He has been following the puppet king Xu Fan since Chenjun. He conquered all the way east and west and became the puppet general of Han Zhenxi."

Meng Tian sneered and said: "Then let's defeat this warrior first and show how powerful this fake King of Han is."

(End of this chapter)