Ni Chu

After Yingbu and General Pu led the army to set off, Xiang Ye also led his troops to the bank of the Yellow River.

He did not go on the same road with the Yingbu army, but detoured to the northwest, deliberately slowing down the speed of the march.

The [-] soldiers under Xiang Ye's command were not truly elite in the Chu army. Most of his soldiers surrendered during the first Western Expedition, and some were even recruited in Pengcheng with little combat experience. This is also the reason why Xiang Yu didn't let him face the Qin army head-on as the main force, but only attacked from the rear of the Qin army as a surprise soldier.

Leading the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, Xiang Ye avoided the main road as much as possible along the way, passed through some wastelands without roads, and rushed straight to the bank of the Yellow River.

There are many warships where Yingbu crosses the river, and if Xiang Ye wants to avoid the eyes and ears of the Qin army, it is impossible for him to cross the river from the place where there are warships. Xiang Yu really gave him a problem. .

When he was about to reach the bank of the Yellow River, Xiang Ye ordered his soldiers to cut down many trees. When the soldiers who went to cut trees came back carrying dozens of big trees, he ordered the soldiers to use hemp rope to line up these trees one by one. It took nearly two hours to make a huge raft.

This raft is several feet wide, and thick ropes are tied with several hemp ropes at both ends of the raft. After the soldiers built this strange guy, they all looked at Xiang Ye with some doubts, not knowing that he made such a thing. Come out to do something.

"Who has the ability to swim across the river?" Xiang Ye asked loudly after the raft was built, looking at the five thousand Chu troops in front of him.

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of people raised their hands. These people have lived by the river since they were young. Their daily entertainment is to toss back and forth in the river like fish, and swim across the river where the current is not too fast. It won't take much effort.

"I need you to swim across the river," Xiang Ye said to them when these people raised their hands: "It's cold now, jumping into the river will not be as comfortable as swimming in the river before, if you don't dare Those who enter the water can put their hands down,"

After listening to Xiang Ye's words, Chu Jun, who raised his hand, looked at each other. A few of them retracted their arms slightly, as if they were about to put their hands down, but after seeing that the other companions did not let go, they started again. Raise your hands high.

Xiang Ye nodded, and said very satisfied to the Chu soldiers who raised their hands: "Very well, you are all warriors, first make preparations, and then in groups of ten, tie them around your waist with hemp rope. Go down the river with logs alone, wait until you have all crossed the river, then pull the raft from the opposite side, and pull the whole army across."

After half a stick of incense, those Chu soldiers with good water quality had already soaked their naked buttocks in the cold river water.

The bone-piercing river water flowed past them. At first they were trembling all over, unable to adapt to the temperature of the river water. Later, they gradually got used to it. Some even began to writhe up and down in the water like carps.

Xiang Qing frowned tightly, looking at the naked men writhing in the river, his lips were tightly pursed, and he said nothing.

Xiang Ye stretched out his hand and lightly poked her waist, and said in a low voice, "It's very enjoyable, watching so many naked men swimming, how do you feel?"

Xiang Qing snorted softly, and said in a neutral tone: "What's the matter? It's just men. Except for you, I'm afraid there is no man who would make me feel naked. If you stand naked with them now Together, I will definitely take a closer look at you from head to toe, "

"Uh," Xiang Ye didn't expect that he wanted to make fun of Xiang Qing, but was mercilessly ridiculed by Xiang Qing. He smiled awkwardly, turned around and raised his hands high, facing those in the river. Chu Jun shouted: "Cross the river,"

Following his order, the Chu army in the river pulled the water surface and swam towards the other side of the river like carps scrambling to jump over the dragon gate.

Xiang Ye put his hand on the hilt of his sword, frowned and looked at the officers and soldiers of the Chu army in the river. The riverbed of this section of the Yellow River is very wide and the water flow is very gentle.

On the other side, the Chu army pulled the rope tied around his waist to help Tongze behind to speed up the landing.

More than 100 people went ashore quickly. When all of them landed, they pulled the rope tied to the big raft together and waved to Xiang Ye on the other side of the river.

Seeing those Chu soldiers waving, Xiang Ye hurriedly led his horse to the big raft. Xiang Qing and others and a large group of Chu soldiers accompanied him on board the big raft.

Before getting on the raft, Xiang Ye asked someone to put the clothes of the Chu army who was pulling the rope on the raft. After they all stood up, he waved to the Chu army on the other side.

Seeing Xiang Ye beckoning, those Chu soldiers with bare buttocks and pulling big hemp ropes shouted in unison, and pulled the rope tied to the raft vigorously towards the opposite bank.

The raft moved slowly, and it didn't take long to reach the opposite bank.

"Put on your clothes and rest first." As soon as Xiang Ye landed, he picked up a few sets of armor and handed them to the Chu soldiers who swam first, and said, "Brothers have worked hard, and I, Xiang Ye, will never Forget everything you have done for Da Chu today,"

Xiang Ye's words stunned the Chu soldiers who came first. They have been soldiers for so long, and they have never been so cared by any general. Many Chu soldiers held Xiang Ye in their hands and brought them The armor that came over forgot to put it on for a while, with tears in his eyes, he kept saying: "Thank you general, thank you general, I am willing to go through fire and water for the great Chu and the general, and I will not hesitate to die."

The performance of these Chu soldiers made Xiang Ye feel a little bit dumbfounded. It was he who drove them into the water in the cold weather and let them swim across the Yellow River. They endured the freezing for a long time. If this happened more than 2000 years later, Xiang Ye would have no doubts. The person who gave this order will be scolded bloody. Even if the soldier dare not scold, he must have greeted the whole family and women of the person who gave the order in his heart.

The soldiers of the Chu Army who swam across the Yellow River obviously did not have this awareness. Not only did they not slander Xiang Ye for giving such an inhumane order, but after Xiang Ye said a few words of concern, they were so excited that they almost jumped up and hugged him. Thighs are called "relatives".

"The times can really determine a person's outlook on the world and life," Xiang Ye smiled wryly in his heart, but on his face he showed a look of loving the soldiers and feeling sorry for those swimming Chu soldiers, and said to them: "Everyone Don't be dazed, put on your clothes quickly, don't freeze, "

As soon as this sentence was said, those Chu soldiers holding the armor in their hands silently put on the armor with tears in their eyes. Although Xiang Ye had ordered them to rest first, after they put on the armor, Still scrambling to come forward to help Tong Ze pull the hemp rope tied to the raft.

Using this method, Xiang Ye's [-] soldiers and horses crossed the Yellow River very quickly. If he suddenly led his army towards the main formation of the Qin army at this time, I am afraid that the unsuspecting Qin army would also be beaten into chaos. for a while.

But Xiang Ye is not the kind of person who likes to take risks for credit. After all the troops and horses have crossed the river, he waved at the whole army and said: "All the troops obey the order and follow the river bank to the east with me." Send, support General Yingbu and General Pu, "

After Yingbu and General Pu crossed the river, they quickly set up a defensive formation on the bank of the river to prevent the Qin army from attacking, and guarded the mouth of the river for the Chu army on the opposite bank.

When Xiang Yu was stationed in Dingtao, Zhang Han thought that the Chu army was just bluffing like the other princes, and would not dare to cross the river to fight the Qin army easily, so he did not deploy defenses on the river bank.

When he got the news that Yingbu and General Pu led an army across the river, he was shocked, and quickly ordered Dong Yi and Sima Xin to lead [-] troops to attack, hoping to force the Chu army back to the other side of the river.

Dong Yi and Sima Xin led the army towards the bank of the Yellow River. From a distance, they saw that Yingbu and General Pu had already prepared defenses. The two sides were equal in number. Fighting on flat ground, the comparison is in courage and tactics.

Sima Xin and Dong Yi divided the army into two groups, intending to encircle the Chu army from both flanks.

Facing the surging Qin army, Yingbu and General Pu adopted the tactic of stopping with silence. They arranged [-] Chu troops in a ring formation to defend against the Qin army's attack from all sides.

"Kill," Sima Xin on the left took the lead in attacking the Chu army. The cavalry of the Qin army held shields and spears and charged towards the Chu army surrounded by a circle.

At the same time Sima Xin launched the attack, Dong Yi, who had already turned to the right, also led his army towards the Chu army.

"Archers, position," Ying Bu shouted loudly when he saw the Qin army attacking, "All the archers aim at the right side, ignore the Qin army on the left, and defeat the Qin army on the right side in one go."

Following his order, the archers of the Chu army aimed their bows and arrows at the Qin army led by Dong Yi.

"Whoosh, whoosh," after a burst of arrows piercing the air, a row of arrows flew towards the Qin army, but due to the distance, these arrows did not pose a threat to the Qin army, but were nailed to the ground and trembled slightly.

Seeing the arrows of the Chu army fall on the ground, Dong Yi, who was sitting in the rear and commanding the attack, laughed loudly and shouted: "My son Yingbu, I am afraid of seeing this general, so I will shoot arrows at such a distance. If you are afraid, kneel down!" Go to General Ben and call Grandpa a few times, General Ben is considering leaving you a whole body today."

Due to the distance, although Dong Yi yelled loudly, Yingbo didn't hear a word, and his yell only caused the Qin Jun surrounded by him to burst into laughter.

The cavalry of the Qin army on the left and right flanks rushed towards the Chu army. When the cavalry of the Qin army on the right reached the position of the arrows inserted on the ground, the archers of the Chu army opened their bowstrings again and poured arrows towards them. past.

The arrows of all the archers of the Chu army shot to the right. The cavalry of the Qin army on the right saw that they were getting closer and closer to the formation of the Chu army, but suddenly a black rain of arrows flew from the sky, and many people raised their shields. Unable to stop, one after another fell off the horse with arrows,