Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 388 Fenglin Volcano
Dawn broke in the east, but the entire Chu army camp was still immersed in silence.

On the towering watchtower, two sentries of the Chu army stood facing the wind with their knives in their arms, their vigilant eyes were constantly patrolling the dark field outside the gate, as if trying to find something from the endless darkness.

At a certain moment, the ears of the short sentry suddenly twitched twice, and he turned to ask the tall sentry, "Listen?"

The tall sentry listened for a while, but heard nothing at all, and asked blankly, "Where is it?"

The short sentinel ignored it, but turned his ears twice strangely, and then his face changed drastically: "Dajun, I heard the footsteps of the army, and a large number of enemy troops are approaching!"

"It's impossible!" The tall sentry said in disbelief, "There are really enemy troops, why didn't the scouts report back?"

As soon as the tall sentinel finished speaking, there was a rush of horseshoes under the night sky in front of him, and then a dozen Qing cavalry from the Chu army galloped out of the thick darkness, galloping past the gate while looking around. The sentry on the tower shouted sharply: "The army of Qi and the army of Huainan are coming together..."

"Hurry up, blow the horn." The tall sentry trembled, and when he looked back anxiously, he saw that the short sentry had already raised his heavy horn. Rising from the sky, the camp of the Chu army, which was still immersed in the silence just now, became noisy in an instant, and the great battle... came.

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When Yu Ziqi, Zi Cheshi, and Xi Qilie came to Bi Shu's big tent together, they unexpectedly found that the curtain of the big tent had already been raised, and people looked inside through the open curtain. It was even more surprising to find that Bi Shu had put on the luxurious armor of a general, which was extremely rare, and he was kneeling behind the case with a dignified expression.

Yu Ziqi was puzzled, but still entered the account proudly and clasped his fists and said: "General, the army of Qi is here!"

"There's also the Huainan Army." Ziche Shi followed him into the account, and said while paying respects, "Yingbu finally couldn't hold back."

Xi Qilie came in at the end, clasped his fists and gave Bi Shu a bow, and asked loudly, "General, should we fight or not?"

"Fight, of course we will fight." Bi Shu cupped his hands and returned the salute, and then said in a calm tone, "The army of Qi State and the Huainan army are coming aggressively, how can our army show weakness?" He said in a calm tone, "Great Chu established the country with martial arts, and the Chu people are even more martial arts-oriented. We are not afraid of fighting, but we are afraid of not fighting!"

"Okay, listen to what the general said to cheer you up." Xi Qilie slammed Jie fiercely, and said in a grim voice, "The general has long been looking forward to a fierce battle with the Qi army and the Huainan army, his grandma, today It’s finally here!”

Yu Ziqi and Zi Cheshi also had cold eyes, obviously they were also eager to fight.

Bi Shuxin pulled out three command arrows from the case, and shouted: "Yu Ziqi, Zicheshi, and Xiqilie listen to the order!"

"The last general is here!" The three rushed forward and responded loudly.

Bi Shu threw three command arrows to the three of Yu Ziqi respectively, and then ordered: "Yu Ziqi is the main general, Zi Cheshi and Xi Qilie are the deputy generals, and each leads 5 people out of the camp to meet the enemy!"

The three of Yu Ziqi reached out to catch the command arrow, but they looked at each other in blank dismay, leaving 5 troops to garrison the camp. This is understandable, but the army of Qi and Huainan joined forces to attack, and the general didn't come out?Is it really so important to guard a big camp?Is it possible that the army of Qi State or the Huainan army will come to attack the camp?

Bi Shu didn't explain too much, he waved his hand and said, "Go."

"Here!" Yu Ziqi, Zi Cheshi, and Xi Qilie suppressed their doubts and took orders to go.

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Outside the camp of the Chu army, the Qi army and the Huainan army have joined forces.

With [-] Qi troops and [-] Huainan troops, the entire wilderness was completely covered by soldiers in an instant.

Yingbo left the army and came to the army of Qi with only Kuaiche, but to his disappointment, he did not see Han Xin in the army, he only saw a child and a white-clothed scholar in his early thirties, After listening to Kuai Che's introduction, I realized that one of the two men was Han He, the prince of Qi, and Zhao Yan, the military adviser of the Qi army.

Seeing the ceremony, Qi Bu asked Han He, "Prince, where is King Qi?"

Han He smiled reservedly, and replied loudly: "Father has other military affairs, but before he left, he repeatedly told him that King Huainan is a famous general in the world. For this battle, our army of Qi State will listen to King Huainan's command and condemnation!"

"There are other military affairs?" Yingbo's eyes lit up instantly. Obviously, Han Xin had come up with some conspiracy and tricks, the battle of Chencang, the battle of Puban, the battle of Jingxing, the battle of Weishui and the battle of Gaixia , could it be that Han Xin's tricks are always unpredictable, this time, Bi Shu is in trouble!
Han Hesu pointed to the nest car that had already been set up, and said, "Prince Huainan, please."

"In this case, I will not be polite." Han Xin is not here, and it is logical that Yingbu will command the coalition forces of the two countries. Immediately, Yingbu boarded the nest car and said to Han He and Zhao Yan: "Prince, Zhao Junshi, please join us. Get in the car, assist the widows, join forces to defeat the enemy, in this battle, the coalition forces can only win but not lose."

Naturally, Han He and Zhao Yan would not refuse, and immediately boarded the nest cart.

When Kuai Che was the last to step on the nest car, a Qi soldier closed the gate and locked it, and then turned around and waved, and the other four fighters who had been waiting in full force for a long time began to turn the winch with all their strength. , The nest car compartment slowly rose towards the sky, and the situation of the entire battlefield gradually appeared in front of everyone.

Looking around, I can see that the front is like a sea of ​​flags and spears like a forest. Tens of thousands of Chu troops have already set up their battle formations, and more armored soldiers of the Chu army are rushing out of the gate, and they are constantly merging into the huge Among the soldiers, at this moment, there is no other existence between the sky and the earth except for the vast ocean of soldiers like ant colonies on both sides.

Yingbo looked calm. He had seen bigger battles than this before.

Han He blushed with excitement, but he felt a little regretful that his father would not let him command such a large-scale battle, but left it to the old man Yingbu.

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Yu Ziqi looked indifferent, and was slowly rising into the sky with the nest cart.

Looking down, under his feet, groups of Chu army heavy armors are slowly moving forward in neat lines. These Chu army heavy armors are tall and strong, all of them are covered with black scales and iron armor. The large square shield made of iron, and the cold ring knife attached to it in the right hand, are slowly rolling forward like a moving steel city wall.

On the left and right wings of the heavy armored infantry, there are groups of light cavalry with bows and spears.

Looking back, rows and rows of spears and spears pierced the void, forming a large forest of spears and spears, and finally there were rows of archers holding longbows and carrying quiver. However, the 10,000+ army seems to be a whole, marching forward in an orderly manner according to the usual training, its Xu Rulin!

There were no horns, no drums, and no hysterical roars, but Yu Ziqi could clearly feel the cold, endless chilling aura. The leaders of the Chu army were all ready...

Finally, the last group of archers poured out of the gate and joined the formation.

Yu Ziqi lightly raised his right hand, and the soldiers behind him quickly raised a triangular flag, and the Chu army's formation suddenly sounded one after another, and the Chu army that was slowly advancing stopped one after another. When they stopped, no matter whether it was heavy armored infantry, spearmen, archers or light cavalry, they all stopped, motionless like a mountain!

Ahead, the larger formation formed by the Huainan Army and the Qi Army was still advancing.

Suddenly, the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred steps. In the coalition formation, following Yingbu's order, teams of archers quickly trotted forward, stood behind the heavy infantry, and walked forward while holding hands. Bow and arrows were released, and waves of arrows rained continuously into the sky ahead.

The Chu army still stood still.

Yu Ziqi also did not issue a military order for the archers to shoot. The distance of [-] steps, the killing effect of the projectile is not good. In addition to being able to grab the head start and cause a certain morale damage to the enemy, it can only consume arrows and the strength of the archers in vain. Physical strength, the Chu army does not need to rely on this to win the first place, not at all.

Arrows fell like rain, soldiers were constantly hit by arrows, and soldiers fell to the ground constantly. There was mourning and groaning, but there was no panic. The 15 soldiers of the Chu army remained motionless, motionless like a mountain!

After a while, the distance between the two countries was less than a hundred steps.

Under the look of the messenger's expectant eyes, Yu Ziqi finally gave the order. He raised his left and right hands at the same time, then clenched his fists and swung them fiercely forward.

After a pause, Yu Ziqi raised his right hand again and pressed forward lightly.

In an instant, the light cavalry on the left and right flanks began to move forward slowly, their horses' heads moved, their iron hooves churned, first at a slow pace, then at a fast pace, then at a trot, and finally at a fast trot. Two torrents of cavalry were formed, sweeping towards the left and right wings of the coalition army like a storm, as fast as the wind!
Almost at the same time as the cavalry attacked, the archers in the rear also trotted up behind the heavy armored infantry, and then, under the cover of the infantry's large shield, continuously drew their bows and fired arrows forward, accompanied by the tide of iron hoofs when the cavalry attacked With a sound, waves of arrow rain had flowed across the sky, viciously accumulating and falling down on the heads of the coalition forces.

The rain of arrows fell, and there was a continuous wailing sound in the coalition formation.

Before the archer had finished shooting ten arrows, Yu Ziqi's hands were raised in front of his chest, and then stretched out flat to the front. The two messengers standing behind Yu Ziqi quickly moved the two bloody triangular flags As soon as you get on the nest car, the blood-colored flag will come out, and the whole army will move forward without bleeding, and there will be no truce!

In an instant, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chu army, like a flood that broke a dike, crushed towards the coalition forces dozens of steps ahead with overwhelming shouts. Aggression like fire!
(End of this chapter)