Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 395
The Jingxiang war broke out suddenly. Although Liu Bang and Xiang Zhuang didn't want to fight the opponent rashly at this time, sometimes the evolution of the situation does not depend on people's will.

All in all, the first big battle broke out suddenly!

To count the reasons, we have to start with the desperate strangulation between the scouts and rangers.

Because the scouts of the Chu army had the upper hand in the secret battle, General Lu Tai of the Han Dynasty and General Zhou Guanfu of the Hussars mobilized more cavalry to form a scout team of fifty cavalry. Unexpectedly, the Chu army responded quickly and formed a scout team that night. As a result, the scouts of the Han army suffered more and worse losses that night.

The next morning, when Zhou Guanfu heard the news, he was furious. He immediately led two thousand cavalry to mop up and kill more than a dozen scouts of the Chu army. The Lord, who was willing to suffer, immediately took two thousand cavalry to sweep up the scouts of the Han army, and then the two cavalry inevitably collided.

After fighting fiercely for more than half an hour, Meng Keng was finally defeated by Zhou Guanfu and fled.

When Xiang Zhuang heard the news, more than a thousand remnant cavalry had already fled to the front of the camp, but the Han army cavalry was chasing closely. If they did not send troops to rescue, the Chu cavalry would definitely not be able to escape. Doing nothing will not only chill Meng Keng and the hundreds of remnant riders, but will also chill the teeth of the 40 soldiers in the camp.

Moreover, Zhou Guanfu was so supportive that he dared to chase to the front of the Chu army's camp with only two thousand cavalry, which also gave Xiang Zhuang a chance to capture him alive. The [-] cavalry that defeated Chu? !With Xiang Zhuang's order, [-] cavalry rushed out and surrounded Zhou Guanfu and [-] Han cavalry.

Zhou Guanfu is really tough. Facing the heavy siege of tens of thousands of Chu cavalry, he is still fearless. He led two thousand Han cavalry in the Chu army to clash back and forth, shouting and fighting fiercely. Wherever the two iron halberds went, the Chu army All of a sudden, it was as if the waves split, and no one could stop it for a moment. Seeing that they were about to break through, Xiang Zhuang immediately ordered to release arrows.

The cavalry of the Chu army immediately fired all arrows, and the cavalry of the Han army who followed Zhou Guanfu fell off their horses one after another, but the red dragon horse under Zhou Guanfu's crotch was fast and still invincible. Lu Tai arrived with [-] Han cavalry, and immediately launched a tidal attack on the Chu cavalry.

Xiang Zhuang immediately mobilized more than 30 infantry into the battle. Not long after, Liu Bang also rushed to the battlefield with more than 30 infantry and [-] horsemen. The first Chu-Han war broke out on the Jingxiang battlefield. The outbreak was so sudden that even Liu Bang, the king of Han, and Xiangzhuang, the king of Chu, were not mentally prepared enough.

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Xiangzhuang's hand railing stands on the towering nest car, and the whole battlefield can be seen in a panoramic view.

On the left flank of the battlefield, the cavalry from both sides are strangling, while the middle and right flanks are battling infantry. At the forefront of the formation is still the heavy armored infantry. With swords in their right hands, thousands of people lined up, shouting and cursing, pushing forward.

Although separated by hundreds of steps, Xiang Zhuang can still feel the explosive power emanating from them. If the heavy cavalry is the sharpest spear in the world, then the heavy infantry is the strongest shield in the world. The large shields slammed together, and the violent impact force that erupted was enough to burn every man's heart!

Immediately behind the heavy armored infantry were the halberd and spear soldiers. Most of them only wore light leather armor, and at most they had an extra heart shield on the chest vest.

The halberd and spear soldiers were divided into two groups. One group held spears more than three feet long and stabbed frantically over the heads of the heavy armored infantry in the front row. They were like poisonous snakes hiding in the shadows. Every time a poisonous snake vomits a letter, there will inevitably be a heavy armored infantryman of the opponent screaming and falling in a pool of blood.

Another wave of halberds and spearmen held flying spears and threw waves of flying spears into the enemy formation.

Amidst the deafening shouts of the soldiers on both sides, thousands of flying spears shot up from the air, and with ear-piercing screams, they rushed down viciously towards the opposing formation, and the crowded formation would burst into flames in an instant The endless screams and wailing sounds, even the strongest scull shield, can't stop the piercing of flying spears.

At the end of the formation are rows of archers. With the first draw of the bows of the archers on both sides, a large number of arrows will fly into the air, and then interweave in the air into an endless rain of arrows, heading towards the formation of both sides. The shape roared down, and the spearmen who were swinging their spears and trying to throw their flying spears would fall down one by one...

The whole battlefield is like a big pot of boiling water, boiling to the sky.

Looking at the hustle and bustle of the battlefield, Xiang Zhuang, who has experienced hundreds of battles, can't help but sweat in his hands.

In this battle, in addition to leaving 37 spearmen and 20 archers stationed in the camp, the remaining [-] cavalry troops have come out in full force, but the strength of the Han army on the opposite side is even larger, especially the cavalry. The army cavalry plus the Hu Yi cavalry had at least [-] cavalry, which posed a great threat to the Chu army.

Bai Lixian put down the feather fan on his forehead, and said calmly: "My lord, the Han army has begun to change formation."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently. After the initial tentative confrontation, the Han army first began to change formation. Obviously, the Han army has discovered the weakness of the Chu army, at least they think it is a weakness. This weakness is the left-wing cavalry of the Chu army, because Hu Qi, who are like a colony of ants, are gathering in large numbers on the left wing!
Standing on the nest cart and looking down, the formation of the entire Han army is like a horizontal sledgehammer. The infantry in the middle and right wing have a hammer handle and tail, while the cavalry on the left wing is a huge hammer body. The hammer body continues to expand, and when it expands to the maximum, it will violently smash towards the Chu army.

The formation of the Chu army is more like a long knife. The infantry in the middle and right wing have a long handle and the tail of the knife, and the cavalry on the left is the head of the long knife. The arc-shaped blade is facing the Han army. , the two wings retracted slightly, tough and sharp, but facing the huge hammer of the Han cavalry, it is really unpredictable whether it can be blocked.

Xiang Tuo said in a deep voice: "Old Liu Bang wants to defeat my left-wing cavalry first!"

After this pause, Xiang Tuo said fiercely again: "Your Majesty, order the cavalry to attack. I won't believe it. My Great Chu's 10,000 elite cavalry are no match for mere [-]+ Hu cavalry!" Xiang Tuo's words were not nonsense. However, although the number of cavalry of the Chu army is not as good as that of the opponent, the excellent equipment and the quality of the improved horses are by no means comparable to the opponent.

"No." Xiang Zhuang slightly raised his right hand and said calmly, "That's not necessary."

"The advantage of the cavalry is that they are fast, and fast attack is what they should do. As for the head-on confrontation, let's leave it to the infantry." Feint to the left to cover the attack of the heavy troops, and when the formation of the heavy troops is completed, the cavalry will turn around behind the formation and flank the right flank of the Han army!"

Xiang Zhuang gave an order, and the [-] Chu cavalry on the left flank moved instantly, like a herd of bison migrating, rushing towards the left of the entire battlefield, hundreds of thousands of iron hooves trampled violently on the dry ground , billowing smoke and dust rose up into the sky, and even the vision of the generals of both sides was disturbed.

Under the cover of the sky full of smoke and dust, thousands of heavy transport vehicles that were originally hidden under the flags slowly drove out towards the left wing, and tens of thousands of light soldiers followed by tens of thousands of light soldiers immediately became busy, dismantling the carriages, laying down iron nails, and connecting them. Carriage, assembling the baffle, and finally putting the bed crossbows on the roof of the carriage...

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In the main formation of the Han army, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and Zhou Bo frowned at the same time.

The abnormal behavior of the cavalry of the Chu army was completely beyond their expectations. Liu Bang did not say anything. He has almost never won a battle. , but he is not very good at cavalry battles, only Lu Tai has an insight into the intentions of the Chu army's cavalry.

Lu Tai bowed to Liu Bang, and said in a respectful voice: "My lord, the cavalry of the Chu army is obviously going to turn around and attack the left wing of our army (the left wing of Han is the right wing of Chu)."

Liu Bang nodded, and said again: "General, how should we deal with it?"

Lu Tai smiled slightly, and replied: "Just order the cavalry to bite Chu Qi."

Lu Tai's tactical guiding ideology is only one, that is, cavalry against cavalry, infantry against infantry.

Although the guiding ideology of this tactic is simple, it is extremely ruthless. It is not easy for the infantry of the Chu army to defeat the infantry of the Han army, but the cavalry of the Han army can defeat the cavalry of the Chu army in a relatively short period of time by virtue of their absolute superiority, which is equal to that of the Han army. The cavalry detoured behind the infantry of the Chu army, and the defeat of the Chu army was inevitable.

"That makes sense." Liu Bang nodded happily, then turned his head and yelled loudly, "The whole army of cavalry is ordered to attack, and the widow will bite the cavalry of the Chu army and eat them, eat them..."

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Zhou Guanfu looked away from the nest car in the distance, and a murderous intent appeared at the corner of his mouth. Then he raised his right iron halberd and slammed forward, and at the same time raised his head to the sky and howled: "The whole army obeys orders, chase after!"

One hundred thousand Han cavalry and one hundred thousand Hu cavalry chased after the buttocks of the Chu army cavalry.

Zhou Guanfu took the lead and galloped towards the west against the setting sun. Looking back leisurely, he saw cavalry behind him like a tide, countless horse heads were rolling up and down, endless manes fluttered wildly in the wind, and hundreds of thousands of iron hooves were on the desolate land. Trampling wildly, amidst the tide-like sound of iron hooves, billows of smoke and dust swirled up to Jiuxiao.

With this situation, the fire in Zhou Guanfu's heart burned up.

"Ahaha..." Zhou Guanfu raised his head to the sky, let out a wild roar that was not human, and then struck each other fiercely with the two iron halberds in his hands. How can a big man be invincible with such a powerful army?Xiangzhuang boy, prepare to die!

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PS: I'm really sorry, I got home late due to the traffic jam on the road, so I can only make one change today, and make up the owed one tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)