Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 414: Final Attack of the Decisive Battle

The gate of the camp of the Chu army opened, and the Chu army rushed out continuously.

18 government soldiers and [-] "Hu Benjun" rushed out of the Yuanmen in a mighty manner, and then slowly spread out in the east field between the camps of the two armies. In less than half an hour, a huge front was opened. In the arrow formation, the front army, the left army and the right army converge to form a huge arrowhead, the middle army plus [-] tigers are the arrow shaft, and the rear army is the arrow tail.

In addition, there are more than 5000 cavalry scattered on the left and right sides of the rear army, shaped like arrow tail feathers.

Bi Shu, Jin Xiang, Zi Che Shi, and Xi Qilie stood on the nest car and looked down. The front arrow array formed by 20 Chu troops was like a giant arrow shot by an ancient giant, shooting with unstoppable momentum. Facing the coalition forces ahead, where the arrows were heading, a cold and murderous air immediately permeated the wilderness endlessly.

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The formation of the coalition forces on the opposite side was a little messy.

Wearing a purple robe, Han Xin was standing on the towering nest car with his arms up. Seeing the Chu army laying out the array of arrows, Han Xin couldn't help but smile slightly. "Array array, is this going to take the initiative to attack?" ?
There was an extremely disdainful whisper behind Han Xin.

"It's actually a front arrow array, does Bi Shu want to fight against the father?" Han He said disdainfully.

"Bi Shu is really arrogant, I don't know how to write the word dead." Xue Ou sneered.

Cheng Hei also echoed: "In other words, during the first battle in Huainan three years ago, Bi Shu also wanted to fight against the king, but he was killed by the king without any power to parry. Bi Shu was defeated and died three years ago, this guy has suffered a loss, and he still refuses to learn his lesson?"

"Father!" Han He suddenly turned his head to look at Han Xin, and said, "Is it still the Crane Wing Formation?"

Han He also participated in the first Huainan War three years ago. In that battle, Han Xin and Bi Shu competed in formation techniques, and finally pushed the Chu army into a desperate situation with the help of the Crane Wing Formation.

"No." Han Xin waved his hand and said calmly, "Form a square!"

"Huh, Phalanx?"

"Why is it a phalanx?"

"What...how did you say it?"

All the generals were stunned when they heard the words. Compared to the Crane Wing Formation, although the Phalanx is also capable of both offense and defense, it is far less sharp than the Crane Wing Formation in terms of the way the formation changes and the offensive and defensive momentum. If you have to find an advantage, it is that the phalanx formation is more stable than the crane wing formation, even if it is attacked by the most violent attack, it is not easy to collapse!

In a word, the phalanx is the most stable defense among the eight basic formations except the circular formation, but the circular formation is a purely defensive formation, while the square formation can barely be regarded as both offensive and defensive.

However, the astonishment is the astonishment, but no one dared to question Han Xin's decision.

At that moment, Han He suddenly turned around and shouted at the messenger: "Your Majesty has an order, form... a phalanx!"

The messenger hurriedly raised two triangular command flags on the nest car, one was the king's flag representing each army and battalion, and the other was the command flag representing the phalanx. In an instant, the slightly chaotic formation of the coalition forces began to move. When they got up, groups of heavy armor, rows of halberd spearmen, and archers moved to each other, and the whole formation looked more and more messy.

The Chu army on the opposite side, who had already set up the formation of arrows and arrows, did not take advantage of the situation to launch an attack. This is not a kind of demeanor, let alone paying attention to any war etiquette, but it is not so easy for the army after the formation is set up to advance or retreat. Waiting for you If you rush up, maybe people will set up a good formation, and if you are not careful, you will steal a chicken and lose a handful of rice.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the coalition formation evolved into a huge and neat square formation.

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Seeing the coalition forces set up a phalanx, the generals of the Chu army on the nest car were not without surprise.

"It turned out to be a phalanx?" Zi Che said in amazement, "This doesn't look like Han Xin's style."

Jin Xiang's eyes showed a fierce look, and he said, "I thought Han Xin would sacrifice that crane wing formation again."

Xi Qilie said in a deep voice: "Don't tell me, in the last battle in Huainan, the Qi army's crane wing array was really powerful. If Yingbu hadn't broken the Qi army's camp in the end, I don't know what would have happened. "

Bi Shu smiled and said nothing. The Huainan War three years ago did not represent this war. The Chu army's arrow formation and the coalition's phalanx formation could not explain anything. These are just a formality that really determines the outcome of the war. What matters is his bishu and Han Xin's command skills, as well as the combat power of the Chu army, Qi army, and Huainan army.

The Chu army has advantages in training and equipment, but the coalition army also has a weak force advantage.

Therefore, it is his Bi Shu and Han Xin's abilities that really determine the outcome of this great battle!

At the level of him and Han Xin, the so-called formations are actually not so important, because all the parts and songs that make up the entire large formation are under their direct control, even if it is a purely defensive circular formation, it can also be broken down into numbers. Tens of hundreds of purely offensive fronts and arrows, the transition between offense and defense is only in one thought.

And this is the highest state of victory without formation!
Han Xin ordered the allied forces to set up a phalanx, not so much as a response to the Chu army's frontal formation, but as a demonstration to Bi Shu: Don't you just want to attack by setting up a frontal formation?Alright, as you wish, I will set up a phalanx and let you attack, and see if your Chu army can defeat the coalition army of the widow.

What is self-confidence?This is called self-confidence!

What is arrogance?This is arrogance!

Bi Shu just smiled lightly, then raised his right hand and pressed forward lightly, saying: "Attack."

Now that Han Xin has stated that he should let him attack freely, what is there to be polite about?Just attack.

Tieniu suddenly turned around, and the messenger on the other side of the nest rushing car snarled loudly: "The big banner sent the order, attack..."

The big banner of the Chu army that had originally stood on the nest cart was unfurled in an instant. It swung twice against the wind, and then suddenly tilted forward. With a neat chant, like a torrent of steel, rolling forward, the Chu army... began to attack!

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As soon as the Chu army moved, the truth and reality in the formation were fully exposed.

Zhao Yan put on the awning and watched for a while, then turned his head and said to Han Xin: "Your Majesty, the Chu army all came out lightly, and did not bring any baggage carts to the battle, nor did they see a single crossbow."

Xue Ou also said: "There are about 20 Chu troops going out to fight, and the troops staying in the camp will not exceed [-]!"

The formation of the Chu army is very neat, even in the process of advancing, the vertical and diagonal lines are extremely neat, so it is easy to count, Xue Ou only counted for a moment and knew the approximate strength of the Chu army.

Han Xin nodded slightly, but his eyes fell on the middle part of the Chu army's front arrow formation.

In the middle of the front and arrow formation, just around Bi Shu's towering command nest car, there is a particularly eye-catching Chu army phalanx. The other Chu troops are all wearing black battle robes, but the Chu troops in this phalanx are all wearing black shirts. Wearing bright red battle robes, all of them wore iron armor and held sharp long knives. On the big banner directly in front of them, there was a colorful tiger with its teeth and claws embroidered.

The Huben Army, Han Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, is this the Huben Army, one of the three forbidden armies under Xiang Zhuang's account?
Zhao Yan quietly walked up to Han Xin, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this should be Chu's Huben army, and the Chu general in front wearing golden armor should be one of the two most powerful generals in Xiang Zhuang's tent." It is said that General Huben's martial arts is even better than that of Xiang Zhuang, and he is almost on par with Xiang Yu."

"Stand shoulder to shoulder with Xiang Yu?" Han Xin couldn't help showing a trace of disdain.

Unstoppable, an extremely noisy war scene jumped out of Han Xin's mind. It was the battle of Gaixia, when Xiang Yu led 30 former troops to launch a fierce attack on [-] Qi troops. Han Xin still can't forget the battle of Wanjun. Among them, Xiang Yu's peerless appearance holding a halberd, Xiang Yu... how can there be another one in this world? !
However, a hero like Xiang Yu was defeated by Han Xin in the end?
Ahead, 20 Chu troops were rolling over here, shouting overwhelming shouts: "Great Chu, fight for death; don't bleed dry, never stop fighting..." Wave after wave In the sound of the chant, there is a strange aura surging between the heaven and the earth, it is a kind of momentum, a kind of chilling aura that is invincible and invincible!

During the suffocating wait, the distance between the Chu army and the coalition army is getting shorter and shorter.

Five miles, three miles, five hundred steps, three hundred steps... Finally, the arrows of the Chu army's frontal arrows had advanced within the coverage of the longbows of the allied forces. In an instant, tens of thousands of allied army archers pulled away With a longbow as tall as half a man, amidst the buzzing sound of bowstrings collapsing, tens of thousands of reed shaft feather arrows have already shot into the void ahead with squeaking screams.

In the next instant, the entire void directly in front of the Qi army phalanx was filled with endless arrows!

The soldiers of the coalition army who were waiting in battle looked up, and saw that the entire void in front of them was completely covered by the faint cloud formed by the arrows, which really blocked the sky and the sun.

A moment later, tens of thousands of feathered arrows poured down with endless screams.

"Stand up...shield!" In the front arrow formation of the Chu army, accompanied by the angry howls of the commanders of the various armies and battalions, large black iron-clad shields were lifted up in the air one after another, and gathered in the sky above the entire front arrow. The endless shield wall, the next moment, endless feather arrows roared down from the sky, and there was a continuous scream and wailing in the Chu army formation.

Although the shields of the Chu army are strong, and the shield wall formed by tens of thousands of shields is wide enough, it is impossible to withstand every feathered arrow. Amidst the screaming sound, feathered arrows shoot from the gaps between the shields from time to time. After entering, the heavy arrows shot by many Loufan archers directly penetrated the solid shield, and shot and killed the Chu army hiding under the shield mercilessly.

The so-called Lou Fan shooter does not refer specifically to Lou Fan, but generally refers to those sharpshooters with extraordinary arms.

Amidst the shouting and shouting, the archers of the coalition army drew their longbows again and again, throwing wave after wave of arrow rain into the air, and then fell towards the heads of the Chu army, with each wave of arrow rain falling , there will inevitably be wailing and screaming in the Chu army's formation, and there will inevitably be Chu army soldiers falling to the ground with arrows, but the progress of the Chu army has never slowed down at all...

(End of this chapter)