Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 427 Yingbo's Curtain Call

The sun was rising, and hundreds of Chu cavalry were rushing forward like wind and clouds on the road from Chen County to Nanyang County. This Chu cavalry was already covered with wind and dust, and it was obvious from a glance that they came day and night. In order to increase the speed as much as possible, they even He didn't even send out the rangers to scout the horses, and marched swaggeringly in the enemy's territory.

Tieniu took the lead and ran at the front of the team. Although the Qi army was defeated in Huainan and the entire country's military strength was almost exhausted, Tieniu still did not dare to take it lightly, because he shouldered the burden of the general. The task of him and the three hundred cavalry is to escort Bi Shu to Nanyang safely.

"Hey..." Tieniu slowed down his horse a little, wiped the sweat from his forehead after Bi Shu caught up, and said, "General, you haven't closed your eyes for two days and two nights, are you taking a break ahead? "

"No!" Bi Shu said without hesitation, "The horse has to be changed, but the person cannot rest."

"Here!" Tie Niu responded with a loud bang, then turned his head and roared, "The general has an order that there is no rest when the horse is replaced. Everyone changes horses, eats, and continues to move forward..." At the order, three hundred light cavalry changed into spares one after another. Then he turned out the fried noodles from the canvas bag behind the saddle and gnawed on the horse's back with the cold water in the kettle.

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When Bi Shu was on his way to Nanyang day and night, Yingbo also ushered in his curtain call.

After the Qi-Huai allied forces were defeated by Bi Shu, Yingbo did not even dare to flee back to Pengcheng, but hastily gathered hundreds of remnants and fled to Xiangxian County in a panic. After escaping to Xiangxian County, Yingbo suddenly discovered that although the world is big, it has With no way out for him, Yingbo stopped running away in frustration, gathering remnants in Xiangxian County, while waiting for the final curtain call.

Only one day later, the army of Chu State followed, and it was the most elite Huben Army of Chu State!
This time, the Huben Army did not take off their heavy armor, and Jin Xiang also put on the gleaming golden armor, and straddled a fiery red horse, looking majestic.

Xiang County is just a small county, although there is a city wall, it is not more than two feet high.

Jin Xiang carried the long saber upside down, straddled a steed, and rode alone to the gate of the city, then raised his head slightly, looked at Ying Bu standing on the top of the city with the saber in his hands, and said, "Huainan King."

In any case, Yingbo was once a well-known anti-Qin hero, and even a very famous general at the end of Qin Dynasty. As a real general, Jin Xiang still admires Yingbo in his heart, even though the two sides will meet later There is also a life and death relationship, but this does not prevent Jin Xiang from expressing his respect to Yingbo.

Yingbu smiled sadly, bowed back and said, "General Jin Xiang."

Jin Xiang reined in his horse, restraining the restless horse under his crotch, but for a while, he really couldn't find any words to comfort the hopeless hero on the top of the city, because no matter what he said to Yingbo at this time, it seemed like he was going to die. It's so inappropriate, unless Jin Xiang turns around and leaves with the Huben army now, but is this possible?

On the contrary, Yingbo smiled generously and said, "General Jinxiang, let's begin."

Jin Xiang nodded, bowed again and said, "Prince Huainan, do you have any unfinished wishes?"

Ying Bu waved his hand and said calmly: "I have been a soldier all my life, killing people is useless, but I have never asked the opponent who died under the sword of the widow what regrets, so General Jin Xiang doesn't need to do anything extra."

"King Huainan, I will make you die like a real general!" Jin Xiang nodded heavily, and then went straight back to the main formation.

In the next moment, a low and loud horn sounded outside the city. Amidst the continuous sound of the horn, teams of tigers and heavy armor carried the long ladders made temporarily, stepping in neat steps, like blocks of fine iron. The solid wall slowly rolled towards the city wall of the east city of Xiangxian County. In the forefront of the Huben army, it was Jin Xiang who dismounted and walked.

Siege of cities and villages is a purely infantry battle, and war horses are useless.

Jin Xiang held his sword high and strode forward. He didn't even shout a slogan. In fact, for a true elite of hundreds of battles like the Huben Army, any slogan is superfluous. The generals lead by example, which can inspire the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers more than any slogan.

After Jin Xiang's death, the Huben army marched like a wall, full of arrogance.

At the head of Xiangxian County, the Huainan Army is another scene. Although Yingbo, who is at the end of the road, is desolate, the remnants of the defeated soldiers gathered around him are also sad and indignant. At this time, they can still follow Yingbo. Of course, they were all those loyal ministers and soldiers who were loyal to Yingbu. In this battle, they had already prepared to die.

Amidst the suffocating footsteps, the Huben army advancing like a wall entered the range of bows and arrows, and a sparse rain of arrows poured down from the top of the city, but only spread in the formation of the Huben army. An extremely weak ripple is not enough to stop the progress of the Huben Army...

One hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps!

When there were less than ten steps away from the city wall, Jin Xiang pulled forward with the horizontal knife in his hand, and the tiger ben warriors behind him rushed forward immediately, and a long ladder with a length of more than three feet approached the city wall one after another. On the battlements at the head, in the next moment, groups of tiger and cardinal light soldiers who had unloaded their heavy armor had already climbed up with hands and feet.

Almost at the same time, rolling wood, beating stones and golden juice rained down from the top of the city.

Huben warriors are all veterans who have experienced many battles. The rolling wood and rocks that fell from the top of the city were either picked up by them with knives, smashed away with shields, or easily avoided by them. The hot golden juice made them really embarrassed. The so-called golden juice is actually boiled dung juice, but the stench is enough to suffocate people.

"Ugh..." The two tiger ben warriors couldn't dodge in time, they were poured by the hot golden juice, and they screamed and fell down the long ladder in an instant. When someone rescued them, several rolling logs and seven or eight stones had already rained down from the top of the city, smashing the two of them into a pulp.

A Hu Benrui managed to grab the top of the city, but before he could get a firm foothold, a Huai Army Sima rushed up with a roar, and stabbed the Huai Army Sima's head in the head of the Hu Ben Ruishi. At the same time, Sima of the Huai Army also knocked Huben Ruishi off the wall with his strong inertia.

The same tragic scene was repeatedly staged up and down the city, and the battle was unprecedentedly fierce.

The remnants of Huainan fought back when they were dying, but it coincided with the subtle art of war that the mourning soldiers must win. For a while, the three armies used their lives to forcibly block the offensive of the Huben army with the not-too-high earthen wall. The Huben army organized several times The attack failed, but hundreds of people were lost in vain.

Under the city wall, Jin Xiang frowned for a moment, the tenacity of the remnants of Huainan was somewhat beyond his expectation.

On the top of the wall, Yingbo beheaded a Captain Huben who had rushed to the top of the wall with a single knife, and kicked the corpse of Captain Huben off the top of the wall with one kick, but the next moment, Yingbo also knelt down on one knee weakly On the top of the wall, Captain Huben's knife before he died also cut a deep blood groove under Yingbo's left rib.

"Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty?!"

A dozen imperial guards swarmed up in an instant, trying to help Yingbu, but they were stopped by stretching out their hands.

Yingbo stretched out his hand to stop the imperial guards who were about to come forward to help him, then gritted his teeth and stood up, then looked down at his left side, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, he was old, after all, he was old when he was still young At that time, he could kill such a thing just now with a single knife, so how could he let him get close?

Stretching out his hand to touch the wound on his left rib, his hand was covered with blood, but the determination to die in Yingbu's eyes became more intense.

The next moment, Yingbo suddenly raised his horizontal knife and shouted sharply: "The warriors of Huainan Kingdom, even if they die today, they will die like men. Kill..."

"Kill, kill, kill..." The thousand remaining soldiers raised their swords and roared, their morale was like a rainbow.

Under the city wall, Jin Xiang's eyes suddenly burst into a suffocating coldness. The next moment, his tall and strong figure like an iron tower grabbed the foot of the city wall in two steps, then held the knife with his right hand, and climbed up with his left hand. As soon as the long ladder was swung, the whole figure was forced upwards by more than ten feet, barely reaching half the height of the city wall.

"Huhuhu..." Two rolling logs and three rocks were thrown on Jin Xiang's head almost at the same time.

Jin Xiang sneered coldly, swung the horizontal knife in his right hand like lightning, and hit the waist of the rolling log that fell first. At the same time as it knocked another log into the air, it also swept aside the three rocks that fell from behind.

A dozen Huainan remnant soldiers on the top of the city quickly brought two large pots of boiling golden juice, and when they were about to pour it down, Jin Xiang kicked the long ladder under his feet vigorously, and the long ladder shattered at the same time , the tower-like figure had risen into the sky again, and by the time Jin Xiang exhausted his whereabouts, he had already stepped onto the battlements.

"Swish, swish..." Six or seven long halberds stabbed almost at the same time.

Jin Xiang yelled, and the horizontal knife in his hand cut across all directions, and six or seven long halberds snapped off in response.

In the next instant, Jin Xiang's iron tower-like figure fell heavily from the battlements. A Huai Army lieutenant couldn't dodge, and was directly crushed under him, dying tragically on the spot.

"Jin Xiang?!" Not far away, Ying Bu's pupils shrank sharply.

"Your Majesty, quickly protect Your Majesty!" The remnants of the Huai Army nearby swarmed up in an instant, trying to stand between Yingbu and Jin Xiang, but Jin Xiang didn't give the remnants of the Huai Army such a chance at all, and suddenly exerted force under his feet, a figure like a tower Then he rose into the air again, and when he fell to the ground again, he was already standing in front of Yingbu.

"Huainan King, it's over!" Jin Xiang's eyes were cold and sharp, and he slashed out.

Yingbo tried his best to block it, but it was too late. The previous fighting had already exhausted him, and his body in his sixties was no match for the young man. Suddenly, Yingbo felt himself His body lightened suddenly, and then his whole body floated up gently, and then, the whole world began to tumbling violently.

Vaguely, Yingbu seemed to hear Jinxiang's voice: "King Huainan, I said, I will make you die like a real general. A real general should die on the battlefield..."

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PS: Another hero in the early Han Dynasty has come to an end. The swordsman feels a little heavy. To be honest, this chapter is not well written. At least the swordsman himself is not satisfied. I had an argument with my wife in the morning, and my mood was affected, and I can't delay the update too late, otherwise everyone will scold the swordsman again. In short, everyone will just wait and see, alas...

(End of this chapter)