Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 432
Twenty thousand light soldiers of the Han army swarmed up and began to quickly clear the deer villages and horses in front of the camp of the Chu army, and filled the trenches. The chariots never stopped bombarding, but this was not enough to stop the Han army's light soldiers from clearing obstacles.

Because the archers of the Chu army are being restrained by the archers of the Han army.

In a short while, half of the Luzhai and Juma set up in front of the camp were cleared, and several sections of trenches were also filled.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bang couldn't help but a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he turned to Zhang Liang and said, "Zifang, Xiang Zhuang'er still refuses to sacrifice the crossbow, when will he wait?"

Zhang Liang stroked his willow beard, which was becoming thinner by the day, and said, "Could it be that Xiang Zhuang plans to join the cavalry directly?"

The situation in front of me is obvious. The [-] Han light soldiers are already in place, and the archers alone are not enough to stop their clearing operations. If the trenches were filled, they would have only one option left, and that would be to dispatch cavalry to drive them away.

"Cavalry? No way." Liu Bang frowned when he heard this, he didn't believe that Xiang Zhuang would make such a bad move.

In any case, Liu Bang has fought all his life. Of course he knows that the cavalry of the Chu army can easily kill the light soldiers of the Han army who are clearing obstacles, but once the Han army dispatches the cavalry, the cavalry of the two armies will be entangled. At that time, the long-range weapons of both sides, including the Chu army's Liannu, will be fully displayed.

Will Xiang Zhuang's children choose to compete with him in cavalry?can't you?
However, as soon as Liu Bang finished speaking, the gate of the camp of the Chu army and the auxiliary gates on both sides suddenly opened, and the three high-hanging suspension bridges quickly descended. The cavalry of the Chu army adjusted their formation a little in the open space in front of the camp, then scattered left and right, and rushed towards the light soldiers of the Han army who were clearing obstacles like a pack of wolves.

"This, this, this...Xiang Zhuang's son really dispatched cavalry?!" Liu Bang was full of disbelief.

The brows of Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were clouded at the same time, and the two of them suddenly had a very bad premonition. Xiang Zhuang was by no means easy to deal with. s consequence?But Xiang Zhuang still did this, is there another mystery in it?Does Chu Jun have other backers?
However, even Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are so clever, they are still puzzled at this moment.

Lu Tai didn't hesitate at all, and immediately raised his left and right hands and pressed forward, Zhou Guanfu suddenly turned his head, and shouted to the sky with a thunderous voice: "The general has an order, both wings come out, Hu Qi... attack!"

As soon as the military order was issued, the [-] Hu cavalry on the left and right flanks instantly swept across the Han army's main formation like a flood that broke the embankment. Although Lu Tai was young, he used troops extremely fiercely. Seeing a fleeting opportunity, he decided to directly invest all the cavalry to assault the Chu army camp.

In an instant, the Mianshui River Beach was filled with Huqi's vast ocean, endless horse heads were moving up and down, endless manes were fluttering, countless iron hooves knocked violently across the grass beach, amidst the rumbling sound of horseshoes, there were endless Grass and mud splashed in all directions, and for a while, there was no other sound in the world.

The group charge of tens of thousands of cavalry is more than a monstrous momentum?
As the earth shook and the mountains shook, the [-] Han soldiers in heavy armor and the [-] Han army archers who had already stepped forward a hundred steps away from the Chu army's camp became agitated for a moment, and then fled in all directions at the fastest speed. Get out of the way as soon as possible, and you will definitely be trampled into flesh by the cavalry. Those cruel and cruel Huren don't care about their lives.

The light soldiers of the Han army who had already cleared the deer village and rejected the horses could not care about filling the trenches at this moment. They jumped into the trenches one by one like dumplings. The surging barbarian cavalry arrived in no time, and they didn't want to be trampled into flesh by thousands of iron hooves.

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Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but gasped, and said coldly, "Old Liu Bang is really ruthless!"

Bai Lixian nodded solemnly, and said solemnly: "If we hadn't been prepared for this small mistake, the camp might have fallen!"

This is by no means alarmist. There were only [-] cavalrymen of the Chu army attacking. Not only could they not stop the surging barbarian cavalry, but it would also affect the shooting of Chu army archers, catapults and various crossbows. In the gap between shooting arms and rats, the barbarian cavalry will approach the Chu army camp without any effort.

After that, it's a disaster!

Because at this time, the camp wall of the Chu army had been bombarded by the Han army's catapults to pieces, the protective effect was better than nothing, and the deer village and Juma in front were almost cleaned up. , more than ten feet deep trenches, but this is not an insurmountable gap.

Leaving aside whether the suspension bridges at the gate of the Chu army and the auxiliary gates on both sides can be raised in time, the trenches that have been almost filled by the light soldiers of the Han army are enough for Hu Qi to swarm in. After leaving the camp, no matter how well-trained the Chu army is, they will definitely lose their morale, and the next step may be a one-sided massacre.

Bailixian breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, this is not a mistake, but a trap!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded, raised his left and right hands at once, and pressed forward again, Hu Yan, who was standing behind Xiang Zhuang, turned around in an instant, raised his head to the sky and yelled sharply: "Your Majesty has an order, the two-winged navy...attack!"

As soon as the military order was issued, more than 600 naval warships lined up on the Mianshui river on both sides of the north and south lifted off the reed mats covering the bows one after another, revealing a series of terrifying crossbows in an instant. , The next moment, more than 600 small schools of the Chu Army standing on the bow raised their horizontal knives one after another.

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"This is...?" Liu Bang's pupils shrank sharply.

"Liannu?!" Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other, Xiang Zhuang, who was so cunning, actually moved the Liannu to the navy warship, and now he was in big trouble, and the attacking Hu Qi might suffer another serious injury.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Lu Tai's forehead. He thought it was a fleeting opportunity, but it turned out to be a trap. It turned out to be a carefully constructed trap!In an instant, Lu Tai's heart sank to the bottom of Jiuyou Valley, it was troublesome, Hu Qi who was attacking was afraid that he would suffer another serious injury.

At this time, the attacking barbarian cavalry had already picked up speed. As the saying goes, there is no turning back when they shoot their bows. Now they can't withdraw even if they want to.

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Accompanied by the slashing of the horizontal knife in the hands of the small school of the Chu Army, more than 600 soldiers of the Chu Army smashed down the wooden hammers in their hands one after another, and there was a continuous loud noise of "bang bang bang..." on the surface of the Mianshui River. It was the sound of the arm of the crossbow being flicked, and in the next instant, a total of five thousand giant arrows with the thickness of an arm roared towards the Hu Qi who was running wildly on the river beach.

In just a moment, five thousand huge arrows pierced into the vast ocean of cavalry, and all the people on the river beach turned their backs on their backs.

"Hoo..." A huge arrow directly shot through the head of a war horse, and then shot through the belly of another Hu cavalry behind without exhaustion. The two horses that were severely injured immediately fell to the ground. The two Yuezhi people on horseback were thrown forward under the influence of inertia, and they flew dozens of steps before falling to the ground exhausted.

Then, before the two of them got up, the other two horses fell from the sky upside down and landed on the two of them at once. Before they could say anything, they were crushed into a pulp by the heavy horses.

A Xiaowang Xiutu reacted quickly and shrunk his thin body to the side of the horse's belly when there was no time to go. However, his skillful riding skills did not help him escape bad luck. A giant arrow whizzed towards him and shot through The horse's belly pierced through his chest again, nailing the Xiutu Xiaowang with his men and horse to death on the spot.

The penetrating power and lethality of the Liannu are fully displayed at this moment!

No matter how strong a war horse is, it can't resist, and the barbarians on horseback are even more helpless. They will die if they are touched by giant arrows!

In just one round of volley, Hu Qi suffered heavy casualties of thousands of cavalry, and even more Hu Qi was tripped to the ground, and they were thrown on their backs, which hindered the subsequent cavalry charge. Five thousand cavalry continued to sprint forward, but the more than 7 cavalry behind were forced to slow down their horses.

However, the nightmare of the barbarian cavalry has just begun.

Cavalry can only be powerful when they charge up. Once they lose their horse speed, they will be in big trouble.

A moment later, the second wave of huge arrows roared again, then the third wave, and the fourth wave... The Chu army's continuous crossbow not only has unparalleled lethality, but also has a firing speed beyond the limit of imagination.

The whole river beach became Shura's blood prison in an instant, and the Huren cavalry who lost their horse speed and crowded into a group fell down piece by piece under the repeated shots of the Chu army's crossbows. The mournful hiss in front of him immediately intertwined into an incomparably tragic death movement, which was so shocking that it was suffocating.

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"Back, back quickly..." Lu Tai clenched his fists and roared hysterically, "Back back!"

"The general has an order, the cavalry retreat, retreat..." Zhou Guanfu roared again and again. In fact, the commanding nest cart and the surrounding nest carts had already raised the flag of Hu Qi's order to retreat, but the front How easy is it to return the more than 7 Huqi who have already become a mess on the river beach?
Liu Bang's old face covered with age spots is twitching violently. The biggest advantage of the Han army over the Chu army is the cavalry, but now, the Hu cavalry are being massacred by the Chu army's crossbows on the river beach ahead. Yes, this is the massacre , a complete massacre, such a cunning boy from Xiang Zhuang, this time he fell into his way again.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also looked dignified. They lost the first battle today, and there will be a hard fight in the future. However, no matter what, the Han army must win the battle of Mianshui, it must!

(End of this chapter)