Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 135

The Qin army generals Shi Xi and Guan Kong who were named by Li You to lead the army as the vanguard were both rookies of the Qin army who were personally discovered and promoted by Li You in the Xingyang defense battle. He is bold, careful, and calm in dealing with things. He has repeatedly made military exploits under Li You's tent, and made great contributions to the final victory of the Xingyang Defense Battle. He was also personally recommended by Li You to the court. , have also heard their names.

It is precisely because of Li You's love and favor that after receiving Li You's order, Shi Xi and Guan Kong, the second general, rushed back to the army they were commanding without even batting an eyelid. With 3000 troops from the headquarters, they strode out of the camp and rushed straight to Honggou Ferry, ten miles away to the southeast. In just a moment, they saw Zhujishi's headquarters of the Young Marshal Army who was retreating across the river overnight.

Because of the need to carry military supplies across the river, the speed of eastward retreat was limited. When the Qin army rushed forward, more than one-third of the army under Zhujishi failed to cross the gap. It was an army that was the weakest in defense. It was also the time when the soldiers were most psychologically vulnerable, so the soldiers of the Young Marshal who had just seen the Qin army approaching with torches before they had time to cross the river were suddenly in an uproar.

"The Tyrant Qin army is coming! Hurry up! Cross the river!"

"Hurry up! People on the bridge, cross the river quickly! Carriage! Carriage! Hurry up, carriage!"

"Steady the rear team! Stabilize! Stabilize your position! Prepare to fight!"

"Fuck you! Who drove the carriage? How did the carriage go sideways?!"

Hearing these panicked shouts faintly, and seeing from afar the chaos of the young generals who were crossing the river, if Shi Xi and the second general Guan Kong didn't know how to seize the opportunity to rush and fight, they would be too sorry for Li You's generosity towards them. With almost no hesitation, the second general Shi Guan pointed their spears at the front and loudly ordered to charge. The soldiers of the Qin army also shouted. One right rushed to the rear of the Young Marshal's Army.

The fight thus began. In the fierce battle, all the generals and soldiers of the Qin army, who had obvious psychological advantages, were brave at the moment, and quickly rushed the young generals on the west bank of the chasm to retreat one after another. Although the rear army arranged by Zhujishi also struggled to resist, they had no choice but to move back and forth. If you can't respond, you are too flustered, and you can't exert your due combat power at all. Naturally, you are destined to be unable to block the offensive of the Qin army. In addition, the Qin army has a clear advantage in strength. Even if the frontal advance is hindered, the two wings can quickly outflank and charge. The young commander's soldiers with heavy supplies completely disrupted the formation of the young commander's army crossing the river.

It is necessary to take into account the military supplies that are being transported, and to resist the wolves and tigers of the Qin army. The young commanders and soldiers at the ferry quickly became chaotic. Countless soldiers had to abandon the supplies and vehicles in order to survive, and scrambled to get on the bridge. Fleeing across the river, you pushed each other and trampled on each other. There were many dead. At the same time, the vehicles and soldiers on the bridge were constantly pushed into the gap, splashing a lot of water, and screaming in despair. The river floated quickly. Many flags and soldiers of the young marshal who fell into the water were raised, and the soldiers of the Qin army rushed to the bridge, driving out the defeated soldiers of the young marshal as the vanguard, and strode forward to fight for control of the bridgehead on the east bank.

Seeing the soldiers of the Qin Army rushing up the bridge across the river from the cover of the two wings, and the rear army of the Young Commander who was still dying, they no longer had the courage to continue to resist. I don't know who took the lead and shouted, "Run!" Shuai Jun's rear army immediately collapsed, scrambling and fleeing to the bridge that had not yet been completely lost, scrambling to cross the river to escape. Killed, mixed with the defeated rear of the Young Marshal's Army, they rushed to the three bridges that crossed the chasm almost at the same time.

The Qin army still has the upper hand. The soldiers of the Qin army who went to the bridge before used the defeated soldiers of the Young Marshal's army as free vanguards, and successfully seized control of part of the bridgehead on the east bank. The defeated army let the defeated troops of the young commander rush to the east bank, and relying on the desperate attack of the defeated troops of the young commander, dispersed a thousand-man team of the young commander who hurried back to rescue, covering the main force to cross the gap. , completely seized control of the three bridges.

It was only at this time that the Qin army finally encountered some decent resistance, and found that the situation behind was not good. Zhujishi hurriedly led the former army to turn around and fight back, trying in vain to retake the bridge or destroy the bridge, but the Qin army soldiers had already crossed the river in large numbers. Zhujishi failed to break through the Qin army crossing the river several times. On the contrary, he was pulled into a melee by the Qin army crossing the river. The Qin army soldiers on the west bank took the opportunity to cross the river quickly. Gradually, all [-] troops were put into the battlefield on the east coast.

At the same time, Li You also personally led the main force of the Qin army to approach the ferry. However, Li You did not rush to lead the army across the river. He chose to quickly climb to the nearby highlands, look at the battlefield on the east bank of the chasm, and understand the battlefield. In addition, observe whether the young commander-in-chief is cheating defeat to lure the enemy, luring his main force to cross the river and step into a trap.At the same time, Li You also carefully dispatched scouts to quickly scout out the river section upstream and downstream of the chasm to see if there was an ambush arranged by the young marshal's army.

The results of the observation made Li You very happy. The Young Marshals on the east bank obviously did not seem to be deliberately luring the enemy, but were really desperate. But he refused to take half a step back after saying anything, and he was still fighting back to the ferry position with all his life. Even though he was killed and injured, he did not choose to give up, and he was still entangled with the Qin army vanguard. The ferry did not give the main force of the Qin army a chance to cross the river calmly, buying time for the main force to return to the chasm battlefield.At the same time, in the due east direction, one can faintly see an army coming at full speed with torches.

"Governor, it's time for our main force to cross the river!" A general next to him hurriedly suggested: "Hurry up and help Shi Xi and Guan Kong defeat the rebels and take down the east bank position, otherwise, once the rebel reinforcements return When we reached the ferry and helped the bandits on the east bank hold the ferry, it would be difficult for us to cross the river again!"

Li You didn't answer, but patiently continued to look at the upstream and downstream directions of the dark chasm. After finding nothing unusual, Li You said in a deep voice, "Cross the river one by one and attack! Kill the bandits on the other side!"

When the horn of the army was sounded, the main force of the Qin army marched forward quickly, like three dragons, and quickly rushed to the three bridges that had been firmly controlled by the Qin army.Seeing the main force crossing the river for reinforcements, the morale of the Qin army's front army also soared immediately, and the morale of the army became more and more hard-working.

"Hold it! Hold it! Hold it up for me! Reinforcement is coming! It's coming!"

"Reinforcements are coming! Hold on! Hold on!"

Zhujishi's troops were still dying, even though it was more than a mile away, Li You could still vaguely hear the desperate cries of the young general's soldiers. As a result, this of course made Li You feel more at ease, knowing that the young general The army was indeed killed by himself and was caught off guard, instead of acting deliberately to trick his main force to cross the gap, so Li You didn't have any worries anymore, except that after urging the main force to cross the river quickly, he left the highland and returned to the army to personally Lead the Chinese army to cross the river.

The morale of the army is too flustered, and the young commander's desperate jumping over the wall is of course doomed to be in vain. Li You's commander's flag has just crossed the gap, and the young commander's army Zhujishi's unit, which has been struggling for a long time, can no longer hold on. He collapsed and fled in embarrassment to the direction where the reinforcements came from the east. The former Qin army pursued him closely. Li You carefully arranged an army to guard the bridge, and then led the army in pursuit.

The highly morale Qin army could not hold back anything, just saw Zhujishi's troops collapsed and fled to the front, before the Qin army came to the front, the reinforcements of the young commander who rushed from Suishui Ferry for reinforcements had already turned around He ran away, and the soldiers of the Qin Army chased after him with all their strength, and rushed towards the Suishui Ferry with red eyes, saying that they would hold the young commander's defeated soldiers at the ferry and beat them violently again.

As a result, when it was about to approach the Suishui ferry, the Qin army gradually realized that something was wrong. The torches on the north bank of Suishui were very chaotic, but on the south bank of Suishui, neat rows of torches quickly appeared. At the same time, the defeated soldiers of the young marshal who seemed to be fleeing in distress were also very calm. Not only did they not rush to the place where the torches were densely packed for rescue, but they also rushed to the open area to the west, calmly avoiding the situation where the crowd of defeated soldiers overwhelmed the rescue team.

When the distance was even closer, the Qin army's pursuers finally saw the general situation at the Suishui Ferry. What surprised the Qin army officers and soldiers was that there were already a large number of young commanders and soldiers waiting in full force on the south bank of the Suishui Ferry. , and there are hundreds of chariots of the Young Marshal Army lined up in front, and at the same time Xiang Kang's flaming Xiangzi Shuai flag is also directly in the South Bank Army, clearly telling the Qin Army soldiers a cruel fact-the Young Marshal The main force of the army is not in a hurry to face the battle, but has already made sufficient preparations to meet this decisive battle!

"Oops! It may have been tricked!"

When Li You came to this conclusion, the Young Marshal's army also immediately sounded the marching drums. Hundreds of cowhide drums were beating violently, and more than [-] chariots of the Young Marshal's army immediately charged. Surrounded by the infantry brigade, they rushed straight to the front army of the Qin army who had already confused their formation during the pursuit. Soldiers come.

"Go up, hold on! Kill the bandits and retreat!"

Li You's eyes turned red anxiously, knowing that if he turned around and retreated at this time, the Qin army would definitely be defeated and would be unable to take care of it immediately, so Li You had no choice but to urge the army to come forward, trying to block the young commander in vain The army's offensive, and then retreat calmly.

The soldiers of Sanchuan County formed by Li You were quite competitive. Even though their hearts were already flustered, they still faithfully carried out Li You's orders. car.It's a pity that courage can't play much role at this time. The chariot of the Young Marshal's army has just crashed into the ranks of the Qin army. There was a hole in the chest, and the queue suddenly became chaotic. The infantry brigade of the Young Marshal Army took the opportunity to charge up and beat up the soldiers of the Qin army who had been swept away by the chariot.

Of course, the soldiers of the Qin army also resisted bravely. Li You, who personally formed this Qin army, was also very confident at one time, thinking that his own army would definitely have a good chance of blocking the attack of the young commander's army. Unfortunately, Li You forgot a very serious problem. The most beautiful battle this army fought was the defense of Xingyang. It was a battle to defend the city. It was hiding on the city wall to deal with the enemy attacking the city. Not a particularly powerful enemy!

The current situation is completely different. Li You's army is forced to fight the enemy in the field, and it no longer has any condescending geographical advantages. At the same time, the young generals not only far surpass Zhang Chu's mob in training, but also have actual combat experience in field battles. It is far above Li Youjun who has been trained by defending the city!
These points doomed the failure of the Qin Army of Sanchuan County. In the fierce battle, the young commanders and soldiers with rich field experience showed their glory, brandishing spears, knives and halberds, and beat the Qin Army of Sanchuan County, who was accustomed to defending the city, to howling ghosts and howling. Retreating steadily, no matter how the generals of the Qin army urged, they kept the formation in order anyway, and were defeated one after another by the young generals, and soldiers continued to escape from the brigade for their lives one after another.The situation of the Qin army's former army led by Shi Xi and Guan Kong was even worse. They couldn't even maintain the minimum battle formation. They were turned around and returned to the young commander's army and quickly retreated. They could only be forced to move closer to the main force.

In order not to suffer greater losses, Li You still gritted his teeth and persisted, still imagining that his own army could repel the attack of the young commander's army, and then retreat calmly.It's a pity that the soldiers of the Qin Army, who are full of ideals, skinny in reality, and slightly inferior in experience and combat effectiveness, can't stop the attack of the young commander's army no matter how they struggle. Shaking severely, gradually showing signs of collapse.

"The county guard, I can't stand it anymore, I have to retreat immediately! Otherwise, once our army collapses, this battle will be completely impossible to fight!!"

The suggestion of his subordinates made Li You close his eyes in pain, but when things got to this point, Li You had no choice but to let his own soldiers hastily ring the golden bell and lead the army to retreat. The ranks and formations of some troops remained intact. Although the young generals immediately launched a pursuit, no matter how hurriedly the Qin army fled and withdrew, they did not completely collapse, and the situation that Li You was most worried about was defeated like a mountain.

Then Li You also quickly discovered that he still seriously underestimated Xiang Kang's ruthlessness. It was only when the Qin army began to retreat that a huge fire suddenly rose on the bank of Sui River behind Xiang Kang, sending out some kind of signal.Immediately afterwards, there had been no movement in the east and west directions before, and suddenly there was a loud noise of killing. A young commander's infantry suddenly rushed out from the west, and a young commander's cavalry rushed out from the east, one left and one left. Kill right to the main brigade of the Qin army that is retreating rapidly.

After being defeated and forced to retreat, the army was already very flustered. The ambush soldiers of the young commander who had been standing still before suddenly rushed out from left and right. No matter how tough the nerves of the Qin army soldiers were, they were completely broken at this moment. When the ambush soldiers of the Young Marshal Army approached, the Qin Army Brigade was already in chaos, and when Xiang Guan led the Young Marshal Army cavalry to rush into the crowd of the Qin Army and kill people with knives, the Qin Army finally collapsed completely. Chi, yelling and screaming, the mess was just fleeing frantically, the young commander took the opportunity to cover up and kill the Qin army, and Li You had no choice but to put down the commander's flag temporarily and surrounded by his own soldiers. Under protection, he hid in the chaos and fled to the crossing of the chasm.

Seeing that the former army suddenly turned from victory to defeat, the soldiers of the Qin army who stayed at the ferry before finally formed an formation to protect the bridge at the ferry, in an attempt to temporarily block the pursuit of the young generals and buy time for the main force of the army to cross the river and retreat.However, the Qin army of Sanchuan County, who still lacked actual combat experience, quickly understood that on the battlefield where life and death were on the line, the most terrifying thing was not the enemy who was killed head-on, but his own defeated soldiers who were defeated like a mountain!

"Help! Help! The traitor is coming, save me!"

Crying and shouting, the crowd of Qin Army's defeated troops, who were in a panic, slammed into the formation of the Qin Army's rear army directly and fiercely. The infantry brigade rushed into chaos, and had no way to fight in formation again. The morale of the army was seriously affected by their own defeated soldiers. There are only three bridges.

The next scene, for Li You, the second generation of the most aspiring official in the Great Qin Dynasty, was undoubtedly the Shura Hell that he could not even imagine in his nightmares. He was scrambling to escape on the bridge, and the soldiers of the Qin Army pushed each other, trampled each other, and were trampled alive. There were countless deaths and injuries, and countless people fell into the chasm and drowned. The soldiers of the young commander hacked and killed the defeated Qin army on the east bank of the chasm.The scene was so miserable that even if Li You managed to escape the chasm with the protection of his own soldiers, he couldn't help but kneel on the west bank of the chasm and cry loudly, wailing in despair...

"Soldiers! Soldiers of Sanchuan County! I am the one who is sorry for you! It is I who fell into Xiang Kang's treacherous tricks and made you like this, and made you like this!"

Li You's frantic crying from the bottom of his heart made the soldiers of the Qin army next to him unable to hold back their tears, crying bitterly. Unfortunately, this still couldn't change the bad luck of the Qin army's disastrous defeat.It was night, of the 2 soldiers of the Qin army who crossed the gap, only a mere [-] were left in the end. Li You's two beloved generals, Shi Xi and Guan Kong, both died in battle. The corpses of the soldiers of the Qin army in the county blocked the river, almost preventing the river from flowing, and completely dyed the surface of the chasm that King Wei Hui and the people of Wei worked so hard to dig into pink...

This is not over yet. Early the next morning, Feng Zhong, the young general who did not participate in the battle last night, quickly crossed Gushui and Suishui and entered the west bank of the divide, preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Li Youjun again. Li You, who was seriously injured, dared not In the battle with Feng Zhong, before Feng Zhong's troops crossed the gap, he immediately abandoned the camp and hurriedly withdrew to Daliang with the rest of the army. Therefore, it completely shattered the possibility that Li Youjun could entangle the main force of the Young Marshal's army.

That night, after receiving the news of Feng Zhong's victory again, Xiang Kang finally made up his mind, planning how to go north to reinforce Wei Jiu, and use the power of Wei and Qi to continue to entangle Zhang Han's main force for him, but he hadn't waited. Xiang Kang and Chen Ping discussed a safe rescue plan, and a young marshal who was sent to the northern line to inquire about the news hurriedly returned to Chenliu and brought Xiang Kang a shocking news—it was also when the young marshal broke down. Li You's last night, Zhang Han actually defeated the Wei Qi coalition army in one fell swoop, and also killed the Wei Qi coalition army with a strength of more than [-], leaving corpses strewn all over the field and blood flowing like rivers.

"Is the news accurate?" Xiang Kang asked with a pale face, "Wei and Qi allied forces suffered a disastrous defeat, did you see it with your own eyes? Or did you just hear it?"

"Reporting to the young commander, the villain saw it with his own eyes!" Xi Zuo wiped his sweat and said, "The villain has just confirmed the defeat of the Wei Qi coalition army, so he came back to report the letter immediately, but the villain has no horses and dare not go on the road, so it was delayed until The news is only now."

Xiang Kang lowered his head helplessly and sighed. First, he let the conscientious worker go down to rest and receive the reward, and then sent someone to send an order to Feng Zhong overnight, telling Feng Zhong to take the army back to Chenliu to join the main force, and then turned to Chen Ping. Said: "Mr. Chen Ping, it seems that this time I am sorry for you. Since the Wei Qi coalition army has suffered a disastrous defeat, not only do I not dare to go north to rescue Linji, but I have to retreat quickly. Otherwise, my army will definitely be the next one." Wei Qi allied forces."

Chen Ping's expression was more depressed than Xiang Kang's, and he cupped his hands after a while and said: "Young commander, you have done your best, and the envoy dare not be demanding, let alone force your army to go north to die in vain. You should consider how to retreat as soon as possible. The envoy has no right to blame you. After all, with your current strength, going to a decisive battle with Zhang Han's main force is no different from hitting an egg against a rock."

(End of this chapter)