Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 365

After all, it is the army under Xiang Yu's command. Even though there are many recruits, under the training and leadership of the capable ministers and veteran generals of the Western Chu Army, the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, which was formed after the full-scale outbreak of the Chu-Han War, is still fighting in the field. It showed a powerful combat power beyond the ordinary princes' army, as well as unusual morale and fighting spirit.

The bows, crossbows, and arrows of the Han army were fierce. The crossbow team in the front row fired in multiple rounds, and the archers in the back row were constantly under the command of the watchman, throwing feather arrows to cover the heads of the soldiers of the Western Chu army, so that the shields could be raised. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army who charged could block the bows and arrows but not the crossbow arrows, and those who blocked the crossbow arrows could not defend against the bows and arrows. The casualties were quite large, but even so, the rain of arrows from the Han Army still could not stop the soldiers of the Western Chu Army from charging. The same charge formation of the Western Chu army still directly hit the dense infantry phalanx of the Han army unstoppably.

According to the general's shouts and hopes, the long shields in front of the Han army stood up neatly, and the spearmen hiding behind the long shields even more neatly thrust out their spears from the gaps in the long shields, as if a row of sharp edges suddenly grew. The long thorns directly pierced the bodies of many soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were unable to catch up, but the round shields in the hands of many soldiers of the Western Chu Army still hit the long shields heavily. The huge impact made many long shieldmen of the Han Army tremble. Standing unsteadily, he was shaken by the impact and retreated. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army took the opportunity to cover up, and stabbed the long shieldman of the Han Army behind the nearby shield with their swords, and stabbed and pecked with spears. One impact directly shook the Han army's position.

Fortunately, even though there are mostly new recruits, relying on the usual rigorous training and the baptism of the Jinzhong War, the Han army is not only not inferior to the soldiers of the Western Chu Army's Northern Front Corps in terms of combat effectiveness, but also has a certain advantage in terms of experience. , the spearman behind the shield roared and stabbed out the spear one after another, trying to force back the soldiers of the Western Chu army who were following behind. The knife and axemen were responsible for making up for the omissions. They chopped down and overturned the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had rushed into the shield formation by chance, and stabilized their positions in a blink of an eye, without giving the soldiers of the Western Chu Army any chance to disrupt the ranks of their own troops.

The situation turned into a stalemate in the blink of an eye. The spearman behind the shield was responsible for stabbing the enemy with a spear, and the long shieldman was responsible for gritting his teeth against the long shield, forming an iron wall in front of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army. No matter how the soldiers of the Chu army rushed and collided, they refused to give up an inch, and the spears stabbed one after another continuously pierced blood holes in the soldiers of the Western Chu army. The roars and screams continued one after another.

The Western Chu Army's frontal attack on the Han Army's right wing was actually just a diversionary feint attack, and the frontal stalemate had just occurred. Under Xiang Guan's command, the three thousand Western Chu Army infantry also quickly detoured back to the west of the Han Army's right wing position, from west to east. It hit the right flank of the Han army, and at the same time, the sun crossed the center of the sky and gradually moved westward. The sun directly hit the faces of the soldiers on the flank of the Han army, disturbing the sight of the soldiers of the Han army, while the Western Chu army was backlit. Offensively, the advantage in light is obvious.

It’s still okay, as early as when the Han army was in formation, the coach of the Han army, Uncle Zhou, had already considered this point, and specially arranged for the famous general of the Han army, Chong Da, to lead the elite troops to line up on the right wing, to protect the most likely to be attacked by the enemy. The right-wing position of the strong attack, so even though the soldiers of the Han army were at a disadvantage in terms of light, they still relied on the superiority of their soldiers to block the attack of the Western Chu army again with dense formations and long shields, and also did not cause any chaos for the Western Chu army. Opportunity to list.

But this is just the beginning. Xiang Guan, who was the last of the Xiang family's children to leave Xiang Kang's side, was known for his bravery. Da's army repulsed the first wave of attack from the Western Chu Army, and the second round of soldiers from the Western Chu Army had already shouted to kill them, like two iron fists, one from south to north, and the other from west to west. East, hit the front and west of the Han army's position heavily.

"Stand firm! Stand firm!"

"Hold it! No one is allowed to retreat! Hold it up for me!"

The generals of the middle and lower ranks of the Han army shouted hoarsely, and the supervisory team with sharp axes also stared at the tiger behind the formation, ready to kill the Han soldiers who fled timidly at any time. When his comrade fell down, he immediately stood up on top of his chest, forming a steel defense line with his flesh and blood, and resisted the crazy attack of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army. There were streaks of scalding blood, and occasionally a soldier of the Western Chu Army rushed through the shield formation of the Han Army by chance, causing a scuffle among the dense crowd of Han Army soldiers, and the fight was terrific.

Zhou Yin, the coach of the Western Chu Army, also focused his attention on the right wing of the Han army. His falcon-like eyes were fixed on the tragic battlefield, and he hoped that the deadlock would be broken quickly so that the soldiers of the Western Chu Army could rush to the right wing of the Han army as soon as possible. Lay the victory.But to Zhou Yin's disappointment, the Han army's right-wing position was like an iron wall, standing still in front of the impact of the Western Chu army, and there was no sign of loosening.

There is also something that makes Zhou Yin helpless, that is, even if he deliberately let the Jibei Army with less combat power line up on his right flank, the treacherous Uncle Zhou always pretended not to see it, and refused to send troops to attack. The Jinbei Army position, which was relatively easy to win, has always been on the defensive, allowing the Western Chu Army to attack the right wing of the Han Army without moving.

Zhou Yin also vaguely understood Uncle Zhou's intentions, knowing that Uncle Zhou believed that he had completely angered him, and wanted to lure him to launch a full-scale attack. He would first take a defensive position to consume his main soldiers and morale, and then wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack to win.But it’s useless to understand. Although Zhou Yin was not completely angered by the Han army, the sudden change made Zhou Yin have to seize the opportunity of the Han army’s initiative to fight and strive for victory with all his strength.

"Should we let the Jinbei army also rush up and put pressure on the left wing position of the Han bandits?"

This idea once appeared in Zhou Yin's mind, and then considering that the combat effectiveness of the Jibei Army was relatively weak, the chances of succeeding in a forced charge were very small. Once it failed and was defeated by the Han Army, it would definitely affect the strength of the Western Chu Army. The morale of the army is not good for this important battle. Zhou Yin can only resolutely dispel this idea, and after careful consideration for a while, he ordered to the soldiers: "Go and send an order to Tian Xin of the Jibei Army to send troops to fight. Lured the left-wing army of the traitors to attack his army."

The Jibei Army is not sure that it can take the left wing position of the Han army alone. However, if the left wing Han army attacks the Jinbei Army's position, the Jibei Army is at least sure to hold the left wing Han army for a long time, and even lure the Han army to increase its strength. Soldiers on the left wing, trying their best to win the most promising position of the Jibei Army. Zhou Yin very much hoped that the Han army would focus on the flanks, so he ordered the Jibei Army to lure the left-wing Han army to take the initiative to attack at all costs.

Just after receiving Zhou Yin's order, Tian Xin also immediately understood that Zhou Yin was determined to use his own army as bait. Although he was not very happy, but for the sake of the overall situation, Tian Xin gritted his teeth and sent a team of 500 people to fight , ran to the front of the left-wing Han army and shouted at the battle, in an attempt to lure the left-wing Han army to send troops to fight, took the opportunity to feign defeat to lure the enemy, and lured the Han army to take advantage of the victory to rush into the battle to complete the order that Zhou Yin gave to him.

He is also a master of tactics, just when he saw the Jinbei Army take the initiative to send troops to fight, Uncle Zhou immediately understood Zhou Yin and Tian Xin's tactical intentions. General Wang Ling went to order and told him clearly that the Jibei bandit army wanted to lure him into attacking the formation, and told him not to be fooled, but also to think of a way for me to try to lure the Jibei bandit army to attack our left-wing position. .”

The nine sons of Longsheng are different, and they are all from Pei County. If Liu Laosan received such an order, he would definitely send troops to fight immediately, and then even more shamelessly preemptively feign defeat, and in turn lure Ji The Northern Army pursued the victory.Wang Ling was different. After receiving Uncle Zhou's order, Wang Ling just made some calculations and immediately called the love general Lou Fan (not a person's name, it was the honorific title for a marksman at that time, Similar to Jebe in Mongolia), he told him: "Lou Fan, you go out alone, and kill the five hundred leaders of the bandit army!"

The thick-waisted and round-armed Lou Fan didn't speak, just arched his hands, raised a strong bow, and mounted his horse to go out. He rushed to the 500 Jinbei Army team who were shouting and cursing in front of the Han army alone. In the army, there was only one man and one horse out of the formation, so it was inevitable that Lou Fan took the opportunity to get within a hundred paces of the Jibei Army's formation, and quickly found the five hundred commanders of the Jibei Army who were standing in the front of the formation, and drew his bow and arrow. An arrow was released, and the feathered arrow pierced through the air, hitting the face of the five-hundred-year-old. The five-hundred-year-old screamed and fell to the ground, dead on the spot. The soldiers of the Jibei army were in a commotion, and the Han army was full of cheers. Morale was greatly boosted.

Not to mention, after one arrow shot dead the five hundred commanders of the Jibei Army, Lou Fan quickly released two more arrows, hitting two soldiers of the Jibei Army one after another. The soldiers ran away in fright, and the soldiers of the Han army even cheered loudly, taunting the Jibei army constantly.

Seeing this scene, even the coaches of the two sides, Uncle Zhou and Zhou Yin, were taken aback. Uncle Zhou said in surprise, "When did this king's tomb have such a sharpshooter under his command? It's amazing!"

"Who dares to go out and kill that traitor archer for me?!"

Tian Xin yelled with a livid face, and it turned out that there were also capable people in the Jibei Army. A well-known sharpshooter in the Jibei Army rushed out quickly, raised his bow and rushed to the nearby building to draw his bow. Lou Fan was not in a hurry to release the arrow, and even sneered with his arms folded, letting the Jibei Army archer shoot the arrow first, and then the Jibei Army archer shot an arrow, and Lou Fan dodged sideways, avoiding the arrow. While firing the arrow, he grabbed the feathered arrow shot by the Jibei Army archer and put it on his own bow.

"it is good!"

Cheers reappeared in the formation of the Han army, but the archer of the Jibei army, who shot an arrow in the air, turned around and ran away subconsciously. The vest of the northern army shooter, the Jibei army shooter staggered and fell, and was killed on the spot. Lou Fan raised his bow to demonstrate, and the Han army officers and soldiers cheered even louder, but the Jinbei army was in an uproar, and their morale plummeted. There were also whispers among the soldiers in the formation, and morale was also greatly affected.

The morale can not be discouraged. Seeing that the morale of the Jibei Army has been setback, not responding will definitely further affect the morale of the army, making the already unreliable Jibei Army even more unreliable. Zhou Yin can only change his mind and send people again Send an order to Tian Xin, ordering Tian Xin to mobilize the army to attack the left wing of the Han army, and then send someone to Xiang Guan to send an order: "Strengthen the attack, before the three quarters of Shen Shi, we must send the commander to harass the right wing of the Han bandits. position!"

Most of the Xiang family's children are very reliable in fighting tough battles, and Xiang Guan is one of them. After receiving Zhou Yin's order, Xiang Guan just made some calculations and immediately ordered the recall of the attackers whose physical strength and morale were greatly reduced. The army in front of the formation asked them to regroup, and then immediately rotated two troops forward to attack the front and west of the Han army's right-wing position again. Offensive, using the superiority of the troops in their hands, stormed the right wing of the Han army with only about [-] troops.

No way, the right-wing position of the Han army is too tenacious. Even if the Western Chu army took turns taking turns to charge the formation, it only forced a few Han troops to change from a 500-man square formation into a circular formation, and it still could not shake the strength of the Han army. The right-wing position, on the contrary, paid a considerable price for it, and many soldiers were killed and injured.

However, in comparison, Xiang Guan's army has already played quite competitively, at least it has the upper hand on the scene. Unable to withstand the fierce counterattack and dense feather arrows of the Han army, they were forced to retreat to the distance to regroup.Seeing this, Zhou Yin was furious, and immediately sent his own soldiers to the Jinbei army to scold Tian Xin. Tian Xin's face was also green and black, and he immediately sent someone forward to behead the general who led the army ineffectively. The former army was forced to charge again, and then another [-] troops were thrown forward, and the troops were divided into two groups to attack the front and east positions of the left-wing Han army.

As a result, the scale of the battle was further expanded. The Chuji allied forces attacked left and right, and stormed the left and right wings of the Han army. With the strength of the milk, he desperately greeted the enemy with the weapon in his hand. The spear and sword kept piercing the human body, the war spear pecked through the armor, and the hook overturned the human body. , Shooting and wounding the opponent's soldiers, the fierce shouts of killing were deafening.

Among them, the most fierce one is of course the right wing position of the Han army. The Western Chu army who stormed the right wing of the Han army is not only powerful in combat effectiveness, but also has a more determined and determined attitude than the Jibei army on the left wing. It has been suppressing the Han army from the beginning to the end. With the continuous strengthening of the offensive forces, they continued to infiltrate from the transition point of the Han army's formation to the Han army's formation, directly threatening the safety of Chongda's own team, and forced the two thousand troops lined up behind the infantry phalanx. The right-wing cavalry of the Han army retreated slowly to avoid contact with the attacking infantry of the Western Chu army.

Fortunately, the right-wing army of the Han army, which was attacked by the Western Chu army, was very reliable. No matter how frantically the Western Chu army attacked, the position was only slightly shaken, and there was no sign of collapse.On the left-wing battlefield on the other side, the situation of the Han Army's Royal Tomb was much better. It forced back the Jinbei Army's advancing army twice. You can launch a counterattack to the Jibei Army.

The time soon approached the third quarter of Shenshi, and seeing that Xiang Guan's troops still hadn't been able to disrupt the right-wing position of the Han army, Zhou Yin gradually became anxious, and secretly said: "The Han thieves came prepared, and they must have prepared enough. The dry rations and torches, our army is insufficiently prepared, and the soldiers did not rest well last night, the longer this decisive battle is dragged on, the situation will definitely be more unfavorable to us, and we must take risks."

After making up his mind, Zhou Yin gritted his teeth and yelled at the soldiers next to him: "Call out the banner, send an order to Xiang Guan, and tell him to launch a general attack. No matter what, I will crush the right wing of the Han bandits for this commander!" Thieves!"

The command banner of the Western Chu Army was raised, and Xiang Guan, who had planned this for a long time, did not even blink his eyelids. He immediately shouted and ordered the beating of the drums, and personally led the rest of the army to launch a general attack on the right-wing position of the Han Army.Uncle Zhou didn't panic when he saw him in the Han army flag formation, and said with a smile: "It's only at this time that I can hold my breath. If I were replaced by other mediocre generals, I'm afraid they would have already attacked my right wing with all their strength."

Not long after, Xiang Guan's troops of the Western Chu Army had also killed the Han army's right-wing position. The right-wing Han army did not dare to be careless when they saw that the enemy was not approaching well, and immediately turned all the infantry phalanxes into large and small Different circle formations, the most defensive circle formation arrived at the enemy's offensive, while the Western Chu army was like a tide, quickly submerging the Han army's right wing position, and the big and small circle formations surrounded by the Han army kept on attacking, with red eyes The right wing position of the Han army must be forcibly torn apart.

The situation on the left wing is still a little better. Although seeing the Western Chu Army launch a general offensive on the right wing, the morale of the Jibei Army has been encouraged to a certain extent, and the offensive has also been strengthened. However, the combat effectiveness of the Jibei Army has always been inferior to the Han Army and the Han Army. The Western Chu army took the lead, but only had a slight upper hand on the scene. After this momentum, the Jinbei army's offensive also began to slow down significantly. retreat.

At this time, he first took a look at the right-wing position of the Han army, and saw that although Chongda's troops had been completely suppressed by the Western Chu army, they had successfully restrained the left-wing army of the Western Chu army, making it impossible for Xiang Guan to come in for reinforcements. On the other battlefields, Uncle Zhou nodded in satisfaction, and said to himself, "It's time for Mr. Zhou Yin to see some hope."

After saying that, Uncle Zhou immediately ordered people to raise the banner, and ordered the left-wing Wangling of the Han Army to launch a charge and counterattack the Jinbei Army's position. Then Wangling's army did not disappoint Uncle Zhou. With just a counterattack, they successfully killed the army. The charging army of the Jinbei Army was defeated, and then shouted to charge the Jinbei Army's position.

"Uncle Zhou, you are finally willing to do it!"

After roaring excitedly, Zhou Yin didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately shouted: "Give Tian Xin a banner, tell him to stick to his position, and don't take a step back! Then send an order to Xiang Sui, tell him to adjust the queue, let him The convoy is at the front, get ready to charge!"

As you can see, Zhou Yin's tactical intentions are finally no longer concealed, which is to let the two wings attack and defend, let the Jinbei army, which is slightly weaker in combat power, take a defensive position, entangle the left wing soldiers of the Han army, and let those who are good at fighting tough battles take a defensive position. Xiang Guan took an offensive to suppress the right wing of the Han army, and finally put the chariot soldiers with the most powerful impact at the front to attack the Han army's center position head-on, and then no matter whether it was the left-wing battlefield or the frontal battlefield, as long as there was a breakthrough in one battlefield, The Western Chu army can be sure of victory in this decisive battle!

Uncle Zhou, a master tactician, also made a fatal mistake at this moment. Even though he had clearly seen that the Western Chu army had made adjustments in the position of the Chinese army and pushed the chariot soldiers with sharper blades to the front to line up, Uncle Zhou also The left-wing army was not withdrawn as a precaution, and the left-wing Han army led by Wang Ling was still allowed to charge with all its strength, bumping into the solid position of the Jibei Army.

As expected, the Jibei Army did not disappoint Zhou Yin. Even though the quality of individual soldiers and the overall combat effectiveness were not as good as those of the Han Army, they still relied on dense crossbows and solid shields to withstand the violent impact of the left-wing Han Army and were not defeated by the Han Army. Rush directly, even if the position is obviously shaken, it still temporarily restrains the Han army on the left wing-this is exactly Zhou Yin's purpose, not asking the Jibei army to win, as long as they can temporarily entangle the Han army on the left wing, The main force of the Central Army of the Western Chu Army can only fight for time!
"God bless, we must let our chariot soldiers break through the positions of the Han bandits' central army, and tear open the gap for our infantry brigade."

After silently praying in his heart, Zhou Yin decisively issued an order to let the front team of the Western Chu Army's central army charge. He roared: "At all costs, even if it means losing all the chariots, I must smash the front of the Chinese army of the Han bandits and open the way for us to advance!"

Li Zi clasped his hands solemnly in the car, and sang his promise loudly: "Don't worry, general, if you can't break through the front line of the Han bandits, without the general's hands, the last general will kill himself and apologize."

"Go." Xiang Sui waved his hand on the horse, and then shouted: "Beat the drum, attack!"

The drums sounded, and the heavy armored chariots of the Western Chu Army, which totaled more than [-] vehicles, set off first. They trotted forward at first, and then gradually accelerated. Xiang Sui led the infantry brigade of the Western Chu Army to follow closely, striding towards the Han army with a solemn expression. The Chinese army's position was advancing, with a pair of sharp eyes, still staring at Zhou Shushuai's flag next to Chidao in the north, with murderous aura rising from his body.

At the same time, in the formation of the Han army, seeing that the Western Chu army finally dispatched chariot soldiers to charge, Uncle Zhou also smiled slightly, then waved his hand, and ordered the soldiers around him to display the banner. Immediately, [-] cavalry each rushed out, riding their horses directly to the front of the Western Chu army chariot convoy.

Watching the Han army's central position nervously all the time, Zhou Yin of course discovered the movement of the Han army cavalry at the first time. After quickly confirming that the Han army cavalry was coming towards the formation of his own army's chariots, Zhou Yin was still stunned. He froze for a moment, then laughed wildly, and said, "Uncle Zhou, are you crazy or stupid? You actually want to block my chariot with cavalry? Your cavalry and horses are made of iron, and they can stop my chariot." Car hit?"

Laughing wildly triumphantly, Zhou Yin suddenly remembered an important question, his face turned pale as paper, his whole body was like ice, cold sweat even broke out on his forehead, and he couldn't help but said in his heart: "Isn't it? Could it be that Uncle Zhou is waiting for my commander to gather his chariots and charge them into battle? If he uses that method, not only will my chariot soldiers die in vain, it may even be the other way around..."

(End of this chapter)