Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 469 Bloody Night
But if there is still a little hope, the decision-makers of the Chuji coalition will not make up their minds to break out so quickly.

But there is no way, the Chu-Ji coalition is really hopeless, the Jibei Army, which is small and profitable, can no longer afford a decent army to come for reinforcements, and the Western Chu Army, which has accumulated a small defeat into a big defeat It has long been seriously injured, and the mobile force is stretched. Even if a little more troops can be formed in Jiangdong and Huainan, they don't know when they will be able to go north to rescue the trapped Chu-Ji coalition forces-and what's worse, the talents are gradually withering In the rear of the western Chu army, there is no longer a decent general to lead the reinforcements and take on the heavy responsibility of rescue.

In the end, the originally hopeful Qi rebels were also defeated by the Han army halfway, which completely shattered the last hope of the Chuji coalition forces to get reinforcements nearby, so the decision-makers of the Chuji coalition forces had no choice but to It was decided to take advantage of the temporary decline in the overall strength of the Han army to launch a breakthrough and retreat overnight to keep the last viable force of the Western Chu side on the northern front.

Fortunately, although this major decision was made at dinner time, the Chuji coalition forces, who knew the situation was not good, had actually made corresponding preparations long ago, and the army had been stockpiling a large number of Torches for night battles and dry food for three days, as long as they are distributed quickly, will be enough for more than 9 soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army to retreat directly to the Wenshui line without having to light fires and cook. The things already loaded on the car in advance, can go south with the army at any time, so it only takes at most an hour to make the final preparations, and the Chuji coalition forces can directly abandon the camp and launch a breakout.

The biggest problem is how to keep the army as much as possible. Of course, it is impossible to break out of the encirclement of the Han army without suffering some losses. After the west of the Taishan Mountains, the Chu-Ji Allied Forces still have a high degree of confidence to move southward in formation, and it is almost impossible to be wiped out by the Han army.

Because of this, Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others quickly discussed and decided to divide the troops into four teams to break through, and let Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han, the most brave generals among the Xiang family's children, lead 2 troops as pioneers, and Tian Da led The remaining more than [-] Jinbei Army formed the second team, Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan led the main force of the Western Chu Army as the third team, and Ji Bu, who was also good at fighting tough battles, led an army of [-] troops to form the fourth team.At the same time, Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others sent an order to the whole army early, clearly requesting the soldiers who were unfortunately separated on the way to break out of the encirclement to go south by themselves and join the brigade in Boyang.

The breakout time was chosen by Xiang Zhuang and others to be in the middle of the night, that is, midnight at midnight. They planned to break through the Han army's heavily guarded Hero Mountain defense line before dawn, and move to the relatively open terrain west of Hero Mountain. Sufficient light at dawn, in response to the ambush that the Han army dispatched to the southwest with great fanfare during the day, was most likely to ambush in Qinglong Mountain.After a lot of intensive preparations, before the third watch, the Chuji coalition forces were ready for the final breakout.

At the time of the third correction, more than 9 generals and soldiers of the Chuji coalition army followed the order and took the time to eat the last supper before the breakout and replenished their drinking water. The wine said to each other to take care, and told each other to return to Boyang alive to reunite. Many people even shed tears.Then after the first moment of the third watch, the main generals of the Chuji coalition returned to their respective teams, waiting patiently for the agreed breakout time.

Zero o'clock finally arrived, and with the rapid fall of the flag of the Chinese army's tent commander, the breakout of the Chuji allied forces officially began. After all the camp gates that had been closed for a long time were suddenly opened, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han, generals of the Western Chu Army, walked out of the camp gate side by side. , The soldiers of the Western Chu Army immediately followed quickly. Without lighting the torches, relying on the moonlight in the sky, they quickly completed the assembly of the camp, and then lined up and rushed to the Han army's defense line at the foot of the northwest mountain.During this period, the Jinbei Army led by Tian Da also went out of the camp as quickly as possible to assemble, ready to take on the heavy responsibility of backup.

The front team of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han secretly rejoiced. They had already rushed to the side of the Han army blocking the road. When the soldiers of the Western Chu Army began to set up the trench boards on the trench, the sound of the gong alarm from the soldiers of the Han Army sounded behind the wall of sheep and horses opposite the trench. Han army sentries behind the sheep and horse wall.

Relying on the first-mover advantage of the sudden attack, the death squads of the Western Chu Army easily killed the night-duty troops of the Han Army who hurriedly got up to intercept them, and did not give the Han Army soldiers a chance to block them to death across the trench. There was a lot of shouting and killing, and the Han army camp behind the sheep and horse wall was also full of gongs, and the beacon fire set up in the high place of the camp was hurriedly lit to warn the Han army troops in other camps, causing several Han army camps around Zhong also sounded the alarm sound of gongs one after another quickly.

Seeing this situation, the front team of the Western Chu Army certainly did not dare to be negligent. In addition to constantly stepping on the trench planks to charge across the trench to reinforce the death squads, they also threw the bundles of firewood brought by the army into the trench one after another to urgently open up a more spacious trench. the way.At the same time, seeing that the whereabouts had been leaked, the soldiers of the Chu-Ji Allied Forces immediately lit torches in an emergency to increase the lighting light and charge down the mountain at full speed, shouting and rushing to the Jinjiling Northwest position, which is the key defense of the Han army.

It still made the front team of the Chuji coalition army ecstatic. Under their lightning-like impact, the Han army camp that bore the brunt was easily broken through the gate by them. The Han army soldiers who got up in a hurry did not Dare to fight, they rushed out of the camp and fled to other camps to ask for help. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army did not hesitate to set fire to the tents, luggage and fortifications in the Han army camp, destroying the Han army camp and destroying it. Create more flares to illuminate the rear team.

The soldiers of the front team of the Western Chu Army fought smoothly, but after seeing the first camp of the Han army quickly ignited, Han Xin, who was accompanying Xiang Zhuang to lead the troops out of the camp, changed his face and blurted out: "No! Good! How did it go so smoothly?"

"Are you crazy?" Xiang Zhuang turned his head when he heard Han Xin's scream, and said doubtfully, "Is it so smooth? Does it have to be bad?"

"Zuo Sima misunderstood, the last general didn't mean that." Han Xin quickly explained: "The last general just thought it was too weird to go smoothly. The Han bandit camp that caught fire was the first line of defense for the Han bandits to stop us from going down the mountain. In case of buying time for the bandit army behind, Zhou Shupifu will definitely send the most reliable elite troops to garrison this camp, and it is absolutely impossible for us to take this camp so easily. Now the situation is completely different. Same, that's why the general felt that the situation was wrong."

After listening to Han Xin's analysis, Xiang Zhuang also immediately realized that there was something wrong with the situation, and hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?"

"For the sake of caution, we'd better stop breaking out immediately." Han Xin said hastily: "It's best to call for gold immediately and withdraw our troops."

At the critical moment when Xiang Zhuang's decision-making ability was tested, Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's already reached this point, it's a pity to give up, let's continue to break through, and think about it if it doesn't work."

At the critical moment of life and death, Han Xin did not want to argue with Xiang Zhuang, but immediately changed his words and said: "If Zuo Sima must continue to break through, it is fine, but our plan needs to be adjusted. Please Zuo Sima immediately give General Ji Bu an order to let him temporarily Stop going out of the camp, and hold the camp for us until we confirm that the traitors are not fully prepared, and then send an order to let him out of the camp!"

Xiang Zhuang also knew that Han Xin was thinking about the safety of the army, so he nodded immediately and sent someone to send an order to Ji Bu. Ji Bu, who was worried that his army would be isolated, was of course furious, but he had no choice but to With a pale face, he accepted Xiang Zhuang's order.

At this time, the front team of the Western Chu Army had already crossed the first line of defense of the Han Army, and rushed to the second line of defense of the Han Army to the west. It turned out that it was here that the front team of the Western Chu Army encountered the tenacity of the Han army soldiers. In the blocking, he was shot by dense feather arrows and suffered heavy casualties. He failed to cross the second deep trench that blocked the Han army in one fell swoop.However, when things got to this point, the two generals Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han had no choice but to urge the soldiers of the Western Chu Army to step forward bravely and attack the second line of defense of the Han Army at all costs.

At the same time, the Jibei Army has also rushed to the front of the first line of defense of the Han Army, and relying on the road opened by the front team, it easily crossed the trench, sheep and horse wall position, and Xiangzhuang at the back judged by the light of the torch He didn't dare to hesitate about the movement of the Jibei Army, and immediately ordered the main force of the Western Chu Army to go down the mountain and charge, leaving only Ji Bu's rear team to temporarily guard the Jinjiling Camp.

In this situation, Han Xin's face was gloomy, his sharp eagle eyes were fixed on the second line of defense of the Han army, and he thought to himself: "If we can successfully take down the second camp of the Han bandits, then we can say anything. It can be immediately proved that the Chinese bandits were indeed ill-prepared to allow us to successfully break through their first line of defense, but if we cannot take down the second camp of the Chinese bandits, then we will be in big trouble."

After a while, relying on the all-out attack at all costs, the front team of the Western Chu Army finally broke through the second trench and the sheep and horse wall defense line of the Han Army, and killed the Han soldiers in this area. When the soldiers of the army continued to storm the second camp of the Han army, they were stubbornly blocked by the soldiers of the Han army. The dense feather arrows shot the soldiers of the Western Chu army, not to mention entering the Han army's camp, just wanting to touch the Han army. The gates of the camp are as difficult as climbing the sky.And after a little delay, the Jibei Army behind has also rushed to this battlefield.

Encountered such a situation, the two generals Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han had no choice but to discuss a little bit, and immediately led the army around the second camp of the Han army and continued forward, rushing towards the first camp of the Han army. The third line is also the last line of defense, making room for the Jinbei army behind to deal with the second camp of the Han army.

Luck abandoned Bingxian Han Xin at this moment. If he could go down the mountain a little later and continue to be in a condescending position after Xiang Zhuang went down the mountain, he could judge the movement of the front team of the Western Chu Army by the light of the torch, and immediately guessed that it was Chu. The Jilian army has completely fallen into the trap of the Han army.But by chance, when the front team of the Western Chu Army began to bypass the second camp of the Han Army and continued to move forward, Han Xin had already followed Xiangzhuang down the mountain. In the dark night, he could only see the torches in front of him, and he heard the sound of killing ahead. Zhentian, unable to quickly judge the movement of the front team of the Western Chu Army, naturally missed the last chance to save the Chuji Allied Army...

In the end, when they were intercepted more fiercely and tenaciously by Han soldiers in front of the last defense line of the Han army, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han vaguely realized that something was wrong, but it was too late to find out that something was wrong, and time was delayed again and again. Under the circumstances, the main force of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang Zhuang had also approached the second camp of the Han Army, and it was crowded with the front team of the Jibei Army that was silted here, making it extremely difficult to advance.At the same time, it was at this time that Han Xin confirmed that the second camp of the Han army was still firmly in the hands of the Han army soldiers...

"Zuo Sima, tonight is a trap! We can't delay any longer, call for gold immediately, or we will have no time to retreat!"

Han Xin pulled the reins of Xiangzhuang's horse and roared before he could finish his sentence. Suddenly, the battle drums rang out in the camp of the Han army's central army in the distance, and the flames shot up into the sky. Immediately afterwards, several nearby mountain tops also burst into flames. Han Xin Shocked at the sight, he blurted out again: "It's over!"

It was indeed over. Amidst the shouts of killing soaring into the sky, the dark mountains and forests on both sides suddenly became ablaze with torches. Countless Han soldiers rushed out with torches and shouted, and rushed at full speed to the gentle slope in the northwest of Jinji Ridge. Turned pale with shock, he quickly shouted: "Ming Jin quickly! Ming Jin returns to the camp!"

Jin Zheng's voice finally sounded around Xiang Zhuang, but the second and third teams of the Chu-Ji coalition army were in chaos, unable to respond in a hurry.On the contrary, Li Shang, the general of the Han army who led the army to guard the second camp, was extremely decisive. He immediately ordered the drums to be sounded, and personally led the army to fight out from the camp. The soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army were even more chaotic, scrambling to be the first to flee and trampled on each other, and there were many dead. The well-prepared Han army soldiers were struggling to kill, massacring the chaotic Chu-Ji coalition army like melons and vegetables. Soldiers.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Han army on the third line of defense of course also started to counterattack with all their strength, quickly throwing debris to pave the way, and crossed the trench to kill the front team of the Western Chu army. Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han were shocked when they saw it. Courage urged the soldiers to fight to the death with all their strength, but they still couldn't stop the endless stream of Han soldiers coming from the front, and they were quickly forced to retreat.

The situation is of course favorable to the well-prepared and sudden attack of the Han army. Although the third team of the Chuji allied forces retreated quickly and withdrew to Jinji Ridge to protect the road back to camp, the Han army officers and soldiers moved faster, and they were one step ahead of them. They rushed to the only gentle slope in the northwest of Jinji Ridge, blocking the Chuji allied army's way back to camp.Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and the others were shocked when they saw this, and they could only urge the troops to attack with all their strength, trying to fight a bloody way back to the camp.

Ji Bu, who was forced to stay on the mountain by Xiangzhuang before, was also very decisive. Seeing that the main force was in an ambush, even though he was not convinced and dissatisfied with Xiangzhuang's 1 people, he still decisively sent troops down the mountain to support the main force to retreat back to the camp.At the same time, the Han army commandos who had been ambushing in the surrounding area also began to attack from other small roads, trying their best to burn down the camp of the Chuji coalition army, completely smashing the last hope of the Chuji coalition army to return to the camp and continue to hold on.

One side blocked it with all its strength, while the other side charged with all its strength. Of course, the only gentle slope in the northwest of Jinji Ridge quickly turned into a hell of blood and fire. Grandma's strength is only to greet each other with weapons desperately, blood splatters, heads and limbs are constantly flying, and soldiers hugging each other rolling on the ground can be seen everywhere, and then they are quickly completely submerged by the tide-like crowd.

Relying on the local superiority of troops, the Chu-Ji coalition forces once gained the upper hand on the gentle slope battlefield. Soldiers continued to break through the blocking of the Han army and fled back to the mountain. After the infantry of the Han army gradually joined the battlefield, the soldiers of the Chu-Ji coalition army found out that they had encountered a group of humanoid monsters that could not be killed or injured at all, and were gradually overwhelmed by these humanoid monsters and the Han army wearing ordinary leather armor. The soldiers were blocked on the gentle slope, and they could no longer gather together to flee for their lives. Even if Xiang Zhuang personally led the army to charge, and Liu Laosan's peerless generals Fan Kui and Zhou Bo also rushed to the battle, there was no way to rush past the Han army. The interception of soldiers.

During this period, of course, the Han army was still coming in for reinforcements in an endless stream. Joining forces with the friendly forces that had entered the battlefield before, it gradually compressed the Chu-Ji coalition forces into the narrow space under Jinjiling Mountain like a flood ocean, but it was not enough. Well, because the south is the high mountains and densely forested Taishan Mountains, the Chuji coalition forces were under little pressure in the south, and they were constantly forced to move south during the fierce battle, slowly approaching the dense forests in the south.

Even without Han Xin's instructions, Xiang Zhuang certainly understood that the Han army wanted to drive his army into the mountains on purpose, replacing the soldiers with hunger, poisonous snakes and beasts, and deep mountains and old forests where the sun could not be seen, gradually weakening and eliminating the main force of the Chu-Ji coalition army. In order to prevent the vicious intentions of the Han army officers and soldiers from fulfilling their wishes, Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan and others have been working hard to restrain the army, leading the army to continue to charge back to the camp on Jinji Ridge, and dare not take the initiative to enter the southern mountain area that the Han army deliberately gave up.

It's a pity that Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan, Han Xin and others understand this truth, but their soldiers don't understand this point. Seeing that they can't get through the interception of the Han army's heavy armored soldiers, countless soldiers of the Chuji coalition army are urged by the consciousness of survival. , or one after another fled south into the mountains, looking for a way to escape in the mountains and forests, and there were many middle-level generals of the Chu-Ji coalition army.

In the end, because the Han army was unable to stop the heavy armored soldiers, and saw that the Han army continued to reinforce the gentle slope battlefield under the support of the former army, they blocked the way back to the camp of the Chuji allied army with more troops. Even Jibei Wang Tianda He also gritted his teeth and rushed to Xiangzhuang's commander-in-chief flag in the chaos, and shouted at Xiangzhuang with red eyes: "Zuo Sima, I can't go back! We still have hope, go southwest at any cost Face to face, go around the mountains and break through to Boyang! It counts as many troops as you can keep!"

"You go!" Xiang Zhuang replied resolutely, and said loudly: "Ji Bu and our tens of thousands of soldiers are still trapped on the mountain, I can't leave them alone and escape!"

"Don't be a fool, can you?" Tian Da roared angrily, "What hope do we have when things have come to this? Ji Bu and the others can only let them figure out a way to break out and escape for their lives. The rest of the Western Chu army is all up to you." If you don’t leave, our Jibei Army will not be able to break through the siege, and the remaining soldiers of the Western Chu Army will have to accompany you to die!”

Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a while, Han Xin who was beside him had already hugged him, and shouted at his guards: "What are you still doing? Protect Zuo Sima!"

Tian Da, who was counting on the Western Chu Army to join hands with him to escape, did not hesitate. He also rushed forward and joined forces with Han Xin to hold down Xiang Zhuang. He pulled up Xiang Zhuang's horse and walked to the southwest. Out of loyalty and love for Xiang Zhuang, not only did no one come to help Xiang Zhuang, on the contrary they swarmed up, forcing them to flee for their lives to the southwest where the Han army's blockade force was relatively weak. The troops of the Western Chu Army who were still looking at Xiangzhuang's flag also rushed to the southwest immediately, fighting for the last chance of survival at all costs.

"Let me go! Let me go! If you want to go, go! I can't leave the soldiers on the mountain to escape! Let me go! This is an order!"

Xiang Zhuang's wailing roar did not stop Han Xin, Tian Da and others from coercing him and leaving the rear army to flee for their lives. The Western Chu Army's rear army, Ji Bu's unit, who was still fighting on the gentle slope, of course could not hear Xiang Zhuang either. Seeing Xiang Zhuang's flag abandoning them and fleeing directly, countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army's rear immediately roared, cursing wildly at Xiang Zhuang who shamelessly abandoned them, Ji Bu's eyes were red with anger, Roaring loudly...

"Xiang Zhuang! You ruthless, shameless bastard! Stop fighting! Break out to the bottom of the mountain! Let's all run for our lives together!"

(End of this chapter)