Chapter 42: Conquering with Speed
Xiang Yu, who was racing, had also discovered Han Xin's command carriage for more than a dozen times, bent his bow and arrow, pulled the bowstring to the fullest, and shot an arrow.
"Swoosh..." The sound of arrows breaking through the air and the sound of piercing into wood followed one after another. An arrow was shot on the carriage board of Han Xin. Because of its extremely sharpness, the tail of the arrow was still buzzing and vibrating continuously. If the arrow is a few inches taller, it can be shot into Han Xin's body.
When Xiang Yu bent his bow, the black horse under his crotch did not stop galloping. In a blink of an eye, it was already within ten battles of Han Xin's carriage. More than a dozen Han Xin guards rode their horses out to meet Xiang Yu.
Most of them use ring-headed swords, and a few of them have excellent equestrians use two-meter short guns.
The overlord roared, and several soldiers of the Unite were stunned by the loud shout. The overlord's halberd blade had arrived in front of him. "Puff...Puff...Puff" With a few sounds of flesh-shattering, four Han Xin's guard knights had been killed and down. At this time, a short spear had stabbed Xiang Yu.
The overlord laughed, shook his figure, held the halberd with one hand, grabbed the other with his other hand and grabbed the spear in the air. With a little force on his arm, the other party would fall off his horse. Then he was crushed by many Chu cavalry behind Xiang Yu. These Chu cavalry had also raised their horse spear and slashed and rushed hard, and all those who blocked were broken and died.
"King, go quickly. It's too late to leave if you don't walk anymore. Stay green mountains there, and you won't be afraid of burning firewood." Kuai Tong advised Han Xin again.
Why didn't Han Xin know this? It's just that he was unwilling to accept it. He just broke free from Liu Bang's shackles and encountered the first defeat in his life. And he lost to Xiang Yu, who was mocking him for only being brave. This is a reality he was unwilling to face.
"Tell me the king's order, the left wing will attack with all its might, the central army will retreat!" Han Xin had no choice but to give the order to retreat. After saying that, the driver on his carriage shook the reins and the carriage rushed to the northeast of Pengcheng. As he retreated, the Qi soldiers of the central army fled one after another, and the central army's retreat soon turned into a collapse.
Xiang Yu led three thousand elite cavalry to kill the defeated soldiers blocking the front, hoping to catch up with Han Xin. But at this moment, a scout from Ling Xin came to report that the left wing could not stand it anymore. At this time, most of the central army of the Chu army was composed of spearmen and could not complete the task of turning in time and returning to the left wing. Only the cavalry led by Xiang Yu could only complete the task of rescuing the left wing.
Xiang Yu had no choice but to give up pursuing Han Xin and led the entire army to rescue the left wing of the formation. At this time, the 500 snipers and 500 spearmen who sniped the right-wing cavalry of Qi had completed delaying the opponent for half a moment, but he had lost more than half of it and could only retreat into the central army's gun forest and shield wall. The entire Chu central army formed a circular defensive formation. Chen Xi's thousands of cavalry surrounded the central army from a distance for half a circle. When he saw that Han Xin had fled, he had no intention of fighting again and rode his horse away from the battlefield.
The left wing of the Qi army was under the front and back attack of Xiang Yu personally led the elite cavalry and the right wing of the Chu army. He also found that the commander and the central army had run away and were quickly completely defeated. Then Xiang Yu gathered all the cavalry to chase Chen Xi who was evacuating the last evacuated Chen Xi. Finally, the general Chen Xi, who was trying to cross the river, was catching up with him.
The first round of charge of the Chu cavalry dispersed Chen Xi's troops, which were completely dispersed. When Xiang Yu came back with Chen Xi's head, the sun had already set and the Chu army had already occupied Pengcheng.
Xiang Yu ordered the entire army to rest and continue to pursue Han Xin the next day. In fact, before dawn the next day, just after dinner, a team of fifty scouts of the order had already left the city at night to track down the traces of Han Xin's remaining troops.
Xiang Yu knew that if Han Xin was given half a year, he could recover his vitality in Qi and create an army of tens of thousands of people. If he gave him a month or two, he could gain a foothold in Qi and a few days. If he gave him a few days, he could set up a "tactical trap" to get rid of his pursuit.
Therefore, pursuing Han Xin and not giving him a chance to breathe is the best choice.
At dawn, Xiang Yu took An to sleep all night. The energetic five thousand tiger cavalry, the stalkers, and the three thousand selected sword and shield heavy infantrymen set off. Each of them brought five days of dry food. All the other soldiers were stationed in Pengcheng.
At this time, a general came forward to report: "King, we interrogated Qi army prisoners of war overnight last night and found a major news. Liu Bang was killed by Han Xin!"
Xiang Yu's heart fluctuated, and he didn't believe his ears and said, "Say it again, what's wrong with Liu Bang?"
"Liu Bang died, but was killed by Han Xin."
"Very good, now we can go after Han Xin with confidence." Xiang Yu said that, and led more than 8,000 soldiers to the northeast.
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Han Xin had 6,000 remaining soldiers around him, moving towards the northeast. He even walked in the dark at night. The defeated soldiers lost their supplies, and of course they had no food supplies. By midnight, the tired and hungry Qi soldiers could not hold on. No matter how Han Xin and the generals scolded and drove them, they stopped moving forward. Han Xin was afraid of being suppressed and caused a mutiny, so he had to order to rest on the spot. The number of people was counted again and found that more than a thousand were missing.
After the fierce battle during the day, the soldiers were already exhausted, and even the soldiers standing guard were wandering and drowsy. This was usually unimaginable in the Han Xin army with strict military discipline. At this time, Han Xin's remaining soldiers did not find the ghost figures in the surrounding forests, which was the Chu army's detention scout.
The next day, under the reprimand's scolding, the soldiers of Qi opened their sleepy eyes and continued to rush forward. Han Xin now only hopes that there is something to entangle Xiang Yu and no longer entangle him. As long as he is given a month or two, he can turn the situation around.
After a while, he arrived at Lanling County, but the city gate was closed and the garrison troops were guarding with weapons. In order to change to Japan, Han Xin could take down the small city in one day with 6,000 troops, but he didn't even have a day now.
Moreover, even if he captured Lanling, he did not dare to station the army in for rest, because Xiang Yu's pursuit troops were still behind and he was easily blocked after entering the city. This was also the reason why he did not escape into Pengcheng yesterday.
Now Han Xin just wanted to get some food from the city, so he ordered the soldiers to shout to the top of the city. After a while, a person came out of the city, and it was the magistrate of Lanling County.
"We are the army of the King of Qi. We are ordered by the king to collect food and grass in Lanling, and ask the county magistrate to raise it quickly and deliver it." The Qi army soldier shouted.
The county magistrate laughed and said, "I do not belong to Qi, nor do I recognize the Han Dynasty, nor do I recognize the King of Qi. This is Lanling County, belonging to Lu, and is the fief of King Xiang."
Chapter completed!