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Chapter 128: Counterattack

Guanzhong in December, at the end of the cold year, is like a pot of boiling soup. People can't help but want to try it, but they are also afraid of burning their tongues.

After Zhang Han received Long Qie's emergency call, he quickly retreated from the Chencang line. However, his marching route was not directed to Fufeng, but to Xianyang, the old capital of Qin located in the rear.

The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.

Zhang Han decided to give it a try.

This year, he had had enough of the rolling eyes of the Chu people and the disdainful looks of the Qin people. This was an unbearable year for a general who had once made thousands of Qin soldiers look up to him.

December 23rd.

A large-scale rapid cooling was accompanied by a severe cold attack. Under the bad weather, part of Luo Jia's cavalry army encountered Zhang Han's army at Xiaohua Mountain in Wugong County. Zhang Han led a group of soldiers with Zhang Ping to flank the cavalry army, and the main force

After going down the Wei River, he finally broke through Li Yuan's pursuit and interception, and jumped out of the Qin army's encirclement. At this point, Long Qie, who was besieged in Fufeng, was completely trapped by the Qin army.

The general attack on Fufeng was delayed for two days due to weather conditions.

Encouraged by the great victory, 10,000 Qin infantry soldiers, under the personal command of Li Yuan, began the battle to climb the city with ramming chariots, huge trees and simple ladders.

The Qin army went out to fight, and the general Li Yuan stopped on horseback.

The forwards of the Qin army, who were attacking like a tidal wave, could be seen from a distance. The Qin army in large groups had crossed the long-range shooting distance of the archers and advanced towards the foot of the city wall. After a while, there were several fierce Qin army infantry.

The soldiers climbed up the ladder tied with wooden sticks, and then the sound of killing was submerged on the city wall, and then fell silent.

A group of Qin soldiers moved a chariot equipped with wooden wheels, aimed the giant wood on the vehicle at the city gate, and then hit the closed city gate again and again.

This is a standard ancient city siege.

There are no tricks, no tricks, and there are no narrative stories about the two armies confronting each other and the generals dueling each other. Maybe Long Qie intends to challenge him to a duel, but he can't even open the city gate now.

"Send the order: The west gate, the south gate, and the north gate will be besieged on three sides. The east gate area will be handed over to Colonel Luo's cavalry troops?" Li Yuan ordered lightly.

"Follow the general's order!" Luo Jia led the order and mounted his horse, raising a cloud of dust with his cavalry and disappearing into the wilderness.

"Next, the frontal attack on Ximen will be handed over to Colonel Han?" Li Yuan took a tiger charm and said to Han Xin, who was the first Colonel of the Qin Army.

"No!" Han Xin responded loudly. His expression was both excited and a little uneasy. This opportunity came so quickly and so suddenly, making him feel as if he was in a dream.

The besiegers must be guarded.

Leaving the east gate behind gave the Chu army in the city an illusion that they could escape, thereby weakening the will of the guards. This is clearly recorded in Sun Tzu's Art of War. Li Yuan followed the same example and sent the generals out, but Han Xin was dissatisfied.

Li Yuan's ability is even more admired.

The era of Sun Wu was not far away from the end of the Qin Dynasty. In this ignorant era when paper had not yet been invented and people only relied on bamboo slips and silk brocade to write, a military book often required several large baskets of bamboo slips to record it completely. This bamboo slip military book is

It is so laborious and troublesome. During the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it can be imagined how difficult it can be passed down and made known to people.

Those who can read the military books are already lucky, and those who can apply the strategies in the military books into practice are even more lucky among the lucky ones.

Han Xin is now fortunate enough to be that lucky man.

His future is limited.

——.

Inside Fufeng City.

After Long Qie, the general of the Chu army, killed several personal guards in despair, he stared at a pair of huge red eyes, holding a big sword, and personally guarded the front line of the city wall.

Looking out at the ranks of the Qin army outside the city, which were like a black and angry wave, Long Qie was angry at Zhang Han's betrayal, but also felt a sense of helplessness as fate played tricks on people.

Two years ago, in the small town of Yongqiu in Guandong, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's Chu army besieged Li You's Qin army. At that time, Long Qie was the vanguard general in the Chu army, and Li Yuan was the defender in the city.

A small military lord among them.

Offensive and defensive.

A kind of sadness of a dying prince welled up in the heart of Long Qie, a rough man, and he suddenly regretted accepting the order to station in Guanzhong. It turned out that Qingbu's choice was the right one. In the powder keg of Guanzhong, it was really difficult to escape unscathed.

It's too difficult.

"Yang Wu, beat the drum for me, general!" Long Qie shouted sharply.

"Da Chu, Da Chu, kill the enemy!" Urged by the rapid drumbeats, Long Qie ran towards the west gate city wall, and his broad body attracted the attention of several Qin army archers.

"puff!"

An arrow fell diagonally from mid-air, pierced Long Qie's armor, and brought up a bloody flower.

"Qin Gou, come on, come on again, Grandpa Long, you are not afraid of——!" Long Qie shouted, clenching the arrow shaft with his right hand and pulling out the triangular-pointed arrow.

"Da Chu, Da Chu!" Long Qie's bravery finally aroused the courage of the soldiers of the Chu army to fight. Faced with the tragic ending of death if you fight, and death if you don't fight, these former anti-Qin warriors have spent a long time.

The vigor is back again, but the only pity is that it comes too late.

Han Xin frowned. The first battle after taking over the infantry army was to face his old employer and former boss, which gave him a sense of intertwined identities.

At this moment on the battlefield, it seemed as if he was still in the red formation of the Chu army, facing the darkness of the Qin army; but now, what he had to face was the red that once made him proud.

"Everything has passed, and the Chu army in front of them is no longer the righteous army that resisted tyranny in the memory." Han Xin's head was filled with sadness.

In any case, he was once a member of the Chu army on the opposite side.

"Order the infantry of the front army to set up ladders in three groups and attack at the same time; the crossbowmen and archers fire ten times in a row to suppress it; the heavy armored infantry continues to smash the huge trees against the door without stopping -" Han Xin's voice was loud and clear,

In the ears of captains and marquises of all armies, there was an unquestionable shock.

"promise!"

"promise!"

"promise!"

The various branches of the Qin army led the captains and military lords to act according to the orders. Their good obedience allowed Han Xin's orders to be implemented as soon as possible, which made Han Xin feel sincerely happy.

In this situation, if we were in the Chu army, Han Xin would not be able to make the Chu soldiers surrender not only once, but even if he said it four or five times. This is the Qin army and its background under strict military rules.

The essential difference between the Chu army who are reckless and those who believe in personal bravery.

From a deeper sense, this represents two ideas for building an army. The former can train a well-disciplined and well-trained iron-blooded army, and can have a large number of mid- and low-level officers who are loyal to the generals, but it is difficult for them to do so.
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