Chapter 242

War drums beat.

The sound resounded on the yellow-brown ground where the grass was growing longer. A thin weed was trampled repeatedly by the feet of the Han soldiers. Every time it wanted to stand up, it was trampled hard again before it could stand up.

Go down.

Liu Bang, who had made up his mind to fight decisively, had red eyes and a pair of big hands with exposed veins tightly gripping the shaft of the chariot. When groups of soldiers wearing fiery red armor and carrying various weapons passed by the chariot,

Liu Bang couldn't help shouting loudly.

"The wind is strong, the wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, and the strong men are standing guard in all directions."

The desolate Chu tune and Liu Bang's hoarse voice made this Han army's war song spread quickly. Xia Houying, Xiao He and Lu Wan and other Han army generals moved their lips and hummed loudly according to the rhythm.

After a while, this song became the marching horn of the Han army.

Without the brave and fearless generals, Liu Bang used war songs to boost morale. In this decisive battle, the Han army almost came out in full force.

The more than 90,000 troops were divided into three parts by Liu Bang, of which 50,000 were the central army, which he personally led, while the actual command was left to General Xia Houying.

There are 20,000 people on the left wing, commanded by the newly promoted young general Jin She. Jin She is a doctor by Liu Bang's side. In terms of loyalty, he can be said to have good roots. Liu Bang does not have to worry about whether he will use his full strength or not.

There is no need to think about whether Jin She's left wing will become timid before fighting.

Under the influence of Chen Xi's mutiny, Liu Bang became more and more conservative in employing people, which caused a group of Han army's new generals to lose the best opportunity to prove themselves. The right wing of the Han army was handed over to the generals from Wuling.

The Yue general Mei Juan and the five barbarian generals of the Mei clan brought a total of 3,000 people this time. In addition to the more than 12,000 troops belonging to Mei Juan, the strength of the Han army on the right wing also reached 15,000.

About a thousand people.

That's what happened.

The heroic Liu Bang only left less than a thousand old and weak men to guard the camp. The other generals each carried more than ten days of dry food and their own personal valuables and embarked on the battlefield of death.

Even Xiao He, a civilian official in charge of logistics, followed Liu Bang, and he no longer needed to worry about the internal affairs of Yingdu.

If the Han army wins this battle, everything will be fine.

If he were defeated, Xiao He would not need to return to Nanjun to face a series of headaches. In order to raise food and fodder for a hundred thousand troops, Xiao He could be said to have used various methods, including intimidation, threats, promises, etc.

With his own tricks, after writing an unknown amount of bad checks and plundering the little surplus grain that many people in Nanjun had for the summer and autumn, Xiao He left with the people of Nanjun scolding him in unison.

It is conceivable that no matter whether the Han army wins or not, an unforgettable summer awaits the people of Nanjun. By then, hungry corpses will be everywhere and the population will decrease sharply.

You must know that during the four-year war between Chu and Han in history, countless Qin people in the Guanzhong area starved to death in order to support Liu Bang's hundreds of thousands of troops fighting on the front line. This fact has been recorded in many history books since the Han Dynasty.

There is no clear record. If it were not for the uprightness of the great historian Sima Qian who was castrated, no one would have mentioned how the people in Guanzhong lived after the three chapters of the treaty.

For the Confucian scholars who praise the Han Dynasty, they prefer to talk about the allusion of the three-chapter agreement made by the great ancestor Liu Bang when he entered the Pass. As for whether this agreement is implemented, it is completely out of the scope of consideration.

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Yushui downstream.

Five miles east of Wollongong is a natural grassland with green grass and open terrain. It is close to Chidao and is in the center of the Qin and Han armies. Naturally, it inevitably became the Qin-Han area.

The main battlefield of the decisive battle.

The morning mist dispersed.

Gan Yong tightly held the bronze sword in his hand. He ordered his soldiers to line up in front of the formation with some uneasiness. On his left, there was also a Qin army of 1,000 soldiers forming a square formation. Further away,

Looking from afar, the Qin army's phalanxes appeared one after another, as if they had been copied.

Qin general Han Xin served as the commander-in-chief of the left army facing the enemy head-on. His banner was behind Gan Yong's troops. This arrangement showed that Han Xin had unusual confidence in the troops under his command.

Under the banner, Han Xin looked around and saw a red sun rising in the sky, illuminating half of the sky with clouds that were extremely red. In the distance, Han soldiers, also wearing red military uniforms, ran towards them shouting.

A strong wind blew, causing the Qin army's battle flags behind Han Xin to ring fiercely, and whimpering horns sounded everywhere, making the upcoming battlefield look particularly empty.

"Marquis Wu has an order. Today's battle will affect the life and death of the entire army. All generals and generals must obey the order. If there is any violation, they will all be punished and enforce the military law." The supervisor Sima who passed through the military formations shouted loudly. This voice

Against the background of the heavy breathing of the Qin army soldiers, it looked particularly clear.

The center of the Qin army's formation.

Shenwu Hou Li Yuan was carefully looking at the Han army's formation. Beside him, scouts and cavalry returned from time to time along the edge of the square formation. What they brought back was the Han army's defense and formation.

If you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles with no danger.

In this decisive battle where no one could guess the outcome, Li Yuan was trying his best to collect as much intelligence as possible to provide reference for the upcoming war.

"Report, General Han from the front army reported that the right wing of the Han army is close to less than one mile of our army's formation. General Han asked if he would send a group of troops to fight against the enemy."

"Tell Han Xin that the general is out and military orders are not given to him. Let him make his own decision." Li Yuan ordered without looking back.

Han Xin was a former army general and the main force of the Qin Army's 50,000-strong southern expedition. In terms of his personal abilities, Li Yuan felt that he did not need to teach him anything. As for on-the-spot command, Li Yuan also believed more in the abilities of generals at all levels.

Use your own judgment and intuition. This kind of intuition will often influence the course of the battle.

Han Xin and Mei Juan.

The collision between these two generals kicked off the decisive battle between the Qin and Han armies.

The arrogant Barbarians were good at running, so the right-wing Han army, dominated by them, gradually became the most advanced army. When the Barbarians, who were not very particular about military discipline, saw the Qin army waiting in full formation, they were stunned.

His eyes were shining with excitement, as if these Qin people were the Qin soldiers who were shot by them in the Lingnan jungle.

"Brother, look at those Qin people. After several years, they are still setting up those bullshit square formations. They really haven't made any progress at all." Beside Mei Juan, a strong and powerful man shouted loudly.

"Mei Niudu, go and charge at it. Remember, if you encounter the Qin's crossbow troops, don't resist, come back quickly." Mei Juan, the right wing general of the Han army and the leader of the Yue people, is in his forties and not tall.

But he looks very distinctive. His forehead is very prominent and his eyes are somewhat sunken. His appearance is not quite the same as that of the Central Plains people. (To be continued...)
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