Section 72 The momentum is like a broken bamboo
The open plains make everything simple.
Ying Bu deliberately set up the temporary position in a place without any danger, so that he would drag Su Jiao here tightly, and then wait for Xiang Yu to lead the main force of the Chu army to rush over with the momentum of Mount Tai.
Suddenly, he was attacked by the north and south, and had no dangerous pass to defend, and the morale of the Sujiao Corps collapsed completely.
Wei Liao's decisive charge did not win much breathing time for Su Jiao. Two thousand soldiers only splashed a small wave in front of the huge Chu army cone charge formation and disappeared.
Wei Liao died.
He died under the spear of an enemy general.
Immediately, a fiery red flag with the two big words "Zhongli" embroidered by the words "Zhongli" stepped across his body and continued to move forward. Zhongli Mei - was the leader of the younger generals in the Chu army and the rising star that Xiang Yu admired the most. Perhaps, in a sense, as a member of the Sujiao Legion, Wei Liao could not escape the reality of becoming a victim of Sujiao underestimating the enemy, and his value should also end with his death, but the fact is not.
On the battlefield, any small change may cause huge shocks, and where does this change come from? Is it Jiyuan, Julu or Changyi?
After defeating Wei Liao's small troops with a vanguard, Xiang Yu's Chu army took the cavalry as the vanguard and began to rush to the imperial army deployed in the plain. At this time, Ying Bu and General Pu who heard reinforcements also organized the last bit of troops to counterattack. The Sujiao Corps, which had become the last force, collapsed.
Soon, red arrows like sharp arrows penetrated the black cloud formation. What Xiang Yu could see was that the red circles squeezed tighter and tighter, and finally broke the black clouds in the circle. After losing contact, a small group of soldiers from the northern legion lost all their fighting spirit. They actually began to abandon their weapons and surrender, which was rare in the history of the empire.
Su Jiao's central army was also trapped in it. For a general who was honored by ever-winning and never knew what it was like to lose, Su Jiao's mind was blank. He was completely stupid and even forgot to send special envoys to notify friendly forces before being annihilated.
The 50,000 army soon left only more than 5,000 people from Sujiao's guards. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Sujiao had to die for the defeated general.
Of course, even if an empire's soldier dies, he will die in battle on the way forward.
So, Su Jiao ordered the remaining soldiers to form a five hundred suicide squad, and he would personally lead them to the central location of the Chu army on the hill, and he would go to meet the opponent who defeated him for a while.
However, the Chu army, who had a clear understanding of his intentions, surrounded him from all directions. Su Jiao's charge was exhausted when he reached the foot of the hill. The Chu army attacked continuously with arrow rain. In less than a quarter of an hour, Su Jiao, the powerful general of the Northern Legion and his suicide squad, all died in the arrow bush.
The imperial army, which lost the command of the chief general, became even more chaotic, and the surrendered troops actually exceeded 20,000.
"The order: The captives are guarded by Yingbu and Lu Chen, and the other troops run to Julu!" Xiang Yu, who won the victory, did not stop, and the battle to annihilate the Sujiao Legion went smoothly. Now, the enemy troops in the Julu plains also have more than 50,000 Wang Li's army and about 20,000 idle logistics troops. What's more, the more than 100,000 Zhanghan's main force deployed in Jiyuan.
This is a good opportunity given by heaven. Wang Li, and Shuma and Zhang Han should not know that if they can quickly defeat Wang Li's army and unravel the siege of Julu, and then join Chen Yu's Zhao army and other vassals who come to help, no matter how strong Zhang Han's main force in Jiyuan is, it will be useless.
Ying Bu's troops suffered heavy losses in succession. Only 4,000 people could pick up weapons after one round of integration. Left the prisoners who were guarding more than 20,000 were reluctant to help them. However, Xiang Yu believed that Ying Bu's ability would definitely find a solution. As for Lu Chen, when he went to the battle in Pengcheng, he was the second largest figure in the Chu army after Song Yi. As the leader of the Cangtou Army, the largest number of people, he is now the only one who can threaten Xiang Yu's status.
Xiang Yu believed in force and did not like power and strategy. Of course, Fan Zeng was able to come up with such a strategy to remove the fire from the bottom of the pot.
At this time, the Chu army won a series of victories, and Xiang Yu's prestige had been recognized by the soldiers. Even if Lu Chen felt uncomfortable, he would never be able to turn against Xiang Yu in person.
Outside Julu City.
Wang Li's deployment is obviously much more clever than Su Jiao.
Although they were stationed in the plains and wilderness, there were more than 10,000 defenders of Zhao State in the city, and more than 40,000 Zhao troops from Chen Yu were confronting each other in the north of the city. Wang Li could still form layers of square formations, one after another, one supporting the other. Such alternate protection could allow the troops in the rear to remain in a complete alert state from the periphery. No matter which direction the enemy came from, Wang Li's regiment could give the opponent the most effective killing.
It was really difficult to siege the city of Julu, mainly because the front line was too long, and reinforcements from princes were watching each direction, which made Wang Li only able to distribute his troops evenly in the southeast, southwest and northwest. In this way, the purpose of siege was achieved, but the formation became increasingly thin.
What's worse is that two days ago, due to the continuous attack on the corridor, the grain and fodder transported from Jiyuan could not be delivered for a while, and the army had no food to be famine. Wang Li urgently ordered the intervening room to lead 20,000 soldiers to transport grain urgently. However, the corridor was cut off in many places, and the supply work was already in trouble.
When Wei Liao's emergency information was placed on Wang Li's desk, Wang Li, who was troubled by the grain shortage, made the biggest mistake in his life. He ignored it and swept it away because the staff of the Northern Legion mixed Wei Liao's military newspapers into a pile of documents to urge grain.
The fighter plane was fleeting, and while Wang Li missed the opportunity to turn the tables, the bell of doomsday had already ringed.
December 17th, dusk.
Wang Li, who had never received news about Su Jiao Legion, finally became anxious. When he once again found the military message reminded by Wei Liao from the piles of bamboo slips, it was too late.
"Call for help from Kasuhara immediately!"
"I'm sure you can notify the squad and be ready for the fight!"
Wang Li, who had a premonition of something wrong, was extremely happy. While warning to friendly forces, he personally led an elite force of more than 10,000 people to support Su Jiao. At this time, he had not expected that the Su Jiao Legion, which had a force of 50,000 troops, had already been wiped out three hours ago.
Chapter completed!