Chapter 454: Destroying the Han Army (Part 2)
With Zhou Bo's order, the Han army suddenly changed the direction of attack and began to launch a fierce attack on the Chu army on the left and right wings. While violently expanding its formation, a passage was also empty in the middle. Under the Han army's spared no effort to attack and expand, this passage was becoming wider and wider, and it was extending rapidly forward!
Half an hour later, when the imperial guards at the forefront were divided into two strands, a group of heavy cavalry wrapped in dark iron armor, including men and horses, finally slowly walked out of the dense forest of the Han army's rear formation. At this time, the passage of the Han army's infantry force expanded to a width that was enough to accommodate hundreds of cavalry in parallel. [w...
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The leading Han cavalry general raised his right hand and pressed forward. The black heavy cavalry behind him urged his horses to move forward and then slowly walked forward, then ran, and then ran quickly. In just a moment, more than two thousand heavy cavalry of the Han army had already crossed hundreds of steps and started the final rapid sprint!
In a flash, the Chu army was already in front of us.
The leading Han general raised his long sword and pressed down heavily. The 100 cavalry rushing to the top row pressed down the cavalry rifles in his hands. The more than 20 rows of heavy cavalrymen behind them drew out heavy double-edged heavy swords. More than 2,000 heavy cavalry were like a surging torrent of iron armor, violently crushing towards the central army of Chu, shaking the earth!
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Looking at the heavy cavalry of the Han army rushing forward, listening to the sound of horse hooves that were enough to make the earth tremble, Liu Bang's old face covered with old man spots suddenly had a sick flush. The Han Dynasty had such a majestic iron cavalry, what army could resist in this world? Xiang Zhuang'er, I have to see how you resist!
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Xiang Zhuang also looked solemn.
Xiang Zhuang must admit that the Han Dynasty did have an unmatched advantage in cavalry training that the Chu State had. In terms of fighting horses, Xiang Zhuang spent all his efforts to introduce Arab horses from the Middle East to improve Mongolian horses. But even so, among the ten thousand mixed-blood horses they cultivated, only dozens of war horses could be used to form heavy cavalry!
The heavy cavalry has very strict requirements on war horses. It not only requires speed, but also a strong body, at least eight feet tall and weighs at least three thousand kilograms (Qinjin). Only war horses of this physique can have sufficient carrying capacity, otherwise they will not be able to carry heavy cavalry at all, let alone charge.
Xiangzhuang introduced Arabian horses from the Middle East to improve Mongolian horse breeds. After more than ten years of accumulation, he barely formed a heavy cavalry of two thousand cavalry. [w.w.cm
|I&|] But Liu Bang directly introduced bloody horses from the Western Regions, and selected excellent war horses with outstanding physiques from a large number of Mongolian horses, and formed three thousand heavy cavalry within ten years!
However, if Liu Bang thought that heavy cavalry was an invincible existence, he would be very wrong!
Suddenly, the heavy cavalry of the Han army violently collided with the heavy armor of the Chu army in front. The heavy armor of the Chu army, wearing heavy armor and carrying a large shield, was instantly in conflict with the heavy cavalry of the Han army. The light soldiers of the Chu army hiding behind the heavy armor of the Chu army, the flying spear soldiers and archers were even more unlikely to resist the heavy cavalry of the Han army.
In less than a moment, more than two thousand heavy cavalry of the Han army rushed into the central army of Chu with an unstoppable force. When they were about to rush under the command chariot, the light soldiers of the Chu army who were finally blocking the Han army's heavy cavalry suddenly retreated to the left and right wings like a tide of ebbing. In the next moment, a row of dark "chariots" suddenly lie in front of the Han army's heavy cavalry.
It was actually not a chariot, but a chariot. However, Gongshu installed a thicker chariot wall on one side of the chariot, and also nailed sharp wolf teeth nails on the wall. These wolf teeth nails were as thick as a thumb and more than two feet long. The entire row of chariots were connected together, like a thorny city wall, extremely hideous and terrifying.
"Boom boom boom..." The first row of heavy cavalry crashed into the "car wall" violently with an extremely violent force, and the huge impact sounded across the sky in an instant. It had to be that the impact of the heavy cavalry was indeed quite terrifying. Even though the Chu army's baggage troops had already been filled with stones in the baggage chariot, they were still smashed to pieces.
However, after the first traffic wall, there is a second traffic jam, and there is a third traffic jam behind and a fourth traffic jam!
Rows of Han army heavy cavalry, with huge inertia, rushed forward and violently hit one car wall after another with extremely violent force. The four car walls built by the Chu army's baggage soldiers were all destroyed by the Han army heavy cavalry. However, more than 2,000 cavalry and heavy cavalry of Han army that launched the decisive charge also failed in the collision!
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Liu Bang's face turned pale and he stared at the extremely tragic scene ahead. He could not believe his eyes. The expected heavy cavalry pierced the Chu army formation like a sharp knife. The heavy cavalry that he had high hopes for failed and fell into the sand. How could this be, how could this be?!
Zhou Bo, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others were also stunned.
As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The Han monarchs and ministers originally had unprecedented hope for this heavy cavalry that was built with a lot of money, but now, this heavy cavalry brought them such a tragic result. For a moment, even a wise man like Zhang Liang was a little unacceptable.
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Bi Shu sighed faintly.
Han Xin is a powerful and respectable opponent. On the Sishui battlefield, Bi Shu's strategy is difficult to hide and cannot be used. He was forced to choose to fight Han Xin in a decisive battle, but in the Mianshui battlefield, Liu Bang's performance was far worse than Han Xin. These two people were not of the same level at all. Compared with Han Xin, Liu Bang was really too weak.
Suddenly, Bi Shu raised his right hand and pressed forward gently, and said calmly: "The big flag is sent to you, and the army will fight back!"
With a command, the Chu army, who was originally retreating, quickly turned around and launched a fierce counterattack on the Han army.
At this time, in order to create conditions for the heavy cavalry to attack the Chu central army from the middle route, the Han army finally showed its consequences of launching fierce attacks on both sides. Although the Han army achieved its goal, it forced the Chu army's Yanxing formation and swept out a charge channel for the heavy cavalry, the price paid was... the entire army was completely in chaos!
If it was Han Xin's command, this was not a problem at all. No matter how chaotic the formation of the Han army was, Han Xin could still achieve basic control over each army, battalion, division and qu, but Zhou Bo did not have this ability, and Liu Bang could not do it!
If Bi Shu was not there, this was not a problem, because although the Han army was in chaos, the Chu army outside was also in chaos. If Xiang Zhuang was in command, he would not be able to achieve effective command of each army, battalion, division and qu. Then the most likely situation would be that the Chu and Han armies fought in one melee, and after dark, they would withdraw their troops and return to the camp.
However, unfortunately, there is no Han Xin on the Han army, but there is Bi Shu on the Chu army!
With the issuance of a series of military orders by Bishu, the various battalions and divisions of the Chu army, which had been in chaos, quickly began to attack in a targeted manner. Each attack by the Chu army hit the weak links of the Han army. Half an hour later, the chaos of the Han army gradually began to intensify and gradually became in full swing.
Xiang Zhuang withdrew his gaze from Bi Shu, and then looked at Bailixian with a complicated expression.
Baili Xian also had a serious expression, and he was even more sensible about the King of Chu. It was obvious that the King of Chu was shocked by the sudden turn of war in front of him. More than 500,000 Han troops under Bi Shu were like native chickens and tiled dogs, and they were vulnerable at all! In just half an hour, the Han army was defeated!
But before that, Xiang Zhuang had no confidence in winning!
It must be admitted that there is indeed a gap between people. A military strategist is a military strategist. It is not a lucky thing that Bi Shu can defeat Han Xin!
Bailixian could even feel the strong worries in the heart of the King of Chu at this time. Bi Shutian was so amazing that his talent was so amazing that his ability to use troops was unmatched. If, if, one day in the future, he would have the heart of being unjust and then lead an army to fight all directions, who in the world could control him?
Bi Shu was as unaware of it. Suddenly, he raised his hands and pressed forward gently, saying, "Tell me the order, the Cavalry Army, the Tianlang Army detoured and cut off the enemy's retreat!" The Han army was about to defeat, and it was time to dispatch the Cavalry Army and the Tianlang Army picked the final fruit of victory.
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Liu Bang was completely stunned, and the situation that had taken a sharp turn before his eyes exceeded his imagination.
Zhou Bo also had his facial muscles twitching. He could not believe that the situation on the entire battlefield would have such a terrible and complete reversal in less than half an hour. As a veteran in the battlefield who has experienced many battles, Zhou Bo has tried his best. He tried his best to save the situation as much as possible, but in the end he struggled in vain.
Zhou Bo suddenly felt a strong sense of powerlessness, as if he was fighting with a giant!
But Zhang Liang finally guessed it and exclaimed: "Bi Shu, it's Bi Shu! It must be Bi Shu!"
Yes, it must be Bi Shu, it must be Bi Shu who abandoned the Huainan army and came to Nanyang alone. Otherwise, the current situation of war would never have such a terrible reversal. Only Bi Shu, who can compete with Han Xin, can win in chaos and make even the long-time generals like Zhou Bo have no power to fight back!
"Bi Shu?!" Liu Bang made a cold war and said tremblingly, "Then hurry up and retreat to the camp!"
Zhang Liang sighed and shook his head bitterly, "I'm afraid I can't retreat anymore. Master, look, two armies have detoured from behind. If I'm not wrong, it should be the cavalry and the Tianlang Army among the three imperial guards of Chu." After this, Zhang Liang rushed to Zhou Bo again, "Taiwei, please withdraw the Imperial Guard and protect the King to break through the encirclement!"
"Here!" Zhou Bo finally came back from his shock, turned around and shouted, "Transfer the order from the big flag, the Imperial Guard quickly retreat!"
Chapter completed!