Chapter 367 Mirage(1/2)
People pursuing from the north and south always discovered the whereabouts of Chen He, Fu Kuan and others, but after they caught up with them by boating with all their strength, they disappeared without a trace.
Although there were sounds of fighting in his ears, they came from somewhere else, not from the direction of his current pursuit.
"Have you noticed any traces of the enemy?" Several ships suddenly emerged from the smoke, and a man in Chu army uniform asked.
"Never." The Chu soldiers shook their heads in annoyance.
"That's it, I'll look for it later."
The ships approaching in the fog sailed opposite to Chu Zhou.
The Chu army suddenly realized something was wrong and drew their bows in their hands, "Why are you here? Are you not following the overlord's order?!"
"We are trapped in the fog and have lost our way," said the counterattacking soldier.
When the Chu army saw that his clothes and the boat he built were all from Chu, they gradually let go of their vigilance.
"This is the south, this is the north. Go back quickly!" the Chu army shouted, pointing the way.
"Thank you."
After the retrograde people were hidden in the fog, the Chu army realized something was wrong. "It didn't look like they had lost their way..."
As soon as doubts arose, an arrow shot through. One moment he caught a glimpse of the arrow, and the next moment the Chu army was hit by the arrow and died.
The Chu army from behind attacked the community site, but only the sound of arrows falling into the water was heard.
"Be careful! Hengshan soldiers have our army uniforms!"
Loud shouts were heard, but the three armies were already far apart and no one rushed to help.
The Chu army here did not know that all the Chu armies from the three sides were attacked by Hengshan soldiers in this way. However, in the face of Xiang Yu's incident, they withdrew hastily and were almost wiped out.
"The three armies are already far apart. If you encounter an army that is marching in disorder, you will be killed without mercy!" Xiang Yu ordered, and then continued to pursue the enemy at full speed.
Zhang Liang did not look at the changes in the lake. Instead, he looked far away and ordered Wu Chen and the generals to change the flag formation.
Wu Chen buried his head and concentrated on this, sweating profusely. He followed Zhang Liang's gaze, but could not find anything.
"What is Mr. Zifang looking at?" Wu Chen asked, wiping his sweat.
The soldiers turned their heads and did not notice anything unusual.
"Don't be impatient, just wait a moment." Zhang Liang said with a worry-free look on his face, "Xiang Yu can't wait anymore, he will be in great danger eventually!"
In the lake, Chen He and the others had some feeling in their arms. The soreness and numbness had passed, replaced by bursts of severe pain. Calculating the opportunity, Chen He quickly ran southward, causing the two of them to continue to turn around and mess with the enemy.
In the distance, Mao Qiao could see the movements of the Hengshan soldiers. Although Zhang Liang had warned him in advance, he still broke out in a cold sweat. The Hengshan soldiers were divided into two groups, and Chen Ping took them away to defend Xiangguan by land. This move here was quite significant.
Yu took the initiative to make way for the Chu army. If he failed, the consequences would be disastrous.
The Chu army was on guard. When Fu Kuan and Ding Fu flanked the enemy again, Chu Zhou suddenly turned around and attacked violently. The troops were engaged in hand-to-hand combat for a long time. Even though they had been practicing the art of avoiding retreat in boat battles for several days, the Hengshan soldiers still suffered casualties.
Most of them had to rely on the ownerless warship to block the enemy ships before they could escape again.
After this confrontation, the three Hengshan soldiers combined were unable to retreat from the enemy and were completely passive.
The Chu army became more and more courageous as they fought. They began to kill the enemy on sight regardless of their position, and ran rampant on the lake.
"Mr. Zifang!" Wu Chen gritted his teeth and stood up, his heart pounding. "What on earth are you waiting for, sir? Our army will undoubtedly die if this continues."
"Don't rush."
Although Zhang Liang was on guard, he did not expect that Chen He and the other three would be unable to maintain a stalemate together.
"The time has come, change the formation!" Zhang Liang suddenly saw an illusion appearing in the sky and shouted suddenly.
The giant twisted smooth iron mirror of Mao Qiao on the west side of the lake faced the south. At the same time, nine giant mirrors along the lakeside rose up one after another, and the last one faced Chen He's army who was pretending to fight.
"You have done your best, and then you should listen to fate." Zhang Liang said to himself.
The Chu army failed to find the enemy for a long time and was already very agitated. Suddenly they saw the figure of Chen He Zhanzhou behind the white mist, and they immediately shot him with thousands of swords.
What comes into view is still the appearance of the Chu army's war boat and comrades.
"We are the Chu army, don't use our troops!" the Chu army behind the fog screamed.
"Nonsense! We clearly saw Chen He passing by like this, how could he escape from the war boat between the two armies?! Kill him!"
Unexpectedly, the two war boats were fighting together, arrows were flying, and the swords were bloody...
After the soldiers on both sides died tragically and were exhausted, some familiar faces were seen among the crowd.
"Is he really a great Chu man?! Where is Chen He?"
"Where is Chen He? You clearly saw it wrong!" the soldier who was accidentally injured yelled angrily.
The army who took the initiative to attack the "enemy" wanted to explain, but did not know what to say. He looked ashamed and was eager to kill the enemy and wash away his guilt.
When the troops of both sides were stunned, suddenly the outline of Chen He's army loomed again behind the white mist on the east side.
"Be careful!" The two Chu armies regrouped for battle and joined forces to kill Bai Wu. Sure enough, they saw a group of war boats coming here...
The sound of killing was loud and filled the whole white mist, but there was no explanation from either side this time.
Just because one party thought the other party was Chen Hejun, and the other party thought the other party was Fu Kuanjun.
However, until the defeated party fled, the bodies of Chen He and others were never found in the pile of corpses.
"Huh! It's so fast for the dignified commander to escape! If we find any traces again, we will definitely not be able to escape again!" One side of the Chu army cursed.
The sound of killing finally made Xiang Yu, who had not seen an enemy for a long time, feel uneasy and ordered his troops to return to fight with the other three parties.
Zhang Liang watched the illusion quietly, and a light flashed in his eyes.
"This is the time!"
In the vision of the horizon that made Wu Chen's jaw drop, Xiang Yu was not far away from the rest of the army.
Zhang Liang gave an order, and the red flag formation instantly changed into an "X" shape. Chen He and the others quickly led their armies to separate, each showing murderous intent towards the giant iron mirror.
At the same time, above the white mist surrounding Xiang Yu, the shape of a three-man military formation suddenly appeared.
"Kill over and destroy all the enemy troops!"
Xiang Yu waved his halberd and remained silent. He no longer bothered to deal with the enemy leader who could no longer compete, and only waited for his subordinates to return in triumph.
"Overlord! We are the Chu army, don't fight!"
The sound of begging for mercy was from Chu. Xiang Yu felt bad, and then suddenly thought that Chen He was also from Chu. Since he could wear the fighting spirit of Chu people, he could beg for mercy cunningly at this moment.
"The soldiers and horses are far apart, how can they meet here? The Hengshan army is not our enemy, so these tricks are not worth watching! Kill!"
"call--"
On the bank, Zhang Liang breathed a long sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The big deal has been accomplished!"
When the sun was setting in the west, Xiang Yu listened to the sound of killing for a long time, and suddenly realized that the Hengshan soldiers in this battle were too brave, so he personally killed them in the surrounding boats, only to see the wreckage of the boat floating on the river, and the boat was full of Chu people's corpses.
For a moment, he couldn't tell where was the friend and where was the enemy.
"Could it be..."
In an instant, Xiang Yu felt something for each other. Wu Chen also stopped lighting the fire, and the mist gradually dispersed.
Looking around, there was no trace of Chen He's three troops behind the formation, and the dead were all Chu people. The surviving Chu people looked at the bodies of their companions, as if in a dream.
"There is a ghost! There is a ghost in Hengshan!"
After several battles, less than one-fifth of the 20,000-odd army, although small, was reduced. Except for Xiang Yu's personal guards, the other soldiers were either dead or injured and could no longer fight...
"Why is this happening?! Why?!"
The veins on Xiang Yu's neck and face popped out, and he roared violently. He caught a glimpse of Wu Chen on the shore, and pointed at the eastern sky.
Xiang Yu was stunned for a long time, and the shadow of the Chu army was clearly visible in the sky at this moment.
"Mr. Zifang, do you have any clever ideas to help Hengshan this time?" Ziying asked casually in the study.
"The large lakes in the Hengshan Kingdom are connected. When water vapor rises, the horizon can show a scene elsewhere, which is called a 'mirage'. If the water vapor is deliberately aggravated, it can be seen at any time. Then use an iron tool as a mirror, and you can cast it anywhere.
One place." Zhang Liang chuckled.
"Hahaha... That is the steam that steams Pengli Lake and shakes the Xiang family army."
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Chen He and his three men slowly marched from the south to the sight of the Chu army with their army. They took off their Chu army uniforms that had been prepared and laughed wildly.
"I heard that the Overlord fought bravely and was invincible, but I didn't expect that he was also the same when dealing with the people of Chu! Hahaha!"
Chen He and the others couldn't help but laugh, and all the generals leaned forward and backward.
Xiang Yu was so embarrassed and angry that he wanted to lead his remaining troops to attack Chu again. In the distance, Mao Qiao had brought a giant iron mirror to this place and faced the Chu army.
"My lord, look at your face now, I really admire you." Wu Chen pointed at the iron mirror and said sarcastically.
Xiang Yu could faintly see his angry and angry look in the giant mirror. He was far from his usual high-spirited appearance, and he couldn't take a second look.
"Withdraw! Withdraw troops!!"
Xiang Yu concealed his face and led his army to retreat eastward quickly. Chen He and the others followed his war boat without delay or haste. They seemed to be chasing the enemy, but in fact they kept sarcastic and ridiculing their words, and every word struck a chord.
It wasn't until Xiang Yu's remnant soldiers disappeared and the generals were so thirsty and thirsty that they gave up and returned to Pengli Lake.
To be continued...