Nowadays, Chu State is fighting on two fronts, using nearly 400,000 troops. Every day, people eat horses and eat enough to hollow out a small mountain. The logistical pressure can be imagined. The King of Chu has sent people to urge him to march many times.
This is when Xiang Yan truly commanded an army of more than 100,000 people and fought against famous generals. Before setting off for the expedition, Xiang Yan was full of confidence and vowed to defeat Lian Po and become a famous general in the world.
But as soon as the two armies fought, Lian Po posed a problem to him.
The Chu army yelled and cursed for many days without any effect, and they were ostracized by the local Chu people, and their morale continued to decline.
A few days later, something more serious happened. Deserters appeared in the army. Some Chu people in the Huaisi area were already dissatisfied with Chu. Seeing that Chu had no way to defeat Zhao, they became angry and took advantage of the opportunity.
The night fled.
Although there were only a dozen soldiers who escaped, which was completely negligible compared to an army of 150,000, the blow to morale was huge.
After Xiang Yan saw the household registration of the deserters, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately ordered all soldiers from the Huaisi area to be grouped together and placed next to the Chinese army, under his personal guard.
Although this method temporarily solved the problem of deserters, it also aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers in the Huaisi area.
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"It's almost time!" Lian Po saw that the Chu army did not send anyone to the front of the formation to yell at them for two consecutive days. He immediately realized that the time had come and immediately ordered all the generals to summon them.
"General, are you ready to attack?" Le Cheng said impatiently as soon as he entered the door.
"Not bad." Lian Po nodded.
"The last general, please be the vanguard." Le Cheng said quickly, clasping his fists.
The other generals also requested orders one after another.
"Lecheng listens to the order." Lian Po looked at Lecheng.
"The general is here." Le Cheng didn't expect Lian Po to actually call his name, so he quickly walked to the center, cupped his fists and said.
"This general orders you to command Youyun's cavalry to attack the Chu army's camp at Mao hour tonight. I have only one request: to kill the Chu army's camp." Lian Po handed the general order to Le Cheng.
At Mao: The sun is about to rise, the sky is not bright yet, and people are immersed in sleep. This is the most relaxed and tired time of the day, and it is also the most suitable time to launch an attack.
Le Cheng was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the general's order and said solemnly: "The general will definitely complete the mission."
"Yan Xiong." Lian Po looked at Yan Xiong, "You command the Xuan Jia Army, together with General Le Cheng."
"No." Yanxiong said.
"Jia Yan." Lian Po said to Jia Yan again, "After the Chu army was defeated, there were three directions to escape. One was Xiaxiang County, the other was Fulisai, and the other was south along the Surabaya River. Xiang Yan's hometown is Xiang Yan.
It is also one of the few nearby counties that has not surrendered to our Zhao State. The Xiang family has a high prestige there. After Xiang Yan's defeat, it is very likely that Xiang Yan will flee to Xiangxiang County and defend the city. I have ordered you to lead ten thousand people.
The army is ambushing the only way from Pengcheng to Xiaxiang County. If Xiang Yan appears, he must be killed."
"The general will obey the order." Jia Yan said with his fists clasped.
"This road southwest of Pengcheng leads to Fulisai. Qiang Yu is responsible for it. You lead 10,000 cavalry to ambush here and wait for the Chu army to collapse." Lian Po looked at Qiang Yu.
"Nuo." Qiangxu said, cupping his fists.
"Although the Chu State has not sent out naval troops this time, the waterways have to be guarded. Lian An, you lead three thousand cavalry to ambush here. If the Chu army escapes along the Surabaya River, you only need to stop it for half an hour, and our army will support you.
We'll be there soon." Lian Po said, pointing to a place on the map.
The Chu army had the least possibility of escaping by water, and therefore it was difficult to perform meritorious deeds, so Lian Po gave this task to his son.
In fact, Cai Ze has put himself into Xiang Yan's thinking in the past two days and simulated several escape routes. None of them escaped by water. However, when the two armies are fighting, no one can say that there is no perfect strategy. They can only say that they should try their best to escape.
Make all preparations.
"General, in this case, we only have about 20,000 troops left." Cai Ze said with some worry. Although the Zhao army is more elite than the Chu army, the Chu army has a full 150,000 troops.
"More than 20,000 soldiers are enough. One of our Zhao soldiers should be equal to ten." Lian Po said with great pride. This time, all the soldiers he led were elites, and there were even two army souls.
"Our army will definitely win this battle!" all the generals said in unison.
"Okay, let's go down and get ready." Lian Po waved his hand and said.
As night fell, the Chu army, whose morale was low, returned to the camp and fell into a drowsy sleep. The soldiers guarding the camp leaned together listlessly and chatted.
When they went on the expedition, the government promised them that they would be able to return home before the summer harvest. Now that the summer harvest was about to begin, the war was still far away.
They don't care whether they can win the war or how much military glory they can get. They just want to go home and take care of the farmland. Only when the farmland is well taken care of, the whole family will not starve.
It is a pity that Chu State cannot satisfy them even with this request.
Time passed little by little, the moonlight spread a layer of silver gauze on the ground, and the night was extremely quiet.
There was already a sound of snoring in the Chu army's camp, and the patrolling soldiers also stopped, leaning against the wall and yawning.
"The Chu army is not on any alert." Le Cheng stood in the distance, looking at the Chu army camp shrouded in the moonlight. He felt happy and waved his hand and said, "Everyone listens to the order and follows the general to charge!"
After speaking, Le Cheng waved his horse forward, tightened his legs on the horse's belly, and led his Youyun cavalry to rush towards the Chu army's camp. The antlers, iron caltrops, and fences set up by the Chu army along the way did not cause any harm to the Youyun cavalry.
Influence.
The terrifying defensive power of Youyun's iron hooves smashed the deer's antlers and fences into pieces. Even the iron caltrops failed to cause damage to the horse's hooves due to the eggshell's defensive talent.
"Die!" Before the soldiers guarding the camp could react, Le Cheng had already rushed to the front of the camp, raising the horse in his hand high and turning into a stream of black light, swallowing it completely.
The door of the Chu army camp was instantly shattered into pieces, and sawdust flew into the sky.
Le Cheng took the lead, followed closely by Youyun Iron Cavalry. The black aura enveloped them, and the entire legion rushed into the Chu army camp like a high-speed moving mountain.
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"Zhao Jun robs the camp!"
The shrill voice spread throughout the Chu army camp, but it was already too late. Countless Chu soldiers rushed out of the camp in horror. Some soldiers were even naked and died under the iron hooves of the Zhao army without even taking their weapons.
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"Fire arrows, fire arrows immediately to stop them." Xiang Yan reacted quickly. Soon after the Zhao army rushed in, he led his guards over and organized the Chu army to counterattack.
After all, the Xiang Yan Guards were the leading army of the Chu State. Even compared to the Zhao Army, they were not much inferior. Facing the Zhao Army's sneak attack, they did not panic like the other Chu troops, but formed a military formation.
Standing in front of the Zhao army, the soldiers in front raised their shields, while the soldiers behind opened their bows and set arrows to shoot at the Youyun cavalry.
Dang Dang Dang!
The overwhelming rain of arrows fell on Zhao Jun, making a dense and clear collision sound.
Of the six thousand Youyun cavalry, not one of them fell off their horses!
Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment. His bodyguards were also the first-class legions of the Chu State. Apart from Zhu Rongwei and Danyang elite soldiers, it was his bodyguards’ turn next. Even the bodyguards of other generals were also
It's just on the same level as him.
Now even Zhao Jun's defense can't be broken!
"Keep shooting arrows!" Xiang Yan's voice was hoarse and her eyes were wide.
"Hahaha! Youyun Iron Cavalry, I am invincible! Kill through the Chu army camp!" Le Cheng shouted loudly, and with a wave of his horse, he flew away the Chu general in front of him.
"Youyun Iron Cavalry, I am invincible! Kill through the Chu army's camp, charge!" All Youyun Iron Cavalry shouted in unison, and their voices came together like rolling thunder, smashing the Chu army's only morale into powder.
"General, general, it's not good, Zhao Jun rushed in from another place." At this time, the ordering soldiers rushed over from a distance. After seeing Xiang Yan, they didn't wait to dismount and shouted.
Xiang Yan's face was extremely pale, and his right hand was on the hilt of the sword. He neglected it after all.
When he first arrived at the front line, he had to patrol in person every night, setting up various lines of defense to guard against Zhao Jun's sneak attacks. As time went by, Zhao Jun refused to leave the city, and his vigilance gradually declined. He patrolled at night.
The number of patrols continued to decrease until the night patrols were handed over to the deputy general.
Even he was so lax, one can imagine the state of the soldiers.
All this... you have to pay a price after all!
"From now on, we must never make this mistake again." Xiang Yan secretly made up his mind and then ordered, "Send the order and all the camps that are broken by Zhao Jun will immediately give up their defense, and all the troops will defend the remaining camps with all their strength. I
The Chu army has a total of 150,000 men. Even if one man spits, he can drown the Zhao army."
"Qu Wu, you lead the sword and shield soldiers to block the Zhao army's cavalry."
Zhu Rongwei and Danyang's elite soldiers are not here, and even the personal guards cannot break Zhao's cavalry defense. The only way is to use sword and shield soldiers to limit the opponent's speed, wait until the speed is completely reduced, and then surround and annihilate them.
If Xiang Yan is facing ordinary cavalry, this method is indeed very useful, but he is facing Youyun Iron Cavalry. In front of Youyun Iron Cavalry, the sword and shield soldiers are just paper shield soldiers.
The horse's hooves were raised high, and under the distortion of the force field, they stepped hard towards the Chu army's shield. The wooden shield wrapped in iron exploded instantly, and the Chu army behind flew backwards, knocking down several soldiers one after another.
Stop, there is no life left.
Not only did the Youyun Iron Cavalry's speed not slow down at all, but it became faster and faster as the fighting spirit soared.
"Caltrops, quickly arrange the caltrops and antlers." Xiang Yan said urgently.
"General, it's useless. All the antlers and caltrops outside the camp were trampled to pieces by the Zhao army," said a soldier.
"This..." After all, Xiang Yan faced this kind of situation for the first time, and he suddenly panicked, but there was no time for him to think. Another soldier came to ask for help.
"General, general, something bad has happened. The other legion sent by Zhao Jun is the Army Soul Legion. We...we are no match at all!" the soldier said in panic.
Puff puff!
At this moment, arrows covering the sky and the sun came towards the Chu army camp from a distance.
Lian Po and Yan Zhou stood in the distance, behind them was the Shesheng camp that was waiting for them.
"General, when will we attack?" Yan Ju asked impatiently.
"Don't worry, wait until Youyun Cavalry is unable to open up the situation, or when the Chu army is about to collapse, then you can lead Zhao Feiqi to attack."
Seeing the Youyun Iron Cavalry and the Black Armor Army rampaging through the Chu army, Lian Po couldn't help but think of how similar the Zhao State was to the Chu Army now when they encountered the Qin State's Black Armor Army a few years ago.
Help, just as helpless.
Now, just a few years have passed, and the Zhao State is no longer the Zhao State it used to be. Now it is the Chu State's turn to feel the helplessness of the Zhao State back then.
Compared with the calm and calm Lian Po, Xiang Yan was inevitably anxious.
"Where did the military spirit legion come from? Doesn't Zhao State only have two military spirit legions, Zhao Feiqi and the Imperial Guard?" Xiang Yan asked anxiously.
"General, this is really an army of military souls. You will know when you go and take a look." the soldier said loudly.
Xiang Yan could only hand over this place to his deputy general and lead his personal guards to support him.
At this time, Yanxiong led the Xuanjia Army to kill them. In the past, when the Xuanjia Army appeared on the battlefield, they faced either the Black Armor Army or the Iron Eagle Army. Even if the war was won in the end, the Xuanjia Army would suffer heavy losses.
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Now, the Xuanjia Army has finally been able to achieve peace and prosperity, and has encountered a soft persimmon.
Compared with the enemies that the Xuanjia Army faced in the past, the weak Chu army was nothing worth mentioning. All they needed to do was push forward a large shield and wave the heavy sword, and the enemies in front of them fell to the ground.
After repeating it several times, the Chu army collapsed and fled towards the rear like crazy, completely different from the desperate Qin army.
"Line up and fire arrows!" Xiang Yan ordered immediately after arriving here.
"General, don't!" A legion commander heard this, his eyes filled with fear, and he hurriedly said.
But it was already too late. The Guards were indeed the elite of the Chu State and responded quickly. As soon as Xiang Yan finished speaking, the arrows had already been shot out.
Dang Dang Dang!
The arrows landed on the shield of the Xuanjia army, and the clear sound sounded like raindrops. Not a single Zhao army fell.
Just as Xiang Yan frowned, a scene that horrified him happened. The guards around him seemed to have been hit by an arrow, and blood blossomed from their chests, and their bodies fell backwards.
A wave of arrows rained down, and the entire Guards army was wiped out!
"General, Zhao's army can counter our damage." The army commander said sadly.
Xiang Yan was stunned, his body was trembling slightly, and two lines of blood and tears fell from the corners of his eyes. His personal guards were either his relatives and friends from the same hometown, or veterans who had followed him for several years. Many of them he could name.
Now, because of his negligence, they all died in the battle.
"You are the only ones who want to break through our defense?" Yan Xiong said disdainfully. With a strong wave of the halberd in his hand, he blasted an unknown Chu general into the ground, and then led the Xuanjia Army to charge towards Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan's eyes were full of despair. If the Chu army could break Zhao Jun's defense, he could still have room to use other methods to defeat Zhao Jun, but now the Chu army couldn't even break Zhao Jun's defense.
How can we fight this battle?
Should we wait until Zhao's army is exhausted before attacking them?
Not to mention that the Chu army could not persist until that time, even if it could persist until that time, there would still be 40,000 Zhao troops in the city!
Xiang Yan looked around and saw that the Chu army had long been frightened by the Zhao army and had no intention of fighting in his heart.
"Withdraw!" Finally, Xiang Yan could only order helplessly.