Chapter 276 When our flags are planted all over the hills!
Heifu did not just rest, but took out hou, which is fried millet, from the bag he carried with him, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with water.
While eating, Heifu also ordered some salt, and Dongmen Bao said: "Hurry up and let everyone eat some!"
Heifu knew that the soldiers felt very tired after marching all the way. Many of them felt that they could not move their legs and could not walk even half a step. This was called "hitting the wall time" in later generations. Some even suffered from dizziness and cold sweats. This is because the glycogen in their bodies has been consumed in large quantities.
Modern people with excellent nutritional conditions consume a lot of glycogen when running a half-marathon, let alone these soldiers in ancient times. Although they can walk on mountain roads and are good at enduring hardships, rapid marches are really not as good as those of later generations. Otherwise, their nutrition is too poor. .Looking at their skinny appearance, they don’t even have much fat, not to mention glycogen. This is why the ancient army fell behind seriously and could only walk thirty miles a day.
So Heifu couldn't help but admire General Wang. Whether intentionally or not, Wang Jian spent a whole winter letting his soldiers rest and eat well. This not only helped build up morale, but also kept them fat!
In addition to keeping the elite soldiers and warriors well-nourished, exercising their physical strength on weekdays, and serving as assault troops in wartime, there is another way, which is to quickly eat some dry food and supplement sugar during rest.
Of course there is no chocolate or anything, just starch, which is fried rice...
After a few mouthfuls of fried rice, everyone's dizziness finally disappeared. They could stand up straight and follow Heifu's orders to place the flags in a row along this small hill. Along the way, Heifu even held his own The carriages and horses were thrown away, but all the flags were kept.
As for using a few to attack a large number, using a thousand exhausted soldiers to attack Xiang Yan's 10,000-strong army? Hei Fu has no idea at all.
"Has the commander forgotten his ambition to become a marquis?"
Li Xian, the leader of the Five Hundreds, said softly: "If we can capture and kill Xiang Yan, our leader will be able to achieve unparalleled achievements, and he will be much closer to the position of Chehou!"
"In that case, how many of these thousand Anlu disciples will die? Maybe even your life will be involved."
Heifu also looked into Li Xian's eyes and asked in a low voice. Li Xian was capable, but in terms of the effectiveness of leading troops, he was far inferior to Xiao Tao, or even inferior to Dongmen Bao, because he was ruthless and would not control his subordinates. Human life is important, and soldiers may fear him, but they do not love him.
Grassroots military officials are different from generals. If they cannot show love for their soldiers, it will be difficult for them to follow them to the death.
Moreover, a mere 1,000 people will play a negligible role in a big battle of 200,000 people. If you charge at this time, you may encounter three or even five times the number of enemies. Don't mention the credit by then. Without the entire army, It was lucky to be destroyed.
This war is neither about their life and death like the last time, nor is it about the survival of the country and family like the people of Chu. It is even a battle that is destined to win in history.
Heifu, a wage earner, has fulfilled his promise to Li You and arrived here early. After the war, he can discuss his merits and weigh the pros and cons first in the Nanjun Corps. There is no need for him to risk himself and his men.
Besides, instead of rushing out and exposing your numbers, you might as well stop here, plant flags everywhere, and act like the Qin army has occupied the top of the mountain, and tigers may descend from the mountain at any time!
“Sometimes an unfired arrow can be more threatening than an already fired arrow.”
When Heifu said this, Xiao Tao, the crossbow wielder, understood. Li Xian, Ji Ying and others nodded in agreement regardless of whether they understood or not.
Only Dongmen Bao stared blankly at the earth-shattering fight between the Qin and Chu armies on the battlefield in the distance. Listening to the vague Chu song, Qin Feng, this reckless man, was so excited that his blood boiled. He tightened his grip on his halberd and blurted out:
"Captain, even if we don't go down, we can still shout something!"
"OK."
Heifu laughed and said, "Just call 666."
"Ah?" None of the military officials, including Dongmen Bao, understood the joke.
It was Ji Ying who slapped his head and said smartly: "It's really stupid. Six means sixty thousand. What the commander means is to let you shout, 'General Mengwu's 60,000 troops have arrived'! This will intimidate the enemy!"
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"oh!"
Everyone then let out a sigh of realization, and Dongmen Bao immediately asked the strongest ones among his five hundred people to stand on the hill with their hands on their waists and shout loudly!
"General Meng, 60,000 troops have arrived!"
However, this little sound was soon drowned out by the endless sound of drums and gold and iron on the battlefield, and people shouted that horses were neighing...
Even though their shouts did not cause any disturbance, the battle situation still changed a little with the arrival of these thousand people: three thousand Chu soldiers separated from Xiang Yan's army and formed formations under the hills, while those further away
On the southern battlefield, while the more than 10,000 Qu clan soldiers resisted the Qin army's attack, some kept turning back, fearing that Hei Fu and the others would suddenly kill them!
After Heifu and the others rested for a moment, he saw from a distance that the scout messenger he had sent to the central army had met up with the scouts sent by Wang Jian on the outside of the battlefield, and together they were running towards Wang Jian's rock-solid camp.
go.
At this moment, another group of Nanjun troops arrived on the battlefield!
Although, there are only five hundred people.
"Captain!"
Gong Ao, who had a little softer beard on his lips than last year, panted and trotted over: "Five hundred people from Yan County are here too!"
This means obviously, the other five hundred people have already fallen behind halfway...
Heifu nodded and asked: "Where is your five hundred masters?"
Although Gong Ao, the general of Yan County, seemed to regard him as his superior, and in the past six months, he brought his soldiers over to play and train with Anlu soldiers without any trouble, but after all, he was someone else's subordinate.
Gong Ao looked proud: "That's me! The Five Hundred Master accidentally fell off his horse! Unable to lead the troops, the leader of Yan County asked me to act as the fake Five Hundred Master, and bring everyone with faster feet to arrive first!"
This kid was really lucky. Heifu was amazed and asked Gong Ao to let his men eat something quickly to replenish their strength. He also planted the flags he carried on the hills, and even cut down nearby vegetation and planted them among the crowd.
There are only 500 people, but they have the posture of 5000 people!
Gong Ao rested for a while, then came over and asked hurriedly: "We have rested enough, shall we attack?"
"Did Captain Li let us attack?" Heifu asked back: "He just let us arrive at the battlefield first and occupy the position."
Gong Ao was a little anxious: "I'm afraid Captain Li has only walked halfway, and he's still far away from here!"
But Heifu pointed towards the other side of the battlefield: "I will also send people to ask the old general Wang and the captain for instructions. If the general allows us to attack, these 1,500 soldiers will come down the mountain like tigers! Head towards Commander Xiang Yan's flag!"
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On the other side of the battlefield, where Wang Jian commanded the flag, faced with the continuous attack of tens of thousands of Chu soldiers, General Wang remained calm because he knew very well that there were tens of thousands of elite Qin people in Guanzhong defending the enemy, and it was impossible for the Chu people to get close.
He's within a stone's throw.
Observe the enemy's outside to know what's inside, watch his progress to know his stop. If you know how the enemy is doing, you can determine victory or defeat.
Within half an hour of the start of the battle, Wang Jian had already calculated all Xiang Yan's moves and came up with a plan. At the moment, Qin and Chu seemed to be at a stalemate, but the balance of victory was tilting towards the Qin army little by little.
What's more, in the southeast direction, a heavy scale (weight) has been placed on the scale!
"How many people are here?" Wang Jian looked at his messengers and spoke concisely.
The scout dismounted and knelt down and said, "It's Li You of the Southern Army, leading a thousand men from Chief Heifu! He said that Lieutenant Li's soldiers are coming one after another, but as long as the general gives the order, these thousand men can also attack the enemy's formation, which will be a great victory."
The general will be killed and the flag will be captured!"
The title of Grand Concubine is Wang Jian's title. He is also the highest title holder in the Qin State after the fall of the two monarchs, Lu Buwei and Lao Ai.
"Heifu..." In Wang Jian's mind, the image of the dark, muscular young man with white teeth emerged. He was deeply impressed by this person. Heifu's "Bing Ball" is very popular in the army, and his speech is also very decent.
, but not ostentatious and rash. Wang Jian admired this young man very much.
According to the scouts, Heifu spread banners widely on the hills in the southeast, and even cut down trees to plant them everywhere, making the appearance of thousands of people arriving in formation, but he did not rush to attack.
On Bagong Mountain, everyone was surrounded by soldiers. Although this incident did not happen, Wang Jian could still see Heifu's bluffing intention. This move could make the enemy's army suspicious, their morale decline, and make them look forward and backward. However, when our army saw the reinforcements arriving, its morale dropped.
With high altitude, you no longer have to worry about fighting.
"This black man is indeed a man who knows how to use soldiers..."
Wang Jian nodded appreciatively, but then shook his head and said to himself: "It's just that he's too dishonest and a little slippery!"
So General Wang ordered angrily: "Go and tell him quickly. If he doesn't attack, I won't need his meritorious service in this battle!"
What Wang Jian said makes sense.
He ignored the main forces of Qin and Chu, which were still difficult to distinguish from the nearby, and instead focused on the southern battlefield.
In front of a powerful enemy, when fighting, it is most unfavorable for soldiers to look left and right, and even more unfavorable for soldiers to look behind. However, Qu's soldiers of the Chu army, who were fighting a fierce battle with the Qin army of 20,000, were shaken by Hei Fu's bluff.
and confusion.
Ten thousand people are fighting against twenty thousand, which is already very difficult, and they may be defeated at any time. Now with "five thousand" more enemy reinforcements behind them, it is really like a sword on the vest!
Suddenly, Qu's 10,000 soldiers, who were looking forward and backward, began to be defeated!
The balance of victory and defeat, after a long stalemate, quickly fell towards Wang Jian!
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At the same time, on Heifu's side, Gong Ao came to ask for a fight again, and complained unhappily:
"On the way here, I always thought that the leader would say, 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs,' like he did in Linyang last time, he would lead us to attack resolutely, capture and kill Xiang Yan, and be a hero!"
This young man neither likes the laws of Qin nor the nobility of Chu, and has little interest in meritorious service, but he has a deep sense of heroism.
He is a person who has lived and died together, and he is not as rigid as ordinary Qin people who dare not cross the rules. Hei Fu does not have to hide his thoughts, so he smiled and said:
"Ao, in my opinion, this attack on Chu is different from the last time. Last time, General Li Xin wanted to be a hero to destroy the country, but it ended dismally. We were also forced to fight hard in Linyang. Do you think I went out of the city and pretended to surrender?
, Inspiring soldiers is a hero? I didn’t want to be a hero, I was forced to do nothing. At that time, in order to survive and go home, non-heroic actions cannot inspire soldiers..."
Gong Ao nodded in understanding.
Heifu continued: "But this time we attacked Chu, from the time when General Wang was appointed as the general and asked for 600,000 men, the battle was won by one-third. By the time we built high barriers and relied on the strength of the country in numbers,
If you press the Chu State and don't compete with the Chu army for a while, the battle will be half won."
"And at this moment, when our flags are planted all over the hills, this battle is almost completely won! This is what is called, the victory of those who are good at fighting. There is no name for wisdom and no bravery, so the Qin army has no and no
We need heroes."
"What do you mean, Commander, by just standing here, we can defeat others without fighting?"
Gong Ao looked unbelieving.
“If you don’t believe it, look!”
As if prophesying, Heifu pointed at the Chu army closest to them on the southern front. The Chu people who had been struggling to resist the Qin army twice their size had begun to collapse and dispersed at some point! Even those who attacked Qin Zhongjun head-on
Tens of thousands of Chu people were also retreating at this moment.
Gong Ao was stunned. He could see that these Chu soldiers were not weak. Didn't they fight vigorously just now?
"We were attacked from the front and back, and our morale was shattered. So we just stood here, and with 1,500 men, we achieved the effect of 5,000 men!" Heifu said.
While the two were talking, the Qin army on the southern front broke through the Chu army's formation. One unit killed the escapees and the stubborn resisters, while the other fought hard to kill Xiang Yan's headquarters, the commander's flag!
"But there are heroes in this war, look at that!"
Heifu pointed at Xiang Yan's red flag again, and Gong Ao also suddenly discovered that Xiang Yan's handsome flag, which had remained in place for a long time, was slowly moving forward!
The northern front was at a disadvantage, its chariots and troops were weak, and the main force of the center was in vain for a long time. At this time, enemy reinforcements arrived, and the southern front suddenly collapsed. The outcome of this battle was already decided, but at this moment, Xiang Yan also made a move
choose.
He did not evacuate hastily, did not stand still and did not know what to do, and did not even instinctively attack the Qin army on the southern front that was coming toward him...
Instead, the front finger of the flag pointed at Wang Jian's headquarters on the opposite side!
"Heroes are also losers sometimes."
With flags fluttering and mountains filled with soldiers, Hei Fu breathed a long sigh of relief and had to admire Xiang Yan's final decision.
The Shangzhu Kingdom, whose defeat was certain, took the remaining 10,000 miscellaneous army reserves and resolutely fought against the Qin army for a long time towards the center. However, it was already in a state of decline and the 30,000 main force was about to retreat!
He wanted to join them, let his flag burn brightly, and stir up the final wave of attack.
Regardless of the rear, the left, or the right, just move forward, forward, forward! In a crazy attack, end it all!
In a desperate situation, with the determination to die, I seek for a glimmer of hope for Nirvana.
If not? It would be better to be broken into pieces than to be broken into pieces!
This is the style of a Chu-style hero. This eight-hundred-year-old country is full of tragedy.
From Qu Yuan to Xiang Yan, and then to Xiang Yu in history, the grandfather is exactly the same as his grandson!
This pair of grandparents seemed to be roaring to the sky: "You will be a hero in life, and you will be a hero in death!"
Therefore, the hero of this war is Xiang Yan, a Chu man who tried his best but could not win, and could only end tragically, losing his country, his family and his country.
Heifu, who had been watching for a long time, was also infected by this tragic atmosphere and suddenly became serious.
When the scouts came to convey Wang Jian's order, Heifu raised his hand high again and asked someone to beat the only war drum he had!
Boom boom boom boom!
The Qin army was encircled on all sides, and Xiang Yan's rear formation was opening up to Heifu and the others.
It's time to end this.
"Let's go, two or three sons, raise the flag, charge with the whole army, and attack behind them quickly."
Heifu looked at Gong Ao, Dongmen Bao, Li Xian, Ji Ying, Xiao Tao, and the fifteen hundred Anlu and Yan County soldiers beside him. They had rested enough and had been waiting for a long time.