Heifu did not arrive at the Pujin battlefield until a day later. The two pontoon bridges here had long been burned down, leaving only charred driftwood floating on the shore. The slightly turbid river water washed away the densely piled corpses on the shore, regardless of whether they were from Qin or Chu.
, their blood has seeped into the moist soil.
The main force of the Chu army, including Xiang Ji himself, was already in Puban City on the other side of the river east of the river.
"The officials who let Xiang Ji escape should be punished for their crimes!"
Li Bi, Luo Jia, Yuan Yong, and Yang Xi, except for Yue Xiaowei who died in Pujin, all the surviving generals bowed their heads in front of Heifu, but it was difficult to explain what they were doing.
Defeated.
Yuan Yong described the process in detail: "At that time, ten thousand of our troops were living on the river bank, and thousands of Chu troops were under the river bank. Twenty percent were chariots and cavalry, and the rest were infantry."
"The thief Xiang used himself as bait and moved to the left with his chariots and flags. Li Bi and Yang Xi thought Xiang Ji wanted to escape, so they chased him, but were stopped by his infantry and cut our army into two sections. However,
On the left side, our army still has the numerical advantage, so the subordinates decided to burn the pontoon bridge on the right side with Luo Jia Sima first, cutting off the Xiang thieves' retreat..."
Yuan Yong said that because the embankment was muddy and soft, he asked everyone to abandon their chariots and horses and fight on foot. Cai Guan attacked the returning Chu people with strong bows and crossbows, killing and wounding hundreds of them. In addition to preventing them from rescuing Xiang Yu, he also wanted to
Approach the floating bridge and burn it down.
But when they were about to approach their target, suddenly, the battlefield on the left where the Qin people had more people began to collapse. The commotion from there expanded in an instant. Yuan Yong looked back and saw that even though they were fighting on foot,
But Xiang Ji, who was holding a halberd and leading a group of Chu people, actually defeated the Qin soldiers and even the Yue soldiers who were good at fighting in Sichuan and Zezhou!
At this point, he stopped and stared at Li Bi, his meaning very clear:
"Li Sima, it's your turn!"
Heifu knew very well that his subordinates were all proud and proud when describing their victory, eager to praise themselves for their bravery and fearlessness, because it was about sharing the credit.
But once a battle is defeated, everyone is like a leaf beaten by frost. It is inevitable to blame each other, but it cannot be too exaggerated. After all, there is a military judge behind you to record the merits.
As someone who is greedy for success, Li Bi feels guilty, and he doesn't answer the question, so he just says:
"I dare to tell you that Xiang Thief is indeed brave. He holds a long halberd and is covered with armor, and he fights in person. The Yue School is still holding a spear to fight with him, but he can only hold on for a moment before he is beheaded by Xiang Ji.
Killing, our army's horses were trapped, we lost the upper hand, and we did not have thick armor or shields, so we could only fight and retreat. Xiang Ji followed the river bank, from left to right, and broke out..."
They had no choice, and they didn't want to gain the morale of others and destroy their own prestige. In this battle, everyone really lost their temper. It was just that they were tricked in tactics. The riverbank battle that relied purely on bravery was actually defeated by the Chu army who was inferior in numbers.
They retreated step by step, and wherever Xiang Ji went, his own ranks were often cut apart.
Luo Jia also interceded for Pao Ze:
"My subordinates have seen with their own eyes that not only the thief Xiang has the courage of a hundred men, but also the Chu people who are not afraid of death in hand-to-hand combat. There is also a young man carrying a sharp sword who is walking behind the thief Xiang. If anyone wants to do harm to him,
, the man then pulled out a simple-style sword and slashed randomly. Wherever his hand started, his clothes and armor were flat, and blood flowed like a fountain..."
In this case, the Qin army lost its advantage. All the generals were good at fighting. Even the newly surrendered Yang Xi and others were not without fighting spirit. They worked hard to prove themselves, but the orders could not be passed on.
The movement is completely chaotic!
To put it simply, Xiang Ji was invincible wherever he went. In just a short moment, two more commanders died under Xiang Ji. This made the Chu people even more brave, and also made Qin who lost his command.
The military departments are even more confused.
Yuan Yong added: "Seeing that the Xiang thieves were approaching the right pontoon bridge and were about to join up with the Chu people who were coming to help, I asked the army's sharpshooters to board the carriage with their bows in hand to shoot him."
"However, the traitor Xiang scolded him with angry eyes, but the officer did not dare to look at him or use his hands. He then left and retreated into the army, not daring to come back."
After several officers finished narrating, it was Yang Xi's turn. It is said that he was the only one who was still alive after meeting Xiang Yu.
Yang Xi lowered his head and said: "I and a group of fellow villagers stopped in front of Xiang Ji. Xiang Ji had already mounted his horse again. He was personally armed with a halberd and came towards me. He scolded me with angry eyes and his voice was like thunder. I got off the horse.
He was so frightened that he retreated, running for dozens of steps before being reined in. Looking back, Xiang Ji had already boarded the pontoon with his followers, fighting and then retreating..."
Taking advantage of the large number of Qin soldiers, Yuan Yong finally lit a fire on the pontoon bridge, so that more than a thousand Chu soldiers who had no time to cross the river with Xiang Ji either perished in the sea of fire or were unable to cross and were captured by the Qin army.
After all, Xiang Ji failed to bring all his soldiers back.
This is what happened. The four of them lowered their heads, waiting for Marquis Wu Zhong's rage and punishment.
Ten thousand households are gone, a thousand gold rewards are gone, and officials are about to be lost. There is nothing wrong with losing them. Anyway, the bandits from the Six Nations have been repelled, so they have no regrets in taking off their armor and returning home.
"It's a pity that I couldn't kill Xiang Ji and avenge the people of Xihe." Yang Xi looked unwilling.
But Hei Fu suddenly laughed, helped the four of them up one by one, and took the initiative to hold them across the aisle:
"This is Yu's fault. I originally wanted to reward the soldiers with ten thousand households and thousands of catties of gold to make the soldiers bravely kill the enemy, but unexpectedly, this was taken advantage of by the Xiang thieves and used themselves as bait."
"But in this battle, our army suffered 2,000 casualties and the Chu army suffered 2,000 casualties and prisoners. It can be considered that the battle losses are comparable. You general Xiang Ji and the Chu army drove out of Xihe. It is considered a great victory. What's the crime?"
have?"
Although the Qin army bullied the few with their numbers, you must know that they were facing Xiang Ji. It was good that the entire army was not wiped out. Hei Fu was a little scared when he thought about it.
The four of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and they all bowed down to thank Mr. Hei.
These people are Heifu's Meng, Xi, and Bai. Because of Qin Mu's public good intentions, the Qin army has only punished army and national thieves up to now, but has no tradition of killing defeated generals. Li Xin, who lost his master and humiliated the country,
Guys can also have a second chance.
How could Heifu not forgive the four of them?
In the past year or so, the Northern Expeditionary Army has been busy with the civil war and has had very few battles with the six countries, especially the Chu army. Losing this battle is not necessarily a bad thing, at least it will help Xiang Ji understand the characteristics of Xiang Ji's military use.
Xiang Yu is really a person with completely opposite personalities to Heifu. One is timid, the other is reckless, one believes in reason and planning, and the other is controlled by passion and violence.
But this battle also made Heifu realize that he lacked good cavalry generals, especially experienced ones who could command thousands of combatants. Li Bi, Luo Jia, and Yang Xi in front of him were all only at the level of a thousand men...
He couldn't help but think about it: "Among the good families in my old army in the North, there were quite a few who could be cavalry commanders, but there were only a few who could be cavalry captains."
But here, seeing that Marquis Wu Zhong did not blame him, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and began to talk to each other and analyze Xiang Ji's "secret weapon".
After the battle, everyone agreed that Xiang Yu's moves might be a bit fishy...
"It is said that he has double eyes, which can capture people's soul. He often turns his head and glares at people, which makes ordinary people frightened." Yuan Yong vowed.
"What do you mean..." Heifu was amused, knowing that his subordinates were becoming superstitious again, so he said:
"Isn't that a sign of eye-catching skills?"
He just said it casually, but the four of them took it seriously.
Luo Jia said: "It is indeed a witchcraft related to double pupils, or a trick of Chu Wu."
"The Japanese book says that black dogs can cure ghosts. It's a pity that there are no black dogs in Guanzhong, otherwise a pot of black dog blood would be poured down..." Yang Xi muttered secretly, raised his head and glanced at Heifu secretly. They all knew that Hu Hai slaughtered all the black dogs.
Because of what.
"Perhaps only Wu Zhonghou, who can summon heavenly fire and landmines, can deal with Xiang Thief!"
Li Bize adhered to this belief. The secret weapon used by the Northern Expedition to defeat Wuguan had not yet been made public. Ordinary soldiers had no doubt that the miracle belonged to Marquis Wu Zhong.
Heifu, however, was noncommittal and asked them to go down and sort out the battle history and hand it over to the military judge to summarize it. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you will be victorious in every battle, while he looked at the river bank in the distance and thought about what to do next.
This battle of Xihe is not over yet.
Although it is a pity, the Chu army is close to Puban Ferry, so there is really no way to escape. As for the Zhao and Wei coalition forces in the north, they are not so lucky...
"The backup plan I deployed in the north should be working!"
Sure enough, at dusk that day, a scout from Xia Yang came with good news:
"According to the order of General Han Xin, three thousand Bai Zhai from Shangjun surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army. Now they went south to Xihe to help Wu Zhonghou attack the bandits. They also joined Dong Yi in Shaoliang Mountain, advanced by land and water, and stopped at Longmen Crossing, intercepting the Zhao Wei army that had not had time to escape.
Thousands of people!”
What made Heifu even more overjoyed was that among the thousands of people, there was an unexpected surprise.
