Chapter 231 Capture the thief and capture the king
Qu Zhuo immediately sent an order to the soldiers on duty to be more vigilant.
He did not immediately prepare for war as the letter said.
This approach is correct because military combat requires physical strength, especially combat with quasi-weapons.
On the other hand, the Qin army was still hundreds of miles away and it would take days at least to arrive. It was unnecessary to wake the soldiers from their sleep at this time and it would affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
So Qu Zhuo just re-planned the defense at the city gate, dividing the soldiers into several groups and rotating them in batches.
At this time, another subordinate came to report:
"Reporting to the army, the Jing family has sent three thousand cavalry troops to help. They are waiting outside the city at this time."
Jing's fiefdom is in the west, so there is no problem in coming to help from the west.
Coupled with the previous letter, Qu Zhuo took it for granted that this cavalry army was reinforcements sent by Xiang Yan, so he ordered without much thought:
"Welcome to the city."
Saying this, Qu Zhuo called down and put on his armor.
When Qu Zhuo and a group of personal guards rushed to the city gate, Jing's cavalry had entered the city in neat formation.
The soldiers of the Chu army stood on both sides holding torches and cheering.
Qu Zhuo felt something was wrong when he saw it from a distance.
The formation of this cavalry team was strict and not in danger. The horses were as quiet as virgins amidst the cheers of the Chu army. Moreover, the whole cavalry team also had a faint murderous aura that made people shudder...
Do Jing's cavalry have such qualities? Why have I never heard of them before?
Thinking about this, Qu Zhuo quickened his pace and hurried forward. He had a vague premonition in his heart, and at the same time regretted that he should not have let the cavalry in so rashly.
However, the battlefield is like this. If you make a mistake, even if it is just a small mistake, you may lose the whole game and there is no way to save it.
Qu Zhuo rushed over and took a closer look, confirming his suspicion.
Under the firelight, he saw that many of the war horses were wounded, and the armors worn by the soldiers were also scratched, and some even had small holes and blood stains from arrows...
Jing's cavalry had never participated in a battle, so where did these scars and bloodstains come from?
So Qu Zhuo no longer hesitated and shouted:
"They are Qin people, stop them and close the city gate!"
The Chu soldiers on both sides couldn't help but be stunned. They stopped what they were doing and looked at the cavalry in the middle.
Qu Zhuo's guess was correct, this cavalry army was Shen Bing's black armored army.
The first ones to enter the city were Wang Ben and his bodyguards.
Wang Ben took the initiative to ask for the job, and what he said was very reasonable:
"Vice general, the black-armored army is good at riding and shooting but not good at close combat."
"If the black-armored army enters the city and engages the enemy in close combat, it means using one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points."
"And the subordinates and the hundreds of personal guards under me are all good at close combat."
"We have not made any achievements since we joined the Black Armored Army. Please be the vanguard in this battle."
Shen Bing thought that this was right.
The reason why the Black Armored Army can repeatedly perform extraordinary feats is not because they are experienced or well-trained, but because they have advantages that others do not have...vine armor and mounted archery.
But now, they don't wear rattan armor in order to pretend to be Chu soldiers, and they have to fight Chu soldiers in close combat in order to attack the city. Isn't this just using their own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths?
Although the Black-armored Army can be said to be a sure winner in this battle... three thousand Black-armored Army versus two thousand Chu Army, and they caught the Chu Army by surprise. As long as they can enter the city, there will be almost no suspense.
The problem is that if the Chu army resists stubbornly, the black armored army, which is not good at close combat, will probably suffer heavy casualties.
The black-armored army is a select group of soldiers who can ride and shoot well, so they cannot be wasted like this.
On the other hand, Wang Ben and his personal guards were a veritable Qin army.
Not to mention Wang Ben's martial arts skills, his bodyguards were all elite men under Wang Jian.
Although they can ride horses, as Wang Ben said, they are actually infantry on horseback. When entering the battlefield, they have to dismount to fight, so of course they are good at close combat.
So Shen Bing didn't think much and made the decision immediately.
However, Shen Bing also confessed:
"Two or five hundred masters must be careful when they go here."
"If the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, it is not a bad idea to retreat. Don't try to force yourself to put yourself in danger."
Wang Ben was deeply moved.
If there were another general, he would probably be told "Don't retreat even half a step". How could he be like Shen Bing who told him to "don't show off his strength"?
How did Wang Ben know that Shen Bing was counting on his general to shine and help him in the future? Otherwise, if someone like Han Xin or Xiang Yu showed up, who would be able to deal with it?
Then Wang Ben led more than a hundred personal guards at the front of the team.
Qu Zhuo caught Wang Ben's attention as soon as he walked out. The armor on his shoulders and the guards around him told Wang Ben that he was the commander-in-chief of the Chu army, and he must be here to greet their "reinforcements". .
Looking at Qu Zhuo's eyes again, Wang Ben said secretly that he might have noticed something strange.
However, Wang Ben remained calm, because Wang Ben knew that Qu Zhuo would have to get closer if he wanted to see more clearly, and this was exactly what he wanted.
As Wang Ben expected, Qu Zhuo quickly stepped forward to take a look.
Wang Ben winked at the bodyguard behind him and raised his head slightly in the direction of Qu Zhuo.
The personal guards were all veterans who had crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They didn't know what Wang Ben's expression meant, so they secretly passed on Wang Ben's orders one by one.
At this moment, Qu Zhuo shouted:
"They are Qin people, stop them and close the city gate!"
Qu Zhuo's order is right.
Because at this time, the Qin army only had three to five hundred people entering the city.
As long as these Qin troops can be blocked and the city gates are closed, the Chu army still has a chance to turn defeat into victory.
However, Qu Zhuo did not expect that his opponent was Wang Ben.
He didn't expect that he himself was as important as the city gate.
What's more, he didn't expect that he had become Wang Ben's target.
As soon as he finished speaking, before the Chu army could react or was still in a state of doubt, Wang Ben shouted: "Kill!"
Then he pulled his horse's head and galloped towards Qu Zhuo.
At the same time, all the guards jumped off their horses and slapped the horse's butt... The horses were frightened and immediately spread their hooves and ran around, causing the Chu army to scream in surprise and run away.
This is not to say that the quality of these Chu troops is not good. In fact, these Chu troops are well-trained private soldiers of the Qu family.
It's just that they were not mentally prepared for this sudden situation and lost the opportunity.
At this moment, Wang Ben's men and horses had already rushed in front of Qu Zhuo, and then jumped up and used their inertia to throw Qu Zhuo to the ground who was about to unsheath his sword. Then, before Qu Zhuo could react, Wang Ben had already drawn an arrow. Stab it hard into his eyes...
Qu Zhuo screamed and fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. The guards around him didn't even rush to stop him.
At this time, Wang Ben's personal guards shouted and came up with bronze swords in their hands to kill...