Chapter 177 The Battle of Hulao Pass (2)
"Li Zhe, you're so cunning, no wonder Pei Gong will give me the instructions again and again-!" Xiang Yu's heavy pupils flashed, his hands flat and his big halberd broke the sky, urging his horse to kill the generals.
The Chu army was in full swing, so Li Yuan then took captive heads as the leader, suppressing the arrogance of the Chu army. In this unfavorable situation, how could Xiang Yu, the overlord who had always been like a fire, be able to withstand it?
"Li Yuan, you dare to bully me, no one in the Great Chu!" Xiang Yu's tongue burst into spring thunder, his voice sounded like a giant drum and bell, and the black horse under his crotch seemed to feel the high fighting spirit of the master, and neighed at the ordinary yellow-skinned companion opposite.
Hundred steps apart.
This is the closest distance between Qin and Chu armies in confrontation, just between the two generals.
Xiang Yu, who is accustomed to solving all problems by force, still doesn't believe that the young man who is not burly and has a fair face is astonishing as he faces.
I guess, it’s more about tricks.
I thought I finally had a good opponent this time, but now I found that it was just a fake. Whenever I thought about this, Xiang Yu felt a little annoyed.
One-on-one challenge.
In front of the two armies, Xiang Yu, who was furious, sent a letter of battle to Li Yuan about the one-on-one challenge between the generals of the two sides.
Fight or not.
Xiang Yu was waiting, and the 30,000 soldiers of the Chu army were waiting. Similarly, both the Qin generals and the captains of the pass were waiting for Li Yuan's final decision.
"Marquis Li, you must not agree!" When Hulao closed, the general Jiang Yu looked pale in shock. He knew that Xiang Yu was brave, and was worried that Li Yuan would be impulsive and agreed to the one-on-one invitation.
"Marty Li, wait for me!" Meng Hu urged the horse to fight and was about to kill the general. Whether it was Xiang Yu's opponent or not, he would come forward.
Even if I die for Li Yuan once, I can repay the kindness of saving each other.
The Qin army was silent, no one spoke, and even the sound of breathing became clear. Everyone was looking at Li Yuan. Looking at the young man who took them back on the road of revival, how would he deal with the enemy's naked provocation? Should he fight, retreat, or something else?
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Being forced into a desperate situation.
This was the result he wanted. Li Yuan suddenly laughed, with a little excitement, a little insight, and a faint calmness in his smile.
Under Xiang Yu's stare, Li Yuan lifted his sword and crossed over the saddle. Then he took out a bronze crossbow from the saddle bridge behind the horse at a quick speed. The crossbow arrow was hung into the groove with his hands, and his eyes were aimed at the mountain. He faced Xiang Yu.
"Swoosh!"
A crossbow arrow shot out without any delay, with an unstoppable momentum. Before Xiang Yu could fully react, the crossbow arrow flashing with a triangular cold light shot towards Xiang Yu's face.
"Overlord!"
The generals and officers of the Chu army who were still behind Xiang Yu exclaimed and urged them to come forward to protect Xiang Yu's safety, but their actions were obviously late compared to the flying crossbow arrows.
Despicable and shameless!
At this time, Li Yuan had only this impression in the hearts of the Chu army soldiers.
Arrows are like meteors.
Xiang Yu couldn't defend himself. When he realized what Li Yuan meant, he had only time to lower his head slightly. After this triangular crossbow arrow had intimate contact with Xiang Yu's bracelet, he made a crisp "clang" sound.
Hair is scattered.
Xiang Yu's vision was covered by the falling hair, which made him panic. A blind man, even if he had great skills, could not stop the assassination of a discerning person. What's more, the guy on the opposite side also had a long-range attack crossbow in his hand.
"Hurry up, kill this shameless Qin Dog!"
A Chu army captain who wanted to seek credit rushed out, and the spear in his hand was slanted, and his face was even more excited.
This is a guy who is accustomed to taking shortcuts.
While everyone was busy rescued Xiang Yu, he went against the rules and decided to fight hard to assassinate the enemy's chief general to gain a huge reputation.
"Swoosh swish swish--!"
The continuous sound of crossbows fired mixed with shouts and sounded inconspicuous, but for the Chu Army Captain who died with his eyes closed, it was already the last sound that he could hear in his life.
Wang Shang, who had been waiting for the battle, ordered his most accurate crossbowman to move forward a few steps and aimed at the Chu general who dared to kill Li Yuan.
Multiple crossbow arrows pierced into the armor that was just a coarse cloth jacket. The strong penetration force made the triangular arrow tip pierce straight from the surface of the skin to the heart, and while cutting off the internal organs, it also cuts off people's vitality.
"Boom!"
The lifeless corpse fell off the horse, and the head collided with the solid hard ground under the action of gravity, and immediately splashed a ball of blood. The frightened war horse jumped and jumped for a while, and finally let out a helpless whine.
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After a while of tossing, the overlord Xiang Yu finally got his hair bun under the protection of the generals and the face was extremely blue. He didn't expect Li Yuan to play so unreasonably. In front of everyone, he didn't dare to respond, and even used such despicable means of using hidden arrows to hurt people.
"Li thief, do you still know the word "shame"?" Xiang Yu shouted very angrily. Even if he gets angry this time, he will not get close to Li Yuan within a hundred steps. The longest range of Qin crossbow is 100 steps. Li Yuan never spoke just now. He must be calculating the distance between the two sides to facilitate his sneak attack. Such a treacherous person was fortunately regarded him as an opponent.
"Overlord, let me say that I'm a child, I'm silent, so why don't I say that I'm ashamed? As for that moment, Li was so upright and so shameful." Li Yuan sneered and said.
"You don't even dare to fight one-on-one, what else can you say?" Xiang Yu asked loudly.
"The method of deploying troops and formations is to use your strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings. The overlord is brave and invites battles with one-on-one challenge. Therefore, you attack my weaknesses with your strengths. Now I use the strengths of the crossbow to attack the king's shortcomings. What's wrong with me? What's the shame? But you, you, have just felt contemptuous and did not beware of the enemy's closeness, which gave Li's crossbow to use his skills." Li Yuan talked with emotion, ignoring Xiang Yuqing's face, and then ignored Xiang Yuqing's white face.
"You are sophistry, are you really angry at someone?" Xiang Yu burst into his chest and couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Overlord, if you can't even accept such a little setback, how can you achieve the world's hegemony? Why not go back to Jiangdong early and hide in the mountains and forests with your children?" Li Yuan straightened his expression and advised him.
In history, Xiang Yu was defeated at Gaixia after four years of the Chu-Han war, and finally committed suicide by slaughtering his own life on the banks of the Wujiang River. His body was divided into five parts by rebel generals such as Lu Matong. He died in an extremely miserable way. If he could have been able to lead troops back to Jiangdong today, Li Yuan would have done something meritorious.
Of course, this is not possible.
Xiang Yu is now at the peak of his career and will never listen to the advice of an enemy general, Li Yuan. In Xiang Yu's opinion, Li Yuan said that he had no other good intentions except irony.
"Li Yuan, don't be proud. Let's give up today's battle. Let's see you and I will meet again in the next day." Xiang Yu left a harsh sentence and then led the Chu army back to the camp.
In the first battle, Xiang Yu, who wanted to show his might, was shot down by Li Yuan's unexpectedly, and his hair was defeated by Li Yuan's sudden arrow, which made him lose face today. The subsequent questioning was also refuted by Li Yuan's "eloquence". In terms of language, Xiang Yu could not be considered a strong point. If he stayed on the battlefield, he could only cause more humiliation.
"Old Qin, let me regain my world. I will never stop fighting if I die!" The three thousand Qin generals hummed the war song, raised their weapons to the listless Chu soldiers opposite, and vented their suppressed anger in the morning.
So what if there are too many people?
So what about being brave?
In front of Li Hou, even Xiang Yu suffered. In the face of such a glory, the Qin army soldiers would naturally not care about whether Li Yuan's approach was a bit unkind.
Human nature is selfish.
This has never changed from ancient times to the present.
On the battlefield, victory or defeat is the only criterion for measurement. Apart from this, there is no other rule. It is not stipulated that when one party proposes to fight one-on-one, the other party must agree. Similarly, there is no provision that when one party general shoots arrows, he or she must ask the other party before and whether he or she agrees?
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The Chu army ended the day's war with a sharp start.
Xiang Yu returned to the central army tent angrily, and his whole body was so angry that he was tightened. Along the way, when he saw the evasive eyes thrown by the Chu soldiers, Xiang Yu felt that his lungs were almost irritated.
"What should I do? Did you just admit defeat?" Xiang Yu's heart was like ten thousand grass mud horses galloping by. Of course, Xiang Yu didn't know what grass mud horses were.
"Overlord, please calm down, don't fall into Li Yuan's series of tricks?" Outside the tent, after a light cough, Fan Zengzhu walked in with a crutch and hunched over.
When Xiang Yu was furious, except for Fan Zeng, the father of the Chu army, including generals Ji Bu and Yu Ziqi, did not dare to advise Xiang Yu. At this time, Ji Bu and others could think of asking Fan Zeng, who was still recovering from illness, which was the best way they could think of.
"Father Ya, what other tricks does Li Yuan have?" Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment. Fan Zeng's words suddenly diverted Xiang Yu's attention. Xiang Yu, who had taken Li Yuan's secret move, no longer had any contempt for this young opponent. Therefore, in terms of title, he would no longer call the Li thief like before.
"Overlord, what Li Yuan did today is to anger the overlord, thus making the overlord lose his mind and attack the Hulao Pass. In this way, the Qin army is waiting for labor and harming the dangerous pass, which will intensify the casualties of our soldiers of the Great Chu. In this way, wouldn't we encourage his fame even more? This is its ultimate goal." A rare light of wisdom appeared in Fan Zeng's old and turbid eyes.
"What Yafu said makes sense. Don't worry, how could I, Xiang Ji, be deceived again?" Xiang Yu said in a deep voice, his eyes full of solemnity and excitement.
Li Yuan, this is an extremely difficult guy who doesn't act according to the rules.
Only such an opponent can inspire endless fighting spirit.
The Hulao Pass Battle has just begun, and ** is far from here--. (To be continued.)
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