Chapter 180 The Battle of Hulao Pass (5)
Ji Bu received the general order and quickly began to mobilize all the generals and soldiers of the Zuoying camp to prepare to climb the pass first.
At the same time, Li Yuan also received news from the scout that the Chu army was abnormally moving. He immediately judged that the Chu army was preparing to attack on both sides. You must know that Xiang Yu was a guy who was never willing to fail.
Get up wherever you fall.
From the fire in the back mountain and the sound of war drums in the Chu camp, it can be predicted that Xiang Yu's ultimate intention was to attack the pass, but it is still unclear when and who will command the battle.
storm.
For Xiang Yu, who believed in the bravery, it was a tactic he admired the most. In the past, when facing the eight camps of the Qin border army, he could burn his boats without fear of life and death. Today, I believe that Xiang Yu's choice is the same.
Therefore, when the Chu army's "Ji"-shaped red flag was getting closer, Li Yuan ordered Jiang Yu's five thousand infantrymen and Cao Xin's personal military camp to all rush to the front line of the pass.
Ji Bu.
A respectable opponent, this man who is worthy of promise, is a member of Chu General Li Yuan's respect, not only because of his loyalty, but also because of his foresight.
The siege of Bai Deng in history was Ji Bu's words that allowed the start-up man to escape the complete defeat of being completely defeated by foreign races. If Ji Bu did not persuade the Lü family to send troops, he would be no match for the Huns Maodun, just relying on a group of old, weak and remnants who were temporarily recruited from Chang'an, he would not only fail to save Liu Bang, but also likely to lose the foundation of the entire Han court.
Of course, this is just an example recorded in historical books. In this different time and space, the Battle of Baideng may happen as scheduled, or another version, which all require time to slowly test.
While actively responding to Ji Bu, Li Yuan also handed over the action of eliminating the infiltration enemy to Wang Shang and Zhang Ping to carry out this kind of encirclement and annihilation battle in the jungle. This kind of encirclement and annihilation battle is the most skilled and familiar to the Qin army of the Wang army who fought all the way in Chen Cangdao.
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Ji Buling ordered the battle.
Although he felt indescribable, Ji Bu still endured Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng's intentions. Ji Bu still understood the use of these small methods. However, it was really disappointing to use Ji Bu. He was not Ying Bu and could not do anything to turn against him. Since he made a promise to follow Xiang Yu, he would definitely stick to it to the end.
attack!
Taking the Hulao Pass in front of him and rescuing Ji Xin, who was trapped by the Qin army, is Ji Bu's current top priority. No matter how many Qin troops are blocking the way, Ji Bu is fearless.
After three days of silence, the Chu army once again sounded the horn to attack Hulao Pass.
This time, unlike the last temptation and intimidation, it was a real ants-attachment attack. Ji Bu quickly mobilized 10,000 generals and soldiers from the Zuoying under his command, divided into five echelons, and began a military operation to attack Hulao.
The drums were sounded.
The Chu army's armor was as red as red.
Waves of red waves appeared on the wilderness, giving people a strong sense of shock. The red clothes were as blood as the setting sun, and the soldiers of the Chu army shouted wildly, strode and carried the ladder and sandbags hard. No matter how dangerous the barrier was, they could not stop a group of desperate soldiers.
"kill!"
Ji Bu held up the sword high and led his personal soldiers to command the front line. A wave of carefully selected soldiers from 2,000 people became the first dead soldiers. They were wearing heavy armor and holding thick swords. Under the cover of archers, they were climbing up along the uneven rocks of the pass.
"Peng!"
A huge stone fell down roaring and was hitting one end of the cloud ladder, instantly smashing the thick wooden ladder into two pieces. The strong man who was trying to pick up the ladder stepped on the air, screamed and abandoned the sword, hugged the protruding rock with both hands, and kept shaking in the air.
"Cloud ladder, go up again!" The captain led by the Chu army roared angrily when he saw the failure of the first ladder, and waved his hand to signal the siege troops behind to come up quickly.
A piece of red tide surged, and a little cold light fell in the air. This was the Qin generals guarding the pass shooting and killing the enemy soldiers. Facing the ants-like enemy groups, the Qin army no longer needed to aim at the Wangshan Mountain. As long as the crossbow was slightly lowered, they could achieve a slight effect.
Hulao Pass.
It is a mountain pass that rises from the ground, without the blockage of the moat, and the Chu army can run from the other end of the wilderness to this end without any obstacle. On the top of the cliff several meters high at the pass, generations of pass builders have built corridors made of stones. Here, it can facilitate the defenders to transport troops quickly and transport the roller stones of the defenders. The tough vine frame made of mountain rattan can lift tinctures and other debris.
Below the pass, the width of the pass is only accommodated by two carriages passing side by side. If one of the driving lines in the middle is incorrect, the other will be stuck in the middle and cannot move.
Capture the pass.
Even if you pull out the first nail to take down Hulao Pass.
Under Ji Bu's command, a group of soldiers of Chu shouted and howled, and put the huge trees and other siege equipment they had collected onto the pass.
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Relying on the large number of people and powerful forces, the Chu army began a strong attack without regard to casualties!
At the pass, Li Yuan led Jiang Yu's headquarters to defend the Qin infantry. Jiang Yu's subordinates had a very rich experience in defending the pass. At the city of Chen Cang, they once blocked the Han army's Wang Ling several times their own troops under the city, thus creating conditions for the final fire attack and annihilation of the enemy.
After entering Hulao Pass, Jiang Yu re-adjusted the defense of the pass. Batches of rocks were mined and then pulled up to the top of the cliff through vine baskets. These sharp and irregular stones have become the best weapon for the Qin army to deal with Chu soldiers on the cloud ladder.
"Big Chu, Big Chu!"
The Chu army captain with red eyes roared. The first wave of 2,000 dead soldiers fought fiercely for two hours, and less than a hundred survived. A large number of incomplete Chu soldiers' bodies were piled up layer by layer, slowly shortening the distance between the pass and the pass, allowing the subsequent Chu army to step on the corpses of their companions step by step to rush up the pass.
"Save me!, save!"
A Chu Juntun general who was hit by a stone in his lower body and was then pressed by many corpses shouted in pain, his face covered with curly beards and bloodstained, and he could no longer tell where his eyes and nose were.
The battle was until noon and the pass was up.
The personal military camp led by the one-eyed captain Cao Xin has begun to be put into the front-line battlefield one after another. During the fierce battle for a long time, Jiang Yu's troops have become physically exhausted and gradually began to show a state of lack of support.
"Haha, it's another one." Cao Xin had a ferocious face, and with one eye, he immediately took down a Chu soldiers who jumped to the pass.
It was already the eleventh. Cao Xin's bravery made the Qin generals in the personal military camp high. They defended the most important location in the front of the pass, causing teams of Chu soldiers who were trying to make meritorious return regretfully.
Of course, it is still lucky to be able to escape with one life. More death-deaths have left their lives under a stack of narrow areas.
"Beat the drum! Start the battle song!" Li Yuan stood under the flag from beginning to end, watching the changes in the battle situation in a blink of an eye. The Chu army's waves of fierce attacks never stopped. This was a great psychological test for the soldiers guarding the pass, and the red armored clothes of the Chu army also made the Qin soldiers feel dizzy and uncomfortable.
"Rare Old Qin, let me regain my world--!"
"There are Ruis in Qin, who will compete with you?!"
One, two, three or four. When one Qin army soldier after another sang a low and sad battle song and integrated his body with this majestic pass, this Great Wall made of flesh and blood is a pass that can never be conquered.
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Ji Bu's face turned ashen.
From morning to noon, it had been a full morning. Five waves of Qin troops attacked one after another. I don’t know how many rounds they had rotated. The only 10,000 soldiers under their command could still fight were less than 3,000 left. Most of the remaining seven thousand soldiers were trampled on the wilderness and flat ground under the pass. Their bodies were piled up again and again, gradually being half a person away from the cliff on the pass. As long as another force was used, the Qin army would have to collapse.
But can the generals and soldiers under their command still fight?
Ji Bu's heart was already in a state of sadness. After years of accumulation, all of them have disappeared today. From now on, Ji Bu will no longer be a general of the Chu army with more than 10,000 elite soldiers, but an ordinary Chu army general. Without soldiers under his command, there will be no more so many soldiers coming to surrender to him.
How can a general who does not take his subordinate's lives seriously win the love of his subordinates, and how can he fight for him with convincing hearts?
"Tell the Overlord, just say you will give another reinforcement and take the pass immediately!" Ji Bu's eyes were blood red, and a trace of blood was oozing out of the corners of his mouth.
There is no other way.
The war accumulated by people is too cruel. According to Ji Bu's estimate, the Qin army on the pass is now close to the brink of collapse. Although the casualties of the troops guarding the pass are not as huge as the attacking side, the Qin army's losses will not be less than 2,000 people in the war of attrition.
Reinforcements!
Ji Bu asked Xiang Yu to quickly reinforce the rear. On the other side, Li Yuan was also anxiously hoping that Wang Shang and Zhang Ping's encirclement and annihilation troops would bring good news.
At this time, Li Yuan didn't know that the commander-in-chief of the Chu army in the back mountain was Ji Bu's younger brother Ji Xin. However, no matter who it was, as long as he could take the lead in annihilation of part of the Chu army that had infiltrated, he could quickly suppress the morale of the Chu army when the news of annihilation of the enemy reached the pass.
Time passes by little by little in the race against time.
After receiving Ji Bu's order to help, the overlord Xiang Yu shouted excitedly, urging the black horse and came over with the most elite soldiers from the headquarters.
Revenge.
At this time, too.
"Li Yuan, are you ready to give him a title?" Xiang Yu shouted loudly, holding up his halberd, a fiery red cloak, a dark war horse, and a tall figure made him look like a god, and people dare not look up at him.
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Chapter completed!