Chapter 208: The Sorrow of the Han Army

On the second day of October of the 15th year of Qianyuan, in the tent of the Han army in Yongxian County, Cao Tian summoned his generals to discuss the breakthrough. This time, the breakthrough was related to life and death. Although Bai Qi was no longer in the area of ​​Mei County, Bai Qi was likely to have arranged a way to deal with the Han army before leaving, so Cao Tian must be fully prepared.

"Everyone, our army has reached a time of life and death, and we have to break through. Fortunately, Bai Qi has left the area of ​​Mei County. Now the commander of the Qin army in Mei County is Wang Feng, which is a good opportunity for us. Therefore, we will decide that the army will break through to Mei County in three days." Cao Tian said to the generals.

"Please tell us General Cao!" Everyone did not say too much nonsense, but just asked Cao Tian to give orders.

Cao Tian nodded and said, "In three days, our army will be divided into three groups. The first group is Cao Sheng, Cao Ying, Song Que, and Guan Zhang, four generals, opened the way with swords and shields, and resisted the Qin army's star-destroying crossbow formation. The cavalry is behind. When approaching the Qin army's position, they will break through the Qin army's crossbow formation. The second group, the generals personally led the central army to escort the king and king. After the cavalry broke through the crossbow formation, they will break out of the siege. General Xiahou Wuji is responsible for protecting the king, Fan Lu, Liu Quan, and Zhou Bing, three generals, guarding the central army, and the third group, led by Gu Sanfeng and Zhang Tong, your task is to be responsible for cutting off the rear and resist the attack of the Yumi Qin army. After the central army breaks through the siege, I will send someone to take you away. I wonder if you have any questions?"

Everyone shook their heads. Cao Tian’s plan was already very good. Whether it could be successful depends on God’s will. But at least there is still a glimmer of hope, and it is better than staying here and waiting to die.

Three days later, more than 200,000 Han army troops had gathered together. Logically, breaking through will be much easier at night than during the day, but the Qin army's star-destroying crossbow formation covers attacks without distinction, and there is no difference between night and day. On the contrary, breaking through during the day can have a certain chance to avoid overwhelming crossbow arrows.

At the same time, Bai Qi, who had returned to the area of ​​Mei County, also noticed the abnormal movement of the Han army. Bai Qi knew that the Han army was about to break through, so Bai Qi summoned four generals, Wang Feng, Shelitu, Ma Sheng and Yinghuai, and sent people to inform Meng Zhan at the same time.

"Four generals, the Han army is preparing to break through. This battle is related to whether our Qin Dynasty can successfully enter Guanzhong in the future. We have been preparing carefully for so long, just waiting for this moment, so I hope that all the generals will work hard. If we can completely wipe out the Han army, it is good to capture the Han king alive. If we cannot, we must also destroy the Han army's vitality as much as possible to fight Guanzhong in the future. "Bai Qi, for this battle, has been preparing for this battle for a long time, and he has not hesitated to pretend to be sick. Now it is finally the last moment. Bai Qi's target has never been the King of Han, because he knows that the King of Han must have been protected by countless elite Han army forces. It is difficult to catch him, so Bai Qi's goal is to consume the Han army's vitality as much as possible. Besides, without a Han king, there will be another Han king. Only by destroying the Han army's vitality is the way to win.

"Please rest assured General Bai, we will do our best to wipe out the Han army!" everyone responded.

In Yong County, the King of Han had already packed everything and was ready to break through, while Cao Tian and Xiahou Wuji were guarding the King of Han.

"General Cao, are everything ready?" Before ascending to the king's charity, the King of Han still asked Cao Tian with concern, was everything ready?

Cao Tian nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, my king, I have prepared everything. The vanguard army will soon attack the Qin army's crossbow formation. As long as the crossbow formation is broken, the Qin army will no longer be able to stop our army from breaking through."

Hearing Cao Tian say this, the King of Han nodded with confidence and turned around and climbed the king's carriage.

After appeaseing the good King of Han, Cao Tian said to Xiahou Wuji: "General Xiahou, you will immediately send someone to inform Cao Ying and others, and order them to lead swords, shield soldiers and cavalry to break through the Qin army's star-destroying crossbow formation. In addition, when breaking through, you must keep guarding the king's side without leaving any damage."

"Here!" Xiahou Wuji replied.

Outside Yong County, Cao Ying, Cao Sheng, Song Que and Guan Zhang had already gathered all the sword and shield soldiers and most of the cavalry in the army, with a total of 80,000 people. This was the first batch of soldiers to break through. Among these 80,000 people, there were 50,000 sword and shield soldiers and 30,000 cavalry soldiers. The sword and shield soldiers were commanded by Cao Ying, Cao Sheng, Song Que, and 30,000 cavalry soldiers were commanded by Guan Zhang.

"Blade and shield soldiers, raise the shield and move forward!" Cao Ying gave the order, 50,000 sword and shield soldiers raised their shields together, and under the cover of the shield, they slowly advanced towards the Qin army's crossbow formation.

"Come offensive soldiers! Shoot!" In the Qin crossbow formation, when the Qin general Ma Sheng saw that the Han army had entered the coverage of the Star Destroying Crossbow formation, he immediately ordered the shooting.

With a command, thousands of arrows were fired at once, constantly hitting the Han army's shield, making a harsh sound. Although the Han army was protected by the shield, there were still many casualties.

"Hold on, move forward steadily!" Cao Ying held a shield in his left hand and Park Knife in his right hand and kept knocking the oncoming crossbow arrows to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

As the saying goes, a general is bound to be killed in the formation. The Han general Song Que, who was like Cao Ying, held a shield in one hand and knocked down crossbow arrows with the other hand. However, a hundred secrets were secrets and a crossbow arrow flew straight into Song Que's face and finally shot through Song Que's head. Song Que lay on the ground, struggled for a moment and then disappeared.

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"General Song!" Cao Ying felt very sad when he saw Song Qi's death, but he was helpless. Because the Qin army's crossbows were overwhelming, if he was not careful, he would probably follow Song Qi's footsteps, so Cao Ying had to be careful.

After suffering huge casualties, the Han army finally rushed out of the coverage of the Star Destroying Crossbow Formation. Cao Ying hurriedly commanded the sword and shield soldiers to disperse, and Guan Zhang led the cavalry to rush over.

Seeing this, Ma Sheng hurriedly ordered people to push the star destroyer back and then lead troops to meet the Han cavalry.

Cao Tian, ​​who was in Yong County, saw the overwhelming rain of arrows disappearing, and knew that Cao Ying and others had already reached the Qin army's position, so he led the central army to break through.

The Han army had 100,000 troops, which was the most elite army of the Han army. Their mission was to safely protect the Han king's breakthrough.

When Cao Ying and others broke through Ma Sheng's defense line, they were just proud, the cavalry led by Guan Zhang suddenly lost their horses and many people fell off their horses. Cao Ying looked at them and found that there were many traps and stumblers, which were specially prepared by the Qin army for the Han cavalry.

When the Han cavalry fell off their horses because of the horse pit and the horse rope, a large number of Qin archers appeared on the hillsides everywhere, constantly strangling the Han cavalry. The Han cavalry was killed and injured. Seeing this, Cao Ying felt bad and hurriedly brought the sword and shield soldiers to kill Guan Zhang and a group of cavalry.

But at this time, there were less than 10,000 cavalry riding on horseback. At the same time, a large number of Qin troops had already come. Cao Ying and others gritted their teeth and led their troops to kill them. The two armies fought together.

On the other hand, after Cao Ying and others broke out the Star Destroyer Crossbow Formation, the 100,000 Han army central army led by Cao Tian finally arrived at the battlefield.

After Cao Tian left, Yu Mi's Meng Zhan seized the opportunity, attacked the dead back Gu Sanfeng and tens of thousands of Han troops led by Zhang Tong, and captured Yong County.

Gu Sanfeng and Zhang Tong were not capable of fighting and retreating, and slowly moved closer to the central army led by Cao Tian.

Bai Qi stood on the high slope in the distance, watching the bloody battle below, with a ghost smile on his lips, and said, "Okay, the game is over. Raise the banner of my general and tell Cao Tian that I will be here."

Cao Tian at the foot of the mountain also discovered Bai Qi's general flag and finally knew that he had fallen into Bai Qi's trap. However, at this time he had no way out. Because Meng Zhan had already captured Yong County, he could only break through desperately now, so he came to Xiahou Wuji and said, "General Xiahou, you should take the king out immediately, and I will cover you."

"General Cao, what about you?" Xiahou Wuji asked.

Cao Tian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "This is a carefully arranged siege and killing by Bai Qi. I can only take one step at a time, but the king must not make any mistakes. You must protect the king."

"Don't worry, General Cao." Xiahou Wuji was not a pedantic person either. He knew that the situation was critical now, so he followed Cao Tian's will and summoned thousands of elite troops to protect the King of Han and leave. Cao Tian was also in front of him to open the way for King of Han and Xiahou Wuji.

Bai Qi just stopped the King of Han and did not take it seriously. His current target is the main force of the Han army below. Until now, both armies have suffered heavy casualties. There are more than 200,000 Han troops left, and the Qin army is not easy, and there are 40,000 to 50,000 casualties.

Cao Tian gathered his army and rushed violently, and the Qin army fought to the death to stop it. In the end, Bai Qi saw that the casualties were too great and retreated to the encirclement, so Cao Tian was able to successfully break through.
Chapter completed!