Chapter 90 Breaking the Embankment
The sandstorm rose again on the battlefield, and the rolling dust no longer ranged from south to north, but from north to south. The central army array was like a long dike. Once the dike was broken, the situation was despaired and it was difficult to recover. The Qin army's defeated cavalry, the Chu army's dragon cavalry, the Qin army's defeated soldiers, the Chu army's armored soldiers in front of the floating bridge, and after the formation was broken, all of these people rolled southward, bringing up sand and dust in the sky.
The strategists of the Guowei Mansion did not want to fight to the decisive battle but wanted to block it, which reduced the battle of hundreds of thousands of troops into a showdown of tens of thousands of cavalry. This cannot be said to be a mistake. As long as the Chu army with artillery crossed the Wei River, there would not be too much suspense in the battle. Only by pushing the Chu army to the north of the Wei River can the Qin army win the war.
However, once such an attempt goes bankrupt, he does not use all his military strength advantages, and his tactical advantages are not as good as that of the Chu cavalry, the Qin army will be defeated. Most of the hundreds of thousands of infantrymen have not stabbed a spear, and they will be defeated because of the embarrassing Wulong and the sharp charge of the Chu cavalry.
Zhao Zheng's eyes were no longer on Xiong Jing. He stared at the central army array that collapsed and the sandstorm was everywhere, watching the Qin army collapse. He was trembling all over, this was the atmosphere and fear.
"Our army has collapsed, the king will go quickly!" Wei Liao's chariot ran to Zhao Zheng, then turned around and blocked the road ahead. He ran off the chariot and almost fell down, knowing Zhao Zheng's thoughts, and shouted again: "The king wants to destroy the four countries. How can he die here in one day!"
"King, go quickly!" In front of Wei Liao, Zhao Yong grabbed Chi Ji's reins. After turning around, his sword directly stabbed the horse's buttocks. The injured Chi Ji jumped wildly and neighed, carrying Zhao Zheng on the horse's feet.
Zhao Zheng returned and his servants followed him. The sun-shading bulb that attracted the wind had been thrown away. Only Changqi followed Chi Ji and moved against the wind at an unimaginable speed.
Kill Zhao Zheng, everything will end; if the Qin army does not attack, there will be few attacks in the world. Xiong Jing is riding alone in attacking regardless of life and death. However, the military chariots sent by Zhao Yong have been constantly creating obstacles for him. He can only walk around the military workshop. When they pass through these military chariots, Zhao Zheng has turned around and left. He was unwilling to accept that he shouted: "Zhao Zheng! Zhao Zheng! Zhao Zheng..."
As he shouted, he seemed to see Zhao Zheng turning back, but Zhao Zheng was still moving further and further away, and the guards in succession protected him even more.
"Not good!" Due to the obstacles of the chariot, Zhuang Quji, Gui Jing, Cheng Kui and others were only one or twenty steps away from Xiong Jing. Behind the guard formation, Cheng Kui saw a familiar figure, and the bow was slowly raised, and the arrow was already on the string. He jumped off the horse, and before he landed on the long bow, the arrow was already on the string. Behind the guard formation, the bow was full, the arrow was off the string. Cheng Kui, who held his breath, relaxed his fingers, and the arrow was off the strings. Unfortunately, he didn't have time to see the result, and the dragon cavalry ran behind him and knocked him away with a "bang".
After rushing to the battlefield, Xiong Jing opened his face armor and suddenly found that the arrow on the left was flying too late. His arm shield was not enough to raise. Just when he thought he was about to be shot, a black shadow on the side flashed by, and the flying arrow was deflecting against the bridge of his nose, leaving a blood groove in his scorching heat.
"King!" When Xiong Jing was about to look back, Zhuang Quji rushed up. His shouting was filled with some blame, blaming Xiong Jing for being so reckless and riding alone without regard for his life.
"It's not bad." Xiong Jing, who had just escaped from death, knew that he had something wrong. He then pointed to the Qin army on both sides, and said with a smile: "The Qin army is defeated!"
If the reserve team still has the possibility of stabilizing their position after the collapse of the central army, then hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers witnessed Zhao Zheng's Changqi retreating sharply, and the defeat was really irreversible. The central army's array was completely defeated, and the soldiers fled. Although Meng Tian and Yang Duanhe of the left and right armies tried their best to stabilize the array, they were all old and weak soldiers under their command. Once the central army was disbanded, the soldiers followed. Before the king fled, the soldiers were fleeing, and the garrison commandered, and hundreds of generals had already fled.
Once an army of hundreds of thousands falls into chaos, it will be as uncontrollable as a flood and floods. The flood south engulfs everything and covers the previous Qin army camps. These camps are as investigated by the Chu army's cavalry, and there are not only trenches, but also earthen walls in the tent. The Qin soldiers stationed here originally wanted to let the defeated troops stop, but in a panic, the defeated soldiers in front were squeezed down the trenches by the defeated soldiers in the rear without exception. When the defeated soldiers filled the trenches, the defeated soldiers rushed to the next trenches.
There was no decent battle anymore, only a simple sheep driving, and the five thousand Chu cavalry who could fight drove the defeated army south like sheep driving. The Chu infantry who had removed heavy armor followed along. At first, they assassinated the fallen Qin soldiers. In the end, too many of the defeated soldiers could not be killed, so they gave up these people and rushed forward to chase more of the defeated soldiers in front.
At the bridge in Weinan, the battlefield where the two armies had fought was in a mess, with flags, armor, corpses and injuries everywhere. Previously, the huge Qin army's camp was flattened, and under the southeast wind, the broken tent was open, like a corpse that had broken open. The capture of the baggage was extremely abundant, with more than 30,000 cavalry in the Qin army, and the horse materials needed far exceed those of the Chu army. There were not many corns. When the Qin army was defeated, the Qin people had no time to burn these supplies, and now they all belonged to the Chu army.
"Be sure to tell the king, don't pursue him." Zhuang Wudi said. He had not finished his instructions and his eyes were fixed on the sand table.
At this time, the Chu army's shogunate had been unfolded again in Weinan, and the sand table was replaced with a larger style. From Xianyang City in Weibei to Wangchuankou out of the Qinling Mountains, from Mount Li to Mount Li in the east of the Ba River to Fengyi on the west side of the Fengshui, all of them were displayed on the sand table. The Qin army was defeated and fled south was equivalent to facing the Nanyang Chu army coming from Ba Shang, and could only go east or west.
The Ba Bridge is actually in the east of the battlefield. Since the Ba Bridge is in the east of the battlefield, if Zhao Zheng retreated north fled south and turned east, he had to cross the Qianshui River and the Ba River. If the Chu army could seize the bridges on the two waters first, it would be able to stop the Qin King from escaping from the east.
To the west, there are many rivers, including the Shui River, Ling Zhuang, Feng River, and Haochi (north of Kunming Lake in the Han Dynasty). It is not convenient to cross the river. However, this area is where Feng Hao, the Zhou people, is located, and there are many palaces and cities. If the Qin King is separated, he might go west.
"Please send people to seize the Qian River quickly. The bridge of the Ba River will not allow the Qin King to go east. If you have any spare strength, you should occupy the two towns of Fenghao." After thinking, Zhuang Wudi ordered very slowly with a group of strategists. The strategists were not worried about the King of Qin fleeing west, but were only worried about letting him fleeing east. Fleeing east and joining the Qin army led by Li Xin and Wang Jian, and the Chu army was going to fight the Qin army again. At that time, July was about to end, and the Dan River fell. The Chu army's logistics, which was transporting food and fodder by water, was cut off, and could only retreat to the south of the Qinling Mountains.
The cavalry who ran out of the Weinan Shogunate chased the last group of infantry south. In fact, the Chu army occupied the bridge on the Wushui River. Because of the obstruction of Zhuang Quji and others, Xiong Jing could only watch Gui Jing and others who were attacking the Bashui Bridge west of the Wushui River.
The Qianshui River and the Bashui River meet not far from the north, and there are dozens of bridges on both sides of this sharp-angle triangle. The slow-moving Qin infantrymen are still in the rear, and the rapidly moving cavalry has rushed here. Perhaps because they know the meaning of the bridge, after the Qianshui Bridge is lost, the Qin cavalry will guard the Bashui Bridge to the death. If the Bashui Bridge is lost, the army will not be able to retreat to the east of the Bashui River, and hundreds of thousands of people will die here.
"The power of the dragon cavalry is the Qin people." When the Qin army was defeated, the 150,000 Qin troops led by Zhang Han were wiped out. Dongye Gu's confidant Dongye Ge rode a Di horse and stood beside Xiong Jing.
Because the Qin people built the embankment, the water marsh in Wangchuan had become a water marsh. The Chu army led by Dongyegu could only enter the Bailu Plain from the ridge west of Wangchuan like Xiong Jing that day, and fought a decisive battle with 150,000 people led by Zhang Han on the Bailu Plain. If Zhang Han was defeated, he would be punished by his clan. The Qin army also fought hard, but he still could not stop the Chu army's charge of the barbarian spear.
After the decisive battle, the army was coming to meet with Xiong Jing at full speed. Dongyege, who led the cavalry, was faster. It was they who rushed to the Qin cavalry guarding the Yushui floating bridge from the direction of Bailuyuan that the Yushui floating bridge was quickly captured.
Even the generals of the Chu army did not have dragon cavalry to ride. The war horse under Dongye Ge's crotch was a Di horse, standing on the west bank of the Wushui River was a head shorter than others. Hearing his envious voice, Xiong Jing shook his head slightly. The weapon theory is undesirable, and although the dragon horse is good, he must know how to use it. However, weapons are included in tactics. As long as more advanced tactics are used reasonably, they will definitely be defeated and backward. The weapon theory is not recommended, but the tactics should be promoted.
"Report——!" The cavalry general rushed forward and headed straight to Xiong Jing. "Report to the king, I have not seen the King of Qin."
"Report—————————” A louder voice lit up. When everyone saw it, a scout rushed towards him holding the flag with a broken flag. Because the wind could not blow up, the red flag tail fell to the ground.
"Where is the King of Qin?" Jing Sheng asked first.
"Report to the king, I only saw the Qin King Changqi placed on the ground, but I didn't see where the Qin King was." The detective cavalry only saw the Changqi thrown on the ground, and knew nothing else.
"Where did you see it?" Xiong Jing asked.
"Thirty miles to the west." The detective cavalry pointed to a place to the west, from where he came from.
"Map." Xiong Jing ordered the left and right.
The Qin army that blocked Dongyegu was defeated. The trapezoidal area from Fengshui to Ba River, from Weishui to Qinling Mountains was about 70 miles wide from east to west and about 100 miles long from north to south was already under the control of the Chu army. Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops would starve to death if they did not search and kill. Zhao Zheng wanted to search and kill, but before searching and killing, he would have to block the Fengshui line.
"Jingsheng?" Xiong Jing shouted.
"I'm here!" Jing Sheng was watching Gui Jing's first cavalry division attack the floating bridge on the Bashui. The place was too narrow, and hundreds of cavalrymen in the first cavalry division could not be disguised, so he had to watch.
"Go here to stop the Qin people from crossing the water." Xiong Jing pointed heavily at Feng Hao on the west side. When Jing Sheng was about to leave, he also told him: "If you can capture alive, then capture alive and do not humiliate him; if you cannot..., kill him and bring back his body."
Chapter completed!