Chapter 315 Stalemate

The Chu and Han armies met on narrow roads were well-equipped elite soldiers. (")

The Tianlang Guard is the elite of the Chu army. In addition to having a ring-headed sword, a spear (spear) or a large shield (shield armored soldiers), each person also carries an additional horn bow and a wolf-tooth arrow. A small number of elite dead soldiers are equipped with a Gongshu crossbow with stronger lethality, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

Bai Mo's three thousand Han troops were also elite in a hundred battles. In addition to each of them having a double-edged sword and a long halberd, two thousand people were equipped with horn bows, and the other thousand people each brought five flying spears.

When the distance was less than 100 steps, the Chu and Han armies began to shoot arrows almost at the same time, and while advancing, they poured a rain of arrows onto each other's heads. However, the soldiers of both armies were wearing heavy armor, and the narrow plank road also limited the lethality of bows and arrows. Therefore, there were no major casualties on both sides, and only a small number of soldiers were shot into the joints of the armor and were injured.

With less than twenty steps left, Pang Yu suddenly flashed to the inside of the plank road and stood close to the wall.

Suddenly, the front row of soldiers following Pang Yu immediately knelt down on one knee and stood on the plank road. The second row bent his knees slightly and half-squatted. Pang Yu raised his horizontal knife slightly, and the three rows of soldiers in front and back held up the Gongshu crossbow at the same time. Twelve black crossbow machines instantly aimed at the red-robed man general who was strode forward.

After a lot of effort, the bus finally made a series of crossbows.

However, the technical requirements of Gongshu crossbows are too high. With the current conditions of Chu State, it is impossible to mass-produce it, and a large amount of equipment is even more untold. Therefore, Xiang Zhuang only equipped only a hundred or ten consecutive crossbows in the three major camps of Xiaoqi, Huben and Tianlang. On a large-scale frontal battlefield, it is difficult for a few hundred Gongshu crossbows to play any role.

But at specific times and in specific regions, crossbows can play unexpected roles.

For example, now, these twelve Gongshu crossbows will exert power beyond imagination!

With the slash of the horizontal sword in Pang Yu's hand, the twelve Tianlang Ruizers pulled off the crossbow at the same time. In an instant, twelve black iron arrows shot towards Zhou Guanfu who was approaching opposite him like lightning. The iron arrows were all made of fine iron. The arrows on the top had already opened their edges and were also highly poisonous. They can be said to be a weapon of assassination!

Pang Yu never thought that he would fight Zhou Guanfu alone. There were many ways to avenge Jing Qian. One-on-one fight with Zhou Guanfu was undoubtedly the stupidest way! In the Hulao Pass, Pang Yu had seen Zhou Guanfu's martial arts bravery. He knew that his martial arts skills were definitely not Zhou Guanfu's opponent.

A dozen cold stars shot towards him, and Zhou Guanfu's face suddenly sank slightly.

Zhou Guanfu had an instinct like a beast. He instantly realized that these dozen cold stars were not simple. When he could not even get it, Zhou Guanfu suddenly turned sideways and placed the two iron halberds in front of them to block several cold stars. Although the remaining seven or eight cold stars shot Zhou Guanfu, they slipped open against the scales on Zhou Guanfu's body.

"Haha!" After successfully avoiding this killing attack, Zhou Guanfu immediately smiled to the sky.

Zhou Guanfu obviously lacked his understanding of the crossbow. In his opinion, once the crossbow of the opposite Chu army was fired, it would not be so easy to refille it. Zhou Guanfu would never give them time and opportunity to refille it. He immediately used two iron halberds to attack each other hard in front of his chest, and Zhou Guanfu once again took a big strode forward and rushed forward.

But soon, something that surprised Zhou Guanfu happened. The dozen Chu soldiers on the opposite side just pulled the crossbow in their hands back and forth, and then another buzzed and a dozen cold stars shot up! Zhou Guanfu's pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and he was stunned. A crossbow that could be fired continuously?!

Just in a daze, more than ten cold stars had already shot Zhou Guanfu like lightning. After several sounds of metal impact, Zhou Guanfu felt a sudden coldness in his left shoulder, left rib and right leg. When he looked down quickly, he saw that several dark iron nails had been inserted into the seams of the left shoulder, left rib and right leg.

The next moment, a slight numbness spread out from the arrow. The latest chapter of the Holy Church

Oops, the arrow was poisonous! Zhou Guanfu's heart suddenly became terrified. In just a moment, he felt his left hand and right leg numb. The iron halberd that was originally light and as light as nothing in his left hand suddenly became heavy. When the Chu army opposite him pulled the crossbow again to be launched, Zhou Guanfu did not hesitate and flashed back into the formation.

Seeing Zhou Guanfu being injured by an arrow, Pang Yu suddenly looked very excited. How could he miss such a good opportunity?!

"Don't leave Zhou Guanfu, stay your life!" Pang Yu roared, picked up the sword and chased after him. The twelve sharp soldiers behind him also put away the Gongshu crossbow, took out the ring-headed sword and followed Pang Yu and chased him. Behind him, more Tianlang soldiers rushed in. Amid the heavy footsteps, the plank road hanging across the air also trembled slightly.

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The outskirts of Langzhong City, in the dense forest.

Xiangzhuang was dozing off with his eyes closed, and the remaining 400 Tianlang Guards were lying or sitting, and they were all in a deep dream. They had not slept well for seven days and seven nights. For these seven days, they were either forcing troops, fighting, or running for fear of fear. At this time, when people relaxed, they could easily fall asleep.

No matter how elite soldiers are, they need to rest, and no matter how strong a man is, they need to sleep!

After eating some dry food under cold water, the fatigue surged, and most of the soldiers fell asleep.

Qu Bucai had already gone to Langzhong County to find out the news. Although Xiang Zhuang hoped that Pang Yu's army had arrived in Langzhong, he knew that this possibility was not high. Instead, he ambushed their Han army in Jiange. It would be very likely that Jiameng Pass had already been captured. Xiang Zhuang only left more than a hundred Tianlang Guards in Jiameng Pass, and this little force could not be defended for a long time.

Deep down, Xiang Zhuang has prepared the worst mentally.

When it was getting dark, Qu Bucai finally came back, but what he brought back was not the bad news that Jiameng Pass was lost and Langzhong County was reoccupied by the Han army, but the good news that Pang Yu was leading three thousand elite troops to confront the Han army on the Jinniu Road. After experiencing the crushing defeat of Jiange, this news was really a shot of a heart-warming shot for Xiang Zhuang.

"Lao Qu, are you saying that Zi'ang is confronting the Han army on the Taurus Road?" Xiang Zhuang asked.

"Yes." Qu Bucai said with great emphasis, "King, it's the Biao Han army that ambushed ours in Jiange."

"So, Jiameng Pass has not been lost yet?" Xiang Zhuang said again, "Langzhong County is also under our control?"

"Yes." Qu Bucai nodded again and replied, "General Pang Yu left five hundred elite troops to guard Jiameng Pass. As for Langzhong, he was still under our control. Mrs. Qin's five hundred Qin army had just arrived in Langzhong."

"Have the Qin army also arrived in Langzhong?" Xiang Zhuang said with greater joy, "So, Gao Chu has attacked Shu County?"

Gao Chu divided his troops to attack Shu County, and Mrs. Qin led the Qin army to assist in the battle. Now that the Qin army has come to Langzhong, does it mean that Gao Chu has already captured Chengdu City and will soon urge the army to come to Langzhong to support Xiangzhuang? This is really a village where the lights and flowers are bright. Seeing that the Battle of Bashu is about to end in failure, I don’t want to make a turn for the whole time, and there is another turning point?

"Yes." Qu Bucai gave another affirmative answer, "General Gao will come to Langzhong soon to meet with the king."

"Hahaha..." Xiang Zhuang laughed to the sky and said, "Okay, great! As long as the 30,000 troops of Jinxiang can arrive in Langzhong in time, we will still have a chance!"

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On the Ziwu Valley Trail from Xianyang to Hanzhong, Liu Bang personally led an army of 50,000 and was moving forward in a hurry.

The Ziwu Valley trail is hidden deep in the deep canyon, and many sections of the road are covered by primitive jungles. When summer comes, snakes and insects in the valley are rampant, and even hunters in the mountains dare not enter rashly. However, it is still late spring. Although the weather has turned warm, the hibernating snakes and insects have not recovered yet, so they can barely march.

When he passed by a stone platform full of green whiskers, Liu Bang's mount suddenly staggered and threw Liu Bang on the horse's back hard. Fortunately, he fell into a bush of weeds when he landed on the ground. Liu Bang miraculously did not fall, but was scared enough.

Li Xue, Xiahou Zao and the generals of Suwei quickly rushed forward and helped Liu Bang up.

Xiahou Ying also urged the horse to chase him and advised Liu Bang: "King, the small roads in the valley are slippery and difficult to walk. Why not lead the army to take the lead. King, you lead the imperial guards and follow him?"

"It's okay." Liu Bang waved his hands repeatedly, "I can still eat and don't need to rest." After saying this, Liu Bang told Xiahou Ying a little anxiously, "Xiahou Ying, the army is still too slow. You go and pass on my orders to speed up the entire army. You must arrive in Nanzheng within five days!"

"Here!" Xiahou Ying replied with a loud bang and took the order.

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On the Taurus Road, the Chu and Han armies were still fighting fiercely.

Pang Yu had already killed the bloody heavy armor, and the battle robe, cloak and even armor could no longer distinguish the background. There were not a hundred Han soldiers who died under his sword, and at least eighty! However, his personal bravery was limited after all. After killing nearly a hundred Han soldiers, Pang Yu was forced to retreat into the back formation because of his lack of energy.

The Chu army obviously had the upper hand, but the narrow Taurus Road seriously restricted the Chu army's performance.

The widest part of the Taurus Road is only for ten people to walk side by side. Except for the small number of soldiers in the front who can contact the enemy, the remaining soldiers can only support the front with bows and arrows and flying spears. The soldiers who are farther away can only cheer. Although the individual quality of the Han army is not as good as that of the Tianlang Sharp, it is difficult to be defeated under such terrain.

From the time the two armies met on a narrow road until dusk, the Chu army advanced at least five miles forward, and the battlefield also changed from a narrow plank road to a relatively spacious valley road, but it was still unable to defeat the Han army. The Han army fought and retreated under Bai Mo's command. Although it could not withstand the fierce attack of the Chu army and could not counterattack, it was not as good as chaos.
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