"Hoo ho ho!"
The Qin army came within 800 steps of Dingtao City, which was within the range of artillery. A thousand artillery pieces neatly surrounded Dingtao City, and tens of thousands of troops behind them showed off their various weapons.
This is a situation from which there is no escape.
Even if the Chu army had the advantage of the city wall, they could not resist it.
Regarding this, Xiang Liang knew it, and the other soldiers knew it even more. Who could have thought that the undefeated myth of the past few days would come to an end at this moment, and none of them would be spared and die here.
Seeing all this, Xiang Liang closed his eyes tightly. Only he knew how frustrated he was, but the Chu army was bloody and could not retreat at this moment. If he wanted to fight, he would fight until the last man left.
The Chu army would rather die on the battlefield than become a prisoner of war in fear.
However, this is a word of encouragement after all. In fact, when faced with life and death, everyone feels sad.
"bombardment."
The general of the Qin army issued an order, and there was immediate movement on all sides. Cannons were aimed at the city wall and at the demoralized Chu army.
"hair!"
As the sound fell, the artillery made loud noises, and black objects came from the sky, slamming into the city wall, and the city wall suddenly crumbled.
Some of those who were hit died on the spot.
This was an irresistible weapon, leaving the Chu army unable to fight back. They watched helplessly as the city walls were blasted, the city gates were smashed, and more people died in this battle.
"Heaven wants to destroy our Chu army."
"Yu'er, avenge your uncle."
Xiang Liang's face was full of vicissitudes of life, and his whole body revealed the air of despair, but he was extremely excited. He suddenly stood on the city wall, his sword unsheathed.
"We, the warriors of Chu State, are dispatched, go out of the city gate and kill."
At this moment, clinging to the city wall will only become meat sauce. Why not kill happily and die happily.
"Mr. Xiang, no!" The deputy general held Xiang Liang tightly, "The young master's artillery hasn't shown up yet?"
"Artillery? Don't be delusional. I know the young master's intention is to let us disperse the Qin army in order to win in Julu."
"I'm afraid the artillerymen are just showing off. They must have gone back to Julu by now."
Yes, looking around, there is no sign of the artillery within one or even two miles. If they are not gone, what are they?
"Warriors, follow me and fight out of the city..." He ran towards the city gate, but at this moment, he heard a dense loud noise, which came from the surrounding dense forest, and there was smoke rising.
Suddenly, hundreds of black objects flew out and headed towards the Qin army.
"This is..." Xiang Liang suddenly stabilized his running pace and stared at the place where the smoke was coming from in the dense forest, "Is this the young master's artillery?"
"Exactly." The deputy general was overjoyed and pointed to one side of the city wall and said, "It must be the young master's artillery."
Xiang Liang was pleasantly surprised, but the next moment he became frustrated again, "It's too far away from the Qin army, what use can it be to the Qin army?"
But as soon as he finished speaking, his eyes widened in the next moment, and he saw the black object flying across the sky as if with divine help, and landed on top of the Qin army, and then hit hard, causing many screams.
"It's hit, it's hit, and it's so powerful."
Xiang Liang, who had just finished speaking, became excited again. It was a bit incredible that the black objects emitted by the artillery could hit the Qin army at such a long distance.
According to visual inspection, the distance is more than two miles. It is so shocking to hit the target at a distance of more than two miles.
I had heard before that artillery helped Yingbo defeat Su Jiao, and I thought this artillery was equivalent to the Qin Army's artillery, but I didn't know it was not the case. Judging from the attack range of the Qin Army's artillery, it was only a few hundred steps, while the Young Master's artillery actually It can reach more than a thousand steps.
"Very good, very good, our Chu army is saved."
With the help of such artillery, the Qin army may be difficult to deal with and will definitely retreat. Naturally, the Chu army will be saved.
But he thought wrong.
After encountering the black object attack, the Qin army just panicked for a while and then turned its artillery and fired into the dense forest. The Qin army behind them quickly retreated to avoid the range of the black object bombardment.
Even so, many people died tragically under the bombardment.
This is to let the artillery beat the rhythm of artillery. Suddenly, artillery from all over the Qin army mobilized and bombarded the dense forest. When Xiang Liang on the city wall saw this, he didn't know if he was worried or surprised.
Although the artillery of the Qin army could not reach the young master's artillery, there were too few artillery, and the artillery's target was more towards the retreating Qin army.
"What should we do? If we continue like this, we will at most destroy the artillery troops, but we will not be able to destroy tens of thousands of Qin troops."
The deputy general said anxiously.
At this moment, he finally understood what the young master meant, which was to let them lure out the Qin army and then use the artillery to annihilate them in one fell swoop. It was indeed a good strategy, but there were too few artillery units. How could they annihilate them in a short time? To destroy it, once the Qin army withdraws, the young master's goal will not be achieved, which will put great pressure on Julu.
Xiang Liang must have thought of this as he unsheathed his sword again and said solemnly: "Warriors, follow me out to seize the artillery and attack the Qin army."
This moment was the best opportunity to seize the artillery, because the Qin army's artillery was aimed at the dense forest but ignored them.
"promise!"
The remaining 20,000 Chu troops saw this scene and their morale was suddenly aroused again. They followed Xiang Liang and poured out of the city one after another, with the iron cavalry in front and the infantry behind, pouring out crazily.
Perhaps the artillerymen of the Qin army saw this scene and turned their guns one after another. However, Xiang Liang and others clearly saw that when the people who turned their guns made a move, they immediately fell to the ground and the artillery was cold to the side.
"Great, this is the young master's strange method. They have not left, but are waiting for the last moment."
After discovering this, the Chu army's offensive became more fierce, and the Qin army who turned their guns died more violently.
But there were too many artillery pieces. Even with strange help, many Chu troops died under the bombardment. However, 20,000 people attacked like crazy, coupled with long-range artillery fire and strange help, they quickly defeated a thousand artillery soldiers. .
Meng Yi also led the artillery out and gathered with Xiang Liang. Suddenly thousands of artillery were aimed at the Qin army.
The Qin army realized that they had already discovered this, and retreated faster, but so what, 20,000 people carrying hundreds of artillery attacked fiercely, and there were red cannons behind them that could shoot from a long distance, and the Qin army was quickly dispersed.
The Qin army was defeated and suffered heavy losses.
.......
Zhang Han's troops were gathering 600,000 troops outside Julu City, preparing for a decisive battle with Xiang Yu. The next moment, scouts came to report that Tao was defeated. The 100,000 troops suffered heavy losses, and a thousand artillery pieces were destroyed by Chu. Seized by the army.
Yes, Zhang Han sent an army of 100,000 to besiege Dingtao.
Little did he know that this was the result.
When Zhang Han heard this, he backed away and his eyes widened in anger.
"What? A hundred thousand troops plus a thousand artillery can't resist a mere tens of thousands of Chu troops? What are they going to do?"
The scout quickly lowered his head and reported: "General, the Chu army has more powerful artillery to help. This artillery can strike from a long distance. It is not something that our Qin army's artillery can resist. Moreover, the artillerymen died suddenly for no apparent reason from time to time, causing their morale to plummet. The Chu army took advantage of the opportunity and ended in a disastrous defeat."
The scout told what he saw.
"The artillery that strikes from a long distance? It can be better than my artillery. What's going on? What's going on with the inexplicable sudden death? Could it be that they have divine help?"
"I don't even know if I'm humble. They are too terrifying. That artillery must be the one that defeated General Su Jiao. Its power is not comparable to that of my artillery."
"What's going on? When did Xiang Yu possess such powerful artillery?"
"Being humble doesn't know."
"Quickly investigate, let's see what kind of artillery they are and how many there are."
Zhang Han kicked the scout away, but he was pacing in confusion. Since Xiang Yu had such powerful artillery, he wanted to change his strategy, but not long after, another scout came to report.
"General, Zhou Wen's troops have captured Hangu Pass and are leading hundreds of thousands of troops into the center of the pass, heading towards the Xiting. Our pass is in danger!"
"What?" Zhang Han was shocked.
It’s really bad news coming one after another.
"Hangu Pass is a natural chasm, and we have tens of thousands of troops stationed there. Even a million coalition troops cannot break it. How can Zhou Wen, a young general, break it? How can he get hundreds of thousands of troops?"
The scout lowered his head. He didn't know why. He was just monitoring the situation at Hangu Pass. As for why there were so many troops at once, it was really unbelievable.
Zhang Han was furious, but he was also calm and shouted: "Lieutenant general, you immediately lead an army of 200,000 to the theater. You must block Zhou Wen from the theater, otherwise you and I will become the sinners of the Qin Dynasty."
"Promise!" The deputy general did not dare to say anything. He promised on the surface, but did not leave.
"What? You want to disobey the military order, please know that Zhou Wenru has destroyed the theater pavilion, and we, Xianyang, are in danger."
If Zhou Wen captured Xiting, Xianyang would be in danger. If he had 700,000 troops and Xianyang was defeated, it would be his incompetence.
Zhang Han reprimanded, and the deputy general lowered his head and said: "General, since Zhou Wen's troops were able to capture Hangu Pass, they must have captured the five hundred artillery pieces. Does the general allow the last general to take away the five hundred artillery pieces?"
Zhang Han said "Ah" and slapped himself on the head. He almost didn't expect this. He sent five hundred artillery pieces over at that time, but Zhou Wen was still able to capture it.
"Check for me to see if anyone is causing trouble."
Zhou Wen is just a small person, and he is guarded by artillery. It is impossible to capture Hangu Pass unless someone is doing something secretly.
At this moment, the scout could no longer hide much and told what he saw.
"Zongzheng once visited Hangu Pass before Zhou Wen's troops came to Hangu Pass."
"Zong Zheng? That old man must be the one who caused the obstruction." Zhang Han was extremely angry, his face turning blue and black, but now was not the time to blame. It was important to intercept Zhou Wen's troops, so he agreed to let the deputy general take away the 500 artillery pieces.
However, he was in trouble.
Originally there were only three thousand artillery pieces. Zongzheng took one thousand, encircled and suppressed Dingtao and took away one thousand, and five hundred to guard Hangu Pass. Now he had to take away another five hundred. He had no artillery.
Even though he still has hundreds of thousands of prisoner troops, but without artillery, can he still resist Xiang Yu's army, which has more powerful artillery?
He shook his head and sighed.
It's a little difficult.
After the deputy general's 200,000 troops left, another scout immediately came to report that Xiang Yu's army was coming this way, and there were 500 artillery pieces as the vanguard to clear the way.
Zhang Han collapsed on the spot...
.......
There was a camp originally belonging to the artillery, but there were only a dozen or so people there. Li Zhaozheng was standing on a high place, looking at the dust and smoke in the distance, and smiled slightly.
"Has it started yet? Zhang Han will definitely be defeated." He muttered, and immediately walked into the telegraph station. He wanted to make a last-ditch effort to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop.
He knew about Dingtao's victory, and he also knew about Zhou Wen's capture of Hangu Pass. He also knew that the artillery in Zhang Han's hands had been almost separated, and it was time to harvest next.
How could Zhang Han, who didn't have many artillery, have an army of hundreds of thousands, fight against Xiang Yu's army with 500 red cannons, even if they were more numerous than Xiang Yu's army.
The next step is to send people to persuade Zhang Han to surrender.
In history, after Zhang Han was defeated by Xiang Yu, he led an army of 200,000 to surrender to Xiang Yu. Will this be the case now? It should be about the same!
In fact, Zhang Han couldn't defeat Xiang Yu at all.
There is another point that he can't figure out. Why Zhou Wen took Hangu Pass so easily. Historically, it was Zhao Gao who was responsible. Now that Zhao Gao is gone, who is responsible? He was destined to not expect this, but there was no need. Things were developing in a good direction, and Hu Hai's Qin was destined to be destroyed.
Some people died, but not completely...
