When Xiang Sheng was killed by Zhang Guihou's white horse cavalry,
The three thousand Bingzhou cavalry led by Cao Xing also acted like wolves and tigers, breaking through the battle formation commanded by Xiang Guan.
There is a difference between the Bingzhou Cavalry and the White Horse Cavalry. The White Horse Cavalry focuses more on impact. Seeing the enemy's flaws, they will directly cross in and break through all obstacles.
The Bingzhou cavalry were like hungry wolves, surrounding their prey and biting them constantly. They would not launch a fatal blow until the prey was injured.
Each of their cavalrymen carries a bow and arrow.
Before attacking, he fired a hail of arrows and circled the military formation twice. Cao Xing captured the traces of Xiang Guan. From a long distance away, Cao Xing gathered his strength.
The arrow in his hand seemed to be condensed with a trace of starlight.
There was a crash and the stars flickered.
The next moment, an iron arrow appeared in Xiang Guan's chest.
His body-protecting energy seemed to have no effect in front of this arrow. Xiang Guan glanced at his chest blankly, then his eyes darkened and he fell to the ground, his breath dissipated.
"The enemy general is dead, why don't you kneel down and surrender!"
Cao Xing succeeded with one blow and threw the bow and arrow into the hands of the guards beside him.
Then he held the reins in one hand and the spear in the other, and walked back and forth among the Western Chu army. The spear whipped up the strong wind and broke through the military formations that wanted to form a formation to resist.
boom!
Without the general Xiang Guan, the remaining generals could no longer control the army.
Some generals even hesitated for a moment when they heard Cao Xing's cry, and then led their men to surrender directly.
Even Cao Xing did not expect that the Western Chu army seemed to be elite, but the generals in the army were so direct. Xiang Guan had just died and the enemy had surrendered before they were at the end of their rope.
Xiang Sheng's troops who were killed by Zhang Guihou's formation were in the same situation as here.
As soon as the general died, the morale and fighting spirit of the entire army plummeted, and only a few Xiang's children were still resisting.
When Zhang Guiba and Tang Shengzong saw this scene, they immediately sounded the drums of attack.
In the sound of war drums, the soldiers of the Huai Army on both wings quickly moved forward and surrounded the two soldiers and horses of the Western Chu Army.
"I really didn't expect that the Western Chu army was a bit difficult just now, but after killing the enemy general, the remaining soldiers were reduced to a pile of scattered sand, with no fighting spirit at all!"
Before and after Zhang Guiba came up.
Zhang Guihou also led the white horse cavalry to stop charging and came to Zhang Guiba's side. Looking at the Western Chu soldiers who were defeated not far away and surrendered one by one, they couldn't help but sigh.
Zhang Guiba smiled and said nothing.
He can understand why the Western Chu Army is in this situation. According to historical books and various records, the Western Chu Army has a very obvious feature, that is, it is a family of soldiers!
Such a force is filled with family members from top to bottom, and it is difficult for outside talents to be reused.
Even Han Xin could only serve as a halberd-bearer in the Western Chu Army, and Chen Ping was once just a clerk in the Western Chu Army...
One advantage of such a force is that it has very strong cohesion. If the monarch is powerful, he can accomplish great things.
But if they are defeated and the generals are killed, it will be very easy for the middle-level generals and lower-level soldiers to surrender. He doesn't have much centripetal force towards his own power, he just wants to make a living.
Just like some family businesses in the origin world.
Except for a very small number of people, no one would really be willing to sacrifice their lives for the monarch.
It is recorded in the source world that when the overlord Xiang Yu was at the end of his rope, he saw that the people who besieged him and wanted to take his head were actually his former personal guards. He was immediately discouraged and said that he would give an acquaintance a fortune, so he raised his sword and committed suicide.
The point is not that the overlord committed suicide, but that even the personal guards around Xiang Yu dared to raise their swords against Xiang Yu after they surrendered.
It can be seen that Xiang Yu's army and power are purely based on hegemony, majesty and family. The foundation does not extend to the lower levels. It is very vain. After a big defeat, it will fall into ruins.
This is a vivid portrayal.
After the two Xiang generals Xiang Sheng and Xiang Guan died in battle, most of the remaining infantry generals chose to surrender.
This cannot be blamed for their lack of loyalty. The real core of the Western Chu army, the main force that consumed most of the resources, was the 30,000 Jiangdong cavalry and the 8,000 Ba Prince disciples.
As for the other more than 300,000 infantry soldiers, they are just young men recruited and trained from the refugees. It would be good if these soldiers can have enough food to fill their stomachs.
The Western Chu army was powerful, but only the top few were powerful, and the other infantry were not taken seriously.
Since they are not taken seriously and have not received much benefit from the Western Chu Army, why should these generals and soldiers be required to be loyal to the Western Chu Army and sacrifice their lives?
Woohoo!
At this time, the dull and thick horn sound came from the distance again.
"General, the Chinese army has an order to leave some troops and horses to guard the prisoners. The rest of the troops will immediately move forward to attack the main force of the Western Chu infantry!"
An orderly soldier carrying an order flag rushed over.
Zhang Guiba immediately became serious and shouted: "Chen Da, I will give you 20,000 troops to guard the prisoners and clear the battlefield. The other generals will immediately move closer to me and attack forward!"
Chen Da, who had defected to Wang Jing one after another with Mu Chun, had reached his limit as a general due to lack of strength and potential, and now he was serving under Zhang Guiba.
Let him serve as a general and his ability to charge into battle is slightly insufficient, but commanding some troops to guard prisoners and clean the battlefield will definitely not cause any accidents.
"Brother, I'll go with you!"
Zhang Guihou shouted.
The order given to them by Murong Shaozong was to defeat the two wings of the Western Chu Army. If they completed the task, they could follow the troops on the left and right wings of the Huai Army.
It just so happened that the two brothers could join forces.
"good!"
Zhang Guiba laughed.
Looking down from a high altitude, one can see that the two wings of the Huai Army immediately began to move forward after dealing with the Western Chu Army, like the two pincers of a big crab, starting to pinch the prey.
The central army of the Huai army is like the carapace of a big crab, with strong defensive power.
The ones being preyed upon were the more than 200,000 troops led by Long Qie.
Actually.
At this time, Long Qie's army of more than 200,000 people was already in some commotion and confusion.
After all, not everyone is blind.
Whether it is Long Qie or the general who leads the troops forward,
They all saw the Huai army in the distance that had been broken through by the cavalry. Although the military formation was a bit chaotic, it did not collapse.
In other words, the tactic of the overlord cavalry led by Xiang Zhuang to rush out of the formation and behead people failed!
The Western Chu Army's confidence in defeating the Huai Army was based on the Overlord's cavalry being able to break out and kill the generals.
"General! This..."
A deputy general saw the Huai army formation in the distance and looked towards Long Qie with a hint of panic.
Although Long Qie also had a bad premonition in his heart, his expression remained calm.
He looked forward and vaguely saw cavalry moving back and forth in the Huai army's formation, but the chaos and noise caused by it was gradually shrinking.
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