Chapter 112: Fan Zeng's Guilty
Fan Zeng, who had been paying attention to the changes in the battlefield, saw Li Ba's actions and immediately waved his sleeves angrily. He shouted in a low voice: "Isn't this Li Ba trying to do something bad?"
Sure enough, the addition of Lieutenant General Zhang immediately blocked Tian Rong's attack, and the Qi Army's soldiers were not on the same level as the Qin Army. Although Tian Rong tried his best to maintain the attack, the Qin Army's counterattack became even more fierce, which made the Qi Army
Hundreds of people were lost in one encounter, and then Vice General Zhang led five thousand troops to charge into Tian Rong's formation.
Tian Rong scolded Li Ba to no avail, so he immediately led his troops to fight with the Qin army. Li Ba succeeded in his plan and followed the Qi army to attack on the flank.
Let's talk about Zhou Shi. When Zhang Yan and Xiang Yu were fighting, he immediately led 10,000 Wei troops to attack from behind the Qin army. This time Fusu sent troops to Dang County, allowing Zhang Yan to lead the vanguard and attack directly.
Daliang, how could Zhou Shi, as the general of the Wei State, not have a temper in his heart? Naturally, he would not let go of such a good opportunity. Ten thousand Wei troops came in force, but the three thousand left behind by Zhang Yan before they even got close to the battlefield.
The Qin army blocked it.
Facing these three thousand Qin troops, Zhou Shi did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and then led his troops to charge over. Since Zhang Yan only left three thousand men to stop him, he naturally had considerable trust in these three thousand men. It has to be said that these three thousand men
Thousands of people faced the charge of ten thousand people without fear. Under the leadership of the general, three thousand people and Zhou Shi started a fierce fight.
Li Ba's crisis was lifted, and Zhang Yan and Xiang Yu also started fighting. Xiang Yu's bravery and youthful vigour once made Zhang Yan feel pressured. Fortunately, his Qin army was very powerful, which made him feel a little more at ease. What Xiang Yu said
The 7,000 Xiang Jiajun brought there had already lost 2,000 people after a lot of fighting. This number was already quite huge for Xiang Yu, and as time went by, the Xiang Jiajun's losses would continue to increase.
However, the 10,000 men led by Ji Bu were very effective in attacking the Qin army on the other side opposite Tian Rong. The Qin army on this side had begun to be divided. However, even so, after a long time,
These elite Qin troops, who had defeated Wang Li's army on the battlefield, did not allow Ji Bu to further expand his advantage. It can be said that based on the current situation, the situation Xiang Yu hoped to see before the war has not been formed. Tian Rong was defeated by Zhang
The lieutenant general pursued, Ji Bu's offensive was blocked, and he himself was held back by Zhang Yan, but Wei's army was never seen. The change in the situation doubled his pressure in an instant.
However, at this moment, Fan Zeng who was behind suddenly ordered his men to beat drums and withdraw his troops. Xiang Yu blocked Zhang Yan's attack with a sword and looked behind him with some annoyance. He didn't know why Fan Zeng wanted to withdraw his troops so urgently. Although the situation was now favorable to the Qin army
.But it has not yet reached the point where the Xiang army was defeated.
Xiang Yu focused on killing the enemy, hoping to save the situation. However, after Tian Rong heard the beating of drums, he no longer had the intention to fight with Deputy General Zhang. At present, his Qi army has lost more than 3,000 people. On the other hand, Deputy General Zhang only left
With less than a thousand losses, the bravery and eliteness of the Qin army can be seen.
Tian Rong's retreat allowed Vice General Zhang to spare his energy and allocate his troops to rush to support the Qin army on Ji Bu's side. At this time, Xiang Yu knew that the situation was over. If he did not retreat, I was afraid that the entire Xiang army would be blamed here, so he and
Zhang Yan fought fiercely for dozens of rounds, and after killing dozens of Qin soldiers by himself, he had no choice but to order Xiang's army to retreat.
When Ji Bu saw Xiang Yu leading his troops to evacuate, he did not dare to fight after hearing the sound of drums, and immediately evacuated from the flanks. Xiang's army was no longer visible on the entire battlefield. Even so, Zhang Yan did not continue to order the Qin army to pursue it.
He also knew the strength of Xiang Yu and Xiang Jiajun in the battle. Although his Qin army killed more than 5,000 enemies, including more than 3,000 Tian Rong, the Qin army also lost no less than 3,000 of its 30,000 elite troops.
, the urgency of this battle meant that the evacuation was also rapid, both sides dropped thousands of corpses.
Zhou Shi has been unable to break through the obstruction of three thousand Qin troops. Of course, while they were still fighting fiercely, he saw a large number of Qin troops in front. Zhou Shi was shocked and secretly thought that Xiang Yu had been defeated? However, it was obviously not the case now.
When he was thinking too much, facing the reinforcing Qin army, he no longer wanted to fight, so he immediately turned his horse around and led his Wei army to flee like crazy towards Daliang City.
In this battle, Zhang Yan could be said to have won a small victory. However, Zhang Yan understood that even if he won, Xiang Jiajun would still not lose much strength. Therefore, what he needed now was to delay Xiang Yu. He then
He ordered the Qin army to clean up the battlefield, and then set up camp three miles outside Daliang City. He also ordered his scouts to constantly detect the movements of Xiang's army, and ordered Lieutenant General Zhang to step up vigilance.
Xiang Yu led his troops back to the rear. When he saw Fan Zeng, he roared with great dissatisfaction: "Why did the military advisor beat the drums and withdraw the troops in such a hurry? Didn't you see that we were fighting fiercely with the Qin army? Wouldn't this be a boost?
Damaged Zhang Yan’s morale?”
Fan Zeng looked at Xiang Yu's furious look and just smiled faintly. Then his expression suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice: "General Yu, don't be angry. If I don't beat the drum and withdraw the troops, I'm afraid Zhang Yan will win this battle."
"How is this possible?" Xiang Yu didn't believe it, and then said: "Although our army is under pressure, as long as I hold back the main force of the Qin army, Tian Rong and Ji Bu can defeat the Qin army from both wings."
"Really?" Fan Zengmo continued to answer Xiang Yu, then looked at Tian Rong, who looked unhappy, and said, "General Tian Rong, how is your attack over there?"
"Hmph!" Tian Rong waved his shirt, his face was livid, and he did not give Xiang Yu a good look at all. He said angrily: "Our Qi army has lost nearly three thousand people, what do you think of my side?"
Xiang Yu was stunned and then discovered the problem, and then he also knew why Fan Zeng ordered people to beat drums and withdraw the troops. He looked at Tian Rong and asked: "General Tian, how can the Qi soldiers be so vulnerable?"
"My dear Xiang Yu, what do you mean by this? If you hadn't asked Li Ba to attract the Qin army, how could our Qi army have suffered such losses? The Qin army's flanks would have been broken by our Qi army long ago."
When Tian Rong heard Xiang Yu's questioning, he finally couldn't hold back his fiery temper and complained to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu was confused and looked at Fan Zeng. Fan Zeng also nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "It was Li Ba who attracted the Qin army that caused the Wei army to suffer serious losses and made our plan fail. If I hadn't seen this,
, how could it be possible to withdraw the troops in such a hurry?"
After hearing this, Xiang Yu finally understood that the two of them were targeting Li Ba. He angrily shouted to Long Qie: "Go and escort Li Ba to me."
"No!" Long Qie didn't have time to wipe off the blood on his face. When he learned that Li Ba had ruined the battle, he was also extremely angry. So without Xiang Yu's instructions, he had already led his bodyguards to charge forward.
Heading to Pei Jun's camp.
At this time, Li Bazheng was chatting and laughing with Xia Houying and Zhou Bo. He was relieved that the Pei army could be saved this time. The Pei army lost more than 500 people in this battle, and these losses were within the range he could accept. However, , while the three of them were chatting happily, Long Qie came to Li Ba with a gloomy expression.
Then without saying a word, he shouted to the bodyguard behind him: "Don't take down Li Ba yet."
Li Ba and the others didn't know why, so they saw the guards behind Long Qie coming directly to Li Ba, and then they both grabbed Li Ba's arms. Li Ba's thick body struggled hard, and shouted: "Long Qie, you are so stupid What are you doing, bastard? Why are you doing this to me?"
"General Long Qie, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to attack our Pei army?" Xia Houying was also anxious, so he held his right hand on the hilt of his sword and shouted in a low voice, while his eyes were just staring at Long Qie's movements. .
Long Qie smiled coldly, glanced at Xia Houying with disdain, and said: "You ordinary men are more likely to succeed than fail. If it weren't for the fact that Duke Xiang Liang valued Yang Lin, do you think you are worthy of staying in the Xiang family army?" Middle? Take him away! This is General Xiang Yu's order. What, do you want to rebel?" Seeing the angry expressions of Xia Houying and a group of Pei soldiers behind him, Long Qie didn't bother to explain, and immediately asked his personal guards to take Li Ba away.
Hearing Long Qie's words and learning that it was Xiang Yu's order, Xia Houying and Zhou Bo turned pale and felt cold in their hearts. They also understood. It seemed that Xiang Yu was preparing to cause trouble for Pei Jun, and they followed him anxiously. .
When Long Qi escorted Li Ba, Xiang Yu closed his eyes. The whole tent was unusually quiet. Xiang Yu crossed his arms across his chest. He took a few deep breaths, then opened his eyes that could spit out flames. Li Ba's whole body trembled when he saw it. Xiang Yu suddenly slapped the table and yelled loudly: "Li Ba, do you know your guilt?"
"Bah!" Li Ba reacted, his arms shook, and he broke away. He looked at Xiang Yu and said angrily in a voice like thunder: "What crime do I, Li Ba, have?"
"What's the crime?" Xiang Yu smiled coldly, clenched his fists tightly, wishing to kill the big man in front of him with a sword. He pointed at Tian Rong and said: "In today's battle, why did you lead the Qin army to the Qi army and order the Qi army to The heavy losses caused our army to lose this battle."
"It turns out it's because of this." Li Ba was not afraid at all, he laughed loudly and said: "It's not what I said, Li Ba also killed dozens of Qin troops on the battlefield, so why did our Pei troops charge head-on with the general? Shi frowned? General Yu, you must have noticed it at this time, right?"
When Fan Zeng heard this, he thought something was wrong and immediately yelled: "Li Ba, don't change the subject. General Yu just wants to know why you led the Qin army to attack General Tian Rong? If you can't tell me the reason today, Don’t blame General Yu for being ruthless in military law.”
Li Ba looked at the gray old man again, his brows furrowed, and his rough face showed doubts. However, when he saw everyone looking over, Li Ba hummed and said, "When did I, Li Ba, lead the Qin army over?" ?General Yu ordered me, Pei Jun, to charge head-on. I just charged to kill the enemy. Who knew it would happen like this?"
Chapter completed!