Chapter 868: Encountered a sneak attack and destroyed Dongyang
Early the next morning, Xiang Yu notified Xiang An and Zhujishi, the left and right divisions, to attack the city from the east and west sides respectively. He himself led the Chinese army to break through directly from the south gate.
Dongyang's guard general named Jiang Han was also an extremely tough man. His troops were divided into three groups. At the same time, he sent some people out from the north gate to attack Xiang An and Zhujishi on the east and west sides. All the remaining troops were
Guard at the south gate and do your best to defend Xiang Yu.
He thought that his extraordinary troops could catch Zhujishi and Xiang An off guard, seize these two small forces, and then quickly rush to the south gate to help Xiang Yu, forming a double-team on Xiang Yu.
The strategy of sneak attack on Zhujishi on the west side was indeed successful. Zhujishi was beaten to the point of running around, dizzy, and was forced to retreat to the west.
But what Jiang Han didn't expect was that the Xiang'an Division on the east side, which he had invested more troops in trying to make a sneak attack, failed!
Xiang An held the reins with one hand and tightly held his three-foot-long beryllium with the other hand. He gritted his teeth and looked at the sneak attack army that he had just nearly wiped out.
Because they suddenly appeared from the rear, Xiang An's army was indeed caught off guard, and because Xiang An took the lead, there was no way to reach the rear in time.
The most terrible thing is - this Jiang Han should have directly blocked the east gate of Dongyang! The siege wood cannot hit it at all!
But at this time, Zijuan stood up.
Although the horse Zijuan rides is not a thousand-mile horse like Wuzui Turbulent Chi, it is still a rare and good horse. When Xiang An and most of the army were restrained in the front, Zijuan took half of his horse with him.
The brigade forcibly broke through to the rear of the team, and stabbed the general who came to attack with a spear, directly cutting off the momentum of the attackers.
After that, it was a matter of Xiang An adjusting and turning the horse's head.
Although they won, it was a tragic victory. Xiang An's division suffered the biggest blow since the uprising.
With a long sigh, Xiang An looked at Zijuan who was standing beside him, and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Si, if it weren't for you, we might have been defeated today."
Zi Juan shook his head with a serious face: "Even without me, second brother, as long as you adjust these people, it won't be enough."
"Don't underestimate yourself, today's top achievement." Xiang An raised his big beryllium and looked towards the south with sharp eyes: "But let's talk about the credit later!"
"We still don't know what the situation is at the south gate! The whole division is listening to the order -!!!" Xiang An roared, with anger and urgency, "Follow me to support the general!"
“Oh oh oh!!!”
...
Jiang Han was standing on the south gate wall with a difficult smile on his face.
The Zhujishi in the west had been repelled without any doubt, but there was still no news coming back from the east. He had a vague feeling in his heart.
Gritting his teeth, he tried his best to ignore these messy thoughts and focus on the battlefield below.
No match... no match at all...
In terms of numbers, Xiang Yu has a huge advantage. He basically relies on the thick walls of Dongyang City to resist waves of attacks by Xiang Yu's army, but this will definitely not last long...
However, the reinforcements from the east should be arriving soon, and those from the west...
Suddenly, in Jiang Han's eyes, troops rushed out from both the east and west sides at the same time.
"Okay! Okay! Finally here! Finally - wait?" When Jiang Han saw someone coming, he subconsciously felt relieved. But after the dust fell, Jiang Han looked at the erected military flag and felt happy
The shouting stopped immediately.
The two surprise attack teams he arranged did not carry military flags in order to move quickly with light equipment and fast horses.
But that army has a military flag, which means...
Xiang An naturally noticed the surprise attack team rushing out from the west.
His eyes widened angrily and he gritted his teeth secretly.
That old boy from Zhujishi is really unreliable! I just don’t know what’s going on now and what’s going on with his teacher!
"Generals! Follow me to intercept those enemy troops!" Xiang An turned around and shouted, "We can't let them escape!!!"
After saying that, he pinched the horse's belly, causing the galloping to accelerate further, and the horse took the lead and rushed into the enemy's formation in large numbers.
There is no advantage in numbers, and Xiang An alone can equal a thousand troops. The surprise attack team that came to rescue felt as if they had been hit by a carriage the moment they faced Xiang An's division.
The beryllium flew out, and both the man and the horse were smashed and deformed.
Standing on the city wall, Jiang Han couldn't help but feel bitter.
His heart sank to the bottom when he saw clearly the word "Chu" on Xiang An's army flag.
He knew that the surprise attack team on the east side failed even if it was equipped with more troops. Moreover, after the failure, Xiang An, the commander-in-chief of the army, immediately noticed his plan and stopped attacking the east gate.
His own division rushed back to help Xiang Yu, and now he happened to bump into the west side team on the other side who had successfully made a surprise attack...
"It should be said that they are worthy of these two brothers..."
There are many notable names in the Xiang Liang Uprising. Xiong Xin, Xiang Lu, and Song Yi are all famous people. However, among the Xiang Liang Uprising, the most active one, with the most military exploits, and the most active one is
The brothers Xiang Yu and Xiang An.
Xiang An's reputation is still a bit unclear, but Xiang Yu has really made a name for himself. Now it seems that Xiang An may not be inferior to his elder brother.
Jiang Han fell weakly to the ground.
"My lord! My lord!" The guard next to him discovered the limp Jiang Han and was so frightened that he lost his soul.
Jiang Han forced himself to stand up and slapped the city wall viciously twice.
"Get ready... to open the city gate." There was sadness in his tone, "We can't fight, we... surrender -"
Before Jiang Han finished speaking, he saw a flash of cold light among the Chu troops below the city, and the sound of breaking through the air came immediately, reaching his door.
Before he could think about it any further, the sharp arrow shot from nowhere pierced his eye socket, bursting out a cloud of blood. The head of the arrow pierced directly out of the back of his head, taking Jiang Han's entire body with it.
They were all pushed up a little by the huge force, and then fell heavily to the ground.
"My lord!"
And below, the man who had just pulled the bow had already put away his bow with a crazy smile.
"General, the enemy general has been ambushed!" he said loudly, his voice echoing across the battlefield.
"...Hmm." Xiang Yu glanced at him, nodded, rode on Wu Zui's back, and pointed the Tianlong city-breaking halberd at the gate of Dongyang City.
"Break the city gate!" he shouted angrily, "Where are the siege trees!?"
Xiang An, who was in the rear, had almost wiped out the surprise attack team, leaving only two or three big cats and kittens, who quickly turned around and attacked the south gate with Xiang Yu.
Dongyang City was included in the territory of Western Chu.