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There are five camps in the Wangli Camp, east, west, south, north and middle. Each camp has an isolation zone several feet wide in the middle. There are drainage ditches in the isolation zone, of course, to prevent the occurrence of fires.
It was precisely based on such strict standards that Yang Xiong didn't pay attention to the dozens of camps that were set ablaze by arrows. Naturally, the five hundred infantry sent out earlier were dealt with. At the moment, all his energy was focused on the outside of the camp.
More than two thousand Jiangdong cavalry were on board.
While the more than 150 Jiangdong cavalrymen galloping back were still on the road, Yan Shi and Qianke waved their hands and another two hundred Jiangdong cavalrymen jumped out of the formation and ran towards the camp.
Yang Xiong was secretly worried when he saw this. He knew very well why the rebels only used these small groups of cavalry to charge and kill. It was precisely for the sharpest crossbows of the Qin Dynasty. If a large force attacked, it would give the Qin Dynasty's strong crossbows a chance to show off their power.
Although he could also use powerful crossbows to deal with these small groups of cavalry, Yang Xiong knew that if he did so, it could be said that he would play into the hands of the rebel general.
The Qin crossbow is very sharp and unparalleled in power. But its biggest weakness is that it cannot fire continuously. After shooting a crossbow, you must stop and reload the crossbow. He believes that the rebel general is waiting for this opportunity.
As long as he ordered his army to fire a volley of crossbows, the next second would be the time for the rebels to launch a large-scale attack. Although Yang Xiong did not think that the two or three thousand cavalry could break through the camp, there were still thousands more secretly.
The cavalry was missing and he couldn't take the risk.
This second wave of Jiangdong cavalry did not open their bows and shoot arrows when they were only more than 60 steps away from the camp like the previous wave of more than 200 Jiangdong cavalry. This wave of cavalry only charged after more than 60 steps.
Then he started to turn his horse-drawn bow and shoot arrows.
And this distance happened to be the ultimate shooting range of the Qin archers, which was one hundred paces. Obviously, the loss of more than fifty people just made Yan Shi and Gan Ke change their tactics. After all, the Jiangdong cavalry only had more than 8,000 people.
More than two hundred rockets fell like meteors, and dozens of Daqin soldiers fell to the ground! Most of the rest were shot on the wooden fence of the camp, and the fence quickly burned. Fortunately, there was a professional fire-fighting team, and the big bags
Covered with soil, the fire was quickly extinguished.
The rebels were not discouraged at all. The second wave did not go back, but the third wave of two hundred knights came out again.
Yang Xiong waved his hand gently, and more than five hundred Great Qin infantry soldiers suddenly raised their powerful crossbows. "Buzz" more than five hundred crossbow arrows cut through the darkness, roaring and flashing with a dazzling cold light, and fiercely headed towards Zheng Wushun.
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The five hundred people quickly retreated after firing their crossbow arrows. Behind them, another row of more than five hundred crossbow arrows rose into the air, followed by the third wave of crossbow arrows! Yang Xiong was determined to kill the two hundred people who came out this time.
left behind.
Since Jiangdong's cavalry were all relatively scattered, he chose to launch three rounds of 500 crossbows each to ensure that no one would be missed.
"retreat!"
Yan Shi and Qian Ke were shocked when they heard this voice and shouted in unison.
But it's obviously too late.
Three consecutive waves of more than 500 crossbow arrows covered and blocked the front and rear paths of the more than 200 Jiangdong soldiers who came out.
More than two hundred Jiangdong cavalry watched helplessly as densely packed crossbow arrows pounced from the darkness and penetrated into their bodies.
After a series of screams and the wails of the war horses, more than two hundred horsemen, including men and horses, were all shot into hedgehogs. No one escaped from the sudden three waves of powerful crossbow attacks.
The strong smell of blood began to fill the air in the quiet early summer night.
This was the first time that these Jiangdong cavalry had faced death at such a close distance. The two hundred or so men who had been shouting and laughing with them a moment ago had turned into broken corpses lying on the cold yellow earth in the blink of an eye.
The thick blood stung their tearful eyes!
"Great Qin! Great Qin! Great Qin!"
Three earth-shaking shouts suddenly resounded through the night sky like huge waves!
They were the more than 6,000 Great Qin infantry beside Yang Xiong in the camp.
The rebel cavalry who had been galloping and shooting unscrupulously outside the camp before were left dead with blood splattered on the spot. The thousands of Qin soldiers who had been holding their breath were all excited and couldn't help but shout loudly.
When they heard the cheers, the eyes of the more than a thousand Jiangdong disciples turned blood red in an instant!
Lying on the ground are their older brothers, younger brothers, neighbors, friends they grew up with, and brothers who have been training and living together for more than a year. Now these people are all lying quietly on the ground without making a sound.
The grief and anger instantly turned into deep-seated hatred for the Qin army!
At this moment, there was suddenly a faint muffled sound of thunder from both directions of the camp!
The sound of horse hooves!
Yang Xiong's expression changed! The retreating cavalry had indeed reached the east and west camps!
Although Yang Xiong knew from the cavalry driving the horses that these people must be elites, with their small strength, they divided their forces and advanced at the same time. Do you really think that the infantry of Great Qin were all made of clay?
Yang Xiong smiled coldly. Then he focused his attention on the more than two thousand cavalry in front of the camp, which was obviously holding him back. Since the troops were divided, there was no need to worry about being attacked by surprise. Yang Xiong began to think about how to use this force.
The daring cavalry was eaten.
Then he thought of what Wang Li told him when he led the army to leave the camp, not to leave the camp rashly at any time! Yang Xiong hesitated again. Yang Xiong pondered in his mind whether the punishment for disobeying military orders was more important than the military merits in front of him.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves from the east and west, Yan Shi and Qian Ke were startled, and the major general divided his troops to attack the camp at the same time.
They didn't know how many Qin troops were currently garrisoned in this camp, but from the tens of thousands of Qin troops in front of them, they didn't panic when they heard the shouts of killing from the east and west battalions, so they knew that the strength of the east and west battalions would not be too small.
The two of them couldn't figure out what Xiang Yu was planning, but obviously at this time, they must not allow the Qin army in front of them a chance to rush to the aid of the Qin armies on the east and west, so as to minimize the pressure on Xiang Yu and the others to attack the camp.
"kill!"
Yan Shi and Qian Ke shouted at the same time. After speaking, they took the lead in riding their horses and rushed out.
Qianyu Jiangdong's cavalry, who had been staring with blood-red eyes, finally heard the two men's orders, and immediately started to run wildly, beating the horses under them.
While galloping, more than 1,700 Jiangdong cavalry gradually opened up the distance between each other, forming a long straight-line formation and heading straight towards the main camp.
Yang Xiong, who was still struggling, was overjoyed when he saw that these rebels had arrived on his own! However, the scattered formation of Jiangdong's cavalry made him a little helpless. Under such circumstances, Da Qin's powerful crossbows could not exert the power of their volleys.
Fortunately, except for the more than ten feet wide passage in front of the camp gate, the rest of the area is densely covered with horse-repelling stakes. There is no need to worry about horse traps. These cavalry can approach the camp directly.
"Bow, crossbow scatter!" Yang Xiong ordered loudly.
Following his voice, Yan Shi and Qian Ke took the lead in shooting the rockets on their bows. The more than a thousand Jiangdong cavalry who followed them all twisted their bows and fired arrows. Nearly two thousand rockets shot across the front of the entire camp.
A "whoosh" sound broke through the air and rushed down.
The bows and crossbows of the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty also began to fire. From time to time, the Qin army or the Jiangdong cavalry, which was galloping like the wind, fell to the ground. The front of the camp was already ablaze, and the rockets of the Jiangdong cavalry set the tents and fences in the camp on fire.
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The battle situation was in a stalemate for a while!
Every fall of Jiangdong Cavalry made Yan Shi and Qian Ke feel pain in their hearts. Each of the Jiangdong Cavalry, which only has 8,000 people, is extremely precious. If one dies, one will be missing.
The battle situation first began to change in the direction of Dongdaying.
The perimeters of the East Camp and West Camp walls are not as densely populated with horse-repelling stakes and horse traps as in front of the camp. There are only a few not-so-wide trenches on both sides, and a few copper thorns are scattered on the ground.
Things within the nail.
Xiang Yu and Long Qie led three thousand Jiangdong cavalry to attack the east and west camps respectively. Xiang Yu's side was the east camp.
The number of infantrymen of the Qin Army in the East Camp exceeds that of Yang Xiong's own army, with a total of 7,000 people. This is why Yang Xiong is not worried at all. But he ignored the important variable of Xiang Yu, or in other words, he did not worry about it at all.
Know who Xiang Yu is.
The three thousand elite cavalry following Xiang Yu can be said to be the three thousand most elite among the eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers. Xiang Yu has always worshiped only two words "attack"! Therefore, seeing that the east camp was not as densely covered with horse-repelling stakes as the front of the camp, it was trapped.
There were only a few ditches in the horse pit, which were no more than a few feet wide. I was very happy.
With a wave of "Ten Thousand Enemies" in his hand, more than three thousand fine cavalry used Xiang Yu as an arrow to form a huge fan and rushed straight towards the camp wall without stopping.
He Qing commanded the 7,000 soldiers of Dongda Camp!
He didn't expect these rebels to be so bold. They completely turned a blind eye to the trenches outside the camp and didn't test them at all. They just charged directly as soon as they came up.
Looking at the more than 3,000 Jiangdong cavalry getting closer and closer, a trace of ridicule flashed in He Qing's eyes.
When there were still two hundred steps away from the camp, several war horses suddenly let out a long mournful cry, and fell to the ground with their front hooves missing. Several knights on the horses were also caught off guard and were suddenly thrown far away and rolled on their backs.
Fall to the ground.
This change immediately caused Xiang Yu's cavalry to charge into chaos. More than a dozen Jiangdong cavalry following these cavalry were about to collide with the horses that fell to the ground. At the critical moment, they saw the faces of these horses.
The knight suddenly shouted loudly.
"rise!"
He pulled up the reins hard with both hands and jumped over the fallen horse in an instant. Then they all passed around the fallen knight and continued to maintain a scattered fan-shaped formation and headed straight for the camp wall.
At a distance of more than fifty steps, dozens of war horses stepped on iron nails and other objects on the ground one after another. The horses stumbled and fell to the ground dead. However, the formation of Xiang Yu's army was still intact, and they rushed straight to the camp like an overwhelming force.
One hundred and fifty steps!
"crossbow!"
A loud shout came from He Qing's mouth!
Hearing this loud shout, the Da Qin soldiers who had been waiting for a long time pulled the triggers one after another!
"Buzz!"
More than 5,000 crossbow arrows formed a black light and soared into the sky from the camp, heading towards Xiang Yu's army with a sharp whistling sound!