The infantry of the Qin army simply could not catch up with the Jiangdong cavalry, which was coming and going like the wind. In the huge camp, more than 500 Jiangdong cavalry set fire everywhere. When they saw the Qin soldiers who were blocking them on the way, they immediately turned their horses around and continued to set fire. This was completely different from the Qin soldiers.
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Soon the entire Beida Camp was enveloped in a sea of fire.
The raging fire seemed to ignite the entire dark night sky, and the billowing heat waves came in violently, roasting all the soldiers of the Qin army who were still fighting the flames and had to dodge one after another.
Seeing the large tents filled with food, grass, baggage, and ordnance being reduced to ashes in the raging fire, the captain who had spoken earlier and the two thousand soldiers guarding the camp fixed their hateful eyes on the people who were gathering around Xiang Yu after setting the fire in the distance.
Jiangdong Iron Cavalry.
The camp's food, grass and baggage were all burned down, and given the harsh military laws of the Qin Dynasty, no one could possibly get away with it.
Being stared at by nearly two thousand pairs of eyes full of hatred and murderous intent, even though he was far away, the hair on Xiang Yu's back stood up, and he felt as if he was suddenly being targeted by a fierce beast.
If it weren't for the raging fire in the middle, Xiang Yu was sure that these Qin soldiers would risk their lives and leave all of them behind to be buried with the whole camp, or to be buried with the Qin soldiers who were guarding the food, grass and baggage.
The heat wave hit his face, and the horses under Jiangdong's cavalry snorted, whinnied and turned in circles.
Seeing that all the Jiangdong cavalry who were setting fires everywhere had gathered, Xiang Yu knew that he could no longer stay in this camp. If he didn't stay in the camp, he would be left behind by the angry Qin soldiers if he didn't get burned to death.
"Hahahaha! Drive!"
Xiang Yu laughed loudly and swept away a passage with the spears of the ten thousand enemies in his hand. He led more than 500 Jiangdong cavalrymen, whose bodies were scarred by swords and fire, to rush out of the fire and broke into the west camp.
More than 2,000 Qin troops watched helplessly as Xiang Yu led the remaining 500 Jiangdong cavalry into the West Camp, but there was nothing they could do! Chase? How could the two-legged infantry catch up with the four-legged cavalry?
There was at least seven or eight miles between Yang Xiong and the North Camp from the South Camp across the Chinese Army Camp. However, the four thousand infantrymen were always a few beats behind the pace. Yang Xiong could already see it while still at the Chinese Army Camp.
The sky above Houshan Beidaying seems to be igniting the night sky with blazing flames!
"It's over!" Yang Xiong muttered as he looked at the red night sky over Beidaying with dull eyes.
Xiang Yu led five hundred Jiangdong cavalry and quickly burned the entire West Camp. Naturally, the Qin infantry defending the West Camp came to intercept and put out the fire. However, Xiang Yu became more and more skilled in using guerrilla tactics.
If there are many people, run away; if there are few people, kill!
Soon, at least half of the Qin army's infantry, who were still defending the dragon outside the West Camp and had three thousand Jiangdong cavalry, came over.
Long Qie did not attack the West Camp with all his strength. Like Yan Shi and Gan Ke in front, he was just a suspect used by Xiang Yu to distract the Qin soldiers guarding the camp.
The fire that shot up into the sky from the Qin army's camp could probably be seen clearly from more than ten miles away. Long Qie was so close and knew that Xiang Yu had succeeded. So the task now is to cooperate with Xiang Yu to lead the army to fight out the Qin army's camp.
Camp!
More than 3,000 Jiangdong cavalrymen suddenly charged forward and approached the camp for the first time.
More than 3,000 feathered arrows soared into the sky, heading straight towards the Qin army infantry in the West Camp who were in chaos due to the fire. As the feathered arrows soared into the air, the dragon's three thousand Jiangdong cavalry quickly approached the fence of the West Camp!
After the continuous screams of misery, large tracts of wheat stalks suddenly grew out of the empty surface of Xi Daying!
The Qin army's infantry, which had been divided into two waves to guard against Xiang Yu and Long Qie, suddenly became vacated, and blood suddenly soaked the loess!
Naturally, Xiang Yu would not miss this opportunity. He took advantage of the Qin army's infantry who were suddenly attacked by Jiangdong's cavalry and rushed over. He easily penetrated the Qin army's array and rushed to the fence of the camp!
Long Qie's Jiangdong cavalry flew arrows, completely ignoring that the muscles in their arms had already been torn and strained, and the arrows flew continuously.
Dozens of horsemen quickly used ropes to tear open a gap of more than 50 feet in the fence of the Xidaying camp. Xiang Yu and more than 500 Jiangdong cavalry quickly ran out along the gap.
"Blow the trumpet!"
Long Qie saw a trace of sadness flashing in his eyes when he saw the remaining five hundred Jiangdong cavalrymen behind Xiang Yu, almost all of whom were injured. Xiang Yu patted him on the shoulder and ordered loudly.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Three short, high-pitched horns suddenly sounded from the Jiangdong cavalry formation, instantly overpowering the noise in the chaotic Qin army camp.
Yan Shi and Qian Ke, who were still fighting with the Qin Army in front of the gate of the Qin Army's camp, were overjoyed when they heard the sound of the horn. With a roar, they led the remaining thousands of Jiangdong cavalry to quickly evacuate from the gate of the Qin Army's camp.
Go forward and follow the sound to meet Xiang Yu.
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When Yang Xiong's personal guard reported to Wang Li, Xiang Yu had already set the entire Beida camp on fire. In fact, Wang Li could guess from the flames that there was something wrong with the camp without his report.
Wang Li didn't expect that what he was most worried about had happened. Now he could only pray that Yang Xiong could save the food, grass, baggage and ordnance of the 100,000 troops stored in the camp.
As long as the food, grass, and baggage are all there, it doesn't matter even if the entire camp is burned down. Anyway, it's already summer now, and there are no tents and bedding. The army can still survive even if they camp in the wild. Wang Li is also confident that he will strangle all these rabbles in the Huaihe River.
North Shore!
"Zhao Ben!" Wang Li was still worried and ordered loudly, "Immediately lead the general's 10,000 elite cavalry from the central army to support the camp. We must keep the food, grass and baggage from being burned by the rebels!"
"Here!"
Zhao Ben bowed on his horse and responded, then led Wang Li's army of 10,000 elite cavalry away from Juechen.
"Wang An! Lead the remaining 10,000 troops to rush to the aid of Cen Liang immediately. We must kill all the incoming rebels!"
"General, the last general only needs five thousand elite soldiers!" Wang An bowed and saluted after hearing Wang Li's words.
Wang Li knew what he meant. At this moment, Wang Li only had these 10,000 elite infantry. If Wang An was taken away to help Cen Liang, who was fighting Xiang Liang, then Wang Li would become a mere commander. Once something changes, then
Wang Li is in extreme danger!
"Go!" Wang Li waved his hand and said.
"Here!" Wang An responded loudly when he saw that Wang Li agreed. Then he led the five thousand infantry of Wang Li's army to quickly rush to the aid of Cen Liang's 20,000 Qin army infantry who were fighting Xiang Liang's 70,000 army!
A trace of worry flashed in Wang Li's eyes. The battle situation was gradually out of his control. He didn't expect that the rebels would have so many troops. He didn't even know that an army of nearly 100,000 people had already touched his eyelids.
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And through the flags, he could also see that it was Xiang Liang's rebels who were fighting with Cen Liang, who had been nowhere to be found before. So it was the rebel who attacked the camp. Since the flames in the camp could be seen ten miles away,
It can be seen from outside, so obviously Yang Xiong's 20,000 infantry did not resist the rebel attack on the camp.
What army could so easily defeat the 20,000-strong infantry of the Qin army who were stationed in a camp?
The addition of Wang An's 5,000 elite infantry became the last straw to overwhelm Xiang Liang's 70,000-strong army!
Xiang Liang's army, which had traveled a long distance without much rest, rushed to the battlefield and immediately entered the battle. At first, because of their superior numbers and the sneak attack, their morale was naturally high!
However, facing the Qin Army's 20,000 infantry phalanx, Xiang Liang's army, which was nearly four times the size of the Qin Army, not only failed to quickly tear through the Qin Army's infantry phalanx, but was instantly killed by the Qin Army's powerful crossbows.
There are no less than ten thousand soldiers.
Immediately, the two counties began to fight, and the battle became tense!
One side was exhausted from the long-distance attack and had no training; the other side was resting and recuperating, and the training was rigorous. In a short period of time, Xiang Liang's army could rely on its numerical advantage and high morale to fight the Qin army to a draw, but as time went by,
Xiang Liang's army gradually began to be unable to withstand the overwhelming Qin infantry offensive, and gradually began to retreat slowly under the pressure of the Qin army's infantry phalanx.
Xiang Liang, who was standing outside the battlefield on horseback, saw it and was anxious in his heart. He knew the shortcomings of his army. He would probably not see the Qin army face to face with the Qin army who had experienced many battles and was not at the same level of equipment, even if there were tens of thousands more people.
It must be able to withstand the Qin army's counterattack.
The only thing Xiang Liang can hope for now is that Wu Rui's 100,000 fierce Baiyue barbarians can cross the river and land as soon as possible, and that Xiang Yu's 8,000 Jiangdong cavalry, the most elite of the Xiang clan, can successfully attack the camp and disrupt the morale of Wang Li's army.
But obviously from the layout of the Qin army, it can be seen that the one who is fighting fiercely with him is one of the three armies that was waiting for Wu Rui to cross the river. Since Wang Li has set up an ambush along this way, there is definitely no reason why the other two groups will not
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Therefore, compared to Wu Rui's tens of thousands and hundreds of Yue barbarian troops who crossed the river, Xiang Liang had higher expectations for Xiang Yu.
The addition of Wang An's 5,000-strong army immediately put the defense line of Xiang Liang's army, which was already on the defensive, at risk. Xiang Liang's army retreated in panic as the Qin army's infantry advanced in an orderly manner, and may collapse in the next second.
Wu Rui's three-way army of 30,000 Yue barbarians who crossed the river were riding on small boats, rafts, and paddling quickly. At this time, they had passed the middle of the Huaihe River and were only less than 800 steps away from the shore.
The ambushes of the two Qin armies upstream suddenly heard a bang, and thousands of huge crossbow arrows, three feet long and thick in arms, crossed hundreds of steps with a sharp whistling sound and rushed straight towards the 20,000-strong army that was rapidly approaching the north bank of the Huaihe River.
The barbarian army went away.
The Baiyue barbarians crossing the river all held torches, and the Qin army on the north bank could clearly see where their target was.
Hearing the whistling sound, the quick-reacting Baiyue barbarians on the rafts and boats shouted loudly and jumped into the river one after another to avoid the incoming death arrows! But there were still many Baiyue barbarians who did not understand the situation.
Thousands of crossbow arrows bearing the summons of the God of Death arrived at the moment when they were stunned!
The huge crossbow arrows tore apart the thin-skinned wooden boats easily, passed through the bodies of the Baiyue barbarians, picked up bloody flowers, and then heavily strung a string of Baiyue barbarians into the water.
Countless blood flowers suddenly bloomed in the clear water of the Huaihe River. The blood flowers spread rapidly in the river, and the green water of the Huaihe River suddenly turned red!