Chapter 1132: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (Twenty-Two)

He Yu and the remaining guards gathered together to form a small infantry assault square. He Yu personally served as the tip of the triangle and launched an attack on the group of enemies in the front. The combination of long and short, the coordination of offense and defense, this was something that the Han army had practiced so well that they could use it naturally without having to think about it. The group of heroes who rushed towards them were defeated by the soldiers brought by He Yu in a blink of an eye. More than a dozen strong men who were still alive and kicking just now became corpses lying on the ground in the blink of an eye.

But the whole battle situation made He Yu feel terrified. Those soldiers driving carriages who did not have time to gather together were defeated in the single-handed fight with the enemy, and the enemies who rushed out separated a part to meet the engineers who had just rushed back. The battlefield there was the real reason why He Yu felt desperate.

Those people were definitely not ordinary farmhands. Their fighting style was exactly the same as that of the regular army of Chu. He Yu had fought with the Chu army in Qi and Linyi, and later in the thousand-mile pursuit, he had fought more than a dozen battles with the Chu army led by Qu Wan along the way. He could tell the fighting style of the Chu army at a glance.

"This is not Zhuang Yong, this is the regular army of Chu!" He Yu shouted.

Liu An laughed and led 200 Chu soldiers to surround He Yu, the last few dozen people: "You know too late, kill, kill them all."

The battle did not last long. The absolute gap in numbers and the combat effectiveness of both sides were also that Chu was strong and Han was weak. A troop carrying baggage could not be compared with the capabilities of the combat troops. In just half an hour, He Yu and his baggage company fell down.

Liu An pulled the knife out of He Yu. After wiping the blood off the knife on He Yu's body, this guy made his last desperate attempt. The steel knife scraped his scalp and cut it. If it was three inches lower, his head would be cut in half. As a soldier, he admired such an opponent, but as an enemy, he hated such a stubborn guy.

No prisoners were left at the scene. Even if every enemy was chopped to the ground, they tried to hug the enemy with both hands. Without weapons. He opened his mouth and bit. Several of his men's calves were bitten by such a guy. Now he was cursing and bandaging because of the opponent's resistance. All the people, including the wounded, were killed by the angry Chu army.

Pulling open the felt cloth covering the carriage, Liu An's eyes lit up when he saw the shiny black heavy weapons. "The God Machine Crossbow, this is the God Machine Crossbow, damn, we're rich this time!" He laughed up to the sky. The first time the God Machine Crossbow appeared on the battlefield was on the battlefield against Qu Wan in Linyi. In that battle, this kind of crossbow with a long range and strong force. It shot down rows of charging Chu soldiers like cutting wheat, which once became the nightmare of the Chu army. Unexpectedly, it is now equipped at the battalion level.

Pulling off the felt cloth on all the carriages, Liu An was happy to find that there were eight such divine crossbows,

but no bed crossbows were found. Obviously, the opponent has eliminated such bulky weapons as bed crossbows.

In addition to the divine crossbow. The small catapult also interested him very much. Compared with the catapult of the Chu army. The catapult of the Han army was obviously more sophisticated, but time did not allow him to try a few shots here. The last two vehicles were dragging all steel columns and some parts. According to Liu An's cognition, this must be a part of a large siege machine, which was dragged to the battlefield for assembly.

Seeing this, Liu An couldn't help but worry. A battalion-level unit was equipped with such powerful firepower. If the newly formed First Army of the Han Army rushed to Pengcheng, I really don't know if General Bi Xuan could handle it.

Of course, there is no need to think about this problem now, at least not in this battle.

Turning his head and looking behind him, his soldiers were happily stripping the armor of the dozens of guards of the opponent. It's no wonder that his soldiers were jealous. The armor on the opponent's body can not only withstand ordinary arrows, but also withstand the stabbing of spears. If you are a little less powerful, you can't break the opponent's armor at all. On the battlefield, such a mistake is enough to make a soldier lose his life.

No wonder the Han army has been invincible and invincible over the years. Soldiers with such equipment have an advantage over their opponents on the battlefield. I really don't know where the upstart of the Han State got so much money to equip his soldiers with such luxurious weapons. What's more, the combat effectiveness of these guys is also admirable. Liu An was shocked by the well-trained counterattack led by the enemy commander. He knew very well that his own troops did not have such fighting power. However, this was not the enemy's main force in the field. How strong was their main force in the field? In the field battle, could the Chu army really have hope of victory against such an army?

Maybe you can win one or two victories by using cleverness, but it can't fundamentally change the overall situation! Unlike ordinary Chu army generals, Liu An was born into a wealthy family. His father sent him to Yingcheng since he was a child, and he learned a lot at all costs. This knowledge also gave him a vision that ordinary generals could not match. When the battle reaches a certain level, the comparison is national strength. General Bi Xuan believes that Chu's national strength is far superior to Han's. The current disadvantage is just because the Han army took Chu by surprise. Once Chu regains its strength, Liu An now feels that the argument that Han can no longer pose a threat to Chu is inaccurate.

If there is no money, how can these guys who are not the main force at all be equipped so luxuriously? You know, the main force of the Chu army has not reached this level. Among the tens of thousands of soldiers in Pengcheng, there are only General Bi Xuan's personal guards. Only then can we compare with them!

"Catch up with the carriages that are still moving and return to Zhuangzi immediately. Go quickly, if you don't want the enemy to come and cut off your heads!" Liu An looked at his soldiers and shouted loudly. In this battle, the soldiers he led did not suffer much loss, but the masters selected from his father's village suffered heavy losses. One is worth ten. Thinking of his father's words, Liu An couldn't help but laugh a little. These brave and fierce guys were just rookies on the battlefield and could not play much role at all.

In Tucheng, Fu Jiang received the news like five thunderbolts. The entire baggage company was attacked and killed, and all the baggage was captured by the enemy. This was the first such defeat in the years since the establishment of the Third Division. This time, Fu Jiang didn't need to think about it, but he also knew that Captain Mao Afu was furious when he learned the news.

"Who did it? Didn't it mean that there was only this Chu army in Tucheng? Where did the enemies who attacked us come from?" Fu Jiang roared angrily.

The commander of the second company, Jie Rong, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then reminded: "Battalion Commander, before we set off, Commander Mao once said to be careful about anything happening in Luliu Village, but we moved too fast and did not send out a single unit. Go alert in this direction."

Fu Jiang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he remembered that the group leader seemed to have said this before setting off. But at that time, he was excited about catching the striker, and the group leader just said it casually, and he didn't care.

But something happened now! Fu Jiang knew very well that he was the only one to bear the blame, and he could already imagine his upcoming fate.

"Jie Rong, gather your second company immediately and flatten Green Willow Village for me!" Fu Jiang said fiercely with his fists clenching.

"Battal Commander, our battalion suffered heavy losses in the morning battle. If I leave, the enemies in Tucheng will probably come out to fight back. From the battle in the morning, we can see that this Chu army is a powerful enemy, and their command is also a brain. A very sober person. We must not underestimate the enemy. Moreover, we don’t understand Green Willow Village at all. We are blind, and we don’t know how many enemies there are. The battalion commander and the baggage company add up to nearly two hundred people. We want to completely defeat these enemies. A team was wiped out, and not even a single person escaped. Even if the enemy set up an ambush in advance, their strength would at least be more than double theirs. Otherwise, with He Yu's ability, he would not die on the spot. Now we can't divide our troops, we can only take care of them. First, report to the regiment leader, and leave Green Willow Village to the regiment leader. We will concentrate on fighting the current battle." Jie Rong said.

Fu Jiang sighed, "You are right, but now we don't have the cover of long-range weapons, and another charge will only lose our men in vain. As you said, the enemy is not as weak as we thought. Stay put Get some rest."

After receiving Fu Jiang's report, Mao Afu was furious. As Fu Jiang said, this was the heaviest loss since the founding of the New First Army. Even though the battle at Xiaoshan Pass was so difficult, it was never completely wiped out by the opponent.

"Why didn't Fu Jiang take the baggage company with him? Why didn't he alert Luliu Village? Didn't I tell him to be careful?" Mao Afu angrily shouted at Fu Jiang's messenger, who lowered his head: "Captain, Commander Fu is currently resting in place, waiting for the commander to send reinforcements. Battalion Commander Fu has sent a reconnaissance team to investigate the specific situation of Luliuzhuang, and will report to the regiment headquarters as soon as possible."

Mao Afu took a deep breath, and his mood gradually calmed down. Fu Jiang's underestimation of the enemy's advance was probably closely related to his mood. Before the war, he had never paid attention to a big landowner like Luliu Village. Here, now, since the opponent can easily destroy one of his baggage companies, the opponent's combat effectiveness must be re-estimated. This time, he finally grabbed the vanguard position, but what greeted him was a blow to the head. In this way, Not to mention that the division commander will take care of himself, I am afraid that the entire second regiment will be unable to hold its head up in the division. Only by wiping out Tucheng and Luliuzhuang like a thunder can the face lost this time be restored.

"Qiu He, take your second battalion to Green Willow Village. You will directly take over the scouts sent by Fu Jiang. After you find out the details of the enemy, you can raze Green Willow Village to the ground." Mao Afu said bitterly. " I will immediately lead the third battalion and the troops directly under the regiment to go to Tucheng. We must capture Tucheng before the division commander arrives at Tucheng."

"Yes, commander!" Qiu He, commander of the second battalion, said loudly.

"Be careful and don't make the same mistake as the First Battalion!"

"I know, Captain!" (To be continued)