Chapter 1136: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (Twenty-Six)
"Why? Why is this happening?" Bi Xuan, the general of the Chu army in Pengcheng, had blue veins on his face. He looked at Qu Wan fiercely after the major case. The other party was flipping through a military book. When he saw Bi Xuan rushing in in a hurry, he raised his head. He stood up, with a look of displeasure on his face.
"General Bi Xuan, what's wrong with you?" Qu Wan asked, putting down the military book in his hand.
"Tucheng was defeated. Yu Ping and his troops all died in Tucheng. None of them escaped." Bi Xuan looked at Qu Wan and said sadly: "Yu Ping is a very talented general under my command. If he doesn't die, , he will have a bright future in the future, or he will become the most capable general of the next generation of our Chu State, but now, because of your order not to retreat, he has to face an enemy army several times his own alive. The battle is here. At the last moment, or until he died, he thought that this order was given by me."
Qu Wan's face gradually turned cold, "General Bi Xuan, you are our general of Chu. You should know the importance. Since the war between Han and Chu, many of our talented generals have died on the battlefield. Do you still remember Bian Rang? That one. A general from the Liao clan? As a general in charge of the army, being shrouded in horse leather is our destiny. Death, as long as the death is valuable, is enough. As for you saying that Yu Ping is very talented, I have a lot of talented people in Chu, and if one dies, naturally More people will make up for it, you are no exception, and I am no exception."
Seeing the other party's cold face, Bi Xuan sat down slumped.
"Why must we let him fight to the end?"
"Of course it is necessary. We must make the new army of the Han Dynasty think that we are not fully prepared and can only resist step by step in the camp to buy time to mobilize troops to Pengcheng. Next, we will send field troops to meet them head-on. The number should not be large. , because the Han army must know how many troops you have in Pengcheng. They resisted step by step and were defeated one by one, allowing the new army to confirm their judgment again." Qu Wandao.
"You still want to send troops to die?" Bi Xuan asked in shock.
"This is necessary." Qu Wan stood up, "Bi Xuan, do you know how many resources we have used to win this battle this time? The New First Army is stationed in Suiyang, directly threatening Pengcheng. From a strategic point of view, Look, this is a sharp knife stuck in our hearts. There won't be much they can do about Daba Mountain for a while, but it's different here. If the new army is not eaten, Da Chu will have trouble sleeping and eating. In order to change our strategic passivity, we must win this battle, and if we want to win, we must make certain sacrifices."
Bi Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, this time I will personally lead the team to attack the Han army."
"As a general, how can you do such a dangerous thing? And won't the Han army be surprised if you appear on the battlefield?" Qu Wan flatly rejected Bi Xuan's idea, "Your current post is in Pengcheng. , we will soon face a war, a war that the Han army can’t imagine."
Bi Xuan left angrily. For this battle, even at his level, he only knew that the commander-in-chief, Qu Zhong, personally planned this battle. The main battlefield was located in Sixi on the left side of Pengcheng, starting from Bi Xuan. Xuan himself got bits and pieces of information. This time, not only Chu State was involved, but Qin State was also involved. Not long ago, Qin State General Zhou Yuti boldly occupied Suizhou and defeated the Chu army. Bi Xuan I vaguely understood something.
The Chu State's large-scale troop mobilization some time ago was probably not for the Qin Army Zhou Yu's invasion, but to defeat the Han State's new army in Suiyang. Everything done before was just a top-notch strategic battle. It was just deception. If that was the case, then Qin Chu had really made great efforts to deceive Han this time.
However, the troops sent to die were all troops built by himself. Bi Xuan still felt extremely uncomfortable. Thinking of Yu Ping who died in Tucheng, Bi Xuan felt even more upset.
"General Bi!" When he returned to his general office in Pengcheng, he saw at a glance a young general who was covered in wounds and his armor was full of knife marks. That was Liu An, the tooth general he sent out.
"Liu An, are you still alive?" Bi Xuan was surprised and happy. The report he received was that both Tucheng and Luliu Village had been breached, and no one in the defenders survived. Unexpectedly, Liu An escaped alive.
"General Bi, the Tucheng is over. General Yu and his men were all killed in the battle. None of our five hundred soldiers at Green Willow Villa and hundreds of Zhuang Yong survived. Zhuangzi was also reduced to ashes by the Han army's fire." Liu An Pong knelt down with a bang and burst into tears.
Bi Xuan felt sad, "Okay, okay, as long as you come back alive."
"General, why are you doing this? Why do you want us to carry out such a fatal mission? The general did not send reinforcements." Liu An straightened up and looked at Bi Xuan.
Bi Xuan sighed, sat down, and looked at Liu An, "Liu An, you just need to understand some things. I can't make the decision on this matter. I might as well tell you that there are higher-level people in Pengcheng now." The general is in charge, and I can only obey orders. All war plans are made by this big shot. It is a great blessing that you can come back alive, and others will die next."
Liu An was stunned, "Big shot?"
"Yes, a big shot from Yingcheng. Liu An, I'm very happy that you can come back alive. This time you have proven your ability and your loyalty. Now I appoint you as the general of the Zuo Army to rectify the Zuo Army. , we have a big battle next, take your left army and prepare to avenge your Green Willow Villa, I can tell you, we can definitely defeat the Han army this time."
"Thank you for your cultivation, General!" Liu An was overjoyed. He jumped from a general to a general of the left army. This was a promotion beyond his level. The left army had 3,000 soldiers.
"General Bi, this time in Tucheng, we seized the enemy's divine crossbow and a huge catapult. This catapult was the first time it appeared on the battlefield. The Han army disassembled it when transporting it. When the battle was about to begin, it could be assembled at a very fast speed. The entire structure was made of steel, and the shooting range was extremely long, up to two miles away. The walls of our Green Willow Villa could not stop it at all. Block their attack. According to my estimation, the walls of Pengcheng will not be able to withstand it. If the enemy continues to bombard them, the walls will definitely collapse."
Bi Xuan nodded, "The Han army's weapons have always been ahead of all countries. It's not surprising that they have come up with new weapons. By the way, did they use the explosives that they used in Kangping City?"
"No!" Liu An thought for a while, "Or they think it's not worth using explosives."
"That's good. If this kind of thing appears on the battlefield, it will have a huge psychological impact on the soldiers. Because they have never seen this kind of thing West." Bi Xuan sighed softly. "A simple trebuchet is not terrible, it's just more powerful."
"General, this kind of trebuchet made of steel cannot be destroyed in a short time. It can't be cut by a knife or burned by fire. In the siege, the damage to the city wall is huge."
Bi Xuan smiled slightly, "We don't need to worry about this now. Go and get familiar with the left army as soon as possible. The battle is coming soon."
"Yes, General Bi!" Liu An kowtowed heavily, got up and said goodbye. A Green Willow Villa in exchange for a Liu An felt it was worth it to be a general of the left army. The villa could be rebuilt if it was destroyed. Anyway, the temple would not be moved. The floating wealth in the villa was not much, and most of it had been transported to Pengcheng.
Just as Bi Xuan gritted his teeth and sent another troop to intercept Mao Afu's troops of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Division of the New First Army, which had conquered Tucheng and was advancing towards Pengcheng, He Dong of the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Division also arrived in Sixi.
The 1st Regiment was the absolute main force of the 3rd Division, and He Dong was also Dong Zhuang's favorite general. Whether in terms of personnel establishment, combat effectiveness, and In terms of equipment, Ho Tung's regiment was much stronger than the other two regiments, which was why Dong Zhuang was so confident when he sent a regiment to Sixi to fight against the 5,000 local guards.
Ho Tung's regiment had three attack battalions, plus the reconnaissance company, engineering company and other special forces directly under the regiment headquarters, with a total of more than 3,000 people, which was an absolutely large regiment. Mao Afu's second regiment and Song Tao's third regiment only had a staff of more than 2,000 people.
Sixi was a key point for Pengcheng, and the 5,000 local guards stationed there were not too few, but in the eyes of the Han army, the Chu State's The local guards were just a snack on the plate, because when they were in Qi, they had fought many battles with the Chu army, which was reorganized from the local guards. Even after nearly a year of training by Qu Wan, the Chu army, which was carefully selected from the 100,000 guards, was still not good enough in front of the Han army. Moreover, according to pre-war intelligence, the morale of these guards was very low, their equipment was incomplete, and their salaries had never been paid in full. It was very common for generals to eat up the quota. It was said that there were 5,000 guards, but I am afraid that there were only 4,000 at most.
But when the first regiment arrived at Sixi, they were greeted by When he ran into the enemy's guards who came to fight, He Dong was surprised.
The first surprise was that these legendary guards with low morale and low combat effectiveness dared to attack openly and prepare to fight the Han army in the field. The second surprise was that the equipment of this guard was not bad. The rows of spears, the sword and shield soldiers and archers behind the spear formation, the crossbows arranged on the carriages, and the strict formation all showed that this guard was a little unusual.
The opponent was arranged in three square formations, standing in the shape of a finished product on the field, and the Chu army's flag was The wind rustled the wind, and the formation of thousands of people was completely silent. This made He Dong feel awe-inspiring. At least from the outside, the Chu army was no worse than the Han army in terms of military appearance.
"Deploy the formation and prepare to attack!" He Dong said in a deep voice.
The bugler standing behind him immediately raised the bugle, and the exciting bugle sounded. A moment later, the bugles of various units in the regiment began to sound, which was a sign that the various battalions of the regiment had accepted the order. As the military flags fluttered, the Han army quickly deployed. Unlike the opponent's "PIN" formation, He Dong deployed an inverted "PIN" formation. (To be continued)