I’m The King Chapter 1136: :Continuing the past and ushering in the future (26)

"Why? Why are you doing this?" Peng Cheng and Bi Xuan, the general of the Chu army, with veins on their faces, looked fiercely at Qu Wan after the big case. Xuan, raised his head, with a look of displeasure on his face.

"General Bi Xuan, what's the matter with you?" Putting down the military book in his hand, Qu Wan asked.

"Tucheng was defeated. Yu Ping and his troops all died in Tucheng, and none of them escaped." Bi Xuan looked at Qu Wan and said heartbrokenly: "Yu Ping is a very talented general under my command. , if he does not die, he will have a bright future, or he will become the most capable general in the next generation of our Chu State, but now, because of your order not to retreat, let him face the enemy army several times his own alive , Fighting to the last moment, or before he died, he still thought that this order was given by me."

Qu Wan's face gradually turned cold, "General Bi Xuan, you are a general of our Chu State, you should know the seriousness. Since the war between Han and Chu, how many of our talented generals have died in battle, remember Bianyang Is that a general from the Liao family? As a commanding general, the shroud of horse leather is our destiny. To die, as long as it is worthy of death is enough. As for you saying that Yu Ping is very talented, I have a lot of talents in Chu, so I died One, there will naturally be more people to make up for it, you are no exception, and I am no exception."

Seeing the other party's cold face, Bi Xuan sat down dejectedly.

"Why do you have to let him fight to the end?"

"Of course, we need to make the New First Army of Han think that we are not fully prepared, so we can only resist for the camp every step of the way, so as to buy time for the deployment of troops to Pengcheng. Next, we will send field troops to meet them head-on. Don't have too many people, because the Han army must know how many troops you have in Pengcheng, resist step by step, and defeat one by one, so that the new army can confirm their judgment again." Qu Wan said.

"Send the army to die?" Bi Xuan asked in shock.

"This is necessary." Qu Wan stood up, "Bi Xuan, do you know how much resources we used to win this battle this time? The new army is stationed in Suiyang, directly threatening Pengcheng, From a strategic point of view, this is a sharp knife in our hearts. They won't have much to do in Daba Mountain, but it's different here. If you don't eat up the new army, Dachu will sleep and eat Uneasy. 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 meet the Han army."

"As a general, how can you do this kind of deed to death, and if you appear on the battlefield, won't the Han army be surprised?" Qu Wan categorically rejected Bi Xuan's idea, "Your present The post is in Pengcheng, and we will soon face a big battle, a big battle that the Han army can't imagine."

Bi Xuan said goodbye angrily. This time, even with his rank, he only knew that the central Captain Qu Zhong personally planned this battle, and the main battlefield was set at Sixi on the left side of Pengcheng According to Bi Xuan's bits and pieces of information, this time not only the state of Chu participated, but also the state of Qin. It reminds me that not long ago, General Zhou Yuti of the state of Qin blatantly occupied Suizhou and defeated a part of the Chu army. , Bi Xuan vaguely understood something.

A while ago, Chu State’s large mobilization of troops was probably not for the Qin army and Zhou Yu’s invasion, but for the defeat of the Han State’s new army in Suiyang. If this is the case, then Qin and Chu really put in a lot of effort to deceive Han this time.

However, the army that was sent to die was all built by himself, Bi Xuan still felt extremely uncomfortable, thinking of Yu Ping who died in battle in Tucheng, Bi Xuan felt even more depressed.

"General Bi!" When he returned to his general's yamen in Pengcheng, he immediately saw a young general covered in wounds and armor full of knife marks. That was Liu An, the tooth general he had sent out.

"Liu An, are you still alive?" Bi Xuan was both surprised and delighted. The report he received was that both Tucheng and Lvliuzhuang had been breached, and no defenders survived. Unexpectedly, Liu An escaped alive. .

"General Bi, the Tucheng is over, General Yu and his subordinates are all killed in battle, none of the five hundred soldiers and hundreds of Zhuang Yong in my Green Willow Villa survived, Zhuangzi was also burned to ashes by the Han army .” Liu An knelt down with a bang, and burst into tears.

Bi Xuan felt sad, "Alright, alright, as long as you come back alive."

"General, why did you do this? Why do you want us to carry out this kind of mission that must die, and the general didn't send reinforcements." Liu An straightened up and stared at Bi Xuan.

Bi Xuan sighed, sat down, looked at Liu An, "Liu An, you just need to understand some things, this matter is not up to me, I might as well tell you, now in Pengcheng, there are more A high-ranking general is in command, and I can only obey orders. All the war plans are made by this big man. It is a great fortune that you can come back alive, and someone will die next time."

Liu An was stunned, "A big shot?"

"Yes, the big man from Yingcheng. Liu An, I am very happy that you came back alive. This time you have proved your ability and your loyalty. Now I appoint you as the general of the left army to rectify the situation. Let’s go to the left army, we will have a big battle next, take your left army and get ready to avenge your Green Willow Villa, I can tell you that this time we will definitely defeat the Han army.”

"Thank you, General!" Liu An was overjoyed. He jumped from a tooth general to a general of the left army. This is a leapfrog promotion. The left army has a total of three thousand soldiers.

"General Bi, this time in Tucheng, we have seized the enemy's magical machine crossbow and a huge trebuchet, especially this kind of trebuchet, it is the first time that this kind of trebuchet has appeared on the battlefield. When it was transported, it was dismantled, and when it was ready for battle, it could be assembled at an extremely fast speed. The entire structure was made of steel, and the shooting range was extremely far, the longest being two miles away. Our Green Willow Villa The city wall can't block its blow at all. According to my estimation, the city wall of Pengcheng can't withstand it either. If the opponent keeps bombing, the city wall can definitely be knocked down."

Bi Xuan nodded, "The armaments of the Han army have always been ahead of all countries. It is not surprising that they have come up with new weapons. By the way, did they use the explosives that were used in Kangping City?"

"No!" Liu An thought for a while, "Maybe they think we are not worth using explosives."

"That's good. If this kind of thing appears on the battlefield, it will deal a huge psychological blow to the soldiers. Because they have never seen such a thing before." Bi Xuan let out a sigh of relief." A simple trebuchet is not terrible, but it is more powerful."

"General, this kind of catapult made of steel cannot be destroyed in a short period of time. It can't be destroyed by knife and fire. In the battle of fortification, the damage to the city wall is huge."

Bi Xuan smiled slightly, "We don't need to worry about this now, you go and get familiar with the Zuo Army as soon as possible. The big battle is coming soon."

"Yes, General Bi!" Liu An kowtowed heavily, got up and left. A green willow villa was exchanged for a general from the left army. Liu An thought it was worth it. There is no way to escape where the square is placed. The floating wealth placed in Zhuangzi is not much, and most of it has already been transported to Pengcheng.

Just when Bi Xuan gritted his teeth and sent another troop to intercept and conquer Tucheng, the forward of the Han army who was advancing towards Pengcheng was led by Mao Afu, the third division and second regiment of the first army, the third division The first group, He Dongfang, also arrived in Sixi.

The first regiment is the absolute main force of the third division, and He Dong is also Dong Zhuang's favorite general. No matter in terms of staffing, combat effectiveness and equipment, He Dong's first regiment is stronger than the other two regiments This is why Dong Zhuang was so confident when he sent a regiment to Sixi to meet the 5,000 local guards.

He Dong's regiment and three attack battalions, together with the reconnaissance company directly under the regiment headquarters, the engineer company and other special forces, have a total of more than 3,000 people, and they are an out-and-out large The second regiment of Mao Afu and the third regiment of Song Tao are only in the early 2000s.

Sixi is an important point for the arch to Pengcheng, and the garrison of five thousand local guards cannot be said to be less, but in the eyes of the Han army, the local guards of Chu State are just a snack on the plate, because they When he was in Qi State, he had fought many battles with the Chu army reorganized from the local guards. What's more, according to the information before the war, the morale of these guards is very low, their equipment is not complete, the military salary has never been fully paid, and it is very common for generals to eat up their quota. , I’m afraid that actually four thousand would be the best.

However, when the first regiment arrived at Sixi, when they ran into the enemy guards who came to meet them, He Dong felt very surprised.

The first surprise was that these legendary guards with low morale and low combat effectiveness dared to attack openly, preparing to start a field battle with the Han army. The second surprise was that the guards were not well equipped. Poor. The spears lined up, the sword and shield players behind the spear array, the archers, the bed crossbows arranged on the carriages, and the strict formation all show that this guard is a little different. Too common.

The opponents lined up in three square formations, the finished characters stood upright on the field, the Chu army's flag fluttered in the wind, and the formation of thousands of people was unexpectedly silent. This made He Dong feel awe-inspiring, at least from From the outside, this Chu army is by no means inferior to the Han army in military capacity.

"Expand the formation and prepare to attack!" He Dong said in a deep voice.

The buglers standing behind him immediately raised their bugles, and the sound of a vigorous bugle sounded. After a while, the bugles of a regiment and various ministries began to sound in response. This is a group of battalions expressing their acceptance He gave the order. While the military flag was flying, the Han army quickly spread out. Unlike the opponent's Pin character, He Dong set up a reverse Pin character formation. (To be continued)