Chapter 147: Breaking through the encirclement

Guyepi.

Part of the Northern Legion, which was separated to Jiyuan before the Battle of Julu, escaped the massacre half a year ago, but they finally failed to escape the other fierce attack from Xiang Yu and the Chu army.

"Sima Supervisor, I heard that the general, the chief, the left general, the right general and the others surrendered! What should we do?" After the Battle of Julu, the Northern Legion was captured by Wang Li, Su Jiao died in battle, and Shejian left, even the middle-level generals were drawn away by Zhang Han in various names. Therefore, in addition to the grassroots soldiers, the current Northern Legion was kept intact, and its skeleton was basically destroyed.

Sima Liang was sent to Jiyuan by Fu Ge a month ago. At that time, Fu Ge asked him to try to delay and hinder Sima Xin's contact with the Chu army. Sima Liang should have basically completed the task for this requirement. However, due to the relationship and interests of the Xiang family, Sima Xin's intention to surrender to the Chu army was quite firm, which was not something Sima Liang could change. He could only use some small actions in the dark, which could not cause fundamental changes to the overall situation.

The only thing he could do next was Xiji who completed the second task that Fu Ge ordered him to, contact more with the soldiers of the Northern Legion, increase their trust and understanding, and strive to make these brave soldiers of the Qin Dynasty come back alive. This task is equally arduous. In order to prevent the soldiers of the Northern Legion from disobeying the order, Zhang Han was extremely strict in the control of the soldiers. It was not difficult to approach the soldiers with Sima Liang's identity as a military supervisor and Sima Xin's background, but it was almost impossible to mobilize one soldier. Until this time, the soldiers were trapped in the valley and Yebei, Zhang Han had no choice but to lead his trusted generals to surrender to the Chu camp, and Sima Liang finally found a good opportunity to arouse and lobby.

Living—, yes! In this era, only Fu Ge, a latecomer, knew that Xiang Yu was about to kill 200,000 surrendered soldiers of the Qin army. These surrendered soldiers of the Qin Dynasty thought they could survive by surrender, but they turned out to be bloody slaughtered bones.

Facing the expectant faces surrounding him, Sima Liang felt the heavy burden on his shoulders. He tried hard to calm down and asked, "Brothers, do you want to surrender in your heart, do you want to surrender?"

"To be honest with the Sima Supervisor, we brothers are from Guanzhong. If anyone hadn't been to war, who would have left his hometown and come here, now, we just want to go back to Guanzhong and go home-!"

"Yes, Sima Supervisor, I heard that the court has changed its emperor now, and the treacherous minister Zhao Gao has also been eliminated by General Fu. The days in Guanzhong are getting better and better. You just came from Guanzhong. Tell us if this is the case?"

"What General Fu, you are wrong. It's Prime Minister Fu. If it weren't for him, my elderly father would still serve in Lishan?"

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"Brothers are right. Guanzhong has indeed turned upside down. Last month, our Qin army fought against the Chu army at Lantian Pass and won a great victory. Now, the Qin army has not only replaced the emperor with a new emperor, but also under the rule of Fu Xiang, most of the people's labor and labor levies have been exempted. Now all counties and counties are rushing to welcome the great harvest. Your family has sent letters to these situations. I don't tell you, and everyone understands it! With this good life, what are we waiting for? Go back early and reunite with your family and live a good life sooner." Sima Liang aroused loudly. These soldiers of the Northern Legion were hesitant and undecided. At this time, they must push them to strengthen their confidence.

"But now the general surrendered, we have disobeyed the general's orders. This is a serious crime of beheading!" A thin soldier expressed his concern in fear.

"Behead, since Zhang Han chose to surrender to the Chu army, he is no longer the general of my Qin Dynasty. Why do we obey his orders? Sima Liang promises everyone that as long as you return to Guanzhong, you will not be arrested for 'retreat' on the battlefield, and you will not be thrown into prison because of this."

"Okay, we just listen to Sima Supervisor. Anyway, even if you surrender to the Chu army, you won't have any good ending. Maybe you will be sold all over the land and become slaves. Just take a gamble!"

Breakthrough—.

When the army is in desperate situation, it is not easy to break out the siege of the Chu army. First, we must be able to gather a force with considerable combat effectiveness, second, we must have a wise leader, and then we must take advantage of the opportunity when the Chu army is careless to break through the siege and quickly move closer to Hangu Pass. As long as we can enter Hangu, there are heavy troops and dangerous passes to block it, we can basically ensure safety.

"Brothers, we are fighting with the Chu army!"

After fighting, the Qin people's bravery broke out at the moment of the test of life and death! The soldiers of the Northern Legion, who were originally headless, had regained the courage to fight again under the strong encouragement of Sima Liang.

This battle was no longer for the princes and nobles of the Qin Dynasty, but for themselves, for freedom, and for going home.

The Guyepo, where the Qin army was trapped, was a narrow river valley with two narrow ends and wide in the middle. One hour ago, the vanguard of the Chu army led by Ying Bu had already occupied the entrance of the valley before the retreating Qin army. If Sima Liang wanted to return to Guanzhong with the soldiers of the Northern Legion, he had to break through the Chu army's guards at the entrance of the valley. This was not an easy task. You must know that Ying Bu was the leading general in the Chu army.

Fortunately, the desperate Qin army was not without good news. First of all, the weapons were still in hand and the army was not divided. In fact, the Chu army made a light attack, and the number was not too large. It was only about 15,000 people, and there was no solid defensive position. In addition, it was quite close to Hangu Pass. I believe that as long as the Qin army could break through the valley entrance and reach the vicinity of Hangu, they would be able to obtain reinforcements from the Shujian Army.

Reinforcements—— With such hope, while Zhang Han lowered his head to Xiang Yu, Sima Liang led nearly 70,000 soldiers of the Northern Legion to start a tragic breakthrough.

"Urgent, raise the black flag of the legion!" This voice was loud and loud, with full confidence.

On July 10th, in the evening, it was the evening when the moon was getting dark. The black flags in the Qin army began to swing rapidly, and the horns and drums sounded continuously. The Qin soldiers who had lost their command suddenly shouted. They picked up their weapons one by one, shouting, and running, and came to the Guyepikou where the Chu army was defending.

This is the situation he faced at this time since the fierce battle in Xingyang, Sima Liang once again appeared on the battlefield. As the chief general of this temporary army, the situation he faced at this time was not much better than in Xingyang.

"Brothers, rush, how much can you rush out, it's better than being killed by the Chu army!" Sima Liang was wearing a black gold wire cloak, with a helmet and armor, showing a hundred steps of majesty. At this moment, no bold words could be said as if this was true. In order to survive, the Qin soldiers began their final decisive charge!

"What did you say? Qin Gou is here to kill him?" Ying Bu, who was lying comfortably on the soft grass mat, jumped up suddenly. His face was full of disbelief. No wonder he was not aware of it. Seeing that the general situation was about to settle, as long as Zhang Han returned to the Qin army to announce the order, the battle would be over.

"General, it's true, look over there-!" The Chu soldier who reported the news was full of panic. In the direction of his finger, the Qin army was sweeping over quickly like a large dark cloud.

Ying Bu stood up with a ferocious face, and after a cold look at the 'dark cloud', he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Damn it, go slaughter Qin dog!" The Chu army guarding the valley entrance was about a little over 10,000, and 10,000 to 70,000. Even such a gap could not shake Ying Bu's victory at all.

Although this Chu soldiers are not large in number, they are mostly old soldiers who have been through the battlefield. Many of them have followed Ying Bu for some time, and the earliest ones have even been subordinates when they crossed the Yangtze River. Therefore, Ying Bu is quite confident about the combat effectiveness of his own troops. The Qin dogs on the opposite side are just supported by temporary blood courage. As long as they resist the previous rounds of offensives, the Qin army will be depressed. At that time, they will be supplemented with the tactics of inducing surrender, so that these Qin dogs will not put down their weapons and surrender!

After drinking, Ying Bu flew on his horse, and the words "titled by the government on his handsome forehead seemed extremely eye-catching. Killed. These Qin Gou, who didn't know how to live or die, were really impatient. Isn't it easy to die?

The night wind is howling and drums are roaring. On this dim summer day, a fierce battle will begin!

The Qin army, which has always been good at killing and injuring the enemy with crossbows before getting into the battle, did not use this tactic again. They just waved the weapons in their hands, ran forward desperately, and then ran until they were unable to fall down. It was not easy for Sima Liang to organize them, because of his excellent coordination and integration ability. If anyone else was afraid that he would not be able to reach this level if he gave another half a day.

Unfortunately, Sima Liang has good organizational skills, but his military talents can only be said to be of the best. In the current situation, if he could slightly divide the army into front and back waves and attack Yingbu's Chu army in succession, the effect would definitely be better than the actual situation.

Kill—! The Qin army roared like a black sea tide.

The shouts of soldiers on both sides resounded throughout the valley, and the soldiers fought each other to fight against each other. One side had to break through, and the other side insisted on not giving in. In this stalemate state, bleeding and death became commonplace, and dead bodies were everywhere in the valley and wild ponds.

"Damn it, go and repay the general, just say that Qin Gou is crazy!" Ying Bu stabbed the approaching Qin soldiers with a spear and shouted. In just half an hour, Ying Bu led his army to retreat dozens of waves of attacks from the Qin army. The bodies lying in front of the Chu army were almost ten thousand. This number is really amazing. According to normal inference, the Qin army will definitely lose its fighting spirit after suffering such a serious blow, but the fact is not.
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