Chapter 441 The Battle of Mian Shui
~Date: ~October 04~
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When the sun rises from the eastern horizon, a black tide of Han troops finally appeared on the horizon west of Mianshui. The view is endless, like a migrating herd of bison, and it is an absolutely well-trained and orderly bison, covering the sky and sweeping across the mountains and fields. The fastest flight update is updated.
In the vast sea of the Han army's war tide, there are towering large-scale armies, including hundreds of well railings, nest cars, and hundreds of catapults. They are not lever-style simple catapults, but complex structures and huge counterweight catapults, which are enough to launch a huge stone weighing hundreds of kilograms away from 500 steps!
Among the hundreds of well railings, nesting cars and catapults, there is an extremely tall nesting car. This nesting car is six or seven feet tall. Even in the towering well railings, nesting cars and catapults workshops, it is like a crane standing out in the flock of chickens and extraordinary. This nesting car is of course the highest command center of the Han army.
Liu Bang stood in front of the guardrail with his hands on the guardrail.
On the left and right sides of Liu Bang, the great general Lu Tai with a solemn expression stood.
The battle between Chu and Han Mianshui was still dangerous in the decisive battle between Gaixia. In the battle between Gaixia, Liu Bang gave Han Xin the command power of the 700,000 coalition forces, and finally returned a generous reward - Xiang Yu was defeated by Gaixia and died in Wujiang. Liu Bang was also not prepared to lead the troops himself in this battle between Mianshui.
Liu Bang was able to have today's status from a rogue in the market because he knew people and was good at responsibilities, rather than how strong his ability was. In history, Han Xin once commented on Liu Bang, saying that he could only have 100,000 soldiers at most, but he was good at generals. This is indeed the most pertinent review, and Liu Bang was indeed not good at using troops.
Liu Bang was not good at using troops, but he was very self-aware. He knew that he had limited ability and could not command so many troops, so he simply gave up the command power to Lu Tai.
However, Liu Bang still felt a little regretful.
Xiang Zhuang had military strategists like Bi Shu, but he had no such figures as Han Xin under his command. Although Zhou Bo and Lu Tai were also considered famous generals, they were still quite inferior to military strategists of Han Xin and Bi Shu. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were just strategists rather than commanders. As for Bai Mo. Fei updated the fastest political strategy, with more strategies, but still lacked military strategists.
Seeing that Liu Bang's will was a little low and depressed, Chen Ping, who was standing behind him, suddenly smiled gloomy and said, "King, Bi Shu has a great victory in Huainan. If Xiang Zhuang is defeated in Mianshui, wouldn't the Chu State have formed a situation where the king is weak and the ministers are strong? This is a disaster, hehe."
"Hmm?!" Liu Bang was immediately excited when he heard this. Yes, if he could defeat Xiang Zhuang in Mianshui, then Chu would have become a pattern of weak rulers and strong ministers. This is not a good phenomenon. At that time, Xiang Zhuang would be arrogant and Bi Shu would be loyal. I am afraid that all kinds of rifts will arise between the two, right?
Liu Bang turned his head and looked at Lu Tai and said, "Please take it, everything depends on you."
Lu Tai turned around and bowed, responding solemnly: "Don't worry, I must do my best!"
"Although let go," Liu Bang waved his hand and said with a sigh. "I believe in your ability. Although Xiang Zhuang's son is the bravest of the three armies, he is just an ordinary man after all. I have only led 100,000 troops, but Xiang Zhuang's son is probably only 50,000. This Mianshui battle is a contest of 500,000. Xiang Zhuang's son is definitely not your opponent."
Lu Tai nodded and said, "I am only worried that the Chu army will not respond."
"That's okay." Liu Bang waved his hand and said loudly, "Then attack the Chu army camp!"
Zhang Liang, who was standing behind Liu Bang, smiled slightly and said, "If the Chu army was in the camp and defended, although it could withstand the strong camp for a while, it would give up the initiative on the battlefield. At least our army was invincible before the battle. Once our army broke through its camp defense, the Chu army would undoubtedly be defeated."
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Xiang Zhuang was a little nervous at this time. Although he could use the strong battalion defense to resist the Han army, the problem was that in this way, the Chu army was locked in a "cage" by the Han army. In other words, the Chu army lost the opportunity to compete with the Han army. Once the battalion defense was broken by the Han army, the Chu army would definitely be finished.
Therefore, according to the camp's defensive defense, it can be said that risks and benefits coexist, and it depends on whether the Chu army can defend it. As long as it can be defended, everything will be fine. If it cannot be defended, everything will be stopped.
Of course, in addition to defending the camp, the Chu army could also choose to fight against the Han army in the field.
However, now that we have set up a formation to fight against the Han army, Xiang Zhuang is really not sure of victory. The Han army not only has an absolute advantage in cavalry, but now there are also a group of catapults that can suppress the Chu army's crossbows. In the era of cold weapons when the cavalry is king, Xiang Zhuang is really unimaginable. After losing the crossbows to suppress, how should the Chu army win?
Of course, if Bi Shu is here, the situation will be completely different!
As the saying goes, when the military strategists arrive at Bishu and Han Xin, the advantages of cavalry are not insurmountable. They can completely weaken the impact of cavalry by relying on their formation transformation, and eventually obscur the opponent's cavalry in the ocean of infantry on their own. Therefore, the only thing Xiang Zhuang has to do now is to defend the camp until the moment Bishu arrives at Mianshui!
Liu Bang knew people well and was very wise, but Xiang Zhuang did not have the wise?
Xiang Zhuang knew very well that he had to take a small number of elite troops to charge or attack for a long distance, which was like a fish in water, like a finger of an arm, but he could lead hundreds of thousands of troops to win the battle with his opponent, which was a difficult task. If the command was determined to win the battle, who could match Bi Shu and Han Xin?
The day Bi Shu arrived was the time when Liu Bang's army was destroyed!
Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on Xiang Zhuang's lips. Although the Han army had superior military strength, its advantages were really limited. Although the Han army had an absolute advantage in cavalry, the cavalry had little effect in the tough battle. The only headache was the catapult. Although this thing did not pose a great threat to individual soldiers, it was a huge threat to battalion defense fortifications!
However, just a few hundred catapults are probably not enough to break through the Chu army's solid battalion defense.
Suddenly, a faint sound of horns came from the local horizon. Bailixian raised his feather fan and put it on his forehead. After looking forward for a while, he turned his head to Xiang Zhuang and said, "King, the Han army is here."
Xiang Zhuang nodded, raised his right hand and waved it forward gently, saying, "Each army is ready."
In an instant, Xiangzhuang's military orders were quickly conveyed. Each army, battalion, and each team began its final preparations before the war. Teams of archers began to climb the arrow tower and the low wall. Rows of heavy armored martial soldiers with swords and shields were slowly advancing behind the village wall, and groups of light soldiers inserted a flying spear at their feet.
There was also a cavalryman running back and forth in the camp, conveying military orders back and forth.
Sima, school captain and general stood in front of their respective teams, carrying out the final mobilization before the war. With their passionate, low, angry words and physical movements, the soldiers of the Chu army standing in line would involuntarily slap the shield with swords and spears, or simply hammer their chests with iron fists as big as bowls. While they were still shouting loudly, the soldiers' blood, bloodthirst and passion were revealed at this moment.
The solemn aura before the war completely enveloped the entire Chu army camp in an instant, and even the air was filled with a strong sense of blood.
On the Mianshui River on both sides of the north and south, more than 600 naval warships were also swaying diagonally, but the crossbows that were nailed to the bow of the ship with large iron nails were covered with reed mats. From a distance, it looked like a pile of debris was piled up at the bow of the ship, and it was impossible to tell that they were a huge killing weapon.
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The Chu navy, which suddenly appeared on the Mianshui River, did not arouse the Han army's great alert. Although the Chu army camp was built on a river berth surrounded by water on three sides, the navy could indeed support the coast, but it was just support. This Mianshui battle was ultimately a decisive battle on land. What could the thousands of archers of the Chu navy army help?
Therefore, not only Liu Bang, but also Lu Tai did not take the Chu naval army to heart. Even peerless strategists like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping could not predict the threat of lurking on the Chu naval army warships.
Amid the endless sound of trumpets, more than 500,000 Han troops formed a huge rectangular array, slowly approaching from west to east towards the Chu army camp located on the Mianshui River Bay. When less than 500 steps left from the Chu army camp, the infantry and cavalry on both wings stopped the formation, and only the well railings of the back formation and the catapults were still moving forward.
Looking down from a high altitude, Mianshui turned a big bend here, forming an east-west "character" with an east-west direction. Of course, this is not a large number of rivers (Yellow River), but just a small number with a distance of only about a thousand steps between the left and right rivers. The Chu army camp was at the top of the characters, and the Han army now stopped outside the gap below the characters.
Due to the limitations of the river channel, if the Han army advances forward, it will have to change its formation, because the width of the river beach between the north and south river channels is only about a thousand steps, and it cannot accommodate the huge rectangular formation of the Han army. If we move forward, the cavalry on both wings will be squeezed into the cold water.
Fortunately, the distance of 500 steps is not far, and it is already within the range of the catapult.
Amid the endless sound of horns, two hundred towering catapults slowly advanced from the passageway where the infantry made way, and finally stood at the forefront of the Han army matrix. From a distance, the two hundred catapults were like two hundred giant beasts lying on their backs, huge, hideous, cold and full of murderous aura, making people shudder.
On the towering nest car, Lu Tai turned his head and looked at Liu Bang, and Liu Bang nodded slightly.
Lu Tairan turned around, raised his right hand and pressed forward gently, and said lightly: "Attack." (Your support from Mingshu Academy is my greatest motivation.
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