Chapter Thirteen(2/3)
The corpses of the fallen army of the Black Clothing Army finally killed more than two hundred steps and invaded the area 300 steps away from the New Qin Army camp. "Zhengzheng..." Before the soldiers of the Black Clothing Army could breathe a sigh of relief, 30,000 New Qin Army crossbowmen began to launch a fierce arrow attack.
Almost in the midst of a pause, more than 90,000 tributaries rose from the sky above the Xinqin army camp. The huge rain of arrows covered the sky, forming an endless dark curtain, and rushed towards the black-clothed army like Mount Tai.
The sound of the arrow curtain and the ground was indescribable: there was the sound of "snatching" that violently hit the ground, the sound of assault shields and equipment breaking, and the sound of "floating" that tore the human body and splashing blood. For a moment, the front line of the Black Legion was covered by a chaotic music. In an instant, the casualties and injuries were healed, and the earth became red.
Zhang Han was angry. Before the tens of thousands of crossbow soldiers in the Black-clothed Legion could show their power, thousands of casualties were killed and injured in the dense and continuous offensive of the New Qin army. The angry Zhang Han roared: "Shield covers, crossbow soldiers attack with all their strength!"
Thousands of pseudo-Qin soldiers built a shield with temporary shields, desperately blocking the arrow curtains shot from the sky, and protecting the crossbow soldiers behind them. The busy pseudo-Qin soldiers finally had a chance to breathe, and they all pulled their arrows and fought back.
For a moment, hundreds of thousands of arrows flew over the battlefield, covered by the sunlight, and the sky and earth were dark. Even because the arrows shot in the air were too dense, at least one-tenth of the arrows collided with each other and fell down on the battlefield without reaching their destination.
This is a horrible scene!
The shield wall built by a thousand "Wolf Tooth" warriors in front of Fusu, from time to time, the slit arrows hit hard on it, making violent tremors. In just a moment, the shield wall in front of Fusu became a "spike" that grew like a thorn.
Although Fusu has been fighting on the battlefield for nearly twenty years and has experienced hundreds of battles, when it comes to the scale and tragic battle, I am afraid that the most thrilling thing today is the most exciting thing after the million-defense with Xiang Yan. The harsh whistling arrows and the bloody shouts of killing by the soldiers made Fusu feel a sense of fear and insignificance in his heart, and his face also changed slightly.
Yes, in such a crazy and tragic showdown, no matter how powerful an individual is, it is insignificant.
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The fierce attacks between arrows and stones are still in progress. The New Qin army has strong long-range attack power, and has strong villages and trenches to protect their long-range troops, so it obviously gained the upper hand: for a moment, in the area of the New Qin army camp about 300 steps, it seemed like a ghost realm cursed by a demon. Although the soldiers of the Black-clothed Legion fought hard under the generals' drive, they still had their bodies at this distance of death and could not make any progress.
But in a moment, tens of thousands of corpses of the black-clothed army were left behind by the New Qin Army camp, and the former snow-capped land turned into a fiery red blood-colored river.
Seeing that the deaths and casualties were heavy, Zhang Han was so anxious that he was crazy. The black-clothed legion was formed in a hasty manner, basically all infantry corpses. More than half of the main cavalry of the empire fought hard against the Huns in the northern border. About 30% were taken to the southern border by Fusu, and only 10% were left in the Guandong, so although Zhang Han desperately searched for war horses during the formation, the total number of cavalry in the black-clothed legion was only 30,000. Zhang Han has always cherished these precious cavalry and stayed behind the formation when charging. But now, when he sees that the infantry is hard to shake the strict and vicious firepower net of the New Qin army, he has to grit his teeth and order loudly: "Tell me the order, order the cavalry to go forward immediately and attack the enemy camp!"
At the rumbling sound of war drums, the soldiers of the black-clothed legion cracked several passages. Nearly 30,000 cavalry behind the formation stepped on the bloody mud and hurriedly covered them. After taking the baton of the infantry brothers, they rushed towards the Xinqin army camp under the cover of arrows. For a moment, thousands of horses galloped, their hooves were like thunder, and their momentum was amazing.
When you are able to kill, no one will consider whether the opponent is his own chariot. On the battlefield, only your own life is the most important.
Seeing this, Fusu sneered: "Most of my new cavalry in the Qin Dynasty have been brought to the northern border by Meng Tian after Li Xin's training, and the rest have been taken to the southern border by me. Guanzhong has long since there was no truly large-scale elite cavalry force. New cavalry is not that easy to train. You, Zhang Han, temporarily pieced together a miscellaneous cavalry and want to rely on it to charge into the battle. Is it possible!"
Sure enough, Fusu was thinking, Yingbu and Qiang Wei immediately turned the spearhead of the arrow and stone attack to the extremely threatening cavalry of the black-clothed army. For a moment, arrow and stone were like locusts, and tinder oil splashed everywhere. From time to time, pseudo-Qin cavalry screamed and were shot into pricks or turned into a ball of fire.
However, the cavalry is a cavalry after all, and its super power is its characteristic. Under the fierce attack of the New Qin army with dense long-range firepower, the momentum of advancement remained unstoppable. After leaving nearly 10,000 corpses within two hundred steps, it quickly approached within a hundred steps of the New Qin army camp.
Seeing the military camp in sight, the long-range firepower of the New Qin army was gradually facing a dead end of attack and gradually weakened. The cavalry of the black-clad soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, waving their combat halberds (this is a small number of elite troops), and the bronze sword (this is a new recruit who has been trained for a while) quickly rushed towards the village.
Wishes are beautiful, but facts are cruel. Just as the puppet Qin cavalry was in full swing, a change occurred: suddenly, thick and long tripping ropes popped up on the snow before the New Qin army camp. After a burst of war horses neighing, many puppet Qin cavalry rose into the air, rolling and falling heavily on the snow.
For cavalry that charges at high speed, the huge inertia generated when the speed suddenly disappears to zero is enough to break the tendons and break the tendons and die on the spot. This is the case with the puppet Qin cavalry now. Once the war horses and people fall on the ground, although there is a thick layer of snow to reduce the impact, the huge impact force is also irresistible: people and horses are either dead or injured almost immediately, and after slumping to the ground, they can never get up again.
Suddenly seeing the robes that were charging forward, the puppet Qin cavalry immediately realized that there were a large number of tripping ropes in front of them. In shock and anger, the cavalry did not dare to stop. With the combination of arrows and stones, once the speed was slowed down, it would become a living target for the enemy. Therefore, these puppet Qin cavalry did not dare to stop, so they had to mention Majiang and wanted to jump over the displayed tripping ropes.
There is an old saying: The mantis replenishes the cicadas, and the oriole is behind it. It is really clear. The puppet Qin cavalry who rode over the horses and tripped the horses just landed on the ground, and before they could experience the solid feeling of the earth, they felt that their feet were swaying and the ground suddenly sank. Unable to guard against it, they fell down like a man and a horse. "Oh, it's a pit!" This is the last thought of many puppet Qin cavalry. Of course, if they fall down like this, and the pickets covered in the pit, they will definitely die.
For a moment, the bloody lesson learned from the previous car made many pseudo-Qin cavalry disintegrated, and they all crazily stopped their horses and stopped in front of the formation.
Poor, the New Qin army was worried that the pseudo-Qin army would run fast and not be easy to aim. Now, as soon as they stopped the horse, within a hundred steps, it was a perfect shot for the rigorously trained New Qin army crossbowmen. For a moment, at almost every crossbow string vibrated, a pseudo-Qin cavalry fell off the horse.
What a good target!
Seeing the robes die one after another, and he did not dare to continue to advance to the death area in front of him, the remaining pseudo-Qin cavalry collapsed. They did not have a strong desire to fight, after all, they were their own people who killed their own people. Now they could not attack, so they had to let the New Qin army shoot. The huge terror of death surged in their hearts and almost couldn't help but retreat.
Don’t think that the powerful Qin army will not escape. The Qin army, which was defeated twice in the Battle of Fei and Battle of Fanwu in the past, fled far faster than the army of the six Kanto countries! However, normally, the Qin army has strong attack power that can handle most battles, and there are very few examples of being defeated and fleeing, which makes everyone in the world think that the Qin people are fearless! But they don’t know that as long as they are humans, they will feel fear and blindly obedient. When their army collapses, even the strongest warriors will lose their will to fight, go with the flow, and collapse thousands of miles!
Poor, the soldiers of the Black-clothed Legion who were rushing forward under the cover of the cavalry were suddenly rushed by the cavalry that fled to the side. The originally neat formation was suddenly sensational. The long-range firepower of the New Qin army immediately took the opportunity to cover it up, and immediately shot the soldiers of the Black-clothed Legion into overturning their bodies and corpses.
The offensive of the Black Legion was once again in trouble.
Zhang Han was really crying at this time: At this point in the war, his side lost at least 50,000 infantry and cavalry, and countless injured people, and they had not even touched the camp of the New Qin Army! If this continues, he may have almost lost his troops when he breaks through the New Qin Army camp. What should he do to compete with the 300,000 New Qin Army who is waiting for the camp behind him!?
Zhang Han closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice in pain: "Tell me the order to withdraw the troops!" Sima Xin and Dong Yi were also ashamed and nodded slowly.
"Dangdangdang..." The huge bronze bell sounded over the battlefield, and the soldiers of the black-clothed legion who were almost collapsed were immediately relieved. They all felt relieved and retreated quickly.
After all, the puppet Qin army was also a good fighter. Although they retreated, they were in order. The crossbowmen held back and protected the main army to escape from the battlefield at full speed.
Seeing the black-clothed army retreating, Fusu immediately ordered: "Tell me my will, and the whole army stopped attacking!" Dozens of fast horses rushed out and shouted: "Your Majesty has his life, stop attacking! Your Majesty has his life, stop attacking!..." Soon, the sky above the battlefield suddenly became quiet, and the overwhelming arrows and stones disappeared, as if there had never been a war here. However, the mountains of corpses in front of the military camp, the burning equipment, and the bloody smell of running around in the wind... all reminded people that a very tragic battle had just happened here!
It took Zhang Liangliang a long time to come back from the tragic scene and sighed, "What a pity, if we take advantage of the situation to pursue, our army will definitely achieve greater results!" Fusu was silent, with tears in his eyes, and he said painfully: "Boiling beans and burning beans, beans crying in the pot, they are born with the same roots, so why are they too anxious to fight each other! The relatives are killed, and victory is not enough to be happy, and defeat is not enough to be sad. What are you talking about when chasing, I just hope to preserve some vitality for the country!"
Yingbu and Qiang Wei happened to come over at this time. When they heard Fusu's words, they were speechless. The originally joyful face suddenly disappeared.
"Oh, send the order and immediately send troops to the front of the formation to rescue the wounded soldiers. If you are not dead, you will have all your strength to rescue them. No abuse is allowed. Those who violate the order are killed. If the injury is not serious and you want to leave, don't stop them. Let them go!" Fusu sighed.
"Here!" Yingbu and Qiang Wei nodded and went to make arrangements!
"Zhao Gao, it's up to you!" Fusu closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart!
The 300,000 soldiers of the Black Army stalked out of Hangu in the morning, but at noon, they retreated in shame like abandoning their armor. The huge contrast made the left-behind soldiers of the old Qin army stunned, and they couldn't help but secretly rejoiced in their hearts: Fortunately, they didn't order to fight, otherwise they might not be able to come back!
The dejected Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Yi returned to the coach's mansion in disgrace, sitting on the couch without saying a word. The atmosphere was very depressing!
After a while, the captain of Dianjun walked in with a look of bad luck. When he saw that the three main generals were as deep as water and did not speak, his heart suddenly jumped and he said carefully: "General, General Sima, General Dong, the casualties are out!"
"Remember!" Zhang Han said with an unlucky look on his face.
The captain swallowed and looked at the numbers on the bamboo slips. He was worried that Zhang Han would be angry and said carefully: "This is the service, our army's infantry and cavalry injured more than 53,000 people, and more than 51,000 people did not come back. It is probably a great disaster!" After reading it, he secretly looked at Zhang Han and the other two.
Hearing such a terrible number, Zhang Han and the other two looked at each other and were speechless for a moment. "Oh, go down!" Zhang Han waved his hand in pain. "Here!" The captain was relieved and quickly retreated.
In this battle alone, the casualties of the Black-clothed Corps reached 100,000, almost one-third of the soldiers who went into battle. Such a helpless result made Zhang Han super depressed! If Fusu refused to fight, Zhang Han would have no choice but to use Fusu: After all, no matter how many troops the Black-clothed Corps had, it would not be able to withstand such consumption!
Just as the three of them were very depressed, suddenly there was a burst of quick footsteps and the friction of armor from the steps. Zhang Han and the other two were shocked and looked up and saw Zheng Bo, the military supervisor, stalking in a crowd of dozens of armored soldiers.
After entering the hall, Zheng Bo glanced at the hall, then shouted loudly: "Come on, take down the thief Zhang Han and me!" "Here!" The soldiers responded, rushed forward and were about to take down Zhang Han.
"Let's go!" Zhang Han was shocked and stood up to stop him: "Mr. Zheng, what crime did Zhang Han commit? You want to take me!" "Hmph, what crime did you commit!? Isn't this serious crime enough to take you down?" Zheng Bo said gloomyly.
"What!? I'm traitoring the country, and my intentions are ill-gotten!? Lord Zheng, you have no evidence, why are you so obsessed me??" Zhang Han was so angry that his face turned blue. He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and said in a deep voice.
"Hmph, do you think Zheng is a fool? Don't know your sinister act!? The previous episode, the letters between you and Fusu were very suspicious. If there was no definite evidence, you would have taken down long ago! In the past, before the battle, don't think I don't know what the pseudo-Emperor Fusu said to you. If you hadn't planned it with him, why would you give you the position of prince?? Isn't this proven your crime??" Zheng Bo was also full of confidence and made a remark!
Zhang Han was furious, really a hopeless fool. He forced himself to bear the anger in his heart and said, "Mr. Zheng, if Zhang really had a bad intention, why would he fight with Fusu to death today!? Can't the blood of the soldiers prove Zhang's innocence yet??"
"Good words!" Zheng Bo looked gritting his teeth: "On the way, I happened to meet the Dianjun Captain. I learned that our army suffered 100,000 casualties today. Such a heavy loss would have been like this if it weren't for conspiring with you Fusu to stolen the country! Zhang Han, you are so vicious! I almost gave up all of my Guanzhong and raised more than 300,000 troops. After you were tortured like this, I almost went 300,000. If you didn't take you down, I would see that you would sell out all the more than 300,000 in a few days! Why are you still standing there? You won't take it down!"
"Let's go!" Sima Xin was anxious and quickly stood up and said, "Master Zheng, General Zhang personally commanded the breaking formation in front of the formation today. He was almost hit by the enemy's arrows and stones several times. How could he risk his life like this? How could he be a traitor who colluded with the enemy and treason? Please observe clearly!"
"Yes!" Dong Yi couldn't bear to see Zhang Han fall into the hands of the traitor, so he stood up to defend him: "How can you take down the commander of the first army with just Fusu's words? This is not a joke!?"
"Nonsense!" Zheng Bo's sharp voice immediately increased eighth: "If you don't take him down now, can you wait until he secretly sells Qin State before you can take it! You two defended him like this, if you hadn't had a connection with the fake emperor Fusu!?"
OK, Sima Xin and Dong Yi were also labeled as "co-co-op-in-community and stolen the country".
Sima Xin and Dong Yi were furious when they saw Zheng Bo biting like a mad dog. They almost wanted to draw their swords to kill the traitor's swords. But when they thought that their family was still in Zhao Gao's hands, they immediately exhaled their atmosphere and were silent for a moment.
Seeing that Sima Xin and Dong Yi were scolded, Zheng Bo couldn't help but say proudly: "Why are you still standing there? Take down Zhang Han, the thief!" "Here!" This time, the soldiers of the armored soldiers did not hesitate anymore, and each held their long swords and rushed forward.
"Zheng!" Zhang Han pulled out his long sword hard and looked at everyone. The soldiers were stunned for a moment and did not dare to step forward. Zheng Bo was furious when he saw this: "Zhang Han, can you dare to resist arresting?"
Zhang Han looked as if he was ashen and gritted his teeth, "I am a general who was granted the imperial order. Although you are a military supervisor, you can only stop our military power and cannot take me!"
"Hehe! Do you want an imperial edict? I have it here!" As he said that, Zheng Bo took out the secret edict from his arms and said loudly: "I ordered Qin to send Zheng Bo to the former military supervisor of Hangu Army. If there is any ineffective war and a person who is traitor in the enemy and sells the country, no matter the level of the position, once it is confirmed, you can take it down! If the main general is abolished, the deputy general will replace him, and so on! Qin this-" Zheng Bo dragged a long trembling voice!
Zhang Han was stunned, Sima Xin and Dong Yi were also stunned. Zhang Han smiled bitterly: "It seems that Zhao Gao, the eunuch, doesn't trust me at all. He has prepared a secret order long ago. The military supervisor is ready to depose me! It's over, Fusu, Fusu, I, Zhang Han, have been killed by you!" Sima Xin and Dong Yi looked at each other, and their hearts were also chilling: "It seems that Zhao Gao doesn't trust any of me, otherwise why did that 'and so on' come!? Zhang Han's unlucky is just a prelude, maybe it's my turn next!"
Seeing Zhang Han and the other two speechless, Zheng Bo said proudly: "Zhang Han, since there is an imperial edict here, you will not surrender!" Zhang Han sighed, abandoned the sword, and was speechless.
The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, rushed up and tied Zhang Han's ropes up. While they were tied up, Zhang Han just closed his eyes and locked his lips without any reaction.
Sima Xin sighed in her heart. Although he and Dong Yi were not loyal ministers, they were not slanderous ministers. Seeing that Zhang Han was imprisoned, they couldn't help feeling sad that the rabbit died and the fox suddenly stepped forward and said, "Mr. Zheng, how would you deal with Zhang Han?"
Zheng Bo said proudly: "Of course, he escorted him back to Xianyang and handed him over to His Majesty and the Prime Minister!" Sima Xin shook her head and said: "It's not appropriate, it's not appropriate!"
"What's wrong?" Zheng Bo looked stunned.
"Please think about it," Sima Xin induced: "Now Zhang Han is only suspected of rebellion, but there is no real evidence to live a tough life! If there is any error in it, Zhang Han is wronged, but he has taken Zhang Han and released it to Xianyang, which will inevitably lead to a great chaos in the morale of the army. If Fusu takes the opportunity to attack, the situation will be in danger! It is better to temporarily detain Zhang Han in the general's mansion, pretend to be seriously ill, and temporarily take military affairs, and send someone to report this matter to Xianyang quickly, so that Your Majesty and the Prime Minister can make a decision. In this way, you can stabilize the morale of the army for the time being, and let Your Majesty and the Prime Minister make a decision quickly. If Your Majesty and the Prime Minister think that Zhang Han is indeed guilty in the future, it will not be too late to escort back to the capital; if you think you are not guilty, you can restore your post and maintain the morale of the army! What do you think?"
The "Black-clothed Legion" was organized by Zhang Han, and his prestige in the army could not be replaced. Sima Xin was really worried: Once Zhang Han is taken down, will the morale of the army be destroyed? Moreover, Sima Xin still has great doubts about whether Zhang Han will collude with the enemy and sell the country, so she used a delaying strategy, hoping that Zhao Gao and others could believe Zhang Han and return the military power. However, this hope is really slim. Of course, it is better than not!
Zheng Bo was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Suddenly taking Zhang Han down. If a change occurs in the army, it will be unsatisfactory to destroy Hangu by Fusu. In this way, the Prime Minister may not spare the Sa family! Well, let's take him in the General's Mansion for the time being. When the Prime Minister makes a decision, this is a safe plan!" Then he smiled and said, "General Sima is very much, so let's make such a decision! The supervisor personally moved to the General's Mansion to detain Zhang Han! Oh, by the way, General Sima will temporarily take charge of Zhang Han's powers. General Sima will know how to do other things!"
Sima Xin nodded, glanced at Zhang Han, and nodded, "I know, I will immediately order the central army guards to ban their mouths. Those who dare to leak secrets will be killed without mercy. There is no announcement to the public that General Zhang is seriously ill, so I will take over the military power for the time being!"
"Yes!" Zheng Bo nodded with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, good news, good news!" Fusu Zhengzhong reviewed the memorial, and suddenly Zhang Liang rushed in excitedly.
"Oh, Zifang, what news is so surprising to you!? Could it be that Shangdang has defeated, or Li Liang of Huguan has surrendered??" Fusu said with a smile.
"Neither, neither is it! There is no news in those two places yet! Your Majesty, it is a secret spy from Hangu Guanzhong, and the military supervisor Zheng Bo announced that Sima Xin would take charge of the military power!" Zhang Liang said happily.
"Oh, does this mean..." Fusu's eyes flashed. "That's right, Your Majesty, our army's plan of disagreement has taken effect. Zhang Han has been taken down by the army supervisor Zheng Bo, and Sima Xin will take over the military power!" Zhang Liang rushed to say.
"That's great! The plan is about to be accomplished!" Fusu was also overjoyed and almost laughed at him!
"But, Your Majesty, Zhang Han has now been removed from his military power and imprisoned. What if Zhao Gao is determined to remove him, will he still be able to raise his troops to rebel??" Zhang Liang was a little worried.
"Hahaha! Zifang underestimated Zhang Han! That Zhang Han is not a kind man and a trustworthy woman. Once he is forced to a desperate situation, he will dare to bite him! Such a person will never be left alone, just watch it!" Fusu said confidently.
"I hope this is the case!" Zhang Liang also smiled, still having some confusion in his eyes!
Guanzhong Xianyang City.
It was late at night, and most of the lights in Xianyang City were turned off. Now it was a turbulent autumn, with many refugees and thieves, and the strong men in the country were drawn out again. Once the night came, the remaining old, young, women and children dared not be careless, so they naturally closed the door early and turned off the lights to rest!
But in the secret room of Prime Minister Zhao Gao’s mansion, it was still brightly lit, as if it was during the day! Zhao Gao, Li Si, Yan Le, the three most core members of the traitor in the court are currently, all indoors!
"Ah--!" Li Si yawned and said sleepyly: "Prime Minister, I summoned me late at night, what's the urgent matter?" "Yes, father! Could it be that something happened to the border again, right?" Yan Le looked overly indulgent and listless!
Zhao Gao had some eye poops next to his eyes, and his face was even more tired. It was obviously shocked from his sleep. "You can see for yourself!" Zhao Gao had a gloomy face and handed Zheng Bo's secret report to Li Si and Yan Le.
To be continued...