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Chapter 145: The situation is reversed

The light at night was poor, and only the striking firelight was seen in the distance, and there was no specific battlefield situation. Therefore, the main force of the Qin army, who was attacking the Chu army camp, certainly did not know that the Qin army's partial division had fallen into the trap. On the contrary, when seeing a fire in the camp of the Young Marshal's Army from afar, many Qin generals and soldiers who did not know the truth were ecstatic for a time, thinking that the side of the partial division had already succeeded, and were trampling the caught off guard on the ground and beating the morale was greatly boosted.

After obtaining this wrong judgment, the Qin general Nei Shibao, who led the front team to attack the Chu army camp, not only urged the army to move forward, but also kept shouting excitedly: "Hurry! Hurry! General Dong has already succeeded, and we must work hard here too! Go! Kill! We must break through the thief's camp!"

According to the order of Nei Shibao, the soldiers in the front of the Qin army were not afraid of death and injuries, and they continued to carry the wood to directly attack the Chu army's camp gate, or carried firewood bundles to the Chu army's camp trenches, striving to fill the trenches with firewood bundles and open the road for the self-army to the Chu army's camp fences.

Unfortunately, although the Qin soldiers with high fighting spirit rushed fiercely, the Chu soldiers in the camp fired even more fiercely. The Chu soldiers took turns to shoot in an orderly manner. The dense feather arrows were like hail and raindrops, shooting the Qin soldiers rushing towards the front, and screamed and groaned. Before the Qin army's wooden team was able to hit the camp gate, they were shot by the storm-like feather arrows. The Qin infantry who filled the trench was also shot with blood, falling to the ground, screaming one after another.

"The thief is absolutely prepared!"

Zhang Han came to a positive conclusion because Zhang Han knew very well that even if Xiang Liang had arranged troops to take turns to guard the camp, the Chu army would never have entered the position in such a short time, and it would not have been possible to have so many bows, crossbows and feathers in advance. The reason why the Chu army guarded so closely was only one explanation, that is, the Chu army had known that the Qin army would come back to attack the camp tonight and had been fully prepared! Then, a new question naturally came to Zhang Han's mind, "How did the thieves know that I would come to attack their camp tonight? My night battle preparations are so secret, and it is impossible for me to reveal any flaws?"

At the same time, the young commander's ambushed inside the camp had already tasted the huge sweetness of surprise. In the melee, the young commander's soldiers who were good at fighting the wind were as strong as rainbows. Under Xiangzhuang, Feng Zhong and Chao Zhi, the three generals Feng Zhi rushed to kill, and shouted excitedly and shouted swords, spears and halberds desperately to greet the Qin soldiers. The Qin soldiers who were unfortunately hiding out of the camp were anxious to escape, without any intention to resist. The mess was just scrambling for their own lives, trampling on each other in chaos. There were countless dead people, crowded, trampling on people, and suppressing people. They almost stepped on dead bodies and injured companions all the way, screaming and wailing everywhere, and their miserable appearance could not be described as writing.

Before the young commander's rear move was used up, the Qin army in the camp was completely in chaos, and the north gate of the young commander's camp suddenly opened again. The young commander's general Zhu Jishi led his troops out and rushed out to rush the Qin army's rear team outside the camp. Although the Qin army's rear team struggled to catch it, there was no chance to cover the retreat of its own defeated soldiers. The young commander's ambush took the opportunity to rush the Qin army to massacre like a duck. First, he killed the Qin army's defeated soldiers in the battlefield in the camp to a large extent, and then chased them out of the camp and continued to chase the Qin army's defeated troops to continue chopping and killing. Dong Yi's troops had no fighting spirit and could only hurried north to seek protection from the main force of the Qin army.

The Qin army retreated without panic, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were also chasing without rushing, because Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were both very clear that whether Zhang Han retreated to Chenliu or Huang, he had to cross the Sui River or Gu River on the road. It would be difficult for him to stop winning a big victory at that time. So Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry, but were just careful that the main force of the Qin army, who still had a clear advantage in the troops, advanced westward, waiting for the Qin army to be forced to cross the river to appear.

Then, as expected, three days later, when he was forced to retreat westward to the Xiangyi Ferry of Sui River, where the city wall had been flattened, the Qin army was indeed forced to stop and carefully arrange a plan to cross the river. At the same time, in order to avoid the army's panic, Zhang Han deliberately did not rush to build a bridge on the Sui River Bridge, but only temporarily set up camps at the ferry. Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry to launch an attack. They also set up camps several miles away, waiting patiently for the Qin army to launch a crossing river.

When he arrived at the battlefield in Xiangyi Ferry, it was already dark. After the temporary camp of the Young Marshal's army was established, it was already dark. According to the convention, after using up dinner, Xiang Kang first patroled the camp and then returned to the tent to rest. He was still quite tired and fell asleep. However, I don't know how long it took, Xiang Kang was suddenly awakened by the sound outside the tent. In his sleepy eyes, he could still hear a familiar voice shouting outside the tent, "Young Marshal, Young Marshal, I have a big deal, I have a big deal, I have important military information to report."

After yawning again, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered that the voice outside the tent was actually from Uncle Zhou, a guest general whom he borrowed from Wei Bao. Then Xiang Kang did not hesitate and quickly put on his clothes and stood up, came out of the tent and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Report to Young Marshal, General Zhou suddenly wants to see you. When the villain saw that you were already asleep, he advised him to come back tomorrow." The personal soldiers on duty said a little aggrievedly: "But he didn't listen. He deliberately shouted loudly to see you."

"It's okay." Xiang Kang waved his hand, and then asked Uncle Zhou: "General Zhou, what happened?"

"Young Marshal, have you not noticed that the actions of the tyrannical Qin army are a bit strange?" Uncle Zhou said very directly: "In theory, in order to facilitate the army to cross the river, Zhang Hanan's man should have tried his best to build a large number of floating bridges to facilitate the army to cross the river, but he did not do so. Why is this for?"

"For what?" Xiang Kang, who had not yet woken up completely, said a little confused, "It should be because Zhang Han's husband was afraid that his soldiers would rush to cross the river, which would affect the morale of the army, or that time was too late, so he was not in a hurry to build a floating bridge, right?"

"Of course this is an explanation." Uncle Zhou nodded and said, "But there is another possibility. I wonder if you have discovered it, Young Marshal?"

"One possibility?"

Xiang Kang was puzzled, and before Xiang Kang could think carefully, Feng Zhong had already led a few personal soldiers to the vicinity, and shouted from afar: "Young Marshal, Brother Xiang, the situation is not good. We have to prepare for war quickly to prevent being under the tyrannical Qin army!"

"Brother Feng, what do you mean?" Xiang Kang asked in shock.

"Floating Bridge! The Floating Bridge of the Fierce Qin army!" Too nervous, Feng Zhong was so anxious that he was a little incoherent, saying, "The Floating Qin army arrived at the Sui River Ferry but did not rush to build the Floating Bridge. On the surface, it may be too late for time. But there is another possibility, that is, the Floating Qin army is deliberately numbing us, hoping that we will not cross the river overnight, relax our vigilance and rest with peace of mind, and then they can catch us off guard!"

Xiang Kang opened his mouth wide, then yelled for a while, and then asked quickly: "When is it now?"

"There is less than a moment left before the third update!" Feng Zhong and Uncle Zhou said in unison.

"Hurry! Brother Feng, go and call all your troops up and guard our camp fence!" Xiang Kang hurriedly ordered: "Raise the account and call up the generals to discuss matters in the Central Army's tent. I want to re-arrange the camp defense!"

"Brother, don't worry, I've found something wrong. I've asked all my troops to get up and prepare for war." Feng Zhong replied loudly, and quickly reminded: "Brother, do you have to send someone to see Xiang Zhuguo quickly and let his army, Ying Bu, Lu Chen and others be prepared for defense immediately."

Xiang Kang did not dare to hesitate, and immediately pulled two personal soldiers over and quickly ordered: "Hurry, take my order arrow to my uncle's camp, and Yingbu and his camp, and ask them to prepare for battle immediately. The tyrannical Qin army may launch another night attack!"

The personal soldiers were ordered to run away. While Xiang Kang ordered Feng Zhong to return to the camp immediately to organize his troops to prepare for the war, he hurried back to the tent to dress and dress. At the same time, according to Xiang Kang's order, the trumpet of the central army's tent was quickly sounded the trumpet of the tent of the army overnight.

The sound of horns that suddenly sounded became a signal of the Qin army launching a night attack in advance. When he heard the sound of horns coming from the Young Marshal's Army camp, Zhang Han, who originally planned to take action together at the third update, did not dare to hesitate. He immediately ordered the army to beat the war drums and urged the three Qin troops to take action together to attack Xiang Kang, Xiang Liang and the anti-Qin coalition camps.

If Feng Zhong's troops had not prepared in advance, the camp of the Young Marshal's Army would have been directly broken by the Qin army. The hasty camp was only protected by the fence. The temporarily dug trenches were narrow and shallow, and ordinary people could almost jump through it. Therefore, the Qin army's raid team charged and directly killed the fence next to the fence and rushed into the camp. Fortunately, Feng Zhong's army responded quickly and rushed to rescue immediately and fought to block the impact of the Qin army. This was the only chance to avoid the misfortune of being rushed into the camp by the Qin army. However, even so, the other soldiers of the Young Marshal's Army were still in chaos, almost causing a roar, which made the young Marshal's generals spend a lot of effort to barely appease the army and organize the uprising of troops to join the camp.

Xiang Kang was lucky, and he had two world-class military geniuses, Zhou Shu and Feng Zhong, who were under his command, and he made some preparations early. So he escaped by luck. However, Xiang Liang and the camp of the anti-Qin coalition were in great trouble. They were both defeated by the surprise attack of the Qin army and were both defeated. They were forced to abandon the camp together. The Qin army fought hard to kill them, and they gained a lot of battles. They also burned all the military supplies of the Chu army and the anti-Qin coalition, and suffered heavy losses.

If Xiang Yu had not sacrificed his life to protect Xiang Liang, this battle would have been killed by the Qin army in advance. However, even with Xiang Yu's protection, Xiang Liang's army was still completely defeated by the Qin army. He ran for more than twenty miles in one breath before barely stationing. The anti-Qin coalition forces were even more miserable. Ying Bu and Lu Chen were both injured in the melee, and Wei Bao even ran away so much that his shoes were even lost. His feet were pricked by the sharp stones on the ground. After seeing Xiang Liang, he couldn't even stand firmly and could only lie on the ground and cry in pain.

Xiang Liang was a good uncle. After a little shocked, Xiang Liang didn't have time to consider his army's losses. He first asked: "Where is Kang'er? What's his situation?"

"Is there any need to say?" Xiang Bo, who escaped the fastest last night, snorted coldly: "When I left the camp, I saw that the fire was also soaring into the sky from afar, and it must have been captured by the tyrannical Qin army."

The cruel fact quickly swelled Xiang Bo's old face. As the defeated soldiers continued to return to the team, when it was clear, Xiang Liang and others finally received accurate news. They knew that the camp of the Young Marshal's Army was safe and sound and still stood near the Sui Shui Ferry. Xiang Liang, who was worried about the safety of his beloved nephew, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, Kang'er was indeed successful. His camp was finally defended. Even if we can't win this battle, we don't have to worry about turning victory into defeat and being completely defeated by the tyrannical Qin army."

Clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Xiang Bo refused to relieve his hatred, so he ran to Xiang Liang and instigated: "Brother, is Kang'er too selfish? His camp is fine, and he saw us fleeing again. Why didn't he even send a reinforcement to us?"

"He probably has no choice." Xiang Liang was very good at understanding Xiang Kang's difficulties and said, "I was attacked in a hurry, and the enemy situation was unclear in the dark. Even if it was me, I would never dare to send reinforcements to give the tyrant Qin army a chance to gain profit in chaos."

"If he is really a filial nephew, no matter how dangerous it is, he should send troops to reinforce us." Xiang Bo continued to instigate and said, "Also, brother, don't blame me for not reminding you that we lost so badly last night, but his camp was safe and sound. What will his troops think of you? Next, our army and his troops merge, how can his subordinates be convinced by you?"
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