My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 139 Jedi Counterattack
"Lü Ze, how dare you surround and kill my son? Die quickly!" The Overlord's roar shook the earth and pierced through the clouds and cracked the rocks.

The thousand guards beside Lu Ze, as well as the Han soldiers on the two battlefields, were all shocked. At the same time, the morale of the Chu army was greatly boosted.

"General, what should we do?" the guard cavalryman beside him asked urgently.

Currently, Lu Ze only has a thousand elite cavalry guards who serve as a mobile force. The purpose of the guard leader's question is very clear - run away quickly!

Everyone can see now that the Han Dynasty is doomed to be defeated. Once Xiang Yu's thousands of cavalry charge over, the situation will inevitably collapse completely.

The power of the Overlord is known to the world, and no one doubts that the Overlord has appeared here. In this battle, the Han army still has a slight hope of winning, even though the Han army has an absolute advantage in both infantry and cavalry.

When Lu Ze turned around, he found that Shusun Tong, surrounded by his disciples and guards, had already fled far away to the southwest.

This old fellow actually betrayed the Overlord back then, and when he saw the Overlord now, he was so frightened that he instinctively activated his life-saving skills and died quickly.

"Xiang Chang, you little bastard, even though I was defeated, you still succeeded in your plan! - Light the torches, prepare the oil, and follow me to burn the rations of the Chu army." Lu Ze's dark cheeks twitched violently, his eyes flashed with sharp light, and he gave a decisive order.

As a famous general who had fought in many battles, Lu Ze considered defeat before he even considered victory. He had also anticipated the worst possibility of a crushing defeat at the hands of Xiang Chang and had prepared a foolproof plan to deal with it, which was to burn the military rations of the Chu army!
As long as the Chu army's food supplies were burned, even if the 30,000 Han troops, including the 7,000 cavalrymen of King Hengshan who came to support them, were completely wiped out, it would still be a victory despite the defeat!
A thousand guard cavalrymen, each holding a torch, followed Lu Ze and rushed towards the Chu army's food supplies.

The bear-like general of Hengshan Kingdom originally came with the intention of biting into the big fat meat, but he didn't expect that when the time came, he would be so miserable that his teeth were broken and he was in a terrible state. Now seeing Xiang Yu personally leading a cavalry army to rush to the rescue, he was greatly panicked and couldn't help but retreat.

He turned around in panic and saw that Lu Ze, like a gambler who had lost all his money, was leading his last thousand soldiers with torches in his hands and flying over to stage a final counterattack. He immediately understood his intention and gritted his teeth and commanded the cavalry to continue to suppress the insidious Chu army, delay time and cooperate.

Lu Ze's thousand cavalrymen came very quickly, galloping past the grain carts, throwing torches and large leather bags onto the grain carts, then drawing their bows and shooting arrows to explode the leather bags.

The leather bags were filled with grease, which flowed out and poured onto the tall grain carts. When ignited by torches, they burst into flames several meters high with a "bang" sound, enveloping the grain carts one by one.

Oily substances are the easiest to ignite, and the flames intertwined and connected with each other. The volcanoes soon turned into fire ridges, with thick smoke and heat waves rising into the sky, making the situation completely out of control.

The remaining cavalry of the Hengshan Kingdom retreated quickly, and at the shouting of General Xiong Bin, they formed a line and attempted to charge fiercely at the Chu soldiers who were burned by the flames, in order to vent their anger for being passively beaten just now.

But to their surprise, even though the grain carts were on fire, the 4,000 soldiers of the Chu army all huddled inside the grain cart formation and did not rush out.

This scene made General Xiong Bin a little confused.

——Could it be that these Chu troops escorting the grain knew that they were doomed to fail, and in desperation chose to live and die with the grain, and be reduced to ashes together?

Looking at the hundreds of grain carts in flames, Lu Ze's tense nerves completely relaxed. He turned around and looked at Xiang Yu's cavalry, who were rushing towards him but were still far away, and sneered: "Even if you, the King of Western Chu, come in person, what can you do? You are too late!"

He immediately called on his guard cavalry, the remaining Hengshan King Cavalry, and the 3,000 Han cavalry fighting against the Chu cavalry to retreat quickly. He had just calculated that if he burned this batch of military rations and then retreated, Xiang Yu would not be able to catch up, so there was enough time.

Of course, only the cavalry could escape, and the infantry would obviously be completely destroyed. However, as I said, everything is worth it. Lu Ze could even see the wonderful scene of the 100,000 Chu troops in Gaixia City running out of food and collapsing without a fight.

"Whoosh!"

A thick, straight and sharp javelin accidentally pierced through the swirling burning flames and shot out like a thunder, flying towards Lu Ze's chest. It must be said that this javelin was very powerful, and the strong wind it brought pierced a round hole in the blazing flames.

Lu Ze was shocked and had no time to dodge. He pulled the reins hard, and the warhorse he was sitting on neighed and stood up on the spot.

The next moment, the spear penetrated deeply into the horse's chest, knocking the horse over with one blow, and bringing Lu Ze to the ground with him.

Although Lu Ze was over fifty years old, he was experienced in battle and was agile. The moment his horse fell to the ground, he rolled on the ground, then jumped up, and swung the spear in his hand suddenly in the air, "clang" knocking the second spear that was shot at him away at the last moment.

At this time, the sounds of "whoosh" were endless, and countless densely packed spears that Lu Ze was extremely familiar with flew towards him at the same time, shooting the cavalry around him off their horses like cutting rice.

"Xiang Chang?!" Lu Ze was filled with shock and anger. He quickly turned his head to look at the agile figure riding a big black horse who was still fighting bloody with the Han cavalry. He stared at the grain cart with flames and let out a roar.

In the past two days, whenever he had the upper hand and felt that he had won, Xiang Chang would swing his stick and hit him hard on the head, knocking him so hard that he was half dead. It would have been fine if it happened once, but it happened again and again. Even though Lu Ze, a veteran with strong nerves, couldn't stand it anymore and was about to go crazy!

Along with Lu Ze's roar, flames on the grain cart surged, and a tall and agile figure leaped out, waving a sharp halberd and stabbed him in the chest.

This young and somewhat scary general had a resolute face and an awe-inspiring demeanor. It turned out to be Xiang Chang!
As Xiang Chang jumped out, hundreds of spear throwers, along with thousands of Chu soldiers escorting grain, all rushed over the grain carts, roaring angrily and waving various weapons to charge at the Han cavalry. The one rushing in the front was Chen Shu, whose eyes were wide open and muscles were bulging. He had successfully completed the transformation from a slave to a soldier. He held a huge spear and stabbed it from the grain cart in the air, piercing a Han cavalryman's chest and knocking him off his horse.

Seeing Xiang Chang, who was as ferocious as a tiger descending from a mountain, Lu Ze knew that he could not escape this time. He gritted his teeth and wielded his spear to meet the halberd that was stabbing like a poisonous dragon. Lu Ze instantly made up his mind to kill his beloved son right here, in front of the Overlord Xiang Yu, and in front of his eyes!

However, as soon as he blocked Xiang Chang's halberd with his spear, a violent force surged up and pushed him back, causing his arms to go numb. Fortunately, he had a lot of experience in battle, so he changed from blocking to half-discharging, dissipating some of the force and finally managed to hold on.

"This kid is so powerful? Did he have a backup plan yesterday?" Lu Ze's heart was shocked. He immediately realized that it would be impossible to kill him by fighting him head-on in such a short period of time. He did not bother to fight him at all. He dragged the spear behind him and ran away.

Xiang Chang looked at his figure, his eyes slightly lowered as he looked at the dragging spear, a strange look appeared on his face: a surprise attack?
He laughed "Hehehe", holding the halberd in his hand, bent sideways, took a few steps forward, then straightened his body, and the halberd in his hand flew almost in a straight line towards Lu Ze's back.

He used his halberd as a javelin!
Then, he drew his sword, stomped his feet on the ground, flew forward, and slashed at Lu Ze.

Lü Ze ran a short distance when he suddenly felt a sharp wind behind him. He turned around in panic and saw a sharp halberd coming at him. He didn't expect Xiang Chang, who was so young, to have no youthful impatience at all. He didn't fall for his trick to lure the enemy. Lü Ze was horrified and quickly swung the spear in his hand like a whip, and the halberd flew out with a clang.

However, the force of this halberd was beyond his imagination. Not only did it cause his spear to fly out of his hand, but his body also staggered and he almost fell.

Next, Xiang Chang flew in front of him, and swung his sword in the air with a dazzling golden light, chopping down fiercely.

Lu Ze's old face was filled with despair and horror. He instinctively turned his body to the side and raised his left arm to block upwards.

Even if he was wearing heavy armor, how could his arms block the sharp sword? His left arm was cut off at the shoulder.

Lu Ze was tough, he swallowed back the scream, his eyes were fierce, staring at Xiang Chang, and laughed hoarsely:
"My son, today I, Lu Ze, admit defeat and use my life to build your reputation. But you and your father won't be able to be so arrogant for much longer, right? Why do I feel so happy and willing to die when I think about burning the military rations you transported with so much effort and the imminent collapse of your Great Chu Army?"

Xiang Chang shook his head. Without any sense of respect for elders, he stepped forward and grabbed the back of Lu Ze's neck like pinching a chicken or a dog, and pointed his head at the burning grain cart.

The grain carts that were originally burning fiercely, as the grease slowly burned out, the flames gradually dimmed, turning into clusters of small flames, and were about to be completely extinguished. The military rations on the grain carts were not ignited, and there was no smell of burning grain in the air.

This is undoubtedly unscientific!
Lu Ze's eyes widened, his face looked horrified, and he felt something was wrong, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. For a moment, he even forgot the pain of his broken arm, and cold sweat oozed from his forehead.

The sacks of the grain cart were burned, and the yellow grains inside kept falling out. What kind of grains were these yellow grains? They turned out to be gravel?!

Xiang Chang mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers with great fanfare and effort, and transported a long distance from the Kingdom of Linjiang, but what he ended up transporting was a batch of sand and gravel?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" The veteran general Lu Ze was really played by Xiang Chang. He completely collapsed, his eyes were dull, and his messy half-white hair rustled like wild grass in the cold autumn wind. He turned back and stared at Xiang Chang, roaring, "Where are the military rations? Where are the military rations? Tell me, tell me!"

"My grain team has attracted your attention. Zhou Yin commands more than 20 caravans. Each caravan secretly carries a batch of military rations and uniforms on top of the original goods and transports them to Gaixia. They should be arriving soon by now." Xiang Chang couldn't bear to see him being a fool, so he provided end-of-life care to Liu Bang's brother-in-law in a gentle voice.

"Caravan? Caravan! Haha, man proposes, God disposes! No, it has finally fallen into your trap!" Lu Ze smiled miserably and looked up. Seeing the pity on Xiang Chang's face, he suddenly became furious again, "You are a brat, you have no right to pity me!"

As he spoke, his intact right hand stabbed into his neck like an iron hook, severing his trachea and blood vessels. He fell headfirst to the ground, twitched a few times, and became completely motionless.

Xiang Chang shook his head, raised his toes, picked up the halberd in his hand, lifted up a grain cart with force, and dropped it with a loud bang. The sand covered it and buried Lu Ze, the general of Liu Bang's camp.

At this time, Xiang Yu led two thousand cavalry and charged into the cavalry of the Hengshan Kingdom led by the bear-like general, charging left and right and galloping back and forth.

Xiang Yu brought a small number of cavalry, only 3,000, of which 1,000 were left in the northeast valley to guard the military rations, so only 2,000 rushed to the battlefield. However, under the personal leadership of the Overlord, the 2,000 cavalry were enough to fight against more than 10,000 Han cavalry.

Xiang Yu urged his extremely majestic black horse, and the halberd in his hand was like a violent column of wind hanging from the sky, rolling and stirring, strangling wantonly. Wherever it went, the sky and the earth were filled with red, and the strong smell of blood spread everywhere, it was a violent mess.

The bear-like general of Hengshan Kingdom had witnessed Xiang Yu's power before, and now he felt cold all over and his soul was out of his body. He cursed Lu Ze's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart. He knew that this time he came to secretly hunt down Xiang Yu's son, which violated Xiang Yu's taboo and there was no way he could escape. He immediately rushed towards Xiang Yu with the determination to die, waving his spear and shouting, "Ah Ah".

Xiang Yu's face was like a reef that had been battered by the sea tide for tens of millions of years, cold and rugged, hard and icy. His black horse rushed forward in an instant, and he swung his halberd across the air. With a bright cold light, it flashed through the air, and the bear-like general was cut in two along with his spear, horse and man, and fell dead on the spot.

This miraculous attack stunned the Hengshan Kingdom cavalry, who had already been killed miserably. They lost their will to fight and rolled off their horses to surrender.

At this time, the other two battlefields where the Chu cavalry and infantry were fighting were also in chaos.

Gu Feng, the commander of the 3,000 Han cavalry who fought against the 2,000 Chu cavalry, was also a man with a quick mind and good sense of opportunity. When he heard that the Overlord was coming, he was terrified. Just when Lu Ze led the last 1,000 cavalry guards to burn the military supplies, he still raised his flag in the army, but quietly left the battlefield with dozens of his personal guards, completely abandoning the thousands of cavalry under his command and fled in panic.

Gu Fengqing knew that if thousands of cavalry followed him to escape, they would inevitably be hunted down by Xiang Yu. Then, as the commander, he would fall into Xiang Yu's sight and there would be no chance of escape.

It has to be said that his shameless move was indeed extremely effective. Xiang Yu, who was furious and worried about his son, completely ignored him.

(End of this chapter)