My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 14 Tactical King

Thousands of cavalrymen came rolling in with the sound of hooves like thunder, and rushed to the front of the Han army camp. The scouts in charge of guarding on the tall wooden watchtower in front of the camp immediately noticed it and hurriedly banged on the blast drums to sound the alarm.

However, the Chu cavalry then rushed forward like a tide, and thousands of arrows were fired at it, shooting it into a hedgehog, and the Diao Dou was hit and it fell silent.

In front of the Han army camp, there was a sentry tower built every few dozen meters. The scouts in other sentry towers had been alarmed and knocked on the bells one after another to pass on the information.

The Chu army turned a deaf ear to them and did not panic at all. They quickly arrived at the Han army camp, but found that there were fences, tall trees, and numerous chevaux de frise blocking their way.

The original plan was to break out, not to raid the Han camp, so the Chu cavalry did not carry any equipment to break through fences and chevaux de frise.

The furious Xiang Yu rode his horse forward and swept his long halberd left and right. With the dull sound of wood cracking, the fence was easily smashed like rotten wood. Then he pierced a heavy barricade made of thick wooden nails with his halberd, and with a low roar, he lifted it into the air and threw it towards the Han army camp.

This scene, which seemed like that of a giant god, made Xiang Chang in the queue stare in amazement.

Neither the generals nor the cavalry were surprised, as they were obviously accustomed to it.

Xiang Guan, who had always been the main general of Xiang Yu's vanguard army, was about to jump off his horse and assign some cavalry to move the fences and chevaux de frise. At this time, the team of elite cavalry led by Xiang Chang suddenly attacked. They raised their arms and ropes with sharp hooks flew out "whoosh, whoosh" and hooked onto the fences and chevaux de frise. Then they turned around and galloped away on their horses.

"Crack...crack..." With a series of loud noises and dust flying, the erected fences and barricades were pulled open in one fell swoop!

Under Xiang Chang's command, this group of elite cavalry was divided into three teams, which took turns to go into battle. In the shortest possible time, they used the power of galloping horses to completely tear open the Han army's three-line defense consisting of fences and chevaux de frise!

The gates of the Han army camp were now wide open.

Xiang Sheng, Zhongli Mei and other generals cheered in unison, and for a moment they looked at the eldest son Xiang Chang with a new respect!
This is the reality on the battlefield. Only with sufficient strength can one win enough respect. Without strength, no matter how high one's status is, one will not be truly valued by these bloody warriors.

Even though Xiang Chang was the eldest son, his presence in the Chu army was still very low. He was always unconsciously ignored by important generals such as Xiang Sheng and Zhongli Mei. This was the reason.

Xiang Yu was also quite surprised. He retracted his magical powers, nodded approvingly to his son, and without hesitation, led his cavalry into the camp.

Although Xiang Yu suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Han army the day before, with more than half of his troops killed, he already had a clear understanding of the structure of the Han army's camp. He knew that inside the triple fence and chevaux de frise defense, there were two trenches to block cavalry attacks.

The more violent the rage in Xiang Yu's heart became, the more it seemed like a volcano erupting and wanting to destroy everything. But when he entered the battlefield, facing a life-and-death battle, his thoughts became clearer and more lucid, and he was in a mysterious state where rage and calmness coexisted!
At this moment, he had undoubtedly entered this state again. With a wave of his hand, Xiang Guan and Ji Bu, who had followed him for many years and knew his mind well, each led a team of elite cavalry and spread out along both sides of the trench, looking for the rather narrow entrance and exit passage left by the Han army.

Han Xin was indeed very good at commanding the army. He was meticulous and rigorous. Not only were there soldiers on guard at the watchtowers, but there were also Han troops guarding the passages.

However, these defensive measures were not available in the Han army led by Liu Bang.

This elite cavalry of the Chu army was able to defeat ten enemies at once. They fired arrows and stabbed with spears, easily killing the Han army guarding the passage and successfully seized the passage.

Xiang Yu led the elite cavalry and successfully crossed two trenches. In front of them, the Han army camp was no longer covered and protected, and was exposed to the eight hundred elite cavalry. Xiang Yu's eyes were blazing with anger, and his face was as stern as iron. He knew in his heart that the real battle had just begun!
However, he did not have the slightest fear in his heart, instead he was filled with thirst and rage, and had an overwhelming desire to tear apart and destroy all enemies.

It was already late at night. The Han soldiers had fallen asleep long ago but were awakened by Diao Dou. They crawled out of their tents one after another and lined up under the angry command of their commander.

In the short time that the Chu army dragged open the fence and crossed the trench, a Han army of several thousand people was able to line up in an orderly manner and prepare for battle.

——This general of the Han army was obviously no ordinary person and was quite capable.

Xiang Yu remained unmoved. With another wave of his hand, the eight hundred elite cavalrymen were divided into three teams. Under the leadership of him, Xiang Sheng and Zhongli Mei, they were like three long pythons, avoiding the front and rushing towards the flanks and rear of the Han army which had just been organized.

Xiang Yu's command of this elite cavalry was apparently so great that they could do it at will and with ease. They broke into the Han army's formation with incredible precision, swept through and trampled on it, tearing apart the battle formation that had been organized with great difficulty in one fell swoop.

Under the attack of the eight hundred elite cavalrymen with their delicate and precise assault tactics, the Han army, although large in number, was infantry after all. They had no power to resist and were killed like ghosts howling.

The three Chu cavalry units rampaged around, dismembering the huge Han army one by one, then crushing them piece by piece, turning them into fragments without the slightest attack power. Then they kept driving and gathering them, like a pack of wolves driving a flock of sheep, and rushed towards the Han army's central camp.

For a time, the Han army was in chaos, killing and trampling each other, and countless people died.

Xiang Chang, who had no combat experience, was completely shocked when he saw this scene. He was completely in awe of his father's military talent!

Although the Chu cavalry was elite, they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. However, my father found another way. He disrupted the Han soldiers and then drove them to work for me, launching a counterattack against the Han army to make up for the shortage in numbers.

I have to say that my father brought into full play the advantages of cavalry's high-speed mobility and truly understood how to play cavalry.

What's even more terrifying is that this tactical plan was not rehearsed in advance. It was completely evolved naturally and improvisationally based on the current situation on the battlefield. This ability to respond to situations in battle is simply incredible!

No wonder my dad was called a "tactical giant and strategic dwarf" by later generations. With such unpredictable ability to respond to battles, it is no exaggeration to call him a "God of War".

Xiang Chang had no doubt that even the man known as the "Military Genius" was far inferior in the groundbreaking use of such tactics against the enemy!

Xiang Chang, who had been following at the back of the queue and was just there to watch, understood his father's intention. At this time, he waved his hand, and the team of elite cavalrymen he led drew their bows and started shooting rockets in all directions!
The elite cavalry led by Xiang Chang were obviously well prepared. Ropes, flying hooks, and rockets were all prepared in advance. It was obvious that they were going to use them to raid the camp.

The rockets did not shoot at people, but only at the tents. Now it was late autumn and the air was dry. Rockets fell one after another, and the tents almost instantly turned into huge balls of fire, burning fiercely!
The whole camp became even more chaotic!
The Han army howled like ghosts and were driven back by the elite cavalry of the Chu army.

Not long after, the defeated Han army ran into another group of Han troops that had just formed up. The two forces collided with each other and became a mess.

The defeated Han army was chased by the God of Death and burned by flames. They could only charge forward to escape. They fled desperately while shouting out slogans such as "100,000 Chu troops are coming to kill us". This made the oncoming Han army unable to stand firm and they were involuntarily dragged into a retreat...

It was like a snowball, the eight hundred elite cavalry drove more and more Han troops, and finally there were more than ten thousand of them, like a tide sweeping across the field, sweeping through the Han army camp, invincible!
(End of this chapter)