My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 151 Show off your power

Jiujiang King Yingbu was blown to pieces in front of everyone's eyes. The morale of the 30,000 Jiujiang cavalry was deeply shaken. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, they could not stand their ground under the attack of the 7,000 cavalry who were roaring like dragons and tigers. They kept retreating and were in danger.

Gu Feng was extremely anxious and had no time to continue fighting with the fierce Chu cavalry. He made a feint with his spear and abandoned the cavalry. While shouting loudly, he rushed forward with all his might, trying his best to boost morale.

Generals such as Feng Wuzhe, Guo Ning, and Guo Meng, who were caught in a tough battle, followed suit, leading the escort cavalry to the front, risking their own lives and taking the lead in charging personally, thus boosting the morale of the Jiujiang cavalry.

Gu Feng rushed out not far when he suddenly felt that there was nothing in front of him. The densely surging Chu cavalry disappeared miraculously. He was shocked and looked up, and saw Xiang Chang holding a halberd, urging a big black horse, rushing towards him with murderous intent.

Gu Feng's heart was greatly shaken, but he could not retreat. He gritted his teeth and wielded his spear to meet the enemy fiercely.

At the moment when the two men's horses crossed each other, their halberds and spears clashed with each other six or seven times.

Gu Feng was also one of the most powerful generals in the Han camp, with extremely amazing physical strength. After fighting with Xiang Chang in this round, especially in the last two strikes, his blood in his chest surged and his arms became numb.

"This guy has such great strength!" Gu Feng's heart was shocked.

Gu Feng turned his head and saw that Xiang Chang had abandoned him and was charging fiercely at the Jiujiang cavalry, waving a halberd. With the support of the elite and capable cavalry guards beside him, the Jiujiang cavalry were vulnerable wherever he passed, and they fell off their horses one after another, with heavy casualties.

Gu Feng was furious, waving his spear and was about to turn his horse around to chase after him, but suddenly he heard the familiar bull roar again behind him, and saw that the Chu cavalryman was coming towards him again like a rubber cowhide.

Gu Feng was furious and swung his spear hard, wanting to end the battle quickly and kill the guy on the spot.

But as soon as they started fighting, his arm trembled and the spear almost flew out of his hand. He had just fought with Xiang Chang with all his strength and had lost a lot of strength. On the other hand, the Chu rider no longer had a spear in his hand, but a weapon he was familiar with - the guillotine that made him feel cold!

Unexpectedly, after another fight, Gu Feng's muscles and bones became soft like a strong man who had fought all night. Huang Zhong was overjoyed. He rode forward and swung the big guillotine at his head and chopped him wildly. With one blow after another, Gu Feng screamed in anger, but he could not resist and kept retreating.

When he swung his last blow, the spear in Gu Feng's hand, which had been bent beyond recognition, flew out of his hand, and blood gushed out of his mouth and nose. The warhorse he was sitting on also let out a tragic cry, broke its front legs, and fell to the ground.

Huang Zhong was also exhausted. He sat on his warhorse, panting like a bellows, but he remained standing. He angrily cursed, "You bastard, you are such a jerk! Get up and fight me again!"

He cursed for a long time, but Gu Feng just lay limply on the ground without any movement. He took a closer look and saw that blood was oozing from Gu Feng's mouth and nose, and his bloodshot eyes were bulging at the sky, without any vitality at all - it turned out that he had been beaten to death by himself!

Huang Zhong was overjoyed, jumped off his horse, chopped off Gu Feng's head with a knife, and tied it under the horse's neck. However, he did not know Gu Feng, and did not know that he had accidentally killed an important general of the Han army. He shouted "Huang Zhong killed a Han general in battle" and continued to charge forward with his knife.

Faced with his ferocity, the surrounding Jiujiang cavalry were all terrified.

At this time, the 30,000 Jiujiang cavalry completely collapsed and fled in all directions on their horses. Those who could not escape dismounted and raised their hands in surrender.

Feng Wuzhe and Guo Ning, who were covered in wounds, encountered few of the guards beside them, and Guo Meng had already died in the battle.

The two generals who were trapped in the encirclement looked at each other and saw that the situation had completely collapsed. All they could see were the Jiujiang cavalry fleeing in panic. With a look of despair on their faces, they let out a miserable howl and led their guards to launch a final desperate attack on the Chu cavalry.

After causing considerable casualties to the Chu cavalry, he almost broke through their encirclement. In the end, he was stopped by Meng Xia and Xiang Xi and killed on the spot.

The 30,000 Jiujiang cavalry were completely defeated, but the 7,000 cavalry behind Xiang Chang were still showing off their might and showing no signs of fatigue.

The 10,000 cavalrymen he left behind for mobile use were the most elite veteran soldiers in the Chu cavalry, and their combat power was extremely astonishing.

He immediately left two thousand cavalry to clean up the battlefield, and led the remaining five thousand to continue to attack the Guanzhong reinforcements of Lu Shizhi and Yong Chi to support Zhongli Mei's ten thousand infantry.

Although Lu Shizhi is currently the second most powerful person in the Lu family, compared with his brother Lu Ze, he is completely inferior in all aspects, whether it is domestic affairs, military strategy, or even making friends with important officials and winning over subordinates.

An ordinary person is the best description of him.

Of course, he also has his own advantages, that is, he knows himself and knows his own strengths. On the way from Guanzhong to Gaixia, although he was the main general, he actually entrusted all the military strategies to Yong Chi, and he just sat back and acted like a clay Buddha. Whenever Yong Chi asked questions, he would say "good, good, good"!
When the army was halfway there, they received news that Lu Ze had been defeated at the city of Xincai and died at the hands of Xiang Chang.

Upon hearing this, Lu Shizhi was overwhelmed with grief. He and the Lu family members who came with the army hated Xiang Chang so much that they decided to avenge Lu Ze.

They had arrived at Gaixia the day before, but according to Liu Bang's instructions, they had been hiding more than 20 miles away until they received Liu Bang's signal smoke.

Watching from afar the fierce battle between Han and Chu, Lu Shizhi's face was distorted and his teeth were chattering. He wished he could rush forward himself and kill the Chu army completely.

His eyes were red as he looked at Yong Chi beside him: "General Yong, give the order, let's charge forward and tear all the Chu army into pieces!"

Yong Chi was quickly scanning the battlefield. When he heard this, a hint of disdain flashed across his eyes and he directly filtered out his childish words.

That day, Yong Chi sent Zhang Liang to Shouchun. After a short rest, Zhang Liang ordered him to return to Guanzhong to obey Xiao He. Zhang Liang had already realized that if the Chu army could not be destroyed suddenly and the Han camp entered into a long tug-of-war again, it would be necessary to mobilize troops from Guanzhong, but there were no generals available in Guanzhong at the moment.

Sure enough, not long after Yong Chi arrived in Guanzhong, Liu Bang's military order to recruit soldiers also arrived in Guanzhong. Xiao He gave Yong Chi the 30,000 troops that he had trained during the leisure time after the autumn harvest and asked him to lead them to Liu Bang.

Thinking that this guy had betrayed Liu Bang before, Xiao He let Lü Shizhi be the main general and only let him be the deputy general. Yong Chi, as a general who had betrayed Liu Bang, was able to be made a marquis by Liu Bang. His military talent was first-class in the Han camp, not inferior to the eighteen founding marquises.

He scanned the battlefield with sharp eyes, secretly weighing where to break into the left, center, and right armies in order to inflict the greatest blow to the Chu army and resolve the Han army's predicament in one fell swoop.

That's right. With his vision, he could tell at a glance that the situation in the Han camp was not good. Although they had the majority of people, they were clearly at a disadvantage and were in a position to be defeated and disintegrated by the Chu army.

Yong Chi was named "Marquis of Shifang" by Liu Bang. While he was grateful to Liu Bang, his own destiny was also deeply tied to the Han camp. After all, only if the Han camp defeated the Great Chu and won the world, could the power, wealth and status represented by his title of marquis be realized.

Although he had 30,000 troops under his command, he did not dare to be careless at all.

He came from Guanzhong and was very clear about the current situation in Guanzhong. In the Battle of Pengcheng, in order to help Liu Bang make a comeback, Xiao He recruited all the men under the age of 60 and over the age of 15 in Guanzhong and sent them to Liu Bang. It can be said that he mobilized the troops to the limit.

Although the situation gradually improved and the war against the Chu Kingdom began to gain the upper hand, Liu Bang sent the old and weak as well as some young and strong people back to Guanzhong in time. After all, Guanzhong needed a lot of manpower to cultivate the land and supply military supplies. But now the 30,000 troops sent out from Guanzhong can be said to be the few remaining elites in Guanzhong. He had to be cautious and strive to maximize the effectiveness of the war.

Before he could make a final decision, 10,000 infantrymen behind the Chu army formed a neat array, raised a cloud of dust, and charged towards his 30,000-strong army.

——Okay, don’t think too much, let’s defeat these ten thousand troops first.

Yong Chi put away his chaotic thoughts, waved his hand to call the two young generals who were less than 30 years old to his side, pointed at the battlefield of the Han-Chu War in the distance and said solemnly: "You see, the Han army is obviously at a disadvantage in this battle. Whether we can turn the tables and win the final victory in the war with the Chu State depends on whether we can defeat the 10,000 Chu troops blocking us and rush to support them. Therefore, we must not only win this battle, but also destroy this Chu army in one fell swoop in the shortest time with a crushing force."

The two young warriors were stout, sturdy, with long arms and vigorous movements. They were Lu Ze's eldest son Lu Tai and second son Lu Chan.

Since they came of age, the two men have followed their father Lu Ze in battles all over the world. They are the third generation of the Lu family who have been nurtured with great effort. They are proficient in military strategies and extremely brave in combat.

At this critical moment, they naturally understood why Yong Chi said this, and they were even clearer about who they could rely on and who they should obey. Therefore, without even looking at their second uncle Lu Shizhi who was just a decoration beside them, they bowed and said generously: "General, what you said is very right. How should we fight this battle next? Please give us your orders. My brothers promise to obey them!"

Their father Lu Ze died at the hands of Xiang Chang. They are sworn enemies with the Great Chu, and this battle is undoubtedly their best chance for revenge.

Yong Chi nodded in satisfaction. What he was worried about was that these two masters would rely on their status and not obey the arrangements. Then everything would be over. But now he was completely relieved.

Yong Chi stopped talking and said directly: "I will lead 20,000 infantry to block the 10,000 Chu troops head-on. You brothers will each lead 5,000 cavalry, go around the rear of the formation, and kick the butts of the 10,000 Chu troops. In this way, we will attack from both sides, which will be enough to defeat and eat up the 10,000 Chu troops in the shortest time possible."

Yong Chi said this with a tone full of strong confidence.

As a famous infantry commander in the Han camp, he had fought against the Chu infantry for many years and knew the combat effectiveness of the Chu infantry very well. If he was facing 10,000 Chu cavalry, he would not be sure of winning the battle, but he was very confident against 10,000 Chu infantry, because his years of fighting experience had left him with a deep-rooted impression: the combat effectiveness of the Chu infantry was only comparable to that of the Han infantry.

Lü Tai and Lü Chan also felt that his military arrangement was very good and agreed immediately. Then they each led 5,000 cavalrymen, divided into left and right, broke away from the formation, made a large arc, and circled to the rear of the formation.

At Yong Chi's command, 20,000 Han infantrymen lined up in neat rows and marched heavily towards the rapidly approaching Chu infantrymen.

Looking at the flag with a huge "Xiang" character written on it fluttering in the Chu infantry opposite, Yong Chi's eyes were burning and his heart was excited: if this battle really went smoothly and achieved the glorious record of killing the general of the Chu camp in one fell swoop, then his current title of marquis would have to be re-determined after the war.

As the two armies got closer and closer, they entered the stage of melee combat. Yong Chi's eyes widened, his fierceness surged, he drew his sword and swung it forward with force, the veins in his neck throbbing, and he roared, "Kill!"

All the guards and generals around him also brandished their weapons and shouted, "Kill!"

The 20,000 soldiers received the order and started running at full speed, holding their weapons, rushing towards the Chu army camp opposite, while shouting, "Kill!"

Yong Chi's face flushed red, and his nostrils spewed out white air as violently as a bull. His eyes were fixed on his soldiers who were rushing forward rapidly, flashing with cruelty and excitement.

In his opinion, this battle was as easy as bending down to pick up something, and there was no suspense at all.

Twenty thousand against ten thousand, and there are ten thousand cavalry to back them up. If they still lose, I can just commit suicide to express my gratitude!

However, then, his eyes narrowed, and his body suddenly straightened on the horse's back, obviously feeling that something was wrong.

Faced with the all-out charge of a Han army of 20,000 strong, the Chu infantry on the opposite side did not rush forward to counter attack. Instead, they strangely maintained their rhythm and continued to march forward in unison and in an orderly formation.

Then, his uneasiness became a reality.

In the gaps between the front row of Chu infantry, another team of Chu infantry rushed forward from the back row. They raised their hands at the same time, holding up the "Chu Chang Crossbows" and quickly pulled the triggers one after another towards the roaring and fighting-intent Han soldiers. With the crisp and powerful sounds of "click-bang" and "click-bang", countless sharp and penetrating crossbow arrows shot out like a swarm of bees.

The Han soldiers began to charge with all their might, and as they were so crowded together, they had no way to escape. They fell to the ground in unison, like weeds flattened by the fierce autumn wind, amidst their terrified shouts and miserable screams.

After shooting all the arrows in the crossbow box in the shortest possible time, this row of Chu soldiers stood still, and the Chu soldiers in the back row immediately filled their positions seamlessly, still holding an identical crossbow machine, and carried out the second round of shooting.

Then came the third round, the fourth round, the fifth round...

(End of this chapter)