My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 16 Daddy is Mighty
Seeing that Han Xin's plans were thorough and complete, Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief and felt that staying in the central army did not seem unacceptable.

At Han Xin's invitation, he happily climbed up the wooden lookout tower several meters high in front of the tent and watched the battle in the northern camp from afar.

It has to be said that Han Xin deserves to be called the Military Genius by later generations, and his military management skills are truly amazing.

As Cao Shen, Zhou Bo and other generals returned to their respective military camps, they summoned their own generals to reorganize the soldiers, or gathered to defend the camps, or lined up to temporarily retreat from the Chu army's edge. The laws were strict, and the more than 10,000 completely defeated Han soldiers driven by the Chu army rushed over the mountains and plains. Not only did they not snowball, but they were quickly consumed in the face of the Han army's persistence and counterattack.

Immediately afterwards, according to military orders, Fu Kuan led 3,000 cavalrymen to charge forward.

In the previous Han-Chu War, Fu Kuan had always served as a general under Han Xin and was a cavalry general whom Han Xin relied on very much. Because of his great contribution in assisting Han Xin in destroying Qi, he was later named "Marquis of Yangling".

Seeing the Chu army driving the fleeing Han army towards them, Fu Kuan waved his hand, and 3,000 cavalrymen drew their bows and shot arrows. Hundreds of people in the front of the fleeing Han army fell down like wheat being cut. For a while, wailing and screaming filled the battlefield.

The Han army's fleeing momentum was temporarily halted.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Kuan led three thousand cavalrymen and charged towards the defeated Han army with great momentum.

The defeated Han army could not have imagined that their own cavalry was so cruel that they would charge at them. Infantry could only be abused when facing cavalry. Moreover, these defeated deserters who were terrified and had no will to fight at all immediately suffered heavy casualties, and they fled desperately in all directions, howling like ghosts and wolves.

Xiang Yu had seen this cavalry early on and knew that the Han army was determined to engage in a cavalry battle. He sneered and without hesitation, left these defeated Han troops behind and rushed towards this Han cavalry.

When it comes to cavalry combat, who can the Chu army fear? Even the elite Qin cavalry that once dominated the world were no match for them!
As for the large number of enemy cavalry, haha, didn't the elite cavalry of the Chu army win that battle with a smaller force?
Seeing the elite cavalry of the Chu army rushing towards them, although there were only a thousand of them, their momentum was like that of thousands of troops, and the momentum was terrifying. Fu Kuan's heart tightened, but he could only bite the bullet, point his spear, and lead the three thousand cavalrymen to charge at the elite cavalry of the Chu army!
The cavalry of the two armies confronted each other fiercely. Seeing that the two huge waves were getting closer and closer, and were about to collide violently, the charging Han army inevitably exposed the defects of uneven quality of its soldiers. The ranks were stretched out slowly, and huge gaps appeared on the battle line.

Xiang Yu, who was leading the charge in the front, let out a long whistle, and suddenly turned his horse's head, leading thousands of cavalry to draw a beautiful arc diagonally, avoiding the sharp attack of the Han army, and then cutting into the Han cavalry from the side and rear, showing to the fullest the small and powerful, flexible and maneuverable nature of the Chu army's elite cavalry, as well as their ease in using their arms.

It was like a sharp blade cutting into the waist and ribs of a running bull. The elite cavalry of the Chu army trampled and killed indiscriminately. The Han cavalry under Fu Kuan's command were killed by the charging horses, with broken blades flying everywhere and limbs shattered. It was a tragic mess.

Especially Xiang Yu who was charging at the front, with a halberd in his hand like an angry dragon rising from the sea, invincible. He swept away a large number of Han cavalry and generals he met, often smashing both the men and their horses in one fell swoop.

No matter what general you meet, you will either die or be injured.

The 3,000 cavalrymen under Fu Kuan's command were penetrated in one fell swoop. They were completely vulnerable and collapsed completely!

Fu Kuan turned his head and found that the rear half of the 3,000 cavalrymen were gone, and the elite cavalry of the Chu army turned their horses around and rushed towards him from behind. His heart was pounding for a moment, but he also saw the opportunity clearly, whipped his horse, and fled straight to the west with the collapsed cavalry.

After this battle, Fu Kuan truly understood how big the gap was between himself and the invincible King of Chu. Compared with this devil-like man, he was like an ant and had no qualifications to fight against him!
After defeating Fu Kuan's 3,000 cavalrymen, Xiang Yu raised his eyes and found that two more generals appeared in front of him, each leading 3,000 cavalrymen and waiting in formation. Now, after shouting, they rushed over one after another, as if giving no chance to the Chu cavalry to breathe.

Xiang Yu's face was as dark as water and his eyes were spitting fire. He followed the same method and led 800 elite cavalrymen to defeat the two cavalry units of Xue Ou and Wang Xi in succession!

"Dad is so awesome!" Xiang Chang, who was closely guarded by Xiang Zhuang and a group of central cavalry in the center, saw his father display his divine power. He led less than a thousand cavalrymen and performed a hat trick of defeating a larger force with a smaller one. He defeated three groups of three thousand elite cavalrymen of the Han army in succession, and always charged at the front. He killed hundreds of Han cavalrymen and generals by himself. For a moment, his blood boiled, his mouth was dry, and his admiration for his father in his heart was simply beyond words.

When I was reading history in my previous life, I read that when my father started his army in Jiangdong, he single-handedly killed hundreds of people in the Kuaiji prefecture mansion. When he was in trouble at the Wujiang River, he was surrounded by the Han army and single-handedly killed hundreds of Han generals. I was quite skeptical at the time, thinking that Sima Qian favored my father and so his words were exaggerated. But now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I am truly convinced.

No wonder even though his father had so many flaws, so many generals and soldiers were still willing to follow him and would rather die than regret it. Now on this battlefield of life and death, Xiang Chang finally realized and understood something.

It feels like Dad is a god of war born for the battlefield. His dominance, courage, and force are fully displayed through the battlefield, the most intuitive place.

It has always been human nature to admire the strong, follow the strong, and obey the strong.

Therefore, even though they knew that the road they followed their father would become narrower and narrower and that they were about to reach a dead end, both the generals and soldiers were still full of passion and were willing to follow him at the risk of their lives.

In one breath, they pierced through and defeated the cavalry led by three brave generals, Fu Kuan, Xue Ou and Wang Xi. The morale of the elite cavalry of the Chu army was high. Although they were in the main camp of the Han army, they were showing off their might and were insolent.

The night before, Xiang Yu led an army of 100,000 to fight Han Xin. At the beginning, he led his elite cavalry to charge, and Han Xin's central army, which had an absolute advantage, was defeated and lost. It was just that the cavalry rushed too fast, and the left and right armies of the Han army surrounded them, separating the charging cavalry of the Chu army from the infantry behind, which led to the final failure.

However, even in the face of such an unfavorable situation of being surrounded, the Chu cavalry turned from charging forward to rescuing, and still rescued the besieged Chu infantry and retreated safely to Gaixia City.

Now that there is no infantry to encumber them, this elite cavalry, although less than a thousand in number, is able to take advantage of the raid on the camp. Their combat effectiveness soars, and they gallop through the Han army camp as if they were in an empty space.

At this time, Ding Fu led 3,000 cavalrymen and just arrived at the battlefield. The elite cavalry of the Chu army, which was in the midst of a fierce killing, like a black dragon, saw the enemy and bared their fangs and claws, and continued to charge forward with a momentum as powerful as thunder.

Ding Fu was a wise and brave general of the Han army. He made great military achievements in following Liu Bang to pacify the Three Qins and in the early Han-Chu dispute. In particular, in the Battle of Weishui, under the command of Guan Ying, he killed the Chu army general Long Ju in one fell swoop, making him famous.

The three generals before him, including Fu Kuan, were far inferior to him. However, he was not a direct descendant of Liu Bang, but a confidant of Liu Bang's brother-in-law, Lu Ze, so he ranked only last among the eighteen marquises who made great contributions to the founding of the Han Dynasty.

He saw with his own eyes that a thousand elite cavalrymen of the Chu army defeated the three cavalry armies of Fu Kuan, Xue Ou and Wang Xi in one breath, and defeated nearly ten thousand Han cavalrymen. The huge gap between the Han cavalry and the Chu cavalry was so great that even though Ding Fu was a veteran of battles, he still trembled all over and could hardly sit on his mount.

He was like this even though he was the commander. The 3,000 Han cavalrymen behind him were even more panicked and sweating. Seeing the elite cavalry of the Chu army rushing closer and closer like ferocious monsters, some soldier uttered a scream and turned around to flee. The situation was completely ruined. The 3,000 Han cavalrymen did not even wait to join the battle and actually fled in all directions.

Ding Fu, the commander, not only did not stop them, but took advantage of the chaos to blend in with the soldiers and escaped...

I have to say, this is a smart man!

The elite cavalry of the Chu army had seen this scene many times, so it was not surprising that they chased and killed them calmly. The four Han cavalry units that Han Xin had sent out with high hopes were all killed and defeated.

(End of this chapter)