Chapter 751 The city is about to be destroyed
Of course Zhang Han is not in a hurry.
Not only was he not in a hurry, but Zhao Gao next to him was also in no hurry.
The tripod is the treasure of the human heart.
What is the treasure of the human heart?
Between heaven and earth, whether it is the top spiritual treasure or an ordinary magic weapon, if no one activates it, if no one pours mana and the vitality of heaven and earth, their power will be reduced bit by bit in the process of use. weaken.
But the treasure of the human heart is a treasure of savings.
Even if no one urges it, after the treasure of the human heart appears, people's hearts will naturally gather towards it.
The power of the treasure of the human heart will become stronger and stronger as time goes by.
So, Zhang Han and Zhao Gao were not in a hurry at all.
As time goes by, although Xiang Yu and the others' physical strength can be restored and replenished, the suppression of them and the blessing of this treasure of the human heart will become stronger and stronger, and their chances of winning will also become stronger and stronger. The bigger it gets, the greater their chances of capturing Xiang Yu alive.
On the bank of the river, when Xiang Yu led his elite troops to charge into battle again, trying to break through Zhang Han's blockade, the situation in Daze City had reached its most dangerous moment.
No matter how much Liu Sanchen tried to boost their morale, the gap between the soldiers and civilians in the city and the Qin elite soldiers outside the city - whether it was a quantitative gap, still existed.
Whether it is the gap in numbers, it is also the gap in training, physical strength, and equipment.
And such a gap obviously cannot be filled just by relying on the morale inspired by Liu San and Chen She.
At the beginning, the defenders on the city wall could barely block the Qin army's offensive.
But as time goes by, this resistance becomes more and more difficult.
When Xiang Yu broke through the enemy formation and was surrounded, Qin's elite soldiers had already scaled the city wall several times.
The corpses piled under the city wall are almost as high as the city wall - the elite soldiers of the Qin State under the city wall can almost directly step on those corpses without relying on siege forces. Only with equipment can you step onto the city wall.
Zhang Liang, who was beside Chen She, frowned more tightly than ever before.
The same was true for Liu San, who was still leading the rangers to intercept the Qin army.
They also have a good understanding of battle formations and military battles - in their view, the so-called battle formations are about who has more elite soldiers, who has more morale, and who is competing. Whose equipment is better will be more beneficial to the battlefield.
But at this time, the development of the battle on the city wall made them realize the nature of war again.
The battle for national power.
The art of war, tactics, popular support, and morale are all just reflections of national strength.
There was an extremely huge gap in national power between Qin and Daze - so, in the land of Daze, they won consecutive battles, but became weaker with each war.
On the other hand, Zhang Han was defeated repeatedly in battles, but the more defeated he became, the stronger he became. The more defeated he was, the more troops he had under his command.
At this time, not only the location of the city they were defending was advantageous, but the morale of the troops defending the city was also strong - especially after the news came out that King Chen's general Xiang Yu had broken through the 300,000-strong army formation. The morale of the army defending the city was even higher.
On the other hand, although the Qin army under the city is powerful, the existence of the city wall makes it difficult for them to fully exert their military power. The battlefield on the city wall is also a challenge to the Qin army's many generals. Guangzhou has great suppression, making it difficult for them to start a full-scale war, and it also makes it difficult for their front troops to withdraw for rotation.
The soldiers of the Qin army also became demoralized bit by bit during the siege.
But it happened that the lieutenants in charge of the troops had to fill it all up with their lives.
The corpses turned the chasm of the city wall into a thoroughfare.
When the troops from the rear of the Qin Army pressed over, even though the defenders of the Daze Land were rotated, the soldiers who were rotated were far from fully resting their strength.
With that huge number, several lieutenants of the Qin State turned the siege into an encirclement and suppression battle to suppress the exhausted troops.
“When will Prime Minister Zhang, Prime Minister Wu, and General Xiang Yu turn around?”
"The battle situation on the city wall is really unsustainable." Liu San wiped the blood from his face.
Wu Guang and Zhang Liang looked at Liu San in front of them, with expressions of astonishment.
Liu Bang has the ability to lead troops. He has also heard of this - but again, no one dares to give Liu Bang some of the few soldiers and horses in the city without verification. .
So until now, Liu Bang is still leading only the rangers in the city.
However, in the battle to defend the city, the role played by the rangers Liu Bang led was even more impressive than the generals who had followed Xiang Yu under Xiang Yu on the four walls. Come big.
There were quite a few flaws in the cooperation between the generals - however, after Liu San joined with the rangers, he quietly penetrated into the defenses of these generals like running water, not only supplementing The flaws in the defense of these generals also inadvertently smoothed out the conflicts when they were mobilized.
With Liu San's supplements and supplements, it was clear that the soldiers defending the city were commanded by different generals, but they seemed to be following the same order when advancing and retreating.
——If now, the ability of these generals to dispatch troops and horses can only be regarded as third-rate, and at most they can barely touch the second-rate, then with the assistance of Liu San, under the guidance of Liu San , those generals' ability to dispatch troops and horses has firmly stopped at the second-rate level.
Moreover, he is not an ordinary second-rate general who only knows how to charge into battle, but a general who has the potential to be a commander and can make his own arrangements to coordinate the advancement and retreat of the overall battle situation.
The most valuable thing is that Liu San's guidance and cooperation with the generals did not highlight his presence at all, let alone let the generals notice it.
Until now, those generals all believed that their ability to dispatch troops and horses had made a qualitative breakthrough on this cruel battlefield.
Therefore, Chen She, Wu Guang and others paid more and more attention to Liu San's opinions.
When they heard that Liu San believed that the current city wall was almost undefendable, Chen She and the others did not have the slightest doubt - although in their opinion, the battle situation on the city wall would not be possible no matter what. , can still be stable, although this is still a long way from the time they originally planned to hold on.
After all, although the Qin army could march up on the corpses, the difficulty of arraying on the corpses was completely different from that of arraying on the city wall, as well as the thought and physical energy required. .
But since Liu San raised the matter seriously, it means that Liu San must have seen some hidden dangers that others have not seen.
"Have all the women, children, old and young in the city withdrawn into the inner city?" Chen She asked.
Although the city of Daze is simple, it is built according to the specifications of a regular city. Inside it, there are Chen She’s palace, an urn city, an inner city, an outer city, and several parts of the Guocheng. .
However, when Xiang Yu left the city, the outermost Guocheng, which was undefendable, had been abandoned.
“They have all withdrawn into the inner city.” Zhang Liang nodded.
Organize the people in the city to retreat to the inner city and the palace. This is what he has been doing since the beginning of the city defense battle.
"Then let's evacuate to the inner city." Chen She looked back at the empty houses in the outer city.
Although everyone has evacuated, some of the clothes in the house are still there.
Those who retreated to the inner city are still waiting to come back after defending the city of Daze.
"Liu San, lead everyone to withdraw to the inner city and hold on in the inner city."
"Wu Guang, these mansions in the outer city must be demolished. They cannot be demolished. , then burn them and prevent them from being used by the Qin army.”
"Zhang Liang, you and Wu Guang, together, lead people to make a clear accounting and record of the destroyed mansions, property, and food." "When this war is over, compensate them all."
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"Your Majesty." Wu Guang said with a bitter face, "Where is the extra wealth in the city?"
"Then demolish the palace and remove the beams and pillars of the palace. They are all sold to those aristocratic families."
"I don't believe that those aristocratic families are not willing to pay a good price for the things that occupy the "King Qi"."
"What about you, my lord?" Zhang Liang glanced at Liu San, who turned away to guide the rangers and soldiers, and then turned his attention to Chen She.
“I will stay here.”
“I will retreat after everyone has retreated.”
“Otherwise, once I leave, my morale will probably drop. It's going to collapse." Chen She said matter-of-factly.
For an army, retreat is always the most difficult thing - because retreat means that the battle situation is not going well.
And when the war situation is not going well, there will be a sequence of retreats.
Those who leave first will naturally have a greater chance of survival, while those who leave later will have a lower chance of survival.
It is even possible that after those who retreated first have given up part of the road, those who retreated will be surrounded and will have no way to retreat.
Since the rise of military strife in the world, countless armies have clearly been able to continue their stalemate with the enemy, or even possibly defeat the enemy, but they have had disputes and dissatisfaction when they retreated. , the enemy saw the flaw, and was then chased north.
So, at this time, Chen She must stay here.
As long as he stays here, the retreating troops will come first and then later, but those who left later will know that they will not become abandoned and will not become a price when they look back and see Chen She is still here. , their minds will not be confused, and their formation will not explode.
In this way, more people can be brought back to the inner city to hold on.
In this way, the inner city can be defended longer and have a better chance of waiting for Xiang Yu to return for reinforcements.
This is a positive cycle.
However, as the defenders retreat to the inner city, Chen She's place will definitely become more and more dangerous - in fact, because Chen She's banner is here, because Chen She is here , Therefore, the section of the city wall where Chen She is located has always been the strongest and most violent.
If Zhang Han and Zhao Gao hadn't repeatedly ordered Chen She to be 'captured alive' before leaving, the Qin army's powerful crossbows would have covered Chen She's place long ago.
Soon, the defenders of the outer city had retreated to the inner city, and Chen She also retreated surrounded by Liu San and others.
Then, there was a burst of flames that set the outer city on fire, temporarily forcing the Qin army that was pursuing them out.
As for the inner city, there were immortals with the support of Chen She who used magic to protect the people in the inner city from the flames of the outer city.
On the far bank of the river, Xiang Yu suddenly turned back.
He could also see the flames soaring into the sky clearly.
“Something happened to Daze.” In an instant, Xiang Yu realized this.
Such a fire can definitely be caused by more than simple attack and defense.
“It’s time to go.” Xiang Yu calmed down.
Although he is not ready yet, the physical strength of the soldiers has not yet recovered, and he himself has not been accustomed to the pressure from the "Jiuding", but war is like this.
Your opponent will never give you a chance to prepare.
All military books talk about making decisions before taking action.
But in fact, in a war, except for the party with absolute initiative, it is impossible for anyone else to make a decision and then act - because you can't even control the situation. How can the situation be allowed to follow your 'plan' so that you can make a decision and then act?
So, although the Xiang family retains the inheritance of military strategists, Xiang Yu's military art is not the military art of any senior military strategist, but the military art of Xiang Yu alone.
It's called rushing, it's called killing!
This is his own unique art of war based on his supreme courage.
Planning?
No matter.
The situation?
No matter!
Just rush, just kill.
You only need to crush everything that stands in front of you, and then all situations will be solved.
There is no need to consider any strategy, tactics, or battle situation.
Just win!
If you win all the way, no matter what the situation is, it will deflect to your side.
That's it.
He is stuck here. The city of Daze is in danger of overturning. It seems that it is already a desperate situation.
However, as long as we can fight out of here, there is a chance to reverse everything.
“Everyone, it’s time to leave.”
“King Chen is still waiting for us.”
"Follow me and break through the enemy's formation." Xiang Yu got on his horse and pointed the weapon in his hand directly at the 'Nine Cauldrons'.
He looked at his elite soldiers - all the current suppression came from the Jiuding.
In this case, then overturn this Jiuding.
As for whether it can overturn Jiuding... can a mere dead thing really be able to suppress a living person like him?
Overturn this Jiuding!
When this thought came naturally to Xiang Yu's mind, the power in his bloodline recovered faster and faster.
The energy and blood in his body are running faster and faster.
The heat that rises when Qi and blood circulate all over Xiang Yu's body, swirling into bursts of smoke.
"Ready your armor and hold your troops."
"Look at me lifting this broken cauldron!" Xiang Yu shouted, shaking the reins in his hand, thinking about the 'Nine Cauldrons' Rush away.
Countless people's eyes immediately fell on Xiang Yu. This feeling made Xiang Yu extremely intoxicated and intoxicated.
(End of this chapter)