Chapter 622 Yang Duanhe: Who doesn’t like military glory? A fatal blow spanning seven hundred years!
Xiang Yan is not optimistic about the situation in Helu City.
In Xiang Yan's view, after the fall of Xiapi City, the Qin and Qi coalition forces were fully capable of marching straight into Helu City and encircling it.
The only possibility for Helv City to survive is to hope that the Qin State will let Chu State go in order to maintain current international relations and curb the opportunity for Qi State to grow!
But how can the survival of a country depend on the plans of other countries?
Even if Ying Zheng intends to stay in the Chu Kingdom, what if Ying Chengxuan has fun again!
So even though Xiang Yan had made the decision to kill himself, he still showed Xiong Liu a clear path and used his last strength to help Xiong Liu break through the obstacles to his progress.
In Xiang Yan's view, as long as Xiong Liu can escape to Kuaiji, even if the King of Chu dies, the Chu Kingdom will not perish!
This was also Xiang Yan’s last contribution to Chu.
Unfortunately, all Xiang Yan's plans came to nothing with the "Yang" flag rising slowly on the horizon!
Xiong Liu no longer cared about his enthronement ceremony, his eyes were fixed on the general flag fluttering in the wind in the distance, his eyes full of solemnity: "The Qin State only sent 20,000 troops in this battle, and not a single warship! "
"How come there are so many Qin warships here!"
"This is unreasonable!"
Xiong Liu saw clearly that during the battle of Xiapi City! Although the enemy troops faced by the Chu army were flying the flags of Qin and Qi, the warships they used were all made by Qi.
However, the fleet coming upstream now can clearly see the styles of South Korea, Wei and Chu at a glance. These are obviously trophies captured by Qin.
Those giant boats that follow the army at the rear are products that can only be created by the unique aesthetics of the Qin State that regards height as beauty and largeness as good.
However, Qin State did not invest any warships in this battle! ! !
Qu Huan walked a step behind Xiong Liu and looked into the distance with shock and astonishment in his eyes: "Ruo Chen expected that."
"The person who comes here should be a veteran of Qin."< br>
“General Duanhe, Yang Wengzi!”
Xiong Liu looked at Qu Huan in astonishment: "General Qin is trying to make peace?"
"As far as I know, Qin has never sent this general to participate in this battle!"
"How could this general suddenly appear? Lead the Qin army to appear here!"
Qin and Qi did not cover up the fact that Ying Chengyu and Wang Jian entered Qi. Do they want to cover up the fact that a veteran general participated in the war?
Is Yang Duan worthy of him?
He is completely unworthy!
Moreover, it has been nearly half a year since the war began. The words "Yang Duanhe" and the troops he led did not appear in any military newspaper or in any newspaper. On the battlefield.
Why did it suddenly appear quietly!
Qu Huan shook his head bitterly: "I don't know, I don't know either."
"I only know that General Duanhe has been stationed at Zhaoguan since the Qin army withdrew from Helu City last year."< br>
"When the King of Chu returned to Chu, he was ordered by General Duan He who was stationed at Zhaoguan to leave behind a lot of luggage."
"The general never thought that General Duanhe would suddenly lead the Zhaoguan garrison to kill Here we go!”
Xiong Liu was slightly startled: “Zhaoguan?”
Zhaoguan.
It is more than six hundred miles away from Xiapi City, more than seven hundred miles away from Pengcheng, and more than five hundred miles away from Helu City, and the road is difficult to travel.
The long distance, Qin's current national conditions, and the nature of the Qin-Qi coalition forces made the generals on all battlefields rarely take the Zhaoguan garrison into consideration.
Even generals like Xiang Yan who took the Zhaoguan garrison into consideration did not think that the Qin State would transfer the Zhaoguan garrison to a distant battlefield in order to win this battle, leaving Qin's own southeastern defense line Into danger!
Xiong Liu's eyes suddenly widened: "Zhaoguan!"
Zhaoguan is indeed far away from other battlefields in this battle, and it will take at least ten days of urgent marching to reach the battlefield.
But Zhaoguan is only more than 200 miles away from Hangou, the only road through which the Huaihe River turns into the Yangtze River, where the Chu army is now located!
Moreover, Zhaoguan is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Hangou is located in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Now is the flood season of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River flows very fast.
If the Zhaoguan defenders took a warship and sailed down the Yangtze River, they could complete the rapid transfer from Zhaoguan to Hangou within six hours!
A mere six hours!
No wonder Yang Duan and his troops suddenly appeared here!
All the Chu generals showed deep shock and confusion in their eyes.
Just when all of them thought they had escaped and even started to divide their interests after arriving in Kuaiji, this Qin army, which had been deployed here as early as last year and remained as motionless as a bastard, unexpectedly exposed itself to them so abruptly. A big, ferocious mouth!
Xiong Liu took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "Does Aiqing have any strategy to defeat the enemy?"
After Qu Huan was silent for a moment, he said firmly: "Now that the two armies meet, avoid There is no way to avoid it.”
“Our army can only fight!”
There is no other way to defeat the enemy except a frontal breakthrough!
After Xiong Liu pondered for a few breaths, he finally said: "Order!"
"Our troops and horses are under the command of Zuo Yin Quhuan!"
"We must break through the enemy's obstruction. Break out of the siege! "
Xiong Liu is very clear about the significance of military power to royal power.
But Xiong Liu also knew how much he weighed.
Although Xiong Liu was reluctant to part with the military power, he still handed over the military power to Qu Huan.
Xiong Liu looked at Qu Huan seriously: "After this battle, I will hold the enthronement ceremony."
"At that time, I will confer Ai Qing as your Ling Yin!"
< br>“My beloved, please don’t disappoint me!”
Qu Huan solemnly raised his hands: “My lord, I obey!”
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Downstream of Hangou.
Yang Duanhe stood on the deck of the building, looking at the Chu warship in the distance, with an unstoppable smile on his face, and the vertical and horizontal folds outlined a vivid chrysanthemum.
“Hahaha~”
Yang Duanhe laughed heartily: “Jun Chang’an, you really treat me well!”
"If I can swallow this Chu army, how much military merit will I get?"
"Even with the position of general, I can think about it freely!"
With Wang Jian, who holds the position of a general but is old but not yet a veteran, and whose sons are more competitive than the others, is different.
Yang Duanhe's years on the battlefield are older than Wang Jian's. Now he is called "Wengzi" wherever he goes, but he is still just a general, and each of his sons is more disappointing than the last.
So instead of resisting military merit, Yang Duanhe wished he could earn more military merit with his head bowed.
How could Yang Duanhe miss this great opportunity?
Vice-General Le Xun held two scrolls of bamboo slips in his hands and said hesitantly: "General, do our army really want to participate in the war?" "To this day, our army still has not received the king's order!"
“Our army is the troops stationed at Zhaoguan and needs to be stationed in the southeast for our Great Qin.”
“In case the Chu State suddenly raises troops and crosses the Yangtze River to directly attack the southeast of our Great Qin, Then you and I are both guilty!”
Yang Duanhe casually pointed at the two bamboo slips and said: "General Wang ordered me to lead the navy to set up an ambush at the Hangou line."
"Chang'an Jun ordered me to obey General Wang's order."
"What's wrong with me obeying Lord Chang'an's order and following General Wang's order to lead the army to fight?"
"If the king is unhappy, he will go to Lord Chang'an to question him."
< br>"If Lord Chang'an cannot withstand the anger of the king, I will take the initiative to retire."
"But the military merits earned by this general and my military commanders are real!"
"General Le Le, you will also become the best in this battle, and you will be valued by the king!"
As a surrendered general, Lexun didn't know much about Qin's political ecology.
Hearing what Yang Duanhe said, Lexun looked at Yang Duanhe in shock.
You cheated Mr. Chang'an so much, does Mr. Chang'an know?
When Yang Duanhe saw that the Chu army's warships had entered the designated area, he shouted: "Order!"
"Get out the ambush!"
"The Chinese army will follow this general to block the river. "
"The deputy general led his warships to attack and cooperate with the ambush to encircle and suppress the enemy!"
Although Le Xun was still hesitant, now that the general's order had been given, Le Xun handed over his hand with a bang: " Wei!”
Jumping onto another building boat, Le Xun shouted angrily in a deep voice: "Order!"
"Line up the fish scales and disperse!"
"Forward!"
Yan Guo Its territory borders a large area of the Bohai Sea, and it often crosses the Bohai Sea to attack Qi.
As the nephew of the famous general Le Yi, who surrendered to the Yan Kingdom, Le Xun's talent may not be outstanding, but his basic water warfare skills are more solid than most Qin army generals.
Under Le Xun's arrangement, three hundred small boats were arranged in a row of five and a half, and a hundred of the largest Qin boats in the world were arranged in a row of three and three.
Four hundred warships sailed upstream like sparse fish scales.
Seeing this scene, Qu Huan frowned slightly, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.
Barges have always been transport ships used to transport baggage and grain.
How can anyone let the transport ship clear the way?
Staring at the wooden poles raised high on both sides of the Qin army's boat, Qu Huan finally ordered: "Get on the ship first and disperse the formation and move forward!"
"The red horse follows closely behind!"
"Break the formation!"
The Chu army boarded the ship first and rushed out first, but was mostly blocked by the Qin army's flying boat.
The red horses of the Chu army bypassed the entangled battlefield where the forwards of the two armies were entangled at a light speed, flew towards the Qin army's boat, and quickly crossed the wide gap between the Qin army's boat, and killed the fleet further behind. .
Hook locks were thrown from the red horse ship to the yacht, and a Chu soldier climbed up the rope towards the yacht.
The battle situation seemed to be going well, but Qu Huan frowned deeply: "Still not changing the formation?!"
"Yang Wengzi is also a general, and there will never be such a great general. "What is Yang Wengzi's intention?"
Just as Qu Huan's thoughts changed, Le Xun shouted:
"Smash!"
On the boat, a Qin soldier smashed a copper bolt with a hammer in his hand.
The rope pulled by the copper bolt suddenly relaxed, causing the wooden poles erected high on the side of the boat to lose control, and they were accelerated and fell down by gravity.
And at the top of the wooden pole, there is a cone-shaped stone weighing more than thirty kilograms!
“Boom!”
The moment the heavy racket collided with the light Chima, it broke the awning of the Chima ship and even broke the keel of the Chima ship!
Not far away, thousands of racket poles on hundreds of Qin army boats were being smashed down at the same time.
“Boom!!!”
The waves are surging!
Broken wood flying!
Calculate with intention but without intention, prepare with preparation but fail to prepare.
In just one round of slapping, in just a few breaths, more than two hundred Red Horse ships were already torn to pieces!
"This! This! This! How could it be like this! How could it be like this!"
"Where is my boat? Where is the boat!"
"Save~~Gulu Lu~ Me!”
"I am willing to surrender! Save me! I am willing to surrender!"
"Save people quickly!!!"
Hundreds of Chu soldiers who climbed onto the boat looked back blankly His own broken warship.
Thousands of Chu soldiers fell into the Hangou without any precautions, struggling and wailing!
And all this is only because the warships that were supposed to be able to sail across the river in the Northern and Southern Dynasties spanned more than 700 years.
Let out a roar!
(End of this chapter)