Chapter 614: Raid
Last night, after defeating Zhang Han's army, Xiang Yu set up camp ten miles south of Wang Li's army in the south of Julu, and then summoned all the princes to discuss matters overnight. At this time, the news that Xiang Yu led the Chu army to defeat the majority with a small force had spread to the princes, and all the princes and generals rushed to the Chu army camp to listen to Xiang Yu's arrangements.
Therefore, early this morning, the 300,000 princes' army, under Xiang Yu's arrangement, launched an attack on Wang Li's Great Wall Corps, which had been out of food for a day. Facing the attack of the princes' army, Su Jiao and She Jian's two divisions were fine, and they were basically able to hold their ground. However, because of the lack of food, it was only a matter of time before they were defeated.
Wang Li's headquarters faced Xiang Yu's Chu army. Facing the attack like a raging storm, Wang Li, like Zhang Han, had lost the position of the outer camp in just half a day, and the 100,000 troops were reduced by nearly 20%, and had to retreat to the inner camp. At this rate, it is estimated that Wang Li's army will not survive today.
Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo and Pang Tong were all very surprised. Xiang Yu's army was so terrifying.
Pang Tong immediately said: "What are the movements of the Wei and Zhao armies in the west?"
Hao Jian pondered for a moment and said: "The Wei and Han armies are now attacking General Su Jiao's troops. However, it can be seen that the combat power of both armies is not strong. Although General Su Jiao's troops are not strong, they can still hold on."
Pang Tong looked at the map, then looked at Huangfu Chaobo and said: "General, we must send troops immediately, otherwise Wang Li's army will not be able to hold on for long."
"Okay," Huangfu Chaobo thought for a while and said: "Dian Wei, Gao Shun, and Zhao Cen will each lead their own troops to fight with me. Shi A and Hao Jian will stay and listen to the arrangements of the military advisor."
"I will obey your order!" When everyone heard it, they immediately stood up and agreed in unison.
"Shi Yuan, Xindu is now in your hands. If nothing unexpected happens, we should break out tonight. I will contact you by pigeon at the specific time." After Huangfu Chaobo arranged the affairs of the generals, he turned to Pang Tong and said;
In this battle, in addition to breaking into the siege of the princes' army, it is also necessary to break out with the help of Pang Tong. Of course, it would be even better if he could lead Wang Li's soldiers to break out. Although Huangfu Chaobo also knew that he was only in the dungeon, he did not have the habit of abandoning the soldiers in his camp.
After the two discussed it, Huangfu Chaobo handed Xindu to Pang Tong for garrison, and led the soldiers and horses that had been prepared long ago, and went out of the city all the way towards Julu. As for Jia Jing and the two girls, in order not to make them too tired, Huangfu Chaobo let them stay in Xindu.
For this battle, Huangfu Chaobo specially collected 3,000 mules and horses from Xindu City, each of which was carrying two stones of grain. At the same time, he selected 1,000 ordinary soldiers from the Qin army, each leading three mules, and followed closely behind the army. These grains should be enough for the remaining army to eat, and then break through at night.
Because of the news blockade of the cavalry, until now, the Han and Wei armies have not known that Xindu has changed hands, so they have not been on guard against their backs on the battlefield.
When Huangfu Chaobo led nearly 2,000 troops to the west of the Julu battlefield, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. The Han and Zhao armies, who were attacking Su Jiao's troops with all their strength, had no idea that a Qin army suddenly appeared behind them.
At this time, the two armies of the princes had been exhausted after a day of fierce fighting. Although the 100,000 troops attacked the 50,000 Qin troops, they were twice as many as the Su Jiao army, but the combat power was too far apart. Therefore, even if they were twice as many as Su Jiao's troops, the Han and Zhao armies still did not gain an advantage. After a day of fighting, the casualties had almost reached 30,000 soldiers, and the Qin army's losses had reached more than 15,000.
Considering that the sky had darkened at this time, the sound of the Wei-Zhao coalition army sounded on the battlefield, and the army slowly retreated. At this time, the Qin army did not counterattack, not because they did not want to, but because they could not. After a day of fighting, and having been out of food for a day, the soldiers had no strength to counterattack, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.
The generals of the Wei and Han armies looked at the situation of the Qin army opposite, and they were also secretly happy in their hearts. You know, in the past, they wanted to run away when they saw the fierce Qin army. They didn't expect that after a whole day today, their army could actually be on par with the Qin army. Judging from the appearance of the Qin army on the opposite side, they should be able to destroy the largest army of the tyrannical Qin in Julu tomorrow.
Just when they were full of confidence and high spirits, suddenly a huge noise came from the left rear of the central army formation, and then several scouts covered in blood rushed to the generals and reported loudly: "Report!!! Report to the generals, a large group of Qin soldiers were found several miles behind the left of the army, and it seemed that there were at least 10,000 soldiers. Because the other side has elite cavalry, our scouts were almost unable to escape, and several of our subordinates fought desperately to break through and escape."
When they heard this, they were shocked. When they turned their heads to look at the left rear of their army, they saw a large amount of smoke and dust coming from that side. Judging from the posture, there were at least 10,000 soldiers.
"Damn it, where did the Qin army come from? Why is there no news of the arrival of a large number of Qin troops?" The general of the Zhao army shouted loudly; the other generals were also pale.
The current situation made it impossible for several people not to be afraid. You know, in the attack during the day, the 100,000 troops on their side took turns to fight to achieve such a result. The current situation is only to trap 50,000 Qin troops there, but the soldiers on their side are already exhausted.
Besides, it was still the time to retreat. Except for the several thousand guards in the central army who still had the strength to fight, the other troops were not able to fight. However, at this checkpoint, nearly 10,000 Qin troops suddenly appeared behind them. If they said that these Qin troops were the same as their own troops, they would definitely not believe it.
Because the timing of the Qin troops' appearance was too good, no one would believe that these Qin troops came from afar in a hurry.
They were not wrong. Huangfu Chaobo had actually arrived outside the battlefield an hour ago. In order to save the soldiers' physical strength, all the soldiers came on horseback. After getting off the horses and resting for an hour two miles away from the sound of the battle, Huangfu Chaobo saw the Wei and Zhao armies calling off the troops, and then he ordered the army to start the attack.
Sure enough, the Qin troops that fell from the sky scared the generals and soldiers of the Wei and Zhao armies.
First, the central army headquarters ordered the central army guards to quickly form a defensive formation, and then ordered the soldiers who were resting to assemble and prepare to block the attacking Qin army. The soldiers who were retreating were not allowed to rest either. They assembled as a team and as a squad as they came back. For a while, the coalition forces' positions were bustling with people and horses neighing.