Chapter 246: burn one's boats
Chapter 246: Breaking the boat
Chapter 245: Burning the cauldron
In Hulao Pass, the two armies faced each other.
Twenty thousand Yanmen cavalry surrounded three thousand yellow scarf warriors. Xiang Yu glanced coldly at the four generals opposite, his expression calm and composed, and there was no trace of panic in his eyes.
Actually, Xiang Yu was more anxious than anyone else. In fact, both his internal and physical strength were close to being exhausted, but he pretended to be indifferent on the surface.
Looking at the remnants of the Yellow Turban army waiting in formation on the opposite side, Yue Fei frowned, rode his horse to Qin Qiong's side, and said solemnly: "General Shubao, the situation is not quite right. I think it is better to attack quickly, otherwise things will change if you wait too late."
A trace of surprise flashed in Qin Qiong's eyes and he asked, "Brother Pengju, have you noticed it too?"
Yue Fei nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Xiang Yu could have tried his best to break out of the encirclement before it was completed, but he waited for us to complete the encirclement."
"Xiang Yu is preparing to break the ax and make a boat!" Qin Qiong said with a wry smile: "Be careful in a moment, he is really going to fight."
Yue Fei nodded seriously. Qin Qiong rode his horse to the front of the two armies and shouted: "Xiang Yu, Hulao Pass has been recaptured by our army. Now you are also surrounded by our army. Don't make any more unnecessary resistance." Come on, surrender, I, Qin Qiong, will guarantee your life safety."
Qin Qiong also knew that Xiang Yu would definitely not surrender. The reason why he said this was just to disrupt the remaining Yellow Turban army, but the effect did not seem to be ideal.
“Surrender?” A hint of disdain flashed at the corner of Xiang Yu’s mouth, and he sneered: “A joke. There are only Xiang Yu who died in battle, but no Xiang Yu who surrendered.”
Xiang Yu turned around and looked at the three thousand dead soldiers behind him, and shouted: "Brothers, are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid." The three thousand dead soldiers shouted in unison.
Looking at the resolute faces in front of him, Xiang Yu shouted again: "I ask again, those who want to surrender should stand up as soon as possible. I, Xiang Yu, do not ask everyone to accompany me to death."
No one stood up. Seeing this, Xiang Yu nodded slightly moved and shouted: "Very good, you are all real warriors. Now we have no way to retreat. Let us kill each other today!"
“Kill, kill, kill…”
Three thousand dead soldiers roared to the sky, all looking at death as if they were going home, killing each one to make a profit.
"No, under Xiang Yu's stimulation, everyone in the Yellow Turban army is now ready to die and can't delay it any longer." Qin Qiong was shocked when he saw this and quickly ordered: "The whole army attacks!"
After receiving the order, 20,000 cavalrymen rushed out from all directions at the same time. Seeing this, Xiang Yu raised his halberd and shouted: "Fight against the tyrant and kill the faint king!"
After saying that, Xiang Yu took the lead in charging into the enemy army with his halberd, and the yellow scarf warriors behind him all shouted the slogan "Fight the tyrant, kill the faint king", followed Xiang Yu, and charged forward without hesitation.
“Ding dong, the army command effect of Xiang Yu’s skill ‘Broken Army’ is activated. When leading the infantry in battle, the command +4 and the force +3. Currently, Xiang Yu’s command is 94 and the force is 110.”
“Ding dong, affected by the effect of ‘breaking the army’, the morale of Xiang Yu’s entire army has increased, their combat power has increased, and their speed has increased…”
Qin Hao, who was at the front gate of Hulao Pass, was shocked when he heard this, and quickly asked: "Isn't the 'Pojun' sealed by the 'Double Door God'? Why can it still be activated?"
“The ‘Double Door God’ is the ‘Po Jun’ sealed in the battle. Now that the battle has ended, the sealing effect has disappeared.”
“This is going to be difficult!”
Qin Hao put his Yanmen Army on the front line this time, no longer caring about damage, just to kill Xiang Yu 100%.
Qin Hao could have used all his tricks, but he had ignored that Xiang Yu's "Po Jun" could be activated again, and "Po Jun" was one of the skills with the greatest amplification effect on ordinary soldiers.
During the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu used 30,000 Jiangdong soldiers to defeat the 300,000 tiger and wolf Qin divisions head-on. Strategy was only one part of this, and the contribution of "breaking the army" was probably even greater! It is naturally impossible for Xiang Yu's three thousand tired Yellow Turban warriors to break through the encirclement of the Yanmen Army that is ten times their size, but with the support of the 'Po Jun', it will be different!
Xiang Yu personally acted as the arrowhead, and behind him were three thousand dead soldiers in yellow turbans, with high morale and a feeling of death, and they suddenly exploded with combat power twice his own.
The Yanmen Army was stunned and retreated steadily, with endless screams!
Although the Yanmen Army were all cavalry and were surrounded on all sides, due to the limitations of the site and the lack of sufficient distance buffer, the cavalry's speed advantage was brought into play. Under the sudden outbreak of the Yellow Turban Warriors, their performance was even worse than that of the infantry.
“Anyone who stands in my way will die!” Xiang Yu shouted, and with each sweep, four or five knights would be swept off their horses.
The Yellow Turban warriors all howled and charged forward. Everyone was red-eyed, and even if they died, they would have to drag the Moon Gate cavalry as their backs.
“Young Master, Xiang Yu has broken through the siege of the four generals and is heading towards the city gate.”
Hearing the continuous screams not far away, Qin Hao sighed and said: "Notify General Chunyu Qiong and let him be prepared to intercept!"
At this point, Qin Hao had no choice but to do his best and obey fate.
This fight with Xiang Yu made Qin Hao understand the weaknesses of his subordinates. Xiang Yu alone defeated seven of his generals. Although his generals have good overall abilities, they lack top generals!
It’s time to use that yellow scarf to randomly summon cards. I hope I can summon a top warrior! Qin Hao thought secretly.
Though you work hard, God will not let you down. Three thousand Yue Jia can swallow Wu.
Three thousand Yellow Turban soldiers finally broke through the siege of 20,000 Yanmen cavalry after a life-and-death struggle, but the number also dropped from 3,000 to 1,000.
On the road leading to the front gate of Hulao Pass, a thousand remnants of the army were fighting and retreating towards the city gate, and behind him were countless pursuers.
Whenever the rear warrior dies in battle, there will always be a warrior who takes the initiative to stay behind to delay time. In this way, the remnant army of less than a thousand fought through tight sieges and finally arrived in front of the Hulao Pass city gate.
In front of the city gate, the 20,000 Hulao Pass garrison who had already formed a formation had completely blocked the city gate. If they wanted to get close to the city gate, they had to fight through the crowd.
Chunyu Qiong saw that the enemy army was straight, and immediately ordered: "Fire arrows!"
Xiang Yu's eyes narrowed and he immediately shouted: "Raise your shield!"
The yellow scarf warriors with shields all raised their shields, while those without shields hid behind the yellow scarf warriors with shields.
After three rounds of arrow rain, two to three hundred people died under the sword rain, but most of the yellow scarf warriors were like awls, piercing directly into the Han army's formation.
There were only six or seven hundred Yellow Turban warriors left. After plunging into the crowd of Han soldiers, the Yanmen pursuers in the rear naturally lost their target to pursue.
If the Yanmen cavalry also rush in, it will only make the situation more chaotic and increase casualties.
The Yanmen cavalry stopped chasing, which is naturally what Xiang Yu wanted to see the most. If the opponent became the defenders of Hulao Pass, the Yellow Turban warriors would also go from being chased to a one-sided... massacre!
[Some people say that Xiang Yu is too strong, but this is not the case. As explained before, Xiang Yu is exhausted, but he is just holding on. When people's lives are threatened, they will always burst out with some potential. 】
(End of this chapter)