Legends in Chu and Han - C307

Ying Bu and Zhang Han had arrived together, converging with the chuantal apoplexy of the third route to the southwest Lantian City and the Tuan Guan of the mountain range. Xiang Yu was rescued by Pu Jie and the other high-ranking officers in the battle, and he escaped after joining forces with the army. At the beginning, there were only thirty thousand people left on the army of eighty thousand.

Xiang Yu’s left shoulder was injured by a sword, but it was not heavy, leading the defeated army to retreat and defend the Lantian City. On their way back, they saw Long Tianyu, Fan Kuai and the other allied forces converging at the back, in a grand and imposing manner, their troops were above their own forces. The majestic ancient city of Xianyang was still standing there, but at this moment, they were all under Long Tianyu’s control.

No matter how much he emphasized that his own blade technique could win against Long Tianyu, in the end, he was still unable to get rid of him, which became a regret in Xiang Ji’s heart. He had lost, and once again led his troops to defeat his nemesis, Long Tianyu, but Xiang Ji was not convinced.

The tens of thousands of cavalry, infantry and heavy armoured soldiers made clattering sounds as they marched down the road. The flags were swaying orderly, and the soldiers in the front and back were not flustered at all.

“Haha …” This is great, my Old Fan will defeat Zhang Han bit by bit today, this hard battle is just too satisfying. ” Fan Kuai spurred his horse forward, but when he saw the other generals, he could not help but sigh.

“Unfortunately, the allied forces also lost a lot of people, especially the Qi Han Wei and other allied armies, they suffered heavy injuries, and the troops that Xianyang relied on us for support also suffered a lot of losses, just the number of casualties alone does not seem to be below Chu Army’s.” Guan Ying looked at the broken battlefield and judged from the front.

Fan Kuai’s smile was not on his face, he did not say it out loud, but inwardly he was amused: “It’s good that they’re dead, since they’re not from our Pengcheng anyway, they’re all dead, so it’ll save us the trouble of dividing up the kingdoms in the Xianyang in the future.”

Guan Ying, Fan Kuai, Ge Li, Zang Tu, Zhang Er and the others galloped to the front of the main marshal and reported the results of the battle. They reported the casualties of the battle, killing more than 30,000 enemies, seriously injuring more than 10,000 enemies, capturing more than 4000 prisoners, and together, they defeated almost 50,000 enemies. However, the casualties of their side were as follows: Zhao Jun 3000, Yan Jun 2000, Wei Jun 4000, Qi Jun 5000, Han Army 3000, Imperial Guard 2000, Reinforcements 5000, Wu Rui, Shen Yang 3000, Dragon Army 3000 … The total number of casualties was around fifty thousand.

Long Tianyu was satisfied when he heard the general report on the casualties on both sides. Not only did it greatly reduce the spirits of Chu Army and Xiang Yu, it also caused the Chu Army’s main forces to be almost exhausted, and the casualties of the allied forces were basically caused by various other groups. The more casualties they suffered, the weaker their own forces.

“The Chu Army has ran away, we have to withdraw our troops and count the number of people. After entering the Xianyang, we must not disturb the citizens, and there will be people who will pass down the orders from the Xianyang, disobeying the military law and punishment!” Long Tianyu shouted righteously to the generals.

“Yes sir!” The leaders and generals echoed his words.

Each army will leave behind a team of men and women, who will be responsible for clearing the battlefield. The dead bodies will be cremated on the spot, the weapons collected, especially the dead soldiers of Chu Army, who will not be trampled or destroyed, put them together to burn. They will be on different sides when they are alive, no one will blame anyone else. Long Tianyu sighed, and began to lead the troops into the city after instructing a few important matters.

… ….

Xiang Yu was silent all the way, her mood extremely bad. She originally had victory in her grasp, but why did she not succeed? This Long Tianyu was too cunning, just as she was about to break through the sword aura defense and get killed by the horse, she did it a few times, only to regain her life and move back to the disadvantageous position.

“Last time we fought alone. Seeing that he couldn’t beat me, he immediately ran away and ordered two thousand men to surround and kill me. This time, it’s three against one again. Truly shameless.” Xiang Yu snorted coldly in his heart. He attributed this loss to Long Tianyu’s craftiness and lack of trust, yet, he had forgotten that he was not very glorious.

He had brought along Long Qie, Ji Bu, Ying Bu, Huan Chu, Huan Chu, Jing Tao, Teng Yan and the other great generals to follow behind Xiang Yu, and in terms of tiger general strength, he was not the slightest bit inferior to the Dragon Army. This time, the number of injured generals was the same as the number of Allied generals.

Zhang Han, Lu Jianli, Qin Jianying and the rest were in the back. The Qin Army that was previously courageous and warlike had turned into a homeless dog, being forced to flee in defeat. After submitting to the Chu Army, there were less than a hundred thousand soldiers left, but only twenty thousand of them were left.

Was he in the wrong army? The truth proved that Long Tianyu and the personal guards of his underlings were indeed powerful!

Thirty thousand people ran along the way. After an hour, they arrived at Lantian City in the southeast basin of Xianyang. The city was surrounded by lofty mountains and lofty peaks, and their line of sight was blocked by layers upon layers of mountains.

One month ago, Xiang Liang led Xiang Bo, Xiang Zhuang, Zhou Yin and over 70,000 Chu Army s and when they attacked the Tuan Guan’s route, they were trapped outside of the Tuan Guan along with a great army of 200,000. The front and back of the army attacked the Qin Army and caused the entire army to be destroyed, causing Xiang Liang’s death in battle.

At that time, Zhang Han led the troops and continued to penetrate deeper into the city, sending troops to guard the Tuan Guan and Lan Tian, then he continued to march westward and rescue the Xianyang. He began a life and death battle with the tens of thousands of elites led by Xiang Yu beside the river outside the city, in the end, the Chu Army broke through the Qin Army, and under the dual pressure of Chu Army’s threat and Zhao Gao’s usurpation, Zhang Han was forced to use peaceful means and submit to the Chu Army.

Due to Zhang Han’s surrender, Lan Tian and the Tuan Guan were naturally under the control of the Chu Army. Fan Zeng had already made preparations to retreat, and had sent his trusted aides to take over control of the Tuan Guan and Lan Tian, waiting for the hundred thousand reinforcements from Chu. This time, Fan Zeng promptly ordered them to retreat to Lan Tian so that they wouldn’t be stopped and killed by Long Tianyu’s troops.

Reaching the bottom of the Lantian City, Fan Zeng, Duke Xue, Cao Jiu, Zhongli Mei who had not fully recovered, Sima Xin and more than ten other generals of different sizes were below the Lantian City to welcome the return of the Chu Army.

Xiang Yu was the first to dismount, the moment she saw Fan Zeng and the rest, his face turned green, and anxiously asked: “Our army’s losses are severe, what plan does the advisor have to retreat, and let us kill our way into Xianyang?”

Fan Zeng had long figured out Xiang Yu’s personality, she was irritable and impatient. Seeing her dejected expression and the sword wound on her shoulder, Fan Zeng guessed that he had suffered a small loss during the duel with Long Tianyu, so he was sure that he was unresigned and consoled: “Ji Er, don’t be impatient, in terms of individual combat strength, Long Tianyu is not as good as you, but every time he falls under the wind, he is able to remain calm. To find the conditions that are beneficial to him and turn it around, this is his potential! Ji Er, not only must you grasp how to seize the upper hand and force yourself to chase after the enemy while winning, you must also learn how to maintain a calm mindset when at a disadvantage, and turn defeat into victory in the opposite direction! ”

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment. Fan Zeng’s reminder was precisely the weakness of his personality that always existed. He had complete confidence in victory, yet did not have the courage to face defeat.

Fan Zeng continued to speak, “This time, the timely withdrawal is extremely advantageous for us, we have received reports from behind that the prime minister has gathered 100,000 disciples of the Jiangdong, and they have already rushed to the Tuan Guan, and in less than two days, they will arrive at the Lantian City. This time, they have sufficient food, and strong soldiers. When that time comes, Qin Chuan will catch a turtle in a jar, and the Xianyang will be at hand! “