SFS Chapter 781 The Brave Army of Stopping the War
Chapter 781 The Brave Army of Stopping the War
The Yan army walked on a floating bridge, which was very narrow and shaky, so it was slow to move forward and not many people could cross it at a time.
This is the disadvantage of the Yan army.
On the Yan army's side, all the guns were aimed at the fan-shaped area at the bridge head, bombarding it indiscriminately, killing the troops coming to support the front army and creating an isolation belt. In this way, the Yan army crossing the bridge only needed to deal with the enemy's front army.
Feng Hao brandished a broadsword, invincible and extremely brave. Behind him were several other fierce generals who were also following him and killing.
Of the 400,000 vanguard troops, only 100,000 were left after the deaths, but not many generals were killed in battle, with more than 20 left.
After Gongyang Ge reorganized the legion, he appointed ten of the best commanders and generals as captains of ten thousand men, commanding a corps, while the others were appointed as lieutenant generals, leading the charge into battle.
Each of these generals is full of energy and is waiting to fight a tough battle.
The generals rushed to the front, and the soldiers naturally did not want to fall behind. They followed the generals and rushed forward, spreading out in a fan shape and advancing forward to gain space for the army coming from behind.
As the generals and soldiers fought bloody battles, and the enemy's rear was exhausted and cut off by artillery fire, the Yan army finally occupied a space of more than 100 meters wide and more than 200 meters long. A corps of troops passed through and launched a counterattack against the enemy.
More Yan troops behind them quickly crossed the river and joined the battle.
Gong Yang Ge looked at the situation on the other side and knew that his army had won this time.
Soon, Gongyang Ge dispatched several more troops to cross the river one after another.
As the number of Yan troops grew, the enemy found it difficult to resist and began to flee.
These defeated soldiers would report to the enemy commander Li Lei the information that the Yan army had crossed the river from this side.
Gong Yang Ge knew that the moment they appeared on the north bank, Li Lei in the east had already known about it.
The enemy is not a fool, it is impossible for them not to report this matter to the commander of the Chu army.
There was no intelligence coming from the prince now, which meant that Li Lei had not sent anyone to reinforce or block him, so he could cross the river with confidence.
In an hour, the enemy army completely collapsed, most of them were killed, and the rest fled to the east.
Gong Yangge ordered the Shenji Camp to pull the artillery back to the main force in the east and cross the river through the bridge on the east side. He then led all the infantry across the river.
Because this bridge was built in a hurry and was crudely made, it was barely wide enough for people to pass through and was completely inferior to the carefully built floating bridges in the East and the West.
That's why they can build it so quickly.
His mission is to buy time.
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On the main battlefield in the east, the Yan army is still building a bridge, and more than half of it is already built.
The enemy's bows and arrows were able to attack the soldiers building the bridge, and the artillery on the shore also worked hard to suppress the enemy and buy time for the army building the bridge.
But the enemy was obviously not afraid of death. They stood up and shot arrows under the artillery fire to stop the Yan army from building the bridge.
The Yan army's actions were greatly hindered and almost came to a standstill.
Shen Changgong sighed,
"This Chu army is the last remaining main force of the Chu State. Its fighting spirit and fearlessness of sacrifice truly make it the strongest Chu army I have ever seen."
The Southern King also nodded and said,
"Yes, the main reason is that the commander-in-chief is so desperate. He volunteered to lead his troops to stop our army and buy time for the King of Chu to escape. It is obvious that he intends to die here.
This Chu army will most likely not surrender."
At this moment, the hot air balloon in the sky waved a flag signal. After the messenger below interpreted it, he immediately came to Shen Changgong and said,
"Your Highness, the Zhige Army has successfully crossed the river and is heading towards the south bank!"
Hearing this, Shen Changgong turned to Gong Yangzhan and said with a smile,
"Master Gongyang, your son is truly brave. With such a turbulent river and 20,000 enemy troops blocking the way, he forcibly built a bridge, led his troops across, and defeated the enemy.
He is indeed the most powerful general in the Qian Kingdom back then."
Gong Yang Zhan said quickly,
"This is all thanks to the prince's wise command and the soldiers' dedication. It has nothing to do with my son. It is all thanks to everyone."
“Well, I know who deserves the credit, and you don’t have to be modest for Gong Yang Ge.
Lord Gongyang, just wait and see. Before long, Gongyang Ge's army will arrive on the south bank, pushing away the enemy for our army and gaining space for the main force to cross the river.
This was the final battle to destroy Chu, and Gongyang Ge was the chief contributor."
"Okay, okay, I'm watching."
Gong Yang Ge smiled and held the telescope, looking towards the west of the opposite bank, wanting to see if Gong Yang Ge's army had arrived.
The higher Gongyang Ge's status in the Yan army, the more at ease he felt, after all, he was betting on both sides.
However, after seeing the artillery, hot air balloons and telescopes, Gong Yangzhan no longer had much hope that Daqian could win the battle.
Not to mention him, even Wen Bo was the same. Looking at the dark mass of Yan army and the artillery bombardment that killed a large number of enemy troops, he no longer had any hope.
Therefore, they did not say anything more about inviting Dayan and Daqian to negotiate peace.
Dayan now has the upper hand and is determined to unify the world. It will not give up without fighting a battle.
Soon, a mighty Yan army appeared in the west and charged towards the Chu army camp.
Li Lei sent 30,000 troops to form a defensive formation in the west to prevent the Zhige Army from attacking the main camp.
When Gongyang Ge saw the enemy's formation, he gave an immediate order for the entire army to form a sharp arrow formation and attack the enemy fiercely.
"Kill!!!"
One hundred thousand Yan troops roared and rushed forward.
Those fierce generals formed the arrows of the sharp arrow formation, with the most elite troops in the front and the sharpest spears piercing the enemy's shields.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, a fierce battle broke out. The brave generals, led by Feng Hao, rushed into the enemy's defense line, penetrated the enemy troops, and easily tore a hole in the defense line of the 30,000-strong Chu army.
The subsequent troops rushed forward and attacked on both sides.
The enemy's defense line was instantly thrown into chaos and was cut in the middle by the Yan army. The front and rear could not take care of each other and were forced to change to the Crane Wing Formation to attack the Yan army from both sides.
However, if 30,000 people are divided into two parts, can they attack the 100,000 people in the middle?
What's more, the 30,000 Chu troops who were not good at land warfare were attacking the 100,000 brave Qian people.
Gongyang Ge was stationed in the center of the army and took direct command. The two wings launched fierce attacks in the north and south directions, killing the troops in the south and pushing all the troops in the north into the river.
Those in the south had a way to escape, and after suffering many casualties, they ran towards the main force early.
Those in the north had no way to escape and most of them were killed by the Yan army. The rest fell into the Yuan River and rushed downstream.
But below, there are five bridges across the water.