The two sides fired several rounds of arrows at each other, stopped at the same time, and launched a charge.
Han Ruzi boarded the chariot and beat the drums himself. Fan Chongshan led two hundred cavalry and rushed into the enemy's line.
The enemy is strong and I am weak. Strangely, no one is afraid, not only because the emperor personally supervised the battle, but also because they have fought the enemy several times in the past few days, figured out the number of ways, and found that the enemy is not invincible.
In the face of an enemy army more than ten times his own, Han Ruzi did not retreat. First, he wanted to encourage the defenders of the capital. Second, he understood a simple truth. The retreat must be guaranteed by attack, otherwise, the enemy army The morale is stronger, and the soldiers on your side will turn into fleeing.
Fan Zangshan's peak in his life was on this day. Holding a long spear, he rushed his horse into the densely packed enemy army. Whether it was a man, a horse, or a camel, he was assassinated with one shot. He didn't care if there were any obstacles in front of him. , only caring about the eyes and the drum sound behind him.
Fan Chongshan rushed into the enemy's line for Xu, heard the gong sound of closing troops, and rushed for a distance before turning around.
The army of the gods and ghosts often has no retreats, but today it was unexpectedly cautious, not chasing, but also retreating to the original formation.
More than half of the casualties of the two hundred cavalry were more than half, but Fan Chongshan was fine, but the head of the gun was broken, he threw the barrel of the gun to the ground, clasped his fists and said: "Please allow me to enter the enemy's line again, to strengthen the army, don't call me back too early this time. ."
"As expected of a fierce general, come here, give me wine."
Without waiting for others to do something, Cui Teng jumped off the horse first, ran to Fan Zangshan with a wine bag and handed it over, with a look of reverence on his face.
Fan Zangshan was not polite, picked up the wine bag and took a big mouthful, then threw it away, Cui Teng caught it with both hands.
Fan Zangshan said to the soldiers of the headquarters: "Teams one and two rushed past once, and teams three and four came out."
The two hundred soldiers immediately drove their horses forward, Fan Chongshan beckoned, someone brought a new gun, and he took it in his hand, "Not enough, another shot."
Fan Chongshan held the reins in his left hand, a gun under his arm, and another gun in his right, and charged towards the enemy again.
Just like the appointment, the enemy still did not shoot arrows, but also sent a team of soldiers, about five hundred people.
Han Ruzi beat the drum, Fan Cangshan led the army to charge for the second time, and when he was more than ten paces away from the enemy general, his left hand loosened the reins, his arm loosened, and the long spear under his arm fell. With a roar, he accelerated again, leaned forward at the last moment, dodged the opponent's long spear, and stabbed the two spears in his hand deeply into the necks of the two enemy generals.
The enemy turned his horse on his back, but Fan hit the mountain at a slower speed, and continued to charge forward with his gun.
Fan Chongshan broke through three groups of enemy troops in a row until he reached the front of the main army formation. He raised his spear in his right hand and threw it at the tallest flag in the enemy formation. He roared again, turned around, and entered the battlefield again.
Fan Zangshan rushed into the battlefield five or six miles this time, and he went back and forth, but the loss of troops was even less, only twenty people died in the battle.
Fan Zangshan galloped to the emperor's car, and threw away the remaining spear, "I can still charge, but the gun is useless, and the horse is also useless."
"Change the gun and give me a royal horse."
The two generals brought new spears, the King of the East Sea personally brought the emperor's mount, and Cui Teng handed over the wine bag again.
Fan Zangshan drank the wine, but he was a little hesitant about the emperor's horse.
"I don't love a horse, I hope the general returns safely." Han Ruzi said.
Fan Zangshan then got on his horse to take the gun, and said loudly to the headquarters: "Teams three and four are aligned, and teams five to ten will follow me to fight."
Six hundred people marched forward, Fan Cangshan pointed to the distant capital, "This time, we will rush to the place a stone's throw away from the city wall, and let the guards know that His Majesty is coming."
The enemy army sent more than a thousand people to fight, this time more generals, more than 20 people in total, rushed in the front row, the targets were all the fierce generals of the Chu army.
The charge on both sides has nothing to do with victory or defeat, but about morale and reputation.
Han Ruzi beat the drum for the third time and ordered the whole army to prepare for battle.
Fan Chuangshan was surrounded by enemy generals. During the melee, he roared loudly and seemed to be injured.
Han Ruzi immediately ordered the entire army to move forward.
Fan Chongshan rushed out of the siege, only one gun left in his hand, and the enemy general fell five or six people.
The main force of the Chu army moved forward slowly, making a posture of attacking the whole army. The enemy army adjusted its formation and chose to retreat.
Fan Zangshan couldn't see the changes before and after, he only knew how to charge forward with only one target, the city wall in the distance. There were more and more people ahead, but he couldn't see anything that could stop him.
Fan Zangshan is known all over the world as a fierce general. Today, his performance is even beyond his imagination. It seems that he has ten times the strength of his usual strength. Even if there is a mountain in front of him, he can overturn it with a single shot.
The city wall was in front of him, and Fan Chongshan could see the flags and vague figures at the head of the city.
He felt that he could still charge forward, but the mount he stepped down gave up, whimpered, and fell heavily to the ground.
Fan Cangshan pushed the dead horse away, turned over and stood up, the spear went somewhere, and he turned around half a circle with his bare hands, roaring at the enemy.
The soldiers of the headquarters caught up to protect Fan Chongshan, and someone handed the spear to the general.
Fan Zangshan was still going on foot, and an officer shouted: "General, you have reached the point of a shot, please retreat quickly, and don't let Your Majesty worry."
Fan Chongshan glanced at the city head again, got on an empty horse, and rushed back with the soldiers.
Above the city wall, the drums were thundering, and the shouts went straight into the sky, sending Fan Chongshan off.
The scale of this battle was small, and the main forces of both sides were not dispatched, but the impact was extremely far-reaching.
People in the capital knew that they had not been abandoned, and the emperor personally led an army to come to support.
The enemy army understood that although they had broken through the city one after another, they had failed to make the Chu army submit or be afraid.
For Han Ruzi, the most direct impact was that he could lead the army to retreat.
With less than 10,000 soldiers, he couldn't save the capital, and it was even more impossible to have a real decisive battle with the enemy.
The Chu army did not withdraw until it was dark. Before that, Han Ruzi rewarded the entire army in front of the battle, giving everyone a first-class rank, those who charged with Fan Chongshan were awarded a second-ranking honor, and those who died in battle were awarded a third-rank rank.
The title means status, land and money, and the families of the fallen can inherit it all.
Fan Zangshan was named Marquis of Po Jun. This reward was well-deserved. Long live the entire army.
The King of the East Sea was a witness to this battle. Like everyone else, he felt extremely excited. At one time he wanted to charge with Fan Chongshan, but after a few hesitations, he gave up this too bold idea.
He was still very confused, confused about the enemy army and the emperor. When he stabilized his position, he couldn't help raising his head and asked the emperor on the chariot: "The enemy army is obviously strong and famous for fighting to the death, why is it today? timid?"
Han Ruzi turned his head and glanced at Zhao Ruosu, who was not far away, and said loudly: "The enemy is fighting to the death because the master is behind him. The siege of the capital of Great Chu is the first feat.
"The god and ghost is in the army?" Donghai King was taken aback, and looked at the opposite side with everyone, except for the dark crowd, he couldn't see anything clearly.
"Either he himself, or his heart, can make his own decisions, instead of rushing forward without thinking." Han Ruzi laughed, "The more timid the master, the harsher he will treat the slave, and vice versa. , the more the enemy will spare his life, the more timid the enemy chiefs will be. For example, General Fan, I am afraid that he will never return. Seeing him return safely, if he wins a city, I will never let him fall into the battle. My heart is afraid, so I dare to fight against it. The enemy chiefs do not know the details, thinking that there are still ambushes behind the Chu army, and they are afraid of the attack from the army inside and outside the city, so I dare not let it go. The ghosts are big, but that's all."
"If it wasn't for His Majesty's own expedition, others would not dare to fight even if they guessed that the enemy chieftain was timid."
After nightfall, the Chu army retreated to Hangu Pass.
During the march, Fan Zangshan discovered that the blood flowed from his ribs, it turned out to be an injury, "Hey, shameless man, he didn't dare to shoot an arrow in the open, but he wounded someone with a hidden arrow. I pulled the arrow out at the time, but I forgot about it later. "
When Han Ruzi led the army to the capital, he marched in a hurry, but when he retreated, he marched normally. The bridges and roads along the way were not damaged. The two cities were also stationed, and a large number of outposts were set up to monitor the movement of the enemy.
Han Ruzi guessed correctly, Zhao Ruosu guessed correctly, the enemy army was timid, and once the front passed, they did not pursue it again, but concentrated on sieging the city and built a large number of walls around the periphery, it seemed that they were going to take the defensive.
After hearing the news of the capital, Cui Hong, the gatekeeper of Hangu, personally led all the soldiers and went out of the city for thirty miles to greet him.
The emperor's battle was by no means a great victory, and he did not break free from the siege of the capital, but it boosted the morale of the Chu army.
Han Ruzi ordered Cui Hong to set up temporary checkpoints at dangerous places along the way, block the road with wood and stone, and also act as a defensive force.
After all, a strange move is a strange move, and it can only be used occasionally. If you want to defeat the enemy, you still have to take every step.
After entering Hangu Pass, taking off his armor, and sitting alone in the room, Han Ruzi felt exhausted, his palms sweated, and his heart beat faster.
He is not as calm and confident as he has shown in the past few days. Sending Fan to hit the mountain to attack is completely unavoidable. The enemy is timid. , rather than deliberation beforehand.
No matter where he goes, there are several books that Han Ruzi always carries with him. One of them is Taizu Benji. With trembling hands, he casually opened a page and read it word by word. .
Every time Taizu escaped from death, it was more like luck, but Taizu had the ability to withstand bad luck and good luck.
Three pages of folded paper fell out of the book, which were the only three pages left in the book of rebellion, Chunyu Zi. It recorded a story of Taizu Han Fu, claiming that he had bowed his head to a hero.
Han Ruzi had never understood the meaning of this story, but he had a different feeling today.
"Taizu will also be afraid." He murmured.
The door opened, Zhang Youcai came in, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, look who I found in the army?"
Han Ruzi raised his head and looked at the person behind Zhang Youcai in surprise.
Meng E actually came, wearing the armor of a soldier of the Suwei, with plaster on her face, it was difficult to see the original appearance.
"The queen sent me here." Meng E said, "Your Majesty fought a tough battle."
"This is just the beginning." Han Ruzi was very happy that he had overcome the fear in his heart, and he was very happy to see Meng E, "The enemy chief who besieged the capital is not a ghost, but he will come, and when he arrives, There's a real tough fight."