The Great Qin Empire---Qin Li

Heifu did not rest purely, but took out the fried millet from his bag, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it with water.

While eating, Heifu ordered Li Xian and Dongmen Bao: "Hurry up and let everyone eat a little!"

Heifu knew that the soldiers felt very tired after the rapid march. Many people felt that their legs could not move and could not walk even half a step. This was called "wall-hitting time" in later generations. Some people even had symptoms of dizziness and cold sweats. This is because the glycogen in their bodies was consumed in large quantities.

Modern people with excellent nutritional conditions consume a lot of glycogen after running a half-horse race, not to mention these ancient soldiers. Although they can walk on mountain roads and are good at enduring hardships, they are really not as good as the troops in later generations in rapid marches. There is no other reason, the nutrition is too poor. Looking at their skinny appearance, let alone glycogen, they don't even have much fat. This is also the reason why the ancient army fell behind seriously and dared to walk only 30 miles a day.

So Heifu couldn't help but admire General Wang. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Wang Jian spent a winter to let the soldiers rest and eat well, which not only can accumulate morale, but also can keep fat!

In addition to ensuring that the elite soldiers and warriors are well-nourished and exercise their physical strength on weekdays, and acting as assault troops in wartime, there is another way, that is, to quickly eat some dry food during rest to replenish sugar.

Of course, there is no chocolate, only starch, that is, fried rice...

After a few mouthfuls of fried rice with water, the dizziness of the crowd finally disappeared, and they could stand up straight. Following Heifu's order, they planted the flags in a row along this low hill - Heifu even threw away his own carriages and horses along the way, but only kept all the flags.

As for using a small number to attack a large number, using a thousand exhausted soldiers to attack the 10,000 troops around Xiang Yan? Hei Fu had no idea at all.

"Have you forgotten your ambition to be a marquis?"

Li Xian, the leader of the Five Hundred, said softly, "If you can capture and kill Xiang Yan, you will have made an unparalleled achievement and will be much closer to the title of marquis!"

"In that case, how many of these 1,000 Anlu men will die? Maybe even your life will be lost."

Hei Fu also looked into Li Xian's eyes and asked in a low voice. Li Xian is a capable person, but in terms of the effectiveness of leading troops, he is far inferior to Xiao Tao, or even Dongmen Bao, because he is cruel and does not take the lives of his subordinates seriously. The soldiers can fear him, but they do not love him.

Grassroots military officers are different from generals. If they cannot show the attitude of loving their soldiers, it is difficult for the soldiers to follow them to death.

Moreover, a mere 1,000 people can play a very small role in a battle of 200,000 people. If they rush forward at this time, they may encounter three or even five times the number of enemies. By then, forget about the merits. It is lucky that they are not completely wiped out.

This war is not like the last time, which concerns their life and death, nor is it like the Chu people, which concerns the survival of the country and the family. It is even a battle destined to win in history.

Hei Fu, the wage earner, has fulfilled his promise to Li You. He arrived here in advance and can be given priority in the Nanjun Corps after the war. Weighing the pros and cons, he does not need to risk himself and his men.

Besides, instead of rushing out and exposing their numbers, it is better to stop here, plant flags everywhere, and make a posture that the Qin army has occupied this hilltop and may be a tiger coming down the mountain at any time!

"Sometimes an unfired arrow is more intimidating than a fired arrow."

After Hei Fu said this, Xiao Tao, who was using a crossbow, understood. Li Xian, Ji Ying and others nodded in agreement regardless of whether they understood or not.

Only Dongmen Bao stared blankly at the earth-shaking battle between the Qin and Chu armies in the distant battlefield. Listening to the faint sound of Chu songs and Qin music, this rough man was so excited that his blood boiled. He clenched his hand halberd and blurted out: "Captain, even if we can't go down, we can still shout something!"

"Okay."

Hei Fu laughed and said, "Just shout six six six."

"Ah?" Including Dongmen Bao, all the military officers didn't understand this joke.

Ji Ying slapped his head and said smartly: "How stupid! Six means sixty thousand. The commander meant to let you shout, 'General Meng Wu's sixty thousand troops have arrived! To intimidate the enemy!"

"Oh!"

Everyone sighed with sudden realization, and Dongmen Bao immediately asked the strongest of his five hundred men to stand on the hill with their hands on their waists and shout loudly!

"General Meng, sixty thousand troops have arrived!"

However, this little sound was soon drowned out by the endless drumbeats and metal sounds on the battlefield, and the shouts and neighs of people and horses...

Even though their shouts did not cause any waves, the battle situation still changed a little because of the arrival of these one thousand people: three thousand Chu soldiers were separated from Xiang Yan's army and deployed at the foot of the hill, and on the southern battlefield farther away, the more than ten thousand Qu clan soldiers, while resisting the Qin army's attack, some of them kept looking back, fearing that Hei Fu and his men would suddenly kill them!

After Hei Fu and his men took a break, he saw from afar that the scout messenger he sent to the central army had already met with the scout sent by Wang Jian on the outskirts of the battlefield, and they were heading towards Wang Jian's rock-solid camp together.

At this moment, another Nanjun army also arrived at the battlefield!

Although, there were only 500 people.

"Captain!"

Compared with last year, Gong Ao, who had a little more beard on his lips, panted and trotted over: "The 500 people from Yan County have also arrived!"

The meaning was obvious, the other 500 people had fallen behind halfway...

Hei Fu nodded and asked, "Where is your 500 leader?"

Although Gong Ao, the general of Yan County, treated him as his superior, and in the past six months, he brought his soldiers to play and train with the Anlu soldiers, he was still a subordinate of others after all.

Gong Ao was proud: "I am! The five hundred commanders fell off their horses! Unable to lead the troops, the commander of Yan County asked me to be the fake five hundred commanders and lead the fast people to arrive first!"

This kid is really lucky. Hei Fu was amazed and asked Gong Ao to let his men eat something quickly to replenish their energy, and plant the flags they carried on the hills, and even cut down nearby grass and trees and planted them in the crowd, making the mere 1,500 people look like 5,000 people!

Gong Ao rested for a while, then came over and asked hurriedly: "We have rested enough, shall we attack?"

"Did Li Duli let us attack?" Hei Fu asked back: "He just let us arrive at the battlefield first and occupy the position."

Gong Ao was a little anxious: "I am afraid Li Duli has only walked half of the way, and is still a long way from here!"

Hei Fu pointed to the other end of the battlefield: "I will also send someone to ask General Wang Lao Duli for instructions. If the general lets us attack, these 1,500 soldiers will be like a tiger descending from the mountain! Go straight to Xiang Yan's flag!"

...

At the other end of the battlefield, at Wang Jian's flag, facing the continuous attack of tens of thousands of Chu soldiers like a tide, General Wang Lao was calm, because he knew very well that there were tens of thousands of elite Qin people in Guanzhong to resist the enemy, and it was impossible for the Chu people to get within one arrow of him.

Observe the enemy's outside to know his inside, observe his advance to know his stop, and predict the enemy in this way, you can determine the victory or defeat.

Within half an hour of the start of the war, Wang Jian had already calculated all of Xiang Yan's actions, so he used a trick to counter Xiang Yan's trick. Now Qin and Chu seemed to be in a stalemate, but the balance of victory was gradually leaning towards the Qin army.

What's more, in the southeast direction, a heavy scale (weight) had already been weighed!

"How many people are here?" Wang Jian looked at his messenger scout and said briefly.

The scout dismounted and knelt, saying, "It's Li You's army of the Southern Army, led by Chang Heifu, a thousand men! He said that Li Duwei's soldiers are coming one after another, but as long as the general gives an order, these thousand people can also attack the enemy formation and kill the generals and seize the flags for the Great Shuchang!"

The Great Shuchang is Wang Jian's title. He is also the highest title holder in Qin after the fall of the two lords Lu Buwei and Lao Ai.

"Heifu..." Wang Jian's mind flashed with the image of the dark-skinned, white-toothed, strong young man. He was deeply impressed by this man. Heifu's "soldier ball" was very popular in the army. His speech was also very decent, but not ostentatious and rash. Wang Jian admired this young man.

According to the scouts, Heifu spread flags and even cut down trees and planted them everywhere on the small hill in the southeast, making a posture of thousands of people arriving in formation, but he did not rush to attack.

On Bagong Mountain, the grass and trees were all soldiers. Although this did not happen, Wang Jian could also see Heifu's intention of bluffing. This move could make the enemy suspicious, morale decline, and look back and forth. When our army saw the arrival of reinforcements, the morale was high and there was no worry about fighting.

"This Hei Fu is really a man who knows how to use troops..."

Wang Jian nodded in appreciation, but shook his head and said secretly: "It's just that he is too dishonest and a little cunning!"

So General Wang ordered unhappily: "Go and tell him quickly that if he doesn't attack again, I don't need him to make merit in this battle!"

Wang Jian's words make sense.

He ignored the fact that the main forces of Qin and Chu were still in a state of uncertainty nearby, but turned his attention to the battlefield on the southern front.

When facing a powerful enemy, the most taboo when fighting is to look left and right, and even more taboo when looking back. However, the Chu army's Qu's soldiers, who were fighting with 20,000 Qin troops, were shaken and confused by the bluffing of Hei Fu.

It was already very difficult for 10,000 people to fight against 20,000, and they could retreat at any time. Now there are "5,000" enemy reinforcements behind them, which is like a sword against the vest!

For a moment, the 10,000 soldiers of the Qu family, who were hesitant and cautious, began to show signs of defeat!

After a long stalemate, the balance of victory and defeat quickly fell towards Wang Jian!

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At the same time, on Heifu's side, Gong Ao came to ask for a fight again, and complained unhappily:

"On the way here, I always thought that the commander would be like last time in Yingyang, saying 'You can't get a tiger cub without going into the tiger's den', and lead us to attack resolutely, capture and kill Xiang Yan, and be a hero!"

This young man neither liked the laws of Qin nor the nobles of Chu, and even had little interest in making meritorious deeds, but he had a deep heroic plot.

He was a man who had lived and died together, and he was not as rigid as the Qin people who dared not to cross the line. Hei Fu did not need to hide his thoughts, so he smiled and said:

"Ao, in my opinion, this attack on Chu is different from the last time. Last time, General Li Xin wanted to be a hero who destroyed the country, but ended up in a miserable way. We were also forced to fight hard in Yingyang. Do you think I am a hero because I went out of the city to pretend to surrender and inspire the soldiers? I don't want to be a hero. I was forced to do so. At that time, in order to survive and to go home, I couldn't inspire the soldiers without a heroic act..."

Gong Ao nodded, not quite understanding.

Hei Fu added: "But this time, when General Wang was the general and asked for 600,000 men, this war was won by one third. When we built high barriers, pressed Chu with our national strength and numbers, and did not compete with the Chu army for a moment, this battle was won by half."

"And at this moment, when our flags are planted all over the hills, this battle is almost a complete victory! This is the so-called victory of those who are good at fighting, without wisdom or bravery, so the Qin army has no heroes and does not need heroes."

"What the commander means is that we can defeat the enemy without fighting just by standing here?"

Gong Ao looked unconvinced.

"If you don't believe it, look!"

As if it was a prophecy, Hei Fu pointed to the Chu army closest to them on the southern line. The Chu people who were struggling to resist the Qin army that was twice their size had begun to collapse and disperse since some time! Even the tens of thousands of Chu people who attacked the Qin Central Army head-on were retreating at this moment.

Gong Ao was stunned. He could see that these Chu soldiers were not weak. Didn't they fight well just now?

"We were attacked from all sides and our morale collapsed. So we just stood here and achieved the effect of 5,000 people with 1,500 people!" Hei Fu said.

While the two were talking, the Qin army on the southern front broke through the formation of the Chu army. One part killed the escapees and the stubborn ones, and the other part fought hard towards Xiang Yan's headquarters flag!

"But there are heroes in this war, look at that!"

Hei Fu pointed to Xiang Yan's red flag again, and Gong Ao also found that Xiang Yan's flag, which had been stable in place for a long time, was slowly moving forward!

The northern line was at a disadvantage, the chariot soldiers were weak, and the main force in the middle formation had been ineffective for a long time. At this time, the enemy reinforcements arrived, and the southern line suddenly collapsed. The outcome of this battle was decided, but at this moment, Xiang Yan also made a choice.

He did not flee in panic, did not stand there at a loss, and did not even instinctively go to meet the Qin army on the southern line that was coming towards him...

Instead, he pointed his flag forward, pointing to Wang Jian's headquarters on the opposite side!

"Heroes are sometimes losers."

On the mountain with flags fluttering and trees and grasses full of soldiers, Hei Fu let out a long sigh and had to admire Xiang Yan's final decision.

This defeated Shangzhuguo, with the remaining 10,000 miscellaneous army reserves, resolutely drove towards the central government and the 30,000 main forces that had been fighting against the Qin army for a long time, but were already in a state of decline and about to retreat!

He wanted to join them, let his blazing flag ignite, and stir up the last wave of attack.

Regardless of the rear, the left, and the right, just move forward, forward, forward! In the crazy attack, end it all!

In desperation, with the heart of death, seek a glimmer of life in Nirvana.

If not? It is better to die in glory! Rather than live in disgrace!

This is the style of Chu-style heroes. This 800-year-old country is full of tragic colors.

From Qu Yuan to Xiang Yan, and then to Xiang Yu in history, the grandfather and the grandson are exactly the same!

This pair of grandfather and grandson seemed to be roaring to the sky: "Live as a hero, die as a ghost hero!"

So the hero of this war is Xiang Yan, the Chu people who tried their best but could not win, and could only end tragically and heroically, with the country, family and society destroyed.

Hei Fu, who had been watching from the edge for a long time, was also infected by this tragic atmosphere and suddenly became serious.

When the scout came to convey Wang Jian's order, Hei Fu raised his hand high again and asked someone to beat the only war drum he brought!

Boom boom boom boom!

The Qin army has been surrounded on all sides, and the rear of Xiang Yan's army is opening to Hei Fu and his men.

It's time to end it all.

"Let's go, my friends, raise the flags, charge the whole army, and attack them from behind."

Hei Fu looked at Gong Ao, Dongmen Bao, Li Xian, Ji Ying, Xiao Tao, and the 1,500 soldiers from Anlu and Yan County. They had rested enough and had been waiting for a long time.

He smiled: "Let us put an end to the hero!"