Chapter 892: The Battle of Long Street (1)
Han Teng was dressed in black, standing on the tower of the royal city, looking down on the square in front of the royal city, the Jiuli army had already lined up, and at the other end of the long street connecting the square, the Han and Qin coalition forces had also lined up and waited for themselves, and a battle related to the success or failure of both sides would be launched.
And at this time, by Han Teng's side, Feng Bo, Yushi, and the patriarchs of the three clans, Zhu Dan, Hua Xiu Lao, and Xiao Che Zhongxing, all had solemn faces, obviously not sure about this battle, only Han Teng was calm, and there was no fluctuation in emotion.
Han Teng's prediction was not wrong, after Gao Yuan and Hehua led the army into Xianyang, they only rested for one day, strengthened the guards in the city gate area, and evacuated the residents of Xianyang City, and commanded the army the next day to launch an attack on the royal city.
Originally, in Xianyang, in fact, there was not only the army of the Jiuli tribe, but also the twenty or thirty thousand Qin troops, mainly to assist the army of the Jiuli tribe to maintain order in the city, after all, the army of the Jiuli tribe was too small, and it was impossible to manage such a large city, and it was still necessary to use some Qin troops.
But these Qin troops either did not really surrender to Han Teng, or because the momentum caused by the plateau and Hehua was too great, so they felt that Han Teng's general trend had gone, so after the plateau and Hehua led the army into Xianyang, most of the Qin troops turned against Hehua, and some Qin troops did not surrender to Hehua, but they did not want to be enemies with Hehua, so they chose to avoid it. At present, Han Teng's subordinates still only have 15,000 troops of the Jiuli tribe, but the army under the plateau and Hehua has expanded to more than 1230,000 people.
Due to the large number of troops, so the attack on the royal city, the plateau also used the tactics of sending troops from multiple ways and advancing in unison, selected 70,000 troops from the Qin army, divided into seven streets, and advanced to the royal city, but it was not close to the royal city, but it was only about four or five hundred steps away from the royal city, and the positions were arranged with vehicles, sandbags and other things, and the archers climbed on the roof to garrison, and waited for the battle to firmly trap the royal city.
The plateau and Hehua personally led the 22,000 Han and Qin coalition troops starting from Lingshou and advanced along the long street towards the royal city.
Xianyang is the largest city in China in this era, and even the largest city in the world, the width of the main street has reached 36 steps, this is because the Qin system is the size of the hexadecimal system, so the number of 66 is taken as the width of the main street.
The distance of 36 steps is about 50 meters wide, and even in modern society, this width can reach the standard of a six-lane road. Although the battlefield is not wide, it still has a certain combat surface, and it is not narrow. The shopkeepers, the residents of the houses around the main street were notified yesterday that most of them had moved out of their homes, a few had gone to the homes of relatives and friends, and most of them had been placed in makeshift camps outside the city. Of course, there are still a very small number of stubborn residents who still refuse to leave their homes, so they can only resign themselves to the fate of heaven, and if they die in the chaos, they can only consider themselves unlucky.
Gao Yuan and Hehua led the army to advance along the long street, stopping at a place about five hundred steps away from the royal city, and seeing the army of the Jiuli clan out of the city and lined up, Hehua was also a little surprised, and said: "Their number is much smaller than ours, it should be to retreat to the royal city, why send a frame to fight a decisive battle with us." β
Gao Yuan smiled and said: "If they retreat to the royal city, I can't be happy, so that I only need to block all the roads leading to the royal city, I can trap them firmly in the royal city, and then build an arrow tower along the royal city, the wall of the royal city is not high, it is not difficult to build an arrow tower that exceeds the height of the city wall of the royal city, and you can also make some simple trebuchets to attack the royal city, no matter how powerful the soldiers of the Jiuli clan are, there is no use of force." And they went out of the city to fight a decisive battle with us, because the road in the city is narrow, this road is the widest, only more than fifty meters, at most enough for hundreds of soldiers to fight, and other roads are not to mention, although we have a large number of troops, but we can't give full play to the advantage of numbers, so this is the correct tactic, it seems that Han Teng has suffered several losses, and the level of using troops has also improved a lot. β
When He Hua heard this, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "I heard that the soldiers of the Jiuli clan are all brave and good at fighting, so can we win this battle?" β
Gao Yuan said: "Whether you can win or not, you won't know until the fight starts." β
He Hua was stunned for a moment and said, "Don't you have the certainty of victory?" So dare to play in the team? β
Gao Yuan said with a smile: "There are too many variables on the battlefield, no one is sure of victory, so we can only wait for the battle to start, to see who is braver and whose combat effectiveness is stronger, of course, the Jiuli clan has the advantage in this regard; But at the same time, there is also the on-the-spot command, adaptability and control of the battle situation of the main generals of both sides, in which I still have some confidence, and there are some other uncertain factors, such as a strong wind, the next heavy rain, can change the situation of the battle, not to mention you, so the success or defeat can only be known after the fight. β
He Hua smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, anyway, now that we have come to Xianyang, it is impossible to collect troops, it is only up to you, I will listen to your arrangement, when will we start attacking." β
Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Now is not the time for you to appear, because you are one of our trump cards, and we must save it until the most critical time." As for the attack, there is no need to rush, they must be more breathless than us. β
ββββββββ dividing lineβββββββββ dividing lineββββββββ plateau and Hehua are in front of the Han army's coalition army, and everyone on the wall of the royal city is sharp-eyed people, so they can see it very clearly, of course, it can also be seen that the army of the Han and Qin coalition is far more than the army of the Jiuli tribe.
Hua Xiu, the patriarch of the Mang clan, said: "The difference between the strength of our forces and the plateau is too great, is it too unwise to confront the enemy army head-on outside the city, it is better to retreat to the royal city to garrison the city." β
Feng Bo snorted and said: "Now that they have all gone out of the city to line up, if they don't even fight a battle, they will retreat to the royal city, which will only destroy their prestige and the morale of the plateau, so they must not retreat now." β
In fact, before the battle, Feng Bo did not advocate going out of the city to fight hard with the Han and Qin coalition forces, after all, the difference in strength was too great, but Han Teng insisted on fighting out of the city, and under the mediation of the Yu Division, Feng Bo had to be forced to agree to fight. However, Feng Bo understood that once the army was pulled out, it could not be withdrawn, so he opposed Hua Xiulao's suggestion.
At this time, Han Tengji turned around and said: "Everyone has seen the current situation, this battle is crucial to the success or failure of our Jiuli clan, if we can defeat Gao Yuan in Xianyang City, then we can lay the victory, and the re-emergence of the Jiuli clan will be unstoppable; And if this battle is defeated, the Jiuli clan will never come out, although retreating to the royal city can support for a while, but it is only a dead end, it is better for the whole army to work together, back the city and the plateau to fight desperately, I can guarantee that this battle will be able to defeat the plateau. β
Yushi said: "Yes, now we have no way to retreat, we can only fight to the death, all races must fight to the death, no shirk, including the two of us, if this battle is defeated, we will die in Xianyang City, and we will never retreat." β
Zhu Dan, Hua Xiulao, and Lu Che Zhongxing heard this, and secretly complained in their hearts, they didn't expect the situation to become like this. The three clans of Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue fully supported Han Teng, on the one hand, because of the shocking result of Chi You's miracles, and on the other hand, they also had the intention of taking sides.
The three clans of Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue all belong to the lower-ranked tribes in the Jiuli clan, and they will be oppressed by some big clans in the clan, of course, because their strength is not as good as others, they have to endure it, and after Chiyou showed miracles, the big clans couldn't pull their faces to Han Teng for a while, but Yuanxian, Mang, Yue and other clans saw hope, because after Chiyou showed miracles, Han Teng's market was obviously bullish, not only got the one-sided support of the two great elders, but Han Teng's own strength also greatly improved, There was no one in the entire Jiuli clan who could compete with Han Teng. Therefore, the patriarchs of the Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue clans made a decision to fully support Han Teng, and with the help of the power of Han Teng, Fengbo, and Yushi, they expanded the strength of their own clan and overwhelmed the Sang, Tu Yong, Jiang Li and other clans.
This time, the whole Jiuli clan went out and officially began to compete for the world, Sang, Tu Yong, Jiang Li and other clans were all led by the younger brothers of the faction, while the three clans of Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue were all led by the patriarch himself to show their support for Han Teng.
Since the start of the war, Han Teng took advantage of the fierce battle between the Qin State and the Three Kingdoms, and the army was outside, Xianyang was empty, and led the armies of Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue to raid Xianyang, and there was almost no blood along the way, while the armies of Sang, Tu Yong, Jiang Li and other tribes were fighting fiercely in Handan and the Han and Qin coalition forces, and the army had casualties, but the Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue tribes were able to preserve their strength. Therefore, the patriarchs of the Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue clans couldn't help but rejoice in their hearts, this treasure was really pressed right, and now they can sit and watch the victory or defeat of the Handan battlefield in Xianyang.
Nazhi Plateau actually dispatched a strange army, detoured from the north, entered the Qin State, and played the banner of avenging the Qin Wangzheng, and made a big noise, and as a result, he actually gathered more than 100,000 troops to attack Xianyang. The patriarchs of the Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue tribes immediately sent Han Teng, Fengbo, and Yushi to build yì, gave up Xianyang, rushed to Handan to participate in the war, and worked together to capture Handan, and then went straight to the old Lingshou of the plateau.
But this Jianyì was denied by Han Teng, insisted on staying in Xianyang City, and waited until the Han and Qin coalition forces arrived, and opened the city gates, put the Han and Qin coalition forces into Xianyang City, and had a head-on decisive battle with the Han and Qin coalition forces, and if this battle was defeated, they would die in Xianyang City, so the patriarchs of the Yuanxian, Mang, and Yue clans were all bitter in their hearts, and no one thought that they thought it was a beautiful difference, but they would face such a situation, but now it is too late to say anything, the Han and Qin coalition forces are in front of them, and the three patriarchs can only bite the bullet, leading the army of his own clan, and fighting with Han Teng, Feng Bo, and Yu Shi.