Chapter 341 The Decisive Battle of the Yellow River


    Chapter 340: The Decisive Battle of the Yellow River


    He Jin led 300,000 Han troops and quickly entered Xiaopingjin with confidence.


    In He Jin''s view, with the Yellow Turban''s troops of less than 50,000, how could it be the opponent of his 300,000 army, let alone a head-on confrontation.


    But God also joked with He Jin, which made He Jin meet Xiang Yu, an opponent he would never be able to defeat.


    He Jin was also suspicious of Xiang Yu''s move to seek war at the beginning.


    After all, Xiang Yu was at a disadvantage, so it was too strange to take the initiative to fight at this time.


    However, it is a pity to give up like this at present. Moreover, the number of Han soldiers is more than six times that of Xiang Yu''s army.


    In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are useless.


    With this idea, He Jin decisively went out of Xiaopingjin to fight Xiang Yu.


    As soon as the two sides fought, the battle was extremely fierce, especially the battle was even more exciting.


    In terms of military generals, Xiang Yu''s army included Xiang Liang, Fang Jie, Wang Bodang, Liu Heita, Wang Renze, Liu Zongmin, Guan Hai, Zhou Cang, Chu Feiyan and other generals, and of course Xiang Yu himself.


    The Han army''s lineup was not much inferior, including Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, etc.


    This time the fight was earth-shaking, with more than 20 generals fighting for life and death, and the excitement was no less than that of the battle at Hulao Pass.


    Xiang Yu did not participate in the battle at the beginning, so the Yellow Turbans were at a disadvantage in the early stage.


    After several generals died in battle, Xiang Yu finally went to the battle and turned the tide.


    After quickly killing several Han generals, Xiang Yu was besieged by the five men of Fan Kuai, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Yan Liang and Wen Chou.


    However, the five people tried their best and could only tie Xiang Yu. If it weren''t for Xiahou and Yan Wen''s joint attack skills, they might have been counterattacked by Xiang Yu.


    Seeing that the situation was not good, He Jin commanded the army to push forward and the two sides directly fought a decisive battle.


    The Han army is not without capable people. Although He Jin delegated power and allowed his subordinates to perform at will, he was not the commander, so there were flaws in command.


    But Xiang Yu''s legion command ability was revealed.


    Xiang Yu, who was 95 in the basic commander (not reaching the peak), reached an astonishing 99 with the increase in skill Pojun.


    Xiang Yu, who commanded 99, commanded less than 50,000 troops, but even blocked the 300,000 troops. This tactical command ability is comparable to that of few people in the world.


    Later, Cao Cao offered his plan, and Liu Ji (Liu Bang) Gongsun Zan attacked from the front, Yuan Shao and Sun Jian attacked from the left and right sides, and He Jinzhi finally defeated Xiang Yu for the first time.


    With the first time, there will be the second and third time... However, although Xiang Yu was defeated one after another, he was defeated but not in chaos. He led his troops to retreat to the Yellow River while fighting.


    Under a series of great victory, He Jin became arrogant and no longer cautious.


    On the other side, Xiang Yu suffered a series of great defeats and the infantry was completely lost, with only 30,000 cavalry left standing on the south bank of the Yellow River, determined to fight back.


    He Jin only felt that Xiang Yu was struggling to death, imitating the Huaiyin Marquis’ fight against the water, which was undoubtedly ridiculous in He Jin’s opinion.


    In October of the third year of Emperor Gaozu of Han (204 BC), Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, led 10,000 newly recruited Han troops across the Taihang Mountains and attacked the Zhao State, a vassal state of Xiang Yu, to the east.


    King Zhao and general Chen Yu concentrated 200,000 troops to occupy Jingxingkou, the important throat area east of the Taihang Mountains, ready to fight.


    To the west of Jingxingkou, there is a narrow road about a hundred miles long. There are mountains on both sides and narrow roads, which is a must-pass place for Han Xin. Li Zuoche, a counselor from Zhao army, made a plan: defend the front and never fight, and sent troops to the back to cut off Han Xin''s food route, trapping Han Xin to death in the narrow road of Jingxing.


    Chen Yu refused to listen and said, "Han Xin only had a few thousand people, and he was traveling thousands of miles apart. If we avoided it, wouldn''t we let the princes laugh at it?"


    After Han Xin found out the news, he quickly led the Han army into the narrow road of Jingxing and set up camp thirty miles away from Jingxingkou.


    In the middle of the night, Han Xin sent two thousand light cavalry, each carrying a Han army flag, and detoured from the path to ambushing the rear of the Zhao army camp.


    Han Xin warned: "When the battle occurs, when the Zhao army sees our army be defeated and flees, they will definitely go out to chase our army in full swing. You will quickly rush into the Zhao army''s camp, pull out the Zhao army''s flag, and raise the Han army''s red flag."


    After eating some simple dry food, the rest of the Han army immediately marched to Jingxingkou.


    When they arrived at Jingxingkou, the brigade crossed the river and lined up the formation with their backs. The Zhao army on the high ground saw him from afar and laughed at Han Xin.


    After dawn, Han Xin set up flags and ceremonial guards for the general and led his troops out of Jingxing Pass.


    Chen Yu led elite light cavalry to flock out to capture Han Xin alive.


    Han Xin pretended to throw away the flag and drum and fled back to the position by the river.


    Chen Yu ordered the entire Zhao army to attack and approach the Han army''s position. Because the Han army had no way to retreat, they all fought for the first place.


    The two sides fought for half a day, but the Zhao army could not win. At this time, the Zhao army wanted to retreat to the camp, but found that its camp was full of Han army flags, and the team was in chaos.


    Han Xin took advantage of the situation to fight back, Zhao''s army was defeated, Chen Yu died in battle, and King Zhao was captured.


    The battle against the water is in a desperate situation, and fighting to the death to survive is a battle method of "being trapped in the dead and then living in the dead and then living."


    Han Xin used this method to defeat 200,000 Zhao troops with 10,000 Han troops, but not everyone was Han Xin.


    He Jin believed that Xiang Yu had lost more than ten consecutive formations, and the army had long lost morale. Even if he was lined up with the backs, he could not stimulate morale. Therefore, he ignored the advice of Cao Cao, Sun Jian and others, and insisted on defeating him head-on and capturing Xiang Yu alive.


    But He Jin didn''t know that the reason why Xiang Yu lost to 16 consecutive battles was just a strategy to lure the enemy into deep and arrogant.


    Because of Qin Hao, Xiang Yu''s plan was affected, so he could only take this risky approach and sacrificed nearly 20,000 troops as bait.


    Under Xiang Yu''s leadership, the 30,000 cavalry formed a formation on the back of the water resolutely fought the 300,000 Han army to the death.


    This battle can definitely be said to be a shocking battle between the world and the ghosts and gods. Its intensity is beyond everyone''s imagination, and the never-changing Yellow River water is dyed red.


    In this battle, Xiang Yu led the Overlord Cavalry to defeat Gongsun Zan''s white horse Yicong, and then drove straight to He Jin''s main formation.


    In order to stop Xiang Yu, the Han army formed ten lines of defense, but it was still broken by Xiang Yu.


    When Xiang Yu rushed to He Jin a hundred meters away, He Jin finally broke into a fleeing, which eventually led to the defeat of the Han army.


    Xiang Yu chased for nearly a hundred miles and did not withdraw his troops until he chased Xiaopingjin. He eventually killed 100,000 enemies, captured 150,000, and killed dozens of Han generals such as Wu Zilan, Shi Ruisun, and Wang Zhong.


    After this battle, there were 300,000 Han troops, and only 50,000 remaining troops retreated to Xiaopingjin to defend the enemy.


    Behind this great victory, the Yellow Turban itself suffered huge losses.


    In addition to local generals such as Yan Zheng, Han Zhong, and Bian Xi who died in battle, the balanced figures were also damaged a lot.


    ?The tutoring has ended and will be updated steadily in the future. Today, the second chapter will be released in the evening.


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    (This chapter ends)