The autumn wind in September was already quite chilly, and 80,000 Daxia soldiers were waiting for rabbits in the grass lying in the mountains, inadvertently soaked their clothes by the dew of the night, and the gusts of autumn wind made people shiver coldly.
The sky was about to dawn, and it was the darkest hour of the day, and several fast horses galloped like madness, and the hooves of the galloping horses rolled up a cloud of smoke and dust, like a hundred ghosts walking at night in the dark night.
The scout came to the thousand-year-old pine tree where Xiang Yu was, turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee, and panted to report the situation: "The king, the king Qiyu king, the Babylonian army began to march in the third watch, and has now passed through the Chishui Beach, and there are still more than 20 miles away from the Camel Ridge, and it is estimated that the Camel Ridge will be reached around the hour."
Xiang Yu had just taken a nap, and when he heard the report of the scout, he was shocked, and he got up: "It's good, pass on my order, the whole army will eat quickly, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor after eating and drinking."
When the 80,000 soldiers came, each of them carried three days' worth of dry food, dried pickles and bread, plus a pot of stream water, and this was their breakfast.
At the moment of the great enemy, everyone did not speak, and groups of three or five silently ate the dry food in their hands, and the rustling sound of chewing all over the mountains and fields was even more strange in the hazy morning.
After eating and drinking, he quickly unsheathed his sword, wound his bow and crossbow, and occupied the favorable terrain and waited for the Babylonian army, which was carrying food and grass, to enter his pocket.
Xiang Yu personally led 20,000 men in the center, Ji Bu and Yang Yanhui each led 15,000 men and horses to entrench on both sides of Xiang Yu, and Xian Zhen and Wutu each led 15,000 men to ambush on the opposite hillside, everything was ready, just waiting for the Babylonian army to enter the net.
The sun rose slowly from the east, the sky gradually brightened, the dew in the grass evaporated rapidly, and the Daxia soldiers who had been blown by the autumn wind all night slowly felt warm.
But everyone's heartbeat is gradually accelerating, because everyone understands that a bloody battle is about to begin.
After another hour, the vanguard of Babylon gradually entered the ambush circle, escorting rows of wagons through the post road of Camel Ridge, winding for miles like a long black dragon.
Xiang Yu sat cross-legged under the thousand-year-old pine tree, clenching the city-breaking dragon halberd in his hand, which was two zhang long and one pound in weight, and weighed one hundred and one catties, like a king of beasts staring at his prey: "Pass the order, wait for me to beat the drum as a trumpet, and the whole army can attack."
Xiang Yu's order quickly spread all over the mountains and fields of Camel Ridge, and the 80,000 Great Xia soldiers each held their breath, and they didn't dare to breathe, but they clenched the sword in their hands tighter, and pulled the bowstring a little rounder, just waiting for King Xiang's drum to sound.
The Babylonian army continued to march forward with the grain carts, and the speed began to slow down gradually, and everyone looked around vigilantly, as if they were facing a great enemy.
After all, fear is human instinct, and everyone knows that there is a high possibility of being ambushed at Camel Ridge, and no one wants to be unjustly killed.
"Hiss seems to have been detected by the enemy" Xiang Yu groaned secretly, Huo Ran got up, touched the drumstick and beat the war drums beside him.
"Knock Knock" The sonorous and powerful drum beat exploded on the barren mountains, like a thunderclap in the flat land, which made people can't help but stumble and break out in a cold sweat.
"Kill" The ready vulture roared and shouted as the first horse rushed down the hill, wielding a 110-pound mountain axe like a black bear with teeth and claws, leading the tide of Great Xia soldiers to rush down the hillside, and the tiger went down the mountain to kill the Babylonian soldiers who escorted grain and grass.
"Soldiers, charge with me" Yang Shilang refused to lag behind, urged the blue-maned horse under his crotch, held a bright silver plum blossom gun, and led his 15,000 soldiers to step on the withered yellow weeds, fire bows and arrows, and rush down the hillside with a shout.
In the earth-shattering sound of killing, Ji Bu and Xianzhen also led their own troops to kill, and separately surrounded and suppressed the Babylonian army with Yang Shilang and Vulture Bone, like a rolling wave, as if they could swallow everything in front of them.
"Whoosh" The bows and crossbows of both sides were fired together, and the carved arrows carrying the sound of the wind flew back and forth in the air, like locusts in the year of the catastrophe, chaotically unable to find the direction, countless feathered arrows collided in the air, and countless waists were broken.
"Run" Alexander had already instructed that when he saw the Great Xia army looting grain, he turned around and left, and he must not fall in love with war.
After a brief encounter, the Babylonian army left behind thousands of corpses and fled south in a swarm of wagons.
"Eat Me an Axe" He was one foot two tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and his bearded vulture raised a big axe and slashed down at a carriage.
Hearing only a "click", the carriage suddenly split apart, and the wheat grains inside flowed out like quicksand.
Without waiting for the Great Xia soldiers to cheer, they suddenly found that the wheat in the carriage was only a layer on the surface, and the bottom was full of sand and gravel of different sizes, loaded with a full carriage.
"Hey, what's going on" Tens of thousands of Great Xia soldiers suddenly looked confused, how could the Babylonian army transport stones to the front line "Isn't it that someone used stones to pretend to be grain and embezzled military rations," someone tried to guess.
"One more axe" The vultures jumped like thunder, raised their axes and swept away, and chopped a carriage to pieces, still covered with a layer of golden wheat grains at the top, and filled with all kinds of strange-shaped stones at the bottom, which made the carriage squeak heavily.
The Babylonian vulture of the son of a bitch scolded hysterically, and brandished a great axe to cut down several carriages in succession, but in vain, it was still the same as the two carriages in front, only the surface was covered with a layer of wheat grains, and the bottom was all gravel.
Almost at the same time as the vulture, the other generals also discovered the clues.
No wonder the Babylonian army left without a fight, it turned out that the carriage was full of rocks, and it seems that nine times out of ten it fell for Alexander's trick to lure the enemy.
"It's not good, I've fallen for Alexander's trick, the whole army will withdraw quickly" Xiang Yu's face was solemn, and he urged Ma Ti to order the whole army to retreat urgently.
At this moment, another scout galloped like crazy, and went straight to Xiang Yu's horse and rolled to the ground: "Oh no, it's not good, a large number of ambushes have surrounded and killed, and an encirclement has been formed."
Xiang Yu slashed the thousand-year-old pine tree with the city-breaking dragon halberd in his hand, and then chopped a branch like an adult's arm to the ground: "Hmph, Alexander, this thing that doesn't know whether to live or die, dares to play tricks with me, even if there is an ambush, what is there to fear, the soldiers are ready to fight, and they vow to kill Alexander" The scout gasped and said in a panic: "Your mistake, the king is not the Babylonian army, but the Han army, it is the Han army."
Xiang Yu's face changed slightly, and he involuntarily clenched his halberd: "How many men and horses does Wu Qi dare to take the initiative to attack our army?"
"Back to the king's words, it is estimated that there are 55 or 600,000 of them, densely packed like an ant colony, I have never seen such a large army when I grow so big" The scout finished speaking, his legs weakened, and he fell to his knees.
"Half a Million" Xiang Yu's throat twitched slightly involuntarily, and he gasped deeply. t1706231537: