Chapter 051
When Zhonglimei was ambushed by Han Xin last time, he rushed to the east and rushed out of the encirclement. This time, he found that although the military advisors repeatedly told him, he mistakenly entered the Qin army's formation. He thought that Xiang Liang was in the north and ordered the army to attack north.
Fan Zeng and Xiang Liang watched the army push and kill the retreating Qin army in an orderly manner on the high slope to the north, but the army still entered the Qin army's formation. Fan Zeng ordered the army to quickly urge the army on the north side of Xiang Liang to attack the Qin army on the north side and rescue Zhonglimei's army.
Meng Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, also began to kill Xiang Liang. The Qin army chariots in the north suddenly turned from long snake-shaped to circles, like bunkers. The two cars fell as city walls and could still move slowly. Crossbow arrows were shot in the bunkers to kill and injure the Chu army.
The spear and shield soldiers on the northmost side seemed to be waiting for the arrival of Xiang Liang's army and rushed directly to the south side of Xiang Liang's army. The south side of Xiang Liang's army was entangled by the Qin army's infantry, and they were facing the Qin army's cavalry to the west. The Chu army did not have as many crossbow arrows as the Qin army, and they were killed in chaos.
At this moment, Zhonglimei was shooting at the circle of chariots and bunkers that the Qin army was prepared. Although soldiers who were not afraid of life and death had once approached the chariots and damaged many chariots, the Qin army's endless crossbow arrows were still constantly eroding his soldiers, so he cruelly ordered the entire army to retreat.
Ma Xing saw the Chu army retreating in the rear, so he waved the order flag. The Qin army in the north suddenly came out of the chariot formation and began to shoot crossbow arrows. The casualties of the Chu army immediately increased dramatically, and they retreated even more panic.
The Qin army did not have so many crossbow arrows. They took advantage of the chaos of the enemy to retreat and began to rush forward to kill. Since they had crossbow arrows before, they had killed and injured the Chu army, the exhausted Chu army and the elite Qin army met, and as soon as they fought, they basically showed one-sided trend. Zhonglimei was chased and retreated...
Xiang Yu of the central army found a "city wall" without defense. He was stunned at first, and then he had a bold idea and ordered the shield soldiers to strictly cover him and personally attacked the enemy. The deputy general couldn't help but persuade him, so he had to arrange the shield soldiers to cooperate with him to protect him.
When Xiang Yu approached the "city wall" built by the grain truck, he lifted it with a spear and actually opened a large gap in the grain truck, and the entire "wall" shook.
The Jibu Light Infantry, who was cruising beside him, rushed over to cover the big bunker. At the same time, the small crossbow arrows arranged inside immediately shot and killed the Chu army who were planning to rush in outside the gap.
Xiang Yu rushed in excitedly and disrupted the square formation in front, but the crossbow archers who were constantly rotating behind immediately adjusted and started shooting flat. Xiang Yu's armor was densely covered with arrows, and the personal soldiers and shield soldiers next to him fell to the ground one after another and had to retreat.
Xiang Yu ordered the suicide squad to rush into the gap he opened to kill the Qin army. However, Li Wen received Han Xin's prior instructions and made arrangements in advance. Every fifty steps there was a wall of grain trucks a little shorter than the periphery.
The Qin army's high walls destroyed by Xiang Yu in front retreated one after another, and entered the "bunker" behind Ji Bu's cruising infantry to continue shooting the Chu army. Xiang Yu's incomparable courage made his central army the only one among the Chu army who could continue to advance. However, the Qin army in the middle was also Han Xin carefully arranged the "Checheng Round Formation" with the most crossbows. Xiang Yu's army suffered heavy casualties, and the fewest shortages were killed in the Qin army.
After Li Zuoche learned that the Qin army would conduct a comprehensive inspection and clearance of the chaos in Qi after repelling the Chu army, he directly took King Zhao to Guangyang County.
There, Li Zuoche formulated a plan to make a comeback and sent civil servants to contact the nobles of Zhao to obtain funding. At the same time, he sought the nobles who were more active in anti-Qin. The nobles of Han were recruiting soldiers and horses, and chose the right time to raise the anti-flag, raided Hangu Pass, and threatened the Guanzhong area of the Qin Dynasty.
Li Zuoche's strategy and firm determination to fight against Qin caused great trouble to Fusu in the future and also brought nightmares to the new army in Guanzhong.
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In the last month of summer 208 BC, Han Xin pacified the Chu rebels in Qi and reported to the court.
Fusu was very happy after receiving the battle report of Han Xin's victory. First, he agreed to Zhang Han's request to burn Langya Cang according to the battlefield needs, and forgiven Zhang Han for not guilty. Then he summoned important officials to discuss the reward.
After a while, Meng Tian, Wei Liao and others all arrived at Fusu's study. Fusu introduced the battle report of Langya County to everyone, and then issued an order to discuss the reward.
Wei Liao replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the world is in trouble and is also the time for many heroes to emerge, so the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions will continue to emerge. However, the 20th-level title and general title of our Great Qin are not enough to show our power as a meritorious person. Therefore, I discussed a list of rewards for military merits and requested your majesty to read it."
After saying that, the general level and title list were presented. Fusu opened it and saw that the general's title with distinct ranks and novel titles were listed as follows—
The Qin Dynasty set up a front general, a rear general, a left general, a right general, and a superior general, leading his army to guard the border counties. Another general and general were appointed as temporary positions. During the Great Conquest, military generals were selected to take office, and the army was immediately withdrawn.
The title of general is divided into six ranks, and the official title is:
First-class: General (the above are the third-level generals)
Second rank: General of Cavalry, General of Cavalry, General of Guard (the above are the third-level generals)
General of the Fu Army, General of the Central Army, General of the Shang Army, General of the Central Army, General of the Zhenjun, General of the State, General of the Southern Central (the above are second-rank generals)
General of the East, General of the South, General of the West, General of the North (the above are General of the Four Conquests)
General Zhendong, General Zhennan, General Zhenxi, General Zhenbei (the above are General Zhenxi)
Third rank: the leader (the senior one is the leader general. The above is the imperial guards)
General Anton, General Annan, General Anxi, General Anbei (the above are General Si'an)
General Pingdong, General Pingnan, General Pingxi, General Pingbei (the above is General Siping)
General of the Shu, General of the Envoy, General of the Army, General of the Guard, General of the Anzhong, General of the Anyi, General of the Anyuan, General of the Pingko, General of the Pinglu, General of the Pingdi, General of the Pingnan, General of the Supplementary State, General of the Huya, General of the Light Che, General of the Champion, General of the Duliao, General of the Henghai (the above are the third-rank miscellaneous generals)
Fourth rank: Zhonggu Army, General of the Wugu Army (the senior Zhonggu Army is General of the Guard Army. The above are the Imperial Guard Army)
Tunqi Captain, Yueqi Captain, Infantry Captain, Changshui Captain, Shooting Captain (Above the five lieutenants of the field army)
The backbone general, the guerrilla general, the left army general (the above are the fourth-rank permanent generals)
General Jianwei, General Jianwu, General Zhenwei, General Zhenwu, General Fenwei, General Fenwu, General Yangwei, General Yangwu, General Guangwei, General Guangwu, General Ningshuo, General Left Jishuo, General Right Jishuo, General Strong Crossbow (the above are the fourth-rank miscellaneous generals)
Chapter completed!