A human body, no matter how strong it is, cannot compete with a crossbow.
It is a very simple truth.
But when it is stamped out on the battlefield.
It is an extremely cruel picture.
Like a summer afternoon rainstorm, countless crossbow arrows fell without reason!
Among them were several crossbow arrows that shot towards Xiang Yu.
But Xiang Yu just swung his halberd and knocked down the arrows.
But not everyone had his martial arts skills!
In the next instant, countless miserable howls came from behind him.
Xiang Yu looked back and saw that the elite Jiangdong sons behind him had been pierced by crossbow arrows and were lying on the ground wailing before they could even get close to the Qin army!
Xiang Yu’s eyes turned red at once, these men were his true direct descendants!
With a roar of rage, Xiang Yu burst straight towards the Qin army!
He wants to kill and wound the citadel!
Swinging his halberd fiercely, wherever he goes, men fall on their faces!
Even though the Qin soldiers were prepared and held up their large shields, the wooden shields were shattered by his halberd!
On the city tower.
Looking at Xiang Yu’s killing spree, Hu Hai almost seemed dumbfounded as he said that
“In this world, there is actually such a brave man?!”
He had also followed Zhao Lang into battle and remembered his feat of almost defeating a thousand men alone!
But compared to this Xiang Yu below, who had defended an elite hundred-man Qin army team with one man.
But compared to the following man, Xiang Yu, who had defended an elite Qin army of 100 men with one man, he was much inferior.
The faces of those watching the battle were not too good either.
Anyone who had an enemy like that would not have peace of mind.
Only Zhao Lang’s face was still calm.
Xiang Yu’s force can be said to have almost reached the peak of what human beings can achieve.
In many battles, it was no exaggeration to say that it was by virtue of Xiang Yu’s strength alone that the balance was broken!
But so what?
From the moment black gunpowder was born in the Great Qin, individual bravery, no longer mattered.
In future, whoever has the most crossbows and arrows and whoever has the fiercest gunpowder is the king!
Looking at the Chu army beneath the city, which was fighting to the death and not retreating, and the Qin army’s precarious defence line.
If we wait for Xiang Yu to break through the city gates, it would be a big joke.
Zhao Lang exhaled slightly and said to Wang Li, who was standing by.
“Let them do it.”
He had still brought some gunpowder over with him, not much, but enough for this time.
A single rocket shot from the city, setting fire to a small pile of grass that had been placed there long ago.
Under the cover of the crossbows and arrows, it wasn’t too inconspicuous.
Soon, small fires were lit in front of the city gates.
Zhao Lang all but narrowed his eyes slightly at this point and leaned back.
At this moment, there were already many Jiangdong sons and daughters who had broken through the blockade of crossbows and gathered around Xiang Yu, and even though they had suffered such a blow, their morale had not weakened in the slightest.
On the contrary, they were inspired to be fierce.
All of them looked towards Xiang Yu with extreme fervour.
They had encountered more dangerous situations than now, but as long as that man was still standing, then there would be a miracle!
After being forced back once more by the Qin army with their military formation, Xiang Yu looked back at the Jiangdong sons around him and exclaimed that
“Sons of Jiangdong! Follow me…”
Boom!
Before Xiang Yu could finish his words, a booming sound interrupted his words.
He saw a blaze of fire rise into the sky, and the surrounding Jiangdong sons were instantly caught in the flames.
In the next instant, he was overturned to the ground by a burst of unnamable force!
Even knowing that he was on the battlefield, Xiang Yu could not help but be lost in thought.
This was not a force that human power could achieve!
At this moment the Qin troops who had been prepared on the side tried to come forward to kill Xiang Yu, but it was only when Xiang Zhuang arrived with his men in time!
The Qin army was repelled and Xiang Yu was protected in the middle!
“Yu! Yu!”
Xiang Zhuang shouted several times before Xiang Yu came back to his senses.
Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Zhuang, whose face was covered in blood, and said that
“Ah Zhuang, why are you here!?”
Xiang Zhuang was supposed to be leading his troops to attack the adjacent Qin army garrison.
With a few moments of sadness, Xiang Zhuang returned and said
“Yu, we’ve fallen for the Qin army’s plan! They have been prepared!”
“It’s not just us here! In other ministries, there are also messages coming in that they have encountered enemy troops!”
“The Qi King’s men have betrayed us!”
“Yu, this battle is not to be fought, let’s hurry and retreat!”
Xiang Yu said in a deep voice.
“As long as we can break through the city gates! We will still have a chance!”
If we can occupy the city and then use it as a stronghold to gather the remnants, the Qin army is too small to withstand the exertion of a siege!
They can still fight at all!
But Xiang Zhuang said, painfully, at this point
“Ah Yu, look at our men, they can’t hold out any longer!”
“Ah Yu, retreat!”
Xiang Zhuang advised bitterly.
This was also the order given to him by Fan Zeng, if the Chu army had really met a desperate situation.
Then he must let Xiang Yu survive!
As long as Xiang Yu or, then anything was possible!
And luckily, this time, he had left a way out!
Xiang Yu froze for a moment, and then glanced around.
Almost everyone was carrying wounds, and his group was split into two parts by the crossbows, with their heads and tails not looking at each other.
On the other side, the Qin troops outside the city were also coming from the flank to cover up.
Once the other side was allowed to close in, then all the Chu troops, would be in a dead end!
Looking at the eyes of the soldiers around him, Xiang Yu could only say, ruthlessly, even though he had a thousand reluctances in his heart.
“Retreat!”
Having received Xiang Yu’s order, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly led his men to cover Xiang Yu’s departure!
Soon, a sound of sounding gold also rang out in Xiang’s army.
This was the signal to retreat.
Watching the retreat of the Chu army, Hu Hai on the city tower almost jumped up with joy.
“Brother Long, the Chu army has retreated! The Chu army has retreated!”
Just now, Xiang Yu’s dominance had really scared him.
I was really afraid that the other side would just kill the city tower!
Even these days, having been following Zhao Lang, he was still insisting on training.
But he didn’t think he could last a single round under the opponent.
It was simply not human.
Zhao Lang stood on the city tower, looking at the hastily fleeing Chu army, thinking to himself that
“Is Xiang Yu, who would flee, still the same Xiang Yu?”
Looking at the situation on the field, Zhao Lang quickly ordered that
“Wang Li, pass the order to pursue!”
He would not let Xiang Yu escape!
The Qin army was besieged in every direction, and the Chu army was running all the way.
When the sky began to faintly turn white, Xiang Yu had already led his men to the location of the wooden bridge.
This was where they had come from.
However, Xiang Zhuang looked at the river in front of him and was directly dumbfounded.
Then by the light of the sky, he saw that the wooden bridge from before had long since been destroyed.
On the opposite side of the wooden bridge, there was also a mess, and both Yu Ziqi and Liu Bang were nowhere to be seen.
Only a few small boats were floating on the shore.
By now, some soldiers had already gone to grab the boats, but everyone was scrambling for them, and the small boats could not fit so many people!
It looked like the army was about to get into chaos over these boats.
At this moment, Xiang Yu is looking on with a blue face as he watches the Qin army approaching.
A hint of determination flashed across Xiang Yu’s eyes!
Leading the remaining Jiangdong sons, he leaned straight on.
Without any explanation, the ships were destroyed.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Xiang Yu raised his weapon at this point and shouted that
“There is no way back now!”
“Do you want to kneel down and wait for death! Or do you want to let go and fight!!!”