Chapter 169 How Badly Treated
When Overlord rushed to the middle of the way, he saw three cavalry troops on both sides of the Han camp rushing out and rushing towards him from the side. It was obvious that they had made up their mind to “capture the leader first”.

The Overlord smiled nonchalantly, not surprised but happy. For him, what he was afraid of was Liu Bang being a coward, and what he feared least was a head-on battle.

He let out a long roar and led 3,000 elite cavalrymen to increase their speed instead of slowing down. The momentum was like a landslide and rolling thunder, and they met the enemy head-on.

Xiang Guan, who was following closely behind, was furious when he saw that the three Han cavalry troops were trying to besiege Overlord. He urged his horses with all his might and led his cavalry troops to catch up with them. At the last moment, he intercepted the cavalry led by Chai Wu.

Among the three generals, Yong Chi, Ding Fu and Chai Wu, Ding Fu was the most outstanding in commanding cavalry. He was almost as good as Li Shang and could be compared with Fu Kuan. Therefore, he was the first among the three armies to engage in battle with Xiang Yu’s army.

Riding on the back of a galloping horse, Ding Fu had a clear mind. The cavalry of the Great Chu was feared throughout the world, and his opponent was a tyrant who rose to prominence by controlling the cavalry. Any tricks he used would be in vain as they would all be seen through by him, and he might even suffer a counterattack in return.

He simply made up his mind, completely abandoned all the fancy things, and purely engaged in a head-on confrontation with the cavalry led by the Overlord himself!
Then it depends on which army is braver, stronger, more elite, and more motivated to fight, which will achieve the final victory!

Yes, Liu Bang sent their three cavalry armies to attack Overlord Xiang Yu with exactly this intention, hoping that they could blunt the edge of the Chu cavalry and boost the morale of the Han camp. If they could kill the Overlord in one fell swoop, that would be even better!

Of course, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel!

The gap between the Han cavalry and the Chu cavalry was too big, so big that it could not be made up by just passion. At least several times more troops would be needed.

As the two armies approached rapidly, Ding Fu’s heart, which was full of fighting spirit and extremely passionate, began to cool down.

He saw the Chu cavalry rushing closer and closer. The war horses under their crotch had long and strong limbs, thick and full chests, and contained explosive impact force. These would have been fine, but the key was that they were covered with a thick layer of iron armor, so their impact was like a group of steel monsters, with a huge momentum, and the ground was shaking. When people saw it, they were frightened, and even the most ardent fighting spirit would immediately melt away.

Ding Fu remembered that Fu Kuan in the Han camp had trained 300 heavy-armored cavalrymen, and they were always treasured by him. Although they were few in number, they had made great achievements in the battlefield, but they were all defeated by the Overlord in the Battle of Gaixia.

At that time, both Jin Xu and Guan Ying were very interested in heavy cavalry and wanted to help Fu Kuan expand the scale. However, they later learned that the cost of building a heavy cavalry was enough to equal that of six or seven elite cavalry, which was unrealistic, and finally had to give up this unrealistic idea.

But they didn’t know that the Han camp gave up and the Chu army was actually formed.

Ding Fu instantly thought of the Hengshan Kingdom and the Linjiang Kingdom. It was obvious that Xiang Chang had exploited these two kingdoms to have the strength to form this 3,000-strong heavy cavalry.

“Overlord, you really have a good son!” At the critical moment when the two cavalry armies were about to engage in battle, Ding Fu had such a strange thought.

The two cavalry armies, flying at high speed, collided fiercely with each other. Amidst a roar that shook the earth, huge clouds of dust mixed with bright red blood flew up and splashed. The battlefield was as tragic as hell for a while.

Nothing happened as Ding Fu expected. When the 3,000 elite Chu cavalrymen engaged in battle with his 2,000 cavalrymen, it was like a sharp iron plow sweeping away the wilderness. His 2,000 cavalrymen only held out for a fraction of a second before they collapsed, tumbling off their horses like beans hit by frost, and were quickly wiped out in large pieces.

The difference is too big!
The three thousand Chu cavalrymen, both men and horses, were wrapped in heavy armor, and were not afraid of any weapons. They were holding giant spears that were thicker than humans, and they were densely packed like a forest. They stabbed the enemy off their horses before they could even engage in battle…

Ding Fu’s heart was completely chilled. When he raised his head, the mighty and cold face of the Overlord was clearly visible.

The black horse is so fast that it was still far away just now, but now it is very close.

Ding Fu, who was terrified, let out a fierce roar before he could finish his words. The next moment, the halberd was swung in the air, and his head flew into the air…

After killing Ding Fu with one strike of his halberd, the Overlord did not hesitate and led his three thousand heavily armored cavalry to sweep away all the enemies. He completely overwhelmed Ding Fu’s two thousand Han cavalry and continued to charge forward.

The two thousand Han cavalry led by Yong Chi also rushed to the front at this time.

Yong Chi had never expected that the Chu cavalry would be so powerful. Seeing that the 3,000 elite cavalry led by the Overlord were like 3,000 fierce and brutal, indestructible beasts, Ding Fu, one of the most powerful cavalry generals, could not even withstand a single blow. He was shaking as if he had been electrocuted. If it had not been for the stirrups, he would have fallen off his horse.

Last time at Gaixia, he managed to escape with his quick wits, which made Liu Bang very dissatisfied with him. Now, it was like he was pressing his neck in front of the two armies, sniping the Overlord, leaving him with nowhere to escape!
“Liu Laosan, I kill you!” Yong Chi howled in despair and rushed forward with two thousand cavalrymen with the determination to die.

Yong Chi was also a fierce general in Liu Bang’s camp. If he had not personally betrayed Liu Bang, his final title would definitely not be lower than that of Li Shang and others. Not only would he have occupied a seat among the Eighteen Marquises of Merit, he would have been definitely in the top ten.

Now, in desperation, he made up his mind to risk his life and personally led the cavalry guards to charge. Suddenly, he really burst into dazzling brilliance!

Yong Chi, who was rushing in the front, was wielding a big spear in his hand with great skill and power, and he really used all his energy in sucking breast milk and teasing women!

Even though he was an expert in spearmanship and extremely brave, he couldn’t help but feel his heart sink suddenly when he engaged in battle with the elite cavalry of the Great Chu!
These heavy armored cavalry of the Great Chu are too powerful!

Even though Yong Chi had fought with the Chu army before at Gaixia and had anticipated this, the strength of this heavily armored cavalry of Chu still far exceeded his imagination.

Not only were these cavalrymen wearing heavy armor, so that the piercing and chopping of spears seemed to have no pain and could hardly cause any fatal damage, but they were also powerful and had rich experience in battle, and sometimes the clash of weapons would in turn make the arms of this one of the most powerful generals in the Han camp numb.

As a last resort, Yong Chi targeted the necks, heads and other weak points of defense of the Chu heavy cavalry. He waved his spear like a twisted python and barely suppressed the offensive momentum of the Chu heavy cavalry.

But that’s where it ends.

As for the forward collision, it would be difficult to make any progress.

Yong Chi, the commander, didn’t care about his own life or death, so the guards also rushed forward desperately. However, the gap in strength was too big, and almost all of them were killed at the same time they rushed forward.

So Yong Chi stood there, motionless, but the guards around him kept dying one after another.

Yong Chi had as many as six hundred personal guards, and almost all of them were killed on the spot in a very short period of time.

Even the strongest guards were vulnerable, and the rest of the Han cavalry were even less worthy of mention. Facing the Chu heavy cavalry, they were almost slaughtered. The Chu heavy cavalry passed Yong Chi, roaring and sweeping behind him.

This short battle seemed as long as a lifetime to Yong Chi. At this moment, his whole body was sore, his arms were in great pain, and he was exhausted.

He smiled bitterly, and the spear in his hand was finally knocked away. The horse he was sitting on was hit and its bones were broken. It neighed and died, and he also flew into the air.

Before he could hit the ground, countless spears came out of nowhere and stabbed him to pieces. He fell to the ground and was trampled into mud by the messy horses’ hooves.

Poor General Yong Chi, he didn’t even have the chance to meet the Overlord before the powerful Chu cavalry killed him.

It was no surprise that Xiang Guan stopped Chai Wu’s 2,000 cavalry at this time. Xiang Guan was originally the vanguard of the Overlord. When it came to charging into battle and sweeping away the enemy, he was fearless and unyielding. There was no one else in the entire Chu camp who could do this. As for Chai Wu, he was originally an infantry general. At the moment, the Han camp was short of cavalry generals, so Liu Bang forced him to take on the task. Facing such a big battle, he was immediately dwarfed.

The Chu cavalry led by Xiang Guan broke into Chai Wuhan’s cavalry, like a sharp blade cutting through fat. In just a cup of hot soup, they were completely dispersed and fled in all directions.

Xiang Guan was also an old thief who was good at using cavalry. He immediately commanded his cavalry to drive away the defeated Han cavalry and rush back towards the Han army’s left army which was ready for battle, with the sinister intention of following them and taking advantage of them.

After easily defeating two Han cavalry units in a row, the Overlord remained unmoved. After slightly reorganizing the formation, he started the charge again.

From the beginning to the end, his target was not these two cavalry armies, but Liu Bang’s left, center and right armies!
Seeing that the three cavalry units sent out were swallowed up by Overlord’s heavy armored cavalry without even a splash, Liu Bang, who was watching the battle from the rear, had an old face as black as charcoal and looked extremely ugly.

At this time, the 40,000-strong army of Chu and the left, center and right armies of Han also began to fight.

Looking down from the air, the 40,000 soldiers of the Great Chu turned into a dozen vicious wolves, agile, fierce, cunning, and cruel. They surrounded the Han army on the left, middle, and right into three groups, biting them with their sharp fangs.

Although the Han army had the advantage in numbers, they seemed bloated and slow, like three buffaloes with huge bodies but no strength. Facing the siege of a group of vicious wolves, they were not only completely at a disadvantage and unable to resist, but as time went on, horrible wounds continued to appear on their bodies, and they were in danger of dying.

The 3,000 heavily-armored cavalry led by the Overlord were undoubtedly the strongest and most ferocious wolf king. They first bit hard on the hardest horn of the bull in the center of the army, and bit off the horn with a bloody bite, creating opportunities for the following wolf subordinates.

The horns of the bull in the center of the army are the 4,000 cavalry led by the brave cavalry general Ding Li!
Not surprisingly, they were overwhelmed by the attack of Overlord’s heavy cavalry, and the remaining infantry in the center of the army lost their ability to resist.

The rest of the wolves rushed forward, surrounding the bull in the center of the army and biting it relentlessly.

Next, the leader wolf did the same thing and pounced on the right army of the Han camp, engaging in a fierce battle with the cavalry of the right army of Han.

In the face of a life-or-death battle, the Han camp did indeed burst out with a strong fighting force. Even though they knew they were no match for the enemy and that they would die, from the generals to the soldiers, they all resisted stubbornly and did not flinch.
On the observation platform at the rear, Liu Bang’s old face turned from dark to pale, his eyes were lifeless, and he looked distraught.

“Oh my God! Is the destiny really with Chu and not with Han? Heaven and earth are so generous, how can they be so unkind to me!” Liu Bang looked up at the sky, with his messy white beard raised under his chin, and muttered to himself.

The current situation is clear enough in the eyes of Liu Bang, an old warlord who has been immersed in the battlefield for many years.

Unless a god descends from heaven to intervene in the war, the Han camp is doomed to fail.

Chenggao Ling Chang had not expected that the Chu army would be so powerful. It was completely different from the original impression in his mind. No, it was as if they had been reborn.

If they had such fighting power earlier, why would they have been surrounded at Gaixia?

Especially when he saw the Overlord wantonly fighting in the Han camp, like a arrogant and violent black dragon, he was shrouded in endless fear.

“King of Han, let Xiang Yu be proud for a while, and we will take a step back!” Xiahou Ying still had 5,000 elite cavalry guards under his command, and he said urgently to Liu Bang.

“Retreat? Where can we retreat to now?” Liu Bang looked back at him and said with a wry smile.

Yes, the Han camp was defeated in this battle and its manpower was completely destroyed. There will inevitably be a chain reaction. Not only will the rear including Hangu Pass be unable to be defended, but Guanzhong and Hanzhong will undoubtedly be difficult to defend.

Is there still a place for us to stand in this world?
“Prime Minister Xiao He sent me a secret letter, saying that if we lose this battle again, please ask the King of Han to keep some troops and retreat to Guanzhong as soon as possible. In the past few years in Guanzhong, he has already sent an army to attack Yelang Kingdom! We can enter Yelang Kingdom from Ba County, and then conquer Xiang County, Guilin County, and Nanhai County. Those areas are full of poisonous insects and miasma, which are naturally isolated from the Central Plains, and can be used as our foothold!” Xiahou Ying said.

When Liu Bang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up again.

After defeating the Han right cavalry, Overlord turned around on his black horse and found that the situation had become one-sided. The left, center and right armies of the Han camp were all unable to resist and collapsed on the spot. With an immediate shout, he led 3,000 heavily armored cavalry to advance in the center and headed straight for the flag of the Han commander flying behind the formation.

“Liu Ji, come out and die! At this point, are you still going to hide?” The Overlord’s voice was like thunder, rolling across the sky and spreading towards the rear of the Han camp.

If we were to say who the Overlord hates the most in the world today, it would naturally be Liu Bang!

I must kill him with my own hands as soon as possible!
Just as Liu Laosan was afraid of his bravery, he was also greatly afraid of Liu Laosan’s thick-skinned, black-hearted, and indomitable will like an indestructible cockroach!
For these two old rivals, they can only feel relieved when the other party dies!
But when they rushed closer, they saw only flags fluttering in the air on the observation platform, but Liu Bang was nowhere to be seen.

Xiang Yu was startled and turned around to look. He found that dust was rising in the southwest. Thousands of Han cavalrymen who were guarding Liu Bang had gone far away. He couldn’t help but feel breathless and let out a roar!

Just as the Overlord was about to lead his army in pursuit, Xiang Zhuang rode over to stop him, saying, “Your Majesty, it would be best to properly handle the battlefield first. Even if old Liu Bang escapes this time, it will be difficult for him to cause any more trouble!”

The Overlord stopped with hatred, then his eyes flashed with brilliance and he looked towards the northeast.

(End of this chapter)