Dahan first prince

Chapter 237 The Only One Who Has Defeated Xiang Yu
After just half a day, Qi County, which was originally considered peaceful and peaceful, was immediately shrouded in a battle atmosphere!

The city gate, which was originally unobstructed, was closed day and night; the few hundred county soldiers and village braves in Qixian County also climbed to the city wall of Qixian County with their own weapons, and they were all terrified. Searching for news outside the city.

And half a day ago, the western suburbs of Qixian County, where Liu Ying's army camp was still stationed, were even more messy.

But fortunately, with the departure of Liu Ying's army, the Huainan bandit army who came flying did not stop around Qi County, but followed the direction of Liu Ying's "fleeing" towards the west of Qi County. will leave.

Seeing the bandit army come and go, the tens of thousands of people in Qi County secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But for Liu Yingzhong, who was in a hurry to 'flee', the real danger had just begun...

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In the autumn and August of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, Ding Chou ([-]th), north of Huizhang, Yongcheng.

Looking at the slowly closing city gates, and the banners and flags erected on the top of the city, Liu Ying's face showed no panic at all.

"Whoo~"

"It's finally here..."

With a sigh of relief, Liu Ying shifted her teasing eyes to her uncle Lu Shizhi beside her.

But at this moment, on Lu Shizhi's face, there was no trace of the stability that a nobleman should have.

"Ah······"

Bowing her head and smiling, Liu Ying turned to her side, nudged Lu Shizhi with her elbow as if caring, but also teasing.

"how?"

"The army has moved into Yongcheng, uncle, why are you still in shock?"

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Lu Shizhi's complexion suddenly tightened, and he raised his head quickly, just about to explain a few words.

When he saw Liu Ying's side, Li Shang and Jin She both looked at him with inexplicable and strange eyes, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but pause again.

Humming and chirping for a long time, the words that came to his lips were finally swallowed by Lu Shizhi forcefully.

"Your Highness is joking, joking..."

Seeing that Lu Shizhi still didn't forget to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, Liu Ying didn't tease him any more, but turned his face serious and looked at Li Shang who was beside him.

"how?"

"According to Qu Zhouhou, can all the Huainan thieves end here?"

Seeing that Liu Ying had just gone through an emergency escape, but there was no 'frightening' expression on his face, Li Shang only nodded secretly.

"With this concentration alone, His Majesty already has the appearance of seven or eighth..."

After making a 'reliable' evaluation of Liu Ying in his heart, Li Shang turned around, raised his right thumb, closed his left eye, and gestured to the outside of the city.

After an unknown period of time, Li Shang put down his hand with a stern expression, slapped his palm heavily on the wall, and at the same time let out a long and deep sigh.

"Elite~"

"They are all elites who are brave and good at fighting!"

After saying a word with certainty, Li Shang smiled wryly and turned to his side, nodding slightly to Liu Ying.

"The thieves ran westward from Qixian County and chased them here. Instead, they worked tirelessly and took a detour to the south of Yongcheng to camp, so that they were close to the Huai River, and they could leave a way out. If something happened, the thieves could cross the Huai River and go south. , and then enter Jing and Huainan."

"What's more, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the thieves camp in the south of Yongcheng, so they can attack Yongcheng regardless of the day or night, without worrying about the glare of the sun."

With that said, Li Shang slowly turned his head again and pointed his finger at the dark barracks outside the city.

"The thieves camped twenty to thirty miles south of Yongcheng, and fifteen miles from east to west."

"In this way, it will be a large camp ten miles wide and fifteen miles long."

"According to the old minister's opinion, such a big camp can hold no fewer than one hundred thousand soldiers!"

After saying that, Li Shang finally put back a wry smile on his face, and let out another long sigh full of emotion.

"Ah~"

"It's a pity that such a powerful army should not be used by our Han family to recapture Henan and conquer the Huns, but instead be used by the tattooed thief Yingbu to plot rebellion..."

"Whoa, what a pity~"

"Whoa, what a pity~~~"

Hearing Li Shang's heartfelt lament, Liu Ying couldn't help but nodded slightly.

As a rookie on the battlefield, especially a rookie who traveled from later generations, Liu Ying knew almost nothing about war in the cold weapon era.

But the experience of the puppet emperor in the previous life also gave Liu Ying a certain understanding of some of the most basic theoretical knowledge.

As far as Liu Ying knows at this moment: In this era, the combat effectiveness of an armed force can almost be positively correlated with the speed of the new army in an exponential ratio!
In layman's terms: the same distance, the same external factors, and the same number of people, which army can reach the finish line faster, basically shows that that army has higher combat effectiveness and deeper military literacy.

But today, the Huainan rebel army led by Yingbo himself showed a textbook-level demonstration of "how to catch up with an enemy army that wants to run" in front of Liu Ying who was on the way to "escape"!

——You must know that the Chinese army controlled by Liu Ying only has a total of 6 people!

And for today's 'escape', Liu Ying can be said to have made preparations early.

In other words: Liu Ying and the soldiers under his command had already prepared for today's hasty march!

On the other hand, the rebel army led by Yingbu sneaked around Hong County, where Cao Shen was located, in the early hours of this morning based on the news that "the prince is in the western suburbs of Qi County", and by around noon, they had already appeared near Qi County!

By this time, Liu Ying's Chinese army was actually waiting for work at leisure, standing on the starting line like a sprinter, waiting for the signal gun to sound.

On the other hand, the flare guns, that is, the rebels led by Yingbu, lurked around Hongxian County since the early morning, and marched all night to Qixian County. They should have been exhausted and hungry.

But in the past half a day, the distance from the western suburbs of Qixian County to Yongcheng where Liu Ying is at the moment is tens of miles. The "tired army" under Yingbu's command is almost chasing the Chinese army under Liu Ying's command!

——Even a little bit, he was left by Yingbo as a school lieutenant at the end of the team!

According to Li Shang's deduction, there are at least 10 Huainan rebels who marched for more than ten hours and chased Liu Ying's [-] troops...

On one side is the [-] rebels who are exhausted, and on the other side is Liu Ying's [-] Chinese army who are full and just waiting for Yingbu to appear.

From this simple comparison alone, the combat effectiveness of the enemy and the enemy can be seen at a glance.

Of course, this does not mean that the Chinese army under Liu Ying's control is really inferior to Yingbo's Huainan rebels. There are still many complicated factors in this.

——In the past half-day of pursuit, the Chinese army under Liu Ying's command was the one that fled; while the rebel army under Ying Bu's command was the one that pursued.

Just think about it: In a chasing battle, there are many factors that need to be considered as the party being chased.

Just one 'maintain formation and distance between front and rear', and the twists and turns in it, is enough for Liu Ying to study for several years!
On the other hand, the rebel army under Yingbo's command, as the party actively chasing them, has only one issue to consider.

——Keep an eye on the enemies within the field of vision, and then chase them regardless!

Coupled with the carrot of "catch up and capture the prince alive", it is no wonder that the rebels have burst out with inhuman potential and can always follow behind Liu Ying's Chinese army.

But even so, the chase between the enemy and us in the past half a day is enough to confirm Li Shangcai's evaluation from the side.

——The Huainan rebels under Yingbo's command are definitely elite!

"Um······"

"Also normal."

"If he doesn't even have this confidence, he, Yingbu, won't have the guts to rebel..."

With a soft murmur in a steady tone, Liu Ying's gaze involuntarily focused on Li Shang's side, looking at Jin She outside the city with a serious expression.

Looking out of the city along Jin She's field of vision, Liu Ying paced forward with a calm expression after seeing the rebel army slowly approaching Jin She.

"Xin Wuhou, but seeing the trend of the rebel army, it is slightly stronger than our army?"

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Jin She didn't turn her head back immediately, but maintained that heavy expression and stared outside the city for a while.

When the rebel army of about [-] people came to a position about three miles outside the city, and the dust that was raised up in the sky gradually dissipated, Jin She clenched his fist with deep eyes and slammed it lightly on the battlement.

"Only look at the method of dispatching troops and deploying formations..."

In the middle of speaking, Jin She slowly turned his head to the side, and seeing Li Shang also sighed slowly, he closed his eyes and nodded to Jin She repeatedly.

After making sure that his opinion was approved by Li Shang, Jin She turned around and bowed to Liu Ying with a solemn expression.

"Your Highness should know that when Lord Xi Lu was still alive, and when the princes of the world gathered together to fight against Duke Lu, I have repeatedly confronted Duke Lu's army."

He said something softly, and seeing Jin She forced a smile, he patted the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Hi~"

"I dare not be arrogant."

"Thanks to your majesty's blessings, in the past, all the generals of the Han Dynasty who had won the battle with the Duke of Lu, except the Marquis of Huaiyin in the past, had only one minister..."

Hearing that Jin She said this sentence full of Versailles with an awkward expression of "I really don't want to mention it", Liu Ying couldn't help nodding her head while secretly laughing.

Jin She's words may have some meaning of showing off.

But as a reborn person, Liu Ying is very clear: Jin She's words can be said to be half fake!
——Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, or "Liu Xiang's struggle", although in the end, the overlord Xiang Yu Wujiang committed suicide and the Han king Liu Bang established Han Zuo as the end, but in fact, in the whole process of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, the Han army camp faced Overlord Xiang Yu can almost be said to be 'unbeaten'.

There is no need to repeat the past events such as Hongmen Banquet and Pengcheng's defeat.

From the first year of the Han Dynasty to the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu killed himself in Wujiang. During the five-year period of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, the number of times Liu Bang's Han army really won was only two and a half times!
It can also be said that in the entire Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, there are only two and a half people who can win in front of the overlord Xiang Yu.

The first one is self-evident—it is Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin who laid an ambush on all sides under Gaixia and led the Overlord to the road of destruction!

The remaining 'half', or 'half win', to be precise, was a draw.

It was the Han army who experienced the defeat of Pengcheng and fled to Xingyang. At that time, Liang Prime Minister Peng Yue used unprecedented guerrilla tactics to stop the overlord Xiang Yu's westward advance outside the pass.

It was also the existence of Peng Yue that allowed Liu Bang, who had not recovered from Pengcheng's defeat at that time, to return to the right path of dominating the world.

From this point of view, Peng Yue, who was able to block the overlord Xiang Yu outside the pass and east of Xingyang, can indeed be regarded as a tie with Xiang Yu.

Coupled with the impact of this draw on the outcome of the entire Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, and the resounding title of Overlord Xiang Yu, it is not nonsense to say that Peng Yue once beat Xiang Yu 'half a time'.

——The experience of "drawing a tie with Xiang Yu" can already be counted as a victory for anyone, and it has become a badge to boast of one's martial arts!

Except for Han Xin, and the "half winner" Peng Yue, the remaining "complete winner" is the Han chariot general standing in front of Liu Ying at this moment, I Xin Wuhou: Jin She!
Or it can be said this way: from the defeat of Pengcheng to the determination of the universe at Gaixia, the counterattack road of Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, was completed alternately by three people, Peng Yue, Jin She, and Han Xin.

——In the beginning, when Liu Bang withdrew to Xingyang, with his back against Hangu Pass, and was about to fall short, Peng Yue, with his unprecedented guerrilla warfare, stabilized Liu Bang, who had just been defeated;
After Xiang Yu stayed in Xingyang City for a long time without success, and news of "Han Xin's surprise attack" came from the base camp Chu, Han Xin was blocked from Chu, unable to go straight back to Chu, and had to detour Gaixia instead. Jin She.

It was the partial army of the Han army led by Jin She who stopped Xiang Yu, who was anxious to return to Chu, on the road, and defeated Xiang Yu head-on. , has laid a solid foundation.

Even when it comes to Peng Yue's guerrilla warfare and Han Xin's ambush from all sides, Jin She is the only one in today's world who has faced Xiang Yu face to face, and won a complete victory in the end!
It is also by virtue of such unique and impressive martial arts that Jin She has grown from a Zhongjuan attendant at the beginning to become the second person in the Han Dynasty military, second only to Taiwei Zhou Bo-General Cheqi!
And when such a person said in front of her, "I didn't want to mention it, but I was tougher than Xiang Yu and won the fight", Liu Ying didn't think there was anything wrong no matter how inconsistent the scene was.

But obviously, Jin She suddenly brought up this past event, not just to show off...

"Back then, on the eve of Gaixia's battle, I led an army to fight Duke Lu."

Seeing Jin She say something softly again, she turned her head with a serious expression, and looked outside the city again.

After confirming that he was not mistaken, Jin She turned around and bowed to Liu Ying with hesitation.

"Yi Chen's view: At this moment, the appearance of the Huainan bandit army outside the city..."

"Or, or 'slightly' like in the past, the soldiers and formations used by Duke Lu..."

(End of this chapter)