Destiny Only Han

Chapter 255 Han Wangxin: Who gave him the courage?

In the south of Xingyang, beside the Si River, the night is like ink, and the crescent moon is like a hook.

At this time, according to the name of this period, it has reached the time limit, which is probably between eleven o'clock in the middle of the night and one o'clock in the morning.

But beside the gurgling Sishui, there are people walking around in the night.

These people were exactly the Chu army led by Cao Jiu.

They are preparing to cross the Si River, raid Chenggao behind Xingyang, cut off the food and grass of the Han army, cooperate with Xiang Yu's main force who will return in a few days, encircle Xingyang from east to west, and complete their achievements in one battle!
For this reason, they were not afraid of the biting cold of the flood water in winter, and they crossed the river in an orderly manner on rafts tied with wooden rafts and sheepskins.

By the river, Sima Xin was full of complacency.

With the cover of night, even if someone gets within half a mile, they may not be able to spot the tens of thousands of troops crossing the river here!
He thought in his mind that as long as he had half a day's work, most of the Chu army would be able to cross the Si River, but by then, even if the sky was bright and the Han army detected their actions, it would be too late.

After all, the mobilization of soldiers and horses takes time, especially, in order to prevent the Chu army from attacking the city, the Han army almost completely sealed the gate of Xingyang City.

This greatly delayed their coming out of the city.

Sima Xin and Cao Jiu looked at each other and smiled, although the sky was pitch black and they couldn't see their fingers, but they both had the same smile on their faces.

Especially the look Cao Jiu looked at Sima Xin was full of sympathy.

As expected of the three giants of the Qin army in the past, the king of the three Qins who was crowned king because of his meritorious service, hit the Achilles heel of the opposite Han army as soon as he made a move.

And under the plan of the other party, great achievements are already within reach!

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In the south of Kaifeng City, in the vast darkness of night, a mighty army marched forward likewise with a horse bound in its hoof.

Under the faint starlight, one could vaguely see a huge battle flag hanging from the center of the opponent.

The night wind gusts, the battle flag flutters, and a simple and majestic Korean character flutters in the wind.

This is not the army of General Han Xin, but the army of King Han Xin.

When Xiang Yu went east, Liu Bang had a great idea to eat Cao Jiu's [-] Chu troops in one bite.

But he is very self-aware. With the 4 or [-] people stationed in Xingyang City, it is difficult to break through the Chu army's barriers alone, let alone wipe out the opponent.

And more importantly, once the battle becomes anxious, Xiang Yu will return to help, and I am afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the battle of Pengcheng that day.

After all, although the main force of the Chu army led by Xiang Yu has a bad military discipline, it can be regarded as the best in the world when it comes to field combat capabilities!
Unless the Langzhong cavalry can descend from the sky, no army in the Han army can stop the cavalry of the Chu army from charging.

But this is impossible. Langzhong cavalry is following Han Xin to fight in Qi State at this moment.

Liu Bang's idea naturally hit Han Wangxin, who had been recuperating and self-protecting since the Battle of Pengcheng.

And the Han army, which is also in the combat sequence of the Han army, has no possibility of rejecting Liu Bang's recruitment.

Therefore, under the leadership of Han Wangxin, [-] Han troops marched northward at night, preparing to join the Han army in Xingyang to encircle and wipe out the Chu army Cao Jiu's troops on the front line of Kaifeng.

However, Han Wangxin, who was walking, suddenly felt that there seemed to be some commotion in the former army office.

"Go and see, what happened?"

After a while, the waiter who flew away to the former army brought back a man wearing a bamboo hat.

Han Wangxin looked through the faint starlight, and found that this was a person he was very familiar with, Zhou Ke, the doctor of the royal family of the Han Dynasty.

He hurriedly got off his horse and greeted Zhou Ke.

Although he is the king of Han, Zhou Ke's status at this time is still higher than him.

After all, South Korea is just a slave state of Han, and Han Wangxin is at most the same as Jiuqing, but Zhou Ke is one of the three princes, the royal doctor, second only to Xiao He in the sequence of civil servants.

Zhou Ke pulled Han Wangxin aside and said in a low voice, "Pass on my king's order to let the king give up his plan to attack Qifeng City, and immediately march to Xingyang to cut off the Chu army's retreat..."

Han Wangxin was stunned for a moment: "You heard me right? Xingyang, how could there be a Chu army?"

Zhou Ke smiled complacently: "When I came, the Chu army had already mobilized almost in full force, intending to cross the Si River, attack Chenggao, and cut off the Han army's food road in Xingyang."

"Soldiers say that halfway through can be attacked. At this time, the Han army will work harder, just in time for the big battle!"

Han Wangxin was full of disbelief: "Attack Chenggao? Could it be that Cao Jiu didn't know that it was Jiujiang Wang Yingbu who was stationed in Chenggao..."

The shadow of a famous tree, although Yingbo has some character problems, but in the old Chu army, he was second only to Xiang Yu's general.

He really didn't understand, how dare someone like Cao Jiu, who is only senior and loyal but weak in commanding troops, dare to attack Yingbo?

In particular, in order to complete his plan to besiege Xiang Yu from all sides, Liu Bang deliberately asked Yingbu to temporarily stay in Chenggao to practice the [-] Guanzhong soldiers assigned to him.

Famous generals to strengthen the army, even if Xiang Yu came personally, he would never dare to attack easily!
As for the Jiujiang Kingdom, they only sent a few confidantes to go back to gather the old troops under the banner of Yingbu.

At this point in time, Liu Bang has unlimited trust in Yingbo.

There is no other reason. When Xiang Yu attacked the six counties of the capital of Jiujiang, he executed Yingbo's wife and children.

With the hatred of killing his wife and son, Yingbo and Xiang Yu are at odds with each other, and there is no possibility of peace at all!
Faced with Han Wangxin's questioning, Zhou Ke just smiled coldly and did not speak.

He felt that it was probably because Xiang Yu conquered Jiujiang Kingdom too quickly, which led to Cao Jiu's thinking that Yingbo was no better than mediocre.

If Chu Jun can defeat Yingbo for the first time, he can defeat him for the second time!

How can a defeated general speak bravely?
Well, this is probably the ancient version of me being able to do it too...

Therefore, Han Wangxin immediately ordered the whole army to speed up the march, instead of going straight to Qifeng City, they marched westward, and began to distribute weapons and armor to prepare for battle.

When the army marched, except for the front army and the supporting troops on the two wings, the main force of the Chinese army marched empty-handed and only wore single clothes.

As for weapons and armor, they are all placed on ox carts or horse carts.

This is mainly to save energy.

After all, in the era of cold weapons, the way of fighting is face-to-face close combat, which requires a lot of physical energy.

This is also the reason why when the army is dispatched, it needs to consume twice as much food and salary as usual.

The consequence of wanting the horse to run, but also wanting the horse not to eat grass, is the mutiny of the army.

Such as the "Jingyuan mutiny" in the Tang Dynasty.

When soldiers from Jingyuan went to fight in Huaixi and passed through Chang'an on their way south, it stands to reason that such a thousand-mile expedition from Ningxia to Anhui, which spanned nearly half of China, should be able to get some extra rewards.

But at that time Tang Dezong was stingy, not only did he not reward, but also provided Jingyuan soldiers with only some poor food.

Thus, five thousand soldiers from Jingyuan rushed directly into Chang'an...

Although Tang Dezong urgently transported [-] carts full of gold, silver and satin to calm the incident, the mutiny had already begun and the situation was completely out of control.

However, the northern men were arrogant, and directly said to the panicked residents of Chang'an: Don't be afraid, Ru Cao, and don't take away the quality of your merchants!If you don't pay taxes, you will put up money between you!

To put it simply, don’t be afraid, we look down on your three melons and jujubes, and after we beat the dog emperor away, no one will 'borrow' your money, and no one will collect your 'transaction tax' And 'House Giving' away!

So, it's no wonder that people are strong in iron and blood, and Song emphasizes literature over martial arts...

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At the edge of the water, the joy on Sima Xin's face had turned into faint worry.

It was dawn, but the progress of the Chu army crossing the river was far slower than he expected.

In the dark night, because the Chu army was not familiar with hydrology, they capsized frequently, which resulted in the number of rafts and sheepskin rafts prepared in the early stage, which was far from enough.

In particular, the rafts were almost exhausted. After all, in the Han army's previous fortification and clearing of the fields, all available trees were either cut down or burned directly.

Make bricks without straw.

Many of the materials that the Chu army used to build rafts at this time were dismantled from siege equipment...

Cao Jiu at the side suddenly had a somewhat ominous premonition in his heart.

Soldiers can be hit halfway through!
At this time, most of the Chu army was on the east bank of Sishui, and a small part was on the west bank of Sishui. Once the Han army launched a surprise attack, the troops on both sides of the strait would be completely unable to support each other!

In particular, the nearly ten thousand Chu army on the opposite side was almost unarmed and completely incapable of fighting!

"Don't cross the people first, gather the boats and transport some weapons and armor to the army on the other side..."

Cao Jiu gave orders loudly, he had given up his plan to raid Chenggao, and was ready to fight head-on with the Han army.

Just when the Chu army started loading and unloading the goods in a hurry, the Chu army sent to Xingyang for vigilance rode back on horseback, staggering on a flying horse.

After getting closer, the soldiers of the Chu army who made way for him saw that there were a few feathered arrows deeply inserted into the back of the ranger.

This is him, desperately running back from the front!
The soldiers around Cao Jiu rushed forward, carefully catching the ranger who fell from the horse.

"Enemy, enemy attack... Han army, Han army is coming..."

You Qi desperately opened his mouth wide, the sound was like a mosquito, but in Cao Jiu's mind, it was no less than a thunderbolt on dry land!
He stood there in a daze, completely dumbfounded.

It turned out that his every move was under the surveillance of the Han army?

Or there is another possibility.

There is a traitor!
So, Cao Jiu suddenly looked at Sima Xin who was looking towards him.

Only he and Sima Xin knew about the whole plan of this battle, and if he didn't leak the secret, it must be Sima Xin who leaked the secret!
Well, you are a slave with three surnames. You betrayed Qin and Han. Now, are you going to betray Chu again?
"Arrest Sima Xin and wait for my king's punishment!"

Cao Jiu let out a loud roar, and immediately looked at the generals around him: "Beat the drums, let's fight! You must win!"

Amidst the rumble of war drums, Sima Xin was tied up in a bewildered manner, and was thrown onto a bullock cart together with the soldiers around him.

"What happened, what happened..."

(End of this chapter)