Destiny Only Han

Zhang County, west of Dantu County, a sand dune at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Here is the embryonic form of Nantong City in later generations. Sand gulls fly in the reeds, and five or six hundred boats, large and small, are parked on the shallows.

Judging from the flag hoisted on the largest ship, these were the troops of the Minyue Kingdom.

The people of Yue are simple and honest, and they must practice what they say, just as Xiang Liang promised them to restore the country after destroying Qin, so the people of Fujian and Yue followed Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew for thousands of miles, and made a great contribution in the Battle of Julu. military exploits.

It's a pity that Xiang Yu broke his promise. When Xianyang was divided, he didn't entrust the Yue people as kings as promised, so they made themselves kings, and later defected to Liu Bang, and appeared on the bank of the Huai River in a boat during the next battle of Gai.

Now the king of Minyue has signed an alliance with Yingbu in order to annex Dongou, so he sent troops to help, but now it is getting late, so they choose to stop on this sand dune, show their skills, or catch fish and shrimp, or hunt waterfowl, and have a good meal After a meal, prepare to drive into the Yangtze River tomorrow, then go up Chaohu Lake and join Yingbu.

In the early morning, there was a drizzle on the river surface, and the wind and rain gradually turned on and off. The Minyue people who were awakened by the rain were preparing to go to the boat to hide from the rain. By the way, they fixed the boat, but suddenly heard bursts of sharp howling from far to near. Then there was the splash of mud and sand and the flying of sawdust.

"What happened?"

"It's the Han army, the Han army building ships!"

"I asked you where this iron ball came from?"

"IDK!"

In the panic of the Minyue people, there were seven or eight gigantic warships lined up on the broad and mighty river amidst the wind and rain, breathing out thick smoke like giant beasts in the sea.

boom!boom!boom!
The [-]-pound cannon, which was two meters three and weighed two thousand catties, let out roars, and the flying shells even tore apart the rain curtain, leaving clearly visible ballistic trajectories.

Liu Jiao stood on the bow of the flagship "West Queen Mother", wearing a bamboo hat and looking eastward, his face was full of admiration and fear for this great power of heaven and earth.

Well, although he is the commander in charge of blocking the water surface, the commander in charge of this battle is actually Guang'a Hou Renao, who is the general of the Louchuan.

Ren Ao is a hero of Yuan Cong who was born in Pei County. He has a very good relationship with Liu Bang, and he is Liu Bang's best friend besides Lu Wan.

Moreover, Ren Ao has kindness to Lu Zhi, Liu Le and Liu Ying.

When Liu Bangyi released the prisoners and ran to the Mangdang Mountains to fall grass, Qin Ting was furious and sent people to arrest Lu Zhi, Liu Ying, and Liu Le into prison. The quality of ancient jailers can be imagined, and Lu Pheasant is not ugly. After being in trouble, he was naturally coveted by others. Thanks to the help of Ren Ao, who was a warden at the time, he bought time for Xiao He and others to rescue Lu Zhi.

Therefore, although Ren Ao had no merit, he was ennobled as a Marquis of Guang'a, and served as the commander-in-chief of the second class, that is, General Lou Chuan.

Well, in today's Han Dynasty, the cavalry is the first class.

And Ren Ao also knew that he had no skills, so in order to be able to execute the plan perfectly, he meticulously followed the pre-war arrangements to command and fight.

In fact, the so-called battle plan is very simple, that is, to shoot out the shells and train the soldiers by the way.

Therefore, under the command of Ren Ao, the entire fleet constantly adjusted its position, firing from the port side and starboard side...

When the entire sandbar was full of mourners, there were ravines left by shells everywhere, and there was no longer a complete ship, Liu Jiao, who was almost deafened, saw that Ren Ao seemed to be waving to him constantly.

"What's the matter?"

"My lord, it's time for the soldiers of the Chu army to go to the island to fight."

"Hey? Didn't you say that there are navy and marines? Why bother with the two masters?"

"Your Majesty doesn't think about himself, so why not think about the Chu army? Now that the people of Fujian and Yue have no fighting spirit, don't they want all the military achievements for nothing?"

"Okay, okay, it has to be Brother Ren Ao!"

Liu Jiao patted Ren Ao's shoulder heavily, vaguely regaining the feeling they had when they got along in Pei County.

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Hengshan County, Zhu County (now northwest of Huanggang City, Hubei).

Under Wu Chen's personal leadership, the army of Changsha conquered this important town in the southwest of Huainan Kingdom in just half a day.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Wu Rui, the former king of Changsha, was the king of Hengshan, and his capital was Zhu County.

But Wu Chen, who was stationed in the city at the moment, was faced with a choice.

Go north and cross the Dabie Mountains, and join forces with the emperor's army in Liuxian County (now Lu'an, Anhui), or go down the river, and join forces with Guanying who went north from Yuzhang County in Juchao (now Chaohu, Anhui).

Well, Juchao is also called Nanchao, which is the place where Chengtang exiled Xia Jie in the past.

Therefore, Wu Chen is more inclined to go north to meet Liu Bang. After all, Juchao is an unlucky place. The important thing is to go north to meet Liu Bang, so that he can have a sense of presence in front of the emperor...

His own difficult succession made him understand that only by leaving enough goodwill in front of the emperor, the princes and kings can allow future generations to successfully inherit the glory and wealth that their ancestors worked hard for.

But Wu Chen has one advantage, that is, he is good at listening to other people's opinions.

So he told his thoughts to Xiang Licang of Changsha Guoguo who actually commanded the army.

Li Cang smiled gratifiedly:
"Your Majesty has matured a lot in the past few years. If the former King knew about it, he would surely be deeply comforted..."

"However, since your Majesty consulted the old minister's opinion, then the old minister will rely on the old to sell the old and say it..."

"The old minister's opinion is that the army will be stationed here and not go anywhere!"

Wu Chen frowned, and said suspiciously: "Your Majesty asked the lonely leader to attack the rebels, and our army will stop here, isn't it? Besides, my father also had a last wish before his death, to wait for the opportunity to avenge my sister and kill Yingbu here !"

Well, when Xiang Yu broke through the Jiujiang Kingdom, Yingbo broke through separately from his queen, the daughter of Wu Rui, in order to escape, but deliberately created the illusion that he was on the same road with the other party, so as to confuse the pursuers.

Therefore, Wu Rui has a feud with Xiang Yu and Yingbo for killing his daughter. Xiang Yu is dead, and now Yingbo is left.

Li Cang nodded, and said seriously:

"It is precisely because of this consideration that the old minister suggested that the king should be stationed here. The day before yesterday, I received a battle report, saying that the Han army had won a great victory in Gaixia, and wiped out [-] main forces of Huainan in the first battle! Now it is only necessary to build a pontoon bridge, and the Han army will make a big move. Go south, when the time comes, even if Yingbu has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to return to heaven!"

Wu Chen interjected: "That's right, Gu Gu wanted to go north to join His Majesty and encircle Yingbu in six counties. When the city is destroyed, Yingbu's head will be used to commemorate my sister's death in heaven." !"

"Does it count as revenge if you give someone else's hand?"

Li Cang looked directly at Wu Chen and said: "The old minister said that Yingbo's situation is over now, and any possible life-saving straw will not be let go!"

"So our army is stationed here, and your majesty wrote another letter to Yingbo, saying that he thought of the old friendship, and wanted to let go of the net, allowing Yingbo to bring a soft bag to escape from the encirclement, and send troops to escort him to the land of Lingnan to hide his identity. , to be a rich man, to provide for the rest of his life..."

Before Li Cang finished speaking, Wu Chen's face was full of sudden realization.

Nowadays, the rumors that the south of the Yangtze River is damp and her husband dies early have long been self-defeating with the development of Lingnan. Many wealthy people in the north will choose to buy manors in Lingnan. The whole family is looking for a good place to spend the winter.

After all, there is no snow in winter in Lingnan, and it is warm and humid. Compared with the severe cold in the north, the winter there is more friendly to the elderly.

Therefore, Li Cang asked Wu Chen to persuade Yingbu to flee to Lingnan, which is also a reasonable reason...

Well, the important thing is that Yingbo has no choice.

"It is the blessing of the Wu family and the Changsha country to have the help of Zhongfu! The day when my sister's big revenge will be avenged is not far away!"

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Huainan, six counties.

Yingbo stood in the main hall of the palace, walking around like ants on a hot pot.

The Han army had already built dozens of pontoon bridges on the Huai River, and it took only half a day to overcome what he thought was a natural danger, and then Shouchun City, which he had given high hopes for, fell without a fight...

To be precise, the county magistrate who guarded the city killed his son who was the supervisor of the army, and led the soldiers and civilians of Hexian County to beg for surrender from the Han army. Not only that, but also announced their recognition of their titles in Huainan Kingdom.

Then, Yinling, Zhongli, Dongcheng and other counties followed suit one after another. Before the Han army arrived, they killed the supervising army on their own, opened the city gate, and the county magistrate led the rich households in the city to drive cattle and sheep dozens of miles away. Greet and reward the Han army...

So, in just one day, Yingbo died of four sons!
Four sons!
Although Yingbo can't remember their names clearly, but after all, blood is thicker than water, so each one is his own flesh and blood!
What's more terrible is that Guan Ying has already led the army of Yuzhang County to the north, and the nightmare of that year has come true. The imperial court cut off his Lujiang County and set up Yuzhang County to deal with him!

mean!

Thinking that he was surrounded by enemies on all sides, Yingbo had the same feeling as Xiang Yu did during the Battle of Gaixia, that he was unwilling to eat, and couldn't sleep at night...

It's just that he is worse than Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu had a concubine Yu dance for him back then...

"Your Majesty, there is a secret letter from Changsha King..."

"Take it quickly!"

Ying Bu unfolded the letterhead, read it hastily, and then slowly read it word by word.

In the letter, Wu Chen recounted the friendship between the two families, and said that he was willing to leave Yingbo a way out for the sake of his dead sister. At this time, the Changsha army was stationed in Zhu County. When he arrived here within a few days, he was willing to make an exception and let Yingbu go down to Lingnan to be a foolish old man...

"My brother sees the words like a face, my younger brother Wu Chen pays homage... Sincerely pay an inch of heart, and hope to be a ruler..."

Ying Bu murmured in his mouth with a bitter look on his face.

If it was a day ago, he would have sneered at this letter, but now that "the Han soldiers have seized the land", he has no choice!

In other words, he was dying, and it was too late to tell whether the life-saving straw was real or not.

"I ask you, how much gold is there in the treasury?"