Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 17 Destroying Fan Kuai (asking for a few recommendation tickets)
When the general of the Chu army ran to the end of the valley, there were only two soldiers left beside him. Seeing that there was no way to go, the general of the Chu army and the two soldiers had to draw their swords and turn around, ready to fight to the death.

Fan Kuai immediately raised his right hand to stop the Han soldiers advancing furiously behind him.

When an old cat faces a mouse that is at the end of its rope, it cannot avoid teasing it, and Fan Kuai is no exception.

At this time, Fan Kui also recognized that the general of the Chu State in front of him was Xiang Zhuang. He immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Xiang Zhuang, you have nowhere to escape. Surrender as long as you are familiar." Dedicate Qin King Yuxi to the King of Han, Lao Fan will protect your life, and if you are lucky, the King of Han may even make you a Marquis."

"Do you want King Qin Yuxi?" Xiang Zhuang said coldly, "Dreaming!"

Fan Kuai's eyes suddenly showed murderous intent, and he shouted fiercely: "Xiang Zhuang, don't you know good and bad!"

After finishing speaking, Fan Kui pointed at the murderous army behind him again, and shouted: "You don't even look at it, this valley has been blocked by my three thousand elite soldiers, unless you can go to heaven and earth, where else can you go?"

"Where are you going? Hahaha." Xiang Zhuang on the opposite side suddenly burst into laughter, and immediately shouted, "Fan Kui, do you know that your death is imminent!?"

Just as he finished speaking, a large hanging basket was suddenly thrown down from the cliff behind Xiang Zhuang.

Fan Kui was taken aback when he saw this, and when he was about to step forward to intercept the people, hundreds of Chu army archers suddenly appeared on the cliffs on both sides of Juegu, and each of the Chu army archers' bows and arrows were set on their bows. A faintly burning rocket, the next moment, hundreds of rockets have "instigated" and shot into Juegu.

"No, Huo Gong!" After all, Fan Kui is also a veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, and he immediately realized that he had fallen into the trap.

However, Fan Kui realized at this time that he was in the middle of the trick, but it was already too late. Before he gave the order to retreat, the rockets shot from the cliff had already ignited the sulfur, nitrate, dead leaves, and dry firewood buried in the valley in advance. After waiting for the igniter, thick smoke billowed up in the valley, and the fire quickly spread.

Looking at Xiangzhuang in front of him, he had already climbed the cliff in a hanging basket.

"It's been tricked, it's been tricked!" Fan Kuai sighed twice, turned around and ran, what else could he do if he didn't run?The fire has already started, and it can't be extinguished at all. If you don't run, you will really be buried in the sea of ​​flames.

The main general was about to leave, and the three thousand Han troops were in chaos, all rushing towards Taniguchi.

In the chaos, countless soldiers of the Han army were squeezed to the ground. Before they could get up, a raging fire rushed in and engulfed them in an instant. They stood on the cliffs on both sides of the valley and looked down. , there are figures running in the raging fire everywhere, and there are tragic wailing sounds everywhere, it is no less than hell on earth!

Xiang Zhuang didn't have a trace of compassion in his heart. When the two armies fought, either you would die or I would die!
Fan Kui stepped on the corpses of his soldiers and escaped from Juegu with great difficulty. He turned around and counted the number of soldiers. Less than half of the [-] elite soldiers were left, and most of them were wounded, and most of their weapons were lost. Without fighting spirit, Fan Kui feared that the Chu army would be ambushing nearby, so he hurriedly took the remnant troops and fled back along the original road.

However, after running for less than ten miles, there was suddenly a landslide and tsunami-like killing sound in the dense forest beside the road.

This is really what the more you worry about, the more you will come. Fan Kui didn't want to fight at all. Most of them don't have any weapons yet, so who is willing to stay and die in vain?Before the ambush soldiers in the dense forest came out, hundreds of Han troops had already scattered and fled.

Seeing the incomparably powerful armored soldiers of the Han army in the past, they were about to collapse at the touch of a touch. The Chu army's retreating soldiers suddenly screamed with excitement, biting the Han army's rout's buttocks and slashing wildly. The poor Han army's rout soldiers were all wearing heavy armor. How could they run past the defeated Chu army in light robes?In less than half an hour, the hundreds of Han troops left behind were all killed.

Besides, Fan Kui led nearly a thousand remnant soldiers to rush across the road, but was ambushed twice in succession along the way. Fan Kui, who had become a frightened bird, naturally became more and more unwilling to fight. He just ran all the way, and finally escaped back to Shou with three hundred soldiers. Chun, thinking that he could finally enter the city to take a breather, suddenly saw the Chu State Army Flag flying over the city of Shouchun!

Fan Kui thought that Zhou Jiu, who stayed behind in Shouchun, had surrendered to the state of Chu, and immediately shouted angrily: "Zhou Jiu, man! How dare you do that!?"

Before he finished speaking, a human head was thrown down from the top of the wall, Fan Kui leaned forward to take a look, only to see his features were grim, if it wasn't Shouchun guard Zhou Jiu, who else would come?

When I looked up again, there was already a general of the Chu army on the top of the city, but it was Zhong Limei.

"The left general of Great Chu, Zhong Limei, has been waiting here for a long time!" Zhong Limei laughed while supporting the battlement, "Fan Kuai, you have nowhere to go, you should surrender quickly, hahaha!"

"Damn it!" Fan Kui was so angry that his beard and hair swelled, but he was helpless.

Fearing that the Chu army's pursuers would arrive, the accompanying commander stepped forward to persuade him, "General, it's not suitable to stay here for long. The Chu army's pursuers may catch up at any time, so let's hurry up."

"Go!" Fan Kui roared violently, turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, Fan Kui turned around and turned around again, yelling at Zhong Limei who was on the top of the wall very unwillingly: "Zhong Limei, tell that guy in Xiang Zhuang to wash his neck and wait, my old Fan will return it to you!" Will be back!"

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Not to mention Fan Kui's hasty escape, let alone the Chu army, this society is enjoying a feast of killing!
The three thousand iron armors of the Han army came fiercely, but in the end they were beaten by the remnants of the Chu army!

"General, this battle was so enjoyable!" Huan Chu strode up to Xiang Zhuang with four heads in his hands, and shouted loudly before he could greet him, "Enjoyed, really enjoyed!"

"General, I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that the three thousand iron armors would be wiped out by us like this? Haha, now that I think about it, the last general is still like a dream! I can't believe it, people can't believe it What!" Ji Bu, who was following Huan Chu, had six heads in his hands and couldn't even walk comfortably.

"That's right. Speaking of which, we haven't won such a hearty victory for a long time. If we can win such a battle every day, how great would it be?" Xiao Gongjiao walked at the end, but only raised one head , but this head is still wearing a leather bezel. It is probably a village chief, maybe a military lord or even a Sima.

Behind Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Xiao Gongjiao, hundreds of soldiers also made gains, but more soldiers of the Chu army were still chasing and killing the remnants of the fleeing Han army all over the mountains and plains.

Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly, looked back at Jing Qian who was accompanying him and said, "Here's an order to tell the soldiers not to chase those heads anymore, the whole army should stop chasing and killing them, and return to the city immediately!"

"Back to the city?" Huan Chu asked in amazement, "Where are you going back, Shouchun?"

Ji Bu didn't believe it either: "General, Zhongli didn't really attack Shouchun, did he?"

Xiang Zhuang didn't answer, turned around and asked Wei Liao who was accompanying him, "Mr. Wei Liao, do you think Zhong Limei can attack Shouchun?"

Wei Liao naturally ignored it, Xiang Zhuang didn't take it seriously, looked around the generals and said, "Even if you go out with your parts, Zhong Limo is probably already waiting for you outside the mountain, and if you tell the whole army, this general has already arranged for you in Shouchun." After the celebration banquet, after entering the city, everyone can eat, drink, and play, and they must have fun!"

Before the words fell, the generals Huan Chu, Ji Bu and the accompanying remnants of the Chu army cheered enthusiastically.

Yu Ziqi leaned forward and asked Xiang Zhuang in a low voice: "General, when our army retreated, we evacuated the entire Shouchun City. Would you like to bring back some food and wine from the mountain?"

"No need." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said with a smile, "Someone has already prepared wine and meat for us, but you don't need to do anything extra, ha ha."

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Gaixia, the camp of the Han army.

Liu Bang was drinking medicine with a sad face under the service of the beautiful maidservant, and it was a joy to speak of, Liu Bang was in a good mood last night, after enjoying Madam Qi's singing and dancing, he had sex with Qi Ji and Pu Ji until midnight , As a result, I accidentally contracted a cold, and I only felt top-heavy when I woke up in the afternoon, so I hurriedly asked someone to boil medicine to drink.

Just after drinking the bitter medicine, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping arrived hand in hand, and the expressions on their faces were very serious.

"What's the matter with you two?" Liu Bang frowned, and said angrily, "You're making a dead face in broad daylight?"

As usual, it was Zhang Liang who spoke again, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, something has happened. Just now Fan Kuai sent a flying cavalry to report it. He was defeated in Shouchun!"

"What!?" Liu Bang was taken aback when he heard the words, then pointed at Zhang Liang with a smile and said, "Where is the Zifang? Thousands of Chu troops were routed, and Fan Kui is also a battle-hardened veteran, and he led three thousand elite soldiers to pursue him, and still suffered defeat? I don’t believe your nonsense.”

"Your Majesty, Brother Zifang is really not joking." Chen Ping said, "Fan Kui really lost."

"Fan Kui really suffered a defeat?" Liu Bang believed it, because Chen Ping never joked.

Zhang Liang nodded and said again: "My lord, Fan Kui not only suffered a defeat, but also suffered a terrible defeat. There are less than [-] of the [-] elite soldiers left. Now they are hiding in Quyang and dare not come back to see you, Your Majesty."

"This Fan Kuai is really useless!" Liu Bang was furious at the case, and then put his head in his hands for a long time, and then said sullenly, "But this matter is also to blame. I didn't think about it. I thought it was just A rout of troops with a dispirited army, but they didn’t expect that the Chu army still had the fighting spirit, and if they had known this, they should have sent someone else.”

After finishing speaking, Liu Bang said again: "How about sending Jin She to lead an army of [-] again?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the last time you sent Fan Kuai to pursue the rout of the Chu army, and then you sent Zhou Bo to attack Sishui and Donghai counties, King Qi was already very unhappy. If you insist on not using the soldiers and horses of the Qi State, I am afraid that the King of Qi will really become suspicious, think twice, Your Majesty."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ping also echoed, "My Majesty thinks that Your Majesty might as well appoint Li Zuoche, a general of King Qi's department, as the main general, and Jin She and Fan Kui as deputy generals to lead the troops together. King Qi is suspicious, but he can also ensure that King Qin Yuxi will not fall into the hands of King Qi, and also ensure that the defeated Chu army entrenched in Shouchun can be said to kill three birds with one stone!"

Liu Bang rubbed his forehead and asked Zhang Liang, "What do you think of the ovary?"

Zhang Liangdao: "Chen Ping's words are reasonable, I think it's okay."

"That's it." Liu Bang slapped his thigh and said to Chen Ping, "Immediately draft an order, with Li Zuoche as the main general, Jin She and Fan Kui as the deputy generals, leading an army of [-], and the soldiers will have a birthday!"

"Promise." Chen Ping made a long bow, and immediately leaned over his desk and began to draft the imperial edict.

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