Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 27 Breaking through the Han Army (pleading for recommendation tickets)

After staying on the high ground for less than half an hour, the sky gradually brightened.

With the help of the thin dawn, Li Zuoche looked around, and saw that the front had completely become a swamp country, which was estimated to be hundreds of miles wide. In the distance, Shouchun City could be seen faintly in the mist, and its walls were completely flooded. Nearly half!Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche's heart sank suddenly. How could the army stationed outside the city be lucky if the water was so deep?
Thinking back to a few days ago, when I led the army to go out, I was full of thought that I could wipe out the remnants of the Chu army in one fell swoop and gain more or less military exploits, but I never imagined that [-] troops were buried in the belly of fish overnight!Thinking of this, Li Zuoche's thoughts were all lost. He drew out his sword and wiped it on his neck.

"No, general, no!" The captain of the personal soldier rushed forward and held Li Zuoche firmly.

Li Zuoche sighed: "After such a big defeat, there are only a hundred people left in the [-] army, how can I go back to see the king?"

"General, think twice." The captain of the personal soldier advised sadly, "Victory and defeat are just ordinary things. As long as the general is still alive, there will always be a day when he defeats the Chu army and captures Xiangzhuang. I will never have this opportunity, and I will never be able to wash away the shame of today!"

Li Zuoche was speechless for a while, and the captain took the opportunity to snatch his sword.

When everyone was in panic and helpless, not knowing what to do, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted: "General, there is a small island over there, and there seems to be someone on it!"

By this time the sun had risen and the mist had gradually dispersed.

Li Zuoche and nearly a hundred soldiers accompanying him discovered that there were dozens of sporadic "isolated islands" scattered on the endless water. The so-called "isolated islands" were originally just hills or slopes, but now the entire Shouchun The county was flooded, and these hills or slopes became "isolated islands" in Zeguo.

The nearest isolated island was only a few feet in radius, but it was crowded with no less than a hundred people.

At this time, the people on the isolated island also found Li Zuoche and the others, and immediately a village head wearing a leather hat came out and waved to this side repeatedly: "General, save us, save us..."

When everyone was at their wit's end, Li Zuoche found that there seemed to be moso bamboo in the mountain, so he hurriedly ordered his own soldiers and captains to say, "Hurry up, take people over there to cut down moso bamboo and make bamboo rafts to save people!"

"No!" The captain of the soldiers bowed his head, picked up fifty soldiers and left.

##########
In Shouchun City, five thousand Chu troops were divided into hundreds of bamboo rafts, and they were already on standby!
Although he was mentally prepared, Xiang Zhuang was still surprised to see that the flood almost submerged half of the city wall, and this also caused trouble for the Chu army to leave the city. Since all four city gates were flooded, Xiang Zhuang had no choice. Zhuang could only choose a section of the city wall that was already seriously damaged, and forcibly broke through the wall.

Standing at the top of the city, looking at Wang Yang Zeguo outside the city, Xiang Zhuang felt a little heavy.

The flood of the Huai River will not only suffer the Han army outside Shouchun City, but also Shouchun County, Quyang County and even the entire Jiujiang County. Although Jiujiang County is not a densely populated place, at least there will be people Tens of 10 people have been displaced and become homeless refugees. These are all people with a deep heart!

Wu She looked a little excited, looked at the vast water, and said loudly: "I can't believe it, I can't believe it, Zhongli Mo dug the Huai River from fifty miles away, and it can also flood Shouchun!? Hahaha, Li Zuoche So what if he was born as a general? Wouldn’t his [-] army be buried in the belly of a fish? It’s a joy, it’s a joy!”

Wei Liao, who never took the initiative to talk to Xiang Zhuang since he was taken into captivity, seemed to have been touched by a certain nerve, and suddenly said: "Have you ever thought about it, the Han army outside the city will certainly not be able to survive the flood?" I was spared, but the more than 20 people in the entire Jiujiang County may also be homeless!"

Xiang Zhuang looked iron-like, and said coldly: "Xing, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering, there is nothing to do!"

An imperceptible strangeness flashed across Wei Liao's eyes, and he thought to himself that Xiang Zhuang is really a ruthless master who doesn't care about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people from Chu. , but it is also a necessary quality for a great event, which is much better than Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu!

While speaking, the already severely damaged city wall had been broken open, and immediately the four generals Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi had each led their troops out of the city, and Yu Ziqi led the army. When he finally left the city, Xiang Zhuang specifically warned: "General Ziqi, you don't have to hunt down the remnants of the Han army."

"Then what should we do?" Yu Ziqi couldn't help feeling a little at a loss.

Xiang Zhuang pointed to the scattered sacks floating on the water outside the city, and said, "See those sacks? Your task is to salvage the supplies of the Han army, especially grain! Although these grains have been soaked in water, as long as you bring them back Stir-fried, it can still be used as military rations! Fifty thousand Han troops, there is a lot of food!"

"Promise!" Yu Ziqi suddenly agreed, and immediately took the order.

##########
At about noon, Li Zuoche's personal soldiers finally tied up a dozen bamboo rafts, and more than a hundred remnants of the Han army on the two nearest isolated islands have also been taken ashore, and they are planning to continue to take care of the few who are a little further away. When there were hundreds of remnants on the isolated island, a dozen dead trees suddenly floated along the water in the distance, and a dozen human heads floated up and down in the water.

Li Zuoche hurriedly asked his soldiers to rescue the dozens of people on a bamboo raft, but it was Jin She and the accompanying soldiers.

Seeing Li Zuoche, Jin She couldn't help feeling sad, and said miserably: "General, it's over, it's over, there are only a few people in the [-] army, and the rest are gone."

Li Zuoche himself felt sad, but he had to patiently comfort Jin She: "General Jin, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Generals don't have to worry about it. Besides, there have never been generals who are always victorious in this world. Great military strategists Sun Wu and Wu Qi are not the same." Have you ever lost a battle? If you lose a battle today, you will win it again in the future."

Even though he said so, Li Zuoche was really at a loss.

Today's defeat is indeed a bit miserable, and I don't know if King Qi will trust him as much as before, and I don't know if there will be a chance to lead an army in the future, maybe, there will never be such a chance.

"Look, general, Chu soldiers!"

"It's really Chu Bing, Chu Bing is chasing after him!"

"General, hurry up, hurry up, or you won't be able to leave!"

When Li Zuoche was feeling at a loss, the soldiers suddenly yelled in panic. When he looked back anxiously, he saw thousands of Chu troops coming meandering with hundreds of bamboo rafts. The army also found the remnants of the Han army on the shore, and immediately ignored the remnants of the Han army on the isolated island, turned around and killed them here.

"Let's go, let's go!" Li Zuoche knew that it was impossible to rescue the remnants trapped on the isolated island. He immediately took nearly a hundred soldiers and the rescued remnants and fled towards Quyang in a panic. On the way, they encountered another [-] young men from Zhongli Mo. After a scuffle, Li Zuoche and Jin She fled back to Quyang with only a few dozen people.

##########
Gaixia, the camp of the Han army.

Liu Bang once again summoned Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbo and other princes from all walks of life to hold a high-level meeting with wine in the big tent.

Since defeating Xiang Yu and destroying the [-] Chu army, for more than half a month, Liu Bang has entertained the princes and generals from all walks of life almost every day, firstly to reward them, and secondly to stabilize them, because Next, the princes and princes will be entrusted and then the military power will be seized. Since the military power is to be seized, naturally the princes from all walks of life can no longer be allowed to lead troops back to their respective fiefs.

The princes and generals of all walks of life actually knew what Liu Bang was going to do, but they didn't care.

I have to say that Liu Bang, a rascal in the market, is very good at winning people's hearts. Not only Han Xin, but also Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Han Wang Han Xin and others believe that Liu Bang will really share the world with them. Anyway, the whole world is a big guy Yes, it doesn't matter who owns the military power?If there is a war, doesn't Liu Bang have to send them to lead the army?
With so many civil servants and military generals, only Chen Ping and Zhang Liang are like mirrors in their hearts.

Chen Ping knew that his seniority was too low to threaten Liu Bang's status, so he had no pressure.

Zhang Liang knew that he was famous and that Liu Bang was afraid of everything he had learned, so he was already thinking about how to find an excuse to leave. For cultivating the Tao, in short, Liu Bang's worries must be dispelled, otherwise his life will be lost.

If there is no inflection point in history, everything will go according to Liu Bang's vision.

Han Xin will be renamed King of Chu, he will hand over his military power happily, and happily go to Chu to conquer the country, Peng Yue will be named King of Liang, Yingbu will be named King of Huainan, and they will also surrender their military power , Then Liu Bang will arrange for Chen Ping and Zhang Liang to speak and persuade himself to be the emperor. Liu Bang will naturally decline again and again, and finally "reluctantly" ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

It's a pity that this time, Liu Bang's overall plan is doomed to be destroyed by Xiang Zhuang, the cross-travelers.

Liu Bang raised his wine glass and respected Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbo and other princes from afar. Just as he was about to cover up his sleeves and drink freely, Xia Houying suddenly stumbled into the big tent and shouted miserably, "Your Majesty is not good, Quyang Feiqi Let me report that Li Zuoche and Jin She were defeated in Shouchun, and the fifty thousand troops are all gone, all gone!"

"Ah!?" Liu Bang was taken aback when he heard the words, and the wine glass also fell on the table. Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Zhang Er, Han Wang Han Xin and others also looked at each other in blank dismay. ##########PS: Thanks to Dan Ran 520, Dao Shi, 1314 for being cordial, ╆Nalan Buyi╅, Pure Love Little Pig, Autumn Wind Rises and Leaves Dance, Dugu Siqin, Song Bingshu, MO Ben Shidao , Wiping the Heart of the Sword, etc. for the generous rewards of book friends.

(End of this chapter)