Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 363
When Han Xin climbed to the top of Handan city surrounded by hundreds of banned troops, the eastern city of Handan was completely controlled by the Qi army. Chasing after tails and attacking like a tide, the city of Handan is full of flames, fighting everywhere, boiling against the sky.

The battle reports of each army and battalion were presented to Han Xin like a stream.

"Report... the left army has blocked the north gate of Handan, and no one has escaped!"

"Report...the front battalion of the Chinese army has approached the palace and is storming the imperial camp!"

"Report...the rear army has blocked the west gate of Handan, and no Zhao army has escaped!"

"Report... the right army has already blocked the south gate of Handan, but before our army closed the siege, there was a team of Zhao army cavalry who broke through the encirclement, with about four or five hundred cavalry!"

Han Xin frowned immediately when he heard the news. There was a team of cavalry who broke through?
Lou Jing's face also changed slightly, and he shouted: "Let General Zhao Xi come to see the king immediately!"

The messenger went to take the order, and about half an hour later, Zhao Xi came to Han Xin sweating profusely, knelt on one knee, bowed his hands and said: "I am incompetent, please be punished by the king." "

Han Xin waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Zhao Xi said in shame: "Not long after I led the army to the south gate, the south gate of Handan suddenly opened, and a group of Zhao cavalry rushed out of the city. I was caught off guard and broke through before sending troops to intercept them."

Han Xin said again: "What kind of cavalry is that?"

Zhao Xi hurriedly said: "My lord, those are by no means ordinary Zhao cavalry. These four or five hundred cavalry are not only as strong as cattle, but also all covered in scale armor. The mounts under their crotch are also tall horses. I once sent cavalry to fight Chased and killed, but couldn't catch up at all, I suspect that this is probably King Zhao Zhang Ao's imperial guard cavalry."

Lou Jing asked, "General Zhao Xi, did you catch someone alive?"

"No." Zhao Xi shook his head and said, "The archers shot more than a dozen, but they all committed suicide."

Lou Jing sighed, turned to Han Xin and said, "Your Majesty, this should be Zhang Ao's guard cavalry."

Han Xin nodded, turned around and told Cao Yu: "There is nothing to do, immediately order the whole army to withdraw from Handan City!"

Han Xin's soldiers have never been procrastinating. The key to the victory of the Battle of Handan is Zhao Wang Zhang Ao. If Zhang Ao cannot be captured, then it is useless to capture Handan City. Zhang Ao has already fled, and it is impossible to destroy Zhao. There is no need to continue the battle after one battle. Qi's military strength is already stretched, and it is really inappropriate to divide the troops.

King Xiangzhuang of Chu had already invaded the state of Qi with tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and Han Xin did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

"Withdraw troops now?" Han He was puzzled and said urgently, "Father, Handan is about to be taken!"

"Father knows." Han Xin smiled slightly, and said in a harmonious voice, "He'er, you have to remember that when two countries fight armies, the goal should not be to capture the city, but to destroy the country. Handan is just a city. Destroying the State of Zhao would be meaningless even if Handan was seized, but would tie up the already tense troops here, and the gains would outweigh the losses."

Han He nodded silently when he heard the words, but Zhao Xi lowered his head in shame, blaming him.

Han Xin patted Han He's little head, and ordered Cao Yu again: "Cao Yu, give the order."

"Here!" Cao Yu responded with a loud bang, strode to the back of the female wall, and shouted sharply, "Your Majesty has ordered that all armies and battalions withdraw from Handan City immediately, withdraw from Handan City..."

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Zhao Wang Palace, Cheng Hei is leading hundreds of elite soldiers to storm the gate of the palace.

"Ha!" Cheng Hei yelled, and cut a small Zhao Jun junior in front of him into two pieces. He let the pungent blood splash on his face and didn't bother to wipe it off. He just raised his blood-dripping double blade. Pointing the sword at the majestic palace gate ahead, he howled sharply, "Brothers, work harder, kill all these Zhao dogs, and all the women in the palace will be yours!"

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......" The hundreds of elite soldiers behind Cheng Hei felt as if they had been spayed with chicken blood, their eyes glowed green and they shouted loudly. Zhao Jun just hacked and stabbed randomly, and the defeated soldiers of Zhao Jun who were guarding the palace gate were about to be unable to hold on.

But at this moment, a low-pitched horn sounded suddenly from the direction of the east gate.

Um?This is... the clarion call to retreat?What's going on here, how did you retreat so well? !
Cheng Hei turned around in astonishment, only to see a fast horse galloping down the street, and before he could get close, he howled sharply: "Your Majesty has ordered that all armies and battalions withdraw from Handan City immediately, withdraw from Handan City..."

Hundreds of elite soldiers also stopped involuntarily, with expressions of astonishment on their faces.

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... He suppressed the anger in his chest, turned around and yelled sharply: "Brothers, go, damn it, let's go, go home, go home..."

After walking two steps, Cheng Hei couldn't help turning his head again, his eyes were full of unwillingness, this is a royal palace, there must be a lot of gold, silver and jewels inside, and there are hundreds of beauties, but now, these Gold, silver, jewels and beauties are no longer with him, and they seem to be in his hands, but they are far away from him.

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"Huh..." Bai Xuan let out a long breath, and slowly lowered the long sword in his hand.

The Qi army actually retreated. Seeing that the palace gate was about to fall, the Qi army unexpectedly retreated?Not only was Bai Xuan surprised, but the hundreds of remnant soldiers who were stubbornly resisting outside the palace gate felt like a dream, and some soldiers even asked their companions to pinch him a few times to see if he was daydreaming. Weird, so fucking unreal.

However, Bai Xuan quickly regained his composure, and immediately ordered his soldiers to collect the defeated soldiers. Originally, there were still [-] to [-] troops in Handan City, but before the Qi army attacked the city, most of the soldiers were already drunk. They were scattered before they had time to gather. As long as these defeated soldiers can be gathered together, Zhao Jun can still fight.

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In the north of Handan City, deep in the alley.

A young servant approached the gate of a house ghostly under the cover of the shadow, and then stretched out his hand to push gently, the originally closed door cracked open, and the young servant slid sideways into the gate.

As soon as the boy entered the door, a voice came from the darkness: "Has the palace been breached?"

"No, no." The boy shook his head, panting, "Commander, the Qi army has retreated."

"Well, the Qi army has retreated?" The voice in the darkness said again, "This is a bit beyond the old man's expectation. Well, it seems that the news must be reported to the headquarters immediately." The bird flashed out and hurried straight to the backyard, and after a while, a carrier pigeon fluttered from the backyard into the night sky.

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On the west bank of Steroshui, [-] Chu cavalry swarmed down like locusts.

At this time, the Xiaocai army had already passed Lixia and was approaching Linzi, the capital of Qi.

Since entering Qidi, the Chu army once again put on the armor of the Han army, burned all the way, and plundered all the way north, all the way along the way, all the rice paddies were turned into a mess, and all the millets, beans, and beans were trampled. , all villages and towns were burned without exception, and tens of thousands of people became homeless refugees.

Among the thousands of troops, Xiang Zhuang reined in the reins lightly, and the black horse broke away from the group and galloped towards the river bank.

Seeing Xiang Zhuang's single-riding horse leaving the brigade, Jin Xiang and Hu Yan did not dare to slack off, and with a whistle, they each led hundreds of fine riders and left the brigade, and followed Xiang Zhuang to the river bank.

Across the river, Xiang Zhuang saw several thick smoke rising into the sky on the opposite side.

Needless to say, the Chu army must have burned several villages. Xiang Zhuang could even faintly hear the wailing and crying in the wind. Xiang Zhuang could imagine the scene with his eyes closed, the collapsed and burned In front of the thatched huts, women are weeping silently, children are crying, and men are cursing loudly...

The only good thing is that most Qi people cursed the Han army, not the Chu army.

"My lord, if you can't bear it a little, you can make a big conspiracy." At some time, Bai Lixian had already arrived at Xiang Zhuang's side.

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, a man is a man in the world, he does something and does not do it, in order for Da Chu to unify the world as soon as possible, he can only wrong the people of Qi!If not, if Han Xin is really allowed to destroy the state of Zhao, and the world will become a three-legged power from now on, then wars and disasters will inevitably follow. At that time, it will not only be the people of Qi who will suffer.

Heaving a sigh of relief, Xiang Zhuang said in a low voice, "I don't know the priorities."

Bai Lixian put a feather fan on his forehead and stared forward for a while, then suddenly said: "Your Majesty, not far ahead seems to be the capital of Qi State—Linzi City."

"I know." Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "I came here more than ten years ago."

More than ten years ago, Xiang Zhuang not only came to Linzi, but also burned down the big city of Linzi.

Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang suddenly thought of the late old military adviser Wei Liao, time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years since Mr. Wei passed away, and the world pattern is no longer what it used to be.

Besides Wei Liao, Xiang Zhuang also thought of another person, Bei Diao and Hu Shangqi bought it!
At that time, if Qi Mai's caravan hadn't happened at the right time, it would have been impossible for Xiangzhuang's thousands of remnant soldiers to take down Linzi. Not long after Xiangzhuang returned to Jiangdong, they sent Qi Mai back to China, but they don't know what happened now. how's it going?After the battle of Qi State is over, they can send the navy to go to the Far East by sea to see if they can buy the Bei Diao tribe for their own use.

In addition to Bei Diao, there are also primitive tribes such as Donghu, Sushen, Fuyu, and Woju in the Far East. Donghu should have been the overlord of the Far East, but since it was defeated by the Huns, its strength has plummeted, and it has since split into hundreds of tribes, large and small. An independent indigenous tribe, the current Far East should be the most chaotic era.

(End of this chapter)