Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 368

"Forget it, let's go!" After struggling for a long time, Xiang Zhuang decided to give up.

As the saying goes, times have changed. When he was in Meishan, Xiangzhuang had nothing but a few thousand remnants of soldiers. He was barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, so he often dared to win in danger and survive in death. With the world under his belt, he didn't want to stay in Meishan and play with Xiang Zhuang, but in the end, Xiang Zhuang was forced to find a way out.

But now, Xiangzhuang already owns Jiangdong, Jingxiang, and Bashu. After ten years of hard work, the national power of Chu State has increased greatly. In a few years, Chu State will be able to make a big northern expedition and conquer the world. Playing with risks to win, and risking your life with Han Xin, the profit is too small, the risk is too great, it is not worth it!

The last time I was in Jiange, I almost took my life, and this time I can't repeat the same mistakes.

"Forget it, let's go." Xiang Zhuang reined in his horse and said in a muffled voice, "Let's go back to Jiangdong."

Baili Xian suddenly put down his feather fan and said, "Your Majesty, Xian has a plan, maybe he can defeat Qi's army!"

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and he said anxiously, "Zi Liang, is the plan coming out?"

Bai Lixian smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, let's assume that if Han Xin is not dead, if this is really a trap, then how will Han Xin plan to deal with our army?"

Xiang Zhuang said without hesitation: "It's nothing more than hitting halfway."

"Attack at halfway?" Bai Lixian smiled, "What if the Qi army fails?"

"Do you have a way to ensure that the whole army crosses Zishui?" Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up instantly, Bai Lixian only spoke half of what he said, but Xiang Zhuang had already guessed his thoughts.

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In the camp of the Qi army, when Cheng Hei was waiting impatiently, the captain of the personal army suddenly rushed to report: "General, the Chu army has started to cross the river!"

"Huh?" Cheng Hei's expression suddenly became bright when he heard the words. Could Chu Jun finally hold back?
At that moment, Cheng Hei hurried up to the watchtower with more than a dozen generals, stood on the watchtower and looked down, only to see that the east bank of Zishui several miles away was indeed crowded with Chu army cavalry, and their horses were moving , The soldiers are like a tide, and the huge noise is about to shatter the sky, and it can be clearly heard even after several miles.

The captain of the guards felt his scalp tingle, and said, "General, there are a lot of cavalry!"

The more than a dozen generals standing behind Cheng Hei also looked terrified. If they were facing infantry, they would not be afraid, but if they were facing cavalry, they would not be able to calm down. Among them, many veterans had participated in the battle for half a year. They still have lingering fears about the Chu cavalry in the battle of Huainan many years ago.

Cheng Hei suddenly turned his head, and shouted: "What are you afraid of, the Chu army is too much."

Suddenly, a general shouted: "General, look quickly, the Chu army is starting to cross the river!"

When Cheng Hei heard the sound and turned his head, the cavalry of the Chu army on the east bank of the Zishui River really started to cross the river. A group of cavalrymen lined up in a slightly chaotic formation slowly walked towards the river, and then went straight into the river, paddling the water with their knives and moving forward slowly. On the left and right sides of these Chu army cavalry, several huge skin bags were tied, so they did not sink after entering the water.

Xiang Zhuang finally fell into the trick, and the Chu army finally crossed the river!
At that moment, Cheng Hei smiled ferociously, looked back at the dozen or so generals behind him and said, "Everyone go down and get ready!"

"Here!" More than a dozen generals responded loudly, and immediately filed down the watchtower, each preparing to go.

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Han He took the decoction from the imperial physician, took a spoonful of it and brought it to Han Xin's mouth, saying, "Father, take the medicine."

Han Xin opened his closed eyes slightly, sighed softly and opened his mouth to suck the soup into his mouth. After feeding a bowl of soup, Han He wiped off the remaining medicine juice at the corner of Han Xin's mouth with a wet towel, and then said in a low voice: " Father, General Cheng Hei sent someone to report that the Chu army has already started crossing the river."

"Really?" Han Xin frowned slightly, and said in a low but cold voice, "Xiang Zhuang is really a thief. When he was in Meishan and Huaishui, he took the chance to win. I didn't expect more than a dozen Years have passed, and he still has this temper, so this time, the widow might teach him a lesson he will never forget, hum."

"A lesson?" Han He said, "I'm afraid Xiang Zhuang will die this time."

"That's not necessarily the case." Han Xin shook his head slightly and said, "Chu's army is all cavalry after all. Once Xiang Zhuang finds that something is wrong and just runs for his life, we really can't catch up." After that, Han Xin felt sleepy for a while. Then fell into a coma again, Han He covered Han Xin with a quilt, and then tiptoed out of the big tent.

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Half a quarter of an hour later, about [-] Chu cavalrymen set foot on the west bank of Zishui River.

However, there are much more Chu cavalry left on the east bank of Zishui, so this is not the best time to attack halfway.

Just when Cheng Hei, Zhao Xi, Xu Qing, and Lu Zhang thought that the Chu army would continue to cross the river, the situation changed. The Chu army cavalry on the east bank of the Zishui River suddenly turned their horses and headed towards Zishui in a mighty manner. The water went upstream, and the thousands of Chu army cavalry who had already crossed the river also left the river bank and began to press towards the Qi army camp.

"What's going on?" Cheng Hei frowned suddenly, and said, "Why didn't the Chu army cross the river?"

Zhao Xi was also full of confusion, pointing at the thousands of Chu cavalrymen approaching the camp and shouting: "Also, what do these thousands of Chu cavalrymen want to do? Could it be that they want to attack the camp?"

How dare a few thousand cavalry come to attack the camp?Are you courting death? !
As soon as the words fell, the thousands of Chu cavalry suddenly turned around and galloped to the north in a mighty manner. When they were four or five miles away from the Qi army camp, the thousands of Chu cavalry finally stopped, and then just like that Standing there, neither approaching nor far away, this situation makes people can't help but think of hunting wolves.

When the wolves are hunting, they will always wander around the prey, waiting for the prey to get sleepy. When the prey loses physical strength or relaxes its vigilance, the wolves wandering around will suddenly pounce on the prey with lightning speed. Torn to shreds.

"Look quickly, look quickly!" Xu Qing pointed to the front and suddenly shouted, "The Chu army on the east bank is starting to cross the river again!"

Cheng Hei, Zhao Xi, and Lu Zhang hurriedly looked forward in the direction Xu Qing pointed, and saw the Chu Army cavalry stranded on the east bank of Zishui stopped again, and then started crossing the river again not far away.

"Uh, what is the Chu army doing?" Lu Zhang asked in amazement, "Is it so troublesome to cross the river?"

Zhao Xi didn't understand and said: "That's right, the left and right are both crossing the river, why not crossing at the same place?

"Idiots, the Chu army is crossing the river separately!" As soon as the words finished, Lou Jing hurriedly boarded the watchtower, panting, "In this way, our army will not be able to cross the river halfway and attack. It's amazing, it's amazing!" Cheng Hei's four generals are also veterans in the battlefield, and they immediately understood when Lou Jing said this, and all of them changed their faces immediately.

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On the hill on the east bank of Zishui River, Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian looked at each other and laughed.

"Hahaha..." Xiang Zhuang clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Didn't the Qi army want to attack us at half-cross? Let me see how they attack at half-cross, Ziliang, although it is easy for you to cross the river separately, But it’s really hard to guard against, how can there be a saying? The simpler the strategy, the more difficult it is to crack.”

Bai Lixian shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this also depends on the situation."

Indeed, if the Chu army were not all cavalry, even if they crossed the river separately, they would also be attacked by the Qi army. The army could not catch up and destroy the Chu cavalry who had crossed the Zishui River, let alone block the entire Zishui River to prevent the Chu army on the east bank from crossing the river.

Xiang Zhuang twitched his beard curled up at the corners of his lips, and said again: "Back then when Han Xin attacked Wei, in order to prevent the Wei army from crossing halfway, he first set up suspicious soldiers in Puban, and then he was able to cross the river quietly from Yangxia, but now, we The army crossed the river openly in front of the Qi army, if Han Xin is dead, then that’s all, if he is not dead, I’m afraid he should be half-dead with anger, hehe.”

"I shouldn't be so angry." Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said calmly, "However, the Qi army's attempt to attack halfway must have failed. I want to see what kind of attack Han Xin can design. What kind of backhand could Han Xin have? Hehe."

"As long as the whole army crosses the Zishui River, will the widow still be afraid of him?" Xiang Zhuang snorted and said murderously, "Can the Qi army's two legs catch up to our army's four legs? At that time, the battlefield will take the initiative. The power is now in our hands, to fight or not to fight, it’s up to us to decide, even if we can’t fight, we can still run, right? Humph.”

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Cheng Hei, Zhao Xi, Xu Qing, and Lu Zhang had already quarreled because of disagreements. Although Han Xin had told him that the former general Cheng Hei would temporarily lead the entire army when he was away, Zhao Xi, Xu Qing, and Lu Zhang Relying on his military achievements, he didn't take Cheng Hei seriously, so he didn't buy Cheng Hei much.

"Zhao Xi, do you dare to disobey a certain order?"

"Cheng Dabaoji, you're messing around, I'm listening to you!"

"Fart, it's impossible to attack halfway. The most important thing at this time is to prevent the Chu army from crossing the river. If you don't send troops to block the west bank of Zishui, don't blame me for turning my face and denying people!"

"Bullshit, the Chu army who crossed the Zishui River only has a few thousand riders, and it's not yet time to attack!"

"Hey, I said you two should stop arguing and shut up for me!"

"Surnamed Xu, don't you fucking mess with me here!"

General Cheng Hei quarreled fiercely, but Lou Jing's persuasion was useless. I have to say that Han Xinxin's soldiers are really powerful, but they are really unflattering in terms of employing people. At this moment, the evil consequences of Han Xin's bad use of people It was completely revealed that Cheng Hei and his four generals were not convinced by each other, and Lou Jing was a civil servant, so there was nothing he could do.

In a word, when Han Xin was there, the Qi army was a complete whole, but once Han Xin was not there, the Qi army immediately became a mess.

(End of this chapter)