Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 371 Alliance
Bailimao came to Xiang Zhuang in disgrace, so ashamed that he could hardly lift his head. Out of the [-] elite cavalry that attacked, less than [-] cavalry could make it out alive. The Chu army lost a terrible battle!
"Your Majesty, I am ashamed of you! Brother, I have shamed the Baili family!" Bai Limao whimpered twice, and suddenly wiped his own neck with a backhand. If the king doesn't punish him, even if the elder brother doesn't blame him, he will have no face to live in this world anymore, it's too embarrassing.

"Second brother, stop!" Bai Lixian hurriedly stopped him, but Xiang Zhuang directly drew the knife and flew the horizontal knife in Bai Limao's hand. In the past ten years, although Xiang Zhuang's martial arts has not improved much, it is as good as Hu Yan, Gao Chu, Jin Xiang and the others probably won't be able to do it alone, but it's still more than enough to pick up the horizontal knife in Bailimao's hand.

"Ziming!" Xiang Zhuang shouted, "I have misjudged you."

Bai Lixian also said: "Self-inflicted suicide is a coward's act, second brother, you have disappointed elder brother."

"Brother..." Bailimao fell to his knees and burst into tears, he was really sad.

"Ziming, winning or losing is a common matter in military strategists. If you lose this time, you can win it back next time. But if you commit suicide, you will never have a chance to win it back!" Xiang Zhuang patted Bailimao's Back on his shoulders, he said again, "What's more, you didn't lose today. Although you lost 2000 troops, the Qi army on the opposite side suffered more casualties."

There is a sentence that Xiang Zhuang didn't say, that the two thousand cavalry were actually used for sacrifice from the beginning.

Under the circumstances that Han Xin's life and death are not known, and the authenticity is unknown, it is undoubtedly unwise to rush to invest all his troops in a decisive battle with the Qi army, but Xiang Zhuang is really unwilling to let Xiang Zhuang give up like this. Launching a tentative attack becomes the only choice, which is called gaining the greatest benefit at the least cost.

If the Qi army is unresponsive and responds improperly, it means that Han Xin standing on the watch chariot is a fake, and then Xiang Zhuang will devote all his troops to a decisive battle with the enemy without hesitation. However, the current facts have proved that the guy on the opposite side is indeed It was Han Xin. If it wasn't for Han Xin, how could he eat up two thousand cavalrymen in one bite?

But these words cannot be said in public, and sacrifices have always been a taboo for military strategists.

At that moment Xiang Zhuang said again: "Zi Ming, from now on, you will be the widow's Habayashi Zhonglang general, all the surviving soldiers will be promoted to a rank, and the bounty will be [-] taels, and the dead soldiers will be paid according to the highest standard of compensation! "

"Thank you, my king!" Bailimao was ashamed and grateful at the same time, turning over and prostrating.

"Thank you, my king!" Behind Bailimao, hundreds of surviving soldiers bowed down in unison. At this moment, they couldn't wait to go up the mountain of swords and put oil in the pan for Xiang Zhuang, and they couldn't wait to dedicate everything they had to Da Chu.

At that moment Xiang Zhuang said again: "The big banner has sent an order that the whole army retreat, let's go to Di County."

Since Han Xin was not dead, there was no need to fight this battle. Xiang Zhuang didn't think that Qi could be destroyed with [-] cavalry.

Regardless of other factors, the supply of military rations alone is a problem. You must know that the Chu army did not carry any military rations during this expedition, and has been relying on looting to maintain it since entering Qi. Now the food that can be robbed near Linzi has been exhausted Most of them were robbed, and the rest were hidden in several big cities, but the Chu army couldn't get them. There was no food. How could this battle be fought?
In another time and space, the Mongol general Jebe had a glorious record of fighting thousands of miles with [-] cavalry and destroying hundreds of countries along the way, but all the Slavic principalities that were wiped out by Jebe were palm-sized Slavic principalities with no more than a hundred soldiers. The people are less than a thousand, can it be compared with the Qi State under Han Xin's rule?

So, leave early!

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Watching the black cavalry of the Chu army rushing away like a tide, Han Xin finally let out a long sigh of relief.

The next moment, a chill that pierced into the bone marrow suddenly struck, and the blood on Han Xin's face faded away, replaced by an unprecedented paleness.

Cao Yu also changed his face in an instant. The king was able to stand up on his own, but now, he almost relied on his lift to barely stop. At that moment, Cao Yu turned around and shouted: "Emperor doctor, old sheep?!"

When Gongyang Imperial Physician rushed forward, Han Xin had already fallen into a semi-conscious state. While holding Lou Jing's hand, he told Lou Jing intermittently: "Ya Xiang, the Chu army has just retreated, please remember to chase after him for a while. If not, Xiang Zhuang may become suspicious instead, and when the time comes when the Chu army comes back with their own heads, then the matter will be over..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty." Lou Jing nodded again and again, "I will make arrangements..."

Only then did Han Xin sigh faintly, his head tilted and he fell into the endless darkness.

Han He stepped forward in two steps, split his chest and grabbed Gongyang's imperial doctor's skirt, and asked, "Old Yang, can Father be saved?"

The imperial physician Gongyang was already dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, and while wiping the cold sweat, he said: "I will do my best, son, please rest assured, I will definitely do my best to treat the king."

"Hmph!" Han He then loosened the lapel of Gongyang's imperial physician, and said coldly, "If something happens to my father, I will definitely not let you go!" After saying this, Han He turned back to Lou Jing and said, "Ya Xiang, my son wants to lead an army to pursue the Chu army, please borrow my father's king's banner."

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On the Chi Road from Linzi to Di County, the Chu army was marching westward in mighty strength.

Among the thousands of armies, Xiang Zhuang was riding a black-tailed horse, and was advancing unhurriedly. As he walked, Xiang Zhuang's thick eyebrows suddenly frowned, and he turned around and asked Baili Xian, "Zi Liang, my widow always Something feels wrong."

Bai Lixian shook the feather fan again and again, and asked with a smile: "What does your Majesty think is wrong?"

Xiang Zhuang said thoughtfully: "That day in Huanglongdang, the Han Xin who met the widow should be real. The world is so big, there may be people who look like Han Xin, but the kingly spirit of Han Xin, oh No, it's the domineering spirit cultivated by being pampered all the year round, but others can't fake it."

Bai Lixian nodded, and thoughtfully said: "But the one who appeared in front of the two armies today must be Han Xin."

Xiang Zhuang rubbed his chin and said suddenly: "Then, is there such a possibility that the person Huang Longdang met with the widow was Han Xin himself, but he did not die under the arrow from You Yuan, but was seriously injured. Today, he It is forcibly supporting the command of the army to fight, and its intention is just to scare us away."

The feather fan in Bai Lixian's hand paused, and he said, "Your Majesty is saying that Han Xin is dying?"

"This is just my guess." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said again, "Look, there should be news from the scout cavalry after a while. If the Qi army retreats to Linzi and doesn't come after them, then It shows that Han Xin is indeed in danger, but if the Qi army comes after them aggressively, Han Xin will probably be fine."

As soon as the words fell, a fast horse galloped from behind.

When he got close, the cavalryman on the horse reined the horse hard, and the mount under his crotch immediately stood up with a long hiss, his front hooves kicked several times in the air, and when he landed again, he had abruptly stopped his forward charge. Immediately, the cavalryman cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the army of Qi State is catching up."

"Are you really catching up?" Xiang Zhuang frowned, "Did you see King Qi's banner?"

"Yes." The cavalry said without hesitation, "The king of Qi is in front, and all the troops are following behind, coming this way!"

"Sigh." Xiang Zhuang sighed, turned back and said to Bai Lixian, "It seems that Han Xin should be fine, but it's a pity, such a good opportunity failed to shoot Han Xin, it's a pity."

Bai Lixian shook his head with a smile, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be discouraged. Han Xin is a military strategist of a generation, so how can he be so easy to deal with? Besides, our goal has already been successfully achieved in this expedition, Qi State's ambition to annex Zhao State Frustrated, our Great Chu may add an ally."

Xiang Zhuang nodded happily and said: "According to the time, the doctor will arrive in Handan almost, I hope he can really persuade the king and minister of Zhao to form an alliance with me, Da Chu."

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Liu Bang has been in a bad mood recently. Although the biggest hidden danger of the Lu family has been eliminated, Liu Bang found that he still could not realize his will as he wanted, so he talked about the appointment of the crown prince. According to Liu Bang's original intention, he naturally wanted to list Liu Ruyi as the crown prince. But Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Bai Mo and other ministers all supported Liu Heng.

Coupled with Lu Tai's last words, Liu Bang had to be scruples.

Just now Mrs. Qi cried again in front of Liu Bang, which made Liu Bang very upset. She was hiding alone in the Yongyan Palace drinking, and there were more than one things that upset Liu Bang. Compared with the prince's dispute, Liu Bang He is even more worried about another matter, which is that Zhao State has formed an alliance with Chu State!
This matter has to be talked about more than a month ago. More than a month ago, Han Xin led an army of [-] to attack Zhao Guo. Zhao Guo also sent an envoy to ask Liu Bang for help. I didn't care about it, I just wrote a personal letter and sent it to Han Xin, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

Since he asked to be a fake king of Qi, Han Xin didn't listen to Liu Bang's greetings very much.

Then, Xiang Zhuang sent troops unexpectedly, and really saved Zhao Guo!
Then, Chu State formed an alliance with Zhao State, and it is said that Chu State also gave Zhao State a lot of benefits.

When he first heard the news, Liu Bang couldn't believe his ears. How is this possible?Zhang Er, King Zhao of the previous generation was Liu Bang's confidant. It can be said that Liu Bang single-handedly supported Zhao Guo. Zhang Ao, the current King Zhao, is Liu Bang's son-in-law. With these two layers of relationship, how could Zhao Guo betray the big man and go to Chu State? Alliance?
At this moment, Liu Bang really wanted to ask Xu Negative, has the sky changed?His Liu Bang's emperor star is still as dazzling as before, and is it still as popular as before?Unfortunately, since leaving Xianyang more than ten years ago, Xu Negative has disappeared, and Liu Bang has never heard of her until today.

(End of this chapter)