Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 379
On the outskirts of Pengcheng, the wilderness is lonely.

Long before the arrival of Chu's army, people with a radius of dozens of miles had already fled into Pengcheng. At this time, there was no one in the wilderness on the outskirts of Pengcheng, leaving only a mess, and a few voles were fleeing. Walking among the piles of debris, from time to time, he would raise his pointed head and scan around vigilantly.

Without warning, there was a muffled "boom" in the wilderness.

All of a sudden, a few voles who were looking for food in the pile of rubbish made a scream, and then hid in a hole not far away at the fastest speed, and a voles half-hid in the hole with the courage Wanting to observe the situation, there was another muffled bang, and the vole shrank back into the hole.

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On the deserted wasteland, hundreds of draft horses are pulling twenty carts slowly forward.

On the heavy cart stood twenty marching war drums as tall as two people. Twenty bare-chested, bare-backed, muscular men stood in front of the drums like twenty iron towers. Dao, shining on the bronze-colored skin of these big men, looks like twenty golden war gods from a distance.

All of a sudden, the twenty big men raised huge drumsticks at the same time and slammed them heavily on the cowhide drums. A series of passionate and high-pitched sound waves exploded from the twenty cowhide drums, and gathered into a huge note. A loud "boom" almost shattered the deserted wasteland, and easily ignited the raging flames of war in the hearts of the soldiers of the Chu army.

Standing on the towering drum stand and looking down, one can see endless seas of armored soldiers, stretching from under the drum stand to the end of the field of vision. The rows of towering spears, the cold shields, and the scarlet tassel almost covered the entire wasteland.

Among the ten thousand troops, two hundred strong men carried one hundred bull horns more than one foot long and moved forward slowly, followed by another hundred strong men with fat heads, big ears and protruding bellies. Puffing up the huge cheeks, they played hard, and in an instant, the sound of the horn as far away as if it came from hell suddenly rose into the sky.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."

"Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo..."

The sound of the passionate drums became louder and denser, like a gust of wind and rain beating on the hearts of soldiers of the Chu Army, and the low-pitched horns, like a call from the Nine Nether Hell, instantly ignited the hearts of the soldiers of the Chu Army. The raging flames of war spread endlessly across the wilderness in an instant.

Under the solitary scorching sun, the 20 Chu army is like an endless colony of ants, over the desolate wilderness, over the low mountain ridges, over the criss-crossing rice fields, rushing forward, ahead, at the end of the field of vision, a huge The faint outline of the city has been revealed, that is Pengcheng, the former capital of Chu State, and now the capital of Huainan State.

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Pengcheng, the watchtower at the south gate.

Yingbu's face was as heavy as water, and he stared at the endless wilderness in the south for a moment. Suddenly, a faint drum sound came to his ears, and Fei Zhu, Zhu Jian, and Zhang Mai stood behind Yingbu. , Ma Ye and others all changed their colors. The Chu army, the Chu army finally arrived.

There was a trace of pain on Yingbo's face. His Huainan Kingdom may hardly escape this calamity.

But soon, the painful look disappeared from Yingbo's face, replaced by an inexplicable ferocity, and a hint of madness appeared in his eyes. It's not something that can be wiped out by just anyone, come on, Bi Shu, let the widow see how many catties and taels you have?

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In front of the field of vision, the majestic outline of Pengcheng is already in sight.

Among the thousands of troops, Bi Shu's right hand suddenly raised slowly, and in an instant, hundreds of cavalry galloped away from behind Bi Shu in all directions.

The general has ordered that the whole army stop advancing!

Amidst the sound of orders one after another, the Chu army that was advancing furiously stopped one after another.

With the sound of hooves in a hurry, Zi Cheshi, Xi Qilie and Yu Ziqi's generals had already rode their horses and came behind Bi Shu. Zi Cheshi clasped his fists on the horse's back and said loudly: "General, the morale of our army is at its peak. , take advantage of the situation and attack the city!"

"No." Bi Shu shook his head, and said calmly, "The order will be passed on, and the whole army will set up camp on the spot."

The generals looked at each other, Yu Ziqi hesitated for a moment, and still said: "The method of using troops is to encircle them if ten, attack them if five times, and fight them if twice as many. Now our army is twice as large as the Huainan army, and we have the advantages of equipment. How about No fight?"

Bi Shu waved his hand and said calmly: "Although the Huainan army is not as strong as our army, they have strong reinforcements outside. Before hope is lost, they will definitely fight with all their strength. Our army will definitely not be able to break through the city in a hurry. If we forcefully attack the city , it will only waste our troops in vain, and it will also damage our vigor, which is inappropriate."

As he spoke, Bi Shu suddenly remembered the first battle in Huainan.

In the first battle of Huainan, Han Xin had enough opportunity to break through Pengcheng, but he insisted on waiting for the reinforcements from Chu State to arrive before attacking. Perhaps it was because of the same consideration?Because before the reinforcements were destroyed, the defenders had hope and would definitely defend the city desperately, which would inevitably cause greater losses to the Qi army, so Han Xin chose to stand still.

This time, Bi Shu also chose not to move, he had to wait for reinforcements from the Qi State.

In fact, the reason why Bi Shu chose to stand still was because of deeper considerations. Did Qi really only send one reinforcement to rescue Huainan this time?Han Xinbing never left room for others. As a rare military strategist in the world, how could he not know that the Battle of Huainan was actually a strategic decisive battle between Qi and Chu?

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Lou Jing walked into Han Xin's bedroom in a hurry, and his eyebrows were full of melancholy. Su Weilang sent Cao Yu to come late at night and let him enter the palace as soon as possible. The king foresaw that his death was imminent, so he had to entrust his funeral?Thinking of this, Lou Jing became anxious.

At this time, the Qi State can be described as internal and external troubles, and it is really inseparable from the king!

Lou Jing hurried into the bedroom in three steps at a time, only to see the king lying on the soft couch with his back uncovered, and the imperial doctor Gongyang was applying golden needles to his acupuncture points. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Han Xin turned his head slightly and smiled at Lou Jing: " coming?"

Looking at the faint rosyness on Han Xin's face, Lou Jing unconsciously let out a long sigh of relief, then bowed to the ground, bowed to Han Xin respectfully and said: "Master, see Your Majesty."

It happened that the imperial doctor Gongyang had finished administering the acupuncture, so he helped Han Xin to sit up, and put on the brocade robe for him.

Han Xin breathed out lightly, and said to Lou Jing: "Ya Xiang, I called you here overnight for one thing, and tomorrow morning I will lead the army to go to war, and I entrust you with all the affairs of the country."

"Ah?" Lou Jing was taken aback when he heard the words, and then his face changed drastically, "Your Majesty wants to conquest himself?"

Han Xin nodded, sighed and said, "Well, the crown prince is still young after all. Although he has Zi Jin to assist him, he may not be the opponent of Bi Shu. If the widow does not personally conquer, the battle of Huainan will be lost."

"But..." Lou Jing nana said, "your body, my lord?"

Han Xin waved his hand and said, "It's okay to have Gongyang Imperial Physician accompanying you."

Lou Jing pondered for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, Zhao State is an ally of Chu State. There are only [-] soldiers left in Linzi City, but I don't know how many troops your Majesty intends to take away?" Once Zhao's army crossed the river and attacked, how would the Qi army resist it?
Han Xin smiled slightly, and said: "I will not take away the [-] pawns in Linzi City." After saying this, Han Xin said again, "To tell you the truth, long before the crown prince led the army to go out, the widow will not take away any soldiers." I have already ordered the general to go to Langya to assemble the army, and at this moment, the pawns of Jiaodong and Langya counties should have completed their assembly."

Lou Jing's heart trembled when he heard the words. It's no wonder that after the enlistment edict was promulgated, only soldiers from Jibei, Linzi, Xue County, and Liang counties rushed to Lu County to gather, while the soldiers from Langye and Jiaodong counties did not move. Lou Jing was quite puzzled at the beginning, but now it seems that the King of Ganqing has already made careful arrangements.

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In the southern suburbs of Pengcheng, the camp of the Chu Army.

The five screens are lined up in Bishu's big tent, and a map is hung on each screen. The map is marked with criss-crossing arrows, and there are a lot of text notes below the map. If Han Xin sees You must be surprised, because Huo Ran depicted on these five maps are the five most proud battles in his life.

The first picture: open plank road, secretly crossing Chencang;
The second picture: attacking Puban openly, crossing Yangxia secretly;
The third picture: forming an array against the water, defeating the Zhao army;
The fourth picture: Blocking the Weishui, flooding the dragon;
The fifth picture: the battle of Gaixia, the overlord was defeated.

Bi Shu bowed his back slightly, and stopped in front of the five screens to observe them one by one. Although he had observed these five screens no less than a thousand times, and could even imagine the situation on the five screens with his eyes closed, even so, Every time he observed the map, Bi Shu was extremely careful, as if it was the first time he observed it.

After carefully observing all five maps, Bi Shu fell into deep thought again.

"The way to use soldiers is nothing more than to use righteousness to win by surprise." Bi Shu murmured while meditating, "Even if Han Xin is a rare military strategist in ancient times, there is nothing more than this way, to use righteousness to win by surprise." ?”

After contemplating for a long time, Bi Shu suddenly turned around and strode to the largest screen in the north of the big tent. What hung on the screen was not Han Xin's brilliant achievements, but a huge map of Huainan. Bi Shu Stretching out his right index finger, he walked all the way down Linzi, passing Lu County, Huling, Liuxian, Pengcheng, and finally stopped at a point.

Then Bi Shu's eyes gradually brightened up, yes, this is it!

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PS: Sorry, the first update came late, but good news, Swordsman feels that his writing status has recovered.

(End of this chapter)