Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 383 King of Han and King of Chu
Mianshui, also known as Hanshui and Xiangshui, is the longest tributary of the river. Xiangyang got its name because it is located in the Yang of Xiangshui. However, at this time, Xiangyang was only a small town, and there was a big county on the opposite side. That is Deng County.

Standing by the Mianshui River in Ma, Xiang Zhuang suddenly thought of an idiom allusion—throwing a whip to cut off the flow!In the history of China, Fu Jian, the former King of Qin, claimed that his million-strong army could block the Yangtze River by throwing a horsewhip. Now, Xiang Zhuang really felt this way.

In order to defeat Liu Bang, Xiang Zhuang mobilized more than 40 troops, almost all the troops in Jiangdong and Jingxiang, Bashu only left [-] troops, and the three major forbidden troops came out in full force. It is no exaggeration to say that , This battle is a strategic decisive battle between Chu and Han. If you win, the world will be unified, and if you lose, you may be devastated.

At noon, all 40 Chu troops crossed Mianshui and approached Deng County.

The county magistrate of Deng County had already closed the city gates, deep ditches and high fortifications, but the Chu army had no intention of attacking the city. Flying reports, an army larger than the Chu army is slowly approaching Deng County. There is no doubt that it is Liu Bang's Han army!

The western outskirts of Deng County is not an endless plain, but a large area of ​​gentle rolling hills.

Just after noon, a cavalry suddenly appeared on the low gentle hill to the northwest. The cavalry was wearing brown leather armor, a brown leather helmet, and a bright red battle robe. Under the scorching sun, the cherry red tassels look extraordinarily beautiful and eye-catching. The Han army, the Han army has arrived!

Immediately afterwards, there were bursts of distant trumpets sounding as if from hell.

Bai Lixian put down the feather fan on his forehead, turned his head to Xiang Zhuang and said, "My lord, they are here."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, almost as soon as Bai Lixian finished speaking, more Han cavalry appeared continuously on the left and right sides of the cavalry, dozens of cavalry, hundreds of cavalry, thousands of cavalry, and then, Thousands of cavalrymen of the Han army poured down from the gentle hills like a flood that broke the embankment, surging forward.

In an instant, apart from the rumbling hooves of horses, there was no other sound between the heaven and the earth.

On the gentle rolling hills in front, there is no other scene except for the swaying horses' heads, the churning horseshoes, and the bunches of cherry red tassels fluttering in the wind, not even the grass that has just sprouted. , was also completely annihilated by Wang Yang of the Han cavalry.

After the endless cavalry Wang Yang, a big banner embroidered with the words "Great General Lu of the Han Dynasty" finally appeared on the gentle hill in front. I saw this big banner swinging slightly, and the cavalry of the Han army who were rushing forward In an instant, it split from it, like a torrent cut by a reef, rolling towards the left and right wings.

The cavalry banner then galloped down Xuqiu and galloped to the right.

Although the distance is very far, Xiang Zhuang can still vaguely see a general of the Han army who is about [-] years old galloping under the big cavalry banner, almost at the same time Xiang Zhuang stared, The general of the Han army also suddenly turned his head to look, Xiang Zhuang couldn't even see the outline of the other party's Wuguan clearly, but he felt a bone-piercing icy cold!

Appearing immediately behind the cavalry is the Han infantry with a larger lineup.

First, the heavy armored infantry of the Han army. When the rows of heavy armored Han army wearing heavy armor and holding large shields and long swords slowly descended the low hills, it seemed that the earth was falling; Behind them were the halberd spear soldiers, and the rows of halberd spears pointed directly at the sky. The blades reflected the icy cold flames under the scorching sun, and the sky trembled.

Then came the indifferent archer with a long bow and quiver on his back, and finally the light soldier in kudzu clothes.

After more than half an hour, a towering bright red banner finally emerged slowly from behind the low hill. On the big banner was embroidered a big "Han" character, Liu Bang, this is Liu Bang's Hanwang banner !As soon as the king of the Han appeared, the infantry of the Han army who were descending along the low hill quickly gave way to a passage.

Two quarters of an hour later, Hanwang Dazhu appeared in front of the Han army with three thousand cavalry.

Xiang Zhuang understood, and led the [-] imperial guards to meet the King of Han on the opposite side.

Before the war, Liu Bang really wanted to see Xiang Zhuang, so why didn't Xiang Zhuang not want to see Liu Bang?In fact, ever since he traveled to this world, Xiang Zhuang has been thinking about Liu Bang all the time. What kind of emperor is Liu Bang, the commoner emperor who created the Han Empire and the main ethnic group in China was named Han because of him? Rascal?
Three thousand iron cavalry of the Han army and three thousand imperial guards of the Chu State slowly separated from their respective formations and approached slowly.

At a distance of five hundred steps, the three thousand Han cavalry and the three thousand Chu cavalry spread out to the left and right wings almost simultaneously, and then there was a continuous sound of metal friction, and then a sharp horizontal knife or double-edged epee had come to them. In his hand, a strong sense of murder instantly spread between the two armies, and the battle... was imminent.

When they were a hundred steps apart, both Chu and Han stopped at the same time.

Xiang Zhuang narrowed his eyes slightly, expressionless, he had seen such scenes too many times, squinting his eyes, he saw two shoulders surrounded by dozens of Han cavalry generals, on the shoulders There were two old men with white beards lying down, but they were already sitting up now, Xiang Zhuang recognized Liu Bang at a glance, and the old man next to him should be Zhang Liang.

Looking at Liu Bang, who was already seventy years old, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel emotional.

As a time traveler, Xiang Zhuang respected Liu Bang from the bottom of his heart. Although this guy was born in the market, he was worthy of the name of an emperor. He looks like an ordinary little old man, but he is the one who gave Chinese civilization the title of "Han"!

"King of Han." Without any hesitation, Xiang Zhuang bowed to each other on horseback, "It's been a long time."

"King of Chu." Liu Bang bowed his hand in return, looking at Xiang Zhuang with extremely complicated eyes, "The style is still the same as before."

Liu Bang's mood at this time is indeed very complicated, full of emotion, bitterness, and even a trace of helplessness. Back then, Xiang Zhuang was just a general under Xiang Yu's account at the Bashang Hongmen Banquet, but now, Xiang Zhuang has become His Liu Bang's nightmare, what even Xiang Yu never did back then, Xiang Zhuang did.

Xiang Zhuang lowered his hands and said as if pointing: "King of Han, you are getting old, it's time to rest."

Liu Bang shook his hand, and said helplessly: "I also want to spend my life in Weiyang Palace, but some people don't stop. Why can't young people be considerate and considerate of old people?"

Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and with a glance, he saw two Han generals standing beside Liu Bang and Zhang Liang on horseback. The Han general next to Zhang Liang recognized Xiang Zhuang. I don't know the Han general Xiang Zhuang, but the aura exuding from him is as dangerous as Zhou Guanfu.

Xiang Zhuang's eyes fell on Zhang Liang again, and he said with a smile, "This must be Mr. Zhang Liang?"

Zhang Liang smiled casually, bowed to Xiang Zhuang on his shoulders and said: "Old man Zhang Liang, see the King of Chu."

"Mr. Zhang Liang, you are not young anymore." Xiang Zhuang sighed, "Marching and fighting are very hard work."

"That's right, it's really hard for me to go to the battlefield at this age." Xiang Zhuang nodded lightly, deeply convinced, "I hope that after this battle is over, I won't have to go to the battlefield again."

"Mr. Zhang Liang, in fact, we don't need to fight this battle at all." Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, his sharp eyes returned to Liu Bang, and he said, "As long as the army of the King of Han can retreat to Guanzhong, I will definitely withdraw my troops to Jiangdong! Come on, don't the two old people not have to work so hard?"

"Why do I want to fight?" Liu Bang sighed, and said again, "As long as the King of Chu withdraws Bi Shu's army that attacked Huainan back to Jiangdong, I will withdraw my troops back to Guanzhong without saying a word."

Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "What if I don't agree?"

"Then let's go to war!" Liu Bang's eyes suddenly flashed a gleam, "Jade and stone will be destroyed!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and immediately reined in his horse and turned back straight to the main formation. The three thousand Imperial Forest Army also turned their horses around one after another, surrounded Xiang Zhuang and returned to the main formation. Liu Bang waved his hand lightly, and four Han soldiers carried The two Jianyu turned to the north one after another, and quickly returned to the Han army formation under the escort of three thousand imperial cavalry.

In the next moment, the drums of war sounded passionately in the formation of the two armies at the same time.

Xiang Zhi, who went out with his father for the first time, was so excited that he bowed to Xiang Zhuang and said, "Father?!"

Xiang Zhuang looked sideways, and saw that although the second son adopted by Xiang Yu was only 15 years old, he was as strong as a calf, his arms were thicker than ordinary people's thighs, and his face was still childish. , but indistinctly, there is already a hint of a tiger and a wolf, his mother is really a tiger with no dogs.

When Xiang Zhuang was hesitating, Xiang Zhi could no longer hold back and urged his horse to rush out.

Xiang Zhi rode his horse to the front of the two armies, galloped back and forth twice at first, and then made a series of dazzling riding moves on the horse's back. These riding moves were all taught by Hu Yan, and finally Xiang Zhi held Zhang Ba's spear upside down, reined in his horse and shouted sharply: "Great Chu Xiang Zhi is here, who dares to fight a certain one?"

There was a burst of laughter in the Han army formation. Although Xiang Zhi was as strong as a calf, his face was still childish, and he could tell he was a baby who hadn't grown up. Zhou Guanfu and Liu Bi didn't bother at all. Yu went out, but a young general of the Han army next to Zhou Guanfu couldn't hold back, and rushed to the general Zhou Bo in front of him and said, "Father?!"

Zhou Bo frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Yafu is not allowed to mess around, how can a general fight fiercely?"

Zhou Guanfu secretly winked at the young general of the Han army behind Zhou Bo's back. The young general of the Han army was overjoyed, and immediately urged his horse to rush out of the formation of the Han army. Said: "Father, don't worry, although the second brother is young, he is proficient in bow and horse, and he is expected to win. Even if he loses, isn't there still a child?"

(End of this chapter)