Chu and Han contend for the throne

394 - War of Attrition
When returning to Daying in the afternoon, Han Xin's expression was very ugly.

For a whole morning, the Qi army and the Huainan army provoked and yelled in every possible way in front of the Chu army camp, and even sent a large number of soldiers to take off their armor in front of the Chu army camp and rest openly. It's just that he can't shrink back, except for hanging a wooden sign on the gate, there is nothing to show.

Free battle card?Bi Shu and Chu Jun even put up the exemption card? !

Did Bi Shu already know that he only had six months to live?However, Han Xin quickly denied his deduction. Even if Bi Shu was a god, he would never know about this matter. The only explanation is that the Chu army has discovered the fact that the Qi army and the Huainan army are short of food, so they are going to fight with the coalition army. Fight a war of attrition.

In a war of attrition, it must be the coalition forces that cannot sustain it in the end.

Thinking of this, Han Xin couldn't help but sighed lightly. How great would it be if the result of the Battle of Fuli could be reversed?In this way, not only the Qi army's food shortage problem can be easily solved, but the Chu army will also be passive because of the lack of food and grass. At that time, it should be the Chu army that is eager to fight, not the Qi army and Huainan army.

While thinking about it, Han Xin had strode into King Qi's tent.

Yingbu, Han He, Zhao Yan, Kuai Che, Xue Ou and others filed in, and took their seats on the left and right. Although Yingbo was also among the princes and kings, and had a similar status to Han Xin, he really didn't dare to compete with Han Xin. Sitting on an equal footing, just like Han Xin was never qualified to sit on an equal footing in front of Liu Bang, there is also a distinction between princes and kings.

After entering the table, Ying Bo cupped his hands at Han Xin, and said worriedly: "King Qi, Bi Shu seems to be planning to fight a war of attrition with us, which is not very good."

Han He, Zhao Yan, Kuai Che and others beside him also had dignified expressions.

The coalition army really can't afford it. Since being looted by Xiangzhuang's cavalry army three years ago, the state of Qi has been weakened. Before the army set off, Han He tried his best to collect more than a month's army rations. The situation of Huainan state is not much better. In the past, over the past few years, Yingbo has trusted traitors such as Fei Zhu, Ma Ye, and Zhang Mai, and the people in the country have long been in dire straits and bandits are rampant.

If we don't find a solution as soon as possible, the coalition forces will run out of food in at most half a month!

Xue Ou suddenly got up on his knees, and asked Han Xin, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead an elite army to cross the river and go deep into the east of the river. While harassing the Chu region, we will raise rations to relieve the urgent needs of the coalition forces." Xue Ou wanted to follow Peng Yue's example and come again Xue Ou scratched Chu, of course in his bones, Xue Ou also wanted to use this to get rid of Han Xin and establish himself as king.

Yingbo's heart moved slightly, this is a good way.

At the time of the Chu-Han Xingyang War, when Liu Bang lost the grain of Ao Cang and was about to be unsustainable, it was Peng Yue who led his army deep into Chu, wantonly burning, killing, looting, and looting, which greatly restrained the strength of the Chu army and weakened the national power of Chu. At the same time, Liu Bang also sent a large amount of urgently needed military rations. With these military rations, the Han army was able to turn defeat into victory in Xingyang.

Han Xin shook his head coldly, Peng Yue's scratching at Chu was effective, it was because Peng Yue had that ability, and there were a large number of tiger and wolf generals such as Liu Kou under him, and Xue Ou could compare with Peng Yue?Among other things, Yu Ziqi, Zi Che Shi, and Xi Qilie under Bi Shu's account alone are all inferior to Xue Ou in terms of leadership.

Right now, the scouts of the two armies have spread all over Huainan, and every move of the coalition forces is under the surveillance of the Chu army. Once Xue Ou divides his troops to intercept Jiangdong, Bi Shu will definitely send his generals to intercept and kill them. With Che Shi, Yu Ziqi and even the Jinxiang Huben army intercepting and killing, how much chance can Xue Ou win?

The most important thing is that Wujiang still has Zhonglimei's navy lying there. Even if Han Xin leads the army there, he is not sure that he can cross Wujiang, let alone Xue Ou's mere division?Therefore, asking Xue Ou to divide his troops to attack Jiangdong would have no other effect except to further weaken the strength of the Qi army.

Xue Ou looked a little embarrassed, thinking that Han Xin had guessed his selfish intentions.

Zhao Yan also said: "At present, the coalition army's strength advantage over the Chu army is not obvious, and the equipment and training are not as good. If we divide the troops again, the consequences will be very unpredictable." After saying this, Zhao Yan said again, "At this time, we must make two-handed preparations. On the one hand, let the Prime Minister urgently collect food from the country in case of emergencies, and on the other hand build ordnance, and prepare to storm the Chu camp!"

Han Xin nodded happily, and said, "Zijin's words are very reasonable, and you will be solely responsible for these two matters."

"Here!" Zhao Yan hurriedly knelt and sat up, and responded respectfully, but there was another sigh in his heart, and then turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a trace of discontent on Han He's face.
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The Huainan battlefield fell silent temporarily, while the Jingxiang battlefield remained calm.

Since the first day when the two armies of Chu and Han had just encountered each other, the fierce front-line battle erupted. Since then, the two armies have chosen to remain silent. The distance is less than ten miles, and even the sound of practice every morning can be clearly heard.

The fact that the Chu and Han armies stayed still did not mean that the entire battlefield was peaceful.

In fact, it is just the opposite. Ever since the two armies formed a confrontation in Deng County, the scouts and rangers of both sides have launched a desperate fight within a radius of a hundred miles. Whether it is day or night, as long as the scouts and rangers of both sides meet It's a situation where there is no end to death. If one side is completely dead, the fight will never be stopped.

Liu Bang and Xiang Zhuang didn't know about the deadly strangling between the scout cavalry, because whether it was the Chu army or the Han army, the strength of both sides was more than 40, and the cavalry was also more than [-]. There were only a few hundred scout cavalry casualties However, the scout generals on both sides would not disturb Xiang Zhuang or Liu Bang at all.

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Bai Mao is from Shanyin County, Kuaiji County, and he has been selected as a military soldier for five full years.

Three years ago, Bai Mao was selected into the cavalry army. In Chu's military system, the status of the forbidden army is obviously higher than that of the government soldiers, and among the government soldiers, the cavalry has the highest status. Bai Mao is still clear about it. I vividly remember the scene when he was selected into the cavalry. After three years of hard training, White Spear has become an excellent cavalryman.

Because of his outstanding performance in riding, White Spear was promoted to be Shichang before the expedition.

At this moment, White Spear was wandering in the wilderness with his nine cavalry.

The crescent moon is like a hook, and the cold moonlight falls on the rolling gentle hills, making the nearby scenery vaguely discernible. The white spear searches the surroundings with sufficient eyesight, and the pair of protruding ears listens carefully to the wind blowing in the night. The slight sound came, Baiqiang knew very well that endless murderous intentions were hidden in the surrounding darkness, and if he was negligent, his scouting team would be wiped out.

All of a sudden, Baimao heard a faint noise. The noise was so light that it could easily be regarded as a noise at night if he didn't distinguish it carefully, but Baimao recognized it with his keen hearing. It was clearly a horseshoe The sound of trampling on the grass, although light but absolutely unmistakable, must be the sound of horseshoes!
There are only scouts from the Chu army in the vicinity, so it must be the scouts from the Han army.

White Spear raised his right hand and made a gesture, and the nine riders behind him spread out silently, forming a fan shape in the direction of White Spear's fingers. In an instant, ten spiked arrows were already on the bowstring. The cluster of arrows was also aimed at the low mound in front of it, and the faint sound was approaching from behind the mound.

A moment later, a group of cavalry slowly emerged from behind Xuqiu. Without any hesitation, the white spear let go of the bowstring, and only heard a "swoosh", and the frontmost cavalry screamed from the horse's back. Upside down, almost at the same time, the fan-shaped nine cavalry also loosened their bowstrings one after another, and on the hill, two more cavalry screamed and fell off their horses.

"Damn you Chu people, fight with them!" The scouts of the Han army were ambushed suddenly and lost three cavalry, but the remaining six or seven cavalry did not flinch. Coming over, the cold moonlight shone on the double-edged swords, instantly reflecting a piece of icy cold light.

Bai Spear did not move, and shot two arrows again, and two more scouts of the Han army turned over and fell off their horses.

Then Bai Mao pulled out the ring head saber resoundingly, and urged the horse to rush towards the remaining five-riding Han army scouts on the opposite side. Almost at the same time, the nine-riding Chu army scouts who spread out in a fan shape also quickly surrounded them.

The fierce fighting lasted less than half a quarter of an hour before it ended. Of the remaining five Han army scouts, two were cut off by white spears, and the other two were surrounded by nine Chu army scouts and hacked at random. He died, and the remaining one tried to escape, but was shot and killed by the white spear. At this point, the scout team of the Han army was completely wiped out, and only two people in the white spear team were slightly injured.

White Spear cut off six heads and hung them around the horse's neck, immediately attracting envious and envious eyes from the nine riders under his command.

"Don't look at me with such eyes, who made you move too slowly? I didn't intend to grab the battle merits." Meeting the envious eyes of the nine cavalry under his command, Bai Mao snorted, and said in a bad mood, "I envy others with this skill. , it is better to go to the surrounding area and go to patrol, if you are lucky, you may encounter another group of Han army scouts."

After saying that, Bai Mao lightly reined in the horse's head, and galloped up to Xuqiu.

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When Zhou Guanfu strode into Lu Tai's big tent, Lu Tai was having breakfast.

Seeing Zhou Guanfu's angry look, Lu Tai said in surprise, "Shengzhi, what's wrong with you?"

Zhou Guanfu sat down on the table opposite Lu Tai, took two gulps of the pot of white wine on the desk, wiped his mouth, and said angrily: "The five people who were sent out last night Out of the ten scout teams, nine of them did not come back, it seems that most of them were hunted down by the Chu army's scout team again."

Lu Tai frowned and asked, "What about us, how many Chu army squads have we killed?"

"There are only two." Zhou Guanfu said angrily, "I'm so mad at his grandma."

"Nine to two? The difference in battle damage is so disparate?!" Lu Tai frowned and said, "Shengzhi, starting today, each scout team will be strengthened to twenty cavalry, and then thirty cavalry will be transferred to form five Isn’t the scout team of ten cavalry fighting a war of attrition? We have more cavalry than the Chu army, so this general wants to see who can consume more energy than whom.”

(End of this chapter)