Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 413 The Prelude to the Decisive Battle

Bi Shu has officially issued a letter of war to Han Xin. Tomorrow is the day of the final battle. No matter for the generals of the Chu army, or for the generals of the Qi army and Huainan army, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night!

It was already late at night, but Han Xin's king's tent was still brightly lit.

The battle was imminent, and ordinary soldiers and low-level officers went to bed early after eating a sumptuous dinner, but Han Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army, and Ying Bu, Zhao Yan, Han He, and Kuai Che still had Many things need to be confirmed. Tomorrow's decisive battle will directly determine the fate of Qi and Huainan. How dare you take it lightly?
Han Xin's eyes fell on Yingbo first, and asked, "King Huainan?"

Ying Bu cupped his hands and said solemnly: "King Qi, don't worry, the hundred thousand Huainan army will only follow you!"

Han Xin nodded, turned his gaze to Han He again, and said, "Prince, what about the matter that I have confessed?"

Han He sat up on his knees, bowed his hands to Han Xin, and said, "Father, my son has selected 15 strong men from an army of [-] to form a dare-to-fight army alone!"

"Dare to fight the army?" Han Xin nodded happily, "Dare to fight to be fearless, good!"

After a pause, Han Xin said to Ying Bu and Han He: "King of Huainan, Prince, when the decisive battle tomorrow, you will lead the Huainan Forbidden Army and the Dare Warrior Army to hide in the camp. You must not go to battle without your orders. "

Ying Bu was stunned when he heard the words, but Han He was anxious and asked, "Father, why is this?"

Han Xin looked around the crowd, and said solemnly: "To tell you the truth, Bi Shu is indeed a strong enemy in my life. In the first battle in Huainan three years ago, I was slightly better than him. In Huainan three years later, I am no longer sure of victory." , and the Chu army has the advantage of equipment, especially the terrifying Liannu, which is even more threatening!"

Xue Ou thought it was right, if it wasn't for the terrifying Liannu, the camp of the Chu army would have been breached by Han Xin's strange soldiers.

Yingbo's expression was a little unnatural. The first battle in Huainan three years ago, wasn't it because of his Huainan army that Han Xin was defeated and lost the chance to completely defeat Bi Shu?Unexpectedly, three years later, times have changed, Yingbu became Han Xin's ally, and Bi Shu became the greatest enemy.

Kuai Che suddenly said: "King Qi, according to the enemy, the Chu army's continuous crossbows are huge and heavy, so Bi Shu will probably not take them to battle, but will keep these sharp weapons and stick to the camp."

Han Dao said: "Tomorrow's decisive battle is related to the fate of Qi and Huainan, so we must not be careless."

"Therefore, we must be prepared with both hands. If the Chu army brings the Liannu to fight our army decisively, the Huainan Forbidden Army and the Daredevil Army will take advantage of the false attack to capture the Chu camp and cut off their retreat. If the Chu army does not carry the Liannu, the Huainan Forbidden Army , The daring army can suddenly break out at a critical moment, cut off the main force of the Chu army's retreat back to the camp, and surround and annihilate them in the wilderness!"

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At this moment, Bi Shu's handsome tent was also brightly lit.

Bi Shu's eyes fell on Yu Ziqi first, and said: "General Ziqi, your task is the most difficult in the decisive battle tomorrow, because this general can only leave you with 2 horses, but two hundred crossbows will be given to you." You stay here, I won't say much else, I just want to tell you that the camp must not be lost!"

Yu Ziqi knelt up from the table and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the general, the last general will never disgrace his life."

Bi Shu nodded, turned his gaze to Xi Qilie again, and asked, "General Xiqi, have you ever picked a good soldier?"

Xi Qilie also knelt up from the table, cupped his hands and said: "Following the general's order, the last general has selected 20 strong dead soldiers from the [-] soldiers, and they are on standby at any time!"

"Okay." Bi Shu nodded happily, turned his eyes to Jin Xiang, and said, "General Zicheng, your Huben army will immediately exchange banners, armors, and weapons with General Xiqi's [-] dead soldiers. The army is just ordinary government soldiers, and the [-] dead soldiers of General Xiqi are the Tiger Army!"

Xi Qilie, Yu Ziqi and Zi Cheshi were astonished when they heard this.

Jin Xiang was shocked and said, "General, what are you talking about?"

Of course Jin Xiang heard it clearly, he just couldn't believe it, the equipment, banners and golden drums of the Huben Army were bestowed by the king, representing the supreme honor of the Huben Army, unless the entire army was wiped out, how could it be Maybe hand it over?Isn't it difficult for the general to do this?Public revenge, this must be public revenge!

Bi Shu said expressionlessly: "Didn't you hear clearly? Then I will say it again, the Huben Army immediately exchanged equipment with the [-] dead soldiers of General Xiqi. With your outfit, you have to take it off and give it to General Xiqi, do you hear me clearly now?"

Jin Xiang scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, and shouted, "But why?"

"No reason." Bi Shu said indifferently, "This is a military order, let's execute it."

"I don't accept it!" Jin Xiang choked his neck and shouted, "General, this is public revenge."

"Not convinced?" Bi Shu smiled lightly, and said again, "Well, you don't have to participate in the decisive battle tomorrow."

"Ah? Farewell, General, fast farewell." Jin Xiang's expression changed drastically when he heard the words. If the Huben Army was really deprived of the qualification to participate in the decisive battle, then he would not be blamed to death by his generals after returning to the camp?There are still [-] tiger and ben troops, and I am afraid that he will have to scold him for the eighteenth generation of Jinxiang's ancestors behind his back.

Bi Shu said: "Then do you carry out the military orders?"

Jin Xiang was like a deflated sheepskin raft, deflated at once, and bowed to Bi Shu: "Here!"

Bi Shu smiled slightly, and then said to everyone: "Come here first today, all the generals go back and prepare separately."

All the generals rushed to Bi Shu and bowed together, got up and left the tent one after another. After a long time, Jin Xiang's faint muttering could be heard outside the tent, obviously complaining to Xi Qilie, but the corner of Bi Shu's mouth was There was a hint of coldness, the key to victory in tomorrow's decisive battle lies in Jinxiang's tiger army!
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The fourth watch had passed, but Han Xin's king's tent was still brightly lit.

Ying Bu, Han He, Zhao Yan, Kuai Che, Xue Ou and others had already returned to their tents to rest, but Han Xin didn't feel sleepy at all, or he didn't want to sleep at all.

Tomorrow, no, today will be the final decisive battle with the Chu army. Even Han Xin has no certainty of victory in his heart, so he wants to take advantage of this last bit of time to write the last chapter of "Han Xin's Bing Lue" After finishing the article "Decisive Victory on the Battlefield", this chapter on the decisive victory on the battlefield embodies the essence of Han Xin's thoughts in more than a hundred battles in his life, which can be described as Zhuji.

After finishing the chapter on the decisive victory in the battlefield, Han Xin was about to summarize the whole book of war, when a gust of wind suddenly blew up the curtain and poured it into the big tent, and the oil lamp on the desk was blown over. It fell on the spread paper at once, and the overflowing lamp oil also wetted the manuscript just written. When Han Xin reached out to rescue the manuscript in a hurry, he knocked on the lamp with the back of his hand, and instantly cut a hole, and two drops of bright red His blood was spilled on the manuscript.

Looking at the two eye-catching drops of blood stains, Han Xin couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Because coincidentally, these two drops of blood just stained the two words on the manuscript red - defeated!Suddenly, an extremely bad premonition enveloped Han Xin's heart.

The curtain was lifted again, and the doctor Gongyang came in with a worried face and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you should rest."

The haze in Han Xinxin's head dissipated in an instant, and he held up the lamp immediately, and said calmly: "There are only a hundred and ten characters left, and I will rest after finishing writing, you, old sheep, go to rest quickly."

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As soon as the eastern sky showed a hint of paleness, the deep and distant sound of horns sounded in the camp of the Chu army.

The camp, which had been dead and silent, regained its vitality in an instant. The soldiers of the Chu army who had slept soundly all night got up one after another, put on their armor and tie, and then greeted each other, and poured out of the big tent in groups of three or four. Gathering towards the predetermined assembly points of various ministries, looking around, countless soldiers of the Chu army are gathering mightily towards each assembly point like the sand of the Ganges River.

Bi Shu and Xu Negative spend the whole night together, and when he wakes up early in the morning, he is naturally refreshed. Xu Negatively and affectionately combs his hair, combs his hair well, and helps Bi Shu get dressed. He gently wrapped his arms around Bi Shu's ape waist from behind, and said in a low voice, "Husband, you must come back."

Bi Shu lightly held Xu Negative's catkin, and said softly, "My lady, my husband hasn't accompanied you on a boat in Yunmengze yet."

Xu Ling let go of his hand with a sweet smile, and Bi Shu stepped into the big tent. Outside the tent, the pro-military lieutenant Tieniu was already fully dressed, holding Bi Shu's mount and waiting for a long time.

Bi Shu got on his horse, then turned his head and smiled slightly at Xu negative who was standing against the tent, then suddenly reined in the horse's head, and galloped towards the shaft gate with its belly in its arms. He followed Bi Shu like a shadow and rushed forward in a mighty way.

Almost at the same time, the Qi Army and Huainan Army camps on the opposite side also sounded the continuous sound of horns.

In Han Xin's big tent, the imperial doctor Gongyang administered golden needles to Han Xin again, and Han Xin, who had been looking sluggish because of staying up all night, suddenly became energetic again.

Han Xin turned over and sat up, and sighed, "This time, the widow's lifespan will be shortened by at least half a month."

Gongyang Imperial Physician turned over and knelt down on the ground, said sadly: "Your Majesty, I have really tried my best."

Looking at the sweating Gongyang imperial physician, Han Xin sighed: "Old Yangyang, you don't have to blame yourself too much, life and death are up to you, wealth and honor depend on heaven, how long a widow has is a number of days, it cannot be reversed by manpower, you... Already tried my best."

After finishing speaking, Han Xin stretched out his hand and patted the shoulder of the imperial doctor Gongyang, then put on his clothes and got up, and went straight out of the tent.

Outside the tent, Crown Prince Han He, Military Adviser Zhao Yan, General Xue Ou, and Cheng Hei had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the dignified expressions of the crowd, Han Xin smiled and said indifferently, "Everyone, today's battle will be fought by us. Qi must win!"

(End of this chapter)