Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 436

In the dark night, Xiang Zhuang strode to the river beach surrounded by Bai Lixian, Xiang Tuo and others.

On the river beach, there are rows of corpses wrapped in war robes. They are the corpses of the fallen Chu army. A large pit has been dug in front of these corpses. Before long, these corpses will be buried. Pay attention to burial, so as long as there are conditions, the fallen soldiers will be buried in the ground.

Looking at the dead soldiers lying quietly on the river beach in front of him, Xiang Zhuang's heart was heavy.

The scene of the fierce battle during the day is still lingering in his mind. Liu Bang obviously knew his situation, so he strictly ordered the Han army to launch a desperate attack. It also caused great damage to the Chu army, and the former army camp became a Shura blood prison that the two sides repeatedly fought over!
Xiang Tuo walked up to Xiang Zhuang and said, "Your Majesty, let the soldiers rest in peace."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and waved his right hand again. The soldiers of the Chu army who had been waiting by the side rushed forward one after another, and lifted the bodies of robes and put them into the big pit. The corpse bowed deeply, then turned around and mounted the horse, and returned silently to the camp of the Chinese army.

A schoolboy rushed over and said something to Xiang Tuo.

Xiang Tuo rode his horse to catch up with Xiang Zhuang, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the number of casualties has come out. In today's battle, our army has killed more than 3 people and injured more than [-] people." Seeing Xiang Zhuang His expression turned cold all of a sudden, and Xiang Tuo hurriedly said, "However, the Han army suffered more casualties. Although they didn't count carefully, at least [-] people died, and there are probably more injured!"

Xiang Zhuang suddenly reined in his horse and turned his head back, and turned his gaze to the other side of the river beach, where the corpses of all the Han soldiers who died in battle had been piled up into a hill, but now, this hill has become a burning volcano, and the dead The current Chu army has the treatment of being buried in peace, but the Han army as the enemy does not have this blessing.

Sighing lightly, Xiang Zhuang said a little lonely: "It's impossible to fight like this."

This kind of life-saving style of play is indeed not what Xiang Zhuang wants. If it is consumed like this, it will take up to ten days. Of course, the Han army will be exhausted, but the Chu army may not have a few people left. Chu State will have to recuperate for at least another ten years before launching the final unification battle, but Xiang Zhuang doesn't want to wait another ten years!

While speaking, the group of people had already returned to the former army camp. At this time, the former army camp was brightly lit, and countless topless Chu soldiers were sweating profusely. Fill up the ditch, and then reset the deer village and repel the horse in front of the ditch, and then sprinkle a lot of barbed wire.

Seeing the rejection of the horse, Xiang Zhuang thought of the navy that was still blocked at Liyu Beach, and immediately frowned and asked Xiang Tuo, "Ziyan, are the navy still unable to get through?"

Xiang Tuo shook his head and said depressedly: "The Han army dragged hundreds of big trees with branches and leaves into the Mian River, almost blocking the entire river, and the Han army also set up repelling horses among these big trees. , and all the refusal horses were tied to big trees with iron chains, and the navy wanted to drag these obstacles to the shore, but there were Han soldiers on the shore..."

Meng Xi couldn't bear to ask for a fight: "Your Majesty, please lead three thousand riders to Liyu Beach for rescue."

Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said nothing, and asked Meng Yu to take [-] cavalry to Liyutan. Not only would it not be able to help the navy, but it might turn into another decisive cavalry battle in the end. The cavalry of the Han army still has an absolute advantage. The cavalry of the Chu army with the army as the main force won the decisive battle, I am afraid it will be a miserable victory, which is not what Xiang Zhuang wants.

As for dispatching infantry to Liyutan, that's even more unnecessary.

When the Chu army dispatched infantry, the Han army would definitely intercept them. If the infantry that Xiangzhuang did not want to attack were surrounded and wiped out by the Han army, he had to send troops to rescue them. The purpose of leaving the camp is to avoid a decisive battle in the wild, because he really has no certainty of victory.

Unless Bi Shu arrived, Xiang Zhuang would rather continue to spend like this.

Bai Lixian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan to bring the navy back!"

After finishing speaking, Bai Lixian rode forward again and whispered something softly into Xiang Zhuang's ear. Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up immediately, he turned his head and ordered Qu Bucai: "Old Qu, give Ruoxian Feige immediately Pass the book..."

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The night was dark, but the torches were brightly lit in the woods on the west bank of Liyutan.

Except for the rangers sent out to patrol, the remaining [-] or so riders have all become carpenters, and they are building refusal horses overnight. One horizontal bar, and then nail a row of long wooden stakes with sharpened ends on the two horizontal bars. Although the workmanship is rough, it is more practical.

At this time, Zhou Guanfu was already surrounded by nailed horses, at least hundreds of them.

When Zhou Guanfu was inspecting these rejected horses one by one, a small school came to him in a hurry and reported: "General, the Chu State Navy has retreated!"

"Well, have you retreated?" Zhou Guanfu was taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately got on his horse and came to the river. Sure enough, he saw that the Chu warships that had been hovering in the south of the blocked river had turned around one after another and headed south. Unable to figure out the intention of the National Water Army, he had to order the scouts to strengthen the vigilance on the shore.

Back in the woods, Zhou Guanfu shouted again: "Okay, don't nail them, throw these horses into the river, and cut down hundreds of big trees, and cut down the upper and lower rivers of Carp Beach. I'm blocked by this general, hum, as long as this general is here, the Chu State navy will not be able to pass through here, this road is blocked!"

The Han army carried out dozens of sheepskin rafts from the forest, and then a group of four sheepskin rafts carried a number of horses and rowed to the center of the river. Another part of the Han army began to cut down big trees, but these But the big tree cannot be dragged into the water by manpower. It has to rely on a long hemp rope and the horses of the Han army on the other side.

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Liu Bang once again wanted to retreat. After a day of fierce fighting, the Han army lost nearly 3 people, including 10,000 fine cavalry and [-] heavy cavalry, and countless wounded. If the fight continues like this, it will take up to ten days , Five [-]+ Han troops are almost all wiped out, and by then he just wants to be the King of Anle in Guanzhong.

At that moment Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang: "Zifang, even though the Chu Army's Liannu has been adjusted by your design, it is still quite difficult for us to fight, or... forget it?"

Zhang Liang was speechless. He thought that if the sharpest Liannu was dispatched, the Han army's operation to pull out the stronghold would be much smoother. Zhang Liang never thought about defeating 40 Chu troops in one fell swoop, but at least he should capture five Chu troops. One of the big camps should at least eat the former army of the Chu army, but in the end, the Han army still failed to do so.

The three hundred heavy cavalry lived up to expectations, and indeed broke through the heavy armored defense line of the Chu army!

The three thousand fine cavalry did not disappoint. They almost slaughtered the light soldiers and archers of the Chu army in the former camp, but in the end, the three hundred heavy cavalry and the three thousand fine cavalry were still buried in the vast ocean of the Chu army In the sea, Zhang Liang could tell that the Chu army didn't even use the Sirius Army or the Xiaocai Army among the three forbidden armies.

The fighting power of the Chu army still exceeded Zhang Liang's imagination!

The battle of Mianshui has been fought so far, and Zhang Liang is already very clear that if the Han army continues to attack, the best result will be a loss for both sides. It is almost impossible for the Han army to win a big victory!Four 10,000+ Chu army huddled together, it was really too difficult for the Han army to swallow this turtle...

But Zhang Liang also knew that the Chu army would never stick to it!

This has nothing to do with Xiang Zhuang's character and whether he likes to take risks. It is determined by the general trend of the world and the offensive and defensive trends of Chu and Han.

Obviously, if the Chu army sticks to its defense and fights against the Han army, both sides will suffer, then Chu will need to rest and recuperate for another ten years before it can unify the world; If the army wins a big victory, it can take advantage of the situation to destroy the Han Dynasty and unify the world. If it is defeated, it is nothing more than a few more years of recuperation.

In other words, the result of the Chu army's big defeat will not be much worse than both sides, but the benefits of a big victory are obvious.

Therefore, as long as Xiang Zhuang is not an idiot, he will definitely choose to fight the Han army before both sides lose, and this is the only chance for the Han army to defeat the Chu army!
At that moment Zhang Liang regained his composure and said, "Your Majesty, at the time of life and death, you must never give up lightly!"

"Why did the widow ever think about giving up?" Liu Bang spread his hands and said with a wry smile, "but the problem is, the little boy in Xiangzhuang is stuck in the big camp and can't come out. We can't do anything about him, right? If we continue to attack like this, the widow's point The family fortune will be exhausted, and I'm afraid I won't even be able to become the king of Guanzhong by then."

Zhang Liangdao: "Please trust me, within three days, the Chu army will definitely go to battle!"

"Three days?" General Liu Bang doubted, "Will the Chu army really go to battle in two days?"

Seeing Zhang Liang nodding his head, Liu Bang said helplessly: "Forget it, let's try to attack by force for another two days."

"In that case, I will take my leave, Your Majesty should rest earlier." Zhang Liang bowed to Liu Bang, turned around and went out of the tent.

When Chen Ping was about to leave the tent, he suddenly stopped, as if he wanted to say something to Liu Bang, but when he met Liu Bang's inquiring eyes, Chen Ping swallowed the words he had spit out.

Looking at the back of Chen Ping, Liu Bang said: "This Chen Ping, what do you want to do?"

Hearing Liu Bang's muttering, Chen Ping couldn't help but stop again, wanting to go back and tell Liu Bang what he secretly planned, but he still held back after thinking about it. Don't say that a humble gentleman like Zhang Liang can't stand it, even the king who has always been black-bellied will be furious, right?However, for the life and death of the Great Han Kingdom, he, Chen Ping, went all out.

(End of this chapter)