Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 439 Take the initiative to fight
When the sky was approaching, Lu Tai finally rushed to the outside of Ruo County with [-] Han cavalry and [-] Yueshi Hu cavalry. Zhou Guanfu's [-] fine cavalry accompanied Lu Tai to the south, and Jiang Ji's navy had already landed. The boat went up to the upper reaches of Baishui, and his three-thousand horsemen were useless even if they were stuck in the carp beach.

Looking at the outline of Ruoxian city not far away, Zhou Guanfu said in a bad mood: "Generally, I will take people to cut wood and build ladders. I will attack the city overnight tonight. Maybe tomorrow morning, we will be able to take down Ruoxian. I want to see how Jiang Ji's navy will come back this time if we burn down the Chu army's food and supplies? Hmph!"

Lu Tai pondered: "It's okay to cut wood and build ladders, but it's fine to attack the city overnight."

In any case, Ruoxian County is an important place for the Chu army to hoard food and grass. Not only are there [-] elite soldiers stationed in the city, but the whole city is surrounded by water. How easy is it to capture it overnight?The king of Han ordered him to lead his troops south, but the purpose was to mobilize Jiang Ji's Chu navy to make them exhausted, not to really want to take Ruoxian.

Zhou Guanfu yelled, "Forget it? How can I forget it? I can't count it!"

"Okay, Shengzhi, stop yelling." Lu Tai patted Zhou Guanfu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I know that you have held back your anger at Liyutan, but you should wait until you turn around and attack Hewan University." Let’s take it out on Xiang Zhuang during the camp, Ruo County in front of you is a hard bone, so there’s no need to gnaw on it for the time being.”

Zhou Guanfu snorted and muttered to take someone to cut wood and build ladders.

Then Lu Tai turned his head and shouted to the messenger cavalry behind him: "Order the whole army, set up camp!"

"Here!" Dozens of cavalry responded loudly, and flew away. In less than a moment, the cavalry of the Han army in the western suburbs of Ruo County got off their horses one after another, unloaded their tents and utensils from their horses, and began to set up camp. Ding Gu, who was guarding the city on the opposite side, saw the Han army stationed there, so he hurriedly sent a letter to the Hewan Camp for help.

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Bi Shu fell into a coma from noon until the next morning, and the exhaustion from days of rapid marching was instantly swept away.

When striding into the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Tuo, Bai Lixian and other Chu kings and ministers had already gathered together. It was on the right side of the case, but the chief in the middle was vacant. Bi Shu knew that the seat was reserved for him, so he didn't refuse immediately, and took the chief seat.

Xiang Zhuang looked sideways at Bi Shu, and said loudly: "Learning swords, is this the beginning?"

Bi Shu nodded lightly, waved his hand lightly and said: "Send the order, beat the drums and gather the generals!"

"Here!" Tie Niu behind Shili Bishu responded loudly, and then strode out of the tent.

After a while, the drums of war drums sounded like rain in the camp of the Chinese army. Hearing the sound of the drums, the generals of all armies and battalions got on their horses one after another and came straight to the tent of the Chinese army.

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Liu Bang had another nightmare. He dreamed that Xiang Zhuang was covered in blood and broke into Weiyang Palace with a sharp sword in his hand. Liu Bang took Madam Qi and fled in a hurry. He never thought that Madam Qi slipped and fell to the ground. Liu Bang was going back to help Madam Qi At that time, Xiang Zhuang had already killed, and Madam Qi was picked up from the ground with one stroke.

Liu Bang's dead souls were all scared, and he wanted to step forward to save people, but he retreated instinctively under his feet.

But Xiang Zhuang didn't chase after him, just grinned grinningly and began to tear off Madam Qi's shirt. After a while, the shirt on Madam Qi's body was stripped clean by Xiang Zhuang, revealing an infinitely enchanting and extremely hot snow-white beauty. After that, Liu Bang saw that Xiang Zhuang lifted up his battle robe, took out a terrifying giant and pierced Madam Qi's lower body...

"No!" Liu Bang roared angrily, and sat up from the soft couch in an instant, only to realize that it was just Nankey Yimeng.

The tightly closed curtain was suddenly lifted, and Liu Bi, dressed in military uniform and with a heroic face, strode in, and asked Liu Bang worriedly, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

"It's all right, I'm all right." Liu Bang waved his hand weakly, but cold sweat rolled down his face, and then Liu Bang felt a burst of coolness, and he realized that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat , for no reason, Liu Bang felt a burst of irritability that he had never experienced before. Xiang Zhuang has almost become his demon in these years.

Liu Bi asked someone to fetch a basin of hot water for Liu Bang to wash his body. As soon as Liu Bang changed his clothes and got up, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo, Xia Houying and other civil and military officials came to his central army tent.

Seeing the excited expressions of Zhang Liang and others, Liu Bang asked in confusion, "Zifang, what's the matter?"

Zhang Liang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "My lord, the Chu army is lining up outside the camp, and they are about to go to battle!"

"The Chu army wants to take the initiative to fight?!" Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, and then said happily, "This is good news."

Zhang Liang nodded lightly and said: "It seems that Xiang Zhuang has realized that if this continues, his naval army will not only be unable to save Ruoxian, but will also be dragged down and dragged to death by our army. Therefore, he can only choose to fight me decisively." Already!" Having said this, Zhang Liang said again, "However, Xiang Zhuang is still very good at choosing the right time, and at this time, the Chu army has the best chance of winning in a decisive battle with our army."

Liu Bang nodded and said: "Well, we took away [-] fine cavalry and [-] Yueshi Hu cavalry. At this time, the Chu army is going to fight, at least the disadvantage of cavalry is not so obvious." The Han army originally had [-] Han After several major battles, there are still [-] Han cavalry plus [-] Hu cavalry. Lu Tai took away [-], leaving only [-] Han cavalry and [-] Hu cavalry.

Zhou Bo said in a deep voice, "But if Xiang Zhuang chooses to take the initiative to fight, the battlefield will inevitably be far away from the Mianshui river, and the Chu army will not be able to rely on the water army's crossbow boats. This is good news for our army!"

Chen Ping echoed: "So, in this decisive battle, our army has a better chance of winning!"

"Do it!" Liu Bang said viciously, waving his old fists, "Decree, the whole army goes to battle!"

"Here!" Liu Bi responded with a bang, and took the order to walk away. In less than a moment, the passionate drums and horns sounded in the camp of the Han army, and then teams of Han army armored soldiers rushed forward. Then they surged out from the open shaft gate and began to line up on the open wasteland.

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Half an hour later, the two armies of Chu and Han shot at a distance of [-] paces. The two armies of Chu and Han formed a regular formation, with the infantry at the front and the baggage at the rear, protected by cavalry. The only difference between the two wings is that the Chu army's supply troops are much larger than the Han army. This time, the Chu army can be said to have come out in full force.

At the circle of the two armies, Hu Yan had already galloped out of the formation, galloping back and forth in front of the formation, and Wu Qiang shouted: "Huyan Zhengde, the Great Chu Heavenly Wolf General, is here, who dares to fight a certain one?!"

As the saying goes, the shadow of a tree, the name of a person, I heard that the Chu general who is as strong as an iron tower in front of him is Huyan Zhengde who fought with the champion Hou on the Jinniu Road for more than a hundred rounds. With the sound of breathing in, there were no less than a hundred generals of the Han army behind Liu Bang, and none of them dared to fight.

Seeing that no one in the Han army came out to fight for a long time, Hu Yan still refused to give up. He lightly urged the horses to approach within a hundred steps of the Han army's main formation, then raised the Zhang Bama in his hand, and pointed at it. The King of Han on the opposite side sneered and said, "In such a huge Han country, there are hundreds of thousands of troops, but there is not a single man?"

"Huyan Zhengde, don't be mad, I'm here to fight you!"

Finally, someone in the Han army got annoyed, he urged his horses out of battle, brandished his halberd to attack Huyan, when all the generals looked at him anxiously, it was Liu Bi, the Habayashi Zhonglang in front of the King of Han's tent.

Hu Yan grinned twice, and immediately urged his horse to meet him.

It was too late and then soon, the two horses were about to cross each other, Hu Yan shouted violently, and the Zhangba horse in his hand had already swept over Liu Bi's head and face, how could Liu Bi be willing to show weakness?Immediately, he also swept the round halberd towards Huyan's waist, and in the blink of an eye, the horse lance and the big iron collided fiercely, and there was a loud bang.

Liu Bi let out a muffled snort in an instant, and the horse under his crotch raised its head and hissed sadly, its huge body was suddenly sideways, and almost fell to the ground on the spot. , Only then did he use the momentum of the oblique charge to stop the horse from rolling over, and then the two horses passed by each other.

"Haha!" Hu Yan turned his horse back, raised his horse again and pointed at Liu Bi, and laughed loudly, "Boy, you are not a certain opponent, die!" Liu Bi, Liu Bi knew that he was invincible, but he refused to lose his momentum, so he roared angrily and urged his horse to meet him.

The two horses were about to meet each other, Huyan stabbed Liu Bi distractedly with the lance in his right hand, but quietly put the dumb moon sword on his waist with his left hand, Liu Bi thought that Huyan held the lance with one hand intentionally to humiliate him, and immediately became furious No matter what, he stabbed at Huyan's heart with a halberd. Seeing his posture, he planned to risk his life and die with Huyan!
The corner of Huyan's mouth suddenly showed a ferocious murderous intent, and when he was about to stab Liu Bi to death, a sharp piercing sound suddenly shot from the back of his head, and the Chu army on the opposite side was also in an uproar.

At the critical moment of life and death, Hu Yan didn't panic at all. With a light flick of his right hand, Ma Jian calmly pushed aside Liu Bi's long halberd, and the dumb moon sword in his left hand was unsheathed at the same time. With a loud sound, the wolf-toothed heavy arrow with the thickness of a thumb was cut into two pieces by the dumb moon sword and fell to the ground.

The two horses crossed again, galloping a hundred paces away. When Hu Yan reined in his horse and turned around again, another rider, holding a bow in his left hand and a halberd in his right, had galloped out of the formation, shouting loudly at Liu Bi "Don't panic, general, someone is here to help you!" This man is Lu Yi, the legitimate son of Lu Wan, the governor of Jiuyuan County, and Liu Bang's Su Wei Lang.

When Liu Bang saw Lu Yi go out on horseback, he simply ordered another sixteen generals, and the sixteen generals urged their mounts one after another, rushing out of the formation to face Huyan like a swarm of bees. Lang will join forces with Huyan.

The Chu army on the opposite side was already boiling, and when the powerful generals such as Youyuan, Bailimao, and Tian Ruibai were about to go out to help in the battle, they were stopped by Xiang Zhuang. Wagou, Huyan should be able to handle it, so you don't have to do anything extra."

(End of this chapter)