Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 444
The Mianshui War finally came to an end.

Xiang Zhuang conservatively estimated that there were at least 20 Han soldiers who died in battle or trampled on each other, almost 10,000 prisoners of war who knelt down and begged for surrender, and almost 10+ soldiers scattered into the mountains and fields. The army will not exceed [-] riders at most. After this battle, the Han army is really hurt!

However, Xiang Zhuang is most concerned about Liu Bang's life and death.

Whether Liu Bang was captured alive or beheaded will directly affect the subsequent unification process.

If Liu Bang was captured alive or beheaded, there would likely be civil strife in Han. Even if there was no civil strife in Han, people would definitely be fluctuating, and then the Chu army would encounter much less resistance when they attacked Guanzhong. However, if Liu Bang did not die, there would probably be a fierce battle between Chu and Han when they attacked Guanzhong next time.

"Have you ever captured Liu Bang?"

"Have you ever killed Liu Bang?"

"Where is the King of Han's banner?"

"Where is old Liu Bang?"

On the battlefield full of dead bodies, Xiang Zhuang asked everyone he met, at this moment, Xiang Zhuang is not as calm as before, there is no way, Liu Bang is a great man who created the Han Empire, and the entire Chinese nation is crowned because of him He got a Chinese name, but now, Xiang Zhuang has trampled Liu Bang under his feet, can he not be excited?

However, all the soldiers they met on the road shook their heads, expressing that they did not see Liu Bang.

After a long time, Xiang Zhuang met Meng Ji and Hu Yan who were intercepting the Han army's back route. Xiang Zhuang rushed forward and asked, "Have you ever stopped old Liu Bang?"

Hu Yan said angrily: "No, let old Liu Bang run away."

Meng Chu also said: "Your Majesty, I only intercepted and killed Han Taiwei Zhou Bo."

"What? Old Liu Bang ran away?!" Xiang Zhuang was disappointed, so he said again, "Chasing, hurry up and send troops to chase after him!"

Meng Yu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already sent Meng Yuan and Meng Liao to lead five thousand cavalry each to chase him down. Old Liu Bang can't run away." , the two brothers have grown up, and both have learned martial arts from Naifu, and they are called the Five Great Chu along with Pang Zheng, Xiang Zhi, and Gao Lang.

Xiang Zhuang was still worried, and ordered Hu Yan: "Come on the wolf cavalry before chasing, no matter what, you can't leave Liu Bang!"

"Here!" Hu Yan responded with a bang, and went to recruit the wolf cavalry. Only the Xiao cavalry army of the three major imperial guards in the Great Chu has the same cavalry. The wolf riders and tiger riders are all elites, especially the three thousand wolf riders in Huyan, most of them are Donghu people recruited from Liaodong.

After a while, Xiang Tuo, Wu She, Bi Shu, Bai Lixian and other civil and military officials also arrived.

Xiang Zhuang immediately ordered Xiang Tuo: "Zi Yan, pass on the order to let the soldiers clean up the battlefield and settle the prisoners, and then the whole army rests for one night, and tomorrow morning they will break out of the camp and head north, directly knocking on Wuguan!"

"Here!" Xiang Tuo responded abruptly, turned around and hurried away.

Xiang Zhuang took Bi Shu's hands again, and said, "If you learn swords and destroy the Han, you should remember the first merit!"

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Bi Shu smiled slightly and said calmly, "The reason why our Great Chu was able to win the Battle of Mianshui was due to hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting the enemy bravely, but I just did my part.

Xiang Zhuang shook Bi Shu's hands vigorously, then freed his right hand to hold Bai Lixian, and laughed loudly: "Learn swordsman, Ziliang, let's go, I will drink three hundred glasses of wine with you tonight, hahaha... "Liu Bang left, which made Xiang Zhuang a little regretful, but anyway, the Chu army finally won the battle of Mianshui, which is indeed worth explaining!

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Bai Mao led a team of cavalry into the Han army camp like a storm.

The entire camp was almost empty, with discarded ordnance, golden drums, and banners everywhere, but few people were seen. It was not until entering the rear camp that a group of Han troops were defeated. Under the temptation, Bai Spear and the dozens of cavalry under his command suddenly had their eyes lit up, pulled out the ring head knife with their backhands, and rushed over.

The group of defeated Han soldiers immediately shouted and fled in all directions.

However, the footsteps of the group of defeated Han soldiers were very vain, and they were overtaken by the cavalry of the Chu army within a few steps. The white spear stabbed a small Han soldier in the neck with a light stroke of the horsepower, and the small Han soldier The principal screamed and fell to the ground, but several drops of splashed blood splashed on Bai Mao's face, Bai Mao just wiped it casually and didn't care.

In less than a moment, more than a dozen defeated Han troops were beheaded and killed.

Bai Mao took over the head of the small Han army and hung it on the horse's neck. As soon as he got on the horse, a soldier shouted excitedly: "Look, there are still Han troops ahead, and there are many more!" Bai Mao looked up, Sure enough, there were more routs of the Han army in front of them, but most of these routs of the Han army were pale and sloppy, as if they were wounded soldiers.

Almost at the same time, several cavalry of the Chu army also discovered the group of wounded soldiers of the Han army.

In the next moment, these cavalrymen of the Chu army uttered a cry at the same time, as if they had smelled the blood of a pack of wolves, and raised their swords to kill the group of wounded Han soldiers. After that, they won't have their share in the military exploits. Under the military exploit reward mechanism, it's hard for the soldiers of the Chu army not to be bloodthirsty.

In just a few breaths, hundreds of wounded soldiers of the Han army were beheaded and killed by the Chu army.

Not satisfied, many soldiers of the Chu army overturned dozens of nearby tents and cut off the heads of wounded soldiers of the Han army who had died inside. Fu soldiers, they don't care about the dead, they know that the head of the Han army can earn military exploits, and can be exchanged for titles and bounties, and everything else is bullshit.

A Chu soldier snatched over a dozen heads of Han soldiers, and then took out half a cake from his bosom with his bloody right hand. While gorging himself on cold water, he proudly said to the Chu soldiers beside him, "Black dog!" , this time, no matter what I say, I have to get a permanent title, hehehe, there are eleven heads!"

As soon as the words fell, a rider in front turned back and shouted: "There are thousands of routs ahead!"

The generals and soldiers of the Chu army who were searching for the corpses of the Han army suddenly had their eyes lit up, one by one quickly got on their horses, and swept forward like a whirlwind.

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"These Yuezhi people are simply sheep, no, they are worse than sheep!" Seeing that the Yuezhi people were defeated again, Zhou Guanfu was furious, and turned to Lu Tai and said, "Let's replace it with me this time!" ?”

Lu Tai waved his hand, and said calmly: "Shengzhi, we are just feinting, so don't take it too seriously."

Zhou Guanfu frowned, and said loudly: "General, wouldn't it be better if we could take down Ruo County and burn the food and grass of the Chu army?"

Lu Tai said: "Chu is rich, even if it burns a million stones of food and grass, it will not hurt its foundation. The purpose of our trip is to mobilize Chu's navy and create opportunities for the decisive battle of Mianshui."

As soon as the words fell, a fast horse suddenly came galloping from the north.

Before they could get close, the cavalry on horseback shouted anxiously: "General, it's a disaster, it's a disaster..."

Lu Tai's heart skipped a beat, and he sternly shouted at the cavalryman, "Shut up, with this general here, the sky won't fall!"

The cavalryman's shouting stopped abruptly, and he got off his horse and knelt down in front of Lu Tai, then lowered his voice and said to Lu Tai and Zhou Guanfu: "You two generals, something is wrong. Great defeat, the five 10,000+ army has been completely wiped out, the Taiwei died in battle, the life and death of the king, military advisor and deputy military advisor are uncertain..."

"What did you say?" Lu Tai was shocked when he heard the words, and lost his voice, "How is this possible?!"

Zhou Guanfu's eyes darkened when he heard the words, and he almost passed out. Fortunately, Zhou Yafu had quick eyesight and quick hands, and quickly supported him. After a long while, Zhou Guanfu finally recovered from the bad news. Then he looked northwest, gritted his teeth and said: " Old man Xiang Zhuang, if I don't kill you in this life, I, Zhou Guanfu, swear not to be human!"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Guanfu ordered Zhou Yafu again: "Yafu, call the troops immediately!"

"Here!" Zhou Yafu responded abruptly, and turned around to gather the troops, but was stopped by Lu Tai.

Lu Tai grabbed Zhou Yafu, then turned to Zhou Guanfu and said, "Shengzhi, what are you doing?"

Zhou Guanfu gritted his teeth and said: "The hatred of killing my father is irreconcilable, so I will seek revenge from Xiang Zhuang!"

"Nonsense!" Lu Tai stomped his feet and said anxiously, "Dawang Wu's 10,000+ army was defeated in one battle, and now we only have [-] cavalry troops left. How can we be Xiangzhuang's opponent? Wouldn't you go like a sheep into a tiger's mouth?" ?”

"Are you afraid of death?" Zhou Guanfu stared at Lu Tai coldly, and hissed, "You don't have to go, I will only take three thousand elite riders from the headquarters!" Throwing the battle robe on Lu Tai's face, he said solemnly, "However, the brotherhood between you and me is also like this robe, and it will be severed from now on!"

"Victory!" Lu Tai said angrily, "That's not what I meant!"

"Then what do you mean?" Zhou Guanfu said angrily, "My father is dead, and the life and death of the king and the military adviser are also uncertain. If we don't hurry up and send our troops north to meet them, why the hell are we staying here?!"

"Calm down, we need to be calm!" Lu Tai took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The Great Han Kingdom has reached a critical moment of life and death, we must calm down!" After saying this, Lu Tai said again, "It's up to you Have you ever thought about it, the king's army has been completely wiped out, and the old man Xiang Zhuang will definitely send his troops northward and knock on the pass. Right now, the pass is empty. Even if Yaxiang is very wise, he has no soldiers in his hands, so how can he resist it? ?”

Zhou Guanfu's eyes widened, and he jumped into a rage: "Then what do you think?"

"Let's go east!" Lu Tai raised his whip in his hand and pointed to the east of Mianshui, and said fiercely, "Before the Chu army reacted, we crossed Mianshui and headed east, burning, killing and looting Nanjun, Hengshan and Jiujiang all the way. , Bingfeng pointed directly at Ziling, only in this way, maybe a part of the Chu army can be transferred back, only in this way, it is possible to reduce the pressure on Guanzhong and Yaxiang!"

"Okay, then go east. Even if I can't take down Ziling, I will take down Xiangxian County, and I will definitely dig Xiang's ancestral grave!" Zhou Guanfu waved his iron fist and roared to the sky, then fell to his knees in the northwest direction, wailing loudly Crying, "Father, father, the unfilial child kowtows to you, ouch..."

(End of this chapter)