Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 49 The Han Army Has Withdrawn
Seeing that Liu Bang not only didn't get angry, but was extraordinarily lenient to him, Xia Houying was both ashamed and grateful, and immediately bowed to Liu Bang, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, I will lead the army to hunt down the remnants of the Chu army. Even if I pursue him to the ends of the earth, I must personally cut off the head of Xiang Zhuang's son."

This time, Xia Houying really hates Xiang Zhuang. This kid is really too arrogant. Facing the pursuit of him and the Li Shang army, he also has to face the Nine Han Army and the thirty-odd Allied Army. Intercepting, he didn't think about how to escape, but he dared to attack the king's camp in reverse, and almost let him succeed, it is really unreasonable!

"No, there's no need to chase." Liu Bang unexpectedly shook his head.

After experiencing the horror of the first battle just now, Liu Bang suddenly understood a truth, a dog will jump over the wall if it is in a hurry. Now if you insist on hitting it, you can kill it, but you will inevitably be bitten by it.

Moreover, being bitten by Xiang Zhuang's wild dog really hurts!

In other words, Xiang Zhuang's child is really not ordinary brave, and is cunning enough!

The thousands of remnant soldiers under Xiangzhuang Xiaoer's command are even more vicious dogs, they are simply not human!

Liu Bang didn't want the previous frightening scene to repeat itself again. It was already so terrifying for the Chu army to rush to fight desperately. If they come prepared next time, then it's okay?Xia Houying arrived not too early or too late this time, but next time he will be able to arrive in such a timely manner?Liu Bang must not think that he will have such good luck next time.

Moreover, it would be too late to pursue them now, the remnants of the Chu army might have gone into the woods and run away.

Therefore, it is better to lock up this group of wild dogs first and starve them for a few months, and when they are exhausted from hunger, they can be easily cleaned up.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping next to each other couldn't help but look at each other with wry smiles on their faces.

It seems that the King of Han was really frightened this time. Judging from the situation, the King of Han planned to withdraw all the troops from the mountains, and even the troops of the princes from all walks of life did not intend to stay. There is no doubt that the King of Han I don't believe the princes from all walks of life, and I don't think they will spend all their energy to kill the Chu army. It's better to withdraw from the mountain, and at least they can save some money and food.

"Ah? Why didn't you chase after me?" Xia Houying, a reckless man, didn't know what Liu Bang was thinking, and immediately said in astonishment, "Your Majesty has suffered such a big loss this time and was frightened, how can we just let it go? No, absolutely not If you let go of Xiang Zhuang'er like this, you can't let go of his group of remnant soldiers, Your Majesty, don't be careless!"

"Hey, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. It's nothing." Liu Bang waved his hand and said, "However, Gu Ke never said that he would spare Xiang Zhuang'er and his group of disabled soldiers. It's just that we have to change this strategy. It’s changed, it’s not easy to deal with the Chu army in this deep mountain and old forest, let’s go outside the mountain, block all the intersections, and starve them to death!”

After saying this, Liu Bang said again: "We still have to set fire to them, it's best to burn them to death."

"Set fire to the mountain?" Xia Houying said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, there are so many mountains, it can't be burned."

Zhang Liang smiled slightly and said, "General Xiahou, you can burn as much as you can. Anyway, the surrounding mountains and forests for dozens of miles must be burned, especially the wormwood bushes. Otherwise, the Chu army will die." They will suddenly come out under the cover of the forest, and our army will be unable to respond in time, so we will let them run away!"

After a while, Li Shang, Jin She, Fu Kuan, Li Zuoche and other generals of the Han army also arrived one after another. After that, Han Xin, Yingbu, Peng Yue, Zhang Er, Zhou Yin and other princes sent reinforcements. They also arrived.

Peng Yue's fierce general Liu Kou's [-] reinforcements even encountered the remnants of the Chu army on the way, but because of the small number of soldiers and Liu Kou's eagerness to rush to the camp of the King of Han, he did not dare to act rashly. Attacking rashly, the two armies passed each other peacefully in the end.

Liu Bang didn't even bother to pay attention to these things at all now, and immediately asked people to gather up the defeated soldiers who had been dispersed by the Chu army, reorganize the camp, and then held a grand banquet to entertain the princes and generals from all walks of life.

As soon as the banquet was over, Liu Bang ordered all the princes and generals from all walks of life to set up an army and stationed outside the mountain, and then let Xia Houying go out to scout and start setting fire to the mountain everywhere. Although the Dabie Mountain is located in the humid Huaisi land, There are also mostly evergreen trees in the mountains, but it is winter after all, and the grass and trees are withered and yellow. Once the mountain fire burns, the momentum will be quite huge.

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The night was dark, and the remnants of the Chu army were meandering forward under the moonlight.

When Xiang Zhuang woke up from his drowsiness, he felt dry mouth and tongue, so he wanted to find some water to drink. Gao Chu, who was accompanying the guard beside the stretcher, asked with concern, "General, what do you want?"

"Is there any water?" Xiang Zhuang whispered, "I want to drink water."

Gao Chu quickly untied the bamboo jar from his waist, and handed it directly to Xiang Zhuang's mouth.

Xiang Zhuang took a few sips of cold water and asked again, "Gao Chu, where is this?"

"I don't know." Gao Chu shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "I've been just running for a long time, how can I remember the direction?" It's a hundred miles away, and I have already rushed out of the encirclement net of the Han army and the coalition forces from all walks of life. Don't worry, General, they won't be able to catch up."

"Then set up camp, the wounded soldiers should also treat their wounds."

As soon as the words were finished, the soldier carrying the stretcher suddenly staggered, and Xiang Zhuang who was lying on it suddenly let out a muffled snort.

"What are you eating, kid?" Gao Chu immediately slapped the guard hard on the back of the head, cursing, "You're so shabby, you can't even lift a stretcher."

This stagger touched the wound on Xiang Zhuang's left shoulder, and the white cloth tied around his shoulder oozes bright red blood again. Speaking of which, Xiang Zhuang's injury is also extremely serious. Before he had time to bandage and deal with it carefully, Xiang Zhuang was already feeling dizzy due to excessive blood loss.

Gao Chu hurriedly asked the soldiers to put down the stretcher, and sent someone to deliver the order.

The order quickly spread throughout the entire army, and the remnants of the Chu army, who were originally strong-willed soldiers, slumped to the ground one after another. When fighting the Han army during the day, these remnant soldiers were all fierce, like wolves. By now, they are all exhausted. After all, they are human beings, not machines after all.

Soon, piles of bonfires rose in the mountains, and the exhausted remnants surrounded them one after another.

Some leaned on the fire to keep warm, some took out dry food and put it on the side of the fire for barbecue, and some found a few tree branches, and put iron helmets picked up from the Han army camp on it to heat hot water.

Hundreds of soldiers with a little knowledge of medical skills became more and more busy.

Of course, Xiang Zhuang was the first to receive treatment. However, the so-called treatment is actually scalding the wounds on the chest and the back with a red-hot double-edged sword. While scorching the flesh, it also destroyed the capillaries, blood It stopped, and with such a scalding, even the bacteria were scalded to death, and it could also prevent wound infection.

Xiang Zhuang's teeth were bared from the scald, and he held back to not scream out.

Today's Xiangzhuang is the general of Great Chu, and even the god of war in the hearts of the remnants of the Chu army. How can he care about such a small pain?
However, the other wounded soldiers didn't have so many scruples, and they didn't have the endurance of Xiang Zhuang. When their wounds were scalded, they all screamed like pigs, and suddenly, there was a sound in the dense forest. The endless screams, if someone passed by at this time, they would definitely be scared to death. Could this fucking have entered the [-]th floor of hell?

After scalding the wound and bandaging it again, Xiang Zhuang struggled to stand up, ordered Jing Qian to dispatch scouts, and started patrolling the camp accompanied by Gao Chu.

Everywhere Xiangzhuang went, the remnants of the Chu army stood up one after another to pay their respects.

Even the seriously wounded soldiers who had just treated their wounds struggled to stand up. Today's Xiangzhuang has a high prestige among the remnants of the Chu army. It is no exaggeration to say that Xiangzhuang is now the God of War. The god of war in the hearts of the remnants of the army, although Xiang Zhuang was also seriously injured today, it did not affect his reputation at all.

Because Xiang Zhuang beheaded the general of the Han army within two rounds, this is very important.

As for the injury, who can charge into the battle unscathed?Isn't King Xiang often injured?
After inspecting the entire camp, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little heavy-hearted. This time, the survival from danger and the survival of the dead basically achieved the expected results, but Xiang Zhuang did lead the remnants of the Chu army out of the encirclement of the Han army. However, after repeated fierce battles, the remnants of the Chu army still lost a large number of elite veterans!

When they first entered the mountain, there were more than 500 remnants of the Chu army!
After defeating the five Han armies in a row, there were still more than 600 people in the remnants of the Chu army, and then they were attacked by the Han army. Xiao Gongjiao and most of the five hundred parts were killed in battle, and less than 50 people were rescued. After returning, more than 300 people were killed in battle on the way out of the siege, and finally they raided Liu Bang's camp. Although the Han army was terrified, they also lost more than [-] people!
Up to now, the entire Chu army has only more than 600 people left, and nearly half of them are still wounded.

Fortunately, the losses of the Chu army were not worthless, because the losses of the Han army were even more severe. Counting those who were killed, those who took the opportunity to escape after being defeated, and those who got lost in the deep mountains and disappeared, the total may have exceeded [-]. Counting, this is almost ten times more than the Chu army's battle damage, Liu Bang is not sure why his heart hurts now!
Moreover, although Liu Bang, a market rogue, is very politically savvy and can be called a master of thick black, he is also greedy for life and afraid of death. After witnessing the remnants of the Chu army today, it is unlikely that he will continue to stay in the mountains Bar?

Xiang Zhuang was thinking about Liu Bang when he suddenly saw many Chu soldiers standing up one after another and pointing at the distance.

When Xiang Zhuang turned his head and looked back, he saw that several hilltops in the east were already bursting into flames. The fire pushed up billowing thick smoke, almost turning half of the night sky red.

"Bah!" Gao Chu spat thick phlegm fiercely, and said with great disdain, "Old man Liu Bang is really stupider than a pig. A group of mountains as big as Dabie Mountain wants to burn us? It's just a dream."

"Old Liu Bang is not trying to burn us to death, but to prevent us from leaving the mountain." Yu Ziqi who was next to him suddenly interrupted, and said to Xiang Zhuang lightly, "General, the Han army has withdrawn, they withdrew from the mountain outside."

(End of this chapter)