Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 338 Hanoi Fighter Plane
On Xiang Kang's side, as the Han army's side division Zhou Shubu made a decisive breakthrough in the crucial Jingxing battlefield, and because the Yingbu army suddenly defected and abandoned Chu and returned to Han, Xiang Kang helped the Han army survive the crisis on the southern front. The pressure on the main battlefield of the Han army personally led by him on the main battlefield in Xingyang also quickly eased a lot. The once precarious situation quickly stabilized. On the side of the Han army, it basically maintained its balance.

This point also has a great relationship with the reversal of the Hanoi battlefield, which is only across the river from the main battlefield of Xingyang. Before that, the main force of the Han army was overwhelmed by the main force of the Western Chu army on the main battlefield of Xingyang. The strategic reserve team of the Han army was also firmly restrained by Liu Xiang's coalition forces on the Songshan battlefield. On the Hanoi battlefield, only a Han army in Zhujishi was struggling to support it. The remnants of the Western Chu Army were at an absolute disadvantage in the situation. In order to hold back the enemy, they were even forced to voluntarily abandon the Xiaoxiuwu military fortress and retreat to Daxiuwugu City. The difficulty was even higher than that of the main force of the Han army and the southern division.

Not to mention, after the disintegration of Liu Xiang's coalition forces, in order to relieve the more important main battlefield of Xingyang, Xiang Kang was not in a hurry to send additional reinforcements to the Hanoi battlefield, and designed to lure Xiang Yu to the Songshan battlefield to continue the confrontation, so that Zhujishi The solitary army continued to struggle on the Hanoi battlefield for nearly a month. If it weren't for the Western Chu army led by Xiang You and Xue Gong, who had been severely injured by the Han army before, the Zhao army would also be somewhat preserving its strength. , unwilling to be cannon fodder for the Western Chu army, Zhujishi's troops may have been unable to support it and the entire army was wiped out.

Even so, during this period, Zhao Jun still separated his troops to attack Wude, Shanyang and Huai County behind Xiuwu. Taking away a lot of food, grass and military supplies of the Han army once threatened the safety of Huai County, Hanoi County, and caused huge property and population losses to the Han army.

Fortunately, the Zheng Bu Division of the Han Army's strategic mobile team finally freed up its hands. After Cheng Gao crossed the Yellow River to reinforce the Hanoi battlefield, the passive situation of the Han army in the Hanoi battlefield was finally reversed. Not to mention the rampant division of troops westward, Zheng Bujun quickly opened up contact with Zhujishi, and helped Zhujishi, who had been fighting alone for nearly three months, survive the difficulties, and the Hanoi battlefield entered a stalemate.

No one thought that the stalemate on the battlefield in Hanoi would change soon. Uncle Zhou had just defeated Zhang Ao in Jingxing and directly threatened the hinterland of Zhao State. Zhao State was forced to send Hanoi troops back to the mainland. The partial division of the Western Chu Army also quickly retreated to the front line of the flood, turned from offensive to defensive and did not dare to go further west. The Hanoi battlefield of the Han army also completely turned the crisis into safety. The main force resisted the main force of the Western Chu army, and the overall situation of the Han army on the Central Plains battlefield improved greatly, making it more confident to confront the main force of the Western Chu army for a long time.

But it’s more than that, sometimes luck can’t stop it. Just when Xiang Kang started to think about whether he should deploy the Hanoi army to reinforce the Xingyang battlefield, another unexpected news came from the Hanoi battlefield...

"My Majesty, General Zheng Bu sent a messenger across the river to see you, saying that he has brought an important urgent report from General Zheng Bu, and I request to see you immediately."

"Important urgent report from Zheng Bu? What other urgent report is there from Hanoi? Bring him in quickly."

Knowing that Zheng Bu had an urgent report to present to himself, Xiang Kang was inevitably a little surprised. He didn't understand what military situation was so important in the current Hanoi battlefield, but in order to find out the cause of the matter, Xiang Kang ordered Zheng Bu to be summoned immediately. As a result, Zheng Bu's messenger came to Xiang Kang to salute, and immediately presented Zheng Bu's letter, while taking the initiative to apologize for Zheng Bu: "Your Majesty, the opportunity to fight is rare. General Zheng told his servants to come face to face with you." My apology, I didn't ask for your opinion, our General Zheng has personally led the main force of our headquarters to advance eastward, and launched an attack on the Hanoi division of the Western Chu bandit army."

"What?" Xiang Kang was a little surprised, and said in doubt: "Zheng Bu personally led the army to advance eastward, and took the initiative to attack the Hanoi division of the Western Chu bandit army? Is he sure to break through the flood defense line of the Western Chu bandit army?"

"My Majesty, we don't need to cross the flood, we can directly fight the partial division of the Western Chu bandit army." Zheng Bu's messenger replied with a smile: "Our secret agents and scouts have found accurate information, and the partial division of the Western Chu bandit army will be adjusted." We decided to deploy our defenses, gave up the previous strategy of relying on flooded rivers for defense, and concentrated our main force under Chaoge City for defense. Therefore, our army does not need to initiate a rush to cross, and can directly fight the partial division of the Western Chu bandit army under Chaoge City. "

"Didn't the Western Chu bandit army rely on flood waters to deploy defenses? Concentrate their forces on the Chaoge battlefield?" Xiang Kang's joy was no small matter, and he jumped up with joy, happily asking: "Really? The partial division of the Western Chu bandit army is against us So good, give us such a good chance to fight?"

"Are you kidding?" Chen Ping next to him couldn't believe his ears, and said, "The Hanoi division of the Western Chu bandit army has only about [-] troops, and they dare not defend the natural danger of the flood and concentrate their troops ten miles away from the east bank of the flood. Chaoge City?"

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true." Zheng Bu's envoy smiled even more happily, and said with a grin: "This is something that our scouts have repeatedly confirmed, so General Zheng Bu didn't have time to ask you, Your Majesty, for instructions, and decided to go to Chaoge on his own. A decisive battle with the western Chu bandit army. General Zhujishi Zhu also agreed to do this, and also agreed to take on the task of delivering food, grass and military supplies to help our General Zheng defeat the enemy."

Xiang Kang and Chen Ping looked at each other in surprise, but they still couldn't believe that the self-army could have such luck, and the enemy used such a stupid move.Zhang Liang on the other side was not as optimistic as Xiang Kang and Chen Ping. He picked up the water in front of him and drank it and said, "I'm afraid it will not be that easy. The bandit army in Western Chu has not many troops and it is easy to move. Even if we try every means We rushed towards Chaoge, and it was not until the last moment that the partisans of the Xichu bandit army discovered our actions, and the Xichu bandit army could quickly withdraw from the flood, making our efforts in vain."

"Don't worry, Zhang Situ, the Western Chu bandits won't be able to escape." Zheng Bu's messenger burst into laughter, and said, "Because our scouts and secret agents also discovered that the side divisions of the Western Chu bandits have hoarded all their food, grass and military supplies. In Chaoge City, even the latest batch of grain, grass, and military supplies were transported directly to Chaoge City for hoarding, so even if the Western Chu bandits left the city and fled, they would have no grain to defend the line of defense or the Baimajin Ferry. "

With a sound of "Puff", Zhang Liang sprayed water all over the case in front of him, coughed and said in disbelief, "What? Even food, grass and military supplies..., cough, even food, grass and military supplies are stored in Chaoge City on the west bank of the flood. ? Who came up with a genius idea, we should reward this person heavily!"

"It's definitely my brother Xiang You's genius idea!" Xiang Kang concluded decisively, and said excitedly: "Only my brother Xiang You can overcome all opinions and make such a wise decision! I bet he definitely didn't report this to my overlord brother, otherwise, even my strong-bodied and simple-minded overlord brother would never allow him to do this! Good brother, you helped again I'm busy!"

After shouting excitedly, Xiang Kang hurriedly opened Zheng Bu's letter and read it. The content of Zheng Bu's letter was basically the same as the messenger's introduction, so Xiang Kang was inevitably overjoyed. Tell Zheng Bu that he did the right thing. The general is out, and the king’s life is not accepted. When he sees the fighter plane, he decisively sends out troops. This is the talent of a general! Tell him to attack Chaoge without worry, and must seize this opportunity to wipe out the whole army. The side division of the Xichu bandit army, help us create a better situation, and the main force of the Xichu bandit army, I will find a way to help him hold it back as much as possible, so that he can attack Chaoge without distraction!"

Messenger Zheng Bu happily agreed, and Xiang Kang quickly added another sentence, saying: "Also, if possible, we must leave a way out for my elder brother Xiang You, so that he can escape back with his life. Brother, if you don’t let him go back and continue to harm the Western Chu bandits, you are really sorry for us Han soldiers.”

Everyone laughed loudly, and they all echoed. They all felt that Xiang Kang's words were too true. A general of the Western Chu Army like General Xiang You, who always thinks about the Han army in everything, really can't rush to get rid of it, it's better to let it go. He went back and let him lurk in the camp of the Western Chu Army and continue to serve the Han Army.

Before the matter was over, after Zheng Bu's envoy left, Xiang Kang was still rubbing his hands excitedly, and said repeatedly: "If we take this opportunity to successfully kill the side division of the Western Chu bandit army in Hanoi, then the situation will be very favorable to us." , our Hanoi army is completely free. Going south can rest assured to reinforce the Xingyang battlefield, going north can help Uncle Zhou pinch Zhao's bandit army from north to south, and even march eastward to Puyang to cut off the food road for the main force of the West Chu bandit army. All the initiative is in our hands."

"Your Majesty, don't blame foreign ministers for pouring cold water on you. I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy." Zhang Liang reminded: "There are more than 20 Western Chu bandits stationed in the frontier, and the mobile force is sufficient. We can divide our troops to go north and reinforce Chaoge at Baimadu River, if the Western Chu bandits really do this, then we may not be able to take Chaoge so easily."

Xiang Kang nodded, and also admitted that Xiang Yu had enough energy to rescue Chaoge. After thinking for a while, Xiang Kang ordered: "Quickly estimate the time and see when my brother will receive the news of Chaoge's emergency. I will learn from Deng Ai and Jiang Wei, and try to keep my elder brother in the Xingyang battlefield for the time being, and not divide our troops to save Hanoi."

"Who is Deng Ai? Who is Jiang Wei? What does it mean that Deng Ai played Jiang Wei?" Zhang Liang and Chen Ping looked at each other, once again puzzled by the names and allusions of later generations that Xiang Kang casually said.

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On Xiang Yu's side, in fact, as early as when Zhao Jun was forced to retreat northward to save the mainland, Old Man Fan, Kuai Che and others were worried that the Hanoi division of the Western Chu Army was too weak and might be in danger, and they all suggested that Xiang Yu divide up troops as soon as possible To strengthen the Hanoi battlefield, one is to prevent changes in Hanoi, and the other is to continue to contain the Hanoi side of the Han army. However, after Xiang Yu made a calculation, he flatly rejected the proposals of Old Man Fan and Kuai Che.

Of course, Xiang Yu’s refusal to increase troops in Hanoi was due to his own considerations. First, Xiang Yu was unwilling to weaken the strength advantage of the Western Chu Army on the main battlefield; , come to a staunch camp and not come out, it can still turn the increase of the Western Chu Army into a useless effort, and at the same time increase the difficulty of the Western Chu Army's food and grass supplies; the third is that Xiang Yu wants to use the Western Chu Army in Hanoi to lure the Han army The main force of the partial division marched eastward, and then massively reinforced the Hanoi battlefield to win the opportunity for a decisive battle with the partial division of the Han army, breaking the current stalemate between the main Chu and Han forces from the Hanoi battlefield.

Seeing that Xiang Yu had such a plan, and considering that the western Chu army had already retreated to the natural flood barrier, it was easier to defend. He didn't insist on his own opinion, and let Xiang Yu use Xiang You's lone army to contain the Han army in Hanoi.In the next period of time, because Peng Yue continued to stir up wind and rain in the hinterland of the Western Chu Army, the decision-makers of the Western Chu Army who were unstable in the rear almost forgot the existence of Xiang You, a partial division, and focused their energy on how to deal with it. The main force of the Han army confronted and wiped out Peng Yue's army, and because Xiang You didn't take the initiative to report, he didn't even know about the adjustment of the defensive deployment of the West Chu army in Hanoi.

At this time, a miracle happened that made the decision-makers of the Western Chu Army unbelievable. Xiang Kang, who had been hiding in the Guangwu Camp, sent an envoy to contact the Western Chu Army, saying that he was not interested in stalemate with Xiang Yu any more. Go down, take the initiative to invite Xiang Yu to send troops the next day, and fight to the death in the wilderness outside the gate of Guangwu Daying!As a result, it goes without saying that Xiang Yu of course approved the answer to the decisive battle in the future without hesitation, and even sent the Han army envoy back to the Guangwu camp for the first time, for fear that the Han army envoy would encounter any accident on the road and miss it. This is a great opportunity to fight to the death with the scumbag cousin.

"Okay! Okay! The traitor, Lizi, finally lost his temper, and finally he is willing to fight to the death with dignity! Since you have the guts, this king will fulfill you. Wait until tomorrow, and see how this king captures you alive !"

Howling with excitement, Xiang Yu couldn't wait to order the soldiers of the West Chu Army to eat and drink enough to prepare for the decisive battle in the next day. A life or death.Old Man Fan, Kuai Che and others, who were familiar with Xiang Kang's nature, looked at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen in the world——Xiang Kang, who was notoriously disliked fighting tough battles, had the guts to confront the Overlord of Western Chu in an upright manner. Fight to the death?

Even Cao Jiu, who was actually quite mediocre in talent, suspected that there was a fraud in it. After thinking for a while, Cao Jiu said suspiciously: "Xiang Kang's traitor, don't play the same old tricks again? Talk about the decisive battle tomorrow, and trick us into taking it lightly and focusing on it." Prepare for war, and suddenly send troops to attack us at night?"

Xiang Kang's bad character was put there. Of course, Old Man Fan and Kuai Che nodded their heads. They all suspected that Xiang Kang wanted to use this shameless trick to deceive and abduct him. Xiang Yu waved his hand proudly and said loudly: " So what? As long as the traitor has the guts to fight, whether it's an upright fight to the death or a sneaky nighttime sneak attack, this king will accompany him to the end! Doubling the guards tonight and setting up secret guards outside the camp are enough precautions! "

It was also a coincidence that when it was approaching evening, Xiang You, who commanded the Hanoi side division of the Western Chu Army, suddenly sent someone to send an urgent report from the Hanoi battlefield, saying that the Han army side division suddenly sent troops from Xiaoxiu Wu and rushed to attack Chaoge lightly. Worried that he would not be able to resist the enemy, he asked Xiang Yu to send reinforcements to him as soon as possible.As a result, after hearing the news from Xiang Yu, old man Fan, Kuai Che and others immediately became suspicious. They suspected that Xiang Kang's sudden letter to make an appointment to fight might be to distract the attention of our own army, and to cover the Han army to attack Xiang You. Xiang Yu immediately dispatched troops and rushed to the Hanoi battlefield in the starry night.

It's a pity that at the critical moment, Xiang Yu committed the problem of self-willedness again, and shook his head after a moment of calculation and said: "No hurry, we will have a decisive battle tomorrow. When we defeat the main force of the Han thieves tomorrow, the Han thieves will definitely not fight. Retire, Chaoge doesn't need to send reinforcements and there will be no danger."

"Your Majesty, it's better to be careful." Kuai Che persuaded: "General Xiang You is weak alone. If there is any mistake, the strategic initiative on the north bank of the big river (Yellow River) will all fall into the hands of the Han bandits. It will be up to us." If we have enough troops, even if we send an army to rescue Hanoi immediately, there will still be more than enough troops on the Xingyang battlefield, and it will not affect the overall situation."

Xiang Yu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "There's no need for that. Even if brother Xiang You can't defend Chaoge, he can quickly retreat to the flood and natural danger. There will be no problem in a short time. Don't rush to send him reinforcements. Stay behind With enough troops, after we have defeated the main force of the Han bandits, we can take advantage of the momentum to attack their camp and Xingyang City, and completely wipe out the remaining army of the Han bandits."

Xiang Yu couldn't be persuaded, and he didn't know that Xiang You was so miraculous that he hoarded all the food, grass and military supplies that were related to the life and death of the Western Chu Army in Chaoge City on the west bank of the flood. Old man Fan, Kuai Che and others had no choice but to shut up and persuade Xiang Yu was careful not to give the shameless Xiang Kang a chance to sneak attack at night, but Xiang Yu listened to this point. In addition to personally leading a team to patrol after nightfall, he also arranged an army early on. , ready to send troops to fight at night.

As a result of being careful and prepared, old man Fan and others were stunned. Xiang Kang, who likes to make a surprise attack while making appointments, turned out to be uncharacteristically this time. For the first time, he did not send a single soldier to attack the Western Chu army camp at night, so that the Western Chu army was safe. Spent the night before the decisive battle.Xiang Yu was also overjoyed at this, and said that his scumbag cousin had really changed his temper, and he couldn't wait to lead an army of 15 out of the camp as soon as the genius dawned, and aggressively rushed outside the Han army camp to fight to the death with his scumbag cousin!

I have to explain that, considering that the Han army is likely to escape from the camp after winning the decisive battle, Xiang Yu has not yet prepared for the rainy day, so that the soldiers of the Western Chu army will bring various offensive weapons that they have made before, so that they can take advantage of the situation to attack the Han army after winning the field battle. camp.

At two o'clock, the main force of the Western Chu Army, which had calmly marched northward, arrived outside the Han army camp, and quickly arranged an astonishingly large battle formation based on the terrain. The army left enough space to line up troops, and the extremely gentleman refused to take advantage of the scumbag cousin.

To Xiang Yu's surprise, until his army was completely lined up, there was no movement in the Han army camp. The nearby Aocang camp of the Han army and the Han army in Xingyang behind the Western Chu army also died down, and they were all closed. Not a single soldier was seen at the camp gate or city gate.After waiting for a long time, Xiang Yu was puzzled, so he simply sent an envoy to the Guangwu camp of the Han army, asking why his scumbag cousin didn't send troops?
After being respectfully invited into the camp by the generals of the Han army, it was still more than half an hour before the envoy of the Western Chu army came back to Xiang Yu, smelling of alcohol, and reported that Xiang Kang had suddenly fallen ill and was unable to lead the army to fight. Lead the troops back, and tomorrow, Xiang Kang will definitely lead the main force of the Han army south to the west Chu barracks, and fight Xiang Yu to the death outside the West Chu barracks.Xiang Yu was furious when he heard this, and asked, "Is the traitor Xiang Kang really sick? Is it true?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it is absolutely true." The envoy of the Western Chu Army who received Xiang Kang's favor replied respectfully: "I saw with my own eyes that Xiang Kang's traitor was lying on the couch, unable to move, and his face was very ugly. He looks sick. But the traitor Xiang Kang told the minister himself that tomorrow he will lead the troops south and fight us to the death outside our barracks. Please, my lord, believe in his word.”

Gritting his teeth and thinking for a while, if it weren't for the fact that the Han army had already repaired and strengthened the camp like an iron wall, Xiang Yu really had the urge to immediately order an attack on the camp, but it was because he was not sure that he could win the strong camp of the Han army. Considering that his scumbag cousin's reputation is not bad, Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and shouted: "Retreat, and fight the Han bandits again tomorrow!"

The generals of the Western Chu Army reluctantly agreed, and Kuai Che, who came with the army, was even more helpless. He couldn't help but whispered to Li Zuoche who came with him: "Mr. Guangwu, do you dare to bet? I bet Kang Rebel will definitely be sick tomorrow and miss the appointment again, if not, you can lose whatever you want."

"It's a gamble that you must lose, why do you still want to gamble?" Li Zuoche replied confidently.

Kuai Che and Li Zuoche were not the only ones with discerning eyes. After returning to the camp, Old Man Fan also raised similar concerns, urging Xiang Yu not to pin his hopes on the hard-to-get frontal decisive battle. Xue Gong stabilized his position and said again, but Xiang Yu didn't listen at all, and said: "Don't worry, there are floods and natural dangers to defend, my brother. If it doesn't work, you can retreat to the important place of Baima Jin and wait for help. If the Han bandits have the courage to tide over the flood To besiege the white horse, we just sent troops to fight against their partial division."

Still the same sentence, because I didn't know the magical deployment of Xiang Kang's good cousin Xiang You on the flood battlefield, the Western Chu Army did not even dare to abandon the city and go east. Seeing Xiang Yu's stubborn opinion, even Old Man Fan had to shut his eyes. Mouth, secretly said: "Forget it, anyway, the terrain on the flood side is beneficial to us. It is definitely not a big problem to persist for a period of time. After two or three days, this Zhuzi should calm down. It will not be a problem to persuade him to divide his troops to save Hanoi." Late."

(End of this chapter)