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Chapter 451 A Pot of Ice Water

The Linjin Pass has fallen, and the first to get the news is of course the Western Wei Kingdom!

Wei Wangbao was completely stunned when he heard the news, and he dared not accept such a cruel fact.How could Linjin pass be lost overnight?There are [-] troops guarding there, and the Han army's strong attack is completely impossible to succeed.They don't have enough boats, and it is impossible to cross the river from other places. How could this be?

When he heard the report from the fleeing general that the Han army crossed the river with wooden barrels and tubs from nearby Xiayang, Wei Bao suddenly lost his spirit, and sat down on the ground with an extremely heavy heart.

Unexpectedly, the Han army actually adopted this method. Lord Longyang reminded himself before that the Han army would not necessarily cross the river at Linjin Pass, so he had to be careful.But I had a stereotyped thinking that boats must be used to cross the river, and I ignored these actual conditions, so that such a big disaster happened.

The Linjin Pass is lost, and the land along the river is equivalent to no barriers, and it is all exposed to the front of the Han army.The [-] army was suddenly attacked by the Han army, and suffered heavy casualties. Now only a few thousand people have escaped.It can be said that the Western Wei Dynasty was hit hard, and the situation was very critical.After occupying the Linjin Pass, the Han army immediately launched an attack on the land east of the river.

Only now did Wei Bao really appreciate the power of this Marshal of the Han Army, and now he understood a truth, that he really deserved his reputation.Han Xin captured the Linjin Pass in a surprise attack. Now that the army is marching towards the hinterland of the Western Wei Kingdom, how will he respond?

Wei Bao couldn't help but feel worried. It seems that what Mr. Longyang said is right, the Western Wei State is really going to face the disaster of extinction!The anxious Wei Bao, while withdrawing all the troops to the capital as soon as possible, made the last desperate resistance, and at the same time sent a letter of appeal to Pengcheng and the princes of Hebei.On the other hand, I went to discuss countermeasures with Mr. Longyang at the first time, hoping that Mr. Longyang, who is rich in experience, would be able to turn the tide and help the building to collapse...

The news of Linjinguan's victory in the battle quickly spread back to Xingyang, and Zhang Liang rushed to report victory to Liu Bang after receiving the news!

"King of Han, Marshal Han sent someone to send news that he has successfully captured Linjin Pass and is launching a full-scale attack on the Western Wei Kingdom!" Zhang Liang held the military newspaper in his hand, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Really?" Liu Bang, the King of Han, hurriedly took the military newspaper and read it carefully. Then he was relieved and said with a smile, "Han Xin really lived up to everyone's expectations. He won the Linjin Pass, and the occupation of Hedong is just around the corner! I can finally rest assured!"

Zhang Liang nodded and said: "Yes, judging from the current situation, the Battle of Hedong should be able to end earlier than Huainan. We won Huainan before Yingbo took over, and we are already ahead!"

Liu Bang was very excited about this, and said with a smile: "Tell Han Xin to go all out and calm down the whole of Hedong as soon as possible!"

"Ok!"

Liu Bang was very happy with the smooth progress of the war in the Western Wei Dynasty. Since then, Han Xin has sent good news every three days and is recommending step by step. The war in Hedong is going very smoothly.The news that came showed that the battle in Huainan was intensified between Longqie and Yingbu.In this way, in the overall situation of the struggle between Chu and Han, the Han army is already one step ahead of the Chu army, and the hope of winning has increased a little!
But Liu Bang's excitement didn't last long. Not long after, Li Shiqi hurried back from Jiangdong, and the bad news he brought back was like a basin of cold water that extinguished Liu Bang's excitement.

Liu Bang was very surprised. According to the previous prediction and plan, Li Shiqi should stay in Jiangdong for a while, and he shouldn't come back so early.Now that he came back early, something must have happened, Liu Bang was overshadowed by surprise, did something not go well?
Sure enough, when Li Shiqi came back and saw Liu Bang, he immediately knelt down in the tunnel and said, "King of Han, I have committed a crime. I have failed to fulfill the king's entrustment. Please forgive me!"

Liu Bang's heart sank, and he asked, "Mr. Li, tell me what happened!"

Only then did Li Shiqi talk about Jiangdong's affairs, and finally said: "King Han, I have stayed in Jiangdong, the little princess, but King Yue doesn't seem to have any intention of marrying him!"

"Yin Xu is so shameless?" Liu Bang was quite angry when he heard what happened to Li Shiqi and others in Jiangdong. His behavior was a bit reckless.

Li Shiqi said: "Yes, when I came back, I heard that the king of Yue issued an edict to confer the title of two wives, but the young princess was not included. It made it clear that the king of Yue did not want to admit the fact that he was married to the country of Yue. It was a move to clarify! "

"What about Lu Yi? It won't be a problem to stay in Jiangyue, right?" Liu Bang was still a little worried about this sister-in-law. After all, he sent it out by himself. If something went wrong, his wife's family would still have some trouble explaining it.

Li Shiqi said: "Before I left, I used the excuse that the princess was ill and wanted to stay in Yue to recuperate, and the king of Yue agreed. It can be seen that they didn't want to stop the opportunity to cooperate with us. There is a need for an alliance and cooperation between Han and Vietnam, and the little princess is the link between them. The identity of the princess is there, and the people of Yue will not treat him badly!"

"Yin Xu has a good idea. If he wants to form an alliance, he will form an alliance. If he doesn't care, he can ignore the widow like this?" Liu Bang was a little dissatisfied with this.

Li Shiqi shook his head and said, "King of Han, I think these things can be discussed in the long term, but I have other discoveries that must be treated with caution!"

"What's the matter?" Liu Bang asked with a frown.

Li Shiqi replied: "Before leaving, King of Han, please tell me to pay attention to Jiangdong's every move, to investigate the truth, and I still have some gains! When I was in Jiangdong, I met some people. Does the King of Han know who they are?"

"who?"

Liu Bang's heart fluttered, what Li Shiqi could specifically mention should not be simple, and Zhang Liang's eyebrows also twitched, who made Mr. Guangye so restless.

Li Shiqi said, "Li Si, Wei Liao, Chen Ping, Deng Lingmo..."

"What?" Liu Bang thought he heard it wrong, and Zhang Liang, who had always been calm, also showed a lot of consternation.

"More than that, before leaving, I received the news that the King of Yue has newly appointed two wives. One is named Fan Yilan, who should be Mr. Fan Wenke's niece!"

Fan Yilan was originally dedicated to him by Fan Wenke, but Yin Xu snatched away the most beautiful woman in the world. Liu Bang, who was already angry in his heart, was even more angry at this time.

Li Shiqi continued: "The other one is Ying Ziye, the granddaughter of Qin Shihuang, the daughter of Fusu!"

Hearing such information suddenly, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang's faces were full of disbelief!Why did those Qin country cattle people appear in Jiangdong, beside Yin Xu!

Li Shiqi was no stranger to this, and told him everything he knew.

After listening to it, Liu Bang and Zhang Liang still haven't recovered from the shock. How could this be?They also knew who Li Si and Wei Liao were, and Chen Ping, who was beside Xiang Yu, also appeared beside Yin Xu. They knew exactly what kind of talents these people had and what they could bring to Yin Xu.

Li Shiqi continued: "More than that, Zhang Han, who was hunted down by us before and whose whereabouts are unknown, is also in Jiangdong. Now he is serving as the general of the Yue Kingdom, and he is a general under the King of Yue!"

The already extremely powerful combination, with the addition of Zhang Han, is undoubtedly even more powerful. No wonder the Yue Kingdom was able to rise in such a short period of time in Jiangdong.He even dared to confront the Western Chu Kingdom head-on, and now he thinks about it, many things can be relieved!What happened one after another with courage made people extremely uneasy.

Liu Bang's mood was very complicated. He was wondering how Yin Xu was better than himself, and what ability did he have to attract so many powerful people to Jiangdong to work for him?Moreover, these people have been gone for so long, and no news has leaked out...

Now Liu Bang understands why Yin Xu sent Han Xin out so generously. There is no shortage of such great people in the emotional family.With Wei Liao around, what is Han Xin worth?

Zhang Liang's heart was also turned upside down, Wei Liao had disappeared many years ago, and Li Si was a well-known dead man.As a result, none of these old men died, and they all gathered around Yin Xu.

Zhang Han disappeared from under Han Xin's nose, and then went to Yue State. Just these few people made Yue State rise several steps. His strength should not be underestimated!Maybe when Yin Xu will replace Han Xin as the number one confidant of Han!

No... Zhang Liang soon realized that, not in the future, from now on, Yue State would make Han State restless.Ying Ziye, Li Si and Wei Liao are the representatives of the Qin State, and their influence among the old Qin people can be imagined.They are all in the country of Yue now. If the country of Yue and the country of Han become enemies in the future, what kind of impact will these divisions have?

Most of the territory of the Han State is the old land of the Qin State!Fortunately, the Yue State does not border the Han State for the time being, and there is no direct conflict of interest.Even so, Zhang Liang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
Also, Li Si and the others should not have been in Yue State for a day or two. Why there was no news before, it can be seen that Yue State deliberately concealed the news.Why now, suddenly and without hesitation, make them public?From Li Shiqi's point of view, it seemed that Yin Xu intended to let him know of the existence of these people.

Why did Yin Xu do this?One reason is that the Yue Kingdom no longer has to be afraid of anything, so there is no need to hide anything!Or the Yue Kingdom is about to do something, and it is too late to hide it, so it is simply revealed...

Sure enough, when Li Shiqi told another shocking news, both Liu Bang and Zhang Liang felt a basin of cold water pouring down from their heads.In the hot summer, they can't help but have a biting chill!

Li Shiqi said: "King of Han, I got news on the way back that the Vietnamese army has led two armies led by Zhang Han and Pu Jun to attack Linjiang Kingdom from the south to the north..."

(End of this chapter)