The Conqueror Isn’t Alone

When the Chu army arrived in Hanzhong, Liu Bang, who was in the royal city of Chengdu, received the military report and was shocked and pale on the spot.

——Xiang Jie, a common man, was thinking about him even before he was hot on the throne!

Liu Bangyuan was still holding on to the luck that the Bashu mountain road was rugged and difficult to navigate, and it was a remote place in the eyes of the princes. Xiang Jiuxu could not spare any effort to deal with him for three to five years.

After all, he was in it, and thanks to Xiao He's reading of the Qin official household registration book, he knew that this place was uniquely endowed with wealth. But in the eyes of the princes, it was still a ruined place before Qin's rule, not worth mentioning.

Who would have thought that the Chu army would advance toward him in less than two months after Zhu Zi ascended the throne!

Liu Bang was defeated in Shuzhong that day and reorganized his troops from scratch. With Xiao He's full assistance, he has only accumulated 100,000 troops so far.

How could a hundred thousand new recruits who had never faced an enemy be a match for the elite Chu army that had experienced hundreds of battles and had won every victory!

Liu Bang was so anxious that he was so anxious that he quickly summoned a group of his cronies to come over.

As soon as he informed them of the critical situation, everyone showed shock, and immediately their expressions became slumped, and they couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and they were all silent.

Liu Bang looked left and right, and all he saw was a look of depression and despair, and he felt even more desperate.

If he really had no desire to survive, he would have wiped his neck with his sword long ago. How could he have summoned his cronies for a secret discussion?

At this moment, Liu Bang noticed that Xiao He's face was calm, as if he was confident, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart.

"Prime Minister," Liu Bang asked with earnestness on his face, "What can we do?"

To Liu Bang's dismay, Xiao Hejing seemed to suddenly wake up when he called him, and muttered bitterly: "I... don't know."

"Why!"

Liu Bang sighed heavily.

Next, he seemed to be talking to himself, but his voice was loud enough for people around him to hear clearly: "Is there no such extremely smart man in the world who can solve this fatal crisis for me? If he can With such a person here, I am really willing to divide Bashu into two parts and share it with him as brothers!"

When he first said this, it was Zhang Liang who stepped forward; when he said it again, it was Li Shiqi who stepped forward and proposed a clever plan to unite the princes to fight against Chu; when he said this again later, it was Sui He. I volunteered to go to Xianyang to tell the great Sima Zhou Yin...

But this trick, which had been tried many times, finally didn’t work.

After Liu Bang's 'self-talk', for a long time, the room was still silent.

Everyone watched with eyes, nose, nose and heart. Not to mention standing up, even the breathing was deliberately soft, as if they were afraid of being set off by Liu Bang.

Liu Bang smiled bitterly and said: "That's all, everyone should go back first... The Prime Minister will stay."

Xiao He looked indifferent and was about to leave with everyone when he was suddenly called. However, he was not surprised at all. He was led by his servants to the inner room where Liu Bang was.

Liu Bang no longer concealed his face at this time, his face was clouded and his eyes were cold.

When Xiao He entered, he calmed down a little, stood up in person, and led Xiao He to his seat.

As soon as Xiao He sat down, Liu Bang couldn't wait to ask again: "Is it true that the Prime Minister has nothing to do?"

He really didn't want to believe that after the extremely dangerous Xianyang Palace banquet, Xiao He, the wise man who was able to promptly propose his life-saving plan of retreating to Bashu, would be helpless one day.

Xiao He smiled bitterly and said: "Based on my humble strategy, facing such a predicament, I am really at the end of my rope."

It is true that Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but when Xiang Yu exhausted all the food in Guanzhong and sent many elite Chu troops several times as many as Shu soldiers, they poured into Bashu from Hanzhong - under the absolute suppression from all sides, how could there be any difficulty? Word?

The determination of the Chu army was clear at a glance. They would rather injure some small tendons and break some small bones, but also must get rid of this serious trouble in Bashu.

And when the Chu army entered Bashu, facing this prosperous land that was completely different from the situation before Qin, it was even more impossible to tolerate Liu Bang's freedom and prosperity here.

Hearing that Xiao He really had nothing to do, Liu Bang was really angry and anxious. On the spot, he cursed Xiang Yi who had brought him to this point, and kept talking obscene words.

Xiao He listened without frowning. After a long while, he suddenly thought of something and suggested: "If your Majesty wants to keep his foundation under the iron heel of the Chu army, even if the soldiers are alive and isolated and helpless, it is just wishful thinking. But if your Majesty wants to keep his foundation, even if the soldiers are alive, he will be isolated and helpless." If you just want to save your wealth and life, it shouldn’t be difficult.”

When Liu Bang heard this, he didn't know what Xiao meant.

This was a signal for him to leave everything behind, escape via the southeastern path, and then cross the Central Plains via the water.

But there is no royal land in the world. In the end, he is afraid that he will have to hide in the remote south and rely on the property he brought from Bashu to find a place to live in peace and live the life of an ordinary rich man.

Liu Bang's expression changed for a while, and finally he waved his hand in disinterest, sending Xiao He back, who was silent and speechless: "Let me think about it."

Xiao He stood up calmly, saluted respectfully and said, "I will take my leave first."

Liu Bang squinted his eyes slightly, silently seeing off Xiao He's peacefully leaving figure, thoughtfully.

He vaguely felt that the Prime Minister... seemed a little different from usual.

However, the crisis was so urgent that he had no time to think carefully about what happened to Xiao He. He could only painfully weigh whether he should abandon the Bashu inheritance as soon as possible and go south to fight for it, or rely on the Chu soldiers to fight to the death.

The Chu army will be led by Lu Bu, Xiang Yu's most relied-upon general, and then by his deputy general Han Xin, who is famous for sweeping through Wei and Zhao with his many surprising plans, and finally by Li Li, a wise general who once had a good reputation in Zhao. Car left.

Looking at this place, the commander is himself, the lieutenants are Cao Shen and Guan Ying, and the cavalry commanders are Lu Wan and Liu Jia...

Liu Bang had a sullen face and quickly went through the situation in his mind, still feeling that the chance of victory was slim.

These generals of his are certainly good, but if they can stand out under the brave and skilled Xiang Ji, the highly regarded Lu Bu must be better than the Chu generals such as Long Qie, Zhong Lihuan, and Ji Bu who are more familiar to him. ability.

It was a matter of life and fortune. Even if he was 90% sure, Liu Bang couldn't rest assured. Not to mention that he knew nothing about those people except their names and deeds. How could he dare to take risks himself?

But if he were to be frightened by the Chu army's majesty before the enemy army arrived, he would abandon everything and flee southward. He was extremely unwilling to do so.

So Liu Bang thought about it and finally decided to pack up the belongings secretly, prepare the carriage frame and ferry, and hide them in the secret road of the capital and on the bank of the river.

Regardless of whether the Chu general was worthy of his name or was truly powerful, he had to have a confrontation first, and no matter what happened next, there was absolutely no reason to escape without fighting.

If the Chu army was really powerful and the Shu army was no match, it wouldn't be too late for him to take a few of his henchmen and escape to the south along the prepared road...

After making two plans, Liu Bang finally settled down.

Since the Chu army entered Shu, they have been moving southward with unimpeded momentum.

Every time he arrived at a city, in order to prevent his virtuous brother from disappearing again in a blink of an eye, Han Xin quickly raised the banner of "Ignore those who surrender" and sent people to surround the city and call for surrender.

During this expedition, he also made a special trip to bring with him the more than 10,000 young men from Bashu who were captured in Hanzhong last year and whom he had adopted as his own. Whenever there was a need to persuade them to surrender, he asked them to shout in their local accent.

And among these people, many of them knew each other or were related to each other.

I saw that my relatives and friends who had been forced to join the army by Prime Minister Xiao and then never returned not only had arms and legs, they were all alive and kicking, their skin was even rosy, and they were a little fat. …

Many people were surprised and happy. After shouting questions and answers from a distance, they surrendered neatly.

Anyway, they had nothing to do with the King of Han named Liu, and they even complained because of the inexplicable group of foreigners above their heads who were constantly recruiting soldiers and food. How could they be willing to sacrifice their lives for Liu Bang?

I was originally worried that the enemy would be violent and that if they surrendered, they might not be as good as they were now. But seeing that the people I knew were safe and sound and living a good life, I didn't have anything to worry about anymore.

When the rebellion broke out, Han Xin left some people to take over the city, then took the original city guard with him, and then randomly ordered hundreds of people to go to the next city.

No matter how many slogans and promises are made, there is no evidence at hand.

Except for some cities that were determined to be loyal to Liu Han and resisted to the end, they were pressed by the Chu army and stormed down in half a day. Seventy-eight out of ten of them responded immediately and surrendered to the Chu army.

Even in a city that resisted desperately, Han Xin only executed the city guard and his close subordinates, while all the people were pardoned.

Once word of this move spread, the reputation of the Chu army, which was already well-known for not committing any crimes in Qiu and bringing back their relatives who had been captured a while ago, became even better.

Within a month, the Chu army had already arrived at Chengdu.

Although Liu Bang was very unhappy, he was not surprised that the Chu army had been victorious all the way without a single defeat since its departure.

After all, he had not been in charge of this place for long, and he was always worried about the overall situation outside the customs. He would not have time to take root in the humerus in the future, so the people's support was only superficial.

Han Xin led an army of 300,000 men to a place three miles outside Chengdu, near a water source. He took Li Zuoche with him and went to the main tent to find his wise brother.

Lu Bu was absentmindedly wiping the blade of Long Yuan's sword at this time, but what came to his mind was that the idiot had involuntarily forced the sword that barely caught his eye into his hand before he left. That scene.

Although I don’t know why that fool is so insistent on giving him a personal sword... anyway, don’t give up the sword for free.

Lu Bu polished the blade of the sword until it was spotless and shiny, and then returned the sword to its sheath with satisfaction.

What's more, the fool didn't know, but what he knew was that what he would be wielding with this sword was Liu Mozi, who was supposed to push the fool to the end of his rope and commit suicide in Wujiang River!

He only had a sword, but he took such great revenge on someone. It was too cheap for that fool.

There was a clear sound when it was sheathed, and the next moment Lu Bu's ears moved, he caught the sound of the cheap guy bringing the wheel in.

"sit."

He greeted them carelessly, before changing into the most comfortable sitting position: "Why are Brother Han and General Li here?"

He sat casually, not to mention Han Xin, who was familiar with the temperament of his wise brother, even Li Zuoche, who was more reserved and serious before, was influenced by this and his behavior became much more relaxed.

Since there was no one else in the tent, the three of them sat awkwardly before discussing important matters seriously.

Han Xin was the first to ask: "What method do you want to win this battle?"

In Han Xin's eyes, this battle was undoubtedly a sure win. The only difference was the length of time and the number of soldiers sacrificed.

This cheap guy's brain is more than ten times better than his. How could he have learned the bad habits of old man Fan and Emperor Fool and wanted to trick him?

Lu Bu couldn't help but curse.

But Han Xin is his cheap brother, and it’s not Old Man Fan and Han who need to be dealt with carefully... Even the Emperor Han doesn’t have to deal with them carefully now!

Thinking of this, Lu Bu rolled his eyes, and immediately showed his original attitude towards Gao Fuyi and Chen Gongtai, and confidently became the boss: "As long as you don't let Liu Mouse run away, no matter how you win, Han will win." Brother makes a plan!"