"Brothers, you must not fold my Feng Zhong's Shouyuan like this, please get up, please get up quickly. Don't say anything superfluous, we are brothers, of course your Weng Yuan's relatives are my Weng Yuan's relatives, these things are what I should do, so if you say anything thanks, it is not to treat me Feng Zhong as a brother! Hurry, hurry, please get up. ”

There is no need to talk nonsense for any reason, the war on the plains has just been over, and they have just gathered together, Zheng Bu, Zhong Liwu, Ding Ji, Guan Ying, Gongsun and other relatives of the Han army generals who were rescued, immediately fell to the ground in front of everyone and bowed down in front of Feng Zhong, and thanked him heavily, Feng Zhong hurriedly bowed to the ground and said the above words. Of course, Zheng Bu, Ding Ji and others, who were grateful, did not listen, and insisted that Feng Zhong be willing to get up after receiving their great gifts.

In the end, under the repeated persuasion of Li Zuoche, Xu Ci and others, Feng Zhongcai was the first to stand up, picked up Zheng Bu and Ding Ji and others one by one, and hugged these old comrades-in-arms of the young marshal army one by one, crying sadly, and the scene was touching.

This is not counting, in order to express their gratitude to Feng Zhongjun's soldiers, Zheng Bu and Zhong Liwu and others bowed to Feng Zhong's generals Xu Ci, Wang Fang and Wei Bugen and others, and immediately thanked them, and after being quickly picked up by Xu Ci and others, Zheng Bu said to Xu Ci and others with tears: "Brothers, my Zheng Bu is a rough man from Qian, I won't say anything beautiful, in a word, I don't thank you, my Zheng Bu has kept your kindness in my heart, as long as I have the opportunity in the future, I Zheng Bu will definitely double the reward!" ”

Xu Ci, Wang Fang and the others hurriedly humbled themselves, and Feng Zhong said: "Brother Zheng, don't say that, if you hadn't traveled so far with the army of King Han to save us this time, none of us would have thought of running away, so none of us owe anyone, and it can be regarded as a flattening." ”

After that, Feng Zhong asked with curiosity and worry: "Brother Zheng, I heard that your army is fighting the giant deer, have you fought it?" Running such a long way to save us, has it affected your crusade against the Zhao State thief army? ”

It's okay that Feng Zhong didn't ask that, before he finished asking, Zheng Bu, Li Zuoche and Zhong Liwu and the others smiled bitterly together, and the smile still had a little bitterness, and then Zheng Bu replied: "Brother Feng, don't worry, it's a little impactful, but fortunately, it's not very big." ”

Zheng Bu was of course polite when he said this, and he didn't want Feng Zhong to feel too guilty, in fact, the Han army's Zheng Bu Corps suddenly withdrew from the Julu battlefield and traveled four hundred miles to the plain to rescue Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family, didn't it just affect the war between the Han army and the Zhao army? The favorable situation that the Han Army's Zheng Bu Corps and Zhou Shu's Corps had worked so hard to fight before was actually almost ruined!

If it weren't for the rescue of Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family, the Han army's Zheng Bu corps would only need to take advantage of the fact that the Julu defenders had already suffered heavy losses, and free up their hands to meet the Zhao army's Gangong corps, which had been completely annihilated by the main battle force, and the Qi army that was on the way south, plus the Han army's Zhou Shu corps had already defeated the Western Chu army's northern line corps and the main force of the Jibei army in Bianshui, and there was every hope that the problem of Zhao State, which had been entangled in the Han army for many years, would be solved in one fell swoop, and even annihilate the anti-Han coalition army in Zhao. Completely establish the comprehensive superiority of the Han army on the battlefield of the Northern Front!

But there is no way, Feng Zhongjun must be saved, and the Han army's family and Xiang Kang's wife and children must be saved, so Zheng Bu's corps can only quickly give up the favorable situation of the Julu battlefield and rush east to save Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family, so that the Han army's Zhou Shu's corps can temporarily take on the heavy task of dealing with the anti-Han coalition army alone, and at the same time, in order to gain time, Zheng Bu and others, who were in a hurry, didn't even have time to fight Cuo County and Dongwu City halfway, and risked the risk of running out of food to save the plain directly, which was actually a dangerous and dangerous move.

The Han army Zhou Shu's corps was also affected, originally after the defeat of the main force of the Chu-Ji coalition army on the battlefield of Huanshui, the Zhou Shu corps could take advantage of the victory to go south, help Zheng Bu to flank the Qi army and the remnants of the elite Zhao army before and after, and easily win with a local advantage in strength, and then free up their hands to deal with the remnants of the Western Chu army that fled to Xindu, clean up the remnants of the Jibei army that fled to the lower reaches of the river, break the enemy individually, completely purge the remnants of the anti-Han coalition army in Zhao, and achieve the strategic goal of destroying Zhao. It also alleviates the resistance and difficulty of the Han army's next march into Qi and Jibei.

But there is no way, Feng Zhongjun and the family members of the Han army must be saved, so Uncle Zhou has no choice but to follow the Qi and Zhao troops to the south immediately south to Julu, and take over the heavy task of temporarily containing the enemy, so that Zheng Bu's corps can free up their hands and rescue the plain with all their strength without distraction. There was also watching the Western Chu Great Sima Zhou Yin gather the remnants in Xindu, regroup, and re-form the combat power and threat to the Han army.

This is not counting, Zheng Bu's corps rushed eastward to reinforce, and also caused a very unfavorable chain reaction for the Han army, that is, because of the rush to the south to replace Zheng Bu to contain the giant deer enemy, Zhou Shu's corps did not have time to free up their hands to beat the water dogs, and cleaned up the Jibei army that fled east from the Yanshui battlefield, giving the Jibei army a chance to regroup in the Xiang clan, and after exploring the changes in the military situation of the Han army, there were still some remaining Jibei troops who took the opportunity to counterattack Shanxian, and with the help of the Zhao army of Shanxian County, which was forced to surrender before, Quickly recaptured the county seat of Zhaoguo, which was located next to Chidao, not only obtained a certain amount of military supplies, but also cut off the Chidao connection between Zhou Shu's army and Dongyuan City, which made it difficult for Zhou Shu to communicate with the rear, and Zhou's corps could only be forced to switch to the Han army on the southern front to supply food.

During this period, Zhou Yin, who had regathered more than 60,000 troops, also seized the opportunity, relying on the response of the Qi and Zhao troops, and led the Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army, which had re-formed a certain combat effectiveness, to the east of Julu, and joined forces with the Qi and Zhao armies, expanding the strength of the anti-Han coalition army on the Julu battlefield to about 160,000 people, reviving the game of chess that had been lost on the Julu battlefield, and adding countless unpredictable variables to the northern front battlefield of the Han army.

It is precisely because of this that no matter how to hate the Jibei Army that bullies the soft and fears the hard, after taking the plain, the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army still did not dare to take advantage of the situation to enter the hinterland of the Jibei Army, just rested in the plain for two days, and immediately marched westward to return to the Julu battlefield, and was forced to temporarily record the feud between the Jibei Army and Tiandu in the small black account book, and wait for the future to report.

Because of this, after the news of the successful rescue of the Han army's family and Feng Zhongjun was sent to the Julu battlefield, Uncle Zhou did not have much joy on his face, and muttered to himself: "Good news is good news, but unfortunately the battle situation of Zhao State is unpredictable now, as long as Zhou Yin and Zhang Er are not stupid, they will definitely stick to help, Xiang Yu will personally lead the army to Julu to reinforce in order to save the situation on the northern front and his remnants of the army on the northern front, and fight another battle of Julu, can we still successfully destroy Zhao, Only God knows. ”

Worry is worry, such good news still has to be reported to Xiang Kang as soon as possible, so Uncle Zhou didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took up the pen to make a book, reporting this situation and the latest military changes on the battlefield of Zhao to Xiang Kang, who is currently in Puyang, and also asked Xiang Kang for food - boss, send food quickly, Zhao Guo's battle doesn't know how long it will last, my grain road is broken again, and I can't guarantee the grain and grass for me and Zheng Bu.

Fortunately, the gallop from Julu to Puyang has been mastered by the Han army, the message is convenient, and within a few days, Uncle Zhou's letter was sent to Xiang Kang by the fast horse, and after reading Uncle Zhou's letter, Xiang Kang is of course happy and worried, happy that the families of the Han army's civil and military ministers have all been rescued, and the Han army's civil and military ministers no longer have any worries, and they will soon have hope to reunite with their beautiful wife and the same beautiful sister-in-law after a long absence, but the worry is that the battlefield situation in Zhao Di is repeated, and the good situation of the army is not only lost, It is also possible to give the enemy a chance to turn the tables.

Zhang Liang, who is still a guest minister of the Han army, still has not forgotten the old master, and after Chen Ping, Tang Bing and others congratulated Xiang Kang's wife and children on being rescued, he hurriedly asked Xiang Kang: "King Han, did he save King Han?" Did he break through with General Feng Zhong and be rescued? ”

Looking at Uncle Zhou's letter report again, Xiang Kang replied: "I'm sorry Mr. Zifang, General Zhou didn't mention King Han in the letter, so I don't know about King Han's situation either." ”

Zhang Liang felt great regret, and said with a glimmer of hope: "I don't know if the princess and the family members of the Han Dynasty and the courtiers of the Han Dynasty will come back by boat with General Ding Ji, if it is by water, we should know the situation in a few days." ”

"Don't blame Mr. Zifang, our family will not come back by water." Xiang Kang smiled bitterly and poured a basin of cold water on Zhang Liang, and said: "The waterway hydrology of the big river is too complicated, our fleet is neither a sailor, nor does it have water combat power, and when we come back, we are going upstream, and there are more changes in the waterway, considering that almost all of our family members are old and weak, women and children, and they can't withstand the long-distance wind and waves, so when Ding Ji set off, I once explained to him, telling him that even if he rescued our family members, don't take them back by water, and ask him to hand over our family members to Zheng Bu and them. Let them come back by land in a safer way, so you may have to wait a lot longer. ”

Of course, Zhang Liang was even more regretful when he heard this, but fortunately, Zhang Liang was free and easy by nature, and quickly put Han Cheng's matter behind him for the time being, and instead carefully studied the military intelligence report of Zhao sent by Uncle Zhou, and then quickly said: "King Han, I am afraid that the war situation of Zhao will change dramatically, and the Chuqi Zhao thief army will definitely hold on to the next step to wait for help, Xiang Yu knows the change in the military situation on the northern front, and it is very likely that he will personally lead the army north to reinforce it, if we can't annihilate the Chuqi Zhao thief army before Xiang Yu's reinforcements arrive, take Julu City and destroy Zhao, If we don't do well on the battlefield of Zhao State, we will turn victory into defeat. ”

"Not very likely, but definitely." Chen Ping took over the conversation and said: "As long as Xiang Yu still has a little brain, he must understand that he must not let us take down Zhao and threaten the rear of Qi that surrenders to him, let alone watch his northern army annihilated, and now that he has withdrawn and returned to the rear, it is more convenient to reinforce Zhao State, so if nothing else, he will definitely personally lead the army to the north and make every effort to reverse the situation of Zhao State, which he still has hope for." ”

Considering that his overlord cousin was not bad at fighting, Xiang Kang nodded and asked, "If that's the case, how should we deal with it?" ”

The resourceful Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are a little frowned, because the Han army is currently not much to play, except for the Ding Ji army who is still leading the fleet to help, although the Han army still has more than 70,000 troops available on the battlefield in the Central Plains, and can also send a part of the army north to reinforce, but if there is less transfer, there is not much effect, if the West Chu army takes advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and Liu Laosan, who has already driven Yingbu to Hanzhong, and the Western Chu army's southern line corps Liji, take the opportunity to attack Sanchuan in the north, then the strategic situation of the Han army may not be good.

"King, how about Wai Chu to save Zhao?" Tang Bing, the old man of Shangshan, made a suggestion and said: "Our fine work has found out the accurate news, after the Western Chu thieves escaped from the Puyang battlefield with Huan Chu and Xiao Gongjiao, they went to Dingtao to collect the remnants of the defeated generals, plus the Western Chu thief army has attached great importance to Dingtao before, no matter how to send troops to reinforce the front line, it has not moved the garrison of Dingtao, so it can be seen that the Western Chu thief army regards Dingtao as a northwest barrier, and we sent troops to attack Dingtao, which can not only form a huge threat to the Western Chu thief army, but also lure Xiang Yu to lead the army to reinforce Dingtao, Let our troops on the northern front not have to worry about flank threats, and they can immediately return to reinforcement when there is a change in the rear, killing two birds with one stone. ”

"Your Majesty, this plan should work." Wu Shi, another old man from Shangshan, also said: "Xiang Yu has been looking forward to a decisive battle with you, if you personally lead the army to fight Dingtao, he will see that there is an opportunity, and he will probably ignore the northern line and give priority to Dingtao to fight with you." ”

Knowing that the overlord's cousin had long been eager to chew it raw, Xiang Kang was inevitably a little moved when he heard it, but Zhang Liang next to him immediately said: "Don't take risks!" Entering Dingtao to surround Chu to save Zhao, such a strategy may be effective for Xiang Yu's husband, but it will definitely not be hidden from the eyes of his father Fan Zeng, at that time, as long as he explains the benefits to Xiang Yu and persuades Xiang Yu to temporarily ignore Dingtao's priority to reinforce the northern front, then we will be self-defeating, and we will not even have time to react immediately if there is a sudden change in the northern line! ”

"I'm against it too." Chen Ping also objected: "Xiang Yu Pifu has been played by us many times, even if you don't know how to learn a lesson, you also know that the king you will definitely not fight him head-on, as long as he sends troops to Dingtao, the king you will definitely turn around and leave immediately, and will definitely not give him a chance to fight a decisive battle." After suffering so many losses, it is difficult for him to continue to be fooled. ”

Seeing that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, who were most trusted by Xiang Kang, spoke against them at the same time, Tang Bing and Wu Shi could only keep their mouths shut, while Xiang Kang closed his eyes and calculated, first finding that it was indeed self-defeating to do so, and then carefully calculated the situation on the northern front and the war situation in the world, suddenly opened his eyes and said categorically: "Reinforcement of the northern front!" Give priority to helping our northern front army kill the Qichu Zhao thief army and take Zhao Land! ”

"How many reinforcements should we send, King?" Chen Ping cautiously reminded: "We currently have not many mobile forces in our hands. ”

"One million and five thousand!"

Xiang Kang's loud answer made Zhang Liang and Chen Ping dumbfounded, and then Zhang Liang and Chen Ping hurriedly asked in unison: "King, our million-strong army from here?!" ”

"I, plus your Mr. Zifang, and you Mr. Chen Ping, the three of us are an army of millions!" Xiang Kang said with a cruel smile: "If you bring five thousand elites to protect us and go north to the Julu battlefield for reinforcements, isn't it just one million and five thousand troops?" ”

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were dumbfounded again, it was the first time they heard Xiang Kang say such wild words, and then Tang Bing said in surprise: "King, you want to personally go north to command the Julu War?" ”

Xiang Kang nodded vigorously and said: "As long as my brother doesn't make a fool this time, he will definitely personally lead the army north to reinforce Julu this time, and fight another Julu battle, since we can't avoid such a situation, then we don't need to find a way to escape, just deal with it with all our might." I personally went to the northern front to command and supervise the battle, which will definitely boost the morale of our soldiers, and I have more hope of breaking through the Qichu Zhao thief army on the Julu battlefield first, and then free up my hands to deal with my brother with all my might. ”

"Even if you can't kill the Qi Chu Zhao thief army first, after I, Zifang, and Mr. Chen Ping arrive in Julu, you can also act at the opportunity, adapt to the situation, fight when you should fight, withdraw when you should withdraw, you don't have to worry about it in Puyang, it is difficult to decide." Xiang Kang added: "There is also a very important point, only when I personally go to the Julu battlefield, can I command the whole army like an arm, and the order is forbidden. Otherwise, Zheng Bu and Uncle Zhou will become one, and once the opinions cannot be unified, there will definitely be endless troubles. ”

"King Han Shengju!" Zhang Liang, who came back to his senses, applauded and said: "At present, we are actually not falling behind on the northern front, the only thing we need to worry about is that the Qichu Zhao thief army is stubbornly defending without fighting, Xiang Yu's reinforcements arrived in time, King Han, you come to Julu to command and supervise the battle, it will definitely be able to make the three armies excited, and the soldiers will be happy, so if you want to break through the Qichu Zhao thief army, it will definitely be much easier!" ”

Chen Ping also nodded in approval, and said: "It's still the king who thinks about it carefully, General Zhou Shu and General Zheng Bu are not subordinate to each other, and they can only discuss and act in case of trouble, and it is indeed easy to have disagreements. Moreover, the king, you are on the front line of Julu, even if Xiang Yu really leads the army to arrive in time, the king can also make a decision on the spot, fight when it should be battled, and withdraw when it should be withdrawn, so as not to realize it in hindsight and be in a hurry. ”

Xiang Kang smiled and said in his heart: "Not only that, I also have a layer of consideration, Uncle Zhou's credit is already too great, and it is very likely that he will rely on him to destroy Qi and Yan next, if I don't take action to destroy Zhao Dagong, if I don't make a move, Uncle Zhou will become the second Han Xin who is difficult to fall, then I will be in big trouble." Although Uncle Zhou's temper is far less arrogant than Han Xin's, it is better to be careful. ”

As an aside, the history is sparse, what Xiang Kang didn't know was that Han Xin was not the only hero who destroyed Zhao for Liu Laosan in history, and there was also Jin She, who broke through Handan and forced the capital of Zhao State, and killed the main force of Zhao State on his own, and was also an important hero of the Han army's destruction of Zhao.

After deciding to go north to command the Julu Battle in person, Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping first discussed the matter of staying behind, and then discussed how to go north, Chen Ping asked Xiang Kang: "King, do you want to tell Uncle Zhou and General Zheng Bu in advance about the fact that you personally went north to command the Julu War?" Do you want to hide it for a while and surprise them? ”

Xiang Kang is indeed talented in terms of strategy, but after a little calculation, he immediately said: "Tell them in advance, and ask them to make the news public, so that Qi Chu and Zhao Thief Army also know that I am going to Julu in person, I believe that with the cleverness of Uncle Zhou and Li Zuoche, they will definitely use this to make some articles, and give me a surprise in turn." ”

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Xiang Yu's side, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang did not guess wrong, in fact, when they received the news that the Han army's Zheng Bu Corps was marching westward into the plains, Xiang Yu, who was resting in Xue County after defeating Peng Yue, couldn't wait to start sending troops to the north to assemble, preparing to personally lead the army to the plains and fight a decisive battle with the Han army's Zheng Bu corps, and when he received the news that the Han army had broken through the plain and the situation of the northern line of the Western Chu Army, Xiang Yu was even more furious, scolding Zhou Yin's incompetence, while stepping up urging the army to assemble north, I am determined to fight another giant deer battle, kill Xiang Kang's lackeys on the northern front, and save himself from the crisis on the northern front by the way.

Fortunately, the main force of the Western Chu army is still in the Pengcheng area, and it takes time to go north, and the hinterland of Western Chu has been stirred up by Peng Yue and others, and the operation center of the Western Chu court has completely collapsed, and it is still in the reconstruction stage, and it takes time to raise grain and grass and military supplies, so although Xiang Yu knew the situation on the plain battlefield earlier than Xiang Kang, he failed to lead the army north one step earlier than Xiang Kang, leaving some time for Xiang Kang and the Han army on the northern front.