On the south bank of the Zhangshui River, the Chu army camp.

Since the return of thousands of soldiers, the content they had heard about Liu Bang's treachery spread rapidly in the Chu camp, and after a few days, almost every soldier was clear.

And on this day, in the king's tent.

Xiang Yu sometimes sat down, sometimes walked back and forth, irritable.

Many generals reported to him that the soldiers were talking about Liu Bang's treacherous schemes.

He thought about it again, these things, the soldiers and ordinary people of Zhao Guo knew about them, then he would become their laughing stock, where would he put this face?

This is all a good thing that damn Chen Ping did! The more Xiang Yu thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

He didn't regret not reusing Chen Ping and Han Xin, but regretted why he didn't kill them in the first place, so as to bring trouble to himself.

Ji Bu walked into the king's tent and said, "King Xiang, let's withdraw our troops, go and teach Liu Bang a hard lesson, and arrest the damned Chen Ping and cook it." ”

In the past few days, as the news of that aspect gradually spread, Xiang Yu has become more and more hateful to Liu Bang and Chen Ping, and the heart of attacking Zhao has gradually faded again.

Xiang Yu sighed and did not respond immediately.

In the past few days, Ji Bu has proposed to withdraw his troops twice, although Xiang Yu did not agree, but the heart of the crusade against Zhao is not as firm as when he opened the Northern Expedition, and Ji Bu is secretly happy in his heart. Liu Bang's treacherous plan was exposed, although it made King Xiang lose face, but it was still good to be able to prompt King Xiang to withdraw his troops and not make bigger mistakes, after all, Liu Bang was the real enemy.

Ji Bu said again: "King Xiang, Liu Bang and Chen Ping are laughing at us in Xingyang, if we fight with Zhao Jun again, it will only make them even happier." ”

Xiang Yu made a gesture to let him out, although he knew that he had been tricked, he was really angry with Zhao Xie, hoping to teach Zhao Xie a lesson first, and then clean up Liu Bang, so he did not make the decision to withdraw the troops.

However, the Zhangshui River blocked the way forward, making Xiang Yu very irritable.

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East of Xingyang, the Chu army camp.

Prime Minister's Big Tent, as the Prime Minister of Chu State, Fan Zeng, as usual, deals with important military and political affairs, since Xiang Yu's northern expedition, he is upset every day, and only hopes that Xiang Yu can wake up and withdraw his troops as soon as possible.

"Prime Minister, General Ji Bu sent someone to send the military information from the front."

Fan Zeng quickly took the bamboo slip and opened it, hoping for good news.

Soon, a smile appeared on his face.

Liu Bang's treacherous plan has been exposed, and there is at least a seventy percent chance that Xiang Yu will not insist on killing Zhao first and then Han, and he should withdraw his troops after a while.

As for Xiang Zhuang being defeated by Li Zuoche and losing 7,000 soldiers, it will not have a big impact on the Chu army, Li Zuoche is indeed difficult to deal with, but there is no need for Chu to do it, Liu Bang and Han Xin will naturally go all out to deal with him.

However, Fan Zeng didn't believe that Zhao Xie had spies on Liu Bang's side, and even such a confidential matter was found out.

He believes that it may be Li Zuoche or Zhao Xie who came up with a countermeasure strategy that deliberately spread it with the help of surrendering troops, prompting Xiang Yu to withdraw his troops and target Liu Bang.

Liu Bang can implement strategy, King Zhao can also do it, and he Fan Zeng also has strategy, but it is a pity that in the past, Xiang Yu rarely listened to many correct suggestions from Fan Zeng.

Fan Zeng thought again that it was difficult to spread rumors in the Chu camp without the cooperation of internal people, and Chen Ping used to be an official in the Chu State, so it was very likely that he started from this aspect.

He immediately issued an order to strictly investigate the generals who had close contacts with Chen Ping in the past, as long as it was found that someone had colluded with Chen Ping, Fan Zeng would definitely not let it go.

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Xingyang, the generals of the Han army and the ministers of the Han State here, are in a much better mood than before, because Xiang Yu went north and fought with the Zhao army, so that the Han State could reap the benefits of the fisherman.

When the news of Zhao Jun's defeat of Xiang Zhuang on the other side of the river at Jinsuo Pass came, everyone from Liu Bang to the most ordinary officials here was happy about this. On the day he received the news, in order to celebrate, Liu Bang specially added vegetables to the soldiers of the whole army, and every soldier had meat to eat.

On this day, in the main hall of Xingyang Palace, Liu Bang held a banquet for Wenchen and military generals to attend.

In the main hall, the military generals are on the left and the ministers are on the right, eating good meat and drinking fine wine.

Liu Bang raised his glass and said: "All Aiqing, Zhao Xie is about to finish, Xiang Yu will also be greatly injured, and the final victory belongs to us." ”

As he spoke, everyone drank the wine together, and everyone was in a joyful mood.

Fan Xu said: "There is only one ruler in the world, and that is the King of Han!" ”

Zhou Bo said: "I wish the King of Han to settle the world as soon as possible!" ”

Xiahou Ying said: "King Han, the minister is looking forward to you becoming the emperor as soon as possible!" ”

Once this is really the case, the courtiers present are all the founding heroes.

Liu Bang listened, smiling even more, when he was the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion before, this was unthinkable, since Xiang Yu was divided, he was unwilling to be only a prince, so he dared to enable Han Xin, wave his troops to seize Guanzhong, and send a letter to Guguan in the east, he wanted to defeat Xiang Yu and become the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Li Shiqi said: "King Han, the general trend of the world has been decided, and you are the final winner." ”

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were also present, but they didn't say a word of congratulations, now Xiang Yu has just gone north, and he has only suffered a small defeat, before Xiang Yu and Zhao Xie are not both defeated, they are just cautiously optimistic, who knows if Zhao Guo will have any strategy to deal with.

Liu Bangzheng was happy and ordered people to sing and dance.

Soon, the musicians were playing the music, and several palace maids were dancing.

Originally, Liu Bang's favorite Qi Ji was good at singing and dancing, and she danced several times when she invited ministers, but she was currently pregnant and could not attend.

In the singing and dancing, looking at the graceful posture of the palace maids, Liu Bang was attracted, looking at the most beautiful palace maid among them, and he was happy in his heart, thinking that he would be lucky for her tonight.

Liu Bang is more lustful, after Xiang Yu's northern expedition to Qi, he and the coalition army invaded Pengcheng, and took in many palace maids in Xiang Yu's palace, looking for joy every day.

In the past, Liu Bang had no big career and no conditions to enjoy, but now that he has become a king, the situation is very favorable to him, and if he doesn't enjoy it, he will be too sorry for himself.

The singing and dancing stopped, and Liu Bang pointed to the palace maid with great interest and said, "You ...... tonight"

As soon as he spoke, he saw the chamberlain hurriedly enter the main hall.

"King Han, the latest military information is sent from the front!"

The courtiers all thought that it would be good news, it should be that the Chu army and the Zhao army were fighting again, and many people looked even more cheerful.

Liu Bang also thought so, and he said happily: "Maybe at this time, both the Zhao army and the Chu army have suffered heavy losses!" ”

He took the bamboo tube, took out the cloth inside, opened it and looked at it, and his expression immediately changed greatly.

Zhang Liang and Chen Pington felt bad, both of them were strategic, and quickly thought of relevant factors. The defense line of the Zhangshui River is not easy to break through, and Li Zuoche is well versed in military affairs, so it is impossible for Xiang Yu to break through the defense line in a short time, so that the Chu army can drive straight into and capture the Zhao State in a short time.

Since this is not the case, there is only one answer, that is, Zhao Guo's side has resorted to a targeted strategy.