Chapter 17 Developing Strength 1

"Neither you nor the prince can go, it is dangerous to fight." Xiang Yu said.

"You've planned so well, you've caught a turtle in an urn, what's the danger?" The princess said displeased.

The prince also wanted to go, and helped and said: "General Xiang, let's go, we can't participate in the war, so there is no opportunity to exercise here, how can we grow?"

Xiang Yu didn't speak. The princess gently kicked Hua Long with her foot, glaring at Hua Long desperately. Hua Long knew that she wanted to help herself speak, so he said: "Big brother, this way, I will take them with me, follow behind your team, do not enter the battlefield, look at it from a distance, if I find that the situation is not right, I will take them to escape first." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Then so be it, Chen Sheng, you bring 200 people to protect them." ”

The next day, the team set off, Hua Long simply brought Xia Xueqin and Li Tingting with them, if they won, they don't have to bother to pick them up again, Hua Long, the prince, the princess, and Chen Sheng walked in a row, following behind Xiang Yu's team. Chen Sheng glared at the princess with his eyes, his face was unhappy, and the princess seemed to have found out, and said, "Chen Sheng, why are you always staring at me, and you still show me a look." ”

Chen Sheng didn't speak, he was still very angry.

Hua Long knew the reason, Chen Sheng could have followed Xiang Yu to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, but because of the princess's trouble, he could only stay to protect them, and he was very unwilling, so he said to the princess: "Chen Sheng has no chance to fight in order to protect you, and he is unhappy." ”

The princess said, "I did not call him to protect me." But she can also understand Chen Sheng's mood, she also wants to go, but she can't go, it's very unpleasant, so she said to Chen Sheng: "I want to go too." ”

Hua Long said: "Chen Sheng, you will go with Brother Xiang later, this time it should not be dangerous, we will act on our own." ”

Chen Sheng immediately became happy, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Brother Hua!" ”

"I'll go too." The princess followed.

"No, if you listen to me this time, you will often take you to wars in the future, and maybe you will be asked to lead troops to kill the enemy, otherwise I won't take you with you in the future." Hua Long said.

The princess said happily, "Really." ”

Hua Long said: "Of course. ”

The princess immediately flattered Hua Long and said, "Thank you, Brother Hua Long!" ”

"I'm going, I'm here again, I can't stand it, you better keep it as it is." Hua Long really can't stand her for a while and a while for a while.

Because the country is relatively small, the distance is not far, about 60 miles, Liu Hu and Wang Hedong, they arrived in less than 2 hours, they immediately set up camp, after lunch, Wang Hedong led 3,000 people to challenge, Liu Hu led 1,000 men and horses, ready to outflank their reinforcements at any time.

They are now all cavalry, fast and combative.

According to the plan, Wang Hedong attacked the troops outside the city of the original country, and the two sides attacked, Wang Hedong's cavalry had an advantage, directly killing and wounding 5 or 6 hundred people of the other side, and the other party retreated to the barracks, and Wang Hedong did not chase after him, giving the other party time.

The original army really asked Chengnei for help, and the city immediately sent 2,000 reinforcements, and as soon as the reinforcements arrived, Liu Hu led 1,000 cavalry to outflank the retreat.

At the same time, Xiang Yu received a report from a spy sent outside the city of the original country, saying that 2,000 soldiers and horses had come out of the city, and Xiang Yu immediately said, "Chen Sheng, Chen Rong, Chen Lichuan, Wu Changfeng, Xia Qi, you 5 lead 1,000 men and horses to support, cut off the route back to the city, and the remaining 2,000 people will follow me to attack the city." ”

Two groups of people immediately went out.

The princess hurriedly said, "Quick, quick, they are gone." ”

Outside the city gate, Xiang Yu first felt okay, the country is relatively small, there is no big country support, there is not much strength, the city wall is relatively low, immediately ordered the siege of the city, the soldier door began to set up a ladder, and at the same time arranged people to hit the city gate with wood, and then arranged for archers to shoot arrows to the city.

In a war, the most afraid of attacking the city, the attacking side has too many casualties, and generally there is no absolute advantage, and the city will not be attacked. The battle was fierce, and the besiegers suffered many casualties.

When the princess saw this now, she felt that it was really dangerous. Thanks to the small number of people on the other side, only 1,000 defenders, Xiang Yu attacked for more than 1 hour, and finally broke through the city gate, Xiang Yu immediately waved his sword and led people to rush into the city, since the city gate was broken, the rest was very easy, Xiang Yu killed all the way, such as entering the realm of no one, and directly killed the king of the original country.

Xiang Yu asked Lu Fei to leave half of the people to control the situation in the city, and he led the other half to carry the head of the king of the original country to reinforce the army outside the city, Xiang Yu's army outside the city has always besieged the original army but not attacked, and now the original army saw that the other party had reinforcements coming and killed their king, and they all surrendered immediately.

In this battle, Xiang Yu received nearly 6,000 troops, and Xiang Yu also had casualties on his side, so there was a battle outside the city, and about 100 people died, but more than 400 people died in the siege of the city, and the other party died more than 1,000 people in total.

Everyone entered the original city, and those who were willing to stay were left behind, and those who were unwilling were sent to pay for their journey, and 4,500 people remained. The next day, Xiang Yu asked people to post a notice to settle the people, which roughly means: The Zhou Dynasty recovered the lost land, all the subjects were at ease, and the people who were originally part-time soldiers could farm at home with peace of mind, tax exemption in the first year, and half of the tax in the second year.

In less than ten days, 2,500 people signed up to join the army, so that 7,000 soldiers were collected in the original country, and of their original 7,000, 500 were killed in battle, and 6,500 were killed, adding up to 13,500 troops. The original country originally had 1,000 war horses, and Xiang Yu arranged for people to go to the Zhou Dynasty, bring 6,000 war horses, and organize all the 13,500 people into cavalry.

Xiang Yu is ready to let the army reorganize and rest for half a month, and then set out to attack the Fan State, which now belongs to the north is a large mountain range, and the other three sides are the Zhou Dynasty, the Su State and the Yuan State, the Su State and the Yuan State are now occupied by Xiang Yu, and the Fan State is surrounded.

There was nothing to do in the past two days, and Hua Long teased the princess and said, "Do you still want to fight?" ”

"Yes." The princess said.

"And the death you scared that day?" Hua Long deliberately angered him.

"I just didn't see the killing so closely, and I just saw people fall one by one, and I felt a little bit like that." The princess said.

"Hua Long said, I will let you play when you have a chance, but you also have to practice your martial arts, and your three-legged cat kung fu will kick me." Hua Long said with contempt.

The princess was angry with him and kicked him again, but now Hua Long was prepared, and when he didn't kick it, Hua Long said to the princess: "If you want to fight, you should learn martial arts with Chen Sheng and them." ”

The princess really went to Chen Sheng to practice martial arts together.

Resting almost, Xiang Yu gathered everyone together, and discussed the battle plan for attacking Fan, Xiang Yu said: "Fanguo is an ally of the country, there are 5,000 people to defend the city, and there are no other troops, everyone talks about how to fight." ”

A few people said: "Brother Hua, you can say it directly, you are experienced." ”

Hua Long said: "No, everyone brainstorms, now small battles, I can pay more attention, but in the future large-scale battles, everyone defending the territory, they must pay attention to themselves, and now fighting a war is training." ”

The princess said, "Keep fighting like last time, the effect is not very good." ”

Some people also chimed in: "Yes, just like last time." ”

Hua Long said: "I am afraid that everyone will not be interested in playing this time, and I am even more afraid that my eldest brother will not be patient." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Second brother, as long as I can win now, I don't care what method I use." ”

Hua Long said: "My method this time is: we attack their garrisons outside the city with heavy troops, let them flee back to the city, and then surround their city, do not let anyone in and out, and then send people to check their water sources, if they are introduced from outside the city, directly cut them off, trap them, and then we will strengthen patrols at each checkpoint in the original country, and find that there are spies and messengers from Weiguo are arrested, so that Weiguo does not know the situation." ”