In the camp of the Ziling Forbidden Army, groups of cavalry are surging out from the gate. To read the latest chapters of this book, please search on Baidu:

Xiang Zhuang was dressed in a light fur, and under the support of Baili Xian, Huyan, Jin Xiang, Baili Mao, and Youyuan generals, he hit his horse and boarded the hill on the right side of the forbidden army camp, standing on the mountain and looking down condescendingly, the cavalry of the Chu army with strict armor and swords and guns was like a torrent of steel, surging towards the north along the galloping road.

The "purring ......" The black horse under its crotch snorted heavily to show its presence.

The black horse has been with Xiang Zhuang for almost more than ten years, plus the years that followed Xiang Yu before, it can be regarded as an old horse with a hundred battles, and the service period of the war horse rarely exceeds fifteen years.

Not only the black horse, but this time is likely to be the last personal expedition of his Xiang Zhuang.

In Xiang Zhuang's view, it is very stupid for the monarch to take the lead and risk himself, if he can choose, Xiang Zhuang is never willing to personally lead the cavalry army to expedition to Qi State, but there is no way, because this is a long-distance attack, and the slow movement of the infantry is easy to be dumpled by the Qi army, so he can only send cavalry, so Xiang Zhuang can only personally conquer.

The state of Chu is not without generals, but there are really not many pure cavalry commanders.

Meng Yan is undoubtedly an excellent cavalry commander, as the false son of the famous general Meng Tian, Meng Yan witnessed the glory and decline of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry in Jiuyuan, and has fought with the grassland Hu people for many years, has extremely rich experience in cavalry warfare, could have allowed him to lead the troops to the battle, but unfortunately, Meng Yan is training cavalry in Jiangling, and he really can't be separated.

In addition to Meng, the wolf general Huyan is undoubtedly also an excellent cavalry commander, but Huyan is a Hun after all, and it is impossible for Xiang Zhuang to hand over the most elite cavalry of Chu to a Hun to lead alone, the so-called people's hearts are separated from the belly, don't look at Huyan is now loyal to him Xiang Zhuang, but once he leads the troops alone, who knows that he will not have a different heart?

People's hearts change with changes in the environment and circumstances, and there is no shortage of examples in history.

Meng Yan can't be separated, Hu Yan is not at ease, Xiang Zhuang can only drive the expedition in person, not to mention, for the long-distance running tactics of elite infantry or cavalry, looking at today, Xiang Zhuang really doesn't think about it as a second person, although Han Xin's soldiers are powerful, but in the long-distance running tactics of the cavalry, they may not be able to beat him Xiang Zhuang.

The only thing that worries Xiang Zhuang is that compared with the original Xiao cavalry battalion, although the strength of the Xiao cavalry army has doubled, the overall combat effectiveness seems to have declined, this is because the Xiao cavalry army has drawn a lot of cavalry from the government soldiers, although these cavalry have participated in the battle of Huainan, but there is still a big gap compared with the original veterans of the Xiao cavalry battalion. update

However, it is precisely because of this that it is even more necessary to go on an expedition to Qi State, and it is just because of this expedition that the soldiers who grew up in the war of blood and fire are the real veterans and the real elites, and they will never be able to train the real elite divisions by relying on training alone.

In the dust, Xiang Zhuang withdrew his gaze from the rolling iron flow of the Chu army and asked Baili Xian: "Ziliang, are the boats for crossing the river ready?" ”

Bai Lixian put down the feather fan on his forehead and replied, "Back to the king, the fleet of sailors has arrived at Dantu, and the cavalry can cross the river at any time." ”

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Zhao Guo, Handan.

At this moment, the palace has become a pot of porridge.

Hearing that the Qi army was assembling in Pingyuan County, Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, was frightened, and hurriedly summoned Guoguan Gao, Yaxiang Zhang Jing, General Zhao Wu and Second General Bai Xuan to discuss countermeasures.

"Lao Guangao, I blame you, it's all the trouble you caused!" Zhang Jing pointed to Guan Gao's nose and said, "If the king had listened to my advice and lent 500,000 stone of grain to the Qi State, how could Han Xin use troops against my Great Zhao?" It's okay now, it's all over now, and Han Xin can find an excuse to send troops. ”…,

"It just doesn't make sense!" Guan Gao was so angry that he glared at Zhang Jing angrily and retorted, "The old man has said a long time ago that Han Xin's wolf ambition will not be good for Zhao State sooner or later, so you have to give 300,000 stone of grain to Qi State, now it's okay, the grain just given, he turned his hand and used these grains as army rations to gather a large army to attack our country, what is this called?" ”

"Lao Guangao, don't talk nonsense, these 300,000 stone grains are not given by me Zhang Jing."

"If you hadn't been gluttonous in front of the king, how would the king have made such a decision? How could they give food to the Qi country? ”

"Lao Guangao, old puppet, as a minister, it is my duty to give advice and advice for the monarch, why have I become a gluttonous again?"

"Okay, okay, don't quarrel with the two Aiqing." Zhang Ao was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, shook his hand again and again, and said, "Prime Minister, you are already a lot of age, but don't be angry, and you don't have to say anything about Yaxiang, don't say it, the food has been given, and now it's better to think about how to withdraw from the army." ”

Guan Gao and Zhang Jing sighed at the same time and stopped talking.

Zhang Ao asked General Zhao Wu again: "Does the General have a good plan?" ”

Zhao Wu said: "King, the Qi army is strong, my Zhao country is difficult to defeat the enemy, it is better to ask the queen to repair a letter, and then hurry up to ask the king of Han for help, if the Han army comes to help, the Qi army will retreat without a fight." ”

Zhang Ao nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, the widow will go to the queen." ”

Zhang Ao's queen is Liu Yuan, that is, the sister of the late prince Liu Ying, and Princess Lu Yuan, the eldest daughter of Liu Bang.

Bai Xuan sighed and said, "King, now that the Han Kingdom is in an eventful season, I'm afraid it won't be able to take care of us." ”

"Uh, yes, how did the widow forget about this stubble?" Zhang Ao suddenly remembered that a palace assassination case had just occurred in the Han Kingdom, the queen Lu Pheasant had committed suicide, and the crown prince Liu Ying had also died of illness.

"What then?" After a pause, Zhang Ao said again, "What should the widow do?" ”

Bai Xuan said: "King, before the Qi army failed to conquer Huainan, it cost countless money and grain, and not long ago it marched into Liangdi in a big way, so that the army lacked food and had to borrow grain from our country, so it can be seen that the Qi country has not much grain in stock, for today's plan, when the soldiers of all counties and counties are recruited to gather in Handan to defend it, and when the food is exhausted, the Qi army will naturally retreat." ”

Zhang Jingdao: "King, Han Xin's soldiers are like gods, if you want to hold Handan, you have to seek foreign aid." ”

Zhang Ao said: "Foreign aid? Who else could there be? Who would dare to save Zhao Guo? Even if King Han and King Yan had intentions, how could they dare to be enemies of King Qi? ”

Zhang Jingdao: "King Han and King Yan naturally don't dare to be enemies of King Qi, but King Chu dare!" ”

Zhang Ao said: "King Chu? Chu is the enemy country of our Zhao State, how can Xiang Zhuang send troops? ”

Zhang Jingdao: "The so-called that time, this time, in the past, our Zhao State and Chu State were enemy countries, but now there is a common enemy, Qi State, so there is an opportunity to turn enemies into friends." After saying this, Zhang Jing said again, "Moreover, Xiang Zhuang is willing to send troops to rescue, only if he has tried it, he can know." ”

Guan Gao said: "Bring the Chu army to the rescue, I'm afraid that it will drive the wolf at the front door, and the tiger will enter the back door!" ”

Zhang Jinghuo said: "What do you mean, Lao Guangao? Are you trying to oppose me? ”

Guan Gao said coldly: "Isn't what the old man said the truth? If Han Xin is a wolf, then Xiang Zhuang is a tiger, if he really attracts the Chu army to repel the Qi army, it is just escaping from the wolf's claws and entering the tiger's mouth. ”

Zhang Jing said angrily: "Old Guan Gao, how do you know that Han Xin and Xiang Zhuang will not lose both?" ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Zhang Ao hurriedly stopped it, and asked Zhao Wu again: "General, what do you say?" ”

Zhao Wu said: "Asking for help from the state of Chu is also a way, the problem is that Handan is thousands of miles away from Ziling, and when our envoys arrive at Ziling, and then the king of Chu gathers the army, mobilizes grain and grass and then sends troops to Handan, it will take months to say the least, and by that time, the battle of Handan will have already been decided." ”…,

Bai Xuan said: "That's not necessarily, Handan's city walls are high and deep, the city defense is strong, and the grain and grass in the warehouse are also sufficient, so I think it's more than enough to hold on for half a year, although Han Xin's soldiers are powerful, but it is also delusional to capture Handan within half a year." ”

"Okay." Zhang Ao hurriedly said, "Then send an envoy, immediately send an envoy to Ziling to ask for help from the Chu State." ”

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Qinghe County, Han Xin Xingyuan.

Han Xin was standing in front of the screen quietly looking at the mountains, rivers and rivers of Zhao State, and behind Han Xin, there were Lou Jing, Han Qi, Cheng Hei, Zhao Xi, Lu Qing, Xu Zhang, and other generals, the situation in Liangdi had gradually calmed down, Zhao Yan and Shen Tujia were quite capable, and Han Xin could finally free up his hands to use troops against Zhao State.

After a long time, Han Xin asked, "Have the envoys sent to Korea and Yan have left?" ”

This time against the Zhao State, Han Xin is determined to win, looking at the world, the whip of the Chu State is beyond the reach, the Han State is not reckless, Huainan Wang Yingbu has been addicted to wine since the last defeat, and he has no ambitions, and Han and Yan can also pose a certain threat to the battle to pacify the Zhao land.

Han Wang Han Xin and Yan Wang Zang Tu are not good stubble, and they will not know the truth of the cold lips and teeth, if the Qi State destroys the Zhao State, then the next object to deal with will definitely be South Korea and Yan State, regardless of other factors, Han King Han Xin and Yan Wang Zang Tu will definitely send troops in this situation.

However, Han Xin, the king of Han, and Zang Tu, the king of Yan, had always been afraid of Han Xin, and they might not dare to send troops.

Lou Jing arched his hand and replied respectfully: "The king, the envoys sent to Korea and Yan have already set off, and with the king's reminder, Han Xin, the king of Han, and the king of Yan, Zang Tu, dare not send troops." ”

Han Xin smiled slightly, and his face couldn't help but have a hint of hesitation.

Lou Jing thought for a while, and suddenly said: "However, the minister always feels that it is unlikely that the Chu State will stand idly by. ”

"Chu State?" Han Xin shook his head and said disapprerovingly, "The Chu State is too far away from Hebei, Xiang Zhuang just has a heart, but when the Chu army arrives in Hebei, the widow doesn't know how many times the Zhao State has been destroyed." ”

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