The sky finally darkened, and Liu Bang and Xiang Zhuang chose to withdraw their troops at the same time.

Xiang Zhuang has palpitations, why doesn't Liu Bang also have palpitations? Today, the Han army was almost defeated!

Looking at the Han army retreating like a tide, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and then turned back to Baili Xian and said, "Ziliang, this time it's really mysterious." ”

"yes." Bai Lixian said thoughtfully, "This time it was really careless. ”

In order to win the battle between Chu and Han, the state of Chu has made sufficient preparations, but today's war caused by the strangulation of scouts almost made all the preparations of the state of Chu come to naught.

Back in the camp, Xiang Zhuang immediately asked Qu Bucai to meet him.

After entering the big tent, Qu Bucai knelt on his knees and said miserably: "King, the minister is derelict in his duties......"

Xiang Zhuang Huoran stretched out his hand to stop Qu Bucai, and said in a deep voice: "Old Qu, now is not the time to be held responsible, you must figure out as soon as possible, when and where did Liu Bang train the heavy cavalry?" Why didn't you know anything beforehand? Also, in addition to the heavy cavalry, is there any more powerful rear hand hidden by the Han army? ”

"Whoa!" Qu Bucai shook it, and then got up and went out of the account.

Xiang Zhuang said to Meng Keng very seriously: "Meng Keng, are you guilty? ”

Meng Keng knelt on one knee and said with a miserable expression: "King, minister...... Conviction of sin. ”

Today's battle is not within Xiang Zhuang's plan, it is completely caused by Meng Keng's unauthorized actions, if the result is good, Meng Keng still has a chance to atone for his crimes, but now the result is not ideal, Meng Keng is naturally guilty of escaping, Chu Jun has always had clear rewards and punishments, so Meng Keng has long had the consciousness of being punished.

Xiang Zhuang looked at Meng Keng, who was kneeling on the ground, and shouted: "Demote to the third level and be fined for half a year, can you be convinced?" ”

Meng Keng hurriedly said: "Surrender and obey." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand again, and Meng Keng quickly got up and walked away.

After Meng Keng left, Bai Lixian, who was sitting at the bottom, suddenly said: "King, today's battle is not for nothing our army, the losses of the Han army in today's battle are far greater than our army, and the casualties of our army will not exceed 20,000 at most, but the casualties of the Han army are at least more than 50,000, and this is not the most important thing." ”

After saying this, Bai Lixian said again: "The most important thing is that we know the killer feature of the Han army in advance!" ”

Xiang Zhuang thought that if the Chu army did not know that the Han army already had heavy cavalry and was not guarded, then at the critical moment, the heavy cavalry of the Han army would have every chance to launch a fatal blow to the Chu army and reverse the trend of the battle in one fell swoop! But now that the Han army has exposed its secrets in advance, the threat of the Han army's heavy cavalry has been greatly reduced.

Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, as long as it is well prepared, it can still resist!

From this point of view, in today's war, the Chu army actually took a great advantage.

Next to him, Xiang Tuo said: "King, in addition to the heavy cavalry, will the Han army have any other killer features?" ”

"So let Ebony Cliff investigate!" Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Before the Ebony Cliff is clarified, before the Heavenly Wolf Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army have arrived in Nanyang, our army must not attack rashly again, today's battle can be described as a fluke, but next time there may not be such good luck." ”

Xiang Tuo nodded again and again when he heard this.

At this moment, Baili Mao suddenly stepped into the tent and said, "King, Huainan is urgent!" ”

"Huainan? There's news from Xuejian?! Xiang Zhuang's expression suddenly perked up, and he said hurriedly, "Hurry up." ”

Baili Mao took two steps forward and handed a volume of secret letters to Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly read the secret letter and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and Xiang Tuo next to him asked: "King, what does the letter say?" ”

Xiang Zhuang directly gave the density to Xiang Tuo, and then said to Xiang Tuo and Bai Lixian: "Ziyan, Ziliang, Han Xin used the 100,000 army of the crown prince Han Qiang as a guise, but secretly sent two strange soldiers, one led by the general Cao Qi, and the other led by Han Xin himself, to divide Fu Li and the Chu army camp, but they were all defeated by Xuejian!" ..., Xiang Tuo read the secret letter and praised sincerely: "Learning the sword is really worthy of being the heir of the Ghost Valley." ”

Bai Lixian shook the feather fan and muttered: "Xuejian didn't mention Yan Zhao Korea in the letter, it seems that the three kingdoms are still afraid of Han Xin's obscenity, and they don't dare to send troops to help." ”

"And that's to be expected." Xiang Zhuang said coldly, "Han Xin, the king of Han, and Zang Tu have their own appearances, and they didn't see them send troops when the Zhao Kingdom was in the past when they were at the end of their lives, let alone now?" Zhang Ao is just a dog that guards the success, and he is not enough to plan for great things, so unless the Qihuai coalition army is defeated, Yan Zhao Korea will never dare to send troops to attack Qi. Bai Lixian hesitated for a moment, but still said: "King, the minister thinks that he should still send an envoy to the Xiongnu ......."

"Ziliang!" Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but stop Baili Xian, and said in a deep voice, "Don't mention the matter of contacting the Xiongnu to attack the Han State, the widow said that the dispute between Chu and Han is the orthodox dispute of the Huaxia clan, just like the two brothers of a family, whether it is the eldest or the second in charge, after all, it is still the Chinese who are in charge, but the Huns are of a different race!" ”

Xiang Tuo frowned and said, "King, but we just want to use the Huns......"

"Do you know if you lure a wolf into the house?" Xiang Zhuang's expression was cold, "Don't mention this matter again!" ”

Xiang Zhuang knows better than anyone that the Huns are not soft persimmons, and the Hun cavalry is really not blown, yes, at this stage, the Hun cavalry is unable to beat the Chu cavalry and the Han cavalry, but that is because the Huns lack advanced smelting technology, and even lack advanced bow-making skills.

The main reason why the Xiongnu in history suddenly became strong at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty was because of the years of war in the Central Plains at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and a large number of Central Plains people fled to Jiuyuan, bringing advanced iron-smelting technology and bow-making skills to the Xiongnu.

However, in this time and space, due to the crossing of Xiangzhuang, although the Huns occupied Jiuyuan, they did not even get half of the Central Plains craftsmen, and it was naturally impossible for the iron-smelting technology and bow-making skills to make a leap, and the Hun cavalry weapons were too poor, so there was a counterattack by the Han army later, and the Huns were expelled from Jiuyuan again.

If Chu and the Xiongnu join forces, there is a chance that they can really destroy the Han State, but in the end, Guanzhong will definitely fall into the hands of the Xiongnu, because if the Chu army wants to enter Guanzhong, it has to break the Wuguan Pass or Hangu Pass, and the Hun cavalry goes south along the straight road, but they can come to Xianyang City within a few days, so wouldn't the Chu army become a wedding dress for others?

What's even more terrible is that once the Xiongnu occupy Guanzhong, once a large number of craftsmen in Guanzhong are used by the Xiongnu, the result will be disastrous, a number of as many as three or four hundred thousand horsemen and equipped with iron weapons, compound bows of the Xiongnu cavalry, by no means the Chu army can resist, at that time, the Huaxia people will face an unprecedented catastrophe!

Therefore, Xiang Zhuang will never join forces with the Huns even if he dies, that is really called luring wolves into the house!

Bai Lixian sighed and said: "The king is unwilling to lure wolves into the house to bring disaster to the Huaxia clan, but Liu Bang may not be. ”

"You mean Shuxi?" Xiang Zhuang's face was slightly gloomy, and then he said firmly, "The widow believes in Ziang, and in Ziang, Shuxi will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune, and the two counties of Bashu will be safe and sound." ”

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Pang Yu's army is stationed in a small city called Mengshan at the southern foot of Qionglai Mountain, saying that it is a small city, but it is actually a slightly larger market town, and the periphery is built with a high earthen embryo wall, which is more than enough to resist the beasts, and it is wishful thinking to resist the invasion of indigenous cavalry such as Shuxi Qiang, Di Ranlong, etc.

In the mountains and mountains in the west of Shu County, there are a large number of Qiangdi tribes, especially the Moshui (Dajinchuan) valley in the west of Qionglai Mountain, that is, the large and small Jinchuan valley in later generations, it is the largest settlement of Qiangdi, where the water and grass are abundant, the land is fertile, and there are about 200,000 Qiangdi nomads here. …,

Qiang, like the Xiongnu, is a branch of Rongdi.

The Huns on the horse for the soldiers, off the horse for the people, Qiang Di is similar, there are almost 60,000 or 70,000 cavalry in a population of 200,000, and Qiang Di lives in the bitter cold land all the year round, most of its people are brave and good at fighting, once the 60,000 or 70,000 Qiang Di cavalry into Shu County, then the big granary of Bashu is all over.

However, now almost all the troops of the entire Chu State are concentrated in Huainan and Nanyang, and the army left in the entire Bashu is less than 30,000, of which 10,000 are stationed in Jinniu Pass, to prevent the Han army in Hanzhong from taking advantage of the weakness to attack, and the remaining 20,000 troops have to be divided into two counties and counties, and they have to guard against Qiang, and the dispatch of troops is really stretched.

With such a small number of troops, when the Qiangdi army completes the assembly and attacks in a big way, it will be absolutely impossible to resist, so Pang Yu decided to take the initiative to attack, and take advantage of the fact that the Qiangdi cavalry has not yet completed the assembly to send troops to carry out various breakthroughs, only in this way can it be possible to resolve the crisis in Shuxi invisibly.

In order to carry out each defeat on the Qiang, speed is very important.

So this time, Pang Yu only brought 5,000 elite horsemen to Mengshan.

However, after arriving in Mengshan, Pang Yu found that the local Qiang people, Di people and Shu people have a very good relationship, through the nearby Qiang tribe, Pang Yu was even more pleasantly surprised to find that the Qiang people in the Jinchuan River Valley are actually composed of hundreds of tribes, large and small, and because of the competition for pastures, the various tribes often have deep grievances.

Among them, there are four largest tribes, namely Wuge, Jianjian, Wuliu and Burndang, each with nearly 10,000 strong men, these four major tribes in order to compete for the best pasture, often fight with each other, the rest of the tribes are weak, in order to survive can only rely on the wings of these four tribes.

It is precisely because the four major tribes of Qiang and Di hate each other and have deep grievances that the Han envoys sent by Liu Bang have not been able to make contributions, Shanyue and Wuxi have completed their troops as early as half a month ago, and now they have even been destroyed, but the Qiang Di army has not been able to complete the assembly because of the four major tribes with evil intentions and their own calculations. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. 【Provided by Sailing】