Chapter 375: Nothing Can Be Done
When Han Xin ascended to the head of Handan City surrounded by hundreds of forbidden troops, the eastern city of Handan had been completely controlled by the Qi army, and on the Xuanwu Street across the east and west of Handan, the Zhao army fought and retreated, shrinking towards the palace, and the Qi army was chasing and killing, and the offensive was like a tide.
The battle reports of each army and battalion were presented to Han Xin like a stream.
"Report ...... The left army has blocked the north gate of Handan, and no one has escaped! ”
"Report ...... The front camp of the Chinese army has approached the palace and is storming the camp of the forbidden army! ”
"Report ...... The rear army has blocked the west gate of Handan, and no Zhao army has escaped! ”
"Report ...... The right army has blocked the south gate of Handan, but before our army was encircled, there was a group of Zhao army cavalry breaking through, about four or five hundred horsemen! ”
Han Xin frowned when he heard the news, there was a team of cavalry that broke through?
Lou Jing's face also changed slightly, and he shouted: "Let General Zhao Xi come to see the king immediately!" ”
The herald took the order, and after about half an hour, Zhao Xi came to Han Xin sweating profusely, knelt down on one knee and bowed his hand: The minister is incompetent, please punish the king. ”
Han Xin waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”
Zhao Xi said ashamedly: "Not long after the minister led the army to the south gate, the south gate of Handan suddenly opened, and a group of Zhao cavalry suddenly rushed out of the city. ”
Han Xin said again: "What kind of cavalry is that?" ”
Zhao Xi hurriedly said: "King, that is by no means an ordinary cavalry of Zhao State, these four or five hundred cavalry are not only as strong as oxen, but also all of them are covered with scale armor, and the mounts under the crotch are also high-headed horses, the minister has sent cavalry to chase and kill, but they can't catch up at all, the minister suspects that this is likely to be the Praetorian cavalry of Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao." ”
Lou Jing asked, "General Zhao Xi, have you caught the mouth?" ”。
"Nope." Zhao Xi shook his head and said, "The archers shot down a dozen, but they all committed suicide." ”
Lou Jing sighed, turned his head to Han Xin and said, "King, this should be Zhang Ao's Praetorian Cavalry. ”
Han Xin nodded, turned around and instructed Cao Qi: "Don't do anything, immediately order the whole army to withdraw from Handan City!" ”
Han Xin's soldiers have never dragged mud and water, the key to the victory or defeat of the battle of Handan is Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao, if Zhang Ao cannot be captured, then even if the city of Handan is captured, it is useless, Zhang Ao has fled, and it is impossible to destroy the Zhao State, so there is no need to continue this battle, the strength of the Qi State is already stretched, and it is really not appropriate to divide the troops again.
Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, had already invaded the Qi country with tens of thousands of elite cavalry, and Han Xin did not dare to be careless.
"Withdraw troops now?" Han Qi was puzzled and said hurriedly, "Father, Handan is about to be taken!" ”
"The Father knows." Han Xin smiled slightly, and said in a harmonious voice, "You have to remember that the two countries should not aim to conquer the city, but should aim to destroy the country, Handan is just a city, if this battle cannot destroy the Zhao State, even if it captures Handan, it will be meaningless, but it will tie up the already tense forces here, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
Han Xi nodded silently when he heard this, but Zhao Xi lowered his head in shame, complaining about him.
Han Xin touched Han Qi's little head, and instructed Cao Qi again: "Cao Qi, give the order." ”
"Whoa!" Cao Qi responded suddenly, strode behind the female wall, and shouted loudly, "The king has an order, all armies and battalions should immediately withdraw from Handan City, withdraw from Handan City, and withdraw from Handan City......"
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In the palace of King Zhao, Cheng Hei is storming the gate of the palace with hundreds of elite soldiers.
"Hah!" Cheng Hei shouted, cut a Zhao Jun junior colonel in front of him in two, and didn't bother to wipe it even though the pungent blood was splashed on his face, but raised the double-edged sword dripping blood and pointed at the majestic palace gate in front of him, and howled sharply, "Brothers, work hard, kill all these Zhao dogs, and the women in the palace will be yours!" ”…,
"Whoop...... Whoop The hundreds of elite soldiers behind Cheng Hei suddenly seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, one by one, their eyes glowed green, and they roared, and then they all picked up the long swords and halberds in their hands, and according to the Zhao army on the opposite side, they were all slashing and stabbing indiscriminately, and the defeated soldiers of the Zhao army who were guarding the palace gate were about to be unable to support it.
But at this moment, a low horn suddenly sounded in the direction of the east gate.
Well? This is...... A clarion call to retreat? What's going on, how did the good guys retreat?!
Cheng Hei looked back in amazement, only to see a fast horse galloping down the street, and before he got close, he had already howled loudly: "The king has an order, all armies and battalions will immediately withdraw from Handan City, withdraw from Handan City......"
Hundreds of elite soldiers couldn't help but stop, and their faces were shocked.
"Whoa...... Roar~~" Extremely indignant, Cheng Hei turned around and threw it with the long sword in his hand, nailing the opposite Zhao Jun Sima to the palace gate in one fell swoop, Cheng Hei suppressed the anger in his chest, turned around and yelled: "Brothers, go, damn it, let's go, go home, go home......"
After taking two steps, Cheng Hei couldn't help but turn back again, his eyes were full of unwillingness, this is the palace, there will inevitably be a large number of gold, silver and jewelry, and hundreds of beauties, but now, these gold, silver, jewelry and beauties have nothing to do with him, and they are all about to arrive, but they are far away from him.
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"Phew......" Bai Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, and the long sword in his hand slowly hung down.
The Qi army actually retreated, seeing that the palace gate was about to be lost, but the Qi army unexpectedly retreated? Not only was Bai Xuan surprised, but the hundreds of remnants of the stubborn resistance outside the palace gate felt like a dream, and a few soldiers even asked their companions to pinch him a few times to see if they were daydreaming, all this was too weird and unreal.
However, Bai Xuan quickly regained his composure, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to gather the defeated soldiers everywhere, there were originally 50,000 or 60,000 troops in Handan City, but before the Qi army attacked the city, most of the soldiers were already drunk, and they were scattered before they could assemble, as long as these defeated soldiers could be gathered, the Zhao army could still fight.
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North of Handan City, deep in the alley.
A servant ghostly approached the gate of a house under the cover of shadows, and then reached out and gently pushed it, and the originally closed gate cracked, and the servant slid sideways into the gate.
As soon as the little servant entered the door, a voice came from the darkness: "The palace has been breached?" ”
"No, no." The little guy shook his head and gasped, "Commander, the Qi army has retreated." ”
"Well, the Qi army has retreated?" The voice in the darkness added, "This is a bit unexpected by the old man, well, it seems that this news must be reported to headquarters immediately." As soon as the words fell, a thin figure flashed out of the porter's room, hurried straight to the backyard, and after a few moments, a carrier pigeon flew out of the backyard and flew into the night sky.
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On the west bank of the water, 20,000 Chu horses swarmed down like locusts.
At this time, the Xiao cavalry army had already passed the past and was approaching Linzi, the capital of Qi State.
Since entering Qidi, the Chu army once again put on the armor of the Han army, burned all the way, all the way north and plundered, all the way to the north, all the way to the place, all the Qianmo was in disarray, all the corn and beans were trampled, all the villages and towns were burned without exception, and thousands of people became homeless refugees.
Among the ten thousand troops, Xiang Zhuang gently pulled the reins of the horse, and the black horse broke away from the brigade and galloped to the river beach.
Seeing Xiang Zhuang riding alone away from the brigade, Jin Xiang and Hu Yan did not dare to slack off, and with a whistle, they each left the brigade with hundreds of elite horsemen and followed Xiang Zhuang to the river beach.
Across the river, Xiang Zhuang saw several thick smoke rising from the sky on the opposite side. ..., needless to say, it must have been the Chu army that burned several more villages, Xiang Zhuang could even faintly hear the wailing and crying in the wind, Xiang Zhuang could imagine that picture with his eyes closed, in front of the thatched houses that collapsed and burned, the women were silently weeping, the children were crying, and the men were cursing loudly......
The only thing to be thankful for is that most of the Qi people cursed the Han army, not the Chu army.
"King, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." I don't know when, Bai Lixian has come to Xiang Zhuang's side.
Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, the eldest husband is in the world, he has done something and has not done anything, in order for Dachu to unify the world as soon as possible, he can only wronged the people! If not, if Han Xin really destroys the Zhao State, and the world will become a three-legged force from now on, it will inevitably be connected by war and disaster, and at that time, it will not only be the people of Qi who will suffer.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Xiang Zhuang said in a quiet voice: "The priority is unknown." ”
Bai Lixian put a feather fan on his forehead and looked ahead for a moment, and suddenly said: "King, it seems that not far ahead is the capital of Qi - Linzi City." ”
"The widow knows." Xiang Zhuang nodded, "I came here more than ten years ago. ”
More than ten years ago, Xiang Zhuang not only came to Linzi, but also burned down the city of Linzi.
Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang suddenly remembered the late old military master Wei Yu, time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years since the old man Wei abandoned the world, and the pattern of the world has long been different from what it used to be.
In addition to Wei Yi, Xiang Zhuang also remembered another person, Bei Mink Hu Shang Qi bought!
Back then, if it weren't for the caravan of Qi Buy, it would have been impossible for Xiang Zhuang's thousands of remnants to defeat Linzi, and soon after Xiang Zhuang returned to Jiangdong, he let Qi buy back to China, but I don't know what happened now? After the battle of Qi is over, it is possible to send sailors to the Far East by sea to see if they can buy the Northern Mink tribe for their own use.
In addition to the Northern Mink, there are primitive tribes such as Donghu, Sushen, Fuyu and Wofu in the Far East, Donghu should have been the overlord of the Far East, but since it was defeated by the Xiongnu, its strength has plummeted, and it has since split into hundreds of independent indigenous tribes, large and small, and the current Far East should be the most chaotic era.
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