When the sun rises over the eastern horizon, there is finally a black and oppressive tide of Han soldiers on the horizon to the west of the water, as far as the eye can see, endless, just like a herd of migrating bison, and it is an absolutely well-trained and orderly herd of bison, sweeping all over the sky and mountains.

In the vast sea of Han soldiers, there are towering large ordnance, there are hundreds of wells, nest cars, and hundreds of catapults, which are not simple catapults of the lever type, but counterweight catapults with complex structures and huge sizes, which are enough to launch a boulder weighing 100 catties to 500 steps away!

Among the hundreds of wells, nest cars and catapults, there is a particularly towering nest car, this nest car is six or seven zhang high, even in the towering well, nest car and stone throwing workshop, it is also like standing out from the crowd, outstanding, this nest car is of course the supreme command center of the Han army.

Liu Bang stood with the guardrail in his hand.

On the left and right sides of Liu Bang, stood the Han general Lu Tai with a solemn expression.

In the battle of Xiaxia, Liu Bang gave Han Xin the command of 700,000 coalition troops, and finally returned a rich reward - Xiang Yu's soldiers were defeated and died in Wujiang.

Liu Bang can have today's status from a scoundrel in the market, relying on knowing people and being good at work, not how strong his own ability is, in history, Han Xin once commented on Liu Bang, saying that he has no more than 100,000 soldiers, but he is good at generals, this is indeed the most pertinent evaluation language, Liu Bang is indeed not good at using soldiers.

Liu Bang is not good at using soldiers, but he is very self-aware. He knew that he could not command so many troops with limited ability, so he simply ceded the command to Lu Tai.

However, Liu Bang still had some regrets in his heart.

Xiang Zhuang has a soldier like Bi Shu under his command, but there is no figure like Han Xin under his Liu Bang, although Zhou Bo and Lu Tai can be regarded as famous generals, but compared with soldiers of Han Xin and Bi Shu, they are still quite inferior, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping are just strategists and not commanders, as for Bai Mo. There is more political strategy and strategy, but military strategy is still insufficient.

Seeing that Liu Bang's will was a little depressed, Chen Ping, who was standing behind him, suddenly smiled gloomily and said: "Great King, Bishu Huainan is a great victory, if Xiang Zhuang is defeated in Shuishui, wouldn't the Chu State have formed a situation where the monarch is weak and the minister is strong?" It's a blessing in disguise, hehe. ”

"Huh?!" Liu Bang suddenly perked up when he heard this, yes, if he can defeat Xiang Zhuang in Shuishui. That Chu State has really become a pattern of weak kings and strong ministers, which is not a good phenomenon, when the time comes, Xiang Zhuang will be open-minded again, and Bi Shu will be loyal again. I'm afraid that there will be all kinds of suspicions between the two, right?

At that moment, Liu Bang turned his head to look at Lu Tai and said, "Take it, everything is up to you." ”

Lu Tai turned around and bowed his hand, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the king will do his best!" ”

"Just let it go." Liu Bang waved his hand and said angrily. "The widow believes in your abilities. Although Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer is brave enough to win the three armies, he is only a horseman after all, the few people leading the army are only 100,000, and Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer is only afraid of 50,000, and this water war is a 500,000-level contest, Xiang Zhuang Xiaoer is definitely not your opponent. ”

Lu Tai nodded, and said, "The minister is only worried, the Chu army is unwilling to fight." ”

"That's fine." Liu Bang waved his hand. Lang said, "Then storm the Chu army camp!" ”

Zhang Liang, who was standing behind Liu Bang, smiled slightly. said: "If the Chu army is based on the camp, although it can resist for a while with a strong camp. But it also gave up the initiative on the battlefield, at least our army was invincible before the battle, once our army broke through its camp defense, the Chu army will be defeated. ”…,##########

In the world, there are advantages and disadvantages, and it is impossible for you to take advantage of the benefits without any harm.

Xiang Zhuang was in a very apprehensive mood at this time, according to the camp to defend the camp, of course, with the help of a strong battalion defense to resist the Han army, but the problem is that in this way, the Chu army was also locked in a "cage" by the Han army, in other words, the Chu army also lost the opportunity to compete with the Han army, once the camp defense was broken by the Han army, the Chu army would definitely be finished.

Therefore, it can be said that the camp can be said to have both risks and benefits, it depends on whether the Chu army can hold it, as long as it can hold it, then everything will be fine, if it can't be held, then everything will be over.

Of course, in addition to holding the camp to the death, the Chu army can also choose to fight with the Han army in the field.

However, now set up a battle with the Han army in the field, Xiang Zhuang really has no certainty of victory, the Han army not only has an absolute advantage of cavalry, but now there is enough to suppress the Chu army's crossbow sling, in the era of cold weapons where the cavalry is king, Xiang Zhuang really can't imagine, after losing the crossbow suppression, how should the Chu army win?

Of course, if Bi Shu was here, the situation would be completely different!

The so-called soldiers have reached the level of Bi Shu and Han Xin, and the advantage of the cavalry is not insurmountable, they can completely weaken the impact of the cavalry by relying on the formation transformation, and finally submerge the opponent's cavalry in the ocean of their own infantry, so the only thing Xiang Zhuang has to do now is to defend the camp and hold until the moment when Bi Shu rushes to the water!

Liu Bang knows people well and is very self-aware, why doesn't Xiang Zhuang have self-knowledge?

Xiang Zhuang knows very well that let him take a small number of elite divisions to charge into battle or run long distances, which can be said to be like a fish in water, like an arm, but let him lead hundreds of thousands of troops to win a decisive victory with the opponent on the battlefield, that is barely difficult, if the command is determined to win the battlefield, who in the world can compare with Bi Shu and Han Xin?

The day Bi Shu arrived, it was the time when Liu Bang's 600,000 army was destroyed!

Thinking of this, the corners of Xiang Zhuang's mouth couldn't help but bloom a cold smile, although the Han army has the advantage of strength, but the advantage is really limited, although the Han army has an absolute advantage of cavalry, but the cavalry has little role in the battle, the only headache is the catapult, although this thing is not a big threat to individual soldiers, but it is a huge threat to the fortifications!

However, with just a few hundred catapults, I am afraid it is not enough to break through the strong camp defense of the Chu army.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of horns on the local horizon, Bai Lixian raised his feather fan and put it on his forehead, looked ahead for a while, turned his head and said to Xiang Zhuang: "King, the Han army is here." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, raised his right hand and waved it forward gently, and said, "All armies are ready." ”

Suddenly, Xiang Zhuang's military order was quickly conveyed, and all armies, battalions, and departments began to make final preparations before the battle, and groups of archers began to climb the arrow tower and low wall, rows of heavily armored soldiers with swords and shields slowly marched to the back of the wall, and groups of light soldiers stuck their flying spears at their feet.

There was also a herald on horseback who was running back and forth in the camp, relaying military orders back and forth.

One by one, Sima, lieutenants and generals stood in front of the queue of their respective troops, carrying out the final mobilization before the battle, accompanied by their passionate, low, or angry words and body movements, the officers and soldiers of the Chu army standing in line could not help but slap their shields with their swords, slam their halberds and spears on the ground, or simply hammer their chests with their big iron fists, while still shouting loudly, the bloodthirstiness and pride of the soldiers were revealed at this moment.

The aura of slaughter before the war completely enveloped the entire Chu army camp in an instant, and even the air was already filled with a strong bloody atmosphere.

On the north and south sides of the river, more than 600 naval warships also swung diagonally, but the crossbow nailed to the bow with a big iron nail was covered with a reed mat at this time, and from a distance, it looked like a pile of debris piled up on the bow of the ship, and it was impossible to see that it was a big killing weapon. …,##########

Although the Chu army camp was built on a river surrounded by water on three sides, the water army could indeed support near the shore, but it was only support, this battle of the water was still a decisive battle on land after all, and what could it do with the thousands of archers of the Chu army?

Therefore, not only did Liu Bang and Lu Tai not take the Chu State Navy to heart, but even peerless strategists like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping could not predict the threat lurking on the Chu State Navy warship.

In the continuous sound of horns, more than 500,000 Han troops formed a huge rectangular formation, from west to east towards the Chu army camp located on the Chushui River Bay, slowly approaching, when there were less than 500 steps left from the Chu army camp, the infantry in front and the cavalry on both wings stopped their positions one after another, and only the wells and catapults in the rear were still moving forward.

Looking down from the sky, the water has made a big bend here, forming an east-west "few words", of course, this is not the big number of the river (Yellow River), but just a small number of about a thousand steps between the left and right rivers, the Chu army camp is at the top of this few words, and the Han army is now stopped outside the gap below the few words.

Due to the limitation of the river, if the Han army advances further, it must change the formation, because the width of the river beach between the north and south rivers is only about 1,000 steps, and it cannot accommodate the huge rectangular formation of the Han army.

Fortunately, the distance of five hundred steps is not too far, and it is already within the range of the catapult.

In the continuous sound of horns, a full two hundred towering catapults slowly stepped forward from the passage of the infantry, and finally stood at the forefront of the Han army matrix.

On the towering nest car, Lu Tai turned his head to look at Liu Bang, and Liu Bang bowed his head slightly.

Lu Tai Huoran turned his head, raised his right hand and pressed it forward gently, and said lightly: "Attack." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )