The news of the Han army's defeat soon spread throughout Hebei, and Liu Bang fled back to Handan with more than 60,000 remnants of his army.

After the victory, the Qin army did not give the Han army much time to breathe, and tens of thousands of light cavalry bypassed the Zhanghe River and rushed straight to the hinterland of Zhao. After the fiasco, the Han army was unable to resist at all, so the Qin army was like a bamboo, capturing Dongyuan and Julu one after another, and the troops approached Handan.

Zhao Di was originally Liu Bang's new place, but now his butt was beaten by the Qin people before he was hot. Although Liu Bang is known for his tenacity, he is not a rigid person, and he also knows in his heart that Zhao Di will not be able to hold it no matter what. The top priority is to get out and regroup as soon as possible, rather than staying here and being served by Han Xin.

Within two days of Liu Bang's return to Handan, he looted the treasury of Zhao State, and then fled south with a large number of young men in Zhao. Liu Bang's abacus is very shrewd, in the troubled times is undoubtedly the most important resource, as long as there are people, there is a steady supply of soldiers. Therefore, he gave the Qin people a salary, put down his usual benevolent and righteous face, or forced or threatened, and coerced more than 200,000 young people of Zhao Guo and the population of the neighboring Qi counties, and withdrew towards Qi to the south of the river.

After Han Xin, who was marching towards Handan, got the news, he knew that if Liu Bang's move succeeded, I was afraid that Zhao Di would be difficult to recover within a few years. At that moment, he immediately abandoned the army, personally led 10,000 light cavalry to bypass Handan, quickly chased towards the Han army, and finally caught up with Liu Banghao's team fleeing south in Changxin.

After a scuffle, the Han army panicked and fled one after another. Liu Bang saw that the Qin cavalry had already caught up, so he didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly boarded a boat to cross the river, allowing the Qin army to intercept back most of the population.

Qi and Zhao are separated by large rivers, one for Henan and the other for Hebei. If there is no boat to cross the mighty river, it is better than climbing to the sky. Therefore, the Qin army could only chase to the big river, and the Han army was far away across the river.

Since Liu Bang has withdrawn from the Zhao State, the Zhao Land in Hebei has become a borderless land. Han Xin easily took Handan, Julu and Hengshan counties, and at the same time sent Li Zuoche to lead his troops west across Taihang Mountain to recover Taiyuan County, and he himself entered Handan City accompanied by Xin Ju.

Handan is the capital of Zhao for more than 150 years, the Warring States period for the whole country to fight, the capital is the most important stronghold, so the construction of the firm abnormal, among which the capital of each country to Xianyang, Handan, Daliang three cities are strong and dominant.

Handan has experienced the second time that the army of the Qin State is still able to stand under the city, even if it is in a desperate situation after Changping, it can hold on to victory at the time, the solidity of Handan City can be seen, it is the number in the world, the first male city in Hebei.

When Han Xin saw the majesty of Handan for the first time, he couldn't help but admire, if the defenders of such a majestic city were united and waited for help, the Qin army really couldn't help it. It's just that Liu Bang is a new resident of Zhao after all, and his name is not right, and most of the Zhao people don't have a good impression of him, they are just waiting and watching. Liu Bang is also self-aware and knows that Zhao Ren is not in the same league as himself, so he decisively gave up Handan and withdrew to Qidi.

The arrival of the Zhao people to the Qin people was not good, the Qin army's entry ceremony was only hastily completed, and the Zhao people did not resist stubbornly according to the city, but opened the city gate and let the Qin army enter the city.

As for Zhao Ren's attitude, Han Xin didn't have much extravagant hope at all. In fact, on the day the Qin army entered the city, the residents closed their doors one after another, and there was neither fierce resistance nor "waiting" welcome.

The indifference of the Zhao people also reflects their indifference to the fate of the Zhao State, after all, the current Zhao State is no longer the famous Zhao State that once stood up against the Tiger and Wolf Qin State more than 20 years ago. After the First Emperor destroyed the Zhao State, the Qin State ruled this land for eighteen years, and most of the Zhao people of this generation have become accustomed to the laws and officials of the Qin State, and there is no resistance to the Qin people in the bones of the Chu people.

In the hundreds of years of conquest of the Warring States in the past, the war between Qin and Zhao was the most tragic, and the whole country was often used as soldiers. But after the unification of the Qin state, the most fierce resistance was undoubtedly the Chu people, which was also caused by the differences between the southerners and the northerners.

Qin, Yan and Zhao in the north are located in the bitter cold, close to the land of the Hu people, the people are fierce, and the national system also takes the route of a highly centralized military state. Therefore, after being destroyed by the Qin State, life did not change much, and there was much less resistance to the Qin State system.

The state of Chu is different, the Chu people are five thousand miles long, and they are famous for their highly developed etiquette and music. While the vastness of the land brought strength to the Chu State, it also bred a sense of peace for the Chu people, and the martial spirit was gradually lost. At the same time, the rise of local wealthy families led to the decline of the monarchy, which was also the main reason for the decline of the Chu State. The Chu people advocate freedom, which can be seen from the poems of Song Yu and Qu Yuan in literature, so the cultivation and warfare system implemented by the Qin State after the occupation of the Chu State was fiercely resisted by the Chu people.

This also made the Chu people the vanguard of the anti-Qin people, while the Zhao people, who had a deep blood feud with the Qin people, performed mediocre and did almost nothing in the entire troubled times, and the reason was nothing more than this. In the final analysis, it was the difference in system and ideology, and the Zhao people were more likely to accept the rule of the Qin people and become accustomed to it.

This is also one of the reasons why Han Xin chose to send troops to Hebei instead of directly attacking the state of Chu, occupying Yan Zhao and annexing it to the state of Qin was far easier than destroying Chu, and the result was twice as effective with half the effort.

After Han Xin occupied Handan, he urgently ordered Gongsun Hongxuan of Xianyang to transfer a large number of officials to Hebei to rebuild the county system. Because Taiyuan County has been recovered, Qin Land and Zhao Land have suddenly become a piece, although it is inconvenient, but it is no longer very difficult. A large number of Qin's resources poured into Zhao, and various systems were efficiently re-established, and the land of Hebei was incorporated into Qin.

At this time, the fifteen counties of Hebei have recovered thirteen counties, and Yandi Zhang'er is stabilizing the situation in eastern and western Liaoning, and only the two counties of Hedong and Shangdang in the southwest are still entrenched by Wei Bao's Wei State. The territory of the Qin State not only doubled, but also re-incorporated more than 2.6 million Zhao and Yan people, providing sufficient troops for the Qin army. At this time, the Qin State had surpassed Xiang Yu's Chu State in terms of geography and population, and it was far behind the Han State.

Han Xin recruited soldiers in Zhao and Yan Guoguang, recruited a large number of young men who had served in the Zhao and Yan armies, and used experienced Qin soldiers as officers, with weapons and armor transported by Qin, and practiced day and night in case of emergency. At the same time, the main army moved southward and approached the Wei State, making Wei Bao feel like a great enemy, and his nerves were tense all the time.

Han Xin was a little hesitant to deal with the Wei State, and his generals were also divided into two factions, each with their own opinions. Meng Shi and other young youth factions advocated taking advantage of the morale of Zhenghong to capture Wei in one fell swoop; Li Zuoche advocated peace talks and subdued Wei with troops who did not fight. Zhang Er, Xin Opera and other new recruits were silent and did not speak easily.

The reason given by Li Zuoche was that Wei Bao was different from the other princes, he did not have the ambition of Xiang Yu and Liu Bei, nor the insatiable greed of Zhao Xie, in fact, he had always been very peaceful and had been nesting in the country. In other words, Wei Bao does not have any lofty ambitions, what he wants to do is nothing more than to be a rich and noble prince, and he can sit on the throne if Wei can restore the country, and he is already very satisfied.

At the beginning, he was bewitched by Liu Bang and Zhao Xie to join the anti-Chu camp, and at the beginning, he tasted the sweetness and added two counties out of thin air. Later, in the battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu in the north was completely afraid, and he fled back to Hebei without even wanting the beams of the capital, and did not dare to go south to fight Xiang Yu as an enemy.

This kind of timid and fearful person, and he is content with the status quo and has no lofty ambitions, in Li Zuoche's words, this kind of person does not persuade him to surrender, so who can surrender.

Li Zuoche's words touched Han Xin's mind, you must know that Wei still occupies the second county of Shangdang in Hedong, not only the terrain is treacherous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Wei Bao still has 100,000 troops in his hands. Regardless of the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is a rabble, these 100,000 people are enough for the Qin army to have a headache for a long time.

At this time, Hebei had just experienced the war, and it was in urgent need of recuperation. If there is another war with Wei, I am afraid that it will be delayed for a long time.

Therefore, Han Xin was inclined to Li Zuoche's plan to persuade him to surrender, but at the same time, he also dispatched a large army to approach Hedong and Shangdang Second Counties, which made Wei Bao tremble.

At this time, Wei Bao's life was also very difficult, and Tian Rong, Tian Heng, Han Guang, Zang Di, Zhang Er, Zhao Xie and Liu Bang, who were in the army together. Now that he is dead, he is running, he is falling, and he is left alone, how can this not make him frightened.

Wei Bao knew that Wei's country was small and declining, and it must rely on other big countries to survive, and now the pattern of three points in the world has become clear, Qin is the strongest, Xiang Yu's Chu is second, and Liu Bang's Han is at the bottom. He was originally Liu Bang's sworn friend, and he has always looked forward to him, but Liu Bang's treacherous methods to Zhao Xie couldn't help but chill him - not only took other people's territory, but also let others die without a place to be buried, how vicious this is.

With this kind of person, I am afraid that he will eat it in the future, and there will not be even a bone residue left. Besides, the Han State is now difficult to protect itself, and it is only by relying on the great river and natural danger to resist the pace of the Qin army going south and take refuge in Liu Bang, isn't this self-inflicted humiliation?

Just when Wei Bao was panicking and didn't know what to do, Han Xin unexpectedly came to an olive branch, willing to exchange the hereditary rich and noble princes for the submission of the Wei State.

Wei Bao couldn't help but feel excited!

PS: A little bit of digression, the popularity of the book is getting weaker and weaker, and I almost can't feel your existence anymore, ask for a click to collect, thank you~