Chapter 194: The Trend of the World

The battle between Qin and Hungary has been settled, and the Xiongnu coalition army suffered an unprecedented crushing defeat in Longbei. At the beginning, the 500,000-strong army went south, but less than 100,000 fled back to the grassland, and most of them were Loufu troops.

Kun Mo led 26,000 Lou Fu soldiers all the way north, narrowly escaping Luoshui to avoid the flood. The building that fled to the north bank was annoying and frightened to look at the monstrous flood that then flooded the entire south bank, the pontoon bridge that originally connected the two banks was broken by the flood in an instant, and the Hun soldiers who were lucky enough to escape to the bank but could not cross the river dismounted and cried loudly in despair, but they could only be pushed down the river by the flood in resignation.

When the flood receded, Kun Mo ordered a detour to the upper reaches of Luoshui, and collected the remaining Xiongnu soldiers along the way, and gathered more than 20,000 people. The Xiongnu were an ever-expanding tribal alliance, and many of the tribes were hostile before they were incorporated into the Xiongnu, so there was no need to worry about loyalty.

Hearing that Mao Dun was not dead, but was gathering remnants of soldiers everywhere, Kun Mo knew that if Mao Dun escaped back to the grassland, it would definitely be his number one mortal enemy. He was born to the side of the guts, wanting to attack and kill Maodun, completely making the Huns lose the opportunity to turn over. But he unexpectedly found out the news that the army of Qin was going north with all his might, and he was immediately frightened. He knew that Han Xin would not mind killing him easily, so he immediately turned his horse's head and ran wildly towards the north, not daring to stay for a moment.

As he expected, soon the remnants of the Xiongnu troops were wiped out under the fierce offensive of the Qin army, and the 40,000 iron cavalry of Huyan and Sima Xin and Dong Peng, who were besieging Fu Shi, were not spared. Sima Xin and Dong Peng escaped death several times, but this time they ran out of luck after all, and they all died in the chaos.

Back on the grassland, Kun Mo immediately gathered his tribe and quickly took over the unsuspecting Aries tribe and merged it into Lou Fu. Then read aloud the Xiongnu's decades of oppression of Lou Fu, cutting his wrists and vowing to restore the glory of his ancestors.

At this time, the Xiongnu fell into a catastrophe of annihilation, and the Xiongnu who lost Maudun were scattered, although there were still nearly a million tribesmen who lost their fighting spirit, and retreated step by step under the strong attack of Kunmo. The Right Virtuous King Drati and the Left Valley Lili King Yu Zhiyasi came forward and desperately gathered the few remaining troops, and gathered them all in Dragon City to defend themselves.

The army of Lou Fu went all the way north, and almost did not encounter any decent resistance, and the Xiongnu tribes along the way surrendered one after another, changing their banners to support the new grassland overlord of Lou Furen. Until arriving at the royal city of the Huns, the dragon city, the resistance really began, although the dragon city is only a simple city, the Huns can also rely on this to resist the impact of the cavalry, Lou Fu and the Huns fought for several days, but the victory was not scored, and the stalemate was not for a while. While Kun Mo hurried to besiege Dragon City, he ordered the young men from the tribes that had submitted to him in the rear to come to the rescue.

Just when Dragon City was in danger, Hu Tu Wang Ji Congee, who had thought that he had died a long time ago, unexpectedly returned to Dragon City, and with him there was Yan Fu who was not leaving Mao Dun's side.

Yan Fu is also considered to be immortal, unlike the Huns of landlubbers, he has been proficient in water since he was a child, so he survived the flood, but he was too far away by the flood to catch up with the footsteps of Mao Dun. But it was also his luck that he escaped again. Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Yan Fu stumbled all the way north, and met the team fleeing north with him on the way.

On the day Ji Congee returned to Longcheng, he immediately summoned all the nobles and leaders in the name of Mao Dun, and read out Mao Dun's testament by Yan Fu in public, and Ji Congee took over the position of Xiongnu Shan Yu. Although the Zuogu Liwang and others who were in charge of Longcheng were in the same situation as Ji Cong, they still chose to support him to ascend the throne when the Xiongnu survived.

After all, Ji Congee is Mao Dun's own nephew, and he is the Hun King of Hutu, and it is reasonable for Mao Dun to pass on Shan Yu's position to him. Although Mao Dun also has two sons, but because of their young age, they are too young to take on the responsibility, at this time the Xiongnu has reached the time of critical survival, and there must be a strong Shan Yu to lead the Huns to escape the catastrophe. Although Xiao Zhiyasi and the others spurned the person of Ji Congee, they also knew that he was the most suitable person at the moment.

So Ji Congee hastily took over the position of Shan Yu in a favor of a group of people without suspense, he is undoubtedly the simplest one of the succession ceremonies of Shan Yu in the Xiongnu dynasties, but he has become the one with the heaviest responsibility on his shoulders. There has never been a single Yu to take over such a weak Xiongnu like him, at this time the Xiongnu has gone to the momentum, lost most of the Monan grassland, if there is a mistake, he will be the king of the Huns.

Although Ji Congee got what he dreamed of, he was ordered to be in danger, and as soon as he took the throne, he showed impressive skills, quickly led the light cavalry out of the city to counterattack, repelled several annoying attacks on the building, and stabilized the situation in Dragon City. Then he sent people to continue the tribes in the west that had not yet expressed their position, and promised them to support him with heavy benefits.

Relying on the efforts of Ji Congee, the Huns barely supported the crumbling situation, and confronted Lou Fu Dong, and no one could help anyone for a while.

At this point, the era of division of the grassland officially began, and the east and south were annoying, including the old land of Donghu; The northwest is the Xiongnu, mainly in the north of the desert and the south of the dragon city. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to recover the land of Hetao, re-established Jiuyuan County, and took away a fertile land for the Qin State to raise horses, and once again pushed the troops to the northern territory of the heyday of the First Emperor.

The outcome of this war had a far-reaching impact on the Qin state and also changed the pattern on the steppe. From then on, the Qin State no longer worried about the threat from the grassland, and instead concentrated on participating in the battle for the world. The declining Xiongnu and the rising Lou Fu continued to attack and kill each other, both regarded each other as a danger to their henchmen, and they no longer had the strength to go south.

Now that the threat from the steppe has been lifted, after the Qin State has ceased to stop the war, it once again set its sights on the Kwantung region, which is in the midst of a fierce battle.

At this time, in the Kanto region, the situation of the Central Plains seems to have settled.

Xiang Yu personally led tens of thousands of elite cavalry to look at Xingyang, besieging but not attacking, Liu Bang went out of the city several times to meet the battle with superior forces, but every time Xiang Yu was defeated, Liu Bang was forced to hold the door closely, and did not dare to say anything about the war. The general Ji Bu led the main force of the Chu army, besieging the Xiahou infant department of Chenggao day and night, and finally captured Chenggao after the siege of the city for three months, and completely annihilated the Han army in the city.

At the head of Xingyang City, Liu Bang leaned over and cried, holding Xiahou Ying's body and crying painfully. Xiahou Ying's corpse has been cooked into jerky by Chu Jun like a pig and sheep, but his face is still very clear, and there is a disgusting smell of meat from his body, even his knotted wife does not dare to approach, only dares to look at it from a distance. But Liu Bang did not shy away from it at all, he stepped forward to take the body from the hands of the soldier and cried loudly, and his relatives persuaded him to avoid it, but he glared and roared; "My brother, what is there to fear? What's so disgusting? ”

Behind Liu Bang, Fan Hao and Zhou Bo clenched their teeth, their faces were full of tears, Xiao He looked up to the sky and closed his eyes, but he was silent. Cao Shen waved his sleeves and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stepped forward to help Liu Bang, who was crying for a long time, and said: "King Han, people can't be resurrected after death, no matter how sad we are, it won't help, you still take care of your body, if your body collapses, then what should all our brothers do." ”

Liu Bang closed his eyes in pain, raised his head and shed tears, "The matter has come to this, what else can we do, we only have one lonely city now, Zhao Wei has long been afraid to come to the rescue, and Tian Heng of Qi Qi can't save the near fire from far away, so what else can we do?" ”

A small part of Liu Bang's grief is grieving the tragic death of Xiahou Ying, another half is deliberately done to show his subordinates, and the other half is sad for his ethereal fate. Now he only has less than 80,000 remnants of troops in Xingyang, and outside the city is the 200,000 elite Chu army that has followed Xiang Yu for many years. ”

Listening to Liu Bang's words, there was a look of despair, and Xiao He and the four looked at each other, all of them feeling uneasy.

What kind of person is Liu Bang, in terms of intelligence, he is far inferior to Han Xin, and in terms of vertical and horizontal battlefields, he is far inferior to Xiang Yu. But he has a very extraordinary ability, that is, he has unyielding tenacity, never giving up and never admitting defeat. But such a hard-minded person can actually be depressed, how can this not make the four of them look at each other speechlessly.

The three of them all looked at Xiao He, and Xiao He's face was bitter, so he had to step forward and arch his hand; "King Han, the so-called endless road, although we have lost several games in a row, it is not that there is no chance of turning over. If you want to think about it, Xiang Yu must not be having a good time at this time, Hebei has the strength of Wei, Zhao, and Yan, Tian Heng of Qi State is even more of a headache for him, and Qin State in Kandong is his confidant, plus the ill-intentioned King of Hengshan and King Linjiang, he may not be much better than us. ”

"Now is the place where our army lives and dies, and if it survives, the dragon will enter the sea. If there are no soldiers, we can continue to recruit, and the territory is gone, and we can go and take it back from the Chu State. It's better for us to make a comeback than to cry here. ”

After listening to Xiao He's words, Liu Bang was stunned for a long time, and suddenly got up from the ground and flicked his sleeves, "You're right, I haven't lost yet, we haven't lost yet." We still have a chance, and we will have a chance. ”

"Someone." Liu Banggao shouted, and several armor soldiers stepped forward in response.

"Bury my good brother well, ride in my carriage, wrap me in my robes, and use the best coffin, understand?"

"No."

After Xiahou Ying's body was carried down, Liu Bang withdrew his gaze, turned to look at everyone and said in a deep voice; "Tell me what we should do now."

Xiao He saw Liu Bang put it down in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but praise it secretly in his heart, and said; "King Han, now our soldiers are less than 80,000, and most of them are old and weak and tired, although Xingyang is high and deep, we don't have to worry about it for the time being, but if it goes on for a long time, we are equivalent to being trapped by Xiang Yu in this Xingyang, he can do the same before, only use tens of thousands of elite cavalry to block us in Xingyang, and then he leads his troops north to attack Hebei and Qidi. When Hebei Qidi is pacified, there will be no point in us sticking to Xingyang. ”

"Besides, the food and grass in our city have run out, and if we hold on, I'm afraid that the city will not be broken, and we will starve to death inside."

Liu Bang nodded, his face showing worry, "Then what do you say we should do?" ”

"Run." Xiao He said in a deep voice; "We have to get out of here, it's dead here, we have to sit and wait. Only when we leave here can we develop and grow. ”

"Where do we go?" This time, Fan Xu couldn't help but ask in a rough voice.

"There are only three places in the world where we can stay, Qidi, Zhaodi, and Weidi. We are weak now, we have no foundation, and only by taking refuge in the three of them can we have a chance to grow. ”

"Wei Guo doesn't have to think about it." Liu Bang shook his head and said through gritted teeth; "Wei Bao is a short-sighted guy at all, he thought that he could stop Xiang Yu's army from going north with the danger of the big river, in order to avoid the Chu army, he even left Daliang behind, and fled back to Hebei by himself. How can such a short-sighted person tolerate me Liu Bang. ”

"As for Zhao Xie." Liu Bang pondered for a while, "He is a person with courage, and he is assisted by a smart person like Chen Yu." However, my identity is too embarrassing, after all, I am still their nominal alliance leader, if we go to Zhao State, should they obey us, or should we obey them? Moreover, Chen Yu is a good conspiracy, I am worried that he will find a way to annex us when we go to Zhaodi. ”

Xiao He nodded when he heard this, "In this case, there is only Qi Di." I heard that Qi Wang Tianheng has a good style, and he is chivalrous, jealous and hateful, this time we were surrounded, he was actively rescued, but he was blocked by Zhongli Wei and was not allowed to approach. This kind of person must have the capacity to accommodate people, and we can get a piece of land to settle down where we go. ”

"And the State of Qi is a big country, the densely populated people are arrogant, and they already have a feud with the State of Chu, plus Xiang Yu has been humiliated and bullied three times and twice, and Xiang Yu has long regarded Xiang Yu as a mortal enemy. If the State of Chu wants to capture the State of Qi, it is very tricky, and Tian Heng is also in urgent need of help, so that we can show our usefulness. ”

Liu Bang groaned; "In this way, Qi is a good place for us to turn over, but now the question is how to leave Xingyang."

Everyone fell silent, and the question was how to break through the layers of defense of the Chu army. You must know that there are a full 200,000 elite Chu army outside the city, and it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to expect to break through by a strong attack.

Fan Hao said loudly at this time; "I see that the defense of the men and horses on the west gate is lax, and most of the soldiers are very clumsy in their actions, so I think it should be a new ding. I don't think it's as good as this, I will take the people who drove the death to storm the West Gate, and once you break through the defense line of the Chu army, you will flee by car.

"No." Cao Shen stretched out his hand to stop, "Xiang Yu has 30,000 unparalleled elite cavalry in the world, even if General Fan can temporarily break through, Xiang Yu can react quickly, when the time comes, are you confident that you can block Xiang Yu's cavalry?" ”

Fan Xu lowered his head and was silent, although he was very confident, he could even be said to be proud, but no matter how confident he was, he would never dare to say that he could compete with Xiang Yu's cavalry.

What is Xiang Yu, it is a symbol of invincibility in the world, and no one has ever been able to block Xiang Yu's thunderous blow. His cavalry is the cavalry that created dazzling results under Pengcheng that day, no matter how arrogant Fan Hao is, no matter how arrogant he is, no matter how arrogant he is, no matter how unseen he is, it is impossible for him to dare to say that he can stop Xiang Yu.

This is Liu Bang's dead knot, none of his subordinates can confront Xiang Yu on the frontal battlefield, even if it is dragged out.

Xiao He raised his head and said slowly; "I have an idea that can attract the attention of Chu Jun."

Liu Bang was refreshed when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to urge; "Let's just say it, don't sell it."

"King, your guard Ji Xin is very similar to you, it is better to let him pretend to be you, and then open Dongcheng out of the city to surrender to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu is a stubborn person, and he is extremely conceited in his life, I expect that he will not take the opportunity to attack Xingyang, but will only patiently watch us play a trick. At that time, Ji Xin must make a big enough pomp and circumstance to let the entire Chu army relax their vigilance and concentrate on the east gate to watch you, and then the golden cicada can escape from the west gate. ”

Liu Bang's eyes rolled a few times, clapped his hands and smiled; "Good plan, good plan, I will command to use my frame and guard of honor to prepare. However, I think that although your plan is good, it is also a little lacking, that is, if I go out of the city and surrender, the generals of the Chu State will definitely be very interested, but the soldiers are not interested in these."

"There are still five hundred beautiful women in my palace, and there are a lot of people in Xingyang City, so it is not difficult for me to make up two thousand beautiful women. Our day is set at night, and at that time the Chu army can't see Ji Ling's appearance clearly, and then he will be sent out with the most luxurious honor guard, and two thousand beauties will be sent by torches, which will definitely be a sensation, and the Chu army will definitely fight for a strange scene. What do you think of this? ”

Everyone in the world knows that Liu Bang is lustful, and it is not a secret that he likes beautiful women, so wherever he goes, he carries dozens of concubines with him, plus the palace people in costumes, five hundred people are not a lie. It's just that Xiao He couldn't figure it out that Liu Bang was willing to give up these people.

In fact, Liu Bang thought very simply, the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached, if he loses his life, then everything else is the moon in the mirror.

In the middle of the night, the long-closed East City Gate suddenly opened, and Liu Bang drove out slowly in the king's car, surrounded by hundreds of entourages in front and behind! Liu Bang sat in the car and shouted: There is no food to eat! The criminal minister Liu Bang is willing to surrender to the king of Chu and wait for the king of Chu to dispose of it!

At the same time as Liu Bang, there were still 2,000 beauties holding torches, most of these beauties were thin and delicate, and their curves were very eye-catching. Seeing that Liu Bang took the initiative to surrender, the full battalion of Chu soldiers was excited. I heard that there are countless beauties, and the generals besieging Xingyang have gathered in the east of the city to watch, and Xiang Yu also rushed to enjoy this spectacle!

Xiang Yu was even more happy, he thought that Liu Bang was really convinced! When Liu Bang was close enough to Xiang Yu. , Xiang Yu saw that this guy was a fake goods legend Ji Xin and Liu Bang's appearance is extremely similar, this time Ji Xin took the initiative to pretend to be Liu Bang to die in order to let Liu Bang escape smoothly!

Xiang Yu suddenly understood that he had been fooled, so he asked Ji Xin angrily: "Where is Liu Bang?" ”

Before the reporter could reply, the order to be attacked from Xicheng had already arrived. Liu Bang led the army to take the opportunity to run from the west gate, and ran towards the east without looking back.