The pit viper is in the arm, and the strong man breaks his wrist.

Sometimes, in order to keep the main force, it is true that one will be left as a cover or abandoned to buy time for the withdrawal of the main force. But the fate of the abandoned one is the same, and there is no possibility of survival.

Chen Ping saw that everyone was silent, so he said softly: "A hundred miles south of Song Zi is the Zhanghe River, I have sent people to build a few pontoon bridges in case of emergency, and now they can be used, after which it will be difficult for the Qin army to cross the river to chase us." So we just need to buy us a little bit of time. ”

Although Chen Ping's words were not explained, everyone knew who he was referring to as a tiger general.

In the Han army, who would be more suitable for the title of tiger general than Fan Xu.

But what it means after the break, everyone knows it, and Liu Bang naturally understands it.

Fan Hao took a step forward and said in a deep voice; "King Han, I agree with Chen Changshi's opinion, this is indeed the most suitable strategy for us at the moment. I am willing to stay and break the queen, and I hope that the king of Han will be favorable. ”

"Nope." Liu Bang unexpectedly refused, "You can do as he says, but you can't stay and change to someone else." ”

Fan Hao shook his head and insisted; "No one is more suitable to do this kind of thing than me, if you let someone else go, King Han, you may not be able to support enough time, if it is me, I can guarantee that I will hold out until the army crosses the river."

Liu Bang was silent, intellectually he agreed with Fan Xu's statement, there is indeed no one more suitable than him to lead the army to stop the Qin army. But the problem is, he is really reluctant to do so.

If it is said that the determination and ruthlessness that a person who achieves great things should have, Liu Bang has never lacked. For his own interests, he can not hesitate to abandon the people who once called him brothers, even his father, wife and children. If it wasn't Fan Xu, even if it was Chen Ping, he would nod without hesitation if needed.

But Fan Hao and they are really different, they are all old people who followed him out of Pei County, and they obeyed their orders before they made their fortunes, and the more this kind of poor and lowly friendship became, the more valuable their friendship became. Fan Hao and several of them have always followed themselves, never leaving their loyalty, even when he was at his most depressed and weak, they never moved the idea of abandoning him.

He was really reluctant to let Fan Xu. Aside from business, Fan Xu is not only his brother-in-law, but also his best friend, and he can achieve today's achievements, Fan Xu's contribution is indispensable. If it weren't for Fan Xu's loyal protector, he would have died on the battlefield many times.

So he didn't want Fan Xu to die, whether it was public or private.

Seeing that Liu Bang refused to agree, Fan Hao was moved in his heart, knowing that his status in his heart was higher than that of his wife and children. If you can get this confidant, what is the regret of dying!

Fan Hao suddenly grinned and said: "Big brother, this is the last time I call you big brother, although I have always called you King Han, but I still treat you as a big brother in my heart, no different from before." ”

"Do you remember what I said in the Land Temple, hehe, Han Xin's little hairy child was also present at that time. I said that if you are for the lord of a county, I will be convinced by you, and I will be a cow, a horse, a slave and a maid for you all my life, and I will never have two hearts. Today you are already on the throne, I Fan Xu has not broken his word, I have always been conscientious to assist you, never slack, why not let me be loyal one last time. ”

Liu Bang turned his head and said with some weakness in his words; "Xiahou is dead, I don't want to lose you anymore. Even if it can be exchanged for tens of thousands of people, what is the point? ”

"How is it meaningless, you are a person who wants to achieve great things, you must be able to afford to put it down, isn't this what you have been doing? Don't be reluctant to me, life is only a few decades in the world, rather than waiting for death on the bed, it is better to die vigorously on the battlefield, this is like a hero. ”

Fan Hao looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, "Big brother, if you achieve great things in the future, you might as well posthumously crown me a king with a different surname, so that the descendants of our old Fan family can also be prosperous." ”

Liu Bang clenched his teeth, tears slowly flowed out of his eyes, closed his eyes and looked up to the sky, and choked up: "Okay, I, Liu Bang, swear here, if I can achieve great things one day, I will definitely crown you as the king, so that your children and grandchildren will be one and prosper with my Liu family for generations." ”

…….

The daytime fighting, whether it was the Qin army or the Han army, was undoubtedly exhausted, so the two sides chose tranquility very tacitly, just like two beasts after desperately fighting, each returning to the territory to lick @ the wound, the two battalions looked at each other from afar, carefully lifting each other.

But no one thought that this tacit peace was the first to be broken by the Han army.

In the second half of the night, the Qin army suddenly remembered the piercing siren in front of the camp, and then a dull scream sounded, and it was obvious that the enemy soldiers who had come to attack the camp fell into the trench. Immediately after the sound of weapon handover, the Qin army, which was on duty at night, had already fought with the attacking Han army.

It was the most vulnerable part of the Qin army that was attacked, the infantry battalion formed by the newly incorporated Zhao pawns. The first to react in the Qin army were naturally experienced officers, who were neatly clothed, whipped, kicked, and cursed to drive groups of disheveled soldiers out of the camp and hastily lined up in phalanx. At this moment, the Han army had already broken through the blockage of the Qin army's patrol and entered the camp.

Fan Xu very cleverly chose the half hour before dawn, this time is undoubtedly the time when people are most sleepy, plus this Qin army is newly formed, it has not undergone strict training before, and its vigilance is not as good as that of the regular Qin army, and it has already been sleepy after experiencing the daytime fighting.

These 30,000 Han troops were carefully selected by Liu Bang, all of them were veterans who had followed him for a long time, and because they belonged to the rear army during the daytime war, they were not too affected by the Qin army, and their physical strength and spirit were not too bad.

At midnight, the more than 30,000 Han soldiers were suddenly woken up by their respective officers, and they came to the open space in front of the barracks in a daze, only to find that their Han king was already waiting there.

In order to boost the sluggish morale of the Han army, Liu Bang did not hesitate to take out all his savings in the camp, all piled up under the firelight, and the golden light was shining, which suddenly made the eyes of all the soldiers widen.

Liu Bang roared excitedly with his bare arms, waving his long sword and jumping on a pile of gold, saying that he had just received a report from Xiao Xiangguo that Xiang Yu had defeated the Qin army in the Central Plains, and at this time he had broken through Hangu Pass and was marching towards Xianyang. The Qin State is about to end, and the Qin army in Hebei has become a grasshopper on a straw rope, and it won't be able to jump for a few days. Now that Chu and Han have reached an alliance, Hebei will return to Han and Henan will return to Chu, Xiao Xiangguo and General Zhou have led the domestic army of 100,000 to the right side of the battlefield, and Wei Bao has also led 100,000 Wei troops out of Hedong to outflank the left flank of the Qin army.

Now what their Han army has to do is to launch a counteroffensive, an unstoppable counteroffensive, and cooperate with the Wei army and General Zhou to completely defeat the Qin army.

Liu Bang is a master of agitation, he knows very well what the soldiers want and believe. These soldiers are all ordinary peasant children, they don't know what loyalty and patriotism are, not to mention that Liu Bang is not their monarch at all, and the Han Kingdom is not their country, and it is pure nonsense to talk about these things with them.

Only money, money that can be seen with the eyes and touched by the hands, is what the soldier desires most. Although Liu Bang's words are full of loopholes, these are not problems in front of the golden gold. And it will be Liu Bang's number one henchman Fan Hao who will lead them, no matter how ruthless Liu Bang is, he will not let his henchmen go to death.

The Han soldiers who were boosted by their morale screamed excitedly, and they swooped down towards the Qin army camp under the leadership of Fan Xu. But none of them knew that at the same time as they set off, Liu Bang had already taken the remaining 70,000 people and horses to retreat quietly in the night, leaving only the brightly lit but empty camp.

The Han army's attack on the camp was soon discovered, and seeing that his whereabouts had been exposed, Fan Xu simply ordered to raise a banner and storm the Han camp with great fanfare.

The crazy horn blew desperately, and the Han army poured into the Qin camp like a tide, without any queue and policy, just desperately rushing forward to kill, chaotic like ants that had blown up their nests, and the momentum was terrifying.

The officers who "released" the Qin army were bloodied by the madness of the Han army, holding their swords and roaring with a salvo, and the soldiers of the Qin army who had been hastily assembled released their arrows in unison. The dense rain of arrows fell on the unsuspecting Han soldiers like a violent wind, and in an instant, they screamed again and again, and the more than 1,000 warriors of the Han army who rushed to the front were shot into a sieve almost at the same time, and they were fiercely loaded to the ground.

But this did not affect the people behind to jump over their corpses, taking advantage of the pause of the rain of arrows to continue to rush forward frantically, brandishing broadswords and spears and roaring forward.

When the brave meet on a narrow road, these people are all veterans of the Han army, and they naturally understand that if they retreat at this time, it must be a dead end, and they can only move forward desperately! Forward! Forward! Talent will also have a glimmer of life.

I have to say that the performance of this Qin army is indeed extremely poor, as can be seen from their panicked swarm of arrows instead of rounds. Although they wore the armor of the Qin army and carried the banner of the Qin army, they still did not have the iron discipline of the Qin army in their bones. When the Han army rushed in front of them, there was a burst of chaos, which also made Fan Xu, who had experienced a hundred battles, keenly aware of it.

Fan Hao took the lead, carrying two large iron cones and rushing to the forefront of the Han army. The two huge iron cones in his hands, which combined with more than two hundred catties, were undoubtedly sharp killing weapons, and under the wielding of his huge power, they were like a whirlwind, and the Qin troops around him all died tragically.

"Kill!" Fan Xu's eyes were red, he roared and waved the big vertebrae, and smashed it on the giant shield held high by the Qin army in front of him, only a few screams were heard, and the two Qin soldiers behind the shield were suddenly shocked to death by the huge force, and the giant shield made of pure iron was smashed to pieces. The dead soldiers of the Han army behind Fan Hao frantically poured in from this gap, and the Qin army was suddenly in chaos.

…….

"Liu Bang is crazy."

Not far away, the cavalry of the Qin State who had gathered in the black pressure was quietly watching the battle, Han Xin was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke.

The morning sun has slowly risen, the earth is still dark, but a touch of color on the horizon indicates that the night is about to pass and the dawn is coming.

Liu Bang is really crazy, otherwise how could he do such a stupid thing, and even drag the tired army to launch a desperate attack on the Qin army, what is the difference between this and suicide?

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if they managed to break through the defense line of the infantry battalion, so what? Those foot soldiers were just Zhao soldiers recruited by the Qin army, not the real Qin army at all, and even the equipment was mostly the original equipment of the Zhao army, but it was just a banner.

As long as the real backbone of the Qin army remains, the Qin army has not failed, and the cavalry can easily cut off the retreat of the Han army, and can easily capture the empty Han camp. On the field, the cavalry charged against the unsuspecting infantry, and it was definitely a massacre without suspense!

No matter what Han Xin thought, he couldn't figure out the reason why Liu Bang did this, so after thinking about it, he could only come to one conclusion, that is, Liu Bang was really crazy.

"General." Li Zuoche, who was standing beside Han Xin, finally broke the silence.

"The Han army is menacing, I'm worried that the infantry battalion will not be able to support it, so let's send another team of cavalry to reinforce it."

"I won't go over for reinforcements with a single soldier." Han Xin said coldly. "Xin Ju has thirty or forty thousand foot soldiers in his hands, if even the Han army that is less than them can't stop it, then what do I want to do with this waste."

"The Qin army never needs cowards, and they can only be qualified to become a member of the Qin army only after defeating the Han army."

Han Xin's words made the soldiers of the Qin army around him feel excited, and they all puffed up their chests proudly. Li Zuoche stretched out his head to take a look, and saw that the situation in the infantry camp had stabilized, Xin Ju had also stood in his position and was launching a counteroffensive, and the situation had gradually become favorable to the Qin army. Only then did I feel relieved and stopped mentioning it.

Han Xin's gaze fell on the black night sky in the distance, at the end of the junction of heaven and earth, the morning sun had not yet shone the sun to the earth, but there were already thousands of fires covering the entire field.

It was the large camp of the Han army, and the troops attacking the camp were nothing more than a Han army, and Liu Bang's main force was still standing still in the battalion.

What was Liu Bang thinking? Han Xin couldn't help but ask himself again, could it be that he sat back and watched his vanguard being eaten by the Qin army whole, and remained motionless?

Time passed minute by minute, but Han Xin's sideburns were already soaked in cold sweat. He couldn't figure out the reason why Liu Bang did this, did he really want these Han soldiers to come and send him to death? Because he couldn't bear Liu Bang's thoughts, Han Xin didn't move the main force, he was waiting, waiting for Liu Bang's next move, so as to respond to all changes.

"General." Li Zuoche opened his mouth and gently reminded: "Since you can't figure it out, then you don't have to think about it." Let General Meng take 10,000 cavalry to cut off the retreat of the Han army, if Liu Bang is out of the camp, then you will cover up and kill it head-on, if you don't go out of the camp, then you can only watch your front army be eaten by us. ”

Han Xin hesitated slightly, and finally nodded. Meng Shi was full of excitement and led 10,000 cavalry to roar over, and the sound of countless horses' hooves rolled up a huge storm, the sound of hooves shook like thunder, and the sabers flickered in the dark night. The cavalry of the Qin State stormed the rear of the Han army with a fierce offensive, cut off the retreat of the Han army, and immediately launched a counterattack from the back to the front, and a large number of slashers panicked the Han soldiers.

Seeing that the back road was intercepted, Fan Xu didn't know anything, but just rushed forward desperately, completely ignoring the rear.

At this time, the advancing Han army had lost all its strength, and the remaining resistance was only out of instinct to save their lives. Fan Xu is still trying his best to fight, still unstoppable, but he can't change the fate of defeat.

The Han army became smaller and smaller little by little, and in the end there were less than 10,000 people left under the pressure of the Qin army, tightly gathered around Fan Xu, back-to-back stubborn resistance.

And the Han army camp with the lights still lit in the distance was just motionless, as if it had given up on this Han army.

It was already dawn, and there was still a deathly silence in the Han military camp, only some figures were faintly seen on the tower. Han Xin finally sensed that something was wrong, and sent more than a thousand cavalry to test the attack on the Han army camp, but who knew that the news of the return made him stunned.

The Han army had already gone to the camp empty, and the torches lit in the camp were just to hide people's eyes, and the towers were just straw men.

Han Xin smiled bitterly, looked up and muttered to himself; "Liu Bang, you are so ruthless, you are really ruthless! I am indeed inferior to you in this regard. ”