Chapter 218: Yan Zhao Returns to the Heart (7)
Just when the people of the world set their eyes on the Central Plains, no one expected that the horn of the decisive battle would be sounded in Hebei.
The Qin army attacked Zhao Di with unimaginable courage, and then defeated the Zhao army and the Yan army, and swept through the nine counties of Yan and Zhao. Beidi, a heavy military place in the former First Emperor period, was abandoned after the Battle of Julu in the second year of the Second Emperor, and returned to the embrace of the Qin State again after two years. And the Qin State also took the lead because of this bold adventure, and after occupying the Northland, he condescended to look down on the Central Plains, Guanzhong and the Northland were one left and one right, like the two arms of a giant, spanning the entire Central Plains.
The main armies of Qin and Chu were intertwined in the Central Plains for thousands of miles, and they were stalemate with each other, while Hebei, as a secondary battlefield, had already started a decisive battle. On the huge map of Zhao State, the black tide of the Qin State that was leaking from the north and the crimson flames of the Han army in the north collided fiercely. The two armies are like beasts meeting on a narrow road, entangled and bitten together, and the winner will only have one!
The Qin army gathered the Zhao army and surrendered its troops, with 100,000 soldiers, with the Qin army's 40,000 iron cavalry as the core main force. The Han army went up from Handan, except for the tens of thousands of soldiers who left behind to take over Zhaodi, Liu Bang had poured out all the army and pounced on the Qin army with twice the force, wanting to annihilate it in one fell swoop and completely drive the forces of the Qin State out of Hebei.
Liu Bang is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very cautious and shrewd, and few people can take advantage of him, and Han Xin is one of these "few people".
So against Han Xin again, Liu Bang became more and more cautious. Although the strength was superior, he did not dare to be careless at all, but gathered the army tightly together to prevent the dispersion of troops from being broken by the Qin army one by one. In addition, Chen Ping, who is good at scheming and poisoning, mentions it beside him, and there will be no mistakes to be caught by Han Xin.
This time, Han Xin unexpectedly did not use any strange troops, but instead set up a position in Song Zicheng and faced Liu Bang's army in the north with a dignified army.
The north wind was fierce, and there was a solemn atmosphere on the field, and the 300,000 troops of the Qin and Han dynasties formed their own formations, looking at each other from afar.
Han Xin squinted at the Han army in the distance, waved his horsewhip and pointed at the neat phalanx of the Han army; "Liu Bang is not bad, you see that he has trained these old soldiers of Qi State in the past six months, and it is like that."
Meng Shi on the side smiled contemptuously; "General, you are too much of an old scoundrel like Liu Bang, I think it's just average, these Han troops are very neatly trained, but unfortunately they lack a murderous aura. Liu Bang's soldiers are good-looking, with thick and round arms, tall and big, but how can a real elite soldier be trained by drills, and they must have seen blood with a knife and a shot on the battlefield. β
Meng Shi slapped his chest fiercely, "General, give the order!" As long as I am given tens of thousands of iron horses, I dare to pat my chest and promise to be able to chisel through the phalanx of the Han army. β
Han Xin raised his hand slightly and said, "Don't be impatient, now is not the best time to attack." The Han army is in a tight formation, and even if our iron cavalry can break through to it, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Besides, after the Han army was opened, I did not have enough troops at hand to expand the results of the battle, so even if I won, it would be a miserable victory. β
"It's better to wait!"
Meng Shi whipped the war horse a little impatiently, and the war horse was in pain and raised the horse's hooves high. Meng Shi pressed down the horse's body fiercely and said impatiently; "Then what are we waiting for, are we waiting for the Han army to escape by itself?"
Han Xin glared at Meng Shi and said with some annoyance; "You are always so breathless, how can you become a general, if you don't change your frizzy temperament, you can only be a general who charges forward until you die."
Meng Shi pouted, "The general is the general, what's wrong, I'm not very happy, anyway, with you, I don't want to use my brain......"
Meng Shi still wanted to speak, but was glared at by Han Xin fiercely, and quickly shut up, not daring to say a word again.
Only Li Zuoche saw Han Xin's thoughts, and glanced at Zhao Yi's department in the distance, Zhao Jun's green ochre armor looked particularly dazzling in the black phalanx of the Qin army.
Li Zuoche thought and said; "General, do you want Zhao Yi to test the water first?"
Han Xin nodded, "That's what I mean, and besides, that Zhao Yi is so confident, I am also curious, I want to know if he is overly truthful, or if he really has the capital to be proud." β
Li Zuoche's face was a little hesitant and said; "This ...... This is too child's play, with 800 soldiers to attack the 200,000 army, who else did it except the madman. It's nothing that he was defeated, I'm just afraid that he will affect the morale of my Qin army. β
Han Xin just smiled. "Okay, I'm in charge of this, so you don't have to worry about it."
As the sun rose, Han Xin saw that the Han army was still in a tight position, without the slightest movement, and guessed that Liu Bang must have meant to defend and wait for the Qin army to attack first. I didn't plan to wait any longer, and was about to give the order to attack, but I saw a commotion in front of the Han army, and the crimson crowd in the front row retreated like a tide, revealing a large open space, and a person riding a white horse carrying an ochre robe slowly walked out, and it was Liu Bang.
Liu Bang walked cautiously for dozens of steps, then stopped the horse from afar, opened his voice and shouted; "Han Xin, the late Liu Bang asks to see him, but would he like to see it."
Han Xin in the formation laughed, and found it interesting, so he grabbed the horse's belly and was about to go to the appointment. Li Zuoche on the side stretched out his hand to stop him, and said with an anxious face; "General, this Liu Bang has always been shameless and cunning, he recruited you for no reason, and he has no good intentions, I think it's better not to go."
Shaking his head, Han Xin said; "Since he has openly invited me to meet, it will be a great shame if I don't go. Besides, I'm really curious about what Liu Bang wants to say. β
The red flags in the front row of the Qin cavalry phalanx flipped up, and the knights on both sides retreated like a tide, and when they saw Han Xin galloping, they pulled out their sabers and shouted in unison.
The cheers of the Qin army were deafening, and Liu Bang, who was waiting in front of the battle, couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously pulled the reins hard, and the war horse under his crotch was suddenly frightened, and he jumped and jumped, and hissed endlessly. Liu Bang on horseback was embarrassed for a while, which attracted the laughter of the Qin army on the opposite side, and it took a lot of effort for Liu Bang to calm down the frightened horse under his crotch.
looked up, but saw that Han Xin had galloped in front of him and grabbed the reins of the horse, and was looking at himself with a smile with a somewhat complicated expression.
Liu Bang had already suppressed the embarrassment, but instead rode up to meet him and laughed; "Brother Han, I haven't seen you for many years."
Although Han Xin and Liu Bang have been life and death rivals several times, they really have only one side, that is, they met by chance in Peixian, and they haven't seen each other for more than four years. It's just that the world is changeable, one was a young ranger wandering around with a sword, and the other was a famous hooligan leader in Pei County, but now one is the uncrowned king of Qin, and the other is the king of Han, the leader of the princes' alliance, and the changes are really embarrassing.
Han Xin smiled and replied lightly; "Pei Gong, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, but I don't understand something, and I hope that Pei Gong will teach you."
Liu Bang let out a long voice "oh", his face showed an interested look, and he smiled; "I don't know what Brother Han doesn't understand, but it's okay."
Han Xin looked at Liu Bang with a smile on his face, "I'm curious, why do you dare to meet me aloneβyou should know that it's easy to kill you with my skills, aren't you afraid?" β
Liu Bang obviously expected Han Xin to ask such a question, and he had already prepared the answer, and looked up to the sky and smiled, "Do you want to hear the truth, or do you want to hear lies." β
"What about lies, how about the truth?"
"The lie is that the two armies are fighting, and if they don't cut them, although the Qin State has always been ruthless and rude, there are few times when they are unruly. Besides, I also understand your character, if you want to say that I am a hypocrisy, then you are really obsessed with worldly etiquette, and you will not do anything that betrays the world. β
Han Xin nodded, "This reason seems to be okay, so I don't know what the truth is?" β
Liu Bang approached Han Xin, and said in a low voice; "The truth is that I have a thousand strong crossbowmen behind me, if you dare to think anything about me, a thousand crossbows will be sent together, and we will both be finished together. It's worth the cost, so you're definitely not going to do it. β
Han Xin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled; "Yes, this is your Liu Bang's style of acting, it seems to be true."
Liu Bang smiled and said; "But to be honest, I can be sure that you will not be treacherous, I Liu Bei has no other skills, but my ability to see people is first-class. The only miscalculation in this life is that I easily missed you in Peixian. β
Han Xin gently stroked the mane on the horse's neck, and suddenly raised his head and smiled, his smile was a little weird.
"If I tell Pei Gong that I have changed my mind now, and I am sure that I will escape with the crossbow arrows, I don't know how you will feel."
This time, it was Liu Bang's turn to stop, opened his mouth, only to feel that his lips were a little dry, and he stammered; "You...... You're not kidding. β
"You're right." Han Xin nodded matter-of-fact and said seriously; "I'm just kidding."
Liu Bang secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and coughed to hide the embarrassment on his face.
"Alright, we're done, and it's time for us to get down to business." Han Xin lowered his body and stared at Liu Bang with interest and said; "Say, what do you want to talk to me about, I don't think Pei Gong should be so idle, just come to me to catch up with me."
Liu Bang high-fived and praised, "Sure enough, it's fast, okay, then I won't go around the bend." β
"I don't want to fight."
Han Xin looked at Liu Bang in surprise, "What do you mean?" β
"It's just that I don't want to fight, how about we retreat?" Liu Bang said seriously, "I found out that you are my nemesis, no matter where you appear, I will have good luck." If it weren't for your appearance, I would have captured Xianyang and become the king of Guanzhong; If it weren't for you, I would still be my Han King in Hanzhong, so I wouldn't have the idea of wandering around to fight other people's territory. β