The water starts from Taihang in the west, and flows east to meet with Boshui, Huangshui and Yishui and then merges into the Canghai Sea, which is the dividing line between the north and south of the Zhao Kingdom. In the past, the Duke of Qi Huan once allied with the Yan State on the wet water, and announced to the world that his hegemony of respecting the king was opened.

Although they both belong to the Zhao State, the difference between the north and the south is huge. The north of the water is the representative land, mostly the plains, the people are mainly nomatric, and they are good at arching and riding horses, and it is the origin of the famous world of Zhao State; The south is the land of Zhao, and the eight passes of the well are guarded by Taihang, which is the traditional Central Plains civilization based on agriculture and the main grain producing place of the Zhao country.

After Zhao Xie fled back to Handan, he hurriedly scraped away the remaining soldiers of the four counties of Hengshan, Handan, Julu and Jinyang of Zhao State, and forcibly recruited tens of thousands of soldiers from the people, gathered 100,000 of them, and took Chen Si, the son of Chen Yu, as the general, and went north to resist the Qin army. At the same time, he sent envoys to Qi overnight to ask for assistance from Liu Bang, the king of Han.

Han Xin led the army south to reach the water, and held both sides of the river with the Zhao army. Chen Si was smart since he was a child, and he knew the art of war, so he ordered to burn all the pontoon bridges, and patrolled the river with hundreds of miles as a beacon tower to strictly prevent the Qin army from crossing the river.

Under the strict precautions of the Zhao army, the Qin army had to suspend the southward movement and confront the Zhao army on the front line of the water.

And in the distant Central Plains, Xiang Yu, who was confronting Chenggao, heard that Han Xin had actually appeared in the north, and immediately became furious, thinking that he had been tricked. So he ordered his troops to launch an attack in the Central Plains, and the main force of the Chu army came out of Chenggao and joined the Qin army in Yangzhai.

Xiang Yu relied on his courage and personally led the army to break through the seven defense lines of the Qin army, forcing the Qin army to retreat in defeat and lose the land of Yingchuan. Although the Chu army won a small victory, it suffered great losses under the resistance of the elite Qin soldiers, Zhang Liang saw that Xiang Yu's courage could not be blocked head-on, so he changed his method and attacked the left flank of the Chu army with Yingbu out of Nanyang, Zhao Wuji went out of Hanoi to threaten Pengcheng, and Wang Jing personally commanded the Chinese army to strictly defend Xinzheng.

Xiang Yu tried to attack twice, but with little effect, Wang Jing defended tightly with the assistance of Zhang Liang, and was not negligent and slack at all to be taken advantage of by Xiang Yu. On the contrary, Yingbu and Zhao Wuji's two strange troops went down to several cities in Chu, and the rear of Chu was shocked, and Xiang Yu had to retreat into Gao in order to stabilize the rear, and the situation in the Central Plains fell into a stalemate again.

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Qi country, Linzi.

If you say that the most anxious person in the world among the princes at the moment, I am afraid it should be Liu Bang is also. On the one hand, he has to pay close attention to the stalemate of Qin and Chu in the Central Plains, and on the other hand, he is also actively rearming and preparing for war, ready to join this battle group for the world at any time.

Liu Bang's life was actually not easy, although he was lucky enough to occupy Qi land to stand up, but the south was pressed by Qiang Chu, and there was no room for expansion. Although the country of Qi is rich, it is not a place to fight. Whether it is the strength of the country or the strength of the army, Liu Bang is far from being compared with the Qin State and the Chu State, and only by uniting a large number of small princes can he confront the two countries.

And the battle situation in the Central Plains has become one of Liu Bang's most concerns, his wishful thinking is very good, whether it is Chu Guosheng or Qin Guosheng, it will inevitably be greatly damaged. At this time, he Liu Bang suddenly waved his army to kill him, and the entire Central Plains was in his Liu Bang's pocket. Thinking farther, leading the troops south to Huainan and west to Guanzhong, the whole world will belong to him Liu Bang alone.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Qin and Chu lose both, not a big victory or a big defeat. Therefore, although he intends to stay out of the situation, he still keeps an eye on the battle situation to avoid sudden changes.

The news that could come from Zhao Di made him dumbfounded, he really couldn't believe that Han Xin would abandon the Central Plains battlefield at such a critical moment and take a partial division to run the land of Hebei. Of course, he couldn't imagine that Han Xin's original intention of doing this was to defend himself.

Qin and Chu fought a decisive battle in the Central Plains, and the wait-and-see attitude of the princes led by Liu Bang undoubtedly added many variables to the war. The Central Plains is connected to Pengcheng in Huaibei, if Xiang Yu wins, he can easily connect the Central Plains and Chu as a whole, and Liu Bang may not be able to take advantage of it.

The Qin State is different, if the Chu State is defeated and occupies the Central Plains, then the entire Qin State region will become a convex, and Liu Bang and Zhao Wei of Hebei will undoubtedly pose a great threat to their flanks, so that Han Xin will not be able to continue to penetrate into the Chu Land, and even if he can defeat Xiang Yu, he may not be able to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains.

Therefore, Han Xin's idea was to confront Xiang Yu in the Central Plains with the main force, attack Hebei with a partial division, manage Zhao Di, and then eliminate Liu Bang who was watching in a roundabout way, and finally join Wang Jing's main army in the Central Plains to attack Xiang Yu.

If this kind of thinking is put on others, I am afraid that it will be called a "madman", after all, Han Xin led only 30,000 light cavalry, and the army of Zhao Guoyan State Wei State plus Qi State is as many as seven or eight hundred thousand, and Han Xin actually wants to stew these armies in one pot.

So when Liu Bang heard that Han Xin appeared in Zhao Di, his eyes were about to fall out, he really couldn't understand whether Han Xin had taken the wrong medicine, how could he personally take the risk and run to Hebei, he should honestly fight with Xiang Yu in the Central Plains!

No matter how much Liu Bang didn't understand, what he needed to deal with most in front of him was the distress letter sent by Zhao Xie. He thought about it, weighed it for a long time, and decided to recall Xiao He, Cao Shen, Chen and others to discuss before making a decision.

In the meeting hall, Liu Bang said a rough picture of Zhao Xie's distress letter, looked around, and said; "Okay, that's how we're going to be now, what do you guys think, but it's okay to say it."

Xiao He Laocheng was serious, and said after a moment of silence; "I advocate not saving."

Liu Bang raised his eyebrows, "Oh? I don't know what the prime minister means? ”

Xiao He said slowly; "Our current grain reserves and military reserves do not meet the requirements required for a decisive battle, and if we hastily join the war group in Hebei, we will not be able to do anything to the Central Plains."

"Furthermore, I watched Han Xin's strategy against Hebei just want to open up a battlefield and solve my worries. The Central Plains is the main battlefield that concerns the world. If the main battlefield is lost, no matter how brilliant the secondary battlefield is, it will not be able to recover its defeat, so we only need to grasp the key and kill with one blow, instead of wasting military power in vain. ”

Xiao He's words made Liu Bang not groan, and then nodded again and again, and Cao Shen also continued; "What the prime minister said is very true, and the minister also thinks so. Besides, this Zhao Xie is really a villain who forgets his righteousness, and we had an agreement at the beginning, saying that we would gather troops to watch the battle together, but he ran to attack Yan State. If we help him, he will not be grateful to us afterwards, and may even beat our minds.

Liu Bang slapped his thigh, "Then it's decided, Zhao Xie's life and death are in charge of our, we only care about the Central Plains."

made up his mind immediately, and just wanted to send someone to reject the envoy of Zhao State, but he caught a glimpse of Chen Ping on the side with his head down, looking thoughtful, his heart moved, and he bowed slightly; "I don't know what Chen Changshi's opinion is."

Chen Ping was taken aback when he saw that the Han Dynasty saluted by himself, and hurriedly returned the salute, "The Han King has killed Weichen, Weichen does have some ideas, but he can't talk about opinions. ”

Liu Bang said in surprise; "Oh? Then you might as well tell the widow about it. ”

Since Chen Ping surrendered to Liu Bang a few years ago, although he has always been deeply respected by him, he always feels that compared with Xiao He and others, he always seems to be missing something, that is, their unique closeness to Liu Bang. He knew this very well, although Liu Bang was extremely important to himself, in fact, his real status was far inferior to Xiao He and their buddies who were in trouble together.

So most of the time he kept his mouth shut and tried not to talk as much as possible, so as not to arouse suspicion. But as time went by, Liu Bang also looked down on him a lot, feeling that he was too truthful.

Chen Ping also discovered this, so he planned to make suggestions this time, otherwise he would not even be able to keep his position in the Han army.

He stepped forward, thought for a moment, and said; "King Han, I just want to ask, do you want to rest on your laurels and protect yourself, or do you want to profit from chaos."

"It goes without saying." Liu Bang said without thinking; "Of course, it's a profit out of chaos."

"That's right." Chen Ping nodded and took a deep breath, "So it doesn't seem like a bad thing. ”

"I know that King Han, you have been suffering from nowhere to develop and unable to expand your power, isn't this a great opportunity?"

Liu Bang's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a long time before he said; "Do you mean to let me take advantage of the situation to attack Zhao State?"

"Definitely." Chen Ping shook his head. "Fighting each other is the worst way, if we take advantage of the fire to rob and invade the Zhao country, it will definitely arouse the strong opposition of the Zhao people, which will not only slow progress, but will lose trust in the world."

Liu Bang was full of interest, he suddenly felt that Chen Ping's title of "Poison Division" was not exaggerated at all, but this kind of talent Xiang Yu let go in vain, I really don't know if it was his misfortune or his luck.

"So what should we do?"

Chen Ping stroked his beard lightly and said slowly; "King Han, you might as well pretend to promise the envoy of Zhao to open the way for our army and provide food and grass for our army. In this way, we can naturally take over all the way and surrender without a fight. I see that the four counties of Handan, Julu, Hengshan, and Taiyuan are extremely empty, as long as we take Handan, capture Zhao Xie, and then command Zhao in his name. ”

Liu Banghaha; "Good plan, good plan, it is really a good plan, Mr. Guan is a plan, no less than Zhang Zifang back then."

"Someone." Liu Bang raised his voice and shouted.

"In". The soldier pushed the door open and answered loudly.

"Send my message to the envoy of Zhao State, even if I have decided to send troops to rescue King Zhao, I hope he can cooperate more on the road."

"No!"

Seeing that the soldiers retreated, Liu Banghuo had to turn around, but his face was no longer playful and frivolous, but became very serious.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Liu Bang picked up the wine lord on the case, stood up and saluted everyone, and several people on the side hurriedly followed suit.

"Since ancient times, it has often been said that 'wealth and danger are sought', and we will work together today to fight for the belonging of this great country, how about it?"

PS: I'm sorry, I've been so busy lately, and I have very little time to write, and I doze off in the middle of the night to write. So I had no choice, so I had to compress it a little bit, update it a little less every day, let Jiangnan slow down, and I hope you will forgive me.

Sorry again!