Liu Bang is extremely slippery, he rarely fights the kind of hard battle that he carries to the end, for him, he can't run, and it is very common for him to run back and regroup.

So under his influence, most of the generals under his command also maintained this glorious tradition. The Han army may not be able to fight, but when it comes to escape, no army will be better at it than them. In Han Xin's words, it was the sound of King Kong, and the Han army's brigade had already withdrawn three miles away.

It is not for nothing that Liu Bang can wander around, defeat and fight repeatedly, and make a comeback repeatedly. In that year, Xiahou Ying refused to defend Hangu Pass and fought against Xiang Yu, but he abandoned the pass and left, and retreated under Xiang Yu's nose.

At the beginning, Liu Bang's four generals were not as flexible as Peng Yue in terms of the flexibility of using troops; When it comes to the bravery of battle, Zhou Bo is not as good as Fan Xu; When it comes to the same order, Zhou Bo can't catch up with Xiahou Ying. But when it comes to judging the situation and observing words and feelings, Zhou Bo is enough to be dominant.

When Han Xin's Yulin broke through the defense line of the Han army's rear army, Zhou Bo knew that most of the battle had been lost, and he decisively gave up the front army that was fighting with Mengshi and the rear army that was affected by the childbearing age, and turned to run south.

Most of the Qin army were foot soldiers, and they were still fighting and entangled with the Han army, and the cavalry only had Han Xin's Yulin. When Han Xin saw the Han army fleeing south, he immediately led Yulin to chase more than 100 miles, capturing and killing nearly 10,000 people, and did not collect his troops and return to the camp until his horsepower was exhausted. When the remnants of the Han army saw that they were left behind, they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

At this time, the follow-up reinforcements have crossed the river one after another, and the county has gathered a large army, and is hurrying to transport grain and grass to prepare for the southward attack in the future.

Although the Qin army won a great victory in this battle, Meng Shi, as the main general, was arrested, and he was escorted to Han Xin to kneel down.

"Mengshi, you are guilty." Han Xin glared at him and asked with a calm face.

Meng Shi lowered his head and whispered; "The last will be convicted."

"What is the sin?"

"You shouldn't have violated the general's orders and ventured out of the city to face the battle."

Although it was a confession, Meng Shi's face did not have a trace of remorse, but was faintly proud.

These naturally couldn't escape Han Xin's gaze, and he couldn't help but snort heavily and said; "I don't think you're taking my words to heart at all."

Meng Shi, who was kneeling on the ground, straightened up and said with some unconvincing; "General, it was you who taught me to grasp the fighter plane in battle, and once there is a way to win, I must not hesitate to shoot, and I am the most afraid of hesitation for the general. At that time, I saw that the Han army was in a messy shape and was completely vulnerable, so I decisively led the army into battle and wanted to break it in one fell swoop. ”

Han Xin was stunned, and said with some annoyance: "You can learn and use it now." ”

Meng Shi opened his mouth and smiled "hehe", and said with a big grin; "Thank you, General, for the compliment."

"Compliment your head." Han Xin became angry when he looked at him, raised his hand and whipped away, Meng Shi hurriedly shrank his head, but he was still scratched by the whip, and he pretended to scream there.

"That's enough." Han Xin saw that he was making a little trouble, so he lowered his face and said. Meng Shi saw that Han Xin was really angry, so he didn't dare to smile anymore, and honestly knelt on the ground without saying a word.

"You're right, if you are decisive in normal times, I will not punish you, but reward you severely. But today you are guarding the heart of my Qin army, if there is a mistake, then we will have lost all our efforts. Even if you win a big victory, you will only get to defeat a Han army, but if there is a mistake, then our overall strategy will not be able to be implemented. ”

"Besides, Zhou Bo, the commander of the Han Army, is not an ordinary general, he can also be regarded as a veteran of the battlefield, if it weren't for my timely help, I'm afraid who wins and who loses has not yet been decided, what credit do you have?"

Meng Shi's face gradually showed a look of shame, his head was lowered, and Nuo Nuo said; "The last general is guilty, and I hope the general will punish him."

Han Xin blushed his face, "Someone." ”

"Yes."

"Passing on my military order, the former general Meng Shi fought bravely, killed and captured more than 20,000 Han soldiers, and added a knight as the head of the carriage and rewarded 50 taels of gold."

The people next to him thought that Han Xin was going to punish Meng Shi, but they didn't expect that it was actually a reward for him, and they couldn't help but show a puzzled look, only Meng Shi, who was kneeling on the ground, complained bitterly, knowing that Han Xin must have something to say.

Sure enough, after the reward was completed, Han Xin changed his words and said sharply; "Former general Meng Shi left his post without permission, disobeyed military orders, and almost put the army's life and death in danger. According to Qin law, his crime should be punished, but his military exploits are prominent, and his father Meng Tian has made great contributions to the Qin State. Fifty special whips, stripped of the post of former general, demoted to general, reduced to a young superior, allowed to retain his original position in the army, and made meritorious service for his crimes. ”

After speaking, Han Xin stared at him and asked; "Mengshi, you can be convinced."

Meng Shi listened to Han Xin's tone as if he was stern, but he was already quite protective of him in his words. The demotion, but still keeping the same position, has little impact on Mengshi. Meng Shi knew Han Xin's temper, as long as he won a few battles, it would naturally be easy for the official to be restored. But the whipping is a matter of the way.

The whipping punishment in the army is to strip his clothes, raise his bare back and whip him with a leather whip, which will open the skin and flesh at the lightest, and hurt the muscles and bones at the worst. After fifty lashes, Meng Shi was also stiff, gritting his teeth and humming.

After the execution, Meng Shi was carried up by two wrestlers, and his back was already a blur of flesh and blood, and he looked like he was dying, and he was lying on the ground to slow down.

In fact, Mengshi's injuries seem to be serious, but they are just some flesh and skin pain. If it is some generals who still have some future but have been punished, they are very particular about it, most of them fall down and gently retract, the wound seems to be a blur of flesh and blood, in fact, they are all skin injuries, and they can recover from scars and injuries after resting on the bed for a few days; If it is some generals who are about to fall out of favor, then the wrestlers will honestly and unceremoniously whip one whip after another.

A very favored young general like Meng Shi, how dare the wrestlers offend, so it's just that the thunder and rain are small, which seems to be extremely tragic, but in fact, it steals a lot of tricks. Meng Shi also appreciated it in his heart, and he still had to pretend to be miserable on the surface.

These famous Han Xin naturally didn't understand, and when he saw Meng Shi in such a miserable state, he blamed himself in his heart. At this time, it was the time to employ people, and he didn't want anything to happen to Meng Shi, so he hurriedly ordered his soldiers to carry Meng Shi back to the camp to rest, and no longer mentioned the matter of punishing him.

Several pro-soldiers carried Mengshi, who was humming on the collapse, out of the camp tent, but ran into Shangguan Zhishui who was about to come in. Shangguan Zhishui was startled when he saw a person lying on the back of the collapse, and the fish fillets were blurred. Seeing that it was Meng Shi, the general under Han Xin's command, he couldn't help but be puzzled, and was about to ask, but saw Meng Shi urging his own soldiers to flee and withdrew.

When Han Xin saw Shangguan Zhishui coming, he greeted him with a smile and said; "How's it going?"

Shangguan Zhishui nodded, and said in a soft voice with a face as watery; "According to your arrangement, General, I have contacted the people who can be deployed by the Tao family in Jiaodong and Langya two counties, and they all promise that once the people of the Mo family make a move, we will gather to respond."

According to Han Xin's plan, the main force of the Qin army in Hebei left one to guard Hebei and defend Xiang Yuwai, and the remaining thirteen armies all crossed the river. However, Liu Bang had no less than 300,000 troops available in his hands, and he was fighting locally, occupying the geographical advantage, and if Han Xin wanted to win with inferior troops, it would not be an easy task.

Therefore, Han Xin wanted to attract all the attention of the Han army on the front, but through various means to ignite the resistance of the hinterland of Qi in Liu Bang, so that the Qin army could easily take over the Qi land, originally Han Xin wanted to rely on the Mo family to cause trouble, but the Mo family had a fatal shortcoming, that is, the foundation in the upper echelons was too shallow.

In the early days of the Mo family, a large number of high-ranking scholars were attracted to join the Mo family by their academic ideas, but the Mo family had a very harsh and impersonal rule, requiring scholars and doctors who were engaged in politics in various countries to offer all their property income to the Mo family. You must know that many of these scholars and doctors have inherited a lot of family wealth, and they are willing to give this money to others for no reason. Therefore, a large number of high-level people of the Mo family will be lost, and it has gradually become a doctrine that the working masses look forward to.

If it only relies on the Mo family to start an incident, it will be very passive, and only relying on the soldiers who surrendered to Cheng and the Mo family's ink people, Han Xin really can't rest assured. Now that the Tao family took the initiative to send it to the door, Han Xin just couldn't ask for it.

The Tao family has been operating in Qi for hundreds of years, and its power has long been deep-rooted, so couldn't Liu Bang uproot it in one day. The Tao family is a businessman, even if they are in business, they naturally have to open up all the official offices, and there must be people they can trust in every place. With their cooperation, the Mo family's uprising will inevitably get twice the result with half the effort.

And what Shangguan Zhishui did this time was to actively run for the Qin army. Han Xin nodded, and asked many details carefully, and Shangguan Zhishui answered them one by one.

"General, that ...... just now" Shangguan Zhishui endured it for a long time, but still couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked with his eyes outside the camp, obviously asking about Meng Shi.

Although she and Meng Shi were not familiar with each other, they had spoken a few times, and she knew that this young general was Han Xin's confidant and favorite general, and she was puzzled when she saw him being punished.

Han Xin lived lightly; "It's nothing, he violated the military order, it's just a small punishment for him."

"Oh." Shangguan Zhishui nodded as if she didn't understand, but she didn't continue to ask.

Han Xin couldn't help but smile when he saw that her expression was a little strange; "Why, it won't scare our Miss Shangguan, you must be thinking in your heart why I'm so ruthless."

Shangguan Zhishui smiled slightly and said, "The general said that he laughed, this is the art of controlling the subordinates, although the people are not proficient in it, they also know a little bit about it." I just think it's strange that Major General Meng, who is usually so close to you, should be punished like this. ”

Han Xin glanced at her and said lightly; "I have a habit of personal friendship and business business, and I don't like to mix things up. It's nothing to call them brothers and sisters in private, but in official affairs, you have to be clear about right and wrong. ”

Shangguan Zhishui's heart was awe-inspiring, she heard what Han Xin meant, and the meaning was also to warn her to make a clear distinction between public and private affairs in the future, and not to mix state affairs with family affairs.

Bent down at the moment and bowed slightly, "General, please rest assured, I naturally understand in my heart." ”

PS: Hehe, I'm really curious, I don't know which hero is so persevering, and he gives me five black tickets every day, it seems that Jiangnan has always been very low-key, and he hasn't offended anyone.