After more than half a year of combing by Xiao He, the chaotic situation under Tian Heng's rule has been greatly improved. Although the country's strength is not as strong as that of Qin and Bachu, it has faintly been ruled by small successes.

Liu Bang has only been in a stalemate with Xiang Yu in Huaibei for more than half a year, and Qin Chu also had the intention of watching from the wall when he fought in the Central Plains, so he did not disturb the people too much. The six counties of Qi under his rule were also able to recuperate, and the accumulation of money and food was enough for him to fight a major war.

The military system practiced by the Qi State was modeled after the Qin State's system of farming and warfare, that is, farmers were employed in non-war times, and conscripts were conscripted into the army in wartime. Because Liu Bang was allied with Zhao and Wei, he only needed to fight with Chu in the south, so the standing army only maintained a size of less than 160,000 to reduce the burden on Qidi.

Now that we want to go on the march, we naturally need to mobilize the whole country. With Xiao He, a master of internal affairs, Liu Bang doubled the army without much effort, and Zhou Bo and Cao Shen stayed in Qidi, Xiao He was still in charge of the government, and he himself took Chen Ping and Fan Xu to lead 230,000 troops to the north to aid Zhao State.

Hearing that Liu Bang was willing to devote the country's strength to rescue Zhao State, Zhao Xie, who was panicking in Handan, was overjoyed for a while, and urgently ordered officials at all levels in Zhao to fully cooperate with the Han army to go north.

Zhao Xie was afraid that the Han army would not be familiar with the territory and delay the time to go north to rescue, so he specially sent his confidant Zuo Dafu Geng Yi south to welcome the Han army to the north, and took full charge of the affairs of the southern part of Zhao on his behalf.

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"Geng Yi, a native of Hengshan County, his parents died when he was young. In the first year of the second year, Wuchen invaded Hebei and established himself as the king, Geng Yi went to defect, because he was good at managing accounts, so he was promoted to govern Su Neishi. After Wuchen was killed by the rebel general Li Liang, he followed Chen Yu and established Zhao Xie as king, and was regarded as a confidant by Zhao Xie from then on. ”

Liu Bang patiently listened to Chen Ping's report and asked; "What is this character, but what are your preferences?"

Chen Ping put down the scroll sent by the spies in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that King Han was really very discerning, and asked the key as soon as he asked. After a moment of silence, he replied; This person believes in Confucianism, has a good temperament, sells fame and reputation, is extremely conceited, and often boasts that Confucius and Mencius are alive. I think it will be difficult for you to buy him, King Han, but this guy is not familiar with the world, and he is stubborn and self-serving, and he is extremely arbitrary, so we can find ways to take advantage of him. ”

Liu Bang nodded when he heard this, "Then follow what Chen Changshi said." ”

Geng Yiwen, who was in Julu City, heard that the Han army had crossed the river to the north and entered the territory of Julu County, and was camping north of the river to wait for the Zhao envoy to receive him. Geng Yi hurriedly led dozens of officials from all sizes in the county to greet him. Before he arrived at the Han army camp, he saw Liu Bang and others waiting for the prime minister outside the camp gate from a distance, and greeted Geng Yi with a smile when he saw Geng Yi coming.

Geng Yi, who was in the carriage, heard the coachman's report, and was immediately shocked, and hurriedly got out of the carriage and stepped forward to plead guilty; "Weichen is just a subordinate, how to be such a courtesy to the king of Han, rude, rude."

Liu Banghao smiled heartily and stepped forward to help Geng Yi, "Doctor Geng is too polite, I have formed an alliance with King Zhao and become brothers, Qi and Zhao are brothers, so why are they close to each other!" Now you are the guest of the Lord and me, Dr. Geng, you represent the ceremonial frame of King Zhao, why can't I welcome Liu Bang! ”

"Besides, Dr. Geng, you are a great Confucian in the world, and you declare that it is far and wide, Liu Bangcai is shallow in learning, and he has heard a lot in Qidi, so I can't wait to send someone to snatch you back to Linzi for my use. It's a pity that we met late, Doctor Geng, you are already the left arm and right arm of King Zhao, this is really the biggest regret in Bang Ping's life. ”

Liu Bang sighed suddenly, looking extremely regretful, Chen Ping looked funny when he looked at it from the side, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This Han Wang is really a genius in acting, pretending to be a god and pretending to be a ghost, and it is also an interesting thing to follow such a lord, at least he will not learn Xiang Yu to cook people alive in a fit of anger.

Liu Bang stepped forward again and affectionately grabbed Geng Yi's hands with a flattered look, "Doctor Geng, Bang has admired you for a long time, and I hate to use you for it." You and I might as well be brothers, how old am I crazy about you, how about you call me big brother? ”

When Geng Yi saw Liu Bang treating him like this, his blood suddenly surged in his brain, and he held Liu Bang's hand tightly and couldn't speak.

When he heard that Liu Bang wanted to be commensurate with him as a brother, he was suddenly startled, and quickly threw off his hand and said "don't dare". Geng Yi is not a fool, he is Zhao Chen after all, if he and Liu Bang can be called brothers, then what is Zhao Xie? Zhao Xie is not a broad-minded person, and he will definitely be suspicious when he hears this.

Seeing that Geng Yi's head was shaking like a rattle, he insisted on refusing to accept it, and Liu Bang had no choice but to give up. But Geng Yi really had a good impression of this Han King Dasheng who had never met before, and regarded him as a confidant of the mountains and rivers, the high and the widowed.

In less than a day, Liu Bang and Geng Yi became brothers like siblings. According to Zhao Xie's arrangement, the supply of grain and grass for the Han army to the north should be arranged by the Zhao State Bureau, which was originally intended to reduce the burden of the Han army, but Chen Ping insisted that the Han army itself was responsible for the supply of heavy loads, and transported grain and grass from Qi China thousands of miles away.

Liu Bang's explanation for this was that Zhao was not a place to produce grain, and the supply of more than 200,000 troops would inevitably bring great trouble to the people of Zhao. And the land of Qi is rich, it is not difficult to supply the army, and the staple food of the land of Qi and Zhao is also slightly different, because I am worried that the Qi people will miss their homeland, so it is better to use the grain transported by the Qi country.

Geng Yi saw Liu Bang's insistence, and he didn't think much about it, thinking that since you like to be so troublesome, then I won't serve it, and I won't have to worry about it, so I agreed casually.

Therefore, in order to keep the logistics supply unimpeded, the Han army left more than 1,000 people and grain guards every dozens of miles. It's just that under Chen Ping's secret operation, the logistics team that should have been old and weak was all replaced by elite soldiers, hiding in many important places in Zhao State, choking the throats of various cities.

The various unusual behaviors of the Han army also attracted the attention of the officials of Zhao Di, and a small official once spoke to Geng Yi; "Today, the land of Zhao is empty, and many soldiers of the Qi army are in the hinterland of my Zhao country, if there is a different heart, I am afraid that we will not be able to fight back."

Geng Yi was furious when he heard this, and pointed at the little official's nose and scolded; "You bastard, King Gao Yi of Han, is famous for his benevolence and virtue in the world. This time, for the sake of the brotherly covenant, you traveled thousands of miles to rescue our Zhao country, but you lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, you should be killed, you should be killed. ”

After speaking, he drank left and right, pushed the little official out and cut it directly, and claimed that if anyone separated the brotherhood between Han and Zhao in the future, it would end like this. All the officials in Zhao Di were silent, and they didn't dare to say another word.

Liu Bang couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said triumphantly; "Zhao Xie, Zhao Xie, you are really a non-person, there is such a stupid person to be a humerus, how can there be a reason for immortality." So he ordered to speed up the arrangement, and the main force of the Han army continued to move north slowly.

Linzi is not too far from Handan, and it can be reached in five days by horse, but the Han army is said to be unaccustomed to water and soil, and its movement is unusually slow. Zhao Xie was anxious, but he was afraid that he would offend Liu Bang by urging him frequently, and it would not be good for him to go back to Qi in a fit of anger, so he just frequently put pressure on Geng Yi and asked him to urge the Han army to go north as soon as possible.

Geng Yi was urged by Zhao Xie again and again, and had to ask Liu Bang to ask him to speed up his trip, otherwise once Chen Si in the north couldn't resist it, it would be a big trouble. Liu Bang agreed, and sure enough, he ordered the whole army to speed up the journey, and finally arrived outside Handan City five days later.

When Zhao Xie heard that Liu Bang had arrived, he was overjoyed and hurriedly led the hundred ministers of Zhao State out of the city to greet him.

Outside the city gate, Zhao Xie and Liu Bang hugged each other enthusiastically, shouting one by one, one by one, and very affectionately. The difference is that Zhao Xie is really happy, Liu Bang's army is coming, which shows that his hard days are over, and he no longer has to worry about the Qin army breaking through the wet water day and night; But Liu Bang's joy is a ghost, what he thinks about is just how to take Zhao Guo without blood, Zhao Xie is no different from a dead man in his eyes.

After the greetings, Zhao Xie warmly invited Liu Bang into the city and entered the palace for a while, and he had already prepared rich wine and food to wash his dust. Liu Bang readily agreed, and then ordered the general Fan Xu to take his subordinates to the woods outside the city to camp, and he himself took Chen Ping and others to the banquet.

Unexpectedly, Fan Xu's eyes widened and he said loudly; "King Han, it doesn't matter if our army is stationed outside the city, but these five thousand guards have always been inseparable from you, and Madame specially explained that she can't leave you for a moment, so why don't you enter the city together?"

Liu Bang suddenly sank his face when he heard this, and said unhappily; "The widow is going to the banquet, and the soldiers are doing something, you obey your fate quickly, otherwise don't blame the widow for being in a bad mood and cutting you."

Fan Hao stared, turned his head and said roughly; "Don't embarrass the ministers, my lord, I don't dare to disobey Madame's orders."

Liu Bang was extremely angry, pointing at Fan Hao and speechless, "You...... You...... you".

Seeing Zhao Xie next to him looking at him puzzled, Liu Bang had no choice but to scratch his head and explain with embarrassment; "Let the virtuous brother laugh, blame the brother for not being able to discipline him, so that these men are flying one by one and don't know the rules. My brother's wife and I have endured a lot of hardships, and last time I was caught by Xiang Yu and almost killed. This time I finally let her go, and I pampered her more to compensate for the hardships she endured. But I didn't expect that this woman didn't know what to do at all, and she actually commanded my subordinates, this Fan Xu is her brother-in-law, so she dared to be so presumptuous, and she would give this woman a good look after her brother went back. ”

Zhao Xie was amused in his heart, but he didn't expect Liu Bang to be the king of Han, but he was still a person who was afraid of his wife like a tiger. Obviously, he was afraid of his wife so that his subordinates looked down on him, but he still wanted to die to save face and refused to admit it.

Thinking about it again, since Fan Xu wants to enter the city, he can just enter it, anyway, Handan is extremely empty now, with less than 3,000 soldiers. If Liu Bang really had any evil thoughts, he could attack with his army of more than 200,000 people, so why did he care about these 5,000 people.

He waved his hand generously and smiled; "Big brother said this, you are brothers, naturally you have to be frank and open, not to mention your five thousand personal guards, even if the whole army wants to enter the city, what's the matter. I think my sister-in-law is so worried and she has a reason, so the eldest brother might as well take General Fan Xu into the city, so that she can feel at ease. ”

Liu Bang sighed helplessly, "Okay, there's Brother Lao Xian for you." ”

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