In the third year of the Qin New Calendar, between June and July.

At the same time that Li Yuan besieged Bajun and Shu County, Liu Bang, the king of Han, also launched a campaign to attack Gongao, the king of Linjiang in Nanjun. In order to prepare for this southern expedition, Liu Bang gave up reinforcing Cao Shen, resulting in the defeat of the Battle of Xicheng, which can be described as a huge cost.

The aftermath of the Battle of the West Side continues to reverberate. Although due to Cao Shen's desperate resistance, Liu Bang, the king of Han, had the opportunity to escape from the imminent fall of Hanzhong County, but after another lucky escape from Li Yuan's tiger clutches, Liu Bang could no longer afford the courage and thoughts to fight the Qin army.

Failed again and again.

The more tragic results made Liu Bang disheartened, but also began to doubt his decision-making.

Unlike the previous Han army, which had an advantage but often fell short, this time the Qin army attacked Hanzhong and completely pressed it with the posture of Mount Tai, which made Liu Bang suddenly feel the gap in strength with the Qin army.

The Qin army became stronger and stronger the more they fought.

The Han army was demoralized because of successive defeats, and even a Han Wangxin had to win by strategy, in this context, Liu Bang decided to retreat.

There are more than ten large and small princes in the Kwantung region, and everyone is responsible for speaking of anti-Qin. Now all the princes are fighting for territory with each other and expanding their strength, he Liu Bang alone holds high the banner to resist Qin, the hero is enough heroes, but this burden is inevitably too heavy.

After understanding this, Liu Bang changed the target of the attack from the Qin army in the west to his former ally, Shili, and after solving Han Wangxin, Liu Bang decided to go south to capture the old capital of the old Chu State, Yingcheng.

South County North, Deng County.

In June, the Han army mobilized troops several times to appear on the periphery of the gateway city of Nanjun in the name of military drills, and the Linjiang army was still a little vigilant at first. Then I slowly got used to it.

In this case, Liu Bang gathered nearly 20,000 elite soldiers in the area of Deng County, with Zhongjuan Zhou Bo as the main general of the former army of the Southern Expedition, and his cousin Liu Jia as the deputy general vanguard, Liu Bang himself and Zhang Liang, Lu Xuan, Zhang Er and other strategists sat in the Chinese army, and Xiangguo Xiao He stayed in Wancheng to be responsible for the transfer of grain.

July 23rd.

Liu Jia took the lead in ascending the Han Dynasty and more than 2,000 people took advantage of the night to occupy Deng County, and opened the door to Nanjun, and then, Zhou Bo gave an order, and the main force of the Han army marched south along the Han River. Even under Jingling, Anlu and other county seats, most of the southern county was forcibly assigned to Liu Bang's name.

In the face of the sudden attack of the Han army, Linjiang Wang Gongao was caught off guard. The military ability of the Zhu State appointed by Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, can only be regarded as mediocre, and the reason why he was able to become a prince of one party was because Xiang Yu looked at his past friendships.

July 29th.

The Han army won successive battles, and the troops entered the periphery of Yingcheng, the old nest of Gongao. The generals of the Han army, who were defeated in the battle against the Qin army, performed extremely eye-catching in the civil war of the Kwantung princes, which made the princes of Gongao, who had looked down on Liu Bang for a while, stupid and at a loss.

The war burned in the south.

King Gongao of Linjiang was panicked, and the elder of the Zhu State of Chu and Liu Bang were also old acquaintances. Recently, Nanjun and Nanyang County have been close to each other, and the envoys between the two princes and kings have also been in close contact, and Gongao has relaxed his vigilance for a while.

Yingcheng.

Gong Ao hurriedly convened his subordinates to discuss the matter. The area around Yingcheng belongs to the old capital of the Chu State, which is much more remote than the Central Plains in the north, but fortunately in recent years, due to the continuous wars in the north. There are also many large ethnic groups among the displaced people who moved south, which allowed Gongao to recruit a few talents.

Wen Suihe, Wu Gongwei.

Gongao's team is very simple, and it follows He in the history of the late Qin Dynasty. is also a famous figure, and as for Gongwei, he is the son of Gongao.

The army is still in the hands of its own people. After seeing the King of Chu Xiong Xin being forced to death by Xiang Yu, Gong Ao's suspicion became more and more serious.

"Gentlemen, this Liu Ji treacherously attacked my Nanjun, and now, the enemy army has come to the city, what should I do?" Gong Ao looked at a few important subordinates and asked.

"King, Liu Ji is treacherous, why don't we go to the overlord to sue him." Gong Ao was at a loss, Xiang Guo glanced at his frightened companions on the left and right, stepped forward calmly, and admonished.

"With the prime minister, how can the overlord listen to us, to know about the king-?" Gong Ao shook his head dumbly. Within the Chu State, there is a faction that supports Chu Huai Wang Xiong Xin, and it is also a faction that supports Xiang Yu, unfortunately, after Xiong Xin broke with Xiang Yu, the relationship between Gongao, a pro-bear faction, and Xiang Yu was tense.

Sui He laughed at it, and said loudly: "King, it's his business whether the overlord listens or not, whether we sue or not is our business, if we can take the opportunity of Liu Bang's southern invasion to express our hearts to the overlord, it will also kill two birds with one stone." ”

According to what he meant, after Xiang Yu killed Xiong Xin, what he urgently needed was righteousness and support. If Gong Ao can express his support, for Xiang Yu, it will be no less than sending charcoal in the snow.

Listening to Sui He's analysis, Gong Ao's dim eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "It's a good idea to come up with the prime minister, so this king quickly prepares a generous gift and sends a messenger to Pengcheng, no, for the sake of prudence, please go with the blind date." ”

"Subordinates obey." Sui He smiled slightly and agreed. After a respectful gesture, he left. This made a group of colleagues look surprised and admired.

"The king, my subordinates are willing to accompany Xiangguo to Pengcheng." A nimble official looked eager and stepped forward to ask for orders.

"My subordinates are willing to go." At this time, all the officials who had finally come back to their senses rushed forward and said loudly.

"Well, this king is now the time to employ people, so you will stay in Yingcheng and follow me to meet the invading enemy." Gong Ao's face sank, and he shouted.

Gongao was able to be the pillar state of Chu, although it was not very good in terms of military ability, and in terms of insight into people's hearts, how could it not be possible to guess the thoughts of these officials.

No matter what Sui He's mind is, at least in terms of speech and ability, there is no doubt about it, and the envoy Peng Cheng persuaded Xiang Yu that among the officials in Nanjun, it must be Sui He.

As for the others, they are completely indiscriminate, going or not going.

Hearing Gongao say this, all the officials were depressed, at such a critical juncture, what could he do as a minister, but he was able to leave first, what is this not a skill? Compared with Sui He's chic, these guys with poor eloquence and mediocre ability can only sigh.

After the officials left, Gong Ao Du left his son Gongwei and asked, "My son, and tell the truth to my father, can this Yingcheng be guarded for a month?" ”

If everything goes well, it will take at least a month for Xiang Yu's mediation envoy to arrive, Gong Ao is old, and the army is in charge of his son Gongwei, and he is not very clear about the strength and deployment of the Linjiang army.

"Father, there are 1,000 guards in the tomb and 2,000 guards in Anlu, but they were all descended by the enemy for three days, and the walls of this Yingcheng city are broken, and it is really impossible to hold on." The lieutenant replied helplessly.

The area around Linjiang was not densely populated, and there had been a lot of friction with Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, so the lieutenant was relieved to transfer most of his troops to the south of the Yangtze River. didn't expect that the Han army would turn his face and deny people all of a sudden.

"Yingcheng really can't hold it?" Gong Ao asked unwillingly. In the past year, Gongao has reclaimed barren fields and opened rivers in the Yingcheng area, and finally restored the grandeur of the former Chu State, but he didn't expect that he would finally make a wedding dress for others.

"Father, without further ado, the Han army has already advanced eastward along the Han River, so let's avoid Shaxian (Xiakou) first." The lieutenant said gloomily.

In the past, when the Qin State invaded Chu, Yingdu was burned down, although it was restored in the past two years, but the walls of the city were damaged many times, and there was almost no danger to defend, even if the captain had great skills, he could not hold an undefended city.

"Anyway, in the past few days, my son has secretly prepared more boats, and when there is no one at night, he will transport all the wealth and silk in the house to the ship to hide, and if he really can't defend it, he can retreat at any time." Gong Ao nodded.

The Han army pressed the border, the people of Linjiang were panicked, the father and son of the communist family had no confidence in holding Yingcheng, and the officials were busy thinking about fleeing after leaving the council hall.

In such a situation, Zhou Bo and Liu Jia almost advanced with a broken momentum, and the defenders of Yingcheng only held out for half a day before they were scattered.

Under the protection of Gongwei, Gongao retreated from the waterway to Xiakou, and encountered the Han army led by Liu Jia along the way, and the two armies fought in a melee in the Han water.

In the end, the riverside boat carrying a lot of wealth was defeated, Gongao sank in the boat, drowned in the river, and only Gongwei fought his way out of the chaos and fled towards the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

A total of one died.

The Linjiang State, which was founded only a year ago, was immediately destroyed, which was another feudal fief of the princes after the king of Henan, Shenyang, was seized, and by the time Sui He persuaded Xiang Yu, it was too late.

At the end of August, the Han army completely pacified Nanjun, and Liu Bang, after losing Hanzhong County, relied on a civil war to finally regain the status of a great prince.

Yingdu.

Liu Bang, the king of Han, is the new place of governance.

A fast horse galloped into the city from the northern border, and sent the news that Li Yuan, the Shenwu Marquis of the Qin State, was seriously ill and was about to die, which made Liu Bang's relaxed nerves tense again.

"Another conspiracy?" Hearing this news, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and other Han people had their first instincts. After losing the intelligence network in Xianyang City, the reconstruction was not going smoothly, and now Zhang Liang's intelligence collection in Guanzhong could only rely on word of mouth from businessmen, so it was much less credible and timely.

"King Han, this time let the other princes go to break the blood, we must not fall for the Li thief again." The baby looked frightened.

Cao Shen's death made the generals of the Han army lose the courage to fight the Qin army again one by one, and now, even fierce generals like Guan Ying can't raise the courage to fight against the Qin army. (To be continued......)

PS: Well, Lao Liu has learned well, I don't know who it is this time, and he will fall into the net