Chapter 21 The Northern Expedition

At the end of the first month, Liu Bang went to Luoyang, preparing to return to Guanzhong from Luoyang. It turned out that after Zhou Bo pacified Yanmen County and Jiuyuan County, he chased Chen Xuan's army all the way, Han Wangxin killed halfway and escorted Chen Xuan back to Pingcheng to rest for a few days, but received the news that Wang Huang was chased and beaten by Fan Xu, and the cities in the south of Wei County had been breached. Chen Xuan immediately made a deployment, and sent someone to secretly contact Wang Huang overnight, wanting to attack the Han army before and after, so that Wang Huang could temporarily garrison Henggu first, Chen Xuan led the army to bypass Taihang Mountain from Lingqiu and drill directly to the back of Fan Xu's army, so as to work with Wang Huang to attack Fan Xu, but the army just arrived in Lingqiu to rest for two days but encountered Zhou Bo's army chasing from the west. All of a sudden, the two armies confronted each other, and Chen Xuan saw that Zhou Bo didn't say a word as if he had met a stranger, and wanted to fight Zhou Bo as if he was forced to have no way out; Zhou Bo saw Chen Xuan, and looked at him silently for a while but didn't say a word, both of them had followed Liu Bang to raise troops, although there was no more intersection in ordinary times, but they also got along peacefully and never had a personal relationship.

The two generals were in a stalemate for a while, but they both shouted 'kill-' one after another, and then the two armies fought and entangled, but in two hours, the two armies were injured. Zhou Bo and Chen Feng were even more swords against each other, and Zhou Bo, who was so red-eyed, asked Chen Feng with a knife roar, "Why is it the opposite?" Chen Feng raised his head and said dryly, "If you want to do the opposite, you can do the opposite." Zhou Bo turned to gently persuade Chen Xuan, "You and I used to be Hanchen, and I don't want to capture you who are embarrassed, so come down." Chen Feng laughed twice, and said sourly, "Because you and I have helped the Han family, I will go down to the city to see you, and I can't descend to you." Whether it's life or death, look at the darkness. ”

Chen Feng was stunned, Zhou Bo shouted and slashed the tiger stripe knife in his hand towards Chen Feng, but unexpectedly, a soldier immediately inserted a soldier to block Zhou Bo's tiger striped knife for Chen Feng, and was immediately hacked to the ground. Chen Xuan came to his senses and looked at Zhou Bo in astonishment. Zhou Bo said, "I'm Hanchen. "There has never been a contest between you and me, and today we will see the difference." Chen Feng also shouted loudly, copied the golden snake halberd in his hand and stabbed at Zhou Bo, Zhou Bo waved his knife to block hard, but he didn't know that Chen Feng was powerful, so that Zhou Bo was overwhelmed, and it happened that the neighing of the flying horse in the distance was a general who rushed to save Zhou Bo, and the general waved his knife to pick off Chen Xuan's golden snake halberd, and Zhou Bo and the two formed a horn to besiege Chen Xuan, Chen Feng fought with one enemy and two for several rounds, and was already exhausted. Zhou Bo and General Pi fought hard, trapped Chen Feng between the two of them, but did not kill Chen Xuan, and wanted to capture Chen Xuan alive and hand him over to the emperor. Chen Feng couldn't escape after several battles, so he knew that he couldn't kill himself, and he intended to let Zhou Bo kill him, so Chen Feng struggled to pick up the golden snake halberd and stabbed it towards Zhou Bo's heart. Chen Feng screamed but didn't turn back, and ran straight towards Zhou Bo, Zhou Bo saw Chen Feng killing him like a tiger, and immediately cheered up and slashed at Chen Feng with a tiger stripe knife. Just as he was aiming at Chen Xuan's head, two Chen Xuan generals flew from the lightning on the right, resisting Chen Xuan for a while and quickly covering Chen Xuan, leaving the sky full of dust. When looking at the two armies again, more than half of the casualties on both sides were killed, and Chen's army had already withdrawn to the city with Chen.

Since the battle with Zhou Bo, Chen Feng has never opened the city gate and fought with Zhou Bo again, and the city gate must be a big lock every day. Zhou Bo led the army to attack the city several times, and finally broke through, only to know that Chen Feng did not dare to meet the Han army because of the lack of strength, and on the second day of returning to the city, he had already led his own soldiers to leave the city, leaving Prime Minister Cheng Zong, General Chen Wu and Du Wei to defend the city. None of them knew much about the art of war, and every day when they heard Zhou Bo's army shouting under the city to break through the city gate, they would turn around in a hurry like ants on a hot pot. After Zhou Bo broke through the city, the three of them were caught by Zhou Bo's soldiers in the same room and brought to Zhou Bo. Zhou Bo asked Chen Feng where he was, and the three of them shook their heads and said that they didn't know, and they coerced and lured him but failed in the end, but they really didn't know where Chen Feng fled. Zhou Bo stopped the army for three days.

Two days later, Fan Xu learned that Zhou Bo led the army to fight Chen Feng in Lingqiu, and learned that Wang Huang was stationed in Henggu, Fan Xu expected that Chen Huang originally wanted to fight Wang Huang back and forth, and immediately scolded angrily, "Chen Xu, this thief!" Fan Xu asked his subordinates where Chen Feng was hiding, and some of his subordinates said that they had fled to the Xiongnu, or some said that they had temporarily returned to Han Wangxin to recuperate, or some said that he was in Henggu City. Fan Hao immediately sent someone to reconnoiter the garrison of Wang Huang's army in Henggu City, and Wang Huang requisitioned the Xiongnu cavalry and some of Han Wangxin's soldiers to strictly guard Henggu City, and the terrain of Henggu City was slightly high, easy to defend and difficult to attack. When Fan Hao hesitated and was depressed in the military tent, a soldier suddenly came to report that a Han army was active in Shangzhuang Village in the south of Wei County, and after an inquiry, it was learned that it was Chen Wu, the general of Chai under Zhou Bo, as the vanguard, who temporarily crossed the Taihang Mountain to pursue Chen Xuan's soldiers. Fan Xu immediately sent Chen Wu and other generals to the military tent twenty miles south of Wei County, and asked Chen Wu in detail about Zhou Bo's battle situation.

Fan Xu told Chen Wu that he wanted to give up attacking Henggu City for the time being, and take the lead in capturing Shenhe City with lightning speed, that Henggu City was easy to defend and difficult to attack and wasted time and troops, and Han Wangxin did not repent, and helped the Xiongnu and Chen Feng to attack the Han Dynasty, so Fan Xu wanted to compete with Han Wangxin and kill him personally. After thinking about it carefully, Chen Wu agreed with Fan Xu's idea, and said that he wanted to go to Shenhe with Fan Xu to win Han Wangxin. Fan was stunned for a moment, "Chen Gong is a pioneer in Jiang, how can he join the cooperation with me?" Chen Wu smiled and arched his hand, "I will wait for the Ming Dynasty, and only bring 5,000 people to join the general with the general, and the remaining 7,000 people will still have to wait with the Jiang." The minister also wanted to compete with Han Wangxin, so he said that General Fan would allow it? Fan Xu scratched his scalp, and after thinking for a while, he said crisply, "Okay, General Chai will follow me to join and kill Han Xin tomorrow." On the same day, Chen Wu ordered 7,000 troops to return to Lingqiu to report to Zhou Boyu that he was going to join forces with Fan Hao to kill Han Xin.

The next day, Fan Xu and Chen Wu led their army around Henggu City and headed north to Shenhe City, where Han Wangxin's army was located. Han Wangxin did not expect Fan Xu to bypass Henggu and go straight to Shenhe, and immediately ordered the whole city to be on guard, the city gate was closed, and the city head strictly sent people to guard and monitor the movements of the Han army. Fan Xu and Chen Wu sent people to the city of Shenhe to ask for battle several times, and the people sent out were all killed by the soldiers of Han Wang Xin at the head of the city. Fan Hao was furious, and shouted that he wanted to wash the city in blood. Chen Wu has read a little more since he was a child, and his mind is not only about force or coercion, but he secretly inspects the situation of Shenhe City for several days, and has his own strategy in his heart. Chen Wu's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought about it, and he hurried to Fan Xu's side, whispered to him, and heard Fan Xu's nod, Fan Xu attached his hand to Chen Wu's shoulder and said, "For the time being, act as a public plan, if it doesn't work, it will be discussed separately." ”

At dusk in the afternoon, an arrow suddenly rang out at the head of the city and hit the rammed earth wall at the head of the city. The soldiers at the head of the city were panicked for a while, and they went around to inspect the enemy's situation, and another soldier hurriedly pulled out the arrow, but saw that the arrow body was attached to a soft silk silk, and the soldier was shocked, and immediately handed the arrow and the silk silk to Han Wangxin. Han Wangxin immediately took the silk silk and knelt in the banquet, moved the green butter lamp closer, and the silk silk was impressively written: I would like to worship the king. Chen Wu, who knows a lot about the king, is not what you and I want to confront now. If the white horse passes through the gap in life, it can be mediocre and vigorous and not feasible and rebellious, the king of the Chinese Han people, why live in Hudi for a long time and do not return? The emperor is lenient, or some princes provoke death, but if he returns, the emperor will forget his mistakes and restore his title, and will not punish him, and this king also knows it. Now that the king is defeated and walked into Hu, it is not a serious crime, if the king returns to the Han land, the title of the great king will be restored. May the king plan it soon.

'Wow-', Han Wangxin howled and cried, and the people serving on the side didn't know why, so they all looked at each other and retreated silently. Han Wangxin in the house couldn't stop crying, his hands trembled and grabbed the silk silk and looked at it over and over again, and finally wrote a letter to the messenger in a trembling throat, and instructed the messenger to go to Chen Wu's big tent immediately and hand over the letter to Chen Wu in person.

When Chen Wu received the letter, he immediately opened it: Respectfully to Chen Gong. Chen Gong said, and Han sighed. Life is a life, time passes, and it is a shame that Hu Di does not return, even though Hu Di is a golden palace of gorgeous clothes and delicacies, but a certain day and night looking south at Han Land and has no face to return. Your Majesty is a servant in the alleys, so that I am lonely in the south, and this servant is also fortunate. However, in the matter of Xingyang, the servant cannot die and is imprisoned in the Xiang Register, which is one crime; and Hu Kou attacked the horse, and the servants could not hold on and the whole city fell to them, this crime is two; Today, he is a general, and he fights with the general for his life, which is the third crime. In the past, Wen and Fan Li died or fled without a single crime, and now the servant has three sins against His Majesty, and wants to live in the world, so Wu Zixu is inferior to Wu Ye. Now the servant is dead and hidden in the valley, begging for a loan in the barbarians, the servant's thoughts are not forgotten if the imperfect people do not forget, and the blind people do not forget to look at it, but they are not allowed to make a certain wish.

"Han Xinβ€”" Chen Wu looked up at the letter but raised his head and sighed, Chen Wu seemed to see Han Xin under the green butter lamp and finished writing the letter with trembling hands, this letter was humble and moving.

The next day, Chen Wufang discussed the siege deployment in the big tent of Fan Xu, and the soldiers outside the tent reported that Han Wangxin had sent a letter of challenge. Fan Xu and Chen Wu were stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to submit the challenge book, Chen Wu opened it and took a look, and it was Han Wangxin's handwriting: I have long heard that General Chai is brave on the battlefield, and I want to fight with the general to participate in the city, and it is a great wish to fight with the general for three or five rounds.

After reading the letter, Fan Xu was happy first, "Hehe, I don't know how to lead him out of the city, but at this moment he takes the initiative to ask for battle, yes, yes, yes." ”

"General Fan, a certain wish fulfills Han Xin's wish, fights with him, and wishes the general to succeed." Chen Wu immediately jumped in front of Fan Xu and surrendered his hand to fight.

"General, don't worry, if you don't say it, I'll send you too." Fan Xu smiled and patted Chen Wu on the shoulder and instructed, "In this battle, I hope that the general can win and kill Han Xin, but the first thing is to protect himself." Generals remember. Chen Wu nodded and agreed, and immediately ordered troops.

The next day, Chen Wu led an army of 10,000 people to confront Han Wangxin and join the city. The sky had just dawned, but the city was already dark and oppressive, and all of them were solemn and quiet.

Chen Wu and Han Wangxin confronted each other, looked at each other for a long time but never gave each other a word, and suddenly Chen Wu and Han Wangxin on horseback were invariably high to each other, that is, the two of them yelled "kill-", and suddenly the two sides of the people and horses collided violently like two turbulent flowing waters, the battlefield was full of flying earth, and the soldiers of the two armies shouted to kill. Chen Wu and Han Wangxin fought together, and the two fought for several rounds, each with injuries but no major problems, but in the end, they became more and more fierce, as if they would not stop fighting without killing anyone. Chen Wu's right arm was injured and he couldn't lift the knife, Han Wangxin's right leg was injured and couldn't move, Chen Wu's left arm carried the knife like an eagle and swooped over, but Han Wangxin was pushed to the ground with all his strength, and the two pinched and rolled each other on the ground. Han Wangxin took advantage of the situation to pull out the short knife hidden in his boots and stabbed it at Chen Wu, just stabbing it in the throat but stopped suddenly, Han Wangxin's hand froze in the air. Chen Wu was stunned and turned over, Han Wangxin woke up and hurried to catch up, suddenly heard a scream of 'ah-', Han Wangxin's eyes widened, and there was a deep and sharp sword mark between his neck in an instant, Chen Wuyuan's eyes widened, and he held a bloody blade in his left hand and stood one meter away from Han Wangxin. It turned out that when Han Wangxin was chasing Chen Wu, Chen Wu pulled out the sword on the waist of a soldier in the chaotic battle in a panic, and turned around and swung the knife and slashed, but unexpectedly cut Han Wangxin's throat. Han Wangxin fell to the ground with a bang, wanting to speak but couldn't, Chen Wu dropped his sword and ran to Han Wangxin's side, picked up Han Wangxin's head slightly, and asked heavily, "Why don't you kill me?" King Han spat blood, his face was miserable, and he trembled and grabbed Chen Wu with all his strength and said, "Burial...... I...... Han and Han ...... "Before the words were finished, Han Wangxin died in the hands of Chen Wu."

Then, Chen Wu cleaned up the remnants and slaughtered the city of Shenhe, which did not fall, and buried Han Wangxin on a beautiful hill near Shenhe.

Fan Xu wrote a war report on the news that the Chai general Chen Wu led his army to conquer and slaughter the city of Shenhe and the death of Han Wangxin.