Chapter 290: King Han's Desperate Situation
On the wilderness, there is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the picture is tragic, the battlefield is soaked in blood, and there is an atmosphere of despair. A touch of snow white appeared in the eastern sky, and the dawn was coming, the dawn was breaking, and it was over.
Seven or eight hundred thousand people!
Seven or eight hundred thousand people!
Almost all of them died!
This is not a battlefield, but a slaughterhouse!
Liu Bang was wet and covered with mud, and he was shot an arrow in the shoulder, and was being helped by several guards to a small forest to rest for a while.
Now it is far from being out of danger.
Liu Bang's army was almost wiped out, but the top brass was still there.
Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Peng Yue, Fan Xu, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Li Shiqi and so on.
As for the army, there are only less than 2,000 men left!
Liu Bang never dreamed that he would lose, he may have thought that he couldn't beat it, but it was unacceptable to lose so badly!
Xiang Yu came too fast!
Even if Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's advice and retreated as soon as possible, he might not be able to run away.
Chen Ping had planned to take some protective measures and try to inflict casualties on the Chu army, but he was interrupted in the middle of the deployment, and this deployment was in vain.
A giant deer battlefield!
The alliance of princes flinched, and Xiang Yu led tens of thousands of people to break the cauldron and sink the boat, defeating the Qin army, defeating hundreds of thousands of giants, laying the foundation for destroying Qin in one fell swoop and dominating the pattern of the world.
A battle of Pengcheng!
After Xiang Yu's capital was captured, the northern section of the road, and the main force was deeply trapped in Qidi, which could be said to be in danger, but he slaughtered 780,000 Han troops with 50,000 troops, and wiped out more than half of the troops of the Central Plains princes at one time.
What a Chu overlord!
These two battles are enough to make it a god in the military history of China!
Since then, he has become an immortal dazzling star, and Liu Bang and the Han army will become the stepping stones for Xiang Yu to ascend to the altar.
The overlord of Chu is only twenty-seven years old, and he is already unparalleled in the world, and he will be glorious for thousands of years!
Liu Bang is very unwilling and angry now, why did he want to be born in the same era as this monster, and why did he have to prevent any coalition forces from fighting against this monster?
Too late, too late!
This can be said to be the worst blow Liu Bang has ever suffered in his life!
The degree of damage caused is far higher than being forced out of the pass by Xiang Yu to be the king of Han!
Liu Bang was originally full of confidence, he thought that no matter how powerful the overlord of Chu was, now almost all the time was against him, and annexing the state of Chu was just an easy thing, but the cruel truth told him how big the gap between himself and the overlord of Chu was!
Not to mention Liu Bang, the king of Han, all the soldiers stood outside the grove and continued to guard and shout, but they were all silent, even these fierce generals and famous ministers, one by one, they were deeply hit.
But at this time.
Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were suddenly summoned by the King of Han.
After Liu Bang saw the two, he asked in the first sentence.
"If you share the world with the princes, can there be warriors who stand up against the overlord?"
The two of them were stunned on the spot when they heard Liu Bang's words.
Chen Ping had to admire King Han, he had just suffered such a humiliating fiasco, and now he was still running away for his life, but he did not collapse, but immediately reflected on it and looked for a strategy to deal with it.
This fully reflects the resilience of King Han's bones.
This kind of person is really difficult to be truly defeated, as long as there is the slightest possibility, he will firmly grasp it!
The king of Han is now even willing to share the world with the princes, in exchange for talents and warriors who can fight against Xiang Yu, this kind of mind and city government are not possessed by ordinary people.
Zhang Liang walked out, he looked rather embarrassed, Tsing Yi was damaged in more than ten places, and there were a lot of blood stains, which were all caused by covering Liu Bang's retreat in the chaos.
Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang: "The vitality of the Central Plains princes in this battle is greatly damaged, if you want to rebound against the trend, you must introduce external forces, the princes of Qi and Zhao, the king of Jiujiang Yingbu, and the veteran Peng Yue must be reused." ”
King Han drank rainwater while holding his helmet while thinking about Zhang Liang's words.
Qi and Zhao were among the leaders of the rebellion, and Xiang Yu must have hated them, so these two vassal states had no way out, so they could be entrusted with important tasks.
Yingbu, the king of Jiujiang, was originally the first fierce general under the command of the overlord of Chu, and his force was second only to Xiang Yu in the Chu army.
The Overlord of Chu will definitely be furious.
Therefore, it is most likely impossible for Yingbu to return to the Chu army.
As for the reason why Yingbu did not come out, he was actually waiting for the opportunity.
Now that the Han army was defeated by the overlord of Chu, he joined the camp of the king of Han at this time, even if he could not become the leader of the general alliance of the princes, he could also become the prince with the heaviest weight below the king of Han.
This greedy and capricious beast is by no means easy to control, but Liu Bang has no choice now, because there is nothing more suitable to confront Xiang Yu than this beast.
Liu Bang can give Yingbu a huge promise.
Let him participate in the anti-Chu alliance without hesitation.
In the end, Peng Yue, the general of the Han army, did not play enough role in this battle.
Although Peng Yue is in the spirit of the art of war and claims to be a faction, Peng Yue is good at cavalry combat, the proportion of cavalry in the Han army is not high, and soldiers like cavalry are all in the hands of all princes, Peng Yue has no chance to play the strength of the soldiers, which is also one of the main reasons for this fiasco.
Therefore, we must learn a lesson and let Peng Yue lead the army alone!
Chen Ping agreed with Zhang Liang's proposal: "Judging from the latest news, Tian Rong, the king of Qi, has been killed by Xiang Yu, and if you want to use the power of Qi to deal with Xiang Yu, you must re-establish a king of Qi." ”
"Is there a candidate?"
"As far as I know, there is a famous general named Zhao Kuangyin in the Qi State, this person is both full of soldiers and weapons, quite courageous, in the Qi State to turn the tide, desperately resist the Chu army, and achieve a high reputation, why not the King of Han will make this Zhao Kuangyin the king of Qi. ”
If you want to establish the king of Qi.
Naturally, Tian's orthodoxy is the best.
But Tian Du, Tian Shi, Tian An, these three bales have been killed, Tian Rong died and Tian Heng is missing, and none of the other Qitian royal families can be used, so they can only choose others.
Liu Bang, the king of Han, had not heard of Zhao Kuangyin's name, but he learned that Zhao Kuangyin had defeated Ji Bu Zhong Lixuan, although he didn't know what the situation was at that time, but he was able to defeat these two Chu generals, and this Zhao Kuangyin was not expected to be an idle person.
The kingdom of Qi will soon be dismembered and divided!
Once the Qi State is redivided, it will do no harm to the Han army, so it is very necessary to support an anti-Chu faction as soon as possible to be the king of Qi, judging from the current situation, Zhao Kuangyin is the only choice.
Liu Bang nodded: "What do you think of the ovary?"
Zhang Liang groaned slightly, glanced at Chen Ping, and then nodded.
Liu Bang made a decision on the spot, and named Zhao Kuangyin as the king of Qi.
Since then, Zhao Kuangyin, a little-known rising star, has officially completed a major transformation and is among the ranks of the princes of the world.
"King Han!"
"We're going to go!"
Liu Bang had already readjusted his mentality in the short quarter of an hour of rest.
He not only adjusted his mentality, but also readjusted his strategy, although this fiasco hit people hard, but it was far from the point of begging for mercy on his knees, and Liu Bang knew better than anyone that since he had embarked on this road, it was impossible to turn back.
When the Han army is about to continue to evacuate.
A reconnaissance cavalry ran over in a panic: "It's a big deal! The Chu army is chasing after you!"
When Liu Bang learned of this, he was immediately shocked: "How many people are there?"
"About eight thousand to ten thousand, Baba...... The Overlord himself commands!"
Liu Bang's feet were soft and his eyes were dark, "Is the sky going to kill Liu Bang!"
Everyone could faintly hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from the ground, they couldn't avoid Xiang Yu's pursuit at all, Zhang Liang picked up a few stones on the river beach and threw them, when the stones rolled to the ground, he immediately said to Liu Bang: "King Han don't panic, southwest, there is a living gate!"
Liu Bang is like grasping a life-saving straw.
Thousands of remnants of the defeated army will flee to the southwest.
However, before he could escape twenty miles, the Chu State Iron Cavalry chased after him from behind.
Xiang Yu is still in the lead, but after the all-night battle, even the invincible Chu Overlord in the world has been injured in more than 20 places, and the black horse with a luster like black gold has also slowed down greatly, as for the cavalry led by Xiang Yu, most of them are separated or scattered, and only a small part of the ones with better physical strength are still closely following.
After all, people are not iron-clad.
Even the most elite troops of this era are impossible to travel thousands of miles to fight all night, and still be alive and vigorous, Xiang Yu's elite cavalry is already very tired, but even if it is like this, it is more than enough to deal with a deserter.
Worst!
It's too late!
Liu Bang was terrified.
He just wanted to deify the dragon and leave the others behind.
"King Han, let's hold him back!"
Fan Hao suddenly yelled and asked Liu Bang to evacuate first.
Peng Yue, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo and other generals all stopped fleeing, led more than 2,000 infantry, and decided to fight to the death with the other party to buy time for Liu Bang to escape.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang sighed softly, Taoist monks fight alone, usually not the opponent of a martial artist, but he is also a half-saint, in this case, if anyone can compete with Xiang Yu, I am afraid that only Zhang Liang will be the only one.
Others stayed.
Among them are Chen Ping, Li Shiqi, Cao Shen and other high-level civil and military officials.
Liu Bang, the king of Han, was deeply shocked when he saw this, "We live and die together, you are willing to protect each other with your lives, how can Bang survive and steal life, we will fight with this barbarian together!"
In fact, he just figured it out in a blink of an eye.
These are their core team, without their assistance, no matter what, it is impossible to have a chance to turn defeat into victory and win the world, although he cherishes his own life, but he cares more about this country, he has not yet admitted defeat, he has to resist to the end!
Xiang Yu's cavalry slowly approached.
The eight thousand cavalry of the Chu army were already very tired.
It can be 8,000 cavalry against 2,000 infantry, and still have an absolute advantage.
Liu Bang's side is not without any advantages, he has a half-saint Zhang Liang, Fan Hao who is at the peak of the pseudo-realm, and Chen Ping, a ghost dao who is not inferior to Zhang Liang in terms of magic attainments, Peng Yue, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, these masters of the martial arts ninefold or close to the ninefold, and more than ten other top powerhouses and generals, all of whom generally have the strength of about eightfold.
If it weren't for the protection of so many masters, if it weren't for a strong lineup.
It is impossible for Liu Bang to escape until now, and since there is no escape, then fight with the Chu army!
Even if Xiang Yu is a peerless martial saint, he has unrestrained his strength all night long, he alone has killed thousands of people, his strength should have been very little, and the military skills of the Chu cavalry have been very dim, indicating that they have fallen into extreme exhaustion both physically and mentally.
Life or death, give it a go.