Chapter 23 Flooded Wasteland

When the Three Qin Dynasty was pacified earlier, Zhang Han fled back to the capital.During the Battle of Suishui, this former Qin veteran surrendered to Xiang Yu without firing an arrow.It's fine for him to surrender, and he led his men to fight back and disrupt the entire Han coalition line.The biggest sinner who caused the 600,000 army to collapse instantly was this Zhang Han.Now that Liu Bang has come out, he wants to be the first to abolish this treacherous Zhang Han. An army of 200,000 troops, led by general Li Shang, attacked Feiqiu. This season is midsummer, and the weather is extremely sultry.It has not rained in the abandoned hill area for 30 consecutive days.The Langning River surrounding the abandoned hill has dried up to the bottom.It is very difficult for the soldiers and civilians of Abandoned Hill to draw water now.Liu Bang's army, planned by Zhang Liang, led by Li Shang and personally supervised by Liu Bang himself, marched towards Feiqiu at a forced march.

Before the brigade came to the abandoned hill, Li Shang had already dispatched a thousand light cavalry, carrying a large number of linen bags and shovels, to the upper reaches of the Langning River to intercept the river. The soldiers guarding the abandoned hill actually saw their movements and understood what they wanted to do.But, they thought, we don't have any river water now, the riverbed is all dry, what can you do with your sacks?Block the air!They didn't bother to report to the general. The generals didn't know, and so did King Yong Zhanghan.It took a whole night for those thousand Qingqi to block up a Langning River.

Liu Bang's follow-up troops did not pass through the periphery of the waste hill, but went directly to the vicinity of the waste hill, a small hill next to the Langning River.There is also a small group of observation troops of King Yong on this hill. They are responsible for immediately calling the police with beacon fires as soon as they find the enemy.Of course, not many people were sent.It is roughly equivalent to the current strength of a platoon. Li Shang didn't let the troops move forward after exploring the horse and finding out the existence of this enemy.Instead, he sent a hundred strong soldiers, carrying good water, good wine and vegetables, dressed as traders, and went to the small hill singing Qin Opera.When the officers and soldiers in charge of the watch saw the drinks and vegetables, they almost had claws sticking out of their throats.They joined together one after another, bought a bucket of wine, ordered a bucket of water, and bought some appetizers, and began to drink slowly.And those businessmen still sang Qin opera, and walked down the hill slowly.

After half an hour, the guarding soldiers would no longer move.They were overwhelmed by drugs.Before they woke up, their mouths were tightly gagged and their hands and feet were bound.Liu Bang's army immediately garrisoned the hill so full that there was no place for a needle to be inserted. On the night when Liu Bang's army secretly arrived at Feiqiu, the upper reaches of the Langning River were covered with overcast clouds, and in a blink of an eye there was thunder, and then arrows shot indiscriminately.The water of the Langning River suddenly rose sharply.But this time it rained in the abandoned hill, but there was no sign of rain at all, and the weather there was still so sultry.Those sleeping King Yong soldiers had no idea that they were already facing a catastrophe.

While these soldiers were sleeping soundly, the people in charge of guarding the upstream water blocking received orders to remove the sacks.The flood, the flood that has been suffocated is like hundreds of millions of wild wolves, rushing towards the abandoned hill like crazy.Just when the river was about to reach the abandoned hill, the soldiers on the hill quickly blocked the sacks in their hands at the lower reaches of the Langning River.When the river rushed downstream frantically, they found that the river channel was gone, and the already angry river became even more furious.When they were angry, they suddenly discovered that there was a shortcut beside them, and the flood of joy rushed towards the ruined city.The abandoned hill became a vast ocean in an instant...

A white banner rose from the top of the ruined hill.The water was originally the result of showers, and it came and went quickly.The flood receded quickly, and Liu Bang now faced Zhang Han again who was about to surrender again.Although Zhang Han ordered the troops to surrender, he himself was still writing, and he didn't have the slightest intention of coming to see Liu Bang.I saw Zhang Han's whole body with white helmet and armor, a snow-white battle skirt, and a gray beard.Holding a spear in one hand and a sword horizontally in the other, he laughed loudly to the sky: "My late emperor, I have followed you." He saw Zhang Han's big human head rolling forward more than ten steps, and Zhang Han His body persisted under the hot summer night sky and did not fall down.He held the spear in his hand, a headless general, like a cast iron statue, although it was a bit crooked, but still standing, standing upright...

Liu Bang finally understood the intention of this Qin general who surrendered again and again. He wanted to use the feud between the princes to achieve his goal of rebuilding the Great Qin Dynasty.This is really a tough, loyal general!Liu Bang bowed to Zhang Han's body nine times in a row, and said that after the establishment of the Han Dynasty in the future, Qin must be prosperous and blood should not be shed for war.Then, under Liu Bang's order, the 200,000 Han troops collectively bowed to Zhang Han's body.Another half an hour later, the iron-cast headless general fell to the ground.A deep hole was also smashed into the solid city wall.

After Feiqiu was captured, Liu Bang renamed the place Huaili, and then ordered to set up a government office and retain officials here, so that the heavens, rivers and dead heroes could be sacrificed in four seasons.After doing all this, Liu Bang's army moved forward again. Ying Bu had been in a stalemate with Longqie's large army for several months, and the task of holding back the main force of the Chu army was considered complete, so he wanted to lead his troops to retreat to Han.But he was afraid that Chu's army would intercept and kill him, so he and Sui He fled back to Han by a hidden path.

When Ying Bu arrived, Liu Bang was sitting on the bed washing his feet, so he asked Ying Bu to go to see him.Seeing this, Ying Bu was furious, regretted coming, and wanted to commit suicide.When he withdrew and came to the hotel prepared for him, he saw that the curtains, utensils, food, and attendants were as luxurious as Liu Bang, and Yingbu was overjoyed, so he sent people into Jiujiang. At this time, the king of Chu had sent Xiang Bo to recruit the troops of Jiujiang, and killed Ying Bu's wife and children.The people sent by Ying Bu found the former favorite minister and friend of the time, and returned to Han with several thousand troops.Liu Bang added more troops to Yingbu and went north all the way to Chenggao to recruit troops.In July of the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang named Yingbu the king of Huainan and jointly attacked Xiang Yu.

Although he was chased all over the world by Xiang Yu, Liu Bang still found time to do publicity. The title of "King of Guanzhong" has been called for a long time, and I haven't made a crown prince yet!So in June of this year, Xiaohui was made the prince and the criminals were amnesty.Let the prince guard Liyang, and gather all the sons of the princes in Wuzhong to guard Liyang.