Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Four

The Overlord led his army back to the outskirts of Pengcheng, and ordered Ji Bu and Yu Ziqi to attack with great fanfare.Jibu led 10,000 troops, bypassed the deep valley to the right, and attacked the Han army camp west of Pengcheng.But it was not a brutal attack, it was just a big momentum along the way to attract the main force of the Han army on the plain.Yu Ziqi led 15,000 troops to protect Ji Bu's flank.He himself took 5,000 cavalrymen directly from the east of Pengcheng, and attacked Pengcheng by surprise from the narrow terrain that both sides agreed that it was impossible to fight.

Fan Zeng was the first to realize Bawang's completely unruly tactics. Although the two of them hadn't communicated beforehand, and it was too late, Fan Zeng still realized Bawang's strategy intuitively.Fan Zeng issued an order that Xiao Zhen's entire army should attack, avoiding the enemy forces outside the city, and directly attack the south gate of Pengcheng, so as to form a momentum to echo the Overlord. And Han Xin, who was west of Pengcheng, also felt something strange: "This kind of offensive is not like Xiang Yu's style. Could it be caused by exhaustion from the long journey?"

To the east of Pengcheng, 5,000 cavalry have been lined up in a cone.Xiang Yu galloped to the vanguard's position, and he ordered the torches to be lit! So thousands of torches were lit at the same time. Xiang Yu said loudly: "Brothers, where is your courage? On the western plain, tens of thousands of men are shedding their blood for us. We only have this chance. Xiang Yu will take you home!" Xiang Yu raised his sword and charged forward.The Chu army shouted loudly and charged at Pengcheng. There was great chaos in the city of Pengcheng. The wailing, fighting, shrill horns, and thundering drums of the Han army merged into a torrent, boiling among the palaces.Liu Bang rushed out from the brocade tent, his face was panicked, his clothes were in disarray.Xia Houying rushed in and shouted: "It's the Overlord! The Overlord has returned!"

Liu Bang shouted: "Didn't I give the soldiers to Han Xin? He was defeated?" Xia Houying said: "Han Xin was not defeated. Xiang Yu came in from the east of the city. The crowd was all cavalry, I don't know how many there are!" Liu Bang was terrified, and said to himself: "This is impossible! Take the sword, I don't believe he can fall from the sky!" Lu Wan came rushing, shouting: "Your Majesty, hurry up! If you don't leave, it will be too late!" Liu Bang was held back by two people and rushed out desperately.The palace immediately exploded, the maid cried, and the servants ran away!

When dawn broke, suddenly there was a mournful sound of horns.Han Xin ran out of the tent, shocked! Zhou Bo came to report: "King Xiang led his troops to enter Pengcheng from the east, and the entire city has been controlled by the Chu army!" Han Xin asked in surprise, "What? Did he fall from the sky?" Zhou Bo said: "Zhou Bo doesn't know. In addition, Fan Zeng's army set out from Xiaozhen, did not fall into our army's ambush in the south, and went directly to attack Pengcheng!" Surprised and angry, Han Xin kicked over a row of halberds placed in front of the tent.

Zhou Bo said: "In any case, the armies of various countries have retreated. Please return to Pengcheng to rescue the King of Han." Han Xin concentrated, thinking. Zhou Bo asked, "What is the general still hesitating about? The King of Han is in danger!" Han Xin said: "Give me an order to shrink the army and form a circular defense. Send an order to Cao Shen to lead the troops in the deep ditch in the north to return to Liyang immediately, so as to prevent the Chu army from Qidi from taking advantage of the gap and advancing westward." Zhou Bo said: "Here! But, don't you save Pengcheng?"

Han Xin said decisively: "No help!" Zhou Bo said: "Then the king will be in danger!" Han Dao said: "The situation is not clear now, if our army advances eastward without any preparation, all the ribs on the back will be exposed. This is looking for death." Zhou Bo said: "Follow the order. But it's not good to defend. The defeated soldiers from the six countries are coming like a tide. Once they are reorganized, it is inevitable that there will be gaps in defense." Han Xin said: "Defend with the shield formation, keep them out of the camp. No one is allowed in! Trespass the shield formation, kill!"

Zhou Bo said: "Here!" Han Xin said: "Any army horse is not allowed to fight without my order, and those who disobey the order will be killed!" On the old road of Waihuang, Shen Shiqi led a team and escorted Liu Taigong, Lu Zhi and others to drive to Pengcheng.Shen Shiqi rode on the outside of Lu Zhi's chariot.As he was walking, the car drivers in front of him stopped.Everyone heard the noise like a tsunami, from far to near... Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know what to do.Lu's pheasant got off the carriage, and Shen Shiqi hurriedly got off his horse to help him.Wang Ling had already rushed over from the car in front and said, "It's broken! Look, those are the soldiers of King Wei! They are fleeing! I'm afraid Pengcheng is in danger!"

Just as he was talking, the defeated troops of the King of Wei rushed in like a tide, and the team of chariots was rushed to pieces in one fell swoop.Several carriages were snatched away by the defeated soldiers immediately, and the carriages were full of defeated soldiers, rushing to the distance! Lu Zhi fell to the ground and had a gash cut on his leg.She didn't care about dressing up, and she and Shen Shiqi and several soldiers supported Liu Taigong and ran for her life.Lu Zhi looked behind him and suddenly yelled: "Child!" When Shen Shiqi saw that Lu Yuan and Liu Ying were nowhere to be seen, he couldn't help being shocked and said: "I'm guilty of death! I'm going to find you!"

Shen Shiqi is rushing across the field, surrounded by chaotic soldiers, where can I find it!Suddenly, Shen Shiqi saw Xiaoxian, she was fighting with two rebels who were robbing the baggage, she had no fear at all!Shen Shiqi stepped forward and rescued Xiaoxian by killing two rebels. Shen Shiqi asked: "Have you seen the princess and the son?" Xiaoxian said, "Lord Wangling is leading it!" Examine the food and look around, nowhere is there a trace of the king's tomb! Everyone was very anxious when the child was lost, but Lu Zhi said very calmly: "Master Wang Ling is with soldiers, and he is also a general. He knows how to find the King of Han under such circumstances. Let me tell you, the children follow him, It's safer than following us!"

Shen Shiqi nodded repeatedly. Lu Zhi also said: "Life and death are determined by the destiny. With the current situation, it is not safe to go to the south. We have to find a familiar place to hide first, and wait for the storm to pass." Shen Shiqi said: "The army is in chaos, there is no safe place at all." Lu Zhi firmly said: "Go to Fengyi!" Besides, Liu Bang was chased out of the city by Xiang Yu, and he was in a state of embarrassment along the way. He almost lost his life a few times, but he managed to save himself a few times.Like Lu Zhi, he chose to flee to Fengyi.Liu Bang was so weak and in chaos amidst the bumping of the chariot and horses.When he woke up again, he was shivering from the cold and his lips were blue.It was completely dark... Liu Bang almost forgot the time. When Liu Bang woke up, Dongfang was already pale.He suddenly heard miserable cries and desolate cries. "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Xia Houying hurriedly reined in the horse, looking for the voice!I saw a burly man running from the field leading two children - it turned out that Wang Ling was protecting Liu Ying and Lu Yuan in the rebellion. Liu Bang hurriedly jumped out of the car, hugged the two children in his arms, and burst into tears. Lu Yuan and Liu Ying called their father, Liu Bang agreed, but looked around in a daze: "Where is my old father? Where is the queen?" Wang Ling bowed and said: "Wang Ling is incompetent. He was lost in the chaos!" Liu Bang was very anxious.Xia Houying stretched his neck to look around, as if he heard the sound of horseshoes, hurried forward and urged: "My lord, it's not good, the pursuers are coming again!" Wang Ling hurriedly said: "My lord! Take the young master and the princess away, otherwise, it will be too late!" Liu Bang asked: "Aiqing, what are you going to do?!" Wang Ling said: "Leave me alone! Go! Go!" In the distance, smoke and dust rolled up, and countless Chu cavalry soldiers shouted angrily, like wolves and tigers, hiding and killing them.Liu Bang couldn't care less, he stumbled and climbed into the car!Xia Houying whipped the whip with a "wow", and the carriage jumped out! The wild sand was rolling, and there were corpses of allied troops trampling each other and fighting for the road everywhere. The banners fell, and the defeated soldiers who fled continued to pour in.The Chu army shouted and chased like a gust of wind! The carriage was galloping, Liu Bang stood on the carriage, supported Heng Shi with both hands, and looked back at the pursuers behind him in horror.His two sons and daughters huddled in the carriage. Ji Bu and Ding Gong led more than fifty riders to frantically guard his carriage, while Xia Houying frantically whipped the foaming horse.A Qingqi bravely protected the lord, but was killed in an instant.Seeing that one of the generals of Chu was urging his horse again, he chased after him. Liu Bang looked back, anxious and unable to do anything, suddenly swung his sword away, cutting off the column supporting the canopy in the middle of the car! With a sound of "wow", the canopy went back in the wind, knocking down that Chu general!The car immediately picked up speed. Liu Bang just took a breath, and saw more than a dozen riders behind him chasing up again!Liu Bang's two sons and daughters were holding onto the railing of the car and watching in horror...the younger brother cried out in fright: "Father! I'm afraid, I'm afraid! Daddy!" The cavalry behind are getting closer and closer... Liu Bang watched in a panic!He looked at Xia Houying again. Xia Houying was still struggling to hit the horse... Liu Bang gritted his teeth and stretched out his foot cruelly to kick his crying son, but he didn't kick.Seeing the shock, Lu Yuan went up and hugged Liu Bang's feet and begged, "Father, you can't, you can't!" Xia Houying looked back while driving the carriage, and was also very surprised... The carriage slowed down. Liu Bang roared: "Why are you so ignorant! Get off!" He roared and kicked fiercely, and finally kicked Liu Ying and Lu Yuan who was pulling Liu Ying down together! When Xia Houying saw it, he strangled the car desperately... Liu Bang saw the car stopped, drew out his sword, and laid it across Xia Houying's neck!He ordered loudly, "Go—" Xia Houying's eyes suddenly changed from fear to calmness, and said: "My lord, they are also your own flesh and blood after all, how can this be so!" Liu Bang waved his sword frantically and shouted, "Go!" Xia Houying said: "Kill me, who will drive the chariot for the king?" Seeing the pursuers approaching, Liu Bang's eyes showed complete despair. At this time, more than 20 cavalry of the Han army rushed out from the slanting stab to intercept Ji Bu's pursuers, preventing Ji Bu from rushing over for a while. Liu Bang yelled at Xia Houying: "Hurry up!" Xia Houying shouted: "Your Majesty! Don't panic!" On the ground, the siblings turned over and sat up, covered in dust, hugging each other and weeping in horror.Liu Bang's heart trembled, Xia Houying took the opportunity to push Liu Bang's sword away, jumped out of the car and ran towards the child!Liu Bang's sword trembled in the air, he watched Xia Houying's movements blankly, forgetting himself.Xiahou Yingjia picked up a pair of children and walked back, quickly throwing the two children into the car! At this time, the two groups of Han and Chu soldiers were hacking and killing each other behind, and the number of Han soldiers was getting smaller and smaller. Xia Houying calmly picked up two long shields, jumped into the car, inserted the shields into the rear of the car as a fender, and then shook the reins violently, and the car jumped out!The two children hugged Xia Houying's neck tightly! At this time Liu Bang woke up suddenly, and suddenly shouted: "Idiot! What do you know! The child is safe in Xiang Yu's hands. Xiang Yu has the kindness of a woman, and he will not kill my child!" Xia Houying shouted: "No? If he wasn't crazy, how could he even kill Emperor Yi! Although the father is the elder and the son is the lightest, but after all, he is the same flesh and blood! The child is innocent!" He yelled at the child Said: "Don't let go!" The wind blows the yellow sand, and the bloody wind blows.Liu Bang sat in the car covered by yellow sand, holding his head.The car was running, and the two children hugged Xia Houying's neck tightly. Liu Bang looked at the sprawling weapons and banners of the corpses of the Han army all over the ground, and said, "Blame me, and remember me for the rest of your life. You guys How can mortals understand! I, Liu Bang, am a kind and honest person! Why can’t I escape death with me? But Xiang Yu, who murdered hundreds of thousands of people without even blinking an eye, often has the benevolence of a woman and falls into There is still a glimmer of life in his hand! God! Are you blind? Why is God’s will so weird? Maybe, the result is that I die, and they will live?! Who knows? Let Qingshi blame me! blame me..." The two children pinched Xia Houying's neck tightly, bleeding out.The car was running, but Liu Bang didn't dare to look at his sons and daughters.The two children occasionally peeked at him in horror, as if they didn't know the father at all.Liu Bang lay on the carriage and closed his eyes tightly. Xia Houying was driving wildly, when suddenly another group of Chu soldiers appeared in front of him!Everyone was petrified, it was inevitable that they would face a fierce battle in such a narrow encounter!It's hard to say whether he can rush out this time. Liu Bang thought to himself, this time it's over! As the Chu soldiers came, they killed a general!Liu Bang took a closer look, and found that this person looked familiar—so he knew him!It was Ding Gong who was released by Liu Bang in Xue County. This man was full of murderous intent, urging his horse to raise his sword, and came running wildly! Xia Houying drew his short sword and was about to fight. Liu Bang raised his arms and shouted: "Wait a minute!" Ding Gong was startled, and reined in the horse! When Liu Bang saw that there was a door, he immediately yelled: "What! Why! Don't you know each other? Mr. Ding! You and I are heroes in the world, why bother to kill each other!" Ding Gong hesitated, raised his hand, looked around, but did not order his subordinates to fight.The Chu soldiers all reined in their horses and looked at the general suspiciously. Liu Bang hurriedly said tremblingly to A Ying: "Let's go!" Xia Houying grabbed the harness and drove off in a hurry.Chu Bing let the car drive away from his eyes, and looked at the general Ding Gong. Ding Gong pointed in another direction and shouted: "Tie Liu is going there, chase after him!" So he led the team to jump out into the diagonal stab, and the soldiers of Chu quickly followed and killed in another way!