Chapter 48 Chapter Forty-eight

Xiang Yu chased Wu Zhima to the woods, only to see Wu Xiaoma stop in front, and Yu Ji was lying unconscious on the ground.Shocked and delighted, Xiang Yu held Yu Ji tightly in his arms.Immediately, he picked up Yu Ji again, put her on the horse, and galloped towards the camp. When Yu Ji woke up the next day, she soon knew that the soldiers guarding the city were executed by the overlord because she couldn't find her, and her heart was pierced. Concubine Yu set up an incense burner, her face sank like water, and she bowed respectfully and bowed to pay homage to the dead.When Xiang Yu returned to the camp, Yu Ji looked at him without saying a word, just shedding tears.

Xiang Yu said: "When the soldiers are gone, they can be recruited again. But there is only one Concubine Yu in the world." Concubine Yu said: "Your Majesty, you are wrong. Concubine Yu is gone, and there are Concubine Han and Concubine Zhao...but if the hearts of the people are gone, there will be no place to stand." On the high slope, Xiang Yu and others watched the situation of Liu Bang's army. Zhong Limei said: "At present, the two armies have formed a confrontation in Guangwu. The Han army is digging a deep ditch, which is called the gap." Xiang Yu said: "I have ordered people to gather food and grass, and I will fight them here. Be prepared for a long-term confrontation."

Ji Bu said: "Liu Bang is getting harder and harder to deal with now." Xiang Yu thought about it and said: "I have been worried about Yu Ji these days. Seeing the beauty today is the most comforting thing for me recently. From this, I think that Liu Bang is not good to his family?" Everyone listened and looked at each other. Han Xin conquered Qi State, and Tian Heng's remnants fled. In desperation, Tian Heng once again joined Xiang Yu's command. Looking at the map with his back turned, Xiang Yu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Long, please obey the order. I order you to lead a hundred thousand elite soldiers and go straight to Linzi. Drive that kid Han Xin out of Qi."

Long Qi frowned and said, "With such a long strategic depth, what should we do with the food and grass?" Xiang Yu said: "Quick battle and quick decision. You have no food, and Han Xin has no." After hearing Xiang Yu's battle arrangement, even Yu Ziqi started scratching his head. Xiang Yu added: "Let Tian Guang lead his troops north to Boyang, and cut off the food road of Han Xin's Eastern Expedition Army with a pincer force." Long Qi said: "Long, I understand. After I rest and recuperate my soldiers, I can set off in three days." Xiang Yu said, "No way. We will leave early tomorrow morning."

Long Qi and Yu Ziqi said in unison: "What?" Xiang Yu said: "Soldiers are expensive and fast. Now the situation is very clear. Whoever controls Qi, the widow and Liu Bang, will win the final victory. The widow will throw Tian's bug on the heads of the Han army!" The next morning, in front of the marching army, was a large coffin carried by the soldiers. Long Qie said loudly: "This is for Han Xin. Waiting for Long Qie to put the corpse of Han Xin's child into this coffin and present it to the King!" Xiang Yu laughed loudly and said, "Okay! You have a talent! The whole army is on the way! I'm waiting for Han Xin's head at the foot of Guangwu Mountain!"

After Han Xin got the news, he immediately sent Cao Shen to find the King of Han to move troops. Cao Shen only got back a letter, which said: "If you win the battle, you can ask for any reward." At this time, Zhang Ao stumbled in with wounds on his body, and reported: "At the order of my father, I escorted seven thousand stones of grain and grass from Zhaodi. Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Lixia, I was attacked by Tian Guang's troops. The grain was only brought back five thousand shi." One hundred stones, and the rest, were taken away." There was a buzzing in Han Xin's head, and he felt his world spinning.Kuai Che hurried up to support him.

Kuai Che asked: "General Cao, how many days is enough food in the camp?" Cao Shen said, "Five days." Long Qie's troops began to fight in the east of Weishui, clamoring for Han Xin to come out to fight. Han Xin, who was west of Weishui, ordered several generals under his opponent: "We will launch an attack at dawn the day after tomorrow. I will give you one day, and I want 5,000 sandbags." Guan Ying said, "Sandbags can't stop the Chu cavalry!" Han Xin shook his head and said, "I have my own use. Tomorrow night, you take your sandbags and go here." He pointed to a place on the map upstream of the Weishui River.

Cao Shen and Guan Ying led the men to the upper reaches of the Weishui River, and the soldiers began to block the river with sandbags. Guan Ying said: "I still don't understand. If the upstream is blocked like this, the water level of the river will definitely drop. This dragon has been battled for a long time, won't it be discovered?" Cao Shen said: "You have never participated in the battle of Yongqiu, and you don't understand the mystery. At that time, the general flooded Zhanghan, blocking the upstream in the same way, but it was not completely sealed. Now it happens to be late autumn again, and the water level is getting lower and lower. Going down, that's what veterans understand."

At this time, they found the Chu army's detective team. The two men disguised themselves as Chu army and dealt with them head-on, while at the same time surrounded them from the side and rear, annihilated them in one fell swoop, and captured Tian Heng alive. However, after Tian Heng was escorted back to Han Xin's camp, he found an opportunity to cut the rope with a sharp stone and ran away.Kuai Che reported the news to Han Xin: Tian Heng has escaped! Cao Shen said: "This Tian Heng will definitely inform Longqi about this matter, please take precautions early." Guan Ying was also discouraged and said, "It's because of such a small negligence that a major event has been ruined."

Han Xin nodded, smiled slightly and said, "The plan remains unchanged." Everyone was shocked and looked at each other in blank dismay. Han Xin shook his head and said: "The battle of more than 100,000 troops will not be changed because of the information brought back by a prisoner. If I were Long Qi, let alone Tian Heng, even if Xiang Yu came personally, I would not change the past. There is a strategy." Kuai Che said still suspiciously: "This..." Han Xin said: "You don't understand what a victorious general is thinking. Just wait and see. Cross the river, and I will make the bait myself, two generals, please!"

Long Qie had already led the Chu army to form a formation on the east bank of the Weihe River. Its military appearance was really magnificent, and its momentum was several times that of the Han army. Seeing that the Han army has begun to cross the river!The crossbowmen started shooting, and Han Xin's army immediately fell into chaos. Han Xin then personally stepped down to command the army to charge forward.But the Chu army's arrows were raining down, and Han Xin's army could not move an inch, so he had to retreat gradually. Seeing him again, Long laughed loudly and said, "I expected that Han Xin would not be able to fight hard! Pass my order, and the left and right troops cross the river to pursue Han Xin. Those who behead him will be rewarded heavily by King Xiang." The Chu army began to pursue across the river. Tian Heng ran over with ragged clothes and wounds, fell down in front of Long Qima, and shouted urgently: "No! General, don't fall for it. Han Xin blocked the upstream water with sandbags. Lead our army into Weishui and flood it with water!" Long Qi frowned and asked, "How did you know? If you violate my general's order and leave the camp without authorization, you will be executed!" Tian Heng bowed down and said: "General! This is what I heard with my own ears when I was bound in the Han camp. It is absolutely correct!" Long Qie's expression changed and he said, "Are you captured?" Tian Heng nodded. Long Qi said: "But he escaped again! This is so strange." Tian Heng said: "You are a general of the Chu State, and Tian Heng understands that you look down on me as a Qi person. But this battle is of great importance, and King Xiang has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, so you need to be extremely cautious." Long Qi said: "It's late autumn at this moment, I have led troops for many years, if there is any difference in the river, you can tell at a glance. You are too worried!" The scout came to report: "Han Xin personally led the vanguard, and has been surrounded by our army on the shore." Long Qi raised his whip and said, "The Chinese army is advancing! Capture Han Xin alive!" Tian Heng spread his hands, stood in front of the horse and said, "This is how Zhang Han was defeated by Han Xin in Yongqiu in the past. General!" Long Qi said with a smile: "Zhang Han and Han Xin, people in the world brag about these two people like gods. That's because they were lucky and didn't meet me! I don't blame you for disturbing the morale of the army. Wait until I catch them Han Xin, I will share your contribution once you succeed. Drive!" The dragon raised his horse and jumped over Tian Heng's head.The Chu army began to cross the river with the whole army. Long Qi led the Chu army into Weishui in high spirits and pursued the Han army on the west bank.Cao Shen and Guan Ying immediately ordered the crossbowmen to fight back, and the Chu army's speed of crossing the river was slowed down.Longqi took the lead, and the whole army advanced but never retreated, so the Chu army marched forward step by step despite the arrow rain. At this time, Han Xin had retreated to his headquarters, and returned to the front of the battle to observe the situation of the Chu army crossing the river.Under the leadership of Long Qie, most of the Chu army was in the river. Han Xin ordered: "Raise the flag!" Cao Shen waved his hand, and hundreds of red flags fluttered in the formation.I saw that the water flow suddenly became faster.The water that broke the embankment came suddenly and rushed down like ten thousand horses galloping.In an instant, most of the Chu army was washed away by the flood, and the wailing moved the sky. Although Long Qie himself had reached the opposite bank, he couldn't help being in a state of confusion when he saw the tragic situation in the river.Han Xin's soldiers and horses in front of the formation immediately separated to the left and right, and the bow and crossbow team behind the formation rushed forward and launched a fierce arrow rain attack on the Chu army who was about to go ashore. Fight until sunset, the sunset is blood red.The Longqie barracks were in a mess, and the embers were still alive.Several descendants of the Chu army carried Long Qi, who had been shot into a hedgehog, and walked up to Han Xin.Han Xin stretched out his hand to caress the coffin and said, "A generation of famous generals fell like this." Han Xin saluted Long Qie's body solemnly, and said, "Clean him up, put him in the coffin, and send him back to his hometown." After speaking, Han Xin walked away slowly. After the war, Kuai Che proposed: "Although the dragon is gone, Tian Heng has fled, and the rest of Tian Guang is still there. The Tian family in Qi State is treacherous and capricious, and once caused Xiang Yu a headache. The general wants to To maintain the stability of Qi, you should be king first." Several generals also thought: "The south of Qi is connected with the state of Chu, and Xiang Yu covets it from time to time. If there is no false king to control it, it will be difficult to control and may rebel at any time. Please ask the king of Han to designate General Han as a false king. , so that you can effectively control and govern this place." Han Xin shook his head and said: "You don't understand the King of Han, and you don't understand me either. In the past when we attacked Qi, Li Shiqi was so tired that he was killed. If the King of Han didn't say anything, he must be unhappy. The fact that he couldn't ask for reinforcements is a warning to me. I'm afraid the king of Han will not feel at ease if he takes the credit this time?" Kuai Che said: "As evidenced by General Cao Can, the King of Han himself promised to come here after writing the book. He made an agreement with the general that if he defeated Long Qie, he would be able to ask for something. What you are asking for now is just the name of a fake king. Said In the end, the purpose is to consolidate the power of the Han Dynasty. You are still the most important general and subject of the King of Han. Why does he have any reason to be unhappy?" Everyone nodded. Kuai Che said: "As far as I can see, if you want to make the King of Han feel at ease, all you need to do is recommend the joint name of the generals. There is nothing to worry about." Han Xin finally nodded and said, "Since everyone trusts you, then Han Xin will not refuse." With a sound of "bang", Liu Bang suddenly jumped up, and the envoy was shocked. Seeing the king of Han was furious, like a thorn on his back, sweating, he immediately shut up, silent like a chill, trembling slightly, for fear that the king of Han would punish him. Liu Bang said angrily: "I was trapped in the Central Plains by Xiang Yu. I watched him come to rescue me day and night. He wants to be king!" The king of Han knocked down the wine bottle in front of him while he was shooting the case, and Chen Ping hurriedly reached out to clean it up.At this time, Liu Bang felt that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping stepped on his left and right feet at the same time.He immediately understood the meaning of the two counselors, and did not go any further. Zhang Liang whispered: "King of Han, calm down. You are doing yourself a disservice. Can you prevent him from becoming king now? Why don't you follow him and be kind to him, otherwise accidents will happen. Please think about it!" Liu Bang felt that he was overwhelmed and lost his composure just now, so he suddenly laughed again and said, "Hey, what happened to me just now? I couldn't sleep last night, and I was irritable. Come here, give me a seat with wine!" The king of Han was moody, which made Monk Zhang Er puzzled. He suddenly turned the danger into a blessing, and felt flattered. He quickly thanked him and took his seat and said, "The king of Han, what you said just now is definitely not General Han's intention. I think this is beneficial to the king of Han. It's just nonsense, hope Hanwang Haihan!" Zhang Liang immediately said: "The envoy's suggestion just now is very insightful, it is a good strategy, please reward it from the King of Han." Liu Bang said: "Okay, okay! Come on, come and reward me!" The servants immediately brought gold and beautiful jade to thank you. Liu Bangdao: "Just now I was calling Zhang Liang and Chen Ping to discuss. If there is no king guarding the new Qi land, there will be chaos for a long time. It was planned by Chu, and Han Xin must be the king. Han Xin can be regarded as a real man. Since he If you have made great achievements in pacifying the princes, if you want to be named king, you should be the real king, why bother to make a false king?" Both Zhang Liang and Chen Ping nodded in agreement, and the envoy was even more overjoyed. Liu Bang said: "I ordered Cheng Xinhou to be the envoy, and went to Chengyang to grant Han Xin the seal king." Zhang Liang said: "Obey." Then he said to the envoy: "Please go to the post to rest for two days, and leave immediately after the gold seal is ready and ready."