He suffered a loss when fighting away games, without any support from intelligence, materials and civilian power. Even though the distance was much closer, the Han army's Zhonglimei troops actually only arrived in Xiangcheng a day earlier than the Nanyang army. - If Xiang Kang had not adopted Zhang Liang's suggestion during this period, Han Xin, who was familiar with the Yingchuan road, led the way, which reduced countless troubles to the Han army, the Han army might not have won the long-distance marathon race against Nanyang Han Xin.

Fortunately, the Han army not only outperformed this large-scale extended marathon, but also encountered quite good luck. They did not attack the city or plunder the land, and kept raiding towards Xiangcheng. The Han army first took advantage of the Yingchuan local defenders' lack of time to react and successfully seized the crossing bridge between the Bingshui and Yingshui, and directly crossed these two medium and large rivers that were most likely to delay the speed of the Han army's southward movement. They successfully rushed to Xiangcheng before the target Xiangcheng enemy responded, and completely killed the Xiangcheng defenders of Nanyang Army.

That's not all. When he suddenly reached the city of Xiangcheng, the Han army happened to catch up with a Nanyang ration team and also came to the city of Xiangcheng. Seeing the Han army suddenly arrived, the soldiers of Nanyang who were transporting grain into the city hurriedly fled back to the city. Not only did they chasing the guards of Xiangcheng, but they also caused a large number of grain trucks to be crowded under the city of Xiangcheng's west gate, which made the defenders of Xiangcheng unable to close the city gate immediately and took the lead in killing the Han cavalry. When they saw that there was an opportunity, they decisively dismounted and charged on foot, and successfully seized control of the west gate of Xiangcheng in the chaos. Then, when the Han infantry brigade came, the Xiangcheng garrison had no hope of regaining the city gate.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Chou, the general of the Nanyang Army who was ordered to guard Xiangcheng, mustered up the courage to lead the Xiangcheng defenders and the Han army to engage in street battles. Unfortunately, the Xiangcheng defenders under Wang Chou were only the second-line army of the Nanyang Army. The equipment was just plain and combat effectiveness. The Han army attacked lightly was very elite. Not only were they well equipped and experienced in the battlefield, but they were also far behind the Xiangcheng defenders. There was not much time to fight in the streets. Wang Chou was killed by the Han army in the streets of the city. The remaining Xiangcheng defenders scattered. Some of them put down their weapons and surrendered to the Han army, while the other part fled from the east gate that was not under enemy control. Most of them fled to the open east without the Han army, and went to the underwater to cross Henan to flee.

During this period, of course, some defeated soldiers of the Nanyang army yearned for fleeing west to Jiaxian, but sesame fell into the eye of the needle. Because Xiangcheng was the first to be broken by the Ximen, not only the Han army's reserve team was lined up in the western suburbs of Xiangcheng, and after successfully seizing the city gate, the Han cavalry also lined up in the western suburbs of Xiangcheng. In their spare time, they actually cut and captured the Nanyang army that fled west, and captured them all in one net, resulting in the Nanyang army's failure to escape to Jiaxian and call the police, which caused Han Xinling, who arrived in Jiaxian at night that day, did not know that Xiangcheng had actually been lost.

Zhonglimei was not able to predict this. She never expected that the Nanyang Army would never know that Xiangcheng had fallen. When she received the scouts who were rushing to Xiangcheng at full speed, Zhonglimei thought that the Nanyang Army had received the news that Xiangcheng was in urgent need of reinforcements. In order to lure the Nanyang Army to come to the door to die, she had a sudden idea and let the Han army soldiers snatch the Nanyang Army's flag on the city, and indeed successfully lured the Nanyang Army to the vicinity of Xiangcheng, winning the advantage of waiting for work.

By the way, the main reason is that time is too hasty and there is no time to make more preparations. Xiangcheng small town does not have city defense facilities such as the urn city. Otherwise, Zhonglimei would really want to trick some of the Nanyang army into the city and launch an ambush, which would give the Nanyang army a greater surprise. But then again, with Han Xin's cleverness and calmness, if he really gets near the city, there is no need for anything else. Just take a look at the empty Xiangcheng Wharf and the traces left during the battle yesterday, Han Xin will immediately understand that the situation is wrong, and the Han army will not think of anything to catch a turtle in the jar.

But this was enough. Seeing the Nanyang army on Xiangcheng City suddenly disappear, replaced by the red Han army flag, from Han Xin himself to the ordinary soldiers of the Nanyang army, none of them were like falling into the abyss, as if they had fallen from heaven to hell, the morale immediately fell to the bottom of the valley. Almost everyone's faces were filled with incredible and desperate expressions, and screams were heard one after another, "What's going on? Why is it the flag of the Han thieves? Where is our Xiangcheng defender? Where is our Xiangcheng defender?!"

That's not all. With the sound of war drums, the west gate of Xiangcheng suddenly opened. Three thousand Han soldiers who were prepared suddenly shouted and rushed out, killing the caught off guard like a tiger down the mountain. Although Kong Neng, who was commanding the front team of the Nanyang Army, immediately organized the army to fight, the morale of the Nanyang Army had fallen. He had just rushed to attack again. Before he could breathe, he was soon killed by the Han army and quickly showed his defeat.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Bo, a powerful general of the Nanyang Army, was of course furious and immediately asked Han Xin for an order: "General, please let the last general lead the army forward to fight. The last general promises to kill the Han thieves who dare to leave the city to raid!"

At this time, Han Xin had gradually calmed down. He looked at the Han army that dared to launch an assault with weak forces, and looked up at the small town of Xiangcheng, which was not very large. Han Xin quickly made up his mind and said, "You can go, but after you go up, you can only lose, not win, just treat the Han thieves a little perfunctory, and then immediately defraud the defeat and retreat!"

"Why?" Zhou Bo asked angrily: "The Han thieves don't have many troops out of the city, so we have the hope of killing them back?"

"Don't ask too much." Han Xin replied expressionlessly: "I'll tell you the reason later. In short, remember that if you lose, you should pretend that we are very careless!"

Thinking of Liu Laosan's instructions when he went to war, Zhou Bo could only agree helplessly, and immediately led an army forward, pretending to help Kong Neng. Then, as Han Xin expected, the Han army with high morale was indeed not afraid and still maintained a fierce offensive. Zhou Bo took the opportunity to deal with the Han army for a moment, and then immediately pretended to be defeated and fled. Han Xin also decisively issued a retreat order. The Nanyang army, which had more than 13,000, was completely defeated, but only three thousand Han troops were chased after him.

After escaping for more than ten miles in one breath, the Han army was weak and did not understand the enemy situation. They were afraid that there would be enemies to respond in front of them, so they did not dare to pursue them again. They could only take the initiative to retreat back to the city. The Nanyang Army stopped and reorganized the team and gathered the collapsed soldiers. Then it was at this time that Zhou Bo rushed to Han Xin and asked: "General, now you can say it? Why do we have to be defeated and suffer so many losses in vain?"

"If I didn't let you defraud just now, even if you kill the thief from the city, are you sure to take advantage of the situation to regain Xiangcheng?"

Han Xin did not answer the question, and Zhou Bo had to shut up, helplessly admit that he could never do this. Han Xin asked again: "Also, do you still remember that the Xinzheng urgent report we received was that ten thousand thieves rushed into our heartland of Yingchuan. Xiangcheng was a small city, and had accumulated so many food, grass and military supplies. Can all thieves enter the city?"

Zhou Bo gradually understood Han Xin's meaning and woke up and said, "General, are you trying to show the enemy as a vain and make the Han thieves think that we are vulnerable and feel at ease to divide our troops out of the city to establish a camp?"

"This is also our only chance to regain Xiangcheng." Han Xin replied coldly: "As long as the Han thieves are deceived and have their troops out of the city to station, we will have hope of regaining Xiangcheng as long as we try to defeat the enemy outside the city. But if the Han thieves see our strong military strength, they will definitely grit their teeth and overcome difficulties, insist on garrisoning all in the city, and wait for their subsequent reinforcements, then we will have no hope of regaining Xiangcheng."

Zhou Bo nodded silently, admitting that this was indeed the only hope for his own army to regain Xiangcheng, and asked again: "What should we do next?"

"Camp on the spot." Han Xin replied: "Let's see what the thief will do next, and wait for the Western Chu army to join us. I hope that Long and that man did not chase here directly, otherwise we will have no hope of regaining Xiangcheng."

After all, the God of War is the God of War. Everything is in the information of Han Xin. Seeing that the Nanyang Army's strength was only at this level. When the space in the city was too small, Zhong Limei, who had originally wanted to divide his troops out of the city to establish a camp, did not have any worries. On that day, he divided his 10,000 troops under his command into two, half of them were divided into camps outside the west gate of Xiangcheng, opening up the space so that the Han army soldiers could have a good rest. Fortunately, Zhong Limei did not forget to tell the Han army out of the city to establish a strong camp to prevent the enemy from attacking.

This also made Zhou Bo and others regain some confidence in Han Xin. In Jia County, they quickly sent some urgently needed supplies and weapons to the main force of the Nanyang Army, alleviating the urgent needs of the Nanyang Army. However, just as Han Xin was thinking about how to regain Xiangcheng, the next day, when it was approaching noon, the bad news suddenly reached Han Xin - the Han army Long Qi's troops, and actually gritted their teeth and chased to the battlefield in Jia County. They defeated the rear army of the Western Chu army on the road, weakening the strength of the Western Chu army again.

"A common man from the Han thief can chase so far!" Han Xin punched the table and said hatefully: "There is no hope now. As long as Long Qi and Zhonglimei join forces, even if we join forces with the Western Chu army, we will not be sure to regain our Xiangcheng before the main force of the Han thief arrives!"

"General, what should we do next?" Lu Jia also panicked and said, "If the Han thieves meet together, it will be difficult for us to retreat. The Han thieves have the military supplies of Xiangcheng as supplies, and they will definitely continue to chase us."

Han Xin did not speak with a dark face, but just quickly planned countermeasures. He also considered taking the initiative to return to Jia County, joining forces with the Western Chu army to defeat Longjie, and then retreating south to safely reorganize the team. However, considering that the Han army was not a fool, he would definitely send Xiaozuo to Jia County to contact Longjie. When Longjie's light-loaded army saw that Zhonglimei had already succeeded in attacking Xiangcheng, he would definitely come to Xiangcheng first to supply food and military supplies, and would not risk a decisive battle with the Liu Xiang coalition army who had already met. There was also a mountain range in the south of Jia County, so it was easy to waste time in retreat. Han Xin gave up this idea again.

"Send someone to contact the Western Chu army and ask them to come and meet us." Han Xin gave a casual order and said, "Another, build a floating bridge on the Rushui River immediately and prepare to retreat south."

"General, let the Western Chu army come and meet us. Long Qiemu will definitely chase us." Lu Jia reminded: "When the time comes, we will see us crossing the river and the Han thieves take the opportunity to launch an assault, we may not think it will be difficult for us to lose too much."

"You will know then, let's do as you do." Han Xin, like the legendary Zhuge Liang, had a bad habit, that is, he didn't like to explain his intentions to his subordinates in advance. Lu Jia and others had no choice but to follow the order.

It turned out that Han Xin didn't need to send people to ask the Western Chu army to come west to meet with the self-armed army. In the afternoon, when the Nanyang army was still urgently building the floating bridge, the Western Chu army had already retreated to twenty miles west of Xiangcheng under the palace of Xi Juan of the Nanyang army in a mess, and met with the main force of the Nanyang army led by Han Xin. As expected, in less than a long time, the Han army's troops, like a hungry wolf smelling blood, quickly followed and chased the nearby.

It's okay, because the Han army did rush to Xiangcheng and had already succeeded, after meeting Han Xin, Li Ji did not dare to blame Han Xin for not being trusted in Jia County for meeting him. On the contrary, he shouted at Han Xin as soon as he met: "General Han, why haven't your floating bridge been set up yet? Xiangcheng has been lost, we have no food or assistance, and we have serious shortage of supplies and weapons. If we don't retreat south quickly, why are we still staying here?"

"It's almost gone. Before dark, our floating bridge will definitely be built." Han Xin replied calmly: "But we still have to discuss carefully how to cross Henan and how to get rid of the pursuit that the thieves may still launch."

After saying that, Han Xin came to Li Ji and whispered to Li Ji. Li Ji was shocked at first, but after listening to Han Xin's careful analysis of the pros and cons, Li Ji nodded heavily, gritted his teeth and replied, "That's it!"

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After Long Qi led his army to pursue the nearby area, he actually made a little effort and Long Qi's troops could advance eastward to the city of Xiangcheng and meet with the troops of the Han army Zhonglimei. However, there was no way. After seeing that the Nanyang army was already building a floating bridge to cross Henan and retreated, Long Qi had the idea of ​​greed for merit and decided to say decisively: "Sleeping in the open place! The thieves' army is already building a floating bridge. It must be the time to retreat immediately as soon as the bridge is built. Xiangcheng is too far away. If we arrive in Xiangcheng, we will not be able to attack the thieves' troops halfway!"

After saying that, Long Qi not only let the Han army soldiers sleep and rest on the spot, but also sent scouts to closely monitor the movement of the Liu Xiang coalition's camp, preparing to wait for the Liu Xiang coalition to launch a crossing river, and immediately dispatched troops to attack, killing the Liu Xiang coalition who was eager to retreat south, and also alleviating the resistance for the Han army to attack Wancheng directly. During this period, Zhonglimei sent a fast horse to contact Long Qi to retreat to Xiangcheng to rest with peace of mind. He also brought Xiang Kang's letter to Long Qi and be careful to guard against Han Xin, and was also flatly rejected by Long Qi - such a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions, where is Mr. Long willing to miss it?

Everything was reported by Long Qi. First in the evening, the Nanyang army used the ordnance ferry urgently sent by Jia County to build eight wide floating bridges on the Rushui River. Then, when it was nearly half past the second, the scouts indeed sent an urgent report, saying that the Liu Xiang coalition began to cross the river overnight. Long Qi was overjoyed when he heard the news and immediately led the army that had fallen behind to attack, and rushed towards the temporary ferry of the Liu Xiang coalition.

The assault was much smoother than Long and expected. As soon as he reached the temporary ferry, the Nanyang army, which was lined up to cross the river, scattered and fled to the no one on the north bank. The Han army soldiers happily rushed to the floating bridge and chased the enemy on the south bank, which was also fleeing in panic. The formation and organization were also chaotic. As a result, at this moment, accompanied by the sudden violent war drum, the east and north of the ferry were loudly killed. The Nanyang army and the Western Chu army rushed out separately and joined forces to kill the Han army Longqi troops who had already been chaotic on their own.

There was not much suspense in the battle. When Long Qijun chased him from Xincheng, his physical strength had already declined severely and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Although the Western Chu army was also exhausted, the main force of the Nanyang Army under Han Xin had already received more than a day of rest and had recovered a lot of physical strength. In addition, the Han army suddenly became flustered and his troops were at an absolute disadvantage. Naturally, it was no match for Liu Xiang's coalition. He was soon defeated by Liu Xiang's coalition and was forced to retreat to the east, and the losses were quite considerable.

During this period, the troops of Zhonglimei, the Han army stationed inside and outside Xiangcheng, also discovered abnormal movements in the west. However, before Zhonglimei's troops could make any moves, an unknown number of enemies suddenly came to kill, shouting and shooting arrows outside the Han army camp outside the city. The enemy situation was unknown in the darkness and shouldering the heavy responsibility of defending Xiangcheng's food and grass. Of course, Zhonglimei did not dare to do anything, but could only watch Long Qi's troops be defeated by Liu Xiang's coalition forces and escaped for more than ten miles in a panic.

Immediately afterwards, taking advantage of the opportunity of Longqi's hungry wolf being defeated, the Liu Xiang coalition army of course quickly launched a crossing the river. Before the Han army made a new reaction, they all crossed the Rushui River, which was very likely to cause huge losses to them. They retreated south with light equipment, and then waited for Longqi to gather the defeated army. When Zhonglimei understood that the enemy outside the city was just a void army, everything was too late. The main force of the Liu Xiang coalition army, which still had a strong vitality, had already gone far away, and the Han army had also missed the best opportunity to chase.

"If what happened last night was really the trick of Han Xin, that dog thief, when he caught him, I must have skinned him with my own hands!"

This is the first thing Long Qi said when he met Zhong Limei. Zhong Limei smiled bitterly and pointed at Han Xin standing next to him and said, "Brother Long, next time you curse, you must remember to indicate that it is Han Xin. Don't forget that there is also a Han Xin in our army."

He waved to Han Xin awkwardly and claimed his guilt. Then Long Qi quickly rushed to Zhonglimei and said, "Brother Zhongli, prepare me with military supplies. When my army rests for a while, I will lead the troops to chase me immediately and must repay the revenge I had last night."

"Don't be anxious." Zhong Limei shook his head and said, "First, the total strength of the Nanyang bandit army and the Xichu bandit army is above you. As long as they obtain supplies for military supplies and take a little rest to restore their military strength, you will not be sure to win them. Continue chasing them again, it will only be too risky."

"Secondly, the king had explained to me before." Zhong Limei continued: "If we cannot block the Nanyang bandit army and the Xichu bandit army in Xiangcheng, we do not have to take risks to pursue. We should give priority to protecting Xiangcheng's food and grass, reducing our logistics burden, and also sweep away the hidden dangers of the remaining enemies around us and the hinterland of Yingchuan, and create the next fighter opportunity for us."

"What fighter jet will create the next step for us?" Long Qi asked curiously.

"The decisive battle in Ye County!" Zhong Limei answered very concisely and said, "The king concluded that if Han Xin's dog thief could escape, he would definitely stop in Ye County, and the deep ditch and high barriers prevent us from going south to the hinterland of Nanyang. As long as he did this, our next battle would be easy."

"General Zhongli." Han Xin next to him was cautious and reminded: "Next time I scold that man, please remember to scold Han Xin, who was the Nanyang thief army."
Chapter completed!