In the night, Liu Jia looked at the heavy rain outside the tent that had not stopped for many days and drank a muffled wine. The rain flowed down the eaves of the tent, forming a rain curtain. In the camp, except for the patrol posts, the soldiers hid in the military tent.

Suddenly he found that the water outside the tent was almost overflowing into the large tent, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers and generals to pile sandbags outside the tent to prevent water.

At this time, one of his advisers hurried over and said anxiously: "General, my subordinates think that there is a major hidden danger in our army and need to quickly transfer the camp."

“Why?”

"General, look at the rain keeps falling, and the water level of the rivers soars, if..."

When Liu Jia heard this, he immediately understood what he meant: "You mean that the Chu army would flood us with water?"

“That’s right.”

Liu Jia thought about it carefully and found that there was indeed such a possibility. The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, he immediately ordered: "Tell me to order me to move the camp overnight. Find a higher place to stay."

At the same time, on the river bank on the east bank of the Han River, the Chu army dug out the last shovel of soil. The water flowed out along the gap, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger. Finally, the entire river bank was washed away by a hole that was several battles wide, and the water from the Han River rushed out and rushed towards the Nanxiang Plain.

In the Han military camp, the soldiers were complaining and braved the heavy rain, putting away their military tents and packing up their supplies. At this moment, in the northwest, a "short wall" was vaguely advancing towards the Han military camp. After a while, they rushed into the Han military camp.

Many Han soldiers were caught off guard and were swept away by the water head with some debris. The fast-reacting soldiers grabbed the fixed objects tightly and survived.

However, the water level suddenly surged to the height of the person's chin. The short man could not touch the ground and began to drown and struggle. The Han army camp was gone, and the sound of crying for help echoed in the rainy night.

The civilians in Fancheng had already moved to Xiangyang, and the Chu soldiers guarding the city were also prepared. The city was equipped with a large number of bamboo rafts, a large number of bamboo platforms were built, and some houses were reinforced. Now, the Chu soldiers all boarded the bamboo rafts, and the bamboo rafts and rooftops avoided the flood.

It turned out that the Han army camp was in the location of the Han army camp, with dense human heads rising and falling up and down in the water. Some Han army soldiers began to fight with each other and kill each other in order to compete for floating objects.

At this moment, a large number of small boats and bamboo rafts rushed here. The Chu soldiers living on it waved long halberds, spears and other long weapons to slaughter the Han soldiers in the water.

After each shot or halberd is pierced, a body of a Han soldier will slowly float on the water surface, and then slowly sink.

The killing continued until the dawn the next day. It was a rare day of sunshine. The morning light shone on the water full of floating corpses. At this time, the water level had dropped a lot, and a large number of Han soldiers were soaking in the water, holding their hands high and begging for submission.

The water was filled with Han soldiers. As the Chu soldiers on the boat and the bamboo raft scolded them, they threw all the weapons on the shore into the water with a blank expression. The Chu army began to take them away in batches with small boats.

After this battle, the Han army in the entire Nanxiang area, except for the 3,000 garrison soldiers who were left in Nanyang and more than 30,000 captured people, were all wiped out. Liu Jia's body was discovered after the water completely retreated. It was swollen and uninhabited. It was only through her clothes that she could identify her identity.

Four days later, a 5,000-man Chu army arrived at the city of Nanyang. The Nanyang County Magistrate was still thinking about defending and waiting for assistance, but was killed by the county magistrate and opened the door to surrender the Chu army.

...

The Han army camp outside Guangling City.

The atmosphere in the central army's tent was so depressing that it was breathless. News of the Han army of Liu Jia's army and the Han army of Cao Shen's army that raided Jiangdong on the battlefield of Xiangyang. Liu Bang, who had just won a little victory some time ago, was now in a very low mood. The current situation did not follow Zhang Liang's expectations.

Liu Bang raised his lower eyes and glanced across everyone's faces. When he saw Zhang Liang with his head down, Zhang Liang did not even raise his head.

Just as Liu Bang was about to break the silence, a soldier from Liu Bang suddenly came. "Report to Your Majesty, King Liang Peng Yue, King Han Xin, and King Yan Lu Wan of Yan led his troops to leave the garrison and returned northward. The messenger sent a handwritten letter." He said while presenting the handwritten letter of the three kings.

Liu Bang, who heard this news, didn't even read the handwritten books, and was so angry that he overturned the cases in front of him.

"It's outrageous. Who allows them to leave! Let's see how I deal with them in the future."

At this time, Han Xin persuaded: "Your Majesty, the current situation of the war is not good for me, and I have not walked according to our expectations at all, so it is impossible to retreat now. Now that Xiang's army has Nanxiang, he can plunder my rear along the Huaihe River at any time, cut off my food route, and even go north to seize or destroy Ao Cang. The remaining 450,000 troops of our army stopped the troops in Huainan, and it was not right to advance or retreat. This is a taboo for military strategists. I hope Your Majesty will make a decision soon."

"The King of Qi means, we will go back to our own houses? Who will guard the land of Western Chu, Huai and Si?" Liu Bang stared at Han Xin with an expressionless face and asked.

"Your Majesty misunderstood my opinion. What I meant was to retreat was to retreat the troops north of the Huai River, south of the river, west of Pengcheng, and east of Luoyang, which was the area where His Majesty and Xiang Yu confronted him."

Seeing that Liu Bang didn't say anything, Han Xin continued: "As for the land of Western Chu, we don't have to deliberately defend. We can just send a certain amount of troops to garrison. If he wants to fight hard, let him fight. If he spends his energy to occupy this area, it is unlikely that he will withdraw voluntarily. At that time, we will be able to regain some initiative, not as passive as we are now."

Liu Bang thought for a while and looked at Zhang Liang again. Zhang Liang still didn't say anything, just nodded to express his approval of Han Xin's suggestion.

"Okay, this is the only way to do it now. Let's follow the strategy of King Qi." Liu Bang said helplessly.

...

Peng Yue led an army of 150,000 to cross the Huaihe River north and turned back towards Liang. He hummed a small song along the way, obviously in a good mood. Liu Bang lost a lot of troops and territory in several consecutive defeats, and Liu Bang, who had a great loss, poses a great threat to him, King Liang. At least Liu Bang cannot live without himself now, and he does not need to be as afraid of him as before. The important thing now is to preserve his strength. Thinking of this way, Han Wangxin and Lu Wan also have plans.

Shortly after the three men crossed the Huai River in three directions, Liu Bang, Han Xin, Zhang Er and others also began to detach the camp and return north. Han Xin led an army of 50,000 to retreat to Pengcheng, Liu Bang led 300,000 troops to retreat to Guling, and Zhang Er led 100,000 troops to advance to Cao County, directly north.

But not long after they had just begun to ascend the camp, the Chu army began to cross the river on a large scale, with thousands of sails competing on the river, and tens of thousands of ships concurrently, and a huge crowd. In this battle, Xiang Yu mobilized six Hu Ben troops, as well as the 50,000 Jiangdong Cultivation Army led by Yu Ziqi and Xiang Han, three Hu Ben Navy, and all Jiangdong Cultivation Army naval divisions.
Chapter completed!