The Han army divided into three groups and walked winding on the muddy Huainan field after the rain. Liu Bang from the east had already received a report from the scouts. He knew that the Chu army had followed him. He was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet: "I'll wait for you and you won't come. I'll pull out the camp and you'll follow me!" But there was no way, he didn't have the courage to fight with Xiang Yu in the field.

In his life, no matter how much the strength comparison was, he and Xiang Yu never won a battle in the wild. Only by relying on camps or strong cities could he barely form a confrontation with Xiang Yu. Now he and Han Xin and Zhang Ermen are fifty or sixty miles apart, so it is difficult to notify them in time. Even if they are notified, they are not determined to gather 450,000 troops to fight Xiang Yu in the wild. He still doesn't know how many soldiers Xiang Yu has crossed the river.

Therefore, he ordered the soldiers to send orders to accelerate the advance, cross the Huai River as soon as possible, and get rid of the pursuit of the Chu army. Then he waited for an opportunity to find a city in Huaibei to seize the rear, and then contact the princes to block the Chu army that followed.

Finally, the Huaihe River was already in sight. The vanguard had already begun to build a floating bridge. Liu Bang was waiting anxiously for two hours, and the floating bridge was finally built.

At this time, ten miles above the Huai River, a large number of Chu soldiers were resting and recuperating. The soldiers sat around, drinking water and chatting, and the horses were eating grass. The whistle riders were walking the horses around, and their eyes were vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

This is exactly the five thousand elite cavalry drawn by Xiang Yu from the various departments of Hu Ben, all of which are configured and trained according to the standard configuration and training of Baima Yicong.

After crossing the river, Xiang Yu judged that the Han army would retreat at least to the north of the Huai River this time, so he took these five thousand elite cavalry, one man and two horses, and quickly advanced to the Huai River from the flanks, and soon surrounded the front of the Han army.

After crossing the Huai River half a day earlier than the Han army, he immediately asked the horse to rest and sent hundreds of scouts to investigate along the river.

A cavalry rushed over, and by Xiang Yu's side, the soldiers slowed down their horses and reported: "King, the Han army's floating bridge has been built and is crossing the river."

"Look clearly which part of the Han army is not there? How many people are there?"

"Report to the king, it seems that the banner is Liu Bang's troops, and the troops are connected to the sky and the earth, so it is difficult to estimate clearly."

"This is really an unexpected opportunity to fight," Xiang Yu said to himself, and then he said loudly: "Okay, I will pass on my king's orders and the whole army will gather."

The five thousand elite cavalry quickly lined up, and the people were full of energy, and the strong horses were full of energy. The overlord with distinctive armor rode a black horse and walked slowly from the front of the queue. He whispered to the soldiers:

"Most of you are my children of Xichu. After many years of being born and died, I will not forget your merits. Today, I will lead you back to your hometown and take back your land. But we will face hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, and we must completely defeat them in order to protect the peace of this land. Do you have this blood and courage?"

Five thousand people said a word in unison, "Yes".

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Liu Bang and his personal guards first crossed the Huai River from the floating bridge, and then passed by the Han army on the south bank of the Huai River in an orderly manner. Liu Bang was waiting on the shore, and he would follow the central army.

A rumbling sound came from afar. Liu Bang narrowed his eyes and found that it was a team of cavalry. At first, he was not panicked because he thought it could not be the Chu army. But the other party did not use the banner, and the clothing and armor were obviously not the standard of the Han army headquarters. He tried hard to think that this would be the reinforcements of the princes.

Then, he found that something was wrong. When this large cavalry was more than 200 meters away from the floating bridge, it not only did not slow down, but instead changed from the previous medium-speed marching speed to the high-speed impact speed. Immediately afterwards, he found a general running out after following the crowd, with a black horse under his crotch and a halberd of kings in his hand. Who else could this be Xiang Yu?

"When an enemy attacks, please be alert." Liu Bang shouted loudly and hid behind the personal guards. The Han soldiers guarded more than 200 meters outside were already in different positions. The 5,000 Chu soldiers' tiger cavalry, with their cold light-flowing horse spear, came like a ferocious evil spirit.

At this time, the Han army crossed the Huai River had nearly 100,000 troops, and the baggage and the horses were 20 miles away. There were still 200,000 Han army gathered in the south bank of the river, waiting to cross.

With the sound of "swooshing" breaking through the air, these tiger spirits who were taught by the White Horse Yicong first used a long composite bow to shoot one after another. There were 20 to 30 meters of close-range shots, and there were 100 meters of shots. The arrows shot from five thousand strong bows came from the sky.

The Han army near the bridge head and the Han army on the bridge fell down hula. Liu Bang had already run forward surrounded by his personal guards, otherwise Liu Bang himself would not be able to escape death.

Xiang Yu activated the black horse under his crotch, waved the halberd in his hand, and cut off the heads of more than a dozen Han soldiers in succession. In an instant, he was drilled through the Han army formation near the bridgehead, and behind him were five thousand elite cavalry arranged in conical formations.

The cone cavalry formation quickly tore the cut-through gap into a big hole. The Han soldiers were killed in vain under the sway of the horse spear. Many Han soldiers were directly rushed to the ground by war horses and trampled to death. The Han soldiers around them dodged to the sides, avoiding the pursuit of the god of death.

When the Chu army's cavalry formation was about to pass through this gap, the Chu army knights at the very end began to throw skins at the pontoon bridge. These skins filled with tinder oil fell on the wooden boards of the pontoon bridge, making the bridge deck full of tinder oil. More than a dozen knights at the very end threw torches at the pontoon bridge.

The flames quickly rose up on the floating bridge deck. Xiang Yu continued to lead these elite cavalry back and forth among the 100,000 Han troops. Because the Han army was too long, some people in the front of the team didn't even know what to attack. If they couldn't defend themselves, they encountered a rapid attack from the Chu cavalry, with no casualties.

Wherever the Chu cavalry passed, the corpses were in a mess and blood flowed into a river. Soon, the 100,000 Han troops were in chaos, running around in a daze and at a loss. There were piles in the east and in the west on the vast Huaibei Plain.

Xiang Yu ordered loudly: "Hunting", and the knights put away their horse lances, bent their bows and arrows to carry out round-trip shooting at the Han army. Under this unheard tactic, the Han army was like hail and peach blossoms, and they fell to the ground one after another. Some brave Han soldiers, led by low-level officers, tried to intercept the horse team with spears and halberds, but they were crushed and crushed like a mantis armed on a chariot.

At this time, Liu Bang had already led his personal guards to run wildly in the northeast direction and left the main force, so that he would feel safe. At this time, a cavalry general stepped forward and grabbed Liu Bang's sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, we cannot escape in such a panic, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of troops might be over. Xiang Yu did not have many people. If we organize cavalry to fight a counterattack, we can not only repel Xiang Yu, but also take Xiang Yu's head."

Liu Bang looked closely and found that it was Lu Matong, who was in charge of cavalry training. He responded: "Since you are so confident, I will give you all the cavalry in my personal guard to command. In addition, I will give you another token, and you will take it to collect the cavalry in the defeated soldiers. You will command this counterattack. If you win, I will give you a marquis, take Xiang Yu's head, and I will give you a king."
Chapter completed!