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Chapter 280 Xiang Yu's Attack (4000 words)

Jiujiang County is almost one of the top counties in the territory of the Qin Dynasty. It is next to Kuaiji County and several counties such as Changsha on the other side.

In Jiujiang County, a river flows through it, and the tributary also divides this vast territory into several areas of large and small size.

To the east of the river, it is naturally the old land of Chu State, the land where Xiang Yu grew up in Jiangdong.

Most of the Qin soldiers were not used to water battles, so they were not very clear about the Jiujiang County roads, but Han Xin was different. He was from Huaiyin and grew up in such an environment. He wandered alone in a lot of places in his early years, and was well-informed.

Therefore, Han Xin still knows a little about the terrain and situation in Jiujiang County. He can arrive at the place designated by Ying Gao a long time in advance, which is also related to his ability.

Because what Ying Gao told him in the previous instructions was not the name of a specific county or river water, but asked him to find the docking place of Xiang Yu's large number of warships.

If this job is given to Zhang Han, Wang Li and others, it would be harder than climbing to heaven, because they crossed the river from Jiangdong, so they didn't have to worry about the upstream and downstream at all. They just drove the warships to places they knew, even if they were a small upstream tributary or a lake. Once something happened, everyone retreated here and boarded the ship and returned to Kuaiji.

As for the Qin soldiers, they could only stand on the shore and sigh, and then think about building warships, and go back and forth.

What Ying Gao asked Han Xin to do was to find the place where they hid the warship, and then... hehehe...

The Qin general was confused when he saw the river. Of course, Ying Gao also considered it. It was precisely because of this factor that he handed over this task to Han Xin. He believed that Han Xin had been struggling in the south for more than 20 years, and this matter would not be difficult for him.

After all, Xiang Yu was 70,000 to 80,000 people, and the number of warships transported by them was not a small number. There were definitely not many places where Qin soldiers could find it difficult to find it, and they could put down so many warships and facilitate their evacuation. It depends on whether you can find it.

Along the way, Han Xin has indeed spent a lot of time thinking about the difficult problems of this century.

You know, there are still 40,000 troops behind him. This is indeed a march that can hide its whereabouts in the south of Jiujiang County, but the more north the distance, the greater the possibility of being discovered by the Jiangdong army.

If you were discovered before you could find something, then it would be a shocking end. Ying Gao's strategies would not need to be realized. In the end, they could only fight with Xiang Yu. Maybe they would run away if they couldn't beat them. Ying Gao's personal expedition would end in vain again...

Han Xin thought about this result in his mind and felt that it was not possible. First of all, he could not take the 40,000 army to find the location of these warships, otherwise it would be obvious that he would not go to find something, but to tell others that you were coming to find someone.

So, when Han Xin had a premonition that he might be approaching, he decisively handed over the 40,000 troops to a deputy he trusted, and then went deep into the hinterland of Jiujiang County with only a hundred people and a head-on costume to find the location of Xiang Yu's army's warship.

Han Xin believed that such a silent method was the best. When his 180 people scattered out in a small range, even if they were seen by Xiang Yu's soldiers, they would not think about Qin soldiers, because all the Qin soldiers came from the north and west, and these people came from the south.

Although this is good, there is one thing that is that it is really a bit dangerous for Han Xin.

But if Han Xin was afraid of danger, then he would not be Han Xin. He knew how effective this battle was in the Qin Dynasty. This was Ying Gao's first personal expedition. If there was no use to fight, Ying Gao would simply stay in Xianyang City in the future and not have to come out. Why? Because I can't afford to lose that person...

And he was inexplicably pushed to such a critical link by Ying Gao. Of course, Han Xin knew how disappointed Ying Gao would be in him if he failed, so he could not fail.

With his current status in the Qin Dynasty, he could balance his position behind Zhang Han and Wang Li and others, but if this lasted, he would not be convinced, because in his heart, those people's abilities were compared with him, so he had to lean back.

Hard work pays off. It is obvious that Han Xin is like this. Few generals dare to hand over military power under such circumstances and then take a hundred or so people to do things like blind cats and hit dead rats. But Han Xin dared and did it.

With his understanding of the laws of the river water in Jiujiang County, Han Xin divided the places where the warships might be stored, and then divided the hundred people he brought out into several teams. After arranging a meeting place, he launched a carpet-style search.

Some of them dressed as victims, some dressed as merchants from remote counties in the south, and some pretended to be hunters nearby. In short, although sometimes they could see Xiang Yu's army, they passed by their neighbors several times under Han Xin's encouragement and leadership, and there was nothing wrong.

In just seven days, Han Xin discovered where Xiang Yu's dozens of giant warships docked.

It was a tributary of the river. Although it was located in the upstream, if the wind direction was appropriate, these warships could still get up. The biggest advantage of going upstream tributaries was that once the situation was urgent, Xiang Yu led the army to board the ship and almost went downstream to reach the river surface, then crossed the river eastward, and returned to Kuaiji County.

For Xiang Yu, it is not easy to find such a place, and this place is only seventy or eighty miles away from Shouchun, which is definitely not far away.

But when Xiang Yu found this place, he would never have thought that one day the Qin soldiers would find it, because there were Xiang Yu's scouts on all the important roads from Chen County to this place. Xiang Yu could know anyone who Ying Gao passed by Chen County or anywhere in the west.

To be honest, Xiang Yu was very careful to block it like this when the troops were not sufficient, because he really couldn't count it. Han Xin, who was doing business in the south, could give him such a long-distance retaliation...

Only five thousand Jiangdong soldiers stayed at the warship to guard the warship. One reason was that Xiang Yu felt that this place was already very secretive, and there was no need to place heavy troops to guard it.

Another more important reason is undoubtedly that his military strength is really short of strength. In order to deal with the fact that a head-on confrontation with Ying Gao's more than 100,000 troops that may occur at any time, Xiang Yu must concentrate all his superior forces.

This arrangement is nothing, but it is not a big deal, but the bad things are discovered by Han Xin in this place...

After finding this place, Han Xin did not hurry and killed the five thousand people and smashed the warships. Although in Ying Gao's previous instructions, if all these warships could be destroyed, it would have been considered that Han Xin had completed the mission successfully.

Han Xin is one thing that is very similar to Ying Gao, that is, his brain is alive. Although the task you Ying Gao gave me is like this, I have a better solution. Of course, I have to try it out for a while, otherwise he will definitely not be able to live in peace.

So he quietly withdrew from the area, waved his sleeves, and wiped his footprints, as if he had never been to the future.

Afterwards, only ten miles away from this place, Han Xin found a place where he could barely hide the 30,000 to 40,000 troops under his command, and then sent someone to transfer the army here, and then wrote the letter that Ying Gao received.

In the letter, Han Xin just said that he had already mastered the location of Xiang Yu's hiding warship and did not alarm the snake. He also promised that he would act in the deadline required by Ying Gao. As for other things, he did not say anything else.

So in Ying Gao's understanding of his action was to follow his previous instructions to destroy the warships in Jiangdong. Then, when Xiang Yu and the others were defeated and ran back, they were stunned when they arrived at the riverside. Then Ying Gao then closed the door and beat the dog behind him, which was naturally quite perfect.

But Han Xin naturally didn't want to just do this role that came back from thousands of miles away and was just a destruction. Although this role is important, Ying Gao had already said in the letter that if he could accomplish this, he would be the first achievement.

But Han Xin didn't think so. He didn't want to waste the 40,000 people in his hand. Since he was back, he would be embarrassed to leave Fusu in the South China Sea. Of course, he had to make some big noise that shocked the Central Plains. In Han Xin's opinion, it would be a surprise to Ying Gao, who had not seen for a long time.

Only he knew the truth in Han Xin's heart. What he had to do now was to let all the 40,000 troops under his command be fully nourished, and then used the remaining few days to conduct some special training for them...

As for Ying Gao, he did not issue any instructions. He just asked Chen Ying to continue his boring attack, and on the other hand, he asked the Zhu family to secretly set up a passage, which actually did not exist, but had to be done as if it was real...

In a few days, it was really a whizzing pass.

Xiang Yu, who was waiting for the news every day, finally got a news that made him very excited when his patience was about to be worn out again.

According to the rewards of the scouts who had been sent out to stare at the line, after several days of silence, a team of people inspected the path last night, and even the people around who had mistakenly entered were driven out. The scouts were almost discovered. According to him, if it weren't for his good luck, I'd probably not be able to come back this time.

When Xiang Yu heard the news, his first reaction was that this was a sign of transporting a large amount of food and supplies. Those who cleared the field obviously came to the front station to see if there were any traces of the enemy on this line.

So he urgently summoned all his subordinates to the hall and expressed his thoughts.

From discovering the place where food and grass is stored, to Ji Bu's intention to follow the clues to find this secret route for the Qin soldiers, to the scout sent by Xiang Yu to the dangerous and dangerous discovery of this outpost, this whole thing is impeccable in everyone's eyes, including Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang.

Both of them had thought about whether this was Ying Gao's plan, but after thinking about it, they did not find any clues here.

Because there are many details that their people have made on the fly, and it is impossible for Ying Gao to arrange them at all. In this case, how could Ying Gao take great pains to arrange such a trap? What if there is any step that fails to follow Ying Gao’s idea?

So at this time, Xiang Yu's idea was put into effect and it seemed that it was effective, Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang could only support it, although their original intention was not to let Xiang Yu do this,

Xiang Yu had already been suffocated in the past month, so he had already made up his mind to go there in person, and no one else could do it.

In Xiang Yu's heart, he would completely destroy Ying Gao's lifeline this night. After that, he led all his troops this time to face the battle for Ying Gao, the emperor of the Qin Dynasty.

Deep down, he just wanted to crush Daqin's pride in such a showdown. He believed that one day the young man would capture that guy who was no more than two years older than him, and then he would also take over the suffering his uncle suffered in front of him.

On this night when the bright moon was hanging high in the air, Xiang Yu, with Long Jie and 30,000 troops, set out from Shouchun and moved quietly to the hinterland of Chen County.

All of this has already fallen into Ying Gao's eyes. He is extremely patient and will finally come to the end of this battle in one or two days.

In fact, Ying Gao's personality can be said to be more anxious than Xiang Yu. He was already very upset when he was in Chen County for a month, but he knew better that haste would be inadequate. He believed that when the situations you arranged were in place, victory would run into your pocket by himself.

According to the scout's position of return, Xiang Yu and Long Qi took the soldiers to detour nearby, waiting for what they were looking forward to on this road that almost no one walked.

After waiting for half a night, when Xiang Yu was already a little sleepy, a scout ran back quickly. Xiang Yu knew when he saw his expression that this time he thought there was a way!

"Major General, five miles ahead, a large group of Qin soldiers' carriages are slowly rushing here!"
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