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chapter eight

"Where to go?" Seeing the prey on his lips trying to run away, Xiang Yu naturally refused to let go. This time it was different from the time he pursued Liu Bang. This time the Han army was completely defeated, and Fan Kuai and Li Shang were just defeated generals who fled in panic.

Xiang Yu chose to pursue Fan Kuai because Fan Kuai was Liu Bang's brother-in-law and confidant. After beheading Fan Kuai, he would be quite shocked to the Han army and Liu Bang. As for Li Shang, he could not escape because Zhang Huo and Xiang Sheng had already set his sights on him. He just ordered Zhang Huo and Xiang Sheng not to interfere, but now the enemy wants to escape, not a contest, so there is no need to stick to the dogma to the death.

Fan Kuai also wanted to call a few soldiers to stop Xiang Yu, but as soon as he straddled his horses, he found something big wrong - the Han soldiers had already run away at the battle between them and Li Shang and Xiang Yu, or were caught up by the Chu army and stabbed them into a cold heart with a spear.

"Damn it, they are really a group of fearful devils!" Fan Kuai couldn't help but curse.

If one or two Han soldiers heard Fan Kuai scolding like this, they might turn their heads and curse back and forth: "Are you nervous? If you are not afraid of death, why are you running away?"

Before Fan Kuai could run away, Xiang Yu rode his horse and chased after him. Seeing that Fan Kuai had become a stray dog, Xiang Yu couldn't help but sneer, and his long halberd made a quick move, like a big black python, spitting out a scarlet letter and ate towards Fan Kuai.

The halberd was running through Fan Kuai's back. Fan Kuai shouted and looked down. He saw the dark halberd tip coming out of his chest, carrying a thread of blood. Suddenly, a strong heat flow from his chest started to stir up. His mouth couldn't help but open, and a large mouth of blood blew out, dyeing all the manes of the war horses in front of him red and black.

When the Chu army saw the overlord killing the enemy generals, they cheered: "The overlord is brave and invincible in the world."

Li Shangzheng and Zhang Huo and Xiang Sheng were able to hold on. When they heard the Chu army cheering, they expected that Fan Kuai was no longer safe, and they couldn't help but feel confused. Xiang Sheng was shot and fell off the horse. When they turned over and were about to struggle, the Chu soldiers had already rushed forward, and dozens of long spears had already put on his neck.

Seeing that Fan Kuai had been killed and captured Li Shang, Xiang Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly asked not to chase the enemy. The rest of the Han army's scattered soldiers would escape. As for the prisoners, they had to escort them back. Those who could be adapted were accepted, and those who could not be adapted were directly "scratched" to avoid rations.

After dealing with the chores here, Xiang Yu ordered people to go to Xiang Fei, and only then did he know that Xiang Fei had personally gone to Shoushan to retrieve the many war horses left on the mountain. Seeing that the war had stopped, Xiang Yu did not stay, so he asked some soldiers to stay to clean the battlefield, and he took the rest of the Chu army back to Shouchun.

After this battle, Xiang Yu's army suffered losses, but it is estimated that the losses of the Han army should be more than three times that of the Chu army. Moreover, Xiang Yu, who was besieged to death, miraculously underground Shoushan, rushed out from the flanks, disrupting the deployment of the Han army, and many of the Han army surrounded the mountains and the Han army that had set up aid were captured. In addition, Fan Kuai, the confidant of the Han king, was killed by Xiang Yu, and the general Li Shang was captured alive by the Chu army. These were a great blow to the morale of the Han army, and the initiative on the battlefield also fell into the hands of the Chu army.

Liu Bang was very dissatisfied with this result and was extremely annoyed. Seeing that the troops he had worked hard to piece together suddenly consumed tens of thousands of people, the carefully set up ambush was shattered, and anyone would lose his temper. Nowadays, the number of people in Guanzhong was depressed every year, and he could no longer gather more soldiers.

"Han Xin," Liu Bang's eyes turned green and he opened his mouth and shouted, "In this battle, the soldiers and generals were destroyed, and Fan Kuai and Li Shang were killed (I didn't know that Li Shang was captured in the Han camp, and everyone thought that Li Shang was also killed by Xiang Yu like Fan Kuai). As a general, what crime should you be punished?"

Han Xin was very frightened. In recent times, despite all his efforts, he has never been able to pose a fatal danger to Xiang Yu. Moreover, many times have been turned into danger by Xiang Yu. However, he failed to steal chicken and lost a handful of rice. He was beaten several times and was beaten to no avail. Now the King of Han is angry, what should he explain?

"King of Han," Zhang Liang, who was standing beside him, persuaded, "Victory and defeat are common military affairs. Xiang Yu's courage is famous all over the world. Our army should temporarily avoid its attack and retreat to Dingtao. If it is not good, we can retreat to Guangwu and Xingyang areas, and then confront the Chu army at dangerous passes. Within half a year, the Chu army's veterans were tired and could not stop the army when they saw that they had been unable to leave for a long time."

Liu Bang was still angry, and after a few turns, he stopped and said to the generals in the meeting: "In today's battle, our army is already afraid of Chu, and it may be useless to fight again. As a general in the army, there are more troops than Xiang Yu, and no one can retreat to the Chu army?"

All the generals in the camp showed shame on their faces, lowered their heads and remained silent. For a moment, the camp tent was so quiet that even a needle could be heard.

Another important counselor, Chen Ping, broke the awkward atmosphere and said, "The King of Han, Ping thought that what Mr. Zifang said was extremely true. People are not as strong as their tigers and cannot move very quickly. However, few tigers hurt people, and many people catch tigers. However, the person does not use his strength to fight against tigers, and often uses wisdom to overcome them. Now Xiang Yu is a fierce tiger in the mountains. Moreover, the Chu army is powerful, so it is not advisable to touch its edge. If you slapped the tiger's whiskers, you should avoid its edge and attack it and return home."

"That's all," Liu Bang muttered a few words, "the army retreated to Dingtao, and then retreated to Guangwu and Xingyang areas."

Seeing that Liu Bang no longer held him responsible, Han Xin stood up and said, "The army retreated west, who can leave behind to cut off the rear to prevent the Chu army from pursuing it?"

The Han camp tent returned to silence again. All the generals were not fools. They all understood that the person who cut off the rear was the most unlucky. Everyone ran away all of them and stayed behind like cannon fodder. If they did well, they could save their lives. If they might be fine, they would move. Seeing that the generals were speechless, Liu Bang was so angry that he slapped and shouted: "You retreat first, let me cut off the rear."

"The Han King is in the country's safety, how can he be in danger?" Zhang Liang hurriedly persuaded. If Liu Bang is really angry and stays behind to break the rear, and if Xiang Yu is caught up, then Liu Bang's life will not be over? Then will his own group of people scatter into birds and beasts?

"If I don't break the rear personally, who will break the rear for me?" Liu Bang actually didn't want to break the rear, but he was angry when he saw that no one dared to take on this job. He said this in anger. Now he saw that there were steps to go down, so he quickly followed it. If he still insisted and the generals didn't answer, it would be difficult to get off the stage.

Finally, someone stood up and bowed his hand and said, "Don't worry, King Han, I will be willing to cut off the rear."

When Liu Bang heard this, he quickly raised his head and saw that it was his brother-in-law Lu Ze.

Lu Ze was born with big ears and thick eyebrows and fish eyes. He had a good attitude to govern the army. He fought bravely, but was low-key. Now that he saw his brother-in-law being embarrassed, the generals were afraid of the Chu army. He thought that if he didn't come out again, his brother-in-law would be unable to end, so he quickly stood up and asked for his order.

Seeing that someone took on this job, Liu Bang said immediately, "Since that's the case, we will lead the army to retreat west tomorrow. My brother can lead the troops and bluff, thinking that he is suspicious of the army. He only needs to lure the Chu army for two days, and our army can safely arrive at Dingtao. Two days later, my brother will raise his troops and return."

"No." Lv Ze didn't say much and took on this task.
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