Chapter 19 Sima Xin surrenders and Liu Bang is completely defeated
Liu Bang looked into the distance with deep eyes. He didn't understand why his situation suddenly became so bad. He was the king of Guanzhong a few months ago, and now he has become like this.
Now, he no longer dared to hope that he could capture Bashu. If he could escape, it would be like smoke rising from his ancestral grave.
But a new problem came again.
If you escape, how should you explain to Xiang Yu and what will happen next?
"Zhang Situ, yes, Zhang Situ will definitely find a way."
"Report, King Han, the Qin army is coming." Just when Liu Bang was in a daze, his soldiers came to report.
"What, hurry up, hurry up." Liu Bang was shocked and continued to flee with the remaining soldiers.
Su Du led his pursuers to collect deserters and surrendered soldiers, and had already collected more than 5,000 soldiers.
When they reached the place called Xiantian, both sides stopped.
"Send the order, set up resisting horses on the spot, and arrange a defensive line to prevent the enemy from counterattacking." Su Du stopped chasing. He knew that Meng Rui and Bai Zhan were in front, so he simply gave them the credit.
And he just deployed his defense and tightened his pockets.
Liu Bang and others did not dare to go deep.
The place in front of us is surrounded by high mountains and dense forests on both sides, with only a gorge in the middle that can pass through.
I didn't feel anything when I came in, but now that I'm escaping, I realize that this place is full of eerie and terrifying atmosphere, which makes people breathless.
But now, the food and fodder have been exhausted, and the soldiers are at the end of their game. If they don't go out, the only outcome waiting for them is the annihilation of the entire army. The sun will never shine.
"Come on, there is still a chance of survival if you rush out." Liu Bang looked at Long Qe and Sima Xin.
Seeing the two men nodding, Liu Bang drew his sword and pointed forward: "Brothers, we have no way out. Only by escaping can we have a chance of survival. Only by escaping can you see your family again."
"Brothers, rush out together with me, rush out."
Seeing this, Fan Kuai and Cao stood up and led their men to rush forward as if they had been beaten to death.
Then, I discovered that the sides of the canyon were artificially piled with dry firewood.
Before he could react, he saw another flaming oil tank falling from the sky.
Everyone's fear of this thing has reached its peak. Even their hands are shaking and they can't hold their weapons steadily.
Meng Rui and Bai Zhan sneered when they saw this scene.
Given the state of the enemy troops in front of them, even without an ambush, I could easily wipe them all out.
"Pei Gong, long time no see, I didn't expect you to be here today." Bai Zhan and Meng Rui walked out from the top of the cliff on both sides, followed by a group of soldiers holding rockets.
This familiar scene made the soldiers under the coalition forces feel heartbroken. Many soldiers even forgot to resist in panic, sitting on the ground and crying.
"Are you Bai Zhan?"
"The noble people of Pei Gong tend to forget things. It seems that they don't remember me very clearly. My name is Bai Zhan. I was once repelled by Pei Gong in the Huai River area. I didn't expect that things would turn around and you would fall into my hands today.
Bar."
Liu Bang's face darkened: "General Bai, how do you want to wait for me today?"
"I have something good to tell Duke Pei. His Majesty, the Emperor of Qin, knows that Duke Pei likes beauty, so he specially selected eighteen 60-year-old beautiful girls in Shu for Duke Pei to enjoy day and night. I wonder if Duke Pei is willing to surrender?"
"You...you are a thief, you have insulted me too much. I...I, Liu Bang, would rather die than surrender." Liu Bang was so angry that he could hardly speak.
Meng Rui and Bai Zhan looked at each other: "Long Qi, Sima Xin, where are you two, and those two? Your names seem to be Fan Kuai and Cao Shen. Are you willing to surrender?"
As soon as these words came out, Long Qie, Cao Shen, and Fan Kuai all expressed that they would rather die than surrender, but Sima Xin remained silent.
Meng Rui's sharp eyes saw the hesitation in Sima Xin's eyes. He smiled faintly, thinking that the task entrusted to him by His Majesty should be easily completed, so he said: "Sima Xin, you are from the old Qin Dynasty, and you have no choice but to surrender."
Xiang Yu, Your Majesty has shown mercy and spared you the death penalty. If you don't surrender now, when will you wait?"
"I...I am willing to surrender!"
Long Qie was immediately furious: "Sima Xin, you traitor, King Xiang treats you badly, how dare you do this?"
"Fuck you, Xiang Yu killed 200,000 soldiers of my Qin army, and he had the nerve to treat me well. I wish I could kill him and put his charming Yu Ji in his room."
"Thief, take your life. Uh, poof!"
Long Qie and several of his confidants stepped forward with their knives, preparing to kill Sima Xin from his horse. However, they were shot simultaneously by the sharp archers Meng Rui and Bai Zhan had arranged. The heavy arrow pierced his heart and killed him.
Among them, an arrow shot by Bai Zhan directly penetrated Long Qie's head, causing him to die miserably.
Long Qie's trusted generals wanted to rush to the cliff to avenge his son, but they were shot one by one.
Liu Bang didn't say a word when he saw this scene, slowly retreated, and stood with Fan Kuai and Cao Shen.
Bai Zhan put away his arrows and looked at Sima Xin with a smile: "General Sima, no one dares to stop you. Take your men and put down their weapons, hold your heads in your hands, and go to General Su Du to be bound."
"Yes, yes, thank you, General Bai." Sima Xin slowly walked out with his seven thousand remaining soldiers, and some of Long Qie's remaining soldiers also joined the surrender procession.
Once they left, only Liu Bang's remaining army of about five thousand remained.
"Pei Gong, it's your turn. Eighteen 60-year-old beautiful girls in Shu are waiting for you."
"You, you, me..." When he thought of the scene of more than a dozen old women pressing him onto the bed, he trembled in his heart, gritted his teeth, and shouted: "A man, I will never surrender."
Liu Bang chose to lead his generals to risk their lives to break out of the encirclement. Under the threat of death, this group of people broke out with unprecedented fighting power and actually broke out of the encirclement.
"Your Majesty, you go first. I'll stay here to break up the rear. I also ask Your Majesty to take good care of my little one." Fan Kuai saw that the pursuers behind him couldn't escape no matter what, so he quickly pushed Liu Bang to escape first.
"General Fan is loyal and brave, and I will be promoted to a noble rank. Your wife, I will support you." Liu Bang made a promise and then turned around and ran away. Not long after, Fan Kuai and others were chopped into pieces by the Qin army who caught up.
Soon, Liu Bang and others were caught up again.
"Your Majesty, you are good at water. You can always escape by following the reed marshes of this river downstream."
This time, Cao Shen faced the pursuers and decisively led his remaining men to fight.
Cao Shen discovered that one of the soldiers looked similar to Liu Bang, and he was quick to think:
"You, put on the clothes of the King of Han and run over there. If you run out, you will be lucky. When you come back, you will be promoted to an official position. If you don't run out, I will take care of your wife and daughter for life. Hurry up."
The soldier gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, General, take care."
Liu Bang took out a reed pipe and swam desperately downstream in the water, panicking. It seemed that Qin troops were chasing him everywhere, and there were shouts of killing from Qin troops all around.
In my anxiety, I lost my way while swimming.
At this time, when there was no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and I couldn't hold my breath for long, I actually saw a big turtle passing by.