Chapter eight hundred and seventy-six enemies meet
Hanjing, Huaiyin County.
Emperor Xin did not even glance at the Huaiyin magistrate and officials who were kneeling in front of the city gate, leading the 80,000 reorganized Chu troops and stationed in the county.
The Huaiyin County Magistrate always lowered his head and stared at the city gate with his peripheral vision.
It wasn't until the last Chu soldier entered the county that the Huaiyin County Magistrate's tense spirit relaxed. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, sat on the ground and rubbed his sore knees.
"My fortune and life have been saved," the Huaiyin County Magistrate thought. He glanced at the Huaiyin County Lieutenant who had been beheaded by his own hands as he kept saying he wanted to die to serve the country. He shook his head and sighed: "Isn't it good to be alive?"
There were only five hundred soldiers in Huaiyin County. The few wealthy families in the city abandoned their mansions and hid in dirty slums when they heard that the Chu army was coming.
There were also rangers who appeared out of nowhere and began to take advantage of the situation, causing people to panic.
Faced with this situation, the Huaiyin County Magistrate decisively made what he thought was the wisest choice in his life. He suddenly killed the county captain who was leading the battle, sent someone to contact the Chu army that had just captured Dongyang County next door, and voluntarily surrendered.
As a result, the Huaiyin County Magistrate made the right bet and saved the lives of the whole family.
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At the Huaiyin County Government Office, a Chu general knelt on one knee in front of Emperor Xin and said loudly: "Reporting to your Majesty, I have been ordered to lead people to raid Huaiyin County. Here is the list of supplies. Please take a look at it."
With his status as Emperor Xin, he was naturally too lazy to ask about this matter. He pointed at a personal guard and said, "Go with him to the clerk's office to check."
After the personal guards followed the Chu general and left, Emperor Xin asked Long Qie beside him: "How far is this place from Linzi, the capital of Han Dynasty?"
Long Qie thought for a while and replied: "We still have a thousand miles to report back to the king."
Emperor Xin said calmly: "So, in five days at most, Gu will be able to march to Linzi and destroy the so-called Han Kingdom?"
Long Qie smiled bitterly and said: "The Han Kingdom has Confucian support behind it. Your Majesty, you must not be careless."
Emperor Xin smiled contemptuously and said: "Confucianism? The Confucian saints are just at the time of the backlash of heaven, and they will not take action easily. When Meng Keyan returned to Xun, he was seriously injured and did not wake up, leaving a group of rotten Confucians. How could he ever take them seriously?"
"After this battle, the Confucian group will have a headache to support another person to establish a country."
Long Qie looked at his childhood friend who had a strange feeling all over him, and wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't find the words to say.
Di Xin saw something strange about Long Qie and thought that he was still worried. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Gu knows what he is doing. Just lead the army."
Just as Long Qie was about to respond, a soldier hurried in, knelt down and shouted: "Report to your Majesty, a large army of about 50,000 people has appeared thirty miles outside the city, and is heading here."
Emperor Xin looked at Long and said in surprise: "The Han Dynasty still has troops to go to war?"
A look of contemplation flashed across Long Qie's face, and he bowed and said: "Reporting to your Majesty, it should be all the Han troops stationed in Linzi. I didn't expect that Confucianism and Liu Ji would choose to go all out and not keep this army to protect the capital, but instead sent it out.
Fighting in the wild with Chu."
Emperor Xin smiled and said: "In this case, I only need to destroy this Han army, and the huge Qi land will be at the mercy of Chu."
Long Qie bowed and replied: "As far as I know, in addition to this army, the Han State has two armies with a total of 240,000 to guard against the Western Qin Dynasty. They will not be mobilized easily."
"If the king just plans to plunder and leave, there is no need to worry about these two Han armies. If the king wants to capture Qi, he has to guard against it."
Emperor Xin couldn't deny it and said: "What's the use of chickens and dogs? Long Qi, you go and reorganize the army to prepare for the enemy. As for how to deal with Qi Land, let's not worry about it for the time being. We will devour this Han army."
Long Qie bowed and responded: "No."
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Outside Huaiyin County, Emperor Xin was sitting on horseback, leisurely waiting for the arrival of the Han army. Behind him, 80,000 Chu troops were ready to attack.
Long Qie did give a lot of suggestions, such as holding the city and defending it to drain the morale of the Han army. When the morale of the Han army was low, he could then attack in one fell swoop and defeat the opponent.
For example, just put a few flags on the city wall, pretend that the army is not in the city, wait for the Han army to relax their vigilance, and suddenly attack.
For example, send two partial divisions around the rear of the Han army to attack from two sides.
However, Di Xin rejected them all in one breath. In Di Xin's opinion, there was no need to go to such trouble and he could just lead the army to crush them all the way.
Emperor Xin never paid attention to this Han army at all.
The 80,000 Chu army waited for two quarters of an hour, but the 50,000 Han army arrived belatedly and appeared three miles away from the Chu army.
Just when Emperor Xin was about to order the entire army to attack, a white figure suddenly appeared on the opposite side and said loudly: "Is King Zhou here?"
Di Xin was shocked. Looking at the figure in front of him that he hated so much, he gritted his teeth and said two words: "Jiang Shang."
Jiang Shang swaggered towards the Chu army formation and stood a hundred meters in front of Emperor Xin. He bowed his hands and said, "We haven't seen you for many years. King Zhou, how are you doing?"
Seeing this, Di Xin could no longer suppress his anger and shouted: "Old thief Jiang Shang, where are Ji Chang and Ji Fa? Let them get out and die."
As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous. Emperor Xin wanted to draw his sword and rush forward to chop Jiang Shang into pieces.
However, Di Xin held back, not only because of his demeanor as an emperor, but also because he knew that Jiang Shang could not be killed.
Being scolded by Di Xin as an old thief, Jiang Shang was not unhappy at all. Instead, he said calmly: "King Zhou really wants to see His Majesty King Wen and King Wu. When I see these two majesties in the future, I will definitely convey the message to King Zhou."
Di Xin vented part of the anger in his heart by swearing, and he quickly regained his senses. He narrowed his eyes and said: "You don't need to convey it. One day, Guhui will turn the world upside down, pull out the two of them, and kill them with a thousand cuts."
cut."
Jiang Shang sighed, shook his head and said: "King Zhou, why do you have to hold on to the past? Why don't you let it go? With your cultivation in the second realm of heaven and human beings, if you really meet these two majesties, you may not be their match."
Di Xin said coldly: "The two traitors, Ji Chang and his son, are just like you. They were promoted to the third level of heaven and human beings only by luck. They themselves are extremely useless. When Gu Gu recovers his previous life's cultivation, he will definitely let
You know how powerful it is."
"In this world of great strife, the Chu State alone can harvest luck quickly. Don't worry, this day will come soon."
Jiang Shang said with a sarcastic look on his face: "It depends on you, King Zhou, that you can wait until that day. Since I was able to destroy the Great Shang back then, I can destroy the Chu Kingdom again today."
"Without the secular dynasty to gather luck, how can you restore your previous life's cultivation?"
"King Zhou, are you ready to be the king of subjugation again?" Jiang Shang laughed wildly, releasing all his aura of the third realm of heaven and man, and the situation suddenly changed.
Di Xin also showed off his momentum and did his part.