Destiny Only Han

Chapter 286 Liu Ying: Fellow townsman, write a letter for food!
Sishui County, Xu County (now Sihong County, Jiangsu).

As the sun sets, the clouds and mists in the distance lightly brush over Mount Dai, dotted with orange sunsets.

Outside the county seat, the defenders in the city were again forced to surrender. Guan Ying, who occupied Xu County, began to command the soldiers to take over the city defense and set up camp.

Ever since defeating the side division of the Chu army in Xuejun and killing Chu general Han Gonggao, Lang Zhong's cavalry swept across the rear of Western Chu like a no-man's land.

Wherever the Han army passed, except for the counties and townships with strong city defenses that tried to resist, but were captured immediately, and the county and township chiefs were executed, the remaining counties, large and small, all fell upon hearing the wind like today.

Well, the place where the Han army stayed yesterday is called Gaixia.

It's just that Guan Ying, who was busy casting nets and catching fish by the river, didn't know anything about this place name.

Beside Guan Ying at the moment, Xiao Lu, who was in charge of the prince's family order, was also busy like him.

For the purpose of cultivating the next generation, Liu Ying also sent Xiao Lu to the army for training, and what he is doing now is exactly the same as what Xiao He did when he entered Xianyang City that day.

Take over the treasury and sort out the household registration register.

After that, just like they did in other counties and townships of Chu State that they captured, let the family members of soldiers serving in Xiang Yu's army write letters to their father, brother and son in front.

The content of the letter is very simple, just to report safety.

When they set off, Liu Ying had already drafted the template, and only needed to replace the name, and then make a few changes before sending out in batches.

The reason why it is to keep safe, not to use it to persuade them to surrender, is mainly because they are worried that if they do so, their reputation will be bad.

After all, what Liu Ying wants is long-term peace and stability, and people still have to fight for it.

Well, there is no need to worry that they will be forced to write family letters under the pressure of swords and guns, because for each letter written, they can get ten stones, which is 1000 two hundred catties of grain.

Han Jin.

At this moment, the autumn harvest is coming, and the rear of Chu State is negligent, so the regime established casually by the Han army is enough to guarantee the needs of the Langzhong cavalry, as well as the expenditure for bread and circuses.

With the help of a bright torch, Guan Ying unfolded a map found in Xu County in front of him.

He kept using the charcoal pencil in his hand to outline it in detail, delineating the marching route for the next battle.

Moments later, the plan is complete.

Anyway, the elites of the Chu army are all on the northwest edge, and the Langzhong cavalry rushing into the hinterland of the Chu army at this moment are like monkeys making troubles in the heavenly palace, and they can toss in different ways.

Therefore, Guanying's plan is actually very simple. It is to go south from here, bypassing Hongze Lake to attack Xutai, and then continue south to capture Tangyi County, cutting off Guangling County, which was still the estuary of the Yangtze River at this time, and Jiujiang State. The connection between the Chu army.

Guangling County is the Yangzhou of later generations.

The sediment carried by the Yangtze River in this period has not yet filled up many continental shelves, so this city, which has no coastline at all in later generations, is now in the same position as the Pearl of the Orient in later generations.

In the past Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Chai, king of Wu, built ports and warships here in order to compete with Qi for maritime supremacy.

So the corresponding one is Langya, which is the small fishing village called Qingdao in later generations. It was selected by history at once and became the frontier of Qi State's confrontation with Wu State's navy.

It's just a contest between the two naval forces, but the final result is that Shandong Dahan, who rides a horse better than sails a boat, wins...

After Guan Ying was about to capture Guangling, he set up a beachhead on the deserted beach on the south bank of the river, waiting for an opportunity to cross the river and attack the more intimate areas of Chu.

For example, Jinling Town on the other side.

This wave belongs to Henan people, who are going to recover Jerusalem for the Anhui people...

But this is all going well, for example, the elite of Chu State has no plan to go south to help.

If the Chu army goes south, it depends on who is leading the army.

If it was Xiang Yu, he would naturally avoid his edge.

Others, since they are here to give away their heads, they must not be let go!
This was not because Guan Ying felt that Langzhong's cavalry could not defeat the elite Chu army led by Xiang Yu, but that it was inconsistent with the overall strategy of destroying Chu.

What the cavalrymen want is to continuously bleed Xichu like they are now, rather than a head-on decisive battle.

This kind of main force decisive battle will inevitably happen in the future, but it is not now.

Well, just like Xiaoyou in the situation, the ADC doesn't fight with the team, but when he invades the opposite wild area, he runs over and fights against the opponent who came over...

After formulating the battle plan, Guan Ying went to reaffirm military discipline to the Han troops stationed in the city.

Xu County surrendered voluntarily, and the Han army naturally couldn't choose to slaughter or not to slaughter the city according to their own mood like Xiang Yu.

Moreover, looting the people and humiliating women must be absolutely prohibited.

Although these two are all written into the military law, the former is strictly prohibited. As long as one step beyond the threshold, the military law will inevitably be followed.

But the latter needs to distinguish before making a penalty decision.

After all, no matter what time of day, there are plenty of delinquent women who sell their bodies for money.

Take it easy, don't shudder...

The Han army captured many counties in the Chu State one after another, and almost emptied the treasury in the city. It can be said responsibly that every soldier's private pocket is quite rich.

But at this time, it is in the state of marching, especially in the territory of Chu State, so no matter who it is, it is not allowed to recruit prostitutes in the army.

For this reason, Liu Ying made a wish before the war to take down the Chu Palace, one person and one little maid...

The Langzhong cavalry who kept this sentence in their hearts were naturally invincible.

Therefore, the request for help sent from the back of Chu State flew like snowflakes to the Chu army camp outside Kaifeng City.

Inside the handsome tent, Xiang Yu had a gloomy face, silently watching Xiang Bo who was like being fished out of water.

This is the so-called peace negotiation of the Han army?

But he couldn't get angry. After all, the Han army that was destroying the city and the village in the Western Chu territory at this moment came from Qi.

In his understanding, Liu Bang is located in Xingyang City, so naturally there is no way to immediately restrain the actions of the Han army in Qidi.

After all, one is located farthest west and one is farthest east.

Although Xiang Yu also heard that the Han army seemed to be using birds for communication, he laughed it off.

Nonsense, utter nonsense!

This kind of saying that flying birds assist the Han army is the same as the so-called killing the white snake, but it is just used to create momentum!

Therefore, Xiang Yu's energy has been devoted to urging the engineers to imitate the various siege and defense equipment of the Han army.

Down-to-earth is the kingly way!
It's a pity that the engineer killed one crop after another, and the final imitation equipment was stretched higher and higher every time. Xiang Yu couldn't help but curse God frequently every time he dreamed back at midnight.

Therefore, it is not a crime of war!

But now, it has reached the point of crimes other than war.

Xiang Yu's decision, of course, was to pack his bags as soon as possible and carry out a so-called strike, but in fact he repeated the scene of whack-a-mole.

Well, this time the gopher is no longer Lu Wan, but Guan Ying who makes Xiang Yu feel a little sympathetic.

If we talk about the previous Guan Ying, Xiang Yu felt that he was just an ordinary cavalry general.

Not overhanging, but not overstretching either.

But now, looking at the time when the request for help and the battle report were issued, Xiang Yu could clearly know the trajectory of Guan Ying's advance.

Mercury floods the ground, antelope hangs its horns!
Although not as good as himself, but at least seven points of his ability!
And it was Guan Ying's age that made Xiang Yu think of heroes.

He is only in his 20s!

This means that Guan Ying actually has a lot of room for improvement!
Especially since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, after the cavalry gradually replaced the cumbersome chariots, all generals who are proficient in cavalry combat are in their 20s when they emerge.

Well, decades later, a genius who came and went in a hurry, broke the record of this age to 17 years old...

This is also the reason why Xiang Yu couldn't sleep at night in recent days.

How did such a talent fall into Liu Ji's hands again?

I, will be born!

Thinking of Xiang Yu here, he was too lazy to talk to Uncle Xiang who was silent with his head down, and just gave the order for the entire army to retreat on his own.

It is obvious that Liu Bang's negotiation of peace was fraudulent.

But at this time, Xiang Yu had no choice but to accept even if he knew there was a fraud.

After all, if the two gophers were not destroyed, the food in the rear would not be transported at all.

Therefore, as long as this contract allows Chu and Han to maintain peace for a month, he is sure that he can capture one of the gophers at home alive.

As for the other one?
Grab him naturally, and then raise the knife and drop it!
Xiang Yu touched a handful of the Thirty Lianhuan Dao that he loved as a treasure and seized it from the hands of the Han army, imagining the heroic posture of raising the sword in his hand.

This knife not only cut off the enemy's head, but also pulled out a thorn in his heart!

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The next day, at the head of Xingyang city.

Liu Bang stood on the top of the city tower, holding a telescope in his hand that was painted with dragons and phoenixes and painted with gold paint.

Although this was just a small camp to monitor the actions of the Han army, they belonged to the same battle order of the Chu army, and naturally they had to follow Xiang Yu's order to withdraw the entire army.

At this moment, although the outer fence and archery towers of the Chu army had not been dismantled, the inner tents and pots were dismantled one by one and put on small carts.

These small carts are similar in appearance to those used in the Han army.

Obviously, this is the result of Xiang Yu obtaining samples from some merchants and then imitating them.

After all, with the finished product, the subsequent imitation is to shoot the arrow first and then draw the target, which can be done by just finding a few skilled carpenters.

But alas, there's nothing they can do about the cart's bearings.

This kind of steel made by adding manganese powder cannot be imitated at all based on the experience of Chu military engineers.

Therefore, it is said that in Guanzhong, Xiao He has arrested at least a dozen merchants who bought bearings from the private sector and planned to sell them to Xiang Yu at a high price.

'Chaoyang masses' have repeatedly made outstanding achievements!
The reason is simple, once verified, the whistleblower can obtain half of the defendant's property.

This is a variant of the warning order.

ps: Punishment cannot be known, but power cannot be measured. The ancients never deceived me!

(End of this chapter)