Chapter 373 Qi Army Retreats

Lou Jing sighed and said to Han Xin: "King, the Chu army is indeed in the forefront of the enemy!"

Han Xin nodded and said in a deep thought: "100,000 cavalry, 100,000 cavalry? 100,000 cavalry?!"

Han He suddenly said, "Father, it is impossible for the Chu army to attack Qi to have 100,000. This must be a bluff. My son thought it would be good if the Chu army could have 50,000!"

"Oh?" Han Xin asked with great interest, "Tell me your reasons. (")"

Han He said: "The reason is very simple. In the last Huainan War, the Chu army only dispatched 50,000 cavalry until the end. It can be seen that their total war horses were only so many, so the Chu cavalry that invaded Qi this time would never exceed 50,000."

Lou Jing said: "King, Prince He's analysis is very reasonable. There are probably so many war horses in Chu."

After saying this, Lou Jing said: "Also, I have had contact with the Hu people of the Beihe tribe. I know that when the Hu people marched for a long distance, in order to speed up, each person usually has several mounts. I suspect that the Chu army may have adopted this method, so its actual force is likely to be only 20,000 to 30,000."

"Twenty or thirty thousand cavalry?" Han Xin nodded slightly, but his eyes suddenly narrowed.

After pondering for a moment, Han Xin's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and he turned around and shouted: "Map!"

The Guard Lang general Cao Qi turned around and waved his hand. Two imperial guards had already carried a hollow screen and hung the map of mountains, rivers and rivers in Hebei on the screen. Han Xin pondered at the map for half a quarter of an hour. A strange light suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he turned around and shouted, "Order the entire army to detach the camp and return to the country."

"Here!" Cao Qi replied with a loud bang, turned around and left.

Watching Cao Qi leave, Han He asked in confusion: "Father, as the tunnel is about to be dug through, Handan is about to be captured, isn't it a pity to retreat at this time? Moreover, the Chu army has only 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry, just strictly ordering all counties and counties to guard the city. We can completely capture Handan first, destroy Zhao State, and then return to the country. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple."

Han Xin smiled and said, "He'er, haven't your father taught you just now? The way of using military forces is ever-changing, but it's always the same. In the final analysis, that is, to win with the right combination, and combine with the current military situation. If you think about it carefully, you may have unexpected gains, haha."

Han He scratched his little head and fell into deep thought.

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The city above Handan was already in chaos.

There were piles of rolling wood and rocks everywhere, and the horse path was filled with scattered stones, arrows, and blood-stained broken swords and halberds. The originally flat horse path had been smashed into a pothole, and the bricks on the city wall had also been smashed to pieces. The originally majestic city seemed to be ruined.

The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and from time to time you could even see broken limbs and broken bodies.

General Zhao Guoci Bai Xuan slowly walked up to the city, surrounded by dozens of personal soldiers. Seeing the soldiers guarding the city lying everywhere on the city, the accompanying personal soldiers came forward and shouted loudly, but was stopped by Bai Xuan. Bai Xuan tiptoed onto the city and walked carefully through the cracks of the people, fearing that he would wake up the sleeping soldiers.

Not far away, several guards in charge of the guard wanted to see each other, but Bai Xuan stopped him.

After five days of bloody battle, the soldiers were exhausted, and Bai Xuan couldn't bear to wake them up.

However, at this moment, a low trumpet sound suddenly sounded without warning outside Handan City. The Zhao army soldiers in their sleep were startled and turned over and sat up one by one, and then rushed to the doveyard. More than a dozen sharp-eyed soldiers discovered Bai Xuan who was patrolling the city and rushed forward to see him.

Bai Xuan returned the gift and turned to look out of the city. Qi Jun was indeed moved.

However, soon Bai Xuan discovered that the situation was different. The Qi army outside the city showed no signs of gathering outside Handan City. They seemed to be pulling out the camp! That's right, it was pulling out the camp, and the Qi army was going to withdraw?!

The sharp-eyed soldier immediately shouted excitedly: "Break the camp, Qi army has set off the camp!"

"Yes, they are really pulling out the camp!" A soldier immediately agreed, "They are going to withdraw!"

The city of Handan suddenly became turbulent. More and more soldiers rushed to the dove and looked out. A few young men even jumped onto the dove. At this moment, all the soldiers were filled with ecstasy. The Qi army was really going to retreat. Handan City was defended? Will Zhao State and their homes be preserved?

Bai Xuan's eyebrows were covered with a layer of haze. He dared not be as optimistic as the soldiers. How could the Qi army retreat? If something goes wrong, it will be a monster. Could it be that Han Xin was playing the trick of trying to get? After pondering for a moment, Bai Xuan called the captain of his personal soldiers to approach and ordered: "Take the cavalry and go out of the city to catch a few Qi army scouts back!"

"Here!" The captain of the personal soldiers replied with a loud bang and took the order. "

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Outside the city of Lixia (now Jinan City), the cavalry was moving eastward.

Among the ten thousand troops, Xiang Zhuang turned his head and asked Bailixian, "Ziliang, it has been several days since the army entered Qi. Calculate the time, Han Xin should have received the military report. Do you think he will withdraw his troops from Handan?"

Bailixian shook his feather fan and replied, "It is certain to return to the army to save himself. Otherwise, when he captures Handan and returns to the army, the entire Qi land will probably become a wasteland long ago. Han Xin will definitely not be able to withstand such a blow, but I am also a little worried that Han Xin will play tricks before he actually retreats. If it is not good, Zhao State will suffer a great loss!"

"You mean..." Xiang Zhuang said sternly, "How can Han Xin play tricks of trying to get?"

"That's all." Bailixian said confidently, "If the Zhao army does not observe and thinks that the Qi army has really retreated, and the Qi army will turn around and attack again, maybe Handan will be lost in an instant."

Xiang Zhuang's face suddenly became dark. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Bailixian's concern was very reasonable. Zhao's army was careless and might have been hit by Han Xin's trick of trying to get. If Handan City was really lost, Zhao State would be destroyed. In this way, the Chu army's expedition would be meaningless!

No, this situation must not be allowed to happen!

Xiang Zhuang turned around and shouted: "Old Qu? Are you talented?"

Whenever Xiangzhuang goes to war, Qu Bucai, the commander of the Ebony Cliff, must accompany him. As soon as Xiangzhuang finished speaking, Qu Bucai had already hit the horse and came to Xiangzhuang. He bowed his hand on the horse's back and said, "What are my king's instructions?"

Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice: "Didn't you bring a few pigeons back to Handan? Immediately send a letter to Handan flying pigeons, asking your people to try to inform King Zhao Zhang Ao, saying that my army had already attacked Qi, and Han Xin would withdraw his troops soon. However, please tell him not to be careless, so as not to be caught by Han Xin's trick of playing hard to get!"

"Here!" Qu Bucai bowed and took the order.

Xiang Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhang Ao must not be careless."

Bailixian put down his feather fan and said, "Don't worry, Zhang Ao's tent is not without talented people. If others don't say it, Bai Xuan is also a powerful figure. If there were warnings from Ebony Cliff, he would not have been able to do anything about China and Han Xin."

Xiang Zhuang nodded thoughtfully and whispered: "I hope this is the case, I hope this is the case..."

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Handan, Zhao Palace.

King Zhang Aozheng of Zhao celebrated with important civil and military officials such as Guan Gao, Zhang Jing, Zhao Wu, Bai Xuan. Han Xin finally withdrew his troops. The siege of Handan was finally resolved, and the huge rock that was pressing on the hearts of their monarchs and ministers was finally moved away. At this moment, the hearts of the monarchs and ministers of Zhao were really full of ecstasy, and Zhao was worried.

General Zhao Wu, the general of Zhao State, was so excited that his face turned red.

The Qi army attacked Handan for five days and had to retreat in disgrace. This outstanding record had fallen firmly on Zhao Wu's head. Thinking that he could make the famous Han Xin return in vain, Zhao Wu was so excited that he was so angry that he had not cared about the authority of King Zhao, he really wanted to push the female officials beside him to the ground and attack him wantonly.

Guan Gao and Zhang Jing were also very grateful that Zhao State was able to turn bad luck into good fortune this time, which is truly a blessing to heaven.

Only Bai Xuan frowned deeply, and felt a hint of inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. The Qi army had only been besieging the city for only five days, but he had retreated in a hurry? This was not Han Xin's style at all. As the saying goes, something abnormal will happen. What is the problem? Is it a trick of trying to get, or something big happened in the country of Qi?

Bai Xuan's confusion did not last long. Soon, the personal guards who he sent to capture the Qi army scouts came out. His personal guards captured more than a dozen Qi army scouts. After tortured and killed dozens of Qi army scouts by various means, he finally pried open the mouth of one of the Qi army scouts. A major incident happened in Qi State!

The Chu army turned out to be the Chu army, and 100,000 Chu cavalry had already attacked Qi!

Bai Xuan then sighed with a long sigh. It seemed that the Qi army retreated. Tens of thousands of Chu cavalry attacked Qi and burned, killed and plundered Qi. It was no wonder that Han Xin had to hurry back. If he did not return to the army, even if Linzi would not be lost, the entire Qi area would probably be ruined by the Chu army.

When Bai Xuan told the news, King Zhang Ao of Zhao, Guan Gao, Zhang Jing, Zhao Wu and other ministers were even more relieved.

Zhang Ao was happy and immediately ordered the minister Zhang Jing to say, "Asia, immediately summon the ministers and officials. Tonight I will hold a banquet in the palace hall to reward all civil and military officials, hahaha..."

"Here!" Zhang Jing bowed, turned around and went there happily.

Zhang Ao said to General Zhao Wu again: "General, send someone to withdraw money and food from the treasury, prepare more cattle, mutton, wine and meat. After the palace banquet, I will go to the camp to reward the five armies and congratulate them with the soldiers!"

"Here!" Zhao Wu bowed, replied again, and then turned around and left.

"Haha, my dear friends, I'm missing my companion first." Seeing Zhang Jing and Zhao Wu's figure gone, Zhang Ao could not suppress the joy in his heart. He said goodbye to Guan Gao, Bai Xuan and others and went straight to the harem. Liu Yuan's white body had already appeared in Zhang Ao's mind. There were hundreds of beauties in the harem, but Zhang Ao only loved Liu Yuan.


Chapter completed!