Gaixia, Qi army camp.

Just after noon, a middle-aged handsome man wearing blue narrow sleeves straight helmet clothes without reporting from the guards outside the tent, quietly walked into Han Xin's central army tent. Han Xin, who was reading a military book in the tent, looked up and saw the person coming clearly and said in surprise: "Why are you here, sir?"

The visitor is nothing else, but the number one think tank under Han Xin’s account, Kuai Che, the debater of Fan Yang!

This is not simple. Chen Sheng launched a riot in Daze Township and sent a general, Wu Chen to pacify Zhao. It was thanks to Kuai Che's words that the military officials were able to send a letter to thousands of miles and decide dozens of counties in Zhao without fighting! Later, Han Xin destroyed Qi, and adopted Kuai Che's suggestion, and finally made up his mind.

Even Han Xin submitted that Liu Bang requested to establish a fake King of Qi, which was Kuai Che's idea.

However, the final result of this matter was far beyond Kuai Che's expectations. Liu Bang not only did not scold Han Xin, but even made Han Xin accustomed to the Zhenqi King. This result not only made Han Xin's vigilance against Liu Bang disappear, but also made Han Xin feel a rift towards Kuai Che. From then on, he did not listen to Kuai Che's advice much.

It is precisely because of this that Han Xin did not bring Kuai Che with him when he went on the expedition.

However, Kuai Che came uninvited and chased to the front line of Gaixia alone.

When he saw Han Xin, Kuai Che did not respect him and said, "Master, do you know that you have died until yesterday?"

Although Han Xin had a grudge against Kuai Che, he was still very impressed by Kuai Che's knowledge, so after hearing this, he only frowned slightly and did not have an attack on the spot. He said patiently: "Sir, joking."

"Just?" Kuai Che shook his head and said solemnly, "I didn't joke with the king. If the king does not immediately withdraw the siege of ten sides and release Xiang Yu and the remnants of the Chu army, I'm afraid there will be a disaster in every possible way!" After saying this, Kuai Che said again, "Liu Bang is not a good person. Just wait until he destroys Chu and kills Xiang Yu, he will turn around and deal with you, King!"

"Sir!" Han Xin frowned and said unhappy, "To this day, why do you still have prejudice against the King of Han?"

"Previous?" Kuai Che said sneered, "This is not prejudice. In order to save his life, Liu Bang could push his biological flesh and blood off the carriage. How can such a cruel and ruthless person share wealth with others? How can you share the world with the king? King, wake up quickly. Liu Bang is a civilian, and there is nothing in the world that he can't do!"

"Enough." Han Xin waved his hand and scolded, "Rumors, these are all rumors. Mr. Wang believes such a ridiculous rumor?"

After saying this, Han Xin said solemnly: "The king of Han is benevolent and righteous, and everyone in the world knows that the people of Guanzhong have built temples for the king of Han. The king of Han treats the orphans with deep affection. How can the orphans turn against him?"

"Renyi? Haha, the benevolent and righteousness of the King of Han?" Kuai Che said tragically, "King, is this what you said in your heart?"

Han Xin said silently, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Sir, do you advise Gu to betray the King of Han, and don't mention it again from now on, otherwise, don't blame Gu for turning against him."

Kuai Che shook his head and said nothing more, but he was extremely disappointed with Han Xin.

In Kuai Che's opinion, Han Xin's military talent is unparalleled in the world, and even unmatched by anyone, but his political vision is really unsatisfactory. He couldn't even see what kind of person Liu Bang was, and he actually dared to share the world with him. This is simply not knowing how the word "death" is written.

When the king and his ministers were speechless, General Li Zuoche suddenly strode in.

Seeing Kuai Che, Li Zuoche quickly clasped his fists and greeted him respectfully. Then he reported to Han Xin: "King, General Kong Xi's Pegasus urgently reported that the flooding plan had worked. The more than 4,000 Chu troops blocked on the north bank of the Tuo River have been killed. Xiang Yu led less than 6,000 remaining soldiers and threw them into the direction of Rock Gorge."

"I understand." Han Xin waved his hand and said calmly, "Go down."

"No." Li Zuoche bowed respectfully, turned around and retreated.

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Twenty miles south of the Tuo River, Xiang Yu was leading 5,000 remaining troops to hurry south along the road.

When talking about this road, we must mention Qin Shihuang Yingzheng. Yingzheng reigned for eleven years from destroying the six kingdoms, unifying the world to dying of sickness, and did three major events that have been shining in history. One was to unify weights and measures and words, and one created the cornerstone of civilization of the Huaxia, that is, the Han people. The second was to send troops to attack the Huns in the north and conquer Baiyue in the south, and lay the traditional sphere of influence of the Huaxia people. The third was to build a large-scale expressway from Xianyang to all parts of the country, which is the road of Chidao.

Three major things were accomplished after eleven years of reign. There was no other emperor as efficient as Ying Zheng!

In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian insulted Ying Zheng as a tyrant, and mentioned that the Qin Dynasty often replaced it with tyrannical Qin, which was extremely unfair.

Just to evaluate the historical heritage left for future generations, Ying Zheng is the unscrupulous emperor of the ages. Whether it is Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and his son, they are hard to match. As for Kang, who were advocated by some in later generations, the two Qing emperors, Qian, were even not worthy of carrying shoes for Qin Shihuang.

Of course, the above contributions cannot be attributed to Ying Zheng alone, because behind Ying Zheng, there is a huge political system operating, supporting every measure, every edict and every decision he made. This political system is the legal system, or farming and war system founded by Shang Yang.

Less gossip, let’s talk about Xiang Yu. From a distance, I saw two mountains blocking the way. There was a canyon among the two mountains. The road from north to south passed through it. The terrain was extremely dangerous. Xiang Yu immediately stopped and turned around to ask Xiang Zhuang who was accompanying him, saying, “Third brother, what mountain is the mountain in front? It’s so dangerous!”

Xiang Zhuang naturally couldn't answer, so he quickly sent someone to inquire.

In less than a moment, soldiers familiar with the nearby terrain came to Xiang Yu's horse and knelt down to report: "King, there is Shuanglong Mountain in front and Luoshi Gorge in the middle. It stretches for more than ten miles north and south, and only two vehicles can travel in parallel at the narrowest point."

"Brother Wang, this place is too dangerous!" Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "If the coalition forces set up an ambush here, just wait for our army to enter the canyon and then block the valley entrances at the north and south ends, we will become turtles in the jar."

"The turtle in the jar? What a metaphor." Xiang Yu naturally had never heard of this idiom that appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not difficult to understand the meaning of the idiom. He immediately asked the soldier, "Is there any other way to go?"

"It's gone, this is the road that passes Shuanglong Mountain." The soldier said, "If you walk around, you have to walk at least a hundred miles more."

"Travel more than a hundred miles?" Xiang Bo frowned, "Ji'er, this is not possible. When we bypass Shuanglong Mountain, Han Xin's coalition forces were afraid that they had already crossed Luoshi Gorge and grabbed us in front of us." After saying this, Xiang Bo said again, "In my opinion, Han Xin's child would never have thought that we would walk this path, and there would be no ambush here."

"What if there is an ambush?" General Zhong Limei retorted, "Isn't our army dangerous?"

"Third brother, what do you think you should do?" Xiang Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly turned his eyes to Xiangzhuang.

Zhonglimei, Xiao Gongjiao, Huan Chu and other Chu generals couldn't help but focus on Xiang Zhuang. At this moment, everyone felt a strange feeling in their hearts. It seemed that since they were seriously injured last time, the third generals had become different. The third generals in the past only knew how to fight against the rashly, but Xiang Zhuang now seemed extremely wise.

"Burn!" Xiang Zhuang did not feel any inappropriate and said with a grim voice, "Burn the mountain!"

Although Xiang Zhuang is now traveling through time from later generations, there is no clear record in history books about what ten directions Han Xin's ten-side ambush were, so he cannot assert whether there were ambushers in Shuanglong Mountain in front. However, now, it is no longer important to have ambushers in the mountains. It would be fine if there were no ambushers. If so, let him be wiped out.

"Good idea!" Zhongli praised, "It's the middle of winter, and the grass and trees in the mountains are just a little bit. There are really coalition ambushes hidden on the mountain. As long as the fire starts, they will only turn into ashes with the grass and trees."

Xiang Yu was moved and immediately ordered: "Xiang Sheng, I'll order you to lead your troops into the valley and burn mountains!"

"No!" Xiang Sheng agreed with the promise and immediately led hundreds of remaining soldiers from the headquarters to collect the objects that led to fire into Luoshi Gorge.

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Shuanglong Mountain, mountainside.

The Qi army general Chen He was standing on a cliff, holding a tent in his hand and looking towards the north valley entrance.

Seeing that the Chu army refused to enter the canyon, Chen He was puzzled and said to himself: "It's strange, why didn't the Chu army enter the valley yet? Has our army's whereabouts been discovered? This is impossible. Our army was already very careful when entering the mountain. Even the woodcutters and mountain people he encountered on the road were killed. It is absolutely impossible to leak the news."

When Chen He was confused, the personal army captain behind him suddenly shouted: "General, it seems that a Chu army has entered the valley!"

"Huh?" Chen He looked at it urgently and saw a small team of Chu troops winding into the canyon, with about three or four hundred people. However, the Chu army's large group of troops remained outside the valley and never entered the valley. At that moment, Chen He became more and more confused and said, "It's strange, I only sent such a few people into the valley. What is Xiang Yu doing?"

"Yes, what do Xiang Yu want to do?" The personal captain also scratched his head and puzzled.

But soon, Chen He and his personal military captain discovered Xiang Yu's intention, because the three or four hundred Chu troops entered the canyon and did not rush to travel, but lit torches and started setting fires around.

"General is not good!" said the captain of the personal military officer in shock, "The Chu army wants to set fire to the mountains!"

"Damn it, these cunning Jiangdong barbarians!" Chen He's face turned pale in an instant, and he shouted immediately, "Hurry up, order all the troops to escape from this mountain immediately!"

However, it was too late for Chen He to evacuate at this time.
Chapter completed!