The Han army divided into three groups and meandered through the muddy Huainan wilderness after the rain.
Liu Bang on the east road had received a report from the scouts and knew that the Chu army was following him.
He was so angry that he beat his chest and said, "I was waiting for you but you didn't come.
As soon as I broke camp and left, you followed me."
But there was no way, he didn't have the courage to fight with Xiang Yu.
For field battles.
In his life, no matter what the strength comparison was, he had never won a single encounter with Xiang Yu in the wild.
Only by relying on forts or fortified cities can we forcefully form a confrontation with Xiang Yu.
But now he and Han Xin's Zhang Erbu were fifty or sixty miles apart, and it was difficult to notify them in time.
Even if they were informed, they still had no determination to gather 450,000 troops to fight Xiang Yu in the wild.
He still didn't know how many troops Xiang Yu had to cross the river.
Come.
Therefore, he ordered his soldiers to pass the order, and the whole army speeded up and crossed the Huaihe River as soon as possible to get rid of the Chu army's pursuit.
Then wait for an opportunity to find a city in Huaibei to defend the back, and then contact the princes to block the following Chu army.
Finally, the Huaihe River is in sight.
The vanguard has already begun to build the pontoon bridge.
After Liu Bang waited anxiously for two hours, the pontoon bridge was finally completed.
At this time, ten miles upstream of the Huai River from here, a large number of Chu troops were resting.
The soldiers were sitting in circles, drinking water and chatting, and the horses were nibbling grass.
The sentry rider walked his horse around, scanning the surroundings with vigilant eyes.
These are the five thousand elite cavalry that Xiang Yu drew from various tribes of Huben.
They were all equipped and trained according to the standards of Baima Yicong.
After crossing the river, Xiang Yu judged that the Han army would retreat at least to the north of the Huaihe River this time, so he took these five thousand elite cavalry, one man and two horses, and quickly advanced towards the Huaihe River from the flanks, quickly outflanking the Han army.
After crossing the Huaihe River half a day ahead of the Han army, he immediately rested his troops and sent hundreds of scouts along the river to conduct reconnaissance.
A horse galloped over, and beside Xiang Yu, the soldiers slowed down their horses.
He dismounted and reported: "Your Majesty, the Han army's pontoon bridge has been built and is crossing the river."
"Look clearly which part of the Han army is here.
I don't have an estimate of how many troops there are."
"Reporting to your Majesty, the flag seems to be from Liu Bang's headquarters.
The troops are connected to the sky and it is difficult to estimate clearly."
"This is really an unexpected opportunity for a decisive battle," Xiang Yu said to himself, and then he said loudly: "Okay, pass my king's order and the whole army will assemble."
The five thousand elite riders quickly lined up.
Everyone was in high spirits and the horses were full of energy.
The overlord with bright armor rode a black horse and walked slowly in front of the queue.
He said loudly to the soldiers: "Most of you are my descendants of Western Chu.
You have followed me through life and death for many years.
I will never forget your merits.
Today, I will lead you to fight back to your homeland and regain your land.
But we will face several challenges.
One hundred thousand enemy troops, we must completely defeat them in order to protect the peace of this land.
"Do you have the blood and courage?"
Five thousand people suddenly said the word "yes" in unison.
Liu Bang and his personal guards were the first to cross the Huaihe River on the pontoon bridge, and then the Han troops waiting to cross on the south bank of the Huaihe River passed by the bridge in an orderly manner.
Liu Bang is waiting on the shore, and he will go with the Chinese army.
There was a rumbling sound in the distance.
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Liu Bang squinted and looked over and saw that it was a group of cavalry.
Initially, he wasn't panicked.
Because he thought this could not be the Chu army.
But the other party did not display any banners, and the clothing and armor were obviously not the standard for the Han army headquarters.
He tried hard to figure out which prince's reinforcements this would be.
Then, he realized that something was wrong.
When this large group of cavalry was still more than 200 meters away from the pontoon bridge, not only did they not slow down, but they changed from the previous medium-speed marching speed to a high-speed impact speed.
Immediately afterwards, he found a general riding out from behind, with a black horse on his crotch and an overlord's halberd in his hand.
Who else could this be if he wasn't Xiang Yu?
"There is an enemy attack, be on alert" Liu Bang himself shouted loudly and hid behind the guards while shouting.
The Han soldiers on guard more than 200 meters away were already dead.
Five thousand Chu army's tigers and warriors, with their horses standing tall and flowing with cold light, came to kill like fierce gods.
At this time, there were nearly 100,000 Han troops crossing the Huaihe River.
The baggage was heavy, and the men and horses were separated by a distance of twenty miles.
On the south bank of the river, there were still 200,000 Han troops gathered in a group, waiting to cross.
With the sound of "swish" piercing the sky, these tiger warriors who were taught by Baima Yicong first used long and slightly compound bows to shoot in one shot.
There are short-range direct shots of twenty to thirty meters, and there are also projectiles of hundreds of meters.
Arrows shot from five thousand strong bows filled the sky.
The Han troops near the head of the pontoon bridge and the Han troops on the pontoon bridge fell down.
Liu Bang was already running forward surrounded by his guards, otherwise Liu Bang himself would not be able to escape death.
Xiang Yu mobilized his black horse, waved the big halberd in his hand, and beheaded more than a dozen Han soldiers in a row.
In an instant, he penetrated the Han army's column near the bridgehead, and behind him were five thousand fine cavalry arranged in a cone formation.
The cone-shaped cavalry formation quickly tore the hole into a large hole, and the Han soldiers were killed in vain under Ma Shan's swing.
Many Han soldiers were directly knocked to the ground by their horses and trampled to death.
The surrounding Han soldiers moved aside to avoid the pursuit of death.
When the Chu army's cavalry formation was about to completely pass through the gap, the Chu army knights at the end began to throw skin bags towards the pontoon bridge.
These skin bags filled with kerosene fell on the wooden boards of the pontoon bridge, leaving the bridge covered with kerosene. .
The dozen knights at the end threw torches towards the pontoon.
Flames quickly rose on the pontoon bridge.
Xiang Yu continued to lead these elite cavalry back and forth among the 100,000 Han troops.
Because the Han army's team was too long, some people in the front of the team did not even know about the attack.
They were unprepared and were suddenly attacked by the Chu army's cavalry, causing incalculable casualties. .
Wherever the Chu army's cavalry passed, corpses were scattered and blood flowed like rivers.
Soon, the 100,000 Han troops were in chaos, running around in confusion.
On the vast Huaibei Plain, there are clusters in the east and clusters in the west scattered randomly.
Xiang Yu loudly ordered: "Surround and hunt."
The knights put away their horses, bent their bows and arrows, and fired around the groups of Han troops.
Under this unheard-of tactic, the Han army fell to the ground one after another like hail hitting peach blossoms.
There were individual brave soldiers of the Han army, and they were in small groups, led by junior officers, trying to intercept the cavalry with their spears and halberds.
But it was crushed to pieces like a mantis using its arms as a chariot.
At this time, Liu Bang had already led his guards to run all the way to the northeast, away from the main force, so that he would feel safe.
At this time, a cavalry general stepped forward, grabbed Liu Bang's sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, we cannot run for our lives in such a panic, otherwise the hundreds of thousands of troops may be completely destroyed.
Xiang Yu does not have many men and horses, if we organize the cavalry A counterattack can not only repel Xiang Yu, but may even take Xiang Yu's head. " Liu Bang took a closer look and saw that it was Lu Matong who was in charge of cavalry training.
He responded: "Since you are so confident, I will put all the cavalry in my personal guard under your command.
In addition, I will give you a token.
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You can use it to gather the cavalry in the retreat.
You will command this counterattack.
If you win, I will make you a marquis.
If I take Xiang Yu's head, I will make you a king. " Lu Matong was overjoyed and happily agreed: "No
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