Xiang Yu, who was galloping on horseback, had also noticed Han Xin commanding the chariot more than ten battles away.
He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, pulled the bowstring to its full limit, and shot an arrow.
"Whoosh!"
The sounds of arrows piercing the air and piercing into wood followed one after another.
An arrow was hitting the carriage board of Han Xin's car.
Due to its extremely sharp force, the arrow tail was still buzzing and vibrating.
If the arrow had been a few inches higher, it would have penetrated Han Xin's body.
When Xiang Yu bent his bow, the black horse under his crotch did not stop galloping.
In the blink of an eye, he was already within ten battles of Han Xin's car.
More than a dozen Han Xin's guards rode out one after another to meet Xiang Yu.
Most of them used ring-shou swords, and a few of those with excellent equestrian skills used two-meter short spears.
Overlord roared loudly, and several Qi soldiers were slightly stunned by the violent shouting.
The blade of Overlord's halberd was already in front of them.
"Puff, puff, puff!"
With the sound of several bones and flesh being chopped, four of Han Xin's knights were killed and dismounted.
At this time, a short spear had pierced Xiang Yu's side.
The Overlord laughed, swayed, held the big halberd with one hand, and grabbed the opponent's short spear in the air with the other hand.
With a little force on his arm, the opponent fell off his horse.
Then he was trampled to pieces by numerous Chu army cavalry behind Xiang Yu.
These Chu army cavalry also straightened up their horses and slashed and charged, killing all those who stood in their way.
"Your Majesty, leave quickly.
It's too late if you don't leave.
Leave the green hills here and don't worry about running out of firewood."
Kuai Tong advised Han Xin again.
Why doesn't Han Xin know this?
It's just that he is unwilling to do so.
As soon as he got rid of Liu Bang's shackles, he suffered his first defeat in his life.
And he was still defeated by Xiang Yu, who he mocked as having only the courage of an ordinary man.
This is a reality he doesn't want to face.
"Pass my king's order, attack with all your strength on the left wing, and the Chinese army will retreat."
Han Xin reluctantly gave the retreat order.
After saying this, the driver on his chariot shook the reins, and the chariot sped toward the northeast of Pengcheng.
As soon as he retreated, the Qi soldiers of the Chinese army fled one after another, and the retreat of the Chinese army soon turned into collapse.
Xiang Yu led three thousand fine cavalry to kill the defeated soldiers in front, hoping to catch up with Han Xin.
But at this moment, a Lingxin scout came to report on flying horses, saying that the left wing could no longer withstand it.
At this time, most of the Chu army's central army was composed of pikemen and could not complete the task of turning in time and returning to support the left wing.
Only the cavalry led by Xiang Yu could complete the task of rescuing the left wing.
Xiang Yu had no choice but to give up the pursuit of Han Xin and led the entire army to rescue the left flank of his formation.
At this time, the 500 warriors and 500 pikemen who were sniping at the Qi army's right cavalry had delayed the opponent for half a moment, but they had also lost more than half, so they could only retreat into the center of the spear forest and shield wall.
The entire Chu army formed a circular defensive formation.
Chen Xi's thousands of cavalry circled half a circle around the central Chu army from a distance.
When they saw that Han Xin had fled, they had no intention of fighting anymore and rode away from the battlefield.
The left wing of the Qi army was under attack from the front and rear by the fine cavalry led by Xiang Yu and the right wing of the Chu army.
They found that the commander and the Chinese army had escaped, and were soon completely defeated.
Xiang Yu then gathered all his cavalry to pursue Chen Xi, who finally retreated.
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Finally, he caught up with Chen Xi who was trying to cross the river by a small river.
Chu Qi's first charge dispersed Chen Xi's troops, who had lost all morale.
When Xiang Yu returned with Chen Xi's head, the sun had set and the Chu army had already captured Pengcheng.
Xiang Yu ordered the entire army to rest and regroup, and continue to pursue Han Xin the next day.
In fact, before dawn the next day, just after dinner, a reconnaissance team composed of fifty Lingzheng scouts went out of the city at night to track the traces of Han Xin's remnants.
Xiang Yu knew that if Han Xin was given half a year, he could recover his strength in Qi and create an army of tens of thousands.
Give him a month or two and he will be able to gain a firm foothold in Qidi.
Give him a few days, and he can set up a "tactical trap" to get rid of his pursuit.
Therefore, it is the best choice to pursue Han Xin fiercely without giving him a chance to breathe.
At dawn, Xiang Yu set out with five thousand tiger and horse cavalry who were full of energy after sleeping all night, as well as warriors who were trapped in the battle, and three thousand selected heavy infantry with swords and shields.
Each of them carried five days of dry food.
All the other soldiers were stationed in Pengcheng.
At this time, a general came forward to report: "Your Majesty, last night we interrogated the Qi army prisoners of war and discovered a major news.
Liu Bang was killed by Han Xin."
Xiang Yu's heart fluctuated.
He didn't believe his ears and said, "Tell me again, what happened to Liu Bang?"
"Liu Bang died.
He was killed by Han Xin."
"Very good, now we can pursue Han Xin with confidence and boldness."
After Xiang Yu finished speaking, he led more than 8,000 soldiers to the northeast.
There were still 6,000 remaining soldiers beside Han Xin, rushing toward the northeast.
Even walking in the dark at night.
The defeated troops lost all their baggage, and of course no food supplies.
At midnight, the soldiers of the Qi army who were tired, sleepy and hungry could not hold on any longer.
No matter how Han Xin and the generals scolded and urged them, they stopped moving forward.
Han Xin was afraid that the pressure would tighten and trigger a mutiny, so he had to order the troops to rest in place.
After counting the number of people again, it was found that there were more than a thousand people missing.
After the fierce fighting during the day, the soldiers were already exhausted.
Even the soldiers standing guard deserted and fell asleep.
This is usually unimaginable in Han Xin's army, which has strict military discipline.
At this time, Han Xin's remnant soldiers did not notice several ghostly figures in the surrounding forest.
They were none other than the Chu army's Lingzhen scouts.
The next day, under the scolding of the general, the soldiers of the Qi army opened their sleepy eyes and continued to move forward.
Han Xin now only hopes that something can bother Xiang Yu and stop bothering him.
As long as he is given a month or two, he can turn the situation around.
After a short journey, we arrived at Lanling County, but the city gate was closed and the garrison was armed.
In the past, Han Xing could have captured this small city in one day with 6,000 troops, but now he didn't even have one day.
And even if Lanling was captured, he would not dare to station his troops in to rest, because Xiang Yu's pursuit troops were still behind and would be easily blocked after entering the city.
This was why he did not escape into Pengcheng yesterday.
Now Han Xin just wanted to get some food from the city, so he ordered his soldiers to shout to the top of the city.
After a while, a man came out of the city, it was the magistrate of Lanling County.
"We are the army of the King of Qi.
We are collecting grain and grass in Lanling under the king's order.
Please ask the county magistrate to collect and deliver it quickly."
The sergeant of the Qi army shouted.
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The county magistrate laughed and said: "I do not belong to Qi, nor do I recognize the Han Dynasty, let alone the King of Qi.
This is Lanling County, which belongs to the State of Lu and is the fiefdom of King Xiang."
It turned out that last night, the Chu army ordered scouts to enter the city and instigated the rebellion of the magistrate of Lanling County.
Lanling originally belonged to Xiang Yu's fiefdom, and the local elders were loyal to Xiang Yu.
If Xiang Yudong hadn't sent a secret envoy after returning to Jiangdong to ask them to pretend to surrender to Liu Bang, they would have resisted the Han army to the end.
Therefore, instigating rebellion in these counties is a matter of just one word from the overlord.
Han Xin was helpless and did not dare to stay here any longer.
He continued to lead the remaining troops eastward.
He wanted to reach Langya and then turn north and return to Linzi
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