The sky finally darkened, and Liu Bang and Xiang Zhuang chose to withdraw their troops at the same time.

Xiang Zhuang was still scared, but Liu Bang was also scared? Today, the Han army was almost defeated!

Looking at the Han army retreating like a tide, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but breathe a long sigh, then turned to Bailixian and said, "Ziliang, how is it true this time?"

"Yes." Baili Xian said deeply, "I was indeed careless this time."

In order to win the Chu-Han War, the State of Chu made sufficient preparations, but today's war caused by the strangulation of the scout almost made all the preparations of the State of Chu fail. Just imagine, if even the 400,000 main army of Xiangzhuang was destroyed, the other back-up was the castles in the air, which would be useless.

When she returned to the camp, Xiang Zhuang immediately asked Qu Bucai to see him.

After entering the tent, Qu Bucai knelt on his knees and said tragically: "Master, I am dereliction of duty..."

Xiang Zhuang suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Qu Bucai and said in a deep voice: "Old Qu, now is not the time to hold people accountable. You must find out as soon as possible when and where did Liu Bang train heavy cavalry? Why did you not know anything about it in advance? Also, in addition to heavy cavalry, does the Han army still hide some more powerful backup?"

"Here!" Qu Bucai bowed and then got up and left the tent.

Xiang Zhuang said to Meng Keng very seriously again: "Meng Keng, do you know your guilt?"

Meng Keng knelt on one knee and said with a tragic expression: "King, I... know the crime."

Today's war was not within Xiang Zhuang's plan, but was caused entirely by Meng Keng's unauthorized actions. If the result was good, Meng Keng would have the opportunity to atone for his sins, but now the result was not ideal, Meng Keng would naturally be unable to escape the blame. The Chu army has always had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, so Meng Keng had long been enlightened to be punished.

Xiang Zhuang looked at Meng Keng who was kneeling on the ground and shouted: "Due to the third level of the title, and the salary is fined for half a year. Are you convinced?"

Meng Keng hurriedly said, "I am convinced." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand again, Meng Keng quickly got up and left in shame.

After Meng Keng left, Bailixian, who was sitting in the lower head, suddenly said: "King, our army is actually not without gains in this battle today. The losses of the Han army in today's battle are much greater than that of our army. The casualties of our army will not exceed 20,000 at most, but the casualties of the Han army are at least 50,000, and this is not the most important thing."

After saying this, Bailixian said again: "The most important thing is that we know the Han army's trump card in advance!"

Xiang Zhuang deeply agreed that if the Chu army was completely unaware that the Han army already had heavy cavalry and was not prepared, then at a critical moment, the Han army's heavy cavalry would have a chance to launch a fatal blow to the Chu army and reverse the trend of the war in one fell swoop! But now that the Han army exposed its secrets in advance, the threat of the Han army's heavy cavalry would be greatly reduced.

Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, as long as you are well prepared, you can still withstand it!

From this point of view, the Chu army actually took a great advantage in today's war.

Xiang Tuo next to him said, "King, besides the heavy cavalry, will the Han army have other killer weapons?"

"So we have to let the Ebony Cliff investigate!" Xiang Zhuang nodded and said in a deep voice, "Before the Ebony Cliff is found out, before the Tianlang Army and the Cavalry Army arrived in Nanyang, our army must not attack again rashly. Today's battle is a lucky draw, but next time, there may not be such good luck."

Xiang Tuo nodded repeatedly when he heard this.

At this moment, Bailimao suddenly stepped into the tent and reported: "King, Huainan urgently reported!"

"Huainan? Is there news from the sword learning side?!" Xiang Zhuang suddenly looked excited and said anxiously, "Come on."

Baili Mao took two steps forward and handed a secret letter to Xiangzhuang. Xiangzhuang hurriedly read the secret letter and couldn't help but be overjoyed. Xiang Tuo next to him asked, "King, what do you say in the letter?"

Xiang Zhuang directly gave the intensive training to Xiang Tuo, and then said to Xiang Tuo Bailixian: "Zi Yan, Zi Liang, Han Xin secretly sent two strange troops under the guise of Prince Han He's 100,000 troops, one led by General Cao Qi, and the other led by Han Xin to separate Fu Li and the Chu army camp, but they were all defeated by learning sword!"

After reading the secret letter, Xiang Tuo sincerely praised: "Learning Sword is truly worthy of being the successor of Guigu."

Bailixian shook his feather fan and pondered: "In the letter, Xuejian did not mention Yan, Zhao and Han. It seems that the Three Kingdoms are still frightened by Han Xin's tyranny and did not dare to send troops to help."

"This is also expected." Xiang Zhuang said coldly, "King Han Xin, Zang Tu, is a sign of his appearance. He did not see them sending troops when Zhao State was in a sudden pass, let alone now? Zhang Ao is just a dog of preservation and is not enough to plan major events. Therefore, unless the Qi and Huai coalition forces were defeated, Yan, Zhao and Han would never dare to send troops to attack Qi State."

Bailixian hesitated for a moment and said, "King, I think I should still condemn the envoys to the Huns..."

"Ziliang!" Xiang Zhuang stopped Bailixian without saying anything, and said in a deep voice, "Don't mention the condemnation of the Xiongnu's attack on the Han Dynasty. I have said that the dispute between Chu and Han is a legitimate dispute between the Chinese nation, just like two brothers in a family. Whether it is the boss or the second, they are still the Chinese people, but the Xiongnu are a foreign race!"

Xiang Tuo frowned and said, "King, but we are just trying to use the Huns..."

"How could you know it wasn't a way to lead a wolf into the house?" Xiang Zhuang looked cold, "Don't mention this matter again!"

Xiang Zhuang knew better than anyone else that the Huns were not soft persimmons, and the Huns cavalry was really not a joke. Yes, at this stage, the Huns cavalry could not defeat the Chu cavalry and the Han cavalry, but that was because the Huns lacked advanced smelting technology and even more advanced bow-making skills. If the Huns occupied Guanzhong, the situation would be completely different.

The main reason why the Huns in history suddenly became stronger in the late Qin and early Han dynasties was that the Central Plains at the end of Qin and the Central Plains fled to Jiuyuan, bringing advanced iron smelting technology and bow making skills to the Huns. The Huns had advanced iron weapons and bow making skills, and their strength suddenly soared.

However, in this time and space, although the Huns occupied Jiuyuan due to Xiangzhuang's time travel, they did not even get half of the Central Plains craftsmen. The iron smelting technology and bow making skills naturally could not make a leap. The weapons of the Huns' cavalry were too poor, which led to the later counterattack of the Han army and drove the Huns out of Jiuyuan again.

If the Chu State and the Huns join forces, the Han State will be able to destroy the Han State, but in the end, Guanzhong will definitely fall into the hands of the Huns, because if the Chu army wants to enter Guanzhong, it must break Wu Pass or Hangu Pass. The Hun cavalry went south along the straight road, but they could reach Xianyang City within a few days. In this way, wouldn’t the Chu army become a wedding dress for others?

What's even more terrifying is that once the Huns occupy Guanzhong, and once the number of craftsmen in Guanzhong is used by the Huns, the result will be disastrous. A Xiongnu cavalry with a number of up to 300,000 to 400,000 cavalry and equipped with iron weapons and compound bows is definitely not something the Chu army can resist. At that time, the Huaxia clan would face an unprecedented catastrophe!

So even if Xiang Zhuang dies, he will never join forces with the Huns. That's really a way to attract the wolf into the house!

Bailixian sighed and said, "The king is unwilling to lead the wolf into the house to bring disaster to the Huaxia tribe, but Liu Bang may not be there."

"Are you talking about the west of Shu?" Xiang Zhuang's face was slightly dark, and he immediately said confidently, "I believe that Zi'ang is there. If Zi'ang is there, Shu's west of Shu can turn bad luck into good luck, and the two counties of Ba and Shu will be safe and sound."

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Pang Yu's army was stationed in a small town called Mengshan on the southern foot of Qionglai Mountain. It was called a small town, but it was actually a slightly larger market town. A meter wall of earthen umbrella was built around the outside to resist wild beasts. It was more than enough to resist the invasion of indigenous cavalry such as Qiang, Di, Ranlong, etc. in Shu, western Qiang, Di, Ranlong, etc., that was a delusion.

There are a large number of Qiang Di tribes living in the mountains and ridges in the west of Shu County, especially the Moshui (Dajinchuan) valley in the western part of Qionglai Mountain, which is the Greater Jinchuan Valley in later generations. It is the largest settlement of Qiang Di. It has lush water and grass and fertile land. There are about 200,000 Qiang Di nomads here.

Like the Xiongnu, Qiang Di and were both branches of Rongdi.

The Huns set up horses to serve as soldiers and dismounted horses to serve the people. The Qiang and Di were similar. The population of 200,000 was about 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry. Moreover, the Qiang and Di lived in bitter and cold places all year round, and most of their tribesmen were brave and good at fighting. Once these 60,000 Qiang and Di cavalry were allowed to enter Shu County, then the large granary of Bashu would be completely finished.

However, almost all the troops of the Chu State are concentrated in Huainan and Nanyang. The troops left by Bashu are less than 30,000, of which 10,000 are stationed in Jinniu Pass to prevent the Han army from taking advantage of the situation to attack. The remaining 20,000 will be divided into troops to guard the two counties and counties, and also guard against the Qiang and Di. The dispatch of troops is really difficult.

With just a little force, when the Qiang and Di army complete the assembly and launch a large-scale attack, it is absolutely unstoppable. Therefore, Pang Yu decided to take the initiative to attack and take the lead in sending troops before the Qiang and Di cavalry had not yet completed the assembly and carried out various defeats. Only in this way can the crisis in western Shu be resolved invisibly.

If you want to defeat the Qiang and Di in one by one, speed is very important.

So this time Pang Yu only brought five thousand elite cavalry into Mengshan.

However, after arriving at Mengshan, Pang Yu found that the local Qiang people, Di people had a very good relationship with Shu people. Through the nearby Qiang and Di tribes, Pang Yu was even more surprised to find that the Qiang and Di in the Jinchuan Valley of Jinchuan is actually composed of hundreds of tribes of all sizes, and because of the competition for ranch, the tribes often have deep resentment.

Among them, there are four largest tribes, namely Wuge, Yuanjian, Wuliu and Shaodang. Each has nearly 10,000 strong men. In order to compete for the best pasture, these four tribes often have a fire with each other. The other tribes are weak in strength and can only rely on the wings of these four tribes in order to survive.

It is precisely because the four major tribes of Qiang and Di are hating each other and have deep resentment that the Han envoys sent by Liu Bang failed to achieve success. Shanyue and Wuxi Man had completed the dispatch of troops half a month ago, and now they have even been destroyed. However, the Qiang and Di army have their own ulterior motives and have their own plans, and have not yet completed the assembly. (To be continued)
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