"Dear brothers, don't discount my Feng Zhong's life span like this. Please get up quickly, please get up quickly. Don't say anything unnecessary. We are brothers, and your relatives of your mother are of course my mother's mother's relatives. These things are what I should do, so if you say thank you, you will not treat me Feng Zhong as a brother! Please get up quickly."

No need to talk nonsense, the Pingyuan war came to an end and they had just gathered together. The Han generals who were rescued from Zheng Bu, Zhonglimei, Ding Ji, Guan Ying, Gongsun Tong's relatives immediately bowed to Feng Zhong in front of everyone, bowed to the ground and thanked him heavily. Feng Zhong quickly bowed back and said the above words. Zheng Bu, Ding Ji and others were of course not listening, and insisted that Feng Zhong get up after receiving their great gifts. Feng Zhong, who is quite kind, is willing to accept it, and he bows to Zheng Bu and others, and no one is willing to get up first.

Finally, after repeated persuasion by Li Zuoche, Xu Ci and others, Feng Zhongcai was the first to stand up, helped Zheng Bu, Ding Ji and others up one by one, and hugged these old comrades in the young commander army one by one, crying sadly, and the scene was touching.

That's not all. In order to express his gratitude to Feng Zhongjun, Zheng Bu, Zhonglimei and others bowed to Feng Zhong's general Xu Ci, Wang Fang, Wei Bugeng and others, and bowed to thank him. After being quickly helped up by Xu Ci and others, Zheng Bu said to Xu Ci and others with tears in his eyes: "Brothers, I, Zheng Bu, are from a rough Guizhou man and will not say anything beautiful. In a word, I will never thank you for your kindness. I, Zheng Bu, remember your kindness in my heart. As long as I have a chance in the future, I, Zheng Bu, will definitely pay double my reward!"

Xu Ci, Wang Fang and others quickly became modest, and Feng Zhongze said: "Brother Zheng, don't say that. If you hadn't taken the Han King's army so far to save us this time, we wouldn't have any idea to run away, so we don't owe anyone what we owed to, and it would be even."

After saying that, Feng Zhong asked curiously and worriedly: "Brother Zheng, have you heard that your army is fighting Julu? Has it been defeated? Has it affected your war to fight against the traitors of Zhao State after running so far?

It would be fine if Feng Zhong didn't ask this. Before he finished asking, Zheng Bu, Li Zuoche, Zhong Limei and others smiled bitterly together, with a little bitterness in his smile. Then Zheng Bu replied: "Brother Feng, don't worry, it's a bit of an impact, but it's not a big deal."

Of course, Zheng Bu said this to be polite, and he didn't want Feng Zhong to feel too guilty. In fact, the Zheng Bu corps of the Han army suddenly evacuated the Julu battlefield and rushed to the plains for a long distance of 400 miles to rescue Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family. This not only affected the war between the Han army and the Zhao army? The favorable situations that the Han army's Zheng Bu corps and the Zhou Shu corps had worked hard to fight were actually almost destroyed!

If it were not for the purpose of rescuing Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family, the Zheng Bu corps of the Han army would have taken advantage of the opportunity that the Julu defenders had been severely damaged and freed up their hands to attack the main warriors of the Zhao army, whose main warriors had been completely annihilated, as well as the Qi army on their way southwards. In addition, the favorable opportunity for the Han army to defeat the Northern Line Corps of the Western Chu Army and the main forces of the Jibei Army in Fengshui, there is a complete hope of solving the problem of Zhao that had been entangled in the Han army for many years, and even annihilated the anti-Han coalition forces in Zhao, completely laying the overall advantage of the Han army in the northern line battlefield!

But there was no way, Feng Zhongjun had to be saved, and the family of the Han army and Xiang Kang's wife and children had to be saved. Therefore, Zheng Bu's corps could only quickly give up the favorable situation in the Julu battlefield and come east to rescue Feng Zhongjun and the family of the Han army, so that the Zhou Shu corps of the Han army would temporarily take on the important task of dealing with the anti-Han coalition. At the same time, in order to gain time, Zheng Bu and others were eager to go on the road and didn't even have time to fight the midway. They risked the food and came to save the plain directly, which was actually a dangerous step.

The Han army's Zhou Shu's Corps was also implicated. After defeating the main force of the Chuji coalition on the Fengshui battlefield, the Zhou Shu's Corps could have taken advantage of the victory and went south to help Zheng Bu attack the Qi army and the Zhao army that had lost all its elites, and easily win with local military strength. Then free up hands to deal with the remnants of the Western Chu army who fled to Xindu, clean up the remnants of the Jibei army who fled downstream of the Fengshui River, defeat the enemies one by one, completely eliminate the remnants of the anti-Han coalition forces in Zhao State, achieve the strategic goal of destroying Zhao, and also reduce the resistance and difficulty of the Han army's next advance to Qi State and Jibei.

But there was no way, Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family had to be saved, so Uncle Zhou had no choice but to follow the Qi and Zhao army to go south to Julu immediately, take over the task of temporarily restraining the enemy, so that Zheng Bu's corps could free up his hands and focus on rescue of the plains without distraction. He watched the Qi and Zhao coalition troops who could be easily cleaned up successfully to retreat south to the Julu battlefield, occupying a nearly strong camp, and strengthening the defenders in Julu City that had been severely damaged before. He also watched Zhou Yin, the Grand Marshal of Western Chu, gathered the remnants of Xindu, regrouped his strength and threatened the Han army.

This is not all. Zheng Bu's corps hastily advanced eastward to reinforce, which also caused a chain reaction that was very unfavorable to the Han army. That is, because he was anxious to go south to replace Zheng Bu and restrain the enemy of Julu, the Zhou Shu's corps had no time to free up his hands to beat the fallen dog and clean up the Jibei army that fled east from the Fengshui battlefield. After the Jinbei army was reorganized, the Jinbei army had the opportunity to regroup and explore the changes in the military situation of the Han army. After the vitality of the Jinbei army, the remaining Jibei army took the opportunity to counterattack Zheng County. With the help of the Zhao army in Zheng County, which was forced to surrender before, he quickly recaptured the Zhao county town next to the Chidao. Not only did he obtain a certain amount of military supplies, he also cut off the Chidao connection between the Zhou Shu's army and the Dongyuan City, the food site in the garrison, which made it difficult for Zhou Shu's corps to contact the rear, and Zhou Shu's corps could only be forced to supply grain by the Han army on the southern front.

During this period, Zhou Yin, who had gathered more than 60,000 troops again, seized the opportunity. With the support of the Qi and Zhao army, he led the Northern Line Corps of the Western Chu Army, which had re-formed a certain combat effectiveness, to Julu, and joined forces with the Qi and Zhao army, expanding the anti-Han coalition forces on the Julu battlefield to about 160,000, and resurrected the game that had been lost in Julu battlefield, which also added countless unpredictable variables to the Han army's northern line battlefield.

It is precisely because of this that the Jibei Army, who bullies the weak and fears the strong, hated them so much that after taking down the plains, the Zheng Bu corps of the Han army did not dare to take advantage of the situation to enter the heartland of the Jibei Army. They just rested in the plains for two days and immediately advanced westward to return to the battlefield of Julu. They were forced to temporarily record the revenge of the Jibei Army and Tiandu in the Xiaohe account book and wait for the future to be revenged.

Because of this, after the news of the successful rescue of the Han army and Feng Zhongjun was sent to the Julu battlefield, Uncle Zhou did not look much joy on his face and murmured to himself: "Good news is good news. Unfortunately, the situation in the Zhao State is unpredictable now. As long as Zhou Yin and Zhang Er are not stupid, they will definitely stick to the waiting for assistance. In order to save the battle situation in the North Line and his remaining troops on the North Line, Xiang Yu will definitely lead his army to Julu to reinforce. Fight the Julu War again. Only geniuses will know whether we can successfully destroy Zhao."

No matter how worried you are, you still have to report such good news to Xiang Kang as soon as possible. So Uncle Zhou did not dare to neglect it. He quickly picked up his pen and wrote a book to Xiang Kang, who was currently in Puyang, and asked Xiang Kang for food - Boss, send food quickly. I don’t know how long the battle of Zhao State will take to fight. My food route was cut off again. It is impossible to guarantee that Zheng Bu and my food and military supplies. Zhao State has already won this game and may really be defeated.

Fortunately, the road from Julu to Puyang was controlled by the Han army, and the news was convenient to convey. Within a few days, Uncle Zhou's letter was sent to Xiang Kang by a fast horse. As a result, after reading Uncle Zhou's letter, Xiang Kang was of course happy and worried. He was happy that all the families of important civil and military officials of the Han army were rescued. The important civil and military officials of the Han army had no worries anymore. He soon had hope to meet again with his beautiful wife and equally beautiful sister-in-law after a long separation. What was worried was that the battle situation on the battlefield of Zhaodi was repeated. The good situation of his own army was not only lost, but also might give the enemy a chance to turn the tables.

Zhang Liang, who is still a guest of the Han army, still has not forgotten his old master. After Chen Ping, Tang Bing and others congratulated Xiang Kang on his wife and children for being rescued, he quickly asked Xiang Kang: "King Han, has he saved King Han? Has he rescued him with General Feng Zhong? Has he broken through with General Feng Zhong?"

After looking at Uncle Zhou’s letter report, Xiang Kang replied: “I’m sorry, Mr. Zifang, General Zhou did not mention the King of Han in the letter, so I don’t know the King of Han’s situation.”

Zhang Liang felt very regretful and said with a glimmer of hope: "I don't know if the princess and the family members of the Han prince's ministers will come back on a boat with General Ding Ji. If it was on the water route, we should know the situation in a few days."

"Mr. Zifang, don't blame us. Our family members will not come back by water." Xiang Kang smiled wryly and poured a basin of cold water on Zhang Liang, saying: "The water hydrology of the river is too complicated. Our fleet is neither a navy nor a water combat force. When we come back, we go upstream and change more. Considering that our family members are almost all elderly, weak, women and children, and cannot withstand long-distance wind and waves, when Ding Ji set off, I once told him that even if he rescued our family members, he would not take them back by water. He asked him to hand over our family members to Zheng Bu and others and let them go back by safer land, so you may have to wait a lot more time."

Of course, Zhang Liang was even more regretful when he heard this. Fortunately, Zhang Liang was free and easy by nature, so he quickly put Han Cheng's affairs behind his mind for a while and studied the Zhao military situation report sent by Uncle Zhou. Then he quickly said: "King of Han, the situation of the Zhao State in the State of Zhao State is likely to change greatly. The next step is that the Zhao State will definitely stick to the rescue. After Xiang Yu knew about the changes in the military situation on the northern line, he is also likely to lead the army north to reinforce. If we cannot annihilate the Chu Qi Zhao State army before Xiang Yu's reinforcements arrive and take Julu City to destroy Zhao, we may turn victory into defeat on the battlefield of Zhao State."

"Not very likely, but certain." Chen Ping took over the conversation and said, "As long as Xiang Yu has a little brain, he will definitely understand that we must not let us take down Zhao State and threaten to surrender to his Qi territory, and will not watch his Northern Line army be wiped out. Now he has withdrawn and returned to the rear. It is more convenient to reinforce Zhao State, so if nothing unexpected happens, he will definitely lead the army north to fully reverse the current situation of Zhao State where he still has hope."

Considering that his overlord cousin was not bad at fighting, Xiang Kang nodded and asked, "If this is the case, how should we deal with it?"

The resourceful Zhang Liang and Chen Ping both frowned because the Han army had few cards to play at present. In addition to Ding Ji's army who were still leading the fleet back to rescue, although the Han army still had more than 70,000 troops available on the battlefield of the Central Plains, they could also draw some troops to go north to reinforce, but there was little draw and little effect. If the Western Chu army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, and there were Liu Laosan who had already driven Ying Bu to Hanzhong and several troops of the Western Chu army's southern line Corps, and took the opportunity to attack Sanchuan north, the strategic situation of the Han army would probably be bad.

"King, how about surround Chu and save Zhao?" Tang Bing, an old man from Shangshan, made a suggestion and said: "Our detailed work has been found accurate. After the Western Chu thief generals Huan Chu and Xiao Gongjiao escaped from the Puyang battlefield, they went to Dingtao to collect the remaining defeated generals. In addition, the Western Chu thief army attached great importance to Dingtao before. No matter how they mobilized troops to reinforce the front line, they had never moved Dingtao's garrison. This shows that the Western Chu thief army regarded Dingtao as a northwest barrier. We sent troops to attack Dingtao, which could not only pose a huge threat to the Western Chu thief army and lure Xiang Yu to lead the army to reinforce Dingtao first, so that our northern line army would not have to worry about flanking threats, but could also return to aid immediately when the rear changes, killing two birds with one stone."

"King, this plan should be feasible." Another old man from Shangshan, Wu Shi, also said: "Xiang Yu has always been looking forward to a decisive battle with you. If you lead the army to conquer Dingtao personally, he will likely ignore the northern line and come to Dingtao to fight you first."

Knowing that the Overlord's cousin had long wanted to chew himself, Xiang Kang was inevitably moved when he heard this. However, Zhang Liang next to him immediately said: "Don't take risks! Advance troops to Dingtao and surrounded Chu and rescue Zhao. Such a strategy may be effective for Xiang Yu's husband, but it will definitely not be hidden from his father Fan Zeng's eyes. At that time, as long as he explains the interests of Xiang Yu and persuades Xiang Yu to temporarily ignore Dingtao and give priority to reinforce the Northern Line, we will backfire, and even if the northern line suddenly changes, there is no time to react immediately!"

"I also object." Chen Ping also opposed: "Xiang Yu's husband was fooled by us many times. Even if he didn't know how to learn from the lesson, he knew that you would not fight head-on with him. As long as he sent troops to Dingtao, you would definitely turn around and leave immediately. You would never give him a chance to fight. If you suffer so much, it would be difficult for him to continue to be fooled."

Seeing that Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, whom Xiang Kang trusted the most, objected at the same time, Tang Bing and Wu Shi could only shut their mouths, Xiang Kang closed his eyes and thought about it. First, he found that doing so would be a big mistake, and then carefully calculated the situation of the North Line and the world's battle situation. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said firmly: "Reinforce the North Line! Give priority to help our North Line army kill the Qi, Chu, Zhao thief army and take down Zhao territory!"

"King, how many reinforcements will we send?" Chen Ping reminded carefully: "We currently have fewer mobile troops."

"One million, five thousand!"

Xiang Kang's loud answer made Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others stunned. Then Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others quickly asked in unison: "King, what are our millions of troops?!"

"I, plus you Mr. Zifang and you Mr. Chen Ping, the three of us are a million troops!" Xiang Kang said with a grin: "Take another five thousand elite troops to protect us from the Julu battlefield to reinforce. Isn't it just one million and five thousand troops?"

Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others were stunned again. This was the first time they heard Xiang Kang say such crazy words. Then Tang Bing said in surprise: "King, do you want to go north to command the Julu battle in person?"

Xiang Kang nodded vigorously and said, "As long as my brother is not stupid this time, he will definitely lead his army north to reinforce Julu and fight another Julu battle. Since such a situation cannot be avoided, there is no need for us to find a way to escape and deal with it with all our strength. I personally go to the northern line to command and supervise the battle, which will surely boost the morale of our soldiers, and I have the hope of breaking the Qi, Chu, Zhao thieves on the Julu battlefield first, and then free up my hands to deal with my brother with all my strength."

"Even if you can't kill the Qi, Chu, Zhao thief army first, Zifang and I, Mr. Chen Ping, you can act according to the opportunity and adapt to the situation. Fight when you should, and retreat when you should. There is no need to worry about it in Puyang, and it is difficult to make a decision." Xiang Kang added: "There is another very important point. Only when I personally arrive at the Julu battlefield can I command the entire army with my arms and commands and enforce the orders. Otherwise, Zheng Bu and Uncle Zhou will become one, and once the opinions cannot be unified, there will definitely be endless troubles."

"The King of Han was cut off!" Zhang Liang, who came back to his senses, applauded and said, "At present, we are not at a disadvantage on the northern line. The only thing we need to worry about is that the thief army in Qi, Chu and Zhao will not fight. Xiang Yu's reinforcements arrived in time. King of Han, you personally come to Julu to command and supervise the battle. It will definitely be much easier for the three armies to be excited and the soldiers will leaps and bounds. If you want to break through the thief army in Qi, Chu and Zhao, it will definitely be much easier!"

Chen Ping nodded and praised, saying, "The king is still considerate carefully. General Zhou Shu and General Zheng Bu are not subordinate to each other. They can only discuss things when encountering problems. It is indeed easy to have differences. Only when the king comes to Julu personally to command and supervise the battle can they be convinced and obey the orders. Moreover, if you are on the front line of Julu in person, even if Xiang Yu really leads his army to arrive in time, the king can make decisions on the spot. If you should fight, fight and retreat, so as not to be scrambled later."

Xiang Kang smiled and said in his heart: "Not only that, I have another consideration. Uncle Zhou's contribution is already too great. Next, it is likely that he will rely on him to destroy Qi and Miyan. If I don't take action to bring the Dagong of De Zhao, Uncle Zhou will become the second Han Xin who is in trouble. Then I will be in trouble. Although Uncle Zhou's temper is far less arrogant than Han Xin, it is better to be careful."

To put it bluntly, history is a mess. What Xiang Kang didn't know was that Han Xin was not the only one who destroyed Zhao State for Liu Laosan in history. There was also Jin Xu, who broke through Handan and advanced to Zhao State's capital and killed Jin Xu, the main force in the southern front of Zhao State, who was also an important hero of the Han army's destruction of Zhao State. Afterwards, Han Xin not only did not thank him, but instead forced Liu Laosan to vote for Zhang Er, who was actually controlled by him, became King of Zhao, which led to Liu Laosan's suspicion and dissatisfaction with him. He stole his military talisman and deprived Han Xin of his military power for the first time.

After getting back to the point, after deciding to go north to command the Julu War, Xiang Kang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and others first discussed the matter of staying behind, and then discussed how to go north, Chen Ping asked Xiang Kang: "King, do you personally go north to command the Julu War, do you have to tell Uncle Zhou and General Zheng Bu and others in advance? Should you hide it for the time being and then give them a surprise?"

Xiang Kang was indeed talented in strategy. After a moment of calculation, he immediately said: "Tell them in advance and let them make the news public so that the thief army of Qi, Chu and Zhao also know that I was going to Julu personally. I believe that with the intelligence of Uncle Zhou and Li Zuoche, I will definitely use this to do some work and give me a surprise."

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On the side of Xiang Yu, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang were not wrong. In fact, when they received the news that the Han army's Zheng Bu corps had been moving westward to the plain, they defeated Peng Yue, who was resting in Xue County. They could not wait to start to draw troops to gather north, preparing to lead their troops to the plain to fight a decisive battle with the Han army's Zheng Bu corps. When they received the news that the Han army had broken through the plain and the Western Chu army's northern line corps were critical, Xiang Yu was even more furious. While cursing Zhou Yin's incompetence, they stepped up urging the army to gather north, and were determined to fight another Julu battle, kill Xiang Kang's northern line lackey, and also save his own northern line crisis.
Chapter completed!