After staying on the high ground for less than half an hour, the sky gradually became brighter.

Taking advantage of the thin light of dawn, Li Zuoche looked around and saw that a country in front of him had completely become a terrain, which was probably hundreds of miles wide. In the distance, Shouchun City could be vaguely seen in the mist of water, and its walls were flooded nearly half! Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche's heart suddenly sank. The water accumulation was so deep that it was unfortunate for the army stationed outside the city?

Looking back a few days ago, when he led his army to fight, he was still full of thought that he could wipe out the remnants of the Chu army in one fell swoop and earned more or less a military achievement, but he never thought that the 50,000 army was buried overnight! Thinking of this, Li Zuoche was completely disappointed, and immediately pulled out his sword and wiped it on his neck.

"General, no, no!" The personal captain rushed forward and held Li Zuoche tightly.

Li Zuoche sighed and said, "After this great defeat, there are only a hundred people left in the 50,000 army. What is my face to go back to see the king?"

"General, think about it all." The personal captain advised sadly, "Victory and defeat are just ordinary things. As long as the general is still alive, there will always be a day to defeat the Chu army and capture Xiangzhuang. But if the general commits suicide today, there will never be this opportunity, and he will never be able to wash away today's shame!"

Li Zuoche was speechless for a while, and the personal captain took the opportunity to seize his sword.

Everyone was in a hurry and didn't know where to go, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted: "General, there is a small island over there, and there seems to be someone on it!"

At this time, the sun had risen and the mist gradually dissipated.

Only then did Li Zuoche and his nearly 100 accompanying soldiers find that there were dozens of scattered "isolated islands" scattered on the endless water surface. The so-called "isolated islands" were originally just small hills or earth slopes. Now the entire Shouchun County has been flooded, and these hills or earth slopes have become "isolated islands" in the Zeguo.

The closest island is only a few feet in a radius, but it has squeezed no less than a hundred people.

At this time, people on the isolated island also discovered Li Zuoche and the others. Then a garrison head wearing leather hats came out and waved toward this side, saying, "General, save us, save us..."

When everyone was helpless, Li Zuoche found that there seemed to be bamboo in the mountain, so he quickly ordered his personal lieutenant to say, "Hurry, take people there to cut down bamboo and set up bamboo rafts to save people!"

"No!" The personal soldiers and lieutenant bowed, lit up fifty soldiers and left.

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In Shouchun City, five thousand Chu soldiers were riding on hundreds of bamboo rafts and were on standby!

Although he was mentally prepared, Xiangzhuang was still surprised to see that the flood almost flooded half of the city wall. This also caused trouble for the Chu army to leave the city. Since all the four city gates were flooded, Xiangzhuang had no choice but to choose a section of the city wall that had been seriously damaged and forced to break out of the wall.

Standing at the top of the city and looking at Wang Yangzeguo outside the city, Xiang Zhuang felt a little heavy.

The Huai River is flooding, and it is not only the Han army outside Shouchun City. Shouchun County, Quyang County and even the entire Jiujiang County will also suffer from disasters. Although Jiujiang County is not a densely populated place, at least hundreds of thousands of people will be displaced and become homeless refugees. These are all people who care about the old Chu!

Wu She seemed a little excited, looked at the vast water surface and said loudly: "I can't believe it, I can't believe that Zhonglimei digged the Huai River from fifty miles away and could even flood Shouchun! Hahaha, what if Li Zuoche came from a general? His 50,000 army would still be buried in the fish's belly? It's so satisfying!"

Wei Liao, who has never spoken to Xiang Zhuang since he was captured, seemed to have been touched by a certain nerve, and suddenly said, "Have you ever thought that the Han army outside the city was certainly not spared when the flood came down, but the more than 200,000 people in Jiujiang County were probably homeless!"

Xiang Zhuang looked like iron and said coldly: "The people are suffering, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, and the people are suffering, there is nothing we can do about it!"

A trace of undetectable strange color suddenly flashed through Wei Liao's eyes, thinking that Xiang Zhuang was really a cruel master, and he didn't care about the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people of Chu. Although such a personality is inevitably cold, it is also a necessary quality for those who achieve great things. This is much better than Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu!

While speaking, the city wall that had been severely damaged had been broken. Then, the four generals of Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi had led their troops to cross the city. When Yu Ziqi led his army out of the city for the last time, Xiang Zhuang specifically reminded: "General Ziqi, you don't have to chase and kill the remnants of the Han army."

"What should I do?" Yu Ziqi couldn't help but feel confused.

Xiangzhuang pointed to the scattered sacks floating on the water outside the city and said, "See those sacks? Your task is to salvage the Han army's supplies, especially the grain! Although these grains have been soaked in water, as long as they are taken back and fried, they can still be used as military rations! The 50,000 Han army has a lot of food!"

"No!" Yu Ziqi responded with a loud promise and immediately took the order.

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At noon, Li Zuoche's personal soldiers finally set up more than a dozen bamboo rafts. More than a hundred Han army soldiers on the two closest isolated islands have been picked up ashore. When they were about to continue to connect with hundreds of soldiers on the isolated islands a little further away, a dozen dead trees suddenly floated down the water surface, and more than a dozen heads were floating in the water.

Li Zuoche urgently asked his personal soldiers to rescue the dozen people on a bamboo raft, but it was Jin Xu and his accompanying personal soldiers.

Seeing Li Zuoche, Jin Xu couldn't help but feel sad and said miserably: "General, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's only a few people in the 20,000 troops, and the rest is gone."

Li Zuoche himself was also sad, but he still had to comfort Jin Xu patiently: "General Jin, victory and defeat are common in military affairs, and the general does not have to worry about it. Besides, there has never been an ever-winning general in this world. Sun Wu, and Wu Qi, a military strategist, have suffered defeat? If you lose today, you will win back the next day."

Although that's the case, Li Zuoche was really confused.

Today's defeat was indeed a bit miserable. I don't know if the King of Qi would trust him as much as before, and I don't know if there is any chance to lead a large army to fight in the future. Maybe there will never be such an opportunity.

"Look at General, Chu Bing!"

"It's really Chu soldiers, Chu soldiers are chasing me!"

"General, go quickly, go quickly, or you won't be able to leave!"

When Li Zuoche was just feeling confused, his personal soldiers suddenly screamed in panic. When they looked back urgently, they saw thousands of Chu troops coming with hundreds of bamboo rafts. At this time, the Chu troops on the bamboo raft also discovered the remnants of the Han army on the shore. They immediately ignored the remnants of the Han army on the isolated island and turned the bamboo raft and rushed here.

"Let's go!" Li Zuoche knew that it was impossible to rescue the remaining troops trapped in the isolated island. He immediately took nearly a hundred personal soldiers and more than a hundred rescued remaining troops and the rescued more than a hundred defeats were defeated in the direction of Quyang. As a result, he encountered the eight hundred young men from Zhonglimei on the way. After a melee, Li Zuoche and Jin Xu led only a few dozen people to escape back to Quyang.

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Gaixia, the Han army camp.

Liu Bang once again summoned Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu and other princes to hold wine meetings in the big tent.

Since defeating Xiang Yu and destroying 100,000 Chu troops, Liu Bang has invited all the princes and commanding generals almost every day, one to reward them, and the other to stabilize them, because the next one is to enfeoff the princes and then seize military power. Since he wants to seize military power, he naturally cannot let all the princes lead their troops back to their respective fiefs.

All the princes and generals of the commanding troops actually knew what Liu Bang was going to do, but they didn't care.

I have to say that Liu Bang, a rogue in the market, is still very good at winning people's hearts. Not only Han Xin, but even Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Han Xin and others believe that Liu Bang will really share the world with them. Anyway, the whole world belongs to everyone, and the military power is not the same in whoever's hands? If there is really a war, Liu Bang has to send them to lead troops to the war?

With so many civil and military officials, only Chen Ping and Zhang Liang felt like a mirror in his heart.

Chen Ping knew that he had little experience and was far from threatening Liu Bang's status, so he was not under pressure.

Zhang Liang knew that he was famous and was deeply afraid of Liu Bang, so he was already thinking about how to find an excuse to leave. Even if Liu Bang refused to let him go, he had to find a way to clear himself, such as devoted to practicing Taoism. In short, he must dispel Liu Bang's concerns, otherwise his life would be unsafe.

If there is no turning point in history, everything will definitely follow Liu Bang's idea.

Han Xin will be renamed King of Chu, and he will hand over the military power quickly and happily go to Chu to settle the country. Peng Yue will be appointed King of Liang, and Ying Bu will be appointed King of Huainan, and they will also hand over the military power. Then Liu Bang will arrange for Chen Ping and Zhang Liang to make suggestions and persuade him to ascend the throne. Liu Bang will naturally refuse again and finally ascend the throne and become emperor "in a difficult situation".

Unfortunately, this time, Liu Bang's overall plan was destined to be destroyed by Xiang Zhuang, a time traveler.

Liu Bang raised his wine cup and greeted Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu and other princes. Just as he was about to cover his sleeves and drink, Xiahou Ying suddenly stumbled into the big tent and shouted miserably: "The king is not good, Qu Yang Feiqi comes to report, Li Zuoche and Jin Xu are defeated in Shouchun, and the 50,000 troops are all over, where is it all over!"
Chapter completed!