Seeing that Liu Bang was not only not angry, but was particularly generous to him, Xiahou Ying was both ashamed and grateful, and immediately bowed to Liu Bang and said with great pride: "King, I will lead the army to chase and kill the remnants of the Chu army. This time I will chase it to the ends of the world, and I must also cut off the head of Xiang Zhuang's child with my own hands."

At this moment, Xiahou Ying really hated Xiangzhuang very much. This boy was so arrogant. Faced with the pursuit of him and Li Shang, and also had to face the interception of the nine Han army and more than thirty coalition forces. He didn't think about how to escape, but he actually dared to attack the king's camp in turn, and almost let him succeed. It's really outrageous!

"No, no need to chase after me." Liu Bang shook his head unexpectedly.

After experiencing the horror of the battle just now, Liu Bang suddenly understood a truth. If he is anxious, he will really jump over the wall. Now he will be beaten to death, but he will inevitably be bitten by it.

Moreover, it really hurts to be bitten by the wild dog in Xiangzhuang!

By the way, Xiang Zhuang’s son is really not ordinary brave, and he is cunning enough!

The thousands of remaining soldiers under Xiang Zhuang’s son are even more of a group of evil dogs, they are simply not humans!

Liu Bang didn't want the previous sensational scene to repeat again. The Chu army rushed over and fought hard in a hurry. If someone came prepared next time, that would be fine? Xiahou Ying was neither too late this time, and the general arrived, but he could still arrive so in time next time? Liu Bang should not think that he would have such good luck next time.

Moreover, it is too late to chase after you now. The remaining soldiers of the Chu army were probably going to get into the forest and run away long ago.

So, it’s better to lock up these wild dogs first and starve for a few months. When they are too hungry, they can easily clean up them.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping next to them couldn't help but look at each other, and smiled bitterly at the same time.

It seems that the King of Han was really frightened this time. Depending on the situation, the King of Han planned to withdraw all his troops from the mountain, and even the troops of various princes did not plan to stay. There is no doubt that the King of Han did not believe in all the princes, nor did he think that they would spend their hard work to suppress the Chu army. It would be better to withdraw all of them from the mountain, and at least he could save some money and food.

"Ah? Why don't you chase after me?" Xiahou Ying, the rash man, didn't know Liu Bang's mind, and said in surprise, "The king suffered such a big loss this time and was frightened. How could he just let go of this? No, he must not let Xiang Zhuang boy go like this, let alone let the group of remaining soldiers under his command. King, you can't be careless!"

"Hey, victory or defeat is common in military affairs, this is nothing." Liu Bang waved his hand and said, "However, Gu Ke never said he would let Xiang Zhuang boy go, and the group of remaining soldiers under his command. But we have to change this strategy. It is not easy to deal with the Chu army in this deep mountain forest. Let's go outside the mountain, block all intersections and starve them to death!"

After saying this, Liu Bang said again: "You have to set fire, it is best to burn them to death."

"Set the mountain?" Xiahou Ying said with a bitter face, "King, there are so many mountains, you can't burn it."

Zhang Liang smiled slightly and said, "General Xiahou, how much can you burn. No matter what, the mountains and forests that are dozens of miles outside must be burned, especially the artemisia bushes, which must be burned all. Otherwise, the Chu army will suddenly come out with the cover of the forest. At that time, our army will not be able to respond, so they will run away!"

After a while, the Han generals such as Li Shang, Jin Xu, Fu Kuan, and Li Zuoche also led their troops to arrive one after another. Later, reinforcements sent by Han Xin, Ying Bu, Peng Yue, Zhang Er, and Zhou Yin also arrived one after another.

The three thousand reinforcements of Liu Kou, a powerful general under Peng Yue, even encountered the remnants of the Chu army halfway. However, because of the few soldiers and Liu Kou's eagerness to rush to the King of Han camp, he did not dare to act rashly. The remnants of the Chu army were eager to break through the encirclement and did not attack rashly. The two armies eventually passed by without any trouble.

Liu Bang had no intention of paying attention to these things now. He now asked people to gather the defeated soldiers who were broken by the Chu army, reorganize the camp, and then hold a big banquet to grandly entertain all the princes and generals.

As soon as the banquet ended, Liu Bang ordered all the princes and generals of all the lords to form a large army and station them outside the mountain. Then he asked Xiahou Ying to go out to detect the cavalry and began to set fire to the mountains everywhere. Although the Dabie Mountains are in the moist Huai and Si land, most of the mountains are evergreen trees, but now it is winter, and the plants and trees are withered and yellow. Once the wildfires are burning, the momentum is still quite huge.

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The night was dark, and the remnants of the Chu army were walking forward in the moonlight.

Xiang Zhuang woke up from his drowsiness and felt his mouth and tongue were bitter, so he wanted to find some water to drink. Gao Chu, who was accompanying him to the stretcher, said with concern: "General, what do you want?"

"Is there water?" Xiang Zhuang whispered, "I want to drink water."

Gao Chu quickly untied the bamboo jar around his waist and handed it directly to Xiang Zhuang's mouth.

Xiang Zhuang took a few sips of cold water and asked again, "Gao Chu, where is this?"

"I don't know." Gao Chu shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I've been running away for a long time, how can I remember the direction?" After saying this, Gao Chu scratched his head and said, "But, he has run a hundred miles away and has already rushed out of the encirclement of the Han army and various coalition forces. Don't worry, General, they can't catch up."

"Then set up camp, it's time for the injured soldiers to treat the wound."

As soon as he finished speaking, the personal soldiers carrying the stretcher suddenly staggered, and Xiang Zhuang, who was lying on it, suddenly groaned.

"What are you doing?" Gao Chu immediately slapped the soldier hard on the back of the head and cursed, "I can't even lift a stretcher."

This time, it staggered, but it touched the wound on Xiang Zhuang's left shoulder. The white cloth tied to his shoulder again oozed out of red blood. Speaking of which, Xiang Zhuang's injuries were also extremely serious. He had no time to bandage and deal with it seriously because of his escape. This caused by excessive blood loss, Xiang Zhuang was obviously dizzy.

Gao Chu quickly asked his personal soldiers to put down the stretcher and sent someone to pass on the order.

The orders quickly spread throughout the army. The remaining soldiers of the Chu army, who were originally forcibly fighting, sat down on the ground. When they fought with the Han army during the day, these remaining soldiers were all fierce, like wolf-like, but now they are all exhausted. After all, they are also humans, but they are not machines after all.

Soon, a bunch of bonfires rose in the mountains, and exhausted soldiers surrounded them.

Some people relied on the fire to get warm, some took out dry food and put it next to the fire to grill, and some people found a few branches and then put the iron helmets picked up from the Han army camp on it and burned water.

A hundred military men who knew a little about medical skills became more and more busy.

Of course, Xiang Zhuang was the first to receive treatment. However, the so-called treatment is actually to use a red-hot double-edged sword to burn each of the chest and the wounds behind it. While burning the skin and flesh, it also destroys the capillaries and stops the blood. Moreover, after such a burn, even the bacteria are burned to death, which can prevent wound infection.

Xiang Zhuang was so hot that he bared his teeth. He held back and did not scream.

Xiang Zhuang is now the general of the Great Chu and the god of war in the minds of the remaining soldiers of the Chu army. How could he care about this little pain?

However, other wounded soldiers did not have so much concern, and they did not have the ability to bear Xiang Zhuang. When they were burned, they all screamed like pigs. In an instant, endless screams sounded in the dense forest. If someone passed by nearby at this time, they would definitely be scared to death. Could this be the eighteenth level of hell?

After scalding the wound and rebanding it, Xiang Zhuang struggled to stand up. While instructing Jing Qian to assign scouts, he began patrol patrol with Gao Chu.

Whenever Xiangzhuang went to a place, the remaining soldiers of the Chu army stood up to greet each other.

Even the seriously injured soldiers who had just treated the wounds struggled to stand up. Xiang Zhuang's prestige among the remaining soldiers of the Chu army was not very high. It is no exaggeration to say that Xiang Zhuang is now the God of War, and the God of War in the hearts of all the remaining soldiers of the Chu army. Although Xiang Zhuang was seriously injured today, this did not affect his reputation at all.

Because Xiang Zhuang killed the Han general within two rounds, this is very important.

As for injuries and charges, who can be unscathed? Isn’t Xiang Wang often injured?

When inspecting the entire camp, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little heavy. This time, he wanted to win in danger and survive in death, although the expected result was basically achieved, Xiang Zhuang did lead the remnants of the Chu army to highlight the encirclement of the Han army, but after a series of fierce battles, the remnants of the Chu army still lost a large number of elite veterans!

When they first entered the mountain, there were more than 5,500 remnants of the Chu army!

After defeating the five Han troops in succession, there were more than 4,600 people in the remnants of the Chu army, and then they were sneak attacked by the Han army. Xiao Gongjiao and most of the five hundred tribes were killed in battle, and less than 50 people were rescued. On the way to break through, more than 200 people were killed in battle. Finally, they raided Liu Bang's camp. Although the killing of the Han army made the Han army feel scared, they also lost more than 300 people!

Up to now, there are only more than 3,600 people left in the entire Chu army, and nearly half are still injured.

Fortunately, the losses of the Chu army were not worthless, because the Han army suffered even heavier losses. Including those who were killed, those who were defeated, those who took the opportunity to escape, and those who ran into the mountains and lost their way, the total amount was probably more than 20,000. This is almost ten times the damage caused by the Chu army. Why is Liu Bang so painful now!

Moreover, although Liu Bang, a rogue in the market, is very politically wise and can be called a master of the black man, he is also greedy and afraid of death. Today, after witnessing the troops of the remnants of the Chu army, it is unlikely that he will continue to stay in the mountains, right?

Xiang Zhuang was thinking about Liu Bang when he suddenly saw many Chu soldiers standing up and pointing in the distance.

When Xiangzhuang turned around and looked back, he saw that there were already fierce flames flying from several hills to the east. The fire pushed the rolling smoke and soared upwards, almost reflecting half of the night sky red.

"Bah!" Gao Chu spat out a strong mouthful of phlegm and said disdainfully, "Old Liu Bang is really stupider than a pig. Dabie Mountain is so big that you want to burn us? You're dreaming."
Chapter completed!