The four coalition forces of Liu Bang, Ying Bu, Wu Rui and Zangtu stopped when they arrived at Puyang.

Once you go further, it will be difficult to release the food and grass from Guanzhong and Sanchuan County into the army in time. Furthermore, the four-point and six-sided net designed by Zhang Liang is almost at Puyang. Liu Bang's army will be in charge of Puyang, and he will get news from the four places of Qi, Zhao, Han and Liang in the shortest time, and then he will react quickly.

In the Puyang County Magistrate's Mansion, four multi-branched lamps illuminate the entire hall as bright as day.

Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were standing in front of the screen with a serious expression. On the screen was hung with a topographic map of Qi, Zhao, Liang and Han drawn by Zhang Liang. On the map, Zhang Liang had already drawn a marching route, starting from Linzi, passing through Bochang, Di County, and Lixia to Gaotangyi. This was drawn by Zhang Liang based on urgent newspapers from various places.

Zhang Liang pointed to this marching route and said to Liu Bang: "King, based on the express news from various places, I roughly inferred the route of the Chu army's operation in the past few days. About seven days ago, the Chu army successfully attacked Linzi, and then burned the Linzi city with fire. Tens of thousands of private houses and thousands of shops in the city, and all the goods warehouses were burned."

"This Xiangzhuang is actually more cruel than Xiang Yu?" Liu Bang said in a terrifying manner. "The Chu army looted Guanzhong, but Xiang Yu did not burn Xianyang." After saying this, Liu Bang sighed again, "However, once this fire is burned, the people's and financial resources of Qi will probably be greatly reduced. Alas, Linzi's money and food are no longer worthy of it."

"King, what you lose is probably not just money or food." Chen Ping said in a deep voice, "The Chu army burned, killed, plundered and attacked the Han army in Qi. Xiang Zhuang was cruel and ruthless, and Wei Liao was even more vicious. I am very worried that the people in Qi now are probably already hated the king!"

"Ah?" Liu Bang said in shock, "What should I do?"

Zhang Liang said: "This is indeed troublesome. The people of Qi have already made preconceived ideas. Now we just post the list articles everywhere and try to refute the rumors. Fortunately, most of the powerful aristocratic families in Qi can distinguish right from wrong. They will never be deceived by the Chu army's little tricks, so the king can still get their support."

"That's good." Liu Bang said hurriedly, "As long as there is support from the powerful aristocratic clans."

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "The Chu army rested in Linzi for two days, then ransacked Bochang County north, then ransacked Di County, and then Lixia County. Along the way, the Chu army did not hide its traces or attack the city, but only robbed the villages and Zhendian along the way on a large scale. It is impossible to know that its intention is to ruin the reputation of the Han army in Qi."

Liu Bang's face looked a little unfavorable. He and Xiang Yu were in a stalemate in Xingyang, so he asked Peng Yue to use this trick to deal with Xiang Yu and achieved unexpected results. Now, Xiang Zhuang's son used the same trick to deal with him Liu Bang, which really shot himself in the foot.

After a pause, Zhang Liang continued: "Two days ago, the Chu army looted dozens of villages near Gaotangyi and Yuanyi, snatched hundreds of fishing boats, and lost their whereabouts after crossing the river! Obviously, the Chu army wanted to repeat the same trick. Without knowing it, the gods quietly touched the city of Handan and caught Zhao army off guard."

Chen Ping said: "I have summarized it and discovered a rule of the Chu army. They always march quietly first, attack by surprise while people are unprepared, and then make great efforts to build momentum everywhere. While killing people, setting fire to plunder supplies, deliberately destroying the image of the Han army, and then hiding their own traces to the next target. This is the case in Liang, Qi, and Zhao is most likely the same."

"Hmph." Zhang Liang snorted lightly and said coldly, "It's not a matter of time. If the Chu army still wants to reuse the same trick this time, then it would be a mistake!" After saying this, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang again, "King, you can now send an order to let Zhou Bo, Wang Su, Mei Jing, Fu Kuan, Li Shang, Xiahou Ying and other elite troops surrounded Handan!"

As early as three days ago, Zhou Bo and Wang Ni led 20,000 elite troops from Baimajin to cross the river and entered Zhao territory.

Almost at the same time, Wang Nao and Mei Kai's 40,000 elite soldiers also crossed the river from Dunqiu to the north. Li Shang and Xiahou Ying's 40,000 elite soldiers should have crossed the river from Guanyi now.

"Okay!" Liu Bang immediately turned his head and shouted, "Immediately send flying cavalry to order the six armies to attack Handan!"

"No!" The personal soldiers outside the tent agreed. In less than a moment, more than a dozen fast horses rushed out of the Han army camp in Puyang and headed for Zhaodi in six directions.

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When Liu Bang ordered the six armies to attack Handan, the Chu army had quietly advanced to the dense forest near Shaqiuyi.

More than 5,000 Chu soldiers ran around all night, and after eating dry food, they fell asleep. Only more than a hundred cavalry scouts were scattered on the edge of the dense forest to be responsible for the vigilance.

Speaking of which, the Chu army now has more than 500 war horses, and the more than 700 mules and horses snatched from Qi and Wei areas are almost enough to form a cavalry, but this is just a beautiful wish. It is not that easy to form a cavalry. In addition to having enough war horses, there must also be soldiers who are skilled in cavalry.

What Xiang Zhuang wanted was not a group of infantry riding horses, what he needed was real cavalry!

Of course, as long as there is enough time, Xiang Zhuang has enough confidence to train all of these 5,000 people into excellent cavalry. Unfortunately, Xiang Zhuang has no time at all now! Therefore, the matter of forming cavalry can only be discussed later. The only thing Xiang Zhuang can do now is to form a small-scale scout cavalry.

Zhang Liang was as clear as the weakness of the Chu army, how could Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao not know?

The biggest weakness of roaming combat is that it cannot grasp the deployment of the enemy in time, so if you are not careful, you may fall into the siege of the enemy.

There have been many such cases in history.

Shi Dakai defeated Dadu River because he did not have the information from the Qing army.

Li Zicheng, the most famous bandit king in history, was forced into a desperate situation by Yang Sichang, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, and the four fronts and six corners and ten sides. Thousands of people were huddled in Shangluo Mountains and could not advance or retreat. If it weren't for the large-scale invasion of Jiannu and forced the Ming court to transfer the main force of the border army, Li Zicheng would have starved to death in Shangluo Mountains at that time.

There is only the Red Army, but the biggest reason why the Red Army was able to break through the numerous encirclements of the National Army was the continuous information provided by Shanghai Special Forces.

The Chu army also had no intelligence support. The reason why they had won consecutive battles and achieved brilliant results was because the garrison of Wei and Qi were empty. Now that Liu Bang's army has returned, the battle of Zhao will never be as easy as the previous two times. The real test has just begun.

Now, the only thing Xiangzhuang can rely on is more than one hundred cavalry scouts cavalry!

Xiangzhuang selected more than 100 sharp men who could ride and shoot from more than 5,000 people and formed a scout team. The left Sima Gongsun Sui, first climbed the camp, personally led the team. Xiangzhuang also equipped each scout with two good horses for replacement at any time. In order to keep it confidential, Xiangzhuang did not equip stirrups to the scout team. This thing is a big killer weapon, and it will be used when it is really formed.

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She were sitting around the grass and discussing tactics on the map.

Not far from the forest is Shaqiuyi, and less than two hundred miles south of Shaqiuyi is Handan.

Although Shaqiu City is not big, it is a famous historical city. King Zhou of Shang once built a different palace here, raising various strange birds and beasts. The famous allusion "Wine Pool and Meat Forest" describes Shaqiu Yuantai. During the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao, who advocated Hu clothing, cavalry and shooting, made Zhao a powerful country, finally starved to death in Shaqiu Palace. Later, Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the age, died of illness in Shaqiu Palace.

From Shaqiuyi to the south, we began to enter the core area of ​​Zhao. This area not only has many cities, but also has many villages and towns. It also has a scattered road and a bunch of forts, and there are almost no forests. Moreover, Zhao's area is mostly a vast plain, so it is difficult for the Chu army to hide after passing Shaqiuyi.

It is not a problem to attack the city gate of Handan. Whether it is Qiao Zhuanghu people entering the city, pretending to be a peddler and pawn, or simply sending a good-quality scholar to sneak in from the drainage entrance, or even taking multiple measures, it is worth trying. The real problem is, how can the five thousand troops move outside Handan without knowing it?

Handan has a plain with hundreds of miles in a radius of radius, with dense populations and no forests. How can it hide its traces? The five thousand Chu troops cannot fly from the sky or make a hole from the ground, right? But as long as you walk from the ground, you will definitely be discovered. Once your whereabouts are exposed in advance, the sneak attack will become a strong attack.

The three of them have been discussing for a long time, but there is still no good idea.

"If it really doesn't work, then attack hard." Xiang Zhuang said, "Since it's a war, casualties are always inevitable!"

Since leaving the Dabie Mountains, the Chu army has never fought any major battles. The sneak attack on Ao Cang only suffered dozens of casualties. The sneak attack on Linzi encountered some resistance, but only more than 200 casualties. However, this time the attack on Handan was probably not small, especially the 500 dead soldiers who went to the camp first, and there are probably not many left after the end of this battle.

Wei Liao shook his head and said with concern: "General, what I am worried about is not casualties, but will Liu Bang set up his pockets in Handan and wait for us to get in?"

Wu She said sternly: "Military advisor, do you mean that Liu Bang has seen through our strategy?"

Wei Liao shook his head and said, "Liu Bang is just a rogue in the market, how can he see through his old strategy? However, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping around Liu Bang are all wise men. As the saying goes, one can do it again and again. We have successively attacked Wei land and Qi land succeeded. If we want to attack Zhao land, it will probably not be so easy."

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel silent. Yes, why did you ignore this?

Although Wei Liao's strategy is powerful, it can certainly break the general trend of Liu Bang sweeping the world, but Zhang Liang and Chen Ping under Liu Bang's tent are not ordinary people. How could they watch Liu Bang lose power?

If Zhang Liang and Chen Ping had seen through Wei Liao's strategy, the situation would be complicated.

Conservatively estimated that Liu Bang should have known the news that Linzi was burned nine days ago. With these nine days, Liu Bang has enough time to make full arrangements. Could it be that Handan has really become a dangerous road? #########################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################################
Chapter completed!