My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 47 Destiny

Xiahou Ying had no intention of fighting Ying Bu's army, and looked anxiously towards Liu Bang's central army.

The bulls rushed to the front of Liu Bang's army and were shot into hedgehogs by the arrows fired by Liu Bang's last guard. But the bulls' tails were burned and they went crazy. Even though their bodies were full of arrows, as long as they were still alive, they still rushed forward.

At this time, Chen Ping, a counselor under Liu Bang, realized that these fire bulls were using the same strategy as Tian Dan's fire bull formation in Qi State. Several bulls were lined up in a row, and their necks were tied with wooden sticks, so they could only charge in one direction. Chen Ping immediately told Liu Bang about it.

Liu Bang suddenly realized what was going on, and hurriedly led a group of generals and counselors around him, left the commander's tent under the escort of guards, and hurriedly moved hundreds of meters to the right, and indeed managed to safely avoid the fire bulls.

Before Liu Bang could breathe a sigh of relief, Xiang Chang, with hundreds of extremely excited soldiers who were bent on seizing the supreme honor of hunting down Liu Bang, followed the path created by the trampling of the fire bulls and rushed to his front.

At this time, Liu Bang clearly had hundreds of elite soldiers in front of him, enough to fight. However, for some reason, his body suddenly trembled, and then he turned around quickly, lying on the saddle and riding away in panic!
Xiahou Ying, who was watching from afar, said inwardly, "It's over!"

Xiahou Ying undoubtedly knew Liu Bang better than Liu Bang knew himself, and now, seeing Liu Bang fleeing in panic, he was shocked but not surprised!

Liu Bang started a rebellion when he was nearly fifty years old. He had fought countless battles, and many heroes of his time had died. But he was the only one who survived until now. What did he rely on? It was his gifted ability to accurately predict danger and escape successfully.

As long as I seize the opportunity and run fast enough, the enemy's arrows will never catch up with me!
Especially during the four years of the Chu-Han War, the Chu-Han War suffered numerous defeats at the hands of the violent Xiang Yu, yet they were able to escape safely time and time again in the end, all of which proved this point.

However, this escape will undoubtedly have serious consequences and will inevitably trigger a series of chain reactions!
Xiahou Ying sighed inwardly: Liu Bang had already escaped, and his efforts to resist Ying Bu's cavalry were futile. He immediately turned his horse around, took more than a hundred personal guards with him, and quickly chased after Liu Bang to protect him.

As for the three thousand elite cavalrymen who began the charge, they really couldn't be taken care of!

"Liu Bang has escaped, kill him!"

"Don't let Liu Bang get away. Kill this old man."

"I have killed Liu Bang, and I will be granted the title of Marquis of Wanhu!"

"Liu Bang is dead! Liu Bang is dead! Long live him! Long live him!"

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Xiang Chang commanded a group of soldiers to shout in a chaotic manner, which made the entire Han army's rear army upset and frightened. They stretched their necks to look around, and indeed saw Liu Bang's red flag fall down and flee to the west. There was immediate chaos!
The 3,000 elite cavalrymen under Xiahou Ying's command, who were about to charge and engage in battle with Ying Bu's army, naturally heard the shouting behind the formation.

Many soldiers and cavalrymen looked back hastily, and found that not only was Liu Bang's central army flag covered, but their chief general Xiahou Ying was also missing. They turned around and searched for him, and found him leaning over his horse and rushing towards Liu Bang's flag. As for them, were they completely abandoned? !

The officers and soldiers were greatly shocked. Some of them who were quick-witted immediately understood: it seemed that Liu Bang had to either die or escape. Xiahou Ying, this black-hearted thief, was going to use their lives to buy him, Liu Bang, time to escape!

After realizing this, these smart guys naturally didn't want to let Xiahou Ying take the lead, and immediately followed suit, turned their horses' heads, broke away from the charging team, and chased Xiahou Ying silently. If there is one person, there will naturally be ten people, if there are ten people, there will naturally be a hundred people, if there are a hundred people, there will naturally be a thousand people... At this critical moment of life and death, there is no need for too many smart people.

So after this short charge distance disappeared, when they started to engage in battle with Ying Bu's army, of the 3,000 elite cavalry, only a few hundred of them were left, whose limbs were too developed, their brains were obviously not enough, and they rushed forward recklessly!

When they were overwhelmed by Ying Bu's five thousand elite cavalrymen who were laughing at them, they fell off their horses and died one after another. They were unwilling to take their last look at this world, only to find to their shock that there was nothing behind them, and six or seven out of three thousand comrades had already fled in all directions!
And their muscular heads obviously haven't figured out what's going on...

Ying Bu's army swallowed up Xiahou Ying's sparse remaining cavalry of several hundred people with almost no effort. Ying Bu then led a thousand cavalry to chase Liu Bang in a hurry, leaving the captain Yu Hai with 4,000 cavalry to continue attacking the Han army's rear camp, making sure to defeat it completely!

Yu Hai carried out Ying Bu's order very thoroughly, leading the cavalry to stir and charge at the rear camp of the Han army, killing the Han army and making them cry out for their parents. Coupled with the rapidly spreading raging fire, the situation in the rear camp of the Han army soon got completely out of control...

Xiang Chang reined in his horse and stood still. He looked around and saw that the Han army camp was full of fire, with people and horses falling and in chaos. The soldiers around him were waving their spears, poking, piercing, stabbing, poking, and pulling... They were still fighting desperately, constantly stabbing the Han cavalry off their horses. The nerves in his heart that had been tense like steel wires suddenly relaxed slightly, and for a moment he felt a sense of unreality. The bloody and cruel battlefield in front of him seemed to be far away from him. Only one thought slowly emerged:
"I actually did it myself?!"

Since he was reborn last night, he has keenly grasped that glimmer of hope, put all his talents into it, worked hard and went all out, gradually expanding it bit by bit, and finally changed the final direction and outcome of the current battle at Gaixia!

He indeed did it!

Endless joy and excitement slowly grew at this time, and he felt endless power surging all over his body. Xiang Chang roared like a tiger, waved his spear, and slaughtered the surrounding Han soldiers like a dragon stirring the sea and a python turning over.

One has to say that his physique is worthy of being a Overlord. When he steps into the battlefield, he is like a fish in water and a tiger in the wind. He charges left and right and kills recklessly without feeling any tiredness, as if he was born for the battlefield.

Liu Bang, who fled in panic, was also extremely frustrated!
In fact, he didn't want to escape. In fact, he wanted to stay. Since he started his rebellion against Qin, he had fought countless battles. Although he was afraid of death, he was not afraid of fighting. But just now, an arrow shot from nowhere and hit his left arm, almost knocking him off his horse!

At that time, there was chaos and disorder, and he could not see clearly where the arrow came from. What if there was another arrow... This would be the last straw that broke the camel's back. He instinctively turned his horse around, abandoned his army, and fled.

Xiahou Ying was not wrong about him. Escaping was indeed very easy for him, even a little bit of a skill that came with practice. No matter how critical the situation was or how chaotic the defeated army was, no one could cause him fatal harm. He was able to escape safely every time.

And past experience also told him that as long as he could save his life, he would be able to make a comeback in the future, so time and time again, he escaped more and more quickly, without any psychological burden!
As for the soldiers abandoned by him, it depends on their luck. If you can escape, it's because you are lucky. If you can't escape, it's because you are unlucky!

But this time, Liu Bang, who was riding his horse desperately to escape, felt not only the severe pain in his arm, but also the piercing pain in his heart!

With his escape, there was no doubt that the 60,000 rear troops would be defeated. Under the chain reaction, the "ambush formation from all sides" that besieged Xiang Yu would inevitably collapse, and the siege of Gaixia that had been built with all their efforts would fall apart...

At this moment, Liu Bang was really confused, and he even doubted for a moment, whether the Great Chu was really destined to be and should not be destroyed?

(End of this chapter)