My father, King Chu, was besieged at Gaixia

Chapter 51 Greedy for merit and rash advancement
Xiahou Ying led hundreds of personal guards to rush out of the rear army, abandoning the entire rear army that was in complete chaos, and rode his horse at full speed to chase in the direction of Liu Bang's escape!

As Liu Bang's coachman, captain of the personal army, and the most trusted confidant, Xiahou Ying did not disappoint Liu Bang's trust. He always had a clear definition of his duties, that is, his primary task was to protect Liu Bang and ensure his safety! Therefore, as soon as Liu Bang fled, he immediately did not hesitate, and even abandoned 3,000 elite generals without frowning.

Among the three thousand elite cavalry, some who had left the formation and escaped like him gradually caught up with him on horseback, allowing him to slowly gather nearly a thousand people again.

If you want to protect Liu Bang, you must have enough troops. Xiahou Ying did not blame those generals and soldiers who fled in the face of the enemy, but gathered them all together.

At the same time, Ying Bu led more than a thousand cavalrymen and chased like crazy, searching everywhere desperately, obviously wanting to find Liu Bang and kill him as soon as possible!
I don't understand why he suddenly seemed to have gone mad, as if he would not stop until he killed Liu Bang!

Perhaps it was because he had suffered repeated defeats at the hands of Xiang Chang and was forced to surrender by his series of conspiracies, and now the limelight of the surprise attack on the Han army's camp was completely snatched away by this kid, leaving him with a lot of anger that he had been pent up in his heart and had nowhere to vent it, so he dumped it all on Liu Bang.

After chasing for a while, Ying Bu suddenly saw from afar a remnant army of about a hundred men dragging Liu Bang's flag and fleeing hastily towards the northwest. He was overjoyed and led his cavalry to chase them desperately.

But after catching up, he found that it was Lü Sheng, a doctor beside Liu Bang, who deliberately waved Liu Bang's flag and dressed up as Liu Bang to lure him to chase.

"Ying Bu, you are shameless for making peace with Xiang Yu, the thief who killed your wife and children! You betrayed the King of Han, are fickle and go back on your words, you will not die a good death!" Lu Sheng cursed.

Ying Bu was furious and charged on horseback, defeating the Han army in one fell swoop. He rushed forward and stabbed Lu Sheng to death with his own spear!
Knowing that he had chased the wrong enemy, Ying Bu led his cavalry to chase in the southwest again. On the way, he unexpectedly met Xiahou Ying. The two sides fought fiercely, with casualties on both sides. Ying Bu knew that he had lost the best opportunity to kill Liu Bang, and was worried about the situation in the rear army camp, so he led his troops back in anger.

On the way back, they kept encountering fleeing Han army soldiers, and immediately charged and killed them. The Han soldiers could not escape, so they knelt down and surrendered, and they were gathered together like cattle and sheep and driven back. When they returned to the camp, they had captured as many as three or four thousand people.

Xiahou Ying had also been chasing towards the southwest, but after a fierce battle with Ying Bu, he learned from Ying Bu that they were chasing him from the northwest and had just killed Liu Bang's doctor Lü Sheng. He was encouraged, and when Ying Bu led his troops to retreat, he turned around and led his troops back to the northwest to chase him.

Sure enough, after chasing for more than 20 miles, they finally caught up with Liu Bang, who was fleeing in panic under the protection of a hundred soldiers.

Liu Bang is worthy of being the ancestor of escape. He had many tricks to escape. He fled in front and let Lu Sheng fly behind with a flag. When Lu Sheng was caught up, Ying Bu instinctively thought that Liu Bang fled in another direction and stopped chasing him, allowing him to escape safely.

Seeing that it was Xiahou Ying who was chasing him from behind, Liu Bang finally let go of his worries. He grabbed Xiahou Ying's sleeve and burst into tears. His tears and snot kept coming out, soaking his messy beard.

As his childhood friend and confidant, Xiahou Ying knew him better than he knew himself. He knew that yesterday, seeing that Xiang Yu was about to be destroyed and the situation was looking very good, Xiahou Ying had secretly begun to dream of becoming the emperor who ruled the world. But today, the situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse and became such a mess that not only did Xiang Yu make a comeback, but his dream of becoming the emperor was also gone. He was even in danger and almost got hunted down on the road like a stray dog. This huge gap was difficult for him to accept for a while, so he got out of control!
Xiahou Ying whispered, "King of Han has great self-respect. All the soldiers are looking at you now. You are needed to boost their morale!"

Liu Bang's wailing paused for a moment, and then he began to wail again, "Zifang! My Zifang is dying! My heart aches!"

Xiahou Ying was startled and looked around, only to find that Chen Ping was the only counselor following him, and Zhang Liang was indeed nowhere to be seen.

Xiahou Ying was surprised and asked, "How could the military advisor die when he was following the King of Han?"

After performing the grieving scene in front of his soldiers, Liu Bang wiped his tears and sighed, "Zifang was also hit by an arrow! The arrow shot me first, and then the second arrow shot Zifang, hitting his right rib!" Liu Bang raised his left arm wrapped in white silk and stained with blood to show Xiahou Ying.

The soldiers who were carrying a stretcher in front and walking away in a hurry brought the stretcher back. Zhang Liang was lying on it, unconscious. His handsome face was as pale as white cowhide. His thin body was wrapped in several thick layers of white silk on his chest. A dark red bloodstain was oozing out. His injuries were serious.

Xiahou Ying was furious: "A cold arrow? It was that bastard, so bold!"

Liu Bang shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said in a firm tone: "Xiang Ju! That bastard is pretending to surrender."

Xiahou Ying was shocked and could not help but say, "Xiang Ju's father Xiang Chan was shot dead by Xiang Chang himself. Could it be that Xiang Chan volunteered to sacrifice himself to gain trust..."

Chen Ping, who had been silent, spoke up at this time: "Xiang Chan is not that great. It must be that Xiang Ju was instigated by Xiang Chang to rebel again! Since Xiang Chang was able to persuade Zhou Yin and Ying Bu, two of the best figures in the world, to surrender again, how difficult would it be for him to persuade Xiang Ju?"

Liu Bang also held this view. With his intelligence, he secretly estimated that half of the reason why Xiang Ju was so easily persuaded by Xiang Chang and forgot the revenge of his father's murder and returned to the Chu Kingdom was due to him, the King of Han. He was quite contemptuous of Xiang Ju's surrender at first, and then he was very angry because of Guan Ying's death, which made Xiang Ju fearful.

Liu Bang was very upset for a while. But he naturally kept this thought secret and there was no need to explain it to the generals.

Xiahou Ying thought about how Zhang Liang had been constantly obtaining intelligence about the Great Chu through Xiang Chan and obtained various conveniences, which eventually led to Xiang Chan angering the father and son of the Overlord. Last night, he was expelled from the Xiang clan and died tragically. The next day, he was seriously injured by Xiang Ju, the son of Xiang Chan. It can be said that sooner or later, you will pay for what you have done.

Thinking that the Han army had the upper hand and the situation seemed to be settled, the situation suddenly turned around in just one day and one night, and even Liu Bang almost died. And all this was caused by that boy who was only in his teens!
Looking back on his series of means and strategies, Xiahou Ying couldn't help but think of a man, Su Qin, a diplomat who wore the seals of six countries and stirred up the world with his eloquent tongue, forcing the vassal states to dance to the tune of his tongue!
Now that Xiang Yu has such a son to help him, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to destroy him in the future!
At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and the people who had escaped from the difficulties began to rest on the spot. Without food, everyone had to endure hunger. A cavalryman found a small river nearby, and everyone drank some water to fill their stomachs.

On the second day, the cavalry was sent to the surrounding villages to collect food and drink, while they went to Gaixia City to gather news. In the afternoon, the cavalry who went to Gaixia City to gather news led Cao Shen, Fu Kuan and other generals to come.

When Liu Bang saw them, he thought that his army had also been defeated by Xiang Yu, and his face changed drastically. Fortunately, the two men quickly informed him of the battle situation, which made him feel relieved.

Yesterday, Han Xin, Fan Kuai and Li Shang personally took to the battlefield, leading an elite force to attack instead of defend, blocking the armies of Xiang Yu, Zhou Yin and Ying Bu. At the same time, they dispatched generals to command the army to leave the battlefield in an orderly manner and retreat slowly to the north.

Among them, Zhou Yin was greedy for merit and acted rashly. He broke away from the army of Xiang Yu and Ying Bu and pursued the enemy alone, trying to defeat the retreating main force of the Han army and achieve success in one battle. However, he was ambushed by Han Xin and suffered heavy losses in one fell swoop.

Xiang Yu, Ying Bu and other troops who had been following closely and looking for an opportunity to fight were frightened and dared not push too hard. In addition, Kong Xi's 70,000 troops were watching covetously from the side, which eventually allowed the Han army to successfully escape from Gaixia and retreat safely.

At present, the main force of the Han army was intact and retreated to the north of Gaixia City to set up camp, with Han Xin sitting in the camp, waiting for Liu Bang.

Liu Bang was overjoyed when he heard this!

(End of this chapter)