Establishing a thousand-year family from the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 4 Han Wangxin

When King Zangtu of Yan was defeated, all the princes were in an uproar. Among them, King Han Xin of Chu felt particularly uneasy and his rebellious intentions became stronger.

Soon, the imperial edict of Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty was delivered to the State of Yan, which immediately executed Zang Tu and replaced him with Lu Wan as the King of Yan to guard the border. The rest of the people returned to the court.

After receiving the order, Xu Zhen did not dare to stay and immediately led his troops to Chang'an.

Before long, King Han Xin of Chu would be deposed by Liu Bang, and then the famous Siege of Baideng would take place.

Although this battle basically achieved the strategic goal, it also made it impossible for future generations to curb the expansion of the Huns, and they eventually became the biggest foreign enemy. They were not completely resolved until the reigns of Emperor Wu and Emperor Xuan of Han.

Such major historical events are good for gaining destiny points.

.........

In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, someone accused Han Xin of planning a rebellion. Liu Bang, knowing full well the strength of the Chu army, immediately made a plan with Xiao He, Xu Zhen and others to lure Han Xin into Chen and try to avoid a direct armed conflict.

Although he has Xu Zhen who is not afraid of Han Xin this time, it is better to avoid war if possible.

In order to dispel Han Xin's suspicion as much as possible, Liu Bang specially ordered Xu Zhen to go to the State of Chu to summon him.

Xu Zhen took on the task without any hesitation.

Sure enough, Han Xin did not suspect anything and followed Xu Zhen to Chen to meet Liu Bang.

In the end, Han Xin was easily captured by the ambushed troops, and the Chu territory that was under his control naturally collapsed.

Liu Bang took this opportunity to demote Han Xin to Marquis of Huaiyin and placed him under house arrest in Chang'an, and appointed his brother Liu Jiao as King of Chu, thus regaining control of Chu.

Soon, the Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun led his army southward. Han Wangxin was defeated and asked the court for help.

While the imperial court was mobilizing troops to rescue, it also became suspicious of Han Wangxin. In order to protect himself, the King of Han surrendered to the Huns and agreed to attack the Han together.

When Liu Bang learned about this, he was furious and decided to send troops to resist the Huns immediately.

At the beginning of the seventh year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang personally led an army of more than 300,000 to attack Han Wangxin and appointed Xu Zhen as his deputy general. Almost all the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty came out in full force.

.........

The Han army was extremely brave and Han Wangxin had almost no ability to fight back. He suffered a crushing defeat at Tongdi and was chased by the Han army.

Xu Zhen asked Liu Bang to lead an army alone to pursue the victory and go to Jinyang, and Liu Bang agreed.

This time he can be said to have reaped a lot of rewards. He received a huge amount of destiny points as rewards for capturing Han Xin and defeating Han Wangxin.

Leading the troops alone is to better reap the rewards.

Although Han Wangxin joined forces with the Huns, they were still not as strong as Xu Zhen. He just used some extra yellow props to win a great victory.

The enemy army fled in a panic, but this time, unlike the original history, Xu Zhen captured Han Wangxin in one fell swoop, and the entire Han army was almost defeated.

Maodun had no time to pay attention to this useless guy and fled for his life alone. He already had a plan in his mind.

Following Xu Zhen were Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, while Liu Bang himself was lying in ambush at a place where the enemy must pass, ready to give the enemy a good beating.

"Zhou Bo, bring Han Xin up." Xu Zhen sat in the main seat with a very cold expression on his face.

"Yes." Zhou Bo dared not refuse, so he clasped his fists and took his leave.

"Marquis Jing, this... isn't it a bit too extreme? Our Han Dynasty is a benevolent and righteous army. It is not appropriate to kill people indiscriminately."

These days, Xu Zhen can be described as tyrannical. Han Wangxin's defeated soldiers can be taken as prisoners, but those Huns are killed without mercy, and heads are rolling in the sky.

As a result, when the Huns saw them, they all chose to resist to the end, because once they were captured they would be dead.

As a military advisor, Chen Ping still chose to muster up the courage to put forward this suggestion, but he regretted it as soon as he said it. The counselor in the previous battle of Pengcheng advised him to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, but Xu Zhen killed him without saying a word.

"Marquis Qu Ni, do you think that if you show kindness to wild beasts, they will be grateful? Tigers and wolves devoured the villagers in the village, but you said that you should use a more gentle strategy. But isn't this cruel to those villagers?"

"The Huns are wild wolves. They cannot be educated without a hundred years. Keeping them will only increase the uncertainty. It is better to kill them as soon as possible."

This time, Xu Zhen and Chen Ping explained a few words. After all, they were his military advisors. If he ignored it, it would be a slap in Liu Bang's face.

In fact, he did this more to harvest destiny points. The lives of foreigners are much more valuable than those of Han people.

"I appreciate your advice, Marquis Jing really has good intentions." Having said this, Chen Ping simply didn't say anything more.

What the other party said makes sense. The hands of every Hun are stained with the blood of innocent Han people. How can we explain to the people if we let them return to their country?
"The famous Siege of Baideng is coming soon."

Xu Zhen calculated the time and according to the process, Maodun would begin to show weakness when he retreated to Dai Valley, and Liu Bang would underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.

This is also the reason why he asked for the division of troops. Previously, he had directly resolved the siege of Baideng from the root, but this time he would resolve it from the middle to see if he could get more destiny points.

The most important props are also in place.

[House owner: Xu Zhen]

[Status: Marquis, Right Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty]

[Faction: Han Emperor]

[Attributes: Politics (96), Command (98), Wisdom (94)]

[Faction attitude: Han Emperor (friendly), Empress Lü (admiration), Marquis Huaiyin (indifferent), ministers (respect), Xiongnu (blood hatred), Han Wangxin (hostility)]

【Destiny Points: 27000】

[Props:
Golden God-Descending Order (Haotian Servant, God descends from the sky): Use this item to summon the gods to appear, call the wind and rain, meteorites to hit, and turn defeat into victory in a disadvantageous battle.
Red Death Totem: It can protect the family from a certain death, showing the way to continue the family heritage.

Purple Sprint: Marching speed increased by 200% (avoiding any objective factors)
Yellow·Rebellious×6
White·Heavy Armor (Increases infantry combat power by 2%, up to 20%) x 14]

With this purple item, he can ensure that he arrives on time, and this rescue mission will also help him in his future actions.

Then Xu Zhen saw that he had plenty of destiny points, so he did another ten-pull series, and as expected, he got purple.

"Prime Minister Xu, the traitor Han Xin has been brought here."

Soon Zhou Bo arrived with Han Wangxin, who looked embarrassed.

"Kneel down..." The soldier next to him did not give him, the former King of Han, any face and pressed him to the ground roughly.

"King Han, I hope you are well." Xu Zhen's contemptuous voice came.

"Prime Minister Xu, please spare my life. My young prince... I was also bewildered for a moment. I pretended to be friendly with the Xiongnu just to protect myself. I am really using my own meanness to judge others. Please say a few good words to Your Majesty on my behalf."

Han Wangxin is indeed not a man of great integrity. As the king of a country, he is now kneeling here like a stray dog, kowtowing madly.

"Hmph..." Xu Zhen kicked him without mercy. After Han Wangxin fell to the ground, he got up again and kowtowed for mercy. He no longer looked like a king.

"Coward!" Xu Zhen stood up, drew out his sword and threw it in front of him.

"A king has his own way of dying. Since you are a king, then take up arms and die honorably. When you appear before His Majesty, I will not let you be so dignified."

He hoped that Han Wangxin would have more backbone, even if he had to point a knife at him, because he would get a reward. It would be difficult to explain to Liu Bang if he killed him privately.

But obviously Xu Zhen still overestimated him. Han Wangxin would rather live a few more days than commit suicide.

(End of this chapter)