SFS Chapter 491 He should also be able to conquer the capital, but his methods would be somewhat despica
Chapter 491 He should also be able to conquer the capital, but his methods would be somewhat despica
Within the scene depicted on the celestial screen.
Han Xin had a bad feeling, and Liu Bang certainly didn't disappoint him.
He did not choose to retreat, nor did he besiege the city or make any other unnecessary plans.
What he did was very simple.
The entire army was assembled.
Nobody knows what he's planning to do.
When the messenger informed Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin, they both thought that His Majesty had changed his mind and was preparing to withdraw his troops.
But when they arrived and saw the scene, they instantly understood.
They're all overthinking it.
retreat?
joke!
Judging from this scene, it looks like a decisive battle is about to begin!
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Guanqiu Jian couldn't help but walk up to him and ask in a low voice.
"What are you doing, General Guanqiu? What do you think I'm trying to do?"
Liu Bang gave a half-smile.
Guanqiu Jian trembled all over.
"Could they be planning to attack the city?"
He dared to swear to the heavens that he was absolutely loyal to the Great Wei and had not harbored any disloyal thoughts whatsoever.
Even though he knew that resisting Sima Shi would most likely lead to his death, he still went without hesitation, which is enough to show his loyalty.
But it was precisely because he wanted to support the Great Wei and repay Cao Rui's kindness that he tried his best to dissuade Liu Bang from retreating first.
The troop strength was almost one to one.
Under these circumstances, forcibly attacking the city would be tantamount to suicide!
Let alone the possible arrival of a loyalist army, even if all the warlords remained on the sidelines without any external intervention, it would be almost impossible to capture the capital, a city with strong defenses, good supplies, and ample provisions!
At least in his view, forcing a war would probably not even give him a sliver of a chance of winning!
He couldn't bear to see the Great Wei dynasty destroyed, so Guanqiu Jian knew he had to find a way to persuade Liu Bang to withdraw his troops!
"Your Majesty, retreating for now may sound a bit humiliating, but history is written by the victors. As long as we can achieve final victory..."
"Is it true that there are great Confucian scholars to debate the classics for me?"
Liu Bang scoffed.
How could he not understand such a simple principle?
He went back on his word and after besieging and killing Xiang Yu at Gaixia, he thought he would be infamous.
But the result?
There was no infamy whatsoever; it seemed to everyone that this was the natural thing to do.
All he could hear was praise.
He didn't even care who spoke well of him.
Historical records were not deliberately altered.
If you win, those people will naturally spread your good name.
Liu Bang was a beneficiary of this, and probably no one in the world understood it better than him.
"But I do not want to back down, and I believe that I will not lose this battle."
"General Guanqiu, I am very pleased that you have always stood firmly by my side, but since you have chosen to believe in my abilities, you shouldn't be stopping me now, should you?"
Guanqiu Jian was stunned when he saw the confident look in Liu Bang's eyes.
Based on the intelligence he knew, the emperor should have never been on the battlefield.
He was welcomed from Tan County to the capital to ascend the throne, but I had never heard of him being skilled in military strategy.
He is not skilled in military strategy and has never commanded any battle before, so why does he have such confidence at this time?
"Your Majesty, if I may be so bold as to ask, where does your confidence come from?"
After a moment of stunned silence, Guanqiu Jian couldn't help but ask.
"Just consider me as someone born with knowledge. Perhaps I really am sent by Heaven to restore the Great Wei."
Those who are born with knowledge.
Are there really people in this world who are born with knowledge?
If these words were spoken by an ordinary person, Guanqiu Jian would only scoff and laugh at them.
But these words came from Liu Bang's mouth!
This emperor, from the moment he ascended the throne as a puppet emperor known to all, gradually schemed against all sides.
He persuaded the Empress Dowager and, with the help of Gao Rou and Wang Xiang, deliberately created openings for Jiang Wei, ultimately eliminating Sima Shi and eradicating the Sima family!
Every step seemed like a pipe dream to him, yet the emperor accomplished them all.
"Understood, this subordinate will obey orders!"
Since the previous emperor was able to find opportunities in such adversity, what harm is there in him believing again now?
"Then follow behind me. I don't need you to do anything more. Just watch carefully."
"Watch how I win this battle!"
……
"win?"
"Has Liu Bang lost his mind?!"
"He only has seventy or eighty thousand troops in total. How can he possibly capture the capital, which also has seventy thousand troops stationed there?"
"I'll put my words here: if his first offensive is blocked and he's forced to retreat and regroup, the defenders of the capital will seize the opportunity to attack, and he'll surely be routed!"
"Win? Ha! He's lost his mind with this decision!"
Sun Dadi had previously blamed Wen Yang for Liu Bang's humiliation, barely managing to save some face, but now he couldn't help but resurface.
He just wanted to regain all the face he had lost in this challenge!
"..."
"Useless trash, can you shut up?"
Just because you can't do something doesn't mean others can't.
Now, Xiang Yu gets a headache whenever he sees Emperor Sun speak.
How could such a cowardly scoundrel emerge from such a prestigious place as Jiangdong?
"Do you think everyone is a reckless brute like Xiang Ji? If you can't be the first to charge and kill enemy generals, then what makes you think you can conquer a city when you're outnumbered?"
"Or do you think Liu Bang is as brave and skilled as you, capable of leading these soldiers to attack the city and being the first to scale the walls and kill the enemy general?"
"Obviously, anyone with a brain knows that this is impossible, so his plan to capture the capital is equally impossible!"
Sun Tzu also spoke ill of Xiang Yu.
He's now ready to argue with anyone he meets; as long as he can regain his lost face, nothing else matters.
Anyway, these people can't possibly come to his time and do anything to him.
Han Xin is feeling very frustrated right now.
He was puzzled as to why he couldn't speak.
On the contrary, the clown from Jiangdong was able to keep talking nonstop on the sky.
That clown was just a King of Wu from the Great Wei Dynasty, while he was the King of Qi from the Great Han Dynasty!
As a result, the clown was able to speak freely on the sky, while he could only watch silently.
"Marquis of Huaiyin, is it really as he says, that His Majesty has no chance of winning at all?"
Seeing Han Xin's grim expression, Xiao He clearly had the wrong idea.
Although he had participated in military campaigns during the struggle for supremacy, he was mainly responsible for logistics and the transportation of provisions.
It wouldn't be wrong to say that we know nothing about the developments on the main battlefield.
Han Xin was filled with resentment at the moment, and when he heard his stupid question, he didn't even bother to roll his eyes.
"Stop talking nonsense, what are the odds of winning?"
"If I were in command, there are at least three ways to breach the capital before the allied forces of the feudal lords can set out to defend the emperor!"
Xiao He: "?"
"What if His Majesty leads the troops? You mean His Majesty should take you with him to this challenge?"
"That's not what I meant. He should be able to take the capital, but his methods..."
"It will be somewhat unsightly."