Faced with Qianlong's seemingly imposing words, Zhao Kuangyin was momentarily at a loss for words.

Let alone an emperor, even an ordinary person, if they dared to eat that stuff, they shouldn't flaunt it, right?

"Bah! What I mean is, I'm willing to wager my life, would Liu Heng dare to do that?"

"His reluctance shows that he also lacks confidence in Han Xin and Liu Bang!"

"On the contrary, I have full confidence in Prince Zhong; he has every chance of defeating the Han army!"

Emperor Qianlong quickly explained.

If this continues to spread, even if he had a few more mouths, he probably wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly.

"I have absolute confidence in the Marquis of Huaiyin, but such a gamble is something no normal person could come up with."

"Who in their right mind would think of eating that stuff?"

"Those who have never eaten this before wouldn't be able to name such a bet, would they?"

Liu Heng was disgusted.

He truly never expected that his attempt to reassure others would attract the attention of Emperor Qianlong.

And they even got him to say such bizarre things.

As for what happens after losing the bet, whether Emperor Qianlong chooses to honor the bet or default on it, it won't have a significant impact.

At that time, in the eyes of the world, whether he ate or not, he had already eaten.

"When did I ever say I had eaten that stuff?"

"You must not misunderstand my meaning. I was simply saying that I have complete confidence in Prince Zhong."

"You dog lackeys, all you do is slander me. Little do you know, the truth will slap you in the face!"

"Just watch, Prince Zhong will surely be able to crush the so-called military genius and the Great Ancestor with overwhelming force!"

Emperor Qianlong flew into a rage once again.

Fu Heng, standing behind him, silently watched him.

I really want to say, Your Majesty, what you just said was quite ambiguous.

To be honest, since this canopy appeared, he has suffered far more humiliation than he had in the first half of his life!

After all, there were some things he really wanted to say, but he also knew that once he said them, the technique of separating his entire clan from his family would be waiting for him.

But if I don't say it out loud, it's really hard to keep it bottled up inside.

Your Majesty, are you sure you won't embarrass yourself?

Although Fuheng believed that Dorgon's overwhelming victory in this battle was a foregone conclusion, Qianlong's words just now were indeed somewhat inappropriate.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you also think I'm wrong?"

At this moment, Qianlong noticed Fuheng's gaze and immediately questioned him with displeasure.

"How could that be, Your Majesty? This servant thinks you are right."

"With the Prince of Zhong's bravery and fearlessness, coupled with the unparalleled warriors of our Great Qing, we will surely be able to easily defeat the enemy!"

Even if it went against his conscience, Fu Heng could only nod and praise repeatedly.

He was torn between betraying his own conscience and betraying his entire family; he could tell which was more important.

"Of course! Look at the invincible posture of the warriors of our Great Qing!"

"Look quickly, the moment they made contact, they swept through with overwhelming force!"

"The so-called reinforcements are utterly vulnerable!"

"Han Xin was even afraid that the defeat was not fast enough, so he actually dispersed his already weak troops."

"What about the God of War? Even I know that on the battlefield, actively cutting off one's own troops is a major taboo in military strategy!"

Emperor Qianlong was not so easily fooled at first, but everything that happened in the sky directly attracted his attention.

The sudden appearance of Han Xin's reinforcements did not cause Dorgon to panic in the slightest.

After all, at a glance, you could tell they were just a bunch of ragtag soldiers.

They were poorly equipped and all of them were emaciated, looking like they couldn't even get enough to eat.

What threat could such reinforcements pose?

Dorgon even felt that it was a miracle they hadn't died on the road.

"The rebels have lost their minds, actually dragging civilians into the battlefield!"

"My soldiers, have you seen this? Although our Great Qing has iron-fisted methods, we have never forced slaves to go to war!"

"Which is better or worse should be obvious by now!"

When he said these words, Dorgon seemed to have forgotten that they used to like to force civilians to walk in front of the defending generals when they attacked cities.

However, at this stage of the battle, his subordinates failed to notice the flaws in his words.

At this moment, whether it was the Qing cavalry or the surrendered soldiers from the Shun army, all they could see were those miscellaneous soldiers who seemed to be sending themselves to their deaths.

These people were not seen as reinforcements, but rather as runaway military merits.

Incompletely equipped and emaciated, they clearly had little ability to resist!

Furthermore, their formation was disrupted by their coach.

Although it is unknown why the enemy commander did this, these soldiers, who were divided into groups of ten or a hundred, were simply there to die!

Before Dorgon could even give the order, a large number of troops rushed toward the reinforcements led by Han Xin.

If Dorgon hadn't stopped some people in time, the main battlefield would have almost collapsed.

Compared to those so-called reinforcements, the greater threat came from Liu Bang, who was on the front lines and still launching a fierce attack!

"Don't be greedy for merit and rush forward. First, block the last charge of this enemy force in front of us!"

"There will be plenty of time to reap the rewards of our battles. As long as we defeat the enemy in front of us, the rest of the enemies will be no threat!"

Dorgon felt that the outcome was decided and victory was assured.

What we need to do now is to prevent the soldiers from vying for credit and to leave more credit to our own people.

Take those refugees, for example. They had no fighting ability whatsoever, yet they took up weapons.

In his eyes, it was also thanks to running.

Such easy credit should naturally be given to his Manchu bannermen!

"Whoever takes the head of the enemy general will be promoted three ranks and granted a noble title!"

"All generals, listen to my command! The time has come for promotions and titles!"

"Kill the enemy and achieve merit!"

"Kill them all, and this world will belong to our Great Qing!"

Dorgon still pointed his sword at Liu Bang, but he didn't notice that behind him, quite a few people had secretly left the advancing offensive.

Or rather, more and more people were drawn to the traveling army led by Han Xin.

The vast majority of them were originally from the Da Shun army, and they had no strict military discipline whatsoever.

In their eyes, it was better to reap the military merits that were almost within reach of those behind than to fight for the head of the tough commander at the front.

As long as you cut off enough heads, it might not be much worse than stealing a head!

As the war progressed, Dorgon gradually realized that something was wrong.

Why are there fewer and fewer people on the main battlefield?

"Where are they? Where have all our soldiers gone?!"

"Where did all those surrendered soldiers go?!"

At that moment, he suddenly realized what was happening and looked to both sides.

His tens of thousands of troops were chasing and killing two or three thousand miscellaneous soldiers everywhere.

Many people almost lost sight of him.

Something's not right, something's extremely wrong!

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