The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

"indeed so."

“If there is no threat, Xiang Ji will naturally choose a conservative approach.”

"But he was competing against Han Xin, and he certainly wouldn't want to lose to the man he despised the most."

Old Zhu nodded, agreeing with Li Er's words.

Once Xiang Yu learns of Han Xin's movements and speed, he will definitely choose the more aggressive path!

After conquering a city, they would simply abandon it and continue on their journey!

As for the risk of being attacked from both sides, does that matter?

Compared to the possibility of being attacked from behind, losing to Han Xin was clearly more unacceptable to him.

"But isn't this tantamount to gambling with the lives of our soldiers?"

"If we are attacked from both sides and have nowhere to stand, how can we resist?"

Although they were not yet in a situation where they were surrounded by enemies, Xiang Yu's soldiers must have suffered heavy casualties in the face of so many enemies!

Even if he manages to capture the city by force, he will certainly suffer heavy losses.

win?

He'll only lose even more miserably then!

"That would only be if the defending troops in the city, after he has captured it, could still muster the courage to flank him from behind and fight him on the front lines."

"Don't forget what state the Qing army was in after he defeated them."

"How many of those Qing soldiers would dare to confront him head-on? Even Dorgon's most elite personal guards would rather knock him unconscious and capture him to escape than face Xiang Ji again."

"You don't really think that the generals and soldiers of the Southern Ming Dynasty have the courage and strength to compare with the most elite Qing army, do you?"

Indeed, Li Er also believed that the best generals in the Central Plains, in terms of both ability and courage, should be far superior to Dorgon.

Such a person could serve under Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng, but would never appear in the Southern Ming court, which was confined to a corner of the country!

"What you said makes sense."

“However, Li Er, I have always thought that you have a very accurate eye, but if you think Xiang Ji will win this time, then I think you are wrong.”

Just as Li Er's words had convinced many people, Liu Heng suddenly spoke up.

Li Er was somewhat puzzled when he saw Emperor Wen speak.

Liu Heng has always only given his evaluations in areas where he is good at them, and war is precisely what he is least good at.

In the past, he would just watch quietly at times like this.

Unexpectedly, this time he disagreed with his opinion.

"Oh? It seems Emperor Wen has some insightful opinion. This is the first time I've heard you speak about the war; it's quite refreshing. It seems you have great confidence in this battle?"

If someone contradicts him, Li Er might even retort.

But he was still somewhat polite to Liu Heng.

"I wouldn't call it a brilliant insight, and I'm certainly not good at warfare, but in my opinion, the contest between these two is more than just a simple strategic competition."

“Indeed, if everything develops as you previously predicted, Xiang Ji’s chances of winning will be much greater.”

"But do you think Han Xin wouldn't have foreseen this? He keeps calling Xiang Yu a reckless brute, how could he not know that a reckless brute would act without considering the consequences?"

"I may not be as good as you emperors who have been leading troops in battle for many years when it comes to military affairs, but I do have a good understanding of people's hearts, or rather, of Han Xin."

"The Marquis of Huaiyin of our great Han Dynasty can sometimes be quite unscrupulous in his actions."

As soon as Liu Heng said this, Li Er immediately understood what he meant.

That seems to be the case.

Liu Bang always demanded results, regardless of the process.

No matter how tortuous the process, as long as Han Xin captured the capital of Nanming first, Liu Bang would admit that he was the winner!

"You mean, besides the Southern Ming garrison, Xiang Ji might also be facing Han Xin's troops?"

"But... how is that possible?"

"Leaving aside whether Han Xin would really be so reckless, even if he were, what makes him think he could be ahead of Xiang Yu?"

If Han Xin truly had the ability to outmaneuver Xiang Yu, what reason would he have to do so? Wouldn't he have simply followed the established procedure of attacking the city and won the contest?

"As long as he doesn't want to attack the city, it would be easy for him to simply have his soldiers disguise themselves as merchants and move around. The Southern Ming's checks aren't very thorough, so getting around to the back would be quite simple, right?"

"When Xiang Ji leads his troops to attack the city, it would not be surprising if the people he sent volunteered to defend the city."

"After all, during a siege, many generals would temporarily recruit soldiers within the city."

"As for considering the overall situation, it doesn't conflict at all."

"What is the big picture? As long as he wins, everything he does doesn't conflict with the big picture. As for losing..."

"Will he lose? Or will Xiang Ji lose?"

If you want these two to lead troops to attack the Southern Ming and simultaneously fail, what a huge mess that would be.

Simply sending troops secretly to help the Southern Ming general defend the city was not enough to cause both of them to fall at the same time!

After hearing Liu Heng's explanation, many people exclaimed, "You can do it like this?"

"It seems he actually did it..."

At this moment, someone pointed to the sky.

While Xiang Yu led his troops on the expedition, in a corner unnoticed by anyone, Han Xin also sent out nearly 8,000 soldiers with some food, dressed in the clothes of ordinary people.

Moreover, these eight thousand men followed the same route that Xiang Yu had chosen when leading his troops.

The plan was to split into two groups, but this guy never intended to compete fairly from the start!

Not only did those outside the canopy see it, but Liu Bang, inside the canopy, also guessed what Han Xin was planning after learning that Han Xin had secretly sent out thousands of men.

"Han Xin, if I remember correctly, I also gave you 20,000 troops, right?"

“You said you wanted to conscript soldiers, and I agreed.”

"But right now, the number of soldiers in your camp has not increased, but rather strangely decreased."

"Are you going to tell me that those people are missing?"

Upon realizing this, Liu Bang rushed to Han Xin's camp that very night.

He did say that he only cared about the result and would never concern himself with the process.

But now, what Han Xin is about to do is a bit too outrageous.

"They didn't get lost. I sent them to gather intelligence. What are your instructions, Your Majesty?"

Han Xin remained calm and composed.

When lying through one's teeth, there is not the slightest hesitation!

"You certainly take this opponent very seriously, sending out a full eight thousand scouts."

"Think about it, when I ordered you to conquer the various vassal states, you didn't send out this many scouts in total, did you?"

Liu Bang almost laughed out of anger.

"Tell me honestly, were those eight thousand men you sent out scouts to gather intelligence, or were they spies helping the Southern Ming defend the city?"

Although he admitted that he was no match for Han Xin in commanding troops.

But he was perfectly aware of Han Xin's wicked schemes!

When you were up to your old tricks, you were probably still playing in the mud somewhere!