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

Han Xin and Liu Bang exchanged a glance, and after a long while, Han Xin helplessly shrugged.

"Your Majesty, you said that you only care about the result, not the process."

"I admit that these eight thousand men were not sent out to attack the enemy, but surely they did not disobey His Majesty's orders?"

"What I can assure Your Majesty is that we will definitely conquer the Southern Ming, and we will definitely be able to do so before Xiang Yu!"

Even though he knew that Liu Bang might have guessed it, Han Xin didn't know exactly how much Liu Bang had guessed correctly, so he could only try to gloss over the situation with vague answers.

Unfortunately, Liu Bang was right; when it comes to wickedness, Han Xin was truly a nobody compared to him.

He could easily see through such a trick!

"It seems that I have given you too many troops, so much so that you have the capacity to spare nearly half of them to cause trouble for Xiang Yu."

"However, although I have said that I do not care about the process, if any of my soldiers suffer unnecessary casualties during your reckless behavior, how will you explain that to your father?"

"Or do you think you can make amends? Or do you think that in this challenging world, the lives of soldiers are not important?"

"Han Xin, I have never asked you about the process of doing anything before, but if things continue to develop like this, I'm afraid the result will not satisfy me."

"Do you have any explanation left now?"

"If you cannot satisfy your lord, then you will not have to go on this expedition. I will personally lead the troops, and you will stay in the capital to reflect on your actions."

Indeed, Liu Bang didn't care about the process.

For most of the things he assigns, he only wants a result.

However, Han Xin's current decision was indeed difficult for him to accept.

This is tantamount to playing with the lives of those soldiers!

The soldiers were willing to fight for Liu Bang because they trusted him.

These people's passionate spirit should not be used by Han Xin as a bargaining chip to be sacrificed at will!

"..."

Han Xin's eyes looked somewhat strange.

He felt that Liu Bang must have gotten into character.

This place is clearly not the Han Dynasty, and these soldiers are merely a product of the challenge. Whether they will still exist after the challenge ends is another matter entirely.

Although he didn't actually intend for these people to fight Xiang Yu to the death, Liu Bang's current mindset was something he really couldn't figure out.

"Your Majesty, this land is not the Han Dynasty."

"Whether they actually exist is still debatable, so why bother caring so much?"

Faced with his probing, Liu Bang merely snorted coldly.

"If you get used to not valuing the lives of your soldiers during this challenge, you won't be able to change that for a long time after you go back."

"Habits are a terrible thing; you can make decisions that you never imagined you would make without even realizing it."

"If you can't change this mindset, then let alone this battle, even after the challenge ends and you return to the Han Dynasty, when your lord wants to conquer all directions, he will have to seriously consider whether or not to use you."

"Han Xin, I know you are a skilled warrior, and in the entire Han Dynasty, no one can compare to you in terms of military prowess."

"But I hope you won't pick up this habit."

Back when he was still in Pei County, Liu Bang had many bad habits.

And these bad habits troubled him for a long time afterward.

He knew all too well how long a bad habit could affect a person, so he wanted to nip it in the bud.

Seeing Liu Bang's serious expression, Han Xin's gaze also became more solemn.

Although he didn't have such thoughts, he felt that Liu Bang was right.

"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, although they do not actually exist, I have never intended to play with their lives."

“There are many ways to stop Xiang Ji’s army from marching; it is not necessary to have them disguise themselves as Ming soldiers to defend the city.”

"Of these eight thousand soldiers, three thousand have been secretly deployed to various key cities. They will attack from within and without when my main army is on the border."

"As for the remaining five thousand, they will follow that brute's marching route disguised as civilians..."

Liu Bang instantly understood what he wanted to do.

Delaying Xiang Yu's march does not necessarily mean helping the Southern Ming defend the city.

Rather than saying that, it would be better to say that even if the remaining 5,000 troops were to go and help the Southern Ming defend the city, they might not be able to hold off Xiang Yu for another day or two.

Is Han Xin really that short of a day or two?

Even if he compressed the time for training new recruits into the marching process, the time for conscription alone would not be just one or two days.

Conversely, if the five thousand soldiers were disguised as fleeing civilians and used to delay Xiang Yu's march in batches...

Not only will there be no loss, but it will also slow down Xiang Yu's speed to the maximum extent.

Liu Bang: “…”

"You really underestimated all the wickedness in your body!"

For a moment, he couldn't help but curse out loud.

That's really sneaky!

Xiang Yu probably never imagined that the refugees he encountered along the way might have been sent by Han Xin to slow down his army's march!

In addition, before setting out on the expedition, Liu Bang had made it clear that while attacking cities was one thing, the people must not be harassed or harmed.

This is practically equivalent to breaking one of Xiang Yu's legs!

"Bad water?"

"Your Majesty, how can matters of military strategy be called 'bad water'?"

"You said it yourself, that I should have a fair fight with Xiang Ji. As long as our actions don't harm ourselves, they should be within reasonable limits, right?"

Han Xin chuckled lightly.

A fair contest, let's see who can defeat the Southern Ming first.

Among these conditions, there is none that prohibits causing trouble for the other party.

If it's not prohibited, then it's allowed!

"You've really found a good loophole, but you'd better be careful."

"If you still lose after all this, then Han Xin, you've really lost face big time."

Beyond the sky.

After listening to their conversation, especially after hearing Han Xin's plan, Liu Heng fell silent.

He was indeed a step too shallow, or rather, he underestimated Han Xin's cunning and wickedness.

Disguised as a spy, helping the Ming army defend the city?

That would not only lead to infighting, but it might also not be able to hold off Xiang Yu for long.

Disguising himself as a commoner would not only effectively slow down Xiang Yu's march but also restrict his movements.

"Emperor Gaozu is right. If Han Xin still loses in this way, it would indeed be very shameful."

Zhao Kuangyin wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He never imagined there could be such a method.

Is it shameful to lose like this?

"why?"

On the contrary, Li Er did not quite agree.

"If they've resorted to such tricks and still can't defeat Xiang Ji, wouldn't that be even more shameful?"

Zhao Kuangyin was puzzled.

"But wasn't this kind of trick Han Xin himself coming up with?"

"Or did Emperor Gaozu forbid Xiang Ji from using similar methods?"

"Xiang Ji could have used the same method to slow down Han Xin, so that the two of them could be on the same starting line again, but he didn't."