Chapter 218

But Xiang Yu was furious: "If I do not kill Li Yuanba, how can I avenge my uncle?"

He was infinitely angry; in the end, he left Fan Zeng behind and directly led twenty thousand men to the Xiongnu!

"You..."

Watching Xiang Yu leave helplessly, Fan Zeng was angry but had no way at all.

In the end, he could only watch Xiang Yu head to the Xiongnu!

"Father Sub!"

"Father Sub!"

At that moment, Xiang Yu was infinitely excited!

And Fan Zeng, looking at Xiang Yu, sighed:

"Alas! If I had not come, and you were beaten to death by Li Yuanba, how could I explain to the spirit of Xiang Xiang Lianggong in the heavens!"

He shook his head and sighed.

But the moment these words left his mouth, many people immediately felt uncomfortable in their hearts!

But Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu looked at Fan Zeng, then bowed to him and asked:

"Just now you said we should quickly find the next place Han Xin is going to attack?"

"How do we find this place?"

Fan Zeng said: "Follow the river channels. Right now, he has already cut off the Azagu River, the Mozi River, and three other rivers!"

"Thus, the entire southern grassland is completely lost!"

"And the place he will attack next must be Tuermuhe!"

"This river runs through the entire western grassland; if you cut off this river, you can occupy the western grassland in force and force the Xiongnu people to migrate north again!"

"In this way, his plan to drive them out can be completed!"

"And searching along Tuermuhe, the Hulun Grassland six hundred li away is where Tuermuhe has the most branches and the narrowest river channels!"

"To cut off this river, cutting it here is the best choice!"

"Therefore, the place he will attack next must be here!"

Fan Zeng spoke with his mouth open like that.

And Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, seeing him speak like this without even looking at a map, was at once both shocked and terrified!

What kind of divine man is this!

Without even looking at a map, he can analyze Han Xin's tactical arrangements!

He was so shocked his scalp went numb!

But he did not believe it lightly; instead, he immediately had someone bring a map, then began searching and examining it along the map!

And after this viewing, he was completely stunned, because everything Fan Zeng had said was all true!

The Hulun Grassland was indeed the place where Tuermuhe had the most branches and the narrowest river channels!

And to cut off the river, this place was indeed the best!

Except for this place, the river channels everywhere else were too wide and very difficult to cut off!

"You... you..."

In this instant, he was even more terrified!

One must know, this is the grassland!

And the other party is merely a person from the Central Plains, yet he understands the terrain of the grassland to this extent!

He was terrified; at this moment, he was utterly shocked!

However, Fan Zeng was one who would not stop speaking until he shocked people; he directly said: "If the King wants to immediately dispatch a large army to garrison here, that is absolutely seeking death!"

"Because... relying on stubborn defense simply cannot hold!"

"The result is nothing more than sending however many people, and having however many people die!"

"This..."

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu was numb, but without the slightest hesitation, he bowed to Fan Zeng:

"I beg Mr. to bestow instruction!"

Fan Zeng said: "If you wish to stop Han Xin's great army, the Xiongnu army's most urgent task is to gain the initiative!"

"As it is now, they have already started attacking this side, and only then do you rush to dispatch troops; by the time your great army is sent over, they will have already cut off the river, and the people you send will merely be seeking death before Li Yuanba!"

"Even if you can predict in advance where Han Xin is about to attack, what then?"

"Your grassland is so vast; if they see you have heavy defenses here, they will turn and attack another place, cutting off another river; what will you do then?"

"Even if you are Xiongnu people, have Ma Pi, and run fast, but... is it fun to be led around by them like dogs?"

"Passive defense is the worst of strategies!"

"Reacting to the enemy is even the worst of the worst strategies!"

"And the true best of strategies is to grasp the initiative!"

"How to grasp the initiative?"

"Cut off the supply lines!"

"What?"

The moment these words left his mouth, Xiang Yu, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, and a host of Xiongnu generals all felt their scalps go numb!

They were infinitely shocked!

Fan Zeng continued: "Cutting off supply lines has been the main method of warfare in the Central Plains ever since Sun Bin!"

"In the past, during the Battle of Changping, Qin's Bai Qi fought Zhao Guo's Zhao Kuo!"

"In the early stage of the war, Qin's warfare was difficult; Zhao Army's Zhao Kuo traded fifty thousand casualties for Bai Qi's two hundred and fifty thousand!"

"This made Bai Qi's heart pound and his flesh tremble!"

"Finally, by sending small detachments to cut off the Zhao Army's grain supply, they left the Zhao Army with nothing to eat; then, by persuading them to surrender with promises of no slaughter, they tricked the Zhao Army into laying down their arms; in the end, two hundred thousand men disarmed four hundred thousand Zhao soldiers, and the Battle of Changping was won in a great victory!"

"And we can do the same!"

"On my way here, I observed that although Han Xin's main army has stockpiled grain and provisions, the supply lines are stretched far too long, and the personnel are scarce—only a thousand or so people are transporting the grain!"

"Your Majesty need not send many troops; dispatching five thousand men is enough to cut off Han Xin's grain supply!"

He spoke these words.

And as soon as these words left his mouth, many Xiongnu generals were all shocked and all praised him!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu and Xiang Yu especially had their eyes shining with light!

Especially Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu; the look in his eyes as he gazed at Fan Zeng was simply filled with admiration!

At that moment, he actually grabbed Fan Zeng's arm, swallowing saliva as he said, "Mr.... quick... quick, take your seat!"

He shouted, pulling Fan Zeng to the side of a rock and making Fan Zeng sit down.

At this very moment, he even wished to beg Fan Zeng to stay by his side!

What great talent!

What is great talent?

This is great talent!

He was even fantasizing: if such a person stayed by his side, what worry would there be that his hegemony would not be achieved?

What worry would there be about failing to break into the Central Plains?

Li Yuanba?

Li Yuanba is nothing!

Han Xin?

Han Xin is nothing!

Even Wang Jian, a king of the Central Plains, is not worth mentioning in front of him!

With Fan Zeng, plus the extremely fierce Xiongnu iron cavalry, plus a fierce general like Xiang Yu, they could break into the Central Plains and then dominate the world!

He was extremely excited, extremely agitated!

At that moment, he tightly held Fan Zeng's hand and began asking questions about everything and nothing!

Of course, in the process, he did not neglect Xiang Yu.

This man is also a fierce general!

His military talent is truly unparalleled in ancient and modern times!

If he could obtain the assistance of Fan Zeng and Xiang Yu, what worry would there be that his hegemony would not be achieved!

What worry would there be that his hegemony would not be achieved!