Climb the mountain in vain.

It was snowing heavily and we were suffering from hunger and cold.

The Han army was besieged here by hundreds of thousands of Huns.

There is not enough food and grass.

After going through untold hardships, Fan Kuai finally succeeded in capturing a fat hare.

He was filled with joy and couldn’t wait to present his harvest to Liu Bang.

He was seen holding a hare in one hand and running excitedly towards Liu Bang’s tent, shouting, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, come and see what good stuff I have brought you!”

When Fan Kuai arrived in front of the tent, the soldiers in charge of guarding recognized him at a glance. Liu Bang had previously instructed that if several generals came, they should be allowed to pass directly without being notified, so they were not stopped.

Fan Kuai strode into the tent, but to his surprise, there was no one in the tent.

He couldn’t help but feel puzzled and asked the guards outside the tent, “Where did your Majesty go?”

The guard showed a puzzled look on his face and replied, “Your Majesty is inside.”

Upon hearing this, Fan Kuai frowned and loudly retorted, “Impossible! I just went in there and there was no one inside!”

Hearing this, the guard was shocked and said in disbelief: “How is this possible? Your Majesty was still here this morning and never left.”

As he said this, the guard rushed into the tent to check what was going on.

As expected, the entire tent was quiet and clear at a glance, and there was no place to hide.

In an instant, the guard’s face turned pale as paper, and he muttered to himself in horror: “How could this happen? Your Majesty was clearly still here this morning and has not left yet…”

Faced with this strange situation, the guard seemed a little at a loss and could only shake his head in confusion.

“Are you sure that you have stayed here all day without moving even a step?”

Fan Kuai stared at the person in front of him with a gloomy expression, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

The guard who was questioned nodded timidly and said, “I have indeed been guarding here the whole time, but I went to the toilet halfway and asked Wang Erhu to help me guard for a while. When I came back, Wang Erhu told me that His Majesty had been in there the whole time and had not come out.”

Hearing this, Fan Kuai’s already stern face became even colder, and he said sternly: “Go and call Wang Erhu to me immediately!”

In less than two minutes, Wang Erhu hurriedly ran into the tent.

However, when Fan Kuai asked him about the whereabouts of His Majesty, Wang Erhu looked confused and insisted that His Majesty had not stepped out of the tent from beginning to end.

Fan Kuai frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked again: “Has anyone come to visit Your Majesty during this period?”

Wang Erhu hesitated for a moment, then quickly replied: “Master Chen came once during the journey, but he also stayed in the tent and did not leave.”

Fan Kuai was extremely anxious at this time because he was being surrounded by a large Hun army outside.

But now, Your Majesty has suddenly disappeared. If he unfortunately falls into the hands of the Huns, it will undoubtedly be a devastating disaster for the entire Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Fan Kuai immediately called his personal soldiers over and said, “Keep an eye on these two men. Do not let them leave your sight. The rest of you should immediately go and look for His Majesty’s whereabouts. Do not tell anyone else about this for the time being. If you cannot find His Majesty, I will execute all of you!”

When everyone heard this, they trembled with fear and nodded repeatedly. Then they turned around in a hurry to find help and launched an emergency search operation for His Majesty.

Fan Kuai left the place in a panic and moved forward as fast as the wind.

There were several generals who accompanied Liu Bang on this expedition.

At this moment, Fan Kuai was planning to go to where these generals were to check whether His Majesty had gone to their place.

“God bless you, please don’t let anything happen to your Majesty, or we’ll all be doomed!”

Fan Kuai prayed silently in his heart while speeding up his pace.

At this moment, he had no intention of tasting the delicious rabbit meat.

Without hesitation, he swung the rabbit in his hand and threw it directly to the ground, then ran towards Xiahou Ying without looking back.

At the same time, around Mount Baideng, the Xiongnu leader Maodun Chanyu had a worried look on his face.

This time, being able to successfully besiege Liu Bang and his subordinates on the mountain was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him.

As long as he could successfully capture Liu Bang alive, he could use this bargaining chip to put forward various harsh conditions to the Han Dynasty, such as demanding a large amount of salt, ironware, sufficient food and other supplies.

In this way, the strength of the Huns will definitely be greatly enhanced and strengthened.

By then, let alone unifying the entire vast grassland area, even annexing the powerful Han Dynasty would no longer be just an unattainable fantasy.

By that time, I will become the god of the grassland.

Worshipped by all tribes of the grassland.

Even if Liu Bang had the courage to commit suicide, the Central Plains would be leaderless and would once again fall into the chaos of war.

With the powerful strength that Maodun Chanyu possessed, he could easily annex a lot of territory.

Conquer a strong military territory.

It always threatens the Central Plains region.

Not only that, but they can also support several puppet regimes that are obedient to their orders. Through this means, the entire Central Plains region will be mired in the quagmire of war for a long time and unable to extricate itself.

By then, the Huns will be able to hide behind the scenes and secretly control everything, always standing high above this vast Central Plains.

This idea was indeed brilliant, but unfortunately, Maodun Chanyu still underestimated the true strength of the Han army.

Although the Han soldiers had been surrounded by the Huns for many days, the supply of food and fodder was also facing a serious shortage.

However, despite repeated fierce attacks by the Huns, the Han army here still resisted stubbornly, as solid as a rock, and was never defeated.

This made Maodun Chanyu very angry.

At this moment, a graceful and charming woman walked into Maodun’s tent.

This woman was none other than Yanshi, the most favored wife of Maodun Chanyu. She was always with him and this time she even accompanied Maodun on his journey.

This Yanshi was beautiful and charming, with a charming manner, and she exuded a fascinating charm in her every move.

Yanshi is a general term for the wives and concubines of the Chanyu and the kings. A Chanyu can have multiple Yanshi, and the spouse of a king can also be called Yanshi.

There were differences in the titles and status of the Yanshi. The Yanshi of low status could not interfere in military and political affairs, and the Chanyu could deal with them at will; the Yanshi of high status could unite their own clans to interfere in military and political affairs, and even the succession to the Chanyu’s throne.

“What is the king angry about?”

Mao Dun rubbed his temples. “Oh, it’s really depressing. Several attacks have been fruitless. Such a rare opportunity is right in front of us, but we still can’t defeat the Han army on the opposite side. If this continues, when the loyal troops from other parts of the Han Dynasty come to reinforce us, we will have no choice but to evacuate here!”

Yan Shi quickly warmed up a pot of fine wine, and said with a smile on her face: “Your Majesty, please do not worry too much. It is now in the bitterly cold winter. I heard that the Han army is already in serious shortage of food and grass. In my opinion, it won’t be long before the Han army trapped here will inevitably face the dilemma of being completely out of food. By then, these Han troops will naturally surrender without a fight and collapse. Even the high and mighty Han emperor will probably become your prisoner!”

“That being said, the Han troops in other places must have heard the news and are rushing here without stopping. If we can’t defeat the Han troops trapped on Mount Baideng before they arrive, we will end up returning empty-handed and miss this rare opportunity in vain.” Maodun Chanyu frowned, his face full of worry. “Today, the weather is good and a heavy snowfall has fallen, which can buy us more precious time.” Yanshi smiled and comforted.

“Hahahaha, you’re right! I really hope this heavy snow can continue for several days and nights.”

Maodun Chanyu laughed heartily.

The corners of Yanshi’s mouth rose slightly, as if she was smiling, but the smile did not reach her eyes. In her heart, she was secretly cursing Liu Bang and Chen Ping.

Not long ago, someone sent her a letter without anyone noticing.

The content of the letter roughly said that Liu Bang planned to give her a batch of valuable gold and silver treasures, and the only condition was that she help persuade Maodun Chanyu.

We also specifically agreed to meet secretly today to discuss this matter in detail.

But who would have thought that after waiting for so long, what she got in the end was nothing, as Liu Bang actually broke his promise!

How could this not make Yanshi angry?

Although the Hun army had surrounded Liu Bang and others at this time, no matter how fiercely they attacked, the Han army was like a solid wall of iron and steel and never showed any flaws.

Originally, Yan Shi was thinking about how much the bribe Liu Bang sent was. If the amount was considerable, she would not mind whispering in Maodun Chanyu’s ear and casually said, “I heard that hundreds of thousands of Han troops are rushing here to support us and will arrive here soon.”

In this way, perhaps Maodun Chanyu would be afraid and secretly let Liu Bang leave to avoid conflict with the arriving Han army.

Now that Liu Bang had stood her up, the plan naturally fell through.

Yanshi changed her mind and decided that it would be better to let Maodun Chanyu continue to siege the mountain for ten days or half a month.

Perhaps during this period of time, the Hun army would be able to find a perfect opportunity to fight, and then defeat the Han army trapped here with a thunderous force. At that time, they would capture Liu Bang and Chen Ping alive, which would be a great revenge for themselves.

On the top of Mount Baideng, Fan Kuai hurriedly ran to where the other generals were.

He looked around anxiously, but couldn’t find Liu Bang.

“What did you just say? His Majesty is gone!”

When Xiahou Ying and other generals heard Fan Kuai say this, their faces suddenly changed and they became frightened.

They knew very well that if Liu Bang really met with an accident, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So, all the generals sent out their trusted confidants without hesitation and asked them to spread out and look for Liu Bang’s whereabouts.

He also sent spies lurking among the Huns to find out whether Liu Bang had been secretly abducted by the Huns.

There was a tense atmosphere in the Han army camp.

The emperor personally led the army to war, but mysteriously disappeared without a trace in the base camp!
This is undoubtedly an extremely serious and even catastrophic event.

You know, at this moment there are hundreds of thousands of Hun troops outside surrounding them.

Such a situation cannot be concealed for long. It won’t be long before the Huns will notice something is wrong.

Once they learn of the emperor’s disappearance, they will certainly make a big fuss about it and take the opportunity to launch a more fierce attack.

Liu Bang’s whereabouts were unknown, and the army was leaderless. The hundreds of thousands of troops trapped here were instantly in an extremely dangerous situation.

Generals such as Fan Kuai would never have imagined that at this moment Liu Bang was no longer on Baideng Mountain, or even in the current plane.

The headquarters of the Wanchao coalition forces.

The atmosphere seemed extremely strange.

Zhu Di stared at Liu Bang opposite him with great interest, then turned his gaze to the tall and mighty Xiang Yu beside him, and sighed inwardly: “What a pity! If Xiang Yu had experienced the magnificent history of the Chu-Han contention, it would be something to watch, and it must have been very exciting and lively.”

Xiang Yu stared at Liu Bang, his brows tightly furrowed and hostility flashing in his eyes.

When he saw Liu Bang for the first time, Xiang Yu didn’t know why, but an irrepressible feeling of disgust surged up from deep in his heart, and he wanted to rush up and beat the other person up immediately.

When he heard that the other person was Liu Bang, he immediately understood why he disliked him.

Xiang Yu heard from others that according to the original historical trajectory, after the fall of the Qin Empire, he should have competed with Liu Bang for world hegemony.

Although he had been winning all the way, he was finally defeated by Liu Bang, a former street thug, and staged a tragic story of Farewell My Concubine.

Liu Bang looked at Xiang Yu opposite him, stunned.

The subconscious instinct is to run away.

Liu Bang was well aware of Xiang Yu’s bravery.

There is no opponent in a one-on-one fight.

Even if Chen Ping, Emperor Jing of Han and Emperor Wu of Han were added, they were still not enough for Xiang Yu to defeat alone.

“You, why are you here? Aren’t you dead?”

Emperor Jing of Han said hurriedly: “Grandpa Emperor, this is Xiang Yu from the Qin Dynasty. There was no Chu-Han contention there. General Xiang Yu is upright, young and strong, and alive and well.”

Liu Bang was slightly startled and came to his senses.

He breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

“I see. I was really shocked just now.”

Xiang Yu sneered: “I never thought that a coward like a mouse could become the emperor. I’m afraid he is the same as Zhu Qizhen.”

Liu Bang didn’t know who Zhu Qizhen was, but he could still hear the sarcasm in his tone.

I am alone and weak, so I will endure it this time.

Pretend not to hear.

Zhu Di, who was watching the show, was dumbfounded.

Why are you mentioning Zhu Qizhen for no reason? It really ruins the mood.

Zhu Ming cleared his throat and said, “Since everyone knows each other, I will simply say that Lao Liu is now surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Huns and is in imminent danger. We cannot just ignore him.”

Zhu Di frowned: “The Siege of Baideng?”

“Exactly.”

“boom!”

Zhu Di slammed the table and said angrily:
“Humph, the Huns dare to set foot on our land. We must fight them. There are hundreds of thousands of Huns. It just happens that other dynasties are in need of strong laborers!”

Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and said: “Although it is a bit uncomfortable to help Liu Bang fight, this is an internal enemy. The Huns are different. They are external enemies and must be fought!” (End of this chapter)