Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 112 The Hulao Reorganizes the Army (A few monthly tickets please)

Chen Xi smiled miserably, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "Xiang Zhuang, you are being cruel."

After saying this, Chen Xi said grimly again: "But don't be too complacent, Liu Bang has already returned to Aocang. It will be tomorrow at the earliest, and the day after tomorrow at the later. He will take Peng Yue with him as soon as he knows the news. , Lu Ze's [-] troops came to attack Hulao Pass, you can't escape, the general is waiting for you underground, hahaha..."

"I won't bother you about this." After Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, he gently raised his right hand again.

In an instant, the armored soldiers of the Chu army who surrounded Chen Xi and a dozen others retreated one after another, and then nearly a hundred archers holding horn bows appeared in front of them. With Xiang Zhuang's right hand falling, nearly a hundred archers held hands Bow and arrows, in an instant, the dense arrows like locusts have already shot Chen Xi and dozens of people over.

Most of Chen Xi and a dozen or so generals had been seriously injured in the fight just now. Even if they were lucky enough not to be injured, they were already exhausted. Yu was shot into a hedgehog, and Chen Xi was hit by at least sixty or seventy arrows, all of which were shot beyond human appearance.

Seeing this tragic scene, Wei Yue couldn't help sighing quietly.

Xiang Zhuang turned around slowly, and when he looked at Wei Yue again, there seemed to be a trace of guilt in his eyes, but soon, the trace of guilt disappeared without a trace, and Xiang Zhuang stepped forward two steps, gently pulling Holding onto Wei Yue's slender waist, she lowered her head and said, "Ma'am, it's time for us to go to the military camp in the north of the city to reward the three armies."

"En." Wei Yue nodded slightly, but her eyes were a little blurred.

Seeing Wei Yue'e's frowning and sullen look, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help feeling a little pity. His method of blackmailing Wei Yue was actually not clever at all. The reason why Wei Yue became his pawn and let him manipulate it was entirely because She is so kind, so kind that Xiang Zhuang will threaten the people of Weidi or the strong men of Weiguo at will, and she will obediently get into the boss.

This little girl Wei Yue is so kind, she really shouldn't have been born in this troubled world.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yue drove into the north of the city barracks in a carriage, escorted by hundreds of warriors.

The strong men who were eagerly waiting for the wine and meat in the barracks suddenly cheered like a tsunami. Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao's judgments were completely correct. These strong men from Wei were not loyal to Chen Xi at all. It was too short, and he was busy with the war, so there was no time to instill loyalty to himself in these strong men.

Therefore, when Xiang Zhuang accompanied Wei Yue, all the strong men in the Wei army gave warm cheers.

Those who entered the barracks with Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yue also had carts of water and wine and carts of beef!
When he came this time, Wei Liao brought more than 500 bullock carts, which contained more than 1000 large earthen jars. Except for 500 of them, people were hidden in the earthen jars, and the rest of the earthen jars were filled with water wine!Wei Liao almost emptied all the wine shops in Luoyang, and the [-]-odd jars of water and wine were enough for [-] troops to feast on once.

Seeing the carts of water and wine and the carts of beef, the [-] strong men cheered more and more enthusiastically.

With a wave of Xiang Zhuang's hand, Gongsun Sui hurried forward with two hundred elite soldiers, and then shouted in unison: "All the small schools above the team rate are all on the line, ready to receive wine and meat!"

Soon, nearly [-] team leaders and [-] village chiefs came forward one after another and began to receive wine and meat.

Looking at nearly a thousand village chiefs and team leaders, Xiang Zhuang quickly made a decision in his heart. In order to control the Wei army as soon as possible, these thousand low-ranking small schools cannot be replaced for the time being, but veterans from the Chu army will be transferred to serve False village chiefs and false team rates are necessary, otherwise it will be difficult for these [-] strong men to truly form combat effectiveness.

In addition, the candidates for the commanders of each army must also be considered.

While the young men of the Wei army were enjoying wine and meat, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She had already started a secret discussion.

Xiang Zhuang first asked Wu She, "Mr. Wu She, have you found out who is the guard at Hulao Pass?"

For the guards at Hulao Pass, Xiang Zhuang hated it to the bone. The five hundred light soldiers brought by Jing Qian and Pang Yu to meet Wu She were all wiped out in one battle, and even Jing Qian almost died in battle!Since the Chu army broke out from the Dabie Mountains, they had never suffered such a big loss. How could Xiangzhuang be willing to give up?

What's more, the guard at Hulao Pass is said to be very young, only in his twenties at most.

According to Jing Qian and Pang Yu's description, this person has the demeanor of a general in commanding the battle. Given time, wouldn't he be another Han Xin?If he grows up, wouldn't he be a great threat to the Chu army?Therefore, if there is an opportunity to kill this young star ahead of time, Xiang Zhuang will never be relentless.

Wu She replied: "It has been found out that the guard of Hulao Gate is surnamed Lu Mingtai, and he is the eldest son of Lu Ze, the governor of Sanchuan County. It is said that this man liked the art of bow and horse warfare since he was a child, and he even studied the art of war under Zhang Liang's seat. Together with Zhou Bo's eldest son, Zhou Guanfu, and Wang Xi's eldest son, Wang Qi, they were called the three heroes of the younger generation of the Han army, but Wang Qi had already been beheaded by the general in the Dabie Mountains."

"Three heroes?" Xiang Zhuang frowned and whispered, "Lu Tai? The eldest son of Lu Ze, governor of Sanchuan County?"

Wei Liao stroked his long beard, sighed and said: "This is really a tiger with no sons, this Lu Tai is already so young, how can he achieve it in time?"

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Military Master, don't tell us about Lu Tai's affairs in advance."

"That's right." Wei Liao nodded and said, "The top priority is to reorganize the army. Whether it is the Wei army or the Chu army, it is urgent to carry out another rectification to improve the combat effectiveness as much as possible."

This is the fact. Since the Dabie Mountains were reorganized, the Chu army has moved thousands of miles. After several fierce battles, it has lost a large number of veterans. When it first set off from the Dabie Mountains, the Chu army had more than 5000 people. But now, especially after yesterday's Hulao Pass After the war, there were only more than 500 Chu troops left.

Of course, the Chu army is not without supplementary sources of troops.

Pang Yu and Jin Xiang's [-] remnant soldiers were from the Jin family, and they were all brave and good at fighting.

Tian Heng's [-] old divisions were also born as disciples of the Tian family, and they were also extremely elite.

These more than 1000 elites, Xiang Zhuang will never let them go, and they must be filled into the trapped camp!
However, Xiang Zhuang cannot deprive Pang Yu, Jin Xiang, and especially Tian Heng of military power for no reason, so they must be given sufficient compensation. Pang Yu has read military books and has quite a strategy, while Jin Xiang is still young. Take the two of them with you and train them well. As for Tian Heng, you can only win them over. Xiang Zhuang decided to appoint him as the general of the right army!

At that moment Xiang Zhuang said: "Army Master, Mr. Wu She, I plan to organize 5000 strong men into the front, rear, left, right, and middle armies, and appoint Huan Chu, Xiao Kai, Ji Bu, and Tian Heng as the former generals and the rear generals respectively. , left general and right general, and I will be the chief general of the central army, besides the central army, the other four armies will have [-] soldiers, how about it?"

Wei Liao nodded happily, but Wu She said: "General, is it inappropriate to appoint Tian Heng as the right general?"

"Sir, what you said is wrong." Xiang Zhuang shook his head decisively, "If you don't need to kill a hero in troubled times like Tian Heng, but if you want to use it, you must give him enough trust. If you want to use it, you must give him enough trust. That way, if you always just treat Tian Heng as a guest on loan, then Tian Heng will probably give you a fatal blow at a certain critical moment."

Wei Liao took it seriously and said: "The general is wise, Tian Heng must either reuse him or kill him."

Having said this, Wei Liao said again: "However, he can't let him take away all the 200 old troops under Tian Heng's command. I think he can only take away [-] people at most!"

Xiang Zhuang said with a smile: "Military Master, you and I are really heroes who see the same thing, hahaha..."

Wei Liao said again: "Also, after the reorganization of the army, the banner of the Wei army can no longer be used. The old man thought that the general had married the princess of Wei, and he was also the general in charge of the state of Wei. Wei and Chu are now We are now a family, so there is no need to distinguish them so clearly, and everyone will be the Chu army from now on."

Wu She also said: "General, shouldn't it be time to embroider a banner for you?"

"That's unnecessary." Xiang Zhuang shook his head decisively, this is really unnecessary.

Xiang Zhuang is now only a general of the Chu State, and has not yet become king, so how can he use the banner that only a prince is qualified to use?Apart from satisfying my own vanity, what is the use of this whole thing?

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In the afternoon of that day, the whole army of Hulao officially kicked off.

The [-] strong men of Wei were organized into the front, rear, left, right, and middle armies.

Except for the Chinese army led by Xiang Zhuang, which has nearly 5000 people, the rest of the four armies have [-] people.

Although Huan Chu, Xiao Kai, and Ji Bu are still on the way, they have already been appointed by Xiang Zhuang as the commanders of the front, rear, left, and right armies together with Tian Heng. At the same time, more than 100 Chu soldiers carefully selected by Xiang Zhuang Elites were also transferred to various armies one after another, serving as military marquis, Sima, and school lieutenant respectively.

In addition, nearly a thousand veterans of the Chu Army were also transferred to the Fifth Army, serving as false commanders and false team leaders.

In the end, the remaining more than 500 veterans of the Chu army were all filled into the Xiangzhuang army. At the same time, nearly a thousand Jin and Tian disciples were also filled into the Xiangzhuang army. After talking closely with Xiang Zhuang Wei Liao for half an hour, he finally agreed to Xiang Zhuang's request and exchanged [-] old troops for [-] troops!
After this reorganization of the army, Xiangzhuang's pro-army has instead expanded to 500 people!

The formation of the pro-army is still in the trap camp, Xiandeng camp, and Nufeng camp. However, due to the seizure of a large number of horn bows in Luoyang and Hulaoguan, the Nufeng camp in Gaochu has expanded from 500 to 1000 people.

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In the evening, the whole army was over.

Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Xiao Kai also rushed to Hulao Pass from Luoyang. As for the defense of Luoyang, Xiang Zhuang had already sent Jing Qian and Pang Yu back. What will go wrong, anyway, the possibility of Luoyang being attacked in a short period of time is still very small.

Immediately, Xiangzhuang held the first military meeting after the reorganization of the army.

Except for Huan Chu and Xiao Kai who were stationed at Hulao Pass, all other armies returned to Luoyang. After all, the weapons and armor seized from Hulao Pass were only enough to equip 1 people, and the remaining [-] troops were still wearing rags , Holding wooden halberds and bamboo swords, these strong men urgently need weapons and armor from Luoyang Arsenal.

(End of this chapter)