Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 334 The Right Choice
Chengqiu, which was attacked by Peng Yue's army in the first battle after its comeback, is very important. It is located at the throat of water and land, connecting the two counties of Dongxue and tightly restricting the shipping of Jishui. Even if the important transshipment nodes of the front-line supplies of food and grass are only damaged, it will greatly affect the logistics supply of the main force of the Western Chu Army.

However, compared with Zou County in Xue County, the importance of Chengqiu can only be said to be insignificant, because Zou County, located at the intersection of Chidao Sancha Road, is not only the necessary link between the rear of Western Chu and the main force of the Western Chu Army. The road is also the only way to connect with the Western Chu Army’s northern front corps. Most of the food, grass, military supplies and weapons from the hinterland behind the Western Chu Army must first be transported to Zou County for inventory and classification, sorting and loading. Then they are transported to Honggou or the front line of Zhao State respectively as needed. If something goes wrong, not only the main force of the Western Chu Army on the Honggou battlefield will be affected, but also the newly formed Northern Front Corps of the Western Chu Army will be greatly affected!

It is also because of this that Xiang Yu appointed Xue County Magistrate Zhan Yong to leave Lu County for a long time and go to Zou County to sit in Zou County to help the high-ranking officials from Western Chu from Pengcheng manage the transportation of food, grass and military supplies. The commotion was turned upside down, and several times they attacked Zhang County and Wuyan in the north of Xue County. Zhan Yong didn't dare to lead his army north to suppress it. Honestly, he just stationed in Zou County and didn't dare to let Zou County make any mistakes.

But it is a pity that although the high-level officials of the Western Chu Army attach great importance to the safety of Zou County, Zou County is too far away from Juyeze, where Peng Yue was active, almost three hundred miles away. Zou County has never received any threats. In addition, the Western Chu army escorting food, grass and military supplies has been coming and going, and the bandits and thieves dare not approach Zou County at all. Therefore, after a long time, the garrison in Zou County inevitably showed various slack and carelessness. To sleep is to find a place to take a lazy rest when the scouts go out to investigate, and come back to talk nonsense.

This day was no exception. Because the sun was so good, the scouts from Zou County, who were ordered to scout the trail in the northwest, found a cool place with dense trees to lie down and rest less than ten miles away from the camp. He shot a hare with an arrow and had a barbecue, but he didn't pay any attention to the situation on the northwest path. It was only after sunset that he returned to the camp and reported to the inspector that everything was normal. A wave of your hand is the end of today's errand.

It was the same at night, although there were some generals who walked around the campsite symbolically and looked at the situation of the sentries, but just as the boss left, the sentries of the Western Chu Army in front of the gate of the sentry tower camp just sat down and lay down. Lying down, or chatting and farting, or humming obscene tunes to relieve boredom, I have no interest in paying attention to the movement outside the camp, and before the second watch, these sentries have already fallen asleep, snoring louder than those in the army. I slept soundly in the tent.

When it was almost three o'clock, the camp gate officer, who was suffocated by urine, woke up for a while, and saw his subordinates sitting by the camp gate, sleeping like dead pigs. When he was alive, he kicked a few of his subordinates to wake them up, and shouted: "Wake up, wake up, stand up for Nai Weng, and you are not allowed to sleep during the night watch."

One by one, the sleepy-eyed barely stood up, but they were still yawning and their eyelids were constantly fighting. The camp gate officer saw that he was angry, and then reprimanded him: "Stand up for me, don't be lazy and sleep , being seen by the superiors, causing me to be beaten with military sticks, I will not spare you!"

"Brother, don't worry, you will never be troubled." A more courageous soldier retorted: "Now one or two of the above are sleeping with their arms around a woman. Who would come to check the sentry again in the middle of the night?"

"Fart! Last month, Li Ying and the others were sleeping, and they were not caught by our Zhan County Sheriff?" The camp gate officer scolded angrily, and then said: "Everyone cheer up, Gan Junjun's army has left, here in Zou County Just one of our troops is stationed now, be careful!"

All the guards reluctantly agreed, and all of them scolded their superiors in their stomachs for being troublesome and fussy, but fortunately, after trying to stay loyal to their duties for a while, their superiors, the camp gate officers, hid in a sheltered place and sat down to take a nap , All the soldiers followed suit, and sat on the ground one after another, leaning against the wall or the camp gate and continued to sleep soundly, even more soundly and sweetly than before.

If these guards sleep a little longer, they will definitely be able to find that in the dark night, a group of furtive figures are quietly touching the gate of the camp they guard under the cover of night. Unfortunately, these guards sleep It was too heavy. Not only did they never notice such a dangerous situation, but even those figures had touched the gate of the camp, moved away the activities in front of the gate, and even took off the latch. They never noticed... …

"What happened?"

It was still when the gate of the camp was suddenly pushed open by someone, and a few guards who were sleeping on the camp gate were opened, and they suddenly woke up in their sleep. However, before they could make a new reaction, the two A dozen or so black shadows rushed in, unceremoniously wielding their sharp blades and spears, stabbing their chests and abdomens viciously, so that they didn't even have time to shout for help, and they went directly to the underworld to see Emperor Dongyue.Finally, when almost all the guards were killed, the battalion gate officer, who was dozing in a hiding place, was awakened. He jumped up and rushed into the camp, shouting, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Beat the gong!"

The enemy's movements were really too fast. Before the sentries on the sentry tower and the patrols in the camp rang the alarm, countless black shadows rushed into the gate of the Western Chu Army's camp shouting like a tide Like a torrent, it rushed directly into the camp of the Western Chu Army, and went straight to the central camp of the Western Chu Army, which was located in the middle of the camp. Afterwards, the enemies who entered the camp spread directly to the two wings, while using the bonfire in the Western Chu Army camp to set fire to it. Burning the army tents and supplies, while slashing and killing the soldiers of the Western Chu army who hurried out of the tent to check the situation, at the same time they pulled the tents, dragged them to the tents, pressed each of the sleeping Western Chu soldiers under the tents, and raised their spears Stabbing and stabbing.

It happened so suddenly that the Western Chu Army was caught off guard from top to bottom. Of course, there was no way to organize an effective resistance immediately. With their souls scattered, many soldiers of the Western Chu Army could only put on their clothes before they had time to put on their clothes. Running for their lives, yelling and escaping everywhere, not only made it more difficult to assemble an army and line up to fight, but also caused more chaos and panic in the camp of the Western Chu Army. He cut down the commander-in-chief's flag, set fire to the large tent of the Chinese army, and destroyed the command center of the Western Chu army.

Zhan Yong, the governor of Xuejun of the Western Chu Army, deserved to be unlucky. After hearing the shouts of killing in the camp, he knew that the situation was not good. Zhan Yong, who was sleeping with his maid in his arms, got up and put on his clothes in a hurry, and rushed to the camp with his personal troops. The army tent organized the army to respond, but before he had walked half of the way out of the sleeping tent, his central army tent was already on fire, and at the same time a group of enemies came screaming fiercely. , can only turn around and run away, but the enemy came too fast, and he caught up with him in the blink of an eye, and his soldiers also fled in all directions with no loyalty, so that the enemy directly spotted him wearing conspicuous armor and cloak Zhan Yong cheered and rushed towards him directly.

"Zhuzi, protect this old man! Protect this old man!"

Before he could escape ten steps while roaring, a spear hit Zhan Yong's shoulder, and while he was dragging, Zhan Yong screamed and fell to the ground on his back, but then Zhan Yong simply wanted to yell to surrender to save his life , However, before he could utter his words, more spears stabbed him one after another, turning him into briquettes in a blink of an eye, leaving his chest and abdomen bloody and bloody, which was extremely miserable.

The commander in chief was instantly killed by the enemy, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were in a mess in the camp were of course even more hopeless. Except for a few people who held weapons to fight, most of them rushed out of the camp to save their lives, and the enemy came in an endless stream. They entered the camp one after another, killed all the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who were stubbornly resisting or escaped slowly, and almost set fire to the entire Western Chu Army camp, and then quickly seized the military supplies transfer warehouse next to the Western Chu Army camp, beheaded and supervised the transfer. The officials of the Western Chu Army dispersed the peasants and seized countless military supplies.

The matter was not over yet. After taking down the Western Chu Army camp outside Zou County that night, at dusk, the main force of the Peng Yue Army's rear team also rushed to the scene, joined forces with the former army, and then sent people to Zou County At the same time, he used the seized Western Chu army materials to rush to manufacture various siege weapons, and then the persuasion had just been rejected, and Peng Yue's army decisively launched an attack on Zou County.

There is still no suspense in the battle. Zou County is just a small county town, the city wall is only three feet high, and the defenders in the city are only a few hundred county soldiers, and their morale is pitifully low. There were 6000 people, and there was a military genius like Peng Yue in command, so the battle lasted only more than an hour, and Peng Yue's army succeeded in ascending the city by relying on a temporary flying ladder, and then smashed open the gate of Zou County, and directly entered the city. In the city, most of the defenders in the city surrendered. The county magistrate who refused to surrender because he was afraid of being held accountable by Xiang Yu hanged himself on the beam. Peng Yue's army also easily captured Zouxian County, which was crucial to the Western Chu Army.

It was also at this time that Yue Yan, the representative of the Han army, saluted and apologized to Peng Yue sincerely, and admitted frankly: "General Peng, I must apologize to you. I was really disrespectful to you before I was dismissed. The general's calculation is like a god. , was able to predict early on that the Western Chu bandits in the East China Sea would not be stationed in Zou County, but would go straight east instead of staying in Zou County, and decisively seized the opportunity to attack Zou County. This is really admirable. I'm exaggerating, among our army, the only ones in our army who can compete with you in the use of troops are probably only General Zhou Shu who captured Wei Bao in the past few days and our king."

"Yue Xingren is polite, what kind of virtue and ability does the general have, how dare he stand shoulder to shoulder with our king?"

Peng Yue smiled slightly, knowing how to be sensible and modest, but the young commander-in-chief Yue Yu, from the bottom of his heart, still insisted that it was the luck of the Han army that Peng Yue was able to accept Xiang Kang's solicitation. After a few polite words, Yue Yu Another thing came to mind, and he hurriedly asked Peng Yue: "General Peng, what should we do next? Should we withdraw to Juyeze as soon as possible?"

"I can't go back to Juye Ze for the time being." Peng Yue gave an answer that surprised Yue Yan, and then explained: "The Western Chu bandit army has already set their sights on Juye Ze, and the west of Dongjun, Xuejun and Donghai County The Chu thieves have already concentrated in the area of ​​Juyeze, and we retreated to Juyeze. Not only is there the danger of having to fight head-on with the Xichu thieves, but it is also difficult to intercept the food, grass and supplies of the West Chu thieves as we like. Our king shares the pressure on the chasm battlefield."

"Then where are we going? It's impossible to stay in Zou County for a long time, right?" Yue Yan asked in surprise.

"Zou County cannot be stationed here for a long time, and we have to give up as soon as possible." Peng Yue replied: "Gan Jipifu has not left for a few days, and he will definitely turn around and come back when he receives news, but we don't have to be too afraid of his army. The thieves from Dongjun and Xuejun are coming, then we will definitely be in trouble. Therefore, the best way, we should move to other directions as soon as possible, and take Gan Jipifu around, so that he can't join forces with other thieves Fight, and then find a way to kill him, and then defeat the remaining bandits one by one."

"Brother, let's go north." The confidant general Hu Zhe rushed to say: "Xue County's bandit army is empty, and their county guard was also killed by us last night. There is nothing left when we go north, maybe even Xue County There is hope for Lu County, the prefecture of the county, to be taken!"

As expected of a guerrilla genius, although he was a little tempted, Peng Yue dispelled this tempting idea after thinking about it for a while, and said: "You can't go north, it's a fast way, the road is wide and flat, and we are easy to be attacked by the Western Chu bandits. Catch up. And after passing Lu County and continuing northward, it is already Tiandu's territory, even if we smash it to pieces, Xiang Yu won't feel bad, and it won't be able to share the pressure for our king."

"Then go east?" Hu Zhe asked tentatively, and then reminded: "But going east is the same, it is also a flat and open road, and we are still easy to be overtaken by the Western Chu bandits?"

Peng Yue didn't answer, but crossed his legs and calculated carefully, Hu Zhe was an old man who followed Peng Yue when he was still fishing in Juyeze, and he knew his habits very well, seeing his expression, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, I couldn't help but asked cautiously: "Brother, you can't go north, and you don't want to go east, and it's even more impossible to go west. Don't you want to go south?"

Peng Yue was still not in a hurry to speak, and it was only after a while that Peng Yue suddenly grinned and said to Hu Zhe, "As expected of my old brother, he really knows my temper."

"No way?!" Hu Zhe and Yue Yan screamed at the same time, and then Hu Zhe hurriedly said: "Brother, are you joking, really want to go south? Don't you know that Pengcheng in the south is the west The capital of the Chu bandit army, there are heavy soldiers from the Western Chu bandit army stationed there, and they are all elite soldiers, if we go south, what is it if we go south?"

"As long as you don't get too close to Pengcheng." Peng Yue said with a sneer, "If we go south, we can not only surprise the Western Chu thief army's expectations, but also directly threaten the capital of the Western Chu thief army. Just running away can also shake the whole territory of the Western Chu bandit army, mobilize all kinds of troops to reinforce Pengcheng, and even send troops from the front line of the chasm back to support their hinterland, which can not only share the pressure for our king to the greatest extent, but also benefit us In the future, we will attack the enemy's needs and fight on the move, making the hinterland of the Xichu bandit army even darker."

"But what if the Xichu bandit army mobilizes troops from Pengcheng to attack us?" Hu Zhe asked quickly.

"Run." Peng Yue replied confidently: "As far as the current situation of our army is concerned, who would be foolish to fight head-on with the elite of the Western Chu bandit army? They took the initiative to send troops to fight us, so why don't we just run away? Pengcheng is located on a plain, There are roads in all directions, where there are few bandits, can't we just run there?"

Hu Zhe was tongue-tied, and he couldn't believe that he would follow such a crazy boss, leaving the enemy's empty north and east instead of going to the south where the enemy was strongest.Peng Yue, however, was a person who would not change his mind when he made up his mind, so he quickly made a decision and said, "Let's do it this way, after finishing the affairs here in Zou County, we'll go south immediately, and bring the Western Chu bandit army around in circles. Find an opportunity to defeat them one by one, and also scare the Western Chu bandits in Pengcheng!"

Seeing that Peng Yue's determination was made, even his absolute confidant Hu Zhe objected to it as useless. Yue Yan, who had no power and ability to restrict Peng Yue, had no choice but to accept his fate and prepare to continue taking risks with Peng Yue. However, when he was studying how to go south , Yue Yan suddenly remembered another task he was shouldering, and hurriedly said to Peng Yue: "General Peng, if you must go south, the lower officials will not object, but when you go south, if you have the opportunity , can you take the time to take the army to pass by Fengyi City in Sishui County?"

"Why?" Peng Yue asked strangely.

"Because of the defenders there, there is hope that we may win them over."

Yue Yu replied, and then explained in detail Xiang Kang's request that he try to recruit Yong Chi, the general of Fengyi. After a while, Peng Yue asked Yue Yan again: "Yue Xingren, since our king asked you to surrender that Yong Chi by name, and also said that he is our king's old friend, so our king and that Yong Chi should have a good relationship. gone?"

"The specific situation is not very clear." Yue Yan replied: "But since our king named him and wanted to surrender to him, and promised him the position of Marquis, I think there should be a close relationship between that Yong Chi and our king. shallow."

Peng Yue nodded slowly, and said meaningfully: "If this is the case, then this Yongchi might be of great help to us. Okay, as long as there is a chance, I will definitely send someone to send you to Fengyi, Yue Xingren. "

Rested in Zou County for more than a day. In addition to burning up the food, grass and military supplies of the Western Chu Army in Zou County, Peng Yue also organized manpower to completely razed the city walls of Zou County to the ground, leaving Zou County without a trace. The city wall can be guarded. When people asked why, Peng Yue answered very directly, saying: "Zou County is located at the center of the road. One day, when we come to Zou County again, it will be much easier."

After sincerely admiring Peng Yue's foresight and foresight, before the Western Chu Army returned to rescue Zou County, Peng Yue set off south with his guerrillas, holding high the red banner of the Han Army, heading straight to Teng County, and shouted early. He uttered the arrogant slogan of going straight to Pengcheng, using his bluff to intimidate the enemy, and tried his best to lure Xiang Yu to withdraw troops from the front line of the chasm to return to the rear, and tried his best to share the pressure for Xiang Kang on the main battlefield.

Peng Yue's action also successfully achieved the effect he expected. When he learned that Peng Yue's army had gone south boldly and directly attacked in the direction of Pengcheng, the whole city of Pengcheng, the capital of the Western Chu Kingdom, was shaken. In addition to immediately organizing the army to prepare for the battle and discussing whether to launch an attack, he had to send an emergency messenger to Xiang Yu to ask Xiang Yu to make a decision.

There are exceptions. In Pengcheng, at least one person was not surprised or panicked by the arrival of Peng Yuejun. On the contrary, he was a little bit excited and excited, and quietly clenched his fists, secretly said: "Is it really my brother's army? If it is really My brother's army, that is a good opportunity, if it goes well, my sister-in-law and nephew, as well as the parents, wives and children of my brother's civil and military generals, can all... "

(End of this chapter)