Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 335 Xiang Kang's Old Friend
The reaction of the West Chu army was also very fast. After Peng Yue's army left Zou County, it was only at noon the next day. It's a pity that it's too late for everything. Zouxian County, which was once an important military supply transshipment area, is full of devastation. There are traces left by the fire everywhere, and black smoke is still rising from many places. The once piled mountains of grain and grass and military supplies have completely disappeared, the city walls have been completely razed to the ground, and even the vehicles used to transport military supplies and grain and grass have been completely burned by Peng Yuejun. .

Although the loss of Zou County and the burning of supplies had little to do with him, seeing such a scene, Gan Ji was still so angry that he yelled. He had just asked about the whereabouts of the Han army from the defeated soldiers in Zou County and the local people, and Gan Ji immediately became angry. He shouted: "Chasing! Go south immediately to find revenge on those shameless traitors!"

"Junzun calm down." The general next to him hurriedly persuaded: "I heard from Zhan Junzun's defeated soldiers that there were more than [-] Chinese bandits attacking Zou County. We only have [-] troops, and we are at a disadvantage in terms of strength. A hasty pursuit may be dangerous. Therefore, the general thinks that we'd better wait for reinforcements from other places to arrive, and then launch the pursuit before it's too late."

"What is there to fear from a mob?" Gan Ji scolded angrily, and then said, "Don't waste time. To the south is our capital, Pengcheng. If the Han thieves threaten the safety of our capital, Your Majesty will never spare us! Immediately." Send troops to chase, first catch up with the Han bandit army, and then play by ear!"

Seeing Gan Ji's insistence, the generals did not dare to continue to object, they could only obediently follow Gan Ji's troops to the south, and pursue with all their strength the mob of Peng Yue's army who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, but completely ignored their backup troops who were still in a hurry On the way to Zou County, I didn't agree with them on the pursuit.

It's still a pity that although the Western Chu army's pursuit attitude is firm, Peng Yue's army is indeed a mob that can't even unify their weapons and uniforms. , but they are good at running and fleeing. Marching on a spacious and flat road, the maneuvering speed may not have a great advantage, but after changing to the county road, the maneuvering speed of Peng Yue's army immediately opened the West Chu army by three streets, so in When Gan Ji's troops launched the pursuit, Peng Yue's army had actually bypassed Teng County, diverted to the southeast, and headed towards Mr. Shusun's hometown, Xue County.

If you insist on fighting, Peng Yue's army is actually not unsure that they can't take Teng County. The generals of Peng Yue's army also suggested that Teng County should be taken down to make a profit. However, Peng Yue flatly rejected this proposal, saying: "Teng County is far from Zou County. If it is too close, once time is wasted in attacking the city, the Xichu bandit army will probably catch up with us. We have to hurry up and run farther, then we will have time to attack the city with confidence. So Teng County can’t fight, it’s Teng County We can't go to Huling in the southwest, we can only go to Xue County, so that we can be sure to get rid of the Western Chu bandits!"

Facts have proved that Peng Yue's decision was extremely correct. When Peng Yue's army galloped to Xue County in light clothes, the pursuers led by Gan Ji were still on their way from Zou County to Teng County, and there was no time to pose a threat to Peng Yue's back. Only then did the army stop, take a short rest, and seize the time to build siege weapons, and then took advantage of the opportunity that Xue County's defenders had already been spared, and easily captured Xue County, which was guarded by only a few hundred county soldiers. The city seized food and grass to supply the army, and then burned all the food that could not be taken away.

Then, taking advantage of Gan Ji's chance to catch up with him, Peng Yue's army resolutely gave up on Xue County, and took Zhengdong to attack Zhuan County in Donghai County. Dao Pengyue's army was going to take advantage of the opportunity to raid his old nest, and hurriedly led the army to advance eastward at full speed, but when they were foaming at the mouth and chased to the city of Zhuan County, Gan Ji's department learned out of breath that Peng Yuejun was only in Zeng County. Feinted a shot under the county seat, and then immediately turned west along Chidao, and once again shot in the direction of Zou County.

At this time, Ganji's troops had marched more than 450 miles in a hurry, and they were exhausted up and down. They had to take a rest under the city of Zang County. The friendly army of Xuejun led by Cheng returned to the division and went north to intercept, helping his own army to pinch Peng Yue's army, which was more slippery than loach, from front to back.

The result of the front and back attack caused the Western Chu army to vomit blood. Although Xue County's army immediately went north from Xue County to Heting, which is located at the center of Chidao, after receiving the news, Peng Yue's army took advantage of the maneuverability of the Chidao march and rushed through it first. Heting continued to advance westward, and burned Heting into a piece of white ground, and then took Zou County for the second time, and killed another grain transport team of the Western Chu Army, and then went south without stopping. county.

Encountering a master of mobile warfare like Peng Yue, the Western Chu Army was completely helpless. With no other options, Gan Ji had no choice but to set off from Zhuang County again, and went west to chase Peng Yue. Being led by the nose by Peng Yuejun, he first bypassed Teng County and Huling County, and then chased to Qi County in the southwest.

Peng Yue was also waiting for this opportunity, taking advantage of the complex terrain between Huling and Qixian County, quickly deployed two ambush troops, and then deliberately let Xue Jun's army catch up, pretending to be defeated and leading the enemy into the ambush circle of his own army, The ambush soldiers rushed out from left and right, and the front army also turned around to fight, attacking Xue Jun's pursuers from three sides. Although Xue Jun's pursuers were superior in weapons and training to Peng Yue's army, their physical strength had been severely reduced by the continuous rapid march, and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected. , and fell into the unfavorable situation of being surrounded by enemies on three sides, he could only be extremely reluctant to be outnumbered by Peng Yue's army. He was defeated and fled, temporarily losing the ability to chase Peng Yue's army.

Then, Peng Yue still did not attack Xue County, but chose to go straight to Pei County, Liu Laosan's hometown. First, he ransacked the Sishui pavilion where Liu Laosan was working at the beginning, and then spent his time under the eyes of the county soldiers in Pei County. Surabaya, ready to attack Pei County to replenish food and grass.As a result, it was also at this time that Peng Yue called the representative of the Han army, Yue Yu, to his front, and said to Yue Yu, "Yue Xingren, you can go to Fengyi to contact Yong Chi, and I will wait for your good news here."

Yue Yan hurriedly agreed, and Peng Yue urged: "Remember, if you can persuade Yong Chi to surrender to our king, tell him not to rush to change the banner of our Han country, but to hold his breath for a while, and wait until I get rid of the Western Chu thief army." Lure to Fengyi, let the Xichu bandit army join him, and then let him suddenly turn around, stab the Xichu bandit army from the back, and help us kill the Western Chu bandit army's pursuers."

"Let Yong Chi wait for the Western Chu thieves to arrive before suddenly defecting?" Yue Yan was a little dumbfounded, and said worriedly: "General Peng, is it too risky to do this? You and I are strangers to Yong Chi. What if he says something wrong? , promised to help us, and suddenly gave us a knife from behind, how can we resist? To be on the safe side, we'd better let Yong Chi Yizhi join us immediately, so that we can join hands with him to defeat the Western Chu bandits with peace of mind. ?”

"We can't let him change the flag directly." Peng Yue shook his head and said, "Fengyi is just a small city, and there are only a few hundred defenders in it. Even if he directly changes the flag and surrenders to us, it won't do anything. We play the greatest role, the best way is to let him be patient for a while, wait for us to lure the pursuers of the Xichu bandit army to the Fengyi battlefield, and then suddenly stab the Xichu bandit army from behind, and help us kill the Xichu bandit army The pursuit of the army, so that the hundreds of soldiers in his hands can really help us a lot."

"As for Yong Chi's duplicity, of course I will be careful on this point, you don't have to worry." Peng Yue said again: "You have to be very careful, if Yong Chi refuses to accept your persuasion and intends to harm you, you can Tell him clearly, if you can't come back to join us before dark tomorrow, I will send troops to Fengyi the day after tomorrow, break through the city, and leave no one behind!"

Sincerely thanking Peng Yue for his kindness to him, Yue Yan quickly got into the carriage, and under the protection of several Peng Yue soldiers, he drove westward and rushed to Fengyi to contact Yong Chi, the third Liu Laosan who once admired Xiang Kang so much. At the same time, Peng Yue organized the army to set up a camp outside the city of Pei County. While sending envoys into the city to persuade them to surrender, he rushed to build siege weapons. All of a sudden, they went down the river from Hulingdu, or the Pengcheng garrison of the Western Chu Army went out of the city and went north.

Let's look at the situation on Yue Yu's side. After successfully arriving at the small town of Fengyi where Liu Laosan was born, he first inquired outside the city and found out that Yong Chi is indeed still serving as the county magistrate in Fengyi, so Yue Yu drove to the gate of Fengyi. He asked to enter the city, but in order to avoid leaking information, Yue Yan did not dare to directly reveal his identity and purpose of coming, but only claimed that he was a friend of Yong Chi's before, and he came to visit his old friend on important occasions.The result was quite smooth, seeing Yue Mao's bearing was good, the soldiers guarding the gate still very politely invited Yue Mao into the city, and sent him to Yong Chi's residence to hand over to Yong Chi's soldiers.

But there was also something that surprised Yue Yu. After waiting in the hall for a while, the one who swaggered in front of Yue Yu turned out to be a short and strong man with a thick beard. It's still round, and the voice is like a broken gong, thick and sandy, it looks like it belongs to the kind of brash character whose muscles squeeze the brain smaller than a walnut, Yue Yan couldn't help but feel a little drummed in his heart, secretly said: "This Is it really worth entrusting such a big thing to a scumbag? Also, counting the time, this guy hasn't seen our king for at least three years, will he accept our king's consolation? Don't give me away because he is greedy for Xiang Yu's reward Got it?"

"I am Yong Chi, are you a former friend of the county magistrate?" Yong Chi spoke as bluntly as he looked, first introduced his identity directly, and then asked in a rough voice: "But how can the county magistrate No impression of you? We've met there before?"

"General Yong has a good memory, I have never met you before." Yue Yan hurriedly saluted, and said with a forced smile in his heart: "It's just that in order to be able to pay a visit to the general, it's an important matter, so I told the general's subordinates Lies and offenses, I hope the general will forgive me."

Yue Yu was surprised again, after seeing Yue Yu frankly admitted that he had lied, Yong Chi, who looked as if he had a bad temper, didn't get angry, and asked: "Then who are you?"

"General, you are a former friend's subordinate." Yue Yan replied very cautiously: "According to his order, I have traveled thousands of miles to meet the general."

"Are you a subordinate of that friend of mine?" Yong Chi asked impatiently, "Speak directly, don't be tricky."

Yue Yan looked around hesitantly, Yong Chi saw his thoughts, and said again: "It's okay, let's talk."

Yue Yan had no choice but to bow his hands to Yong Chi again, and then lowered his voice as much as possible, and said, "General, a Dianke pedestrian under the command of Xiang Kang, King of Han, whose surname is Yue and whose name is Ren, is entrusted to our king..."

Yong Chi immediately interrupted Yue Yan with a wave of his hand, first looked at the gate, and then said in a low voice: "Follow me to the back hall to talk."

"This guy is quite delicate."

Yue Yu suddenly had a better impression of Yong Chi, but to Yue Yu's surprise again, after being led to the back hall by Yong Chi, Yong Chi first asked his personal soldiers to guard the door of the house, and then suddenly grabbed Yue Yu He clasped his hands tightly, and asked with an extremely excited expression: "Are you really from the King of Han?"

Yue Yu quickly nodded, and took out his seal ribbon and talisman with the other hand to prove his identity. Yong Chi looked over it carefully and was overjoyed. Is he okay? He still remembers me, a country man?"

"Your Majesty is fine." Yue Yan replied with a smile, and said, "General, our Majesty not only remembers you all the time, but also asked me to travel thousands of miles to contact you and bring you a letter written by him. .”

After all, Yue Yan broke free from Yong Chi's hand, took out from his bosom the letter that Xiang Kang had handed to him in Guangwu Camp, held it in front of Yong Chi with both hands, but Yong Chi tidied up his own first. Then he knelt down on one knee and took Xiang Kang's letter with both respectful hands. Seeing Anqi, Yue Yan thought to himself: "This guy, is he so respectful to our king?"

Yong Chi's respect and respect for Xiang Kang was far beyond Yue Yan's imagination. Looking carefully at Xiang Kang's letter describing the old friendship, Yong Chi actually shed tears, and then broke down in sobs, sobbing and choking, he just muttered, "His Royal Highness , Caomin actually misses you all the time, Caomin still hates that you refused to take me away before, and thought you had forgotten me a long time ago, but Caomin really didn't think of it, really didn't think of it, you still remember my hometown Idiots, ordinary people..."

After blowing his nose heavily with the sleeve of his brocade robe, Yong Chi first carefully hid Xiang Kang's autographed letter in his bosom, then stood up, invited Yue Yu to sit down, and then bowed to Yue Yu again, He cupped his hands and said: "Yue Xingren, since His Royal Highness the King of Han does not forget his old friends and remembers me as a humble person, then my life belongs to the King of Han! Please tell me, Yue Xingren, what the King of Han is going to do next, and I will go through fire and water, and I will take orders." !"

"No way? It's so easy?" Yue Yu was a little dumbfounded again, but because of his responsibility, Yue Yu still replied: "General Yong, our king's intention is to hope that you will take advantage of the emptiness in the hinterland of the Xichu bandit army, Fengyi rebelled against Chu, attacked the prefectures and cities of Western Chu, and intercepted the food, grass and military supplies of the Western Chu bandit army, making it impossible for the main force of the Western Chu bandit army to fight in the chasm battlefield with peace of mind, creating opportunities for the main force of the King of Han to defeat the enemy. Afterwards, our great king will grant you the title of Marquis of Changyi, with thousands of households in the city."

Yong Chi didn't make a statement immediately this time, he hesitated before saying: "Yue Xingren, to tell you the truth, in fact, I have already planned to raise troops to respond to the King of Han, but my strength is too weak, and the soldiers in my hand total There are only about 2000 people. Even if there are still some people in Fengyi City, if all the men who can go to the battlefield are conscripted into the army, it is impossible to exceed [-] people. There is no way to guarantee the weapons and luggage. Jun Sai doesn't have enough space between his teeth, so I have never dared to act rashly."

"Hey, this guy looks reckless, but he's actually very smart."

Yue Yan once again looked at Yong Chi with admiration, and Yong Chi quickly said: "But please rest assured, Yue Xingren, if the king of Han really needs to do this immediately, then I will never refuse, Fengyi's soldiers are all my hands The ones brought out are quite obedient to me, so I will immediately summon them to return to the Han and make trouble in the hinterland of the Western Chu bandit army.

"Really?" Yue Yan asked with some doubts.

"Yue Xingren doesn't believe it?" Yong Chi's black face suddenly turned into a pig's color, and he stood up immediately and said: "If Yue Xingren doesn't believe it, then Yong Chi will order the army to be summoned now, and officially change the banner to the Han, as proof Your loyalty to the King of Han!"

After all, Yong Chi really gave an order loudly, asking Fengyi's defenders to gather immediately for orders, Yue Yan hurriedly stopped him, and said: "General Yong, don't worry, it's my fault, I shouldn't question your respect for our king. With all my loyalty, I apologize to you. Don't worry, I have other things to say."

After finally holding back Yong Chi who was in a hurry to return to Xiangkang, Yue Yan explained his real intention and Peng Yue's request to Yong Chi in detail, and when Yong Chi was overjoyed, he clapped his hands and applauded: "A wonderful plan, please come to Yue Xing Be sure to tell General Peng Yue that as long as he leads the Western Chu bandit army to the Fengyi battlefield, even if Xiang Sheng, Xiang It and Feng Zhong who are stationed in Pengcheng come in person, I will definitely find a way to make their heads fall and help you break the Western Chu army. Chu thief army!"

"What a big tone, can you really do it?" Yue Yan slandered in his heart, and said in his heart: "The promise is so straightforward, don't let us lure the Western Chu thief army to Fengyi, you see the Western Chu thief army So powerful, did you sell us out again?"

The matter was not over yet, that night, besides entertaining Yue Yu and his party with the best food and wine, Yong Chi handed over all the information he collected on the Western Chu Army garrison to Yue Yu, and asked Yue Yu to take it back and hand it over to Peng Yue for reference. .And in the early morning of the next day, Yong Chi sent Yue Yu out of the city in person, and held Yue Yu's hand and said in a low voice when parting: "Yue Xingren, if you really plan to take Pei County, then you can destroy it." After the city, some people may be useful to you, you need to be careful."

"Those people?" Yue Yan asked hurriedly.

"Families of Liu Ji, the puppet king of Nanyang." Yong Chi grinned in a low voice, and said, "His old man (father), wife Lu Zhi, and his son and daughter all live in Pei County now. If you can take them all , and then find a way to send it to the King of Han, it will definitely be of great use.”

After all, Yong Chi immediately added: "Yue Xingren, you must not think that I am betraying my friend, I am a friend with Liu Ji, but I am too aware of this rascal's virtue, Hanguguan I have also heard about it, and I dare to bet my whole family's head that it is definitely Liu Ji who is playing tricks, coveting the throne in Guanzhong and deliberately provoking the King of Han to go to war with the princes outside the pass! Since he is so sorry for our King of Han, don't blame me for being sorry for him! "

Yue Yan was tongue-tied, and after a while he said in his heart: "This guy, could he be the close relative of our King of Han? Is he so kind to us?"

(End of this chapter)