Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 371

If there were not so many drags, the Han army who crossed Surabaya first for a long time would have hoped to quickly throw off the Western Chu army's pursuit, so that Xiang Yu himself could only follow the Han army soldiers to eat ashes, but there was no way, Han The army broke through the encirclement and went west this time, but it had to bring a large group of draggers who must not be discarded on the march. This group of draggers was none other than the civil and military family members of the Han army, almost all of whom were old, weak, women and children.

It was okay at the beginning, marching along the flat and wide road, all the important family members of the Han army who were marching in cars did not hurt the soldiers of the Han army, they just slowed down the marching speed of the soldiers of the Han army, and were responsible for protecting the soldiers of the Han army. Feng Zhong, who is a family member of the army, only needs to be careful of the sudden appearance of the enemy, and he doesn't have to worry too much. In addition, Fuyang County in the northwest of Pengcheng has accepted the new Chu court's persuasion and changed to the banner of the Chu army. Feng Zhong's army went very smoothly. Withdrew from Surabaya County.However, when they rushed to the territory of Donghai County, the situation was completely different.

The biggest trouble is that Feng Zhongjun can't go all the way in Donghai County. If he continues to march along the Chidao, Feng Zhongjun must first rush to the city of Tan County in Donghai County before turning around and heading west. This will not only waste time and delay the journey, but also It may be intercepted by the Donghai County soldiers of the Western Chu Army, and it will be even more dangerous.Therefore, when they arrived in the southern part of Lanling County, Xiang Kang's original fiefdom, Feng Zhongjun had to take a small road to the north, take the small road for about forty miles, and then turn back on the chi road to the west.

Years of wars, the dilapidated and damaged roads have hardly been repaired and filled, making the already narrow and rugged paths even more difficult to walk, and it is necessary to protect many old and weak women and children and carry a large amount of food and grass to march on such roads. The hardships of Feng Zhongjun can be imagined It is known that even though Feng Zhong, who has accumulated a lot of battlefield experience, dispatched troops to go ahead, fill in the potholes and gullies along the road, repair bridges and level the road, Feng Zhongjun's marching speed still dropped greatly. It fell to less than ten miles in an hour.

To make matters worse, when I saw Lanling City from a distance, not only did it suddenly rain from the sky, but the Lanling defenders, whose strength was no more than a thousand people, bravely went out of the city, defended the fortress of Huanglong Mountain outside the city, and blocked Feng Zhongjun with force. go north.Feng Zhong was furious when he heard the report, and decisively ordered his deputy Xu Ci to lead the army to attack the fortifications and forcibly attack the Lanling defenders.

Fortunately, Feng Zhongjun's combat effectiveness is still reliable, and its weapons and equipment are far superior to the local troops of the Western Chu Army. Therefore, even though the Lanling Army has a geographical advantage, it was still successfully killed by Feng Zhongjun in the end. Liu Mo, the magistrate of Lanling County who boldly left the city to intercept He was even stabbed into a beehive by the angry Feng Zhongjun soldiers with random spears, but Feng Zhongjun wasted nearly three hours because of this, and at the same time paid some casualties.

When the vehicles of the family members of the Han army crossed the small road at the foot of Huanglong Mountain, Peng Yuejun behind him sent someone to get in touch with Feng Zhong, asking Feng Zhongjun to get out of the small road and turn to Chidao within the day anyway. Hu Zhe's troops in the rear of Peng Yue's army are less than [-] miles away, and they may catch up with the rear of Peng Yue's army within today. .

Even so, when Feng Zhongjun finally walked out of the narrow path and turned back onto the flat road, it was already dark. At the same time, Feng Zhongjun was very tired and needed a rest urgently. Advise Feng Zhong to let the army stop and rest for a while, and then set off westward.But after Feng Zhong thought about it, he shook his head and said: "We can't rest, we must continue to go west."

"General, our soldiers are very tired. If we don't rest, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to hold on." Wang Fang persuaded again: "Anyway, we have already turned to the fast road, and we will take a rest for a few hours before setting off. There won't be much delay. time."

"I can't rest." Feng Zhong insisted on shaking his head, pointing to the city of Zhuang County not far away and said: "There are enemies stationed in the city of Zhuang County. Although we don't have to be afraid of them in field battles, if we stop to rest, they will suddenly send troops to attack again. If we don’t do it right, we will suffer a lot, so if we want to rest, we have to keep some distance from the enemies in Zhuang County.”

After all, Feng Zhong insisted on ordering the army to continue to advance, and asked to stop and rest after thirty miles westward. Wang Fang and others would have no choice but to follow the order.But it's okay, Feng Zhong usually has the morale of the army, so after his order was conveyed, although all the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun were so tired that they all wanted to lie down and sleep soundly, they still insisted on cheering up, bit the bullet and continued to go west. Enter.

Feng Zhong made a correct choice. The convoy protecting the family members of the Han army did not go far west, when suddenly there was a shout of killing from the north of the road, and a team of the Western Chu army with a few torches suddenly killed them. Fortunately, the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun kept vigilance and immediately lined up to protect the convoy. Feng Zhong himself was calm and did not rush to send troops to fight back. Instead, he confirmed the incoming enemy. Not many, and personally led the army to closely protect the convoy, and then let Wang Fang lead the troops to attack, and fought hard to kill the Western Chu army in Zanxian County who had ambushed outside the city in advance.

Still not daring to waste time, as soon as the enemy was retreated, Feng Zhong immediately led his troops to continue westward, leaving only Wang Fang behind to lead the army to protect the family members of the Han army and ran for more than [-] miles in one breath, and then stopped to rest for the night During this period, Feng Zhong himself didn't even dare to sleep. He squatted next to the sisters of Yu's car and dozed against the carriage with his arms in his arms.

Fortunately, the enemy in Zhuang County was weak after all. After the ambush was defeated, they did not dare to chase after them to die. Feng Zhongjun and the family members of the Han Army were able to rest on the Chidao Road in the middle of the night. , Feng Zhong and the soldiers under his command hurriedly ate dry food, and were about to continue to set off. He never thought that there was a lot of people in the east, and suddenly a large number of troops came after him. Feng Zhong hurriedly mounted his horse and prepared to fight. I was so frightened that I cried loudly.

Fortunately, it was Peng Yue's main force who came after him. After meeting Feng Zhong, whose eyes were bloodshot, Peng Yue said in the first sentence: "Brother Hu Zhe voluntarily stayed in Lanling Huanglong Mountain to stop the attack in order to buy us time. Western Chu bandit army, when I received the news, he had already fought with the bandit army's pursuers."

Feng Zhong was silent for a moment, and said: "If there is a chance in the future, we will definitely repay him."

"Let's go." Peng Yue replied more succinctly, "Don't let him die in vain, that's the best reward for him."

Feng Zhong nodded, and hurriedly urged the soldiers under his command to seize the time and continue to march westward. Peng Yue let the army marching overnight to rest for a while, and then led the army to follow, always ready to take up the task of the rear after the collapse of Hu Zhe's army , the two armies carrying the flags of the Han army and the Chu army, one in front and the other behind, just advanced along the road at full speed. The faces of tens of thousands of soldiers were all serious. Apart from the sound of footsteps and hooves in the team, almost no other troops could be heard. sound.

Fortunately, after passing through Zouxian County, there is only one Xiaoyi, Hexiang, left on the Chidao leading to Zouxian County, where the Western Chu army may be stationed. Feng Zhongjun and Peng Yuejun only need to beware of being overtaken by the enemy. Don't be too worried that a large number of enemies will intercept in front of you, so the speed of Feng Peng's coalition army is generally very fast. However, for the sake of caution, Feng Zhong still asked Xu Ci to lead an army to explore the road first, and at the same time assigned cavalry to monitor Chidao Two wings, guard against ambushes hiding the enemy.

In the morning of the next day, Feng Zhongjun approached Heyi first. The Heyi defenders saw that Feng Zhongjun had more than 2 troops, followed by more than [-] Peng Yue troops. They were smart enough not to go out of the city to stop them. , before going around the city.Then, before Feng Zhong could breathe a sigh of relief, Peng Yue sent someone to contact Feng Zhong again, saying: "General Feng, General Peng, let the villain come to inform you that our general Hulu's rear team is in Huanglong. Shan suffered a big defeat, the [-] troops were almost wiped out by the Western Chu bandits, and less than a hundred escaped back, General Peng, please speed up as much as possible, otherwise we will be in danger of being caught up by the Western Chu bandits."

Feng Zhong nodded, and thanked Peng Yue's messenger for the notification, and Peng Yue's messenger said: "Also, General Peng, please be careful to guard against Zou County. We have succeeded in attacking Zou County a few times before, and the Western Chu bandits may attack you." Learn from the lessons and deploy the army in Zou County in advance."

Feng Zhong nodded again, thanked Peng Yue for his kind reminder, and then said in his heart: "I hope this is not the case. If Mr. Xiang Yu deployed heavy troops to intercept Zou County in advance, then we would be in big trouble."

Praying silently, Feng Zhong had no choice but to urge the army to move faster, and at the same time sent scouts to go to Zou County to investigate the enemy's situation. Back in front of Feng Zhong, he reported to Feng Zhong who rode his horse beside the convoy of the Han army's family members: "General, the situation in Zou County has been investigated clearly, only some ordinary Guizhou heads live in private houses without city walls, and no one has been found. Bandits are stationed."

"Great! God help me too!" Feng Zhong was overjoyed when he heard that, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly, send someone to inform General Peng Yue of the news, and also, tell our soldiers the good news, let our soldiers Speed ​​up and move forward, we must reach Zou County within today."

The soldiers next to him sang promises, and immediately went down to act according to the order. In a carriage next to it, Han King Han Cheng, who had been rescued by Han soldiers in Pengcheng before, got out, and said with a happy face: "General Feng, Zou County has nothing to do. Chu thief army, can we go directly across Zou County and go back to Sanchuan?"

"Not necessarily." Feng Zhong shook his head and said, "Zou County doesn't have Xiang Yu's bandit army, which doesn't mean that Rencheng and Yuan Qi in the west don't either. We have to discuss with General Peng Yue whether to go west or not. I am more familiar with Xue County's situation."

"If you don't hurry to go west, where are you going?" Han Cheng asked in surprise.

"Let's talk when we get to Zou County." Feng Zhong didn't dare to give a definite answer, and said, "I also hope to go to Sanchuan as soon as possible, but the most important thing now is to protect the safety of the princess and the others."

After all, Feng Zhong didn't want to talk nonsense with Han Cheng any more. He rode his horse to the front and personally urged the soldiers under his command to speed up. Han Cheng was worried and couldn't help but whispered to Han Xin, the former general of the Han army who was driving for him personally: "Whether this Feng Zhong is reliable or not, he is almost in Zou County, and he still doesn't know if he can go west quickly? Follow him, can we go back safely?"

"Let's take one step at a time." Han Xin replied in a low voice: "In this situation, it is safest for us to follow the army first."

Han Cheng didn't speak any more, but just touched the package he put next to his seat, which contained dry food and common people's clothes, and a little bit of daily expenses that Han Cheng, as king of Han, had begged from Xinjian Chu Ting, and he was worried. He made up his mind early on that as soon as he saw the situation was not good, he and Han Xin would disguise themselves as ordinary people and run away alone—the two had small goals, so the chances of escaping were naturally greater.

Not to mention, there was no news of the enemy in Zou County, which really boosted the morale of many Feng Zhongjun soldiers. Without worry, the exhausted Feng Zhongjun soldiers all worked hard, and they raised their marching speed a bit. After learning about this situation, the Peng Yuejun behind him also speeded up. At the same time, both Feng Zhong and Peng Yue couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and they each secretly said: "It would be great if we could go directly to the west. Marching along the Chi Road from Zou County, we will be able to retreat to Juyeze, which is relatively safe, in at most three days."

Accelerating together, the sky was just getting dark, and Feng Zhongjun, who was walking in front, was only about ten miles away from Zou County. When Feng Zhongjun wanted the army to light the torches, unexpectedly, a scout rushed forward, and hurried on Running out of breath, Feng Zhong immediately understood that the situation might be wrong, quickly swallowed back the order to light the torches that he had said, and instead patted his horse forward, and personally greeted the scout. Asked: "What's the matter? Running in such a hurry?"

"General, the bandit army, the bandit army is here! To..., to Zou County!"

The panting answer of the scout from Xilai made Feng Zhong's expression change, and he quickly asked, "How many bandits are there? Where did they come from?"

"They came from the south. It's too late to confirm the number, but there must be more troops than us."

The scout's answer made all the officers and men of Feng Zhongjun next to him pale, and Feng Zhong's face turned ashen and black. After a moment of calculation, he shouted: "Order the whole army to stop advancing, form a formation to protect the convoy, and hurry up to drink water and eat! Also, Immediately contact General Peng Yue, tell him the situation, and ask him to speed up and come over to help!"

As a result of luck, when Feng Zhongjun, who was protecting the family members of the Han army, was only ten miles away from Zou County, the Western Chu Army, who was heading north directly from Pengcheng, was one step ahead, and rushed to the most critical road of Qin Chi Road, Dongfang Road, to rush to the battlefield of Zou County in advance, and stopped the Han army in the right way. Regardless of whether the Han army is retreating north or west, there is only one last way left, and that is to fight to the death to break through and fight a bloody road!
　I have been sweating all the time today, and my whole body feels very uncomfortable. I barely managed to write out [-] words to explain to my friends. Please understand and forgive me.

　　
　
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