Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 372
The scouts sent by Feng Zhong to investigate the enemy's situation made a great contribution. They reported the news that the Western Chu army had suddenly rushed to Zou County to Feng Zhong. The light exposed the position, and Feng Zhongjun temporarily gained the advantage of the enemy being aware of himself. In addition, the Western Chu Army had just arrived in Zou County, and had not had time to send out scouts to scout around. I hope to wait until the main force of Peng Yue's army arrives for reinforcements.

But no one knows how much rest time the self-army can win. Feng Zhongjun can only eat and drink quickly, seize the time to check the weapons and equipment, be ready to fight at any time, and wait anxiously for Peng Yuejun to arrive as soon as possible.

The rapidly falling night helped Feng Zhongjun a lot. The Western Chu army in the distance also only cared about drinking water, eating, and setting up camp. They didn't expect that their blocking targets were right in front of their eyes, and they were full of big fish. During the period, they were also exhausted. The soldiers of the Western Chu Army were all looking forward to resting quickly and getting a good night's sleep.

If it can go on like this, then after Peng Yue's army arrives, the Han army might still have a chance to make a sneak attack, and in turn kill the Western Chu army by surprise. Zhou Lan's subordinates of the Western Chu Army reported an important news, that is, they had seen mounted soldiers moving around Zou County before dark, but they didn't know which army these mounted soldiers came from.

This situation was soon reported to Zhou Lan. Zhou Lan, who was about to rest, immediately became suspicious when she heard the report, and immediately sent scouts to investigate the surrounding situation, paying special attention to the Chidao road to the east.

At the critical moment, luck once again abandoned Feng Zhongjun. Although relying on an ambush, General Feng Zhongjun successfully killed a Western Chu army scout coming from the east, but the Western Chu army scout screamed an alarm when he was dying. The companion behind him heard The voice was not right, so he pulled his horse and left immediately. Feng Zhongjun's scouts only stabbed this scout when they were chasing, and killed the Western Chu Army's scouts behind him on the way, and let the West Chu Army's scouts escape back to Zou County to report.

After this situation was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong, of course, complained endlessly, and immediately understood that the enemy would react soon, and the result was fine. At this time, Peng Yue finally rushed to the scene with his main force , Feng Zhong didn't dare to neglect, hurriedly told Peng Yue the situation, and urgently discussed the next step with Peng Yue.

"It can only be a fight." Peng Yue said with a gloomy face: "No one can guarantee when the Xichu bandits behind will catch up. Now we can only attack with all our strength while the pursuers have not yet arrived. Zou County!"

Feng Zhong nodded helplessly, and said in an even more helpless tone: "General Peng, don't blame me for being selfish. My army must give priority to protecting the family members of the princess and the important ministers of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in this battle, I can only ask you to be the main force and protect us. The army broke through."

"Don't worry, General Feng, I will do the same if you don't say so." Peng Yue's answer made Feng Zhong heave a sigh of relief, and said, "I will rush ahead to open the way in a while, and I will be responsible for entanglement of the Xichu bandit army, covering you and protecting the concubine and the others. "

Feng Zhong was overjoyed when he heard that, he quickly thanked Peng Yue, and asked quickly: "General Peng, you are more familiar with the situation in Xue County. In your opinion, can we go directly to the west after rushing through Zou County? ?”

Peng Yue's expression was obviously extremely hesitant, and he hesitated for a moment before he said: "I think it's better not to take the risk and go directly to the west, because the Xichu bandit army must know that we want to go directly to the west to break through, and they will definitely go west Arrange troops to intercept, and I don't know what is the situation of Rencheng and Yuanqi in the west. If the Western Chu bandits are also stationed in these places and there are troops to intercept, then even if we rush through Zou County, it is very likely It's still a dead end."

Everyone knows that the Han army must be most eager to break through to the west. Of course, Feng Zhong can't guarantee that there are still troops from the Western Chu army stationed in the west of Zou County. He can only ask: "Then what should we do?"

"Didn't your scouts confirm that the Xichu bandit army came from the south suddenly?" Peng Yue replied, "That means, the Xichu bandit army must not have had time to send troops to the hinterland of Xue County in advance, so we had better The best way should be to go north, first to get rid of the chasing troops of the Xichu bandit army, and then go west to Juyeze. As long as we can retreat to Juyeze with complex terrain, even if it is still difficult for us to break through, we are sure to find it. A place to hide temporarily."

Of course, Feng Zhong didn't dare to trust Peng Yue's guarantee, but it was too dangerous to break out directly to the west, and now Feng Zhongjun had to rely on Peng Yue, the leader of Juyeze, Feng Zhong had no choice but to hurry up. He nodded and said, "Okay, that's it."

After discussing the retreat route, Feng Zhong and Peng Yue hurriedly discussed the breakout tactics, and decided that Peng Yue would lead the army first and take the initiative to attack the Western Chu Army. , Feng Zhongjun took the opportunity to turn around and go north again, widening the distance from the Western Chu Army, and then Peng Yuejun went north to join Feng Zhongjun.

The plan was determined, and Peng Yue's army immediately marched westward, rushing ahead to open the way for Feng Zhongjun, and as expected, when Peng Yue's army arrived at the battlefield in Zou County, the Western Chu army that had received the report from the scouts was indeed ready to fight , and very cunningly divided the troops into two groups. One army formed an array at the three-way intersection of Chidao, and the other lined up on the Chidao west of Zou County, cutting off the Han army's westward road.

Seeing this situation, Peng Yue had no choice but to divide the army into two immediately. The main force attacked the Western Chu army lined up at the three-fork road head-on, and the other army launched a feint attack on the Western Chu army in the west. At the same time, the two Western Chu armies were restrained, and Feng Zhongjun was covered to turn around and go north.

Seeing Peng Yue's army attacking head-on, Zhou Lan and Ding Gu of the Western Chu Army immediately shot arrows to fight. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Peng Yue's army to temporarily entangle the enemy, he strode northwards around the battlefield, rushing to the north road against the clock.

"Hurry up! Go! Go!"

Similar roars came and went in Feng Zhongjun's team. In order to speed up, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers pushed and pulled each other, almost directly carrying the carriage carrying the family members of the Han army forward, and abruptly crossed the wilderness field in the northeast of the battlefield that was not suitable for carriage.During this period, the Western Chu Army, which finally confirmed the direction of the Han army's breakout, immediately launched a crazy counterattack, trying to kill Peng Yue's army and intercept the convoy protected by Feng Zhongjun. Peng Yue's army, who was not actually strong in combat effectiveness, also gritted their teeth and stiffened, regardless of the cost and casualties. He entangled the Western Chu Army, bought time for the friendly army to transfer, and fought blood and blood with the Western Chu Army in the dark night, which was extremely tragic.

More than half an hour later, Feng Zhongjun managed to move all of them to the Chidao Road leading to Lu County, and then he didn't even have time to organize the queue, and immediately surrounded the convoy in a mess and strode west, Feng Zhong yelled continuously with blood red eyes , Urging the soldiers of the self-army to speed up their withdrawal from the battlefield.At the same time, the battle between the Pengyue army and the Western Chu army was also intensified. The battlefield was full of dazzling torches, and the soldiers of the two armies were fighting fiercely. During this period, a group of Western Chu troops managed to get rid of the entanglement of Peng Yue's army. , and strode towards Feng Zhongjun who was heading north.

There was no other choice, Feng Zhong could only order his general Wang Fang to lead the army to attack, and try his best to block this pursuer and cover the main force going north. Fortunately, Wang Fang, who is also an old man of the young commander, did not disappoint Feng Zhong. Even if he only led [-] troops to the rear, he still fought hard against the enemy's pursuers. Feng Zhongjun's main force took the opportunity to protect the convoy and head north at full speed, gradually opening up the distance from the enemy.

At dusk, the main force of Feng Zhongjun marched northward to the city of Pingyang, and the result was just as Peng Yue expected. The hinterland of Xuejun is indeed extremely empty. Even if it is located in Pingyang County above Chidao, the defenders are only 300 people. Seeing Feng Zhongjun's arrival, not only did not dare to tell the crowd, on the contrary, he took the initiative to abandon the city and escape. Feng Zhong was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly asked his exhausted soldiers to rest outside the city for a while, waiting for his rear army and the main force of Peng Yue's army, and at the same time sent people to explore Pingyang The road leading to Xiaoqiu and Lu County, master the road conditions.

The result of the road exploration made Feng Zhongda frown. Although the road leading to Lu County is still very flat, with little damage, it is still suitable for the convoy carrying the family members of the Han army. However, the ordinary road leading to Xiaoqiu in the northwest, because The war was in disrepair, and the roads were seriously damaged. It must be very difficult to travel.

What made Feng Zhong frown even more was still behind. After more than an hour, Wang Fang rushed to Pingyang with only half of his rear army to join Feng Zhong. He reported that his army had only temporarily thrown off the enemy, and did not directly Kill scattered pursuers, so the enemy may come after them again at any time.Feng Zhong was worried when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked Wang Fang: "What about General Peng Yue's army? Do you know their situation?"

"I don't know." Wang Fang shook his head, wiped the sweat and dust off his face and said, "When the last general threw off Xiang Yu's bandit army, General Peng's army hadn't caught up yet, so I don't know his situation."

"What should I do? Take the risk and take the small road to Xiaoqiu? Or go north along Chidao first, turn around and go west when you reach Lu County?"

Without Peng Yue, the guerrilla genius, to give advice, Feng Zhong couldn't decide, so he could only find Li Shiqi, an important official of the Han army who was driving forward, to discuss with him. You should go north to Lu County along the Chi Road, and then turn around and head west. There are two reasons. First, if you take so many burdens with us to go north, your soldiers will definitely consume too much energy. Once the enemy catches up, The situation is definitely more dangerous. Second, with so many of us heading north along the Chi Road, we will definitely leave countless traces. Don’t worry about being separated from General Peng Yue’s army. If he can get rid of the Western Chu thief army, he will definitely be able to catch up us."

Feng Zhong's talents are indeed relatively mediocre, and he couldn't make up his mind. After hearing Li Shiqi's words, he thought it was reasonable, so he could only grit his teeth and stomp his feet and said: "Go along the Chi Road, try to get rid of Xiang Yu's bandit army first." Say it again!"

Next, I can only describe Feng Zhongjun's situation as a blind man riding a blind horse. The road is unfamiliar, the situation ahead is unknown, the enemy is chasing behind, and he has completely lost contact with the friendly army Peng Yuejun. Going northward at full speed along the relatively easy road, during this period, because the soldiers were too tired, no matter how much Feng Zhong loved the soldiers like a son and won the hearts of the soldiers, the soldiers kept getting lost and falling behind, which was extremely difficult.

What's more terrible is that on the north side of Chidao, there is still a road with a large amount of water in Surabaya. No one can guarantee whether they can cross Surabaya before being overtaken by the pursuers!Therefore, Feng Zhong could only dispatch his deputy Xu Ci to lead an army of [-] people ahead, and rush to Lu County at full speed to seize the ferry bridge. At the same time, he made up his mind early on that if he could not cross Surabaya smoothly, he would venture to the upper reaches of Surabaya. Go, get into the Yimeng Mountains and play hide-and-seek with the Western Chu army chasing soldiers.

It’s okay, maybe it’s extremely peaceful, the goddess of luck who abandoned Feng Zhong twice before found out in conscience, and gave Feng Zhong another wink. In the morning of the next day, Xu Ci, who stepped forward to open the way, sent someone to send good news, saying yes The former army led by him successfully seized the ferry bridge in the northern suburbs of Lu County, and was still rushing to build a pontoon bridge to allow the main force of Feng Zhongjun to cross the river quickly.

"God help me too!"

Roaring ecstatically, Feng Zhong hurriedly announced the news to the public, in order to boost the morale of the army, let his soldiers work hard to speed up, and promised to let his army stop and rest for a while after passing Surabaya. Hearing this, he was all overjoyed, he gritted his teeth and accelerated his speed again, almost stumbling towards Lu County in the north.

When the city of Lu County could be seen from a distance, dust and smoke billowed on the road to the south, and an army chasing after it suddenly appeared. At first, Feng Zhong thought it was Peng Yue's army chasing him, and was very excited for a while, but The result of the scout's investigation made Feng Zhong's face pale as paper—it was the Western Chu Army!
"Let's go, let's go to Surabaya first!"

Roaring with red eyes, Feng Zhong urged the army to move faster again. Feng Zhongjun's officers and soldiers also exerted all their strength and marched northward like rolling and crawling. Fortunately, Feng Zhongjun's front team Xu Ci's troops The bridge to the north of Lu County has been seized in advance, and two pontoon bridges have been urgently built to allow the main force of Feng Zhongjun to cross the river as soon as possible. The soldiers of Feng Zhongjun gritted their teeth and stumbled forward on the bridge. The bridge crossed the river, and some soldiers were squeezed into the river during the tragic scene.

After leading the army in person, Feng Zhong and his personal troops became the last army to rush through Surabaya. Needless to say, the two temporary pontoon bridges were of course cut down immediately, and countless firewood was piled up immediately. The wooden bridge was ignited, and while the raging fire was rising, the soldiers of the Western Chu army also rushed to the shore, and tried to rush across the wooden bridge against the raging fire. The soldiers of Feng Zhongjun hurriedly shot arrows to stop them. The wooden bridge also ignited a skyrocketing fire, and gradually collapsed and fractured.

It was only after the wooden bridge broke completely that the extremely exhausted soldiers of Feng Zhongjun broke out into loud cheers, and then countless soldiers of Feng Zhongjun lay down directly, and immediately snored like thunder. Nan'an beat his chest and stamped his feet, feeling extremely sorry.

Feng Zhong also sat on the ground with his buttocks, grinning and laughing, glad that his army can finally rest in peace for a while, and no longer have to worry about being attacked by the enemy suddenly, even if he retreats in the direction of Xiaoqiu, he only needs to stay behind The next army to guard the ferry can hold off the enemy for a long time.

At this time, a general of the Western Chu Army suddenly led a group of soldiers to the bank of Surabaya, and shouted at Feng Zhongjun across the river, asking Feng Zhong to answer him in person.Feng Zhong was firstly out of curiosity, and secondly, he wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the situation of Peng Yue's army, so he asked his own soldiers to hold up long shields to protect him and went to the bank of Surabaya. The person who came forward to talk to him seemed to be Ding Gu, a general under Xiang Yu's tent and Ji Bu's own uncle.

"Feng Zhong, General Feng! Do you still remember the old man Ding Gu? We haven't seen each other for a long time."

It was indeed Ding Gu who answered Gehe and Feng Zhong. First he introduced his identity loudly, and then shouted in a very proud tone: "I really admire you! Over the past few years, you have worked diligently and diligently, and you have behaved more than a loyal minister." Loyal minister, the King of Western Chu trusted you so much that we let you stay in Pengcheng, the capital of the country. Unexpectedly, you are still facing that traitor Xiang Kang! You have reached the pinnacle of patience to the point where you are! I really want the old man not to admire you. !"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Feng Zhong shouted loudly behind the shield: "How are General Peng Yue and the others doing?"

"Want to talk to the old man?" Ding Gu laughed and said, "But it's okay to tell you. The Peng Yue who was in trouble with you has already been caught up by our King Xichu personally leading an army. If there is no accident, at this time , that rebel Peng Yue, and Jing Jia and Lu Qing's gang of rebels, have already been killed, or have been boiled to death!"

Of course Feng Zhong would not believe Ding Gu's words, he just sneered and thought about how to continue the routine, but Ding Gu said loudly: "Enough nonsense, Mrs. Feng Zhong, the old man is here to save you today. If you are smart, put it down immediately." Surrender your arms, hand over the family members of the traitors to the old man, and then follow the old man to the king to plead guilty, and the old man will help you plead for your previous achievements. If our king is soft-hearted, maybe he will spare your life ! Otherwise, hum!"

After a loud sneer, Ding Gu said loudly again: "You are a dead end! Don't think that the old man doesn't know what you want to do next? You want to escape to the west, right? To tell you the truth, Yafu has already expected you I will turn around and go back to Zou County. If I can’t go west, I will flee north, and then go west to Juyeze. So General Zhou Lan took the path north to Xiaoqiu in Pingyang. You go to Xiaoqiu at this time, the same It's a dead end!"

Feng Zhong's face changed completely, and Ding Gu laughed wildly again and said: "How is it? Mrs. Feng Zhong, if you go west, you will find Zhou Lan, if you go north, you will find Tiandu, and if you go east, you will find deep mountains and old forests. No matter how you go, you will be dead. One, right? The old man would like to advise you one more thing. Instead of dying at the hands of others, it is better to surrender to the old man! The old man can swear to God, as long as you hand over the family members of the traitors to the old man, the old man will be regarded as the king. I can't save your life in front of me, and I will definitely ask the king to leave you a root! Think about it for your son! Hahahahahahaha!"

Ding Gu laughed wildly on the south bank of Sishui, while Feng Zhong turned pale on the north bank of Sishui. There was only one thought left in his mind, and he secretly said: "If this old man didn't lie to me, Zhou Lan's army really went directly to Xiaoqiu , what should I do? What else can I do?"

(End of this chapter)