Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 481 The Chaos in Xue County
It's time to take a look at the situation on the northern front of the Han army that has moved to Xue County. Because of the relationship between roads and distances, after Xiang Kang decided to launch the battle to destroy Chu, the first army to receive the order to participate in the battle was of course hiding Peng Yuejun recuperating around Juyeze. ——Strictly speaking, it should be called Chu Jun now. At the same time, more strictly speaking, Peng Yue's direct boss is no longer Xiang Kang, but the new King Jingjia of Chu, a descendant of the Chu royal family whom he supported in Pengcheng.

The villain Xiang Kang almost made it clear that he did not take Jing Jia, the so-called new king of Chu, seriously, and asked Peng Yue's army to send troops to the hinterland of Xue County to help Zhou Shu's army annihilate the remnants of the Chu-Ji coalition army. Peng Yue, who actually held the military power, didn't even bother to let Jing Jia, the so-called King of Chu, leave. He only sent troops for King Liang, on the contrary, he immediately came to see Jing Jia to discuss with him about sending troops.

Of course, Peng Yue's being so well-behaved was also forced by the situation. After being defeated by Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan, Peng Yue's army, who had finally relied on the assistance of the Han army to make a comeback, was seriously injured again. It is extremely difficult to return to the peak state when he just took Pengcheng, but the Han army has won successive victories on all fronts, and has already formed an absolute strength advantage over the Western Chu army. If Peng Yue doesn't hurry up for Xiang Kangli With a little credit, how could it be possible for Xiang Kang to really crown Jing Jia, who he supported, as king?How could Peng Yue become the uncrowned king of Jingjia's fiefdom?
Jing Jia also understood this truth very well, so after reading Xiang Kang's letter directly to Peng Yue, although Jing Jia was angry in his heart, he didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face, and nodded repeatedly and said: "Han Wang is wise, Xiang Yu is a man. It is time to eradicate him completely. As the vassal of the King of Han, we must do our best to help the King of Han wipe out the rebels from Western Chu as soon as possible, and capture and kill Xiang Yu."

After finishing the grandiose speech, Jing Jia frowned again and said, "But our strength is probably not enough? Last time after the Zhu Kingdom was accidentally defeated in Zhang County, although the king of Han did not give up, he also supported us with some food, grass and military supplies. Help us restore our troop strength to more than 4000, but even if all this troop is mobilized, I'm afraid we won't have any confidence to stop Xiang Yu's bandit army head-on, what should we do?"

"That's why I came down to see you, Your Majesty." Peng Yue replied, "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, Your Majesty, to personally lead an army of two thousand to guard our grain storage area, lead the main force to march into the hinterland of Xue County, and do your best to fight mobile. I don't know what your majesty thinks about restraining the slow-moving Xiang Yu's bandit army from going south, and helping Han's great general, Zhou Shu, to encircle and wipe out Xiang Yu's bandit army?"

Glancing at Peng Yue who seemed to be asking for his own opinion, Jing Jia made some calculations in his mind, and secretly said: "This man seems to have made up his mind a long time ago. He personally led the army to help the Han army. After the matter is completed, Xiang Kang Xiaozhuzi will definitely I will only thank him and not thank the king. In the future, when Xiang Kangzhuzi discusses meritorious deeds, he will naturally be ranked in front of the king. At that time, not only will the king have no hope of getting rid of his grasp, it may even be possible for the king to get rid of his grasp. Like Zang Tu who replaced Han Guang, he also treats this king like this, we have to guard against this."

Thinking of this, Jing Jia immediately showed a friendly smile, and said, "Peng Zhuguo, what you said is wrong, you are also working for the King of Han, so that will allow you to charge forward all the time, and let the widows always hide in the back and enjoy the peace." Leisurely? Entering Xue County is a very important matter, I should personally lead the battle, how about this, I will go to Xue County together with Zhu Guo, and let Lu Qing, Lu Aiqing, Chen Ying and Chen Aiqing stay in the grain area."

"You man, you really want to take credit with me." Peng Yue, who was not as ambitious as Han Xin, snorted coldly in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I don't need to look at it according to my ministers. The army is already very hard. To fight with the weak and the strong, and to fight more with the less, it is absolutely necessary to run around and turn around. It is normal to not rest for a day or two. Your Majesty is a body of gold, how can you bear this crime? Please stay at Juju Nozawa, let this subject lead the army alone."

"Is the widow a person who can't endure hardship?" Jing Jia said with a smile: "Zhu Guo forgot, when you retreated from Pengcheng, the widow fought with you thousands of miles away, but did you ever call out bitterness and tiredness? That's it. This is a big matter, it is related to the overall situation of the King of Han, and it is also related to the revival of our Chu country, so I should go with you."

After finishing speaking, Jing Jia quickly added another sentence, saying: "Peng Zhuguo, don't worry, although I will go with you, I will definitely not interfere with your combat command and tactical decision-making. Your hind legs."

Seeing that Jing Jia insisted on going, he refused to change what he said. Peng Yue, who was honored as Jing Jia's minister, had no choice but to nod his head reluctantly, agreeing to lead the army with Jing Jia to execute Xiang Kang. The mission he gave, and then he said in his heart: "Let's divide it. As long as the army is in my hands, I will have the final say in rebuilding the Chu Kingdom in the future. If you don't know what to do, Han Guang will be your end. "

In this way, under the circumstances of their own ghosts, Jing Jia and Peng Yue finally joined forces and marched eastward from Juyeze under the banner of the King of Chu, and went directly to Chengqiu Xiaoyi (the same name, the Chengqiu mentioned in the previous chapter) in the southwest of Xiaoqiu. Qiu later changed his name to Cheng's), with the intention of advancing to Lu County, threatening the flanks and the main artery of the Chu-Ji coalition forces, and delaying the southward speed of the Chu-Ji coalition forces.Relying on the first-mover advantage of a sudden attack, they defeated the local defenders of Chengqiu in the first battle and took down this small township.

Needless to say, Peng Yue is a guerrilla genius. With his ability and the fact that Jing Jia, who is named as the coach, did not dare to intervene in his combat command, he held back the remnants of the Chuji coalition army who had to carry a large amount of military supplies and food to the south. It is certainly not an impossible task for Uncle to buy time.But unfortunately, due to the serious change of the historical track, what Peng Yue didn't know was that the current Chu-Ji coalition army not only had a unparalleled military genius, but also had a dangerous enemy who just restrained him in terms of tactical style... …

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As for the Chu-Ji Allied Forces, as mentioned earlier, Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu made the decision to destroy Chu and withdraw southward on the same day, so although the distance is a little farther, it takes time for Peng Yue’s army to prepare for departure and advance. In fact, as early as two days before Peng Yue's army arrived at the city of Chengqiu Xiaoyi, Xiangzhuang and Tianda had already received Xiang Yu's order to withdraw to Pengcheng, and they had already started preparing to withdraw southward.

The sudden appearance of the Peng Yue army disrupted the retreat plan of the Chu-Ji coalition forces. The food, grass and military supplies brought by the Chu-Ji coalition forces from the northern capital of Jibei were already quite large, and there were also some in Lu County, which had never been captured by the Han army or Peng Yue army. With a lot of money and food, and at that time, there was no sign of the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army continuing to go south. Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others planned to transfer these important materials to the south as much as possible, so as to meet the very likely battle of Pengcheng. However, the sudden appearance of Peng Yue's army seriously threatened the safety of the Chuji coalition's march.

So even if the news that Chengqiu was taken by Peng Yue in the first battle had not been received at that time, Han Xin, the de facto chief think tank of the Chuji coalition army, immediately issued a warning to Xiang Zhuang, saying: "Zuo Sima, Peng Yue suddenly marched eastward at this pass. , It must not be aimless, and the general speculates that his eastward advance into the hinterland of Xue County is likely to be driven by the order of Xiang Kang's traitor. The purpose is to contain us, slow down our advancing speed, and chase us southward for Zhou Shupifu in the north. To gain time."

After all, Han Xin added another sentence, saying: "If there is no accident, Uncle Zhou will soon dispatch an army to the south, and join hands with Peng Yue to pinch us. We will not be given a chance to withdraw to Pengcheng, and even It is also possible that Uncle Zhou personally led the main force to go south."

"If this is the case, what should we do?" Xiang Zhuang asked thinkingly.

"Peng Yue's military tactics are flexible, and he is especially good at interspersed and roundabouts, raids and harassment. If we are passive to fight, we will definitely be harassed by him day and night, and we will not be able to go south at full speed." Han Xin said: "Fortunately, he does not have many troops. It's not very strong either. We just need to send out an army to take the initiative to fight, bite his tail and chase after him, so that he can't get out to harass our main brigade, so that our main brigade can rest assured to protect the military supplies. Head south at full speed."

Here, by the way, I would like to explain the situation of the Chuji coalition army, because the Chuji coalition army voluntarily gave up Boyang and went south first. The nearly 1 Chuji coalition army who fled back from Licheng were defeated, and there were four redundant Jibei defenders in Boyang. Army, as well as Ji Bu, the general of the Western Chu Army who fled back to Boyang after taking a small path, all retreated back to Lu County unscathed.And earlier, the more than 4000 Qi troops who were forced to go south to Xue County by the Western Chu Army were reorganized, except for some who were scattered and sent to other places to garrison, nearly [-] people were left in Lu In the county area, although the combat effectiveness of these soldiers is not very strong, there is no problem in transporting food, grass and military supplies. In addition to the original garrison in Lu County, the current strength of the Chuji coalition has not been reduced. On the contrary, it was restored to more than [-] people, and an army was allocated to deal with Peng Yue alone. Of course, this was also possible.

Having said that, even though he felt that Han Xin's analysis was reasonable and the method he proposed was feasible, Xiang Zhuang had to consider another question, thinking about it and said: "Then who should be sent to deal with Peng Yue? This guy is not easy to deal with. He even Our national capital, Pengcheng, has been taken down by him before."

"We can only let Peigong go." Han Xin replied immediately: "Peigong's army can fight hard and hard battles, and is good at appeasing the soldiers, inspiring the soldiers, and can lead the army on long journeys without the soldiers being separated, so he is the only one. Only by going to bite the Pengyue bandit army tightly, let the Pengyue bandit army free up their hands to threaten our main force, and also ensure that the Pengyue bandit army will be able to win head-on when the Pengyue bandit army jumps over the wall in a hurry and is forced to fight decisively. "

Hearing Han Xin's words, Xiang Zhuang, of course, immediately remembered what old man Fan told him repeatedly, that he must not give Liu Laosan a chance to lead an army alone, so he immediately shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Pei can't go! I You can't leave him by your side."

"Zuo Sima, besides Pei Gong, who else can you send?" Han Xin asked with a wry smile, "Let the king of Jibei go in person? Will he agree? Is he familiar with the terrain and roads of Xue County? Let General Jibu go He misunderstood that you left him alone in Jinjiling to run away, and you are still angry at you. How dare you let him lead the army alone? Xiang Guan, Xiang Han, and Xiang It, the three generals, are they sure? Take on such an important task? Or, if you trust Zuo Sima, how about letting the general deal with Peng Yue?"

Xiang Zhuang, who lacked talents under his command, was speechless, and did not dare to transfer Han Xin away from his side at this critical moment, so he replied after a while: "Don't worry, let me think about it."

Xiangzhuang was forced to make up his mind the next morning when he arrived in the village. On the second morning, an urgent report came from Boyang, saying that Uncle Zhou had set out from Boyang to go south with Li Shang, the general of the Han army, as the vanguard. , along the chi road directly to lu county in strides, and the forward team led by Li Shang alone has as many as [-] troops!Xiang Zhuang was shocked when he heard the news. In addition to ordering the Chuji allied forces to step up preparations to go south, he also had to bite the bullet and adopted Han Xin's suggestion, and let Liu Laosan, the only one under his command who was sure to deal with Peng Yue, command the troops alone and lead [-] troops To deal with Peng Yuejun who will definitely come to make trouble.

"Pei Gong, you must hold on to Peng Yue's thieves. Don't worry that he will lure you into an ambush circle. He doesn't have the power. Don't worry that he will lead you away from our main brigade. He wants to please Xiang Kangni. Thieves, absolutely dare not stay away from the Chidao road that we must take in our southward retreat. No matter how we attack and flee, they will definitely turn around and return to the vicinity of the Chidao soon. In addition, as long as there is a chance, we must seize the time to prepare more dry food. Always keep dry food for three days just in case."

This is Han Xin's repeated remonstrance to Liu Laosan, Liu Laosan also bowed his hands and thanked him, and then said grandly: "Don't worry, I know who that bastard Peng Yue is. I may not be sure about dealing with others. I have the ability to deal with him." Absolutely sure!"

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Let’s take a look at the situation on the side of the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army. In fact, the Western Chu Army must blame them for being smart and wishful thinking to try to instigate Xiang Kang’s most trusted Han Army General Zhou Shu to become king. In fact, as long as Xiang Kang returned Before he had made up his mind to launch the battle to destroy Chu, Uncle Zhou, who had the greatest autonomy, had already made up his mind and decided to personally lead an army of 19, including some newly surrendered soldiers, to go south to pursue the remnants of the Chu-Ji coalition forces. And launch an attack on the hinterland of the Western Chu Army!
When Uncle Zhou made up his mind on this idea, Zhou Shu, the old man in Shangshan who regarded him as his nephew and took full care of him, immediately saw Uncle Zhou's thoughts, and asked Uncle Zhou in private: "General, you decided to go south and west now?" In the hinterland of Chu, is it because the Western Chu thieves instigated you? So you want to leave Qidi on purpose to prove your innocence?"

"It does mean that." Uncle Zhou nodded, and admitted frankly: "Qi is far away from the mainland of our Han country. It has a vast territory, a large population, and plenty of money and food. , trust me in undressing me, pushing me to eat, but there are melon fields and plums, and there are Western Chu thieves soliciting dissension. If I don't leave Qidi quickly, I will definitely only attract more gossip, which is not good for our future. The army is united. Therefore, if I want to block the mouths of Youyou, my only way is to take this opportunity to leave Qidi, so that those young people will have nothing to say."

"In addition, from a strategic point of view, our main force must also enter the hinterland of Western Chu immediately." Uncle Zhou quickly added: "So far, we have received news that the main force of the Western Chu bandit army is still in Puyang. The Western Chu bandit army has already begun to retreat, and it will be difficult to retreat to Pengcheng immediately in a short period of time. We are now going south in a big way, and there is a great hope that the main force of the Western Chu bandit army will be intercepted and killed in the middle."

"Even if we can't do this, we can take advantage of the situation and seize Xue County, go west to open up contact with our king, compress the Western Chu bandit army to the south of Sishui, calmly occupy a large area of ​​land north of Pengcheng, and then gather us With human and material resources, it will be easy to destroy Chu."

After sighing with great regret, Zhou Shu asked again: "Then general, who do you plan to let stay in Qidi? Whoever stays in Qidi at this time will definitely go to whoever will conquer Qi in the future. Who are you going to give the credit to?"

"Of course it's Zhujishi." Uncle Zhou replied without thinking, "He is a veteran under the King's command. The King trusts him, and I trust him, and he has been fighting with the King all these years, and he has no luck every time. Well, I specialize in fighting hard and vicious battles, and if I win an unjust battle with no outstanding achievements, it's time to make up for the king."

"General, I really admire you." Zhou Shuyi smiled wryly, and said, "You are willing to give away the merit of destroying the country."

"The younger generation has destroyed enough countries." Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "Great achievements are hard to be rewarded. The lesson that Lord Wu'an taught in vain, the younger generation never dares to forget, nor does he want to repeat his mistakes."

Zhou Shu didn't say much more, just bowed his hands to Uncle Zhou, and said sincerely: "General, apart from admiring you, I also admire our king's knowledge of people. In our Han country, only you are worthy of our leadership. General."

Uncle Zhou's prudence and meticulousness are not limited to this. At the military meeting the next day, in addition to announcing on the spot that Zhu Jishi, a veteran of the Han army, would stay in Qidi, Uncle Zhou also sent the bell gnats and Shen Shen who he had personally selected during the long-term battle to stay in Qidi. The trusted generals such as Ke Ke and Xiao He, as well as Zhao Xiangxia, who is familiar with the situation in Zhao State, were all placed under the command of Zhujishi. The old man in the army proves that he has absolutely no intention of rebelling against the Han.

Needless to say, before Uncle Zhou's decision was fully finished, all the civil and military soldiers of the Han army present had already understood his thoughts, and all the worries and doubts that existed were immediately swept away. Zhu Jishi was so moved that he couldn't help it, and he took the initiative to say: "General, please don't worry, I will not fight Qi. When you come back, you will personally lead the troops to fight."

"Don't do it." Uncle Zhou said with a smile: "If there is a war opportunity, fight as soon as possible. I leave [-] troops for you. In addition to letting you protect the food road for me, it is for you to deal with Qi. Don't give it to Tian. You have too much time to prepare for the battle, otherwise it will definitely be more difficult for us to fight in the future."

Zhu Jishi didn't say much more, he just clasped his fists to Uncle Zhou solemnly, tears welled up in his eyes, but Li Shang, Feng Zhong and others next to him yelled together, "General Zhu, you have defeated Qi, three meals are too prison It's a big banquet, and I can't afford to skip a meal!"

In this way, before he received Xiang Kang's order, and even before he knew that Xiang Kang was about to personally lead an army to attack the southern part of Xue County, Uncle Zhou had already made his own claim and personally led an army of 19. Go south to Xue County.The Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army, the main force in the middle of the Han Army led by Xiang Kang, the main force of the Western Chu Army led by Xiang Yu, the armies led by Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan, and the ambitious Peng Yue Army. A total of six armies will soon be launched. In the small territory of Xue County, there are earth-shattering bloody battles, and they are destined to be extremely chaotic battles!

(End of this chapter)