Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 483
Peng Yue's army wanted to surprise Liu Laosan and chose to cross the complex terrain in the south of Dongyou Mountain to break through to Huling, which is relatively far from Juyeze. Before making the decision, Liu Laosan, who historically made him human flesh soup, had already expected this.

After leading the army to chase to the foot of Dongyou Mountain, he once tried to attack the mountain and was condescendingly killed by Peng Yue's army. He also saw Peng Yue's army camping and resting on the mountain. Besides choosing a suitable place and letting the troops under his command camp to rest, Liu Laosan quickly said: "Peng Yue will definitely not stay on the mountain for too long. If it is soon, before the dawn of tomorrow, or at the latest in the middle of the night tomorrow, he will definitely go down the mountain and flee for his life to Huling."

"Why Hu Ling?" Fan Kui, who was covered in black flesh, asked in amazement: "It stands to reason that Peng Yue's journey to Fangyu is not only much easier, but also much closer to his lair, Juyeze, so he should go to Fangyu. The direction to break through?"

"As smart as a dog!" Liu Laosan has never been polite to his brother-in-law, first cursed a curse, and then said: "Even you know that Mr. Peng Yue should go to the other side and break through. Mr. Peng Yue wants to prevent us from stopping him." Kill him, how could he go to Fang Yu to die again? Now that he knows that Fang Yu is a dead end, of course Peng Yue has no choice but to go south to Huling, and we won't give us a chance to block him to death!"

Fan Kuai nodded his head half-understood, but Liu Laosan didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, he just ordered: "Send the order, hurry up to rest and prepare dry food and torches, and send more people to closely monitor the movement of the bandit army on the mountain, so as to prevent Peng Yue from jumping over the wall in a hurry and going down the mountain." Raid our campsite."

It was only after the order was conveyed that Cao Shen said to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, the terrain in the south of Dongyou Mountain is complicated and the roads are narrow. It is easier for the rear army of the bandit army to stop us temporarily. Get rid of him before we get to Huling, if we still fail to kill Pengyue's rebel army after we get to Huling, and the rebels go to other places, we will definitely be farther away from the main force commanded by Zuo Sima."

"You still want to go back to die?" Liu Laosan asked back in a low voice, and said, "Uncle Zhou is chasing and killing our main force with all his strength, Xiang Zhuang Zhuzi and the others are heading south along the galloping road, it is difficult to get rid of the pursuers, let's go back Join them, what if you are caught up by the Han bandit army? Haven't you tasted enough of being hunted down by Han bandits for thousands of miles in Nanyang, Yingchuan?"

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment before recovering, and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Pei Gong, so you want to use this opportunity to deliberately throw Xiang Zhuang and the others away?"

Liu Laosan nodded, and said with a sneer: "Uncle Zhou is going south in a big way. If you follow the main force, you will be in danger of being overtaken by the Han thieves at any time. Only by taking this opportunity to throw our main force away will it be safe. Anyway, you are biting the Peng Yue thief." It is Xiang Zhuang Zhuzi's order not to let go of the army, even if his entire army is wiped out, we have something to say in front of Xiang Yu Zhuzi, don't worry about being held accountable by him."

Cao Shen suddenly realized, and praised Liu Laosan for his wise knowledge, and suddenly had an idea, and said to Liu Laosan: "Pei Gong, since you expect Peng Yue to flee in the direction of Huling, then we might as well divide an army at night. , went to lie in ambush overnight on the only road leading to Huling in the south, and when Pengyue's bandit army fled there, they would suddenly break out, wouldn't they be able to catch Pengyue's peasants all at once?"

"It's a good idea." Liu Laosan said with a cold snort: "The terrain in the south of Dongyou Mountain is so complicated, and there is no guide who is familiar with the geography to lead the way. Let's go there and find a suitable terrain to ambush? Don't go into the deep mountains and old forests and you will not be able to get out. "

Cao Shen was completely confused, and couldn't help reaching out to touch Liu Laosan's forehead, and said suspiciously: "Pei Gong, you don't have a fever, do you? We are marching and fighting in this area, setting up ambushes, what guide do we need to lead the way? Have you forgotten?" , When we were in Pei County, how many times did we come here together? You and I, Zhou Bo and Fan Kui, don’t you know the terrain and roads in this area like the back of your hand?”

Liu Laosan opened Cao Shen's hand angrily, then stared at Cao Shen and asked, "Are you familiar with the terrain and roads in this area?"

Seeing Liu Laosan's serious expression, Cao Shen vaguely understood something, hesitated for a moment and replied, "I'm not familiar with it."

"It's good if you are not familiar with it." Liu Laosan snorted coldly, and then said: "Remember, if Xiang Yu or Xiang Zhuang asks in the future, why didn't we set up an ambush before Peng Yue's pimp fled south, you must answer that there is no guide, no You know the way, and you can't find a suitable place to ambush! Do you understand?"

Cao Can, who was familiar with Liu Laosan's temperament, nodded quickly, and Liu Laosan snorted again, and then roared in his heart: "Why are there a bunch of stupid pigs and cows around Nai Weng? At this time, I am in a hurry to kill Mr. Peng Yue. What is our excuse to get rid of the main force and continue to act alone? Besides, what effect will it have on Xiang Kang’s little traitor if we kill Peng Yue at this time? Why not keep him and Jing Jia and use Jing Jia’s throne The problem is to disgust the little traitor Xiang Kang!"

"At that time, the little traitor Xiang Kang will give Jing Jia the king of the territory, and we will have the opportunity to win over Jing Jia. If the little traitor Xiang Kang doesn't give Jing Jia the territory, Jing Jia and Peng Yue will definitely rebel against him! How can Nai Weng be willing to kill a man who takes advantage of his value?!"

I had the idea of ​​deliberately releasing water in my heart, but in order to prevent others from noticing, Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang would come to him to settle accounts. Liu Laosan still did a good job on the surface. After more than a day, in the second half of the night the next day At that time, after Peng Yue's army quietly went down the mountain and began to flee south, the situation was reported to Liu Laosan by the scouts. Liu Laosan immediately ordered all the soldiers to stand up and assemble, and hurriedly led the army into the mountain area, pretending to attack Peng Yue's army again. A full pursuit.

As expected by Cao Shen, Peng Yue sent his confidant and beloved general Hu Zhe to lead the army behind the palace to hold back the narrow road and stop the Western Chu army after dawn. The pursuit bought time for the main brigade to escape. As a result, Liu Laosan was not polite to Peng Yue's generals. After defeating Hu Zhe, Hu Zhe, who suffered heavy losses in the end, had no choice but to give up the rear and chase the main force with the remaining soldiers. Although there was no main force able to catch up with Peng Yue's army, they were not completely thrown off by Peng Yue's army.

There are many hills and trees, lakes and swamps are densely covered, and the road is rough and difficult. The Peng Yue army and the Western Chu army fled and chased, and it took a whole day. In the evening of the same day, they came to Huling one by one. In the northern suburbs, when the scouts reported that they had seen the city of Huling coming out of the forest, the exhausted Pengyue army burst into earth-shattering cheers. From Pengyue Jingjia to ordinary soldiers, there was no one who was not He was overjoyed, celebrating that the army had finally left the deep mountains and old forests and returned to the open plains.

Immediately afterwards, Peng Yue couldn't wait to figure out what to do next, and quickly pondered in his heart: "What should we do next? The Western Chu bandits are chasing too closely, and it is definitely impossible to take down Hu Ling to replenish food and grass, but Huling's side of the Western Chu bandit army is empty, and we came here by taking the mountain path. The Western Chu bandit army here must not have time to destroy the bridge and ferry. We just need to hurry up and rush across Surabaya to block the ferry, and we can rest in peace. time, and then things will be much easier."

There was an accident. When Peng Yue had just planned to come here, a scout suddenly stumbled back and shouted from a distance: "Zhu country! Peng Zhu country! Enemy situation! Enemy situation! There are bandits outside Huling City! There are Xi Chu thief army!"

"Why panic? There is no army stationed in that city?" Peng Yue reprimanded angrily, and then asked, "How many?"

"There are so many! There are too many to count! Under Huling City and along the banks of Sishui, there are camps of Western Chu bandit troops everywhere, so many that they can't be counted!"

The scout's answer made Peng Yue almost suspect that his ears had misheard. Jing Jia, Yong Chi and the others beside him were all dumbfounded, and they all blurted out to the scout, "Are you talking nonsense? How could there be someone on Hu Ling's side?" So many thieves?"

"Your Majesty, it's true! It's absolutely true!" The scout who came to report the news quickly replied: "It's true that there are Western Chu bandit troops everywhere on the bank of Sishui, and there are also on the other bank. Although there are not as many as on the north bank, there are still quite a few! Small ones If you dare to make even half a false statement, please ask your Majesty and Zhu Guo's military law to do it!"

Jing Jia, Yong Chi and the others looked at each other in surprise, but Peng Yue's expression was stern, and he hurriedly ordered the army to temporarily stop advancing, and it was strictly forbidden to light torches, and then immediately went to the front to check the situation in person. Jing Jia, Yong Chi and the others also knew that the situation was not good, so they hurriedly keep up.As a result, after climbing up a hilly and earthy mountain with a wide view, they only had a glimpse of the Huling city. Peng Yue, Yong Chi and others all turned pale as paper, and the so-called king of Chu Jingjia almost peed his pants on the spot.

Under the gradually falling night, for several miles outside Huling City from north to south, there are dark brown tents everywhere, and bonfires and torches are being lit one after another, and there are also dark green Western Chu Army flags fluttering in the wind everywhere. There are also soldiers of the Western Chu Army who come and go, densely packed, covering the plains and fields, the number is too large to be counted.And after rubbing his eyes repeatedly to make sure he was right, Yong Chi blurted out, "I'm not dreaming, am I? Hu Ling, how could there be so many Western Chu thieves?"

"We were unlucky. We met the main force of the Western Chu bandit army." Peng Yue came to the correct conclusion and said, "With so many bandits, it must be the main force of the Western Chu bandit army led by Mr. Xiang Yu himself. It is impossible for the army to have so many troops."

"What is Xiang Yu doing here?" Jing Jia said tremblingly, "Didn't he confront the main force of the King of Han in Puyang? How did he come here?"

"How do I know?" Peng Yue replied with a wry smile: "This is troublesome, we can't deal with the Xichu bandit army behind us, and we ran into the main force of the Xichu bandit army by bad luck, so we can't even escape this time." .”

"Then what should we do?" Jing Jia asked quickly.

"Two choices." Peng Yue replied helplessly: "One is to put down his weapons and surrender, and let the Xichu bandit army go after him, or the other is to run to the northwest and continue to escape through the forest to see if he has any luck in escaping."

"I won't surrender! I will never surrender!" Jing Jia suddenly became extremely spineless, and screamed, "Everyone Xiang Yu hates me to the bone and will never let me go. I threw it into a cauldron and cooked it alive!"

Glancing at Peng Yue, Yong Teeth, who were thick on the outside and thin on the inside, said, "I don't care about Zhu Guo, but Mr. Xiang Yu has a bad temper and is cruel and ungrateful. You once broke through his capital, Pengcheng, and burned his palace. The family members of countless civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, the degree of his hatred for you is probably not so light, the best way is to run for your life."

Yong Chi's reminder made Peng Yue immediately make up his mind. With no way to retreat, Peng Yue could only bite the bullet and immediately ordered the army to divert to the northeast immediately. When they drilled back, they had already sunk into the dense vegetation and forests at the bottom of Dushan Lake. , Breaking through and fleeing to the northeast of Huling overnight.Immediately afterwards, the Western Chu Army, which discovered the enemy's situation through scouting, also dispatched urgently, dispatching an army to check the situation in a hurry, and soon discovered the important situation of Peng Yue's army fleeing to the northeast.

Perhaps it was God’s pity on the main force of the Western Chu Army, which had already set in the evening. After adopting Master Xiang Boxiang’s bad idea and going east to Huling, the main force of the Western Chu Army unexpectedly blocked the main force of the Peng Yue Army who had a deep hatred with them, and gave them a A chance for revenge.At the same time, God also made a big joke with the poor Peng Yuejun. Liu Laosan, who was chasing after them, had been deliberately releasing water for a long time, and wanted to leave a way for them to survive. There is a guaranteed chance to escape, but what Liu Laosan, including Liu Laosan, who deliberately released the water, did not expect that Peng Yuejun had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and he ran headlong into the wolf's den!

More than half an hour later, the Western Chu Army captured the straggling soldiers of Peng Yue's army, asked about the general situation of Peng Yue's army, and quickly reported the news to Xiang Yu. Going into the mountains to pursue Peng Yue, who left a deep impression on him, vowed to capture Peng Yue and Jing Jia alive, catch them in front of him and cook them alive!

Immediately afterwards, when the second watch was approaching, Liu Laosan, who followed behind, got in touch with the main force of the Western Chu Army and learned the amazing news that Xiang Yu had personally led the main force of the Western Chu Army to Huling. Without even blinking an eyelid, he immediately shouted: "Order the whole army to pursue Peng Yue's bandits with all their might. We must kill Peng Yue's bandits and leave no one alive! Who can catch Peng Yue or Jing Jia? Dude, Sima personally rewarded him with a thousand pieces of gold!"

It was only after he yelled loudly that Liu Laosan said in his heart: "Son Peng Yue, Jing Jia Shuzi, Nai Weng wanted to spare your lives, but there was no way, Mr. Xiang Yu came in person, and that fellow would not listen to any good advice. I have no choice but to borrow your heads to curry favor with him!"

More than half an hour later, the news that Liu Laosan led the army to join the pursuit was also reported to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu was even more delighted when he heard the news. He rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Good! Good! Now that Liu Ji is here, it proves that brother Xiangzhuang is The army is not far away from us, so there is no need to worry about his army being in danger anymore. Haha, God helped me, God helped me! The day before yesterday, Huan Chu sent good news, saying that the traitor Xiang Kang who rebelled against Zhao Guo was forced to Withdrawing the troops, they blocked Peng Yue and Jing Jia again today, and now this king can finally vent his anger!"

"My lord, this is a good sign for the rejuvenation of our Western Chu!" Master Xiang Bo quickly complimented: "Zhao Xie rebelled, the traitor Xiang Kang was forced to retreat, and the two traitors Peng Yue and Jing Jia threw themselves into the trap and came to their door to die. , This is because the heavens are helping us Xichu, even if we want to revive it, it will be difficult for Xichu!"

When Xiang Yu nodded excitedly, Kuai Che on the other side was full of worry, and wanted to express his thoughts several times, persuading Xiang Yu to let go of Peng Yuejun, who was no longer important, and let Peng Yue and Jing Jia go back to disgust Xiang Kang. However, considering Xiang Yu's fiery temper and Master Xiang's inherent trait of framing loyalty, Kuai Che kept his mouth shut, and said helplessly in his heart: "Let him go, let him be happy first."

At the same time, in the northwest of Huling, the vigorous pursuers of the Western Chu Army also successfully caught up with the exhausted Peng Yue Army, and quickly defeated the Peng Yue Army, which could only be regarded as a guerrilla, by virtue of their advantages in physical strength, equipment and combat effectiveness. , Peng Yue's army was forced to scatter and flee for his life, while the Western Chu army pursued and fought fiercely, beheading and capturing countless prisoners. At sunset on the western mountain, they won a great victory in the night battle!

After another period of time, Liu Laosan received the news that Peng Yue's brigade had been defeated, and then Liu Laosan just made some calculations, and immediately shouted: "Keep in formation, ignore the scattered enemies, go directly to Yutai Pavilion Only the Yutai Pavilion can cross Surabaya ahead, and only big fish can be caught there!"

(End of this chapter)