Qiang Qin

The drums of war died down.

The Chu army lost troops and lost generals.

During the Western Expedition, the [-] strong soldiers lost nearly [-] of the most elite troops after only one month. Although there was still a partial division of Zhong Limei fighting outside, the breath of failure had already made the Chu army breathless. Come.

Be fooled.

Deceited.

Xiang Yu, who returned to the Chu camp, was entangled in his heart. While cleaning up the troops, as a plan to return, he sent several scouts to inquire about the anomalies around Pengcheng and the Hanwang Liu Bang's army in Hanzhong.

Li Yuan did not deceive.

Liu Bang had already set off from Xicheng in Hanzhong County at the end of June. After the Han army left Wuguan, they defeated the former Hancheng forces in Nanjun, allowing the Han army to regain a piece of land in Yingchuan, Nanjun, and Nanyang counties. enclave.

From a strategic point of view, Liu Bang and Li Yuan actually had the same idea. Li Yuan wanted to fight for a buffer zone east of Hangu Pass, while Liu Bang wanted to occupy a bridgehead for the Han army to go south or north.

Liu Bang's action did not have Xiang Yu's consent. For Xiang Yu, it was undoubtedly a challenge to his authority. Especially after the fiasco at Hulao Pass, Xiang Yu cared more about this nominal obedience. .

On July [-]th in the second year of Qin Xinli.

Xiang Yu, who couldn't get any cheap at Hulao Pass, finally withdrew his troops.

Along the way, the gloomy Overlord of Chu launched a massacre against the opposition forces entrenched on the border of Chu. The first unlucky person to bear the brunt was his old acquaintance—Peng Yue, the giant thief from Yeze.

Peng Yue, who had not seen him for a long time, returned to Juze after he left Liu Bang's coalition forces in Xingyang, and returned to Juze to start his old business of thieves. For a while, Peng Yue saw that the world was tentatively settled, so he defected to Wei Bao, the king of the Western Wei Dynasty nearby, and became Wei Bao's leader. It is one of the troops that can be taken out.

It's a pity that Peng Yue, who is used to being alone, soon had conflicts with Wei Bao's subordinates. After some disputes, Peng Yue made another old mistake, and left without saying goodbye with a group of brothers.

He, Peng Yue, had had enough of the days of restraint.

As a bandit, what he yearns for is the realm of coming and going, the realm of never leaving behind for thousands of miles, the life of discipline and restraint like a military camp, how can Peng Yue be willing.

Of course, in the eyes of the thieves, there is no authority. Xiang Yu is the overlord recognized by the princes, but he cannot be convinced by Peng Yue. It gave Xiang Yu excuses and reasons to conquer him.

Xiang Yu wanted to teach Liu Bang a lesson, but unfortunately he was too far away to hit him.

This Peng Yue is a thief, and the thief will go to him when he sees a profit, and he has a good relationship with Liu Bang, so it is very likely that he will listen to Lao Liu's instigation and send troops to attack Pengcheng.

Such a big hidden danger exists, and it poses a big threat to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu doesn't want to have another expedition, there will be signs of instability in the rear, so Peng Yue must be eliminated, there is no other choice.

The Chu army invaded aggressively.

It made Ju Ye Ze group of bandits miserable, and Peng Yue, the boss, was questioned more and more. A boss who brought danger was an unpopular boss, and he was not qualified to be the leader of the group of bandits anymore.

——.

The battle for control between Xiang Yu and Peng Yue has just begun.

This is a duel between orthodox warfare and guerrilla warfare. It will take time to test who wins and who loses. However, he guessed that the target of attacking Peng Yue was not this robber, but another prisoner.

Qin Xinli July 21st.

Jiujiang Hou Yingbu unexpectedly appeared on the outskirts of Pengcheng, and had a fierce battle with Lu Chen, the general of the Cangtou Army who was in charge of guarding Pengcheng. Xiang Tuo, Grand Minister of the Western Chu State who heard the news, also led Xiang's children to help the battle.

Yingbo launched the sneak attack on Peng Yue ten days later than expected, which Li Yuan did not expect, and the reason for this was that Yingbo was married.

The daughter of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, is Yingbo's newly married wife. Yingbo admires this beautiful Jiangnan woman, and the evil fate comes from a time when Wu Ji was in distress while sailing on the Yangtze River. Wu Ji, who was robbed by the Jiang bandits, was about to lose her way. It happened that Ying Bu led a group of brothers to open up the pier, and fought with the gang of Jiang bandits, which happened to save Wu Ji's life.

Since ancient times, heroes love beauties, and beauties love heroes.

A wild and unrestrained character like Yingbo is the most favorite hero for Wu Ji, a girl who has been in the courtyard for a long time. What's more, this hero later raised troops against Qin and became a famous general in the Chu army. It is a pity that Yingbo was not able to become a vassal king like her father in the end, but was only granted the title of Marquis of Jiujiang.

Newlyweds.

Yingbo did not summon his subordinates for several days in a row, and Zhao Ping went to Jiujiang for several days, but he did not see Yingbo. The letters he entrusted his entourage to bring in were also randomly placed on the table by Yingbo, and they were opened and read when he was free. , the fierce battle between Qin and Chu is coming to an end.

Opportunities just slipped by.

In Yingbo's heart, he was extremely unwilling, and his resentment towards Xiang Yu grew day by day.

Although the best time was missed, Yingbo did not intend to give up like this. He wanted to fight to the death. After the scouts came back from the news, the Chu army suffered heavy losses this time. One and Jibu are far away in Hebei, the other has lost his fighting spirit, and the others are like Yu Ziqi and others, who is Yingbo afraid of.

Ying Bu, who made up his mind, led his troops to steal across the Yangtze River on July [-], then bypassed the Chu general Zhou Yin who was guarding Shouchun, and rushed in towards Pengcheng.

Yingbo rebelled, and the Chu army fought again.

For Li Yuan, this is good news. As for a short period of time, there is no need to worry about the Chu army attacking from the east. As for the South and North Second Road, let’s leave him alone for the time being. Han Xin has been crossing the river for more than ten days. , kept in touch all the time, his [-] young army was confronting Zhong Limei on the Zhaodi Plain, and the two sides had victories and losses. However, in general, Han Xin was able to restrain the Chu army, which was much stronger than himself, in a different place. Very good.

Henan land, south.

The former South Korean jurisdiction, Nanyang.

The king's flag changes at the head of the city.

Han Cheng, who was named King of Han by Xiang Yu, died in Pengcheng without having a good day.The days of house arrest were mental torture for every man, and Han Cheng couldn't make it through.

Han Cheng did not take office. The actual ruler of Nanyang was Zheng Chang, the old county magistrate of Jiaoyuan Wu County appointed by Xiang Yu. The mouth of Wuguan completely sealed the old opponent Liu Bang in Hanzhong Mountain.

It's a pity that Zheng Chang's ability is limited.

With the excuse of reinforcing Xiang Yu, the vanguard of the Han army, led by Zhang Liang and Han Wangxin, played the banner of restoring the country, broke through the fragile defense line set up by Zhengchang County soldiers in one fell swoop, and then surrounded Nanyang.

July 25th.

Nanyang City was destroyed, Zheng Chang was killed, and the Han army occupied the whole territory of Nanjun and the western part of Yingchuan County. Afterwards, the main force of the Han army moved from Hanzhong County to Nanjun. give up.

Although the vast rear can provide logistical supplies for the Han army, after all, Bashu and Hanzhong are too far away from the Central Plains. If Liu Bang has been staying in a small remote county, then it doesn't need to be far away. Few of the world's heroes will I remember Pei Gong who was once so righteous.

With Nanjun.

The distance between Liu Bang and the Central Plains was suddenly shortened to the shortest distance possible. People of insight like Yingchuan and Confucian scholars in Qilu can reach Nanyang as long as they go west along the Dahe and Luoshui.

Of course, on their way westward, they had to pass through Henan, an enclave occupied by the Qin army. After all, the Funiu Mountains in Yingchuan County were still within the reach of barbarians in this era.

——.

The situation in the world has changed dramatically.

Every prince who is watching the hegemony is striving for a larger living space, and famous people like Yingbu and Chen Yu who have not been crowned king are also using all their power to finally become king one day. Painful.

After the Chu army retreated.

Li Yuan left Jiang Yu's army to guard Hulao Pass, and introduced Zhang Ping, Cao Xin, Wang Shang, Meng Hu and other generals of the Qin army to return to Luoyang. Finally, the calm of the city was restored.

The western capital is Chang'an, and the eastern capital is Luoyang.

From the perspective of geographical location alone, Li Yuan is amazing now. The two most important capitals in Chinese history are under Li Yuan's command, but in fact, Li Yuan is extremely sad.

Chang'an is still a city under construction, and many municipal facilities are gradually being built and improved. As for the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, I don't know when it will be.

Luoyang, this small city has just made a little improvement, but it has been looted by military disasters one after another. The governance of Shenyang in one year has not been able to talk about any development at all.

Luoyang.

Chamber.

Li Yuan, who took off his armor, was rarely at ease. Around him, all the generals and officials of the Qin army were also in high spirits. They were able to defeat the powerful Chu army. It can be said that they won great prestige for the revived Qin State. .Everyone is imagining that one after another, people of insight with ambitions in their hearts, with dreams and hopes, came to Luoyang from all over the Central Plains, and defected to the banner of the Great Qin Jing, which has never surrendered.

"Li Hou, this time our army won a big victory. The news spread back to Xianyang, and the crowd was excited. Even those who questioned the construction of Chang'an stopped talking." Zhao Ben, who had just arrived from Xianyang to escort grain and fodder, said excitedly.

victory.

It is a good medicine to cover up all contradictions.

In the face of Li Yuan's military achievements, even those who are dissatisfied with him have to restrain their critical attitude and applaud Li Yuan against their will.

Qin can live without anyone, but it cannot live without Li Yuan.

Gradually, this obsession took root in Qin Ren's heart and grew day by day——.