Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 101
In the dead of night, the sound of paddles suddenly came from the surface of the river near Pingyin County, Sanchuan County.

After a while, hundreds of dark boats came out of the misty water, and before the boats docked, thousands of figures jumped off the boats, waded to the south bank of the river, and immediately More than a hundred ships turned around one after another, sailed into the mist again and disappeared.

Stepping into the icy water, Xiang Zhuang sighed unconsciously.

This is already the fourth time that the Chu army has crossed the river in just half a month.

After seven days, Gao Chu led more than 500 soldiers from the Nufeng Camp and finally dragged more than 150 large and small ships to the vicinity of Heyong County in Hanoi County. Long before that, the various Chu armies of Qiao Zhuang hungry people had already arrived at Heyong County. In Yong County, the Zhao army did not send troops to arrest the fleeing Chu army. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of hungry people who fled into Zhao, and Zhao had no shortage of people.

As soon as the boats arrived, the Chu army began to cross the river. In less than half an hour, the first batch of more than 900 people set foot on the south bank of the river!
As soon as Xiang Zhuang came ashore, dozens of figures greeted him in the darkness. The first person was Zuo Sima Gongsun Sui who had boarded the camp first. Therefore, Gongsun Sui had two tasks on this trip, one was to assist Wu She in carrying out the divorce plan, and the other was to deliver news.

"The villain sees the general!" Gongsun then strode forward and bowed to Xiang Zhuang, and the dozens of dead men who ascended first also bowed to Xiang Zhuang one after another.

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and asked, "How is the situation?"

Gongsun Sui said, "Mr. Wu She hasn't heard any news yet, but there is movement from Luoyang."

After taking a breath, Gongsun said again: "About four hours ago, an army of about 5000 people set off from Luoyang and headed east. The villain followed him halfway and found that this Han army was going to Hulao Pass. .”

Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up immediately, he turned to Wei Liao and said, "Military Master, what do you think?"

Wei Liao stroked his long black beard, and said: "General, if there is no special reason, the Luoyang defenders will definitely not go out of the city at night. From this, it can be seen that Mr. Wu She's alienation scheme has already worked. The Liang army and the Han army in Cang are likely to have clashed, otherwise, Lu Ze would never have transferred troops from Luoyang to defend the Hulao Pass!"

Xiang Zhuang said again: "Military division, how many defenders will there be left in Luoyang after transferring 5000 people?"

Wei Liao replied: "Luoyang is the prefecture of Sanchuan, and Lu Ze is cautious enough. I estimate that there should be between 8000 and 5000 defenders in Luoyang. Now that 5000 people have been transferred, there should be [-] soldiers left in Luoyang City." To [-] people..." After saying this, Wei Liao suddenly turned his head to look at Xiang Zhuang, and said in a low voice, "General, do you mean to..."

"Military division, why not?" Under the night sky, Xiang Zhuang's eyes clearly had two groups of fires burning.

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Aocang, the front, left, and rear camps of the Han army were successively breached by the Liang army. The remnants of the Han army retreated to the camps of the central army and the right army, and continued to resist stubbornly. Although it was dark, Peng Yue had no intention of withdrawing his troops and returning to the camp , Still ordered Liang Guo's army to surround the Han army's camp in the north, west, and south to attack endlessly, but there was no movement in the east.

Lu Shizhi broke into Lu Ze's tent for the fifth time, and said panickedly: "Brother, before Liang's army is short of troops and has not closed the siege on all sides, let's break through the siege to the east and go to Puyang to vote for the king. A little later, wait for Peng Yue's generals to attack us." Generals Liu Kou and Hu Zhe have arrived, and if they try to break through, they will have no chance!"

"To the east?" Lu Ze said coldly, "That's the gap Peng Yue deliberately left!"

Who is Peng Yue?That's a ruthless person who beat Xiang Yu helplessly. Would he make such a low-level mistake?
Lu Shizhi said: "But, we can't just stick to the camp like this, can we? To stick to it is to stick to death, brother!"

"Shut up!" Lu Ze said angrily, "Brother Wei sent someone to Puyang to deliver a letter last night. With the abilities of Mr. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, it is impossible not to know the serious situation in Liang. , if there is no accident, the king should have personally mentioned the army to rush here, so we must hold on until the king arrives no matter what!"

Lu Shizhi said: "But Puyang is nearly four hundred miles away from here. Your Majesty leads the army at most a hundred miles a day. In other words, it will take at least four days for Your Majesty to reach Aocang. But we are afraid that we will not be able to make it to tomorrow. It's over."

"Don't worry about this, you just need to guard your own camp!" Lu Ze said after a pause, and then said solemnly, "Brother, tell the ugly story first, if you can't keep the camp, don't blame me for not thinking about brother mutual affection!"

Seeing that Lu Ze was really angry, Lu Shizhi immediately made a promise, and retreated obediently.

Watching Lu Shizhi's figure go away, Lu Ze sighed in the direction of Puyang, thinking that if the king can't arrive before dawn tomorrow, the tens of thousands of troops under his command may really be lost...

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Liu Bang has actually rushed to Aocang, which will be in the woods outside the Han army camp.

This time Liu Bang only brought more than a hundred cavalry soldiers, and drove four hundred miles back to Aocang in one day and night.

When he came to Aocang this time, the reason why Liu Bang did not bring the army back was because it was too late, and the second was that he could not solve the problem. At least at this stage, Liu Bang did not want to use force to solve the princes from all walks of life. After all, Liu Bang did not believe that Peng Yue would Rebel, there must be some misunderstanding in the middle, the most urgent thing is to take decisive measures to stabilize Peng Yue!

Looking around, the Liang army was attacking the Han army camp, and the battle was quite fierce.

Rubbing his old waist that was so painful that it was about to go numb, Liu Bang looked back at Chen Ping, and said in a deep voice, "Chen Ping, do you think it will be dangerous for me to see Peng Yue now?"

Chen Pingdao: "I don't think so."

Liu Bang's eyes were gloomy, and he asked, "How can you see it?"

Chen Ping pondered for a moment, then replied: "Maybe the King of Liang has become suspicious of the King, but it is not necessarily true that he already has the intention of rebelling against the Han and standing on his own. I think that King Liang is not very ambitious. At most, the king only needs to agree to Jin to make him the king of Chu, and then all the problems will be solved."

Liu Bang nodded his head when he heard the words, hit the horse and left. At the critical moment, Liu Bang was very decisive, otherwise, he would not have the power and status he has today.

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In Liang Jun's camp, Peng Yue was drinking in the big tent, accompanied by Wu She and Kuai Che.

The three monarchs and ministers were drinking when Peng Ming, the pro-military school captain, suddenly stepped in and reported, "Your Majesty, the Wei rebels in Aocang City have abandoned the city and fled!"

"Ah?!" Peng Yue was shocked when he heard the words, he only focused on attacking Lu Ze for revenge, but forgot about Ao Cang.

Gathering his mind, Peng Yue asked eagerly, "Where's the millet in the city, and where are the hundreds of thousands of women and children?"

"The rebels didn't burn the corn, and they didn't take away the women and children." Peng Ming paused, and then said, "However, it is said that there is not much corn left in Aocang City."

"As many as there are." Peng Yue said, "Hurry up and send troops to guard them."

"Promise!" Peng Ming suddenly agreed, and immediately went out of the tent to arrange soldiers to go to Ao Cang.

Peng Yue sighed, and was about to sit back on the table and continue drinking when the curtain was lifted again.

When Peng Yue looked back, he saw that Liu Bang had strode in under the guard of Chen Ping. Seeing Liu Bang, Peng Yue couldn't help being startled, and said in a broken voice, "Your Majesty?! Why are you here?"

Kuai Che and Wu She who were accompanying him were also quite surprised, they hurriedly stood up to salute.

Liu Bang ignored Kuai Che and Wu She, but said directly to Peng Yue: "King Liang, do you want the widow's head? If so, the widow is here, and you can just take the head." .”

Peng Yue immediately knelt down on the ground and said in panic, "My lord, what did you say?"

Liu Bangdao: "Since the king of Liang doesn't want the widow's head, why did he send troops to attack the widow's army?"

"My lord, this is all forced by Lu Ze." Peng Yue said hastily, "If it wasn't for Lu Ze's plan to assassinate Xiao Wang, how could Xiao Wang have made such a bad plan?"

Liu Bangdao: "Since this is the case, now that the widow has rushed back, how about leaving this matter to the widow?"

Peng Yue hurriedly said: "Since Your Majesty has come back, this matter should be decided by Your Majesty." After finishing speaking, Peng Yue turned his head and shouted, "Come here, order the whole army to stop and return to camp!"

In an instant, there was a continuous sound of horns outside the tent.

The generals of the Liang army who were still storming the Han army camp just now began to turn around and retreat. In less than half a cup of tea, tens of thousands of troops were completely withdrawn from the Han army camp, and even Liang Jun who died in battle The corpses were also taken away, leaving only the corpses of the Han army everywhere, and the abandoned swords, shields, swords and halberds everywhere.

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In Liang Jun's big tent, Peng Yue had already rejected Kuai Che and Wu She, and Liu Bang had also rejected Chen Ping.

Liu Bang and Peng Yue talked for a long time in the big tent, no one knew what they said, but when Liu Bang got up to leave in the end, both of them had tears on their faces, as if they had cried just now, and Peng Yue even Some were in a trance, and finally reluctantly sent Liu Bang to the outside of Liang Jun's camp.

Sending off Liu Bang, Peng Yue had just returned to the big tent when Kuai Che followed him and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, Liu Bang has already delivered his head to your door. This opportunity must not be missed again. Please send troops quickly. Kill Liu Bang! As long as Liu Bang dies, there will be chaos in Guanzhong, and the king will have a chance to win the world!"

"Enough." Peng Yue frowned, "I don't want to hear this kind of nonsense anymore!"

After this pause, Peng Yue sighed again: "How can you imagine the grandeur of the King of Han? Just now, the King of Han has made it clear that he will never learn from Xiang Yu to become the overlord, let alone win Zheng Nanmian." Proclaiming himself emperor, he also promised that after the world is settled, I will be crowned the king of Chu, so the nine counties of Chu, except Donghai and Xue County, the remaining seven counties will also belong to my widow!"

"My lord, do you believe Liu Bang's words?!" Kuai Che hopped his feet anxiously, and said again: "What's the point of talking about the seven counties? If the king listens to what I say and kills Liu Bang, the whole world will be a king What a pouch!"

(End of this chapter)