Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 12 Outsmarting Shouchun (please click for recommendation)
The night was dark, and Gao Chu was leading more than 200 soldiers to ambush in the wormwood outside the hill.

Looking back, I can faintly see the lights in Wubao, and I can imagine with my toes what the situation in Wubao should be like now. There are more than 3000 remnants of the Chu army, except for more than 200 of them. All of them are popular in Wubao, drink spicy food, and if you are lucky, you can be happy with the little lady in your arms.

"Tun Chief, I can't figure it out, and the general is too uninteresting."

"That is, we are the general's personal soldiers, but we drink the northwest wind here instead?"

"If we go back late, we won't have any good food or drink."

The soldiers below were full of complaints, and Gao Chu was in the same bad mood, so he reprimanded angrily: "Shut up for me, whoever dares to say a word, I really let him drink the northwest wind!"

More than a dozen team leaders and chiefs immediately fell silent, not daring to say anything more.

Only then did Gao Chu take the few sacks of rice balls beside him, and ordered several teams to lead the way: "Go, share these rice balls with everyone, don't forget to give two more black spears, let him polish his eyes, and give it to Lao Tzu." Keep an eye on it."

"No!" More than a dozen team leaders and chiefs agreed, and left unhappy.

Although the rice balls are cold and hard, dry and astringent, they can always fill the stomach anyway. If Chief Gao is really annoyed, I'm afraid he won't even have to eat the rice balls.

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In Wubao, three thousand Chu soldiers were having a carnival.

Some people are busy boiling water and cooking, some are busy slaughtering pigs and sheep, and more people are sitting around the stove with bowls and chopsticks in their hands, waiting for a feast. After so many days of hunger, today they can finally eat with their stomachs open. Yes, hurry up!Of course, there are also young and beautiful women kidnapped and wanton lustful pleasures.

Of course Xiang Zhuang knew about it, but he didn't stop it.

Because this is a troubled world, and troubled times have their own laws.

What's more, in this era, the concept of chastity has not been formed at all, and there are even customs of wives and guests in many places, and even those women are not ashamed, but happy, what does Xiang Zhuang care about?

In the final analysis, rape means that one party does not want to. If both parties agree with each other, is it still called rape?
In the tile-roofed house in the center of Wubao, two multi-branch lamps and more than a dozen wall lamps illuminate the entire hall as bright as day. Xiang Zhuang is hosting a banquet for Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Limei, Xiao Gongjiao, Yu Ziqi, etc. General Chu Jun, everyone had a whole half-cooked pig's foot, a large jar of brown rice, and a jar full of water and wine on their desks.

"Come on, generals, it's done!" Xiang Zhuang raised his glass to respect the generals from a distance, and immediately drank it down.

The so-called water wine is not actually wine in the true sense. At best, it is just a drink fermented with miscellaneous grains. Its alcohol content is quite low, but if you drink too much of this stuff, you will also get drunk.

While Xiang Zhuang was having a drink with all the generals, the leader of the group served each of them a roasted golden chicken.

Xiang Zhuang grabbed the roast chicken, thought about it, tore off half of it and handed it to Jing Qian, saying: "Go, send this half chicken to Yu Ji."

To be honest, Xiang Zhuang didn't care about Yu Ji's life or death. Even though she was a charming beauty, Xiang Zhuang was not a kind person at all. According to his original intention, he would never take Yu Ji to escape, but since this It was Xiang Yu's order, and it was probably Xiang Yu's last order now, so Xiang Zhuang had no choice but to obey it.

Jing Qian took the order to go, and Xiang Zhuang grabbed the fat chicken and started to eat it.

The five of Huan Chu also wolfed down their meal, until they were full of wine and food, Huan Chu burped and asked, "General, I don't know what should we do next?"

Ji Bu and the others also put down their bowls and chopsticks one after another, and pricked up their ears.

Xiang Zhuang immediately smirked, after all, Huan Chu and the others still didn't accept him very much, and if Xiang Yu was the leader, they would never and would not dare to ask this question.

However, this is also expected.

Such things as Xiang Zhuang's tiger's body shaking, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and others bowed their heads and worshiped, only appeared in the crappy film and television dramas of later generations. In the real ancient world, this kind of situation is absolutely impossible. Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, especially ruthless people like Huan Chu and Ji Bu. How can they be ordinary people who can become generals from ordinary people?

At that moment Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and asked instead: "General Huan, in your opinion, what should we do next?"

"This..." Huan Chu replied after pondering for a moment, "The general thinks that Jiangdong is the foundation of our army, so in the end our army should go back to Jiangdong!" After saying this, Huan Chu sighed softly again He said in a low voice, "I just don't know how the king is doing now, and the two counties in Jiangdong, I don't know if they have fallen?"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and everyone bowed their heads sadly.

Although no one wants to believe it, in fact, everyone knows that Xiang Yu is definitely in trouble, and most of the two counties of Zhang and Kuaiji in Jiangdong have also fallen. In other words, their three thousand remnants are already a complete lone army , from now on, they will not receive any foreign aid, and they will be enemies of the whole world!

"Jiangdong, we definitely want to go back." Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said solemnly, "Because that is our hometown, where we have our parents, wives, children, and relatives, but..." After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again, "Not now, if we go back to Jiangdong now, we can only throw ourselves into a trap, that's courting death!"

Ji Bu, Zhong Limei and Xiao Gongjiao all nodded silently.

Huan Chu said again: "Then, General, what should our army do now?"

"Now?" Xiang Zhuang said indifferently, "Eat and drink, that's all!"

"General, the last general is talking about tomorrow." Huan Chu frowned, "What about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" Xiang Zhuang said again, "I will go to the city tomorrow, and I will continue to eat and drink in the city."

"Entering the city?" Zhong Limei changed his expression slightly, "The general said, Shouchun? Are we going to fight Shouchun?"

As soon as these words came out, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi all changed their expressions. You must know that Shouchun is the county seat of Jiujiang County. If the army comes to attack, it may not be able to take it in a hurry. Now that there are only more than 3000 remnants, it is even more impossible.

"Yes, Shouchun." Xiang Zhuang's tone was still flat, as if winning Shouchun was just a trivial matter.

"General, this matter is no small matter, you must think twice!" Zhong Lima became anxious when he heard the words, "Shouchun is not easy to fight!"

But Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said calmly: "Don't worry, General Zhongli, I have my own calculations." After saying this, he looked around Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao, and Yu Ziqi and said, "Generals, please Don't worry, this general will never risk the lives of [-] soldiers, fight Shouchun, outsmart, not attack!"

"Outsmart?" Huan Chu, Ji Bu and the others looked at each other.

"Yes, outsmart." Xiang Zhuang nodded lightly, "Shoot Shouchun without bloodshed!"

The Battle of Shouchun is of extraordinary significance to Xiang Zhuang. He not only wants to reduce the losses of the Chu army as much as possible, but also establishes prestige through this battle, so that Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, Xiao Gongjiao and other Chu troops will be defeated. The veteran general dared not question his decision anymore, otherwise, if things go on like this, there will be big troubles in the future.

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Outside Shan'ao, more than 200 soldiers have already drank the northwest wind for most of the night.

Gao Chu fell asleep and was woken up by freezing, fell asleep again, and then was woken up by freezing again. After repeating four times, finally there were two ear-piercing old screams from the top of the mountain. In an instant, Gao Chu's sleepiness disappeared He flew away, because he knew that it wasn't the real old scream just now, but the black spear ambushing on the top of the mountain to warn.

"Wake up, wake up!" Gao Chu hurriedly woke up the team leaders who were sleeping soundly beside him, and ordered in a low voice, "Go and wake up all the brothers, get ready to work!"

The order was conveyed immediately, and more than 200 soldiers woke up one after another.

After a short while, several faint fires suddenly appeared in the night sky ahead. As time went by, the fires gradually became clear, and then turned from one to two, from two to four, and gradually turned into a dozen or so. Shining pine torches, when they got closer, they realized that it was a scout team of about twenty people.

Gao Chu's mouth suddenly broke into a sinister smile, as expected by the general, after deliberately letting dozens of villagers go, Shouchun sent a scout team to spy on the military situation.

Seeing that they were about to enter the ambush circle, the more than 20 scouts suddenly stopped.

Gao Chu was startled suddenly, he was found out, can't he?Just when Gao Chu was hesitating whether to launch an attack, the leader of the scout team walking in front suddenly shouted: "Listen carefully, there is a boat in front of you, put out the fire for me, and put your hands and feet on the mountain when you enter the mountain's ao Take it easy, don't f---ing startle the strongman inside."

"Promise!" All the scouts agreed one after another, and extinguished the torches one after another.

In the darkness, more than twenty scouts continued to advance, and soon entered the ambush circle.

"Raise the fire, kill!" Gao Chu gave an order, and dozens of pine torches were lit up, and immediately more than two hundred Chu soldiers rushed out of the wormwood with their cold swords, and the twenty who came to spy The rest of the scouts were killed by surprise, and more than half of them were cut down in three or two strokes, leaving only seven or eight people still stubbornly resisting.

The rate of the scout team was particularly strong. With a pair of short halberds in hand, they overthrew more than a dozen Chu soldiers in a row.

Seeing that the scout team was about to break out of the siege, Gao Chu arrived in time and blocked the way of the scout team with a broad sword weighing about fifty catties. Two scouts were also cut down to the ground one after another. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the leader of the scout team gritted his teeth, turned his short halberd horizontally and wanted to kill himself.

How can Gao Chu let him do what he wants?With a flick of the big sword, there was a clear ding, and the scout team's double short halberds were swung away. Two Chu soldiers took advantage of the situation and rushed forward, knocking the scout team leader to the ground. He was so sad and angry that he wanted to die, but when he saw the color of the robes of the two Chu soldiers, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his face showed a look of surprise.

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