Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 190 Qin Wang Yuxi
Dingtao, Liangwang Palace.

Liu Kou has just returned from Baima and is reporting the latest movements of the Chu army to Peng Yue.

After listening to Liu Kou's report, Peng Yue frowned and said, "That is to say, in ten days at most, the pontoon bridge will be ready?"

"Up to ten days!" Liu Kou nodded, and said, "Also, in recent days, scout cavalry from the Chu army have been sneaking across the river at night to spy on our army. We're about to cross the river."

Peng Yue frowned, turned his head and asked Zhang who was on the lower right: "President of the State, is there no news from King Qi?"

Zhang Shuo shook his head, and when he was about to answer, Xi Yi, the gatekeeper, suddenly came in hurriedly holding up a letter, and shouted loudly as he walked, "Your Majesty, the King of Qi is in a hurry!"

Peng Yue stretched out his hand fiercely, and said loudly, "Submit it!"

Peng Ming, who was guarding behind Peng Yue with his sword, had already strode forward, took the letter from Xi Yi, turned around and handed it to Peng Yue, Peng Yue opened the letter, read it hastily, and immediately said happily: "Okay, King Qi has sent troops! "

Liu Kou was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in astonishment: "I didn't expect that King Qi actually sent troops?"

"What's so strange about this?" Peng Yue said in disbelief, "Xiang Zhuang's son has what King Qi wants."

"Your Majesty, are you talking about military exploits?" Zhang said, "Killing the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang is indeed a great achievement."

"Military exploits?" Peng Yue shook his head and said, "King Qi even wiped out Xiang Yu's [-] elites, and still cares about the mere military exploits of the tens of thousands of remnants of the Chu army?" What I want is the King Qin Yuxi from Xiang Zhuang's son! If you get the King Qin Yuxi and present it to the King of Han, that would be a great achievement!"

In fact, why did Peng Yue not want to get King Qin Yuxi?

But then again, if King Qin's jade seal really fell into Peng Yue's hands, he would never dedicate it to the King of Han. As for whether Han Xin would give it away after getting the jade seal, I don't know.

"Qin Wang Yuxi?" Liu Kou's eyes narrowed instantly.

Zhang Shuo also said: "Your Majesty is saying that King Qin Yuxi is in the hands of Xiang Zhuang?"

"That's right, it's in Xiang Zhuang's hands." Regarding this point, Peng Yue was very sure.

In Guanzhong, when Xiang Zhuang paid homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, besides the three animals, there was the jade seal of the King of Qin on the table!At that time, many old Qin clans in Guanzhong witnessed it, and there must be no fakes!The reason why Liu Bang, the King of Han, cared so much about the thousands of remnant soldiers in Xiangzhuang, chasing and beating them all the way, wasn't it also for King Qin Yuxi?
Qin Wang Yuxi, that is the official seal of the first emperor!
When the Great Qin Empire issued an imperial edict in the name of the emperor, it was covered with the imperial seal of the King of Qin!
Without this jade seal of the King of Qin, even if Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, his name and words were not right when he issued his edict, and most of the princes and powerful families in the world would not be convinced.

Liu Kou suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I think that you shouldn't have asked the King of Qi for help in the first place. We only need to wait for the Chu army to cross the river. The troops of the Chu army were mobilized and surrounded and annihilated the Chu army in one fell swoop, so the many horses of the Chu army and the jade seal of the King of Qin belong to you, Your Majesty?"

Due to the lack of military supplies, Peng Yue's [-] tiger and wolf divisions are now stationed in various counties for food. The [-] elite from the Dongjun camp are facing the Chu army across the river in Baima.

These [-] elites are also part of Liu Kou's direct lineage.

Peng Yue said unhappily: "You know killing, killing, and mobilizing an army is easy, but after the army is mobilized, what will they eat? There is not enough rations, and you let the soldiers go hungry to fight the Chu army?" Peng Yue was not afraid of Xiang. Zhuang is also very confident in his [-] elites, but he never thinks that Liang Jun can defeat Chu Jun on an empty stomach.

Liu Kou scratched his head and stopped talking, but the fierce light in his eyes still did not subside.

Peng Yue frowned, and ordered Liu Kou to say, "King Qi's army set out from the Jibei Camp, and it will take four hundred miles to Baima, and it will take five days at the fastest. You should go back to Baima now and strengthen the patrol on the south bank of the river." , strictly prevent the infiltration of Chu army scouts! In addition, we must mobilize soldiers to build more beacon towers along the south bank of the river!"

"Here!" Liu Kou bowed, and went to accept the order.

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On the north bank of the river, Baimajin.

There is a large dense forest next to Baimajin, and now this forest has been blocked by the Chu army.

In the depths of the dense forest, hundreds of kilns have been set up, and the bus transporter brings thousands of soldiers to burn large urns day and night. Beside each kiln, there are already layers of large urns. It is said that there are tens of thousands of people!The Chu army burned these big urns for a very clear purpose, which was to cross the river.

Although Tian Hengzheng led five thousand troops to build a pontoon bridge in Baimajin with great fanfare, but Xiang Zhuang did not bet all his chips on the pontoon bridge. If Peng Yue refused to let it go, then these big urns would come in handy , with the help of these large urns, the Chu army can also cross the river.

Of course, when crossing the river with a big urn tied, people and horses will inevitably suffer from cold.

Moreover, it is also troublesome to use urns to cross the river and transport the big urns back and forth. After all, it is not as convenient as the pontoon bridge.

However, there is a saying that there are three caves for cunning rabbits, and it is necessary to have more hands in everything. It is better to plan in advance than to think about it when the event comes.

In the middle of Kankan's inspection, there was suddenly the sound of horse hooves outside the forest. When Xiang Zhuang looked back, he saw that Meng Ji had galloped into the kiln.

"General, the scout cavalry intercepted and killed two messengers, and found this!" Meng Chu got off his horse, first cupped his hands to Xiang Zhuang, and then took out a few wooden slips from his arms.

Xiang Zhuang took the wooden slips and saw that they were filled with small seal characters without punctuation marks.

The characters in the Qin Dynasty are in the transition stage from Xiaozhuan to Lishu. Although the official script has sprouted, the official characters are still Xiaozhuan, and there are no punctuation marks. It seems very difficult for Xiang Zhuang to be a traverser. So he took those wooden slips and handed them to Bai Lixian on the left.

Bai Lixian laid out the wooden slips on the ground, arranged them back and forth more than ten times, raised his head and said: "General, this should be a secret letter sent out every three times. Although some of the contents are missing, I can still guess it. Roughly speaking, this should be a secret letter from Qi Wang Han Xin to Zhao Wang, asking Zhao Jun to cooperate with Qi Jun and Liang Jun to harass our army!"

"Huh?!" Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao's expression changed slightly when they heard the words, and they cooperated with Qi Jun and Liang Jun to attack Chu Jun?
Doesn't this mean that not only Peng Yue didn't want to let him go, but even Qi Wang Han Xin wanted to intervene? !

At the moment Xiang Zhuang didn't have the mood to continue inspecting the kiln, so he hurried back to the big tent with Wei Liao and Bai Lixian, and asked Jin Xiang to spread the map on the wool blanket.

Xiang Zhuang patted the map and said, "From Boyang to Baima, it's only less than four hundred miles!"

During the period of building ships and erecting pontoon bridges, the Chu army also sent a large number of spies to sneak into Handan and Yecheng, and even crossed the river quietly and sneaked into the big cities of Liang such as Puyang. They spied a lot of news. He was forced to divide his troops and station them in various counties for food. For example, Han Xin reduced his army by 20 and kept only [-] elite soldiers, who were stationed in Boyang.

It is said that the [-] elite Qi troops stationed in Boyang was to deter the Yingbu army entrenched in Xue County.

There are also rumors that Yingbo has turned against Liu Bang. Not only has he seized Xue County, which was nominally assigned to Qi State, but also sent troops to capture Donghai and Surabaya counties, and even incorporated tens of thousands of Han troops from the two counties. Knowing whether the rumor is true or not, if it is true, it is undoubtedly good news for the Great Chu Kingdom.

Wei Liao frowned and said, "It's less than four hundred miles away, and we can get there in four days by rushing."

Bai Lixian said: "That is to say, it is absolutely impossible to cross the river before Han Xin's army arrives."

"Hateful!" Xiang Zhuang said angrily, "This Han Xin is really Liu Bang's loyal lackey. Old Liu Bang has already returned to Guanzhong in despair, and Han Xin is still rushing to work for him?" After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again, "Military Master, why don't I take [-] elite riders to cross the river with an urn, and also lay an ambush for Han Xin?"

"No, this is absolutely not possible." Wei Liao hurriedly stopped, "General, Han Xin is a well-known military strategist in the world. This person is unmatched in commanding in front of the battle. Let's not talk about whether the ambush can be successful or not. Fortunately, the ambush was successful, and ten thousand cavalry is still too weak in terms of strength, and it may not be enough to defeat Han Xin's army."

Xiang Zhuang Moran, the biggest advantage of the cavalry is its super mobility. If it is a positional battle, the light cavalry is really no match for Han Xin's infantry group, unless the Chu army has enough heavy cavalry!If the Chu army has enough heavy cavalry, no matter how good Han Xin is in command, the Chu army can crush the Qi army like crushing ants.

However, the Chu army only has a mere two hundred heavy armored cavalry, and the number is too small!
Bai Lixian also said: "General, our army has few soldiers but many horses, so it is really inappropriate to divide our troops."

Bai Lixian's worry is not unreasonable. The Chu army originally only had more than 4000 riders, but they had to look after nearly 4000 pack horses, plus more than [-] soldiers. Although these [-] soldiers were surrendered to Great Chu, the morale of the army was not stable. However, if there is any trouble, they will flee immediately, or even mutiny!
Therefore, once Xiang Zhuang rides across the river with tens of thousands of cavalry, the remaining [-] cavalry may not be able to take care of them. Maybe Guan Gao and Zhao Wu will have different thoughts. There is also an army of [-]. If the main force of the Chu army is stationed on the north bank, the Zhao army may not dare to act rashly, but if the troops are divided, it will be hard to say.

Xiang Zhuang muffled: "Then what should we do? Once Han Xin's army arrives, it will be difficult to cross the river."

Bai Lixian frowned lightly, shaking his feather fan, but remained silent. Obviously, he had nothing to do right now.

Wei Liao stroked his long black beard, and suddenly said: "General, the reason why Han Xin sent troops may not be to serve Liu Bang. If the old man guessed correctly, Han Xin should have come here for one thing!"

"One thing?" Xiang Zhuang's pupils shrank suddenly, and he said in a deep voice, "The military master said, King Qin Yuxi?!"

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PS: There is another update tonight.

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