Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 214 Hunting
Fifty miles north of Wuzhong City, Gaoshan.

Yesterday afternoon, Xiang Guan's [-] relatives set up a camp at the southern foot of Mount Gao. However, what annoyed Xiang Guan was that until now, there had been no news of him.

"Where is Xiang He?" Xiang Guan was pacing back and forth in the big tent, roaring angrily as he paced, "Let me go all the way to Gaoshan, and he won't come by himself, what on earth does he want?" What are you doing? Om?!"

Lu Yuan, who was standing by the side, also had a wry smile on his face, and he couldn't guess why Tongxiang hadn't arrived.

If Xiang Ta has any unfavorable intentions against Xiang Guan, Lu Yuan will never believe it. Although Xiang Ta has the support of more than a dozen old Chu families in Wuzhong, these old Chu families are no longer what they used to be. The influence is still there, but its own strength is quite limited. With these dozen or so old families, it is not bad to be able to gather thousands of soldiers.

With less than a thousand family soldiers, how could it possibly threaten Xiang Guan's safety?

The only thing that can threaten Xiang Guan's safety is Xiang Tuo's army, and Xiangzhuang in Jiangbei. However, Xiang Tuo's army has been stationed in the camp west of the city, and Xiangzhuang's army is stationed in Jiangbei. A large number of secret agents and spies closely monitored the movements of these two armies, and if there was any trouble, news would come immediately.

Because of this, Lu Yuan agreed that Xiang Guan would come to Gaoshan to have a secret meeting with Xiang Ta, because no matter what Xiang Ta's intentions were, at least Xiang Guan's safety was guaranteed.

When Xiang Guan was furious, a soldier entered the account and said: "General, a large number of unidentified hunters suddenly appeared deep in the dense forest."

"Isn't it just a few hunters?" Xiang Guan roared, "What's all the fuss about?"

"Well, an unknown hunter?!" Lu Yuan instinctively felt something was wrong. Although it is still early spring, it is also a good time for hunting, but there are always fierce beasts in the depths of Gaoshan, and ordinary hunters dare not go deep. , and a large number of hunters appeared in groups, the situation became more and more suspicious. At that moment, Lu Yuan asked again, "How many people are there?"

"Not sure." The bodyguard shook his head and said, "There are dozens of hunters that have appeared, and there are nearly a thousand people in total, and it seems that there are more hunters deep in the dense forest."

"Nearly a thousand people?!" Xiang Guan was surprised, "Where are there so many hunters near Mount Gao?"

"Not good!" Lu Yuan was even more taken aback, and lost his voice, "General, leave here quickly..."

"Wuuuuuuu..." As soon as the words fell, a faint sound of a horn suddenly came in from outside the tent, and it sounded like it was coming from a deep mountain. Lu Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he said tragically: No, there are ambushes in the mountains!"

"Ambush?" Xiang Guan twitched his lips and said, "As long as it's not Xiang Tuo and Xiang Zhuang's army, there are only a few thousand ambush soldiers in the area, why should I be afraid of it?" After saying this, Xiang Guan turned his head and shouted , "Lu An, Lu Ding!"

Earlier, two generals in heavy armor came straight in, and said loudly, "What orders does the general have?"

"Order the whole army to assemble immediately!" Xiang Guan waved his big hand and said fiercely, "If these villagers don't come, it's fine. If they dare to come, I will kill them all for this general."

"Here!" The two generals suddenly agreed and took orders to go.

Xiang Guan said to Lu Yuan again: "I would like to see what this guy wants to do, General Xiang?"

After finishing speaking, Xiang Guan pressed his sword and walked out of the big tent. Lu Yuan frowned, and followed him out of the big tent.

When Xiang Guan and Lu Yuan boarded the watchtower near the gate, at least 2000 people had already gathered in the open space around the camp, and there were even more figures in the deep mountains and dense forests farther away, most of these people were wearing thin clothes. Ge Yi looked like a poor hunter near Mount Gao, but Lu Yuan saw something unusual.

First of all, what these hunters are holding is not hunting forks, but swords and halberds!

Secondly, none of these hunters carried prey on their shoulders, and their hands were empty. This is very abnormal. With so many hunters hunting in the deep mountains, they should have hunted one or two large prey. How could they all return empty-handed?

Finally, and most importantly, after seeing the Xiangguan camp, these hunters did not detour, but flocked from all directions. What does this mean?This shows that they are not poor hunters near Mount Gao at all. These people are here for Xiang Guan, and Xiang Guan is their real target!

"General, quickly abandon the camp and break through." Lu Yuan said, "Or it will be too late."

"No, why do you want to break out of the siege? Since Xiang Ta's son is going to send these mobs to die, how can he not be fulfilled? Just kill them all here!" After Xiang Guan said, a sneer of disdain appeared on the corner of his mouth. Just relying on these thousands of hunters, you also want to ambush your own three thousand pro-army?It's a joke!
Lu Yuan said anxiously: "General, if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, think twice!"

"What do you think twice? What is there to think twice?" Xiang Guan said coldly, "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here for Xiang Ta'er, this general wants to see what kind of tricks Xiang Ta'er can play Come? This ignorant bastard has wasted all the good intentions of this general, hum!"

However, as time went by, Xiang Guan's face gradually became serious.

About half an hour later, when it was about noon, the number of hunters swarming out from the deep mountains and dense forests reached 6000 to [-], and completely blocked the way out of the mountain for Xiang Guan's army. At this moment, no matter how stupid Xiang Guan was, Knowing that he had fallen into Xiang Ta's schemes, Xiang Guan was also a little puzzled, where did Xiang Ta move so many people?
Could it be that Xiang He has joined forces with Xiang Tuo secretly, and the nearly ten thousand horses were borrowed from Xiang Tuo?
Thinking of this, Xiang Guan suddenly turned around, glared at Lu Yuan angrily, and asked, "Lu Yuan, didn't you say that Xiang Tuo's army has always been stationed in the camp in the west of the city, and there has been no movement?"

"That's right." Lu Yuan said without hesitation, "Xiang Tuo's army has not made any changes so far."

"Then where did these five or six thousand people come from?" Xiang Guan roared, "Could it be that old fellows like Shu Sun Guan, Qu Yi, and Wu Qi assembled them overnight?"

"This..." Lu Yuan was speechless for a moment.

Xiang Guan snorted, turned his head and shouted: "Lu An, Lu Ding, open the gate and attack!"

Although Xiang Guan is an idiot in politics, he still has some brains in military affairs. He knows that if he waits here, the situation will only become more and more serious, because the opponent has already gathered more than [-] people, and they are constantly attacking. People swarmed out from deep mountains and dense forests, God knows how many people Xiang Ta'er ambushed in the depths of Mount Gao?
If he waited here any longer, he would really be waiting to die. Xiang Guan is not stupid.

"Here!" Lu An and Lu Ding agreed with a bang, and raised their swords loudly, and shouted sharply, "The general has an order to open the gate, and the whole army will attack..."

In an instant, a loud and clear horn sounded in Xiang Guan's camp. Amidst the continuous sound of the horn, the originally closed gate slowly opened.

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On a lone peak five miles away from Xiang Guan's camp, Gao Chu and Xiang Ta were watching coldly.

Seeing the gates of Xiang Guan's camp wide open, and groups of armored soldiers rushing out of it, Xiang He couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and said, "General Gao Chu, Xiang Guan wants to escape!"

Gao Chu said calmly: "Don't worry Yin, he can't run away."

Xiang Guan chooses to abandon the camp, but he can only die faster. If he sticks to the camp, he may be able to support it for a few more hours. Most of the clan's children have been restrained by Xiang Tuo's army at this time, and even if they want to reinforce, they will be at a loss.

After a pause, Gao Chu turned back and shouted: "Pass me the general order, get out of the way!"

"Here!" Po Jun who was guarding Gao Chu's back suddenly responded, and immediately took the order, but Xiang He, who was standing next to Gao Chu, was taken aback, and said in a broken voice, "What, get out of the way?"

"Yes." Gao Chu nodded lightly and said, "Get out of the way."

"General Gao Chu, did you hear me right?" Xiang He became more and more disbelieving, "If we get out of the way, Xiang Guan's [-] elite soldiers only need to go forward less than five miles to get out of the mountain. It would be difficult to stop them, why can't we block Xiang Guan and his [-] elite soldiers deep in the mountains?"

Gao Chu said indifferently: "Ling Yin, the target of our hunting this time is Xiang Guan, not his three thousand relatives!"

"This..." Xiang Ta was stunned when he heard the words, and after a long while, he said in a dull voice, "Is there any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference." Gao Chu said thoughtfully, "It is not easy to wipe out Xiang Guan's [-] soldiers. If they are really driven to a dead end, their stubborn resistance will definitely cause great damage to our army. Casualties! Moreover, it would be a pity to kill all three thousand soldiers, anyway, these are a group of veterans who have experienced many battles."

Xiang He frowned, disapprovingly said: "These three thousand soldiers are loyal to Xiang Guan, it may not be easy to recruit them."

"It's not easy, you'll only know if you try it." Gao Chu waved his hand and said calmly, "As for now, let's kill Xiang Guan first."

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Amid the rapid sound of horseshoes, Xiang Guan swarmed out of the mountain pass surrounded by more than a hundred riders.

It was hundreds of steps away from the mountain pass. Xiang Guanshi reined in his horse and stopped. Looking behind him, he found that the three thousand elite soldiers accompanying him were rushing out of the mountain pass hundreds of steps away. The 6000 or [-] people who suddenly appeared in the city had already been thrown into the mountain pass farther away.

At that moment, Xiang Guan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Xiang Ta is too young to plot against this general!"

Before the words fell, horns suddenly sounded in the dense forests on the left and right sides of the mountain pass, and then two teams of cavalry in full armor appeared from the woods on the left and right sides of the mountain pass like ghosts, and Xiang Guan's face suddenly changed. The sudden appearance of these two teams of cavalry immediately blocked the connection between the three thousand infantry and Xiang Guan and more than a hundred cavalry.

"Not good!" Lu Yuan was taken aback immediately, and immediately turned his head and shouted at Lu An and Lu Ding, "Lu An, Lu Ding, protect the general, hurry up!"

(End of this chapter)