Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 227
Mei Yan hesitated for a while, but still couldn't make up his mind, and immediately said to Geng Sheng, Geng Wang, and Mei Cheng: "Let's go, let's go and see the Chu army's camp first."

At that moment, Mei Yan led the generals out of the camp quietly, and then quietly touched the lonely peak on the right side of the camp.

Standing on the isolated peak and looking down, I saw that the Chu army had already built a large-scale camp. Surrounding the camp was a wooden fence about two feet high, and outside the wooden fence was a six-foot-deep and two-foot-wide fence. The trench, the bottom of the trench is densely covered with sharp deer villages, and a high watchtower is built every twenty steps inside the wooden fence.

These high platforms are ten steps square, and the top is surrounded by guardrails. Each high platform can hold dozens of archers.

If the Hengshan army chooses to attack by force, they will inevitably be shot and killed mercilessly by the archers of the Chu army guarding these high platforms!

Geng Sheng said worriedly: "General, the Chu army moved so fast. It took only a few days to build such a solid camp. If our army attacked by force, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties."

Mei Yan nodded silently. Judging from the situation, the strong attack probably won't work.

Mei Cheng suddenly said: "Brother, according to my younger brother, it is better to give the Chu army a challenge!"

"Afternoon?" Mei Yan's heart moved slightly, and he turned his eyes to Geng Wang again, but Geng Wang shook his head. Up to now, he has no better suggestion, so Mei Yan immediately said, "Forget it, then Let’s write a letter of war to the Chu army first!”

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The camp of the Chu army, the tent of King Xiangzhuang.

Xiang Zhuang put down the wooden slip in his hand, and said to Baili Xian, "Ziliang, Mei Yan has come to fight."

Bai Lixian shook his feathered shoulders and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it seems that the doctor has already convinced the King of Linjiang, and most of the Linjiang army has already approached Zhuyi. Invite our army out of the camp to fight with them."

Gao Chu slapped his thigh, and said coldly: "Our army wanted a decisive battle before, but Mei Yan couldn't shrink back. Now the Hengshan army wants to fight our army, heh heh heh, we will give him a fight. "

Xiao Kai shook his head, and said coldly: "Yes, give him a corresponding ignore!"

Tian Heng also said: "Our army has a solid camp as a barrier, just relying on the mob of the Hengshan Army, we will ensure that as many of them come and die, hehe, there will soon be blood flowing outside our camp."

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but exchanged a glance with Bai Lixian, and a smile appeared on the corners of their mouths at the same time.

As early as the night when the Hengshan army wanted to cover up and deliberately piled up grain into a mountain, Bai Lixian had already anticipated today's situation, and immediately suggested that Xiang Zhuang order to build a solid camp, so that the Chu army had a solid camp as a barrier, Mei Yan's Hengshan army can be defeated at the lowest cost.

Now that the big camp has been built, there is no need for the Chu army to fight the Hengshan army. After all, it is Mei Yan's Hengshan army that is eager to fight, not the Chu army.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang ordered Jin Xiang: "Jin Xiang, send someone to reply to Mei Yan immediately, no fight!"

"Here!" Jin Xiang agreed with a bang, and turned around immediately.

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Hengshan camp.

Mei Yan watched the envoy of the Chu army stride out of the big tent with a gloomy expression. Mei Cheng, who was sitting on the lower left, drew his sword sharply, intending to kill the envoy of the Chu army, but Mei Yan gave him a cold stare. He had no choice but to put his sword back into its sheath in embarrassment.

Military division Geng Wang sighed, and said helplessly: "General, this is also expected."

Originally, the Chu army asked for a fight, but the Hengshan army refused to fight, the purpose was to use the strong camp to kill and injure the Chu army's vitality as much as possible, but now it is the Hengshan army who asked for a fight, and the Chu army also refused to fight. , the purpose is also to use the camp to kill and injure the Hengshan Army's vital forces as much as possible.

If you do the first day of junior high school, you can't blame others for doing the fifteenth day again!
Mei Yan's brows became more and more tight. If the invitation to fight failed, there were only two options left, either to attack the Chu army's camp by force, or to ignore the threat of the Chu army and withdraw decisively!But these two options are not what Mei Yan wants. If they storm the Chu army camp, the Hengshan army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, but if they withdraw directly, what if the Chu army takes the lead and kills them?
After walking back and forth in the big tent with her hands behind her back for a long time, Mei Yan still couldn't make up her mind.

Mei Cheng frowned, and said impatiently: "Brother, don't hesitate, you lead the army to withdraw first, and the younger brother will lead the headquarters to 2 horses!"

"Give you 2 horses to kill the queen?" Mei Yan shook his head and smiled wryly, "Even if I give you another 2 horses, I'm afraid it still won't be able to stop the Chu army..."

Said, Mei Yan's voice suddenly stopped.

"Big brother, little brother..." When Mei Cheng wanted to argue again, Mei Cheng stopped him involuntarily.

At that moment just now, Mei Yan vaguely seemed to touch something, but in a flash, he found that he couldn't grasp the point, and he started pacing back and forth in the big tent again, Geng Sheng, Geng Sheng Wang and Meicheng looked at each other, but they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Meicheng's gourd?

After a long while, Mei Yan finally slammed Jie and said: "Yes!"

Mei Cheng scratched her head, confused and said: "Brother, what's the matter?"

Mei Yan waved his hand, and answered irrelevantly: "Second brother, you will gather 2 horses from the headquarters, leave the camp immediately, and return to Shizhuyi!"

"Ah?" Mei Cheng said in astonishment, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Mei Cheng and Geng Sheng were confused when they heard this, but Geng Wang, the military commander, understood Mei Chan's intention at once, and immediately praised: "Wonderful, wonderful, the general's plan is very clever!" After saying this, Geng Wang He added, "In this way, the problem will be thrown back to the Chu army. Unless the Chu army is willing to fight decisively, they can only watch our army return to Zhuyi!"

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Chu army camp.

Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian were having a drink together, and when they were waiting for the Hengshan Army to attack, Hu Yanzhengde suddenly walked into the big tent and reported to Xiang Zhuang: "Your Majesty, the Hengshan Army has dispatched!"

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang exchanged glances with Bai Lixian and said, "Are you coming this way?"

"No." Huyan Zhengde shook his head unexpectedly, and said, "Hengshan Army has gone north."

"Huh?" Bai Lixian couldn't help but gasped in surprise, and said in surprise, "Could it be that Mei Yan really intends to withdraw troops regardless of this? He really doesn't care about my rank and tail?"

"Let's go, take a look!" Xiang Zhuang also felt that something was wrong, and immediately took Bai Lixian up to the hill on the right side of the camp, and Huyan Zhengde also hurriedly ordered four hundred Sirius guards to accompany him for protection.

Standing on the hill and looking down, you can see all the movements of the Hengshan camp opposite.

"Strange." Xiang Zhuang quickly noticed the abnormality, and said with a frown, "It was only a part of the Hengshan army that left the camp and went north, with a maximum of more than 2 people, and the vast majority of the Hengshan army remained in the camp. , Which song did Mei Yan sing?"

Baili Xianlue pondered for a while, then changed his expression slightly and said: "Good method! Your Majesty, Mei Yan is going to divide his troops and retreat!"

"Divide the troops and retreat?!" After Bai Lixian said this, Xiang Zhuang immediately understood Mei Yan's intention.

Obviously, if the Chu army ignores the Hengshan army that pulled out its camp and left, another Hengshan army will leave after a while. If the Chu army still ignores it, then after a while, the third Hengshan army will leave. The army will leave again, and then there will be a fourth, and a fifth, until the last Hengshan army pulls out of camp and leaves.

In this way, the intention of the Hengshan Army to divide and retreat is achieved. Even if the last one or two Hengshan Army to withdraw is defeated by the Chu Army, the main force of the Hengshan Army still remains. , the Chu army's strategic intentions were completely defeated, and the Linjiang army would probably retreat to Jiangling.

But if the Chu army sent troops to intercept and kill now, Mei Yan would definitely drive the army out of the camp to fight.

As a result, the situation immediately turned into a decisive battle between the two armies, and the Chu army's expectation of mass destruction of the Hengshan army with its strong camp was also dashed.

Now, Mei Yan kicked the ball back to Xiang Zhuang's feet.

However, for Xiang Zhuang, it is not difficult to make a choice, because for the Chu army, it is meaningless to just eat a part of the Hengshan army. Xiang Zhuang's intention in this expedition is to defeat Mei Yan The main force of the Hengshan Army, and then cooperate with the Linjiang army to destroy the Hengshan Kingdom in one fell swoop. For this, it is worth paying some price.

Immediately Xiang Zhuang turned his head and shouted: "Give the order, the whole army goes out and intercepts and kills the Hengshan army!"

"Here!" Hu Yanzhengde promised loudly, then turned around and waved, the two fast horses had already flown down.

In less than a moment, loud and clear horns sounded in the camp of the Chu army. Amidst the continuous sound of the horns, groups of Chu soldiers in heavy armor surged out of the open gate like rolling iron streams. .

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Hengshan camp.

Geng Wang listened for a while, and then said to Mei Yan: "Listen, General, the horn of the Chu army!"

There is no need for Gengwang to remind, Mei Yan actually heard it, and immediately said indifferently: "It seems that this Chu army should be led by Xiang Zhuang'er himself. Xiang Zhuang'er really has a big appetite. He wants to swallow it in one bite." Losing the 10,000+ army of General Ben, hehe, he is really not afraid of bursting his stomach!"

Geng Wang said: "General, let the whole army attack."

Mei Yan nodded, and immediately raised his head and shouted: "Here's an order, the whole army is dispatched to meet the Chu army!"

"Here!" The soldiers guarding outside the tent promised loudly, and the next moment, horns sounded continuously in the Hengshan camp, and the gate opened, and groups of Hengshan armored soldiers rushed out.

An eagle was awakened by the sound of the horn that resounded through the sky. It fluttered from its nest in the treetops and flew up to the sky. The huge ant nest, the black ant colony is rushing out of the two huge ant nests and rolling forward.

(End of this chapter)