Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 310
Almost two hours later than Xiang Zhuang, Bai Mo received the urgent report of the defeated army.

After hearing the urgent report of the defeated army, Bai Mo just frowned slightly, but Li Bu, Lieutenant of Hanzhong County, was taken aback. He grabbed the lapel of the junior officer who came to report the news, and asked sharply, "What did you say? What did you just say? !"

The little principal said in a trembling voice: "General, general, Nannan Nanzheng lost lost."

"Nonsense!" Li Bu threw Xiao Xiao on the ground, and shouted, "From Shuzhong to Hanzhong, there is only one way to go, the Jinniu Road, and the Chu army was clearly blocked by our army in Jiange, how could Nanzheng fall? Oh? How could Nanzheng fall?! Could it be that the Chu army could turn into birds and fly over our heads?"

"The villain doesn't know." The little principal said with a bitter face, "But Nanzheng has indeed fallen."

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible." Li Bu was furious. Fall into the hands of the Chu army?The Chu army has always been brutal and bloodthirsty, so how lucky is it for a wife, child, and child to fall into the hands of the Chu army?
Bai Mo frowned, and said with some displeasure: "General Li, please be calm. Now that something has happened, we have to face it. No matter how loud you shout, it will not change the fact that the Chu army captured Nanzheng." No? The most urgent thing is to find out the truth of the matter, and then think of a correct countermeasure."

Li Bu was startled when he heard the words, and Wei Wei retreated to one side in a condescending manner.

Only then did Bai Mo step forward to support the little principal, and asked with a pleasant face, "How many troops does the Chu army have?"

The little principal shook his head, and said in a panic, "Reporting to Prime Minister Zuo, the villain really doesn't know how many people there are in the Chu army."

Bai Mo nodded. This was expected. With his own army guarding the Jiange, Nanzheng Shouhan probably never expected to be attacked by the Chu army, right?It is reasonable to be caught off guard against the fall of the city and not know the details of the army, and then Bai Mo said: "Then, please describe the situation at that time in as much detail as possible."

Xiaoxiao closed his eyes and recalled for a while, and then recounted the scene he personally experienced.

After listening to Xiaoxiao's description, Bai Mo had already guessed the facts in his mind, and sighed: "It seems that this should be just a surprise soldier from the Chu army, with a maximum strength of two to three thousand, otherwise they wouldn't have Putting on the armor of our army, the leading general should be the mighty general of the Chu army who fought against General Guanfu in Jiange last time."

Li Bu also calmed down at this moment, and asked, "But, how did they get there?"

"Yes, how did the Chu army get there?" Bai Mo nodded thoughtfully, and said, "It seems that there should be another passage between Shuzhong and Hanzhong, but we don't know it. However, Chu Jun was able to find this passage in such a short period of time, but it must be thought-provoking."

Li Bu was confused when he heard this, and asked in bewilderment, "What does Prime Minister Zuo mean by this?"

Bai Mo said: "Obviously, the Chu army has the full support of the Bashu tyrants. Without the support of the Bashu tycoons, the Chu army might not even be able to enter the Yiling Road, let alone control the entire territory of Bashu in such a short period of time." Moreover, there is also this small road from the middle of Shu to Hanzhong, which must have been directed to the Chu army by the Bashu magnates."

"These white-eyed wolves." Li Bu said bitterly, "They simply don't know what's good!"

"No." Bai Mo waved his hand and said, "It's not that the Bashu tyrants don't know good and bad, but that there is something wrong with our national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business. It is because the state of Chu implements a national policy of rewarding farming, warfare, and business studies, and it seems that the national policy of our Han state also needs to be adjusted."

Li Bu sighed, and said, "Mr. Zuo, what shall we do now?" He, a mere Hanzhong county lieutenant, doesn't understand and doesn't want to understand the national policy, but now that Nanzheng has fallen, the 4000 people stationed in Jiange The Duohan army has become a lone army. Without the military food support from Nanzheng, it will be a matter of time before they fall.

Bai Mo remained silent, Nanzheng fell, and the entire situation of this war was immediately reversed.

Now, it is not just a question of whether his four or five thousand Han troops can be preserved, but the entire Hanzhong County may be lost because of this, because Nanzheng is Hanzhong County, not only the strongest city in Hanzhong, but also the most powerful city in the city. The entire county has accumulated money and food. Once Nanzheng falls, it means that Hanzhong will fall.

Li Bu tentatively asked, "Master Zuo, why don't we go back to Nanzheng?"

After this pause, Li Bu said again: "You also said just now, Prime Minister Zuo, that the Chu army that made a surprise attack on Hanzhong probably consisted of only 3000 to [-] people, and their foothold is not yet stable. If we return to the army immediately, we may be able to capture Nanzheng. return."

"Impossible." Bai Mo waved his hand and said, "If we abandon the Jiange at this time, the Chu army on the opposite side will definitely take advantage of the situation and crush it. Let alone take back Nanzheng, I'm afraid the 5000 of us will do the same." After being gnawed by the Chu army, there is not even a single scum left, and the whole of Hanzhong, at that time, it will really fall."

"Then what should we do?" Li Bu asked, "Just waiting to die like this?"

"Let's think about it." Bai Mo waved his hand, and said again, "Also, the news of Nanzheng's fall must be strictly sealed. If the Chu army on the other side knows the news and sends someone to shout, it will be said that it was spread by the Chu army. Rumors, let the soldiers not be credulous, and if you find someone spreading rumors in the army, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!" Li Bu bowed and took his orders.

Watching Li Bu's figure go away, Bai Mo's sword eyebrows are frowned. This game...is not easy to break!
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At the entrance of the Ziwu Valley, Liu Bang's army was pouring out of the valley.

After four consecutive days of rapid marching, Liu Bang's army finally finished the rugged Ziwu Valley Trail, and then went on to the wide and flat Chi Road, and at most one more day, they would be able to reach Nanzheng.

Liu Bang is already exhausted. He is almost seventy, and he can't compare with the young man.

At this moment, Liu Bang was sitting on the big rock beside the road to rest, when suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes in front of him, when he looked up quickly, he saw the forward general Xia Houying galloping towards him.

Before he could get close, Xia Houying had already dismounted from his horse and shouted loudly: "My lord, something has happened!"

Liu Bang's heart skipped a beat, and he said eagerly, "Xia Houying, what's wrong?"

Xia Houying greeted Liu Bang, panting, "I just received the report of defeat from Xi Juan, governor of Hanzhong County. Nanzheng has already fallen, and the army of Chu State has entered Hanzhong County!"

"Ah?!" Liu Bang's face changed drastically when he heard the words.

The army of Chu State has entered Hanzhong and captured Nanzheng?Now it's troublesome!

Xia Houying said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic, the general will lead the troops to recapture Nanzheng."

"Arrogance!" Liu Bang stared and said angrily, "You don't know how difficult Xiangzhuang's child is, and the left minister led five thousand elite soldiers to choke Jiange, and he still couldn't stop him. How dare you say that you can take back Nanzheng?"

Xia Houying was embarrassed, he really didn't have the capital to be arrogant in front of Xiang Zhuang, and he just said that casually just now.

Liu Bang sighed, and said helplessly: "Xiangzhuang's army has already entered Hanzhong, and it is useless for us to go to Nanzheng again. We have to pay the tens of thousands of troops for nothing!" , Xia Houying, you lead five thousand cavalry to the Chencang crossing immediately, and no matter what, you must block the Chencang road for the widow!"

"Here!" Xia Houying responded suddenly, and ordered five thousand cavalry to go.

Liu Bang then returned with more than 4 troops and set up a camp at the entrance of Ziwu Valley.

Liu Bang knew very well that the elite soldiers of the Han Kingdom were all in Jiuyuan right now, and they would not be able to rush back in a short time. With the strength of the troops left behind in the pass, plus Liu Bang himself, he would definitely lose to Xiangzhuang and the Chu army. Yes, so there is no need to think about taking back Hanzhong. Now, the most important thing is to guard the Chencang crossing and the Ziwu Valley crossing.

As long as Chencang Road and Ziwu Valley are still under the control of the Han army, even if the Chu army captures Hanzhong, they will not be able to threaten Guanzhong. As long as the elite soldiers who conquered the Huns from the north return to Guanzhong, they can immediately send troops out of Chencang Road and Ziwu. Gu, launched a counterattack against the Chu army in Hanzhong. At that time, Xiang Zhuang had to spit out whatever Hanzhong he had entered!
But Liu Bang didn't know that it was only a part of the Chu army who attacked Nanzheng. As for the main force of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang, it was still blocked by Bai Mo from the Jiange at this time. Nanzheng and Huyan's [-] tired soldiers are absolutely irresistible.

It's a pity that the Han army didn't have a carrier pigeon system, and Bai Mo couldn't deliver the message to Liu Bang in time.

If Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were still in the army, they would definitely be able to see through the details like Bai Mo, and see through the surprise attack on Nanzheng. It was only a few thousand soldiers from the Chu army, but Liu Bang could not. He is basically losing battles, and his experience in leading troops in battle is enough, but this kind of insightful observation ability is really not enough.

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The sky was getting close to noon, Xiang Zhuang called Pang Yu into the tent again, and asked, "Zi Ang, the Han army hasn't moved yet?"

Pang Yu shook his head and replied: "My lord, whether it is the Han army on the cliff or the Han army on the Jiange Fortress, it is surprisingly quiet today, and there has been no change so far."

Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "This white ink is really calm."

Pang Yu suggested: "My lord, judging from the time, Bai Mo must have known that Nanzheng has fallen, but there has been no riot in the Han army so far. This only shows that Bai Mo has tightly blocked the news. Why don't you send loud soldiers to the two armies?" Shout out before the battle to shake the morale of the Han army? As long as the morale of the Han army is shaken, the Jiange will be destroyed by itself."

"No." Bai Lixian shook his head and said, "Most of the Han army thinks that our army is spreading rumors."

"Bai Mo, Bai Mo? Bai Mo!" Xiang Zhuang slammed Jie and said, "If you don't get rid of this person, he will be a big trouble for me!"

(End of this chapter)