Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 312 Abandoning Hanzhong
"Chasing, I'll be chased by the widow!" Xiang Zhuang rushed to the crown angrily, pulled out his horizontal knife and roared, "It's only an hour, the Han army can't run very far, let the widow catch up, no matter what, we must intercept the white ink!" Xiang Zhuang made a vain pressure on the rugged mountain road ahead with the horizontal knife in his hand, and Pang Yu swarmed away with two thousand Sirius guards.

Pang Yu led two thousand Sirius Guards and chased them less than ten miles away when he was ambushed by the Han army.

The mountain road where the Chu army was ambushed was extremely steep. On the left was a cliff five or six feet high, and on the right was an abyss of hundreds of feet. The Han army lay in ambush on the cliff on the left. The entire road was completely blocked. As a last resort, Pang Yu could only order to cut trees and build oars, preparing to attack from the front.

After spending two hours, more than a dozen giant sculls were finally built.

After a fierce battle, the Chu army finally defeated the Han army ambushing on the cliff, and finally discovered that the Han army ambushing on the cliff had only 500 people. However, a long time had passed. Zhuang Ye could only look up to the sky and sigh, half a day was enough for the Han army to run at least fifty miles, and it would be difficult to catch up again.

What's more, there is an ambush by the Han army here, so how do you know there is no ambush on the way forward?

Just as Xiang Zhuang thought, Bai Mo set up four groups of ambushes on the road. Although the strength of each group of ambush soldiers was not many, all of them were only 500 people, and they were obviously not elite, but they seriously slowed down the pursuit speed of the Chu army. It was already late at night when Xiang Zhuang led the Chu army out of the Jinniu Road and set foot on the Hanzhong Plain.

At this time, more than 2000 elite Han troops in Baimo had already retreated to the Chencang crossing.

At the crossing of Chencang, Bai Mo met Xi Juan, governor of Hanzhong County, and Liu Jia, governor of Longxi County. Xi Juan had only a thousand defeated soldiers left, but Liu Jia brought [-] soldiers from Longxi, in addition to [-] Yueshi cavalry. After the rendezvous, the strength of the Han army guarding the Chencang crossing has increased to more than [-] horsemen.

The next morning, Xia Houying arrived at the Chencang Crossing with five thousand cavalry, and at the same time brought news of Liu Bang. Knowing that Liu Bang's army had retreated to the Ziwu Valley Pass, Bai Mo breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the Han army can guard Living at the intersection of Ziwu Valley and Chencang, even if the Chu army took Hanzhong, they would never be able to threaten Guanzhong!
In ten days at most, the 50 troops who marched northward against the Huns will return to Guanzhong.

At that time, the Han army would be able to split into two groups, attack from Ziwu Valley and Chencang Road respectively, and attack the Chu army in Hanzhong from both sides. If Xiang Zhuang didn't want to be defeated and die, he could only withdraw from Hanzhong!
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Hanzhong County Government, Nanzheng.

Xi Juan's Sheriff's Mansion has now become Xiang Zhuang's temporary residence.

In the hall of Xingyuan, Xiang Zhuang frowned with thick eyebrows, and was standing in front of the screen with the map of Hanzhong hanging in thought.

Behind Xiang Zhuang stood a large number of generals of the Chu army, including Bailixian, Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Jin Xiang, and Hu Yan, as well as Bashu tycoons such as Mrs. Qin and Tang Tong.

Although Hanzhong has been taken, Xiang Zhuang is not happy but worried.

According to Wumuya's information, the Han army has already strangled the Ziwugukou and Chencang crossings. As a result, the strategic goal of the Chu army will not be realized at all. Originally, according to Xiang Zhuang's plan, after the Chu army attacked Hanzhong, they would take advantage of the situation. To hide and kill, you don't want to completely control Ziwu Valley and Chencang Road, at least you must control the southern exit of these two passages!
In this way, the Chu army defended according to the danger, and only a small amount of troops can defend Hanzhong and Bashu.

But now, the Chu army has no danger to defend at all, but the Han army can continuously enter the Hanzhong Plain through Ziwu Valley and Chencang Road. If Xiangzhuang does not want to give up Hanzhong, he must continuously transfer troops from the country to come It was simply unbearable for Chu to fight against the Han army.

After pondering for a long time, Xiang Zhuang suddenly turned around and asked Qu Bucai, "Old Qu, when will the main force of the Han army who conquered the Xiongnu return to Guanzhong?"

Qu Bucai said: "At least half a month, at least ten days, Zhou Bo's 50 troops will return to Guanzhong."

Gao Chu, Pang Yu and other generals of the Chu Army all changed their expressions slightly after hearing the words. In ten days, it was really not easy to attack Ziwu Valley Pass and Chencang Crossing successively.

What's more, the Chu army is still at a disadvantage in terms of strength. When the Chu army entered Sichuan, there were 2 troops. Excluding those who died in battle and those who stayed behind in Bashu, there are now only [-] soldiers left. What about the Han army?There are more than [-] people in Liu Bang's army guarding the entrance of Ziwu Valley, and nearly [-] people in Baimo and Xiahouying's troops guarding the entrance of Chencang.

Although the two battalions of Huben and Sirius are brave and unparalleled, the Han army defended against danger. It is really unlikely that the two battalions will capture Ziwu Valley Pass and Chencang Crossing within ten days. On the following day, the Chu army failed to capture the Ziwu Valley Pass and the Chencang Crossing, but Zhou Bo's army arrived, and the Chu army should be crushed like a mountain.

Qu Bucai paused, and then said: "However, the [-] hussars from Lutai have returned to Xianyang, and it only takes three days at most to rush to rescue Ziwugukou or Chencang crossing!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the generals in the hall changed drastically.

According to the information provided by Gen Wumuya, the [-] cavalry of Lutai are extremely brave and powerful, and even the Huns cavalry who are rampant on the grassland are not the opponents of this hussar. It's not a big deal if the hussars can't enter through the door, but once this hussars are allowed to break into the Hanzhong Plain, it will be fatal.

"That's all!" Xiang Zhuang sighed, and said, "Oh, this Hanzhong County is worthless, so don't worry about it."

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang really thought of Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When he competed with the Shu army for Hanzhong, Cao Cao felt the same way, right?

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang shouted again: "Gao Chu."

Gao Chu took two steps forward and replied, "The end is here."

Xiang Zhuang said: "The widow will give you [-] Heavenly Wolf Guards plus [-] government soldiers. Can you defend Bashu?"

Gao Chu proudly said: "Yes!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said again: "How do you plan to guard?"

Without hesitation, Gao Chu said: "Send Hanzhong civilians to the Jinniu Crossing, first build a simple fortress, and then build a strong permanent fortress behind the simple fortress!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded happily and said, "Okay, go pick someone."

"Here!" Gao Chu responded abruptly, turned around and walked away.

Xiang Zhuang said again: "The rest of the generals will each lead their own troops and return to Shu with the widow."

Now that he has decided to abandon Hanzhong, there is no point in staying in Nanzheng. What's more, the battle between Qi, Chu and Huainan is imminent, and Xiang Zhuang is really worried that Jiangdong's old nest will be copied by Han Xin. No one can match him, but he is still a scholar after all, and he faced Han Xin for the first time as a leader. I don't know if it is his luck or misfortune?

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The capital of Huainan, Pengcheng.

Surrounded by Kuai Che, Zhao Zhen, Zhu Jian and other civil and military officials, Ying Bu walked slowly to the north gate of the city. It has been five days since the army of Qi State arrived at the city of Pengcheng for five full days, but there has been no movement so far. What is Han Xin waiting for?Is it possible that there will be a follow-up Qi army coming to help?Looking at the Qi army tents stretching to the sky in the northern suburbs, Ying Bu couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

Putting on the awning and looking at the northern suburbs for a while, Ying Bu asked Kuai Che, "Minister of the State, when will the Chu reinforcements arrive?"

Kuai Che said: "The [-] cavalry led by General Meng Yu of the Chu State have already passed Zhuyi. If there is no accident, they should be able to reach Pengcheng tonight. As for the Chu State army, it may take three days to arrive. I see, but..." At this point, Kuai Che's voice suddenly stopped, and a look of worry appeared on his face.

Ying Bu frowned and said, "But what? You should speak quickly, Prime Minister."

Kuai Che sighed, "Oh, I heard that the leader of the Chu army is not Xiang Zhuang himself, but General Wei Bi Shu, who has just been appointed by Xiang Zhuang, a white-faced scholar who has never led an army or been to a battlefield. "

"What did you say?" Yingbo opened his eyes wide and said incredulously, "Let a white-faced scholar who has never led an army or been on a battlefield lead an army? Isn't Xiang Zhuang a joke? Besides, the state of Chu It’s not that no one is available, whether it’s Zhongli Mo, Yu Ziqi, Gao Chu, or Pang Yu, they are veteran generals who have experienced many battles, how could Xiang Zhuang make such a bad plan?!”

Kuai Che shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "This minister doesn't know, maybe Xiang Zhuang has his considerations."

"What consideration?" Ying Bo said, "It's nonsense to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops to a poor-faced scholar!" Victory or defeat is directly related to whether Huainan Kingdom can escape the disaster in front of it, so how can Yingbo not be in a hurry?
General Zhao Zhen said: "My lord, don't worry about the Chu army, let's think about the Qi army outside the city. It has been five days, but there is still no movement from the Qi army. My heart is so hairy, Han Xin This man uses soldiers like a god, and he has a lot of tricks, don't let it be that he doesn't move on the surface, but secretly digs tunnels, right?"

"Digging a tunnel?" Kuai Che shook his head and said, "It shouldn't happen."

Pengcheng is located in the confluence area of ​​Gushui, Heshui and Surabaya, and the soil is loose. If Qi Jun really intends to dig the tunnel, he will undoubtedly dig his own grave. It's already collapsed, besides, how can it be so easy to dig a tunnel, how can he let the Qi army do whatever they want?
Zhao Zhen said again: "Then why hasn't the Qi army attacked the city yet?"

Kuai Che raised his right hand and stretched out his middle finger, and said: "Qi's army has not moved so far, there are two reasons, one is that the supplies have not arrived, and the other is that Han Xin probably wants to wait for reinforcements from Chu to catch up." Arrive, and then complete their meritorious service in one battle, and deal with our Huainan army and Chu reinforcements at the same time."

"Deal with my Huainan army and the reinforcements of Chu State at the same time?" Ying Bu's eyes sharpened, and he said fiercely, "Han Xin has such a big appetite!"

While speaking, a faint muffled thunder sounded extremely abruptly. Ying Bu, Kuai Che, Zhao Zhen and others instinctively looked up at the sky, but found that the sky above them was as clear as a cloud without even a single cloud. thunder?Soon, Yingbo and others realized something, the cavalry of Chu State, probably the cavalry army of Chu State had arrived!

(End of this chapter)