Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 34 This is only the second
Chunyuhu's body has been transported back to the Han army camp outside the mountain, and it is now parked in front of Liu Bang.

Liu Bang looked gloomy, and stood silently in front of Chunyuhu's body, his eyes were like two ghostly will-o'-the-wisps burning, the former was Fan Kuai, and now it was Chunyuhu, within less than half a month, there had already been two The old brother has left, will there be more old brothers who will leave him later?
Xiang Zhuang?Xiang Zhuang!If I don't kill you alone, I swear I won't be a human being!

After Liu Bang died, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping also looked solemn.

Xiang Zhuang's letter of war left on Chunyuhu's body was nothing more than a threat, and it could not be taken seriously, but the performance of the Chu army did exceed their expectations. Neither Zhang Liang nor Chu The army dared to drill into the old forest!You know, it is a real deep mountain and old forest. Even the woodcutters and hunters dare not enter rashly, but the Chu army dared to, and they still drilled into it separately!

Zhang Liang sighed, stepped forward to plead guilty to Liu Bang, and said, "I'm not careful, please punish me, Your Majesty."

"Zifang, I don't blame you for knowing this." Liu Bang waved his hand and said, "No one would have thought that the remnants of Xiang Chu would dare to split into the old forest!"

"Yes, this is really unimaginable." Chen Ping nodded, and said, "My lord, brother Zifang, how do you say that the thousands of defeated soldiers in Xiangzhuang carried their luggage after they broke into the old forest? How to complete the assembly? If he does not complete the assembly, what will he do next? There are only a few hundred people left around Xiang Zhuang, what else can he do?"

"Or keep spending with us like this?" Liu Bang suddenly frowned, "This is quite troublesome."

"That's not going to happen." Zhang Liang waved his hand and said calmly, "The remnants of the Chu army must be going into the old forest for a while. If they keep fleeing in the forest like this, there is no need for our army to chase them, and they will collapse on their own. After all, the Chu army is also a human being, not a beast, so how can they hide in the forest for a long time."

##########
Jiang Ji, with fifty sharp men, was struggling to climb the mountain.

Almost to the top of the mountain, the tall trees are gradually decreasing, but the dense shrubs are gradually increasing, especially the ubiquitous thorn bushes have become the biggest obstacle for the Chu army. Most of the time, the Chu army can only rely on swords A passage was cut out of the thorn bushes, and the only good thing was that the top of the mountain was right in front of us.

When Jiang Ji cut down the last bush and finally stepped on the top of the mountain, he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Looking around, countless peaks are like courtiers worshiping the emperor, crawling around the mountain at the foot, yes, the mountain at the foot is the highest mountain dozens of miles away!
At this time, Fifty Sharps also climbed up one after another.

Fifty Ruishi stood on the top of the open mountain from the oppressive dense forest, and each of them suddenly felt open-minded, and couldn't help but howled at the surrounding mountain wolves.

It wasn't until the fifty warriors had vented enough that Jiang Ji said lightly: "Okay, just yell a few times, don't yell like hell, hurry up, a team of five, and go collect dead branches and firewood!"

Fifty Ruishi suddenly agreed, and immediately took the order.

When it was getting dark, fifty sharp men returned to the top of the mountain one after another, each carrying a large bundle of dead branches and dry firewood. Jiang Ji immediately piled the fifty bundles of dead branches and dry firewood together, and when it was dark, He also ignited a large bundle of pine hairs prepared with flint, and then scattered the burning pine hairs of Biba on the dry wood pile.

In less than a moment, the dry pyre burned violently.

After lighting the pyre, Jiang Ji and Wu Ruishi retreated to the boulder not far away, and then began to observe the dark night sky around them for a moment.

All of a sudden, a fire burst into the night sky ahead.

"Look, general, there is a fire ahead, and our people are there!" A sharp-eyed sharp soldier jumped up excitedly, and turned his head to report to Jiang Ji.

Jiang Ji has now been promoted to lieutenant, barely a general.

The military system of the Chu and Han Dynasties basically followed the military system of the Qin Army, with five members as a team, and a team leader; a team of ten people, a team leader; a team of 50 people, a team leader; a hundred people, a team leader; a number of villages. For the song, set up a military marquis; with several songs as troops, set up a Sima;
After less than a moment of effort, beacon fires were lit up on the surrounding hilltops, there were always seven or eight places.

After about half a cup of tea, three beacon fires suddenly appeared on a certain mountain under the night sky. The three beacon fires were burning fiercely in the shape of a character, and they were clearly visible for dozens of miles away!
"There, the general is there!" Fifty soldiers shouted one after another.

"I see, remember the location quickly!" Jiang Ji finished speaking, looked up at the brilliant starry sky, and compared it with the location of the three beacon fires in the night sky ahead, silently remembered, and then shouted, " Let's go, hurry down the mountain, and immediately report the location of the general to the general."

"Promise!" Fifty Ruishi agreed with a bang, and immediately lit a torch and meandered down the mountain.

##########
Liu Kou's three thousand Liang army camped in the valley at the foot of the mountain.

Last night, he ran for dozens of miles on the mountain road in vain. In the end, he didn't even catch a Chu army's rout. This made Liu Kou very depressed. At that time, the nearest Chu army was not even a hundred steps away, but he could only watch Seeing them sneaking into the old forest, Liu Kou really wanted to lead his troops to chase into the forest, but he didn't dare after all.

Don't enter the forest, don't chase the poor, this is what it says in the book of war!

Moreover, the Liang army carried luggage, and the light soldiers went up the mountain, but the luggage could not go up the mountain. If they abandoned the luggage, the soldiers would probably be hungry, and they would have to sleep in the open at night. This is no joke.

At this moment, Liu Kou, who was in a depressed mood, was holding a wine jar and drinking.

Chu Chun, who was drinking next to him, got up to relieve his hand, but accidentally raised his head and found that there was a dazzling fire on the top of the mountain in front of him. He turned his head and said to Liu Kou, "General, there is a fire on the top of the mountain over there!"

"I saw it just now." Liu Kou said angrily, "It must be the remnants of the Chu army who went up the mountain during the day."

"These southern barbarians have sharp legs and feet." After Chu Chun released his hands, he shook the drooping things under his crotch, and muttered, "They actually climbed to the top of such a high mountain."

"Don't bother with them, just let them drink the northwest wind on the top of the mountain. I don't believe it. They can still hide under the top of the mountain and never come down. When they go down the mountain, let's see how I deal with them!" After that, Liu Kou raised the wine jar in his hand again, and shouted at Chu Chun, "Come, come, let's drink again."

##########
Ten miles away, Xiangzhuang's five hundred soldiers were resting in a canyon.

All the soldiers were tightly packed together, eating dry food and drinking water from bamboo pots. Their weapons were placed within reach. Even when they were resting and eating, they always maintained a high degree of vigilance. !
After more than half an hour, Jing Qian, who had completed the task, finally brought fifty soldiers down to the top of the mountain.

Before he could catch his breath, Jing Qian came to Xiang Zhuang, panting and reported: "General, according to your instructions, three piles of beacon fires have been lit, and corresponding beacon fires have been found on all the surrounding hills. I have counted the number of people. There are only eight places in total, and the people along the way don’t know whether they didn’t light the beacon, or they were blocked by the mountains and didn’t see it.”

"Understood." Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said again, "Hurry up and eat something, let's rest."

"No!" Jing Qian agreed, and immediately took the fifty sharp men to the side to have a rest and eat.

The next step is to wait, a long wait. From the second half of the night, there are successive teams coming into the mountain to meet up. By dawn, eight of the nine teams that have been separated have come to meet up until the evening. , the last team finally came to join, so far, nearly 5000 people miraculously completed the assembly!

"General, no, it's not too late, is it?" Xiao Gongjiao, who finally returned to the team, came to Xiang Zhuang panting.

"It's not too late." Xiang Zhuang said indifferently, "However, the whole army will be dispatched soon, and this general can only give you half an hour to rest at most!"

"It won't take half an hour." Xiao Gongjiao responded proudly, "Isn't it just a few mouthfuls of dry food and a few mouthfuls of water? It's enough to urinate!"

"Okay, hurry up!"

As soon as Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, Xiao Gongjiao hurriedly led 500 people to eat and rest, and then turned around, Xiang Zhuang's eyes had already turned to the outside of the canyon, outside the canyon, he could faintly see bits and pieces of fire.

Suddenly, there was a rushing sound in the wormwood bushes ahead.

With a wave of Jing Qian's hand, more than a dozen elite soldiers had already drawn out their ring-shoulders without a sound.

The rattling sound in the wormwood was getting closer and closer, and finally the weeds at the edge began to shake. Just when Jing Qian and the others were about to make a move, Gao Chu came out of the grass with two soldiers.

"General, we have found out!" Gao Chu knelt on one knee and reported in a low voice, "There are Han troops outside!"

"Han army? It's them!" Xiang Zhuang drew his sword loudly, pointed to the scattered campfires outside the valley, and shouted with a grim face, "Order, each battalion is ready, and we will start in half an hour!"

##########
At noon the next day, when Liu Bang was drinking with Zhang Liang and Chen Ping in the big tent, Xia Houying suddenly came in with two soldiers carrying a stretcher.

Xia Houying's face was slumped, as if her father had died.

Liu Bang's heart was suspended immediately, he left the seat immediately, and rushed to the stretcher as fast as he could, then lifted the white cloth covering the stretcher with a clatter, and immediately a familiar face appeared Looking at that familiar face, Liu Bang's eyes darkened, and he almost passed out.

Yin Fu, another old brother who followed Liu Bang when he raised troops from Peixian County left!
What especially made Liu Bang gnash his teeth with hatred was that Yin Fu's chest was also engraved with words: This is only the second one!

Demonstration, this is simply a naked (naked) demonstration. At this moment, Liu Bang seemed to see Xiang Zhuang standing in front of him and shouting at him: "Liu Bang, after I kill all your cronies, it will be your turn in the end!" !"

(End of this chapter)