Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 434
Ding Gu was pacing back and forth on the top of the city with the horizontal knife in his hand.

From time to time, Ding Gu would stop and scan the outside of the city, but there was silence outside the city.

As a general with 40 soldiers, Ding Gu didn't have to set foot on the city to watch the night like a village head, but as a general of supplies, Ding Gu felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. The millions of stones, grain, and grass inside are related to the safety of more than [-] Chu troops ahead, and Ding Gu never dared to slack off.

The shady scene before dawn finally dissipated, and the dawn was about to break in the east. A team leader came forward and said to Ding Gu, "General, it's almost dawn, go and rest, as long as there are villains here."

Ding Gu nodded, and when he was about to turn around and walk down the wall, a sharp-eyed sentry suddenly pointed his finger in front of him and shouted: "Look, general, the navy fleet?"

"Huh?" Ding Gu suddenly turned his head, and when he looked anxiously, he saw a navy fleet rushing out of the thin morning light. The scull protruding from the side was paddling rapidly, and the warships seemed to be flying on the water.

Ding Gu's brows were instantly frowned, he was fine, why did the navy come to Ruo County?
In less than half a quarter of an hour, the navy fleet quickly approached Ruoxian County, and there was a large area covered in darkness, at least six or seven hundred warships. The Han army came to attack the city?But looking up at the endless wilderness to the west, he couldn't even see the influence of half of the Han army.

Soon, several naval boats moored at the gate of the city along the moat, and a naval general jumped off the bow. Ding Gu recognized at a glance that it was Jiang, the deputy general of the general Zhong Limei. Ji, at that moment Ding Gu ordered the soldiers to open the gate of the city, and then personally greeted him down from the top of the city.

At the gate of the city, the two greeted each other, and Jiang Ji asked bluntly, "General Ding Gu, the Han army has retreated?"

"Han army?" Ding Gu frowned, and asked a little puzzled, "Didn't the Han army come to attack the city last night?"

"No way." Jiang Ji was taken aback when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "At least [-] Han cavalry left the camp last night and headed straight for Ruo County. If they didn't come to Ruo County, where would they go? "

"This..." Ding Gu's heart sank when he heard the words.

"There must be fraud in it!" Jiang Ji said, "Report to the king immediately to know."

"En." Ding Gu nodded, then turned his head and shouted, "Ding Ji, hurry up and fetch a carrier pigeon!"

The Chu army has been stationed in Mianshui River Bend for more than two months. During this time, Qu Bucai raised a few broods of young pigeons. After the young pigeons were mature, they moved to Ruoxian and Jiangling in case Ruoxian and Jiangling were attacked At that time, being able to ask Xiang Zhuang for help in time was originally just a precautionary measure, but I didn't think it would really come in handy.

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The sky was bright, and the Han army once again set up a formation outside the "ji"-shaped river bend.

But today, the Han army did not launch an attack as soon as they came up, but just set up a formation outside the river bend, and they didn't even bombard the catapults, as if they were waiting for something.

On the command nest car in the center of the Chu army camp, the monarchs and ministers of Chu State are gathering to watch the battle.

Seeing the Han army standing still, Huan Chu was puzzled and said, "It's strange, why didn't the Han army attack?"

Xiang Tuo snorted, and said coldly: "Old Liu Bang has no cavalry now, how can he attack?"

The scouts reported last night that at least [-] Han cavalry had gone south to Ruo County. Now it seems that the [-] to [-] Han cavalry should have been dispatched in full force, because there are only tens of thousands of Hu cavalry left on the opposite side. The Han army cavalry in bright red war robes and dark brown leather armor have all disappeared.

Xiang Tuo's words were unintentional, but Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian frowned instantly.

Indeed, Liu Bang has no cavalry, what else can he use to attack today?You know, not only the Han army has cavalry, but the Chu army also has extremely sharp cavalry. If the Chu army dispatches cavalry in an emergency, what will old Liu Bang use to counter it?Could it be based on the tens of thousands of Hu Qi who have been killed by Liannu?

Wu She also saw something was wrong, and said, "My lord, the situation is not right."

As soon as the voice fell, a faint thunderous sound suddenly sounded without warning. When the kings and ministers of Chu looked around anxiously, they found nothing.

After a while, Xiang Zhi suddenly pointed to the southeast and shouted: "Look, father, the cavalry of the Han army!"

Xiang Zhuang turned his head anxiously, and looked in the direction of Xiang Zhi's finger, and he saw a faint black line suddenly appeared on the southeast horizon. Just a moment later, the endless cavalry of the Han army stepped out of the black line. Galloping out, the bright red battle robe and black and brown leather armor are the cavalry of the Han army who have already gone south!
The lightly shaking feather fan in Bai Lixian's hand suddenly stopped, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you have been tricked!"

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain!" Xiang Zhuang snorted, and said coldly, "Tune the tiger away from the mountain!"

Now it seems that the cavalry of the Han army rushed to Ruoxian as a feint attack, and their purpose was to transfer Jiang Ji's water army away. Of course, if Jiang Ji's water army did not move, then the Han army cavalry would change the feint into a real attack and rob Ruoxian. Mou, this is the damn Yang Mou, even if I tell you clearly, you can only be led by the nose!
As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words fell, Qu Bucai had already climbed into the nest cart, and reported to Xiangzhuang: "Your Majesty, if the county reports urgently, there is no Han army cavalry..." Qu Bucai's voice stopped in the middle of his sentence. But stop, because he found out that it is needless to say, because the cavalry of the Han army have already returned here, so why are they still in Ruo County?
"Quick!" Xiang Zhuang made a decisive decision and ordered Qu Bucai to say, "Immediately send a message to Ruoxian Feige, and ask Jiang Ji to lead the water army back to the Hewan Camp, hurry up!"

"Here!" Qu Bucai suddenly agreed and took the order to go.

Qu Bucai went to take orders, but the hearts of Xiangzhuang and Bailixian began to sink infinitely. The Han army used a feigned attack on Ruoxian as a conspiracy to transfer Jiang Ji's water army from the Hewan camp. I am afraid that things will not be so simple However, with Zhang Liangzhi's wisdom and Chen Ping's strategy, there must be some secrets in the middle. If Jiang Jishuijun wants to come back, it may not be so easy.

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Lu Tai climbed up the nest car along the rope ladder, bowed to Liu Bang, and said, "See you, Your Majesty."

Liu Bang waved his hand and said happily, "Jiang Zhi, I have worked hard for you this night, haha."

Lu Tai hurriedly said: "It is my duty to be able to serve the great man and share the worries of the king, and it is my blessing."

Liu Bang smiled slightly, then turned his head and said to Zhang Liang: "Ovary, I'm sure that Xiang Zhuang's son must be in a hurry to get angry, but at this time, it's useless for him to get angry again. Since his navy I have already left the Hewan camp, so don’t even think about coming back, hehehe, I want to see, without the navy, what can you do to stop my cavalry?”

After saying this, Liu Bang turned his head to Lu Tai and said, "General, you can start attacking."

"Here!" Lu Tai responded with a bang, and stepped forward two steps to Liu Bang's left head, then raised his right hand and pressed forward lightly, and Liu Bi's hoarse roar sounded behind him, "The general has orders, attack ..."

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Mian River is also the Han River of later generations. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it can be said to be second only to the Grand Canal as a commercial road running through the north and south. It can be seen that its navigation conditions are quite good. At least the more than 600 large and small warships of Jiang Ji’s water army can move freely. Tongtong, but it is easy to go downstream, but not easy to go upstream.

The bilges of the warships were dirty and smelly, and the "oar slaves" who were chained to their positions were sweating profusely, rowing the oars desperately, a little slack, and the Chu soldiers patrolling back and forth Then the whip will be whipped over his head and face. Although the servant is gnashing his teeth with hatred, he can only bear it silently.

These slaves are all barbarians captured by the Chu army. Their only job is to repeatedly shake the oars in the dirty and smelly bilge until they get tired or get sick. Once they get tired or get sick, They were then able to leave this hellish hold and be thrown into the great river to feed the fish.

Suddenly, a cold shout came from the grille window on the deck: "Attack speed!"

The two Chu soldiers who were patrolling back and forth in the bilge suddenly had a fierce look in their eyes, and they whipped the whips in their hands to the slaves on the left and right sides, and roared sharply: "Attack speed, attack speed! You guys! Bedbug, are you deaf? Attack speed! Believe it or not, I threw you into the swill to feed the fish, the attack speed..."

Under the double threat of death and the whip, the slaves have sped up their rhythm. Through the round hole protruding from the oar, the slaves can clearly see that the entire warship is going upstream at an extremely fast speed... ...However, the small naval officer on the deck was still not satisfied. After a while, another order came: "Sprint speed!"

Chu Bing in the bottom cabin gave another whip to his head and face, and then cursed again: "Sprint speed, you **** dirty bugs, if you don't want me to peel your skin off, give me a hard time!" Row, give Lao Tzu all the strength you are suckling, row, sprint speed..."

Jiang Ji stood on the bow of the ship with his saber, and the warship under his feet was cutting through the waves and going up against the current.

A small naval officer hurried to Jiang Ji's side, bowed to Jiang Ji, and said in a low voice: "General, the sprint speed can't be maintained for too long, and the slaves will die of exhaustion!"

"You don't need to worry about it." Jiang Ji snorted, and said coldly, "You just need to show the fastest speed, as for slaves, how many generals die will pay you as much, hum!"

As soon as the voice fell, the warship under his feet suddenly made a "click", and the forward momentum also stopped suddenly.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Jiang Ji staggered suddenly and nearly fell headfirst into the water. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly. Immediately, his feet sank suddenly, and he stabilized his figure abruptly. The warship has stopped abruptly, and it seems that it has touched a rock, but there seems to be no rock here? !

(End of this chapter)