Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 445 The Plague

In the dark night, Guan Ying escorted Liu Bang into a small village in panic.

The people in the small village had already fled to the mountains, not even a grain of grain was left behind. Guan Ying couldn't find anything to eat after searching for a long time, so he had to take a bamboo pot to fill Liu Bang with clean water.

Liu Bang looked at the clear water in the bamboo pot in front of him, and suddenly thought of the battle of Mianshui yesterday, and then thought of the destruction of the 60 army, and felt sad, so he covered his face with his hands and wailed loudly. How sad is Liu Bang? After the defeat in the Battle of Mianshui, the Chu army will definitely attack Guanzhong on a large scale. At that time, how will the Han army resist?

Guan Ying and the soldiers of the Han army beside him also looked sad.

Thinking back a few months ago, when the Han army marched out of the customs, how magnificent the military appearance was, and how confident the monarchs and ministers were, but they never imagined that they would end up like this in the end.

Guan Ying sighed and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, take care of your health."

It was fine if Guan Ying didn't persuade him, but after this persuasion, Liu Bang cried more and more sadly.

At this moment, a fast horse suddenly rushed into the small village like a storm, and the knight on the horse jumped off the horse, knelt down on one knee and reported panting, "Your Majesty, the pursuers have arrived!"

"Huh? The pursuers are coming so fast!" Guan Ying raised his head to look to the south, and he saw that there were dots of fire under the dark night sky. Guan Ying's face changed drastically, and he got up and shouted at the cavalry soldiers around him. , "Turn out the torches, get on the horses, everyone get on the horses, quick, quick..."

Guan Ying knew very well that the Chu army was powerful, and the cavalry in his hands was absolutely invincible. For the present plan, he had to break out in the dark. As for how many people he would be able to bring out in the end, only God knew, but no matter what How about, even if you die yourself, you must protect the king of Han to break out of the encirclement!

The faintly burning torches were extinguished one after another, and Guan Ying and other hundred riders got on their horses one after another, ready to break out.

However, before the flames in front approached, another hustler came to the entrance of the small village in the dark. Guan Ying was shocked when he saw so many black shadows appearing like ghosts at the entrance of the village. You lead someone to protect the king to break out from behind, and I will stop these damned Chu people, hurry up!"

"Here!" Guan Zhong responded abruptly, mobilized half of the cavalry and turned around to leave.

At this moment, a pleasantly surprised voice suddenly came from the entrance of the village: "Is General Guan Ying in front?!"

Guan Ying was taken aback when he heard the words, why did this voice sound familiar?After careful recollection, isn't it Habayashi Zhonglang's uncle and grandson baby?Immediately, Guan Ying was also pleasantly surprised and inexplicably said: "Is it General Uncle Sunying outside?"

"It's the last general!" The voice replied, and hundreds of torches were lit at the entrance of the village one after another. In the bright light of the fire, a prancing horse and a halberd were the first to go. who?Behind Uncle Sunying, there are nearly a thousand cavalry, all of which are the most elite Habayashi cavalry in the Han Kingdom.

There was another person behind Uncle Sunying, and it was Zhang Liang, the military adviser.

Entering the village, Zhang Liang cupped his hands at Guan Ying and said, "General Guan Ying, have you ever seen the king?"

It turned out that the uncle and grandson Ying had already escaped from the encirclement with his trilogy, but only after breaking through did he find that the king was gone. The surprise of the uncle and grandson Ying was really serious, so he quickly led people back to look for Liu Bang, and chased the Chu army all the way. The soldiers fought, but they never found Liu Bang's whereabouts. When they were at their wit's end, they didn't want to meet Guan Ying here.

Guan Ying hurriedly said: "So that the military commander knows, the king is here."

As soon as the words were finished, Liu Bang came out from behind Guan Ying, and said in a trembling voice, "Zifang, is that you?"

"Your Majesty, the subject is here, here!" Zhang Liang hurriedly got off his horse, and Liu Bang also rolled off his horse.

Guan Ying raised his head and looked at the approaching torch dragon, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, military advisor, this is not a place to talk, please leave quickly, and I will stop the pursuers!"

But Uncle Sunying waved his hand and said, "General Guan Ying, you protect the king and the military adviser goes first. As for the pursuers, I leave it to the last general!"

After all, Uncle Sunying reined in his horse and turned back, raised his long halberd to lead forward, and shouted sharply, "Children of the Habayashi Guard, it's time to fulfill your oath, follow this general... to kill!" Liu Bang The [-] Feather Forest Guards were all selected from among the nobles' children, and when they joined, they made an oath of blood to protect the King of Han to the death.

Not to mention that his uncle and grandson Ying led troops to intercept and kill the pursuers, but Guan Ying protected Liu Bang and Zhang Liang and ran northward for less than ten miles, when there was a sound of horseshoes behind him, Guan Ying thought that the pursuers were coming again, Now let Guan Zhong protect the King of Han and go ahead with the military adviser, while he rides alone and blocks the road with his halberd.

Guan Ying was about to fight to the death, but suddenly a familiar voice came from ahead: "Old Guan, let me chase after him!"

"Wang Xi?!" Guan Ying was surprised and delighted, and couldn't believe it, "Didn't you be ordered to stay in the camp? You didn't die?"

More than a dozen torches were ignited, and Han general Wang Su rushed out of the flames surrounded by dozens of fine horsemen. Wang Su rolled his eyes at Guan Ying, and said angrily, "I didn't say anything nice when we first met, what about your majesty?" ?” It turned out that it was not the Chu army that was chasing after them just now, but the defeated Han army led by Wang Xi.

Guan Ying pointed back and said, "Your Majesty and the military advisor are right ahead."

As soon as the words fell, a small army riding beside Wang Xi had already galloped forward.

Guan Ying was stunned, Wang Xi spread his hands and explained, "Old Guan, that's Mr. Chen Ping."

After a while, Uncle Sunying also led the guards of the forest to catch up. Now Guan Ying, Wang Xi, and Uncle Sunying joined forces, and they meandered towards the north, and soon caught up with Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and their party.

Besides, when Liu Bang and Zhang Liang met Chen Ping, the three monarchs and ministers hugged each other and cried for a while.

Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping while weeping: "Zifang, Chen Ping, this disaster has happened, and the great man will die forever..."

Zhang Liang choked up and couldn't make a sound, but Chen Ping patted Liu Bang's shoulder and comforted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, the Chu army will never catch up, and the Han Kingdom will not perish either!"

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When Bai Mao woke up, he felt top-heavy. Standing up and taking a few steps, he felt as if he was stepping on cotton. His light feet had no roots and no foundation. After a breath, being soaked in cool cold water made him feel much better, so Bai Mao didn't care much about it.

Just after breakfast, the assembly horn sounded.

White Spear put on his riding bow and ring sword, took down the tent and folded it up, put it back in the canvas bag, tied the canvas bag behind the saddle, and then got on his horse and went to gather outside the camp. However, White Spear always felt that The sun this morning is a bit dazzling, and the body is not very strong. Could it be that the fighting was too intense yesterday and he was tired?

The dozens of riders under Bai Spear's command were not much better, they were all listless and yawning.

In fact, it wasn't just Bai Mao's group. The same situation happened to all the Chu troops who went into the Han army's camp with them yesterday to snatch prisoners of war, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, there were only a few hundred people. The strangeness is really nothing, and these Chu soldiers are all strong and strong guys, and they can hold on for the time being, so they won't attract attention.

Looking at the slumped subordinates, Bai Mao frowned, cheered up and shouted: "Cheer up for me, don't be so fucking sloppy as if you've been sucked dry by a woman, huh! "

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When Xiang Zhuang walked out of the big tent surrounded by important civil and military officials such as Xiang Tuo, Bi Shu, Bai Lixian, etc., the more than 30 Chu army had almost completed its assembly, and almost all the tents on the river beach had been pulled up.

Qu Bucai stepped forward quickly, and handed a secret letter to Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang hurriedly finished the secret letter, his expression changed slightly, he turned to Bi Shu and Bai Lixian and said, "Learning swords, Ziliang, last night Lu Tai and Zhou Guanfu led fifty thousand cavalry to cross Mianshui east!"

Bi Shu frowned and said, "It seems that Lu Tai still has a few skills."

The Chu army had already left an ambush on the road. If Lu Tai led his army northward, he would definitely be ambushed by the Chu army. However, Lu Tai unexpectedly led his army to cross Mianshui eastward. The Han army exists, if they don't pay attention to it, they will definitely turn the Nanjun, Hengshan and Jiujiang counties in Jiangbei upside down!

If you send troops to hunt them down, they must be cavalry, otherwise they will not be able to catch up at all, and the number of troops should not be too small, otherwise it will be easy to be bitten back by the Han army. You need to know that Lu Tai and Zhou Guanfu are not good at it!But the problem is that if too many cavalry are deployed to chase and kill Lu Tai's army, it will inevitably affect the plan of quickly attacking the pass.

However, Xiang Zhuang has never been an indecisive person, and soon made a decision.

After pondering for a while, Xiang Zhuang ordered Xiang Tuo: "Zi Yan, order Jiang Ji to clear the obstacles on the carp beach as soon as possible, and then go south along the Mian River, block the river water, and block the passage for the Lutai army to cross the river south; [-] cavalry followed and killed, and then asked Yu Ziqi to lead the army to Hengshan and intercept it."

Xiangzhuang's arrangement can be said to be watertight. With Jiang Ji's water army blocking the Yangtze River, the cavalry of the Han army will not be able to cross the south, and the foundation of Chu will not be shaken. Annihilating Hengshan can at least drive them to the north.

"Here!" Xiang Tuo responded abruptly, and took the order to go.

Over there, Xiang Zhi had already brought the Wuzhi horse over. Although this meritorious old horse could not carry Xiang Zhuang into the charge, it was still more than enough for riding. Xiang Zhuang got on the horse and turned to greet Bi Shu, Bailixian said: "Learn swordsman, Ziliang, we should go to Xianyang, ha ha!"

Bi Shu and Bai Lixian looked at each other with a smile, and got on their horses one after another.

In less than a moment, more than [-] troops of the Chu State formed more than a dozen columns and marched toward the north along the wide road. While the army was going north, another cavalry turned around and went south, billowing smoke and dust. Among them, he rushed to Ruo County in a mighty way, but it was the [-] cavalry of the government army led by Meng Yu.

(End of this chapter)