Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 52

Two days later, Xiang Han really rushed to the old camp with more than 2000 remnants.

The sudden reunion of the two lonely armies at the end of the road is naturally inexplicable. Xiang Han went up to see Xiang Zhuang first, and then met Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, and Yu Ziqi one by one. Speaking of Gaixia's defeat, Xiang Yu was killed in battle. , and Xiao Gongjiao's death in battle, everyone couldn't help sighing again, so Xiangzhuang allocated camps and settled more than 2000 remnants of soldiers.

Then Xiangzhuang distributed wine and meat, and ordered women and children to boil water and cook rice, and clean up the dust for more than 2000 remnants.

There is still a lot of food left from Shouchun City. After many times of hiding and transshipment, it has all been transported back to the old camp. It is almost enough for [-] soldiers and [-] women and children in the old camp to eat for three months. There is not much wine and meat left. I guess there will be no next meal after tonight's meal. If I want to eat again, I can only kill horses or go hunting.

In Dazhai, the torches are brightly lit, and the generals, captains, Sima, and military lords are eating large pieces of meat and drinking in large bowls in the hall, and the soldiers are also wolfing down and feasting outside. Although there is no wine to drink, they can still have meat to eat , especially the more than 2000 Jiangdong remnant soldiers who just emerged from the deep mountains and old forests, were even more delighted.

Xiang Zhuang only drank a few glasses of water and wine, and then went back to his wooden house accompanied by Wei Liao.

Once again, Wei Liao did it himself. After cleaning Xiang Zhuang's wound, he applied medicine and bandaged it again. While bandaging, Wei Liao said with great emotion: "General, your wound has healed very well. According to this situation, there will be seven or eight more wounds. The sky is almost healed, but within a hundred days, it is better for the general not to use his sword."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, he knew that he had been injured for a hundred days.

Wei Liao cleaned his hands in the wooden basin, but was stopped by Xiang Zhuang when he was about to turn around and leave.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, as if something was on his mind, Wei Liao knelt down and sat down, and asked, "General, do you have anything to say to this old man?"

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said: "Military Master, in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Chu army, I decided to reorganize the army, reduce the strength of the central, left, right, front, and rear armies, and select elite soldiers from them to enrich my personal barracks. What do you think of the expansion of the personal army battalion into the personal guard army, with the trapping camp, the first boarding camp, and the furious front camp?"

The so-called reorganization of the army is just a nice way of saying it. In fact, it is to reduce the trilogy of generals such as Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, Yu Ziqi, and Xiang Han, and then enrich all the elites into the pro-guard army. There are not many troops, so doing so can strengthen the personal guards directly under Xiangzhuang, and it can indeed improve combat effectiveness.

As for the setting of trapping camp, first boarding camp and Nufeng camp, it is to deal with different combat missions.

In Xiangzhuang's conception, the trapped camp will be composed of all heavy infantry, that is, the trapped soldiers, and the number of trapped soldiers will be about 1000. This heavy infantry will be the main force of the Chu army in field battles. There was even a candidate for the school lieutenant who fell into the camp, and he was Jing Qian.

In addition, the trapped camp also needs to be equipped with the same number of light soldiers. When marching, they must carry nearly a hundred catties of equipment for the heavily armed soldiers. In other words, this light soldier is not just a simple auxiliary unit, but a substitute for heavily armed soldiers.

The so-called first boarding camp will be composed of all light soldiers and dead soldiers. The first boarding dead soldiers will not wear armor or helmets, but only clothe, with a round bun that symbolizes the identity of the dead soldiers!
The number of light soldiers and dead soldiers is about 500. In the future, they will be the vanguard death squads of the Chu army to attack the city and destroy the village.

The so-called Nufeng Battalion is composed of all archers. The archers also do not wear armor or helmets, but only wear common clothes. The long-range suppression of the enemy army will be realized by the Nufeng battalion. The candidate for the Nufeng captain is undisputed, naturally it is Gao Chu!
After listening to Xiang Zhuang's introduction about the three battalions of Siege, Xiandeng, and Nufeng, Wei Liao repeatedly nodded and said: "I fully agree with the general's approach. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the three thousand pro-army will become extremely powerful, but Regarding the matter of selecting elites, shouldn't we first discuss with Xiang Han, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, Yu Ziqi and other generals?"

"That's natural." Xiang Zhuang nodded, then turned his head and shouted, "Gao Chu! Gao Chu!"

Xiang Zhuang yelled twice, but there was no one answering outside, Wei Liao couldn't help stroking his beard and smiling: "This kid, I didn't see him in Dazhai just now, I'm afraid he's going to pester Qin Ji to teach him again. Recognized."

"This guy is really good at timing." Xiang Zhuang shook his head, and shouted again: "Jing Qian!"

There was still no one answering outside, Xiang Zhuang yelled again, this time finally someone came in, but it was Gongsun Sui, the rear army general Xiao Gongjiao and the five hundred songs were killed, the rear army was dead in name only, Gongsun Sui and others were rescued The dozens of people who returned were all incorporated into the personal army camp by Xiang Zhuang, and Gongsun Sui was even appointed as the head of the personal army by Xiang Zhuang.

Gongsun then bowed to Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao each, and said: "General, just now the former general personally came over and called the Youjunhou to the school field in front of Dazhai for a martial arts competition."

"This Jingqian, why did he compete with Huan Chu again?" Xiang Zhuang was quite helpless.

Gongsun then said: "General, if you have anything to tell the villain, it's the same."

"You?" Xiang Zhuang looked at the bandage wrapped around Gongsun Sui's chest, and asked with concern, "Have you recovered from the injury?"

"It's okay." Gongsun said hurriedly, "It's just a little skin trauma, and it's almost healed now."

"Alright, you go and invite Xiang Han, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhongli Mei, and Yu Ziqi here." After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said, "Also, invite Gao Chu and Qin Ji Get it back, I have something to tell them to do!"

"Promise!" Gongsun then bowed and took the order to go.

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In the dark night, Gao Chu held Qin Ji's left hand with his left hand, and supported Qin Ji's right hand with his right hand. His entire chest and abdomen were almost completely attached to Qin Ji's back, and he said against Qin Ji's ear, "Yes, That's it, don't be distracted, believe in yourself, you will be able to hit the torch in front, you will do it!"

The next moment, Qin Ji lightly relaxed the strings, only to hear a soft buzzing sound, and the torch a hundred steps away was extinguished in response.

"Ah, I hit it! I hit it!" Qin Ji jumped up in surprise, she didn't realize at all that Gao Chu's lecherous eyes were looking over her slender jade neck, and she kept looking in, but it was a pity that Qin Ji Ji was wearing a deep coat with a cross-collared right lapel, and it was tightly wrapped from the neck down, so that she couldn't see a little bit of spring at all.

Gao Chu let go of Qin Ji's little hand, and then slid down, and when he was about to land on Qin Ji's upturned buttocks, there was a sudden sound of rustling footsteps behind him, followed by Gongsun Sui's voice: "Marquis Zuojun, Commander Qin, so you are here to practice arrows. It's really easy for a villain to find."

Gao Chu was helpless, turned around and said angrily, "What's the matter, Gongsun Sui?"

"The villain doesn't know either." Gongsun Sui shook his head naively, Gao Chu's eyes widened immediately, and when he was about to run away, Gongsun Sui said again, "But the general is looking for you, saying yes I have something to tell you to do."

The anger that Gao Chu had just built up immediately drained away, and seeing that Qin Ji had already left, she could only follow Gongsun Sui back to the gate unhappy, but she kept complaining about Gongsun Sui in her heart, this kid came too late It's really not the time, don't come early, don't come late, come at this time, don't have to disturb his good business of Gao Junhou!

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When Xiang Zhuang was determined to reorganize the army, Liu Bang also had the idea of ​​seizing military power again.

After the army entered Ruyin, the princes from all walks of life had nothing to do all day long, and often got drunk and fought randomly. Liu Bang was busy these days trying to persuade the fight, and in order to support the hundreds of thousands of coalition troops gathered in Ruyin, he had to consume a lot of money every day. For grain and grass, although there is still a lot of surplus grain in Ao Cang, Liu Bang still feels a little pain in his heart.

Liu Bang thought, it doesn't seem to be a problem for hundreds of thousands of troops to stay here like this, but if he let the princes of all walks of life go back to their fiefs like this, he was really worried. After thinking about it, Liu Bang moved again. The idea of ​​military power, as long as the military power of the princes from all walks of life is taken away, and then let them return to the feudal country with a small number of personal soldiers, isn't it over?
But as soon as Liu Bang's words came out, he was unanimously opposed by Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

Zhang Liangyu persuaded Liu Bang earnestly: "Your Majesty, don't act too hastily. Although Xiang Yu is dead, he is still alive in Xiangzhuang, and the remnants of the Chu army in various places have not given up their resistance. Most importantly, King Qin Yuxi is still in Xiangzhuang. In Zhuang's hand, without this jade seal, you, my lord, cannot ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ping also said, "Without King Qin Yuxi, you will have no righteousness. Even if you ascend the throne by force, the princes from all walks of life will not be convinced, and the rich families in the world will not return their hearts. If you act rashly now, you will be in danger. Once the princes from all walks of life are forced to rebel, the situation will be difficult to deal with, even the king of Qi, Han Xin, may not help the king to suppress the princes from all walks of life."

"That's to say." Liu Bang had a thick skin, and immediately went down the donkey road, "Just talk, haha."

(End of this chapter)