Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 529
Back at the camp, Bai Yan tentatively said to Zhou Yafu: "General Zhou, if there is no accident, the coalition forces will definitely win the four counties of Jibei, Linzi, Jiaodong, and Langye, so how to distribute these four counties is a matter of choice." Shouldn't it be time to make a strategy? In case things come to an end, because disagreements hurt each other's peace."

Han Ju also said: "I agree, it's time to make a strategy."

This is also the meaning of the question. Originally there were only three counties, so there is nothing to say. One family has one county, which is fair and reasonable, but now there is an extra Langye County, so we have to talk about it.

Bai Yan said bluntly, "My Great Zhao sent the most troops this time, so at least half of the dozen or so counties under the jurisdiction of Langye County should be divided by my Great Zhao."

"Why?" Han Ju said unwillingly, "Before sending troops, each family had an agreement that the land, population, wealth and goods they would get would be divided equally, and Langye County must also be divided equally. There is nothing to say about that."

"No." Bai Yan said decisively, "I, Da Zhao, sent the most troops, it's fair and unfair."

"Han Ju, is it possible that you want to break your promise?" Han Ju stood up abruptly, his right hand already reaching for the hilt of his sword.

"Why, Han Ju, do you still want to kill people?" Bai Yan was unafraid, and also clenched the handle of the sword with his right hand.

Seeing that the two were about to have a conflict, Zhou Yafu secretly scolded them for being idiots, but he had no choice but to stand up and persuade him: "Listen to this general, I'm afraid it doesn't matter how Langye County is divided, I have to say it." Only the great kings of each family can speak, so the two of you should wait until the battle in Qidi is over before discussing, okay?"

Bai Yan and Han Ju snorted to each other, and sat back on the table in embarrassment.

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Half a month later, when Xiang Zheng received the report from the flying cavalry and learned that the soldiers and civilians led by Zhao Xi had entered Langye County, Xiang Zhuang finally left Linzi with [-] Chu troops.

The Chu army did not leave quietly at night, but chose to withdraw in an upright manner in Baitiantang.

Seeing a whole group of Chu troops with a well-organized lineup leaving the east gate of Linzi, and then marching toward Jimo along the spacious road, Bai Yan suddenly turned his head to look at Zhou Yafu, and said, "General Zhou, Are you really going to let Xiang Zheng and his [-] elite soldiers go like this? Xiang Zheng is the prince of Chu."

Bai Yan didn't mean to take Xiang Zheng's life, he just wanted to take Xiang Zheng as a hostage.

In any case, Xiang Zheng is the prince of Chu State. If Xiang Zheng can be captured as a hostage, it will undoubtedly be extremely beneficial to Zhao State and even the entire Lianheng Alliance.

Han Ju nodded again and again, he also had the same thought.

Zhou Yafu smiled and said, "I know what brother Bai means, but it's not time to turn against the Chu army, at least until Langye County takes over."

Han Ju said coldly: "When Langye County is taken over, I'm afraid there will be no chance."

"Do you both think so?" Zhou Yafu smiled, and said again, "That's right, both of you think so, so Chu Jun must also think so, but I want to do the opposite. Acting when the last chance is about to be lost, this is what the art of war calls surprise and surprise, ha ha."

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The Chu army marched extremely fast, and by the evening of the eighth day, they had arrived within [-] miles to the north of Ju County.

Hearing that the Chu army had arrived, the Han army besieging Juxian immediately retreated ten li to the village. However, Li Jie, the deputy general of the Han army, still led more than a hundred rangers to cruise in the northern suburbs to monitor the movements of the Chu army.

Standing on the hill on the outskirts of Ju County and looking down, you can faintly see the outline of the city of Ju County, and the dots of lights lit up in the city are even more clearly visible. Just after the unitary hour, a winding long dragon of torches is along the road to Ju County The Chidao from Zhengbei drove over in a mighty way, and then went straight into the north gate of Ju County.

The torch line stretched out extremely long. Li Jie took a rough visual inspection and found that its length probably exceeded [-] li. However, the [-] Chu army had such a long queue, obviously marching in single file.

"Strange, why did the Chu army make the queue so long?" a junior asked suspiciously.

Li Jie was also confused, and he couldn't figure out what Chu Jun's intention was in doing this.
There is also a small school eager to try, and suggested: "General, the queue of the Chu army is so long, as long as we cut it from the middle, the Chu army will inevitably be in trouble..."

"No." Li Jie said decisively, "How do you know that the Chu army is not a tactic to lure the enemy? What's more, the Hussar General has issued strict orders. Without his order, our army must not act rashly." The Hussar General in Li Jie's mouth It was Zhou Yafu, because of his meritorious service in attacking Qi, Han Wang Liu Heng had just named Zhou Yafu as Hussar General.

Li Jie's prudence is justified. Xiang Zheng, Crown Prince of Chu, dared to attack Linzi with [-] elite soldiers, and succeeded in one fell swoop. How could he be easy to deal with?How could such a powerful person leave such an obvious flaw?Therefore, it is likely that the Chu army deliberately left a loophole to lure the Han army to attack, and Li Jie didn't want to take the risk.

The junior officer said, "General, is it just like this that the Chu army is allowed to enter Ju County?"

Li Jie said: "It's better for the Chu army to enter Ju County, hehe, it's easy for them to enter, but it's difficult to think out."

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The north gate of Ju County.

Xiang Zheng got off his horse, and Zang Yan hurried up with more than a dozen soldiers.

"Brother Xiang Zheng, you're here." Zang Yan gave a deep bow to Xiang Zheng, and said, "Brother listens to you this time, and Ju County will be abandoned, but you must take it back for my brother later. "

"Brother Zang, don't worry, my brother will definitely mean what he says." Xiang Zheng smiled, and said again, "Are you all ready?"

"Don't worry, brother, everything is ready." Zang Yan said, "A large number of Northern Diao scouts have been dispatched outside the east gate, west gate, and south gate. It is wishful thinking for the Han army scouts to approach Ju County in three directions. After a pause, Zang Yan said again, "The Yan Army and Bei Diao Army in the city have also completed their assembly."

"Very good." Xiang Zheng nodded happily, then turned around and shouted: "Let the order go, the torches will be extinguished after the army enters the city, and then they will pass through the city of Juxian County. They will go out of the city from the south gate in the dark and continue southward!"

Zang Yan also turned around and got on his horse, and issued an order to retreat to the Yan army who had assembled on the long street in the city.

The scouts of the Han army cruising outside the north gate and Li Jie on the hill focused all their attention on the mighty Chu army brigade heading south outside the north gate, but they never thought that the south gate of Ju County had already taken advantage of the darkness. The dark night of Mo opened up quietly, and the Chu army that had just entered the city, as well as the Yan army and Bei Diao army that had been stationed in the city had quietly left.

Just as he was leaving the south gate of Ju County, Xiang Zheng reined in his horse suddenly and turned his head back, sneering at the night sky in the north, Zhou Yafu, haven't you already laid an ambush ahead? Cross the sea with the truth, and then kill the carbine again, but we have to see who ambushed whom, hehe.

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Zhou Yafu, who was warming up around the campfire, suddenly shivered without warning, and the soldiers sitting beside him hurriedly took a cloak to put Zhou Yafu on, and said: "General, don't catch the cold. "

Zhou Yafu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, this general is not that weak."

Bai Yan, who was sitting on the other side of the fire, said: "General Zhou, count the time, the Chu army is about to arrive in Ju County, but I and Brother Han don't know about your clever plan, General, now, can we say said?"

Zhou Yafu waved his hand, and said calmly: "I don't dare to take it as a clever calculation. In fact, it's nothing to put it bluntly. This general just secretly ordered Shentu Jia to lead five thousand elite soldiers across the mountains and ridges, and set up an ambush on the only way from Ju County to Lu County. , just last night, this general has received a flying report that Shen Tujia has arrived at the junction of Langye and Xuejun."

"It's just like this." Han Ju suddenly realized, "I said why the general controlled the marching speed so slowly. I dare say it was just to paralyze the Chu army. In fact, the general had already secretly laid an ambush in front of him. It's amazing, really amazing. "

But Bai Yan said: "General Zhou, Shentu Jia's whereabouts will not be discovered, right? And Gao Lang who is stationed in Lu County, will he lead troops to the junction of Xue County and Langye County to take over the government?"

Zhou Yafu said with a smile: "General Bai, don't worry, the Black Ice Terrace is closely monitoring Lu County. Until yesterday, Gao Lang's army has been stationed in Lu County, and there has been no abnormal behavior."

"Hehe, that's great." Bai Yan said happily, "So, Xiang Zheng can't escape this time."

Han Ju also said: "With Xiang Zheng as a hostage, the Chu State will be wary of rats from now on."

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Fifty miles to the east of Ju County, the Chu Army, Yan Army, and Bei Diao Cavalry were hurrying northward along the barren mountains and ridges.

At this time, the eastern sky was already slightly pale. Zang Yan walked in the dark all night, but when he looked up, he found that he seemed to be heading north, and he caught up with Xiang Zheng out of breath. Wrong, Xue County should be in the west, but why did we go north?"

"Brother, don't worry, the direction is correct." Xiang Zheng waved his hand and said, "Besides, we are not going back to Xue County, we have to go back and ambush the coalition forces halfway."

"What? Ambush the coalition forces?" Zang Yan didn't react for a while.

"Yes, ambush the coalition forces." Xiang Zheng nodded lightly, "My master said, this is called returning the carbine."

"Back to the carbine?" Zang Yan looked at the Chu army, Yan army, and Bei Diao cavalry who were hurriedly following behind him, and said with a frown, "But there are 1 to [-] coalition troops going south from Linzi, and we only have less than [-]. , can you make an ambush?"

"There are not that many coalition troops." Xiang Zheng waved his hand and said, "It is impossible for Zhou Yafu to bring all the troops into Langya. If there is no accident, he will bring at most 3 horses." After a pause, Xiang Zheng said again , "Moreover, last night's deception was very successful. Zhou Yafu only thought that we were still staying in Ju County, and never thought that we would go back and ambush him."

"Well, that's true." After all, Zang Yan had read several military books, and nodded immediately, "The art of war is about surprise and surprise. Zhou Yafu never thought that we would ambush them on the way. Maybe it will happen."

Xiang Zheng smiled and said again, "Besides, in order to paralyze us, the coalition forces marched extremely slowly, so we still have enough time to make preparations after arriving at Tiger Leaping Canyon." The only way to pass through is a valley between two mountains, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and it is also the ambush site selected by Xiang Zheng.

(End of this chapter)