Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 530 Only Hitting Zhao Jun
"There are two big majestic mountains, and the deep canyon in the middle is Tiger Leaping Canyon?" Zhou Yafu stopped his horse, looked up at the majestic mountains in front of him, and sighed sincerely.

Bai Yan once came here when he was young, and he said immediately: "This is just a mountain pass, the terrain is still wide, go a few miles further, and when you really enter the canyon, the general will really appreciate the danger of Tiger Leaping Canyon."

"Really? Could it be more dangerous than Hangu?" Zhou Yafu was half-doubting and urged his horse to move forward.

Bai Yan and Han Ju glanced at each other, and they chased after them. Beside them, there was a mighty coalition army. The [-] coalition army was divided into three parts. The [-] Zhao army walked in the front. There were [-] Han troops in the middle, but [-] Han troops walked at the back of the queue. Although the road was very wide, the entire marching queue was still more than ten miles long.

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On the cliff on the right side of Tiger Leaping Canyon, Zang Yan squinted his eyes and looked at a lonely peak in front of him.

All of a sudden, a huge tree that originally stood on the isolated peak had fallen down, Zang Yan was immediately refreshed, and turned his head to Xiang Zheng who was leaning on the cliff with his eyes closed and meditating: "Brother, the coalition forces are here! "

Xiang Zheng slowly opened his eyes, and lazily said: "Brother Zang, the coalition army has just entered the valley, and it's still far away."

About a quarter of an hour later, there were faint sounds of horseshoes and footsteps in the canyon ahead. Zang Yan poked his head out from the cliff and looked down, only to see teams of armored soldiers lined up in a dozen or so Forming a column, they swaggered into the canyon, and the military flags waving in the wind were all blue, obviously Zhao Jun.

"The one walking in the front is Zhao Jun." Zang Yan said bitterly, "What a cunning Zhou Yafu."

When Zang Yan was about to order the ambush soldiers not to move lightly, his raised right hand was suddenly gently held down by Xiang Zheng.

Zang Yan turned around and hummed in confusion, but Xiang Zheng's lazy eyes showed a cold look, and he turned his head and ordered the messenger: "Send the order, the whole army is ready!"

"Huh?" Zang Yan gasped in surprise and asked, "Brother, although the Tiger Leaping Canyon is very deep, it is not enough to enclose the entire coalition army. The most reasonable tactic should be to let the forward of the coalition army go If we launch another attack in the valley, we will be able to cut the coalition army into three parts, making it difficult to take care of both the head and the tail..."

"No, there is no most reasonable, only more appropriate." Xiang Zheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Compared to annihilating the Chinese army, it is more appropriate for us to wipe out its former army."

"Why?" Zang Yan was puzzled.

"Because the forward is Zhao Jun." Xiang Zheng said in a deep voice, "This time we will only fight Zhao Jun!"

Zang Yan was speechless, he still didn't quite understand Xiang Zheng's intention, but he didn't say anything more.

In the canyon, the Zhao army marching in line had no idea that there were ambushes buried on the cliffs on both sides, and they were still marching swaggeringly. After about half an hour, all [-] Zhao troops had entered the Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Xiang Zheng then slowly raised his horizontal saber, raised it again and said calmly: "Start attacking."

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Zhou Yafu, Bai Yan, and Han Ju were already riding together at the entrance of Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Looking at the gourd-shaped valley in front of him and the cliffs on both sides, Zhou Yafu said sincerely: "In terms of terrain alone, this Tiger Leaping Canyon is indeed more dangerous than Han Valley, but in terms of geographical location, it is far inferior to Han Valley. It’s the valley.” This is true, Hangu is the only passage leading to the Kanto, and its strategic position is not comparable to that of the Tiger Leaping Canyon?
Han Ju suddenly raised his whip and pointed at the valley, smiled and said to Bai Yan: "Brother Bai, if the Chu army lays an ambush in the valley and then attacks with fire, the [-] troops you entered the valley may all be destroyed. Ashes."

It was midsummer at this time, and the area of ​​Langye County had just been exposed to the sun for several days, and it was the time when the vegetation was drying up. In the Tiger Leaping Canyon, especially the lush vegetation, it was indeed extremely vulnerable to fire.

Bai Yan was shocked when he heard the words, and said with some trepidation: "Brother Han, don't be joking."

Zhou Yafu smiled and said: "Hehe, General Bai needn't be worried. This general has just received a report from General Li Jie. The coalition forces of Xiang Zheng and Zang Yan have been huddled in Ju County and have not gone out. Gao Lang's army has been stationed all the time. In Lu County, it is absolutely impossible for the ambush of the vertical alliance to appear here."

"Wuuuuuuuuuuu..." Before the words landed, loud and clear horns suddenly sounded from both sides of the canyon.

"Where is this... the sound of the horn?" Han Ju was taken aback when he heard it, and Bai Yan's heart beat wildly. It couldn't be, it couldn't be so miserable, talking about an ambush, did there really appear to be an ambush?
Zhou Yafu was also full of disbelief, this is impossible, how could there really be an ambush here? !
The suspicion of Zhou Yafu and the others did not last too long. As soon as the horn sounded, groups of soldiers from the Chu Army and the Yan Army showed hideous figures from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, and then there were huge dead trees. For support, grass balls made of hay stuffed in the middle were pushed down from the steep ridges on both sides of the valley entrance.

A few rockets landed on these huge grass balls, and immediately these dozens of grass balls burst into flames. Under the action of gravity, the huge grass balls rolled down, the speed became faster and faster, and the fire became more intense. It got bigger and bigger, and when it was about to roll down on the valley road, it had already turned into dozens of huge fireballs, and the momentum was terrifying.

One of the fireballs came straight towards Zhou Yafu and the three of them. Bai Yan and Han Ju rushed to dodge, but Zhou Yafu stared straight at the roaring fireball, unable to react immediately.

"Be careful, general!" A Han army junior twisted the reins of the horse with all his strength, and whipped Zhou Yafu's buttocks with his hand. It was too late by the time it protruded from the mouth of the valley. With a bang, the fireball had already hit the bottom of the valley and exploded again.

The sparks radiating all over the sky immediately filled the entire valley entrance, including the small Hanjun school, dozens of Hanjun nearby were completely engulfed by the raging fire, and in the next instant, more fireballs were already rumbling Downwards, one after another burst into flames on Taniguchi's galloping road, and suddenly, the flames became monstrous.

Zhou Yafu was led away by his mount for dozens of steps before finally reining in the rein. Looking back, he saw that the entire valley entrance of the Tiger Leaping Canyon had been completely blocked by hundreds of grass balls pushed down by the Chu and Yan troops. , In the monstrous fire, one can still faintly see figures running and howling, that is the dying Han army struggling.

Han Ju had lingering fears. It was really dangerous just now, and he almost died in this barren mountain.

Bai Yan also had lingering fears in his heart, so he looked up to the sky and howled again. His army, [-] Zhao Jun, was probably finished!

Zhou Yafu's face was a little blue, but his eyes were a little cold. He suddenly understood, he understood everything, and immediately yelled out blood at the mouth and fell headlong from the horse's back.

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Luoyang, Chu Palace.

The news of the Tiger Leaping Gorge victory has been sent back to Luoyang by Wumuya Feige.

Xiang Zhuang summoned Bi Shu and Bai Lixian, and said to them excitedly: "Learn swordsman, Ziliang, now I finally understand why you strongly recommended the prince to lead the army to attack Qi." , Xiang Zhuang said with emotion, "I have to admit that I have really misjudged the crown prince, I have misjudged my eyes."

Bi Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is called Aizi, so it's not as clear as my ministers."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said again: "If the crown prince has such ability, the widow can rest assured to hand over Chu to him."

While the three monarchs and ministers were talking, the eldest son Xiang Zhi suddenly came in with big strides, bowed angrily to Xiang Zhuang, and said, "Father, you are treating your son and minister unfairly."

Bi Shu and Bai Lixian looked embarrassed, wondering whether they should get up and avoid it.

Xiang Zhuang had no intention of avoiding suspicion at all, and asked Xiang Zhi with a smile: "Zhier, why did the father treat you unfairly?"

Xiang Zhi muttered and said, "Father asked the eldest brother to lead the army to attack Qi. Now the eldest brother has won successive battles in Qi, not only defeating Han and Zhao Hanjun, but seeing that even Jiaodong County is about to be captured. What a great achievement? But father Wouldn't it be unfair to not let a child lead the army, not even let a child be a small lieutenant?"

Before Xiang Zheng led the army to attack Qi, Xiang Zhi really made a request to serve as a school captain and lead a battalion of soldiers to go out with the army, but Xiang Zhuang refused. Xiang Zhuang was also worried that Xiang Zhi would be rebellious and refused to obey Xiang Zheng Regardless of the fact that the two are blood brothers of the same mother, Xiang Zhi has never been under the supervision of his eldest brother, Xiang Zheng.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang's face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "You also want to lead the army?"

"Yes." Xiang Zhi said without hesitation, "My child also wants to lead the army."

Xiang Zhuang said: "The reason why your elder brother is qualified to lead the army is because he is the prince. For the future of Chu, the father must train him with all his strength, because even if the great Chu unites the world, it will also face the Huns, Yue If the king of a country does not have military skills, it will be a disaster for the great Chu."

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang asked again: "You also want to go to war, so is it possible that you also want to be the crown prince?"

"Uh..." Xiang Zhi was at a loss for words, and then he straightened his neck and retorted, "It's the father's business to choose who to be the prince. If the father makes the elder brother the prince, then the elder brother will be the prince. How can the child have any wrongdoing?" Think? The child only wants to lead the army, if the father thinks that it is not appropriate for the child to lead the army as the son, the child is willing to give up his status as the son and just be an ordinary Chu general."

Xiang Zhuang's complexion darkened in an instant, and he stared at Xiang Zhi coldly, but Xiang Zhi was fearless, and just looked back straight with his eyes, Xiang Zhuang's complexion became more and more gloomy. When Bai Lixian was worried that he would get angry, Xiang Zhuang's face suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny, and he burst into laughter again.

From Xiang Zhi's clear eyes, Xiang Zhuang saw his obsession with military affairs and his almost crazy persistence.

Although this son is a bit irritable, he is still an upright hero. After Xiang Zheng succeeds to the throne in the future, Xiang Zhi should become his best help. Youdao is brothers who are of one mind, and their interests cut through gold. Xiang Zheng really needs this A brother who can charge forward stepped forward to help him, instead of him, he conquered east and west, fought south and north.

"Good boy, my father promises you." Xiang Zhuang stepped forward to caress Xiang Zhi's shoulder, and said softly, "You can go to say goodbye to your two queen mothers later, and then go straight to Chengdu. From now on you will be Shu Commandery Captain! After arriving in Shu Commandery, you must assist Pang Zheng in rectifying the Qiang mansions in the western frontier for emergency use."

"Here!" Xiang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, turned around and left in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)