Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 545
While he was talking, a soldier came up to report in a hurry: "Prime Minister, Longxitang newspaper!"

"Longxi?!" Bai Mo's heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly reached out to take the flying report from the soldiers, and after reading it in a hurry, his face immediately turned ashen.

"Prime Minister, what's the matter?" Shu Sunying asked urgently.

"You can read it yourself." Bai Mo sighed, and handed the pond newspaper to his uncle and grandson Ying.

Uncle Sunying took the Tang newspaper with some doubts, but jumped up after reading it, and said in a voiceless voice: "Impossible, this is impossible, how did the Chu army come out of Longxi?"

No wonder the uncle and grandson were surprised. There has only been one way from central Shu to Guanzhong since ancient times, and that is the way out of Jinniu through Hanzhong and into Guanzhong. But the Chu army did not take this way now, but came directly from Longxi. How did they come here? of?How did the Chu army cross the Gongga Mountain, which is covered with snow all the year round?And how did they cross the barren desert?

Uncle and grandson Ying were surprised, why wasn't Bai Mo surprised?He didn't think of it at all.

Then Uncle Sun Ying thought of a very serious problem, because the main force of the Han army is now scattered in Hanzhong, Beidi, and Shangjun to defend against the enemy. At that moment, Uncle Sun Ying said to Bai Mo: "Prime Minister, you can't spend any more time here with the army of Chu State. Go back to Xianyang as soon as possible."

Bai Mo is silent, and Xianyang's defense is empty. For the safety of the King of Han, returning to the division is inevitable, but he also knows that returning to the division at this time is extremely dangerous. Once Bi Shu leads the Chu army to crush it, the Han army may be defeated like a mountain. Therefore, a surefire strategy has to be considered to prevent the Chu army from chasing rashly.

After pondering for a while, Bai Mo told his uncle and grandson Ying, "So, General Uncle Sun, you lead [-] elite troops out of the city quietly, and set up an ambush in the valley [-] miles north of the city."

"Here!" Bai Mo responded abruptly, and took the order to go.

Looking at the back of his uncle and grandson going downstairs, a trace of pity suddenly flashed in Bai Mo's eyes, and he murmured in his heart, General Uncle Sun, please don't complain about the truth, for the sake of the Great Han, I can only sacrifice you And [-] soldiers.

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When Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai, Alpaca, Ding Gu, Xi Qilie and more than a dozen generals walked into the tent of the Chinese army, General Bi Shu had already put on his helmet and armor and knelt on the chief.

"Wang Jian, please." Waiting for everyone to enter the account, Bi Shu sat up on his knees and bowed to the east.

Tieniu, the pro-military school lieutenant, held the Wang Jian bestowed by Xiang Zhuang and boldly entered the tent, and all the generals looked at each other with sympathy.

"Everyone." After Tieniu stood still behind him with Wang Jian in his arms, Bi Shu looked around the tent and said, "This general just received a report from the scouts, and Han Chancellor Bai Mo has led the army to retreat from Shangyong. , it must be that one or several of the other nine routes invaded the Guanzhong, causing Xianyang to shake, so Bai Mo returned to the teacher to save himself."

All the generals in the tent suddenly started whispering, especially Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai and other veterans in the army, their expressions were even more excited, because they knew very well that the battle of defeating Han was probably something they could only participate in in their lifetime It's the last battle. If you still can't win the battle this time, it is basically impossible to make any more contributions.

At that moment, Huan Chu strode forward and said sharply: "Then what else is there to say, hurry up and chase after him!"

"Old General Huan's words are very true." Bi Shu nodded happily, took two order arrows from the case and shouted, "Huan Chu, Ji Bu, two old generals, listen to the order!"

Huan Chu and Ji Bu stepped forward in response, they all clasped their hands together and said, "The last general is here!"

Bi Shu threw the two command arrows to Huan Chu and Ji Bu respectively, and said loudly: "This general orders you to lead five thousand armored soldiers from your headquarters to chase and kill the Han army overnight. There must be no mistakes."

Xi Qilie and Ding Gu were astonished when they heard the words.

"Here!" Huan Chu and Ji Bu responded abruptly and took orders to go.

After the two veterans left, Bi Shu picked up two command arrows and shouted: "Xiao Kai, Alpaca."

Xiao Kai and the alpaca stepped forward in response, bowed their hands together and said: "The end is here."

Bi Shu threw a command arrow at the two of them, and shouted: "Lead the five thousand armored soldiers of the headquarters, and be responsible for supporting them."

"Here!" Xiao Kai and the alpaca responded loudly, and also took orders.

After hesitating for a moment, Xi Qilie still couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "General, only two old generals are sent to lead [-] armored soldiers to hunt down the Han army. Is the force too weak? What if the Han army stays behind?" After the ambush ended, the last general was worried that the two veteran generals would suffer misfortune, Xiao Kai and Alpaca were also young soldiers..."

"Xi Qilie!" Bi Shu frowned, and said coldly, "Do you still need you to teach me how to use soldiers?"

"Don't dare, dare not, the last general has absolutely no intention of offending the general." Xi Qilie retreated in awe.

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Three days later, Bai Mo led the main force of the Han army to retreat to the entrance of Ziwu Valley.

As soon as the army settled down at the entrance of Ziwu Valley, a flying horse reported that Uncle Sunying had defeated the Chu army in the valley twenty miles north of Shangyong City and beheaded more than [-] soldiers. Huan Chu and Ji Bu, two old generals from Chu State, Xiao Kai and Alpaca who came to meet him were also defeated by Uncle Sunying.

Looking at the heads of Huan Chu and Ji Bu presented by the sergeant, Bai Mo was in a daze for a moment.

After Uncle Liu, Sunying and [-] Jia soldiers were cut off, they were originally just an abandoned child under Bai Mobu. The original intention was to delay the speed of the Chu army's pursuit, but it never happened that this abandoned child defeated the Chu army consecutively and even beheaded. The two meritorious veterans of Chu State?What's going on here, why did my junior brother suddenly become incapable of using soldiers?

Li Shang, the old general who came from Nanzheng to meet in Ziwu Valley, also felt a little unbelievable, and said in confusion: "It's strange, although my uncle and grandson Ying are brave and good at fighting, they can't be stronger than Bi Shu. Bi Shu can even beat Qi Wang Han Xin." He was defeated in the battle, but why did he lose again and again under the hands of his uncle and grandson this time? Doesn't it seem unreasonable?"

However, Bai Mo seemed to understand a little bit, and sighed: "The truth seems to be a little bit clearer."

"Oh, the Prime Minister knows the reason?" Li Shang asked curiously, "But I don't know why?"

Bai Mo shook his head, and said in a low voice, "That junior brother is already looking for a way out for himself." After that, Bai Mo ordered Li Shangdao again, "Old General Li, you can make the army rest assured that my junior brother will not catch up At least we won't catch up so quickly, you and I can calmly enter the valley and rush to help Xianyang."

However, as soon as Bai Mo's voice fell, a fast horse galloped out along the Ziwu Valley path, and seeing Bai Mo from a distance, the knight on the horse had already dismounted, rolled and crawled to Bai Mo, knelt down and sobbed: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, it's bad, the big thing is bad, the Chu army has come to Xianyang City, the king ordered you to return to the teacher to rescue, hurry..."

"What? The Chu army has already defeated the city of Xianyang?!" Li Shang was shocked when he heard the words, can't he?
Bai Mo also turned pale with shock, and asked Ling Qi anxiously, "Do you know which Chu army it is and how many troops it has?"

Ling Qi said in a trembling voice: "Prime Minister, there are two armies of Chu State approaching Xianyang City from east and west directions at the same time. The exact strength of the troops is unknown, but there are at least [-] to [-] troops."

"What? There are two armies from east and west?!" Bai Mo was shocked when he heard this.

Bai Mo of the Chu army in Longxi didn't expect it, but he was mentally prepared, because Bai Mo knew very well that there would never be too many Chu army troops to kill from Longxi over the mountains and ridges, at most three to 5000 people, so even if they killed At the foot of Xianyang City, it will not pose too much threat. At most, they will abandon Hanzhong and completely retreat to Guanzhong.

However, the Chu army also entered the pass from the east, which was beyond Bai Mo's expectations.

Could it be that Tongguan, guarded by Champion Hou, was breached?The high school army has already entered the customs?If the Gaochu army entered the pass, then Xianyang must be doomed. It doesn’t make much sense if you can’t go back to save it, because once Tongguan is lost, there will be no danger to defend from Luoyang to Xianyang. With the continuous entry of energy into customs, this battle has become impossible to fight.

Gathering his mind, Bai Mo asked Ling Qi with the last sliver of hope: "Have you ever seen the flags of the two Chu troops?"

Ling Qi nodded, panting and said: "During the breakout, the last general was chased and killed by the Chu army on the east road. The general will faintly see that the Chu army's central army flag is embroidered with a letter, which should be the army of Prince Chu Xiangzheng."

"Xiang Zheng? It turned out to be Xiang Zheng?!" Bai Mo was relieved, but he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

What reassures Bai Mo is that whether it is the partisan army that came out of Longxi or the army that Xiang Zheng crossed the river to attack, they are all lone troops who are suspended from the army. The army will definitely be defeated, but what makes Bai Mo sigh is that Xiang Zhuang is already difficult enough, and he doesn't want his son to be so powerful.

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"Prince Chu Xiangzheng?!" Looking at the black soldiers of the Chu army outside the city, Liu Heng, King of Han, turned pale.

The old general Mei Yan stepped into the tower tremblingly, panting, "Not only Xiang Zheng, the Prince of Chu, but also Xiang Zhi, the eldest son of the Chu army, the general of the Chu army who was killed from Longxi is none other than Xiang Zhi, the stepson of Xiang Yu, the former king of Chu! "

"Xiang Zheng? Xiang Zhi?!" Liu Heng's face became more and more embarrassing, and he said in a trembling voice, "Old General, what should we do?"

"Your Majesty, don't panic." Mei Yan waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "The Lingqi sent to Hanzhong for help has already broken through, and the Prime Minister will lead the army back to help in a few days."

Liu Heng said worriedly: "It's hundreds of miles from Shangyong to Xianyang, can the prime minister catch up?"

Mei Yun said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, there are still [-] Imperial Forests in Xianyang City, and I have urgently recruited [-] disciples of Xun Qi and servants. Xianyang City has deep ditches and high walls, and the Chu army is eager to break in."

Before the words were finished, a landslide and tsunami-like killing sound suddenly sounded from the direction of the north gate.

Liu Heng was shocked, and hurriedly asked Mei Yan, "Old General, what's going on, what happened to the North Gate?"

Mei Yan was also ignorant of this, and when the monarch and his ministers were in a state of relative panic, suddenly a blood-soaked Han army junior galloped to the bottom of the city tower, and hurried up to the top of the city, knelt down and reported tragically: "Your Majesty, it's not good. At that time, the brothers Sima Zhong and Sima Ji turned against the water and led five hundred family members to open the north gate of the Urn City, and the Chu army had already broken through the city."

(End of this chapter)