Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 82
Wu She looked at Wei Liao, then at Xiang Zhuang, and asked, "General, are you still going to Handan?"

Xiang Zhuang pondered for a moment, then said to Wei Liao: "Military Master, why don't you go to Handan and directly attack Huguan?"

Wei Liao shook his head and sighed: "General, if Zhang Liang really sees through the old strategy, how can he only lay pockets in Handan? For our army's next move, he will definitely make arrangements in advance, Huh!" The pass is a natural danger, if our army can take it in one fell swoop, it will be fine, but if it fails and the Han and Zhao armies are trapped in the Huguan gorge, it will be doomed."

"Then what should we do?" Wu She frowned, "You can't go to Handan, and you can't go to Huguan, so why not go to Yandi?"

Xiang Zhuang and Wei Liao shook their heads with wry smiles at the same time. Of course the Chu army cannot go to Yandi. Yandi is far away from the hinterland of the Central Plains. Perhaps encountering Hu Qi from the Huns, if the Chu army really went to Yandi, it would be in Liu Bang's arms.

Wu She paused for a moment, then said again: "Why don't we go back to Qi?"

"Absolutely not!" Xiang Zhuang said categorically, "Han Xin has probably returned to Qidi, and if he returns to Qidi at this time, wouldn't that be a tiger jumping on a fly and looking for death?" It is rare in history. With more than 5000 remnants of the Chu army, against Han Xin's hundreds of thousands of troops, it is absolutely lifeless.

Wei Liao sighed, and said helplessly, "General, you still have few soldiers."

The Chu army still has few soldiers. If there are more soldiers, if there are [-] elite soldiers, then the troops can be divided into two groups. From Hedong to Guanzhong, at that time, no matter how unwilling Liu Bang was, he could only return to Guanzhong in a hurry.

Once Liu Bang returned to Guanzhong, most of his momentum to sweep the world would be broken.

After Wei Liao finished speaking, he and Wu She looked at Xiang Zhuang at the same time, and Xiang Zhuang must come to get the final idea.

Xiang Zhuang is silent, it's already at this time, is there any way out for him?Stretching out the head is a knife, shrinking the head is still a knife, it is better to go forward bravely, maybe you can kill a bloody way out of the desperate situation!Handan may not go, Zhao land may not be plundered, but Huguan must go, and Guanzhong must go, nothing to say, fight!

Immediately Xiang Zhuang shouted: "Don't go to Handan, go directly to Huguan!"

Having said this, Xiang Zhuang said again, "The army doesn't need to hide anymore, the front is densely populated, even if you want to hide, it's impossible, then just march with open fire, maybe you can get away with it!"

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On the eastern outskirts of Ye County, Zhou Bo's [-] elite soldiers were marching along Chidao towards Handan.

As Zhou Bo's army marched northward, beacon towers in Mibuye County lit up beacon smoke one after another to warn Handan.

The county magistrate of Ye County has received a secret order from the king of Zhao. No matter whether the Han army or the Chu army, as long as they find that there is a large army entering Zhao, they will light the beacon fire to warn them, and at the same time close all the city gates. Zhao Jun did this not only to prevent the Chu army from getting through the pass, but also to prevent the Han army from taking the opportunity to capture Zhao's city.

After all, Zhang Er only admitted that he was an ally of Liu Bang, but he did not consider himself a subject of Liu Bang.

Amid the rapid sound of horseshoes, a young general in white robes urged his horse to come to Han general Zhou Bo, and pointed to the low city wall of Ye County with his whip in his hand, and said to Zhou Bo: "Father led the army to Zhao to help the battle, and the county magistrate of Ye County Not only is he ungrateful, but he actually guards us like a thief, it’s just like we don’t know what to do, why don’t you lead the soldiers and fight them down?”

"Guan Fu, don't mess around!" Zhou Bo scolded softly, but his tone was full of doting.

Zhou Guanfu is Zhou Bo's only son (Zhou Yafu has not yet been born), and he has just joined Zhou Bo's army not long ago.

Zhou Guanfu has just turned 17 years old this year. His face is like a crown jade, his eyes are like stars, he is heroic, his height is [-] feet [-] inches, his physical strength is extraordinary, he can draw a seven-stone hard bow, and he is good at using a pair of short halberds. Bravery!Zhou Bo named his son Guanfu because he hoped that his son would be brave and brave, and he didn't want to be really brave when he grew up, so Zhou Bo couldn't help being unhappy.

Although he was reprimanded by his father, Zhou Guanfu didn't care, and said: "Father, Fan Kui was really beheaded by Xiang Zhuang?"

"Yeah." Zhou Bo's face immediately became extremely serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Fan Kui was not inferior to Xiang Yu in martial arts, but he was still beheaded by Xiang Zhuang in the battle. In the future, you will meet Xiang Zhuang before the battle. Don't fight hard, you know?"

"Father, my child is not afraid of Xiangzhuang." Zhou Guanfu raised the pair of iron halberds in his hands, and shouted, "The pair of iron halberds in my child's hands should kill all the heroes in the world. What's the point of mere Xiangzhuang?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhou Bo finally changed his face, and shouted sharply, "How dare you be so arrogant at such a young age?!"

Seeing that Zhou Bo was really angry, Zhou Guanfu bowed his head and stopped talking, but he was still unconvinced in his heart, thinking that if he really met Xiang Zhuang on the battlefield in the future, he would have to kill the general before the battle!It is said that Xiang Zhuang is now number one in the world, if Xiang Zhuang is killed, wouldn't Zhou Guanfu be the new number one in the world?
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On the left side of Shaqiu, on the banks of the Zhang River, five thousand Chu troops are rushing westward!

In order to seize time as much as possible, Xiang Zhuang decided to abandon the marching method of day and night, and instead marched in a hurry during the day. The marching route no longer took remote trails, but marched straight along the main road. More than 100 scout cavalry had all been scattered. One is to check the enemy's situation, and the other is to drive away pedestrians on the road ahead to clear the way for the army to advance.

However, just after the army crossed the Zhangshui River, an unexpected situation suddenly appeared!
When Xiang Zhuang was riding a black-tailed horse and following the group of people, Wei Yue Wuyang, who was sitting in front of his saddle, suddenly pointed his finger in front of him and yelled: "Look, sir, that looks like wolf smoke?"

"Wolf smoke?!" Xiang Zhuang's heart trembled when he heard the words, and he hurriedly looked in the direction of Wei Yue Wuyang's finger, and he saw a small earthen platform a few miles to the south, and a striking thick smoke had already shot up from the earthen platform But, isn't it the wolf smoke?
Wei Liao, Wu She, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Yu Ziqi, who were riding behind Xiang Zhuang, also changed their expressions.

"General, there is still smoke in the distance over there!" Soon, another soldier shouted with his fingers farther away.

In fact, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and the others had already seen it without the reminder from the guards. It is definitely a warning!It seems that Wei Liao's worry has become a reality, Zhang Liang has seen through his strategy, Zhao Di has taken precautions, it is already impossible for the Chu army to pretend to be the Han army to pass the test!
After less than half a cup of tea, Gongsun Sui galloped back from the south with more than ten riders.

In front of Gongsun Sui's saddle was a soldier of Zhao army, and when he arrived in front of Xiangzhuang's horse, Gongsun Sui knocked the soldier of Zhao army to the ground, and then bowed to Xiangzhuang to report: "General, the villain pulls out the horse!" captured a beacon tower in the south, beheaded two people, and captured a living!"

Zhao Jun's pawn turned over and knelt down on the ground, begging for mercy repeatedly: "General, please forgive me..."

Xiang Zhuang rode his horse up to the pawn, and said in a deep voice, "This general is asking you a question. If you answer truthfully, you will live. If you tell half a lie, you will be killed immediately!"

Zhao Jun's pawn kept saying: "The villain must answer truthfully."

Xiang Zhuang pointed to the Beacon Tower not far away that was pulled down by Gongsun Sui, and asked, "When was this Beacon Tower built? And who asked you to build it?"

"This beacon tower was built five days ago, and it was ordered by the governor."

Zhao Jun's pawn paused, and then said: "The villain also heard that not only Julu County built many beacon towers, but also Handan County in the south and Hengshan County in the north. As long as a large group of troops is found entering Zhao's territory, no matter whether it is the Yan army, Qi army, Han army or Chu army, they must light the beacon fire."

Xiang Zhuang nodded slightly, and winked at Gongsun Sui, Gongsun Sui understood, got off his horse immediately, pulled out the horizontal knife and put it on the neck of Zhao Jun's soldier, shouting sharply: "Boy, how dare you lie?"

"Ah, no, no, no, what the villain said is true." Zhao Jun's pawn was so frightened that he pissed on his ass.

Xiang Zhuang winked again, and Gongsun Sui immediately kicked Zhao Jun's pawn on the buttocks, and cursed, "Get lost!"

Zhao Jun's pawns crawled away as if they were pardoned, and Xiang Zhuang turned his head and told Gongsun Sui, "Head the order, the whole army speed up the march, and rush to Huguan!" Although the whereabouts have been exposed, Xiang Zhuang still did not change his decision. Still the same sentence, he has no other choice, even if he knows that this is a dead end, he can only bite the bullet and rush forward.

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Handan, the residence of King Zhao.

Zhao Wang Zhang Er fell ill when he returned home, and his condition deteriorated rapidly, and he couldn't get up within two days.

At this meeting, Zhang Er was summoning the prime minister of the country and the eldest son Zhang Ao to discuss matters. Just a moment ago, the beacon fire ignited in the south and southeast had been passed to Handan. At the same time, Ye County and Wei County also condemned Fei Qi came to report that four groups of Han troops had entered Zhao's land in a large scale, and they were less than fifty miles away from Handan!

Zhang Er had already received the report from Liu Bangfei, and knew that this was the arrival of the four armies of Zhou Bo, Wang Xi, Mei Yan, and Fu Kuan. The remaining two armies of Xia Houying and Li Shang were probably about to enter Zhaodi, and only the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang There is still no news so far, and I don't know if he has really entered Zhao's land?

Zhang Er was a little worried, and asked Guan Gao: "Minister Guo, the beacon towers should be repaired at all the gates, right?"

"Don't worry, your majesty, there are more than [-] counties in Julu, Handan, and Hengshan. All the gates have been spread all over the beacon towers. As long as there is an army entering Zhao, no matter what country's army it is, your majesty will know the news as soon as possible!" He still has high self-confidence. This is not only to guard against the Chu army, but also to guard against the Han army. How can he take it lightly?
As soon as Guan Gao's voice fell, a servant came in and reported: "My lord, there is smoke from the North Watchtower!" ############################ ###################################PS: There is one thing to explain, during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, there were two Han Xins , one is Qi Wang Han Xin, which is well known to everyone, and the other is Han Wang Han Xin, which may not be familiar to everyone. In history, to avoid confusion, Han Wang Han Xin is usually not called Han Xin, but Han Wang Xin.

(End of this chapter)