Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 83 Famous General Zhou Bo
"North Observatory?" Zhang Er said in a deep voice, "Then it must be the Chu army!"

Having said this, Zhang Er ordered Guan Gao again: "Minister of the State, immediately send flying cavalry to convey the movements of the Chu army to Zhou Bo, Wang Su and other Han troops, including the follow-up movements of the Chu army. Submit it to the Han army, and then order the counties and counties to defend the city and not to fight lightly, let the Han army fight against the Chu army."

"No." Guan Gao bowed and took the order.

Watching Guan Gao leave, Zhang Er's eyes fell on Zhang Ao again.

Zhang Ao is the eldest son of Zhang Er. He is 30 years old this year. When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang launched a riot in Daze Township in the early years, Zhang Ao began to fight with Zhang Er in the south and north. Unfortunately, Zhang Ao was cowardly and lacked courage, so Zhang Er was very worried that after his death, Zhao Guoguo would be annexed by other vassal states.

Zhang Ao walked forward on his knees, carefully pulled the quilt for Zhang Er, and said with concern: "Father, are you feeling better today?"

Zhang Er sighed, stretched out his withered hand to caress Zhang Ao's cheek, and said: "My son, after your father dies, you must be careful in governing the country. Be careful when governing. If there are any matters that cannot be resolved, you can ask the country Xiangguan is high, and military affairs are uncertain, you can ask the general Zhao Wu and the second general Bai Xuan, remember, remember..."

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In the northern suburbs of Ye County, Zhou Bo's army was winding its way north.

Amid the sound of hoofbeats, Zhou Guanfu's flying horse came to Zhou Bo's horse, bowed on the horse's back and reported: "Father, Zhao Wang sent a flying horse to report that a Han army was found near Shaqiu, about 6000 people!"

"Five to six thousand people?" Zhou Bo said coldly, "That must be the Chu army."

Zhou Guanfu nodded, and said: "The envoy of King Zhao also said that the Chu army did not march towards Handan, but bypassed Daluze and went straight to Xindu County!"

"Huh?" Zhou Bo's face changed slightly, and he muttered, "The Chu army didn't go to Handan, but went west to Xindu?"

Zhou Guanfu had read military books since he was a child, and said immediately: "Father, will the Chu army want to make a move?"

"Hitting east and west?" Zhou Bo shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "It's not like, from Xindu to the west is Taihang Mountain, and further south is Huguan... Well, the Chu army's goal should be Huguan!"

"Huguan?" Clan brother Zhou Qi frowned, "The Chu army is really going to Huguan, we can't catch up."

Zhou Guanfu had never participated in the Battle of Gaixia, so he asked in puzzlement, "Uncle, my nephew has seen the map. Our army is much closer to Huguan than the Chu army. Why can't we catch up?"

Zhou Qi said anxiously: "Nephew, you don't know how fast Chu Jun runs!"

Zhou Bo also said: "The Chu army can run three hundred miles in a day and night, our army is absolutely inferior!"

Having said this, Zhou Bo instructed Zhou Qi again: "Second brother, you lead [-] elite soldiers and rush to the Huguan Canyon in the starry night. Remember, when you get outside the Huguan Canyon, don't block the valley road, and only form a fortress outside the valley mouth!"

"Promise!" Zhou Qi agreed with a bang, and immediately ordered five thousand elite soldiers to take orders.

Zhou Bo thought for a while, then turned around and told his soldiers: "Send out flying cavalry again, and send a message to five generals including Wang Xi, Fu Kuan, Li Shang, Xia Houying, and Mei Yun, saying that the Chu army is likely to attack Huguan. , suggest that they encircle in the direction of Huguan!"

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Two days later, the Chu army drove more than 400 miles to the Huguan Gorge amidst the roaring smoke.

For the beacon fire that followed like a shadow, Xiang Zhuang felt deep hatred but was helpless. The beacon fire warning system in Zhaodi was obviously carefully designed, except that the beacon fire that was sent to the south when the Chu army was first discovered was used to warn Handan. In addition, the later beacon fires just chased the Chu army, and no longer passed them on.

In the past two days, wherever the Chu army went, the beacon fires would burn there!

Xiang Zhuang also thought about sending troops to pull out the beacon towers along the way one by one, but in the end he gave up, because the hinterland of Zhao was densely populated, and there were many forts built by powerful families, and most of these beacon towers were built on the forts. Although Wubao is not strong, it will take a lot of time to fight one by one, and the Chu army can't afford it!
Xiang Zhuang also thought about lighting fires around at night to disturb Zhao Jun's audiovisual, but it was useless.

No matter how far you run at night and how many beacon fires you burn, the Chu army will still reveal their whereabouts during the day.

Unless the Chu army can run out of Zhao's land overnight, or only march at night and find a place to hide during the day, it is impossible to get rid of Zhao's beacon fire!The problem is, Chu Jun is now racing against time, how can he hide?Moreover, on this plain, there is no hiding place for the five thousand troops.

After various attempts, Xiang Zhuang simply ignored the flames of war and just buried himself in the march!

However, when the Chu army finally arrived outside the Huguan Grand Canyon, they found that thousands of Han troops had arrived first, cut trees and dug trenches to form a camp, and set up a camp on the outer edge of the valley mouth of the Huguan Canyon.

Although the Han army did not block the entrance of the canyon, Xiangzhuang did not dare to enter the valley rashly.

Who knows if there are any ambushes of the Han army in the valley?Once there is an ambush, rushing into the valley is to kill yourself!
In the final analysis, it is impossible for Liu Bang to send only a few thousand soldiers to intercept and kill the Chu army. Zhang Liang must have a backup. Maybe 10,000+ Han troops are ambushing in the valley, waiting for the Chu army to sneak in!
"General, it's not very good." Wei Liao said in a deep voice, "It seems that the Han army is already prepared!"

"General, do you still want to fight Huguan?" Wu She asked urgently, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, if you don't want to fight, you should leave immediately!"

Xiang Zhuang suddenly fell into a fierce struggle, whether to fight Huguan or not?Let's fight, we must first destroy the thousands of Han troops at Taniguchi, but the problem is that these thousands of Han troops are guarding the mountain, and they have been prepared for a long time. I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle. If you arrive too soon, it will be dangerous.

But if you don't fight, how can you enter Han land?How can you enter Guanzhong if you don't enter Handi?If you don't enter Guanzhong, how can you beat old Liu Bang back?If you don't beat old Liu Bang back to Guanzhong, wouldn't all the previous efforts be busy?How does this make Xiang Zhuang reconciled, how can he be reconciled? !

Gritting his teeth, Xiang Zhuang finally ordered to retreat, and the whole army returned the same way!
As the old saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you don’t have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as you can mobilize the Han army that came to encircle and suppress Zhao, the Chu army will still have a chance to break through Huguan and attack Guanzhong!Even if you are desperate, you must pay attention to the method, method, and strategy. You must not move forward in a daze. That is not called desperate, but desperate.

But this time, Xiang Zhuang really fell for Zhou Bo's trick!

In fact, there are only [-] Han troops outside the Huguan Gorge. Although these [-] Han troops are also the elite of the Han army, they are not at the same level as Xiangzhuang's [-] Chu troops in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness. If the Chu army launches an attack, it can completely defeat it in a short time, and then calmly pass through the canyon to attack Huguan.

As for the Sixth Route Han Army, Zhou Bo's army is still fifty miles away from the nearest one!

But there is no way, the Chu army has no intelligence support after all, so they don't know the overall situation at all.

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It wasn't until evening that Zhou Bo's army finally arrived outside the Huguan Gorge, and saw a red flag rising slowly on the southern horizon, followed by the menacing armored soldiers of the Han army , that cold halberd pierced the sky, and the cold and murderous atmosphere suddenly permeated the wilderness endlessly!
Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Bo's army slowly entered the Huguan Gorge. Almost at the same time, the camp on the mountain also opened its gates. Amid the sound of horseshoes, Zhou Qi had already galloped down the mountain with fifty cavalry soldiers.

After seeing Li first, Zhou Bo asked Zhou Qi, "Second brother, have the Chu army passed by?"

Zhou Qi shook his head, and replied boldly: "Don't worry, brother, the Chu army has retreated again!"

"Hahaha, good!" Zhou Bo immediately laughed loudly, "Xiangzhuang boy, this time he fell into the net!"

"Father, Xiangzhuang is nothing more than that!" Zhou Guanfu said, "Now the Chu army is only running away in a hurry, their morale has collapsed, and their fighting spirit has been completely lost. My child only needs five hundred light soldiers to come back with the head of Xiangzhuang!"

"Hmph, how arrogant you are at such a young age?!" Zhou Bo frowned suddenly, and reprimanded Zhou Guanfu coldly, "Is Xiangzhuang as unbearable as you said? Let alone five hundred Qingqi, it's just for your father. Five thousand Qingqi, you may not be able to decapitate Xiang Zhuang and come back!"

Zhou Guanfu frowned, and said unhappily, "Why should father be ambitious?"

"Being the father is for your own good, so as not to cause you to fall into trouble in the future!" Zhou Bo said, and then turned to his brother Zhou Qi and said, "Second brother, immediately get up five hundred light cavalry, chase after me and bite the Chu army, remember, you My mission is to bite the Chu army and not let them get away, don't fight them, and don't enter the forest, remember!"

"Promise!" Zhou Qi agreed with a loud bang, and ordered five hundred Qingqi to go.

Only then did Zhou Bo turn his head around, and said to Zhou Guanfu earnestly, "Son, in the battle of Dabie Mountain, Xiang Zhuang was able to force back the king's hundreds of thousands of troops with thousands of remnants, how could he be easy to deal with? My father knows that you are brave and powerful. But can you be braver than Xiang Yu? Wouldn’t you be as brave as Xiang Yu and lose Gaixia and kill yourself in Wujiang?”

Zhou Guanfu said disdainfully: "Xiang Yu is just a common man."

Zhou Bo shook his head and sighed, "Son, Xiang Yu is no ordinary man. This man's use of the formula of bravery has reached the peak. The same army can only exert [-]% of its combat power under other people's command, but under Xiang Yu's command, But he can display [-]% of his combat power immediately, and this is Xiang Yu's excellence!"

Zhou Guanfu suddenly looked pensive, and said in a low voice: "Father said, can Xiang Yu incite the anger of the whole army with the anger of one person? Can he inspire the anger of the three armies with the anger of one person?"

"Yes." Zhou Bo nodded, and said again, "But now, Xiangzhuang has to be added. Xiangzhuang can also use his personal courage to mobilize the spirit of the Chu army. A group of remnants of defeated generals came under his command. You became an elite within a few days! My son, you are only 17 years old, so don't underestimate the heroes of the world, let alone be complacent..." ################ #################################################### #########PS: Thank you for the pure love piggy rewards, and congratulations on becoming the guardian of "Chu and Han Struggle"!Thanks to: Sea Melting Hundreds of Rivers, Walking in a Lonely Rainy Night, Jade Blood Sword 1, Don't Look at Fangyuan, Walking and Stopping Layman, Love Without Limits, No Poison, Now 267, Story of Starry Sky, "Future", Blue Boiling Star, Drifting Fish Bait, ★Free and unfettered romance★, The Dragon Dances in the World, Refers to Crazy, The Last Love Is Hands Let Go, Cruel C and other book friends' generous rewards, thank you very much.

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