Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 84 The Fish in the Net
The night is dim, the stars and the moon are dim.

Five thousand Chu troops are marching in a hurry in the wilderness. Even though they are elite athletes who have experienced many battles and have excellent physical fitness, after two days and two nights of marching, they can't take it anymore. All of them are sweating profusely. , panting like a cow, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and they almost couldn't walk.

Xiang Zhuang was urging his horse forward, when Gongsun suddenly rode his horse and followed him, and shouted sadly: "General, it's not good, the military master fell off the horse and passed out!"

"Ah?!" Xiang Zhuang was shocked when he heard the words, and hurried his horse back to the central army.

When Xiang Zhuang arrived, Wu She had already helped Wei Liao to his feet, and Wei Yue was feeding him water. This little girl was somewhat beyond Xiang Zhuang's expectations. After such a long march, she still didn't fall down. Of course , This is also because she has a horse to ride. If she is really allowed to march on foot with the soldiers of the Chu army, she will probably be tired and collapsed.

After drinking a few sips of water, Wei Liao finally woke up faintly, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, this old man has burdened you."

"Military master's words are serious." Xiang Zhuang shook his head, and immediately ordered to stop the advance, and the whole army rested. When Xiang Zhuang gave the order, the soldiers of the Chu army who were rushing forward collapsed to the ground one by one, and they didn't want to get up again.

Wu She supported Wei Liao, and asked with a sad face, "Military Master, where is this?"

Wei Liao shook his head feebly, and said with a wry smile: "Running back and forth in the past two days, I can't tell where I'm going, but most of them are still going around in Handan County."

As soon as Xiang Zhuang turned his head, he happened to see a bunch of beacon fires on the Wubao not far away. Obviously, Zhao Jun who was guarding the Wubao had spotted the Chu army under the night sky, so he lit the beacon fire to warn. Xiang Zhuang ordered Gongsun Sui to say: "Go, take 200 people to pull out Nawubao, and tie a few more alive!"

"Promise!" Gongsun agreed with a bang, and took the order.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Gongsun Sui led people to pull out Wubao, and returned with a prisoner of war.

After asking, I found out that the Chu army had already entered Ye County, and all the generals looked at each other in blank dismay, why did they come to Ye County?
Wei Liao sighed, and said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, I don't know if you have noticed that we have encountered at least six groups of Han troops in the past two days, but each group of Han troops is not in a hurry to fight, nor is it hot to give up. Means, just send a small group of cavalry to cling to our whereabouts, and only when we are about to stop and rest, the Han army will suddenly appear!"

"Well, I have felt the same for a long time." Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "Old Liu Bang is trying to exhaust us to death!"

Wei Liao shook his head and sighed: "General, we may have fallen into the trap of the Han army. If we can't break out in time, we will be trapped in the trap!"

As soon as Wei Liao finished speaking, there was the sound of horseshoes in the night sky in front of him, and immediately a scout cavalry galloped over, and after a long distance, the scout cavalry howled mournfully: "General, northeast direction Found a large group of Han troops, at least [-] people! We are less than [-] miles away from our army..."

"Damn it!" Xiang Zhuang gritted his teeth, "Here we go again!"

"My God, are you still letting people live?" Wu She looked up to the sky and lamented.

It has been two days and two nights, and it has been like this every time. The Chu army ran half to death and just wanted to stop for a rest. The Han army would immediately come out from nowhere. The Chu army continued to run, and the Han army would not I was in a hurry to chase, but when the Chu army ran far away and stopped, and wanted to take a rest, another Han army would come out immediately...

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Puyang, the prefect's mansion.

Liu Bang is drinking with Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Suihe, who was under the tent, had already entered the hall of the Sheriff's Mansion with a letter in his hand, bowed to Liu Bang, and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, Hurry up for eight hundred miles in Zhaodi! "

"Oh?" Liu Bang was immediately refreshed when he heard the words, "The Chu army is trapped!"

At that moment, Chen Ping stood up, took the letter from Sui He's hand, and opened it directly.

Liu Bang was naturally literate, but he didn't bother to read the slips, so he asked immediately, "Chen Ping, what does the battle report say?"

After reading the slips, Chen Ping's eyes brightened, and he bowed his hands to Liu Bang and said, "Congratulations, brother Zifang's ten-sided net has worked. General Zhou Bo said in the battle report that the Chu army has been surrounded by siege all day and night. If there is no rest, at most three days later, the Chu army will be exhausted, and they will be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

"Hahaha, good!" Liu Bang was overjoyed, and immediately raised his glass to Zhang Liang and said, "Ovary, drink this glass to the full!"

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While Liu Bang was drinking and having fun, the Chu army was facing life and death threats.

Xiang Zhuang gritted his teeth, and shouted sharply, "Blow the trumpet, and the whole army will move out!"

All of a sudden, there was a long and long sound of horns under the night sky. Amidst the endless sound of horns, the soldiers of the Chu army who had just sat down and rested for less than half an hour cheered up and got up again. These [-] elite soldiers, if replaced by other troops, even the [-] tiger and wolf soldiers of Liang Jun General Liu Kou, would not have such perseverance!
Seeing Wei Liao's dejected look, Xiang Zhuang asked his own soldiers to make a stretcher and carry him on the march.

Wei Liao still wanted to struggle to get on the horse, but Gongsun Sui couldn't help but push him onto the stretcher. Wei Liao sighed, raised his head and said to Xiang Zhuang who was on the horse's back: "General, you can't go on like this!"

Wu She also said: "If this continues, we will die of exhaustion."

"En." Xiang Zhuang nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice, "I know!"

Wei Liao pondered for a moment, then said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, from now on, we can no longer avoid the Han army!"

After this pause, Wei Liao said again: "The Han army is guided by Zhao's beacon fire, and there are also flying cavalry passing messages. Our army's every move is under their control. No matter which direction our army turns, they will We can know it in time, so it is impossible for us to pass through the gaps between the various Han armies."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently, it was all caused by intelligence, damn it!
Wei Liao took a breath, and said again: "If our army wants to turn the situation around, we must choose a direction and go forward bravely. No matter how many Han troops block us in front, we must defeat them until we are far away from Handan, away from the flames of war that follow us everywhere, Otherwise, it would be impossible for our army to escape the pursuit of the Han army!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and asked in a deep voice, "So, which direction should we choose?"

Wei Liao pondered for a while, and then said: "Since this is Ye County, Huanshui is all the way to the east. If the old man remembers correctly, you can walk down the Huanshui to a small town called Jipu. The place can ford and cross the river, as long as our army can cross the Huan River, we can temporarily escape the pursuit of the Han army."

Having said this, Wei Liao continued: "However, on the way to the east, the Han army coming from the northeast will definitely intercept it, and there may even be Han troops stationed in Jipu! If this is the case, and our army If we can't defeat the Jipu defenders in time, then the Han armies from all over the surrounding area will come upon hearing the news, and our army is likely to be..."

The expressions of Wu She, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai, and Yu Ziqi suddenly became incomparably dignified. Although Wei Liao didn't say the second half of what he said, everyone knew what it meant. If Jipu was really guarded by the Han army , and the Chu army fails to break through in time, then the Han armies from all walks of life will come upon hearing the news, and the entire Chu army may be wiped out.

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes focused on Xiang Zhuang.

Whether to go east or not is related to the life and death of the Chu army. Of course, this decision can only be made by Xiang Zhuang!

But Xiang Zhuang didn't hesitate at all, and said decisively: "The order, the whole army turns around to the east, and goes to Jipu!" That's the big taboo for generals, at least Xiang Zhuang will never hesitate at this time.

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Handan County, northeast of Ye County.

The [-] elite soldiers of Hengshan State General Mei Yan were marching westward, and what the Chu army's scouts discovered was Mei Yan's army.

Mei Yan was also a famous general. After Xiang Yu destroyed the Qin Dynasty, he divided the world. Except for the eighteen princes and kings, the following generals could only be granted the title of [-] lords at most.

However, even Mei Yan had to admire Zhang Liang's resourcefulness!

Liu Bang, the king of the Han Dynasty, exaggerated his strategy, but he was able to win thousands of miles away. It is not unreasonable. This white-faced scholar sat in Puyang and moved his lips, tinkering with four positives, six oddities, and a ten-faced net. Mei Yan thought it was just a joke. , I didn't want to, but I really drove the thousands of remnants of Xiang Zhuang's children into a desperate situation!
How cruel Xiang Zhuang is, Mei Yan is quite clear.

In the Battle of the Dabie Mountains, although Mei Yan had never fought against Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang defeated three Han armies in a row with only [-] remnants, and then went straight to the Han camp, almost killing Liu Bang. Even Mei Yan couldn't believe it, Xiang Zhuang was able to scare Liu Bang so much that he didn't dare to stay in the mountains, so how could he be easy to deal with?
But now, the remnant of Xiangzhuang has really become a fish caught in the net.

Zhou Bo, Wang Ci, Fu Kuan, Mei Yan, Li Shang, and Xia Houying's six armies had fully spread out, forming a huge encirclement circle, enveloping the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang. The Han army was able to grasp the movement of the Chu army in time, so no matter which direction the Chu army turned, the Han army's encirclement network could also move in time.

When the Chu army stopped and tried to rest, a Han army would rush straight into the net immediately, forcing them to continue to turn.

Mei Yan believed that in two days at most, the Chu army would be exhausted. At that time, the 12 troops of the Sixth Route Elite Army would be encircled on all sides. No matter how brave and skilled the Chu army was, they would surely be defeated!
(End of this chapter)