Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 85
Suddenly, a rush of hoofbeats came back from the front.

Soon, a scout rushed out from the night, and Pegasus reined in the horse to stop the charge when it reached Mei Yun. The cavalry on the horse immediately got off the horse and knelt down on one knee to report: " General, the Chu army suddenly turned around and came towards the east!"

"Oh? The Chu army is coming east?" Mei Yan couldn't help being stunned when he heard that, the Chu army is coming east?Isn't that getting closer to your own army?Isn't Chu Jun afraid of meeting his own army head-on?Or, Xiang Zhuang'er didn't take his [-] elite soldiers seriously at all?

No, Chu Jun's behavior is a bit abnormal.

Mei Yan immediately got off her horse, turned around and shouted: "Map!"

Some soldiers dismounted from their horses early on, and spread out the map carried by the army on the grass in front of Mei Yan, and another soldier lit up more than a dozen pine torches, illuminating dozens of steps around as bright as day, and Mei Yan bowed down. He got down and stared at the map without blinking. Soon, he found something strange from the map.

General Si Kouli said, "General, is there something wrong?"

"Here." Mei Yan patted the map and said with a frown, "Even if the Chu army defeats our army, they will not be able to break out, because the Huan River is less than a hundred miles to the east. The Huan River is wide and deep, and there is no way out." Fording and crossing the river, if we collect boats to cross the river, there will be too little time, because by the time the Chu army collects boats, our six-way army will have already killed them."

"That's right, Xiang Zhuang's child is in a hurry and confused, isn't he heading for his own death?"

"That's right, let's not say that my [-] troops stand in front of the Chu army, even if we break through, what can they do?"

"Yes, in fact, there are still gaps in our army's encirclement network. It's a pity that the Chu army doesn't know the reality of our army, and lacks timely and accurate information, so it still can't break out. But if the Chu army really advances eastward along the Huan River , then our six-way army only needs to encircle the left side of the Chu army, and in this way, there will be no gaps, and the Chu army will undoubtedly die."

All the generals agreed one after another, but Mei Yan still felt that something was wrong. How could Xiang Zhuang be so easy to deal with?
What's more, Wei Liao is a military advisor of the Chu army. This old guy was a great captain of the Qin Dynasty before, and he also worked out a grand strategy for Qin Shihuang to wipe out the six kingdoms. He should be quite familiar with the terrain of Zhao, so , How could Chu Jun make such a low-level mistake?No, there must be some weirdness in it!
Mei Yan pondered for a moment, then ordered Si Kou Li, "Go, find some villagers!"

Si Kouli took the order to leave, but couldn't make it through the meal, so he brought two villagers, one old and one young, to Mei Zhan. The old man was obviously afraid of Mei Zhan, and immediately protected the young boy Behind him, Mei Yan patiently asked, "Don't be afraid, old man, we won't hurt you, we just have something to ask you."

The old man tremblingly said: "General, just ask, the little old man will answer truthfully."

Mei Yan nodded, and asked: "From here to the east, less than a hundred miles away, there will be Huan Shui, Huan Shui, you know?"

"I know." The old man hurriedly said, "When I was young, I often went to Huanshui to sell fish. The carps in Huanshui are so fresh."

"Very good." Mei Yan nodded, and said again, "Is there any shallow place in the Huan River for the army to wade through?"

"Yes." The old man said without hesitation, "Although the Huan River is wide, it's actually not deep. It's especially shallow near Jipu. The deepest part is no more than five feet, and an army can definitely wade through it."

"That's right!" Mei Yan said, "Old man Wei Liao, you're so calculating!"

After finishing speaking, Mei Yan waved his hand to signal the soldiers to take the grandfather and grandson away, and then shouted: "Si Kouli!"

Former military academy lieutenant Si Kouli suddenly took two steps forward, clasped his fists together, and replied proudly: "The last general is here!"

Mei Yan said murderously: "Lead the [-] elite soldiers of the headquarters and rush to Jipu immediately, and then guard there for the general. Before the rest of the army has arrived, you must not let a Chu soldier go, otherwise you are the only one who asks." !"

"Promise!" Si Kouli promised with a bang, and immediately ordered four thousand elite soldiers to leave. Mei Yan turned his head and ordered the soldiers to lead: "Immediately send flying cavalry to inform Zhou Bo, Wang Xi, Fu Kuan, Li Shang, and Xia Houying Wait for the five generals to say that the Chu army is likely to flee from Jipu across the Huan River to the east, and let them encircle in the direction of Jipu immediately!"

"Promise!" The head of the bodyguard team agreed with a loud bang, and turned around to dispatch Lingqi.

Mei Yan said again: "The rest of the generals, each lead their own troops, and go south with the general to intercept the Chu army!"

More than a dozen school lieutenants and Sima agreed at the same time, and one after another ordered the troops of the headquarters, followed Mei Yun to turn south, and prepared to intercept and kill the remnants of the Chu army that was marching eastward in the starry night.

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Under the night sky, five thousand Chu troops were rushing east along the main road.

All the soldiers were already sweating profusely and panting like cows, but Xiang Zhuang still kept urging them.

"Speed ​​up, continue to speed up, don't slow down, let alone stop, soldiers, sons of Da Chu, grit your teeth and hold on!"

"If you're a man, stand up for me!"

"We are not afraid of death, but are we afraid of being tired?"

"If you think about food and drink, it's only a few hundred miles away!"

"I promise you, when you arrive in Jipu, I will give you delicious food and spicy food!"

"Hardly hear it clearly, work harder now, and save a lot of people from dying by then!"

"You little bastards, let me use all your efforts to serve women, speed up, continue to speed up, rush across the small river in front of the Han army, hurry up..."

At this time, the sky had brightened, and in the thin morning light, there was a small river lying quietly in front of it.

The river is neither wide nor deep, so the army can wade through it, but the problem is that densely packed banners of the Han army have appeared on the northern horizon. Amidst the endless sound of horns, tens of thousands of armored soldiers of the Han army rushed out of the banners. Came out from behind, like an endless colony of ants, sweeping down the fields.

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On the fields in the north, Mei Yan's army of more than ten thousand is swarming southward.

Seeing that the Chu army was about to cross the small river not far ahead, Mei Yan couldn't believe his eyes. As early as in Huainan, he had heard that the Chu army could escape more than 300 miles overnight. He didn't believe it at first, but today, he believed it. The endurance of these remnants of the Chu army running long distances is really unmatched!
At this moment, Mei Yan was also in a cold sweat. Based on the previous distance and orientation between the two sides, his army of more than ten thousand had only run for more than 50 miles, but the Chu army had already run for at least [-] miles. If the army is a little later, it will fall behind the Chu army's ass to eat ashes!

"Mei Yin listens!" Mei Yan turned her head and shouted in desperation.

Lieutenant Mei Yin patted his horse forward and said sharply: "The last general is here!"

While controlling the horse and galloping, Mei Yan yelled: "Lead five hundred Qingqi, charge up, and entangle the Chu army!"

Before the division of troops in Puyang, Liu Bang assigned five hundred light cavalry to the elite soldiers of the six groups. Apart from serving as flying cavalry to pass messages to each other, the five hundred light cavalry were also used to entangle the Chu army at critical moments.

Mei Yin suddenly agreed, and quickly ordered five hundred Qingqi to leave the brigade, and swarmed southward.

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"Damn it!" Xiang Zhuang gritted his teeth, turned his head and shouted, "Gongsun Sui!"

Gongsun hurriedly rushed forward, bowed his hands and said sharply: "The last general is here!"

Xiang Zhuang pointed vigorously at the hundreds of Qing cavalry of the Han army sweeping from the north, and shouted angrily: "Lead the scouts, stop them!"

"Promise!" Gongsun promised with a bang, and immediately turned around and shouted at the more than a hundred scout cavalry accompanying him, "Boys of the scout team, follow me!"

"Go, go, fight with them!"

"Leave these Hanqi to us!"

"With us here, no one should think about the past, don't think about it!"

More than a hundred scout cavalry immediately screamed, and one by one, the horsemen left the brigade, brandished their javelins, and followed Gongsun to meet the Qing cavalry of the Han army swarming down from the north.

The javelin was specially equipped by Xiang Zhuang for the scout cavalry, and it was specially used to deal with the Han army cavalry.

Because the cavalry at this time was not equipped with stirrups, it was difficult for ordinary cavalry to draw bows and shoot arrows on horseback, except for generals with extraordinary physical strength who could hold the horse's belly with their extraordinary leg strength. Throwing a javelin only requires one hand, so ordinary cavalry can do it.

The two armies advanced towards each other, and the distance quickly approached.

"Aw... Ha!" Gongsun held the horizontal knife upside down and howled suddenly.

In an instant, more than a hundred cavalrymen who followed fiercely behind slowly spread out to the two wings. In less than a moment, more than a hundred cavalrymen formed a long snake formation with a width of more than one hundred feet.

On the northern horizon, Han general Mei Yin waved his hand, and five hundred Han cavalry slowly spread out towards the two wings, facing each other with a formation of cavalry over a hundred feet wide. However, the Chu army only had one row, while the Han army had five rows at the front and back!Looking at the flimsy cavalry formation of the Chu army, Mei Yin's mouth burst into an incomparably ferocious murderous intent.

Gongsun then took the lead and urged the horse to gallop. The ground under his feet receded like a tide.

All of a sudden, Gongsun Sui had raised the horizontal knife in his hand high, and the cold edge of the knife faced the rising sun, reflecting a dazzling cold light. The next moment, Gongsun Sui moved the horizontal knife in his hand forward again Yin, more than a hundred Chuqi turned around at the same time, and raised their right arms backwards, and the cold javelins were ready to go.

"Kill!" Accompanied by a shout like thunder, Gongsun Sui's high-raised horizontal knife suddenly slashed down, and more than a hundred Chu cavalry threw their javelins forward at the same time, and more than 100 sharp javelins were cut through in an instant. Void, with a piercing scream, shot at the Han cavalry who were advancing fiercely on the opposite side. #################################################### #################PS: Thank you for the "Leon Harut" rewards, and congratulations on becoming the helmsman of "Chu Han Struggle".Thanks to: avdfgdsf4d, Long Wu Tian Xia Zhi Chi Dian, Jade Blood Sword 1, Drifting Fish Bait, Genius Xiaoyue, Book Friends 091212205308029, Let’s take a look, hs85242059, Happy Romance, liutq, Love has no limits, In the world of mortals, The generous rewards of book friends such as Chu and Han Contest, Stories of the Starry Sky, Cruel C, The Ancestor of Sword Dao, Deformed Anus, Walking in the Lonely Rainy Night, Crying Xiao Zi, jjztcf, etc., are very grateful.

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