Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 91

On the west bank of the river, Zhou Bo and Mei Yan were sighing.

"Damn it!" Zhou Bo said angrily, "Hurry up, you're still a step late!"

"That's right." Mei Yan also said regretfully, "The Chu army has only one hundred fifty or sixty small boats, and at most they can ferry a thousand people back and forth. If we had known that the Chu army dared to cross the river, we would have given them He came halfway across and struck, hey, at that time, Xiang Zhuang'er should have jumped into the river to feed the fish, what a pity, what a pity."

At this time, Chu Jun's farewell sounded wave after wave.

"Generals Zhou Bo and Mei Yan, please stay and send them away without trouble, and send them away without trouble..."

Zhou Guanfu said angrily: "Father, let's quickly collect boats and cross the river to pursue them."

Zhou Bo sighed and said, "I'm afraid we won't find any boats near here, so let's look upstream and downstream."

Mei Yan said: "General Zhou, let's split up. I'll go upstream and you go downstream. After collecting the boats, gather here immediately and ferry the army across the river to pursue!"

Zhou Bo nodded, and immediately separated from Mei Yan.

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On the east bank of the river, more than 150 large and small ships have already berthed.

Coupled with a group of boats crossing the river before, more than 300 boats have covered the entire river beach.

As soon as Xiang Zhuang jumped off the boat, he ordered Jingqian: "Jingqian, send five hundred light soldiers to carry these more than 300 ships of various sizes to the forest over there and hide them. Remember, they should be hidden separately, half of them will be hidden in the forest. The outer edge, just cover it up casually, the other half must be hidden deep in the woods, and all traces must be eliminated!"

"Promise!" Jing Qian suddenly agreed, and immediately took the order.

Huan Chu was puzzled and said, "General, why did you separate the boats and hide them?"

Ji Bu also echoed, "That's right, why don't you drag all the boats deep into the woods and hide them?"

Xiang Zhuang said indifferently: "It's very simple, this is to keep the half of the ships deep in the forest."

Wu She suddenly asked: "The general said that he sacrificed half of the ships to save the other half?"

"Sir, what you said is right." After Xiang Zhuang said, he turned his head and looked at Wei Liao, both of them had an imperceptible sly smile on their lips, the purpose of this move was not so simple.

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In the middle of the night, the [-]-mile express delivery from Zhaodi reached Puyang again.

Holding a roll of bamboo slips, Sui He hurried into the hall, and reported to Liu Bang, "Your Majesty, send it to Zhao Di urgently!"

"Submit it quickly!" Liu Bang immediately stood up, took the bamboo slips with his hand and unfolded them with a clatter. After reading them in a hurry, he frowned, and then handed the bamboo slips to Zhang Liang, saying, "No Thinking about it, I really didn't expect it, Xiang Zhuang's child really didn't know what to do, and he rushed back to Qidi, hmph!"

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's expressions changed slightly when they heard the words, which was really unexpected.

Liu Bang stroked his mustache and asked Zhang Liang, "Zifang, how is the Qidi Beacon Tower going?"

Zhang Liang looked at the bamboo slips and replied: "Five days ago, the king of Qi ordered flying cavalry to report that beacon towers have been built along Juyeze, Gucheng, Lixia and Dixian County, and the 30 troops have also been divided. The ten routes are stationed in the major cities along the Jishui River, if the remnants of the Chu army really go deep into Qi, there will be no return, death and no life."

"That's good." Liu Bang nodded, and said again, "Then let Zhou Bo and the others cross the river east as soon as possible, and drive the remnants of the Chu army to the direction of Jishui. This time, we must kill the remnants of Xiangzhuang Xiaoer's Chu army along the Jishui line!"

Chen Ping pondered for a moment, and then said: "However, just in case, we should leave an army guarding Huguan."

"Not only Huguan, but also Jingxing Pass!" Zhang Liang said, "In addition, all the large and small ships that can be collected on both sides of the river should be burned together, so as to prevent the remnants of the Chu army from crossing the river again and entering the land of Zhao!"

"Okay." Liu Bang nodded, and then said to Chen Ping, "Chen Ping, then I will trouble you."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go down to make arrangements." Chen Ping bowed his head and took the order to go.

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On the east bank of the river, Xinyi.

Xinyi is also Shenxian County in later generations, but now it is just a small city.

There used to be thousands of households in Shenyi, but because the river flooded almost every year in the past ten years, the people suffered from disasters every year and had no means of living, so they fled one after another. There are five hundred households, but the city wall of Xinyi is made of blue bricks, which is quite strong, and the rammed earth can't stop the flood, right?
It was the darkest hour before dawn, and the sentry at the head of Xinyi City yawned, and was about to go into the enemy building to take a rest, but the moment he turned around, he saw a little light on the horizon ahead from the corner of his eyes. When I took a step forward and looked back anxiously, I saw a faint light slowly wriggling under the night sky in front of me.

"This is..." The sentry rubbed his eyes and found that the light hadn't disappeared, obviously it wasn't a phantom.

After less than half a bag of cigarettes, the light was much closer to Xinyi and turned into a fire dragon.

The sentinel quickly woke up the dozen or so Minzhuangs who were on duty. The leader of Minzhuang was a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Pengcheng. After taking a look, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted sharply: "Army, there are troops marching! Blow the horn, blow the horn to warn!"

After saying this, the veteran roared again: "Send flying cavalry again, and send emergency to Puyang!"

Veterans are veterans with rich experience. This army suddenly appeared without saying hello. It is obviously an enemy rather than a friend!

More than a dozen civilians burst into flames immediately, and two of them scrambled and rushed down to the top of the city. They found horns from the barracks and blew them vigorously. As soon as the sky rose, the sleeping people and the defenders were alarmed one after another. In less than half a cup of tea, the whole Xinyi was already boiling.

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In the east of Xinyi City, more than 4000 Chu troops are marching southward with great fanfare.

Going far away to Xinyi, the sky-high beacon has already been lit on the top of the city. Obviously, the beacon towers have already spread all over Qi. If the Chu army continues to advance, it will inevitably repeat the same mistakes as Zhao. No matter where it goes, the beacon The wolf smoke will always follow, and hundreds of thousands of Han and Qi troops will inevitably swarm from all directions.

Wu She caught up with Xiang Zhuang on horseback, and said worriedly: "General, we really shouldn't go back to Qidi. You see, Han Xin and Liu Bang will know immediately that we have returned when the time comes. , Han Xin's hundreds of thousands of troops rushed from all directions, and we couldn't find a gap even if we wanted to break through."

After saying this, Wu She said again: "General, the land of Qi is no better than the land of Zhao."

What Wu She said is true. The situation in Qi and Zhao is indeed different, and it is very different. Although Zhang Er, the king of Zhao, was also granted by Liu Bang, Zhang Er never regarded Liu Bang as his father, and the Chu army rushed into Zhao. At that time, Zhang Er only ordered all places to raise beacons to inform the Han army, but he never sent a single soldier to help the battle.

The King of Qi, Han Xin, is quite different. Han Xin obeyed Liu Bang’s words, at least for now. Once the Chu army enters Qi, not only will they have to face the siege and interception of Han troops from all walks of life, but also face the attack of Han Xin’s 30 troops. Intercepting and killing layer by layer, this is not a joke, a little carelessness, that is the end of the entire army's destruction.

"Sir, you are right. Han Xin is more difficult to deal with than Zhang Er, and Qi is much more dangerous than Zhao. If you are not careful, the whole army will be wiped out immediately!" Xiang Zhuang nodded, deeply convinced , "So, we can't delay in Qidi, we must kill Qidi in the shortest possible time and return to Chudi!"

Hearing this, Wu She just smiled wryly and shook his head, returning to Chu land, it's easy to say, but is it possible to go back?

Behind Xiang Zhuang, the generals Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Xiao Kai were also very excited, but Yu Ziqi frowned, with a faint look of confusion in his brows. Returning to Chu at this time?
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When more than 500 Chu troops crossed Xinyi and rushed south overnight, Zhou Bo had already crossed the river first with [-] elite soldiers.

The Han army sent all the cavalry to collect more than 500 large and small ships, and gathered the ships together overnight. At dawn, Zhou Bo's [-] elite soldiers were the first to board the ship, and then set foot on the east bank of the river in the thin morning light. Once ashore, Zhou Bo ordered the healthy soldiers familiar with water to row the boat back to the north bank to meet the follow-up army to cross the river.

Immediately, the [-] Han army began to form an array, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to scout around.

As a seasoned veteran of many battles, Zhou Bo is vigilant enough at all times.

Even though it is basically impossible for the Chu army to attack halfway, Zhou Bo is still very careful, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!
At three poles in the sun, the second batch of [-] Han troops also successfully set foot on the east bank of the river. Zhou Bo breathed a sigh of relief. Tens of thousands of elite troops had gathered on the east bank of the river. If the Chu army wanted to attack the Han army halfway across, that is Wishful thinking, at the same time, the scouts sent out for reconnaissance also found out.

Soon, Zhou Bo brought five hundred Qingqi to the outer edge of the forest.

Looking at the hundreds of ships hidden in the bushes, Zhou Bo couldn't help frowning.

Zhou Guanfu said: "Father, why did Xiang Zhuang hide these ships, and did they hide them well? Just like this, can we find them by sending a few scouts?" Deep in the dense forest, he said in a deep voice, "Could it be that Xiang Zhuang is deliberately covering up, and there is another batch of ships hidden in the forest?"

"My son is too worried." Zhou Bo shook his head and said, "When the Chu army crossed the river yesterday, we saw it too. They only have more than 100 boats, and they are all here."

Obviously, the previous scene on the north bank of the river had created a preconceived mindset for Zhou Bo. Once the human mindset is formed, it is difficult to break through. Zhou Guanfu just said that there are still a group of boats in the forest. Breaking through the stereotype of thinking, he was just talking casually.

Sure enough, Zhou Guanfu did not insist, and said again: "Then why didn't the Chu army hide the boat more secretly?"

"There are only two possibilities." Zhou Bo pondered for a moment, and he had already reached a conclusion, and said immediately, "First, the Chu army had no intention of crossing the river at all, and they hid their boats just in case, so they didn't bother to spend much time; Second, the Chu army left in a hurry, they were in a hurry to leave, so there was no time to seriously hide these ships.” ############################### ######################################PS: Thank you, Ying Gong, atyjbtdl, Jinmeng 2, Walking in a lonely rainy night, vvvvvvvvvvss, the last love is to let go, in the world of mortals, Liu Xinfei, facing the loess, evil maple leaves, AVIOU, busy with the flow, free and romantic, 951109, story of the starry sky, maomaomao365, He Yongcheng, toilet arrangement ﹫POSE, lin8711220, Rave V Party, Old Comrade Zou, Love Without Limits, Life Only For Hui, Zui Wuyi, Big Toe, Crying Xiao Zi, Pure Love Piggy and other book friends’ generous rewards, very grateful grateful.

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