Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 99 Hunting Beimang
Puyang, the prefect's mansion.

At this meeting, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and Chen Pingjun and his ministers were discussing the military situation in front of the map.

As early as two days ago, the partial division of the Chu army with less than 500 people had been destroyed. The only pity was that the leader of the Chu army, Yu Ziqi, ran away with a dozen of his own soldiers. Know where to hide.

However, the main force of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang has never been seen, and 5000 people have disappeared like air!

It has been a full six days. The scouts of the Han army and the secret agents of the Qi army have searched almost every valley and every forest between the river and Jishui, but they have never seen the remnants of the Chu army of Xiaoer Xiangzhuang. Sometimes, Liu Bang really doubted Did Xiang Zhuang'er really find a deep and large cave and hid it with his remnant soldiers?

Pointing to the map, Chen Ping said to Liu Bang, "Your Majesty, the network of beacon fires along the Jishui River is very tight. Even at night, there are also reconnaissance cavalry. It is simply wishful thinking for the Chu army to cross Jishui quietly! I can be sure that the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang are definitely still on the west bank of Jishui!"

Liu Bang nodded again and again. With Chen Ping's words, he believed that there could be no loopholes in the beacon network along the Jishui line. After all, the Chu army had 5000 people instead of only 500. The beacon tower blockade carefully constructed by the Qi army and the Qi army is absolutely wishful thinking.

It is impossible to divide the troops to break out of the encirclement. Wouldn't Yu Ziqi's 500 people be discovered anyway?
Zhang Liangdao: "That is to say, the main force of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang must still be in the large area east of the river, west of Jishui, north of Puyang, and south of Lixia!" Having said this, Zhang Liang said again , "My lord, this area is two to three hundred miles wide and four to five hundred miles long. There are more than tens of millions of mountains, forests and valleys? It is reasonable to not find it in ten days and eight days."

"Then keep looking!" Liu Bang said, "Even if we dig three feet into the ground, we must find Xiang Zhuang'er!"

Zhang Liangdao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang must be in this area, and he can't escape."

Chen Ping suddenly remembered something, and immediately said: "Arsenal has already built a batch of flying spears, do you want to take a look, Your Majesty?"

"Oh, the flying spear has been built?" Liu Bang regained his energy and said to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, "Let's go and have a look."

At that moment Liu Bang brought Zhang Liang and Chen Ping straight to the arsenal, the arsenal commander did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly led Liu Bang into the warehouse, where there were indeed hundreds of bundles of flying spears, ten in each bundle, thousands of them!

Liu Bang pulled out a spear from it, and saw that the flying spear was about ten feet long and weighed about ten catties. Half of it was a wooden handle, and the other half was an iron spear head. The shape of the flying spears of the Chu army that had passed was very similar. He reached out and touched the tip of the spear. Liu Bang suddenly became interested and insisted on throwing a flying spear outside to test the power of the flying spear.

The arsenal quickly ordered someone to erect a giant scull in the open space. The so-called giant scull is a large rectangular wooden shield eight or nine feet high, two feet wide, and about two inches thick. The iron sheet, on the one hand, can prevent fire, and on the other hand, it can also increase the defensive strength of the scull shield.

After the scull shield was erected, Liu Bang retreated thirty steps away holding the flying spear.

The arsenal order corrected the posture of holding the spear, and Liu Bang started to run. When he was less than [-] steps away from the scull shield, Liu Bang threw the flying spear in his hand towards the scull shield in front of him. He is also a big five and three thick, and he was also a well-known strong man when he was young. This spear throw is extremely accurate and powerful.

There was a muffled sound, the flying spear had already pierced through the scull shield, and the thin and long tip of the spear pierced through the scull shield for about a foot!

Zhang Liang, Liu Bang and a group of soldiers applauded loudly, but Liu Bang suddenly put his hand on his left waist and screamed, after all, he was old, and the effort just now made his waist flash away.

Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were shocked, rushed forward immediately, helped Liu Bang to the side and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Ye Zhe came over in a hurry and reported to Liu Bang: "Your Majesty, Lord Lu Ze is urgent!"

Liu Bang ouched twice, and said angrily, "What about the letter?"

Sui He said: "The three messengers insist on presenting themselves to Your Majesty, or Mr. Zhang Liang and Chen Ping."

Liu Bang said: "Then bring the messenger up."

"No." Sui He took the order and left.

After about a quarter of an hour, Su He came to Liu Bang with three messengers. The three messengers were all sweating like oars and covered with dust. They obviously rushed from Aocang to Puyang overnight. Liu Bang's heart sank immediately. Lu Ze's messenger came in such a hurry, could it be that something serious happened to Ao Cang?

Over there, Chen Ping had already received three wooden slips from the messenger, and then he and Zhang Liang began to arrange them nervously. In less than a moment, more than a dozen wooden slips had been rearranged. Wei Bian said: "Your Majesty, Master Lu Ze said in a letter that Peng Yue was bewitched by Kuai Che and is likely to betray the Han!"

"What?!" Liu Bang was shocked when he heard the words, "Peng Yue wants to betray the Han?!"

Chen Ping said in a deep voice: "Peng Yue, king of Liang, may not have the guts, but Kuai Che is capable of doing anything. I am worried that Kuai Che will secretly attack Lord Lu Ze behind Peng Yue's back. Rebelling against the Han has become a fait accompli, and even if Peng Yue is unwilling, he can only bite the bullet and rebel."

Zhang Liang said: "This matter is no small matter, Your Majesty should return to Liang land as soon as possible!"

Liu Bangdao: "But here in Puyang, there are still the remnants of the Chu army of Xiangzhuang Xiaoer..."

Zhang Liangdao: "Let's leave Puyang to the servants to deal with. Your Majesty should return to Liang as soon as possible. Peng Yue has outstanding military exploits and high prestige. If he makes trouble, Lord Lu Ze will definitely not be able to stop him."

"Alright." Liu Bang said decisively, "I'll leave Puyang to you, Zifang."

After that, Liu Bang helped his old waist to stand up and said to Chen Ping: "Chen Ping, let's go now!"

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Early the next morning, Liang Jun camped.

Peng Yue was chatting with his new staff member "Wu Yi" (Wu She), when Kuai Che suddenly entered.

Seeing Kuai Che, Wu She immediately had an unnatural look on his face, but Peng Yue didn't notice, but turned to look at Kuai Che, and asked, "What's the matter, sir?"

Kuai Che cupped his hands and said, "Just now Lu Ze sent someone to bring a message, inviting the king to go hunting in Beiman Mountain."

"Go hunting in Beiman Mountain?" Peng Yue frowned, "Now is not the hunting season, what does Lu Ze want to do?"

For Kuai Che's staff, Peng Yue didn't have the slightest heart to guard against it. It wasn't that Peng Yue was careless, but that the people at that time were very honest. It's not that there were no examples of followers betraying the master's family, and staff plotting against the master, but it was rare. , because whoever does this will immediately be cast aside by the whole world.

Therefore, Peng Yue had no need to be wary of Kuai Che at all.

In fact, Kuai Che did not mean to harm Peng Yue, he just wanted to help Peng Yue in his own way.

"I don't know." Kuai Che shook his head and said, "I probably want to explain what happened last night."

"I won't go." Peng Yue said unhappily, "Sir, I will reply to Lu Ze's people, saying that I am not feeling well, so I won't go."

"I think His Majesty is still going." Kuai Che said, "Your Majesty has done nothing wrong, so why do you want to hide from Lu Ze?"

Peng Yue thought for a while, then asked Wu She: "Sir, do you think the widow should go?"

Seeing that Kuai Che had never exposed himself in front of Peng Yue, Wu She had already calmed down, and said respectfully, "I think what Mr. Kuai Che said makes sense, and your majesty should go."

"Okay, then I will go meet Lu Ze." Peng Yue stood up, turned his head and shouted to the outside of the tent, "Peng Ming, order three hundred fine horses, and follow the widow to Beiman Mountain to hunt!"

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Ten miles away, the Han army camp.

Lu Shizhi hurried into the tent of the Chinese army and reported to Lu Ze: "Brother, just now the gate of Liang Jun's camp was opened, Liang Wang Peng Yue took two or three hundred fine horses to Beiman Mountain to hunt."

"What?" Lu Ze frowned, "Peng Yue is going hunting in Beiman Mountain at this time?"

This matter was somewhat beyond Lu Ze's expectations. If Kuai Che really wanted to encourage Peng Yue to rebel against the Han, Peng Yue would definitely not leave the camp at this time. Could there be some reason for this?Or is it Kuai Che's conspiracy again?Lu Ze is cautious, but sometimes he is too cautious and becomes suspicious, no matter what the situation is, he has to think it through.

Lu Shizhi said disapprovingly: "Brother, you think too much, maybe Peng Yue just wants to relax?"

Lu Shi couldn't figure it out, so he had to put it down temporarily, and told Lu Shizhi: "In this way, Peng Yue doesn't care about him, you still have to pay close attention to the movements of Liang Jun's camp!"

"No." Lu Shizhi took the order and went.

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Beimang Mountain is less than fifty miles away from Aocang, and it takes two hours to arrive there.

But after arriving at Beimang Mountain, Peng Yue didn't find Lu Ze's men, so he asked Kuai Che immediately, "Sir, didn't you say that Lu Ze was waiting for someone at the eastern foot of Beimang Mountain? Why is there no sign of him?"

Kuai Che spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "That's what Lu Ze's messenger said. Maybe they can't wait and have already entered the mountain."

There happened to be a woodcutter meandering out of the mountain. Kuai Che stepped forward immediately and asked loudly, "This old man, has he ever seen a group of people in the mountain?"

"Yes, yes." The woodcutter nodded repeatedly, then turned back to point to the valley and said, "It's inside, there are hundreds of people."

"This kid Lu Ze really doesn't know how to be polite." Peng Yue said angrily, "Since he has made an appointment with the widow, he should wait for the widow to arrive before entering the mountain together, hmph!"

Kuai Che shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be as knowledgeable as this kind of person, you'd better go into the mountains."

Peng Yue nodded, and immediately urged the horse into the valley. The personal soldier Peng Ming shouted loudly, and the three hundred elite cavalry rushed into the valley following Peng Yue murderously like a shadow.

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In Beimang Mountain.

Tian Heng's eight hundred disciples were quietly lurking in the dense forests on both sides of the canyon.

All of a sudden, a doorman rushed back from the front and reported loudly: "My lord, you are here!"

Tian Heng stood up abruptly, then turned his head to a tall and long-armed doorman behind him and said, "Send a signal, get ready to act!"

The tall and long-armed doorman nodded, and immediately drew his big bow, shooting a cymbal into the void. The sharp and ear-piercing sound of the cymbal suddenly rose into the sky, and the [-] doormen lurking in the dense forest on both sides of the canyon got up one after another. Covering his face with a black cloth, he unloaded the horn bow from his back one after another, took out an arrow from his quiver, and stuck it at the side of his right foot.

After less than half a cup of tea, hundreds of Liangqi had poured into the valley like a tide.

Tian Heng drew a spiked heavy arrow from his quiver and buckled it on the string, and then suddenly pulled away the iron tire bow. Suddenly, Leng Sensen's arrow was aimed at Peng Yue, who was leading the horse and galloping with the reins...

(End of this chapter)