Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 490
The physique is abnormal, even if the wound stabbed by Zhang Zhong sacrificed his life, the intestines can be seen directly, the blood loss is quite serious, the sky is just full of light, and not long after, Xiang Yu, who fell asleep for most of the night, woke up from the car on the way south, and started again. regained consciousness.Then, after seeing that the sky was completely bright, and seeing that the soldiers of the Western Chu Army were still marching in line, Xiang Yu's first sentence was of course to ask: "How is the situation in the rear army? Have you been chased by the Han thieves? "

"Reporting to Your Majesty, so far, there is no news from Master Xiang." The person who answered the question was Lu Matong, the head of Xiang Yu's guard, and said very respectfully: "But this should be a good thing, at least it means that there is nothing wrong with Master Xiang." It's dangerous, there's no need to send someone to warn us."

The blood loss was still a bit too much, Xiang Yu looked somewhat tired when he nodded, and asked Lu Matong again. He learned that the army had been marching all night and hadn't stopped to rest. , Let the army stop advancing, rest and eat on the spot."

The order was conveyed, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had just fought a battle yesterday and then hurriedly retreated seemed to have heard the sound of nature, so they quickly stopped to rest on the spot, or took out dry food to chew, or ran to Surabaya in the west Drinking water was replenished by the river, and more people just lay down on the ground in a mess, showing their exhaustion up and down. Xiang Yu also got out of the car with the help of Lu Matong and other guards, and sat Rest on the spot next to the car.

After drinking a gourd of water to replenish water, and forcing himself to eat dry food to restore his strength as soon as possible, Xiang Zhuang, Ji Bu, Kuai Che, and Liu Laosan, the main civil and military personnel of the Western Chu Army, also came to the car to visit Xiang Yu's situation. Greeting Xiang Yu's injury, Xiang Yu forced a smile on his face, and said in a relaxed tone: "It's okay, I checked just now, and there is no bleeding. Even if I go back to battle now, there will be absolutely no problem."

It was easy to say, but after saying this, a sudden sharp pain in the abdomen made the muscles on Xiang Yu's face twitch. After he gritted his teeth and held it back, Xiang Yu changed the subject again and asked: "What are we talking about?" Where are you now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, we will arrive at the Dasha River in Peixian County soon." Liu Laosan immediately replied: "Go two or three miles further to the Dasha Pavilion, the highland next to it is called Zhuangtai, and there are seven or eight small lakes in the east. , the terrain is very complicated, and there is a small road that can lead directly to Qi County."

"Why are you so clear?" Xiang Yu asked in surprise.

"Because if you go twelve or three miles further, you will be the Sishui Pavilion in Peixian County." Liu Laosan's smile became a little bitter, and he said: "I have been the head of the Sishui Pavilion for more than ten years. Back to my own home, so I am very familiar with the terrain in this area."

"So this is the hometown of Pei Gong." Xiang Yu smiled, and then asked: "If I remember correctly, the Sishui Pavilion seems to be next to the Sishui Ferry in Peixian County. How is the situation there? Is it suitable for us? The army quickly crossed the river?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, if our rear army can temporarily throw off the Han thieves, and the Han thieves don't bring the fire rafts to make trouble, and use the boats at the Peixian Ferry to build a pontoon bridge, we should be sure that we can all cross within two and a half hours. Pass Surabaya." Liu Laosan replied truthfully, and then said: "However, I think that it is best for us not to cross Surabaya to go to Pei County, and to continue southward on the east bank of Surabaya."

"Why?" Xiang Yu asked immediately.

"There are two reasons." Liu Laosan immediately replied: "First, the west bank of Surabaya is open and suitable for the Han bandits to deploy their troops. Once we are overtaken by the Han bandits, we are in danger of being surrounded by the Han bandits using their superior force. Second, after passing Surabaya, if the situation is urgent, we will not have the opportunity to divert to Fuyang and take the fast road to Donghai County."

Xiang Yu, who was reluctant to give up Pengcheng directly, was silent, and said after a while: "Whether to change to Fu Yang, we can only talk about it later, let's continue going south first."

Liu Laosan, who knew that Xiang Yu was reluctant to part with Pengcheng, nodded helplessly, and then asked worriedly: "My lord, is there any news about our rear army? Has it been chased by the Han thieves?"

"Not yet." Xiang Yu shook his head, and said casually: "But it's okay, our rear army did not participate in the battle yesterday, they are physically strong, and their combat effectiveness is also reliable. Even if they are chased by the traitors, they are sure to be able to stop them. We don't need to worry about them. "

Of course, Liu Laosan also knows very well that the main force of the Western Chu Army is powerful. Even if the front-line troops of the Han Army with equal strength can fight head-on, they can guarantee that they will not lose the wind. In addition, Xiang Bo did not send anyone to ask for help. The army was not in danger, so Liu Laosan was not too worried. On the contrary, he missed his old friend in the Surabaya Pavilion, and said to himself: "I don't know if Wang Yu and Wu Ling are still selling wine at the Surabaya Pavilion? Could you buy me a few more drinks? I remember that when I left Pei County for the last time, it was that little Zhuzi Qiu Yue who replaced me as the head of the pavilion in Sishui. I don’t know if it’s still him now. His family's dog was slaughtered, please treat me to eat dog meat again..."

"There is a situation behind!"

The sudden loud noise from the rear team interrupted Liu Laosan's recollection of the past at the Surabaya Pavilion. Unexpectedly, a group of Western Chu soldiers with their helmets and armor removed fled in embarrassment, shouting loudly from a distance, "The traitors are chasing! The traitors are chasing! Help us, save us!"

"What's going on?!" Xiang Yu was the first to scream, and roared: "Could it be that our rear army has been defeated? How is it possible? Our rear army has a total of 6000 people. Was defeated by a traitor?"

The red flag of the Han army that soon followed the defeated troops of the Western Chu army clearly told Xiang Yu the answer, and also proved to Xiang Yu with iron-like facts that his elite rear army of more than 4 had indeed been defeated by the Han army overnight. The chasing soldiers were defeated and defeated. As a result, Xiang Yu roared in disbelief, and it also made the soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had just rested on the spot not long ago stand up in a hurry and prepare for the battle to prevent the Han army from chasing troops. Launch a raid.

Fortunately, relying on the usual strict training and strong military discipline, even if the incident happened suddenly, the main force of the Western Chu army quickly formed a formation in a short period of time, without giving the Han army any chance to attack. Seeing that they had caught up with the main brigade of the Western Chu Army, the chasing soldiers quickly stopped and took the initiative to retreat. They did not dare to continue to take risks and did not fight with the main brigade of the Western Chu Army.On the contrary, the large group of defeated soldiers of the Western Chu Army rushed back to the back of the Western Chu Army formation, crying and screaming, and then fell to the ground, gasping for breath, thankful that they finally escaped alive and got the main brigade. rescue.

Taking a cursory glance at the group of defeated soldiers, seeing that the group of defeated soldiers had almost lost all their flags, and that all those generals had fled back, Xiang Yu could only tell Xiang Zhuang quickly: "Brother, go over and have a look The situation, ask where our Uncle Ji is? How is the situation now?"

Xiang Zhuang agreed, and hurriedly led Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and other members of the Xiang family and rushed over there. Just as he rushed into the crowd of defeated soldiers, he casually grabbed a general of the Western Chu Army who was wearing the uniform of a garrison commander, and shouted at him. He asked, "What happened? Has Master Xiang returned?"

I don't know why, but the middle-aged head of the Western Chu Army who was caught by Xiang Zhuang quickly turned his head away, not daring to face Xiang Zhuang, and quickly pointed at the defeated crowd of the Western Chu Army, and said in a flustered tone: "Master Xiang, General Xiang You, and General Xiang Xiang are all back, and they are over there. General, please go find it yourself."

Knowing that his elders and brothers were safe, Xiang Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, but when he just let go of the middle-aged head of the village, Xiang Zhuang's heart moved again, and he quickly grabbed the middle-aged head of the village with his backhand, and pulled him to face him After taking a closer look, Xiang Zhuang blurted out, "It's actually you!"

"General Xiang..." The middle-aged village chief said with a visibly trembling voice, "After all these years, you still remember the villain."

Not only Xiang Zhuang remembered the middle-aged head of the village, but Xiang Guan and Xiang Han who were next to him also recognized the middle-aged head of the village almost at the same time. not dead?"

Seeing that he had been recognized, Shan Youwei, who had a deep hatred with the Xiang family's children back then, had no choice but to kneel down quickly, and said repeatedly: "General Xiang, please spare your life! General Xiang, please read The villain has no credit or hard work for Xichu these years, so please spare the villain's life."

As the saying goes, a good man does not live long, and a scourge lasts for thousands of years. Shan Youwei, who has survived for many years under the eyes of the grassroots of the Western Chu Army and the Xiang family's children, is indeed very lucky. At this time, Xiang You and Xiang Xiang happened to come to Xiang Zhuang and the others with Xiang Bo and Master Xiang, and Master Xiang asked very strangely: "Nephew, what are you doing? What's wrong with this bastard? Why do you want to kowtow to you?"

"Major General, help! Major General, help!" Lieutenant Shan You also saw the savior immediately, and quickly stepped forward to hug Xiang You's thigh, crying with snot and tears, "Major General, Xiang Zhuang General and the others recognized me, please save my life, save my life, I have been under your command all these years, and I have worked hard without credit!" (For details about Shan Youwei and Xiang You, see this article Book Chapter 110 IV.)
I didn't expect such a situation to happen, and I also knew that if I didn't save Shan Youwei, Shan Youwei would probably reveal the scandal of betraying his siblings in public. Xiang You had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell Xiang You Zhuang and others said: "Brother, so many years have passed, don't worry about the past, for the sake of my little brother, and for the sake of this man who has followed us through life and death all these years, let him go."

"Brother, what do you mean?" Xiang Zhuang immediately realized that something was wrong, and quickly asked Xiang You: "Listen to your tone, you already knew that this man has been hiding in our army? It seems that he has been hiding all the time Let him serve under your command?"

Xiang You replied without a face, and could only nod silently. When Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Guan and others were furious, Master Xiang Bo, who was confused when he heard it, shouted: "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand? Your Majesty Where is it? What time is it now, don't you know what is light and heavy?"

Still being held back by Master Xiang, Xiang Zhuang and the others remembered that they had more important things to do, so they hurriedly asked Xiang Yu about what happened to Xiang Bo and the others last night. They immediately took themselves to see Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhuang and others were juniors who did not dare to force, they could only obediently agree, but when leading Xiang Bo to see Xiang Yu, Xiang Guan, who was more fiery, grabbed Shan Youwei , insisted on dragging him to meet Xiang Yu together.

Then, after rushing to Xiang Yu and prostrating himself to the ground, Master Xiang Boxiang talked about the situation last night with his nose and tears, saying that the army behind the Western Chu Army led by him was caught up by the Han army. Although I led the army to fight to the death with my precious son Xiang You, and almost killed the Han army, but the foreign generals Wu Dian and Qi Jin were greedy for life and fear of death, fearing the enemy like a tiger, they led the army to flee in the battle, and even broke into chaos. His central army flag formation caused the morale of the Western Chu army to collapse together, and the Han army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, so he was defeated.

Needless to say, before Xiang Bo and Master Xiang finished his words, Xiang Yu was already roaring with anger, wishing to drag Wu Dian, Qi Jin and other scoundrels of the Western Chu Army in front of him and eat them alive. It so happened that at this time, The scouts of the Western Chu army rushed to report again, saying that a group of defeated Western Chu soldiers had been stopped by the Han army chasing troops on the way to the north. The king will personally lead the army to meet our defeated soldiers!"

The guards hurriedly brought Xiang Yu's black young horse, but when Xiang Yu lifted his legs to get on the horse, he found another sharp pain in his lower abdomen. When he quickly lifted up the armor to check the situation, he saw a large amount of blood oozing from the wound in his lower abdomen The gauze came out, and it was obvious that the wound had been re-opened when he roared just now.

Seeing this situation, not to mention the civil and military forces of the Western Chu Army hastening to persuade Xiang Yu not to take risks. Xiang Yu, who had suffered similar losses before, did not dare to insist on going into battle. Immediately take our troops to meet our defeated soldiers, and we must rescue all the soldiers who can be rescued!"

The guards led away, and Zhou Lan, the general of the Western Chu Army, hurried north with more than 1 troops under his command, and returned to the way he came to meet the remnants of the rear army, which were already invaluable to the Western Chu Army. Shan Youwei, who was dragged here by Xiang Guanqiang, saw Xiang Guan drawing his sword, and immediately realized that his life was dying, so he rushed to Xiang You's back to seek protection, crying loudly He begged Xiang You to protect himself.

It was at this time that Master Xiang Boxiang, who had been baffled by Shan Youwei before, finally knew the ins and outs of the incidents related to Shan Youwei from his precious son's mouth-of course, it was a deleted and modified version.In addition to being very clever, Xiang You changed Shan Youwei's enlistment time so that Shan Youwei became the Western Chu Army who joined him only after Xiang Yu and Xiang Kang had their faces turned against each other. In the case of the Xiang family brothers, they insisted that they hated Xiang Kang for betraying Xiang Yu, so they accepted Shan Youwei, who only had a grudge against Xiang Kang.

There is actually another loophole in Xiang You's fabrication, that is, when he found Shan Youwei among Qin Jiajun's captives, Master Xiang Boxiang was also there, and he vaguely felt that Shan Youwei seemed familiar, but Master Xiang Bo Xiang also Will not expose his precious son.So after talking nonsense, Xiang You boldly pleaded with Xiang Yu, "Your Majesty, this Shan Chang really deserves to die, but he only became enmity with our Xiang brothers because he once wanted to kill that traitor Xiang Kang. And he After a few years of hard work without credit, I ask you to read it for the sake of this and spare his life."

Xiang You's intercession played a role. After learning that Shan Youwei was enmity with his brother because he wanted to kill Xiang Kang, whom he hated the most, Xiang Yu immediately made up his mind and said, "Okay, since he wanted to kill Xiang Kang The traitor Kang just became enmity with our Xiang family, so let’s forget about it. Promote him to Baichang, and let him continue to serve under your account, brother.”

Shan Youwei was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly thanked Xiang Yu repeatedly. Xiang Guan and Xiang Han, who fought so hard for Xiang Kang and Shan Youwei back then, were of course unwilling, and they all said: "My lord, this lady is despicable and shameless in her actions. , can't stay!"

"Shut up!" Xiang Yu, who was in an extremely bad mood, roared angrily, and roared: "This king said to spare him, so he will be spared! He was only close to killing that traitor Xiang Kang, and based on this, even if he Committed a heinous crime, this king can also forgive him!"

Xiang Guan and Xiang Han had no choice but to shut up, and retreated to the side of Xiang Zhuang with dejected heads, watching helplessly as Shan Youwei thanked Xiang Yu a thousand times, and ran back to the defeated soldiers to return to the team. Xiang Zhuang also had an extremely gloomy expression , and even peeped several times at Liu Laosan who was standing beside him without saying a word, made up his mind, and secretly said: "There can be no further delay, no matter what, we must find out the truth of that matter as soon as possible."

Not to mention, because of the serious decline in the physical strength of the Han army pursuers led by Feng Zhong, General Zhou Lan of the Western Chu Army led his army north to meet them, and actually rescued many Western Chu soldiers who escaped the pursuit of the Han army by chance. The defeated soldiers, but what caught Zhou Lan off guard was that when he continued to go north to rescue the remaining defeated soldiers, Lu Kuang, a general of the Han army, suddenly came to reinforce Feng Zhong with [-] troops, and joined forces with Feng Zhong to take advantage of the superiority of his troops. The defeat forced him to flee back to the Dasha River with the defeated soldiers to join the main force.

Knowing this situation, of course the fiery Xiang Yu immediately sent troops to fight back, but this time even Master Xiang Bo dared not follow his temper, and took the initiative to join hands with Liu Laosan, Kuai Che and others, and flowed Tears begged him not to turn back to fight again, and his abdominal wound burst open and he lost serious blood, so there was really no way to continue to fight the enemy. After Ding Gu leads the army, continue to retreat to Pengcheng!"

Without the cover of the rear army, of course the main force of the Western Chu Army would not have any chance to retreat calmly, because they had just set off, and the greedy Feng Zhong and Lu Kuang immediately took them with them like two hungry wolves smelling blood. The army teamed up to catch up, biting the tail of the main force of the Western Chu Army, and slowing down the retreat speed of the main force of the Western Chu Army.

During this period, Feng Zhong also beamed and said to Lu Kuang: "Brother Lu, if the Xichu bandit army dares to get out of touch and leave the rear team to retreat first, we can just attack with confidence! He is exactly the same guy as that old man Xiang Bo! He is most greedy for life and afraid of death and is most afraid of fighting tough battles. Seeing Xiang Yu let him die in the rear, as long as we launch an assault, he will definitely run away like the old man Xiang Bo! "

When Lu Kuangda, who had already picked countless cheap ones, nodded his head, another general of the Han army, Li Shang, was beating his chest and stamping his feet beside Uncle Zhou, shouting in annoyance, and roared frantically: "I knew that old man Xiang Bo was like this!" Virtue! I should have taken advantage of Xiang Yu’s chance at Yutai Pavilion yesterday to attack Huling Ferry with all my strength! Such a good opportunity, why did I miss it? How did I miss it? Fuck him , If I had joined the Young Marshal Army earlier, I would have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Xiang Bo earlier! If I had known that he would be such a waste, yesterday I would definitely have made an all-out assault at any cost!"

"Heaven! Oh earth! Such a good opportunity, why did I miss it for nothing—?!"

In the end, Li Shiqi, who still couldn't listen to it anymore, slapped his younger brother with his own hands, and then made Li Shang shut up. But even so, Li Shang still regretted it and exploded with anger.

(End of this chapter)