After Mao Afu's troops crossed Tucheng, they marched forward with great enthusiasm, and along the way, they defeated the Chu army that came to intercept the two forces, and without the support of the position, the Chu army was completely inferior to the Han army in the field battle.

"Regiment commander, they are not the regular army of the Chu army, but a local guard army." Xie Rong, who had replaced Fu Jiang as the commander of the first battalion, walked over with a prisoner, a Chu general they had captured in a field battle that had just ended.

"Local Guards?" Mao Afu was stunned, "No wonder today's battle is much easier than a few days ago, no, isn't it true that the local guards of the Chu army in Pengcheng are stationed in Sixi, how can they appear in front of us." ”

Xie Rong nodded and said, "I also feel strange." ”

Mao Afu turned over and dismounted, walked in front of the captive, stretched out the horsewhip in his hand, supported the captive's chin, and lifted his head, "You are the general of the Pengcheng Guard?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The captured officer's face turned pale, looked at Mao Afu, and nodded repeatedly.

"You're stationed in Sixi?"

"Yes."

"How did you get here?"

"Half a month ago, we changed guards." The officer swallowed with difficulty, "Shangfeng passed down the order and let us leave Sixi in phases and batches. ”

Mao Afu's face changed, and he chuckled in his heart, "Since it is a normal change of guard, why do you have to change the guard in stages?" ”

"I don't know, I'm just a little tooth general, whatever the boss says, we'll do it." The officer's voice trembled: "And when we left, we all changed into the uniforms of the regular army, and each time we left a sentry team, it lasted for more than half a month before the whole army arrived in Pengcheng." ”

"You mean, all the 5,000 guards in Sixi have arrived in Pengcheng?" Mao Afu's voice changed tone a little, and he glanced at Xie Rong beside him, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes.

"Yes. Yes, the five thousand guards have arrived in Pengcheng, but we all put on the clothes of the regular army, and everyone thinks that we have been promoted, and we are very happy, the regular army's salary is much higher than that of the guards, and we don't have to do labor. The officer replied.

Mao Afu didn't bother to care about this officer's salary: "These have nothing to do with you now, it is the Chu army in Pengcheng that is being transferred with you?" ”

"No, it's not Pengcheng who is going to take over our army, and I know many of Pengcheng's officers. But I didn't know anyone who went to pick up the defense this time. The officer said.

Mao Afu took a deep breath, as a middle-level officer, he still has the vigilance he should have, from the mouth of this captured officer, he found that this battle, there must be something wrong, a long time ago, the other party began to arrange, Sixi is not a guard with low combat effectiveness. It is the regular army of the Chu State, what is the purpose of the other party, it is already about to come out, and now it is a regiment of He Dong who is heading towards Sixi. I'm afraid I don't know anything. Their enemies have changed.

"How many Chu troops went to Sixi to change their defenses?" Mao Afu asked a key question.

"I don't know, when my sentry left, the original barracks were almost full, at least not less than 5,000 people. Their gear is so good. ”

Mao Afu no longer rambled with him, "Xie Rong, you immediately send someone to escort this guy to Senior Commander Dong." In addition, send a fast horse to Sixi to warn He Dong to be careful. ”

Xie Rong also knew that the matter was important, so he grabbed the officer's neck with one hand, dragged it and walked to the side, shouting loudly as he walked: "Dog, dog, where did you die?" Get the hell out of here. ”

The second battalion commander walked up to Mao Afu with a worried attitude: "Regiment commander, why do I feel a little wrong?" What do we do now, do we move on? ”

Mao Afu took a deep breath: "Now it seems that the situation has changed, if what this officer said is true, then now Pengcheng not only has tens of thousands of regular troops of the Chu State, but also thousands of guards, and my regiment has less than 2,000 soldiers, the difference in strength is too great, it's just Qiu He, why do you say Bi Xuan did this, as long as he sends half of his Pengcheng army to meet us, we are not opponents, but why did he send troops out to fight us in batches, he is not a pig." ”

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!" Qiu He said solemnly: "Regiment Leader, don't you think that the opponent has the intention of tempting us to go deeper?" ”

"We're a regiment, two thousand men, can he do that? Lure the enemy deep into the ......" Mao Afu suddenly stopped and looked at Qiu He: "The other party's target is not us, but our entire division." If what this officer said is true, then the enemies gathered in Pengcheng now are definitely not only the number we obtained before the war, there must be enemy troops that we don't know have arrived in Pengcheng, are these bastards in the Supervision Yuan eating shit? ”

Mao Afu jumped up, "Liberation, liberation, have the people you sent gone?" ”

"Not yet!" A relieved reply could be heard in the distance.

"Report to the division commander, ask him to hold off on his advance, and wait until we find out the situation, the number of enemies in Pengcheng has surged, and I suspect that the other party has the intention of luring the enemy deep and trying to gather and annihilate us. By the way, you go in person, and it's not clear how many soldiers you will send to it. ”

"Yes, Captain."

Mao Afu noticed the strangeness of the battle, but it was a little late in time, Bi Xuan was saddened by the loss of his elite troops and sent a guard at the last moment, but it was extremely stuck in time, although Mao Afu obtained this important information in time, but for Xie Dong of the three divisions and one regiment, it was too late. By the time Mauafoe sent out to warn him that the messenger was still on the road, he was in a great crisis.

Zuojia ancestral hall, this is a house that has long been abandoned, many places are in disrepair, inside the huge house, the grass is barren, the walls are broken everywhere, and there are many skylights on the roof, here, now it is He Dong's temporary command post. At this moment, He Dong, who was sweating profusely, was laying the map on a tattered table with only three legs, trying to find a way to break through from the map.

Encountered with the enemy in the morning, he encountered more than 5,000 enemies, when he was fighting fiercely with the enemy in the front, the left and right sides suddenly found the enemy's traces, the number of no less than 3,000 people, which surprised He Dong, where did he dare to fight, immediately commanded the troops to leave the battlefield, while fighting and retreating, but he was attacked on several sides, and when he retreated to the ancestral hall of the Zuo family, the road to retreat has been cut off.

"Regiment commander, the three battalions and one company that attacked Jiuwanxi failed, and they were not able to occupy there, and now Jiuwanxi has also been controlled by the enemy." Feng Zhi, the chief of staff of the regiment headquarters, ran in from outside, picked up the charcoal on the table, and drew a cross in the direction of Jiuwan River.

He Dong looked at the several black crosses on the map, and his face was extremely ugly.

"This is a trap, where is our opponent the local guards, they are all the regular army of the Chu State, could it be that Bi Xuan secretly transferred Pengcheng's troops to this place?" He Dong slapped the table and shouted.

"If that's the case, then at least in the direction of Pengcheng, the enemy Mao Afu is facing is empty, if he marches quickly, he can directly threaten Pengcheng, so that we can reduce the pressure, Bi Xuan can't see Pengcheng lost, I'm afraid ......" Feng Zhi's following words did not come out, if this is not the case, the enemy army they are facing is not Pengcheng defending the enemy, then the so-called battle of Pengcheng is that the people of Chu have put a big set on the Han army, and it is definitely not their regiment that wants to be put in, Rather, the entire 3rd Division.

"Commander, the enemy has left us only one way, and that is a road to Majiabao."

"Majiabao is absolutely." He Dong looked at Feng Zhi, "There are mountains on three sides, once we withdraw there, the enemy will have a mouth, we have no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to enter the ground." The Chu army surrounded three and let one go, but I was afraid that they wanted to drive us somewhere. ”

"But where else can we go now?" Feng Zhi's face was also extremely ugly, "The troops sent out to open the road have all failed without exception, the opponent has already strangled the road in our other directions, regiment commander, Majiabao is a dead end, but it is also conducive to our defense, at least it can ensure the temporary safety of the team, we can defend there and wait for reinforcements." ”

"I'm just worried about this, Chief of Staff Feng, the Chu army uses a typical encirclement point to send reinforcements, where they drive us, I'm afraid they will wait for our reinforcements."

"For us, this is the only way to survive, regiment commander, even if we stay here, as long as the other party surrounds us, it is the same to be able to wait for our reinforcements, we retreat to Majiabao and garrison the position, and before that, we will send people to try to sneak out of the battlefield and warn Commander Dong, no matter what, first, let Commander Dong know the details of the battlefield, and secondly, tell him, don't send any reinforcements." Feng Zhidao: "Even if you want to come, you have to gather a large force to support the enemy's troops." ”

He Dong lowered his head and pondered for a long time, "I'm right, where we retreat, we can maintain our strength to the maximum." Feng Zhi, you go and do this immediately, send those experienced veterans to do this, and send a few more people to set off separately. ”

"Yes!" Feng Zhi turned around and ran out.

Peng Cheng, Qu finished shooting the case, looked up to the sky and laughed: "Okay, very good, our bait has been sown, next, let's quietly wait for the big fish to take the bait, Bi Xuan, now you can send elite troops to clean up the frontal enemy, and kill him cleanly." ”

"No, they are less than half a day's journey from Pengcheng, and the speed of this army's march is truly impressive. After annihilating the last of our striking forces, this army suddenly picked up. ”

"Fortunately, you are the last guard to be sent, this Han army must have seen the clues, fortunately, the task has been completed on the Sixi side, General Bi, I don't want this situation to happen next time, this Han army only sees part of our intentions now, they don't know that in Pengcheng we also have the power to annihilate them head-on, they accelerated, they want to attack Pengcheng to reduce the pressure on Sixi, but they are destined to be disappointed." (To be continued......)