"Uncle, you go back this time, and help me tell the tens of thousands of fathers, brothers, and sisters who are temporarily living in Jiangnan. It's not that Heifu doesn't let the villagers go back to Anlu, but because Anlu is not safe enough, no one wants to go back to their hometown, and before the ass is hot, they have to go to Yunmengze with me again? ”

"Moreover, whether it is spring plowing or summer ploughing, it has been delayed, and there is not a grain of grain within a hundred miles of Anlu, so it is better to plant rice well in the south of the Yangtze River. In the spring of next year, the Northern Expeditionary Army will successfully advance the front to Wancheng and Wuguan, and even the Northern Expedition has been successful. ”

waved his hand away, and when he turned back, Heifu was in front of the ruined county town of Anlu......

It was the remnants of Feng Wuxuan who burned the city, and during the period when they were pursued by Licang and Ji Ying, they began a frenzied destruction, and almost all the townships in the entire Anlu County were burned down, and the farmland was scorched.

"Thankfully, my mother didn't see it."

Looking at the figure that was gradually moving away, Heifu sighed.

Mother left on the first day of the first month of June, the three brothers Heifu, Xin, and Jing gathered together to accompany her, and the old man walked very peacefully, and the last wish was whether the villagers could return to Anlu as soon as possible......

"Absolutely! The son will not only let Anlu's parents and villagers live a good life again, but also let all the people in the world enjoy peace in peace! ”

This was the last promise that Heifu made holding his mother's hands.

Heifu and his eldest brother took the old man's coffin together, returned to Anlu, and buried her in Yunmengxiang.

The once rich countryside is now like this:

The rabbit enters from the dog's sinus, and the pheasant flies from the beam. The atrium is born in the valley, and Inoue is born in the valley. Between the pines and cypresses, there are many graves......

It will take a whole generation to recover.

"Once the hero draws his sword, it is another ten years of calamity...... The first to suffer, but the homeland, is this the price? ”

"Now I, am I still qualified to stand on the moral high ground and criticize Brother Tianheng?"

Heifu laughed at himself: "I only hope that I can use all my strength, no matter what means I use, I will shorten this catastrophe to three years...... No, within two years! ”

Thinking so, in an abandoned pavilion, Heifu also started today's office, even if he took the time to go back to his hometown, he had to keep abreast of the military situation from the urgent news.

It is now the middle of June in the 37th year of Qin Shi Huang, and although Heifu said to his fathers and fellow villagers that Anlu is not safe, in fact, the entire southern county has been placed within the newly created defense line of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The east is Huaishui, Tongbai Dafu Mountain natural danger, the core is just occupied by the three stoppers of the underworld, Dongmen Leopard, Licang with 20,000 people to guard it, choked Nanjun, Hengshan, Nanyang, Jiujiang, Chen County five junctions.

To the west is Hanshui and Jingshan, and the core is Yanxian, that is, Xiangyang in later generations, Han Xin, Gongwei, and Zhou Chang led 30,000 people to defend it and block any enemy troops that might come from the north.

Suixian is the hub of the two, the one who suggested that Heifu "call the king" Sui He, Heifu for the daughter of the city of horses, so that people from all over the cloth came to vote enthusiastically, leaving him a life, Sui He is also a lot more honest, in the process of conquering Suixian, he made a lot of contributions, and helped Ji Yingbing to occupy it without blood.

Now that the defense line has been formed, the strategic plan formulated by the Northern Expeditionary Army after it was formed was completed in less than two months......

Seeing that it was going well, the "mistakes of left-leaning radicalism" that had only been suppressed by the Black Husband began to resurface.

Heifu opened the military newspaper from Yan County and couldn't help frowning.

"Gongwei reported that the Qin army in Guanzhong only retreated to Wancheng (Nanyang City, Henan), regardless of the surrounding counties, and requested to continue to march north, occupy Deng and Ye, and join forces in Wan?"

Heifu immediately made an instruction: "Let him listen to Han Xin, only take the grain from the surrounding counties, and must not rashly attack Wancheng!" ”

"Nanyang is a trap, a trap set by Wang Ben!"

Heifu already knows who his opponent is, when he is the oldest famous general today, the Marquis of Tongwu, Wang Ben, the former boss, and now a difficult opponent, he must not be taken lightly!

"When I was still a pawn who couldn't fight, General Wang Ben had already commanded an army of 200,000 to destroy Liang, luring the enemy to benefit, he did it extremely exquisitely, deliberately did not defend the counties of Nanyang, just to lure my army deeper, it is best to besiege Wancheng, that is exactly what he wants!"

The moment the prey is careless, Wang Ben will make a move, the main force he used this time, but the Shangjun soldiers who are as famous as the Southern Army, plus the miscellaneous levies, the total strength is at least 200,000, which is twice that of the Northern Expeditionary Army......

After discussions with Xiao He, Han Xin and others, everyone agreed that now that the Northern Expeditionary Army was outnumbered and the Qin Army was numerous, they could not fight on the enemy's predetermined battlefield, and first took a defensive posture on the front, but looked for a breakthrough from the side to break the situation and disperse the enemy's forces.

To the west, Heifu has sent Lu Jia as an envoy to cross the river pass and infiltrate Bazhong, in addition to welcoming back Ye Zijin, he also has another mission......

As for the east side...... Hefu has set his sights on a place in Chen, and believes that it may be the key to the future of victory or defeat.

He opened the letter sent by the underworld, and according to Heifu's instructions, Licang had occupied Chen County and was calling on Chen Di people with lofty ideals to respond, and he didn't know what the effect was.

Unexpectedly, in addition to Li Cang's false and real report to Chen Jun, there was also an unexpected joy!

When Heifu swept to the end of the letter, he couldn't help but stand up:

"Wu Guanglai?"

……

"Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were recruited to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army, and encountered heavy rain on the way, so they took the soldiers to raise things in Kuiyang, and failed to attack Huaiyang in the north, and defeated Kuiyang, Chen Sheng went to vote for the east of the Xiang, and Wu Guanglai voted for me?"

Summoned the envoy to deliver the letter to Li Cang, and inquired carefully about what happened in Xixian, Heifu felt a little funny, this history looked so familiar, but if you looked closely, it was all messed up......

Heifu now knows that many years ago, the Xiang Yu who went to Guanzhong with Xiang Liang was a fake, and the real Xiang Yu had rebelled in Huainan, and even occupied Shouchun and announced the revival of Dachu.

Sui He's strategy of "calling the king of Chu" proposed to Heifu was also used by Xiang Yu, and the young man with a full head of muscles was probably not so smart, and there must be a wise man to guide him.

Although he knew that letting Xiang Ji go would become a big disaster, Heifu, as the object of the imperial court's greatest attention, was all focused on building a defense line to deal with Wang Ben, and his troops were stretched, so he really didn't have time to go to Huainan to wrestle with Xiang Yu.

can only temporarily keep the well water in a state where the river water does not interfere with the river water, and at most send the boat division and the brother Wu Rui to the east with the Yue soldiers, waiting for the opportunity to steal Jiangdong......

So he only smiled: "Chen Sheng went to the wrong place, I'm afraid he will regret it soon." ”

"Wu Guang is smart, he chose the right person!"

Yangxia people, Uncle Zi, should be the famous Wu Guang in history.

Although I don't understand why he parted ways with Chen Sheng, since he fell into the pocket of the black man, don't think about running away!

Heifu touched his chin and pondered: "I just need a team that can penetrate deep into Runan, and it is best to have the locals of Chen County lead the troops......"

The so-called Runan is the south of Rushui, the Zhumadian City of later generations, and Heifu is actually very familiar with that area.

Fourteen years ago, in the first battle of Qin and Chu, after the breakthrough of Liyang, Heifu took his brothers to cross Rushui, and under the pursuit of the Chu general Jingju, he passed through Shenyang (Zhengyang, Henan) and Yang'an (Queshan, Henan), and went to Wufang (Suiping, Henan) under the control of Qin, and passed through Runan.

Therefore, he knows very well that this place looks at Ying, Luo in the north, Huai and Han in the south, relies on the Xiong of Jing Chu, walks the road of Chen and Xu, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, the fields are peaceful, the war is guarded, the cultivation is sufficient, and between Jing and Henan, it is an important place.

What's more important is that Runan is on the left side of Nanyang County, and in the rest of the month, when the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Qin Army, the two sides add up to more than 200,000 people to confront Nanyang, Runan may become the key to breaking the situation, and Heifu can't help but fall in advance......

"Then Wu Guang, when he and Chen Sheng raised troops, did he appoint himself as an official?"

Heifu smiled: "Don't these righteous people like to call themselves generals, captains, and even kings?" ”

The messenger thought for a while and said: "Chen Sheng calls himself Du Lieutenant, and Wu Guang seems to call himself Sima, but Wu Guang only brought three or four hundred people, and Li Du Wei thinks that it is enough to make him a five hundred lord, at most two or five hundred lords." ”

"No, just seal Wu Guang as Sima, Sima from other departments, and directly obey my orders!"

Heifu shook his head: "Wu Guangke is the first batch of people from Chen County to vote, it is a horse bone, what it was originally, what it has to be now!" ”

This official position is equivalent to "the head of the independent regiment Wu".

Heifu pointed to the messenger again: "After you return to Xixian, find Wu Guang again and tell him what I said." ”

"Wu Guang, if you can bring more than 3,000 people from Chen County for Benhou, and use them as a vanguard to capture Runan, I will make you a captain!"

……

At the same time, Xia Cai County, the southernmost part of Chen County, after a lot of hardships and trekking 300 miles, finally met "Major General Xiang".

The lieutenant of Chenjun, who had come to defend Cai, and his 3,000 soldiers, had been devastated, and their entire army was wiped out by Xiang Ji, who suddenly attacked from the lower reaches of the Huai.

When Chen Sheng arrived, the Chu people were enthusiastic about cleaning up the battlefield and selecting armored soldiers, which made Chen Sheng and his party, who had just lost the battle, feel a little more secure.

After a long report, when he was able to enter the account to visit, Chen Sheng found that he was not the only team that came to vote.

Long Kangren, Long And, Xiacheng's father Yu Fanjun, and Xiang He, the son of the Xiang family from Donghai County, they are either Xiang Yan's old department, or local heroes, and Xiang He is Xiang's nephew, all of whom responded positively after hearing that Xiang Ji raised the flag to restore Chu.

Sitting in a row in the tent, or by fame, or by family prestige, or by age, Chen Sheng had to sit at the end, sticking to the door.

Yafu was not here, but General Xiang still showed his aristocratic demeanor: although he had the courage of ten thousand people, he was respectful and loving to the virtuous and virtuous people who came to Chenjun, Donghai, and Surabaya, and his words were disgusting.

Xiang Ji personally invited Long and sat down under him: "Long Sima was once a general in Xiang's father's army, but he can be alone, he has admired him for a long time, and now he can come to vote, and our army is like a tiger!" ”

turned around and punched his nephew, and scolded with a smile: "Little him, I didn't show up for a long time, I thought you were dead!" ”

For Yu Fanjun and others, Xiang Ji has also heard of the name, and he can praise it, but when it was Chen Sheng's turn to be at the bottom, he was stuck.

"Chen Sheng, a native of Yangcheng?"

Xiang Ji looked left and right in confusion, but they also shook their heads and didn't know where this figure was.

Chen Sheng was a little embarrassed, and introduced himself: "Sheng, in the past, is just a Qianshou cloth, a mediocre cultivator, and has no reputation......

Xiang Ji smiled and gave him a step down: "Under the rule of Tyranny Qin, who is not the head of Qian?" It's all the same, it's all the same. ”

said the same thing in his mouth, but in his heart, he didn't think so.

"I'm not, I'm a prisoner with a flower face."

Xiang Ji's first general, Yingbu, who was appointed as the vanguard general, answered the call with interest, and everyone laughed.

At this point, the atmosphere was not bad, Chen Sheng also confided in some of Huaiyang's hypocrisy, and suggested that Xiang Ji go to the city.

But when someone in the know whispered in Xiang Ji's ear, Xiang Ji frowned, and his eyes on Chen Sheng changed.

"Chen She, some people say, when you attacked Huaiyang in the north after the incident, you not only hit the banner of my eldest father, but also the banner of Gongzi Fusu?"

He sneered: "You are doing this time, from Qin Gongziyan? From Chu Yan? ”

Xiang Ji questioned in person, Chen Sheng's forehead was sweating, and he could only pretend to be stupid and said: "Chen Shengyong's cultivator, he has no knowledge, he only heard that Fusu is the nephew of Changping Jun and the son of Concubine Chu, and he thought he was also a Chu person, so he fought randomly, and he didn't want to be wrong!" I hope the major general doesn't want to laugh! ”

"Chen Sheng now only wants to serve the general and contribute to the revival of Great Chu!"

"Fusu is from Chu?" The crowd in the tent was amused.

Although Chen Sheng's rhetoric was clumsy, he prevaricated and dealt with Xiang Yu's questioning.

But Chen Sheng didn't know that although Xiang Yu was quite aristocratic and very enthusiastic when receiving people and things, he was also a careful eye that did not forget the sins of others......

After the banquet to entertain heroes from all walks of life, Xiang Ji began to arrange official positions for everyone.

Since they had "revived the Great Chu", under the advocacy of Cai Ci and Fan Zeng, they had abolished the Qin system and continued to use the "Ao system" of the Chu state.

Xiang Ji touched the seal in his hand, thought about it, and decided to let Long He be "Mo Ao", a high-status officer. Yu Fanjun led the city to work, so he became the father of the county in Xiacheng. Even the 19-year-old Xiang He became a "Langzhong" and stayed in the account to do things.

Seeing that other people's official positions were decided, Xiang He remembered Chen Sheng, the hooligan who "thought Fusu was a Chu person", and asked Xiang Yudao:

"Major General, what position should Chen Sheng take?"

Xiang Ji thought that Chen Sheng dared to raise two flags at the same time, and the two ends of the first rat felt uncomfortable, and he couldn't look down on the hundreds of remnants of the defeated soldiers he brought, so he said casually:

"I see that he is strong and has a bit of martial arts, but I don't know if his heart can be loyal to Da Chu, and stay in the camp first, and be a halberd-wielding officer!"