"Sister of the Yu family, eldest brother is strange, you two sisters, who is the princess of our Han King? Why does the eldest brother look at it, it seems that you care more about our Han King than your sister, and there are more than one or two points? ”

Feng Zhong pretended to be surprised and asked, which made Xiang Kang's beautiful sister-in-law Yu Ji blush to the base of her neck all of a sudden, and saw her sister Yu Miaoge holding her nephew next to her and seemed to be smiling, Yu Ji was even more shy, and hurriedly stomped her feet and said angrily at Feng Zhong: "Brother Yet!" I'm joking with others again, King Han is my sister-in-law, what's wrong with me caring about him? Talking nonsense in front of my sister, be careful that my sister-in-law will clean you up in the future! ”

"I'm really not afraid of this." Feng Zhong smiled even worse and said, "I'm thinking about my princess brother and sister, your sister knows that I have a good heart, how can she say bad things about me in front of King Han?" Brother and sister, she should help me speak. ”

Yu Miaoge covered his mouth and laughed directly, Yu Jiao was even more shy and angry, raised his little fist at Feng Zhong in a demonstrative manner, and then turned around and left angrily, of course Feng Zhong would not be as familiar as this little girl, but just reached out and took Xiang Kang's son, laughed and said: "Zhi'er, come, let your uncle hug, be good, I haven't seen you for a few days, I have grown up a lot, and my uncle is almost unable to hug it." ”

After Peng Yue and Li Shiqi drummed up another king of Chu in Pengcheng to block Xiang Yu, Feng Zhong and the Yu family sisters and others finally lived a good life in Pengcheng for a few days, and they no longer had to tremble and walk on thin ice, and they had to be afraid of the moody Xiang Yu every day suddenly gave an order to kill Xiang Kang's only son at present, and his freedom was no longer restricted in any way, he could meet and laugh at will, and even joke about the special relationship between Yu Jiao's little girl and Xiang Kang.

But this is only a temporary turn of the corner, Feng Zhong didn't say it, but he knew very well in his heart that if he and the Yu family sisters wanted to really sit back and relax, the only way was to quickly withdraw to the Han army's control and join the real Han army. Therefore, after only a few days of rest in Pengcheng, Feng Zhong hurriedly found Peng Yue to discuss, planning to lead his direct army to protect the Yu family sisters and the Han army's family to leave Peng Yue, and go to Sanchuan as soon as possible to join the main force of the Han army.

"General Feng plans to take that road to Sanchuan?" Peng Yue asked very directly.

"Of course, it's the road of Suiyang." Feng Zhong replied: "This road is the closest, as long as we reach the area of Chenliu, we can hope to get the Han King's army to receive us, then we don't have to worry about anything." ”

"Then General Feng, are you sure to protect the princess and them to break through the blockade of the Western Chu thief army and smoothly withdraw to the Chenliu area?" Peng Yue asked again.

"If Xiang Yu doesn't increase his troops in the hinterland of Dangjun in advance, but only deals with the thief army in Dangjun, I have this certainty." Feng Zhong replied.

"Then Xiang Yu, that horseman, why didn't he increase his troops in Dangjun in advance?" Peng Yue asked again: "General Feng, if you are Xiang Yu's husband, in the current situation, will you increase your troops in Dangjun in advance to prevent us from directly withdrawing from Sanchuan?" ”

Feng Zhong was silent, because Feng Zhong suddenly thought that if he was Xiang Yu, he would definitely increase his troops in Dangjun first and cut off the nearest road between Pengcheng and Sanchuan. Peng Yue said again: "General Feng, don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, even if Xiang Yu didn't increase his troops in Dangjun in advance, I'm afraid you won't be able to cross Dangjun and protect the princess and their retreat to Sanchuan." Because of the current situation, the Western Chu thief army on the side of Dangjun must have urgently assembled an army to prevent us from retreating from Dangjun to the west. ”

Feng Zhong was silent for a while before he said, "General Peng, can you please also take the army to protect the princess and their breakthrough?" Brother, I can guarantee that as long as you can protect the princess and them to break through safely, King Han will definitely not treat you badly. ”

"General Feng, you underestimate me Peng Yue at this point." Peng Yue said very directly: "Do you think that if I support Jingjia as the king of Chu and proclaim myself as the minister of Chu, I will be reluctant to bear the glory and wealth of Pengcheng?" Regardless of whether the princess lives or dies? Let's be honest with you, in fact, I have long been ready to give up Pengcheng at any time and protect the princess and their retreat to Sanchuan, but I will definitely not take the road of Dangjun, because this road is a dead end, and if we go, we will definitely die. ”

"General Peng, even if you and I join forces to break through, you haven't broken through the Dangjun defense line of the Western Chu Thief Army?" Feng Zhong asked tentatively.

"Nope." Peng Yue replied more directly, and said: "The first reason, Xiang Yu Pifu is not a fool, he will definitely increase his troops in Dangjun in advance to intercept our retreat, before he has a strong army deployed in the Dingtao area, it is easy to do this; Second, my army is not good at fighting tough battles, and if it encounters the real elite of the Western Chu thief army head-on, it is basically certain to die; Third, the road in Dangjun is not easy to walk, there is no gallop in the whole process, and we must protect so many old and weak women and children who must march by car, it is difficult to shake off the pursuers of the Western Chu thief army, once we are caught up by the Western Chu thief army, the consequences will definitely be unimaginable immediately. ”

Feng Zhong nodded slowly, and then asked, "General Peng, in your opinion, how should we retreat?" ”

"The best thing to do is to let our soldiers rest in peace for a while." Peng Yue said: "My army has been marching continuously before, and has traveled more than 2,000 miles in a roundabout way, and the soldiers are extremely tired and urgently need to rest and rest. At the same time, with static braking and waiting for work, luring the Western Chu thief army to rush to attack Pengcheng, consume part of the physical strength of the Western Chu thief army, and then break through in the unexpected direction of the Western Chu thief army, so that they can be sure to avoid the frontal resistance of the Western Chu thief army, throw off the pursuing soldiers, and protect the princess and their safe escape. ”

"Break through in an unexpected direction for the Western Chu Thief Army? In that direction? Feng Zhong hurriedly asked.

"Tokai-gun."

Peng Yue's answer surprised Feng Zhong, and then Peng Yue said again: "I dare to conclude that Xiang Yu Pifu must have come in two ways at this time, one way south to Dangjun, cutting off our direct retreat to Sanchuan, and the other road must be along the Chi Road east into Zou County, and then directly south to Pengcheng, we will only fall into the hands of the Western Chu thief army to the west or north, only by surprise, after the West Chu army crossed the lotus water from Zou County to the south, and then suddenly transferred to the direction of the East China Sea, in order to avoid the interception of the Western Chu thief army, Win the chance to get rid of the pursuers of the Western Chu thief army. ”

Feng Zhong mentally described the retreat of the Liberian army and the advance route of the Western Chu army, and then said: "Transferring in the direction of the East China Sea can catch Xiang Yu off guard and stop our retreat path, but after arriving in the East China Sea, how can we go west again?" ”

"Go to Lanling first, then go directly north to Zhangxian County, and go west to Zou County along Chidao." Peng Yue replied: "Then I will see the opportunity to act, and if I have the opportunity, I will continue to the west along the Chi Road and withdraw directly to Sanchuan." There is no chance to continue north, the Western Chu thief army in Xue County has long been empty, we don't have to worry about encountering any decent resistance, and then retreat west from the north of Juyeze to Sanchuan, no one is more familiar with the terrain in that area than me, as long as we get to the periphery of Junoze, the Western Chu thief army will not want to catch up with us again. ”

General Feng Zhong was skeptical, but considering that he was not sure of breaking through alone, and Peng Yue's army, which had been fighting for a long time, did need time to rest, Feng Zhong could not insist that Peng Yue immediately retreat with him, so he could only reluctantly nod and agree with Peng Yue's decision for the time being, and then hurriedly found Li Shiqi, an important minister of the Han army, to ask for his opinion on Peng Yue's retreat plan.

To Feng Zhong's surprise, Li Shiqi actually agreed with Peng Yue's retreat plan very much, and felt that if he retreated directly to the west, he would definitely be chased by the Western Chu army, even with the help of Peng Yuejun, Feng Zhongjun's army was difficult to fight out of the encirclement, protecting the Yu family sisters and the Han army's family to retreat to Sanchuan safely, only by braking quietly, first luring the Western Chu army that returned to the division to counterattack to the periphery of Peng Yue, and then breaking through in the direction that the enemy did not expect, could there be hope of escaping safely.

Seeing that the resourceful Li Shiqi also felt that this method was reliable, Feng Zhong also calmed down a little, and patiently rested in Pengcheng for a while, but fortunately, Peng Yue did not have any intention of staying in Pengcheng to enjoy the glory and wealth, and was ready to abandon the city and retreat early during the period, so as to withdraw immediately when the Western Chu army arrived.

Fortunately, Feng Zhong did not retreat from Dangjun, and within a few days, the detailed work that went to Dangjun to inquire about the news sent an urgent report, saying that the Western Chu Army Zeng Wensuo, who had been stationed in the Dingtao area, had moved south to Dangjun, and at the same time, the Western Chu army of Dangjun also urgently assembled in Suiyang, completely cutting off the nearest road for the Han army's westward retreat.

On the eighteenth day of the capture of Pengcheng, the Peng Yue army previously arranged in the Huling area scouted Pegasus to report that Xiang Yu had led an unknown number of main forces of the Western Chu army to Huling, and immediately began to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river. Immediately afterwards, there was also an urgent report from Xiao County, saying that the Zeng Wen Department of the Western Chu Army rushed from Dangjun was rapidly approaching Xiao County, and was about to completely block the Han army's westward retreat road, and it was also possible to bite the tail of the Han army immediately.

Fortunately, Jing Jia, Lu Qing and Chen Ying and others also knew that Peng Yue and Feng Zhong could not block Xiang Yu's counterattack, and they had already made psychological preparations for abandoning the city and transferring, and they had no resistance to this, and immediately raised their hands in agreement, and completed the final preparations for the abandonment and transfer of the city before the afternoon of the same day.

In the afternoon of the same day, Peng Yuejun and Feng Zhongjun, who did not dare to waste time, crossed Surabaya to the east, among which Feng Zhong protected the Han army's family to cross the river first, and then Peng Yue led the main force of Peng's army and the newly established Chu court to cross the river. During this period, the Han army also set fire to the palace and granary arsenal of Pengcheng, as well as the ferry wharf and all the ships, so that the main force of the Western Chu army had no way to supply grain and grass on the spot, and also increased the difficulty of the Western Chu army crossing the river to pursue.

Peng Yue's quick decision allowed the Han army to escape a catastrophe, the last Han army soldiers just set foot on the east bank of Surabaya, from Xiao County to kill the banner of the West Chu Army, has appeared in the field of vision of the Han army soldiers, the Han soldiers did not dare to slack, immediately lit the pontoon bridge that had long been covered with firewood and grass, the fire rose, the pontoon bridge quickly broke and sank under the noses of the West Chu army pursuers, Zeng Wen, the general of the West Chu Army who came from the unified army, beat his chest on the west bank, but there was nothing to do, and he could only quickly collect all kinds of residual materials and re-build the pontoon bridge.

Xiang Yu's offensive is always as fast as fire, just at noon the next day, Xiang Yu has personally led the front team of the Western Chu army back to Pengcheng City, the result is natural, seeing the Western Chu palace that has been burned to a ruin, as well as the granary arsenal that has been burned clean, Xiang Yu of course is like thunder, and immediately sprinkled the evil fire on Zeng Wen, the general who was only one step away from biting the tail of the Han army, and slapped Zeng Wen into the air, and roared wildly: "Waste! Useless dog things, this king told you to entangle Peng Yue and Feng Zhong no matter what, why did you let them slip away? Why did you let them run? ”

"The King forgives sins." Zeng Wen crawled on the ground and explained with a sad face, saying: "It's not that the last general doesn't do his best, it's that the thief army is running too fast, yesterday the last general marched more than ninety miles in one day, but I didn't expect the thief army to move so fast, and it still slipped away." ”

"Useless idiot!"

If it weren't for Xiang It and Xiang Sheng's troops suddenly coming from Fuli in the south, poor General Zeng Wen would have been kicked to death by Xiang Yu on the spot, but Xiang It and Xiang Sheng also fell into bad luck because of this, as soon as they met, they each immediately received countless slaps and fists and kicks from Xiang Yu, Xiang It and Xiang Sheng also knew that their sin was greater than the sky, and they didn't even dare to hide when they knelt in front of Xiang Yu, and just let Xiang Yu punch and kick with tears.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu has always been good to his family, no matter how much he hated Xiang Kang, a scum cousin, he could still promise that Xiang Kang would not die, not to mention Xiang He and Xiang Sheng, who had always been obedient to him. So after beating Xiang It and Xiang Sheng all over his face, Xiang Yu still hated and stopped his hand, and roared: "What are you crying about?" If you want to atone for your sins, you will immediately get up and chase after me, and if you catch up with the thief army, you can say anything, but if you can't catch up, even if you are my cousins and nephews, I will never spare you again! ”

Xiang It and Xiang Sheng hurriedly agreed, and after getting up, they didn't even have time to wipe the blood on their faces, so they immediately rushed back to the army they hastily recruited in the south, and led the army to cross the river from the pontoon bridge that had just been re-erected to pursue, and then Xiang Yu of course yelled at Zeng Wen again: "What are you still doing?" Don't bring troops to chase after you? ”

Zeng Wen hurriedly sang a promise, and hurriedly got up and stumbled to organize the army to cross the river to pursue, but Xiang Yu refused to rest at ease, but Pengcheng City rested for a while, and did not even enter the city, so he immediately took the front team of the Western Chu Army to cross the river to pursue, leaving only a few men and horses responsible for contacting the main force of the Western Chu Army behind, and letting Old Man Fan temporarily preside over the overall situation of Pengcheng for himself.

It stands to reason that the Western Chu army, which crossed the river after more than ten hours to pursue, should only be led by the nose of Peng Yuejun, who is good at wandering guerrillas, just like the previous Western Chu army, and then as long as the slightest flaw is exposed, it is possible to be escaped by Peng Yuejun and Feng Zhongjun. However, it is a pity that although Peng Yue in history can play Xiang Yu like a monkey, but at this different historical level, there is still a person in the Western Chu army who should have returned to his hometown a long time ago and was angry to death......

Late that night, under the leadership of Ji Bu and Xiang Zhuang and others, the main force of the Western Chu Army also pursued to the city of Pengcheng, but after seeing the tragic scene in Pengcheng City, the civil and military forces of the Western Chu Army roared and shook the sky, and only hated to be able to tear Feng Zhong and Peng Yue and others to pieces on the spot, but Old Man Fan was very calm, and after carefully understanding the retreat of the Han army, Old Man Fan also sneered directly, and said: "Do you want to lead us in circles, and then break through to the west when you catch a loop?" It's beautiful to think about! ”

After sneering, Old Man Fan didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately called the two generals Ding Gu and Zhou Lan, and ordered them to immediately lead 20,000 troops to the north and set up camp in Zou County, preparing to intercept the Han army. Ding Gu and Zhou Lan were puzzled, and both asked, "Father, why did you ask us to go to Zou County in the north?" Did the thief run east? ”

"The thieves are deliberately going around in circles, wanting us to only chase and surround them." Old man Fan sneered and said: "Then they suddenly turn to the road to the west, they can kill us by surprise, Zou County is galloping, whether the thieves are going north or west, they must pass through there, so as long as you rush to Zou County first, you will definitely be able to stop the army of the Han thieves." ”

Zhou Lan and Ding Gu didn't dare to question Old Man Fan's judgment, so they could only hurriedly hug their fists and agree, but Old Man Fan refused to rest assured, and ordered: "From Pengcheng directly to Zou County is an ordinary road, and it is more difficult to march, if you have already arrived in Zou County, the Han thief has already taken the first step through Zou County and went west, you will pursue it with all your might, if the Han thief is going north, you must divide the old man into two roads, all the way along the gallop road to pursue, all the way to Qiuqiu to block the Han thief's westward advance!" ”

"Remember, we must not let the Han thieves retreat to Juyeze, where the terrain is complicated, and Peng Yue's rebels have been operating there for many years, so they have escaped into Juyeze, and it is difficult for us to find them!"