Feng Zhong had previously sent scouts to investigate the enemy's situation made a great achievement, and took the lead in reporting the news of the sudden arrival of the Western Chu army to Zou County to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong decisively withdrew the order to light the torches, and without the dense torch light to expose the position, Feng Zhongjun temporarily won the advantage of the enemy's own darkness, plus the Western Chu army had just arrived in Zou County, and had not yet had time to send scouts to investigate around, Feng Zhongjun not only got the opportunity to seize the time to rest and prepare for battle, but also hoped to wait until the main force of Peng Yue's army arrived to reinforce.

However, no one knew how much rest time the army could win, and Feng Zhongjun could only hurry up to eat and drink, seize the time to check the weapons and equipment, and be ready to fight at any time, waiting for Peng Yuejun to arrive as soon as possible.

The rapidly approaching night helped Feng Zhongjun a lot, and the Western Chu army in the distance also only cared about drinking water and eating, and setting up camps, completely unaware that their blocking target was already under their noses, and there were still big fish in it.

If it can go on like this, then after Peng Yuejun arrives, the Han army may still have a chance to sneak attack and succeed, and in turn kill the Western Chu army by surprise, but unfortunately, after a period of time, the local people of Zou County suddenly reported an important news to the subordinates of Zhou Lan of the Western Chu Army, that is, they had seen horseback soldiers moving around Zou County before dark, but they didn't know that these horseback soldiers were from that army.

This situation was quickly reported to Zhou Lan, and Zhou Lan, who was about to rest, was immediately suspicious when he heard the report, and immediately sent scouts to the surrounding area to investigate the situation, and paid special attention to the Chidao Road to the east.

At the critical moment, luck abandoned Feng Zhongjun again, although relying on the ambush, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers successfully killed a Western Chu army scout from the east, but the Western Chu army scout sounded a scream alarm when he was dying, and the companion behind him heard that the sound was wrong, and immediately turned his horse and left, Feng Zhongjun scout only stabbed this scout when he was pursuing, and failed to kill the Western Chu army scout behind him directly on the way, so that the Western Chu army scout fled back to Zou County to report the news.

After this situation was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong of course complained bitterly, and immediately understood that the enemy would react soon, and the result was okay, at this time, Peng Yue finally arrived at the scene with his main force, Feng Zhong did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly told Peng Yue about the situation, and urgently discussed the next countermeasures with Peng Yue.

"I can only fight." Peng Yue said with a gloomy face: "When the Western Chu thief army behind will be able to catch up, no one dares to guarantee, now we can only take advantage of the fact that the chasing soldiers have not yet arrived, attack with all their strength, and rush through Zou County!" ”

Feng Zhong nodded helplessly, and said in an even more helpless tone: "General Peng, don't blame me for being selfish, my army must give priority to protecting the families of the princess and the important ministers of the Han State, so this battle can only ask you to fight the main force and cover the breakthrough of my army." ”

"General Feng, don't worry, if you don't say it, I will do the same." Peng Yue's answer made Feng Zhong breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "In a while, I will rush to the front to open the way, responsible for entangling the Western Chu thief army, covering you to protect the princess and their transfer." ”

When Feng Zhong heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Peng Yue, and hurriedly asked: "General Peng, you are more familiar with the situation in Xue County, in your opinion, after we rush through Zou County, can we go directly to the west?" ”

Peng Yue's expression was obviously extremely hesitant, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "I think it's best not to risk going west, because the Western Chu thief army must know that we want to break through directly to the west, and they will definitely deploy troops to intercept it in the west, and what is the current situation of Rencheng and the relatives in the west, I don't know, if the Western Chu thief army is also stationed in these places and has troops to intercept it, then even if we rush through Zou County, it is likely to be a dead end." ”

Everyone knew that the Han army must be most eager to break through to the west, and of course Feng Zhong did not dare to guarantee that there were still troops of the Western Chu army stationed in the west of Zou County, so he could only ask: "Then what should we do?" ”

"Didn't your scout confirm that the Western Chu Thief Army suddenly came from the south?" Peng Yue replied: "That is to say, the Western Chu thief army must not have had time to send troops to the hinterland of Xue County in advance, so our best way should be to go north, first get rid of the pursuers of the Western Chu thief army, and then go west to Juyeze, as long as we can withdraw to Juyeze with complex terrain, even if it is still difficult for us to break through, we are sure to find a place to hide temporarily." ”

Of course, Feng Zhong didn't dare to believe Peng Yue's assurance, but it was too dangerous to break through to the west directly, and Feng Zhongjun now had to rely on Peng Yue, the head snake of Juyeze, Feng Zhong had no choice but to quickly nod and said, "Okay, just do it." ”

After discussing the retreat route, Feng Zhong and Peng Yue hurriedly discussed the breakthrough tactics, and decided that Peng Yue would lead the army first and take the initiative to attack the Western Chu army.

The plan was certain, Peng Yuejun immediately strode westward, rushed in front to open the way for Feng Zhongjun, and then unexpectedly, when Peng Yuejun arrived at the battlefield in Zou County, the Western Chu army that received the scout report was indeed ready for battle, and the very cunning soldiers were divided into two roads, one army formed at the three-way intersection of the gallop road, and the other team lined up on the gallop road west of Zou County, cutting off the westward road of the Han army.

Seeing this scene, Peng Yue had no choice but to immediately divide the army into two, the main force was head-on to attack the Western Chu army at the three-way intersection, and the other army launched a feint attack on the Western Chu army in the west, and at the same time pinned down the two Western Chu armies to cover Feng Zhong's army to turn around and go north.

Seeing that Peng Yue's army was coming head-on, Zhou Lan and Ding Gu of the Western Chu Army of course immediately released arrows to meet the battle, and the soldiers of Peng Yuejun gave up their lives and forcibly rushed to the near place to fight with the Western Chu army in close quarters under the rain of arrows, while Feng Zhongjun took advantage of the opportunity of Peng Yuejun's temporary entanglement of the enemy, bypassed the battlefield and strode northward, racing against time to rush to the north to gallop to the main road.

"Hurry, hurry! Come on! Come on! ”

In order to speed up the speed, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers pushed and pulled, almost directly carrying the carriage carrying the Han army's family forward, and forced it to cross the wilderness and fields in the northeast of the battlefield that were not suitable for carriages. During this period, the Western Chu army, which finally confirmed the direction of the Han army's breakthrough, also immediately launched a crazy counterattack, in a vain attempt to kill and disperse the Peng Yue army to intercept the convoy protected by Feng Zhongjun.

More than half an hour later, Feng Zhongjun finally moved to the main road leading to Lu County, and then he didn't even have time to sort out the queue, and immediately strode westward with the convoy in a chaotic manner. At the same time, the battle between Peng Yuejun and the Western Chu army also entered a white heat, the battlefield was full of torches, and the two soldiers were fighting fiercely, during which there was also a team of Western Chu army successfully got rid of Peng Yuejun's entanglement, and strode towards Feng Zhongjun, who was heading north.

There was no other choice, Feng Zhong could only order his subordinate general Wang Fang to lead the army to meet the attack, and make every effort to block this chasing army to cover the main force to the north, fortunately, Wang Fang, who was also the old man of the young marshal army, did not disappoint Feng Zhong, even if he only led two thousand troops to the queen, he still fought against the pursuers, and the main force of Feng Zhong's army took the opportunity to protect the convoy to go north at full speed, and gradually opened the distance between him and the enemy.

When the sky was light, the main force of Feng Zhongjun went north to Pingyang City, the result was just as Peng Yue expected, the hinterland of Xue County is really empty, even if it is located in Pingyang County on the Chi Road, the defenders are only two or three hundred people, seeing the arrival of Feng Zhongjun, not only did not dare to be in public, but also took the initiative to abandon the city and flee, Feng Zhong was overjoyed, and hurriedly let the exhausted soldiers rest outside the city for a while, waiting for his rear army and the main force of Peng Yue's army, and at the same time sent people to explore the road from Pingyang to Xuanqiu and Lu County, and grasp the road situation.

The results of the road exploration made Feng Zhong frown, although the road leading to Lu County was still very flat, and the damage was not large, and it was still suitable for the convoy carrying the families of the Han army, but the ordinary road leading to the northwest Qiuqiu was in disrepair due to the war, and the road was seriously damaged, and it must have been very difficult to travel.

More than an hour later, Wang Fang rushed to Pingyang with only half of the rear army left to join Feng Zhong, reporting that his army had only temporarily thrown off the enemy, and did not directly kill the pursuers, so the enemy could chase after him again at any time. Feng Zhong was worried when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Wang Fang, "What about General Peng Yue's army?" Do you know about them? ”

"I don't know." Wang Fang shook his head, wiped the sweat and dust on his face and said, "When the last general got rid of Xiang Yu's thief army, General Peng's army hadn't caught up yet, so I didn't know his situation. ”

"What to do? Is it a risk to take the path to the hill? Or do you go north along the Chi Road first, and then turn around and head west when you reach Lu County? ”

Without the guidance of the guerrilla genius Peng Yue, Feng Zhong was uncertain, so he could only find Li Shiqi, an important minister of the Han army who was advancing by car, to discuss, and after Li Shiqi carefully understood the situation, he quickly said: "General Feng, the old man thinks that you should go north to Lu County along the Chi Road, and then turn around and go west." There are two reasons for this, first, if you take so many of us to the north on the trail, your soldiers will definitely be physically exhausted, and once they are caught up by the enemy, the situation will definitely be even more dangerous. Second, so many of us will definitely leave countless traces along the Chi Road, and we don't have to worry about getting separated from General Peng Yue's army, if he can get rid of the Western Chu thief army, he will definitely be able to catch up with us. ”

Feng Zhong's talent is indeed relatively mediocre, he can't make up his mind, and after listening to Li Shiqi's words, he feels reasonable, so he can only grit his teeth and cross his heart, stomp his feet and say: "Walk along the galloping road, try to get rid of Xiang Yu's thief army first!" ”

Next, I can really only use a blind man riding a blind horse to describe Feng Zhongjun's situation, the road is unfamiliar, I don't know anything about the situation ahead, there is an enemy chasing behind, and I have completely lost contact with the friendly Peng Yue army, so I can only go north at full speed along the relatively easy to walk gallop road, during which because the soldiers are too tired, no matter how much Feng Zhong loves the soldiers like a son, he has won the hearts of the army, and there are constantly cases where the soldiers are separated and left behind, and the hardships are abnormal.

What's even worse is that in the north of the gallop road, there is also a Surabaya roadblock with a lot of water, and no one dares to guarantee whether it can cross Surabaya before being caught up by the pursuers! Therefore, Feng Zhong could only send his deputy Xu Ci to lead an army of 3,000 to go ahead and rush to Lu County at full speed to seize the ferry bridge, and at the same time made up his mind early, planning to venture upstream to Surabaya if he could not cross Surabaya smoothly, and burrow into the Yimeng Mountains and the Western Chu army to chase hide and seek.

Fortunately, maybe whether it is Ji Tailai, the goddess of luck who abandoned Feng Zhong twice before, found out that Feng Zhong threw a wink again, and on the morning of the next day, Xu Ci, who stepped forward to open the road, sent someone to send good news, saying that the former army led by him successfully seized the ferry bridge in the northern suburbs of Lu County, and was also rushing to build a pontoon bridge so that the main force of Feng Zhong's army could quickly cross the river, and at the same time, the city of Lu County was also extremely empty, and hundreds of defenders had been directly killed by Xu Cijun.

"God help me!"

Ecstatic yelled, Feng Zhong hurriedly made the news public, in order to boost the morale of the army, let his soldiers work hard to speed up, and promised to let his army stop and rest for a while after passing Surabaya.

When you can see the city of Lu County from a distance, the dust and smoke are billowing on the road to the south, and an army suddenly appears chasing quickly, Feng Zhong thought it was Peng Yuejun chasing after him at first, and he was very excited for a while, but the results of the scout's investigation made Feng Zhong's face as white as paper - it was the Western Chu army!

"Let's go, let's cross Surabaya first!"

With red eyes and constantly yelling, Feng Zhong once again urged the army to speed up the march, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers also used their strength to eat, and even rolled and climbed to the north, fortunately, Feng Zhongjun's front team Xu Ci's department had already seized the bridge in the north of Lu County in advance, and also urgently grabbed two pontoon bridges, so that Feng Zhongjun's main force could cross the river as soon as possible, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers gritted their teeth and stumbled on the bridge to advance, and the convoy crossed the river from the solid bridge built by the local people in Lu County, during which there was a tragic scene of some soldiers being squeezed into the river.

After personally leading the army hall, Feng Zhong and his personal army became the last army to rush through Surabaya, and then needless to say, the two temporary pontoon bridges were of course cut down immediately, and countless firewood and grass were immediately piled up on the wooden bridge and ignited.

It was still after the wooden bridge was completely broken, and the exhaustion of the extremely exhausted Feng Zhongjun soldiers broke out in the crowd of loud cheers, and then countless Feng Zhongjun soldiers and soldiers still lay down directly, and immediately made a thunderous snoring sound, and the soldiers of the Western Chu Army beat their chests on the south bank of Surabaya, feeling very sorry.

Feng Zhong also sat on the ground, grinning loudly, glad that the self-army could finally rest at ease for a while, and no longer had to worry about being suddenly attacked by the enemy, and then even if he retreated in the direction of Xuanqiu, he only needed to leave an army to guard the crossing, and he could block the enemy for a long time.

There was an accident, at this time, a general of the Western Chu Army suddenly led a team of soldiers to the bank of Surabaya, and shouted to Feng Zhongjun's soldiers across the river, asking Feng Zhong to answer him in person. Feng Zhongyi was out of curiosity, and secondly, he wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the situation of Peng Yuejun, so he also asked his soldiers to protect himself with a long shield to the bank of Surabaya, and answered the enemy across the river, and immediately vaguely recognized that the person who came forward to talk to him in person seemed to be Ding Gu, the general under Xiang Yu's tent and Ji Bu's maternal uncle.

"Feng Zhong, General Feng! Do you remember the old man? It's been a long time since we've seen each other. ”

It was indeed Ding Gu who answered with Feng Zhong across the river, first loudly introducing his identity, and then shouting loudly in an extremely proud tone: "The old man really admires you!" In the past few years, you have been conscientious and diligent, and you have behaved more loyal than your loyal ministers, so that the king of Western Chu trusts you to stay in Pengcheng, the capital of the country, I can't imagine that you have been still facing Xiang Kang, that traitor! Forbearance to the point where you are at your peak can be regarded as the pinnacle! I really want the old man not to admire you! ”

"Less nonsense!" Feng Zhong shouted loudly behind the shield: "General Peng Yue, how are they? ”

"Want to trick the old man's words?" Ding Gu laughed out loud and said: "But it doesn't matter if you tell you, the Peng Yue who is in cahoots with you has been caught up by our Western Chu King himself, if nothing else, at this time, Peng Yue's traitors, as well as Jing Jia and Lu Qing's gang of traitors, will either have their heads on the ground, or they have been cooked alive!" ”

Of course, Feng Zhong would not believe Ding Gu's words, but sneered and thought about how to continue the talk, Ding Gu said loudly: "Don't talk nonsense, Feng Zhong Pifu, the old man is here to save you today, if you are smart, you will immediately put down your arms and surrender, hand over the family of the thief to the old man, and then follow the old man to the king to ask for guilt, and the old man will help you intercede, and read on your previous merits, our king will be soft-hearted, maybe he will spare your life!" Otherwise, huh! ”

After sneering loudly, Ding Gu said loudly again: "You are a dead end!" Don't think the old man doesn't know what you want to do next? You want to flee west, right? Let me tell you the truth, Ya Father, he had long expected that you would turn around and go back to Zou County, and if you can't go west, you will flee north, and then go west to Juyeze, so General Zhou Lan will take the small road north to Xuanqiu in Pingyang, and if you go to Xuanqiu at this time, it will still be a dead end! ”

Feng Zhong's face changed completely, and Ding Gu laughed wildly again: "How is it?" Feng Zhong Pifu, to the west is Zhou Lan, to the north is Tiandu, to the east is the deep mountains and old forests, no matter how you go, it's a dead end, right? The old man finally advises you again, instead of dying in the hands of others, it is better to surrender to the old man! The old man can swear to the sky, as long as you hand over the family of the thief to the old man, even if the old man can't save your life in front of the king, he will definitely ask the king to leave you a root! Think about it for your son! Hahahahaha! ”

Ding Gu laughed wildly on the south bank of Surabaya, while Feng Zhong turned pale on the north bank of Surabaya, and there was only one thought left in his heart, and he said secretly: "If this old man didn't lie to me, Zhou Lan's army has really gone directly to Xuanqiu, what should I do?" What else can I do? ”