In order to allow the tired soldiers who participated in the battle during the day to retreat with peace of mind, after setting off from the Huling ferry and marching eastward, the main force of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu blindly rushed at full speed, ignoring the situation in the rear, and Master Xiang Boxiang was worried, and the main force had just let go of the space road, Master Xiang hurriedly set off with more than 40,000 rear troops, for fear of running slowly and being caught up by the Han army.

Traveling a few miles to the east, the Surabaya River flowing under the city of Huling was gradually diverted to the south, and the Western Chu army gradually became a march south along the east bank of Surabaya, during this period, Master Xiang Boxiang of course has been constantly looking back, quietly praying for God's blessing, so that the Han army chasing the army is late and it is better not to come, but it backfired, the army of the palace led by Master Xiang has just been rerouted to the south along the road, and there has been a visible fire in the area of Huling Ferry in the northwest. It was evident that a large number of troops had arrived at the city of Huling with torches.

Seeing this scene, Master Xiang Boxiang suddenly spoke: "I hope that the Han thieves are fighting Huling City, and I also hope that the Huling County Order can fight for some energy, so that the Han thieves can be blocked for a while." ”

Hearing this, Xiang You, the baby son of Master Xiang who accompanied his father, immediately nodded his head, and also sincerely hoped that such a situation would occur, but Wu Dian, the general of the Western Chu Army who assisted Master Xiang in commanding the army, was full of puzzlement, and couldn't help but say: "Master Xiang, how can there be such a good thing?" Not to mention that there is no need for the Han thieves to attack Huling City immediately now, seeing our main force retreating, the Huling County Commander must also understand that we have abandoned him, and if he doesn't surrender immediately, how can he risk going out of the city to help us temporarily block the Han thieves? ”

"Of course the old man knows this, and the old man just said it casually." Master Xiang sighed helplessly, and urged: "Quick, give the order to the whole army, advance at full speed, and try to widen the distance between the Han thieves and the chasing soldiers." ”

"Full speed ahead?" Wu Dian, who had been trained in actual combat, was startled, and hurriedly said, "Master, you're not joking, are you?" We are both behind the palace and walking at night, once the soldiers are left behind and lost, there will be no chance to come back, the queue is chaotic, and the thieves suddenly chase behind, how can we line up to block them? ”

Master Xiang's very rare old face turned red, and he hurriedly changed his words and said: "You wait for the old man to finish speaking, the old man wants our army to advance as fast as possible, but we must not mess up the queue formation." ”

Wu Dian breathed a sigh of relief, and only then did he convey Master Xiang's order to the army under his command, and at the same time, Master Xiang's guards also rushed to the front and rear armies to pass orders, and then not to mention, relying on the usual strict training and long-term accumulated cohesion, the rear team of the Western Chu Army still achieved that the queue and establishment were basically not chaotic while speeding up, and there was almost no situation where the soldiers were left behind, reflecting the military demeanor that a main army should have.

At the same time, the weather this night is also very favorable to the emergency retreat of the Western Chu army, the night sky is clear, cloudless, and it is a month and a half, the moonlight is bright and bright, even if you don't light a torch, you can basically see the road clearly, the difficulty of marching is not very high, and the terrain in the southeast of Huling is relatively open and flat, so the marching speed of the Western Chu army is extremely fast, basically not much different from the normal marching speed during the day.

However, such weather conditions and terrain were also more favorable to the pursuit of the Han army, and after continuing to travel more than ten miles to the south, there was a sudden noise in the ranks of the Western Chu army at the end, and Master Xiang, who was seriously lacking in actual combat experience, was also taken aback, and subconsciously shouted: "The Han thieves are coming!" Come on! ”

"Impossible!" Wu Dian hurriedly said: "There is only a commotion, there is no shouting of killing, and the torches of our rear team are not chaotic, it must be just the cavalry squad of the Han thieves catching up with us, and there will be no threat to us!" ”

was guessed by Wu Dian, after a while, the noise disappeared, and then Qi Jin, the general of the Western Chu Army, who led the army to the end, sent someone to report, saying that a scout team of the Han army tried to capture the convenient Western Chu soldiers on the side of the road and was found by them, in order to rescue the temporarily lone soldiers, they had a scout battle with the Han cavalry, and they also killed the Han army scouts very smoothly, and did not let the Han army scouts capture the prisoners, Master Xiang was also relieved, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, hurry, continue to go south, no one is allowed to stop and rest without an order." ”

The situation is indeed the same as what Qi Jin sent to report, because the Western Chu army has always maintained a complete queue and almost no soldiers are left behind, and the Han army scout team that was ordered to move forward has never found the opportunity to scratch the tongue and ask for a confession, to understand the details of the rear team of the Western Chu army, and finally met a convenient Western Chu soldier on the side of the road, the Han army scout team hurriedly took the risk of raiding and capturing the prisoners, never thought that the rear team of the Western Chu army reacted quickly, not only immediately counterattacked and rescued the lone companion, but also killed a Han army scout who took the risk of raiding, Let the dream of the Han army scouts come to naught.

Of course, the Han army scouts could not give up and continue to follow the rear team of the Western Chu army southward, the experienced Han army scouts have been paying careful attention to the movement on the roadside, trying to find the enemy who may be alone, but unfortunately, the main team of the Western Chu army under the command of Master Xiang is also experienced, and has always been careful to pay attention to the roadside situation, but whenever he finds a companion who is alone because of an accident, he immediately urges his companion to hurry forward and return to the team. The Han scouts followed until the halfway point of the third watch, but they were not able to catch a single tongue.

At this time, Feng Zhong, who led the army in pursuit, also sent his own soldiers to contact the scouts who were chasing in front to find out what kind of military news they had heard. Why is it that until now, I don't even know how many people there are in the rear team of the Western Chu Thief Army, and who is the commander of the troops? Don't think that our General Feng is good at talking and won't bother with you, and then don't hurry up to find out the situation of the rear team of the Western Chu thief army, and be careful of military law! ”

Forced by Feng Zhong's own soldiers, the Han army scout commander could only come up with a stupid way to let his scouts install strong crossbows in advance, and then take turns to rush to the rear team of the Western Chu army to shoot arrows and shoot blindly, and strive to shoot and wound a few soldiers of the rear team of the Western Chu army to capture the prisoners, and when the Han army scouts took the risk of doing so, the crossbow arrows were shot indiscriminately, and they really shot and injured a few Western Chu soldiers - of course, correspondingly, the Han army scouts were also shot dead and wounded by the soldiers of the Western Chu army who immediately launched a counterattack.

After another moment, seeing the Western Chu army brigade walking away, the Han army scouts of course hurriedly rushed to the scene to find the Western Chu soldiers who were killed and wounded by the arrows, and then the hard work paid off, on the grass on the side of the road, the Han army scouts really found a seriously injured soldier of the Western Chu army who was still breathing, and then quickly drenched him with water, thinking that he was treating his injuries in exchange, forcing him to explain the situation of the rear team of the Western Chu army, and the seriously injured soldiers of the Western Chu army who were abandoned by his companions in order to survive, also obediently explained the situation they knew. Let the scouts of the Han army know the important situation that the army behind the palace of the Western Chu army is personally commanded by the famous Master Xiang Boxiang......

"The army of the Western Chu Thief Army is led by Xiang Bo? Really? Is the situation confirmed? Did Xiang Yu really let Xiang Bo's old horseman lead the army? ”

Needless to say, after this important situation was reported to Feng Zhong, Feng Zhong was of course taken aback, and he couldn't believe that this could be the case. The Han army scout who came back to report replied truthfully: "Returning to General Feng, I have repeatedly confirmed, as early as daytime, it was Xiang Bo who led the Western Chu thief army to stay at Huling Ferry to protect the military baggage of the Western Chu thief army, and after the Western Chu thief army began to retreat, Xiang Yu asked Xiang Bo to lead the Western Chu thief army that did not participate in the battle to be responsible for the palace, and the situation could never be wrong!" ”

Feng Zhong's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he could encounter such a good thing, and the old man Wei Bugeng, who was following Feng Zhong to betray the Western Chu Army in Pengcheng, cheered loudly and shouted excitedly: "Brother Feng, since it is Xiang Bo's old puppet commander, then we don't have to worry about anything, hurry up and chase it!" Catch up with it as fast as you can, and kill the Western Chu thief army behind the palace directly in one go! ”

"General Wei, are you crazy?" Tong Chou, another Han army general next to him, said in surprise: "Didn't you listen to our scout's report that there are more than 40,000 people in the rear of the Western Chu thief army, and the number of troops is half more than ours, and you dare to persuade General Feng to pursue and raid?" ”

"Brother Tong, you put a hundred hearts!" Wei Bugen laughed wildly and said: "Since it is the old puppet commander of the palace of Uncle Xiang, let's not say that there are still 30,000 troops, even if there are only 10,000 troops, I dare to launch an assault from the front!" ”

Before Wei Bugen's words were finished, Feng Zhong had already roared and roared: "Order the whole army, speed up your advance, and chase and kill the Western Chu thief army as fast as possible!" ”

"General Feng, why are you doing the same?" Tong Chou was dumbfounded and said: "We have few soldiers, and we are fighting at night, isn't it too risky to do this?" ”

"No risk at all!" Feng Zhong and Wei Bu replied in unison, saying, "You'll know if you chase after us, tonight, we are lucky!" ”

Although he still didn't understand why Feng Zhong and Wei Bugen were suddenly full of confidence, since Feng Zhong had already made a decision, Tong Chou, who was in charge, hurriedly carried out the order like the other Han army generals, and rushed back to urge his soldiers to speed up, and when they knew that their troops were inferior to the enemy, they launched a pursuit of the rear of the Western Chu army as quickly as possible—or pursued at night at night, where the danger factor was far higher than that of the daytime.

Feng Zhongjun, who was lightly armed, was destined to march extremely fast, and under the full force of the advance, the fourth watch was just over halfway, and the Han army pursued by Feng Zhong had already chased to the vicinity of the rear of the Western Chu army, and the generals of the Western Chu army, who led the army to walk at the rear, had no choice but to quickly let his corporal line up to prepare for the battle, and at the same time urgently rang the gong to warn Master Xiang Boxiang who was walking in the middle of the team.

Master Xiang's reaction would definitely make Qi Jin and other Western Chu army soldiers dumbfounded, hearing the sound of the warning gong, Master Xiang not only did not immediately order the army to stop advancing and turn around to face the battle, but on the contrary, he screamed like a frightened donkey, "The Han thief has caught up!" Come on! ”

"Master Xiang, are you crazy?" Wu Dian next to him was almost not frightened to death by Master Xiang's order, and hurriedly yelled to stop us: "The Han thieves have caught up with us, and you still let our army run quickly, isn't it equivalent to letting our army show their butts and cut the Han thieves at will?" ”

"So what do you say you should do?" Master Xiang hurriedly asked.

"Of course, stop advancing, and the whole army will turn around and fight!" Wu Dian hurriedly replied: "Kill the Han thieves first, and then continue to retreat south!" ”

He looked at the other generals of the Western Chu Army next to him in great fright, and saw that all the generals of the Western Chu Army, including his precious son Xiang You, nodded, indicating that Wu Dian's suggestion was the right choice, and Master Xiang said stubbornly: "Then let's do it." ”

It's a pity that although Wu Dian and others succeeded in persuading Master Xiang to make the right choice, the poor rear team of the Western Chu Army unfortunately ran into a crazy enemy general, and led the front team to catch up with the Western Chu Army first, Feng Zhong's deputy, the old man of the Young Marshal Army, Xu Ci, did not hesitate at all, and did not even want to waste time sorting out the formation, so he immediately stepped forward and personally led the front team of the Han Army to launch a charge, and shouted excitedly: "Kill!" Kill me! Give Uncle Xiang a little bit of power, take a look! ”

Roaring, Xu Ci also clamped the war horse, the first to rush to the rear of the Western Chu army that was urgently lined up, inspired by his first charge, the Han soldiers also shouted one after another, like an arrow off the string rushed to the enemy formation, although the rear team of the Western Chu army also hurriedly released arrows to block, but still could not block the fierce offensive of the Han soldiers, in a blink of an eye, the Han soldiers rushed to the front, forced to start a hand-to-hand combat with the Han soldiers.

The sword light and sword shadow, the flesh and blood are wild, the Han and Chu soldiers are fighting separately in the chaos, roaring and swinging their weapons vigorously, desperately greeting each other's bodies, blood is constantly spraying, the two soldiers are also constantly roaring and dying and wounded screams, everywhere you can see the weapons of the two soldiers stabbing into each other's bodies almost at the same time, and everywhere you can see the soldiers on both sides scuffling into a ball and rolling on the ground, swords, spears and halberds are taking the lives of the warring soldiers all the time, and blood is like rain.

After all, the Western Chu Army under the command of Master Xiang is the main army, and the combat experience is obviously better than that of the Han Army after the elite veterans have been repeatedly diluted, and after reflecting on the battlefield, the brave charge of the Han Army only killed the rear team of the Western Chu Army, forcing the rear team of the Western Chu Army to engage in a hand-to-hand melee with the own army, and then was quickly dragged into a stalemate by the Western Chu Army, unable to directly transform it into victory in one go.

However, this situation soon changed, after Feng Zhong led the main force to chase closer, seeing that Xu Ci had successfully pulled the enemy into the melee, Feng Zhong didn't even blink an eyelid, and immediately shouted: "Beat the drums, general attack!" Defeat the Western Chu thief army! ”

The marching war drums were hurriedly beaten, and the main force of the Han army immediately launched a full-scale general attack, shouting and charging forward like a tide, seeing this scene beside Master Xiang, Wu Dian was also dumbfounded, and blurted out: "The Han thief is crazy? An all-out general attack as soon as you come up? They just broke us with such faith? ”

"What to do? The thieves are attacking? What are we going to do? ”

Master Xiang's frightened shout brought Wu Dian back to his senses, and after a little calculation, Wu Dian immediately said: "Master, let our Chinese army be on top, and the front army will be behind!" As long as you resist this wave of momentum of the Han thieves, and then use the front army led by General Xiang Xiang to launch a counterattack, you will be sure to kill the Han thieves! ”

"Okay, You'er, you and Wu Dian lead the Chinese army to the top! The old man will go to meet with Xiang Xiangxian's nephew's former army first, and then help you! ”

After shouting out this sentence quickly, Master Xiang Boxiang didn't say a word, turned around and ran to the front team to the south, of course, his guards also hurriedly followed with his handsome banner, Wu Dian was even more dumbfounded when he saw it, and hurriedly shouted: "Master, you took the handsome banner away, how can we command the Chinese army to top?" ”

It was too late to shout like this, Master Xiang had already fled non-stop, and after seeing his handsome banner fleeing south, Xiang Bojun's Chinese army brigade was also in an uproar, and countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army directly exclaimed, "What's the matter?" Why has our flag already started to run? Could it be that this battle has already been lost? ”

The morale of the army was suddenly hit by such a huge blow, and after it was reflected on the battlefield, of course, even if Wu Dian and Xiang You and others led the army to meet and reinforce the front battlefield, the officers and men of the Western Chu Army were also procrastinating, constantly looking around, not understanding why the handsome banner of the army was the first to flee, and they no longer had the heart to put all their energy on fighting to meet the enemy.

Contrary to the Western Chu Army, whose morale was frustrated by itself, after the main force of Feng Zhongjun, who directly launched a general attack, charged into the front team's battlefield, it immediately relied on the local strength advantage to gain the upper hand, killing the rear team of the Western Chu Army to an unbearable extent, and then resolutely met the Central Army Brigade of the Western Chu Army that rushed head-on, and launched a super-large-scale bloody battle with tens of thousands of people in the dark of night with the army behind the palace of the Western Chu Army.

At the critical moment, it was not only Master Xiang Boxiang who dropped the chain, but also Xiang You, who had been pampered by Master Xiang and Xiang Yu, was forced to engage in hand-to-hand melee with the Han army, Xiang You not only completely forgot his several brave performances in the young marshal army, but also urged the soldiers next to him to step forward to meet the battle, and at the same time quietly kept retreating, looking around early to find a way out, resulting in the position of his direct army being significantly delayed, which was in stark contrast to the other Western Chu army teams that fought bravely.

Feng Zhong, who personally swiped the enemy to kill the enemy, soon discovered this situation, and immediately understood that there was an opportunity, so he hurriedly pointed at the position of Xiang You's army with his ge, and shouted: "Rush there, first kill the Western Chu thief army there!" ”

Under the guidance of Feng Zhong's banner, the Han army quickly adjusted the direction of the main attack, concentrating mobile forces to storm Xiang You's position, Xiang You was inevitably even more panicked when he saw it, in addition to forcing his subordinates to block forward, he involuntarily retreated and the pace of retreat also quickly accelerated, and when he saw his banner constantly retreating, his personal troops were also forced to retreat to continue to protect his banner, not to mention, the other soldiers and generals under his command were also panicked, and they couldn't stop the Han army from attacking their positions.

Fortunately, Wu Dian, the general of the Western Chu Army, who had been trained in actual combat, happened to be near the position of Xiang You's army, seeing that the situation on Xiang You's side was critical, and he was afraid that Xiang You's army would collapse and form a chain reaction, Wu Dian hurriedly led the army over to reinforce and caught the Han army Wei Bugen's department that rushed to the front from the side, and temporarily shared the pressure for Xiang You. But it was still useless to do so, Feng Zhong, who also crawled out of the mountain of corpses and blood, grabbed the fighter tightly, let Wei Bugen's army fight with Wu Dian's department, and personally led his direct personal soldiers to continue to move forward, and continued to attack Xiang You's army from the flank of the battlefield.

Finally got the opportunity to fight with Xiang Youjun in close quarters, the well-equipped Feng Zhong personal army immediately threw out a large number of primitive grenades, although the main force of the Western Chu Army has fought with the Han army many times, and has long known that the original grenades of the Han army are actually pitifully small, but after the primitive grenades exploded in the crowd, the front team of Xiang Youjun's army was still staggered, and the formation was chaotic.

Not only that, seeing the original grenades of the Han army exploding in his own army one after another, Xiang You also blurted out: "Oh no! With so many palm thunders, we have met the elite of the Han thieves! ”

When Xiang You screamed, Feng Zhong also tried to cross the line again, rushing to the front in the lead, his guards hurriedly pulled him to death, and his direct pro-soldiers shouted forward with red eyes, frantically killing Xiang You's banner, and the Han soldiers who were relying on Feng Zhong's banner to guide the advance also followed like a tide, and in a blink of an eye, Xiang You's army formed a semi-encircled situation.

It's a pity that Feng Zhong still didn't get the opportunity to meet directly with his old subordinate Xiang You on the battlefield, because when the Han soldiers rushed to the fifty paces in front of Xiang You, Xiang You couldn't resist the fear in his heart, suddenly turned his horse's head, and fled in the direction of the front team of the Western Chu Army led by his brother Xiang Xiang......

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By the way, it was only when the sky was light that Uncle Zhou received the scout's report and learned about the important situation that Feng Zhong led his army to launch a surprise attack on the army behind the palace of the Western Chu army. As a result, hearing the news, Rao is Uncle Zhou has always been calm, and he also has great trust in Feng Zhong, who is known for his tenacity in the war, and he couldn't help but lose his complexion and roared angrily, "Feng Zhong is crazy? I told him again and again not to risk assaulting at night, but why didn't he listen? Why didn't he want to think about it, what he encountered this time was the main elite of the Western Chu Thief Army! ”

"Lu Kuang! You immediately lead 30,000 troops to reinforce Feng Zhong! If he has already been defeated, the Western Chu thief army will take advantage of the situation to counterattack, resolutely block it, and cover our defeated troops to withdraw and join the main force! ”

After Lu Kuang, the general of the Han army, agreed loudly, Li Shiqi next to him hurriedly added, "General Lu, if you see Feng Zhong, you must comfort him a few words!" He is like brothers and sisters to our king, and he has saved countless family members of our Han army, don't let him commit suicide because of shame! ”