The reaction of the Western Chu army was also very fast, after Peng Yuejun left Zou County, it was only at noon the next day, the Shou Ganji of Donghai County of Western Chu had already returned to Zou County with 6,000 Donghai County soldiers to help him down, but unfortunately, everything was too late, the area of Zou County, which was once a heavy place for military transportation of people and vehicles, was full of devastation, and there were traces left after the fire everywhere, and many places were still emitting black smoke, and the grain and grass that had been piled up were completely gone, and the city wall was completely razed to the ground. Even the vehicles used to transport military grain and grass were burned clean by Peng Yuejun, and the unscrupulous Western Chu Army resumed the transportation of military grain and grass, which made it more difficult.

Although the loss of Zou County and the burning of materials have little to do with him, but seeing such a scene, Gan Ji was still so angry that he shouted, and just asked the whereabouts of the Han army from the defeated soldiers of Zou County and the local people, Gan Ji immediately shouted: "Chase!" Immediately set off south to find those shameless thieves to settle accounts and take revenge! ”

"Jun Zun calm down." The subordinate general next to him hurriedly persuaded: "Listening to the defeated soldiers of Zhan Junzun, there are more than 16,000 Han thief troops who attacked Zou County, and we only have 6,000 troops, and we are at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and I am afraid that it will be dangerous to pursue in a hurry." Therefore, the last general thinks that it is better for us to wait for reinforcements from other places to arrive, and then launch a pursuit. ”

"A rabble, what is there to fear?" Gan Ji scolded angrily, and said: "We can't waste time, the south is our national capital Pengcheng, if the Han thieves threaten the safety of our national capital, the king will definitely not spare us!" Immediately send troops to chase, first catch up with the Han thief army and then see the opportunity to act! ”

Seeing Gan Ji's insistence, the generals did not dare to continue to oppose it, so they could only obediently follow Gan Ji's troops to the south, and go all out to pursue the rabble of Peng Yue's army who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, but completely ignored that their backup army was still on the way to Zou County in a hurry, and did not unify the pursuit with them.

It's still a pity that although the attitude of the Western Chu Army is resolute, Peng Yuejun is indeed a rabble that can't even unify weapons and uniforms, but Peng Yuejun, a rabble, is relying on mobile guerrilla warfare to eat from the beginning of the army, but it is good at running and wandering, marching on a wide and flat gallop road, and the advantage in maneuver speed may not be very large, but after changing the county road, Peng Yuejun's maneuver speed immediately threw the West Chu Army three streets away, so when Gan Ji's department launched a pursuit, In fact, Peng Yuejun had already bypassed Teng County, diverted to the southeast, and killed Mr. Shusun's hometown Xue County.

If you insist on fighting, Peng Yuejun is actually not unsure that he can't take Teng County, and the generals of Peng Yuejun also suggested that Teng County be taken down, but Peng Yue categorically rejected this proposal and said: "Teng County is too close to Zou County, once the time is wasted during the siege, the Western Chu thief army is likely to catch up with us, only by hurrying up and running farther away, and then we have time to attack the city with confidence." Therefore, Teng County can't fight, even Huling in the southwest of Teng County can't go, we can only go to Xue County, so that we can be sure to get rid of the Western Chu thief army! ”

Facts have proved that Peng Yue's decision is extremely correct, when Peng Yue's army galloped lightly to the city of Xue County, the chasing soldiers led by Gan Ji were still on the way from Zou County to Teng County in the south, and it was too late to pose a threat to Peng Yue's army, Peng Yue also let the army stop, while taking a short rest, while hurrying to make siege weapons, and then taking advantage of the opportunity that the defenders of Xue County had already been evacuated, they easily took the Xue County Chengchi, which was only guarded by a few hundred county soldiers, and seized the grain and grass to supply the army. Then he burned all the grain that could not be taken away.

Then, taking advantage of the opportunity that Gan Ji had not yet caught up with himself, Peng Yuejun decisively gave up Xue County, and took the east to kill the county of Donghai County, as the guard of Donghai County, Gan Ji found out about this situation and was scattered, and also said that Peng Yuejun was ready to take advantage of the situation to copy his nest, and quickly led the army to the east at full speed, but when he still ran to the bottom of the city of Zhangxian County, Gan Ji's department was out of breath and learned that Peng Yuejun was just dangling a shot under the city of Zhangxian County, and then immediately turned around and went west along the gallop road, and once again killed in the direction of Zou County.

At this time, Gan Ji's troops had marched more than 450 miles before and after, and they were exhausted up and down, so they had to rest temporarily under the city of Zhangxian County, and at the same time contacted the Xue County army that came later to exchange enemy information with each other, and asked the friendly army of Xue County led by Xue County Cheng to return to the north to intercept it, and help the self-army to attack Peng Yue's army, which was more slippery than loaches.

Although the Xue army received the news, it immediately went north from Xue County to Heting, which was located in the key point of Chidao, but Peng Yuejun relied on the mobile advantage of the Chidao march, and rushed through Heting to continue westward, and also burned Heting into a blank ground, and then took Zou County for the second time, and easily killed a grain transportation team of the Western Chu army, and then went south to Teng County again.

Encountering a mobile combat master like Peng Yue, the Western Chu army was completely out of action, and there was nothing to be done, so Gan Ji had no choice but to set off from Zhangxian again, and came west to chase Peng Yue, and the Xue County army also stubbornly pursued south again, and was led by Peng Yue's army to first bypass Tengxian and Huling, and then chased to Qi County in the southwest.

Peng Yue was also waiting for this opportunity, taking advantage of the complex terrain between Huling and Qi County, quickly arranged two ambushes, and then deliberately let the Xue Jun army catch up, pretending to defeat and introduce the enemy into the ambush circle of the own army, the ambush soldiers killed left and right, and the front army also turned around to meet the battle, and attacked the Xue Jun pursuers on three sides, and although the Xue Jun pursuers were above Peng Yue's army in weapons and training, the continuous rapid march had caused their physical strength to seriously decline, and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected, and they fell into the disadvantageous situation of being attacked on three sides. He could only be extremely reluctant to be outnumbered by Peng Yuejun, and fled in defeat, temporarily losing the ability to pursue Peng Yuejun.

Then, Peng Yue still did not fight Xue County, and chose to go straight to Liu Laosan's hometown Pei County, first ransacking the Surabaya Pavilion where Liu Laosan was on an errand, and then crossing Surabaya in a big way under the noses of Pei County soldiers, preparing to attack Pei County to replenish grain and grass. As a result, it was also at this time that Peng Yue called Yue Mo, the representative of the Han army, to the front and instructed Yue Mo: "Yue Xingren, you can go to Fengyi to contact that Yongya, I am here to wait for your good news." ”

Yue Mo hurriedly agreed, and Peng Yue advised: "Remember, if you can persuade Yongya to surrender to our king, tell him not to rush to change the banner of our Han Kingdom, you must temporarily calm down, wait for me to lure the Western Chu thief army to Fengyi, let the Western Chu thief army join him, and then let him suddenly turn against him, stab the Western Chu thief army from behind, and help us kill the pursuers of the Western Chu thief army." ”

"Let Yongya wait for the Western Chu thief army to arrive and then suddenly turn against him?" Yue Mo was a little dumbfounded, and said worriedly: "General Peng, isn't it too risky to do this?" You and I don't know each other, in case he is duplicitous, promises to help us, and suddenly gives us a knife from behind, how can we resist? For the sake of safety, we'd better let Yongya join us immediately, so that we can join forces with him to defeat the Western Chu Thief Army with confidence? ”

"You can't let him change his banner directly." Peng Yue shook his head and said: "Fengyi is just a small city, and the defenders in it only have a few hundred people, even if they directly surrender to us, it will not play any role." If we want Yongya to play the greatest role for us, the best way is to let him be patient for a while, and wait for us to lure the pursuers of the Western Chu Thief Army to the Fengyi battlefield, and then suddenly stab the Western Chu Thief Army from the back to help us kill the pursuers of the Western Chu Thief Army, so that the hundreds of soldiers in his hands can really help us a lot. ”

"As for the issue of duplicity, of course I will be careful about this, you don't have to worry." Peng Yue said again: "But you have to be very careful, if Yongya refuses to accept your persuasion and intends to harm you, you will clearly tell him that before dark tomorrow, if you can't come back to join us, the day after tomorrow, I will send troops to Fengyi to break through the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”

Sincerely thanked Peng Yue for his kindness, Yue Mo hurriedly got into the carriage, under the protection of several Peng Yue soldiers, and rushed westward under the protection of several Peng Yue soldiers, and rushed to Fengyi to contact Liu Laosan, a fellow villager who had worshipped Xiang Kang to the ground, Peng Yue organized the army to set up a camp outside Peixian County, while sending envoys into the city to persuade him to surrender, while rushing to build siege weapons, and at the same time sending people to closely monitor the Huling Ferry in the north and the direction of Liuxian in the south, and be careful not to beware of the Western Chu Army's pursuers suddenly crossing the river from Huling to the south, or the Pengcheng garrison of the Western Chu Army going north out of the city.

Or to see the situation on Yue Mash's side, after successfully rushing to the small town of Fengyi where Liu Laosan was born, he first inquired outside the city and found out that Yongya was indeed still serving as the county magistrate in Fengyi, and Yue Mash drove to the gate of Fengyi to ask to enter the city, but in order to avoid leaking the news, Yue Mash did not dare to directly indicate his identity and intention, and only claimed that he was Yongya's former friend and had important events to visit his old friend. The result was also quite smooth, seeing that Yue Moro's bearing was not bad, the soldiers guarding the door still invited Yue Mo into the city very politely, and sent him to Yongya's residence to hand over to Yongya's personal soldiers.

But there was also something unexpected to Yue Moro, after waiting in the hall for a while, he swaggered in front of Yue Moro, it turned out to be a short and stout man with a thick and stiff beard, with knotted muscles, a face like the bottom of a pot, eyes rounder than a copper bell, and a voice like a broken gong, thick and sandy. Also, counting the time, this husband hasn't seen our king for at least three years, will he accept our king's appeasement? Don't take me down because you covet Xiang Yu's reward and don't care about anything? ”

"I'm Yongya, you're a former friend of the county magistrate?" Yongya spoke as straightforwardly as he looked, first directly introduced his identity, and then immediately asked in a rough voice: "But why doesn't the county magistrate have any impression of you?" We've seen it there before? ”

"General Yong has a good memory, and I have never met you in Xia." Yue Mo hurriedly saluted, and said with a strong smile in his heart: "It's just that in order to be able to meet the general and face a big event, I lied to the general's subordinates, and I hope the general will forgive me for my offense." ”

To Yue Moro's surprise, after seeing Yue Moromi frankly admit that he was lying, Yongya, who looked as if he was grumpy, was not angry, and asked, "Then who are you?" ”

"General, a subordinate of a former friend of yours." Yue Mo replied very carefully: "I was ordered by him to come thousands of miles to meet the general. ”

"You're one of my friend's subordinates?" Yongya asked impatiently, and said, "Speak directly, don't sell it." ”

Yue Mo looked left and right with some hesitation, and Yongya saw his thoughts, so he said again: "It's okay, let's say it." ”

Yue Mo was helpless, so he could only arch his hand to Yongya again, and then he tried to lower his voice as much as possible, and said: "General, the pawn pedestrian under the command of Xiang Kang, the king of the Lower Han Dynasty, surnamed Yue Mingmo, was given the ...... of our king. ”

Yongya immediately waved his hand to interrupt Yue Moro, first looked at the side of the door, and then whispered, "Follow me to the back hall to talk." ”

"This guy is quite delicate."

Yue Mash suddenly had a slight change in his impression of Yongya, but what surprised Yue Mash again was that after being led to the back hall by Yongya, Yongya first asked his personal soldiers to guard the door of the house, and then suddenly grabbed Yue Mash's hand, clasped his hands, and asked with an extremely excited expression: "Are you really a person from the King of Han?" ”

Yue Mo nodded hurriedly, and took out his own seal and talisman with his other hand to prove his identity, Yongya was even more overjoyed when he looked at it carefully, and hurriedly grabbed Yue Moro's hands and asked nervously, "Is His Royal Highness the King of Han okay?" He even remembers me, a country man? ”

"The king, he's fine." Yue Mo replied with a smile and said, "General, not only does our king remember you all along, but he also asked Zai Xia to venture thousands of miles to contact you and bring you his handwritten letters. ”

After that, Yue Mo broke free of Yongya's hand, took out the handwritten letter that Xiang Kang had handed over to him in the Guangwu camp from his arms, and held it in front of Yongya with both hands, but Yongya first tidied up his clothes, and then knelt on one knee, and took Xiang Kang's letter with respectful hands. ”

Yongya's respect and respect for Xiang Kang was far above Yue Miru's imagination, and carefully looked at Xiang Kang's letter describing the old friendship, Yongya actually shed tears, and then cried silently, sobbing and choking just chanting, "His Royal Highness the King of Han, the grass people actually miss you all the time, the grass people still hate you for refusing to take me away before, and thought that you had forgotten me a long time ago, but the grass people really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, you still remember me, a country horseman, a small people in the market......." ”

After blowing two handfuls of snot with the sleeves of the brocade robe, Yongya first carefully hid Xiang Kang's handwritten letter into his arms, then stood up, invited Yue Mo to sit down, and then bowed to Yue Moro, and arched his hand and said: "Yue Xingren, since His Royal Highness the King of Han does not forget his old friends and remembers me, then my life is the King of Han!" Please tell Yue Xingren, what is the king of Han going to do next, go to the soup and fire in the next place, and he will definitely receive his life! ”

"Wouldn't it? It's that easy? Yue Mo was a little dumbfounded, but where the duty was, Yue Mo still replied: "General Yong, what our king means is to hope that you will take advantage of the empty hinterland of the Western Chu thief army to raise troops against Chu in Fengyi, attack the county and county towns of Western Chu, and intercept the grain and grass of the Western Chu thief army, so that the main force of the Western Chu thief army cannot fight in the chasm battlefield with peace of mind, and create an enemy breaking fighter for the main force of our Han King." After the deed is completed, our king will make you the Marquis of Changyi, and eat thousands of households. ”

Yongya didn't make an immediate statement this time, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Yue Xingren, I won't tell you, in fact, there is a plan to raise troops to respond to the King of Han in the morning, but the strength of the next generation is too weak, and the soldiers in his hands are only about 800 people in total, even if there are still some people in Fengyi City, all the men who can go to the battlefield are recruited into the army, and it is impossible to exceed 2,000 people when they are full, and there is no way to guarantee the weight of weapons. ”

"Hey, this man looks reckless, but he's actually very smart."

Yue Mo looked at Yongya again, and Yongya hurriedly said: "But please rest assured, if the Han King's side really needs to do this immediately, then he will never shirk it, Fengyi's soldiers are all brought out by me, and they are obedient to me, I will immediately call them to return to the Han Dynasty, and make trouble in the hinterland of the Western Chu Thief Army, in short, I will definitely not disappoint the Han King!" ”

"Really?" Yue Mo asked with some suspicion.

"Yue Xingren doesn't believe it?" Yongya's black face suddenly turned the color of pig's liver, and he immediately stood up and said: "If Yue Xingren doesn't believe it, then Yongya will now order the army to be summoned and officially return to Han, so as to prove his loyalty to the Han King!" ”

After that, Yongya really ordered loudly, asking the Fengyi garrison to assemble Hou Ming immediately, Yue Mo hurriedly stopped him and said: "General Yong, don't worry, it's me who is not good, I shouldn't question your loyalty to our king, and confess to you below." Don't worry, I have something else to say. ”

Finally grabbed Yongya, who was in a hurry to return to Xiang Kang, Yue Mo carefully told Yongya about his true intentions and Peng Yue's requirements, but Yongya was overjoyed when he heard it, and clapped his hands and applauded: "Clever plan, please Yue Xingren must tell General Peng Yue, as long as he leads the Western Chu thief army to the Fengyi battlefield, even if Xiang Sheng, Xiang It and Feng Zhong who are stationed in Pengcheng come in person, I will definitely find a way to make their heads fall to the ground and help you break the Western Chu thief army!" ”

"What a big breath, can you really do it?" Yue Mo slandered in his heart, and said in his heart: "I promised so happily, don't we Xichu thief army lead us to Fengyi, you see that the Western Chu thief army is powerful, and you sold us again?" ”

The matter was not over, that night, in addition to entertaining Yue Mo and his party with the best wine and food, Yongya also handed over the information he had collected to the garrison of the Western Chu Army to Yue Mash, and asked Yue Mash to take it back to Peng Yue for reference. And in the early morning of the next day, Yongya personally sent Yue Mo out of the city, and when they parted, he took Yue Moru's hand and whispered: "Yue Xingren, if you really plan to take Pei County, then after the city is broken, there are some people who may be useful to you, you need to be careful." ”

"Those people?" Yue Mo asked hurriedly.

"The family of Liu Ji, the puppet king of Nanyang." Yongya smiled in a low voice and said: "His old man (father), his wife Lu Zhi, and his son and daughter all live in Peixian City now, if you can take them all down and then find a way to send them to the King of Han, it will definitely come in a lot of use." ”

After that, Yongya immediately added: "Yue Xingren, you must not think that you are betraying your friends in Xia, it is true that you are friends with Liu Ji before, but I know too well the scoundrel virtues of this puppet, I have also heard about the matter of Hangu Pass, I dare to bet on my family's head, it is definitely Liu Ji's puppet who is a ghost, coveting the throne of Guanzhong to deliberately provoke the King of Han and the princes outside the Guanwai to start a war!" Since he is so sorry for our Han King, don't blame me for being sorry for him! ”

Yue Mo opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a while did he say in his heart: "This guy, shouldn't it be our Han King's flesh and blood relatives?" Is it so good to our Han King? ”