If there is not so much drag, the Han army, which crossed Surabaya for most of the day, has hope to quickly get rid of the pursuit of the Western Chu army, so that Xiang Yu himself can only follow the ass of the Han army soldiers to eat ashes, but there is no way, the Han army broke through to the west this time, but it must bring a large group of drag marches that must not be discarded, and this group of drags is no one else, it is almost all the Han army's civil and military families who are old and weak, women and children.

At the beginning, it was okay, marching along the flat and wide gallop road, all the important ministers of the Han army who were marching by car did not affect the Han army soldiers much, but only slowed down the march speed of the Han army soldiers a little, Feng Zhong, who was responsible for protecting the Han army's family, only needed to pay attention to the sudden appearance of the enemy, and did not need to worry too much, plus the county town of Fuyang in the northwest of Pengcheng had accepted the persuasion of the new Chu court and changed the banner of the Chu army, and Feng Zhongjun withdrew from Surabaya County very smoothly. However, when we arrived in Tokai-gun, the situation was completely different.

The biggest trouble is that Feng Zhongjun can't all march along the Chidao in Donghai County, if he continues to march along the Chidao, Feng Zhongjun must first rush to the city of Zhitan County, Donghai County before turning around and heading west, not only wasting time and delaying the journey, but also may be blocked and intercepted by the Donghai County soldiers of the Western Chu Army, and will be in even more danger. Therefore, when he arrived in the southern part of Lanling County, Xiang Kang's original fiefdom, Feng Zhongjun had to take the trail to the north, and travel about forty miles by the trail, before he could turn back onto the Chi Road and head west.

Years of war, dilapidated and damaged roads have hardly been repaired and filled, making the already narrow and rugged path more difficult to walk, and must protect many old and weak women and children and carry a large number of grain and grass military supplies on such a road to march urgently, Feng Zhongjun's difficulties can be imagined, even if Feng Zhong, who has accumulated a lot of battlefield experience, sent troops to go first, fill potholes and ravines along the road, repair bridges and level roads, Feng Zhongjun's marching speed is still greatly reduced, from the previous hour to travel fifteen or sixteen miles, It dropped sharply to less than ten miles in an hour.

What's worse is that when I saw Lanling City from a distance, not only did it suddenly rain in the sky, but the Lanling defenders, who had no more than a thousand troops, had the courage to go out of the city, guarding the Huanglong Mountain outside the city, and blocking Feng Zhong's army from going north by force. Feng Zhong was furious when he heard the report, and decisively ordered his deputy Xu Ci to lead the army to attack the fortified position and forcibly attack the Lanling defenders' position.

Fortunately, Feng Zhongjun's combat effectiveness is still reliable, and his weapons and equipment far exceed the local army of the Western Chu Army, so even if the Lanling Army has a geographical advantage, it was still successfully killed by Feng Zhongjun in the end, and the Lanling County that dared to go out of the city to intercept Liu Mo was even more stabbed into a honeycomb by the angry Feng Zhongjun soldiers, but Feng Zhongjun wasted nearly three hours of time because of this, and also paid some casualties.

When the vehicle of the Han army's family crossed the path under Huanglong Mountain, Peng Yuejun, who was behind, sent someone to get in touch with Feng Zhong, asking Feng Zhongjun to get out of the path and turn to the gallop road within today's day anyway, and also said that the pursuit of the Western Chu army was less than 30 miles away from the rear team of Peng Yue's army, and it was possible to catch up with Peng Yue's rear team within today.

Even so, when Feng Zhongjun finally walked out of the narrow path and turned back onto the flat gallop road, it was already completely dark, and at the same time, Feng Zhongjun was also very tired and in urgent need of rest. However, after Feng Zhong thought about it, he shook his head and said, "You can't rest, you must continue to go west." ”

"General, our soldiers are very tired, if we don't rest, I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to support it." Wang Fang persuaded again: "Anyway, we have already turned to the galloping road, and it will not delay much time if we rest for a few hours before setting off." ”

"Can't rest." Feng Zhong insisted on shaking his head, pointing to the city of Zhangxian not far away and said: "There are enemies stationed in the city of Zhangxian County, although we don't have to be afraid of them in the field, but if we stop to rest, and they suddenly send troops to sneak attack, we will suffer a big loss if we don't do well, so if we want to rest, we must keep a distance from the enemy in the city of Zhangxian County." ”

After that, Feng Zhong insisted on ordering the army to continue to advance, and asked to stop and rest after thirty miles to the west. But fortunately, Feng Zhong is usually very popular with the military, so after his order was conveyed, although Feng Zhongjun was so tired that they all wanted to lie down and sleep, they still insisted on cheering up and continued to march west.

Feng Zhong made a correct choice, the convoy that protected the Han army's family did not go far to the west, and suddenly there was a shouting sound from the north of the road, and a Western Chu army team with a few torches suddenly killed, and rushed directly to the convoy of the Han army's family, fortunately, Feng Zhongjun's soldiers have been vigilant, and immediately lined up to protect the convoy, Feng Zhong himself also showed calmness, and did not rush to send troops to counterattack, but first confirmed that there were not many enemies, and personally led the army to closely protect the convoy, and then let Wang Fang lead the army to attack, The force fought and retreated the Western Chu army of Zhangxian County, which was ambushed outside the city in advance.

Still didn't dare to delay time, just after killing the enemy, Feng Zhong immediately led the army to continue westward, leaving only Wang Fang to lead the army to the palace, protecting the Han army's family and running out of more than 30 miles in one breath, and then stopped to rest for the night, during which Feng Zhong himself didn't even dare to sleep much, squatting next to the Yu family sisters' car with weapons and napping according to the carriage, always pricking up his ears, and paying attention to the movements of the outside world at any time.

Fortunately, after all, the enemy of Zhangxian was weak, after the ambush was defeated, he did not dare to chase and die, Feng Zhongjun and the Han army's family were able to rest on the galloping road for half the night, and in the early morning of the next day, Feng Zhong and his soldiers hurriedly ate dry food, and were about to continue to set off, never thought that the east was full of people, suddenly a large number of troops were chasing, Feng Zhong hurriedly got on the horse and prepared to fight, the Han army's family was also in a panic, and many young children were scared to cry.

Fortunately, it was Peng Yue's main force who was chasing, and after meeting Feng Zhong, whose eyes were bloodshot, Peng Yue also said in the first sentence: "In order to buy us time, Brother Hu Yue voluntarily stayed in Lanling Huanglong Mountain to block the Western Chu thief army, and when I received the news, he had already done it with the thief army." ”

Feng Zhong was silent for a moment and said, "If there is a chance in the future, we will definitely repay him heavily." ”

"Let's go." Peng Yue replied more concisely and said: "Don't let him fight to the death in vain, it is the best reward for him." ”

Feng Zhong nodded, and hurriedly urged his soldiers to hurry up and continue to march westward, while Peng Yue let the army that had marched overnight take a short rest, and then led the army to follow, always ready to take on the task of the palace after the collapse of the Hu Xuan Division, the two armies carrying the banner of the Han Army and the banner of the Chu Army respectively, one after the other, just advanced at full speed along the galloping road, tens of thousands of soldiers all looked grim, and there was almost no other sound in the team except for the sound of footsteps and horses' hooves.

Fortunately, after passing through Zhangxian County, on the gallop road leading to Zou County, there is only one Hexiang Xiaoyi that may be stationed with the Western Chu army, Feng Zhongjun and Peng Yuejun only need to beware of being caught up by the enemy, and there is no need to worry too much about a large number of enemies intercepting in front, so the marching speed of Feng Peng's coalition army is generally extremely fast, but for the sake of prudence, Feng Zhong still let Xu Ci lead an army to explore the road first, and at the same time assign cavalry to monitor the two wings of the gallop road to prevent ambushes with hidden enemies.

On the morning of the next day, Feng Zhongjun took the lead in approaching Heyi, and the defenders of Heyi saw that Feng Zhong's army had as many as 10,000 troops, and more than 20,000 Peng Yue troops followed. Then, before Feng Zhong could breathe a sigh of relief, Peng Yue sent someone to contact Feng Zhong again, and said: "General Feng, General Peng, he asked the villain to inform you, our general Hu Xuan's rear team suffered a big defeat in Huanglong Mountain, the six thousand army was almost wiped out by the Western Chu thief army, and less than a hundred people fled back, General Peng asked you to speed up with all your might, otherwise we will be in danger of being caught up by the Western Chu thief army." ”

Feng Zhong nodded and thanked the Peng Yue messenger for the news, and the Peng Yue messenger said: "Also, General Peng, please be careful to guard against Zou County, we have succeeded in attacking Zou County several times before, and the Western Chu thief army may learn a lesson and deploy troops in Zou County in advance." ”

Feng Zhong nodded again, thanked Peng Yue for his kind reminder, and then said in his heart: "I hope this is not the case, if Xiang Yu Pifu arranges heavy troops to intercept Zou County in advance, then we will be in big trouble." ”

Silently praying, Feng Zhong had no extra choice, he could only urge the army to speed up the march again, and at the same time send scouts to go first, rushing to Zou County to investigate the enemy's situation, and the result was okay, when it was time in the afternoon, the scout returned to Feng Zhong with a tired look, and reported to Feng Zhong, who was riding a horse next to the convoy of the Han army's family: "General, the situation in Zou County has been clearly investigated, only some ordinary Qianshou live in houses without city walls, and no thieves are stationed. ”

"Great! God help me! Feng Zhong was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly, send someone to General Peng Yue to inform this news, and also, tell this good news to our soldiers, let our soldiers speed up, and we must rush to Zou County within today." ”

The pro-soldier next to him sang a promise and immediately went down to act according to the order, but in a carriage next to him, Han Cheng, the king of Han who had been rescued by the soldiers of the Han army in Pengcheng before, said with a happy face: "General Feng, there is no Western Chu thief army in Zou County, can we directly cross Zou County and return to Sanchuan?" ”

"Not necessarily." Feng Zhong shook his head and said: "There is no Xiang Yu's thief army in Zou County, it does not mean that there are no Ren Cheng and relatives in the west, whether to go west directly, we have to discuss with General Peng Yue later, he is more familiar with the situation in Xue County than me." ”

"If you don't hurry west, where are you going?" Han Cheng asked with some surprise.

"Let's talk about it when we get to Zou County." Feng Zhong didn't dare to give a positive answer, and said: "I also hope to go to Sanchuan quickly, but the most important thing now is to protect the safety of the princess and their family." ”

After that, Feng Zhong didn't want to talk nonsense with Han Cheng anymore, so he grabbed the horse and went to the front, personally urging his soldiers to speed up and move forward, but Han Cheng was worried and couldn't help but whisper to Han Xin, the former general of the Han Army who personally drove the car for him: "Is this Feng Zhong reliable or not, he is already almost in Zou County, and I don't know if I can go west quickly?" Follow him, can we go back safely? ”

"Let's take it one step at a time." Han Xin replied in a low voice: "In this situation, it is safest for us to follow the army first." ”

Han Cheng didn't speak anymore, just touched the package he put next to the seat, which contained dry food and people's clothes, as well as a little bit of Han Cheng's daily expenses that Han Cheng had asked for from Xinjian Chuting as the king of Han, and he had already made up his mind in his heart, planning to immediately disguise himself as a common person with Han Xin and run away alone - the two of them have a small target, and the chance of escaping is naturally greater.

Not to mention, there is no news of the enemy in Zou County, it really inspired the morale of many Feng Zhongjun soldiers, without worry, the already very tired Feng Zhongjun soldiers worked hard, Leng is to increase the marching speed a little, after the Peng Yue army behind knew this situation, he also accelerated the speed, at the same time, whether it was Feng Zhong or Peng Yue, they couldn't help but ignite a glimmer of hope in their hearts, and they secretly said: "It would be good if you could really go west directly, and march along the gallop road from Zou County, at most three days, We'll be able to evacuate to the relative safety of Junozawa. ”

Under the acceleration together, the sky was just slightly dark, and Feng Zhongjun, who was walking in front, was only ten miles away from Zou County, when Feng Zhong was trying to let the army light a torch, but a scout suddenly rushed in front of him, and he quickly ran out of breath, Feng Zhong immediately understood that the situation might be wrong, and hurriedly swallowed back the order to light the torch that had been said to his mouth, and instead slapped his horse forward, personally greeted the scout, and asked from afar: "What's wrong?" Running in such a hurry? ”

"General, the thief army, the thief army is coming! To ......, to Zou County! ”

The panting answer of the scout from the west made Feng Zhong's face change, and he quickly asked, "How many thieves are there?" Where did it come from? ”

"It's too late to confirm the number of people coming from the south, but there are certainly more troops than us."

The scout's answer made the soldiers of Feng Zhongjun next to him all colorless, Feng Zhong's face turned black directly, and after a little calculation, he shouted: "Order the whole army, stop advancing, form a formation to protect the convoy, and hurry up to drink water and eat!" Also, immediately contact General Peng Yue, tell him about the situation, and ask him to speed up and come over to help! ”

As luck would have it, when Feng Zhongjun, who was protecting the Han army's family, was only ten miles away from Zou County, the Western Chu Army, which went north directly from Pengcheng, took the lead and rushed to the most critical road of Qin Chi Road and the Eastern Road in advance to rush to the battlefield of Zou County.