Let's take a look at the situation on Peng Yue's side first, after successfully taking the small city of Chengqiu in the southwest of Xuanqiu, as usual, in addition to accepting prisoners as much as possible and recruiting new recruits to expand the army, Peng Yuejun immediately sent people to investigate the surrounding situation, contact Peng Yuejun's eyeliner that had been planted in various parts of Xue County, and grasp the movements of the Western Chu army in various parts of Xue County.

The eyeliner under the command of Peng Yue, a genius in guerrilla warfare, is naturally very effective, and Liu Laosan, who was in charge of dealing with him, had just arrived in Xianqiu with 10,000 troops, and Peng Yue already knew about this important situation, and the news that Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da had led the main force of the Chuji coalition army to carry a large amount of military money and grain from Lu County to the south was also sent to Peng Yue almost at the same time.

Although there is no direct contact with the Northern Front Corps of the Han Army, and I don't know the latest movements of the army under Uncle Zhou, but as soon as he heard these two news, Peng Yue, who is talented in military affairs, immediately guessed that Uncle Zhou's side had already made a move - otherwise, the Chuji coalition army could have sent military money and grain back to Pengcheng in batches through the Surabaya route, and it was too late to requisition enough ships to transport it by water, so it was forced to take land transportation, which is ironclad evidence that Uncle Zhou's side had already started!

This made Peng Yue both happy and worried, of course, happy that since Uncle Zhou's side had already started, he only needed to delay the southward speed of the Chuji coalition army a little, and he could successfully complete the task entrusted to him by Xiang Kang; If he can't solve the trouble of Liu Laosan as soon as possible, not only will he not be able to delay the southward movement of the Chuji coalition army, but he will also be in danger of being bitten by the Chuji coalition army.

When discussing countermeasures, the henchmen who had followed Peng Yue for many years put forward a suggestion, saying: "Zhu Guo, the Western Chu thief army has less troops than us, and they are in a hurry to get rid of the pursuit of the Han King's army, so they will definitely be eager to fight, hoping to defeat us as soon as possible." As long as we defeat them, we can not only avenge the defeat of Zhangxian last time, but also free up our hands to entangle the main force of the Western Chu thief army and buy time for the army of the Han king. ”

"Can't take any chances!" Liu Laosan, who joined Peng Yue's army in Fengyi, immediately objected, saying: "Don't underestimate Liu Ji, this puppet, he is not only cunning, good at using soldiers, Zhou Bo, Fan Xu and Cao Shen under his command are all fierce generals who are difficult to be, although our troops are more than them, but in a head-on decisive battle, we are not sure of winning." The best way is to avoid the enemy's edge, give up Chengqiu and go south as soon as possible, get rid of Liu Jipifu first, and then find a way to entangle the Western Chu thief army. ”

"General Yong, why bother to grow other people's ambition and destroy our prestige?" Hu Yu said unconvinced: "The Western Chu thief army fled back after a big defeat in Qidi, the elite suffered heavy losses, the army was tired, the soldiers did not have much morale and fighting spirit, and the troops were not as good as ours. ”

"General Hu, don't underestimate the enemy." Yongya shook his head again and said: "I know Liu Ji's puppet too well, what he is best at is to win people's hearts and boost morale, even if his army is relatively tired, and his combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, we had better not fight with him." ”

Hu Yu and Yongya argued, and the ball was naturally kicked in front of Peng Yue, but what disappointed Yongya was that after thinking about it for a while, Peng Yue still chose to adopt the opinion of his old subordinate Hu Yue, and said: "Hu Yu's words make sense, the Western Chu Thief Army is an army rebuilt after a big defeat, the morale and fighting spirit are not high, and there must be many injuries in the army, even if there are a few fierce generals in command, the combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as before, we have a decisive battle with them, and the certainty of victory is great!" ”

"Zhu Guo ......."

Yongya wanted to insist, but was interrupted by Peng Yue waving his hand, and then Peng Yue said: "General Yong, I know that you also have good intentions, but there is no way, the order given to us by the King of Han is to entangle the Western Chu thief army, if we don't kill Liu Jipifu as soon as possible, we will not be able to complete the order given by the King of Han, so we must take a risk." ”

Seeing Peng Yue's insistence, he also moved out of the order issued by his idol Xiang Kang, Yongya had no other way but to clasp his fists and sing a promise with other Peng Yuejun generals, and then Peng Yue didn't even bother to go through the motions of asking Jing Jia for a little instructions, and immediately began to prepare for a head-to-head decisive battle with Liu Laosan, preparing to wait for work outside Chengqiu City, and to compete head-on with Liu Laosan, who had never seen Liu Laosan at this historical level.

At noon the next day, when Liu Laosan led the Western Chu army to the vicinity of Chengqiu, there were still more than ten miles away from the small city of Chengqiu, Peng Yue decisively led the army under his command to take the initiative to meet the attack, forcing the tired Western Chu army to fight a decisive battle in the eastern suburbs of Chengqiu, and the result was that Peng Yue and Hu Yu and others were secretly happy that the Western Chu army was as eager to fight as they expected.

There was an accident, when the soldiers of the two armies were arranging their troops, the Western Chu army suddenly sent people to come to the front of the Peng Yue army with white flags, and shouted at the soldiers of the Peng Yue army: "Go and tell your Peng Zhuguo, just say that your Sima Yongya is the eyeliner of the Han thief Xiang Kang in your army, ready to take down your Peng Zhuguo and the king of Chu at any time and dedicate it to the Han thief Xiang Kang!" If you Peng Zhuguo want to believe it, believe it, and if you don't want to believe it, be careful yourself! ”

After shouting this paragraph, the envoy of the Western Chu army immediately turned around and ran, not daring to delay too much in front of Peng Yue's army, and the situation was quickly reported to Peng Yue's flag array, as a result, Jing Jia and Peng Yue were all expressionless when they heard it, and decisively ordered to announce that this was a rumor, and then Peng Yue snorted coldly in his heart: "Do you still use you Liu Ji Pifu to tell Nai Weng about this?" As early as when he was in Pengcheng, when Yongya Pifu chose to join our Chu State, Nai Weng knew that he must be the eyeliner that his old Pifu had planted into Nai Weng's army for Xiang Kang's traitor! ”

Peng Yue soon understood why Liu Laosan wanted to do more, after the decisive battle officially began, the Western Chu army, which had few troops, not only took the initiative to attack, but also pointed the spearhead directly at the left flank of the Peng Yue army where Yongya was located, focusing on the direction where the Yongya banner was located.

Seeing this scene, Peng Yue had no extra choice, in order not to misunderstand Yongya, and then arouse the suspicion of Xiang Kang behind Yongya, Peng Yue could only transfer troops from the Chinese army to reinforce the left flank to help Yongya share the pressure, and in the case of Liu Laosan's continuous increase in troops to the left flank, he was forced to use refueling tactics to transfer troops to the left one after another, and gradually tilted his center of gravity to the left.

The battlefield old sparrow Liu Laosan did this, of course, it was not without purpose, storming the left flank that Peng Yue was forced to rescue, forcing Peng Yue to continue to transfer troops from the Chinese army to reinforce Yongya, taking advantage of the weakening of Peng Yue's Chinese army, Liu Laosan first stepped forward with a thousand troops, rushed to Peng Yue's Chinese army position at any cost, and won the opportunity to fight with Peng Yue's Chinese army, and then Liu Laosan's number one fierce general Fan Xu immediately led a thousand elites to charge, directly assaulting Peng Yue's Chinese position.

When covering Feng Zhong's army to break through, Peng Yue was forced to fight with Xiang Yu in the hinterland of Xue County, and he also saw Xiang Yu's invincible heroism, originally Peng Yue always thought that there could be no second similar pervert in this world, but it was only at this time that Peng Yue realized that he was wrong - in this world, there is indeed a pervert who is not very different from Xiang Yu. - The highest battle slash record of this product is to cut off sixty-eight heads with his own hands in a battle!

Holding the dog slaughter knife deceived from Xiang Kang and rushing into the enemy group, Fan Xu, who was covered with black meat, could only be described as a Texas chainsaw maniac, chopping melons and vegetables, cutting melons and vegetables, and killing the poor Peng Yue soldiers to the point of flesh and blood, screaming and falling to the ground continuously, the elite of the Western Chu Army behind closely followed, with Fan Hao as the blade, like a sharp blade, directly inserted into the depths of Peng Yue's army's Chinese army position, invincible, none of them could be, Peng Yue's soldiers screamed again and again, I couldn't believe that there were such fierce generals in the world, and the morale fell sharply, The officers and men of the Western Chu Army became more and more courageous, and Leng directly tore a big gap in the position of the Chinese army of Peng Yue's army, opening the way for the rear army to advance.

Seeing this scene, Liu Laosan of course did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the drum to launch a general attack, personally put on the battle, and led the remaining officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army to rush into the enemy formation, and the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army were also inspired by the fierce offensive of the Fan Xu army, not only the charging speed was much faster than usual, but also extremely brave when slashing, like a flood rushing, directly rushed into the gap that Fan Xu tore for them, and directly tore the Chinese army position of Peng Yue's army in half with a single blow, and then directly killed Peng Yue and Jingjia's flag formation.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Peng Yue regretted that he did not listen to Yongya's good words to dissuade him, and he could only quickly abandon the Golden Drum Banner and hurriedly flee west with Jingjia and the guards, and when he saw his banner fleeing, the left wing of the Peng Yue Army, which had been under the onslaught of the Western Chu Army, also quickly collapsed, and fled in a mess in the direction of Chengqiu Town.

Fortunately, although Peng Yuejun's ability to fight a tough battle can only be described as barely okay, the ability to escape and transfer is one of the best in this era, relying on the cover of the rear army, not only quickly opened the distance with the Western Chu army, but also completed the preparation for the transfer in a very short time, carrying the necessary weapons and banners and some grain and grass to quickly flee westward, striding to the direction of Juyeze, and then the Hu Xuan Department also accelerated the speed of escape, and quickly went west to chase the main force of the army with a rout but not disperse, which perfectly explained the essence of guerrilla warfare- If you can't beat it, run away!

Or after fleeing more than 20 miles to the west, Peng Yue realized that he had met a nemesis this time, Liu Laosan's army, which had been chasing after him, was still able to barely maintain the establishment in the case of high-speed advancement, and never gave Peng Yuejun a chance to turn around and counterattack, and also bit the tail of the self-army, so that the self-army could not get rid of the pursuit, Peng Yue had no choice but to order Hu to turn around and face the battle, to buy time for the main force of the self-army to open the distance, and then to Renkeng rendezvous, Use the tactic of gecko tail breaking to get rid of the pursuit of the Western Chu army.

Fortunately, although Hu Yue's tactical suggestions misled Peng Yue to make a wrong decision, he had nothing to say about Peng Yue's loyalty, and after decisively turning back to face the battle, he really won Peng Yue a chance to get rid of the pursuers, but at night, when Hu Yue finally fled to Renkeng with the remnants of the defeated soldiers to join Peng Yue, less than half of the 3,000 soldiers he led were left.

Then, when the exhausted Hu Yu was munching on dry food, Peng Yue also hurriedly discussed the countermeasures with his subordinates present, and took the initiative to apologize to Yongya quite graciously, admitting that it was because he did not listen to Yongya's anti-ear advice that led to today's defeat. The black and short Yongya waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to, and asked, "Zhuguo, what should we do next?" Do you want to withdraw Junozawa and regroup? ”

If it was replaced by peacetime, then needless to say, Peng Yue, the founder of guerrilla warfare, must have chosen to withdraw his troops immediately, and first fled back to Juyeze to preserve his vital forces, but now the situation is different, first of all, Xiang Kang's order was placed there, and it was also implied that this was the last chance for Jing Jia and Peng Yue, and secondly, the overall situation of the world has been decided, and the Western Chu army has only the only option left to shrink to the south, and the Peng Yue army, which is based on Juyeze, is about to lose its strategic and tactical value, and is destined to have no chance to perform. After the Han army destroyed Chu, it would definitely be impossible to return the land of Chu to Jingjia as king, and let Peng Yue become the emperor of Chu.

It was because of these considerations that Peng Yue could only decisively put aside the tempting idea of withdrawing to Juyeze, and said: "I can't go back to Juyeze, King Han's order is very clear, if we can't complete the order he explained, we can't explain it in the future, no matter what way we think, we have to entangle the main force of the Western Chu thief army and buy time for General Zhou." ”

"What Zhu Guo said is extremely true." Jing Jia, who didn't have to go into battle in person, nodded his head and couldn't wait to ask, "Zhuguo, what should we do?" ”

After carefully thinking for a while, Peng Yue made up his mind and said: "Go to Rencheng, get a handful of supplementary grain and grass there, cross Surabaya there, and then go west to Zou County, find out the situation of the Western Chu thief army and make a decision." ”

Jing Jia hurriedly nodded and applauded, and praised: "Zhu Guo's clever plan, our army was accidentally defeated today, the Western Chu army must think that we will flee directly back to Juyeze, and definitely would not have thought that we would continue to advance eastward, and we will go directly to Broken Chi Road, and we will directly enter Zou County, which will definitely greatly surprise the Western Chu thief army." ”

It stands to reason that it should be like this, after Chengqiu suffered a big defeat, the Western Chu army would definitely think that Peng Yuejun had the only choice to escape back to the area around Juyeze with complicated terrain, and would never have thought that Peng Yuejun would dare to move. In fact, it seems to be the case, more than two days later, Peng Yuejun suddenly rushed to the west bank of Surabaya under the city of Rencheng Xiaoyi, and really killed the Western Chu army here in Rencheng by surprise, forcing hundreds of defenders to take the initiative to abandon the city and flee, so that Peng Yuejun rushed into the city to replenish a handful of grain and grass, and then successfully crossed Surabaya, and the front of the troops pointed directly at the Zou County transfer center that the Chuji coalition army must pass through in the south.

However, the next situation was greatly beyond the expectations of Peng Yue and others, after successfully crossing Surabaya, they only walked halfway to Zou County, and even before Peng Yue sent a scout to Zou County to investigate the enemy's situation, he came back to report the news, and the flag was already waving in the north, and the dust and smoke were soaring, and Liu Laosan of the Western Chu Army, which had been thrown away by Peng Yue's army a few days ago, suddenly appeared in the north of Peng Yue's army like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

Seeing this scene, even the guerrilla genius Peng Yue couldn't help but exclaim, "How is it possible? How could Liu Jipifu come so quickly? Even if the Western Chu thief army in Rencheng sent a message, it would be impossible for him to cross Surabaya so quickly and appear directly north of us? Could it be that as soon as we threw him off, he crossed Surabaya and ran to the side of the gallop to wait for us? ”

No one could answer Peng Yue's question, and Peng Yue didn't have time to carefully calculate why Liu Laosan came so quickly, knowing that he was invincible, Peng Yue could only decisively give up the east and enter Zou County, and chose to let the general Luan Bu lead the army to retreat south with the main force - don't ask why you don't go back, the Surabaya River can take the lives of Peng Yue and Jing Jia!

Unfortunately, Peng Yuejun failed to shake off Liu Laosan's pursuit this time, and on the second day, he finally escaped to the area of Dongyuan Mountain that had agreed with Luan Bu, and before the main force of Peng Yuejun could catch his breath, Luan Bu had already fled with the defeated soldiers in embarrassment, followed by Liu Laosan's main brigade, Peng Yue had no choice, in order to allow the army to get a rest, he could only take the defeated soldiers up the mountain in a hurry to defend according to the danger, temporarily avoiding Liu Laosan's edge, Liu Laosan was also very rational and did not rush to attack the mountain, Decisively let the army rest on the spot at the foot of the mountain, waiting for Peng Yuejun to take the initiative to go down the mountain to die.

It was still at this time that Jing Jia and Peng Yue completely resigned themselves to their fate, understanding that the army had no hope of completing the task assigned to them by Xiang Kang, and instead considered how to get rid of Liu Laosan and escape first, but fortunately, the southern terrain of Dongyuan Mountain is complex, dense mountains and forests, and many lakes (now Dushan Lake), it is not difficult to get rid of Liu Laosan, who has no advantage in troops, to pursue, and at the same time, Peng Yue's army also has soldiers who are familiar with the terrain in this area to lead the way, and there is no need to worry about getting lost in the complex terrain, but when breaking through in that direction, Peng Yue made a difficulty,

"The Western Chu thief army is guarding at the foot of the mountain, and I can't go to Kang's father's side, and Tengxian definitely can't go, where the terrain is open, and it's far away from Juyeze, it's too dangerous to get there. There are also two other roads, one is to Fanghe, which is close to Juyeze, and the other is to Huling, where should we go? ”

When Peng Yue discussed this issue with his subordinates and Jing Jia, Yongya and Huyi, who had fought fiercely last time, had extremely unanimous opinions this time, and Yongya immediately rushed to say: "Zhuguo, you must not go to Fangyou, you can only go to Huling." Because Fang He is the closest to Ju Ye Ze, Liu Ji Pifu is treacherous, as long as he finds that we have broken through, he will definitely give priority to blocking our road to Fang He, and we will break through to Fang He, not only is it easy to be caught up by him, but there is also the danger of being stopped by him. ”

"General Yong is right." Hu Yu immediately echoed: "Fang He is the closest to Juye Ze, the Western Chu thief army will definitely give priority to blocking the road over there, and only by going southwest to Huling can the Western Chu thief army surprise their expectations and get rid of their pursuit." ”

After thinking about it carefully, he found that this was the truth, and seeing that everyone had this opinion, Peng Yue quickly made up his mind, nodded and said, "Okay, then go to Huling." ”