Not a traverser, I don't know what kind of goods Liu Laosan and his current senior staff officer Han Xin are, the general of the Han army, Long He, of course, is extremely reluctant to adopt conservative tactics in Yingchuan, and the troops in the Yangcheng area shrink to protect themselves, and the ally Shenyang Army, who is still righteous, will not save him when he sees death, and finally take the initiative to abandon Yangcheng and retreat to the Songshan area to establish a defense line.

Fortunately, the existence of the Western Chu Army's partial division made Long He stay calm, Xiang Kang's order was stern, and there was no room for any questioning, plus the Songshan defense line behind Long He must not have any mistakes, Long He finally chose to obey the order, just received the news of the fall of Yangzhai, and immediately retreated with the army, and went north to return to Cheyuanting, the choke point on the Songshan defense line, and resolutely blocked the road for the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army to go north and enter the hinterland of Sanchuan County.

Still when he retreated to Cheyuan Pavilion, Long Ji was surprised to find that he had escaped a catastrophe - before the Han soldiers under his command began to set up camp, an urgent report came from Yangcheng fifty miles away, saying that a Western Chu army was descending from the sky, and rushed to Yangcheng City one step earlier than the remnants of the Shenyang Army led by Guo Xuan, and almost bit the tail of the Han army. And where did this Western Chu army come from, and what road did it take to march to Yangcheng, the scouts of the Han army didn't know anything in advance!

"It's dangerous! It's almost hard to withdraw! How could the Western Chu thief army be so well prepared, and actually arrive in Yangcheng earlier than Guo Xuan's defeated army? ”

After the shock, Long He didn't dare to be negligent at all, and hurriedly organized the soldiers to speed up the camp, rush to repair and improve the camp fortifications, fortunately, before Long and in accordance with Xiang Kang's order, he had already divided the troops in advance to organize the people of the Wu clan, and built a camp in the dangerous position of the Cheyuan Pavilion, so the Han army's camp speed was also very fast, and before the sudden Western Chu army made a new response, a strong camp had been established, and the enemy was not given any chance to attack and take the Cheyuan Pavilion. However, during this period, the remnants of the Shenyang army led by Guo Wei suffered heavy losses in the Yangcheng area, and in the end, only more than 1,000 remnants of the defeated army escaped to Cheyuan to join the Han army, and the main force was almost completely annihilated.

Long He was surprised, after receiving the news that the strange soldiers of the Western Chu Army failed to bite Long Ji, Liu Laosan was also surprised, and said in surprise: "What's the matter? How did the army of thieves slip away so fast? It stands to reason that they should at least wait for Guo Weipifu, who we deliberately let go, escape to Yangcheng, and then run away? ”

"Nine out of nine is Xiang Kang's personal arrangement." Han Xin, who has already worshiped as the general of the Nanyang Army, said: "Xiang Kang uses soldiers, but he looks surprising on the surface, but in fact he acts extremely steadily, almost never in danger, the Wu clan is the southern barrier of Sanchuan County, once it is lost, the hinterland of Sanchuan County will be in no danger to defend, there must be no accidents, he is naturally willing to sacrifice all the remnants of the Shenyang Army, and he is never willing to take the Wu clan to take risks." ”

"So what do we do next?" Liu Laosan hurriedly asked: "I heard that the area of the Wu clan is high and dense, the roads are narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Han thief army is dangerous to retreat, are we sure to break through their defenses?" ”

"Don't worry, the king." Han Xin comforted: "Although the chariot guarded by the Han thief army is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the terrain in that area is complex and there are many paths, which is the most suitable for winning by surprise. ”

Seeing that Han Xin said confidently, Liu Laosan, who had already tasted the sweetness, was also completely relieved, and the Western Chu army led by Gongao was just relieved to go north, and soon arrived at the city of Yangcheng, which had been taken by the Western Chu army, and then Liu Laosan wanted to let the army and the Western Chu army set up camp together to rest, but Han Xin persuaded: "King, there is no need for this, you might as well ask General Gongao to set up camp here to rest, and we will continue to lead the army north, so that the dragon and the horseman must think that we are rash and rash the enemy, and have the intention of taking the opportunity to send troops, It is beneficial for us to lure the army of Han thieves out of the camp to fight. ”

Liu Laosan did not hesitate to adopt Han Xin's suggestion, Gongao also wished that the Nanyang Army would take the initiative to be cannon fodder for the Western Chu Army, of course, he also agreed, and the Nanyang Army did not rest at the moment, and just rushed to the Cheyuan Pavilion all the way, and arrived near the Cheyuan Pavilion in the evening of the same day, and set up camp about ten miles away from the Han army camp.

As Han Xin expected, seeing that the Nanyang Army was advancing alone, leaving aside the Western Chu Army's partial division and rushing to the Cheyuanting battlefield first, Long He really believed that the Nanyang Army was advancing lightly against the enemy, and deceived the Nanyang Army to come from afar, and the camp was undecided, so he adopted the suggestion of the general Li Jia, and sent 5,000 troops out of the camp that night to attack the Nanyang Army camp by night. However, Han Xin had already prepared, the Han army's attack on the camp had just entered the Nanyang army camp, and the Nanyang army that was ambushed outside the camp suddenly came out, and the Han army was attacked in three ways, and the Han army was defeated and left, and fled back to the camp in embarrassment.

A day later, the Western Chu Army's partial division also successfully arrived at the battlefield of Cheyuanting, and Han Xin suggested that Liu Laosan and Gongao strike together in view of the characteristics of many small roads in the Cheyuanting area, while sending scouts to attack with great fanfare, and investigating the paths that could bypass the defensive positions of the Han army, pretending to divide troops to attack the county seat of the Wushi family, forcing Long He to divide his troops to reinforce the county town of Wushi, while seizing the time to build offensive weapons and preparing to launch a frontal attack.

Long and really fell for it again, in order to keep the city behind the Wu family, so as not to be cut off from the enemy and the rear, in the case that the strength was far less than Liu Xiang's coalition army, Long He still stubbornly divided three thousand troops to strengthen the Wu guards, Han Xin found out this situation through scouts, and immediately suggested that Liu Laosan and Gongao send troops to attack the Han army camp, intending to take advantage of the large number of Liu Xiang's coalition forces, with Mount Tai pressing the top, forcibly take the Han army's Cheyuanting camp.

Thanks to Xiang Kang's previous attention to the enemy on the southern front, he asked Long He to build the Cheyuan Pavilion camp strong enough early, which did not allow Han Xin's attempt to succeed quickly, but even so, in the face of the Nanyang Army and the Western Chu Army's partial divisions in turn, the Han Army, which was at an absolute disadvantage, still fought very hard, and was rushed to the wall by the enemy more than once.

After two days of such hardship, Long He had to consider asking the Lord for reinforcements, and asked Xiang Kang to send troops to reinforce him as soon as possible, but Long He knew that the main force of the Western Chu Army had also been replenished by reinforcements, and understood that the main force of the Self Army was also under great pressure, and he might not be able to have extra troops to support him, so he was very embarrassed and hesitated. However, to Long He's great surprise, after nightfall that day, a mixed team of Han soldiers suddenly came to his camp and took out Xiang Kang's handwritten warrant, asking Long He to immediately open the camp gate and let them enter the camp.

At the moment of the great enemy, the time was late at night, and even if the reinforcements who suddenly arrived were holding Xiang Kang's handwritten warrant, the Han soldiers guarding the camp gate did not dare to open the camp gate without authorization, so they could only report to Long He in a hurry. Long He was also very surprised when he heard the news, and said strangely: "The reinforcements sent to me by the king? I didn't ask the king for help, did I? ”

Strangely, Long He hurriedly carefully checked the authenticity of Xiang Kang's warrant, and after confirming that it was not a forgery, Long He still refused to rest assured, first called the defenders in the camp to be fully prepared, and then came to the scene in person, and asked the soldiers to open the camp gate to welcome reinforcements into the camp, but after the camp gate was opened, soon a Han army general entered the camp first surrounded by dozens of Han cavalry, Long He cautiously stepped forward to check the situation, but just saw the appearance of the young Han army general, Long He opened his mouth wide, and almost screamed... …

"Don't speak." The person who came waved his hand and ordered: "Block the news, don't let the thief army know that I am here in person." ”

Long He hurriedly nodded in agreement, quickly let his army unguard, let all the reinforcements enter the camp, and then carefully invited the people into his own Chinese army marshal tent to sit, and then whispered with a face full of disbelief: "King, why are you here in person?" ”

"Of course I'm worried about you." Xiang Kang's tone was very helpless, and said: "As I expected, you are really very tight here, fortunately I came in time, otherwise, I am afraid that you will not be able to support it here for a few days." ”

"The king forgives the sin, the last general is incompetent, and the war situation in Cheyuan Pavilion is indeed very unfavorable to us."

Long He hurriedly pleaded guilty, and honestly reported his passive situation in the past few days to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang was not surprised to hear it, and said: "It's okay, you are fighting so passively this time, mainly because your opponent is too powerful, and it has nothing to do with your command and response." I'm satisfied that you've been able to learn your lesson and stay in camp without fighting. ”

After that, Xiang Kang ordered again: "Take advantage of the fact that there is still time, and immediately use your reputation to transfer back the 3,000 troops you sent to the Wu clan before to strengthen the Cheyuan Pavilion battalion." Don't worry that the thief army will take a small road and detour to fight the Wu clan, after all, the Wu clan is a county seat, the thief army does not have enough siege weapons, and it will not be able to take the Wu clan in a short time, and I have received accurate news, at the latest, before the evening of the day after tomorrow, the 40,000 reinforcements led by Zheng Bu will be able to rush to the Wu clan, and we will not be so passive at that time. ”

Long He hurriedly camped, and said with great worry: "King, I heard that the rear army of the Western Chu Thief Army is also here, how dare you leave the main battlefield of Xingyang, the current situation over there should also be very critical?" ”

"It's not just a crisis." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile: "On the second day after the rear army of the Western Chu thief army arrived at the chasm, the Western Chu thief army launched an attack on our Aocang camp, and the attack continued day and night for two whole days, and successively broke through our Aocang Mountain Liang defense line several times and entered the Aocang warehouse. ”

"Then the king, you still dare to leave the main battlefield?" Long asked in surprise.

"Because you're more critical here." Xiang Kang replied: "I'm not afraid if Ao Cang loses, our main force has already hoarded enough grain and grass in Guangwu Camp and Xingyang City to support half a year, and if we lose Ao Cang, we still have time and opportunity to get it back, but if you collapse here, our main force and the rear of Guanzhong will be cut off, and then our main force will be in big trouble." ”

After a rough introduction to the situation on the main battlefield in Xingyang, Xiang Kang urged: "Don't be scared, quickly send someone to send an order to transfer the army of the Wu clan to reinforce the Cheyuan Pavilion battalion, and by the way, call the county commander of the Wu clan to come forward, and send someone to secretly surrender to Gong Ao tomorrow, just say that you can't support it here, so you can only mobilize the defenders of the Wu clan to save the emergency, and plan to take the opportunity to dedicate the county town of the Wu clan to the Western Chu thief army in exchange for glory and wealth, and deceive the Gong Ao to take the small road to fight the Wu clan and create an opportunity for Zheng Bu to break the enemy." ”

Long He agreed again, and said to Xiang Kang quite strangely: "King, how can you use a military plan against the Western Chu thieves?" The combat effectiveness of the Nanyang Thief Army is not as good as that of the Western Chu Thief Army, so our reinforcements should be more sure to deal with them? ”

"For the Nanyang thief military plan, you are too long?" Xiang Kang asked with a smile, and said: "It can only be used for Gongao, the Xichu thief army and the Nanyang thief army are not subordinate to each other, and they must have the intention of competing for merit and grabbing merit with each other, we can't miss such an opportunity, we must seize it, and first win a battle to boost the morale of the army." ”

Long He nodded, and then arranged manpower, and rushed back to the Wu clan overnight to act according to the order, and then after Long He sent the heralds, Xiang Kang asked: "General Long, have you used our gunpowder weapons in the past few days when you have been fighting with the thief army?" ”

"Hui Yu King, I used it, not only when I was guarding the camp, but also on the night of the sneak attack on the Nanyang Thief Army."

Long Ji's answer disappointed Xiang Kang, but fortunately, Xiang Kang was also prepared, and said in his heart: "Use it, just use it, anyway, Gong Ao has already seen our gunpowder weapons on the chasm battlefield, even if the Nanyang thief army has not seen it, Gong Ao should have told Liu Laosan and them, don't expect too much from the scary effect of the original grenade." ”

Xiang Kang's arrangement soon had the effect of stabilizing the morale of the army, and after Han Xin deceived the 3,000 troops of the Wu clan to return to the main camp, the strength of the Han army was replenished, and it was no longer so difficult to defend the camp. On the contrary, seeing that Long He actually transferred the Wu defenders to the front line for reinforcements, Liu Xiang's coalition forces had different views, and Han Xin guessed that it must be the reinforcements of the Han army that were coming, so Long He dared to rest assured that the Wu defenders were mobilized to reinforce the front line; Gong Ao felt that this was a signal that the dragon was about to be unable to support it, and subconsciously gave birth to the idea of making a detour to attack the Wu clan.

Under such a premise, in the evening of the next day, when the messenger sent by the county commander of the Gui clan got in touch with Gongao, Gongao was really overjoyed, and decided that this was an opportunity to compete for merit, and then did not discuss with Liu Laosan, and the next morning he let his son Gongwei lead 10,000 troops to make a detour to the north, and hurried to the Gui clan to take over the county seat by small road.

Or after the communist lieutenant led the army to set off, Liu Laosan and Han Xin learned about the situation through the scout detective, and under the shock, Liu Laosan and Han Xin could only hurry over to meet with Gongao and inquire about the reason for Gongao's division of troops. It can also force Long and Pifu to divide their troops to return to the aid of the Wu clan, so that we can be more sure that we can take the camp of the Han thieves. ”

"Is that really the case?" General Han Xin was suspicious, and hurriedly reminded: "General Gong, dividing troops to attack the Wu clan is indeed a way to break through the camp of the Han thieves as soon as possible. But the general, since Long and Pifu dare to boldly transfer the defenders of the Wu clan to reinforce the front line, we must prevent his reinforcements from suddenly coming to reinforce, and your division of troops is to take a small road to the north, and it is difficult to retreat, if the Han thief reinforcements suddenly arrive during the siege, I am afraid that it will be very unfavorable to the general's division of troops. ”

There is inside information provided by the county order of the Gui family, and Gong Ao can still listen to Han Xin's persuasion? Not only did he not order the withdrawal of the troops, but he also laughed and said: "Thank you General Han for reminding me, but since the foreign minister dares to do this, I will naturally have my certainty, King Nanyang, you don't have to worry, just prepare the army to attack at any time, as long as our scouts find that the Han thieves have divided their troops to save the Wu clan, they will immediately dispatch troops to attack their camp, so that the Han thieves will be completely embarrassed." ”

Han Xin refused to give up, and persuaded Gongao to withdraw his troops as soon as possible, not to attack in danger, but Gongao did not listen at all, Han Xin had no choice, and could only keep his mouth shut, and honestly follow Liu Laosan back to the camp to rectify the soldiers and horses, and send scouts to closely monitor every move of the Han army's camp, ready to send troops immediately when the Western Chu army creates a miracle, and take the opportunity to attack the Han army's Cheyuanting camp.

Let's take a look at the situation on the side of Gongao's baby son Gongwei, because he has long been familiar with all the roads in the area of Cheyuan Pavilion, relying on the guidance of the scouts, it has just arrived in the afternoon of the same day, Gongwei took the Western Chu army to take the mountain path back to the back of the Han army camp, and appeared in the southeast of the county town of Wushi, and then there was a fearless Gongwei who did not let the army rest, and immediately took the Western Chu army to the city of Wushi, and then divided the troops to establish an interception position to prevent the Han army from suddenly sending troops back to aid the Wushi, On the one hand, he sent an envoy to persuade the city to surrender, and asked the county commander to immediately open the city with the county soldiers in the city to surrender, and also made a promise to the county order on behalf of his own Laozi, promising to reward 10,000 gold after the county order was surrendered, plus the official was promoted to the county guard.

"Please wait a moment, General, and let us discuss it carefully."

This is the reply given by the city of Wushi, and the lieutenant also endured his temperament, and waited patiently under the city of Wushi with the Western Chu army, but waited left and right, not only did not wait for the county town to open the door and surrender, but on the contrary, he also waited for the scout of the Western Chu army to report urgently, saying that there was a Han army suddenly killing from the direction of Gongxian County, and it would soon arrive under the city of Wushi. The lieutenant was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses does the Han thief have?" ”

"Back to the young general, there are at least thirty or forty thousand people! There were also quite a few cavalry! ”

The scout's answer made the lieutenant immediately look like dirt, and screamed that he was fooled, and the lieutenant didn't dare to have any hesitation, and immediately took the Western Chu army out of the battlefield and hurriedly retreated, but it was too late to do so, and before the Western Chu army withdrew to the entrance of the mountain road, tens of thousands of Han troops had already rushed to chase after him, and the lieutenant knew that if he continued to retreat in a hurry, his army would definitely have to be caught up by the Han army before all of them entered the mountains, and the rear team would definitely have to suffer heavy losses. He planned to fight hard to repel the pursuing soldiers of the Han army, and then retreat calmly.

The choice of the lieutenant is very correct, but it is a pity that the enemy he encountered this time is the elite unit in the Han army's strategic general reserve, the Han army's front-line soldiers led by Zheng Bu, the general of the Han army, not only have a large number of veterans in the army, rich battlefield experience and strong combat effectiveness, but also well-equipped, it is definitely not comparable to ordinary troops, it is the meritorious unit of the Han army to annihilate all the armies of Chai Wu in World War I, and it is also a strategic-level firefighting brigade that Xiang Kang was willing to use until the last moment! So......

So even if it is a battle in a formation, the Western Chu army, which is good at battle in a formation, is still defeated and retreated by Zheng Bujun, and it is difficult to parry, and when the 30,000 rear troops of the Han army rushed to reinforce, the Western Chu army no longer has any way to parry, and in a blink of an eye, it was killed by the Han army to collapse, completely dispersed, fled all over the mountains, and then trampled on each other in the narrow mountain road, countless dead, the lieutenant was only spared, and fled back to the camp of the Western Chu army with injuries, and more than 10,000 Western Chu troops were almost wiped out by the Han army in one day!

Or when Gong Ao beat his chest and scolded, Han Xin and Liu Laosan were stunned to learn the truth, and understood that the reason why Gong Ao took the risk of dividing the troops was because of the Han army's fraudulent surrender plan, and then Liu Laosan, who had a bad temperament, quietly gloated, hiding behind his back and scolding Gong Ao for being greedy and deserving of this fate, Han Xin was very surprised, and said suspiciously: "I met an opponent, and we were able to take advantage of the weakness of our and the Western Chu army not being subordinate to each other, guessing that Gong Ao would definitely be greedy for merit, and he would definitely block the news from us, There is no way for us to stop Gongao from being fooled. I am familiar with Long Ji and Zheng Bu, they definitely don't have such skills, who gave them this idea? This puppet is not simple! ”