After Xiang Liang unfortunately died in battle, the last pontoon bridge on the Jishui River was seriously overloaded, and it was quickly overturned under the fierce trampling and squeezing of the defeated soldiers of the Chu army, and countless Chu soldiers on the bridge screamed and fell into the river, and were swept into the torrent and drowned alive, even Liu Laosan's good friend Cao Shen fell into the river.

The only way to retreat was also cut off, and the main force of the Chu army, which had already collapsed, suddenly collapsed, and the generals and soldiers either put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees, or scattered and fled for their lives, and the Qin army took advantage of the situation to desperately expand the results, killing countless soldiers of the Chu army in the pursuit, and capturing the prisoners of the Chu army is also innumerable, and the main force of the Chu army was killed like a mountain of corpses, and the blood flowed, almost all the soldiers on the north bank of the Chu army were annihilated, and all the grain and grass and military quarters that the main force of the Chu army had not had time to carry across the river were captured.

The battlefield was too chaotic, not to mention the Chu army on the south bank of Jishui, even the Qin army did not dare to quickly determine Xiang Liang's whereabouts, and in the end, after Xiang Liang's body was carried to Zhang Han, and after the tearful testimony of countless captured Chu soldiers, Zhang Han and the Qin army generals were ecstatic to confirm that Xiang Liang was dead, and immediately decided to pursue with all their strength, and wiped out the remnants of the Chu army on the south bank of Jishui.

It's a little pity, Zhang Han underestimated the opportunity of Xiang Yu, Huan Chu and Liu Laosan and other remnants of the Chu army, although it is impossible to confirm Xiang Liang's current situation, but just seeing the situation of the main force of the Chu army on the north bank of Jishui from a distance, Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan and others have already understood that Xiang Liang must be more than lucky, even if he is still alive, he will definitely not be able to cross the river to continue to lead the remnants of the Chu army to fight, plus the grain and grass and military supplies have lost a fine light, and it will only be more dangerous if they are delayed further, so Xiang Yu and Liu Laosan and others also made a decision. In the afternoon of the same day, he hurriedly retreated south with the remnants of the Chu army, and while retreating to Chengwu at full speed, he sent people around to inquire about Xiang Liang's whereabouts.

Fighters are rare, Zhang Han also made a decision immediately, on the same day with the help of the Dingtao defenders to build a pontoon bridge across the river, led the main force of the Qin army to cross the Jishui overnight, and personally led the main force to launch a pursuit early the next morning, leaving the deputy Dong Peng to lead the 50,000 rear army to clean up the battlefield, take care of the captured more than 10,000 Chu army prisoners, and deal with the main force of the young marshal army that may come to Dingtao.

It was also a coincidence that on the afternoon of the day after Zhang Han took the main force of the Qin army south, the Qin army of Wanxuan sent someone to send a message, saying that the main force of the young marshal's army had left the battlefield of Jiyang early yesterday morning, and drove along the path on the south bank of Jishui in the direction of Wanyang, and it was possible to launch an attack on Wanyang, or it was possible to prepare to come to Dingtao to join the Chu army. Dong Fei did not dare to slack off when he heard the news, and hurriedly convened his generals to discuss countermeasures.

There are also capable people among Dong Peng's subordinates, at least the general Ji Hu saw through Xiang Kang's eastward purpose at a glance, and pointed out to Dong Peng: "General, it is impossible for Xiang Kang Xiao'er to go east to attack Wanyi, because Wanyang is located on the north bank of Jishui, and the county road leading from Jiyang to Wanyang is also located on the north bank of Jishui. But Xiang Kang Xiaoer did not cross the river, and chose to take the trail on the south bank of Jishui to go west directly, which is enough to show that Xiang Kang Xiaoer already knew that the main force of the Chu thieves went south to Dingtao, so he did not dare to risk crossing the river and took the south bank path to the east, and he must have met the main force of the Chu thieves in order to come to Dingtao. ”

"It makes sense." Dong Fei nodded and said: "The old thief Xiang Liang has evacuated Puyang more than five days ago, and even if the thief envoy he sent is slow, he will definitely contact Xiang Kang Xiao'er, Xiang Kang Xiao'er will go east directly without the river, it must be to come to Dingtao and the main force of the Chu thief to meet." ”

"General Dong, this is an opportunity!" Ji Hu said again: "After the collapse of the main force of the Chu thieves, the remnants of the defeated generals will all flee to the south, it is almost impossible for the Chu thieves to flee to the west to die, Xiang Kang Xiao'er is likely to pass Wan Xuan and do not know that the main force of the Chu thieves has been defeated, we just need to prepare for the battle immediately, when Xiang Kang Xiao'er enters Dingtao in the east, we will immediately send troops to meet the attack, and we will definitely win a big victory!" ”

Dong Fei, who hated Xiang Kang deeply, was greatly moved when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, Dong Fei frowned again and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult, right?" Xiang Kang is treacherous, even if he doesn't know the situation, he crossed Wan Xuan and went directly east to Dingtao, it is impossible not to send scouts to walk in front of the sentinels, once he finds that the main force of the Chu thieves has been destroyed, he will definitely turn around and run immediately, even if we send troops immediately, we can only fight a rout battle at most, and we will not get much results. ”

"General Dong, this is also something that can't be helped." Ji Hu said helplessly: "Our army in Wanqi is all county soldiers, and it is difficult to protect ourselves, let alone send troops to pursue and help us attack Xiang Kang Xiao'er before and after, so we can only fight a rout battle at most this time, and then try to pursue and expand the results as much as possible." ”

Recalling the countless humiliations he suffered in front of Xiang Kang, Dong Fei, who hated Xiang Kang so much, refused to give up, and after thinking about it for a long time in front of the map, Dong Fei suddenly asked: "You said that after Xiang Kang Xiao'er approached Dingtao, he found that the main force of the Chu thieves had been destroyed, and he was attacked by us head-on, so he would take a road to escape?" ”

"Most likely, it is to withdraw to Wanyang first, and then go directly south from Wanqi to Yuxian, and then flee to Suiyang." Ji Hu hurriedly said: "It is also possible to go south directly from the suburbs of Dingtao to Anyang, and then escape from Anyang to the east or to Mengxian in the south, but the intersection of Anyang is too close to Dingtao, Xiang Kang Xiaoer is likely to find that the situation is not right before arriving at the intersection, and he will definitely not dare to risk continuing to go east, and then go south when he arrives at the intersection of Anyang." ”

"If I were Xiang Kang's child, I would withdraw directly to Wanqu, and then go south to Xue County." Another general also said: "Because there are county roads from Dingtao to Wanqu and Wanqu to Yuxian, it is much more convenient to retreat, and the path to Anyang is too narrow, and now it is raining heavily, and the road is extremely difficult to walk, and it is easy to catch up by taking this road." ”

"Xiang Kang Xiao'er will only withdraw to Wanqu." Someone else said: "Going south to Anyang is looking for death, and our main force has already gone to Chengwu, as long as we randomly divide an army to Anyang to intercept it, we can immediately take Xiang Kang's dog's life!" ”

Dong Fei nodded slowly, and after thinking for a while, Dong Fei made up his mind and ordered: "Ji Hu, you immediately lead 15,000 troops to cross Jishui north, take the path on the north bank of Jishui to Wanqu to cross the river, set up camp on the south bank of Jishui, and cooperate with our army's pursuers to attack Xiang Kang Xiao'er before and after!" ”

"General, do you want to divide your troops and intersperse, and attack Xiang Kang Xiao'er before and after?" Ji Hu was taken aback.

"Of course." Dong Fei smiled and said: "Xiang Kang Xiao'er has made General Ben suffer great humiliation many times, such a good opportunity for revenge, how could General Ben miss it?!" ”

"But general, we don't have many troops, and we have to be responsible for guarding the prisoners, so if we divide our troops too much, will there be any danger?" Ji Hu asked with some concern.

"What danger can it be?" Dong Peng sneered and said: "If you are Xiang Kang'er, when you approach the suburbs of Dingtao, you find that the main force of the Chu thieves has been destroyed, and our army is already in full battle, do you still have the courage to fight again?" Will they immediately retreat and flee for their lives? I sent troops to pursue in Dingtao, and you interspersed Wanqu behind the back, striking back and forth, Xiang Kang Xiao'er just inserted his wings, and where can he fly there? ”

After that, Dong Peng urged again: "Fighters are rare, go and prepare." Remember, the speed of interspersing must be fast, but the march must be hidden, and you must not let Xiang Kang Xiao'er discover your traces. ”

Seeing that Dong Fei's determination had been made, Ji Hu didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and took orders, and then hurriedly ordered 15,000 soldiers and horses, crossed Jishui on the same day, and interspersed Wanqu along the north bank path.

On the morning of the next day, Dong Fei once again received information on the movement of the young marshal's army sent by Wanqu, as expected by Dong Fei and other Qin army generals, without knowing that the main force of the Chu army had been destroyed, the main force of the young marshal's army really crossed Wanqu directly to the east, and was rushing to Dingtao along the road from Wanqu to Dingtao.

However, the marching rhythm of the young marshal army made Dong Fei very uncomfortable, starting from Jiyang to the east, the main force of the young marshal army rushed to Wanqu in one day, and after starting from Wanqu to continue to march eastward, the young marshal army pinched the rhythm very accurately, marched fifty miles a day, and camped at a position about thirty miles away from Dingtao for the night, which suddenly made Dong Fei raise his heart to his throat.

What worries Dong Peng is, of course, that the distance of thirty miles is not far or close, it happens to be the most disgusting, the heavy rain continues, and it is impossible for the Qin army to run thirty miles overnight, and on the contrary, if Xiang Kang sends scouts to the east overnight to investigate the enemy's situation, it is very likely that he will know the situation of the Dingtao battlefield in the morning of the next day, and then Xiang Kang will decisively turn around and flee for his life, and it will be difficult for Dong Kang to catch up with the main force of the young marshal's army. At the same time, Dong Fei could never rule out that the main force of the Chu army had slipped through the net and contacted Xiang Kang in advance, revealing the heavenly opportunity that the main force of the Chu army had been destroyed.

In order to lure Xiang Kang to Dingtao to death as much as possible, Dong Peng gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, and simply selected a renegade Jiangdong soldier from among the Chu army prisoners of war overnight, promised a heavy reward, and used the captured Xiang Liang seal letter and the Chu army's Chinese book to let the scribe forge a handwritten letter from Xiang Liang, and arranged for this renegade Wu soldier to pretend to be Xiang Liang's messenger and come west overnight to deliver a letter to Xiang Kang.

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In fact, Dong Peng was purely blindly worried, affected by the continuous heavy rain, the young marshal's army did not find the Qin army interspersed on the north bank, nor did it send Xizuo to Dingtao overnight to inquire about the news, and the defeated soldiers of the Chu army who generally fled south did not flee so far west, and got in touch with the young marshal army, or camped thirty miles west of Dingtao and rested for a night, Xiang Kangcai, who had not yet recovered from his illness, sent scouts to the east to explore the road situation, and at the same time led the main force of the young marshal's army to march east in the rain and rushed to meet the main force of the Chu army.

During this period, of course, Xiang Kang, who was weak, could only move forward by car, but because of a blessing in disguise, seeing that Xiang Kang was very weak, Uncle Zhou's eldest niece Miss Bo was in the same car with Xiang Kang in order to take care of Xiang Kang at any time, a man and a woman sat in a small carriage, and the scumbag index in this era counted Xiang Kang of course took a lot of advantage, rubbed a lot of oil and water, and also knew that Miss Bo was called Bo Zhanzhi, and her name came from the Book of Poetry.

"Huh?" After coming to this era, he occasionally read some books, and Xiang Kang suddenly discovered the deep meaning of the name Bo Zhanzhi, and hurriedly asked: "Miss Bo, your name was chosen by your father?" Or did your mother get it for you? ”

"General Huiright, my mother took it." Bo replied very shyly.

"It seems that Wei Yuan really wants her to become a phoenix." Xiang Kang smiled and recited very pretendically: "The phoenix is flying, and its feathers are also gathered." Oi King Dorjeshi, the envoy of the Wei gentleman, flattered the Son of Heaven. Miss Bo, Wei Yuan gave you this name, making it clear that she hopes that you will marry the Son of Heaven and become the mother of the world. ”

Bo Zhanzhi's face blushed to the base of his neck, and he nodded slightly after a while, and said in a low voice: "General Right is really knowledgeable, my mother gave me this name because I hope I can marry the emperor." ”

"It's a pity." Xiang Kang smiled again and said, "It's a pity that I shouldn't have the life of the Son of Heaven, otherwise, I really want to find a matchmaker to talk to Wei Yuan and ask her to think about me for you." ”

Although his face is not as thin as Xiang Kang's wife Yu Miaoge, after listening to Xiang Kang's explicit joke, Bo Zhanzhi was still so ashamed that he couldn't wait to jump out of the car directly, and said angrily: "General Right, if you say such things again, people will have to go back to their mother's side." ”

Xiang Kang smiled, and was about to laugh with Bo Zhanzhi a few more words, but Xu Ji, who was outside the car, suddenly said loudly: "General Right, the general has sent someone to deliver a letter to us." ”

"Where is the letter?" Xiang Kang hurriedly lifted the curtain and couldn't wait to ask, "Our main force, how is the situation now?" ”

"Returning to the right general, the messenger sent by the general explained that our main force had a battle with the Tyrannical Qin army in Dingtao the day before yesterday, suffered a lot of losses, and had been forced to give up attacking Dingtao and retreated to Changyi, and the main force of the Tyrannical Qin also chased over, and now there are only a few thousand tyrannical Qin troops left in Dingtao." Xu Ji replied truthfully, and presented the letter from Xiang Liang that he had just received, and said, "The general has ordered, let us immediately rush to Changyi to meet the main force. ”

Hurriedly took Xiang Liang's handwritten letter, and after a cursory look at the content was basically the same as Xu Ji's oral introduction, and saw that the letter was indeed Xiang Liang's handwriting, and it was also stamped with Xiang Liang's general's seal, Xiang Kang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, pass the order, speed up and advance, and go to Changyi to meet our main force." ”

Xu Ji agreed loudly, but Xiang Kang glanced at the letter in his hand again, and saw that the letter written on white silk was clean, only some raindrops had just dropped, Xiang Kang immediately became suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Slow, don't give an order for the time being, call the messenger sent by my uncle, I want to ask him about the situation in person." ”

Xu Ji agreed, and then soon, the messenger of the Chu army, disguised as an ordinary person, was led in front of Xiang Kang, saluted Xiang Kang in an authentic Wu accent, and said that he identified himself as Xiang Liang's personal soldier, Xiang Kang remained silent, and just asked: "Are you my uncle's personal soldier?" How come I never saw you when I was under my uncle's tent? ”

"General Right, you are a nobleman, of course you don't remember such a small personal soldier as a villain." The messenger smiled and said, "But the villain often sees you under the general's tent, but he is not blessed to talk to you, so you must not remember the villain, general." ”

Xiang Kang carefully checked and found that it should not be a forgery, but his doubts did not diminish in his heart, and asked: "You just said that there are only a few thousand tyrannical Qin troops outside Dingtao City, have you seen this with your own eyes?" ”

"Returning to the right general, it was the villain who saw it with his own eyes." The messenger replied very honestly, and said in a colorful voice: "In order to send the letter as soon as possible, the villain ventured from the outskirts of Dingtao City and saw the situation of the tyrannical Qin army with his own eyes. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and suddenly asked, "When and where did my uncle write the letter you sent?" ”

"Back to the right general, the general wrote the letter the afternoon before yesterday." The messenger replied, "It was written on the road when our main force was marching towards Changyi." ”

"Written on the road?" Xiang Kang laughed when he heard this, showed the clean and tidy letter, and said: "It has been raining heavily for the past few days, since my uncle wrote the letter on the road, why is there no trace of rain on this letter?" ”

The messenger was dumbfounded, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the right general, the general had an umbrella to cover the rain at that time, and the villain sent the letter in a bamboo tube, so he was not rained all the way. ”

"Fart!" Xiang Kang scolded angrily and said: "How big is the wind and rain in the past few days, even if there is an umbrella to cover the rain, how can the letters written in the open air and in the wind and rain not get any rain at all?" ”

The messenger was even more dumbfounded, and only after a while did he stammer: "General Right, I remember wrongly, it happened to be a temporary stop to rain, so the general's letter was not stained with rain." ”

"Very well, I believe your explanation for the time being." Xiang Kang sneered and said, "But don't think about leaving, didn't you just say that there are only a few thousand tyrannical Qin troops on Dingtao's side?" I will stop the army and send more men to investigate the situation outside the city of Dingtao, and if you find that you have lied, you know the consequences. ”

After that, Xiang Kang shouted again: "Take down this messenger, tie it up, and if our scouts find out the news and prove that he is lying, I will use a knife to cut off the flesh on his body piece by piece!" ”

Xiang Kang's personal soldiers agreed, and immediately stepped forward to the messenger to hold down, the messenger was frightened, and as soon as his legs were weak, he knelt down on Xiang Kang's knees, and shouted with a crying voice: "The right general spares his life, the right general spares his life!" ”

"That's not telling the truth?!" Xiang Kang shouted: "Tell me honestly, spare you from dying!" If you don't tell the truth, I promise you'll die worse than anyone else! ”

The messenger who was bribed by Dong Fei did not dare to continue to quibble, so he could only honestly explain the fact that the main force of the Chu army had been destroyed on the north bank of Jishui the day before yesterday, and admitted that he was bought by Dong Fei, and came with a forged letter to deceive the young marshal's army to enter Dingtao with confidence, Xiang Kang was shocked and angry when he heard it, and hurriedly shouted: "Then what happened to my uncle?" How could my uncle's personal seal be in the hands of the Tyrannical Qin army? ”

"General Right, you have to hold on to it." The messenger said tremblingly, "General, he is dead. ”

Before the messenger's words fell, Xiang Kang fell into Bo Zhanzhi's arms, while his cheeks were close to Bo Zhanzhi's chest, his eyes were distracted, and no matter how nervously Xu Ji, Bo Zhanzhi and others shook and shouted, Xiang Kang was motionless, as if he had passed out.

Xiang Kang must also faint, Xiang Liang is not only Xiang Kang's elder, but also the closest relative who raised Xiang Kang since childhood, he has a great favor to Xiang Kang, and suddenly heard the bad news that Xiang Liang was killed, if Xiang Kang does not pass out, how should he explain to his accomplice lackeys and the people of the world?