Gao Chu took his long bow and aimed at the Han army colonel who was galloping on the mountain road in front of him.

In the next moment, Gao Chu's right hand was slightly loosened, and the wolf's tooth heavy arrow buckled on the string had been shot out like lightning, only to hear a pop, just in the middle of the Han army colonel's vest vital point, the Han army colonel suddenly screamed and fell from the horse's back, and then even the people and horses tumbled and fell down the deep stream on the side of the road.

Gao Chu shot the Han army junior colonel with an arrow, and then strode back to the pass.

In the hurried footsteps, Xu Jiang had already hurried to Gao Chu and reported: "General, Wuguan has been taken." ”

Gao Chu nodded, and now slowly climbed to the head of Wuguan City surrounded by Xu Jiang and dozens of soldiers.

Standing on the top of the city and looking down condescendingly, I saw that the sound of fighting in the city had gradually subsided, and the Chu army that had controlled the city was fighting fires everywhere, only on the mountain road in the direction of Nanyang in the distance, there was a faint sound of killing, needless to say, it was the broken army that was chasing the defeated and fleeing Han army to the south.

After this battle, Gao Chu finally knew what it means to plan things in people and achieve things in heaven!

Gao Chu thought that there was a guide, and he had explored the complete march route, so the march from Jinniu Pass to Wuguan should be very easy, but in fact, it was a big mistake, from Jinniu Pass to Wuguan for nearly a thousand miles, Gao Chu walked for nine days with 3,000 elite soldiers, which is not counting, more than 500 people died along the way!

The time limit given by Xiang Zhuang is ten days, and Gao Chu almost missed the military plane!

Also, Gao Chu originally thought that after rushing to Wuguan, there would definitely be a fierce battle, even if he was able to successfully take Wuguan in the end, the 3,000 elite soldiers he brought with him would definitely suffer heavy casualties, but the result was very different, and the laxity of the Wuguan garrison was beyond imagination. The high school department took it down with almost no effort.

In fact, the defenders can't be blamed for being lax, because Wuguan has its back to Guanzhong. Facing Nanyang. The sole purpose of its existence was to prevent the Kwantung army from attacking Guanzhong from Nanyang.

It is precisely because of this psychology that the defense focus of the Wuguan defenders is Kanto, and they never thought that they would be attacked from the direction of Guanzhong, and there were grain transport teams from Guanzhong to Nanyang one after another. The high junior high school department intercepted and killed a grain team, so it was easy to get into Wuguan. The change was hasty, and the 5,000 Han army on the closed was quickly defeated.

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Liu Bang rested in Sui County for two days, and gradually gathered some defeated soldiers. Infants, uncles and grandchildren, and Wang Suck Department. Coupled with the army left behind in the county, there were gradually more than 20,000 people, but the good times did not last long, and soon there was a horse survey return, and the pursuit of the Chu army was already approaching twenty miles away, and all of them were cavalry.

At this time, although the Han army gathered more than 20,000 defeated soldiers. However, the army was disheartened and demoralized, and it was the cavalry army of the three forbidden armies of Chu that chased after them. Liu Bang knew that he was invincible, so he quickly lit the army, burned the county again, and came all the way to Wuguan, Liu Bang really didn't have the heart to stay in Guandong, at this moment, he just wanted to return to Xianyang as soon as possible.

However, less than twenty miles in the direction of Wuguan, there was earth-shattering news - Wuguan was lost!

"What did you say?!" Liu Bang couldn't believe his ears, grabbed the Han army junior colonel who came to report the news, and said hoarsely, "Good and good, why did Wuguan lose it?!" ”

The generals of the Han army, such as Guan Ying, Wang Su, and Uncle Sun Ying, also looked at each other, and they were annoyed now.

There are only three ways to go back to Guanzhong from Nanyang, one is to enter Hanzhong through Shangyong and Xunguan, and then return to Xianyang through Chencang Road, Baochuan Road or Meridian Valley Road, and then return to Xianyang through Qixian and Wuguan, and the third road is to go east to Yingchuan, and then enter Sanchuan County through Hugao Pass, and then return to Guanzhong through Hangu Pass.

After the defeat of the Shuishui War, Liu Bang fled all the way to the north, and now there is all the Chu army behind him, and it is impossible to go back to Hanzhong Road, so there are only two roads left, and now the Chu army has cut off the Wuguan, so there is only to go east to Yingchuan, but the question is, is Yingchuan Road possible? Will it also be truncated by the Chu army? …,

The junior colonel of the Han army said miserably: "We suffered a sneak attack from behind, and we lost the city by surprise." ”

"Sneak attack from behind?" Liu Bang was furious and said, "What are you coaxing ghosts? How could the Chu army go around behind Wuguan? ”

"My lord, this is true!" The junior colonel of the Han army swore with a curse, "The Chu army is indeed coming out from behind, but the number of troops should not be much, at most three thousand, and now it may not even be two thousand. ”

Liu Bang looked back at Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, and said in a panic: "Ovary, Chen Ping, what should I do now?" ”

Chen Ping said without thinking: "King, since Wuguan has been lost, this road is categorically unstoppable. "There may not be many Chu troops who sneak attack Wuguan, but now the Han army is disheartened and has no fighting spirit, if they can't recapture the checkpoint in a hurry, and then let the Chu army intercept the back road, then there is really no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the ground, and this risk must not be taken.

"The minister also thinks that Yingchuan Road should be taken." Zhang Liang nodded, and said, "However, we should send the flying horse to Sanchuan, and order the defenders of Sanchuan to strengthen their vigilance, especially the Tiger Prison Pass, and there must be no more mistakes!" Zhang Liang couldn't help but worry, if the Chu army attacked the Tiger Pass, the Han army would have to go over the mountains and mountains and return to the pass, even if they didn't die, they would have to shed their skin.

Liu Bang nodded again and again, and immediately instructed his uncle and grandson: "General uncle and grandson, you have to go for a trip." ”

"Whoa!" Uncle and grandson Ying responded violently, Le Ma turned around, and Liu Bang ordered the whole army to turn around and return to Yingchuan by the same way, first take a short rest in Sui County, and then go all the way east to Yingchuan.

It's just that this time, the chasing soldiers of the Chu army are getting closer and closer, and as a last resort, Liu Bang can only leave Wang to lead the 5,000 troops to break off, and he has to resist for a while no matter what.

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Not to mention that Liu Bang fled for his life in a hurry, the plague in the Chu army finally broke out.

"How so? How come so many soldiers are suddenly sick? Xiang Zhuang asked, while striding into the camp, just entered the gate, there was a wounded doctor sent a wet towel, although the medical skills of this era are backward, but as a wounded doctor with the army, the basic precautions are still known.

Xiang Zhuang took the wet towel and put it on his face, and when he looked around, he saw that the entire camp was already full, and many wounded soldiers could only lie in the open air because they had no place to place.

The ground was full of porridge-like vomit, and many soldiers' robes were even stained with feces, and the air was filled with a strong stench, and the wet towel covering his face alone could not cover the stench, although Xiang Tuo, Heng Chu and the others who followed behind Xiang Zhuang also had wet wipes to cover their faces, they still frowned instinctively.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Zhuang's heart jumped suddenly, and he vomited and vented? That's not a good sign!

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but think of two terrible words - plague! It can't be a plague, right?!

As a traverser, Xiang Zhuang of course knows how terrible the plague is, all over the ancient and modern China and foreign countries, the most terrible plague is of course the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century, the so-called Black Death is actually the plague, even in the 21st century, the mortality rate of the plague is as high as 100%, it is simply the sickle of death, the horror of the end!

The obvious symptoms of plague are fever, vomiting, and diarrhea!

If it is really a large-scale outbreak of the plague, then including Hexiangzhuang, the more than 300,000 Chu troops here are afraid of only one and don't want to live, not only these 300,000 people can't survive, but I am afraid that the whole of China will also suffer an unprecedented catastrophe, after the catastrophe, the population of the entire Central Plains region may be reduced unprecedentedly! ..., but Xiang Zhuang believes that the possibility of a plague outbreak should be unlikely, and the most likely is the flu!

The early significant symptoms of influenza are fever, vomiting and diarrhea, but even if it is a flow, in this ancient period of backward medical technology, it is also fatal enough, and in the 21st century, the flu outbreak is a very heavy topic, and many people will die every year because of the flu outbreak, let alone in ancient times more than 2,000 years ago?

The most terrifying thing is that if it is really a flu outbreak, then it is too late for any remedy, and the air, water and even wild animals in the entire Nanyang County are probably already full of influenza viruses.

Xiang Zhuang was in a heavy mood, and immediately angrily asked the doctor in charge of containment: "The epidemic is already so serious, why didn't you report it earlier?" ”

The doctor said with a sad face: "Back to the king, at the beginning, there were only more than 100 people who were sick, and the villain didn't care much, thinking that it was just an epidemic, so he prescribed some medicine to them, but today, the number of sick people has suddenly increased to more than 5,000 people, and the villain feels that something is wrong, don't you hurry up and report it to the king?" ”

After saying this, the doctor lowered his voice and said, "King, maybe this is a plague!" ”

Xiang Zhuang couldn't wait to slap the medical order to death, and immediately suppressed his anger and asked, "What are the specific symptoms?" ”

The doctor replied: "At first, it was just a fever and fatigue, and then we exchanged tears, and on the second day, we began to vomit and discharge, and the weak wounded soldiers would have convulsions and other symptoms. ”

Xiang Zhuang is already basically sure that this should be a flu outbreak!

The flu outbreak has been massive, and it is already difficult to control the epidemic.

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang can only lament bad luck, in the 21st century, due to the development of medicine, the mortality rate of influenza is indeed not high, but in this era, influenza is an out-and-out death killer! Soldiers with strong physiques may be able to carry it through, but those who are wounded or in poor physical condition will hardly escape this catastrophe. （）