Aocang, the camp of the Liang army.

Liu Bang and Lu Ze kept waiting in the Liang army camp until evening, and the flying cavalry sent by Peng Yue to Yang County to chase Tian Heng finally came back, but they brought back a very shocking news, Tian Heng did not go to Yang County to collect grain at all, but turned north halfway and indirectly went to the north of the mountain!

Obviously, the assassination in Beinashan was not done by Tian Heng.

Chen Ping arched his hand to Peng Yue, and said solemnly: "King Liang, the truth of the assassination in the north mountain has been revealed so far, and this is clearly done by Kui Che through Tian Heng, the purpose is nothing more than to provoke King Liang and the king to fight, so that the Chu army can fish in troubled waters, so it can be seen that these two people have already secretly voted for Xiang Zhuang." ”

"Tian Heng! Quicher! Peng Yue was furious, and looked back at Peng Mingdao, "Peng Ming, immediately send flying horses to intercept Kui Che and Tian Heng at various intersections, and the widows have to break their corpses into thousands of pieces!" ”

"No!" Peng Ming suddenly agreed, and immediately turned around and walked away.

Peng Yue said deeply to Lu Ze again: "Lord Lu Ze, there are many outlaws who are outnumbered. ”

Lu Ze snorted lightly, and was about to taunt a few words, but was stopped by Liu Bang with a look.

At that moment, Liu Bang, Chen Ping and Lu Ze got up to say goodbye to Peng Yue and went straight back to the Han army.

On the way back to the camp, Lu Ze said with some resentment: "King, is this really the end of this matter?" ”

Although this incident was caused by Kuaiche and Tian Heng, Peng Yue was also kept in the dark, but in any case, Peng Yue's impulse still caused a great loss to the Han army, and after a melee, Lu Ze's 50,000 troops suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, of which more than 2,000 were killed.

"Forget it." Liu Bang sighed, "There is no need to mention this matter again." ”

Liu Bang is actually not happy in his heart, but it is not yet time to settle old accounts with Peng Yue, isn't it? Now that even Xiang Zhuang, a mortal enemy, has not been dealt with, and Han Xin has not been settled, where can he spare his hands to deal with Peng Yue? Liu Bang really wants to attack Peng Yue at this time, but it is really a matter of priority, putting the cart before the horse.

Back at the big tent, the three of them had just sat down, and there was a sudden commotion outside the tent.

Liu Bang asked, "Lu Ze, what's going on, who is making a loud noise outside?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the tent was suddenly opened, and then a young man with a very head and tattered clothes broke in from outside the tent, and saw Liu Bang, Lu Ze and Chen Ping sitting in the tent, the young man quickly knelt on the ground and said miserably: "King, father, Mr. Chen Ping ......."

"Lu Tai?!" Only then did Liu Bang recognize that this young man turned out to be his wife and nephew Lu Tai.

"Tai'er?!" Lu Ze was taken aback and said in disbelief, "How did you get like this?" ”

In the past, Lu Tai was heroic and graceful, but now Lu Tai has his hair in a messy bun, his clothes are broken, and there are even several wounds on his face, and I don't know how to get it?

"Father." Lu Tai said gloomily, "The child lost the tiger prison." ”

"What do you say?" Lu Ze gasped in horror and lost his voice, "The Tiger Prison Pass is lost?!" ”

Liu Bang and Chen Ping also quietly changed color when they heard this, the Tiger Prison Pass is the gateway to Sanchuan County, and if the Tiger Prison Pass is lost, Sanchuan County will have no danger to defend! Moreover, most of the sneak attacks on the Tiger Prison Pass are Chen Xi, if they really want to let Chen Xuan's tens of thousands of rebel soldiers enter Sanchuan County, then Sanchuan County under Lu Ze's rule will be over.

"How so?" Lu Ze said angrily, "Did you disobey your father's orders and did not transfer troops from Luoyang to reinforce the Tiger Pass, so you were attacked by Chen Xi's rebels?" ”

"No, father." Lu Tai hurriedly said, "The child has already transferred 5,000 elite soldiers from Luoyang to defend the Tiger Pass, but who would have thought that when the child was fighting fiercely with the Chen Xi rebels, another rebel army suddenly came out from behind, although this rebel army only had hundreds of people, it was extremely brave, and it actually broke through the West Pass in one fell swoop!" ”

"Another rebel?" Lu Ze said awe-inspiringly, "Could it be Chen Yan's doorman?" ”

"Probably not." Lu Tai shook his head and said, "This rebel army is equipped with flying spears, and the child guesses that it should be the Chu army!" ”

"What did you say?" At this time, Liu Bang also jumped up and shouted, "Tai'er, you just said that the rebels have flying spears?" ”

"Yes, Flying Spear!" Lu Tai nodded, and said, "Moreover, after the child used the bed crossbow to destroy the hundreds of rebels who broke through the pass, there were thousands of rebels swarming in from outside the West Pass, this rebel army is also brave, our soldiers are not opponents at all, and in less than half an hour, the Tiger Prison Pass was ...... and lost."

"Chu Jun?!" Liu Bang Huoran turned his head, stared at Chen Ping deadly, and said awe-inspiringly, "Is it really Chu Jun?" ”

Chen Ping was also shocked, emotionally he would never believe that Chu Jun would suddenly appear in the Tiger Prison Pass, but reason told him that it should be the Chu Army who attacked the Tiger Prison Pass! Chen Xi's rebels had never used flying spears, and besides, apart from the Chu army in Xiangzhuang, what other army in this world could defeat the 8,000 Han troops in the Tiger Prison in half an hour?

But the question is, how did the Chu army get out of Qidi?

Incredible, it's incredible, how did Chu Jun get out?

Liu Bang asked Chen Ping angrily: "Chen Ping, do you have something to say?"

Chen Ping sighed and said in a low voice: "Great King, most of the people who attacked the Tiger Prison Pass from behind were the main force of the Chu army who suddenly got the trace medicine from Qidi, and now it seems that the main force of the Chu army of Xiangzhuang did not enter Qidi from the beginning, and when we were looking for traces of the Chu army in Qidi, Xiang Zhuang took the Chu army into Sanchuan County!" ”

"So, it's really Chu Jun?!" Liu Bang's face turned pale in an instant, and he said miserably, "It's over, it's all over, why did the main force of Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er's Chu army suddenly come out from behind the Tiger Prison Pass?" Speaking of which, the three "counties" and even the Hangu Pass are likely to have been lost, and the widow's Guanzhong is afraid that it will also be in danger! ”

Thinking of this, Liu Bang was so angry that he opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted and fell to the ground.

Liu Bang can't help but be in a hurry, if he really lets Xiang Zhuang occupy Guanzhong, he Liu Bang will become a lost dog, once the news spreads, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbu and others, who will care about him and care about him? When the time comes, let alone ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, I am afraid that it will be impossible to even divide the current princes and kings of one side.

Chen Ping, Lu Ze and Lu Tai hurriedly rushed forward to help Liu Bang up, and Lu Ze hurriedly asked people to summon the wounded doctor, and the wounded doctor applied a few injections on Liu Bang one after another, Liu Bang sighed faintly, and finally woke up, so he grabbed Chen Ping's sleeve and said miserably: "Chen Ping, Chen Ping, how is this good, how is this good?" ”

"Don't panic, Lord." Chen Ping persuaded again and again, "Hangu Pass must not have been lost!" ”

Lu Ze also said: "Yes, the king, although the Tiger Prison Pass has been lost, but the situation in Sanchuan County is still unknown, as for Hangu Pass, there are more Gu Feng generals will guard 5,000 elite soldiers, Gu Feng General is cautious by nature, and according to Xiong Pass, Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yi are no matter how powerful they are, it is impossible for them to become birds and fly over, right?" ”

Liu Bang calmed down, and asked Chen Ping again: "Chen Ping, what do you think?" ”

Chen Ping nodded and replied firmly: "Don't worry, the king must not have lost Hangu Pass yet!" ”

After saying this, Chen Ping said again: "If Hangu Pass has been lost, Xiang Zhuang is afraid that he will already lead troops to attack Xianyang, how can he come to attack Tiger Prison Pass again?" ”

"That's right." When Liu Bang heard this, he was relieved.

Chen Ping said again: "The Chu army's sneak attack on Tiger Prison Pass is mostly to meet Chen Xi's rebels. ”

"It must be so." Lu Ze also said, "Although the Chu army is unstoppable, it is only a few thousand veterans after all, and this way it turned to a vicious battle with Mei Kai in Jianpu, and Yu Ziqi took away another 500 people, and Xiang Zhuang is now at most 3,000 people, with such a small number of troops, it is simply wishful thinking to storm Hangu Pass." ”

"So, Xiang Zhuang hit Chen Xi's rebels with the idea?" Liu Bang frowned, and said: "But Chen Xi's tens of thousands of rebels are simply a rabble, if Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er really annexes these tens of thousands of rebels, it won't be useful at that time, not to mention, I'm afraid it will become a burden to the Chu army, right?" ”

Chen Ping shook his head and said, "The king must not underestimate these tens of thousands of rebels. ”

Lu Ze also said: "Yes, my lord, these tens of thousands of rebels are all selected from the hungry people in Wei. ”

Chen Ping said again: "If under Chen Xi's twilight, these rebels are indeed a rabble, but once they are transferred to Xiang Zhuang's command, Xiang Zhuang will definitely transfer veterans of the Chu army into the rebel army to serve as low-level colonels such as team leaders and tun commanders, so that the combat effectiveness of this rebel army will immediately be reborn." ”

"And weapons and armor." Lu Tai also said, "Huzhuo Pass is lost, the eight thousand elite soldiers on the pass are lost, these weapons and armor have all been owned by the rebels at this moment, if the rebels capture Luoyang again, then the weapons hoarded in the Luoyang arsenal will also belong to the rebels, so that this rebel army is immediately well-equipped elite soldiers." ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Bang, Chen Ping and Lu Zedeng's faces changed.

Chen Ping thought of something and asked Lu Taidao urgently: "Is there a cloud ladder in the Luoyang arsenal?" ”

"There are no ready-made ladders or siege vehicles in the Luoyang arsenal." Lu Tai shook his head, and just when Chen Ping and Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Tai changed his words and continued, "However, the Yang Arsenal and the more than 300 carpenters under him can make ladders and siege vehicles, and even build wells. ”

"Rise" ,..." Chen Ping was awe-inspiring when he heard this, and now it was really troublesome.

Once Xiang Zhuang really controls Chen Xuan's tens of thousands of rebels, then Luoyang will only be lost between the Danjian and the armory roller in the Luoyang arsenal is still secondary, if Xiang Zhuang gets heavy siege equipment such as ladders, siege vehicles, and wells, it is difficult to say whether Gu Feng can hold Hangu Pass, Xiang Zhuang's courage and good fighting, and Wei Yi's old spicy and cunning, are not fake.

At that moment, Chen Ping said to Liu Bang: "King, it seems that we have to prepare for the worst." ”

"What's the worst?" Liu Bang said awe-inspiring when he heard this, "Chen Ping, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chen Ping sighed and said in a low voice: "Hangu Pass is only afraid that it will not be able to stop the Chu army of Xiangzhuang, Xianyang is lost, and it is inevitable that Guanzhong will suffer, and the king must be mentally prepared." ”