Chapter 16: Waiting for the Net
When Fan Xu's army and the remnants of Zhou Ji entered the outside of Shouchun City, it was already evening.
The remnants of Zhou Ji were met on the way to Quyang, and needless to say, they were taken in by Fan Xu on the spot.
Seeing that the four doors of Shouchun were wide open, and there was not even a figure outside the city, Fan Hao was a little puzzled, so he said to the rebel general Zhou Ji who accompanied him: "Zhou Qi, you take someone in to see, what's going on?" ”
Zhou Zhi did not dare to disobey Fan Xu's order, so he had to order hundreds of remnants of his troops to enter the city.
After entering the city, Zhou Ji found that the entire Shouchun was empty, not only did the people run away, but even the large amount of ordnance and food hoarded in the city were gone, Zhou Ji couldn't help but feel bitter when he saw it, these ordnance and food were prepared for the 50,000 army under the wall, and now a guy is gone, and his uncle Zhou Yin can spare him if he knows?
Out of the city, Zhou Ji still had to give Fan Hao a smile, and said with a flattering face: "General, the Chu army has abandoned the city and fled when I heard that you led the army here. ”
"Haha, these lost dogs are running fast." Fan Xu laughed twice, then looked back behind him and said, "Order, the army will enter the city and camp, and have a full meal tonight, and it will not be too late to enter tomorrow to suppress the Chu army." After that, Fan Hao said to Zhou Ji again, "Zhou Ji, the grain, grass, wine and food needed by the army will be handed over to you to solve." ”
How dare Zhou Ji refuse, and said with a bitter face at the moment: "No." ”
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Xiang Zhuang pressed the hilt of his sword and stood solemnly on a cliff in the wind.
Behind Xiang Zhuang, there were generals such as Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, and Wu She, as well as Wei Yu, who looked gloomy, although this old guy still refused to admit it, but Xiang Zhuang had already identified him as Wei Yu.
Under the cliff, there is a desperate valley, the terrain in the valley is flat, but it is overgrown with artemisia grass.
Xiang Zhuang pointed to the valley under his feet, and said lightly: "This is it, this is the burial place of Fan Xu's army!" ”
Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, Xiao Gongjiao and other generals looked at each other, and they didn't know where Xiang Zhuang's confidence came from? Wu Shi also shook his head secretly, only Wei Yi's eyebrows frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xiang Zhuang suddenly turned around, looked at Wei Yu and asked, "Sir, how should this battle be fought?" ”
Wei Yi rolled his eyes, ignored Xiang Zhuang at all, Xiang Zhuang was not angry, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. is still angry about the morning's incident, and it is okay, General Ben will make amends to Mr. You are in a hurry, the so-called matter is urgent, and General Ben is also forced to be helpless, I hope Mr. will forgive me." After that, Xiang Zhuang really knelt down on one knee towards Wei Yu.
Seeing this, the generals of Huan Chu were all moved, and replaced them with the arrogant Xiang Yu, which was absolutely impossible to do.
Wei Yu was expressionless, but he turned around and avoided Xiang Zhuang's bowing salute, and said lightly: "The old man is a mountain and wild village man, and he can't afford such a big gift from the general." ”
Xiang Zhuang was still not angry, he got up casually at the moment, and said: "Since Mr. refuses to teach, then forget it, although Fan Xu is brave and good at fighting, he is just a brave and unscrupulous horseman, although the general is only 3,000 defeated soldiers, but he can also destroy him in the middle of the hand!" ”
After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Zhong Li listens to the order!" ”
"The last general!"
"Led 800 troops to ambush in the dense forest north of Shouchun City, but when he saw the beacon fire in the mountains, he took advantage of the weakness to attack Shouchun! Don't worry about the defenders in the city, this general has set up an ambush in the city, and he will open the city gate and receive your troops into the city! ”
"No!"
"Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao!"
"The last general!"
"Each rate 500 people, ambush on the road, when Fan Xu's army comes, ignore it, just let them go, and when they are defeated and flee, they will be intercepted and killed along the way!"
"No!"
"Yuzi Period!"
"The last general!"
"Lead 500 people to prepare more dry firewood, dead leaves, sulfur, fire and other fire-causing things in the valley, remember, you must be more camouflaged, don't be too easy to be recognized, and wait for Fan Xu's army to enter the valley, and then set fire to the valley!"
"No!"
"Gao Chu!"
"The villain is here!"
"Lead fifty sharp soldiers to be responsible for answering on this cliff, and wait for Fan Xu's army to enter the valley, and then raise the fire as a number! And don't forget to pack a big hanging basket! ”
"No!"
"Jing Qian!"
"The villain is here!"
"Lead two hundred elite soldiers, wait for tomorrow, and lure the enemy outside the mountain with General Ben!"
"No!"
Xiang Zhuang waved his hand again, and the generals turned around and left, and then they each picked up their soldiers and left.
Xiang Zhuang walked in front of Wei Yu and said lightly: "Mr. Wei Yu, this general is so arranged, I don't know if he can break the Fan Hao army?" ”
Wei Yi looked up to the sky, but still ignored Xiang Zhuang.
"It seems that the gentleman's temper is not small." Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and said, "But it doesn't matter, General Ben can wait, one day, Mr. will give advice to the Chu army, hehe." ”
After that, Xiang Zhuang went straight away, leaving only Wei Yu and Wu She.
After a long time, Wu Shecai said in disbelief: "Sir, can the general's arrangement really break through Fan's army?" ”
"Naturally, it's broken." In front of Wu She, Wei Yu did not continue to remain silent, and said at the moment, "However, what if you defeat Fan Xu's army? Now that the foundation of the Chu State has been lost, there are only 3,000 left of the hundreds of thousands of troops, but the Han State is like a cloud of advisers, fierce generals are like rain, and there are millions of soldiers, and there is almost no hope for the revival of the Chu State. ”
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The next day, early in the morning, the city sounded the sound of horns.
Fan Hao left hundreds of remnants of Zhou to defend the city, and he picked up the army and went out of the city, and then went straight to the northwest mountains along the main road, just half a quarter of an hour ago, the scouts had just returned, and found the marching stove left by the Chu army in the northwest mountains, obviously, the Chu army rout who fled from Shouchun had fled into the mountains.
In less than half an hour of marching, Fan Xu's army arrived at the spot discovered by the scouts.
Carefully counted the number of stoves left by the Chu army, Fan Xu found that the Chu army was less than two thousand, obviously, in this way of fleeing, the Chu army's desertion phenomenon has never been broken, the day before yesterday morning, when the Chu army was first discovered, there were more than four thousand, it was only two days, and there were only two thousand left.
The army pursued forward for another twenty miles, and found the stove of the Chu army.
This time there are fewer stoves found, judging from the number of stoves, there are only more than 1,000 people left in the rout of the Chu army, obviously, I heard that the Han army chased and killed, and the desertion phenomenon of the Chu army's rout was more serious, Fan Xu couldn't help but be a little anxious, according to this situation, when they caught up with the Chu army, it was likely that there would only be a few hundred heads left.
Fan Xu touched one of the stoves, but unexpectedly found that the ashes were still warm, and he was overjoyed at the moment: "Ha, the ashes are still warm, this must have been left by the Chu army in the morning, they are not far ahead, the order will go down, the whole army will speed up the march, catch up, kill them, hahaha......"
Fan gave an order, and the Han army immediately accelerated its march.
Chased forward for less than thirty miles, when the sky was close to noon, there was a sudden smoke behind the mountains in front of them, and the soldiers of the Han army, who had been chasing with dry mouths, suddenly looked uplifted, and rushed up the mountains one by one with a shout, looking down from the mountains, sure enough, there were three or five hundred Chu army routs who were burying pots and cooking on the back of the mountain.
Seeing the chasing soldiers of the Han army suddenly appearing on the mountain, the Chu army immediately blew up the nest, threw down the pot stove and ran away.
A general of the Chu army, who was wearing armor and a tiger skin, ran a few steps, and suddenly turned around and turned back, shouting in panic: "Where is the jade seal? Where's my Qin King Jade Seal!? ”
Fan Xu, who was chasing down the mountain with the army, heard it from afar, and was immediately overjoyed.
The reason why Liu Bang sent Fan Hao to lead the army this time was mainly for the sake of King Qin Yuxi!
After the infant cavalry killed Xiang Yu by the Wujiang River, they did not find the Qin Wang Yuxi, and even Xiang Yu's inseparable black horse and the beauty Yu Ji were not found, so Liu Bang suspected that the Qin Wang Yuxi was probably no longer by Xiang Yu's side, but was taken away by the remnants of the Chu army who did not know where to hide in advance.
How important Qin Wang Yuxi is to Liu Bang, there is no need to say more.
To put it seriously, if Liu Bang can't get the jade seal, he won't even be able to ascend the throne and become the emperor!
Therefore, as soon as the remnants of the Chu army were discovered, Liu Bang immediately sent his closest confidant Fan Hao to lead 3,000 elite soldiers to chase and kill, and also specially sent Zhang Liang to the Qi army camp to prevent Han Xin from sending troops to chase and kill, because Liu Bang was worried that the Qin King Yuxi would fall into the hands of Han Xin.
When Fan was overjoyed, a junior colonel of the Chu Army at the foot of the mountain suddenly shouted excitedly: "General, I have found it, I have found the jade seal, I have found the jade seal of the King of Qin!" After that, the junior colonel of the Chu army handed over a brocade box to the general of the Chu army who was wearing armor and wearing a tiger skin, and the general of the Chu army took the brocade box, turned around and ran.
"It's all for Lao Tzu!" Fan Xu drew his sword and pointed at the general of the Chu army who was fleeing in embarrassment at the bottom of the mountain, and shouted, "That guy in a tiger's skin is the general of the Chu State, don't let him run away!" ”
"The general has an order, capture the general of Chu alive, and capture the tiger skin alive!"
"The general has an order, capture the general of Chu alive, and capture the tiger skin alive!"
"The general has an order, capture the general of Chu alive, and capture the tiger skin alive!"
The soldiers of the Han army, who were charging down all over the mountains, suddenly shouted like a tsunami.
The general of the Chu army, who was fleeing in embarrassment on the mountain road ahead, was suddenly very anxious, and the tiger skin on his body hooked the thorns on the side of the road several times, seriously hindering his escape speed, so he simply cut off the big sword with a horizontal sword.
Fan Hao saw it from afar, and shouted again in a hurry: "The one wearing the black iron armor is the general of the Chu State!" ”
"The general has an order, and the one wearing black iron armor is the general of the Chu State! Capture the Black Iron Armor alive! ”
"The general has an order, and the one wearing black iron armor is the general of the Chu State! Capture the Black Iron Armor alive! ”
"The general has an order, and the one wearing black iron armor is the general of the Chu State! Capture the Black Iron Armor alive! ”
The soldiers of the Han Army, who were chasing after each other, responded three times again, and the momentum was monstrous.
The general of the Chu army, who was fleeing in embarrassment, saw that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, and the pursuers of the Han army believed that the black iron armor on his body was always untenable, so in a hurry, he simply took off the armor with the help of his own soldiers, and only wore a light robe and ran wildly.
Fan Xu, who was chasing after him, was reluctant to give up, and immediately roared loudly again: "The one wearing the white robe is the general of the Chu State, don't leave the white robe!" ”
"The general has an order, the one wearing the white robe is the general of the Chu State, don't leave the white robe!"
"The general has an order, the one wearing the white robe is the general of the Chu State, don't leave the white robe!"
"The general has an order, the one wearing the white robe is the general of the Chu State, don't leave the white robe!"
The Han army soldiers who were chasing after each other responded three times again, and the Chu army rout who fled in front saw that they could not get rid of the pursuers, and finally realized that something was wrong, so they left the Chu army generals and fled in all directions, and the Han army pursuers did not pay attention to these routs at all, but chased the Chu army generals in white robes and chased them all the way into the valley.
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