"Chu and Han Compete for the Crown"

Xiang Zhuang never expected that Pang Yu would be under the city of Dongou with troops!

More than 20 days ago, when Xiang Zhuang led 20,000 troops into the Lujiang River, Pang Yu also rushed to Bird Injury County (now Yiwu City) with 5,000 elite soldiers.

After Pang Yu led the army to Wuzhi, it rained heavily for three days in a row!

Early in the morning of the fourth day, when Pang Yu went out of the city with more than a dozen personal soldiers to observe the terrain, he saw a group of people helping the old and the young to come in a hurry from the front road.

Pang Yu hurriedly ordered the county commander and the county lieutenant to resettle the refugees.

After settling the victims, Pang Yu ordered five hundred Ruishi to rush to dig the village flooded by the flash flood, hoping to rescue a few survivors, but he never thought that he would really rescue an old man who was buried under the collapsed house, but in the chat, the old man inadvertently said a sentence that touched Pang Yu's nerves.

The old man told Pang Yu that flash floods break out every summer, and roads or bridges are washed away every year, but this is the first time that an entire village has been flooded like this year. "There will be heavy rains in the next few days, and it is best for the Chu army not to go out of the city, so as not to encounter flash floods.

The old man originally wanted to warn Pang Yu, but Pang Yu was moved when he heard it, and immediately sent someone to send the old man back to the county seat, and then braved the rain to inspect the mountains on both sides of the road, and finally found a steep valley fifty miles south of Wusheng City, where the two mountains hug together, and the gallop road passes in the middle, which is the only way for the East Army to go north!

Moreover, under the heavy rain for several days, the mountains on both sides of the valley have become extremely soft, and the slightest external intervention is very likely to break out large-scale mud and rock torrents!

Pang Yu did not hesitate, and immediately sent troops up the mountain to dig embankments and drain the stream, guiding the flow of the two mountain streams to rush the mountains on both sides of the Shabu Chi Road with all their might, and artificially create a mountain flood.

As long as this passage is destroyed, the army of Dongji will inevitably have to reopen a passage from the mountains and ravines, so it is impossible to do it in a few months, but a few months later, the army of Xiangzhuang has already returned to Jiangdong, and at that time, the slave will only have to withdraw to the east in a gloomy manner.

But it's not easy to create a man-made flash flood.

Although there were two days of heavy rain after that, Pang Yu also tried his best to drain and scour the mountain, but the mud and rock flash flood he expected was delayed, and on the third day, the news was sent back that the eastern army was less than fifty miles away from the mountain pass, and Pang Yu had no choice but to give up his efforts to withdraw the black wound.

However, just when Pang Yu had given up, an unexpected surprise came.

The Dongji army did not realize the danger, and went straight through the valley where the water and soil were already extremely soft, and the former army, the Chinese army, and the forbidden army of the slave shook all passed safely, but when it was the turn of the rear army, the mud and stone torrent that Pang Yu had been waiting for for a long time finally roared down, and five thousand soldiers and a large amount of heavy grain were all buried alive at once!

5,000 soldiers died without a fight, tens of thousands of stone army rations and a large amount of baggage were all destroyed, and the 40,000 Dongji army was in a desperate situation, and what was even worse was that the mud and stone torrent had completely washed away the Chidao, and it was impossible for the Dongbei army to retreat to the Dongji country, at least it was impossible before the sky cleared.

The Eastern Army was suddenly hit by a natural disaster, and rumors suddenly spread in the army, and the morale of the army fluctuated.

The ancients of this era believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and it was easy for the Eastern soldiers to associate the mountain flood with the will of heaven.

Although Pang Yu is young, he is talented, and he is full of military books, of course he will not let go of such a great opportunity, immediately drive the troops to cover up, the Eastern Army has already been disheartened, and has no intention of fighting, Pang Yu took the Chu Army to rush to kill, the Eastern Army was defeated like a mountain, and the slave Luo Shao was also shot by Pang Yu in the chaos.

In the first battle, Pang Yu broke Dongou 40,000 with 5,000, beheaded more than 20,000 people, captured thousands alive, and the rest died in the mountains.

After the war, followed by continuous sunny weather, the mudslide blocking the road has also become a dry and hard road, Pang Yu immediately decided, with more than 4,000 elite soldiers in the headquarters plus two thousand people injured, along the gallop to kill the capital of the east country, five days after the rapid march, Pang Yu's army has been defeated under the east of the city! ..., well, well, well, well, well, Huainan army camp.

As he walked away, Yingbu was sighing in the hall.

Seeing the salute, Kui Che asked directly, "Why does the king sigh?" ”

Yingbu didn't answer, but handed a few wooden slips in his hand to Kui Che, Kui Che reached out and took it, and arranged it on the case, only glanced at it and changed slightly, and said awe-inspiringly: "Xiang Zhuang broke Mei Kai?" ”

"And this." Yingbu handed a silk book to Kui Che.

After reading the silk book, Kuaiche's face changed more and more: "Yiyi also let the Linjiang army fall?!"

"Prime Minister, we've got a plan." Yingbu sighed, "Xiang Zhuang is not in Qu'a at all. ”

"This Xiang Zhuang is really cunning." Kuaiche's expression was slightly embarrassed, Xiang Zhuang was not in Qu'a, he had actually guessed it a long time ago, but he didn't tell Yingbu.

Yingbu's expression suddenly became hideous, and he said: "Prime Minister, since Xiang Zhuang is not in Qu'a, now is a good opportunity to enter the army, why don't you use your army to kill the Wujiang River and break the main force of the Chu army stationed in Qu'a with lightning speed?" In this way, even if Xiang Zhuang returned to Jiangdong, he had no soldiers in his hands, so how could he be helpless? ”

Kui Che said: "But the king, the Chu army stationed in Tunqu A has exceeded 70,000 people, although Xiang Zhuang is not there, but he must have left the general to lead the army, and if he wants to break it urgently, it is not easy to talk about it."

Ying said: "Xiang Zhuang can defeat more than 100,000 people in Mei Kai with 20,000 people, which shows that the people he brings are all elite soldiers, so the people stationed in Tunqu'a can only be the strong men of various counties who are temporarily recruited, this is a group of rabble, even if there are 100,000? There are 50,000 elite divisions under the account of the widows, and they can be defeated without much effort! ”

Kui Che said: "If the two armies can't hold each other, Xiang Zhuang suddenly returns to the division ....... ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to come!" Yingbu waved his hand and said loudly, "If nothing else, the 50,000 Dongji army of Nu Yu Shao has now entered the hinterland of Huiji County, and even if Xiang Zhuang returns to Jiangdong, he will only rush to resist the Dongbei army, and he will definitely not take care of Qu'a's side, as well as Liyang, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche, they should also take action." ”

In Kui Che's opinion, Yingbu's biggest enemy should be Han Xin, the king of Qi, not Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, so Kui Che always thought that Huainan should try to make a good alliance with Chu as much as possible to resist the Qi country in the north, otherwise, once the army of Qi went south, Huainan would be in danger!

You must know that Liu Bang had already assigned the East China Sea, Qinshui and Xue County to the Qi State, and Yingbu seized the three counties, although Han Xin didn't say anything, but what he thought in his heart, who knows? Don't look at the fact that there is no movement in the Qi army now, Han Xin even reduced his troops, but that was just to accumulate national strength.

Once the State of Qi recovers its national strength, it will definitely raise troops from the outside world, if the State of Qi raises troops, most of them will not gnaw the hard bone of Peng Yue, the king of Liang, and once the State of Liang is destroyed, the Qi army will directly face the Han army, Han Xin obviously will not do this, then his biggest possibility is to go north to Zhao State or south to Huainan.

In Kuaicher's opinion, it is obviously impossible for Yingbu to resist Han Xin alone, but if he can join forces with Xiang Zhuang, the situation will be different, and it is precisely because of this that Kuaiche will strongly oppose fighting with the Chu State.

However, Kui Che also has to admit that now is indeed a good opportunity to destroy the Chu State!

Xiang Zhuang is not there, and the Chu army is the elite of the army, with the tens of thousands of Chu strong men stationed in Tunqu'a, it is impossible to stop Yingbu's elite army, plus there are slave Shao, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche watching from the side, Chu is really dangerous, even if Xiang Zhuang can quickly rush back to Jiangdong, I am afraid that it will be too late.

Seeing that Kuaiche was silent for a long time, Yingbu said again: "Prime Minister, how is it?" ”

Kuaiche sighed, and just as he was speaking, Ma Ye, the curator in front of the Yingbu tent, suddenly hurriedly walked in, and said in a panic before he could see the ceremony: "King, Jiang Zuo is in a hurry!" ”

Yingbu said in a deep voice: "Speak! ”

Ma Ye shook his head and said: "Jiang Zuo has just sent back the news, Chu general Pang Yu broke the Dongji army with 5,000 soldiers and horses, beheaded more than 20,000 levels, and Dongbei Wang Nu Shao was also shot by Pang Yu, and now, this Pang Yu has done his best to invade the Dongji country, and the Dongou country is about to die!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Kuaiche couldn't help but change slightly.

"Pang Yu?" Yingbu's face also changed greatly, "Why haven't you heard of it?" ”

At this moment, Yingbu was really a little frightened, Xiang Zhuang's account is really full of talents, just a nobody, can defeat the 50,000 Dongji army with 5,000 men and horses? No wonder Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche tossed around Jiujiang for a few months, but they couldn't capture a small Liyang County, but they were afraid that the defenders of the city were also extraordinary.

At that moment, Kuaiche said: "King, the army of the east has been destroyed, Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche have not been able to attack Liyang for a long time, if my Huainan army crosses the river, it will have to face the Chu army alone, Xiang Zhuang has broken Meikai, and it will be back to Jiangdong in half a month at most. ”

Yingbu also fell into hesitation for a while, he didn't expect that the slave Dongji army was defeated by the Chu army so easily, and was defeated by a little-known Chu general, the rapid defeat of the Dongou army disrupted Yingbu's plan at once, and at this time, the Huainan army had to cross the river again, but the risk would be greatly increased. (To be continued)!.