On the galloping road from Fanyi to Yixian, the Chu army was advancing eastward day and night.

When I came, I had to hide my tracks as much as possible, so I could only take the remote path, but when I returned to Jiangdong, I didn't have so many scruples, and I could walk along the galloping road.

However, when they came, there were only 20,000 elites left.

Looking at the marching army of the Chu army, which shrank by nearly half, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but feel a little painful, bringing 20,000 elite soldiers, 5,000 people followed Gao Chu to stay in Lujiang, including more than 1,000 wounded soldiers, and the remaining more than 4,000 people were killed.

Xiang Zhuang can't help but feel distressed, the people who died this time are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, if such a vicious battle comes a few times, the 20,000 elites he brought back to Jiangdong from Jiuyuan, there will be little left, the only thing to be thankful for is that the Hengshan army was finally broken, and the sacrifice of more than 4,000 veterans is not without a price.

"Command the whole army, speed up!" Xiang Zhuang issued a military order again.

The marching speed of the veterans of the Chu army has always been leveraged, and Xiang Zhuang rarely gives urging military orders, but today, he has issued three military orders in a row to speed up the march, no way, Xiang Zhuang is really worried about the battle situation in Jiangdong, especially worried about Xiang Tuo of Qu'a, Wang Yingbu of Huainan, but it is really not easy to provoke.

The names of the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty are not blown out, although Yingbu is at the end, but it is also a famous general, although Xiang Tuo is a rare general among the children of the Xiang family, but compared with Yingbu, it is not enough, not to mention. Yingbu has experienced a hundred battles, and his rich experience in battle formations is completely incomparable to Xiang Tuo.

Moreover, the Chu army assembled in Qu'a was all a strong people, not to mention any military training, and the equipment was poor, and most of the strong men of the Chu army in Xinbei did not even have a piece of cloth armor or an iron weapon, and to put it bluntly, this was a group of rabble. How can it compete with the elite of the Huainan Army of the British Bu?

"The king has an order, speed up the march!"

"The king has an order, speed up the march!"

"The king has an order, speed up the march!"

Xiang Zhuang's order was quickly conveyed, and more than 10,000 Chu troops were exhausted and out of breath. But one by one, they still threw off and strode forward, and under the encouragement of years of iron-blooded battles and military exploits and titles, the spiritual willpower of the soldiers of the Chu army was beyond imagination, and the strength of the march was far from enough to drag them down.

While he was marching, a fast horse suddenly galloped from the front, and the knight on horseback urged the horse to gallop, and at the same time shouted and asked the soldiers of the Chu army who were hurrying on the galloping road: "Where is the king?" Where is the king......"

The officers and soldiers of the Chu army stretched out their hands and pointed to the Chinese army where Xiang Zhuang was located. The knight suddenly whipped on the horse's stock, and came straight to Xiang Zhuang's army, and before Xiang Zhuang approached, the knight had already flown off his horse, and knelt on one knee, and presented a bamboo tube wrapped in yellow silk on both sides, and shouted loudly in his mouth: "King, great victory!" ”

A big victory?! Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but glance at Bai Lixian. They stopped one after another.

Jin Xiang had already strode forward, took the yellow silk package from the messenger's hand, untied the yellow silk, opened the bamboo tube, took out a rolled letter from it and handed it to Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang hurriedly read it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Hahaha, good." Great, this kid Pang Yu broke 40,000 with 5,000 and defeated the Dongou army! ”

After that, Xiang Zhuang handed the letter to Bai Lixian beside him.

Baili Xian also said with emotion: "General Pang Yu really lives up to the king's high expectations." ”

At the beginning, Xiang Zhuang took Pang Yu as his general and led 5,000 troops south to fight against the Dongou army. However, it was unanimously opposed by important civil and military ministers such as Ling Yin Xianghe, General Xiang Tuo, and Wujun County Shoushu Sun Guan, and the Chu army generals such as Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Xiao Kai said strange things behind their backs, and almost no one was optimistic about Pang Yu.

Although Pang Yu was born in a family, and his family education has been full of military books since he was a child, no matter what, he is only a young man less than twenty. Moreover, the Han military still uses the same methods, which shows that Pang Yu is still a little immature, not enough to stand alone.

However, this time, Xiang Zhuang rarely did not compromise, but insisted on entrusting Pang Yu with a heavy responsibility. Now, the iron facts have proved that Xiang Zhuang's insistence is extremely wise, Xiang Zhuang originally only hoped that Pang Yu could delay the Dongou army for three to four months, however, Pang Yu broke the 40,000 Dongou army in one fell swoop with 5,000 elite soldiers, and also took advantage of the weakness to attack the Dongou country.

"Pang Yu, this kid!" Xiang Zhuang slammed the knot and said, "When this battle is over, the widow will personally give him a crown salute!" ”

At this point, among the seven-way coalition army besieging Jiangdong, Mei Kai's Hengshan army and the Dongou army have been defeated, and the Minyue army of Ji Wuzhu is still far away in Fujian.

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Liyang, the siege of the Han army has lasted for a full twenty days!

However, in the first ten days, the Han army basically only besieged but not attacked, although Zhou Yin, Jin She, and Li Zuoche were all Han generals in name, but each of them had their own small abacus, Zhou Yin hoped that Jin She and Li Zuoche could fight with the Chu army to lose both, why didn't Jin She and Li Zuoche want Zhou Yin and the Chu army to fight? Even Jin She and Li Zuoche are inseparable.

However, ten days ago, I don't know what tacit understanding was reached between Zhou Yin, Jin She and Li Zuoche, and began to take turns to mobilize the army to launch an unreserved assault on Liyang City, and Liyang's defensive pressure increased sharply, but fortunately, there were 3,000 elite soldiers stationed in the city, plus nearly 10,000 prisoners on the border, the situation was also dangerous.

Early in the morning, Meng Yan ascended to the top of the city surrounded by his brothers Meng Keng, Meng Qiang and dozens of soldiers.

On the head of the city, there are rolling logs, stones, broken swords, guns, swords, halberds, battlements, horse roads and women's walls, mottled blood stains everywhere, some of the blood stains have dried up, some are still bright red, all of them, all of which show that there has been a continuous outbreak of extremely tragic battles here, obviously, the battle to seize the city has become increasingly hot!

Chu soldiers and prisoners lying all over the place, yesterday the Han army's siege lasted until late at night, until after midnight finally retreated to the camp, after the Han army retreated, the vast majority of soldiers and prisoners fell asleep on the ground, heard the footsteps of Meng Yan and others, they woke up from their sleep, and quickly got up to salute.

"General!"

"General Meng!"

"I've seen the general!"

The veterans of the Chu army and the prisoners of the Huiji got up one after another and saluted one after another.

However, there were very few veterans in the city, and most of them were prisoners.

Looking at Meng Yan's eyes, whether it was a Qin veteran or a Huiji prisoner, all of them showed an undisguised burning color in their eyes, as if, as long as Meng Yan was there, even if the sky fell, they were not afraid, it was not surprising that the Qin veterans had this reaction, but the prisoners from Huiji would also trust Meng Ji so much, but it was really a bit extraordinary.

Meng Yan walked forward, while bowing his head again and again, from time to time slapping the old soldier's shoulder, and punching the prisoner's chest, the prisoner who was beaten by Meng Yan straightened their chests, and their faces instantly showed pride, looking at the expressions on their faces, they longed to die for Meng Yan.

Speaking of which, just a few months ago, these prisoners were still die-hard clan militants.

However, with the collapse of the clan power to which these clan leaders belong, their mentality has also changed, in the final analysis, the vast majority of clan strong men are actually honest farmers, only because of the deep-rooted clan concept, they will be controlled by a very small number of clan leaders, and then become the clan leaders' domestic servants and private soldiers.

However, with the killing of these clan leaders, they were sent to the Jiangbei border by Xiang Zhuang, and their wives and children were also forcibly moved out of their original places by Xiang Zhuang, and the original deep-rooted clan concept was completely disintegrated.

That's why they support Meng Xi so much, because only Meng Yan can take them to defend the city, they can save their lives, and they have the opportunity to return to the migration place to reunite with their wives and children.

After patrolling around the city, Meng Yan finally returned to the north gate.

The veterans and prisoners who were guarding the north gate rushed forward and gathered in front of Meng Xuan. ..., Meng Yan jumped up the battlement, his burning gaze swept over the faces of every prisoner, and said loudly: "Listen, from now on, you will no longer be prisoners!" ”

This is also what Meng Yan promised earlier, as long as Liyang can not lose for ten days under the onslaught of the Han army, he will pardon the identity of all prisoners, and if Liyang can hold on for a month, the families of all prisoners will also be free! Of course, for such a big matter, it is impossible for Meng Yu to be good at it, and he has already obtained Xiang Zhuang's consent.

Many of the prisoners shook their fists fiercely, and they finally ceased to be prisoners.

After a pause, Meng Yan pointed to the veterans of the Chu army beside him, and then shouted: "Like them, from now on, you are also soldiers of the Great Chu State, from now on, as long as you have won military exploits on the battlefield, you can get the title, even if you die in battle, your title can also be inherited by your heirs!" ”

"General Meng is mighty!"

"General Meng is mighty!"

"General Meng is mighty!"

Thousands of prisoners were in a state of agitation and began to shout.

Meng Yan frowned, and then raised his arms and roared: "Great Chu is mighty!" ”

"Great Chu is mighty!" First the soldiers around Meng Yan roared, then the veterans and prisoners nearby, and finally all the veterans and prisoners on the north gate tower roared loudly, and the huge sound pierced the void, even in the Han army camp ten miles away, it was clearly audible. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )