In Shouchun City, Zhou Yin's county guard mansion has now become Xiang Zhuang's general's mansion.

On the screen directly north of the hall, at this moment is hanging the concise version of the "military topographic map" sketched by Xiang Zhuang, of course, in the past few days, Xiang Zhuang has modified the map according to the information provided by the nearby mountain people, at least the mountains and rivers near Shouchun Daze are all marked, and the direction is also ** not far from ten.

Looking at the map near Shouchun, Xiang Zhuang fell into a long contemplation.

Although the first encirclement and suppression of the Han army has been crushed, the strength of the second encirclement and suppression of the Han army will definitely be far better than the first one, not only will there be more troops, but the main general who will lead the troops will definitely be more difficult.

Fire attack can't work, so what about flooding? Xiang Zhuang's heart suddenly moved slightly.

Shouchun is not far to the north is Huaishui, although it is winter, but the amount of water in Huaishui is still abundant, more importantly, Shouchun terrain is obviously low, the location is a low-lying land, touched the bearded chin, Xiang Zhuang's eyes suddenly bloomed a strange coldness, maybe you can really sing a good show of flooding the Han army!

Xiang Zhuang immediately put his head in front of the map and began to assess the feasibility of the flooding strategy.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall, and when he turned around, he saw that Wu Shi and Qin Yu had already walked in together.

Before he could see the salute, Wu Shi hurriedly said: "General, there are many young people who have come to join the army today!" ”

Jiujiang County and even the former Jiujiang State, all belong to the Chu land, so most of the people of Jiujiang are nostalgic for the old Chu, even if Jiujiang County Shou Zhou Yin has rebelled against Chu and surrendered to the Han Dynasty, many heroes and strong people are still towards the Chu State, after the remnants of Xiangzhuang captured Shouchun, there are constantly gentry and wealthy families, young and strong people come to join the army, these days have gathered no less than 2,000 people.

The remnants of 3,000 have now expanded again to an army of 5,000!

This is still the result of Xiang Zhuang's insistence on preferring shortage to abuse, insisting that as long as he is young and strong, if the standard is lowered and all the infirm or older and younger men are conscripted into the army, I am afraid that there are more than 8,000 people now, but even if it is the two thousand young people who are strictly screened, it will not be of much use in a short period of time, at most it can only be strong.

And more soldiers are not necessarily all good things, and more soldiers means that the logistical pressure will increase greatly!

The whole army of more than 5,000 people has to open their mouths to eat, how much food do they have to eat in a day? However, the Chu army is fighting alone at the moment, and there is no solid foundation at all, with the food stored in Shouchun City, it can still cope with it in a short time, once the time is long, Xiang Zhuang should have a headache with the supply of military food.

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and asked Qin Yu again, "Qin Ji, what about you?" ”

Qin Yuzuo reported: "Back to the general, the little girl has recruited more than 100 female soldiers, and they are all strong young women, at least they will not slow down the speed of the army when marching. ”

The recruitment of a female soldier is specially advised by Xiang Zhuang, of course, this is not to solve the sexual needs of the soldiers of the Chu army, after all, there are only about 100 female soldiers, it is impossible to solve the physiological needs of more than 5,000 strong men, this female soldier is to undertake some men's not good chores, such as sewing, such as saving lives and helping the wounded.

Of course, Xiang Zhuang recruited female soldiers mainly to take care of Yu Ji.

Although from this stage, Yu Ji is a burden, but in the future, it is likely to become a big help for Xiang Zhuang to disturb the old Chu department, in the final analysis, after Xiang Yu established himself as the overlord, he did not establish a queen, Yu Ji is only Xiang Yu's song **, not even a concubine, but everyone knows that Yu Ji is Xiang Yu's most beloved woman!

"Very good, General Ben has officially appointed you as the chief of the guard, and these female soldiers will be under your command, and the main task is to protect the safety of Mrs. Yu." Xiang Zhuang directly promoted Yu Ji to Mrs., then turned his head to look at Wu She, and asked, "Sir, has Wei Yi told you anything in the past few days?" ”

"The general almost forgot about it if he didn't mention it." Wu Shi slapped his forehead and said: "Before breaking Fan Xu, Wei Yu once said to Zai Xia that it is not difficult to defeat Fan Xu, but Liu Bang's fierce generals are like clouds and his ministers are like rain, so even if the general defeats Fan Xu, he cannot fundamentally reverse the unfavorable situation faced by the Chu State." ”

"Listen, sir." Xiang Zhuang said with a smile, "With such unique insights and such sharp vision, who believes that he is not Wei Yu?" Sir, do you believe it? ”

"I don't believe it either." Wu Shi also shook his head.

Xiang Zhuang snorted slightly, and said: "It seems that Wei Yi really thinks that our Chu State is hopeless." ”

Wu Shi nodded, the expression on his face became solemn, and he immediately said worriedly: "General, you say, is there really any hope for our Da Chu?" ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent when he heard this, and to be honest, he didn't know if there was still hope for the Chu State.

Today's Chu State looks absolutely exhausted, all the eight counties in Jiangbei have been lost, and the two counties in Jiangdong are only afraid that the situation is precarious, Xiang Yu, who is the spiritual pillar of the Chu army, is afraid that he has been dead for a long time, and then look at the Han Kingdom, Liu Bang's own ability Needless to say, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping are all ruthless, not to mention Han Xin's dead friend!

In short, with the 5,000 remnants under Xiang Zhuang's command, it is even more difficult to revive Dachu than to ascend to the sky!

However, does Xiang Zhuang still have a choice? Surrender can only be to find death, stick to the end or may still fight a way out, in the final analysis, Liu Bang's camp is not monolithic, although Han Xin is currently loyal to Liu Bang, but with Xiang Yu's death, Chu State exists in name only, Han Xin's mood will inevitably change.

All in all, until the last moment, Xiang Zhuang will never give up easily.

Xiang Zhuang's eyes gradually changed from dazed but firm, and finally became extremely resolute, and then said to Wu She: "Sir, as long as we persevere, Da Chu will definitely have hope, on the contrary, if we ourselves lose hope and give up, then Da Chu really has no hope of revival." ”

Wu Shi nodded, as if he understood, but did not seem to understand.

At this time, Jing Qian suddenly broke in and said quickly: "General, woe is wrong!" ”

Xiang Zhuang's heart jumped suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Jing Qian, don't panic, say slowly, what's wrong?" ”

Jing Qian took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "About half an hour ago, the scout team suddenly captured more than a dozen Han army scouts, and brought back a terrible news, saying that the king had been killed by the infant cavalry on the edge of the Wujiang River, and now the news has spread throughout the camp, and all the tribes and songs have been blown up!" ”

Bomb the camp!? A terrible term suddenly floated in Xiang Zhuang's mind.

The so-called bombing of the battalion, also known as the startling battalion, or the battalion roar, generally refers to the abnormal behavior of blindly assembling and blindly howling all the officers and men of the troops without receiving any orders, and even killing each other in serious cases! The bombing of the camp has always been deeply feared by the commanders of all dynasties and generations.

In fact, camp bombings are not common and only occur under certain circumstances.

However, it is a pity that the current Chu army obviously has the conditions to bomb the camp!

The remnants of the Chu army first experienced the defeat of the Xiaxia, and then fled to Shouchun for three hundred miles, the nerves were in a high degree of tension along the way, and the day before yesterday broke Fan Xu, the originally tense nerves were relaxed all of a sudden, Xiang Zhuang's original intention was also to completely relieve the tense nerves of the Chu army through a few days of rest, and then reshape the fighting spirit and cast the soul of the army.

However, unfortunately, the news of Xiang Yu's death spread at this time!

Xiang Yu has always been the living god of the Chu State, and it is the spiritual pillar of the soldiers of the Chu army, and the news of Xiang Yu's death can be imagined how big the spiritual blow to the remnants of the Chu army is, first great sorrow, then great joy, and then great sorrow, even the most determined Predator is afraid and can't stand it, no wonder the five thousand remnants will bomb the camp at once.

These are long words, but they can be done in a blink of an eye in Xiang Zhuang's mind.

When Wu Shi was stunned, Xiang Zhuang had already made a quick decision.

"Jing Qian, you immediately take five hundred personal soldiers to lock the gate of the big camp, without the general's personal order, no one is allowed to step out of the camp half a step, violators of the order - beheaded!"

"Qin Ji, let your female soldiers bring horns and stand by!"

Xiang Zhuang gave an order, Jing Qian and Qin Yu immediately agreed, and immediately took the order.

Xiang Zhuang turned to look at Wu Shi again, and said solemnly: "Sir, follow me to the camp." ”

Wu Shi was just a promise, and Xiang Zhuang came with Wu Shi directly to the Chu army camp.

As the so-called, there is often a turning point behind the crisis, the bombing of the camp is undoubtedly an unprecedented crisis for the Chu army, but at the same time, it is also a great turning point, as long as it is dealt with, the bad news of Xiang Yu's death in battle not only can not destroy the will of the Chu army, but may even completely solve the problem of the Chu army's military spirit and morale!

When Xiang Zhuang arrived at the Chu army camp, he found that the entire camp was completely out of order.

Thousands of Chu soldiers are running back and forth like headless flies, more Chu soldiers are roaring in the sky like beasts, and many Chu soldiers are either stupid and giggling, or hugging their heads and crying, and a very small number of Chu soldiers are taking the opportunity to make trouble, wantonly chasing and killing the robed officials who usually have grudges with them, and the entire camp is in chaos!

Many people looked excited, but their eyes were clearly glazed.

In fact, many people's minds are blank right now, they don't know what they're doing, they're just running on instinct, roaring, slashing, bombing the camp, that's the bombing of the camp!

The only thing to be thankful for is that Xiang Zhuang's 500 personal soldiers did not bomb the camp.

Among these 500 people, nearly 200 people followed Xiang Zhuang all the way out of Jiangdong, and the remaining 300 people were also just screened out from the tribes of Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Zhong Liwu, Xiao Gongjiao, Yu Ziqi and others, whether it was spiritual will or loyalty to Xiang Zhuang and Chu State, they were not picked.

When Xiang Zhuang arrived at the camp, Jing Qian had already blocked the gate with five hundred soldiers, and the rebels attacked the gate several times, all of which made the five hundred soldiers block back, if it weren't for Xiang Zhuang's quick response, Jing Qian's effective execution, once the rebels poured out of the gate, and then wanted to disturb these soldiers back to the camp, it would be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Thankfully, this group of rebels did not flee the camp!

After settling down, Xiang Zhuang looked back at the dozens of female soldiers lined up behind him, and coldly ordered: "Blow the trumpet!" ”

Dozens of female soldiers raised their horns at the same time, and in an instant, the long and low sound of horns rushed into the sky, and in an instant, it spread throughout the entire camp.