There is a valley in the north of Shouchun City, called Baizhang Valley, the valley is verdant with bamboo, there are more than a dozen thatched huts and bamboo huts in the middle, there is quite a paradise atmosphere, Wu Shi guided the carriage to a small stream, and then pointed to a bamboo hut on the other side of the river and said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, that is the bamboo hut where the hermit lives." ”

Xiang Zhuang immediately turned over and dismounted, crossed the wooden bridge over the stream and came to the bamboo house.

There were two old hens pecking in the yard, and a yellow dog was barking at Xiang Zhuang and others across the fence, and soon, a middle-aged man came out of the hall, the man was dressed in a narrow sleeve and a deep coat, and his appearance was dignified, and he couldn't tell his age, maybe fifty years old, maybe sixty or seventy years old, at least from the appearance.

Seeing Xiang Zhuang's entourage of uninvited guests, and even Jing Qian, Gao Junior, and other armor soldiers wearing armor and holding swords, the man did not show much surprise, let alone a trace of panic, but said lightly through the fence: "I don't know that there are distinguished guests coming from afar, the old man has not been far away, rude, rude, hehe......"

Xiang Zhuang took a deep look and said, "Mr. Wei Yi, look up for a long time!" ”

"I'm afraid the general has recognized the wrong person." The man waved his hand, and said with a natural expression, "Old decay is not a captain. ”

After that, the man had already opened the firewood door, Xiang Zhuang strode in, and said, "So, dare to ask Mr. Gao's surname?" ”

The man smiled slightly, and said lightly: "The old man is just a mountain village man, and his surname is not mentioned, if the general is polite, he will call Mr., if he is not polite, he can call him anything." ”

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but be secretly happy when he heard this, but this conversation was not arrogant or humble, and it was enough to see that this man was not an idle person, if he was really a mountain village man, when he saw Jing Qian, Gao Chu and the dozens of armor soldiers accompanying him just now, he was already shocked, how could he talk like now?

At that moment, the man let Xiang Zhuang, Wu She, Jing Qian, and Gao Chu into the bamboo house, and as for the dozens of armor soldiers who accompanied him, they naturally stayed outside.

The guest sat down, Xiang Zhuang said bluntly: "Sir, don't hide it, the next is Xiang Zhuang, the general of the Western Chu State, a few days ago, my hundreds of thousands of Chu troops collapsed in the next battle, and the life and death of the king of my family are also uncertain, and the Chu State is already in great trouble. ”

"The general is serious." The man shook his head and said indifferently, "The old man is a mountain and a wild villager, how can he know about military affairs?" If the general doesn't want to delay the rescue of Chu's great cause, he should leave early and find another good talent. After saying this, the man said, "However, there are 32 chapters of "Wei Xuanzi" that have not been written long ago, and the general wants to take them. ”

After that, the man clapped his hands lightly, and two boys had already carried a basket of bamboo slips into the hall, Xiang Zhuang picked up a volume and unfolded it, which was the 32nd chapter of the military situation of "Wei Xuanzi"! At that moment, Xiang Zhuang covered the scroll and said: "Mr. also said that he is not Wei Yu, you need to know that there are only 31 articles in this "Wei Yuzi", but Mr. has 32 articles here, how can this be explained?" ”

The man stroked his beard and smiled: "The old man is indeed not Wei Yu, but he has an old relationship with Wei Yu, the 32 articles of "Wei Yuzi" were given to the old man by Wei Yu a few years ago, especially the last 32nd article, which has indeed not been handed down, and today the old man will be generous to others and sent it to the general. ”

Xiang Zhuang's brows immediately frowned, he was sure that this old guy was Wei Yu, but people didn't admit it.

As the old saying goes, scholars don't go out, they can know the world, although this old guy lives in seclusion, he must also pay more attention to the general trend of the world, and he also knows most of the difficulties faced by the Chu State.

After a moment of silence, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Sir, do you think that there is no hope for the Chu State?" ”

The man said lightly: "The general's words are serious, the old man is a mountain and a wild villager, how dare he talk about military affairs?" ”

Wu She, who was sitting at the bottom of the house, couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but retort: "I talked with Mr. several times ago about the art of war strategy, and many of Mr. Chen's views are quite unique, and I also admire them very much. ”

The man said lightly: "Mr. doesn't know, those art of war strategies are all from the old man's books, not Lao Yu's own opinions, if Mr. really thinks those opinions are unique, then you might as well learn the 32 articles of "Wei Yuzi", I think you can also gain something." ”

Xiang Zhuang was slightly angry, and when he was about to have a seizure, a personal soldier suddenly walked in with a heavy expression, whispered a few words to Gao Chu, Gao Chu's face suddenly changed greatly, and he immediately stepped forward to Xiang Zhuang and whispered in his ear: "General, scout report, the Han general Fan Hao has already led the army through Quyang County, and it is less than fifty miles away from Shouchun!" ”

"Fan Xu!?" Xiang Zhuang's heart suddenly sank, and he said, "How many troops are there?" ”

"At least three thousand, maybe more!" Gao Chu said in a deep voice, "Moreover, they are all elite soldiers in armor!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, slowly turned his head to stare at the man, and said coldly: "Sir, have you already made up your mind not to admit that you are Wei Yu?" ”

The man smiled bitterly: "The old man is not Wei Yu in the first place, how can you admit it?" ”

"Hmph, then don't blame General Ben for being unkind to you!" Xiang Zhuang snorted and looked back at Jing Qian, "Jing Qian, tie up this old guy and take him away!" ”

"Huh?" Wu Shi hurriedly stopped, "General, you can't do this!" ”

Xiang Zhuang was not moved at all, Jing Qian even ordered two personal soldiers to rush forward like tigers and wolves, and pressed the man to the ground in two strokes, and tied him tightly, the man was obviously very surprised by this, and while struggling hard, he shouted loudly: "Insulting Sven, it's insulting Sven......

"Sven? Lao Tzu was not a scholar in the first place! Take! ”

After that, Xiang Zhuang turned around and left, and the old guy Wei Yu refused to admit it, so he could only forcibly kidnap people.

Although it is rude to do this, but the Han army has been overwhelmed, Xiang Zhuang has no time to learn Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched house, the opportunity is this time, if you miss it, you will miss it, for a soldier like Wei Mi, Xiang Zhuang is absolutely unwilling to miss it, as for whether Wei Mi is willing to give advice for himself, this matter will be talked about later.

Anyway, even if Wei Yu refuses to work for him, he must not be used by Liu Bang, Liu Bang already has Zhang Liang and Chen Ping to assist, plus a Wei Yu, and let people live?

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When Xiang Zhuang returned to Shouchun, Huan Chu, Ji Bu and others were already in a hurry, and the Han army was pressing, but the general didn't know where to run, what is this called?

Seeing Xiang Zhuang, Huan Chu breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "General, you can be counted as back, just now the scout returned, Liu Bang's number one fierce general, Fan Xu, has already led thousands of iron armor to kill Ben Shouchun!" Fan Xu's army must be coming at us, General, how can you fight this battle? Is it to defend the city, or to go out of the city to fight with the Han army? ”

"Defending the city? Field? Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "No, we will abandon the city!" ”

"Huh?"

"Abandon the city?"

"No, it's not easy to win Shouchun, how can you say that if you abandon it, you will abandon it?"

"That is, Shouchun City has a deep ditch, and Fan Xu's army is only three or five thousand ironclad soldiers, so he may not be able to enter the city!"

Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Gongjiao and other generals immediately blew up the nest, although Zhong Liwu didn't say anything, but he was also dissatisfied with Xiang Zhuang's decision, Shouchun is such a strong city, it is a pity to abandon it without a fight.

"Order, the whole army evacuates Shouchun and moves towards the northwest mountains!" Xiang Zhuang was not moved at all.

Field battle with Fan Xu's army? That's looking for death! Not to mention that the thousands of troops led by Fan Xu are all elite soldiers in armor, even if they are only light soldiers or miscellaneous soldiers, the Chu army has no chance of winning, and the remnants of the Chu army have not recovered from the fiasco of the Battle of Qixia at all, the army is discouraged, and the fighting spirit is completely lost, what can you do to fight others?

What's even more terrifying is that if the two armies face each other, the Han army suddenly provokes a human head in the formation, and it is Xiang Yu's human head, what kind of situation will it be at that time? I'm afraid that the remnants of more than 3,000 Chu troops will bomb the camp in an instant! At that time, there was no need for the Han army to fight at all, and the remnants of the Chu army would collapse by themselves.

Stick to Shouchun? That's called sitting and waiting!

Although Shouchun City is a high city and a deep ditch, it is not easy for the Fan Hao army to capture it urgently, but in the same way, it will be difficult for the remnants of the Chu army to break through from Shouchun, and when the time comes, the Fan Hao army only needs to block the four city gates, and the remnants of the more than 3,000 Chu troops will really become a caged bird and a turtle in the urn!

At that time, even if Fan Xu's army couldn't defeat Shouchun, wasn't there still Zhou Yin's 50,000 rebels?

Even if Zhou Yin's 50,000 rebels can't enter Shouchun, isn't there still Liu Bang's 200,000 army? Could it be that the remnants of the 3,000 Chu army could really boil Liu Bang's 200,000 army in one pot in Shouchun?

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to go head-to-head with Fan Xu's army, and the only chance for the Chu army is to outwit!

Although Fan Xu is the number one fierce general under Liu Bang, and the second fierce general second only to Xiang Yu in the entire Chu and Han dynasties, he is basically a brave and unscrupulous horseman, and it should not be difficult to break him with a trick.

Huan Chu and Ji Bu wanted to persuade again, but Xiang Zhuang said coldly: "Violators...... Chop! ”

Huan Chu and Ji Bu were silent, and immediately said at the same time as Zhong Liwu and Xiao Gongjiao: "No! ”

Although Huan Chu and others are still unconvinced, Xiang Zhuang's prestige has been initially established through the Battle of Shouchun, and when Xiang Bo was killed before, Xiang Zhuang's ruthlessness is impressive, so as long as it is not a matter of life and death for the Chu army, no one dares to challenge Xiang Zhuang's prestige.

As soon as the order was issued, more than 2,000 remnants of the Chu army quickly withdrew from Shouchun City, as early as before, Yu Zi had already led more than 500 remnants of the army to leave Shouchun, and at the same time that Yu Zi led his troops to leave, he also smuggled the grain hoarded in the city out of the city, which should have been transferred into the deep mountains and old forests in the northwest.