Five days later, the cavalry army drove nearly thousands of miles to approach Pengcheng, the capital of Huainan Kingdom.

Although the marching speed of the Xiao cavalry army is not as good as the notorious Mongolian cavalry in later generations, it is also quite fast, when the wild horse is fleeing for their lives, the remnants of the Chu army have set a record of driving more than 300 miles in a day and night, but that is under the premise of escaping, and it is at the cost of abandoning the soldiers who have fallen behind, and more importantly, this speed cannot last at all.

Looking at the majestic and majestic city not far away, the eyes of a few cavalry officers turned red in an instant, these cavalry officers are veterans of a hundred battles who followed Xiang Zhuang to escape from the Wild Horse Plain, Pengcheng as the capital of the Western Chu State, once brought them good memories, there are even their clansmen there, but now, Pengcheng is the capital of Huainan State.

Seeing that the sky was approaching dusk, Xiang Zhuang gently strangled the black horse, and slowly raised his right hand.

In an instant, dozens of herald cavalry galloped in all directions of the marching army: "The king has an order, the whole army stops advancing and camps on the spot!" ”

The cavalry of the Chu State who were marching forward reined in their horses, then turned over and dismounted, and unloaded a huge canvas bag from their respective mules and horses, the cavalry's canvas bag was much larger than the infantry, and it contained more equipment, in addition to a longbow per person, a horn bow, and four hundred arrows, as well as four sheepskin bags of liquor, and a tent.

These equipment alone are almost two hundred catties (Qin catties), so special mules and horses are needed to carry them.

In fact, this expedition Xiang Zhuang for each cavalry of the Xiao cavalry with three horses, two war horses for taking turns, the remaining one mule and horse for camel baggage, although Xiang Zhuang has decided to go to Qi to burn and kill, but this does not mean that the Xiao cavalry army has no baggage, it is necessary to know that some war materials are difficult to get supplies from Qi, so you must bring enough.

About four or five hundred cavalry cavalry quickly divided into more than a dozen teams and scattered out in all directions, these were scout cavalry, and they shouldered the heavy duty of guard.

The sky finally darkened, and piles of bonfires were soon lit under the night sky, and the unbridled laughter of the soldiers of the Chu army sounded in the firelight, and the soldiers set up tents, and unloaded the saddles of the war horses, and then let the war horses graze on the river beach, and they sat down on the fire, and the whole river beach fell into a hustle and bustle in an instant.

Xiang Zhuang also sat down on the grass, took the wheat cake handed over by Jin Xiang and tore it off, and then chewed it with cold water.

The Chu army has extremely strict military discipline, when not fighting, the higher the title, the higher the status, and the richer and more superior the life you can enjoy, but when you go out on the expedition, the Chu army is equal from the commander to the pawn, and just now Xiang Zhuang is not also a saddle and a tent that he unloaded by himself? Isn't it also wheat cake that you are gnawing on now? Isn't it cold water to drink?

There were four sheepskin bags of liquor in the canvas bag, but it was for the war horses, not for the soldiers.

The war horse of the cavalry of the Chu army belongs to the improved Mongolian horse, which has good adaptability and can eat grass on the spot in peacetime, but after a long-distance rapid march or before the high-intensity charge, the war horse must be fed with refined grain, otherwise the war horse will lose fat, and the refined grain of the war horse is actually the coarse grain of human beings, and the effect is better if it can be mixed with liquor.

The reason why Xiang Zhuang and ordinary soldiers eat dry food and drink cold water together is not only to win people's hearts, but also has a deeper reason, Xiang Zhuang wants to grasp the physical state and psychological condition of the officers and men of the whole army in time through sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, so as to formulate a more correct and targeted battle plan.

After nibbling on half a wheat cake, Baili Xiancai came to Xiang Zhuang out of breath.

Bai Lixian may be the only one with privileges among the 20,000 Chu army soldiers, which is also Xiang Zhuang's special edict, because Bai Lixian is already in his forties, and his body is far inferior to military generals like Bai Limao and You Yuan, Xiang Zhuang was afraid that he would be tired during the long march, so he made a special exception. …,

However, even with the pro-soldiers taking care of him in every possible way, Bai Lixian was really a little unbearable.

"Ziliang, sit here." Xiang Zhuang motioned for Bai Lixian to sit beside him, and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's okay, it's going to hold on." Bai Lixian sat beside Xiang Zhuang, straightened his legs comfortably, and then rubbed his inner thighs while smiling bitterly, "Alas, I haven't ridden a horse for several years, and I won't ride it anymore." ”

"It's the same with widows." Xiang Zhuang smiled bitterly and shook his head, this person is like this, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, when he fled around with thousands of remnants of soldiers before, he didn't feel anything tired and tired, but after more than ten years of pampering and pampering, riding and marching became a chore.

When the two monarchs and ministers were chatting, Hu Yan suddenly stepped forward to report: "King, the minister of Huainan is visiting. ”

"Oh, Catcher? Hurry, hurry, please! After saying this, Xiang Zhuang suddenly stood up again, called Huyan Zhengde, who turned around and wanted to leave, and said, "Wait, it's still the widow to greet you in person, Ziliang, you go with the widow." ”

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In the faint firelight, Kuai Che was looking at the noisy Chu soldiers on the river beach with a complicated expression.

20,000 Xiao cavalry troops poured into Huainan like locusts, although they did not burn and loot, but it was impossible not to alarm the Huainan monarchs and ministers in such a big battle, and it was impossible for the Huainan monarchs and ministers not to worry, seeing that the Chu cavalry was coming straight to Pengcheng, but it was long before the envoys of the Chu State came to inform the Chu army of their intentions, and Yingbu finally couldn't sit still.

What do the cavalry of the State of Chu want to do? Xiang Zhuang: What does he want to do?

At the moment of crisis, Yingbu finally left the harem Spring Garden, and also stayed away from the inseparable wine beauty, while strictly ordering the forbidden army to strengthen the garrison of Pengcheng, while asking Fei Baht to gather the county guards, and let Kuaiche urgently come to the cavalry army to explore Xiang Zhuang's mouth first.

From the body of the Chu army soldiers in front of him, Kui Che really felt a strong oppressive force, yes, it is the oppressive force, they sat or stood, or laughed, or buried themselves in food, or contemplated with their eyebrows, but they all revealed a palpitating momentum, there is no doubt that this is a group of bloodthirsty soldiers eager for war!

Archer couldn't imagine what kind of momentum these guys would have felt when they put on their armor, stepped on their horses, and then screamed forward with their ring-headed knives. But Kuaiche knew that it was this cavalry army that almost broke Han Xin's Chinese army in the last Huainan War, and if Xiang Zhuang personally led the army at that time, maybe Han Xin had been captured by him.

Naturally, a question arose in Kui Che's mind, if one day the Chu State and the Huainan State were at odds, would the Huainan Army be able to stop such a fierce cavalry? Under the dark night sky, Kuai Che shook his head silently, the answer is obviously no, even the most elite Huainan forbidden army is vulnerable in front of this cavalry!

Thinking of the description of Chu after the envoy returned from the envoy to Chu, Kui Che couldn't help but feel stunned.

The ancients said that if a monarch wants to make a difference, in addition to getting the time, he also has to get his fortune, who knows, a strategist wants to make a difference but it is more difficult, in addition to getting the time and his fortune, but also to get his hero! Creation makes people, he has done Han Xin first, Peng Yue next, and Yingbu again, but he has repeatedly failed to be a British master.

A chaotic and hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind him, and when Kui Che looked back, he saw a young man in an ordinary cloth robe striding towards him surrounded by a large group of people.

At that moment, Kui Che stepped forward and took a deep look and said, "Fan Yang Kui Che, see the king." ”

Bai Li Xian, who followed behind Xiang Zhuang, smiled slightly, seeing that Wei Zhi is a necessary quality for every strategist, from the sentence "Fan Yang Kui Che" that Kui Che reported to his family, Bai Li Xian understood a layer of plausible meaning, it seems that Kui Che is not as good as he should in Huainan, this is good news, hehe. ..., Xiang Zhuang took two steps forward to support Kui Che and said with a smile: "Mr. Kui Che, the widow has admired you for a long time, hehe!" ”

"I'm ashamed." Kui Che got up, and then waved in the direction of Pengcheng, and then said, "My lord, I am here on the orders of my king, and I want to ask you what your army wants?" Do you need our country to provide food and grass for your army? ”

Xiang Zhuang turned around and said with a smile: "Sir, this is not a place to talk, and how about going to the widow?" ”

Kuaiche had nothing to do, and said indifferently: "Since the king has an order, how dare he disobey him?" ”

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Pengcheng, the royal palace.

Huainan Wang Yingbu and Zhu Jian, Fei Bao and other civil and military ministers waited until midnight, and never saw Kuaiche return.

Yingbu couldn't help but be a little anxious, looked around at everyone and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you say, will the prime minister have been imprisoned by Xiang Zhuang Xiao'er?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, and there was really a possibility.

Chu Jun's in-depth penetration into Huainan this time was originally very suspicious, if Xiang Zhuang really came to Huainan Kingdom, then Kui Che's visit would be tantamount to throwing himself into a net, how could Xiang Zhuang let him back?

When Yingbu and the ministers were suspicious, the pro-military academy lieutenant Li Ji suddenly stepped inside and reported: "The king, the minister of state has returned. ”

"Oh, the prime minister is back?" Yingbu hurriedly said, "Quick, quickly invite the Minister of State to come to the study." ”

When Kuaiche entered the study, Yingbu, Zhu Jian, Fei Baht and others clearly smelled the strong smell of wine from him, Yingbu frowned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, have you drunk?" At this moment, Yingbu was quite unhappy, he was worried at home, but this guy was drinking and having fun with Xiang Zhuang in the Chu army camp?

Kui Che said without thinking: "Yes, the king of Chu invited, and the ministers did not dare to resign." ”

"Don't dare to quit?" Zhu Jianyin said compassionately, "I'm afraid I don't want to quit, right?" Kuaicher, do you want to hug the thigh of the King of Chu when you see that my Huainan Kingdom is weak and the military strength is weak? ”

"Zhu Jian!" Kui Che said angrily, "You don't want to slander your true appearance!" ”

Zhu Jian was about to starve against each other but was stopped by Yingbu, and then Yingbu asked Kui Che again: "Prime Minister, since you have drunk wine with Xiang Zhuang, you must have had a very happy conversation, what is the intention of the Chu army to come to Pengcheng?" ”

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