Liu Kou turned over and dismounted, strode to Peng Yue's chariot and said quickly: "King, the situation is not right!" ”

Peng Yue jumped out of the chariot and said in a deep voice: "Liu Kou, have you noticed something?" ”

Liu Kou nodded, and said solemnly: "King, in addition to Chen Xuan's rebels, the defenders on the Tiger Prison Pass also have an elite army that has experienced a hundred battles, and the last general suspects that it is likely to be the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang!" ”

The general also said: "King, the last general also feels the same way, if it was just Chen Xuan's rebels, General Liu's front army should have succeeded in seizing the city just now, but in reality, the defenders of Guanshang behaved very calmly, even when the light soldiers were about to ascend to the city, they did not have the slightest panic, this is not the performance that a rabble should have." ”

"No wonder what they just shouted." Peng Yue said: "It seems that it should be the Chu army." ”

Liu Kou said: "King, if it is really the Chu army, our army will not be able to attack, you know the sharp king of the Chu army, although Xiang Zhuang is now only five thousand Chu troops left, but they are defending according to the danger, our army can defeat them, and then capture the Tiger Pass, but the final casualties will be extremely heavy, king." ”

Hu Yu also said: "Yes, the king, the last general suspects that this is likely to be the Han King's plan for the two tigers to compete for food!" ”

"Two tigers competing for food?" Peng Yue frowned, a little unhappy, and said, "King Han is not as unbearable as you think."

"The Great King......" When Liu Kou and Hu Yu wanted to persuade again, Peng Yue raised his hand and said coldly, "You don't have to say more, it's going to be dark today, don't fight anymore, wait for the heavy transport to arrive tomorrow, and then attack the city!" ”

Wells, wells, wells, wells, wells.

While the Liang army and the Chu army fought a bloody battle at the Tiger Prison Pass, the Han army was rushing for time.

Nanyang County, Yingchuan "On the road to Wancheng, Lu Ze's 40,000-strong army was heading south.

The car scales, the horses roared, the road was dusty, due to the long and rapid march, the soldiers of the Han army were all tired and panting, sweating like pulp, and then wrapped in the dust in the air, they all became loess mud figures.

"Father." Lu Tai hit his horse and caught up with Lu Ze, gasping and said, "The soldiers are tired, let's set up camp." ”

"No way!" Lu Ze flatly refused: "How many miles have you only walked?" Want to camp and rest? No, absolutely not, order the whole army, speed up, continue to march, and must rush to Yexian before midnight. After saying this, Lu Ze said murderously, "If you don't arrive within the time limit, don't blame the county guard for turning his face and being ruthless!" ”

"No!" Lu Tai suddenly agreed, and then immediately beat his horse and left, "The county guard has an order, the whole army must speed up, and must rush to Ye County before midnight, and those who violate the order..." ”

White Majin, the 8,000 cavalry army is crossing the river in the twilight.

Although there were no boats or pontoon bridges, the infant cavalry was still able to cross the river with thousands of large skins and hundreds of large urns, and the specific method was to tie four large skins or urns to the four tui of the war horse, and then ride into the river with people, relying on the buoyancy of the skins or large urns, the people and horses will not drown in the water, and then they can calmly paddle across the river.

Due to the insufficient number of skins and large urns, only 800 horsemen could be crossed at a time, and then a small number of cavalry took care of the skins and large urns to return to the east bank, and then the second group of cavalry could continue to cross the river.

When the infant cavalry crossed the river from Baimajin, the coalition of princes gathered in Puyang also parted ways.

Zhang Liang rushed to Rongyang with 100,000 Han troops plus Fu Kuan's 20,000 Qi troops in the starry night, preparing to join Liu Bang, Zang Tu took 5,000 Yan soldiers and 3,000 Bei Raccoon Dog cavalry to Nanpi, and planned to cross the river from Nanpi to the north and return to Yandi, while Wu Rui, the king of Hengshan, and the general Mei Jian led 20,000 Hengshan soldiers south to Yang County and returned to China by way.

Huainan Wang Yingbu listened to Kuaiche's suggestion and went east to kill Benxue County in the starry night.

Yingbu's target is the three counties of Xue County, Sprinkle Water, and Donghai, all of which were originally large counties with large populations, especially Xue County, whose population once exceeded 600,000 households and 2 million people at the end of the Qin Dynasty!

However, Chu and Han contended, and after years of scuffle, Peng Yue led troops into Chu several times, and did his best to burn and kill and plunder in the three counties of Xue County, Sprinkle Water, and Donghai, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of the three counties, and the fields were barren.

Also, these three counties do not have a clear belonging, Liu Bang before convening the princes of all walks of life, he promised Han Xin to attack the East China Sea, sprinkle water and Xue County, and return them to the Qi State, but more than half of the East China Sea County is south of Huaishui, it stands to reason that this half of the East China Sea County should be Yingbu's, and Jiujiang County should also be Yingbu's territory.

But in reality, whether it is Donghai County or Sprinkler County, there are Han troops stationed in it, Sprinkler County guards Ou, and Donghai County Shou Ding Fu is a henchman of Liu Bang, the king of Han, and the two have no intention of handing over the two counties to Han Xin, as for Xue County, most of the cities are still in the hands of the late Chu general Xiang Tuo (the previous article had been beaten into a necklace and was a mistake).

Therefore, Kuaiche's vision is still extremely vicious, Yingbu only needs to take the three groups of Xue County, Sprinkle Water, and the East China Sea, and he will also have the capital to settle down, and if Han Xin comes to ask for these three counties in the future, Yingbu also has something to say, he snatched it from the Chu army and the Han army, not from the Qi army, and the lawsuit has to be fought.

As for Liu Bang, when he returned to Guanzhong this time, it was a matter of whether he could get out.

According to Kuaicher's statement, it will be difficult for Liu Bang to come out of Guanzhong this time, and even if Liu Bang goes out of Guandong again, the first person to bear the brunt is Peng Yue, the king of Liang, not him Yingbu, in the final analysis, Yingbu never thought about competing with Liu Bang for the world, so if Liu Bang leads troops to fight against him Yingbu, it is really hard to say whether Han Xin and Peng Yue will help him.

Well, well, well, well, well, Jing Lu Ze's army is rushing for time, the infant cavalry is rushing for time, Zhang Liang's army is grabbing time, the Yingbu army is grabbing time, and Xiangzhuang's Chu army is racing against time!

In the Luoyang arsenal, the bus truck was carrying 300 carpenters to assemble ladders, wells and siege vehicles overnight.

Outside the city, along the riverside of Luoshui, rows of blacksmith shops have been set up, from Luoyang City and the surrounding township pavilions of nearly a thousand blacksmiths are sweating, overnight making horizontal knives, ring knives, javelins, arrow clusters and other weapons, parked on the riverside ox carts, it is loaded with horizontal knives, ring knives, javelins and arrow clusters that have not yet been opened.

At the west gate of Luoyang, thousands of Han prisoners of war were dismantling the city gate overnight under the supervision of the Chu army.

The enemy tower on the west gate has been completely dismantled, and the bricks on both sides of the city gate have been stripped off, but it will take time to dig out the rammed earth layer on the top of the city gate, which is several feet thick.

Hangu Pass, Gu Feng Xingyuan.

Gu Feng had already clearly felt the nervous smell of the mountain rain and the wind filling the building.

Gu Feng or the name of the worm, a native of Yang County, was a general of Lu Ze, a cautious person, and known for his loyalty, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were in a stalemate in Rongyang, and once made people bring 3,000 gold to bribe the cup of the Jingyi guard, and you made Gu Feng a traitor, but he was sternly rejected by Gu Feng, and the 3,000 gold was also returned to Xiang Yu.

In the sound of hurried footsteps, the general Tang Cheng strode into the line.

Zhu Feng immediately stood up and asked urgently, "Tang Cheng, how is the situation?" ”

Tang Cheng waved his head at Gu Feng and responded, "General, the situation is not right. ”

After saying this, Tang Cheng said again: "The last general led the cavalry team out of the customs for nearly fifty miles, and along the way, he did not encounter a group of caravans, a pawn, but encountered several groups of hungry people, but although these hungry people were in tattered clothes, most of them were strong men, and the last general was afraid of alarming them, so he hurriedly retreated." ”

Gu Feng said in a deep voice: "You mean, there is a problem with these hungry people? ”

"There must be a problem." Tang Chengdao: "Eighty percent of these hungry people are scouts!" ”

"Scouts?" Gu Feng lost his voice and said, "You mean, the merchant travelers and peddlers and pawns from the third county were all intercepted and killed by these scouts of the hungry people?" ”

Tang Chengdao: "That's definitely it." ”

Gu Feng said: "Doesn't this mean that Sanchuan County is likely to have been lost?" ”

Tang Cheng didn't answer, but his expression had already confirmed Gu Feng's guess.

"Could it be the remnants of Xiang Zhuang's Chu army?" This thought that suddenly popped out of Gu Feng's mind startled him, if this is the case, the matter is tricky, and he immediately ordered Tang Chengdao, "Tang Cheng, quickly send a flying horse to Xianyang, ask the Prime Minister for reinforcements, and then move all the fierce fire oil in the arsenal to the city." ”

"No!" Tang Cheng suddenly agreed and took the order.

Luoyang, county guard.

Wei Yi and Wu Shi were discussing in a low voice around the map on the table, while Xiang Zhuang was pacing back and forth rapidly, his face full of anxiety.

Just now, there was a very unfavorable news from the scout team that sealed the Hangu Pass.

A group of Han cavalry suddenly came out of the pass and patrolled nearly fifty miles east along the gallop road, although they finally shrank back, but the behavior of the Chu army scouts to seal the lock is likely to have been leaked, that is to say, the Hangu Pass guards are likely to be aware of it, which is undoubtedly extremely unfavorable for the Chu army!

Because once the Hangu guards find out that the situation is not right, they are likely to ask Xianyang for help!

Although most of the strong men in Guanzhong have been requisitioned, but with Xiao He's ability, it is absolutely not a problem to gather 20,000 or 30,000 old and weak remnants, according to Lu Chan's confession, there were originally 5,000 elite soldiers in Hangu Pass, and if more than 20,000 reinforcements were added, even if they were old and weak remnants, for the Chu army, the consequences would also be catastrophic!

In other words, the Chu army must capture Hangu Pass before the arrival of reinforcements from Guanzhong!

Time time, or time, for Chu Jun, what is most lacking now is time!。