At the edge of the dense forest, Gao Chu was leaning against a big tree and napping with his eyes closed.

At this time, it was noon the next day, and the main force of the Chu army had moved in again after resting all night, but the Nufeng battalion stayed for the time being, responsible for the rear.

Suddenly, the sound of a dead branch breaking came into Gao Chu's ears.

Gao Chu's originally closed eyes opened open, only to see the lush forest in front of him, and he couldn't see anything, but at this time, the one who dared to enter the forest would never be the woodcutter hunter, this could only be the scout cavalry of the Han army! Last night, these scout cavalry did not dare to act rashly after suffering a loss, but now, after all, they could not hold back.

In an instant, the iron tire bow had already arrived in Gao Chu's hand, and the two wolf tooth arrows had also been buckled between the bronze finger sleeves.

At the same time, dozens of Fury Blade longbowmen in the vicinity had already heard the sound, so they unloaded their longbows one after another, and drew their feather arrows from their quivers and buckled them to the strings, and in the distance, hundreds of longbowmen came out of the shadows in the woods, and one by one they had already unloaded their longbows from their shoulders.

Soon, the sound of dead branches breaking became more and more frequent.

Vaguely, you can also hear the rustle of horses' hooves on the fallen leaves.

A faint killing intent had silently bloomed from the corner of Gao Chu's mouth, and the next moment, Gao Chu had stood up silently, and at the same time, his hands suddenly exerted force, the five-stone iron tire bow had been fully pulled, and a beam of sunlight suddenly shone down through the shade of the tree, and the arrows of the two wolf's teeth and heavy arrows reflected a palpitating cold flame in an instant.

Ahead, a bush suddenly shook quietly, and then the two cavalry Han army scouts separated from the bushes and appeared in Gao Chu's field of vision, Gao Chu's right hand holding the bow was immediately released, and the two wolf tooth heavy arrows buckled on the string roared out, about 20 steps away, the two cavalry Han army scouts screamed and planted their horses.

These two screams seemed to blow the horn of the attack of the Fufeng battalion, and the next moment, the Fufeng longbowmen pulled their bows and released arrows, and hundreds of wolf's tooth arrows drew a cold trajectory in the forest, shooting densely towards the dense bushes in front, and the next moment, continuous screams and neighing of horses sounded one after another.

Then an angry voice sounded: "There is an ambush, damn it, retreat quickly!" ”

Soon, behind the dense bushes, there was the neighing of horses and the sound of horses' hooves, and the ambushed Han cavalry quickly turned around and fled out of the woods in a hurry.

Gao Chu smiled quietly, put away the iron tire bow and walked behind the big tree.

There was a mount bolted behind the big tree, Gao Chu turned over and stepped forward with an iron bow, and said loudly: "Go!" ”

In the next moment, hundreds of Fury Feng longbowmen also turned on their horses, and followed Gao Chu and swarmed forward into the depths of the dense forest, the purpose of the Fury Feng Battalion's delayed pursuit had been achieved, and it was time to chase after the large army.

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In the evening, the main force of the Chu army smoothly advanced to a small fishing village on the west bank of the river.

Due to the dense forests and sparse population in this area between the east bank of Huanshui and the west bank of the river, the beacon fire wolf smoke that chased the Chu army like a maggot with a bone a few days ago finally disappeared, without the guidance of the beacon fire wolf smoke, it was not so easy for the Han army to bite the tail of the Chu army, so the Chu army's march today seemed quite easy.

The fishermen in the small fishing village have long run out, and now, the reputation of the "Han Army" in Zhao is already extremely bad.

Qin Yu and more than 100 female soldiers have entered the fishing village, they are busy boiling water and cooking, but the 4,000 army can only camp on the river beach, there is no way, the small fishing village can not be stationed with no less than 4,000 troops, fortunately, it is already late May, the weather has already turned ambiguous, and the conditions will never be more bitter than a few months in the Dabie Mountains.

Of course, vigilance was necessary, and the remaining forty or so mounted scouts had all been dispatched.

After settling the army, Xiang Zhuang called Huan Chu and Ji Bu to him again, and ordered: "You two, lead your own troops to collect nearby fishing boats in the east and west directions, the more the better!" ”

"No!" Huan Chu and Ji Bu agreed with a bang, and immediately ordered the people and horses of the headquarters to collect fishing boats.

There was nothing to say all night, and when it was almost dawn the next day, Gao Chu's Nufeng battalion had horses to walk, and finally caught up, and when it was dawn, Huan Chu and Ji Bu, who were sent to collect fishing boats, also came back, and the two led troops to loot dozens of large and small fishing villages within a radius of 100 miles, and grabbed more than 300 large and small boats.

Greeting Xiang Zhuang, Huan Chu arched his hand and said: "General, fortunately, I am not dishonored!" ”

Looking at the more than 300 large and small fishing boats lined up on the river beach, Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "Although it is still less, it is almost enough." ”

Huan Chu said again: "General, do we want a ship?" ”

"To cross the river, of course." Xiang Zhuang said, "Let's go back to Qidi." ”

"Huh?!" Huan Chu, Ji Bu, and Yu Zi period's generals changed their faces greatly.

Back to Qidi? Isn't that having to face Han Xin's army of more than 300,000? Han Xin's soldiers are unmatched, in case they are entangled by the Qi army, it is not a joke.

Xiang Zhuang didn't say anything, just turned around and instructed Gongsun Sui: "Blow the trumpet, assemble the whole army, and prepare to cross the river." ”

"The general has an order, the whole army is assembled and ready to cross the river!" Gongsun then gave an order, and the continuous sound of horns sounded on the river beach, and the soldiers of the Chu army who had rested all night got up one after another and began to line up.

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In the dense forest, tens of thousands of Han troops were trembling and searching forward.

In the evening of the day before yesterday, Zhou Bo and Mei Kai's two armies had crossed Huanshui from Jianpu and were ready to pursue the Chu army, but soon, news came from the front that the cavalry team sent by Mei Kai was ambushed by the Chu army in the dense forest, and after more than half of the dead and wounded, they did not dare to enter the forest to search, so they immediately got the whereabouts of the Chu army.

Until now, the Han army has not found any trace of the Chu army.

However, the elite soldiers of Wang Su, Fu Kuan, Li Shang and Xiahou Ying have already bypassed the upper and lower reaches of Huanshui respectively, preparing to attack the Chu army from the east and west, because between Huanshui and the river is a forest area about more than 100 li wide and about 500 miles long, unless the Chu army crosses the river and enters Qi again, they will definitely fall into the net of the Sixth Route Han army.

As for Qi Di, Zhou Bo and Mei Kai were not worried, King Qi's 300,000 army had already opened their pockets and been waiting for a long time!

It was nearly noon, but there was no trace of the Chu army in the forest, Zhou Bo and Mei Kai had to order the army to rest and prepare to eat, at this moment, the scout cavalry cruising along the Huanshui and the river on both sides of the dense forest suddenly had news, last night, the Chu army sent troops to loot several fishing villages hundreds of miles ahead, and robbed dozens of fishing boats.

"The Chu army snatched the fishing boat?" Mei Wei frowned and asked Zhou Bodao, "What does General Zhou think?" ”

"Of course, the Chu army did not rob the fishing boats for fishing, most of them to cross the river." Zhou Bo groaned for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Could it be that the Chu army really plans to rush into Qidi?" ”

"Hmph, then let's have peace of mind." Mei Wei sneered, "The 500,000 troops of the King of Han, the King of Qi, and the King of Liang have already set up their pockets on the east bank of the river, just waiting for the Chu army to drill into it." "Zhang Liang's four-positive, six-odd, ten-sided net, the weak point is Zhao Di, but the strong point is Qi Di, the Chu army entered Qi Di, but it was really a dead end.

"It's a bit weird, we have to check it out." Zhou Bo still didn't believe it.

"It's fine." Mei Hong also felt that what Zhou Bo said was reasonable, and said immediately, "Then go and take a look." ”

When Zhou Bo and Mei Kai didn't care about resting and eating, they each turned over their horses and ordered 5,000 elite soldiers to go straight to the ransacked small fishing villages on the west bank of the river.

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On the west bank of the river, more than 150 large and small boats are quietly moored on the river beach.

The water surface of the river near here is extremely wide, the narrowest part is more than 20 li, 4,000 Chu troops plus nearly 1,000 horses, it took most of the time to finally cross the river, when it was the last turn, Xiang Zhuang ordered half of the boats to cross the river first, and the remaining half of the boats stayed on the river beach to meet the Nufeng battalion that was sent out to guard.

The Nufeng battalion has not returned for a long time, but Xiang Zhuang and Wei Yi seem to be very leisurely.

Wu Shi was already in a hurry, pacing back and forth anxiously, while complaining: "This high school is usually very neat, why is it so procrastinating today?" It's been more than half an hour, and the Nufeng battalion is riding horses, even more than a hundred miles away, it should almost rush back, why hasn't it arrived yet? ”

"Don't worry, sir." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "I didn't let the Nufeng Battalion come back." ”

"Huh?" Wu Shi was stunned when he heard this, and wondered, "General, why is this?" ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly, and said lightly: "Because the person who saw him off hasn't arrived yet, let's not leave in a hurry." ”

"This ......" Wu Shi couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Xiangzhuang's gourd, and was about to persuade a few more words, when a chaotic sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the distant river beach, and when he looked back hurriedly, he saw that more than 100 "Han horsemen" had already rushed along the river beach and from the west like a whirlwind and clouds.

Wei Yi stroked his long beard under his chin and said with a smile: "General, the person who saw us off has arrived." ”

In less than an instant, more than 100 horsemen of the Nufeng battalion had already rushed to the river beach, and then began to board the boat in a mess.

With a bag of cigarettes, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Yu, Wu She, Xiandeng Battalion, Nufeng Battalion and other last Chu soldiers who crossed the river had slowly sailed into the depths of the river with the sound of rocking oars, and when the fleet was more than a stone's throw away from the west bank of the river, the sound of horses' hooves like a tide came from the river beach on the west side again, and then hundreds of "Han horsemen" had emerged from the river beach.

At first, there were two large banners for hunting in the wind, embroidered with the words "Zhou" and "Mei" respectively.

Xiang Zhuang immediately raised his arms and shouted: "The sons and daughters of the camp who ascended the camp first and the camp of Nufeng, shout with me...... General Zhou Bo and Mei Kai, please stay, don't work far away. ”

"General Zhou Bo and Mei Kai, please stay, don't work far away!"

"General Zhou Bo and Mei Kai, please stay, don't work far away!"

"General Zhou Bo and Mei Kai, please stay, don't work far away!"

More than 500 soldiers of the first camp and the Nufeng camp shouted at the moment, and the huge sound rushed into the sky, and it was clearly audible for more than ten miles on both sides of the river.

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