"There are two big mountains, and the deep canyon in the middle is the Tiger Leaping Canyon?" Zhou Yaflema stopped, looked up at the majestic mountains in front of him, and let out a heartfelt sigh.

Bai Yan had been here when he was young, and said at the moment: "This is just a mountain pass, the terrain is still wide, go a few miles further, and when you really enter the canyon, the general will really appreciate the danger of the Tiger Leaping Canyon." ”

"Really? Could it be more precipitous than Hanya? Zhou Yafu was suspicious and urged the horse forward.

Bai Yan and Han Ju glanced at each other, and also chased after them, beside the two of them, there was a mighty coalition army, the whole 60,000 coalition troops were divided into three parts, 30,000 Zhao troops walked in the front, 20,000 Han troops in the middle, and 10,000 Han troops walked at the back of the queue.

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On the cliff on the right side of the Tiger Leaping Canyon, Zang Yan was squinting his eyes and looking at a lone peak in front of him.

Suddenly, a huge tree that originally stood on the lonely peak had fallen down, Zang Yan suddenly perked up, turned back to Xiang Zheng, who was leaning on the stone cliff and closed his eyes and said, "Brother, the coalition army is here!" ”

Xiang Zheng slowly opened his eyes and said lazily: "Brother Tibet, the coalition army has just entered the valley, and it is still far away." ”

After about half an hour, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves and footsteps in the canyon ahead, Zang Yan poked his head out of the cliff and looked down, only to see a group of armored soldiers had lined up in more than a dozen columns, swaggering into the canyon, and the military flags waving in the wind were all blue as the background, obviously Zhao Jun.

"At the forefront is Zhao Jun." Zang Yan said hatefully, "What a cunning Zhou Yafu." ”

When Zang Yan was about to order the ambush soldiers not to move lightly, his raised right hand was suddenly lightly pressed by Xiang Zheng.

Zang Yan turned around and hummed puzzled, but Xiang Zheng's lazy eyes already showed a cold color, and he turned around and ordered the herald: "Pass the order." The whole army is ready! ”

"Huh?" Zang Yan exclaimed. asked, "Brother, the Tiger Leaping Canyon is very deep. However, it was not enough to envelop the coalition forces in its entirety, and the most reasonable tactic should be to spare the advance of the coalition forces and wait for the Chinese army to enter the valley before launching an attack. This will cut the coalition forces into three parts, making it difficult to balance the beginning and the end......"

"No, there is no most reasonable, only more suitable." Xiang Zheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Compared with annihilating its army, it is more appropriate for us to completely annihilate its front army. ”

"Why?" Zang Yan was puzzled.

"Because its striker is Zhao Jun." Xiang Zheng said in a deep voice, "This time we will only fight Zhao Jun!" ”

Zang Yan was dumbfounded, he still didn't quite understand Xiang Zheng's intentions. But he didn't say anything more.

In the canyon, the Zhao army, which was marching in formation, did not expect that there were ambushes buried on the cliffs on both sides, and were still marching in a swagger. About half an hour passed. The 30,000 Zhao troops had all entered the Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Xiang Zheng slowly pulled out the horizontal knife, raised the knife and said lightly: "Start attacking." ”

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Zhou Yafu, Bai Yan, and Han Ju were already standing at the entrance of the Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Looking at the gourd-shaped valley in front of you and the cliffs on both sides. Zhou Yafu said sincerely: "In terms of topography alone, this Tiger Leaping Canyon is indeed more steep than Hangu, but in terms of geographical location, it is far inferior to Hangu. "This is also the only passage to Kanto in Hangu Guanzhong, and its strategic position is comparable to this Tiger Leaping Canyon?

Han Ju suddenly raised his horsewhip and pointed at the valley, and said to Bai Yan with a smile: "Brother Bai, if the Chu army plants an ambush in the valley and then attacks it with fire, I'm afraid that all the 30,000 troops you entered the valley will be reduced to ashes." ”

At this time, it is the height of summer, and the area of Langxi County has just experienced continuous exposure, and it is the time when the grass and trees are dry, especially the lush vegetation in the Tiger Leaping Canyon, which is indeed very vulnerable to fire attacks. …,

Bai Yan was taken aback when he heard this, and said with some shock: "Brother Han, don't be joking. ”

Zhou Yafu smiled and said: "Hehe, General Bai doesn't have to worry a little, General Ben just got the flying report from General Li, the coalition army of Xiang Zheng and Zangyan has always cowered in Juxian County and has never gone out, and Gao Lang's army has also been stationed in Lu County, and it is impossible for there to be an ambush of the Hezhong Alliance here." ”

Before the words of "woo woo woo ......" landed, loud horns suddenly sounded on both sides of the canyon.

"It's ...... Where did the trumpet sound come from? Han Ju was suddenly taken aback when he heard this, and Bai Yan's heart was beating wildly, wouldn't it, wouldn't it be so miserable, talking about ambushes, did they really come up with ambushes?

Zhou Yafu was also full of disbelief, this is impossible, how can there really be an ambush here?!

The suspicion of Zhou Yafu and the three did not last long, as soon as the horn sounded, a group of Chu army and Yan army armor soldiers showed hideous figures from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, and then a huge grass ball supported by dead wood and stuffed with hay in the middle was pushed down from the steep mountain beams on both sides of the valley mouth.

A few rockets landed on these huge grass balls, and then these dozens of grass balls burst into flames, under the action of gravity, the huge grass balls rumbled and rolled down, the speed became faster and faster, and the fire became bigger and bigger, and when they were about to roll down to the middle of the valley, they had become dozens of huge fireballs, and the momentum was terrifying.

One of the fireballs went straight to Zhou Yafu and the others, Bai Yan and Han Ju hurriedly hit their horses to dodge, but Zhou Yafu looked straight at the fireball that was whistling down, and he couldn't react for a while.

"General be careful!" A Han army colonel struggled to twist the reins of the horse, and whipped on Zhou Yafu's horse stock, Zhou Yafu's mount was in pain, and suddenly hissed and highlighted the valley mouth, and when the colonel wanted to ride the horse to follow the valley mouth, it was too late, only to hear a bang, the fireball had hit the bottom of the valley, and exploded again.

The sparks that were shining all over the sky filled the entire valley mouth in a moment, including the Han army colonel, dozens of Han soldiers nearby were completely engulfed by the raging fire in an instant, and then in the next moment, more fireballs had rumbled down, and they burst out on the galloping road of the valley mouth, and in an instant, the fire was monstrous.

Zhou Yafu was taken out by the mount for dozens of steps before finally reining in the reins of the horse, and when he looked back, he saw that the entire valley mouth of the Tiger Leaping Canyon had been completely blocked by the hundreds of grass balls pushed down by the Chu army and the Yan army.

Han Ju had palpitations. It was really risky just now. He almost died in this barren mountain and wilderness.

Bai Yan also had palpitations, so he immediately looked up to the sky and wailed, his army. 30,000 Zhao Jun is afraid that it is over!

Zhou Yafu's face was a little blue, but his eyes were a little cold, and he suddenly understood. Everything was understood, and at the moment he screamed and spat blood from the horse's back and fell down.

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Luoyang, the palace of the king of Chu.

The news of the victory of Tiger Leaping Gorge has been transmitted back to Luoyang by the Ebony Cliff Flying Pigeon.

Xiang Zhuang summoned Bi Shu and Bai Lixian, and said to the two of them excitedly: "Learn the sword, Ziliang, the widow now finally knows why you strongly recommended that the prince lead the troops to fight Qi in the first place. After that, Xiang Zhuang said with emotion, "The widow has to admit that for the prince." The widow is really looking away, looking away. ”

Bi Shu smiled and said, "The king is called Aison's heart. Therefore, it is better for the ministers to see clearly. ”

Xiang Zhuang bowed his head. He also said: "If the prince can have such ability, the widow can rest assured that the Chu State will be handed over to him." ”

The three of them were talking. The son of Xiang Zhi suddenly strode in, first swayed towards Xiang Zhuang angrily, and then said: "Father, you treat your sons unfairly. Bi Shu and Bai Lixian looked embarrassed, and they didn't know whether they should get up and avoid it.

Xiang Zhuang didn't mean to avoid suspicion at all, and asked Xiang Zhi with a smile: "Zhi'er, where did my father treat you unfairly?" ”

Xiang Zhi muttered and said: "Father asked the eldest brother to lead the army to attack Qi, and now the eldest brother is fighting in Qidi, not only defeating the Han Zhao Han army, but also seeing that even Jiaodong County is about to arrive, what a great achievement is this?" But isn't it unfair that the father didn't let the child lead the army, and even a small lieutenant didn't let the child be a captain? ”

Before Xiang Zheng led the troops to fight Qi, Xiang Zhi really made a request, asking to serve as a lieutenant and lead a battalion of soldiers to go out with the army, but Xiang Zhuang refused, Xiang Zhuang was also worried that Xiang Zhi would be unruly and unwilling to obey Xiang Zheng's military orders, don't look at the two are blood brothers of the same mother, but Xiang Zhi has always been not very obedient to Xiang Zheng's big brother.

Xiang Zhuang lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "You also want to lead the troops to the battle?" ”

"Yes." Xiang Zhi said without thinking, "The child also wants to lead the troops to the battle." ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "The reason why your eldest brother is qualified to lead the army is because he is the crown prince, for the sake of the future of the Chu State, the father must do his best to cultivate him, because the Great Chu will unify the world, but will also face the threat of the Xiongnu, Yueshi and Donghu and other barbarians, if the king of a country is not military, it is really a disaster for the Great Chu." ”

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang asked again: "You also want to go on the expedition, could it be that you also want to be the prince?" ”

"Uh......" Xiang Zhi was speechless, and then retorted with a stiff neck, "It is the father's business to let the eldest brother be the prince, and the father makes the eldest brother the prince, then the eldest brother is the prince, how can the child have any thoughts?" The child only wants to lead the troops, and if the father thinks that it is inappropriate for the child to lead the troops as the son of the world, the child is willing to give up his identity as the son of the world and only be an ordinary general of the Chu State. ”

Xiang Zhuang's face sank in an instant, staring at Xiang Zhi coldly, but Xiang Zhi was not afraid, he just looked back with his eyes, Xiang Zhuang's face became more and more gloomy, just when Bi Shu and Bai Lixian were worried that he would be angry, Xiang Zhuang's face suddenly turned from gloomy to clear, and then he laughed out loud again.

From Xiang Zhi's clear eyes, Xiang Zhuang saw his obsession with military affairs and his almost Khotanese obsession.

Although this son is a little impatient, but he is a bright and upright man, after Xiang Zheng succeeds to the throne in the future, Xiang Zhi should become his best helper, there is a way that brothers are concentric, and its benefits are gold, Xiang Zheng does need such a brother who can charge forward to help him, instead of him to fight in the east and west, and fight in the south and the north.

"Good boy, father promises you." Xiang Zhuang stepped forward and gently stroked Xiang Zhi's shoulder, and said softly, "Go back and say goodbye to your two queen mothers, and then go straight to Chengdu, from now on you will be the captain of Shu County!" After arriving in Shu County, you must assist Pang Zheng to rectify the Qiang Di soldiers in the west for emergency use. ”

"Whoa!" Xiang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, turned around and hurried away.