"Chase, chase the widow!" Xiang Zhuang was furious, pulled out his horizontal knife and roared, "It's only an hour, the Han army can't run far, let the widow catch up, no matter what, you have to intercept the white ink!" With that, Xiang Zhuang pressed the rugged mountain road in front of him with the horizontal knife in his hand, and Pang Yu rushed away with two thousand heavenly wolf guards.

Pang Yu led two thousand heavenly wolf guards to chase forward less than ten miles, and was ambushed by the Han army.

This section of the mountain road where the Chu army was ambushed was extremely steep, the left side was a cliff five or six zhang high, and the right side was a hundred zhang abyss, the Han army was ambushed on the cliff on the left, they just threw down the rolling wood and stones, and completely blocked the entire road.

It took two hours to build more than a dozen huge oars.

After a fierce battle, the Chu army finally defeated the Han army ambushed on the cliff, and finally found that the Han army ambushed on the cliff was only four or five hundred people, but the time has passed for a long time, and Xiang Zhuang, who led the army to arrive, can only look up to the sky and sigh, half a day is enough for the Han army to run out of at least fifty miles, and it will be difficult to catch up.

What's more, there is an ambush by the Han army here, and there is no ambush on the road ahead?

As Xiang Zhuang thought, Bai Mo set up four groups of ambushes on the road, although each group of ambush soldiers was not much, all of them were only four or five hundred people, and they were obviously not elite, but they seriously delayed the pursuit speed of the Chu army, and when Xiang Zhuang took the Chu army out of the Golden Bull Road and stepped on the Hanzhong Plain, it was already late at night.

At this time, Bai Mo's more than 2,000 elite Han troops had already retreated to the Chencang crossing.

At the Chencang crossing, Bai Mo met Xi Juan, the county guard of Hanzhong and Liu Jia, the county guard of Longxi, Xi Juan only had more than 1,000 defeated soldiers, but Liu Jia brought 8,000 Longxi guards, in addition to 2,000 Yue's cavalry, after the three roads met, the strength of the Han army guarding the Chencang crossing has increased to more than 13,000 horsemen.

The next morning, Xiahou Ying rushed to the Chencang Pass with 5,000 cavalry, and at the same time brought Liu Bang's news, knowing that Liu Bang's army had retreated to the Meridian Valley Pass, Bai Mo breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as the Han army can hold the Meridian Valley Pass and the Chencang Pass, the Chu army will take Hanzhong, and it will definitely not threaten Guanzhong!

In another ten days at most, the 500,000 troops of the northern Xiongnu will return to Guanzhong.

At that time, the Han army was able to divide the army into two routes, killing from the Meridian Valley and Chencang Road respectively, and attacking the Chu army in Hanzhong on both sides, if Xiang Zhuang didn't want to be defeated and die, he could only withdraw from Hanzhong!

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Hanzhong County, Nanzheng.

Xi Juan's county guard mansion has now become Xiang Zhuang's temporary residence.

In the Xingyuan Hall, Xiang Zhuang's thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was standing in front of the screen hanging the map of Hanzhong in contemplation.

Behind Xiang Zhuang, there were a large number of Chu army generals such as Baili Xian, Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Jin Xiang, and Huyan, as well as Bashu heroes such as Mrs. Qin and Tang Tong.

Although Hanzhong has been won, Xiang Zhuang is not happy but worried.

According to the intelligence of Ebony Cliff, the Han army has choked the Meridian Valley Pass and the Chencang Road Crossing, this time, the Chu army's strategic goal can not be achieved at all, originally, according to Xiang Zhuang's assumption, the Chu army after attacking Hanzhong, and then take advantage of the situation to cover up, not to seek complete control of the Meridian Valley and Chencang Road, at least to control the southern exit of these two passages!

This time, the Chu army defended according to the danger, and only a small number of troops could hold Hanzhong and Bashu.

However, now, the Chu army has no danger to defend at all, but the Han army can continue to drive into the Hanzhong Plain through the Meridian Valley and Chencang Road, if Xiang Zhuang does not want to give up Hanzhong, he must continuously transfer the army from the country to fight the Han army, which is simply unbearable for the Chu State.

After muttering for a long time, Xiang Zhuang suddenly turned around and asked Qu Bucai: "Old Qu, when will the main force of the Han army of the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu return to Guanzhong?" ”…,

Qu Bucai said: "At most half a month, at least ten days, Zhou Bo's 500,000 troops will return to Guanzhong." ”

Gao Chu, Pang Yu and other generals of the Chu army all changed their faces slightly when they heard this, and in ten days, it was really not easy to attack the Meridian Valley Pass and the Chencang Road Pass successively.

What's more, the Chu army is still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, the Chu army had 50,000 troops when it entered Sichuan, excluding the troops killed in battle and those who stayed in Bashu, now there are only more than 35,000 people left, and what about the Han army? There are more than 40,000 people in Liu Bang's army alone guarding the Meridian Valley Pass, and there are nearly 20,000 people in Baimo and Xiahou Yingbu guarding the Chencang Pass.

Although the two battalions of Tiger Ben and Sky Wolf are brave and unparalleled, but the Han army is defending according to the danger, and the two battalions want to capture the Meridian Valley Pass and the Chencang Road Crossing within ten days, the possibility is really small, and what is even more terrifying is that after ten days of fierce fighting, the Chu army failed to capture the Meridian Valley Pass and the Chen Cang Road Pass, but Zhou Bo's army arrived, and the Chu army should be defeated.

Qu Bucai paused, and said: "However, Lutai's 60,000 hussars have already returned to Xianyang, and it will only take three days at most to be able to gallop to the Meridian Valley Pass or the Chencang Road Pass!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the generals in the hall changed greatly.

According to the information provided by Gen Wumuya, the 60,000 cavalry of Lutai are extremely brave and strong, and even the Hun cavalry rampaging through the grassland is not the opponent of this hussar, if the Chu army can choke the meridian valley and the Chencang crossing, this hussar cannot enter, it is not a big deal, but once this hussar breaks into the Hanzhong Plain, it will be fatal.

"That's it!" Xiang Zhuang sighed and said, "Alas, this Hanzhong County is chicken ribs, don't do it." ”

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang really remembered Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, when he fought for Hanzhong with the Shu army, Cao Cao's feelings were almost the same, right?

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang shouted again: "Gao Chu." ”

Gao Chu took two steps forward and responded: "The end will be." ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "The widow gave you 5,000 Heavenly Wolf Guards plus 20,000 government soldiers, can you hold Bashu?" ”

Gao Chu said proudly: "Yes!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said, "How are you going to keep it?" ”

Gao Chu said without thinking: "Wantonly send Hanzhong Minfu to the Golden Bull Pass, first build a simple fortress, and then build a strong permanent fortress behind the simple fortress!" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded happily and said, "Okay, you go and pick someone." ”

"Whoa!" Gao Chu responded violently, turned around and walked away.

Xiang Zhuang said again: "The rest of the generals, each with their own headquarters, returned to Shu with the widows. ”

Now that he has decided to give up Hanzhong, it will be meaningless to stay in Nanzheng any longer, not to mention, the war between Qichu and Huainan is already on the verge of breaking out, Xiang Zhuang is really a little worried that Jiangdong's nest will be copied by Han Xin, although Bi Shu's art of war is unmatched, but he is still a scholar after all, and he faced Han Xin for the first time when he led the army, and he didn't know if it was his luck or misfortune?

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Huainan capital, Pengcheng.

Yingbu slowly walked up to the north gate under the support of Kuaiche, Zhao Zhen, Zhu Jian and other important civil and military ministers, five days, the army of Qi has been under the city of Pengcheng for five full days, but there has been no movement so far, what is Han Xin waiting for? Could it be that there is a follow-up Qi army to help in the war? Looking at the grounded Qi army tent in the northern suburbs, Yingbu couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

Holding the canopy and looking at the northern suburbs for a moment, Yingbu asked Kui Che: "Prime Minister, when will the reinforcements of the Chu State arrive?" ”

Kui Che said: "The 20,000 cavalry led by the cavalry general Meng Yan of the Chu State have passed through Zhuyi, if nothing else, it should be able to rush to Pengcheng tonight, as for the army of the Chu State, I am afraid it will take three days to arrive, but ......" Speaking of this, Kui Che's voice suddenly stopped, and his face also showed a touch of melancholy.

Yingbu frowned and said, "But what? Prime minister, you should say it quickly. "...,Kui Che sighed: "Alas, I heard that the chief general of the Chu army is not Xiang Zhuang himself, but Bi Shu, the Wei general who Xiang Zhuang has just appointed, a white-faced scholar who has never led troops and has never been on the battlefield. ”

"What did you say?" Yingbu's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "Let a white-faced scholar who has never led troops or been on the battlefield lead the troops?" Isn't this a child's play? Besides, it's not that no one is available in the Chu State, whether it's Zhong Liwu, Yu Ziqi, or Gao Chu and Pang Yu, they are all veterans who have been in a hundred battles, how could Xiang Zhuang make such a decision?! ”

Kuaiche shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This minister doesn't know, maybe Xiang Zhuang has his considerations." ”

"What considerations?" Ying preached, "Handing over hundreds of thousands of troops to a white-faced scholar is just nonsense!" "If this matter has nothing to do with Huainanguo, Yingbu will hide by and watch the joke, but now, the victory or defeat of the Chu army is directly related to whether Huainanguo can escape the catastrophe in front of him, how can Yingbu not be in a hurry?

The general summoned Zhen and said: "King, don't care about the Chu army first, let's think about the Qi army outside the city, it's been five days, but the Qi army still hasn't moved, the minister's heart is furious, Han Xin is like a god with soldiers, and he is full of tricks, don't he stand still on the surface, but secretly he is secretly digging tunnels, right?" ”

"Digging tunnels?" Kui Che shook his head and said, "Probably not." ”

Pengcheng is located at the intersection of valley water, lotus water and Surabaya, and the soil is loose, if the Qi army really plans to dig the tunnel, there is no doubt that he will dig his own grave, not waiting for him to dig the tunnel into the city, the whole tunnel is afraid that it has already collapsed, besides, how can it be so easy to excavate the tunnel, how can he let the Qi army let go?

Zhao Zhen said again: "Why hasn't the Qi army attacked the city yet?" ”

Kuaiche raised his right hand and stretched out his middle finger again, and said: "The army of Qi has not moved so far, there are only two reasons, one is that the baggage equipment has not yet arrived, and the other is that Han Xin probably wants to wait for the reinforcements of the Chu State to arrive, and then finish the battle with one battle, and solve my Huainan army and the reinforcements of the Chu State at the same time. ”

"Solve my Huainan army and Chu reinforcements at the same time?" Yingbu's eyes sharpened, and he said fiercely, "Han Xin has such a big appetite!" ”

As he spoke, a faint muffled thunder sounded extremely abruptly, and Yingbu, Kuaicher, and Zhao Zhen and others instinctively looked up at the sky, but found that the sky above their heads was like a wash, and there was not even a single cloud, where did the thunder come from? Then soon, Yingbu and the others realized something, the cavalry of the Chu State, most of them were the cavalry of the Chu State!

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