After a night of silence, the remnants of the Chu army were finally able to sleep.

Early the next morning, the scout team sent out also followed the road signs left by the Chu army to converge, and also brought back the news about the coalition forces of various countries, yesterday afternoon, the Han army and the coalition forces of various countries have indeed withdrawn their troops, and before leaving, they also burned the mountains on a large scale, and now the surrounding mountains are almost all burned into bare barren mountains.

Before the start of the race, the last scout team also rushed back, and brought a man with them.

This is an unkempt, tattered young man, and it is likely that he has not eaten a full meal for a long time, the whole person looks yellow and thin, and his eyes are gloomy, but when he saw Xiang Zhuang, his eyes immediately lit up, and he knelt down again, and immediately howled and cried: "Third general, I can be regarded as looking for you, woo woo woo ......"

"Are you...... Xiao Kai!? "Xiang Zhuang finally recognized this young man!

Xiao Kai is the nephew of the late general Xiao Gongjiao, before the Chu and Han divide the chasm, Xiang Yu had already felt that the Chu army was insufficient, and the military food was even more severe and scarce, so he sent the general Chen Ying, as well as Xiang Guan and Xiang Han among the children of the Xiang family to return to Jiangdong to raise troops and raise food, and Xiao Kai also returned to Jiangdong with Chen Ying at this time.

"Hmm!" Xiao Kai nodded, and said with red eyes, "Third general, Jiangdong ......"

"Shh Xiang Zhuang hurriedly instructed Xiao Kai to silence, and then retreated everyone, including Jing Qian and Gao Chu, who were also driven dozens of steps away, although all the remnants of the Chu army could imagine that Jiangdong was most likely unsafe, but they could think of knowing the truth with them, which were completely different things, and it was better not to let them know the truth now.

Xiang Zhuang untied his dry food bag and water jug and handed them to Xiao Kai, saying, "Xiao Kai, you talk while eating." ”

Xiao Kai seemed to be really hungry, and when he saw the bag of dry food, his eyes glowed green, and he snatched it away, grabbed a handful of fried mushrooms from the bag and chewed it violently, until he finished eating half a bag of dry food, Xiao Kai drank half a can of water in a bamboo can, and finally stroked his chest and said: "Third general, Jiangdong is finished." ”

Xiang Zhuang's heart sank, and he said in a low voice: "Xiao Kai, don't panic, you speak slowly." ”

Xiao Kai nodded, and said: "Half a year ago, the villain returned to Jiangdong with Chen Ying, Xiang Guan, and Xiang Han, three generals, to assist in recruiting troops and raising grain and grass, in just a few months, the three generals have raised 50,000 elite soldiers, plus a large number of military rations. ”

"Then, the 5,000 cavalry crossed the Wujiang River, and General Xiang Han was defeated by the infant at Moling."

"A few days later, Zhou Bo also crossed the Wujiang River with an army of 20,000, Chen Ying and Xiang Guan, two generals, did their best to fight against Jiangdong, but even Dantu and Qu A were defeated again and again, and the 40,000 army was almost lost by more than half, and now, Zhou Bo's army has almost swept the entire Jiangdong, and most of the more than 20 counties north of Zhejiang (the ancient name of the Qiantang River) have been lost!"

"So, what about the two generals, Chen Ying and Xiang Guan? Was he killed in battle, or did he lead the army in? ”

"The villain heard that the two generals, Chen Ying and Xiang Guan, were not killed, but only went to Qiantang with 20,000 remnants."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, so that at least half of Huiji County was not lost, and then asked, "What about Xiang Han?" And how did you come here? ”

Xiao Kai said: "The villain followed General Xiang Han in Moling after the defeat to the baby, then retreated to Danyang County, the baby rate of five thousand cavalry in hot pursuit, the Danyang County was surrounded by wind and rain, more than half a month later, the city food was eaten up, we were at a loss, the baby cavalry outside the city suddenly retreated!" ”

After saying this, Xiao Kai said again: "Later, after many inquiries, we finally learned that it was the three generals who successively broke the two armies of Fan Hao and Li Zuoche in Shouchun, which caused panic among the coalition forces, so the cavalry of the infant was recalled to Jiangbei, so General Xiang Han decided to lead the army across the river to the north to join the three generals. ”

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang said hurriedly, "How many troops does Xiang Han still have, and where are they now?" ”

Xiao Kai's expression darkened, and he said miserably: "When we crossed the river to the north, we still had more than 4,000 people, but because we didn't have anything to eat, we ran and died along the way, and now there are only more than 2,000 people left. ”

"Already in Anfeng County?" Xiang Zhuang said happily, "So, it's less than two hundred miles away from here!" ”

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang said: "In a few days, the Han army and the coalition forces of various countries will divide their troops and trap Dabie Mountain, and it will be difficult for you to enter the mountain to join us at that time, so you go back now, tell Xiang Han, let him immediately lead the army into the mountain, and come to join my army as soon as possible, and I will be safe to meet the waiting team along the way." ”

"No!" Xiao Kai shook his head, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait." Xiang Zhuang stopped Xiao Kai again, beckoned Jing Qian and Gao Chu, untied the dry food bags on the two of them and handed them to Xiao Kai, and said, "You take these dry foods, remember, you must be careful on the road!" ”

"Thank you, General San!" Xiao Kai was not polite, reached out and took the two bags of dry food, and thanked him again.

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, but Gao Chu couldn't help but prompt: "It's not the third general, now it's the general!" ”

"Uh, yes." Xiao Kai scratched his head, and said with some embarrassment, "On the way here, the villain has already heard that the king has appointed the three generals as the generals of Chu before his death, and the villain lost his words for a while, and asked the general to forgive his sins." ”

"It's okay, let's go." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, and Xiao Kai took the order.

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Two days later, Liu Bang's army successfully left the mountain.

Riding on horseback and looking back, the vast mountain has already burst into flames, pushing the billowing smoke upward, almost covering half of the sky, and Xiahou Ying is still setting fire around with more than 100 teams of scouts, Liu Bang believes that this fire will not burn the entire Dabie Mountain, but the surrounding mountains will definitely be burned bald.

Because Shouchun has been flooded, unable to garrison the army, so Liu Bang did not go out of the mountain along the original road, but all the way north out of the mountain, straight to Ruyin, Ruyin is located in the plain, and close to the chasm, the grain transported from Aocang can go directly to Ruyin by waterway, unlike before, it has to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to transport into the mountain.

At the same time, Liu Bang ordered Li Zuoche, Li Shang, and Jin She to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to defend Quyang to the east of the mountain, six counties to the south and Anfeng to the southwest.

Liu Bang believed that after Li Zuoche, Jin She, Li Shang and others underestimated the enemy and suffered a big loss from Xiang Zhuang, they would definitely redouble their vigilance in the future, and Xiang Zhuang would be afraid that it would be difficult for Xiang Zhuang to use tricks and tricks to break their army.

As a result, if the remnants of the Chu army wanted to escape, they could only go west over the deep mountains and old forests.

Of course, Liu Bang was never worried that the remnants of the Chu army would really flee over the mountains into the Hengshan country, and if the Chu army really wanted to do this, Liu Bang really couldn't ask for it.

As for the armies of Han Xin, Peng Yue, Yingbu, Zhang Er, Han Wang Han Xin and other princes, they were naturally all left in Ruyin by Liu Bang, after the previous battle of Dabie Mountain, Liu Bang became more and more uneasy about these princes, especially Peng Yue, who actually listened to Fan Yang Kuaiche's greedy words, and only sent only 3,000 reinforcements, which is really hateful!

But hate is hate, but now Liu Bang still has to endure it, and he can't be in a hurry.

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In the evening of the same day, the exhausted remnants of the Chu army also returned to the old camp deep in the mountains.

Wei Yu, who had already received the news, had already taken people to wait outside the gate of the old camp, and Huan Chu, Ji Bu and more than 100 of their own soldiers went out to greet them, and the two returned to the camp after completing the task of luring the enemy, which was also Xiang Zhuang's arrangement.

Qin Yu's more than 100 female soldiers, as well as more than 5,000 women and children, have also cooked hot rice, cooked hot dishes, and boiled hot bath water, just waiting for the men to return triumphantly.

Wei Yu gave Xiang Zhuang a long look, and said solemnly: "General, please accept the old decay!" ”

Xiang Zhuang hurriedly stepped forward to help Wei Yu up, and said, "Strategist, what are you doing here?" ”

"It's nothing, the old decay is just stirring in the chest, and it is tinged." Wei Yi waved his hand and said, "Since ancient times, there have been only two factions in the military family, one is the brave fighting faction, with the late Xiang Wang as the leader among them, and the other is the fighting faction, with the ancient Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin and Bai Qi, and now Zhang Liang and Han Xin are among the leaders. ”

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but nod when he heard this, Wei Yu's words are not bad, not to mention that before the Han Dynasty, that is, after the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are very few soldiers in Chinese history who can have both the essence of fighting bravely and seeking war, and there are peerless heroes such as Xiang Yu and Ran Min in brave battles, and Chen Qingzhi and Huo Qubing are in battle, but there is only one soldier who can really be called the essence of both factions, but there is only one soldier saint Yue Fei!

"Now, however, ......," said Wei Yi, after a pause, "the general seems to have the essence of both factions!" ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled faintly, he was naturally proud to be able to get such a high evaluation from Wei Yu, and since Mustang Yuan was in charge of the army, his performance in this series of tough battles was indeed impeccable! Although when he killed Fan Hao in the middle, he took advantage of the stirrup and was suspected of being opportunistic, but no matter what, these achievements are real!

Let's ask, how many people can lead 3,000 defeated soldiers with scattered military spirit and no fighting spirit, but escape by running 300 miles in one day and night? When the news of Xiang Yu's defeat spread, and the Chu army was facing collapse and collapse, how many people could turn the tide, and then take the opportunity to incite the Chu army to take revenge and recast the army's heart in a war? How many people can lead 5,000 elite soldiers, fight successively, and beat Liu Bang's 500,000 army so that they dare not stay in the mountains? These are not blown-out achievements, but fights! ####ps#