Almost two hours later than Xiang Zhuang, Bai Mo received an urgent report of the defeated army.

After listening to the urgent report of the defeated army, Bai Mo only frowned slightly, but Li Bu, the lieutenant of Hanzhong County, was taken aback, and grabbed the placket of the junior colonel who came to report the news, and asked sharply: "What did you say?" What did you just say?! ”

The colonel said in a trembling voice: "Generals, generals, generals, Nannan Zheng is lost." ”

"Nonsense!" Li Bu threw the junior colonel to the ground and shouted, "There is only one way to go from Shuzhong to Hanzhong, and the Chu army is clearly blocked by our army in the Sword Pavilion, how can Nanzheng be lost?" Huh? How could Nan Zheng be lost?! Could it be that the Chu army can still turn into a bird and fly over our heads? ”

"The villain doesn't know." Xiao Xiao said with a bitter face, "But Nan Zheng is indeed lost." ”

"No way, it's impossible." Li Bu was so angry that he couldn't help but be angry, Nan Zheng was the county of Hanzhong, and his Li Bu's wife and children were all in the city, and Nan Zheng was lost, wouldn't it mean that his wife and children had also fallen into the hands of the Chu army? The Chu army has always been brutal and murderous, how can it be fortunate that his wife and children fall into the hands of the Chu army?

Bai Mo frowned, and said with some displeasure: "General Li, please don't be impatient, since the matter has come out, we always have to face it, no matter how loud you roar, you can't change the fact that the Chu army captured Nanzheng, right?" The top priority is to get to the bottom of the matter and then think of a correct way to deal with it. ”

Li Bu was shocked when he heard this, and retreated to the side at the moment.

Only then did Bai Mo step forward to help the little colonel, and asked with a pleasant face, "How many troops does the Chu army have?" ”

The little colonel shook his head and said with some trepidation: "Back to Zuo Xiang, the villain really doesn't know how many people there are in the Chu army. ”

Bai Mo nodded, this is also expected, with his own army guarding the Sword Pavilion, Nan Zheng Shouhan was afraid that he would not be attacked by the Chu army, right? It is reasonable to be caught off guard by the fall of the city and not understand the details of the army, and Bai Mo said again at the moment: "Then, please describe the situation at that time, and be as detailed as possible." ”

Xiao Xiao closed his eyes and recalled, and then narrated the scene he had experienced.

After listening to the description of the little colonel, Bai Mo had already guessed the facts in his heart, and sighed at the moment: "It seems that this should be just a strange soldier of the Chu army, and the strength of the army is only two or three thousand people at most, otherwise they will not change into our army's armor, and the leading general should be the fierce general of the Chu army who fought with General Guanfu in the Sword Pavilion last time." ”

Li Bu also calmed down at this time and asked, "But, how did they pass?" ”

"Yes, how did the Chu army pass?" Bai Mo nodded thoughtfully, and said, "It seems that there should be another passage between Shuzhong and Hanzhong, but we don't know, but the Chu army can find this passage in such a short period of time, but it can't help but make people think deeply." ”

Li Bu was confused when he heard this, and said puzzledly: "What does Zuo Xiang mean by this?" ”

Bai Mo said: "Obviously, the Chu army has the full support of the Bashu Haoqiang, without the support of the Bashu Haoqiang, the Chu army is afraid that it will not even be able to enter the Yiling Road, let alone control the entire territory of Bashu in such a short period of time, and this trail in Shu through Hanzhong must also be guided to the Chu army by the Bashu Haoqiang." ”

"These white-eyed wolves." Li Bu said hatefully, "I just don't know what to do!" ”

"Nope." Bai Mo waved his hand and said, "It's not that Bashu Haoqiang doesn't know what to do, but that there is a problem with the national policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business. ..., Li Bu sighed and said, "Zuo Xiang, what should we do now?" "The matter of the national policy, he is a small lieutenant of Hanzhong who doesn't understand, and he doesn't want to understand, but now that Nanzheng is lost, the more than 4,000 Han troops stationed in the Sword Pavilion will become a lonely army, and without the military rations from Nanzheng, it will be a matter of time before they fall.

Bai Mo was silent, Nanzheng was lost, and the entire situation of this war was suddenly reversed.

Now, it is not only a question of whether his four or five thousand Han troops can be saved, but the entire Hanzhong County is probably going to be lost because of this, because Nanzheng is the county of Hanzhong, not only is the strongest city in Han, but the city has also accumulated the money and grain of the whole county, once Nanzheng is lost, it means that Hanzhong is lost.

Li Bu asked tentatively, "Zuo Xiang, why don't we go back to Nanzheng?" ”

After saying this, Li Bu said again: "Zuo Xiang, you also said just now, the Chu army in the surprise attack on Han is likely to only have two or three thousand people, and it is not yet on a stable foothold, if we return to the division immediately, we may be able to take Nanzheng back." "Impossible." Bai Mo waved his hand and said, "If we abandon the Sword Pavilion at this time, the Chu army on the opposite side will definitely take advantage of the situation to crush it, let alone recapture Nanzheng at that time, I am afraid that our four or five thousand people will also be gnawed by the Chu army, and there will be no scum left, and the entire Hanzhong, at that time, it will really be lost." ”

"What then?" Li said, "Just wait for death? ”

"Think about it." Bai Mo waved his hand, and said, "Also, the news of the loss of Nanzheng must be tightly sealed, if the Chu army on the other side knows the news and sends someone to shout, it will be said that it is a rumor spread by the Chu army, so that the soldiers should not be gullible, and if someone is found spreading rumors in the army, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

"Whoa!" Li Bu shook his head and took the order.

Seeing Li Bu's figure go away, Bai Mo's sword eyebrows were frowning, this game ...... It's not good to break!

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At the mouth of the Meridian Valley, Liu Bang's army is pouring out of the valley in a steady stream.

After four consecutive days of rapid marching, Liu Bang's army finally completed the rugged and difficult Meridian Valley trail, and then went to the wide and flat gallop road, and at most one day, it could reach Nanzheng.

Liu Bang is already too tired, he is almost seventy years old, and he can't compare with the young man.

At this time, Liu Bang was sitting on the big stone next to the road to rest, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of him.

Before he could get close, Xiahou Ying had already flown off his horse and shouted: "King, something happened!" ”

Liu Bang's heart suddenly jumped, and he said a little eagerly: "Xiahou Ying, what's wrong?" ”

Xiahou Ying saluted Liu Bang and gasped: "I just received the defeat report of Hanzhong County guarding Xi Juan, Nanzheng has been lost, and the army of Chu has entered Hanzhong County!" ”

"Huh?!" Liu Bang's face suddenly changed when he heard this.

The army of Chu has entered Hanzhong and captured Nanzheng? Now it's a problem!

Xiahou Ying said: "The king doesn't need to panic, the last general will lead his troops to recapture Nanzheng." ”

"Arrogance!" Liu Bang's eyes widened, and he said angrily, "How difficult Xiangzhuang Xiao'er is, you don't know that Zuo Xiang led five thousand elite soldiers to strangle the danger of the Sword Pavilion, and he can't stop him, how dare you Xiahou Ying say that you can recapture Nanzheng?" ”

Xiahou Ying was stunned, he really didn't have arrogant capital in front of Xiang Zhuang, so he just said it casually.

Liu Bang sighed and said helplessly: "Xiangzhuang's army has entered Hanzhong, and it is useless for us to go to Nanzheng again, and we have not lost these tens of thousands of troops in vain!" After saying this, Liu Bang said again, "In this way, Xiahou Ying, you will immediately rush to the Chencang Road with 5,000 cavalry, and you will have to plug the Chencang Road for the widow no matter what!" ”

"Whoa!" Xiahou Ying responded suddenly and ordered 5,000 cavalry. ..., Liu Bang immediately returned with more than 40,000 troops and set up a large camp at the mouth of the Meridian Valley.

Liu Bang knows very well that the elite soldiers of the Great Han State are all in Jiuyuan at the moment, and they will not be able to rush back in a short time, only with this little force left in Guanzhong, plus he Liu Bang himself, he is categorically defeated by Xiang Zhuang and the army of Chu State, so there is no need to think about recapturing Hanzhong, now, the most important thing is to hold the Chencang Road Pass and the Meridian Valley Pass.

As long as Chencang Daokou and Meridian Valley Pass are still under the control of the Han army, even if the Chu army captures Hanzhong, it is impossible to threaten Guanzhong, just wait for the elite soldiers of the Xiongnu to return to Guanzhong, and they will immediately be able to send troops out of Chencang Road and Meridian Valley to launch a counterattack against the Chu army in Hanzhong.

Liu Bang didn't know that the attack on Nanzheng was actually just a partial division of the Chu army, as for the main force of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang, it was still blocked by Bai Mo outside the Sword Pavilion at this time, at this time, if Liu Bang led the army to attack Nanzheng with a thunderous force, Huyan's 2,000 tired soldiers would definitely not be able to resist.

It's a pity that the Han army does not have a carrier pigeon system, and Bai Mo cannot deliver the news to Liu Bang in time.

If Zhang Liang and Chen Ping were still in the army, they would definitely be able to see the subtleties like Bai Mo, and see through the surprise attack on Nanzheng was only a few thousand strange soldiers of the Chu army, but Liu Bang couldn't, although Liu Bang said that he had fought for half his life, but he was basically defeating the battle for half his life, and the experience of leading the troops to fight was enough, but this kind of observation of seeing the subtleties was really not good.

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It was almost noon, Xiang Zhuang summoned Pang Yu into the tent again, and asked, "Ziang, the Han army hasn't moved yet?" ”

Pang Yu shook his head and replied: "King Hui, whether it is the Han army on the cliff or the Han army on the Sword Pavilion Fortress, they are surprisingly quiet today, and there has been no movement so far. ”

Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "This white ink is really calm." ”

Pang Yu proposed: "King, from the perspective of time, Bai Mo must have known that Nanzheng had lost, but there has been no riot in the Han army so far, which can only show that Bai Mo has tightly blocked the news, why don't you send a high-pitched sergeant to shout in front of the two armies to shake the heart of the Han army?" As long as the Han army's heart is shaken, the Sword Pavilion will be self-defeating. ”

"Not really." Bai Lixian shook his head and said, "Most of the Han army thought that our army was spreading rumors. ”

"White ink, white ink? White ink! Xiang Zhuang slammed the knot and said, "If this person is not removed, it will be a trouble for my Dachu henchmen!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )