On the north bank of the river, Mei Kai was fleeing north in a hurry surrounded by his own soldiers.

Looking at the only dozens of remnants around him, Mei Kai couldn't help but feel sad, hundreds of thousands of Hengshan troops, including more than 20,000 elite veterans who had been following him since the beginning of the anti-Qin army, died in a battle, Mei Cheng and Geng Sheng also died in the chaos, and the military advisor Geng Wang was also separated when crossing the river.

"Strategist, what about Strategist?" Mei Wei looked around blankly and asked, "Have you ever seen a military advisor?" ”

The dozens of soldiers who followed behind Mei Kai shook their heads one after another, and Mei Kai asked several remnants of the army in a row, before finally a military Sima replied: "General, the military division has let the Chu army take captivity." ”

Mei Kai couldn't help but regret it when he heard this, Geng Wang actually let the Chu army take him away.

"General, is it a break?" One of the soldiers gasped and said, "I really can't walk." ”

Mei Kai thought that this was already the north bank of the river, and the Chu army should not chase after him so quickly, so Mei Kai ordered to rest on the spot, and sent people to gather the remnants of the army everywhere, and in the evening, he really gathered more than 500 remnants, but just when Mei Kai packed up the remnants and prepared to return to aid Yiyi, the shocking news suddenly spread to the army.

At dinner time, two personal soldiers came to Mei Kai with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in their arms.

When Mei Kai put down his job and looked at it urgently, it turned out to be the crown prince Wu Chen, Mei Kai's surprise was really extraordinary, and he got up and shouted: "Prince?!" How did you get here?! ”

"General!" Seeing Mei Kai, the crown prince Wu Chen suddenly cried loudly, "Whoa......

"Prince!" Mei Li hurriedly stepped forward to hug Wu Chen, and said urgently, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"General. His father was dead, his son was lost, and his mother and younger brothers were also separated on the way. After crying for a long time, Wu Chen finally stopped his grief, and when he heard the news, Mei Li suddenly felt like cold water. His heart was cold, although he had been mentally prepared, but when he suddenly heard the bad news, he still couldn't stand it.

After a long time, Wu Chen said, "General, what should we do now?" ”

Mei Wei sighed and replied, "Prince, the only way to do this now is to go to Guanzhong to defect to the King of Han." ”

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Chaisang, county government hall.

The broken army strode into the lobby. Xiang Zhuang clasped his fists and said: "King, the last general caught a guy named Geng Wang by the river, and it is said that he is still Mei Hong's military advisor!" ”

Xiang Zhuang said without thinking: "Bring it up." ”

"Whoa!" The broken army agreed with a bang and took the order.

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, leaned into Xiang Zhuang's ear and said: "King, the surname Geng is a big surname in Lingnan, and it is also a wang clan, and it has prestige among the barbarian natives in the Wuling area. Xi Mei raised an army against Qin, and the brothers Geng Sheng and Geng Wang led 5,000 strong men to match, including 3,000 barbarian strong men. ”

Xiang Zhuang's heart suddenly moved slightly when he heard this.

In the first battle of Fanyi, Mei Hong's more than 100,000 troops collapsed, and most of the 20,000 Hengshan veterans were killed. Hengshan country can be said to be about to fall, if nothing else, now Gongsun Wu's Linjiang army should also be in the city of Yiyi, at this time the garrison of Yiyi is empty, and the city is lost only in the evening.

If the Hengshan State is destroyed, the two counties of Hengshan and Lujiang will also be divided by the Chu State and the Linjiang State.

According to the agreement, the state of Chu will get Lujiang County, but. If the Chu army wants to completely annex Lujiang County, it will not happen overnight, especially the Nanye, Gan County, and Yandu counties in the south of Lujiang County, as well as the Luling, Anping, and Yichun counties in the west.

Moreover, it is impossible for Xiang Zhuang's army to stay in Lujiang for a long time, just waiting to drive Mei Kai's thousands of remnants back to the north bank of the river. Xiang Zhuang should also return to Jiangdong with a large army, at that time Xiang Zhuang will leave a maximum of 5,000 elite soldiers, plus a general to guard Lujiang, with such a small number of troops to control more than 20 counties in Lujiang County, but it is a little stretched.

So. It is extremely important to disturb the local powerful forces in Lujiang, and the surname Geng is the surname of Lingnan. This Geng Sheng can become Mei Hong's military advisor, it can be seen that he is also a great figure within the Geng surname clan, if he can recruit this Geng Wang, then the Nanye, Gan County, and Yandu counties in the south of Lujiang County may be able to pass on the name.

Xiang Zhuang was thinking about it, and the broken army had already escorted an unkempt general of Hengshan into the lobby.

"Presumptuous, Mr. Gengwang is a celebrity today, how dare you be so rude?!" Xiang Zhuang immediately stood up, first reprimanded Pojun fiercely, and then took two steps forward to personally untie the rope on Geng Wang's body, and then apologized to Geng Wang, "There is no way to govern the army, and I hope Mr. forgiveness." After that, Xiang Zhuang glared at Pojun again, and shouted: "Don't get out of here!" ”

"Whoa!" Po Jun shook his head, turned around and walked away from the hall, but, although he was reprimanded by Xiang Zhuang, Po Jun's heart was beautiful, as if he had been praised, as a veteran who had followed the king for many years, whether the king was really reprimanded or fake reprimanded, he could see it at a glance, don't look at the king scolding fiercely, in fact, it was just a show.

Geng Wang, who had become a prisoner, was inevitably emotional, and immediately bowed deeply to Xiang Zhuang, and said astringently: "The general of the defeated army deserves such a great gift from the king." Geng Wang really didn't expect Xiang Zhuang to come to this show, but Geng Wang didn't think that Xiang Zhuang would let him go, in his opinion, Xiang Zhuang probably just wanted to show off the prestige of the winner.

"Sir deserves it." Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly, and said solemnly, "Sir, please take a seat." ”

Geng Wang didn't squirm, he arched his hand at the moment and sat down.

Xiang Zhuang turned around and beckoned, there were already soldiers offering wine and meat, and poured a small half cup of clear soju into Geng Wang's wine bud, Geng Wang didn't think about it so much, picked up the wine bud and drank it directly, but as soon as the wine entered his throat, he was shocked that something was wrong, and smashed his mouth at the moment, and said abruptly: "King, but poisonous wine?" ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent, but he looked at Bai Lixian and laughed.

"But this poisoned wine tastes pretty good, so you need to drink it well." Geng Wang said again, "How about another one?" ”

The pro-soldier standing next to him poured half of Geng Wang's wine bud again, Geng Wang drank it all again, the pro-soldier poured it again, Geng Wang drank it again, and in less than a moment, Geng Wang had already drunk eight catties in a row, and the amount was almost more than four catties, even Qin Jin was not trivial, and when Geng Wang wanted to drink the ninth pill again, he finally got drunk on the spot.

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, and two pro-soldiers had already stepped forward and helped Geng Wang.

Bai Lixian smiled and said: "King, it seems that this Gengwang is a good wine, and this is easy to do." ”

No matter who it is, as long as there is a weakness, there is always a way to surrender, since Geng Wang is a good wine, then he can use his weakness to envelop him, not to mention that Geng Wang may not be so loyal to Mei and Hengshan Kingdom, in the final analysis, he is first a member of the Geng family, and then Mei Hong's military advisor.

Xiang Zhuang said: "Ziliang, when he wakes up, you can talk to him again." ”

Baili Xian arched his hand and said, "Don't worry, the king can rest assured, the minister will definitely persuade Geng Wang to come and surrender." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and then instructed Jin Xiang, who was guarding outside the hall, to say, "Go, send someone to invite General Gao Chu." ”

"Whoa!" Jin Xiang took the order and left, and after about half an hour, Gao Chu entered the county hall proudly, and greeted Xiang Zhuang and Baili Xian respectively.

Looking at Gao Chu, Xiang Zhuang looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, as if he was still hesitating.

How could Baili Xian not know Xiang Zhuang's intentions? At the moment, he shook his shoulders and said with a smile: "King, General Gao Chu is brave and strategic, and he is superior in martial arts, and he can be safeguarded by guarding Lujiang County." ”

Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said: "This kid has never been in his sights, and he is afraid that he will miss a big thing." ”

Xiang Zhuang is naturally very clear about the heart of Gao Chu, this kid is brave and strategic, and he has been studying hard recently, he is definitely a rare general, but his temper is a little irritable, if he wants to stand alone, he still has to carve and polish one or two, and this time guarding Lujiang County is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to exercise.

But before that, you have to add a tightening spell to Gao Chu.

I heard that there was an opportunity to guard Lujiang alone, Gao Chu couldn't help but be overjoyed, as a military general, how many people can resist the temptation of being alone? However, looking at Xiang Zhuang's meaning, he still seemed to be a little uneasy, and Gao Chu hurriedly said: "King, the last general must have three provinces a day, and he will not lose his temper in the future!" ”

Xiang Zhuang thought about it, but still shook his head: "Forget it, it's better for Ziliang to stay." ”

"Don't, don't, don't, oh, oh, oh." Gao Chu said anxiously when he heard this, "The military advisor still has to stay with the king to make plans, how can he stay in Lujiang?" Besides, the fall of the Hengshan Kingdom is imminent, and the Linjiang Kingdom is my ally of Great Chu, and the rest of Nanyue and Minyue are not afraid, and it is enough to have the last general sitting here. ”

Baili Xian said: "King, the minister thinks that General Gao Chu is competent enough. ”

Xiang Zhuang pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, the widow left you 5,000 elite soldiers, but your task is not only to defend the six counties north of the Lujiang River, you also have to find a way to pacify the counties in the west and south of the Lujiang River. ”

"Arm help?" Gao Chu was stunned and said, "Who?" ”

"You'll know when the time comes." Xiang Zhuang said this, and said, "You go down first." ”

"Whoa." Gao Chu waved and turned around, Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said to Xiang Zhuang, "King, the overall situation here has been decided, and we should also go back to Jiangdong." ”

"yes." Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "It's time to go back." "I don't know what the situation in Jiangdong is now, Liyang has Meng Yan and more than 3,000 elite Qin army guards, it should be fine, but Xiang Tuo, who guards the Dantu and Qu'a line, has to face Yingbu's Huainan army, and Xiang Zhuang is still a little unsure in his heart.

There are also Pang Yu's 5,000 elite soldiers, it's almost time to encounter the Dongou army, right? In the past, when the town guarded Hangu Pass, Pang Yu's performance was amazing, even Liu Bang Lao'er suffered a big loss under his hands, this time in the face of tens of thousands of barbarian natives, Pang Yu could not win quickly, but it should not be a problem to drag the Dongou army.

Xiang Zhuang didn't expect that Pang Yu would ......