When Bai Lixian walked into Xiang Zhuang's big tent, he found that Xiang Zhuang's face was very gloomy, so he sighed lightly in his heart, thinking that the king should be in a bad mood, although the armies and battalions have been stationed separately, once the patient is found, he will be immediately isolated, but he still has not been able to prevent the spread of the plague, and now, there are more than 100,000 sick soldiers!

What's worse is that now the number of people dying from the plague every day is also rising sharply, from the initial more than 100 people per day to thousands of people, although the king urgently ordered the doctors of various counties to come, and ordered the major red-top merchants to urgently send medicines to the Nanyang camp, but in the face of 100,000 patients, such a little doctor and medicine is simply a drop in the bucket. k update

The only thing to be thankful for is that Meng's 50,000 cavalry army, Mengyuan's and Mengliao's 10,000 elite cavalry, and Huyan's 3,000 wolf cavalry were not affected by the plague, otherwise the dispatch of troops would be overstretched, and there would be no way to talk about chasing and killing the Han army, and the blockade of Shuishui, Baishui, and Jiangshui would also exist in name only.

"The King." Baili Xian waved at Xiang Zhuang.

"Oh, Ziliang, you're here." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Huyan just sent the flying horse to report, and the wolf rode until the Tiger Prison Pass to meet Jin Xiang, and I didn't see Liu Bang's whereabouts. ”

"How so?" Bai Lixian was stunned and said, "Could it be that Liu Bang is hiding halfway?" ”

"It's unlikely." Xiang Zhuang shook his head, and said, "Huyan also reported that there was a small army of the Han army near Yangzhai that rushed into Yaoshan, and Huyan sent a thousand wolf horsemen to chase and kill, but it turned out to be the Han army's golden cicada shelling plan, although more than 100 of the Han army were intercepted and killed, but the remaining 20 or so people ran away, and the widow suspected that Liu Bang was inside. ”

"Liu Bang fled to Yaoshan?" Baili Xian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately comforted Xiang Zhuangdao, "King, Yaoshan is a famous deep mountain and river in the Central Plains, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the streams are deep and the ravines are dangerous, and the snakes and insects in the mountains are rampant, Liu Bang Lao'er only took more than 20 people to escape into the mountains, I am afraid that he will not be able to come out again, in the end, Liu Bang is already in his old age." ”

"Yes." Xiang Zhuang bowed his head lightly when he heard this, recalling the hardships of crossing Meishan back then, even the young man in his twenties couldn't stand it, although this Yaoshan Mountain is not as wide as Meishan, but it is strange and sinister but it is still excessive, Liu Bang escaped into the mountain in his ancient years, and it is indeed difficult to come out alive.

Xiang Zhuang relaxed slightly, and said, "Ziliang, Zhang Liang's death has been confirmed." ”

Baili Xian sighed lightly and said: "The soldier dies for his confidant, and Zhang Liangzhen is a national soldier." ”

Xiang Zhuang also sighed: "The three heroes of the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin, and Zhang Liang are all dead, and now only Xiao He is left." ”

"The Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty?" Baili Xian was stunned when he heard this, as an ancient person in this era, he said that he had never heard of it.

"Uh......" Xiang Zhuang was about to say for a while, and quickly explained, "The widow means that when Liu Bang Lao'er was first named the king of Han, he had three powerful ministers under his account, and now Han Xin and Zhang Liang are dead, leaving a Xiao He is also difficult to support alone, which shows that Liu Han's qi is exhausted, and there is no day to die." ”

Bai Lixian happily replied: "Now I am a talent. ”

Today's Chu State is indeed among the talents, Wen Youling Yin Xiang he, Shangda Wu She, uh, he Baili Xian can barely be regarded as half a civil minister, and the military generals are even more talented, the general Bi Shu is not a handsome talent, Gao Chu and Pang Yu are also the talents of the generals, Huyan, Jin Xiang Yongguan three armies, and there is a great general Mengda who fights on horseback!

This is the older generation, and there are rising stars such as Xiang Zhi, Pang Zheng, Gao Lang, Meng Yuan, and Meng Liao in the younger generation, at least in the next few decades, Da Chu will never be short of generals!

"One more thing." Xiang Zhuang said again, "The army of Lutai has already entered Yingchuan County. ”

Lü Tai and Zhou Guanfu took 30,000 Han cavalry and 20,000 Hu cavalry to cross the river all the way to the east, originally intended to threaten Jiangdong and force Xiang Zhuang to return to the division to save themselves, but they were intercepted by Yu Zi in the territory of Hengshan County, the Han army lacked troops and food, and after a few days of confrontation, Lu Tai led the army to the north, and a few days ago into Yingchuan County. ..., Baili Xian said: "Lu Tai is afraid that he wants to go back to Guanzhong in the Tiger Prison, right?" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said: "Tiger Prison Pass now has three thousand tiger ben from Jinxiang, three thousand wolf riders from Huyan, plus 10,000 elite cavalry from Mengyuan and Mengliao, and Lu Tai don't think about going over." ”

Baili Xian said: "If you want to hold the Tiger Prison Pass for a long time, the supply of grain and grass is a problem. ”

Within ten days and a half, the supply of military rations at Tiger Prison Pass was not a problem, but it would not work for a long time.

Tiger Prison Pass is not like Wuguan, Wuguan's high junior army can also get supplies from Nanyang nearby, although the Nanyang plague is rampant, the dried grain is not contaminated, it can still be eaten with confidence, but the Tiger Prison Pass is seven or eight hundred miles away from Nanyang, and there is a Yingchuan County controlled by the Qi army in the middle, and it is not so easy to transport food.

In fact, now even many counties in Nanyang County are still under the control of the Han army, because soon after the Chu army won the battle of Chushui, a large-scale plague broke out in the army, in order to prevent the spread of the plague, the Chu army did not use troops against the surrounding counties after capturing several large counties such as Zhiwan County, Deng County and Sui County.

Xiang Zhuang said: "So the widow is considering sending troops from Pengcheng to attack Dangjun, as long as Dangjun is captured, the gap can be dredged, and the grain fleet of the navy will be able to reach Xingyang directly." Speaking of this, Xiang Zhuang said helplessly, "As for Chen County, Yingchuan County and the remaining counties of Nanyang County, let's wait until after winter." ”

After the winter comes, the weather will turn cold, and the plague will subside, and then you will be able to use soldiers.

However, the Chu army also had the spare strength to use troops against Dang County, Chen County, Yingchuan County and Nanyang County, and then wanted to mobilize a large army to attack Guanzhong or Qidi, but it was not enough, the Chu army defeated the armies of Qi and Han in a row, but in the end only caught Dang, Chen, Yingchuan, Nanyang, the four devastated and ruined counties, which made Xiang Zhuang really a little aggrieved.

Bai Lixian also felt a little regretful, but he still persuaded Wei Xiang Zhuang to say: "King, time is on Da Chu's side." ”

Indeed, after the Battle of Huainan and the Battle of Shuishui, the national strength of Qi and Han was greatly damaged, and the dominance of Chu has become a dominant family, and as time goes by, this advantage will only become bigger and bigger, and this plague will inevitably hit the Chu army hard, but at most ten years, the Chu State will be able to recover, and then a million troops will be raised to the Northern Expedition, who can resist it?

"When?" Xiang Zhuang shook his head and sighed, "Time is also on the side of the Huns." ”

"Huns?" Bai Lixian was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Where did the king start with this? ”

Xiang Zhuang picked up a few small paper rolls from the case and handed them over, saying, "You can take a look at this first." ”

Bai Lixian took the small paper scroll and unfolded it one by one, and after reading it in a hurry, his face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "The Xiongnu actually attacked Yan State, Zhao State and South Korea at the same time in three ways?!" ”

"Moreover, the Huns are not ordinary grass valleys this time." Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "This time the Huns are unusual, no longer for the purpose of looting property, but wantonly plundering women, children and craftsmen, their ambition is not small!" ”

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"Calling ......" Mao Dun gently reined in the war horse, and then raised his right hand slightly, and hundreds of horsemen and plough warriors who followed him stopped their horses one after another, and the group stopped outside the gate of Shanggu County and Fuyang City.

At this time, the city of Fuyang had already been captured by the Xiongnu army.

Mao Dun adopted the strategy of the military master Gongsun Shuo, and sent three hundred warriors Qiao Jiaobei Mink Hu Shang to sneak into Fuyang City in advance, and then opened the city gate at night, and the Hun cavalry swarmed in, and the result was effortlessly captured the empty garrison of Fuyang City, at this time the Yan army was attacking Zhao State, and there were only two thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people stationed in Fuyang City.

At the opening of the city gate, a group of women and children of the Yan Kingdom and craftsmen rushed out under the escort of the Hun cavalry.

In the crowd, a strong man with a strong figure and dark skin was very eye-catching, and Mao Dun couldn't help but point at the strong man with a horsewhip in his hand and asked, "Hey, are you a blacksmith?" The strong man just glanced coldly at him and ignored it.

Don't say that Mao Dun said the Xiongnu dialect, the strong man can't understand, even if he understands it, he won't ignore it, the orthodoxy of the Huaxia people has always been very strong, look at the Donghu, Xirong, Nanban, Beidi, these four collective names for the surrounding barbarians can be seen, the Huaxia people have a sense of superiority since ancient times.

In this era, there are still very few people from the Central Plains who have no integrity like Gongsun Shuo.

Of course, there are very few people who can really die in the whole festival, there is a way that ants are still greedy for life, let alone people?

The pear-supporting warriors behind Mao Dun were furious, and they drew their swords to kill the strong man, but they were stopped by Mao Dun, Mao Dun had already been persuaded by his uncle, in his eyes, craftsmen like the strong man in front of him were simply the treasures of the Huns, these people were skilled craftsmen who could change the entire Huns, how could they kill without permission?

The strong man glanced at Mao Dun disdainfully and indifferently, and walked away, but Mao Dun didn't care.

Looking at the women and children and craftsmen of the Yan Kingdom who walked in an endless stream in front of him, Mao Dun suddenly felt good, he seemed to see that the 400,000 Hun iron cavalry were equipped with sharp iron weapons and sophisticated riding bows, and then the Hun soldiers were in the direction of the year, Donghu and Yueshi were defeated and perished, and finally waved their troops south, and the splendid Central Plains was also included in the Xiongnu bag.

Thinking of the pride, Mao Dun couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, the situation is very good!

The uncle who was stationed behind Ma Maodun frowned, and couldn't help but persuade: "Fuyang is just a small town, Yuyang, Wuzhong, Lingzhi and Jixian are the Xiongcheng Dayi of Yandi, and the big single should not be complacent because of small achievements, it is still serious to divide troops to attack Yuyang Zhuyi as soon as possible, otherwise once the army of Yan returns to the division, it will be difficult to do it." ”

"Hmm." Mao Dun was not angry because of his uncle's extremely unkind advice, but said a little sneeringly, "This list is a little carried away, thank you for the reminder." At that moment, Mao Dun summoned the four Hun kings to the front, and ordered the four to lead 20,000 cavalry to divide the four cities of Yuyang, Wuzhong, Lingzhi and Jixian.