The Chu army marched westward.

caught Shen Yang off guard.

He unexpectedly became the king of the princes, and he had no ambition to break away from Xiang Yu's control, which may be one of the reasons why Xiang Yu chose him as the king of Henan.

Do you resist Xiang Zhuang's 3,000 elite horsemen with 5,000 old and weak? Shen Yang didn't even think about it.

It's just that what about the army's grain? If the supply is not available, Xiang Yu is not easy to deal with, Shen Yang is full of sorrow, slipping back and forth in the yard, and he doesn't care if his body is hot or not.

"The king, this overlord is divided into the princes of the Seventeenth Road, not the king, why do you want our family to bear the grain of the Chu army, even if you are far away, you can't take care of it, and the king of Yin and the king of Wei who are closer have to make some efforts." Zhang Zhonggong's heart moved, and he stepped forward to admonish.

"Good idea, Zhong Gong is worthy of being my right-hand man, in this way, you quickly repair a book for me and return to the overlord, just say that Henan is disturbed by wind and snow in winter, and the fields are abandoned, I am afraid that I will not be able to receive all the grain of the army, if the king of Yin, the king of Wei, the king of Linjiang and others can transport the grain to Luoyang, then the army will have no worries about the food of the westward expedition."

Shen Yang nodded again and again, sharing blessings and difficulties, now is the time when he is in trouble in Shenyang, Sima Qiong, Wei Bao, and Gong Ao, these comrades-in-arms who drink a sip of wine and eat a pot of food together, are of course his best partners for Shen Yang.

Zhang Zhong received the order.

However, when he went out, he did not immediately go to the county hall, but turned around, came to a secluded alleyway, and then approached the door of a household, and tapped a few times.

The door creaked open.

A small guy leaned out of it, smiled at Zhang Zhonggong, and said, "Master Zhang, there is another letter sent to Guanzhong?" ”

Zhang Zhonggong nodded, did not speak, only took out a piece of bamboo slip from his arms, and then wrote a few cursive strokes on it, and handed it to the little girl.

"Send it to Xianyang City and hand it over to Langzhong Zhangfu in the west of the city." Zhang Zhonggong gave an order, and then turned around and left without delay.

Shen Yang was relieved to have such a loyal and resourceful subordinate as Zhang Zhonggong. He didn't know it. The real identity of this Zhang Zhonggong is actually the father-in-law of Shi Chenping, the governor of Qin: Zhang Zhong.

After the Qin army entered Guanzhong, Zhang Cheng then left Luoyang with the Zhang clan, and the Ju clan moved to Guanzhong. However, before leaving, the scheming Zhang Cheng also left a foreshadowing, asking his son Zhang Zhong to change his name to Zhang Zhonggong. Take the little grandson to continue to stay in Luoyang, in case Li Yuan is defeated, the Zhang family can also have a bloodline to pass on.

Of course, Zhang Ying's careful thinking became useless after Li Yuanquan took the pass. However, Zhang Zhonggong then gained the trust of Henan Wang Shenyang. This made Chen Ping see an opportunity to break into the anti-Qin Shili.

Use your father-in-law as an undercover agent.

Chen Ping's scheming makes people feel terrible, but it is precisely because of this that he can firmly hold the most important position in the long history under Li Yuan, and it is conceivable that in the near future, with Li Yuan's promotion, Chen Ping's status will be improved.

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Hanzhong. West Side.

Rainy weather in early summer. The knees of Liu Bang, the king of Han, began to ache faintly again, which was a sequelae left after years of conquest. For an old man who is nearly sixty years old, the most hode health preservation method is actually quiet recuperation, and Liu Bang obviously does not have this blessing.

After withdrawing from Guanzhong, Liu Bang's body collapsed suddenly under the breath and blows, but fortunately, Qi Ji was taking care of him day and night, so that he slowly recovered.

During this period, Liu Bang instructed Zhang Liang to write a letter to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and almost delegated all government affairs to Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Li Shang and others.

At the same time, the morale of the Han army was gradually restored, and under the focused support of the generals, some miscellaneous shili with large losses and weak combat effectiveness were purged, and the Han army, which was formed into an army in the nature of a coalition army, finally realized the unification of orders for the first time, and the coordination between the generals and the cohesion of various departments began to be strengthened.

"The king, the queen asks to see!" Liu Bang, who had just gotten up in his clothes, was about to tidy up his crown clothes and go to the study to take a look at the performance Chen sent yesterday, when a close waiter ran over quickly.

"Did the queen say anything?" Liu Bang asked indifferently.

Over the years, Liu Bang has been on a lot of women, but there are only two women who have really been pampered, one is Mrs. Lu Pheasant, and the other is the beauty Qi Ji.

It's not that Liu Bang doesn't want to go, it's that Lu Pheasant's temperament makes him unbearable. It stands to reason that married husband and wife, Liu Bang is now a prominent prince, how to say that he can be regarded as a strong party, in fact, Lu Pheasant's personality is even more powerful than Liu Bang, the old husband and young wife, plus Liu Bang has always had a stain on his conduct, and he felt ashamed, he gave in again and again, and now the two of them have almost become a form of husband and wife who have nothing to talk about.

"It's still for Qu Zhouhou's business!" The attendant replied hesitantly.

"Go back and tell the queen, and say that I have written it down, and give her an answer within ten days." Liu Bang's eyes flashed, looking at the back of the attendant, and the murderous intent in his heart suddenly rose.

This close attendant has been following Liu Bang for three or four years, and he is also an old man, and he knows a lot of things, but he doesn't want to be sold by Lu Pheasant, such a person can't stay by his side.

Quzhou Hou Lu Ze failed to catch up with the first batch of prisoners who returned to Hanzhong, the main reason was that Liyang had not fallen at that time, and Lu Ze's team had five or six thousand people, and it could resist for a while, plus Liu Bang ordered Lu Bu to retreat east to the Hangu Pass, which made Lu Ze have illusions of fighting and retreating, and as a result, he was surrounded by the Qin army in the Xiayi area, and Lu Ze had to surrender with dozens of soldiers after a hard battle.

Now Lu Ze is still being captured by Li Yuan in Guanzhong, waiting for Liu Bang to take the money to ransom people, Lu Pheasant is heartbroken for the safety of his eldest brother, and he almost fell out with Liu Bang many times.

Liu Bang actually, it's not that he doesn't want to redeem Lu Ze, it's just that Li Yuan's offer is too ruthless.

One Lu Ze needs to pay a ransom of 2,000 soldiers.

Even if Liu Bang wants to take it, he must take it, he can't just redeem Lu Ze, and give up a large group of soldiers who want to return.

The restlessness of the inner house made Liu Bang a little upset.

Walking to the door, Xiahou Ying was already sitting in the driver's position, waiting for Liu Bang, seeing Liu Bang's annoyed expression, Xiahou Ying did not answer.

As Liu Bang's elder brother, Xiahou Ying knows the affairs of Liu Bang's family clearly, but with his identity, it is not appropriate to help either party. Liu Bang is the eldest brother, and Lu Pheasant also took care of him a lot when he was in Pei County, and if you want to blame this thing, you can only blame God for being unfair.

Why is Li Yuan, a young boy, able to occupy such a large piece of land in Guanzhong, but the territory of their Han Kingdom can only be Ba County, Shu County and Hanzhong, which are leftovers.

Without saying anything all the way, Liu Bang came to the Xicheng County Guard Hall of the Han State Meeting. Zhang Liang, Cao Shen and other Han generals and strategists all worked in this place.

Faced with the situation of being trapped in a corner, the Han army has held several military strategy meetings to discuss the next strategy, and basically reached a consensus.

Due to the loss of Lantian Pass, the bridgehead to the north, and the huge losses, the Han army no longer thought about the northern expedition again in a short period of time, and Liu Bang turned the next goal of development to the direction of Wuguan. Leaving Wuguan and entering Nanyang, and returning to the old road of the westward expedition two years ago was a strategic turn of last resort for the officers and men of the Han army.

Nanyang County is the old land of South Korea, this place can not be familiar with the Han army up and down, after Xiang Yu was divided, Han Cheng was named the king of Han, governing Nanyang, Yingchuan and other places, however, Han Cheng because of the close relationship with King Chu Huai, Xiang Yu has been under house arrest in the Pengcheng area, and now Nanyang can be said to be a group of dragons without a leader.

However, the strategic depth of Nanyang is narrow, and the development of many places is not enough, to the east is the Qianli Funiu Mountains, there are no people, to the north is the territory of Wang Shenyang of Henan, and there is no oil and water to fish, not to mention to the south, although the Linjiang area is the old capital of the Chu State, but compared with the Central Plains, it is a wild land, and the Han army is really going to get there, and there is basically no room for development.

Liu Bang's vision is to use Nanyang as a springboard to sit and watch the success or failure of the princes of Guanzhong, such as the war of Zhao Di, no matter which side of Zhang Er, Chen Yu, and Zhao Xie wins, the result is a defeat for both sides, if the time is right, Liu Bang does not mind raising a strong force to cross the river north and occupy Handan.

"King Han, good news, Xiang Yu sent troops to fight Qin?" In the county hall, Zhang Liang shouted at Liu Bang who entered the door with an excited face.

"Is this true?" Liu Bang was stunned, and he was a little unconfident for a while.

"The news from Pengcheng that the vanguard of the Chu army has set off first, and next, Xiang Yu will personally lead 70,000 Chu troops to attack Hangu Pass, King Han, and the war in Kwangtung has expanded, and our opportunity has come." Zhang Liang said with a smile.

"Well, the ovary has worked hard, everyone has worked hard, this time Xiang Yu sent troops, there must be a big battle in front of Hangu Pass, we have to plan well and see how we should support the allied forces in battle?" Liu Bang said with a smile. When he said the word support, he deliberately accentuated his tone.

"King Han, Li Thief is facing the overlord this time, and those tricks and tricks will not be useful." Guan Ying said with a big grin, not knowing his words, he couldn't help but admire Xiang Yu's courage and invincibility.

Zhang Liang, Cao Shen and others all had gloomy faces, and followed Liu Bang into the hall, they really had no common language with the big old and coarse and small cloth sellers like Guan Bao, and the performance of Guan Ying in the Battle of Guanzhong made the Han army generals feel ashamed, since they had no friendship, of course, they couldn't risk offending people to remind Guan Ying to pay attention to words. (To be continued.) )

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