The drums of war died down.

The Chu army lost its troops.

The 70,000 male soldiers at the time of the western expedition, only a month later, lost nearly 20,000 of the most elite soldiers, although there was still a partial division of Zhong Liwu fighting outside, but the breath of defeat had made the Chu army breathless.

Being fooled.

Deceived.

Xiang Yu, who returned to the Chu camp, was entangled in his heart, and while he purged the troops as a plan for returning, he sent several scouts to investigate the anomalies around Pengcheng and the situation in the army of Liu Bang, the king of Han in the Hanzhong area.

Li Yuan did not deceive.

Liu Bang had already set out from Xicheng in Hanzhong County at the end of June, and after the Han army left Wuguan, he defeated the former Han Cheng Shili, who was entrenched in the area of Nanjun, so that the Han army regained an enclave in the area of Yingchuan, Nanjun, and Nanyang County.

From a strategic point of view, Liu Bang and Li Yuan actually had the same idea, Li Yuan wanted to fight for a buffer zone east of Hangu Pass, and Liu Bang wanted to occupy a bridgehead for the Han army to either go south or north in the future.

Liu Bang's action did not have Xiang Yu's consent, which was undoubtedly a challenge to Xiang Yu's authority, especially after the fiasco of the Tiger Prison Pass, Xiang Yu cared more about this nominal obedience.

July 20 of the second year of the Qin New Calendar.

Xiang Yu, who couldn't get any bargain under the Tiger Prison, finally retired.

Along the way, the depressed overlord of Chu went on a killing spree against the opposition shili entrenched on the border of Chu, and the first unlucky ghost to bear the brunt was an old acquaintance - Peng Yue, the thief of Juyeze.

After Peng Yue, who had not been seen for a long time, broke away from Liu Bang's coalition army in Xingyang, he returned to Juze to be a thief, and for a period of time, Peng Yue saw that the world was initially decided, so he defected to Wei Bao, the king of Western Wei, and became one of the troops in Wei Bao's hands.

Pity. Peng Yue, who was accustomed to being alone, soon had a conflict with Wei Bao's men. After some arguments. Peng Yue made another old mistake, and took a group of brothers to say goodbye without saying goodbye.

The days of bondage, he Peng Yue had enough.

As a thief, he longs to come and go without a trace. In the realm of not staying for thousands of miles, how can Peng Yue be willing to be willing to do so, like the days of discipline in the military camp.

In the eyes of the thief, of course. There will be no authority, Xiang Yu is the overlord recognized by the princes, but he can't convince him Peng Yue, so Peng Yue repeatedly took his brothers to Chu to fight tooth sacrifices, and this gave Xiang Yu an excuse and reason to ask for him.

Xiang Yu wanted to teach Liu Bang a lesson, but unfortunately he was too far away to fight.

This Peng Yue is a thief, and the thief sees the profit, and has a good relationship with Liu Bang. Therefore, it is very likely that he will listen to Lao Liu's agitation. Send troops to attack Pengcheng.

Such a big hidden danger exists, the threat to Xiang Yu is really a bit big, Xiang Yu doesn't want to go on another expedition, there will be signs of instability in the rear, so Peng Yue must be exterminated, there is no other choice.

The Chu army attacked in a big way.

made the group of thieves miserable, and also made Peng Yue, the boss, more and more questioned, a boss who brought danger, was an unpopular boss, and he was no longer qualified to be the leader of the group of thieves.

――。

The battle between Xiang Yu and Peng Yue has just begun.

This is a duel between the united front and guerrilla warfare, and it will take time to test who wins and who loses, but he guessed that the target of the attack on Peng Yue was not this thief, but another prisoner.

July 21 of the Qin New Calendar.

Jiujiang Hou Yingbu unexpectedly appeared on the periphery of Pengcheng, and had a fierce battle with Lu Chen, the general of the Cangtou Army, who was responsible for the defense of Pengcheng.

Yingbu was more than ten days later than he had planned before launching a sneak attack on Peng Yue, which Li Yuan did not expect, and the reason why this was so was that Yingbu was married.

The daughter of Wu Rui, the king of Changsha, is Yingbu's newly married wife, for this beautiful Jiangnan woman, Yingbu admires in her heart, and the evil fate comes from a distress of Wu Ji in the Yangtze River boat, at that time, Wu Ji, who was robbed by a group of river thieves, looked like she was about to be cornered, just Yingbu took a group of brothers to open up a wharf, and this gang of river thieves fought hard, just saved Wu Ji's life.

Since ancient times, heroes love beauties, and beauties love heroes.

Yingbu is such a wild and uninhibited character, for Wu Ji, a girl who has been in the deep courtyard for a long time, is the most favorite hero, and what's more, this hero then raised troops against Qin and became a famous general in the Chu army, and the only regret is that Yingbu Zuihou was not able to become a prince like her father, but was only named a marquis of Jiujiang.

Newlywed Yan'er.

Yingbu did not summon his subordinates for several days, Zhaoping went to Jiujiang for a few days, and he couldn't see Yingbu, and the letters entrusted to his entourage were also put on the desk by Yingbu at will, and when he was free to open and read, the fierce battle between Qin and Chu was nearing the end.

Opportunity passed in vain.

In Yingbu's heart, he was extremely unwilling, and his resentment towards Xiang Yu was increasing day by day.

Although the best time was missed, Yingbu didn't intend to give up so much, he wanted to fight to the death, after the news from the scouts came back, the Chu army suffered heavy losses this time, and the generals in the army were able to recruit and fight, such as Zhong Liwu and Ji Bu, one was far away in Hebei, one had lost his fighting spirit, and others such as Yu Ziqi and others, he Yingbu was afraid of whom.

On July 18, Yingbu, who had made up his mind, led his men and horses to steal across the Yangtze River, and then bypassed Zhou Yin, a Chu general guarding Shouchun, and swooped down on Pengcheng.

The British rebelled, and the Chu army recurred.

For Li Yuan, it is good news, as for the short term, there is no need to worry about the Chu army coming from the east, as for the north and south roads, the north will leave him alone for the time being, Han Xin has crossed the river for more than ten days, and has been in contact, his 7,000 youth army is confronting Zhong Liwu on the Zhao Plain, and the two sides have won and lost each other, but, overall, Han Xin can contain the Chu army that is much stronger than himself in a different place, which is already very good.

Henan, south.

Former Korean jurisdiction, Namyang.

The head of the city changes the king's flag.

Han Cheng, who was named the king of Han by Xiang Yu, did not live a good life, and died in Pengcheng. The days of house arrest were endless mental torture for every man, and Han Cheng did not survive it.

Han Cheng did not take office, the actual ruler of Nanyang was Zheng Chang, the old Jiaoyuan Wuxian county magistrate appointed by Xiang Yu, this is a very close relationship with Xiang's family, he is stationed in Handi, Xiang Yu's purpose is to hold the mouth of Wuguan and completely seal the old opponent Liu Bang in Hanzhongshan.

It's a pity that Zheng Chang's ability is limited.

With the excuse of reinforcing Xiang Yu, the vanguard of the Han army, under the leadership of Zhang Liang and Han Wangxin, played the banner of recovering the country, broke through the fragile defense line set by Zhengchang Jun's soldiers in one fell swoop, and immediately surrounded Nanyang.

July 25th.

Nanyang City was broken, Zheng Chang was killed, the Han army occupied the whole territory of Nanjun and the west of Yingchuan County, and then, the main force of the Han army moved from Hanzhong County to Nanjun, and the former Hanzhong County ruled the west city, which was gradually abandoned by Liu Bang.

Although the vast rear can provide logistical supplies for the Han army, after all, Bashu and Hanzhong are too far away from the Central Plains, if Liu Bang has been staying in a remote county, then it will not be far away, and few people in this world will remember Pei Gong, who was once righteous and cloudy.

There is Minami-gun.

The distance between Liu Bang and the Central Plains was suddenly shortened to the shortest distance possible, and people of insight in the Yingchuan area and Confucian scholars in Qilu could reach Nanyang as long as they went west along the big river and Luoshui.

Of course, on their way to the west, they must also pass through Henandi, an enclave occupied by the Qin army, after all, the Funiu Mountains in Yingchuan County were still a wild and untouched area in this era.

――。

The situation in the world has changed dramatically.

Every prince who is watching the hegemony is working hard to fight for a larger living space, and famous people like Yingbu and Chen Yu who have not been crowned kings are also using all their liliang to try their best to become kings one day.

After the Chu army retreated.

Li Yuan left Jiang Yu's army to guard the Tiger Pass, and since Zhang Ping, Cao Xin, Wang Shang, Menghu and other Qin army generals returned to Luoyang, in the city, the long history Chen Ping, the city guard Zhang Zhong after more than 20 days of governance, finally restored the peace of the city.

Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east.

From the geographical point of view alone, the current Li Yuan can be described as a great bull, and the two most important capitals in Chinese history are under Li Yuan's command, but in fact, Li Yuan is very sad.

Chang'an is still a city under construction, and many municipal facilities are gradually being built and improved.

Luoyang, this small city has just improved a little, but it has been looted by military disasters in a row, and Shenyang's one-year governance has not been developed at all.

Luoyang.

Council Chamber.

Li Yuan, who took off his armor, was rarely at ease, and on his left and right, a number of Qin army generals and officials were also elated, and they were able to defeat the powerful Chu army, which can be said to have won great prestige for the revived Qin state. Everyone is imagining that one after another people of insight who have the ambitions in their hearts will come to Luoyang from all over the Central Plains with dreams and hopes, and defect to the banner of the Great Qin Jing who has never yielded.

"Li Hou, this time our army won a big victory, the news came back to Xianyang, and the elders were excited, and even those who questioned the construction of Chang'an stopped talking one by one." Zhao Ben, who had just arrived from Xianyang to escort the grain, said excitedly.

Victory.

It is a good medicine to cover up all contradictions.

In the face of Li Yuan's successive military victories, even those who were dissatisfied with him had to restrain their critical mentality and applaud Li Yuan against his will.

The Qin State can be without any people, but it can't be without Li Yuan.

Gradually, this obsession took root in the hearts of the Qin people, and grew up day by day.

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