Just when Xiang Yu and Liu Bang were at a standout with Chenggao in Xingyang, an army of about 5,000 people secretly followed the road taken by Liu Bang from Hanzhong to the Sanchuan Army. After arriving in the Central Plains, this army did not go north to join the Central Plains war, but went to the south of Chu through Nanyang County.

Although this army is a Qin army, the clothing and weapons are no different from the Chu army, and even the appearance of the soldiers is very different from that of ordinary Qin, and many people can even speak the Chu dialect fluently.

Every soldier in this army was carefully selected, some had been stationed in various counties of Chu for the Qin Empire, and even many of them were Chu themselves, but their relatives and wives were all in Guanzhong. When Emperor Shi unified the world, there were large-scale migrations of residents from various countries, so there were not many Qin people of Chu blood in Guanguan, which also provided a large number of usable soldiers for Han Xin's plan.

And the commander of this Qin army with a special mission is Peng Yue, who has not appeared for a long time.

Peng Yue has not appeared in the eyes of others since he surrendered to Qin, and even the list of rewards does not have his name. It was not that Han Xin deliberately neglected him, but that there was a difficult task that needed to be entrusted to him, that is, to lead a lone army deep into Chu and disrupt the rear of Chu as much as possible.

Peng Yue carefully selected and trained in the Qin army for more than a month, and finally gathered 5,000 soldiers he wanted. At this time, the results of the battle of Pengcheng had also reached Guanzhong, and Han Xin realized the urgency of time, so he urged Peng Yue to go on the expedition as soon as possible.

Because the main force of the Chu army confronted Liu Bang in the north, the south was empty and abnormal, and the south was far away from the flames of war, so there was no sense of worry. Peng Yue's Qin army marched in Chu for more than half a month, but no one came to interrogate, and occasionally met officials and patrols on the road, and when they saw that the outfit was in the style of the Chu army, they no longer cared about it.

This way, Peng Yue walked unusually smoothly, passing through Nanyang and Jiujiang, and finally came to the south of Lujiang County.

Lujiang County was placed in the 27th year of the First Emperor, Zhishu County, and was one of several large counties established by the Qin Empire in the south. The administrative area spans the Great River, mainly concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River, bordering Jiujiang County of Zhangjun in the east and Hengshan County and Changshan County outside the Chu State in the west. Hengshan County is the territory of Wu Bing, the king of Hengshan, Changsha County in the south was originally the fief of Xiong Xin, the king of Chu, and then the king of Linjiang listened to Xiang Yu's instructions in the Xiangjiang River and sank Xiong Xin's boat, causing Xiong Xin to drown on the river, Xiang Yu gave him Changsha County in order to reward him.

In the pre-Qin period, most of the areas south of the river were not fully civilized, only the cities near the river were more prosperous, and most of the territories in the south were uninhabited, far less densely populated than the central plains of the north of the river. Therefore, although Wu Bing, the king of Hengshan, and the king of Linjiang had a fiefdom of thousands of miles, they were unable to participate in the war of the princes in the Central Plains, so they had to lie dormant in the south of the Yangtze River to watch the changes.

In the past, when Qin destroyed Chu, the royal families of Chu fled separately. All the way is to support the bloodline of the royal Xiong clan, mainly the five clans such as Lu and Dou, and flee to the south to avoid trouble; All the way, in accordance with the orders of the Xiang family, he settled in the land of Wuyue to the west and gradually grew stronger. In order to concentrate the strength of the Chu people, Xiang Liang reached an agreement with the clans of the southern land to jointly support Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Huai, to rebuild the state of Chu for the king of Chu, and the two factions shared the power of the state of Chu.

Later, as Xiang Yu continued to achieve great victories on the battlefield, this balance between the Chu State and the Central Dynasty was gradually broken, and it became completely Xiang Yu's own decision. The children of the Southern faction were either deposed, or were transferred from important positions by Ming Sheng and secretly demoted, and gradually withdrew from the decision-making center of the Chu State. It was not until the king of Chu Xiong Xin was killed that the fierce conflict between the two factions reached the point of irreconcilability, in order to protest, so all the children of the southern faction who were officials in the court resigned from their posts, but Xiang Yu accepted their resignation without retreating, and drove the forces of the southern faction out of the court.

But at the local level, especially in the southern part of the Chu State, the power of these clans is deep-rooted, from the county guard to the county commander, down to the county commander, full of their children and protégés. As long as they didn't openly rebel, Xiang Yu was helpless against them, so he had to turn a blind eye.

And the purpose of Han Xin sending Peng Yue was to incite the Chu people's anti-Xiang forces as much as possible, and drag Xiang Yu's retreat in the rear, so that he could not take care of each other and could not go all out to plot against the Central Plains.

Han Shin had been planning this operation for a long time, but unfortunately there was no suitable candidate for the commander. Different from the frontal battlefield, in the rear, it was more relied on the tactics of 'guerrilla attack' to harass and attack the Chu army, constantly absorbing opposing forces in the movement, and finally gradually grew stronger, and successfully resisted the Chu state with Xiang Yu.

That is, the army is alone, with no backup or supplies, and is surrounded by the people of the enemy country. This is the coach's leadership ability is extremely demanding, and Peng Yue is undoubtedly the best suitable person.

First of all, he is a Chu person, and he was the leader of the thieves who ran rampant in Jianghuai, and he is very familiar with the terrain here. Moreover, what he is good at is the art of guerrilla raids, and if he only talks about the mobility and flexibility of small troops, I am afraid that Han Xin is not his opponent.

This is talent, if you talk about the trickery of tactics, no one is Han Xin's opponent, and in his hands war has really become an art, an art aimed at deceiving the enemy; If you talk about the unstoppable momentum of the head-to-head confrontation and the grasp of the morale of the fighters, Xiang Yu is the leader in the world; But when it comes to guerrilla raids, Peng Yue is undoubtedly the best among them, so Han Xin entrusted him with this important task.

This is the difference between Han Xin and Xiang Yu, Han Xin is good at tapping and using the talents of his subordinates, allowing them to make the best use of their resources and perform their duties. And Xiang Yu has always been fighting alone, there is no shortage of talents under him, Zhang Liangxiao and others have been ministers under his account, but he gave these talents to the enemy in vain, he only relied on the group of people who maintained the righteousness of his brothers, so his subordinates are withering, and there will only be fewer and fewer.

Xianyang, the Governor's Mansion.

Han Xin stretched and let out a long yawn.

These days, after Li Zuoche became the national lieutenant Zuocheng, he shared most of the trivial matters in the duties of the national lieutenant, so Han Xin was also happy.

It is approaching the end of the year, the severe cold is coming, and the new year is coming, but this is not necessarily a happy thing for the Qin people. As soon as the cold winter passed, the Huns who had been dormant all winter would no longer be willing to be lonely, and in the northern grasslands, they had defeated the feud Donghu and Yueshi, and they could go south with all their strength no longer from worries.

Everyone knew that a life-and-death battle between Qin and Hungary could never be avoided. If the Xiongnu wanted to enter the Central Plains, they had to defeat the Qin state, which was blocking their southward movement, and if the Qin state wanted to send troops to the eastern part of the country, they must first solve the problem of the henchmen behind them. In order to meet the impending fierce war, the Qin State put down all its plans, and Bashu in the south could only be temporarily abandoned.

The whole country is working together to actively prepare for the war, but Han Xin has become an idler at this time. But in order to leave a good impression on his subordinates that the chief general was diligent, Han Xin could only insist on coming to the Governor's Mansion every day to sit from morning to evening, and read the official business he handled carefully.

Looking at the "copper kettle dripping" on the table, it was not early, and it was time for lunch. Han Xin straightened out the books on the table, stood up and prepared to go home. These days, Han Xin and Ying Ke are newly married Yan'er, which is naturally very sweet, Han Xin can't help but think of the scene where Ying Ke worked hard to cook for himself, and couldn't help but feel a burst of warmth in his heart.

When he was striding out and preparing to leave, a personal soldier trotted in and saw Han Xin kneeling down and shouting; "See General, here is a letter from you, which was forwarded to you by a man outside the door.

Han Xin took a delicate bag a little strangely, pinched it with his hand, and felt something inside. I couldn't help but be stunned when I opened it, and there were four words written on a small strip of cloth between them, "Apricot Forest in the east of the city", and when I saw another thing in the bag, my face suddenly changed, and I grabbed the guard and asked sharply; "Where is the messenger?"

The guard said in a bit of a panic; "He left after delivering the letter, just asked me to hand it over to you as soon as possible, saying that time was running out."

Han Xin immediately let go of the guard and strode towards the gate.

Out of the Governor's Mansion, Han Xin rushed all the way to the east gate, passing through the downtown area of the city, it was indeed crowded with people, Han Xin had to slow down, and walked forward all the way through the gap in the crowd. Han Xin was in a hurry, and bumped into countless stalls and pedestrians along the way while being scolded by others, but he didn't have time to apologize.

A tall middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the middle of the road ahead, blocking Han Xin's road after all, and when he saw Han Xin rushing towards him, he didn't avoid it, but was stunned as if he was stunned. Han Xin didn't want to stop, so he shrank and passed by like a swimming fish.

At this time, a change occurred, and the tall and thin man suddenly reached out and grabbed Han Xin's hands as fast as lightning, Han Xin became alert, grabbed his right hand with his backhand, and waited for the change. The man was held by Han Xin and did not struggle, but winked at Han Xin, Han Xin was stunned, and the ensuing killing move did not come out.

I saw that the tall and thin man had a sallow face and a languid expression, and he looked like the kind of person who would never attract attention when thrown on the street. But his eyes were unusually smart, giving Han Xin a sense of déjà vu. Han Xinxin thought about it slightly, and blurted out: "It's you!" ”

The man's eyes wandered, and he didn't answer, but just broke free from Han Xin's hand and wanted to leave. Han Xin's palms suddenly softened, and he stuffed a ball of silk cloth into him, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Looking at his fast-moving figure, he hesitated and didn't catch up.

When I opened the strip of cloth in my hand, I saw that there were only five words written on it: "Don't go, there is a trap." ”

Han Xin slowly crumpled the strips of cloth into a ball and clenched it in the palm of his hand, several thoughts flashed in his heart, and he couldn't figure out a single idea. After all, I couldn't bear the worry in my heart, and still decided to go out of the city to make an appointment, but I was more careful in my heart. The military camp at the city gate requisitioned a war horse with the order and galloped all the way to the apricot forest.

The apricot forest is a forest in the eastern suburbs of Xianyang, and there is a galloping road that is the only way for Xianyang to pass through Hangu Pass in the east. Usually there are people coming and going, but in the cold winter, there are few people coming and going.

Although it had cleared, the snow in the forest had not melted, and Han Xin galloped along the gallop road, listening to the cautious vigilance of the eight directions.

Han Xin was not worried that the person who asked him would not find him, since he had come to the apricot grove by appointment, that person would naturally have a way to meet him, so Han Xin just walked along the gallop road, which was eye-catching and easy to walk, and secondly, the surrounding area was open and conducive to retreat.

The horse's hooves "creaked" against the snow on the ground, and Han Xin had calmed down at this time, thinking about the ins and outs while looking around vigilantly. Suddenly, the horse's hooves lightened, and the horse's front hooves fell to its knees, and the front hooves seemed to have been cut alive by something sharp, and it was indeed a thin sharp line on the gallop that was not easy to detect.

Han Xin's reaction was also extremely fast, and the moment the mount stumbled, he had already jumped high. When I looked up, I saw a fishing net falling out of thin air above my head, and the intestines of the fish came out of the sheath, and the lightning pierced the edge of the fishing net to pick it open, and I flew backwards with the help of my strength.

Before it fell, he had already heard the sound of a bow and crossbow, and when he turned his head to look at it, he was shocked, only to see a dense burst of crossbow arrows shooting overwhelmingly towards his foot.

The bow and crossbow is the standard weapon of the Qin army, and Han Xin is naturally no stranger to it, but the intensity of this rain of arrows far exceeds that of an ordinary single crossbow salvo, and it does not look like it is shot by manpower at all. Han Xin had no choice but to roll on the spot in a hurry, narrowly avoiding the deadly chain of crossbow arrows, which grazed Han Xin's mouth and nose and "fluttered" into the ground, leaving a faint fishy smell, thinking that it was smeared with poison.

Before Han Xin could settle down, the sound of bows and crossbows broke out in the rear, and Han Xin was still lying on his back on all fours at this time, with no place for his limbs to borrow, and he had already gritted his teeth and forcibly avoided it, but it was too late. Although most of the arrows avoided the rain of arrows, several of them still hit Han Xin's chest and abdomen. Han Xin screamed, stood up with his sword, and walked less than two steps before he spat blood and fell to the ground, struggling a few times before he stopped moving.

This is a person slowly falling from the tree, and it is An Qisheng who has been missing for many years. An Qisheng was dressed in a white robe, still with sparse eyebrows and eye-catching eyes, but his cheeks were deeply sunk and his hair was scattered, and his demeanor was a little less elegant, and a little more crazy.

When he saw Han Xin lying on the snow, blood staining the snow red, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, the laughter was as piercing as a crow, and the snow on the nearby branches fell one after another. An Qisheng still has a little bit of the appearance of a real person at this time, and he is simply like a madman.

"Dead, finally dead! Everything will be back to the way it was, there will be no more messes, and I will definitely succeed! ”

This was An Jisheng's laughter that suddenly stopped, because he saw that Han Xin's body on the ground was still twitching, and it didn't seem to be completely dead. Thinking that he was strong and didn't die for a while, An Qisheng raised his sword and stepped forward slowly, wanting to make up for it.

At this time, the mutation suddenly occurred, Han Xin suddenly turned over violently, and the snow in front of him was picked up by the sword and smashed towards An Qisheng. An Qisheng saw that Han Xin vomited blood from several arrows and fell to the ground, where could he guess that he was already wearing inner armor and was not afraid of arrows.

Since he was seriously injured by Wang Li's men with a crossbow machine in the Northland, Han Xin has been very afraid of this kind of domineering weapon, you must know that no matter how high your martial arts are, it will be difficult for your flesh and blood to fight against mecha equipment. Since he has mastered the entire Qin State, the treasure accumulated in the Qin Emperor era is at his disposal, this inner armor was carefully built by the top craftsmen in South Korea for the defense of King Han, and after the first emperor destroyed Korea, he took it for his own use, and now it is borrowed by Han Xin honestly and unceremoniously.

As for the vomiting of blood, it was nothing more than Han Xin biting his lip and squirting it to paralyze An Qisheng, and An Qisheng was really fooled by the agitation of his heart, and he was easily ambushed by Han Xin.

Han Xin deliberately struggled twice to lead him forward, first picking up snow with his sword to attract An Qisheng's sight, and then the human sword merged like lightning and stabbed into An Qisheng's arms. An Qisheng only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and he had already reacted and retreated quickly, but he was still forced by Han Xin, so he had to swing his sword and fight hard to block with his intuition.

Between the stone fire and lightning, the two have exchanged dozens of moves, Han Xin is fast and fast, and the fish intestines in his hand are like poisonous snakes spitting letters. And An Qisheng was caught off guard and couldn't help but retreat again and again, he could only parry and hold on but had no power to fight back, and was completely forced by Han Xin to seize the opportunity.

Could it be that this opportunity was obtained by Han Xin with great effort, so he deceived himself and clinged to An Jisheng tightly, not giving him any chance to recuperate. An Qisheng retreated all the way, and suddenly his back was reached, but he had already retreated to the back of the tree, and there was no way to retreat, and he suddenly shouted in his heart that it was not good, and he could only watch Han Xin swing his sword and come straight but he didn't have time to block.

It was when Han Xin's face showed a smile and he was about to succeed, but his face suddenly changed and jumped away. I only heard the sound of "fluttering" behind him, and the place where Han Xin was standing just now was already full of crossbow arrows, and a beautiful girl in black stood up with a strangely styled instrument. The row of crossbow arrows shot out from the instrument in her hand, she didn't expect that there was such a ingenious instrument in the world, if it weren't for Han Xin wearing inner armor, he would almost die under this thing.

This thing is called the repeating crossbow, which is one of the several rare murderous weapons carefully invented by the public brigade in those years, which is extremely cumbersome to manufacture, and the material requirements are extremely high, and it is difficult to make it if it is not for the strength of the country. So after the death of the public loss class, it was lost, but I didn't expect to be born by An Ji for his own use.

The girl saw that the arrows in the repeater had been used up, so she threw herself on the ground and drew her sword, sandwiching Han Xin between her and An Jisheng.

That girl is really a star who has had several encounters with Han Xin, but she shows her fake appearance every time, although Han Xin has seen her true face of Lushan, he has only seen her appearance, and it is the first time to see her dressed in women's clothes.

Xingyu has passed two decades, and her slim appearance is extremely standard, and a tight-fitting outfit exposes the curves of her delicate and prominent figure. The appearance is also beautiful, the starry eyes are circulating, the peach cheeks are dizzy, and what is even more rare is the charming appearance between the eyebrows, which makes people can't help but feel excited.

It's a pity that Han Xin didn't have the leisure time to appreciate such a beauty, he just held his sword across his chest and said coldly; "Tell me your conditions, as long as you are willing to let go of the seconds, I will meet any of your requirements."