In the county seat, the people crawled on both sides of the road, eating pot pulp, to welcome the righteous army that had just defeated the Qin army and stood proudly in Pei County.

The team lined up in a long line, although the clothes were ragged and the weapons were messy, but the formation of this righteous army was exceptionally neat, the first general, wearing a red robe, he was Liu Bang, behind him, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Xu, Zhou Bo and Guan Ying and others followed in turn.

The people chanted the words, kowtowed again and again, and prayed to this righteous army, hoping that the war would be far away from Peixian and their homeland.

Half an hour later, the heads of the county commander Yu Guan, the guests and others were hung on the execution ground of Cao in the city, and several soldiers were in charge of guarding.

In the county office, Liu Bang has summoned the three elders and Pei County Haoqiang, there are about 50 people, everyone gathered in the county government, on the high platform, it is Xiao He who is speaking: "If today, Zhang Chuguo spans Surabaya County and Chen County, and his arrogance is like the sky, as the old man of Pei County, how can we fall behind?" ”

When Xiao He said this, he looked at the people present, and said: "The general trend is that we only have two ways to go, one is to join the Zhang Chu regime and move closer to Chen Sheng, and the other way, we can establish Pei County on our own, eradicate the surrounding Qin forces, and establish our own homeland." ”

After Xiao He finished speaking, there was a boiling below, and everyone was discussing word by word, and I don't know who shouted: "We don't want to take refuge in Zhang Chuguo, we just want our own Chu State!" ”

"Yes, we are Chu people, we want Chu State, not Zhang Chu State!" Everyone was in an uproar, at this time, Xiao He nodded with satisfaction, he didn't want to take refuge in Chen Sheng, everyone's performance at this time, he was very satisfied, at this time, Xiao He looked at Liu Bang, and said: "There was a strange thing happened in Dangshan, a white snake wandered the mountains, devouring passers-by, and a hero of our Peixian Feng Township, he swung his sword to cut the snake, for us to kill the demon and eliminate the demon, I think, can lead us to rise, he is the only one!" ”

"Yes, I have also heard that an old woman once said that his son the son of the White Emperor died at the hands of the son of the Red Emperor, and the son of the Red Emperor is Liu Bang!"

"Indeed, Liu Bang is indeed the son of the Red Emperor!"

"Ah, I've heard of it too."

"I agree to support Liu Bang!"

Everyone discussed word by word, completely ignoring Xiao He on the stage, but Xiao He had quietly looked at Liu Bang at this time, the reason why he provoked this matter was to win Liu Bang's hearts and minds, so that he could get the support of the people of Pei County, and completely stabilize his position in Pei County.

At this time, everyone raised their arms and shouted: "I am willing to follow Liu Bang!" ”

Liu Bang was overjoyed when he saw what everyone was looking forward to, but on his face, he pretended to be at a loss, he walked on the high platform, Xiao He flashed aside, at this time, Liu Bang sighed, lowered his voice and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I can understand your mood at the moment, but how can I, Liu Bang, be able to be in the top // position and lead everyone?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bang looked at everyone and said, "I think we must choose a talented person to lead us and rise to the side, instead of me, the former Surabaya Pavilion Chief." ”

Everyone raised their hands and shouted: "We are all willing to support you, please don't apologize!" ”

"Support Liu Bang!" Everyone shouted, Liu Bang saw that everyone was looking forward to it, but he was no longer humble, he also raised his right hand, and shouted: "Since everyone trusts me so much, I am willing to temporarily occupy the position of Pei Gong, if he has a suitable candidate in the future, I am willing to give way!" ”

"Support Pei Gong! Support Pei Gong! The crowd shouted again.

At this time, Liu Bang waved his hand downward, everyone stopped shouting, and Liu Bang said again: "Since everyone elected me, I will exercise the power of my Pei Gong, from today on, my Pei County army, flags, and military robes are all in red, in response to the old color of the Chu State." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bang pulled Xiao He on the side again, and ordered: "I accept my fate, Xiao He is the prime minister, Cao Shen is Zhongjuan, Fan Xu, Guan Baby, Zhou Bo is the housekeeper, Xiahou Ying is the servant, and Ren Ao is the doorman......"

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In the early morning, there are many places in Pei County, where those over the age of thirteen and under the age of thirty will send one person from each household to join the army, and those who do not join the army will be punished with canes.

In Pei County, three grass sheds were pulled up, under the grass sheds, the scribes took up the pen to record, in front of them, there was a long queue, the young and strong people rushed to join the army, to serve Liu Bang, in less than ten days, Liu Bang's team soared from more than 2,000 people to 5,000 people, Pei County Daan.

A month later, the Pei army uniforms were unified, and weapons were also extracted from the treasury, although it could not meet the full staff, but most of the main force was fully equipped and well-trained.

At this time, some people advocated going south, marching to Pengcheng, completely controlling Surabaya County, and imitating Zhang Chujun, at the beginning, Zhang Chujun was in one go, captured Chen County, and established a solid foundation, but some people opposed attacking Pengcheng, after all, Pengcheng is not like Chen County, and if you want to take Pengcheng, the strength of Pei Jun is far from enough.

Because of this, some people advocate going north, marching to Xue County, seeking a solid foundation, can also strengthen the strength, this point of view, has been recognized by Liu Bang, he believes that the south is very likely to touch the interests of the Zhang Chu regime, resulting in the deterioration of the relationship between the two armies, it is better to go north, first eat the Qin State, the Qin State will be destroyed, the world is in chaos, otherwise the strong Qin will not tolerate any of the military horses standing proudly in Shandong, sooner or later will send troops to the east.

Just as Liu Bang was staring at the map, Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying raised his hand and said, "Pei Gong, the two of us are willing to lead our troops north as pioneers." ”

Liu Bang looked at the two of them, and then looked at the map again, and finally, he made up his mind and ordered: "Since you two ask for your life, I will give you this opportunity, you two can take a thousand people as the vanguard and march into Huling and Fanghe two counties, and I will lead three thousand main forces to follow up and meet you." ”

The two of them were overjoyed, and said with a smile: "The two of us will definitely live up to expectations." ”

The two turned to leave, Liu Bang fell into contemplation again, and soon, he looked at Guan Ying and Ren Ao, and ordered: "I order you two to lead a thousand troops to defend the city, if you encounter a big enemy, report to me immediately, and you can't be defeated." ”

The two of them sang their promises, and at this time, Liu Bang ordered: "Prepare for each other, we will leave tomorrow!" ”

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Hu Ling, located in the north of Pei County, is located in the border of Xue County, the defenders are about 300 people, at this time the city is tense and abnormal, Pei Jun is independent, and the Chu flag is large, so that Hu Ling has entered a state of combat readiness a few days ago, but they did not expect that Pei Jun would be so fast, only half a month, and then waved the army north.

At this time, more than 1,000 people were temporarily recruited in the city, and the rolling wood thunder stone was transported to the city tower, preparing to fortify the city, not far away, suddenly remembered the roaring war drums, and gradually, a red like a sea of fire surged, which was the arrival of the vanguard of the Pei army.

Under the city, Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying rode the horse in front, a thousand troops held Changge, lined up in the rear, forming a square camp, on both sides of the camp, five hundred soldiers had carried the ladder, waiting for the order to attack, the drum sound was loud, breathtaking.

On the city tower, a young general in leather armor stood beside the battlements, staring at the city, he was the captain of Huling County, at this time, he was already full of sweat, and there were 1,000 people in the vanguard of the Pei army, and behind, the main force did not know how many there were, I don't know if I could stop the footsteps of the Pei army?

Just when the county lieutenant was worried, under the city tower, a series of low horns suddenly sounded, this is the order for Peijun to attack, the county lieutenant's body trembled, he couldn't help waving his hand and shouting: "Quick, go to the city to defend!" ”

More than 100 crossbowmen came to the back of the female wall, began to draw the bow, under the order of the officer, put it down to the city, more than 100 arrows rained down to the city, many Pei soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, groaning // groaning and rolling, but there were still more Pei troops broke through the defense line and came to the city of Huling.

A ladder on the head of the city, Pei Jun began to climb up, on the city tower, the rolling wood and thunder stones were constantly thrown down, and the soldiers who were hit screamed and fell, but then, there were soldiers who filled the vacancy and continued to climb up, on the city tower, the county lieutenant's voice was hoarse, and he shouted loudly: "Give me the top, don't let them get close to the battlements!" ”

The war has lasted for two hours, both sides have suffered heavy casualties, but Pei Jun has not been able to climb the tower, is still desperately attacking upward, at this time, Fan Hao was furious, he rode his horse to the city, threw the horses, picked up a shield, drew // out of the bronze sword, personally climbed to the city, Pei soldiers saw this scene, all shocked, morale boosted, Pei army a new round of strong attack launched.

On the city tower, a soldier just threw down a big stone, but heard a "squeak", he couldn't help but look curiously, a copper sword slashed, the soldier's head was cut off, blood splashed, at this time, Fan Xu roared, jumped up suddenly, slashed with a sword, and then, there were constantly Pei troops climbed up to the city, killing in all directions.

The county lieutenant drew his sword and wanted to sneak attack Fan Xu, but Fan Xu threw his shield and hit the forehead of the county lieutenant, the county lieutenant was injured and turned around to escape, but Fan Xue picked up a spear and threw it out, the tip of the spear pierced out of the county lieutenant's chest, and after screaming, the county lieutenant was nailed straight to the city tower.

The banners of the Qin army were taken off, thrown into the fire, and thrown under the city tower, and the banners of the Pei army were waved in the wind, and under the sun, Huling was finally captured by the Pei army.

Three days later, Liu Bang's main force finally arrived and began to enter the city one after another, but the day before Liu Bang arrived, Fan Hao and Xiahou Ying had already led 700 remnants of the army, continued to march north, and went straight to Fanghe County to kill.

Out of the great victory, Liu Bang was in a good mood, he was accompanied by everyone, inspected the city defense, if Fang and the county conquered, Liu Bang decided that he would continue to go north, directly approaching Xue County Zhilu County.

Just when Liu Bang was beaming with joy and planning for the future, a Pei army rushed over, and when he was approaching, he knelt on one knee and said loudly: "Pei Gong, I am ordered by General Ren Ao to come to tell you, Liu Yuan is grateful, General Ren Ao asks Pei Gong to rush back to Pei County immediately!" ”

This news is like a bolt from the blue, Liu Yuan is Liu Bang's mother, her death, Liu Bang had to give up the plan to continue to attack Fang and County, temporarily return to the army, on the side, Xiao He seemed to see through Liu Bang's plan, he stepped forward and said softly: "If you return to the army, I'm afraid Hu Ling will not be guaranteed, it's better to give up together, wait for him to go north one day, and then recapture it." ”

Liu Bang pondered for a while, right now, there is no better way, thinking of this, Liu Bang had to nod: "Okay, order, give up Huling, and we will go back to Junpei County." ”

Stopped, Liu Bang looked at Zhou Bo on the side again, and ordered: "Order, let Fan Xu, Xiahou Ying return to Junpei County immediately, and stop fighting during the mourning period." ”