The atmosphere in the living room was already very harmonious, and Wu Rui's impression of Xiang Zhuang was also very good, at this time, Wu Rui looked at the cloth and ordered: "You go and tell the back kitchen to prepare a sumptuous dish, I want to wash the dust for Xiang Zhuang!" ”

Xiang Zhuang embarrassedly arched his hand and said, "Don't bother Uncle Wu, we will rush back to the barracks in a while!" ”

"Huh! Have a meal, out of the way! Wu Rui told Tu Bu again, Tu Bu nodded, smiled and walked outside the house, at this time, a girl's silver bell-like voice sounded outside the house: "Daddy, can I come in?" ”

The voice suddenly disappeared, and a young girl was outside the door, she looked into the house, and stuck out her tongue, "It turns out that Daddy has a guest, I won't bother!" ”

"You girl, you don't give a gift to the guests!" Wu Rui reprimanded unhappily, the girl saw her father scolding, so she had to stride in, she looked very beautiful, but in terms of temperament, she was more like a boy, a bit like a martial arts hero, somewhat similar to Cao Feng's personality, at this time the girl had already hugged everyone: "Wu Fang has seen everyone." ”

After Wu Fang saluted, he was just about to leave, but Xiang Zhuang had already smiled and said, "I saw the girl in Xia Xiangzhuang." ”

But Wu Fang ignored Xiang Zhuang, glanced at Wu Rui, and left in a hurry, Wu Rui saw that her daughter was so rude, angry and annoyed, but in front of outsiders, it was inconvenient to attack, so she had to suppress the displeasure in her heart, pointed to the side hall and smiled: "Let's go to the side hall to talk, the banquet will be good soon." ”

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When the dishes were served, it was already afternoon, and at this time, several government soldiers had filled everyone's wine glasses, Wu Rui held the wine glasses, and laughed: "Xiang Zhuangxian's nephew doesn't have to be polite, coarse and thin wine, talk about your heart." ”

"Uncle Wu is so polite!" Xiang Zhuang smiled in return.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was slightly drunk, at this time, Xiang Zhuang sighed lightly, looked at Wu Rui, and pretended to be a problem: "Uncle Wu, I won't tell you, I only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses with me when I went west this time, and I heard that there are no less than tens of thousands of defenders in Yi County, and I really don't know whether I can win this battle." ”

Seeing Xiang Zhuang complaining, Wu Rui waved his hand and smiled: "What's so difficult about this? ”

After a pause, Wu Rui continued: "I can let Huang Bu lead 3,000 troops and accompany you into Yi County, okay?" ”

"Great!" Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said with a smile: "If Uncle Wu can be so righteous, I should be Uncle Ming, what will Uncle Wu drive in the future, Xiang Zhuang will swear to serve!" ”

"Hehe, it's too outside!" Wu Rui took a sip of wine, shook his hand and smiled.

After a few more rounds of wine, Xiang Zhuang pretended to be drunk and said goodbye to the camp, Wu Rui was also drunk at this time, got up to send him off, at this time, Xiang Zhuang pretended to be a gaffe, and said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, if you and I can make an alliance, I promise you that my uncle will definitely establish a waterway transfer station, and this transfer station must be located in Peng Lize, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Poyang." ”

This is good news, Wu Rui couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, stared at Xiang Zhuang, and asked with a smile: "Is this true?" ”

"Seriously!" Xiang Zhuang squinted with a smile, his drunken expression was extremely exaggerated, and laughed: "This time, I attacked Yi County, for the iron ore in Yi County, as long as the iron ore is in hand, we will continue to send materials back to Huiji, at that time, Poyang is the transfer station!" ”

On the side, Kong Ji coughed dryly, supported Xiang Zhuang, and said unhappily: "General, you drank too much!" ”

"I don't have much!" Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and reprimanded, at this time, Cao Feng had already turned around and bowed his hand to Wu Rui, and sighed: "My general has drunk too much, don't take it to heart!" ”

Wu Rui smiled and waved his hand, at this time, Duo Bu had already greeted quickly, and asked with a smile: "The army has been assembled, when will it leave?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, let's set sail together!" Kong Ji returned in place of Xiang Zhuang, and at this time, Wu Rui and Di Bu gave up together, and everyone separated.

On the way back, Cao Feng saw that Xiang Zhuang was already a little sober, and said unhappily: "Why do you want to leak the matter of the transfer station?" If Uncle Liang knows, it will be terrible! ”

Xiang Zhuang ignored Cao Feng's blame, only on the horse, staring closely into the distance, on the side, Kong Jilang smiled and said: "Miss Cao, you misunderstood the general, he deliberately said it to others." ”

Cao Feng was slightly surprised and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Kong Ji saw that Cao Feng still didn't understand, so he had to say patiently: "The general told Wu Rui this, in order to give him some reassurance, so that he can go out to the envoy with peace of mind, whether he can negotiate cooperation, whether he can merge the Poyang army, those are no longer within our ability, our task has been completed, and the rest can only depend on how General Xiang Liang wins them over." ”

Speaking of this, Kong Ji's eyes were confused, looking into the distance, if he could really annex the Poyang army, the Xiang family's power in Jiangdong would be unshaken, even if the Qin army came and was far away from the river, I am afraid it would be difficult for them to enter the ......

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Early in the morning, the mighty Jiangdong Chu army boarded the ship again, not far away, a large camp was destroyed, burned, and the materials were carried onto the ship, at this time, along the south of Peng Lize, more than 100 ships marched slowly, these were the warships of the Poyang army.

At the command of the main ship, the blue flag was hoisted, and all the ships began to sail away and continue westward.

About two days of travel, the Jiangdong Chu army docked in the east of Yi County, here, is the Huanggang of later generations, the boat board is on the shore, the soldiers lead the horses, carry the materials, and begin to land lifelikely, some of the first soldiers to arrive began to cut down trees, set up camps, and thistles are sprinkled in the path to prevent enemy sneak attacks.

Soon, the main boat arrived on the shore, and after Xiang Zhuang, Duo Bu and others got off the boat, they went straight to Shuaijiao.

At noon, a soldier entered the handsome account with dishes, and on several tables in the handsome account, everyone's lunch had been placed, but at this time, everyone gathered around Xiang Zhuang's table to discuss the war situation, but no one was willing to go to the meal.

At this time, Kong Ji said in a hoarse voice: "If we follow our current strategy of marching into the army, there are two points to consider, the first is water warfare, on the river, if you want to fight, the only way to win is to win with a bow and crossbow, but we are going west this time, the materials we bring are not sufficient, there are only 10,000 bows and arrows, it is impossible to completely control the situation of water warfare, and land warfare, chariots are the mainstay, cavalry is supplemented, infantry is advancing, bows and crossbows echo, this is a conventional method of warfare, but we also do not have enough bows and crossbows, nor do we have enough chariots, mostly infantry, so, We must find a way to avoid large-scale battles, fight for Zhi// smash the county, and decide the victory or defeat in one battle.

What Kong Ji said was very reasonable, and everyone couldn't help nodding and approving, but the few questions Kong Ji said couldn't help but make Xiang Zhuang feel lost and headaches, and how to take down Yi County became the primary problem.

On the side, Di Bu smiled and said: "Brother, don't be discouraged, although your cavalry is insufficient, we have more than 13,000 cavalry, which can completely dominate the battlefield, we are not without absolute superiority, so everything can be considered in the long run." ”

At this time, Xiang Zhuang looked at Liji on the side and asked, "Is the information from Yi County back?" ”

Liji shook his head and sighed, "It's been almost two hours, but none of the scouts have returned." ”

"It's really not good, send two more people to spy on it!" As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words fell, Ma Tianhong, the scout chief of Tuntun, had walked in quickly, he came to Xiang Zhuang, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists with both hands and said: "General, there is news." ”

Ma Tianhong's arrival indicated that there had been a scout return, Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed, helped Ma Tianhong up, and said hurriedly: "Tell me quickly, how is the defense of Yi County?" ”

It is said that there are 5,000 garrisons in Shaxian County to the west of Yixian County, 500 people stationed in the iron mines in the east of Yixian County, and more than 20,000 troops stationed in the city of Yixian County."

After listening to Ma Tianhong's words, Xiang Zhuang felt a little relieved, the defense of Yi County was relatively scattered, and the defenders of the iron mine were less than a thousand people, which was easy to seize the iron mine, but if you want to completely control the iron mine, the control of Yi County is very important.

Thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang decided not to march from Shaxian County, but to land from elsewhere, and the light troops rushed forward, directly approaching Yi County, in this way, Yi County was lost, and Shaxian County naturally collapsed without a fight, thinking so, Xiang Zhuang coughed dryly, pointed to the map and said with a smile: "Everyone listen to my orders, and our troops are divided into two ways." ”

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang's eyes looked at Gong Ao and ordered: "I will give you a thousand soldiers and horses, you march from the east path, bypass Longse Lake, enter the remaining veins of Dabie Mountain, and be sure to take down the three iron mines in Dabie Mountain for me before dark." ”

Gong Ao looked at the map, although the road was winding and very far away, but one day's time might be enough, and he couldn't help but arch his hand: "Please rest assured, general, I will definitely arrive on time." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, patted Gong Ao's shoulder with his hand, and said: "The Qin army does not attach much importance to iron ore, they collect iron ore, most of the use is to cast arrows, make plows, for weapons, they rarely manufacture, so, there are only more than 100 defenders there, you can take them in, if you resist, kill them." ”

Gong Ao nodded again, and at this time, Xiang Zhuang set his eyes on everyone and ordered: "The rest of the people follow the main force and attack Yi County with me!" ”

Everyone sang together, and at this time, Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly embarrassedly: "You're all hungry, let's go, let's eat!" ”

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As soon as the morning dawned, hundreds of warships appeared in the Yangtze River, and they sailed westward, with the wind and water smooth, the war drums roared, the flags were flying, and the momentum was greatly violated.

Soon, the fleet began to move closer to the shore, and the Qin army stationed in the east corner of Yi County found this army, especially the roaring war drums, which shook the mountains and wilderness, and the beasts were scurrying, led by a Qin army hundred commanders called Ji Meng, he looked at the mighty Jiangdong Chu army, and his heart was worried, but at this time he had no way to retreat, if he retreated to the city, he would also be beheaded by the county lieutenant.

At this time, he had already turned to look at a relative and ordered: "Go quickly and ask for help from Yi County!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he left with the horse, Wang Ji Meng picked up a spear and prepared to fight, but at this time, feather arrows came all over the sky, whistling in the blink of an eye, Wang Ji Meng just felt dangerous, and before he could swing the spear to block, an iron arrow had penetrated from his eyebrows, and blood flowed to the ground along the shaft of the arrow.

In the distance, Xiang Zhuang proudly put away his bow, pulled out his long sword from his waist, and shouted loudly: "Raise the red flag, all the warships, give me landing!" ”