The Western Chu army also reacted very quickly. After Peng Yue's army left Zou County, at noon the next day, Gan Ji, the governor of Donghai County in Xichu, had already brought 6,000 Donghai County soldiers back to the city of Zou County. Unfortunately, everything was too late. The area of ​​Zou County, which had been transported by people and vehicles, was already full of devastation. There were traces left by fire everywhere. There were still black smoke in many places. The once piled up food and grass military supplies were completely gone, and the city walls were completely razed to the ground. Even the vehicles used to transport food and grass were burned by Peng Yue's army. The Western Chu army, who used all means, resumed the transportation of food and grass, and increased the difficulty.

Although the loss of Zou County and the burning of materials had little to do with him, Gan Ji was still so angry that he screamed. As soon as he asked the whereabouts of the Han army from the defeated soldiers in Zou County and the local people, Gan Ji immediately shouted: "Chase! Let's go south immediately and settle the scores and revenge for those shameless Han thieves!"

"Calm down." The general next to him quickly persuaded: "I heard from the defeated soldiers of Zhan County that there were more than 16,000 Han thieves who attacked Zou County, and we only had 6,000 troops. We were at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. There were probably dangers to pursue hastily. Therefore, the last general believed that it would be better to wait for reinforcements from other places to arrive, and then launch a pursuit."

"What's the fear of a group of mobs?" Gan Ji scolded him angrily and said, "You can't waste time. To the south is our capital Pengcheng. If the Han thieves threaten the security of our capital, the king will definitely not spare us! Send troops to chase us immediately, catch up with the Han thieves' army first and then act like an opportunity!"

Seeing that Ganji insisted, the generals did not dare to continue to oppose it. They could only follow Ganji to lead the troops south and pursue the mobs of Peng Yue's army who dared to make ground on Tai Sui's head, but they completely ignored their reinforcements and troops who were still rushing to Zou County, and did not have a unified opinion on pursuing them.

It's still a pity that although the Western Chu army pursued them firmly, the Peng Yue army was indeed a mob with no weapons or uniforms. However, the Peng Yue army, a mob, had been relying on mobile guerrilla warfare since the beginning of the army's establishment, but was good at rushing and rushing around and marching on the spacious and flat road. The maneuver speed may not be very advantageous. However, after changing to the county road, the Peng Yue army's maneuver speed immediately threw the Western Chu army away from three streets. So when the Ganji army's troops launched the pursuit, the Peng Yue army had actually bypassed Teng County, changed to the southeast, and rushed towards Mr. Shusun's hometown Xue County.

If you insist on fighting, Peng Yue's army was actually not sure that you could not take Teng County. The generals of Peng Yue's army also suggested to capture Teng County and get a fight. However, Peng Yue flatly rejected the proposal and said: "Teng County is too close to Zou County. Once time is wasted when siege, the Western Chu thieves Army will likely catch up with us. Only by hurrying up and running away more, then we have time to siege the city with confidence. Therefore, Teng County cannot fight, even Huling in the southwest of Teng County cannot go, so we can only go to Xue County, so that we can be sure to get rid of the Western Chu thieves Army!"

Facts proved that Peng Yue's decision was extremely correct. When Peng Yue's army rushed to the city of Xue County with light clothes, the pursuers led by Gan Ji were still on the way from Zou County to Teng County, and there was no time to pose a threat to Peng Yue's army. Peng Yue also stopped the army. While taking a break, he seized the time to build siege weapons. Then he took advantage of the opportunity that the Xue County defenders had been exhausted and easily captured the Xue County city, which was guarded by only a few hundred county soldiers, seized the food and supplies the army, and then burned all the food that could not be taken away.

Then, taking advantage of Ganji's chance to catch up with him, Peng Yuejun decisively gave up Xue County and went to the east to kill Liu County in Donghai County. Ganji, as the governor of Donghai County, was so despaired that Peng Yuejun was about to take advantage of the situation and said that Peng Yuejun was about to take advantage of the situation to raid his old nest. He quickly led his army to advance east at full speed. However, when he was still running and foaming at the foot of Jiang County, Ganji's troops learned out of breath that Peng Yuejun had just shot a shot at Jiang County, and then immediately turned west along the road and rushed towards Zou County again.

At this time, the Ganji army had marched for more than 450 miles, and were exhausted from the top and bottom. They had to rest in the city of Guan County. At the same time, they contacted the Xue County troops who arrived later to exchange enemy situations with each other, and asked the Xue County friendly troops led by the Xue County Chief to return to the army to intercept the north, and help their own army attack Peng Yue's army, who was more slippery than loaches.

The result of the attacks from the front and back made the Western Chu army vomit blood. Although the Xue County army immediately went north from Xue County to Heting, which was located in Chidao, Peng Yue's army relied on the maneuverability of the Chidao march to rush past Heting and continued westward, burning Heting to a piece of white land, then took Zou County for the second time, and killed another grain transport team of the Western Chu army, and then went south to Teng County without stopping.

When encountering a mobile combat master like Peng Yue, the Western Chu army was completely useless and had no choice but to do anything. Gan Ji had to set off from Hua County and come west to chase Peng Yue. Xue County's army also bit the bullet and went south to pursue him again. Peng Yue's army led his nose to bypass Teng County and Huling, and then chased him to Qi County in the southwest.

Peng Yue was also waiting for this opportunity. He used the complex terrain between Huling and Qi County to quickly arrange two ambush troops, and then deliberately let the Xue County army catch up, pretending to be defeated and led the enemy into the ambush circle of his own army. The ambush troops left and right, and the front army also turned around to fight, attacking Xue County pursuers from three sides. Although the weapons and training of Xue County pursuers were above the Peng Yue army, the continuous urgent marching had caused their physical strength to be seriously reduced, and their combat effectiveness was greatly affected. They fell into an unfavorable situation of being attacked by the enemy on three sides. He could only be reluctantly defeated by the Peng Yue army with the helpless defeat and fled, temporarily losing the ability to pursue Peng Yue army.

Then, Peng Yue still did not attack Xue County, and chose to attack Liu Laosan's hometown Pei County. He first robbed the Sishui Pavilion where Liu Laosan was working as a servant, and then crossed Sishui under the noses of the soldiers of Pei County, preparing to attack Pei County to replenish food and grass. As a result, it was at this time that Peng Yue called the Han army representative Yue Laos and ordered Yue Laos: "Yuejie, you can go to Fengyi to contact Yongchi. I'll wait for your good news here."

Yue Lao hurriedly agreed, and Peng Yue reminded him again: "Remember, if you can persuade Yongchi to surrender to our king, tell him not to rush to change the banner of our Han country. You must calm down for a while. Wait until I lure the Western Chu thief army to Fengyi, let the Western Chu thief army meet with him, and then let him suddenly turn against each other and stab the Western Chu thief army from the back, and help us kill the Western Chu thief army from the inside and outside."

"Let Yongchi suddenly turn against us when the Western Chu thieves arrive?" Yue Lao was stunned and said worriedly: "General Peng, is it too risky to do this? You and I don't know Yongchi. If he is right and wrong, he promises to help us, and suddenly gives us a knife from behind, how can we resist? For safety reasons, we'd better let Yongchi change his flag and join us immediately so that we can join us with confidence in joining forces with him to fight against the Western Chu thieves?"

"You can't let him change his flags directly." Peng Yue shook his head and said, "Fengyi is just a small city. There are only a few hundred defenders in the sky. Even if you change your flags directly, it will not play any role. If you want Yongchi to play the greatest role for us, the best way is to let him bear it temporarily. When we lure the pursuers of the Western Chu thieves Army to the Fengyi battlefield, then suddenly stab the Western Chu thieves Army from the back and help us kill the pursuers of the Western Chu thieves Army, so that the hundreds of soldiers in his hands can truly help us a lot."

"As for Yongchi's right and wrong, of course I will be careful about this, so you don't have to worry." Peng Yue said again: "You must be careful. If Yongchi refuses to accept your persuasion and plans to harm you, you can tell him clearly that if you can't come back to meet us before dark tomorrow, I will send troops to Fengyi the day after tomorrow to break through the city, and no one will stay!"

Thanking Peng Yue for his kindness to him, Yue Laolao quickly boarded the carriage, and under the protection of several Peng Yue soldiers, he went westward to Fengyi to contact Yong Chi, a fellow villager who had once worshipped Xiang Kang. Peng Yue organized an army to establish a camp outside Pei County. While sending envoys into the city to persuade him to surrender, he rushed to build a siege weapon. At the same time, he sent people to closely monitor the Huling Ferry Crossing in the north and Liuxian in the south, and be careful to guard against the pursuit of the Western Chu army's sudden crossing of the Huling River, or the Pengcheng garrison of the Western Chu army left the city north.

I saw the situation on Yue Liu and successfully arrived at the Fengyi small town where Liu Laosan was born. I first found out outside the city that Yongchi was indeed the county magistrate in Fengyi. Yue Liao drove to Fengyi city gate to ask for entry. However, in order to avoid leaking rumors, Yue Liao did not dare to directly express his identity and purpose. He just claimed that he was Yongchi's former friend and had important matters to visit his old friends. The result was quite smooth. Seeing that Yueliao was well-behaved, the soldiers guarding the gate still politely invited Yueliao into the city and sent it to Yongchi's residence to hand it over to Yongchi's personal soldiers.

But there were also things that surprised Yue Lao. After waiting in the hall for a while, the person who came to Yue Lao was a short and strong man with a thick and hard beard with a thick and hard face, his muscles were twisted, his face was as round as a pot, his eyes were rounder than a copper bell, and his voice was like a broken gong, thick and sandy. He looked like a reckless character with muscles squeezed his brain smaller than a walnut. Yue Lao couldn't help but feel a little pounding in his heart and said to himself: "Is such a rough man really worth entrusting a big deal? Also, counting the time, this man hasn't met our king for at least three years. Will he accept the counsel of our king? Don't take me down without caring about Xiang Yu's reward?"

"I am Yong Chi. Are you a former friend of the county magistrate?" Yong Chi spoke as straightforward as he looked. He first introduced his identity directly, and then immediately asked in a rough voice: "But why does this county magistrate have no impression of you? We have seen it there before?"

"General Yong has a good memory. I have never seen you before." Yue Lao quickly saluted and said with a strong smile in his heart: "It's just that in order to meet the general and present a big deal, I lied to the general's subordinates. If there is any offense, I hope the general will forgive me for his crimes."

It surprised Yue Liu again. After seeing Yue Liu admitting that he was lying calmly, Yong Chi, who seemed to be irritated, was not angry and asked, "Who are you?"

"General, you are a subordinate of a friend of the past." Yue Lao replied carefully: "After his order, we came to see the general from a thousand miles."

"Are you a subordinate of my friend?" Yong Chi asked impatiently, "Speak directly, don't keep it aside."

Yue Lao looked around hesitantly. Yong Chi saw his thoughts and said again: "It's okay, let's talk."

Yue Lao had no choice but to bow to Yongchi again, and then tried to lower his voice and said, "General, the Dianke Passerby under the command of Xiang Kang, the King of Han, was named Yue and named Lao, and served our king's..."

Yongchi immediately waved his hand to interrupt Yue Lao, first looked at the gate, and then whispered: "Follow me to the back hall to talk."

"This guy is quite delicate."

Yue Lao's impression of Yong Chi suddenly changed a little, but what surprised Yue Lao again was that after being led to the back hall by Yong Chi, Yong Chi first asked his personal soldiers to guard the door of the room, and then suddenly grabbed Yue Lao's hand, clasped his hands tightly, and asked with an extremely excited expression: "Are you really the King of Han?"

Yue Lao nodded quickly, and then took out his seal and talisman with his other hand to prove his identity. Yong Chi looked at it carefully and was even more happy. He hurriedly grabbed Yue Lao's hands and asked nervously: "Is His Highness the King of Han okay? Does he actually remember me, a rural man?"

"The king is very good." Yue Lao replied with a smile and said, "General, our king not only remembers you all the time, but also let him travel thousands of miles to come and contact you, bringing you his handwritten letter."

After saying that, Yue Lao broke free from Yong Chi's hand and took out the letter that Xiang Kang had handed to him in Guangwu Camp from his arms. He held it in front of Yong Chi with both hands. Yong Zhi first tidied up his clothes, then knelt on one knee, and took Xiang Kang's letter with respect. Yue Lao saw it and said to himself: "This guy is so respectful to our king?"

Yong Chi's respect and respect for Xiang Kang was far above Yue Lao's imagination. Looking carefully at Xiang Kang's letter recounting his old friendship, Yong Chi actually shed tears, then she burst into tears, sobbing and just muttering, "Your Highness, the King of Han, Caomin is actually missing you all the time. Caomin hated you for not taking me away before, and thought you had forgotten me a long time ago, but Caomin really didn't expect it, you still remember me as a rural man, a civilian..."

After blowing two handfuls of snot with the sleeves of the brocade robe, Yongchi first hid Xiang Kang's handwritten letter carefully in his arms, then stood up, invited Yue Lao to sit down, and then bowed to Yue Lao and bowed and said, "Yue Xingren, since His Highness the King of Han has not forgotten his old friends and still remembers me as a minor person, then my life belongs to the King of Han! Please tell me what the King of Han wants to do, and go through fire and water, and you will definitely receive the order!"

"No way? It's so easy?" Yue Lao was a little stunned again, but his duty was at that time, Yue Lao still replied: "General Yong, our king's meaning is to hope that you will take advantage of the empty hinterland of the Western Chu bandit Army to raise an army to fight against Chu in Fengyi, attack the counties and counties of the Western Chu bandit Army, and intercept the food and grass military supplies of the Western Chu bandit Army, so that the main force of the Western Chu bandit Army could not fight on the battlefield of Honggou with peace of mind, and create a fighter opportunity for our Han King's main force. After the event is completed, our king will grant you the Marquis of Changyi and have a fief of thousands of households."

Yong Chi did not make an immediate statement this time. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Yue Xingren, I'll tell you, in fact, I had already raised an army to respond to the King of Han's plan, but my strength was too weak. There were only about 800 soldiers in total. Even if there were still some people in Fengyi City, all the men who could go to the battlefield could be recruited into the army. The full battle could not exceed 2,000. There was no way to guarantee the weapons and supplies. This little force was not enough to block the gaps between the Western Chu thieves' army, so I never dared to act rashly."

"Hey, this guy looks reckless, but he is actually very smart."

Yue Lao looked at Yong Chi with admiration again, and Yong Chi Ze quickly said, "But please don't worry, if the King of Han really needs to do this immediately, then I will never refuse. Fengyi's soldiers were all brought out by me and I am quite obedient to me. I will immediately summon them to return to Han and make a fuss in the hinterland of the Western Chu thieves' army. In short, it will definitely not disappoint the King of Han!"

"Really?" Yue Lao asked skeptical.

"Don't Yue Xingren believe it?" Yong Chi's black face suddenly turned into a pig's liver. He immediately stood up and said, "If Yue Xingren does not believe it, then Yong Chi will now order the army to officially change its flag and return to the Han Dynasty to prove his loyalty to the King of Han!"

After saying that, Yongchi really made a loud order, asking Fengyi guards to gather Hou's orders immediately. Yue Lao quickly stopped him and said, "General Yong, don't worry, I'm not good enough. You shouldn't question your loyalty to our king. I'm going to tell you the guilt. Don't worry, I have something else to say."

After finally holding up Yong Chi, who was anxious to surrender to Xiang Kang, Yue Lao said carefully to Yong Chi with his true intention and Peng Yue's request. As a result, Yong Chi was overjoyed and applauded and said, "A clever plan, please tell General Peng Yue that as long as he leads the Western Chu thieves army to Fengyi battlefield, even if Xiang Sheng, who is stationed in Pengcheng, Xiang Ta and Feng Zhong will come in person, I will definitely find a way to make their heads fall to the ground and help you defeat the Western Chu thieves army!"

"What a big tone, can you really do it?" Yue Lao felt sorry for his heart and said in his heart: "It's so easy to promise, especially because our Western Chu thieves led to Fengyi, you saw that the Western Chu thieves were powerful, so you sold us again?"

The matter was not over. That night, in addition to treating Yue Lao and his group with the best wine and food, Yong Chi also collected the information of the Western Chu army garrison to Yue and asked Yue Lao to take it back for Peng Yue to refer to. And in the morning of the next day, Yong Chi personally sent Yue Lao out of the city, and when they were separated, he held Yue Lao's hand and whispered: "Yue Xingren, if you really plan to take Pei County, then after the city is broken, there are some people who may be useful to you, and you need to pay attention."

"Those people?" Yue Lao asked hurriedly.

"The family of Liu Ji, the fake king of Nanyang." Yong Chi sneered in a low voice and said, "His old man (father), his wife Lu Zhi, and his son and daughter are all living in Pei County. If you can take them all down and find a way to send them to the King of Han, it will definitely be of great use."

After saying that, Yong Chi immediately added: "Yue Xingren, don't think that you are betraying your friend. You are a friend of Liu Ji before, but I am very clear about this ordinary man's rogue virtue. I have also heard about Hangu Pass. I dare to bet my whole family's head. It was definitely Liu Ji's common man who was cheating on the throne of Guanzhong, so he deliberately provoked the King of Han and the princes outside the pass to start a war! Since he is so sorry for our King of Han, don't blame me for being sorry for him!"
Chapter completed!