It's time to look at the situation of the Han army's northern line that had been transferred to Xue County. Due to the road and distance, Xiang Kang decided to launch the battle to destroy Chu, the first army to receive the order was of course the Peng Yue army hiding around Juyeze to recover from the wounded. Strictly speaking, it should be called the Chu army now. At the same time, more strictly speaking, Peng Yue's direct superior was no longer Xiang Kang, but the new Chu King Jingjia, a descendant of the Chu royal family he supported in Pengcheng.

Xiang Kang, who was successful in the villain, almost clearly did not take Jing Jia, the so-called new King of Chu seriously. He asked Peng Yue's army to send troops to help the Zhou Shu's army in the hinterland of Xue County to annihilate the remnants of the Chu Ji coalition. He also issued the direct message to Peng Yue, who actually held military power in an orderly manner. He was too lazy to let Jing Jia, the so-called King of Chu leave. However, after receiving Xiang Kang's letter order, Peng Yue not only did not mind at all, but he did not dare to force Liu Laosan to send troops for King Liang like in history. On the contrary, he came to see Jing Jia immediately discussing the issue of sending troops with him.

Peng Yue is so obedient and of course he is forced by the situation. After being defeated by Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan, Peng Yue's army, who finally made a comeback with the help of the Han army, was seriously injured again. Not to mention that he had any strength to control the situation in the world, it would be difficult to recover to the heyday when he just won Pengcheng. The Han army won successive victory on various fronts, which had already formed an absolute strength advantage over the Western Chu army. If Peng Yue did not make some contributions to Xiang Kang, how could Xiang Kang really give him the title of King of Jingjia's land? How could Peng Yue become the uncrowned king on Jingjia's fief?

Jing Jia also understood this truth very well, so after reading the letter Xiang Kang wrote to Peng Yue directly, Jing Jia was angry, but he did not dare to show any of his face. He nodded repeatedly and said, "The King of Han is wise and Xiang Yu's husband killed the king and harmed creatures, and his crimes are accumulated. It is time to completely eradicate him. Our Chu State is a subordinate of the King of Han, and we must do our best to help the King of Han to defeat the rebels of Western Chu as soon as possible and capture and kill Xiang Yu's husband."

After saying that with a high sound, Jing Jia frowned again and said, "But our strength is probably a bit insufficient? After the Zhu Kingdom was accidentally defeated in Zhang County last time, although the King of Mongolian and Han did not give up, he supported us some food, grass and military supplies and helped us restore our troops to more than 14,000 points, but even if all of this force was dispatched, he would probably not be sure to stop Xiang Yu's bandit army head-on. What should we do?"

"This is also the reason why I came down to pay homage to you, King." Peng Yue replied: "My dear, I would like to ask you, to personally lead two thousand troops to guard our grain garrison, lead the main force to advance to the hinterland of Xue County, and fight maneuvers to minimize the speed of the slowdown of Xiang Yu's bandit army and help the Han general Zhou Shu encircle and annihilate Xiang Yu's bandit army. I wonder what the king thinks?"

After glanced at Peng Yue, who seemed to be asking for his own opinions, Jing Jia thought in his mind and said, "It seems that this man has made up his mind long ago. He personally led his army to help the Han army. After the matter is completed, Xiang Kang's little clerk will definitely only thank him and will not thank me. In the future, when Xiang Kang's rewards on merit, he will naturally be ahead of me. At that time, I will not only have no hope of getting rid of his mastery, but maybe he will also treat me like Zang Tu and replace Han Guang. I have to be careful of this."

After thinking about this, Jing Jia immediately showed a kind smile and said, "Peng Zhuguo, what you said is wrong. You are also serving the King of Han. Can you keep charging in front and hiding behind and enjoying leisure? Entering Xue County is of great importance. I should take charge in person to go to the war. Let me go to Xue County with Zhuguo, let Lu Qing and Lu Aiqing and Chen Ying and Chen Aiqing stay behind to stay in the grain."

"A man, I really want to compete with me for credit." Peng Yue, whose ambition is not under Han Xin, snorted coldly in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Master, it's not necessary to follow the ministers' view. The military travel army is extremely hard. This time we are going to fight with the weak and fight with the weak. We will definitely run and intersect and turn around. It is common for us to not have a rest for a day or two nights. The king is a body of gold. How can he bear this crime? Please ask the king to stay at Juyeze and let the ministers lead the army alone."

"I can't endure hardship?" Jing Jia said with a smile: "Zhu Guo forgot that when he retreated from Pengcheng, I fought with you for thousands of miles. Have you ever called hardship or tired? It's settled. This matter is very important, and it is related to the overall situation of the King of Han and the revival of our Chu Kingdom. Should I go with you?"

After saying that, Jing Jia quickly added another sentence and said, "Don't worry, Peng Zhuguo, although I am with you, I will never interfere with your combat command and tactical decision-making. I will help you appease your soldiers and inspire your morale, and will not drag you down."

Seeing that Jing Jia insisted on going, she said she would not change her words. Peng Yue, who was a minister of Jing Jia, had no choice but to nod, and agreed to lead the army with Jing Jia to carry out the tasks assigned by Xiang Kang. Then she said in her heart: "Just divide it. As long as the army is in my hands, I will have the final say. If you are a common man, Han Guang will be your end."

In this way, with each other's ulterior motives, Jing Jia and Peng Yue finally joined forces to set out from Juyeze to advance eastward under the banner of the King of Chu, and directly rushed to the small Chengqiu in the southwest of Xiaqiu (renamed, Chengqiu mentioned in the previous chapter was later renamed Chengshi), intending to advance to Lu County, threaten the flanks and the aorta of the Chuji coalition, and delay the speed of the Chuji coalition's southward movement. Relying on the first-mover advantage of sudden attacks, they defeated the local defenders of Chengqiu in the first battle and took down this town-level town town, which essentially posed a threat to the Chuji coalition that had just retreated to Lu County.

I believe that there is no need to say much about Peng Yue's guerrilla genius. With his ability, and with the title commander Jing Jia, he really dared not interfere with his combat command. It is certainly not an impossible task to delay the remnants of the Chuji coalition forces who had to carry a large number of military supplies and food to go south to buy time for Uncle Zhou. Unfortunately, due to the serious changes in the historical track, what Peng Yue did not know was that at this moment, there was not only an unparalleled military genius in the world, but also a dangerous enemy who just restrained him in terms of tactical style...

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As mentioned in the Chuji coalition, Xiang Kang and Xiang Yu made the decision to destroy Chu and retreat south on the same day, so although the distance was a little farther, because Peng Yue's army needed to prepare for departure and advance, in fact, two days before Peng Yue's army arrived at the city of Chengqiu Xiaoyi, Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da had already received the order from Xiang Yu to withdraw Pengcheng and had already begun preparing to retreat south.

The sudden attack of Peng Yue's army once disrupted the retreat plan of the Chuji coalition. The Chuji coalition brought a large amount of food and grass from the capital of Jibei. There was a lot of money and food in the Lu County, which had never been captured by the Han army or the Peng Yue army. In addition, there was no sign of the Han army's Zhou Shu Corps continuing to move south at that time, Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da and others also planned to transfer these important materials as much as possible to welcome the Pengcheng Battle, which was very likely to face. However, the sudden appearance of Peng Yue's army seriously threatened the marching safety of the Chuji coalition.

So even though he had not received the news that Chengqiu was taken down by Peng Yue in the battle, Han Xin, the de facto chief think tank of the Chuji coalition, immediately issued a warning to Xiang Zhuang, saying: "Zuo Sima, Peng Yue's sudden advancement at this pass is definitely not aimless. We will speculate that his entry into the hinterland of Xue County this time is likely to be driven by the orders of Xiang Kang's traitors. The purpose is to restrain us, delay our advancement speed, and buy time for Zhou Shupin to go south to pursue us."

After saying that, Han Xin added another sentence and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Zhou Shupin will soon dispatch an army to go south and join forces with Peng Yue to attack us, not giving us a chance to withdraw from Pengcheng. It is even possible that Zhou Shupin personally led the main force to go south."

"If this is the case, what should we do?" Xiang Zhuang asked as he thought about it.

"Peng Yue's tactics are flexible in using troops, especially in interspersed and detoured, rushing and harassing. If we fight passively, we will definitely be harassed by him day and night and cannot go south at full speed." Han Xin said: "Fortunately, his troops are not large and the combat effectiveness of the army is not very strong. We only need to divide an army to take the initiative to fight, bite his tail and chase him reluctantly, so that he can't pull out to harass our main brigade, so that our main brigade can safely protect the military supplies, money and food to go south at full speed."

Here we will also explain the situation of the Chuji coalition. Because the Chuji coalition voluntarily gave up Boyang's first move south, nearly 20,000 Chuji coalition troops who fled back from Licheng, as well as the four redundant Jibei defenders in Boyang, and Ji Bu, the general of the Western Chu army who fled back to Boyang, all retreated to Lu County without any damage. Earlier, more than 10,000 Qi** teams forced by the Western Chu army to go south to Xue County, after reorganization, in addition to some of them being scattered and sent to other places to guard, nearly 10,000 people were left in the Lu County area for listening. Although the combat effectiveness of these soldiers was not very strong, there was no problem with transporting food, grass and military supplies. In addition to the original garrison in Lu County, the current strength of the Chuji coalition was not only not reduced, but on the contrary, it has recovered to more than 34,000 people. A group of troops was divided into a single force to deal with Peng Yue, of course, this possibility was also possible.

Having said that, even though he felt that Han Xin's analysis was reasonable and the method proposed was feasible, Xiang Zhuang had to consider another issue and said, "Who will send to deal with Peng Yue's Pufu? This Pufu is not an easy person to deal with. He even defeated our capital Pengcheng."

"You can only let Pei Gong go." Han Xin replied immediately: "Pei Gong's army can fight hard battles, be good at pacifying soldiers, inspiring the morale of the army, and can lead the army to travel long distances without the soldiers being separated. Therefore, only he can only bite the Peng Yue thief army, so that the Peng Yue thief army can spare their hands to threaten our main force, and also ensure that the Peng Yue thief army is confident of winning head-on when it is forced to fight the decisive battle. It is the best choice to deal with Peng Yue."

Hearing Han Xin's words, Xiang Zhuang, of course, immediately remembered Old Man Fan's repeated instructions to him, and asked him not to give Liu Laosan the opportunity to lead the army alone. He immediately shook his head and said, "No, Mr. Pei can't go! I can't leave him."

"Zuo Sima, who else can you send besides Pei Gong?" Han Xin asked with a wry smile: "Let King Jibei go in person? Will he agree? Is he familiar with the terrain and roads of Xue County? Let General Ji Bu go, he misunderstood that you left him and ran away alone in Jinjiling. You are still making your fire. Do you still dare to let him command troops alone? Xiang Guan, Xiang Han and Xiang Ta, the three generals Xiang, can they be sure to take on such a heavy responsibility? Or, if Zuo Sima, you can trust the Mo General, how about letting Mo General deal with Peng Yue's common man?"

Xiang Zhuang, who was short of talents under his command, was speechless and did not dare to transfer Han Xin away from him at this critical moment. After a while, he replied: "Don't hurry, let me think about it."

Xiang Zhuang was forced to make up his mind the next morning. The next morning, an urgent report came from Boyang that Uncle Zhou had set out from Boyang with the Han general Li Shang as the vanguard and rushed south from Boyang and strode directly towards Lu County along the road. The vanguard team led by Li Shang alone had as many as 40,000 troops! Xiang Zhuang was shocked when he heard the news. In addition to ordering the Chuji coalition forces to step up preparations to go south, he had to bite the bullet and adopt Han Xin's suggestion, so that Liu Laosan, the only one under his command who was confident in dealing with Peng Yue, led 10,000 troops to deal with Peng Yue's army, who would definitely come to make trouble.

"Pei Gong, you must bite Peng Yue's thief army and don't worry that he will lure you into the ambush circle. He does not have this power. He does not have to worry that he will lead you away from our main brigade. In order to please Xiang Kang's thief, he will definitely not dare to stay away from the Chidao road we must go south. No matter how we rush, we will turn around and return to the vicinity of Chidao. In addition, as long as we have the opportunity, we must hurry up and prepare more dry food. The army must always prepare three days of dry food for prevention."

This is Han Xin's repeated instructions to Liu Laosan. Liu Laosan also bowed and thanked him, and then said in a big way: "Don't worry, I know what kind of man Peng Yue is. Maybe I'm not sure about dealing with others. I'm absolutely sure about dealing with him!"

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Let’s take a look at the situation of the Han army’s Uncle Zhou’s Corps. In fact, the Western Chu army must blame them for being smart and wantonly trying to instigate Xiang Kang’s most trusted Han army general Zhou Shu himself became king. In fact, before Xiang Kang made up his mind to launch the battle to destroy Chu, Zhou Shu, who had the greatest autonomy, had already made up his mind and decided to personally lead the 190,000 army, including a part of the newly surrendered soldiers, to pursue the remnants of the Chuji coalition and launch an attack on the hinterland of the Western Chu army!

When Uncle Zhou made up this idea, Zhou Shu, an old man from Shangshan who regarded him as his nephew, immediately saw Uncle Zhou's thoughts and asked Uncle Zhou privately: "General, you have decided to go south to the hinterland of Western Chu now. Is it because the Western Chu thieves invaded you? So I want to deliberately leave Qi to prove your innocence?"

"It does mean this." Uncle Zhou nodded and admitted frankly: "Qi land is far away from our Han country, with a vast territory, a large population, and abundant money and food. Although our king is wise and wise, he will never be moved by rumors. He will take off his clothes and promote food and food, and will trust me with all his trust, but there are also Western Chu thieves who are sow discord under the melon fields and plum trees. If I don't leave Qi land quickly, I will definitely attract more gossip, which is not conducive to the unity of our army. So if I want to block the mouths of the crowd, my only way is to take this opportunity to leave Qi land and leave those mice completely speechless."

"In addition, from a strategic perspective, our main force must immediately advance to the hinterland of Western Chu." Uncle Zhou quickly added: "As of now, the news we have received is that the main force of the Western Chu bandit Army is still in Puyang. Even if the Western Chu bandit Army has begun to retreat now, it will be difficult to retreat to Pengcheng immediately in a short period of time. We are now heading south and have great hopes to intercept the main force of the Western Chu bandit Army in the middle of the road."

"Even if we cannot do this, we can take over Xue County, advance westward to open up contact with our king, compress the Western Chu thieves to the south of Sishui, calmly occupy a large area of ​​land north of Pengcheng, and then gather our manpower and material resources, destroying Chu will be as easy as a backhand."

After sighing with great regret, Zhou Shu asked again: "General, who do you plan to keep Qidi? Who do you want to stay in Qidi at this time will definitely be the result of destroying Qidi in the future. Who are you going to give this great credit to?"

"Of course it's Zhujishi." Uncle Zhou replied without thinking: "He is a veteran under the command of the king. The king can trust him, and I can trust him too. Moreover, he has been following the king to fight south and north over the years. He has been unlucky every time. He specializes in fighting hard and fierce battles. He won the wrongful battle without any outstanding contributions. It is time to compensate him for the king."

"General, I really admire you." Zhou Shu smiled bitterly and said, "You can even bear to give it to others for the destruction of the country."

"The younger generation has destroyed enough countries." Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "It is hard to reward the great achievements. Wu'an Jun Bai Qi's lessons are always dare not forget them, and I don't want to repeat his mistakes."

Zhou Shu didn't say much, but just bowed to Uncle Zhou and said sincerely: "General, in addition to admiring you, I admire our king's wisdom of knowing people. In our Han Dynasty, you are the only one who deserves to be our general."

Uncle Zhou's prudence and meticulousness were not only the case. At the military meeting the next day, in addition to announcing on the spot that the veteran Han army general Zhu Jishi stayed in Qidi, Uncle Zhou also promoted Zhong Fu, Shen Ke and Xiao He and other trusted generals who had been promoted in the long-term war, as well as Zhao Xiangxia, who was familiar with the situation in Zhao State, they all assigned them to Zhu Jishi's command, and at the same time, they valued Li Shang, Feng Zhong and Fu Kuan, the young generals who would never betray Xiang Kang, to prove that they had no intention of rebelling against the Han Dynasty.

Needless to say, before Uncle Zhou's decision was completely finished, the Han military and civil servants present had already understood his thoughts, and some of the worries and doubts were immediately wiped out. Zhu Jishi, who was about to win over the great achievements of Qi, was so moved that he couldn't help himself. He took the initiative to express his opinion: "General, please don't worry, I won't fight Qi. When you come back, you will lead the troops to fight."

"Don't." Uncle Zhou smiled and said, "If the fighter plane appears, fight as soon as possible. I will leave 80,000 troops for you. In addition to letting you protect the food supply for me, you will be able to deal with Qi. Don't give Tian Heng too much time to prepare for war, otherwise it will definitely be more difficult for us to fight in the future."

Zhu Jishi didn't say anything more, but just clasped his fists to Uncle Zhou, and tears couldn't help but burst into tears. Li Shang, Feng Zhong and others beside him shouted together, "General Zhu, you have conquered Qi State, three big banquets, no less than one!"
Chapter completed!