On the north bank of the river, Mei Jiao was fleeing north in a hurry surrounded by his own soldiers.

Looking at the dozens of remaining soldiers around him, Mei Yu couldn't help but feel sad. More than 100,000 Hengshan troops, including more than 20,000 elite veterans who have been following him since the rebellion against Qin, actually died in one battle. Meicheng and Gengsheng also died in the chaos, and military advisor Gengwang was also separated when crossing the river.

"Military advisor, where is the military advisor?" Mei Qing looked around in confusion and asked, "Have you ever seen the military advisor?"

Dozens of personal soldiers following Mei Jiao shook their heads. Mei Jiao asked several remaining soldiers again, and finally a military Sima replied: "General, the military advisor has asked the Chu army to take the lead."

Mei Jing couldn't help but feel very regretful when she heard this. Geng Wang actually let the Chu army abduct him.

"General, will you have a rest?" said a personal soldier gasping, "I can't walk anymore."

Mei Kai thought that this place was already the north bank of the river, and the Chu army would not have chased after him so quickly. Mei Kai ordered a rest on the spot and sent people to collect the remaining soldiers everywhere. In the evening, it actually collected more than 500 remaining soldiers. However, just as Mei Kai packed up the remaining soldiers and was about to return to the rescue of Zhuyi, the shocking news suddenly reached the army.

At dinner, two personal soldiers came to Mei Jiao with a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old.

When Mei Kai put down her bowl and looked at her urgently, she turned out to be Wu Chen, the son of Taiwu. Mei Kai was really surprised and stood up and shouted, "Taiwu?! How did you get here?!"

"General!" Seeing Mei Qing crying loudly, "Ah..."

"That's a silly!" Mei Jing quickly stepped forward to support Wu Chen and said anxiously, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"General, the father has died, the Zhuyi has also been lost, and the mother and a few younger brothers have also been separated on the way to escape." After crying for a long time, Wu Chen finally stopped his sad voice. When he heard this news, Mei Qing was as cold as the water, and his heart was cold. Although he was mentally prepared, he could not stand it when he suddenly heard the bad news.

After a while, Wu Chen said, "General, what should we do now?"

Mei Yu sighed and replied, "Tai Wu Zi, the only way to go to Guanzhong to join the King of Han."

Chaisang, county government lobby.

Pojun strode into the lobby, clasped his fists to Xiangzhuang and bowed, "Master, I caught a guy named Geng Wang by the river. It is said that he was Mei Jing's military advisor!"

Xiang Zhuang said without hesitation: "Bring it up."

"Here!" Pojun responded with a loud promise and took the order.

Bailixian shook his feather fan and leaned into Xiang Zhuang's ear and said, "King, the Geng surname is a big family in Lingnan and a prominent family. He has always had prestige among the barbarian natives in the Wuling area. When Mei Yu raised an army to rebel against Qin, Geng won. Geng hoped that his brothers would lead five thousand strong men to compete with each other, and among them three thousand strong men."

When Xiang Zhuang heard this, his heart suddenly moved slightly.

In the Battle of Fanyi, Mei Yu's army of more than 100,000 collapsed, and most of the 20,000 Hengshan veterans were killed. Hengshan Kingdom was about to collapse. If nothing unexpected happens, Gongsun Wu's Linjiang army should have been put under the city of Zhuyi. At this time, the garrison of Zhuyi was empty, and the city was lost only in the evening.

If Hengshan Kingdom is destroyed, Hengshan and Lujiang counties will also be divided by Chu and Linjiang Kingdoms.

According to the agreement, the State of Chu would obtain Lujiang County. However, it would not take a long time for the Chu army to completely annex Lujiang County, especially the Nanye, Gan County, the bad capital counties in the south of Lujiang County, and the Luling, Anping and Yichun counties in the west. The mountains are high and the waters are far away, and the roads are dangerous and the roads are blocked. It is difficult for the Chu army to exert influence in a short period of time.

Moreover, Xiangzhuang's army could not have been stationed in Lujiang for a long time. Just wait for the thousands of remaining soldiers of Mei Qi to be driven back to the north bank of the river. Xiangzhuang should have brought the army back to Jiangdong. At that time, Xiangzhuang will leave at most 5,000 elite soldiers, and a general will guard Lujiang. With such a small amount of troops, it will be a little stretched to control more than 20 counties in Lujiang's counties.

Then, it is extremely important to disturb the local powerful forces in Lujiang. The Geng surname is a great surname in Lingnan. Geng Sheng can become Mei Jing's military advisor. It can be seen that he is also an extraordinary figure within the Geng clan. If he can surrender Geng Wang, the Nanye, Gan County, and Leidu counties in the south of Lujiang County may be able to make an edict.

While Xiang Zhuang was thinking, Po Jun had already escorted a disheveled Hengshan general into the lobby.

"Rareless, Mr. Gengwang is a famous scholar today. How dare you be so rude?!" Xiang Zhuang immediately stood up and scolded Po Jun without saying anything. Then he took two steps forward and personally untied the rope for Gengwang. Then he bowed to Gengwang repeatedly and apologized, "I have no choice but to govern the army, and I hope Mr. forgive me."

After saying that, Xiang Zhuang glared at Po Jun again and shouted: "Why don't you get out of here!"

"Here!" Pojun bowed and turned around and walked away from the hall in shame. However, although he was scolded by Xiang Zhuang, Pojun felt happy in his heart, as if he had received praise. As a veteran who had followed the king for many years, he could tell whether the king was scolding him or scolding him fakely. He could tell at a glance that even though the king scolded him fiercely, he was just pretending.

Geng Wang, who had become a prisoner, couldn't help but feel emotion. He bowed deeply to Xiang Zhuang and said in a stern voice: "The defeated general should not be such a great gift from the king." Geng Wang really didn't expect that Xiang Zhuang would come here, but Geng Wang did not think that Xiang Zhuang would let him go. In his opinion, Xiang Zhuang was mostly just trying to show off the victor's majesty.

"Sir, please." Xiang Zhuang smiled slightly and said calmly, "Sir, please come to the seat."

Geng Wang did not turn his mind, and immediately bowed his hand and took a seat.

Xiang Zhuang turned around and waved his hand. His personal soldiers had already served wine and meat. He poured half a cup of clear and clear soju into Gengwang's wine tendons. Gengwang didn't think so much. He picked up the wine tendons and slapped them all. However, as soon as the wine entered his throat, he realized something was wrong. He immediately smashed his mouth and said sneered: "Master, is it poisonous wine?"

Xiang Zhuang said nothing, but looked at each other with Bailixian and laughed.

"But this poisonous wine tastes pretty good, so I need to drink it happily." Geng Wang said again, "How about you get another thorn?"

The personal soldiers standing next to him poured half of the tendons into Gengwang's wine tendons. Gengwang drank it again and the personal soldiers poured it again. Gengwang drank it again. In less than a moment, Gengwang had even drunk eight tendons, and the portion was almost four kilograms. Even Qin Jin was not bad. Gengwang wanted to drink the ninth tendon again, and finally got drunk on the spot.

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and two personal soldiers had already come forward and looked down with Geng.

Bailixian smiled and said, "Master, it seems that Geng Wang is so good at wine, but this is so powerful."

No matter whoever he has weaknesses, he always has a way to surrender. Since Geng Wang is good at drinking, he can completely use his weakness to win over. Moreover, Geng Wang may not be very loyal to Mei Jing and Hengshan Kingdom. After all, he is first a member of the Geng family, and then Mei Jing's military advisor.

Xiang Zhuang said: "Ziliang, wait until he sobers up, you can talk to him about breastfeeding."

Bailixian bowed and said, "Don't worry, I will convince Geng Wang to surrender."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and ordered Jin Xiang, who was guarding the hall, to say, "Go and send someone to invite General Gao Chu."

"Here!" Jin Xiang took the order and left. After about half a quarter of an hour, Gao Chu entered the county government lobby with high hopes, and then rushed to Xiangzhuang. Bailixian bowed and greeted each other.

Looking at Gao Chu, Xiang Zhuang seemed to be hesitating but still hesitating.

How could Bailixian not know Xiang Zhuang’s intention? He shook his feather’s shoulders and said with a smile: “King, General Gao Chu is brave and resourceful, and has extraordinary martial arts. With him guarding Lujiang County, he can be safe from worry.”

Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "This kid has always been arrogant. I am afraid that he will miss a big deal."

Xiang Zhuang naturally knew Gao Chu's character very well. This kid is brave and resourceful. He has been studying military books recently. He is definitely a rare general. However, his temper is a bit irritable. If you want to stand alone, you still have to polish it. This time, guarding Lujiang County is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to exercise.

However, before this, Gao Chu had to add a tight spell.

When Gao Chu heard that he had the opportunity to guard Lujiang alone, he was overjoyed. As a general, how many people could withstand the temptation of being alone? However, looking at Xiang Zhuang's meaning, he seemed a little worried. At that moment, Gao Chu said anxiously: "King, I will definitely do three sentences a day, and I will not lose my temper in the future!"

Xiang Zhuang thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, Ziliang, please stay.

"King, don't, don't." Gao Chu said anxiously when he heard this, "The military advisor still has to stay by the king's side to make plans. How can he stay in Lujiang? Besides, Hengshan Kingdom is about to collapse, and Linjiang Kingdom is an ally of our Great Chu. The rest of Nanyue and Minyue are not worthy of fear. It is enough to have the Mo general stay here."

Baili Xian said: "King, I think General Gao Chu is qualified."

Xiang Zhuang pondered for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, I left you five thousand elite soldiers, but your mission is not just to defend the six counties north of Lujiang. You also have to find ways to pacify the western and southern counties in Lujiang. For this reason, I have also left you a big arm to help, you should make good use of it."

"Arm help?" Gao Chu said in surprise, "Who?"

"You will know then." Xiang Zhuang said this and said, "You go down first."

"Now." Gao Chu bowed and turned around. Bailixian shook his feather fan and said to Xiang Zhuang, "King, the overall situation here is settled, and it's time for us to return to Jiangdong."

"Yes." Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "It's time to go back." I don't know what the situation in Jiangdong is now. Liyang has Meng Shu and more than 3,000 elite Qin troops guarding him, so there should be no problem. However, Xiang Tuo, who was guarding the Dantu, on the front line of Qu'a, had to face Yingbu's Huainan army, and Xiang Zhuang was still a little unsupported.

There are also Pang Yu's five thousand elite soldiers, and it should have happened to the Dongji Army? When he was guarding Hangu Pass in the past, Pang Yu's performance was amazing. Even Liu Bang suffered a great loss under his command. This time, facing only tens of thousands of barbarian natives, Pang Yu could not win quickly, but it should be no problem to hold the Dongji Army.

Xiang Zhuang did not expect that Pang Yu would actually "...

(To be continued)
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