The night was shining, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She climbed a peak under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers.

The wind was cold on the top of the mountain. Although Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and Wu She were wearing bearskin cloaks, they still felt the cold. Jing Qian, Gao Chu and dozens of personal soldiers who were accompanying him were only wearing cloth and iron armor. They felt even cold, but they still stood up straight. A man was not afraid of death, but he was still afraid of the cold?

Facing the mountain wind, Xiang Zhuang suddenly asked, "Gaochu, is the matter done?"

"It's done." Gao Chu bowed and said respectfully, "The villain has already erected wooden stakes at every intersection of the mountain, and the wooden stakes have also been carved according to the instructions of the military advisor."

As early as a few days ago, Wei Liao was officially appointed as a military advisor by Xiang Zhuang.

Xiangzhuang did not have the identity of Wei Liao to be made public. Although the Chu soldiers wondered why there was a military advisor suddenly, since it was the general's order, they naturally had no objection.

Xiang Zhuang said to Wei Liao again: "Military advisor, the letter of war has been removed, and our army has no way out!"

Wei Liao nodded silently, but Wu She said worriedly: "General, this battle is not easy to fight. The coalition forces gathered in Huai and Si are more than 700,000. Even if they are dividing their troops to attack the East China Sea, Sishui, Jiangdong and other places, the remaining troops will definitely exceed 500,000, which is almost a hundred times that of our army. The difference in strength is too great."

Wei Liao said, "There are many coalition troops, which is an advantage and a disadvantage!"

"How do you say this by the military advisor?" Wu She said inexplicably, "How come there is a disadvantage in many soldiers?"

Wei Liao said: "There are more troops, more baggage, and the more baggage, the more slow baggage, and the slow action, the coalition will only be left to passively beating. Isn't this a disadvantage?"

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After five consecutive days of hard marching, Liu Bang's army finally drove outside the Dabie Mountains.

Li Zuoche and Jin Xi also came to meet with thousands of remaining soldiers who had just been collected. Both of them asked their subordinates to tie themselves up. It would be impossible not to tie them up. The 50,000 army, a total of 50,000 elite soldiers! They were either drowned or killed. Now there are only a few thousand people left. How can they not feel guilty? How can they not feel nervous?

Liu Bang did not blame them, and even advised them a little, and then allocated tens of thousands of troops to the two of them. Li Zuoche and Jin Xu were naturally grateful.

I have to say that Liu Bang, a city-like person, is really good at winning people's hearts.

As soon as the army set up camp, Xiahou Ying rushed into Liu Bang's tent with a piece of wooden stake, and then slapped the wooden stake on his shoulder to the ground, and said angrily: "Master, it's so annoying, the child of Xiangzhuang is too arrogant!"

Liu Bang was soaking his feet, and waved his hand to remove the beautiful maid and said calmly: "Xiahou Ying, what's wrong?"

"King, I saw this thing at the mountain pass just now, and there were words engraved on it. Look!" Xiahou Ying pointed to the wooden stake in front of him and said, "The little boy from Xiangzhuang actually said..."

Seeing Xiahou Ying suddenly stopped talking, Liu Bang couldn't help frowning, and said unhappily: "What did Xiang Zhuang say?"

"Your Majesty, you'd better see for yourself." Xiahou Ying put the wooden stakes in front of Liu Bang and said, "I heard that all the mountain passes entering the mountain are filled with such wooden stakes."

Although Liu Bang was born in a commoner, he could still recognize a few words after following Xiao, Zhang and Chen over the years.

Ding Qing looked at it and saw that one side of the wooden stake had been flattened, with eight words engraved on it, "Liu Bang's child must die here." What surprised Xiahou Ying was that Liu Bang was not furious after seeing it, but laughed loudly. After a while, he stopped laughing and said lightly: "Little Brother Xiang Zhuang, you really breathed a lot."

"King, the last general only has five thousand elite soldiers!" Xiahou Ying said in a sarcasm, "I went into the mountain and took the child of Xiangzhuang!"

"No hurry." Liu Bang waved his hand and said, "Xiahou Ying, go and invite the two gentlemen Zhang Liang and Chen Ping to come."

"No." Xiahou Ying bowed and took the order. Soon, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping arrived together. As soon as they entered the tent, they saw the wooden stake in the middle of the tent. Chen Ping said reluctantly: "Master, what is this?"

"This is a letter of war from a child from Xiang Zhuang." Liu Bang said lightly, "Every mountain pass is full."

At this moment, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping had already seen the words on the wooden stakes clearly. Chen Ping said: "It seems that Xiang Zhuang really plans to fight the king in Dabie Mountains!" After saying this, Chen Ping said again, "However, it is not easy for Xiang Zhuang to choose Dabie Mountains as the battlefield. The Dabie Mountains are steep and the terrain is complex, which is not conducive to the army's actions."

Zhang Liang said calmly: "The time and harmony between the people is not in Chu, and Xiangzhuang is only left with the advantage of the territory!"

Liu Bang nodded and said, "The Chu army has the advantage of terrain, how should we fight this battle?"

Zhang Liang smiled slightly and said, "It depends on the king's meaning. Should the king slow down or urgently attack?"

Liu Bang touched his chin and suddenly said, "How about slow attacks, so what about fast attacks?"

Zhang Liang said: "If the king wants to slow down the attack, he should send troops to guard all intersections and trap the remaining Chu army firmly in the mountains. He only waits for winter to come and summer to come. The weather will be hot, and there will be snakes and insects in the mountains and mosquitoes and flies bite them. Then the remaining Chu army will collapse without fighting! If the king wants to attack quickly, he must find a way to break the terrain benefits that the Chu army relies on."

"Wait until summer? No, it's too long, I'm going to attack quickly!" After saying this, Liu Bang said again, "But Zifang, do you really have a way to solve the terrain of the Chu army? You need to know that the Dabie Mountains are all over the place with few people. If the army enters the mountain, it will not only be difficult to move, but also be even more difficult to provide food and grass."

As he said that, Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang again, and Chen Ping sat down at the table.

Zhang Liang shook his sleeves, knelt down on the table, and then said, "King, although the Chu army has the advantage of terrain, it is not unresolvable. My 600,000 troops gathered in a group. Although it was slow to move, once the troops were divided and the generals from all walks of life led thousands of elite troops into the mountain, the terrain of Chu army could be resolved by turning around."

"Divide the troops?" Liu Bang pondered, "Will the Chu army defeat each of them?"

Liu Bang’s worries are not unreasonable. Today’s Xiangzhuang is not the Xiangzhuang we used to be.

When the large army fights, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Bu and other princes can easily pick one of them, and they can destroy the 5,000 remaining troops of Xiang Zhuang to ashes. But if a small army of thousands of people fights, even Han Xin is probably not the opponent of Xiang Zhuang. Han Xin's strength lies in the generals. Peng Yue and Ying Bu are brave, but can they be more brave than Fan Kuai?

Zhang Liang said: "You can keep the elite troops from all walks of life at a distance from each other. If the Chu army fled, they will chase each other with their tails. If the Chu army returns to attack, they will stand firm and wait for assistance!"

"Missing!" Chen Ping exclaimed, "In this way, no matter how brave Xiang Zhuang is, no matter how elite the Chu army is, it is impossible for him to defeat all the elite soldiers in a short time and then escape calmly. It will not take too long for the rest of the elite soldiers from all walks of life to intercept them layer by layer. Even if Xiang Zhuang is brave enough to defy the will of heaven, he will definitely die."

"Okay!" Liu Bang patted the table repeatedly and shouted, "That's it!"

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Wu She was just a debater after all, and his tactics and strategies were not his strengths. He was speechless by Wei Liao.

What people didn't expect was that Gao Chu, who was guarding next to him, suddenly said: "But the military advisor, the coalition may also divide the troops."

Wei Liao couldn't help but give Gao Chu an admiring look, and then said: "It's not possible, but inevitable. The coalition will inevitably divide its troops into the mountain, otherwise it will always be in a passive state of being beaten that cannot catch up and cannot be beaten."

Gao Chu nodded and said, "If the coalition forces really send small troops to divide their troops into the mountains, the benefits of our army's terrain will no longer exist. What should our army do then?"

Wei Liao said nothing, but his eyes turned to Xiang Zhuang.

"What should I do? It's easy!" Xiang Zhuang said lightly, "I'll only go all the way with you!"

"How many ways do you come, I'll just go all the way?" Wei Liao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "This is a wonderful statement!"

Xiang Zhuang felt a little ashamed. This was not what he said, but what Nurhaci, the leader of Jiannu in his later generations, said. Although Xiang Zhuang had no good impression of the Jiannu dynasty in his previous life, he had to admit that Nurhaci was a military genius. The 100,000 troops of the Ming Empire were defeated by less than 20,000 Eight Banners soldiers, which is a clear proof.

Now, Xiang Zhuang is just learning from the tactics of the Battle of Sarhu!

Of course, the Dabie Mountains Battle is far more dangerous than the Sarhu Battle.

In the Battle of Sarhu, Jiannu only had to face 100,000 Ming troops, while in the Battle of Dabie Mountain, the 5,000 Chu troops had to face 500,000 coalition forces! Such a huge difference in force, how could the word "danger" be said to be as dangerous as the word "has dangerous"? However, the same sentence is that the Chu army has no way out, and if they retreat, they will die. If they rush forward, they can still fight for a way out!

In the darkness, Wei Liao suddenly sighed again and said, "General, have you ever thought about how to get rid of the encirclement and interception of the other elite soldiers after concentrating your forces to defeat one of the elite soldiers?" After saying this, Wei Liao said again, "If I had no idea, the distance between the elite soldiers of the coalition forces will definitely not be too far away. If you move one along, the rest of the troops will inevitably flock to the front, chase back, and intercept them layer by layer."

"That's nothing." Xiang Zhuang said lightly, "Just divide the troops up the mountain!"

"Split the troops to go up the mountain?" Wei Liao's expression moved slightly, and he said, "How can we gather again after we divided the troops?"

Xiang Zhuang was silent. This was indeed a problem. It should be noted that in ancient times, there was no convenient and effective communication method at all. Once the troops were divided, it would be difficult to complete the assembly, especially in a primeval forest like the Dabie Mountains. It would be even more difficult to reassemble after the troops were divided.

How can we achieve rapid and effective assembly?

Looking into the distance, the vast mountains and vast starry sky are almost integrated into one.

Looking down at the foot of the mountain, you can see the light of the fire, which is the campfire of the Chu army.

The Chu army had built a large village at the foot of the mountain, garrisoning both troops and people. When they evacuated from Shouchun, Xiangzhuang also took away all the children rescued in the city and outside the city and women of childbearing age, totaling about 5,000 people. Although these women and children would increase the burden on the Chu army, it was completely worth it.

Because, in a few years, these children will grow up and become the source of soldiers.
Chapter completed!