The night is dark, and the stars and moon are dim.

Five thousand Chu troops were marching in the wilderness. Although they were experienced and physically advanced, they could not bear it after two consecutive days and two nights of marching. They were all sweating like slurry, panting like cows, and their legs were like lead, and they could not walk.

Xiang Zhuang was urging the horse to march, but Gongsun suddenly rode the horse and followed him, shouting in a sad voice: "General, it's not good. The military advisor fell off the horse's back and fainted!"

"Ah?!" Xiang Zhuang was shocked when he heard this and hurriedly urged his horse to return to the central army.

When Xiang Zhuang arrived, Wu She had already helped Wei Liao up, and Wei Yue was feeding him water. This little girl was a little beyond Xiang Zhuang's expectations. After so long, she had not fallen yet. Of course, this was also because she had a horse. If she was really allowed to follow the Chu army soldiers, she would have been exhausted.

After drinking a few sips of water, Wei Liao finally woke up quietly and said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, I have added burden to you."

"The military advisor is so serious." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and immediately ordered the stop to move forward. The entire army rested. With the order of Xiang Zhuang, the soldiers of the Chu army who were moving in a hurry collapsed to the ground, and they all didn't think about it anymore.

Wu She held Wei Liao and asked sadly: "Military advisor, where is this?"

Wei Liao shook his head weakly and smiled bitterly: "I have been running back and forth these two days, and I can't tell where I go, but I'm mostly still going around in Handan County."

When Xiang Zhuang turned around, he happened to see another beacon fire on the fort not far away. Obviously, the Zhao army guarding the fort had already discovered the Chu army under the night sky, so he lit the beacon fire to warn him. Xiang Zhuang ordered Gongsun to say, "Go, bring two hundred people to pull out the fort, and tie a few more survivors!"

"No!" Gongsun then agreed to the promise and took the order.

In less than two quarters of an hour, Gongsun then led his men to pull out the fort and brought back a prisoner of war.

After asking, I realized that the Chu army had entered Ye County. The generals immediately looked at each other. Why did they run to Ye County?

Wei Liao sighed and said to Xiang Zhuang: "General, I don't know if you have noticed it. There are at least six Han troops we have encountered in the past two days, but each Han army is not in a hurry to fight, nor does it mean to pursue it. He just sent a small group of cavalry to bite our whereabouts. Only when we are about to stop and rest, the Han army will suddenly appear!"

"Well, I feel the same way," Xiang Zhuang said in a deep voice, "Old Liu Bang wants to exhaust us to death!"

Wei Liao shook his head and sighed: "General, we may have fallen into the Han army's net. If we cannot break out in time, we will be trapped in the death of the net in the end!"

As soon as Wei Liao finished speaking, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from the night sky ahead. Then a cavalry of scouts rushed over. The scouts cavalry were still far away. The scouts cavalry howled shrillly: "General, you have found a large group of Han troops in the northeast direction, at least ten thousand! Now it is less than thirty miles away from our army..."

"Damn it!" Xiang Zhuang gritted his teeth, "Here comes again!"

"Oh my God, will you let someone live?" Wu She lamented to the sky.

It has been two days and two nights, and it is like this every time. The Chu army ran halfway and was about to stop and rest, but the Han army would immediately come out from unknown corner. The Chu army continued to run again, and the Han army would not rush to chase him. However, when the Chu army ran away and stopped and wanted to rest, the other Han army would immediately come out again...

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Puyang, the county magistrate's office.

Liu Bang was drinking with Zhang Liang and Chen Ping.

Amid the rapid footsteps, the tent silhouette had already walked into the lobby of the county magistrate's mansion with a slicing letter, bowed to Liu Bang, and replied anxiously: "King, Zhao is in a hurry for eight hundred miles!"

"Oh?" Liu Bang was immediately excited when he heard this, "It trapped the Chu army!"

At that moment, Chen Ping stood up and took Piao Tianwen from Sui He. General Zhou Bo said in the battle report that the Chu army had been trapped in a heavy siege and had not rested for a day and night. At most, the Chu army would be trapped in three days and horses, and then they would be able to be annihilated in one fell swoop!"

"Hahaha, OK!" Liu Bang was overjoyed and raised his cup to Zhang Liang and said, "Zifang, drink this cup all over!"

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While Liu Bang was drinking and having fun, the Chu army was facing a life-and-death threat.

Xiang Zhuang gritted his teeth and shouted loudly, "Blow the trumpet, the whole army will start!"

In an instant, a long and distant horn sounded under the night sky. With the endless horn sounds, the Chu soldiers who had just sat down for less than half an hour cheered up and got up again. Only the five thousand elite soldiers of Xiangzhuang were replaced by other troops. Even the three thousand tiger and wolf soldiers of Liu Kou, the general of Liang's army, had no willpower as strong as this!

Seeing that Wei Liao was defeated, Xiang Zhuang asked his personal soldiers to make a stretcher and carry him to march.

Wei Liao still wanted to struggle to get on the horse, but Gongsun Sui pressed it onto the stretcher without saying anything. Wei Liao sighed and raised his head to Xiang Zhuang on the horse's back and said, "General, this won't work!"

Wu She also said: "If this continues, we will be exhausted."

"Yeah." Xiang Zhuang pointed his head in a deep voice, "I know!"

Wei Liao pondered for a moment and said to Xiang Zhuang again: "General, from now on, we can no longer avoid the Han army!"

After saying this, Wei Liao said again: "The Han army has guided the beacon fire in Zhao, and there are flying cavalry to convey messages. Every move of our army is under their control. No matter which direction our army turns, they can know it in time. Therefore, it is impossible for us to penetrate the gap between various Han armies."

Xiang Zhuang nodded silently. This is all caused by intelligence, damn intelligence!

Wei Liao breathed and said, "If our army wants to turn the situation around, it must choose a direction and move forward bravely. No matter how many Han troops block it, they must be defeated until they are far away from Handan and away from the beacon smoke that follows like shadows. Otherwise, our army will never be able to get rid of the Han army's pursuit!"

Xiang Zhuang nodded and asked in a deep voice: "So, which direction should we choose?"

Wei Liao pondered for a moment and said, "Since this is Ye County, then the Huan River is going east. If I remember correctly, I can walk down the Huan River to a small town called Jipu. This place can wader across the river. As long as our army can cross the Huan River, we can temporarily get rid of the pursuit of the Han army."

After saying this, Wei Liao said again: "However, on the way eastward, the Han army pressing over the northeast will definitely intercept it, and even in Jipu, there may be Han army stationed! If this is true and our army cannot defeat the Jipu defenders in time, then all the Han troops around will come to hear the news, and our army will probably be..."

Wu She, Huan Chu, Ji Bu, Xiao Kai, and Yu Ziqi's expressions suddenly became extremely solemn. Although Wei Liao did not say the second half of the words, everyone knew that if there was really a Han army guarding Jipu and the Chu army could not break through in time, then all Han troops would come and the Chu army would be destroyed.

In a flash, everyone's eyes focused on Xiang Yu.

Whether to go east is related to the life and death of the Chu army. Of course, this decision can only be made by Xiang Zhuang!

Xiang Zhuang did not hesitate at all and immediately made a decision: "Send the order, the whole army turns east and go to Jipu!" It doesn't matter whether it is a thousand-foot-foot abyss or a sea of ​​fire in front of him. At worst, he will fight with Liu Bang. Only indecisiveness is a taboo for generals. At least Xiang Zhuang will never hesitate at this time.

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Handan County, northeast of Ye County.

The 20,000 elite troops of the general of Hengshan Kingdom, Mei Jiao were moving westward, and the scouts of the Chu army discovered the Mei Jiao army.

Mei Jing was also a famous general. After Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, he was conferred the world. In addition to the eighteen princes, the following generals were only granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses at most. Only Mei Jing was granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Houses of Ten Thousand Houses of Ten Thousand Houses of Ten Thousand Houses of Ten Thousand Houses of Ten Thousand Houses of Four Yuan for his outstanding military achievements!

However, even Mei Kai, I have to admire Zhang Liang's wisdom!

It is not unreasonable that Liu Bang, the King of Han, was able to make a big splash in his plan, but he was able to win a thousand miles away. Mei Jing thought this white-faced astronomy was just a joke, but she didn't expect that she really forced the thousands of remaining sons of Xiang Zhuang into a desperate situation!

Mei Qing is quite clear about how cruel Xiangzhuang is.

In the Battle of Dabie Mountains, although Mei Jing had never fought with Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang killed three Han troops in a row with just three thousand remaining soldiers, and then attacked the Hanbang camp, almost slashing Liu Bang with one knife. Mei Jing didn't dare to believe this battle. How could Xiang Zhuang scare Liu Bang so hard that he dared not stay in the mountains?

But now, the remnants of Xiangzhuang have really become fish in the net.

The six armies of Zhou Bo, Wang Nuo, Fu Kuan, Mei Kai, Li Shang and Xiahou Ying had completely opened up, forming a huge encirclement, wrapping up the remnants of the Chu army in Xiangzhuang. Because the beacon fires and wolf smoke spread throughout Zhao, the Han army could grasp the movements of the Chu army in time. Therefore, no matter which direction the Chu army turned, the Han army's encirclement net could follow it in time.

When the Chu army stopped and tried to rest, the Han army would immediately rush into the net and force it to continue moving forward.
Chapter completed!