Outside Linzi City, an urgent cry broke the calm of dawn.
Peng Yue was cleaning up his tent when he was suddenly startled.
Looking at the messengers who rushed into the camp in a panic, Peng Yue scolded him coldly: "What's the matter in such a hurry? What's the etiquette!"
"Report—General, General, I have something to report!" The ordering soldier knelt on the ground, raised half of his body, and breathed heavily.
"Say!" Peng Yue frowned and nodded.
"According to the intelligence of the king's hidden son buried in the Chu army, Xiang An, the general of Western Chu, has returned! He has met up with King Xiang Yu of Chu in Chengwu. He should have ordered his troops to move north by now!" The messenger spoke very quickly.
, reporting to Peng Yuehui.
"Already here? So soon?" Peng Yue stood up suddenly and muttered to himself subconsciously.
"Continue to pay attention to the next step of information." With a wave of his hand, Peng Yue signaled the messenger to go down first, while he walked to the side of the sand table and observed the patterns on the sand table.
Han and Chu actually had a point of bordering each other, but the bordering point was full of mountains, so it was simply ignored. Peng Yue knew very well that Xiang An would definitely go north to cause trouble for himself when he returned.
"We have to find a way to get Tian An and Tian Bing to deal with Tian Shi as soon as possible. If the three Qi cannot advance and retreat together, they will never be able to stop Xiang An and other generals." Peng Yue was somewhat self-aware.
Instead of responding to Chen Sheng's uprising, he chose to gather in the Xiaoshan Forest in Juyeze, and a group of people became bandits. Later, Xiang Liang led his army across the Huai River to fight against Zhang Han, and sent Liu Ji to conquer Peng Yue. From then on, Peng Yue
Just follow Liu Ji's men and repay Liu Ji's kindness of not killing.
"If Xiang An wants to attack Sanqi from the north, he will definitely attack Jibei first. He must arrange his defense line in advance..."
...
Peng Yue's guess was correct, Xiang An was already preparing to attack Jibei.
The three Qi are arranged from west to east, namely Jibei, Qi, and Jiaodong, all bordering Western Chu. However, Xiang Yu is currently stationed in Chengwu, and the closest to Chengwu is Jibei, so he must attack Jibei first.
"Zhang Er is definitely lobbying Wei Bao now. If Changshan and Wei, or Han and Wei, can unite, then the balance between the two Qin lands and Han Xin will become very fragile." Xiang An is still the same as before,
Treating the horse's back as a classroom, he explained to Zijuan, "Wei Bao has a soft ear. I'm afraid Zhang Er won't be able to win over him without much effort. Xiaosi, what should we do next?"
Zi Juan gently touched her chin with her calloused hand and narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Second brother, I think the acting king Zhao Xie should be the key this time." After thinking for a moment, Zijuan raised her head and looked at Xiang An.
"There has been a gap between the acting king Zhao Xie and the Changshan king Zhang Er because of the eldest brother's enfeoffment. Now they are wavering between independence and submission. Now seeing Zhang Er working for Liu Ji with such a big fanfare, they will definitely feel dissatisfied, so they will also
Send someone to warn Wei Bao. After all, although Zhao Xie is far away from me in Western Chu, he is closer to us than to Zhang Er and Liu Ji."
Zhao Xie could not forget the desperate rescue operation at Julu City that day, and he did not dare to forget it.
"I'm afraid that Zhao Xie will become the target of public criticism..." Xiang An shook his head and sighed briefly.
Now the situation in the north of the river is chaotic, the two Yans are fighting constantly, and the princes such as Dai, Wei, Changshan and others are wary of each other. Han Xin's attack on the two Qins is like a wolf among the sheep. However, the Great Wall in the north of the two Qins was knocked down because there was no one to guard it. A large number of Xiongnu went south.
Xiang An couldn't help but smack his lips at the level of internal and external troubles caused by plundering supplies for the winter.
"Old Han..." Xiang An couldn't help but feel a pity every time he mentioned this old man who was now prosperous.
"Don't think too much about second brother. Now we can only meet him at war." Zijuan reminded Xiang An.
My second brother is too loyal.
"I know that the key now is Jibei." Xiang An shook his head and concentrated his attention.
"Let's not declare a challenge and directly attack in a sneak attack. Since Peng Yue is shameless, I won't give him any face." Xiang An snorted coldly, "I don't care, I will also stigmatize such scoundrels with the soldiers who came out of the seclusion together.
I will kill you without mercy!"
"Xiao Si, you lead an army and cover me to attack Xing County from the flank. Within a month, I will go straight to Boyang!"
"The general will obey the order!"
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After marching for seven days, Xiang An led 40,000 soldiers and horses and suddenly attacked Xingxian County at the southern end of Jibei. Xingxian County did not last a day before Xiang An captured the city and planted the flag of Western Chu.
King Tian'an of Jibei issued a document angrily, condemning the villain Xiang An for his sudden attack without any news. However, Xiang An ignored it and continued to send small groups of soldiers and horses with Xingxian County as the center to attack several small surrounding counties.
Harassment, while actively intercepting possible spies and blocking the intelligence of Sanqi in the south.
While Xiang An was fighting with Jibei, Peng Yue and Tian Bing broke into the capital of Jiaodong.
"You guys - treacherous thieves!" Wang Tianshi of Jiaodong had his hands tied behind his back, his head was bleeding and he gritted his teeth as he looked at Peng Yue who was standing in front of Tian Bing.
"Then King Jiaodong, you must have been the one who betrayed your trust in the first place." Peng Yue laughed without hesitation, "And now that your kingdom is gone, what can you use to convince me?"
"Don't tell me that I'm not moral. I'm a bandit and I don't do this."
Although Tian Shi was kneeling, he sneered: "If you want to kill me, just kill me. This world is in chaos, and everyone lives with their heads in their belts. If you lose, you lose. You still think I'm afraid of death."
, stop pretending to be like me here."
"Then you die." Peng Yue shrugged nonchalantly, drew out the long sword from his waist, and struck Tian Shi on the head. In an instant, blood spattered everywhere, and Tian Shi's head fell.
"We have to sort out the soldiers and horses in Jiaodong quickly. Tian An can't hold out for long in the west. Letters for help have been sent over." Tian Bing stood behind with his chest folded, indifferent to Peng Yue's killing of Tian Shi.
"It doesn't matter, there is enough time, and there is support from Changshan, so don't worry too much." Peng Yue wiped the blood on the long sword, sheathed the sword, and walked outside the Jiaodong Palace.
Tian Bing frowned: "Have you never thought that if King Changshan mobilizes troops to support Jibei, South Korea's defense line will be interrupted? King Xiang Yu of Chu, who has been trapped for a long time, will not leave any chance for us."
"But we can only make this bet once." Peng Yue shook his head and said no more, "Moreover, now that Xiang An has taken away most of Xiang Yu's troops, Xiang Yu may not be able to break through the defense line and continue to advance westward. Could it be that our Han Kingdom
Aren’t all the troops and horses composed of soldiers?"