"The impure fate of the emperor is terrible, and the people are shocked.

The people were scattered and lost each other, and Fang Zhongchun moved eastward.

Go to your hometown and go far away, follow the Jiangxia to exile. ”

As the Sanlu doctor of the new Chu State, Zhao Sao memorized the "Lamentation" made by Qu Yuan when the Chu State moved eastward, but this was the first time he came to "Jiangxia" in his life.

As the oldest nobles of the Chu State, their Zhao, Jing, and Qu families failed to grab the top spot in the war to revive the Chu State, and the other "King of Chu" Jingju who invested was killed by Xiang Ji, which also led to the failure of the three families to occupy important positions in the new court, and the fiefs that were taken away by the Qin Dynasty in the past did not come back, but were divided by Xiang Ji and his heroes.

As early as after moving eastward, the nobles who had the dream of recovering the country within the Chu State have always believed in one thing, that is, the people of the land of Sanchu, they have been oppressed by the Qin officials for a long time, and they live in dire straits.

That is to say, as long as the troops are dispatched, the compatriots in Hengshan and Nanjun will definitely act as the leading party, and they will also set up colorful doors at the border with fragrant flowers and herbs to greet them, and sigh: "Finally fought back, the father of Xichu is looking forward to the king for ......a long time."

Later, although the state of Chu died, but this idea is still accompanied by the prophecy of "although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", which was retained in Chu, and after the Xiang Ji rebelled against Qin, the remaining lords of Chu all over the country raised troops in response, and the Eastern Chu dynasty was different, and the Chu people around the country killed the Qin officials and the rebels were countless.

After seeing the power of the banner of "Great Chu Xing", some people once again set their sights on Hengshan and Nanjun, with the official war between Heifu and Chu, some people were pessimistic and some were optimistic, and the idea of "unifying Chu State" became more and more serious.

After Xiang Ji returned to Chu and expelled the Jiangdong nuisance division, the call for "fighting back to Western Chu" and "recovering Yingdu" in Chu was extremely high, and Huainan's losses were too heavy, and they had to let the enemy taste the pain.

And Ge Ying and others who had previously flowed from Hengshan County to Huainan took refuge in the Chu State, they said that the southern county and Hengshan were burdened, and the two counties were supporting Heifu to destroy Qin, and the people had long had grievances, and the people in the Chu State such as Cai Ci and others took it for granted that the land of Western Chu and Southern Chu would be the same as the two Huai, and as soon as the Chu army arrived, they would be invincible.

Although Xiang Liang and his father Fan Zeng raised objections, they believed that the people of Nanjun and Hengshan had lived under the rule of Qin officials for a long time, separated from Eastern Chu for nearly a hundred years, and had long since stopped treating themselves as Chu people, and the two sides could not talk about any common feelings, not to mention that it was still the place where Heifu started, and almost every family had children in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they were looking forward to enjoying the benefits of Heifu's return after sitting in the world, so how could they yearn to return to the embrace of Chu?

But these words were not heard.

The people at the top want to dominate the three chus.

The people in the lower classes wanted to go to Hengshan and Nanjun to loot and make up for the losses.

Xiang Ji wanted to let the passive war open a way out, attack it and save it, and at the same time lure the Jiangdong Army hiding behind the building ship on the opposite bank to fight a decisive battle in Jianghan!

The state of Chu has been surrounded, and the future war will inevitably be launched in the east, south, west, and north at the same time, and the state of Chu must at least relieve its worries first.

He must win a war in order to buy time for the future to fight the black again!

As soon as the three parties hit it off, the war was launched rashly.

But when Sanlu Doctor Zhaosao finally came to the "Jiangxia" in Qu Yuan's poem, he found that the truth was not as simple as he thought.

Hearing that the Chu army was coming, the counties and townships of Hengshan County did not have the slightest intention of carrying pot pulp to greet them, but there were many people who fled, such as avoiding thieves - after all, under the propaganda of the government, Xiang Ji has become synonymous with the murderous demon king, and even worse, there are also Ge Ying in his army who committed heinous crimes in Hengshan County earlier and slaughtered Echeng.

In the richest counties along the river, the government organized a planned evacuation, burning down the cities, emptying the grain and grass, plugging the well water, and the people took refuge on the other side of the river under the protection of the fleet, leaving only a piece of scorched earth for Xiang Ji......

As a result, the scene of mourning in the past reappeared, tens of thousands of people in the north of Hengshan County helped the old and the young, crossed the river to take refuge, but this time it was the Chu army that was killed under the banner of "recovering the old capital......

The reinforcements of Nanjun and Jiangdong did not stupidly come to fight him in a decisive battle, and Xiang Ji, who was holding his breath, pounced on him, and planned to spend the winter with Yi County as a base, but after the fire, the entire city had turned into a ruin, half of Lilu was completely destroyed, and the Chu army could not get a grain of food.

So they set their sights on those people around the county, either because of stubbornness or luck, did not evacuate.

The army was sent to the countryside to search for grain, and the Haochang clan, who was reluctant to abandon the ancestral grave industry, became the target of robbery by the Chu army, the granaries and residences were all looted, and it became more and more difficult to maintain military discipline.

"This is what the soldiers deserve."

There are many ways to boost morale, such as rewarding wine and meat in front of the station, or rewarding the land for meritorious service, and another has been adopted by the Chu army in the past year or so.

That is slaughter and robbery, slaughter can stimulate the morale of the army, after capturing the city to burn and loot, this method can greatly boost morale, release the long-term war suppressed heart, but also get a lot of wealth, can be regarded as a supplement to the lack of merit, especially the Xihe massacre, the Chu army was instilled with hatred only felt that they were doing a righteous act of revenge.

But in the past, the Chu army only slaughtered the cities of the Wei people and the land of the Qin people, but this time they entered Hengshan, but it was the first time that they aimed their butcher knives at the "compatriots" who also spoke the Jingchu dialect.

The Chu generals who failed to get the Hengshan people to "bring pot pulp to welcome" then cheered up:

"That generation is no longer the proud phoenix of the Chu State, but the poultry in the cage by the Qin officials, a group of chickens that can't fly!"

"A few months ago, the Vietnamese soldiers also burned and looted in Huainan, taking away the last bit of food from the Huainan population, and we are just taking revenge!"

Every soldier is a wolf dog with a rope circle, but the Northern Expeditionary Army has a tight rope circle, and the Chu soldiers almost have none.

They unscrupulously abused the Hengshan people who had not been evacuated, in their hometown, this group of Chu soldiers or honest and simple husbands and fathers, on the battlefield, they held high the red flag, incarnated as fearless warriors, but in this place, they are lawless villains.

For example, an octogenarian man in the suburbs of Yixian County who had survived countless wars was stubborn, and Zhao Sao went to persuade him with kind words, hoping that the Huang family could hand over the hidden grain and supply the army......

In the end, all the food of the Huang family was looted, all the men and women were taken away, and the rebels were killed, leaving only an octogenarian with a group of children waiting to be fed, standing at the wall that had been knocked open, watching them helplessly.

And the snowflakes also fell at this time......

This place in Hubei is also strange, it is humid and hot in summer, say it is the south, but it can be cold to your bones in winter, say it is the north, but it does not have central heating, and you can only rely on shaking to keep out the cold......

With heavy snow and lack of food and clothing, 20,000 or 30,000 Chu troops lived in burned cities, and the enemy constantly sent boats and boats to harass them.

All this caused Xiang Ji to abandon Yicheng and lead his army to Xiling County (Xinzhou, Hubei), where the former Qin Shi Huang died of illness......

Although it was only a trip of more than 100 miles, the Chu army walked for five days, and the soldiers lacked food and clothing, in addition to chilblains on their feet, there was an epidemic of typhoid fever, and dozens of people fell along the way every day and never woke up.

After arriving in Xiling County, they found that it had also been burned down, and there was nowhere to search for food, and the Chu army even needed to go out to hunt in the snowy mountains and forests by themselves, hoping to catch wild boars and deer by luck, but this increased the possibility of being attacked by small enemy forces, and the losses continued to increase.

"It's not the way to go on like this!"

The generals who had been clamoring to come to the west to cut meat retreated, and some people began to propose that Xiang withdraw his troops and go back to Huainan.

But the way he came was no longer open.

"Danyang Anpu, the general of this defeated army has been taken by the Jiangdong Zhou Division, arrived in the north of Peng Lize, blocked my way back, burned the boat beam, and cut off the news of our army and Huainan, if you turn around and return, you will be attacked by the enemy by land and water, I am afraid it will be disadvantageous."

What makes people itch is that the enemy army just does not concentrate its forces to fight them, but uses the advantage of boats and ships to constantly attack and harass, so that the Chu army continues to bleed.

"It's better to move on!"

Yingbu felt very aggrieved, and said in a low voice: "Can't they burn Nanjun too?" It's better to cross the Han River and go to Gangneung! ”

General Pu, another capable general of Xiang Zhi, objected: "If we want to attack Jiangling, the premise is that it is not easier to cross the Han River and Yunmeng, but it is not easier than crossing the river. ”

Doctor Zhaosao agreed with General Pu: "However, the Yinglu road is far away, and the river and summer cannot be involved, so far, we must not go to Jiangling, but should return to Huainan as soon as possible, otherwise Huainan may be attacked by Jiangdong again." ”

The three of them continued to argue, but Xiang Ji's pair of pupils only stared at the cold water in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Han Shui, can it be condensed?" ”

A local man captured by the Chu army confessed, and the old man said that he had lived for a long time, and since he was a child, he had only seen the Han water frozen once, and it was a cold winter, which was rare in a hundred years.

"God won't help me."

Xiang Ji's eyes lacked a little brilliance, even if Ye could be so cold this winter, it would be difficult for them to stay here for a whole month, waiting for the entire Han water to solidify and feasible people and animals. At that time, what the Chu army will have to face is probably not the Nanjun and Hengshan soldiers who are avoiding the battle, but also the enemy reinforcements from Guanzhong.

We must admit that this counterattack, this westward expedition, failed.

In this way, not only did the encirclement not break, but the Chu army was a little tired, unless there was a big change in Heifu's camp, either he was choked to death by rice, or a certain general suddenly rebelled with a hot head, otherwise the situation would be difficult to reverse.

But Xiang Ji is not willing to stop here!

"We do not go west, nor do we go east."

He pointed to the rudimentary map and said, "Go north, pass Shen and Xi, and go to Runan!" “

"Runan? Going to Chengun? Everyone looked at each other, unexpectedly.

Xiang Ji's eyes burst into light again, full of fighting spirit, he was going to war again, and he was going to gamble again:

"However, since the south is avoiding war, then we will go to the Central Plains to meet its main force, gather the army of Han Wei, and fight to the death with Heifu!"

……

At the same time, Lixian, who was in Wuchang and sent people to spy on the movements of the Chu army day and night, was full of red light and beaming with joy.

"Ruixue Mega Year, after this snow, there is good news every day, and today there are three at a time!"

"We need good news." Wei Jing was busy settling down and moving people from Hengshan, and he lost a lot of weight.

"First, the regent agrees with our strategy of avoiding the enemy's edge."

This was a dangerous move that condemned Leham, and they were not blamed for the sin of losing their land.

"Second, General Zhao Tuo has arrived in Xiangyang, and he led 20,000 troops, all of whom are veterans of Nanjun and Hengshan, and immediately took over the defense of Jianghan and blocked the Xiang Ji together with the militia of Nanjun!"

Since the reform of the Yuan Dynasty, Heifu has also strengthened army building, not only building a general staff, but also appointing eight generals in one go, dividing the territory under his control into eight military regions.

Jizhou Theater - General Han Xinxin, Dong Peng is the deputy, there is only one place in Hedong at present, but in the future, it will cover the entire north of the river, responsible for the attack on Zhao, Wei, and Yan, all under the command of Han Xin.

Central Plains Theater - Dongmen Leopard is the general, Zhao Ben is the deputy, currently in charge of the Sanchuan, Nanyang two wars, this is the main passage to the east, will face the main force of Chu, Wei, Han, Heifu will go in person in the future.

Northern Theater - Zhang Han is the general, Wu Chen is the deputy, in charge of the war in the north, Shuofang, and Shangjun, and the enemy is naturally still entrenched in the north and in the clouds.

Jianghan Theater - Zhao Tuo was the general, and the lieutenant was the deputy, in charge of the Nanjun, Hengshan, and Yuzhang wars, in order to watch his hometown and resist Xiang Yu's attack.

Southeast Theater - Wu Rui is the general, Wei Yang is the deputy, in charge of Huiji, Danyang, Wu Jun, and the boat division, and the goal is to attack and harass the Chu State from the rear.

Haidai Theater - Cao Shen is a general, as long as Jiaodong is in one day, he can hold back part of the troops of Qi and Chu.

In addition, there is also the Liangzhou Theater - Xiao Tao is the general, Zhou Chang is the deputy, and the town guards Bashu Hanzhong.

Southern Theater - Gong Ao served as a general, in charge of the entire Lingnan and Changsha, and Qianzhong.

Heifu felt that if he got together and discovered potential talents, he might be able to start a country...... No, the top ten marshals of ZTE.

In this way, coupled with the men with the humeral wings who rushed to the place with the general, the command of the various theaters of war was not as chaotic as before.

"That's great!"

Wei Jing only felt that the Armageddon that they had been looking forward to for a long time, completely dominating the world and eliminating the chaos of war, might really be coming!

"It seems that as soon as the snow melts, Brother Zhong will immediately send troops and go east!"

"You don't have to wait for the ice to melt."

But Leham told him a third piece of good news:

"I just got the good news, Luoyang, the old capital of Zhou, the famous city in the world, has been reduced to the regency!"

……

PS: The second chapter is in the evening.