Qin Official

The situation in the Qin Dynasty was reversed from that of later generations. Northern Jiangsu was richer than southern Jiangsu, Pengcheng (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) was the crown jewel, and Peixian County had a large number of talented people. On the contrary, Jiangdong, the postal area, was still sparsely populated, with many Chinese and foreign peoples. The place is still soaking in the sea.

But there are special cases, such as staying in counties.

Liuxian is a small place located between Peixian and Pengcheng. It is famous for its poverty, but now it has become a refuge for defeated troops. On the order of Chen Ping, heroes from Peixian such as Ren Ao, Xia Houying, Lu Shizhi and others planted flags here. Gathering the scattered troops returning from the direction of Pengcheng, seeing their frightened faces, they still couldn't help but shudder when they talked about their experiences that day.

"The Chu army, with tigers and leopards as the vanguard, is unstoppable!"

Chen Ping sneered at this statement. He knew that the Chu army just imitated the Jin army in the Battle of Chengpu in the Spring and Autumn Period. They painted the leather into tiger stripes and covered the horses' bodies. Firstly, it served as horse armor to resist arrows. Secondly, The fast and jumping black and yellow stripes were enough to frighten the crowd.

But even so, Chen Ping was still surprised by Xiang Ji's boldness and reaction speed, because at the beginning, his plan was just to let Peng Yue and Long Qie go south to fight head-on, and both sides would suffer...

What even Chen Ping didn't expect was that Xiang Ji, who was supposed to be struggling to resist the main force of the Qin army on the front lines of Chen and Song, discovered that Peng Yue had moved, so he led 5,000 chariots and galloped eastward, defeating the Qi army in Xiao County. A partial division of the army suddenly attacked Peng Yue when he was confronting Long Qie across the Surabaya River. At dawn, he attacked the flank of Peng Yue's army from west to east and defeated it.

Peng Yue's army was already undisciplined, and even standing still without fighting would distort the formation. They were hasty and unprepared for the sudden attack by Xiang Ji's army, and after a little resistance, they fell into chaos. And Long Qie's army also took the opportunity to cross the Surabaya River. Peng Yue's army wanted to enter Pengcheng, but was counterattacked by the Chu people in Pengcheng. They could only rush to the north to the Valley River, and were squeezed by the Chu army's attack. There were many casualties. Tens of thousands of people fell dead in the river, and the Valley River Don't let it go...

Even the more than 10,000 men who had followed Peng Yue through the Valley River by chance could not get back into formation. When they saw Xiang Ji's battle flag appearing behind them, they turned around and ran away, and the entire army collapsed in an instant. There is a vast plain to the north of Pengcheng, and the short-legged infantry can only become the targets of the Chu army's chariots to rush or trample them, causing many casualties.

A few days had passed since the Battle of Pengcheng. When Peng Yue returned to Liuxian County with thousands of remnants in a state of embarrassment, Chen Ping came to greet him with a sad face:

"I never expected that Thief Xiang would abandon the front line and return to aid Pengcheng. He failed to detect it in time and issue a warning to General Peng. It's an easy mistake!"

"It's not like you are treacherous. You knew clearly that the Chu army came back to aid Pengcheng but didn't report it!"

When Peng Yue's general Hu Zou saw Chen Ping, he became furious and was about to explode, but was stopped by Peng Yue.

"Hu Zhe, victory and defeat are common. In this battle, I lost to the Xiang family's children. Fighting will stop the crime. Don't vent your anger on Chen Jun!"

Peng Yue, who was slumped in the car, raised his head, and Chen Ping discovered that he had lost one eye and was covered with a black soap cloth.

Although he was blind, Peng Yue could see more clearly now: what Chen Ping said was untrue. He used himself to attack Chu Pengcheng, and then sat back and watched the Chu people fight with him in order to weaken his own strength. Unfortunately, he fell into his trap. .

But now, he had completely turned against Chu, and had been beaten to the point where his entire army was almost wiped out. How could he still dare to fall out with Chen Ping and Hei Fu?

Only then did Hu Zhe realize that Chen Ping was surrounded by heavily armed heroes, watching them eagerly...

It had only been half a month, but Chen Ping had already gathered many Peidi heroes who had surrendered to Heifu. In addition to Ren Ao and Xia Houying, there were also Lu Ze and Fan Kuai who were sent to single father by Heifu after being rescued. The great hero returned to Yongchi in Fengyi, and the hero Xue Ou of Xue County came to seek refuge with his tribe.

From April to June, Chen Ping and Zhou Ke had already played a "fake tiger's power" in Sishang. Relying on their reputation as the Jiuqing of Qin Dynasty and the main force of Heifu who continued to advance eastward, they gathered together quietly. There are four to five thousand soldiers, and they have been waiting for work in Liu County for a long time. In terms of physical strength, they are no less defeated than Peng Yue's remaining soldiers.

If the two sides get into a fight, there's no telling who will win and who will lose.

Peng Yue could only suffer the loss of being mute. His top priority now was to return to the base camp immediately and lick his wounds.

Blood oozed from the injured eye again. Peng Yue cupped his hands towards Chen Ping and said: "I have suffered heavy losses in troops. I want to return to Qilu and recruit more soldiers in order to help the regent to destroy Chu."

"It's natural." Chen Ping smiled and agreed to Peng Yue's plan to withdraw his troops.

"But before that, General Peng has one more thing to do."

"I know what Mr. Chen wants me to do." Peng Yue went through a big defeat and lost a trick, but he became a completely sensible person. He grinned and said:

"When I return this time, I will immediately kill the fake Qi King Tian Guang, arrest all the Confucian scholars who encourage Qilu to rebel against Qin, and clean up the land of Qilu to prepare for Master Wang!"

…

Chen Ping asked Lu Ze, Yong Chi and others to let Pengyue's army pass Liuxian, and asked him to march to Xuejun in the north and return to Lu.

Zhou Ke, the lieutenant of Sishui County, was a little worried about Peng Yue going north, and secretly said to Chen Ping: "Chen Jun, are you going to let Peng Yue leave like this? He was frightened in Pengcheng and suffered heavy losses. If we can have many heroes to help us capture him, how can we do it?" Isn’t it equivalent to destroying Qi?”

Chen Ping asked Zhou Ke: "Are the wild bees with a queen bee more harmful, or the wild bees after the queen bee dies?"

This question was incomprehensible and Zhou Yan could not answer it. Chen Ping answered the question:

"When I was young and poor, I went into the forest to collect firewood, and I once saw people collecting honey. As long as the queen bee restrains them, even wild bees still have some order. But once the queen bee dies, the bees lose control, and they swarm everywhere. They build nests and often sting people and animals.”

"Therefore, it is better to have a rabble without a leader..."

"The so-called Qi State is just a group of Qi Lu heroes occupying counties and counties, with Peng Yue as their leader. As long as Peng Yue is around, the regent can control them through Peng Yue. Without Peng Yue, they will be restless and fight with each other. If it becomes a serious harm to the local area, even if we send officials as we did in the past, we can still gather together the mountains and forests, and it will not take ten years to clear it away."

Therefore, Chen Ping felt that in the current situation, it would be more beneficial to keep Peng Yue and kill him.

"After the Battle of Pengcheng, Peng Yue was no longer qualified, so he bargained with Duke Xia, and my plan worked out. However, Peng Yue's losses were too heavy, and the remaining troops were frightened. When facing the Chu State, he had lost his usefulness, and would instead be a drag on us. It’s better to release them.”

Chen Ping glanced at the Fengfei heroes gathered together: "Next, we have to rely on them. You and I will use Fengfei as our base and occupy the upper reaches of the Si River. We will continue to send heroes south, plunder Chu's grain, capture its young men, and harass Xiang Ji. In the rear, the Chu troops are each thinking of his own home, making it difficult for him to do his best."

Zhou Ke believed that the combat power of the Chu army should not be underestimated: "In the past two years, the Chu army has also experienced dozens of battles, large and small. Xiang Ji easily defeated Peng Yue, who was really the strongest enemy of Qin. Although Pengcheng was almost destroyed, it was never seen again." Fa Yuan continued to provide food and soldiers for the Chu army, but the Xiang family won a complete victory and their morale was restored. If Xiang Ji sent his troops northward, he might not be able to rely on the heroes of Peixian County alone..."

Chen Ping was relieved. Although he didn't expect Xiang Ji to be able to run so well, even if Xiang Ji was truly a once-in-a-century military genius, he wouldn't have much room for maneuver.

"Xiang Ji doesn't have time to take care of us. He has left the Chen and Song front lines a little this time. This gives the regent an opportunity."

"Even if Xiang Liang can withstand it for a while, the fun has just begun. Xiang Ji will find that looking around, he is already under attack from both sides!"

Chen Ping said:

"The regency has been planning this ambush since it attacked Jiangdong two years ago and protected Jiaodong. No matter how Xiang Ji resists, he will definitely be defeated!"

…

As Chen Ping said, although in the battle of Pengcheng, Yafu predicted: "Peng Yue's advance to the south will be detrimental to Chu" and decided to lead his elite troops back to the army, killing Peng Yue and leaving his helmet and armor, Xiang Ji at this moment, But there is no joy in regaining what was lost.

The valley water was filled with the corpses of the war dead. It was a hot summer day, and it soon became rotten and foul-smelling. It also polluted the Surabaya River along the river. This "Mother River", which had nourished the Chu people who migrated eastward for many years, is no longer drinkable. It used to be a prosperous place. Pengcheng, which was stable, was also in dilapidated condition.

Standing at the head of Pengcheng City, Xiang Ji could still smell the stench of corpses emanating from the water. A bloated floating corpse floated along the current, past the pier and across the reed swamps. When he was about to go further, he bumped into several ships. On the boat traveling upstream.

The brisk stern guarded the middle wing, and the Yue slaves rowed in unison, rowing hard, riding the wind and waves, and came from the lower reaches of Surabaya. A flag slowly rose on the single mast of the middle wing.

The flag is black in color, and has an official Chinese character: "伟"!

They were still shouting on the boat: "According to the orders of Duke Xia, the regent of the Qin Dynasty, and General Wu Junwei, we have captured all the counties in the East China Sea and are here to recruit Pengcheng to surrender!"

Facing those warships showing off their power on the Si River, the Chu people responded with a shower of arrows. Occasionally, a few arrows hit the ship. The Yue slaves in the bottom warehouse stopped their oars, and the ship stopped moving forward and slowly left according to the current. .

Although he repelled the opponent, Chu Ren was not happy at all.

The Jiangdong Zhoushi warships that were repulsed by Xiang Ji last year actually reappeared and even reached Pengcheng, hundreds of miles away from Jiangdong. This shocked the Chu people no less than Peng Yue's betrayal of the alliance.

what does that mean?

The Chu soldiers were all silent, anxiety and fear enveloped their hearts. Even though Xiang Ji was as fearless as Xiang Ji, this man who would never give in easily could not help but murmur in a low voice:

"Qin, has he conquered Eastern Chu?"

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