Chapter 200 I'm Back
Deep in the Dabie Mountains, the old camp of the Chu army.
The old camp has been expanded again, and the thatched huts and wooden houses have been added to more than 2,000.
At this moment, spinning wheels were placed in front of the hut or wooden houses, and people were shaking the spinning wheels, spinning bunches of hemp into twine, and then weaving them into linen.
Many children aged three or five, seven or eight are running around and playing.
On the campus in front of the old camp, more than 500 young children in their teenagers were practicing formations with bamboo swords and wooden spears in their hands. Dozens of veterans with wooden crutches were scolding the surrounding fields. From time to time, they would raise the bamboo whip in their hands and suck the young children who were in the wrong direction or were slow to react.
Large areas of paddy fields have been opened in the river valley not far from Laoying. The rice in the paddy fields has been harvested, leaving behind a row of rice stubble, and piles of straw are piled up in the corners of the fields. Just wait for the spring of the next year, these straws will be burned into ashes with weeds and sprinkled into the paddy fields as fertilizer.
Large areas of dry land have also been opened up on the gentle slopes on both sides of the river valley. However, these dry lands are already bare at this time, and the crops on them have obviously been harvested.
Without warning, a low horn sound suddenly sounded from the watchtower outside the mountain pass.
In an instant, groups of children rushed out of the old camp and gathered in groups at the gate. After gathering in groups of them, there were nearly a thousand. These three or five-year-old children, seven or eight-year-old children fluttered their hands, cheered and played, and rushed to the outside of the mountain pass like a swarm. The young men who were practicing on the school ground were envious, but they did not dare to make any changes.
"Don't be distracted, continue to practice!" Several young men were a little distracted, and a whip slapped his back hard, causing the young men to grin. At that moment, they all took back their wandering thoughts and started practicing honestly according to the veteran's command.
Before the children could flock to the mountain pass, a crowd of black people appeared outside the mountain pass.
It was a team of more than 300 adult men and more than 500 teenagers aged 15 or 16 years old. Most of the more than 300 adult men were holding hunting forks, and more than 100 were carrying dozens of wild boars, bears, elks, rabbits and other prey. Most of the more than 500 teenagers were holding bamboo and wood long bows, or bamboo and wood shuttle marks about a meter long.
The one walking in front of this team was a strong man with a 8-foot tall and curly beard.
This strong man was no one else. It was Zhong Limei, the general of the Western Chu State who was left by Xiang Zhuang in the old camp of Dabie Mountains to take care of 5,000 Furu and Mrs. Yu Ji. After Xiang Zhuang left with 3,000 veterans, he only left more than 500 seriously injured or disabled veterans for Zhong Limei. In addition, there were more than 5,000 Furu. That day was really difficult.
However, no matter how difficult life is, I have survived it. Over the past year, apart from those who died of illness, I have never starved to death by a woman or a child.
Zhonglimei, with more than 300 veterans and more than 500 years, had just walked into the mountain pass. More than a hundred strong men with bare belly surged out of the hut built along the mountain by the river. The leader was Yu Ziqi. Yu Ziqi held a horizontal knife that had not yet been formed in shape in his left hand and a small hammer in his right hand.
In order to lead the Han army to pursue the Han army, Yu Ziqi was surrounded. In the end, all five hundred troops were killed and injured. He only hid in a hidden cave with more than a dozen personal soldiers, and he was lucky enough to save his life. Later, Xiang Zhuang led the Chu army into the pass, and Liu Bang's old man led the main force of the Han army back to the army to save himself. Only then did Yu Ziqi bring more than a dozen personal soldiers back to the old camp in Dabie Mountains.
When welcoming Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi smiled and said, "Brother Zhongli, I have gained a lot this time, haha."
Zhonglimei stepped forward and patted Yu Ziqi on the shoulder and said, "Ziqi, this is not thanks to you. Since you came back, the brothers have used horizontal swords, spears and other sharp weapons, and it has been much easier to hunt, haha." After that, Zhonglimei turned around and pointed at a spotted tiger and said, "Look, even such a big guy can be hunted now."
While talking, the children finally came to greet him. Yu Ziqi mocked the little head of one of the children and said with some pity: "Tonight, the children have meat to eat again, haha."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horns suddenly sounded on the watchtower outside the mountain pass again. Moreover, the sound of horns sounded this time was obviously different from the sound of horns just now. The horns just now seemed relaxed and casual, without rhythm, but the sound of horns is low and heavy, with a rhythm that makes you feel the cold murderous aura.
Zhonglimei's face changed slightly, and he immediately turned his head and shouted: "Line, line up!"
With a command, more than 300 veterans threw the prey on their shoulders to the ground, and rushed to Zhonglimei at the fastest speed and set up a neat infantry queue. More than 500 young men of fifteen or sixteen also rushed forward and set up another neat infantry queue behind more than 300 veterans.
In less than a moment, dozens of veterans on the school ground rushed over with crutches. More than 500 teenagers who were training on the school ground also set off in a slightly scattered formation. However, these children were obviously not yet grown up, and their faces were filled with panic. Of course, there were also a few young men who were excited there - Piao Tianwen - screaming with excitement.
Outside the mountain pass, the whistle on the watchtower still blew the horns, and the low sound of the horns rushed straight into the sky.
Suddenly, Zhong Limei seemed to hear a sound, and now he turned around and looked at Yu Ziqi with his inquiry eyes.
Yu Ziqi had already stood in the queue with more than a hundred blacksmiths holding iron hammers. When he met Zhong Limei's gaze, Yu Ziqi nodded with a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "Caval, it is a cavalry!"
Cavalry?! Zhongli had a dry mouth. Could it be that Zhou Yin, the traitor, finally couldn't hold back?
Speaking of which, Zhou Yin had actually known that such an old camp of Chu was hidden deep in the Dabie Mountains. Because Zhonglimei had brought people to Anfeng several times with wild boars and elk prey to exchange for food in the six counties. For a while, there were always suspicious hunters around the old camp, woodcutters appeared, and Zhonglimei suspected that they were all spies sent by Zhou Yin.
However, what is suspicious is that Zhou Yin, a traitor, has never sent troops to the mountains to clear them.
But now, Zhou Yin, the traitor, finally couldn't hold back. Although there were more than a dozen bandits nearby, they never dared to provoke the Chu army. Moreover, these bandits and bandits had no cavalry at all. Only Zhou Yin, the only one who could have a cavalry! Zhou Yin, are you going to take action?
While waiting for a suffocating, the sound of the horn outside the mountain pass stopped without warning.
Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi and the experienced veteran immediately felt a stern. Obviously, the whistle guarding the mountain pass’s watchtower had been shot and killed by Zhou Yin’s rebels!
"Herod's Law..." After a moment, a loud horse neigh suddenly came from outside the mountain pass.
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At this moment, Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi and all the veterans of the Chu army were in their throats. Could it be that the general had been killed? Otherwise, why did the Taxuewuqi suddenly appear here?
Or is it that the general led the army back to Jiujiang?
In a flash, a sea of black cavalry had already surged out from behind the snow-white storm.
The next moment, the knights on the snow-white throne raised their hands and led them forward, and the sea of black cavalry behind them flocked toward the Chu army standing in the valley.
Time has never been as long as this moment!
In less than a moment, but in the feelings of Zhonglimei, Yu Ziqi and all the veterans of the Chu army, it seemed as long and so difficult to bear!
Finally, the snow-treated black priest was approaching.
"Zhongli?" A low and majestic voice suddenly sounded, "Ziqi?"
Hearing this extremely familiar voice, Zhonglimei's heart was shocked. He immediately bowed and wanted to greet him, but his mouth was humiliated and stuttered, and the two lines of hot tears had already slipped down his cheeks uncontrollably. The next moment, this man as majestic as a mountain actually cried like a child: "General, you are back, howl..."
Xiang Zhuang turned over the horse, gently stroked Zhongli Meikuanhou's shoulders and said emotionally: "I'm back, I'm back..."
Six counties, county magistrate's office.
Zhou Yin, the governor of Jiujiang County, sighed in his study.
Since Xiangzhuang dug the Huai River and flooded Shouchun, Zhou Yin moved the county seat of Jiujiang County back to the six counties. However, Zhou Yin’s life is not easy now. After Liu Bang left with his army, although he allowed him to stay in Jiujiang, he also left him two extremely powerful elbows, Jin Xu and Li Zuoche.
Jin Xu and Li Zuoche each had five thousand troops. The two occupied Juchao, Liyang, Quyang, and Zhuxian in the east. Zhou Yin really controlled only the two major counties, Anfeng, six counties, and dozens of Zhendian in the surrounding area. It was not easy to support a 50,000 army with just a small territory and a small population.
Because the general trend of the world is still unclear, and the food and grass are not enough, Zhou Yin did not dare to follow Jin Xu, and Li Zuoche turned against each other.
Taking advantage of this period, Jin Xi and Li Zuoche have expanded a lot of people. Now Jin Xi has more than 8,000 people, and Li Zuoche has even pulled up an army of more than 20,000 people. Most of them are defeated Han troops who escaped from the other side of the river. Now Jiangdong is completely controlled by Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan.
Seeing Jin Xi and Li Zuoche's power grew stronger and stronger, could Zhou Yin not be anxious?
Chapter completed!