Ding Gu pressed the horizontal knife with his hand and was pacing back and forth on the top of the city.

From time to time, Ding Gu would stop and scan the outside of the city, but there was a tranquility outside the city.

As a general who led 8,000 troops, Ding Gu did not have to step on the city to watch the night like a village chief, but as a general of supplies, Ding Gu felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. After all, the millions of stones of food and grass stored in Ruo County were related to the safety of the more than 400,000 Chu troops ahead, and Ding Gu would never dare to slack off.

The dark side before dawn finally dispersed, and the dawn was about to break out in the east. A team leader came up to Ding Gu and said, "General, it's almost dawn. Go and rest. Just have a villain here."

Ding Gu nodded, and when he was about to turn around and walk down the city, a sharp-eyed whistle beside him suddenly shouted: "Look at General, look at the navy fleet?"

"Huh?" Ding Gu turned around and looked closely. When he saw a navy fleet rushing out of the thin morning light. Although it was still several miles away, he could vaguely see that the oars protruding from both sides of the warship were rowing rapidly. The warships seemed to be flying on the water.

Ding Gu's brows frowned in an instant. What's the matter with the navy coming to Ruoxian?

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the navy fleet quickly approached Ruo County, and there were a large area of ​​black and 600 warships. Ding Gu's heart suddenly sank. The navy came to support such a large scale. Could it be that the Han army came to attack the city? But looking up at the endless wilderness to the west, it was impossible for half of the Han army to see the influence of half of the Han army.

Soon, several small naval boats were moored at the city gate along the moat. A naval general jumped off the bow of the boat. Ding Gu recognized it at a glance. Jiang Ji, the deputy general of the naval general, General Zhong Limei. Ding Gu immediately ordered the soldiers to open the city gate and then greeted the city gate in person.

At the gate of the city, the two saw the ritual. Jiang Ji asked bluntly: "General Ding Gu, the Han army retreated?"

"Han Army?" Ding Gu frowned and asked in confusion, "Where was no Han Army coming to attack the city last night?"

"No," Jiang Ji was stunned when he heard this and said in a deep voice. "Last night, at least 50,000 Han cavalry left the camp and headed straight for Ruo County. If he hadn't come to Ruo County, where would he go?"

"This..." Ding Gu's heart suddenly sank when he heard this.

"There must be a fraud!" Jiang Ji said, "So quickly report to the king to know."

"Yes." Ding Gu nodded, turned his head and shouted. "Ding Ji, go and get a carrier pigeon!"

The Chu army has been stationed in Mianshui River Bay for more than two months. During this period, Qu Bud had raised a few litters of young pigeons. After the young pigeons were raised, they were transferred to Ruoxian and Jiangling so that when Ruoxian and Jiangling were attacked, they could ask Xiangzhuang for help in time. This was originally just prepared for any trouble, but I didn't expect it to come in handy.

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It was dawn and the Han army once again set off a formation outside the river beside the shape of "Ji".

However, today, the Han army did not launch an attack as soon as it came up, but set up a formation outside the river bay, and even did not bombard the catapult cart, as if waiting for something.

On the command cart of the Chu army's camp, the Chu king and his ministers gathered to watch the battle.

Seeing that the Han army was still holding its troops, Huan Chu said in confusion: "It's strange, why didn't the Han army attack?"

Xiang Tuo said with a slight voice, and said coldly: "Old Liu Bang has no cavalry now, how can he attack?"

The scout reported last night that at least 50,000 Han cavalry had gone south to Ruo County. Now it seems that 70,000 to 80,000 Han cavalry should have been dispatched in full swing, because only tens of thousands of Hu cavalry were left on the opposite side, and the Han cavalry wearing bright red battle robe and black brown leather armor had disappeared.

Xiang Tuo said that he was unintentional, but Xiang Zhuang, Baili Xian frowned immediately.

Indeed, Liu Bang had no cavalry, what else could he use to attack today? You know, not only the Han army had cavalry, but the Chu army also had extremely sharp cavalry. If the Chu army dispatched cavalry in an emergency, what would Liu Bang use to counter the battle? Could it be that the tens of thousands of Hu cavalry who had been killed by crossbows?

Wu She also saw that something was wrong and said, "Master, the situation is wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint sound of thunder suddenly rang without warning. When the king and minister of Chu looked around quickly, they found nothing.

After a moment, Xiang Zhi suddenly pointed to the southeast and shouted: "Father, look, Han cavalry!"

Xiang Zhuang turned around quickly and looked in the direction of Xiang Zhi's finger. Sure enough, he saw a faint black line suddenly appearing on the horizon in the southeast. After only a moment, endless Han cavalry rushed out of the black line. The bright red battle robe and black brown armor were the Han cavalry that had already gone south!

Bailixian's feather fan shook lightly in his hand suddenly and whispered: "Master, I've been trapped!"

"Transfer the tiger away from the mountain!" Xiang Zhuang groaned and said coldly, "The plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

Now it seems that the Han cavalry attacked Ruoxian just a feint attack. Their purpose was to transfer the Jiangji naval army. Of course, if the Jiangji naval army did not move, the Han cavalry would change the feint attack to the real attack and rob Ruoxian. This is an open conspiracy, and this is a damn open conspiracy. Even if you are told openly, you can only be led by the nose!

As Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, Qu Bucai had already climbed onto the nest car and reported to Xiang Zhuang: "King, Ruoxian reported urgently, but did not find the Han cavalry..." Qu Bucai's voice stopped halfway, because he found out that it was needless to say, because the Han cavalry had returned here, so why would he still be in Ruoxian?

"Quick!" Xiang Zhuang made a quick decision and ordered Qu Bucai to say, "Immediately send a letter to Ruo County Feige, and ask Jiang Ji to lead the water army back to Hewan Camp quickly, go quickly!"

"Here!" Qu Bucai agreed with a loud promise and took the order.

Qu Bucai took the order, but Xiangzhuang and Bailixian's heart began to sink infinitely. The Han army used the feint attack on Ruo County as an open plan and transferred the Jiang Ji naval army from the Hewan camp. Things were probably not so simple. With Zhang Liang's wisdom and Chen Ping's plan, there would definitely be other mystery in the middle. If Jiang Ji naval army wants to come back, it will probably not be so easy.

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Lu Tai climbed up the nest car along the rope ladder, bowed to Liu Bang and said, "See the King."

Liu Bang waved his hand and said happily: "Please thank you for your hard work this night, haha."

Lu Tai said hurriedly: "It is the duty of the minister to be able to serve the Han Dynasty and share the worries of the king, and it is also the blessing of the minister."

Liu Bang smiled slightly, turned his head and said to Zhang Liang, "Zifang, I am sure that Xiang Zhuang's son must be anxious to get angry at this time, but at this time, it's useless for him to get angry at any time. Since his naval army has left the Hewan camp, don't think about coming back. Hehehe, I want to see, if you don't have the naval army, what will you stop my cavalry?"

After saying this, Liu Bang turned his head and said to Lu Tai: "Please start attacking."

"Here!" Lu Tai replied with a loud bang, stepped forward and stood on the left side of Liu Bang, then raised his right hand and pressed forward gently, and Liu Bian's roar sounded behind him, "The General has an order, attack..."

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Mian River is the Han River in later generations. By the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was the second only to the Grand Canal to run through the north and south. It can be seen that its navigation conditions were quite good. At least more than 600 large and small warships of the Jiangji Navy could pass freely, but it was easy to go downstream, but it was not easy to go upstream.

In the bottom cabins of warships, the "Jiu Nu" who was locked in the position by iron chains was sweating profusely, and was rowing the boat pulp desperately. If he was slacking off, the Chu soldiers patrolling back and forth would whip over the face. Although the Juiu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, he could only endure it silently.

These slaves were all barbarians captured by the Chu army. Their only job was to repeatedly row the pulp in the dirty and smelly bottom cabin until they were so tired that they lay down or became sick. Once they were tired or fell ill, they could leave this hellish bottom cabin and then thrown into the river to feed the fish.

Suddenly, a cold shout came from the grille window on the deck: "Attack speed!"

The two Chu soldiers who were patrolling back and forth in the bottom cabin suddenly had fierce eyes, and the whip in their hands even slashed at the sucking slaves on both sides, and shouted angrily: "Attack speed, attack speed! Are you bed bugs deaf in your ears? Attack speed! Believe it or not, I throw you into the sank water to feed the fish, attack speed..."

Under the dual threat of death and whip, the sap slaves accelerated their pace. Through the round holes protruding from the oar, the sap slaves could clearly see that the entire warship was heading against the current at an extremely fast speed... However, the navy school on the deck was still not very satisfied. After a while, another order came from: "Sprint speed!"

Chu Bing in the bottom cabin beat another whip, and then scolded again: "Sprint speed, you damn dirty bed bugs, if you don't want me to peel off your skin, just slash hard, and use all your strength to feed me, sprint, sprint speed..."

Jiang Ji stood on the bow of the boat with his knife in his hand, and the warship under his feet was slashing the waves and heading against the water.

A navy school hurried to Jiang Ji, bowed and whispered: "General, the sprint speed cannot last for too long, and the jerk will be exhausted!"

"You don't have to worry about this." Jiang Ji groaned and said coldly, "You just need to take the fastest speed. As for the Jiangnu, how many generals will kill you, hum!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the warship under his feet suddenly made a "click" sound, and the forward rushing momentum was also suddenly stopped.

Jiang Ji, who was standing at the bow of the boat, suddenly staggered and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly, and immediately his feet sank and stabilized his body. When he looked down, he saw that the warship that was moving upstream had already stopped. It seemed that it had touched the reef, but there seemed to be no reef here?!

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