The situation of the Qin Dynasty was in contrast to later generations. Northern Jiangsu was richer than southern Jiangsu. Pengcheng (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) was the Guandayi, while Pei County was talented. On the contrary, Jiangdong, which has free shipping, is still sparsely populated, with Chinese and barbarians, and many places are still soaked in the sea.

But there are also exceptions, such as Liuxian County.

Liu County is a small place, located between Pei County and Pengcheng. It is famous for its poverty, but now it has become a shelter for the defeated soldiers. On the order of Chen Ping, the heroes of Pei County Ren Ao, Xiahou Ying, Lu Shizhi and others planted the flag here to gather the scattered Qi soldiers back from Pengcheng. However, when they saw their faces frightened, they still couldn't stop trembling when they talked about their experiences that day.

"The Chu army uses tigers and leopards as the front drive, and it cannot be taken as a preceptor!"

Chen Ping scoffed at this statement. He knew that the Chu army was just imitating the Jin army in the Battle of Chengpu during the Spring and Autumn Period, painting leather in tiger patterns and covering it on the horse, one to act as horse armor to resist arrows, and the other to jump black and yellow stripes that were galloping and jumping were enough to scare the mobs.

But even so, Chen Ping was still surprised by Xiang Ji's boldness and reaction speed, because in his plan, he just made Peng Yue and Long Qi go south fight head-on and fight both sides...

Even Chen Ping did not calculate that Xiang Ji, who was supposed to be fighting against the main force of the Qin army in Chen and Song fronts, was struggling to resist the Qin army's main force, but after detecting Peng Yue's abnormal movement, he led five thousand cyclists to gallop eastward, defeated a part of the Qi army in Xiaoxian County, and suddenly arrived when Peng Yue and Longqie confronted each other across Sishui. He used dawn to attack Peng Yue's side from west to east, and defeated him.

The Peng Yue army was already disorganized and stood alone without fighting. They were all in a row. The sudden attack on Xiang Ji army was hasty and unprepared. After a little resistance, they became chaotic. The Longjia army also took the opportunity to cross the Si River. Peng Yue army wanted to enter Pengcheng, but was counterattacked by the Chu people in Pengcheng. They could only rush to the north, which was squeezed by the Chu army's attacks. There were many casualties and injuries. Tens of thousands of people fell to death in the river, and the valley water did not flow...

Even if the more than 10,000 people who followed Peng Yue by chance over the Gushui River could no longer be re-arranged. When they saw Xiang Ji's battle flag appear behind him, they turned around and ran away. The entire army collapsed in an instant. The north of Pengcheng was flat, and the infantry with short legs could only become the target of the Chu chariots and cavalry, killing and injuring.

Several days have passed since the Battle of Pengcheng. When Peng Yue returned to Liu County with thousands of remnants in a panic, Chen Ping actually came to greet him with a grudge:

"I never expected that Xiang Zhe left the front line and ignored it and returned to Pengcheng. He failed to find out in time and issued a warning to General Peng, which was a prudent mistake!"

"You are not treacherous, you know that the Chu army has returned to Pengcheng but will not report it!"

Peng Yue's general Hu Zhu was furious when he saw Chen Ping. He was about to attack, but was blocked by Peng Yue.

"Hu Zhe, victory or defeat is common. I lost this battle myself to the Liuzi of Xiang. The battle stops the crime. Don't take the anger on Chen Jun!"

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

Although he was blind, Peng Yue now saw more clearly: Chen Ping's words were untrue, and he used himself to attack Pengcheng in Chu and watched the Chu people fight with him, so as to weaken his strength, but he hated himself but fell into his trap.

But now, he has completely gotten into evil with Chu and has been beaten to an end. How dare he turn against Chen Ping and Hei Fu?

Hu Zhi also realized at this time that Chen Ping was surrounded by fully armed heroes, staring at them with fierce eyes...

In just half a month, Chen Ping had already gathered many heroes of Pei who surrendered to Heifu. In addition to Ren Ao and Xiahou Ying, there were also Lu Ze and Fan Kuai, who were sent to Shanfu by Heifu after being rescued. As a great hero, Yongchi, who returned to Fengyi, and brought his tribe members to surrender to Xue Ou.

From April to June, Chen Ping and Zhou Ke had played a "fox-fake power" on Si Shang. With his reputation as the Jiuqing Emperor and the main force of the black husband who was constantly advancing east, he quietly gathered four or five thousand soldiers, and waited for a long time in Liuxian County. He was only considering his hard power, but he was no longer inferior to Peng Yue's defeated soldiers.

If there is a combination of both sides, it is really hard to say who loses and who wins.

Peng Yue could only suffer a loss. His top priority now is to return to the base camp immediately and lick his wounds.

The injured eyes oozed blood again, and Peng Yue bowed to Chen Ping and said, "I have suffered heavy losses and want to return to Qilu and recruit soldiers again to help the regent destroy Chu."

"Should this be the case." Chen Ping agreed to Peng Yue's plan to withdraw his troops with a smile.

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

"I know what Chen Jun wants me to do." Peng Yue was blind after a big defeat, but he became a sensible person. He grinned:

"When I go back this time, I will immediately kill the fake Qi King Tian Guang, arrest all the Confucian scholars who aroused Qi and Lu to resist Qin, clean up the Qi and Lu land, and wait for the royal army!"

...

Chen Ping asked Lv Ze, Yong Chi and others to release Peng Yue's army through Liu County, and asked him to advance to Xue County in the north and return to Lu.

Zhou Ke, the Sishui County Magistrate, was a little worried about Peng Yue going north and said to Chen Ping: "Jun Chen, let Peng Yue leave like this? He was scared in Pengcheng and suffered heavy losses. If he could let Fengpei heroes help us capture him, wouldn't it be equivalent to destroying Qi?"

Chen Ping asked Zhou Ke: "Is the wild bees with queen bees very harmful, or is the wild bees with queen bees after death?"

This question is inexplicable, Zhou Ke was unable to answer it, Chen Ping answered the question:

"I was young and poor, and I went into the forest to get firewood. I once saw people picking honey. Whenever there was a restraint from the queen bee, even if it was a wild bee, it was still a little order. But once the queen bee died and the bee swarms lost control, they would be in groups of three or five, building nests everywhere, often hurting people and animals."

"Therefore, if there is no one in a mob, it is better to have it..."

"The so-called Qi State was just a group of Qilu heroes occupying counties and counties. Peng Yue was the leader. As long as Peng Yue was in one day, the regent could control them through Peng Yue. If Peng Yue was gone, the restlessness and fighting with each other might become a major disaster in the local area. Even if officials were sent like in the past, they could gather in the mountains and forests, and they would not be cleared for ten years."

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

"After the war in Pengcheng, Peng Yue was no longer qualified and bargained with Mr. Xia. My plan was accomplished. However, Peng Yue suffered too much loss and the remnants were scared. When facing the State of Chu, he had lost his use and would drag us down. It would be better to release him."

Chen Ping glanced at the Fengpei heroes who were gathering together: "Next, we have to rely on them. You and I use Fengpei as the base to entrench the upper reaches of the Si River, and constantly send the heroes to the south, rob Chu's food and fodder, capture their men and strong men, harass Xiang Ji's rear, and make the Chu army each think about their own families and it is difficult to do their best to serve."

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 of all sizes. Xiang Ji could easily defeat Peng Yue, which was a strong enemy of Qin. Although Pengcheng was almost destroyed and could no longer provide food and soldiers for the Chu army, the Xiang family won a complete victory and morale was restored. If Xiang Ji led his troops north, he would probably not be the heroes of Pei County alone..."

Chen Ping was very relieved. Although he didn't expect Xiang Ji to be so capable, then Xiang Ji was really a genius in military situation that happened once in a century, and there was not much room for operation.

"Xiang Ji didn't have time to take care of us. He left Chen and Song Front a little bit, and this is a chance to give the regent."

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

Chen Pingdao:

"This regent started planning a ambush that started to attack Jiangdong two years ago and preserve Jiaodong. No matter how Xiang Ji resisted, he would definitely lose!"

...

As Chen Ping said, although in the battle of Pengcheng, relying on Yafu's prediction: "Peng Yue's arrival in the south will definitely be unfavorable to Chu", he decided to lead the elite troops back and kill Peng Yue and abandon his armor, Xiang Ji at this moment did not have the joy of losing it again.

The valley water was full of the corpses of the dead. It was in the heat of the year, and it soon became corrupt and smelly, and polluted Si Shui along the river. This "mother river" that would nourish the people of Chu who moved east for many years can no longer be taken to drink. Pengcheng, which was once rich and stable, was also in ruins.

Standing at the head of Pengcheng City, Xiang Ji could still smell the stench of corpses emitted from the water. A bloated floating corpse floated along the water, drifted across the pier and across the reed marsh. When he was about to go further, he bumped into several ships swimming upwards.

The light brisk guarded a middle wing. Yuenu was rowing in an orderly manner, rowing desperately, riding the wind and waves, coming from the downstream of Si Shui, a flag slowly rose on the single mast of the middle wing.

The flag is black and the word "安" is written on it: "安"!

They also shouted on the boat: "According to the orders of the regent of the Qin Dynasty, Duke Xia and General Wujun, we have taken all the counties in the East China Sea and come to surrender to Pengcheng!"

Facing the warships showing off their might on the Si Shui River, the Chu people responded with a rain of arrows. Occasionally, a few arrows shot onto the ship. Yue Nu in the bottom warehouse stopped the oars, and the ship stopped moving forward and slowly left according to the current of water.

Although he repelled the other party, the Chu people were not happy at all.

The Jiangdong Zhoushi warship, which was only repelled by Xiang Ji last year, appeared again and had arrived in Pengcheng hundreds of miles from Jiangdong against the current. This shocked the Chu people as much as Peng Yue's back-to-back alliance.

what does that mean?

The Chu soldiers were silent, and anxiety and fear enveloped their hearts. Even though they were as fearless as Xiang Ji, this man who would never easily give up and whispered:

"Has Qin all achieved the East Chu?"

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