Gao Chu pulled his long bow and aimed at the Han Army School running wildly on the mountain road ahead.

The next moment, Gao Chu relaxed his right hand slightly, and the heavy arrow of the wolf teeth clasped on the string was shot out like lightning. With a puff sound, he hit the key point of the vest of the Han Army School. The Han Army School immediately screamed and fell down from the horse's back, and then he rolled and fell down the deep ravine on the side of the road.

Gao Chu shot the Han army's school with an arrow and then returned to the pass.

Amid the rapid footsteps, Xu Jiang had already come to Gao Chu in a hurry and reported: "General, Wuguan has been taken down."

Gao Chu nodded, and then slowly climbed to the top of Wuguan City surrounded by Xu Jiang and dozens of personal soldiers.

Standing on the top of the city and looking down, I saw that the fighting sounds in the city had gradually subsided. The Chu army, who had already controlled the city, were putting out fires everywhere. Only on the mountain road heading to Nanyang in the distance, there was a faint sound of killing. Needless to say, it was Pojun who was chasing the defeated Han army who fled south.

After this battle, Gao Chu finally knew what planning is about people and success is about heaven!

Gao Chu originally thought that he had a guide and had investigated the complete marching route, so the march from Taurus Pass to Wu Pass should be very easy, but in fact it was a big mistake. From Taurus Pass to Wu Pass, Gao Chu walked for nine days with three thousand elite soldiers. Not counting, he actually fell to death by more than 500 people along the way!

The deadline given by Xiang Zhuang was ten days, and Gao Chu almost missed the military opportunity!

Also, Gao Chu thought that after rushing to Wu Pass, there would be a fierce battle. Even if he could finally successfully capture Wu Pass, the three thousand elite soldiers he brought would definitely suffer heavy casualties, but the result was very different. The slackness of Wu Pass was beyond imagination. Gao Chu's troops took it down without much effort.

In fact, we cannot blame the defenders for being slackened, because Wuguan is backed by Guanzhong and facing Nanyang. The only purpose of its existence is to prevent the Kwantung army from invading Guanzhong from Nanyang.

Because of this mentality, the focus of the defense of the Wuguan defenders was Guandong. They never thought that they would be attacked from Guanzhong. In addition, grain transport teams went from Guanzhong to Nanyang one after another. Gao Chu's troops intercepted another grain team, so they easily sneaked into Wuguan. In a hurry, the five thousand Han troops at the pass were quickly defeated.

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Liu Bang rested in Rang County for two days, and gradually gathered some defeated soldiers. Guan Ying, Shu Sun Ying, and Wang Ni's troops. In addition, the troops left behind in Rang County gradually had more than 20,000 people. However, the good times did not last long, and soon there was a return for the horse exploration. The Chu army pursued soldiers were approaching twenty miles away, and all the cavalry were coming.

Although the Han army gathered more than 20,000 defeated soldiers at this time, the army was disintegrated and morale was low. The ones chasing the cavalry among the three imperial guards of Chu State were also chasing him. Liu Bang knew that he was defeated, so he quickly set up his army and burned Rang County again, heading towards Wuguan. Liu Bang really had no intention of staying in Guandong. At this moment, he just wanted to return to Xianyang earlier.

However, after walking less than twenty miles towards Wuguan, there was shocking news that Wuguan had fallen!

"What did you say?!" Liu Bang couldn't believe his ears, and grabbed the Han Army School who came to report the news, and said hoarsely, "Okay, why did Wuguan fall?!"

Guan Ying, Wang Ni, Shu Sun Ying and other Han generals also looked at each other, and there was something wrong with them now.

There are only three roads to go back to Guanzhong from Nanyang. One is to go through Shangyong, Xunguan and Hanzhong, then through Chencang Road, Baoxie Road or Ziwugu Road, then through Rang County, Wuguan and Xianyang, and the third road is to go east to Yingchuan, then through Hulao Pass and enter Sanchuan County, and then through Hangu Pass to Guanzhong.

After the defeat in Mianshui, Liu Bang fled northward. Now there are Chu troops behind him. It is impossible to go back to Hanzhong Road, so there are only two roads left. Now that Wu Pass has been cut off by the Chu army, the only way to Yingchuan eastward. However, the question is, will Yingchuan Road be clear? Will it be cut off by the Chu army?

The Han Army School said tragically: "We suffered a sneak attack from behind and lost the city unexpectedly."

"Sneak attack behind the back?" Liu Bang said furiously, "Where are you coaxing ghosts? How could the Chu army go around behind Wuguan?"

"King, this matter is absolutely true!" The Han Army School swears, "The Chu army is indeed surrounded by the back, but the strength should not be large, with only three thousand people at most. Now it may not even reach two thousand. If the king leads the army back, he can take back Wuguan while the Chu army is unstable."

Liu Bang looked back at Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, and said in panic: "Zifang, Chen Ping, what should I do now?"

Chen Ping said without hesitation: "King, since Wuguan has been lost, this road cannot be taken." There may not be many Chu troops attacking Wuguan, but now the Han army is distorted and has no fighting spirit. If you are eager to seize the barrier and let the Chu army cut the way out, it will be like there is no way to heaven and no way to enter the ground, and you will definitely not be able to take this risk.

"I also think that we should go to Yingchuan Road." Zhang Liang nodded and said, "However, we should condemn the flying cavalry to Sanchuan and order the Sanchuan defenders to strengthen their vigilance, especially Hulao Pass. There must be no more mistakes!" Zhang Liang could not help but worry that if the Chu army attacked Hulao Pass, the Han army would have to cross mountains and rivers back to Guanzhong. Even if they did not die, they would have to lose their skin.

Liu Bang nodded repeatedly and immediately ordered Shusun Ying, "General Shusun, I'm sorry, you'll have a trip."

"Here!" Uncle Sun Ying replied with a loud noise and turned around. Liu Bang ordered the entire army to turn around and return to Rang County, take a break in Rang County, and then head straight to Yingchuan all the way east.

But this time, the Chu army's pursuit became closer and closer. As a last resort, Liu Bang had to leave Wang Suo and seize five thousand troops to cut off the rear, and he had to resist for a while no matter what.

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Not to mention Liu Bang's hastily escaped, the plague in the Chu army finally broke out.

"How could this happen? It's so good, why did so many soldiers suddenly get sick?" Xiang Zhuang asked, strode into the shelter camp. As soon as he entered the gate, an injured doctor gave him a wet towel. Although the medical skills of this era were backward, as an injured doctor who followed the army, he still knew the basic precautions.

Xiangzhuang took the wet towel and covered his face. When he looked around, he saw that the entire shelter camp was already full. Many wounded soldiers had no place to be placed, so they could only lie in the open air. Most of these wounded soldiers looked flushed and had dry lips. Some of the serious wounded soldiers were even dying.

The ground was full of porridge-like vomit, and many soldiers' robes were even covered with feces. The air was filled with strong stench. The wet towel covering their faces could not block the stench. Xiang Tuo, Hengchu and others following Xiang Zhuang were also covered with wet wipes, but they still frowned instinctively.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Zhuang's heart suddenly jumped, vomiting and ejaculation? This is not a good phenomenon!

Xiangzhuang couldn't stop thinking of two terrible words - plague! It shouldn't be a plague, right?!

As a time traveler, Xiang Zhuang certainly knew how terrible the plague is. It counts all over the past and present, and both in China and abroad. Of course, the most terrifying plague is the Black Death in Europe in the 14th century. The so-called Black Death is actually the plague. Even in the 21st century, the mortality rate of plague was as high as 100%. It was simply the sickle of the god of death, which was terrifying!

The significant symptoms of plague are fever, vomiting, and abdominal distension!

If it is really a large-scale outbreak of plague, then, including his Xiangzhuang, there are only one of the more than 300,000 Chu soldiers here. Not only will these more than 300,000 people not survive, but the entire China will also suffer an unprecedented catastrophe. After the catastrophe, the population of the entire Central Plains will probably drop suddenly!

However, Xiang Zhuang believes that the possibility of a plague outbreak should be unlikely, and the biggest possibility is influenza!

The early obvious symptoms of influenza are fever, vomiting and abdominal distension, but even flow, it was fatal enough in this ancient era when medical skills were backward. In the 21st century, major flu outbreaks were quite heavy topics, and many people would die every year due to major flu outbreaks, let alone in ancient times more than two thousand years ago?

The most terrifying thing is that if there was a major flu outbreak, then any remedy measures would be too late. The air, water and even wild animals in Nanyang County were probably filled with influenza viruses. Even if Xiangzhuang buried all the wounded soldiers in the shelter camp alive, it still could not stop the spread of the flu.

Xiang Zhuang was in a heavy mood and asked the doctor in charge of shelter in anger, saying, "The epidemic is already so serious, why not report it earlier?"

The doctor said with a frown: "Report to the king, at the beginning, there were only more than 100 people who were sick, and the villain didn't care much. He thought it was just a timely epidemic, so he prescribed some medicine for them. But today, the number of people who were sick suddenly increased to more than 5,000. The villain felt something was wrong. Wouldn't you report it to the king to know?"

After saying this, the doctor lowered his voice and said, "Master, maybe this is a plague!"

Xiang Zhuang wanted to slap the doctor to death with a slap. He immediately suppressed his anger and asked, "What are the specific symptoms?"

The doctor replied: "At the beginning, I just had fever, my body was weak, and then I burst into tears. On the next day, I started vomiting and ejaculation. The weak wounded soldiers would also experience symptoms such as convulsions."

Xiang Zhuang can basically confirm that this should be a major flu outbreak!

The flu has already broken out on a large scale, and it is already very difficult to control the epidemic.

At this moment, Xiang Zhuang could only lament that in the 21st century, due to the development of medicine, the mortality rate of influenza is indeed not high, but in this era, influenza is an absolute killer of death! Strong soldiers may be able to withstand it, but those wounded soldiers or soldiers with slightly poor physiques are difficult to escape this disaster. (To be continued)
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