"What a big two majestic mountains. The deep canyon in the middle is the tiger jumping canyon?" Zhou Yafure stopped and looked up at the majestic mountain mist in front of him, and sighed sincerely.

Bai Yan once came here when he was young and said now: "This is just a mountain pass, the terrain is still wide. Walk a few miles forward. Only when you really enter the canyon will the general truly appreciate the danger of the tiger jumping canyon."

"Is that so? Can it be more steeper than Hangu?" Zhou Yafu was skeptical and urged his horse to move forward.

Bai Yan, Han Ju looked at each other and chased after him. Beside the two, there was a huge coalition army. A total of 60,000 coalition army was divided into three parts, 30,000 Zhao troops were at the front, 20,000 Han troops were in the middle, and 10,000 Han troops were at the end of the most queue. Although the road was very wide, the entire marching queue was still stretched for more than ten miles long.

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On the cliff to the right of the Tiger Leaping Canyon, Zang Yan was squinting his eyes and looking at a lonely peak ahead.

Suddenly, a giant tree that was originally standing on the lonely peak had fallen down. Zangyan suddenly felt refreshed and turned to Xiang Zheng, who was leaning against the cliff and closed his eyes to rest, saying, "Brother, the coalition forces are here!"

Xiang Zheng slowly opened his eyes and said lazily: "Brother Zang, the coalition forces have just entered the valley and are still far away."

After about half a quarter of an hour, there was a faint sound of horse hooves and footsteps in the canyon ahead. Zangyan poked his head out of the cliff and looked down. He saw that teams of armored soldiers had already lined up in more than a dozen columns and drove into the canyon in a swagger. The military flags that were fluttering in the wind were all blue as the base, and it was obviously Zhao's army.

"The one who walked in front was Zhao Jun." Zangyan said with hatred, "What a cunning Zhou Yafu."

When Zangyan was about to order the ambush to not move lightly, his right hand raised was suddenly gently pressed down by Xiang Zheng.

Zang Yan turned around and nodded in confusion, but Xiang Zheng's lazy eyes had a cold look. He turned around and ordered the commander to say, "Send the command. The whole army is ready!"

"Huh?" Zangyan exclaimed in surprise and asked, "Brother, although the Tiger Leaping Canyon is very deep, it is not enough to wrap the entire coalition forces in. The most reasonable tactic should be to let go of the coalition's forward and launch an attack when the army enters the valley. This will cut the coalition forces into three parts, making it difficult for them to take into account both the head and tail..."

"No, there is no reason, only more appropriate." Xiang Zheng shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It is more appropriate for us to annihilate the entire army than to annihilate the army."

"Why?" Zangyan was puzzled.

"Because his vanguard is the Zhao army." Xiang Zheng said in a deep voice, "This time we will only attack the Zhao army!"

Zangyan was silent, and he still didn't quite understand Xiang Zheng's intention. However, he didn't say anything more.

In the canyon, the Zhao army lined up and did not expect that there were ambushers buried on the cliffs on both sides, and they were still marching. After about half an hour, all the Zhao army 30,000 had entered the Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Xiang Zheng slowly raised his sword and raised it and said lightly: "Start attack."

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Zhou Yafu, Bai Yan, and Han Ju were already standing at the entrance of the Tiger Leaping Canyon.

Looking at the gourd-shaped valley in front of him and the cliffs standing on both sides, Zhou Yafu said sincerely: "In terms of terrain alone, this Tiger Jumping Canyon is indeed more steeper than Hangu, but in terms of geographical location, it is far less than Hangu." This is also true. Hangu tightly connects Guanzhong to Guandong, and its strategic position is comparable to this Tiger Jumping Canyon?

Han Ju suddenly raised his whip and pointed at the valley, and smiled at Bai Yan and said, "Brother Bai, if the Chu army planted an ambush in the valley and then attacked with fire, the 30,000 troops you entered the valley would probably be turned into ashes."

It was already midsummer, and the area of ​​Langya County had just experienced many days of exposure. It was the time when the grass and trees were dry. The tiger jumped into the canyon, especially the lush grass and trees, were indeed very susceptible to fire attacks.

Bai Yan was shocked when he heard this and said with some terror: "Brother Han, don't joke."

Zhou Yafu smiled and said, "Haha, General Bai doesn't have to worry. This general just received a report from General Li Jie. Xiang Zheng and Zangyan's coalition forces have always been huddled in Ju County and never went out. Gao Lang's army has been stationed in Lu County. It is absolutely impossible for ambushes of the Hezong Alliance here."

"Wuwuwu..." Before the words could be finished, loud horns suddenly sounded on both sides of the canyon.

"Where is this...the sound of the horn?" Han Ju was suddenly surprised when she heard it, and Bai Yan's heart was even more thrilling. No, it wouldn't be so miserable, it's really an ambush.

Zhou Yafu was also full of disbelief. This was impossible. How could there be really ambush here?!

The suspicion of Zhou Yafu and the other two did not last long. As soon as the horn sounded, teams of Chu and Yan soldiers showed hideous figures from the cliffs on both sides of the canyon. Then, huge grass balls made of hay were stuffed into the middle and pushed down from the steep ridges on both sides of the valley.

Several rockets fell on these huge grass balls, and then dozens of grass balls burned. Under the influence of gravity, the huge grass balls rumbled down, faster and faster, and the fire became bigger and bigger. When they were about to roll onto the road in the valley, they had turned into dozens of huge fireballs, with a terrifying momentum.

One of the fireballs came straight to Zhou Yafu and the other two. Bai Yan and Han Ju quickly dodged the horse, but Zhou Yafu looked straight at the whistling fireball, but he couldn't react.

"General, be careful!" A Han army school twisted the reins hard and whipped Zhou Yafu's horse thighs again. Zhou Yafu's mount hurt and immediately neighed and protruded out of the valley. When the school wanted to ride a horse and followed it to the valley, it was too late. With a bang, the fireball had already hit the bottom of the valley and exploded again.

The Mars, which were full of fire, filled the entire valley entrance in time. Including the Han army's small school, dozens of nearby Han army were completely swallowed by a raging fire. In the next moment, more fireballs had rumbling down and cracked on the road at the entrance of the valley. Suddenly, the fire was in full swing.

Zhou Yafu was led out by his mount and rushed out for dozens of steps before finally slamming the reins of the horse again. When he looked back, he saw that the entire entrance of the tiger jumping canyon had been completely blocked by the Chu army. The hundreds of grass balls pushed down by the Yan army were completely blocked. In the huge fire, one figure could be seen running and wailing. The dying Han army was struggling.

Han Ju was still scared. It was so dangerous just now. She almost died in this wilderness.

Bai Yan was also in lingering fear, so he immediately started to wail at the sky. His army, the 30,000 Zhao army, is probably over!

Zhou Yafu's face was a little blue, but his eyes were a little cold. He suddenly understood. He understood everything, and he screamed and vomited blood and fell from the horse's back.

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Luoyang, Chu Palace.

The news of the great victory in Tiger Leaping Gorge has been sent back to Luoyang by Feige Feidi in Ebony.

Xiang Zhuang summoned Bishu and Bailixian and said to the two of them excitedly: "Learn from the sword, Ziliang, I finally know why you strongly recommended that the prince lead the troops to attack Qi." After that, Xiang Zhuang said with emotion, "I have to admit that I have really misunderstood the prince, and I have misunderstood the prince."

Bi Shu smiled and said, "The king is called loving his son. Therefore, it is worse than me to see clearly."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "If the prince has such ability, I can feel at ease to hand over the State of Chu to him."

While the king and his ministers were talking, the prince Xiang Zhi suddenly stepped in, bowed to Xiang Zhuang angrily, and then said, "Father, you are unfair to your son and ministers."

Bi Shu, Bailixian looked awkward and didn't know whether he should get up to avoid it.

Xiang Zhuang had no intention of avoiding suspicion and asked Xiang Zhi with a smile: "Zhier, where did your father treat you unfairly?"

Xiang Zhi muttered, "The father asked the eldest brother to lead the troops to attack Qi. Now the eldest brother won the battles in Qi. Not only did he defeat the Han Zhao Han army, but he saw that even Jiaodong County was about to get it. What a great achievement is this? But the father didn't let the child lead the troops, and even a small school captain didn't let the child be the one. Isn't that unfair?"

Before Xiang Zheng led his troops to attack Qi, Xiang Zhi really made a request, demanding to serve as a lieutenant to lead a battalion of troops to go to war with the army, but was rejected by Xiang Zhuang. Xiang Zhuang was also worried that Xiang Zhi was unruly and refused to obey Xiang Zheng's military orders. Although the two were blood brothers of the same mother, Xiang Zhi never obeyed the management of Xiang Zheng, the eldest brother.

Xiang Zhuang turned cold and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to lead troops to the war?"

"Yes." Xiang Zhi said without hesitation, "The child also wants to lead his troops to fight."

Xiang Zhuang said: "The reason why your elder brother is qualified to lead troops to war is because he is the crown prince. For the future plan of Chu, he must fully cultivate him for his father, because even if the Great Chu unified the world, he will face threats from the Huns, Yuezhi and Donghu. If the king of a country does not engage in military affairs, it will be a disaster for the Great Chu."

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang asked again: "You want to go to war too, may you also want to be the crown prince?"

"Uh..." Xiang Zhi was speechless, and then he immediately retorted with his neck, "It is the father's business that makes him the prince. If the father wants his elder brother to be the prince, then the elder brother is the prince, how can the child have any inappropriate thoughts? The child only wants to lead the army. If the father thinks that it is inappropriate for the son to lead the army as the prince, the child will be willing to give up his identity as the prince and be an ordinary general of the Chu State."

Xiang Zhuang's face suddenly fell, staring at Xiang Zhi coldly, but Xiang Zhi was fearless, but just looked back with his eyes. Xiang Zhuang's face became more and more gloomy. Just when Bishu and Bailixian were worried that he would get angry, Xiang Zhuang's face suddenly turned from gloomy to sunny, and then burst into laughter.

From Xiang Zhi's clear eyes, Xiang Zhuang saw his obsession with military affairs and his almost crazy persistence.

Although this son is a little impatient, he is still an open and honest hero. After Xiang Zheng succeeds to the throne in the future, Xiang Zhi should be his best support. Youdao is that brothers are united and he is able to cut off gold. Xiang Zheng does need such a brother who can charge forward to help him, and instead of him, fighting in the east and west, fighting in the south and north.

"Good boy, my father promised you." Xiang Zhuang stepped forward and stroked Xiang Zhi's shoulders and said softly, "Let's go and say goodbye to your two mothers, and then go straight to Chengdu. From now on, you will be the lieutenant of Shu County! After arriving in Shu County, you must assist Pang Zheng in rectifying the Qiang Mansion soldiers in the western front for emergency use."

"Here!" Xiang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, turned around and left in a hurry.

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