Zhang Han fled back to the camp and immediately closed the camp gate, not daring to fight anymore. Xiang Yu saw Zhang Han retreating and did not pursue him, so he quickly returned to the army to visit his father. Xiang Yu came to Ya's father's car and saw that his wound was still bleeding. He quickly helped him out of the car and then ordered a military doctor to treat him. Xiang Yu looked at Fan Zeng with concern and said, "It's my nephew's fault that my father is injured!" Fan Zeng said with a smile, "It's just an arrow injury, why should I care? Today's matter is still something I didn't consider carefully. If the general hadn't arrived in time, , It almost delayed the important matter." Xiang Yu said: "My father is already seventy years old, and he still serves the country. It's really hard for you. When the battle is over, I will report your achievements to King Huai." Fan Zeng said with emotion: " Baili Xi paid homage to the prime minister at eighty, and Jiang Ziya only became a general at ninety. This is still the case for previous sages, not to mention that I am only seventy years old, how can I rely on my old age to serve as an old man? Please help me up, and I will plan the next battle plan for you." Xiang Yu helped Fan Zeng sit up. Fan Zeng first asked about Zhao Ping's injury. Chen Ping said: "General Zhao was also wounded by an arrow. It's not serious and has been bandaged." Fan Zeng asked how the Chu army's formation was. Chen Ping said: "I have asked generals Huan Chu and Yu Ying to reassemble a new array according to your instructions." Fan Zeng nodded slightly and ordered all the injured soldiers to be sent to the rear for treatment.
While Ji Yuan was fighting, Su Jiao also regrouped his team to fight Ying Bu because he needed to repair the tunnel. Before leaving, he said to the soldiers: "The corridor is the lifeline of our army. If we don't kill the Chu bandits, we won't be able to eat food. We must fight hard today and completely defeat the bandits!" After saying this, he led ten thousand people. Five thousand soldiers came straight towards the Chu army. Generals Ying and Pu heard the news and immediately went out to fight.
The two men took turns fighting in front of the camp. They fought for a long time, with neither victory nor defeat. Su Jiao was so excited that he roared like thunder: "You two thieves will come together, I'm not afraid either!" Ying and Pu exchanged glances and joined forces to step forward. Su wrestled with the second general without any fear. The two sides fought for dozens of rounds, but Ying and Pu fled in defeat. When Su Jiao saw that General Chu was defeated, he sent his troops to cover up the attack. Generals Ying and Pu fought and marched, leading the Qin army to Yan'er Bay. Seeing that the Qin army was about to catch up, they got into the valley of Yan'er Bay. At this time, Han Xin was already standing on Yan'er Ridge, commanding the Chu army to fight calmly.
When Wu Ming and Xu Cha saw that the Chu generals suddenly disappeared, they said to Su Jiao: "General, the terrain ahead is complicated and the thieves generals suddenly disappeared. Are they trying to lure us?" Su Jiao said very proudly: "The Chu Kou Company is fighting. If you are defeated, you are not my opponent, how can you seduce me?" He gave the order to catch up quickly. Wu Ming said: "I heard that Yan, Qi and other countries also stationed their military camps in the southwest. Maybe the Chu invaders have been in contact with them for a long time." When Su Jiao heard this, he laughed dumbly and said, "I don't understand if you don't tell me. Come on! Chu Kou must want to escape to them. I have long sent spies to monitor the movements of the coalition forces. I heard that they are stuck in their own camp and do not dare to come out. Give me the order to speed up the advance. Anyone who retreats will be killed. Pardon!" Suddenly, a military detective was sent to report that the coalition forces had abandoned their stronghold and fled. It turned out that since the confrontation between the coalition forces and Zhang Han, they were afraid of Wang Li and Zhang Han's flanking attack and being attacked by the enemy, so they returned to the camp in the northeast, while Chen Yu stayed in Xiang Yu's army to fight. When Su Jiao heard this, he laughed wildly and said: "How can the princes' troops dare to fight against each other if they are so brave? Now even if Xiang Yu comes, I will kill him without leaving any trace behind!" He then waved his troops and pursued him fiercely. The Qin army followed Su Jiao and turned left and right, all entering the valley of Yan'er Bay. Wu Ming saw that the terrain was complex, there was a faint murderous aura, and he smelled a pungent smell, so he was horrified and said: "General Su, what does it smell like?" Everyone stopped and carefully identified it, and they all said it was the smell of sulfur. Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of artillery, and then rockets fell from the sky like raindrops, and clusters of flaming arrows pierced directly into the Qin army's position. In just a moment, the entire position was ablaze.
It turned out that Han Xin had already prepared. He asked his sergeants to sprinkle sulfur, vegetable oil and other flammable substances on the vegetation in advance, and then climbed up to Yan'erling to take command. Now these flammable objects will catch fire as soon as they encounter fire. It is the fire that takes advantage of the wind, and the wind helps the fire. In an instant, the flames rise into the sky. Seeing this, Su Jiao was horrified and hurriedly ordered to withdraw from the mouth of the valley. However, the Qin army was so large and crowded that the men and horses trampled each other, and it became a mess in a short while. Su Jiao had no choice but to take some of the sergeants and retreat. Just as they reached the mouth of the valley, another burst of rockets was fired from both sides. Su Jiao's body was also on fire, and black smoke was everywhere. He couldn't open his eyes, and the people and horses were also burning. Su Jiao turned around and saw that most of the people had fallen into the valley and could not get out, so he had to run away with a few people. As he ran, he shouted sadly: "Does God want me to die here? How could it be like this?" After saying that, a general came to kill him head on. Su Jiao was caught off guard and was stabbed to death by a halberd, and his head was cut off immediately afterwards.
It turned out that after Yingbu and Pu generals led Su Jiao into the valley, they went out in other directions according to the route instructed by Han Xin, and then came to the valley entrance again to wait. They happened to meet Qin general Su Jiao rushing out. Just kill him. General Pu captured many Qin troops again. In this ambush, Han Xin commanded from a high place. General Su Jiao of the Qin army was killed and the army was almost completely wiped out. This was also the first Qin general that the Chu army killed after arriving in Julu. Yingbu killed Su Jiao and captured many horses and equipment. He joined forces with Han Xin and returned in victory.
In the Great Wall Army's camp, the sergeants couldn't eat because the corridors were destroyed, and they couldn't stop shouting. Wang Li summoned the generals to discuss how to defeat the Chu army. Suddenly he heard: "Report! General, General Su went to rescue the Yongdao and fought with the bandits, but he fell into the enemy's ambush by mistake. He was already dead in Yan'er Bay. Only dozens of them were killed." The soldiers fled back." When Wang Li heard that Su Jiao was killed in battle, he shouted and almost fell down. Wang Li was shocked by the unexpected news. He never expected that one of his generals would die like this. If Shejian is compared to his left arm, Su Jiao is his right arm. Now that he has lost an arm, how can he not be shocked? At this moment, he could faintly feel that something ominous was coming towards him again, so he said sadly: "General Su has been with me for many years, galloping across the desert together, and has made many meritorious deeds for the country. Now he is suddenly martyred. Could it be that God wants to destroy our Great Qin Kingdom?" Now that the corridor is destroyed and the army has no food, how can we fight against the rebels?"
At this time, another general, She Jian, asked Wang Li: "General, are we going to attack the city with all our strength now?" Wang Li shook his head and said, "Even if we take the city, there is still no food to eat. Maybe attacking the city is a mistake!" After saying that, he stood up and said bitterly: "Now if we want to turn defeat into victory, we must attack the Chu army from the north and the south. As long as we defeat the Chu army, everything will be easy!" But Shejian hesitated and said: "But general, Zhang Han was also defeated today. Defeat the Chu army?" Wang Li thought deeply: "Our army has no food. If we don't fight, the consequences will be disastrous!" Shejian asked what should be done. Wang Li said decisively: "Now while Xiang Yu is not here, we should contact Zhang Han and jointly attack the Chu and Zhao camps. If we can win, we will attack Jiyuan in one fell swoop and eliminate the Chu invaders. Our army from the north to the south combined has 300,000 troops. Is it possible? Are you still afraid of Xiang Yu?" Meng Fang and other generals also said: "The general is right. If we don't attack overnight, the soldiers will not have enough to eat tomorrow, and they are afraid of mutiny!" Wang Li saw that everyone had the same idea as him, so he immediately wrote I received a letter and sent it to Zhang Han.
Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng were discussing matters in the camp when they suddenly reported that Yingbu and others had returned with a great victory. Xiang Yu was very happy and immediately stood up to greet him. When Yingbu came to the army, he described the entire process of burning and killing Su Jiao in detail, and said that this strategy was the masterpiece of Han Xin. Seeing that Han Xin had made another great contribution, Fan Zeng told Xiang Yu about building the chariot. After hearing the statements of the two men, Xiang Yu walked up to Han Xin, nodded slightly and said, "Although you are talented, you don't have the power to tie a halberd. You are not good enough to be a general!" He named Han Xin the halberd thrower in person, meaning Let him exercise his arm strength by holding something big and heavy. The Halberd Holder is also called the Halberd Holder and belongs to the military position. He is a Huben guard in the Chinese army camp. His duty is to protect the general. Although Han Xin disdained this position, he stood out and began to step out of the lowest status of a soldier. He could still see the general and Fan Yafu every day, and he was still very satisfied.
Suddenly, Xiang Bo came in with a man in his arms and said, "General, I was inspecting items in the rear camp. The patrolling sergeant caught a Qin soldier and found a letter from his body." As he said, he took the letter. He handed it to Xiang Yu, who read it and handed the letter to Fan Zeng. It turned out that Wang Li had agreed to attack the Chu and Zhao camps. Zhang Han agreed and wrote a reply. The letter said that he would send his younger brother Zhang Ping here at three o'clock tonight, leading 10,000 soldiers and a batch of military rations. Then he would raise fire as a signal to defeat the rebels. Xiang Yu looked at Qin Jun, sneered, and ordered him to be pushed out and chopped. Fan Zeng hurriedly stopped him, then leaned close to Xiang Yu and whispered a few words, before handing the letter to Qin Jun. Xiang Yu sneered and said, "Huh! Even if you attack the Chu army from a flank, will I be afraid? Go back and tell Wang Li that I, Xiang Ji, am waiting for him. Huh!" Then he ordered the left and right to beat him out with sticks. Qin Jun took the letter and ran back to report it. But because the sergeant was afraid that Wang Li would be punished, he did not dare to say anything about being caught by the Chu army.
Later, Fan Zeng said to Xiang Yu: "Since Wang Li asked Zhang Han to attack our army from a flank, it is reasonable. Wang Li took the initiative to ask for war because he was short of food. Why don't we take advantage of his plan?" Xiang Yu said: "My father has What's the point?" Fan Zeng said thoughtfully: "We took this opportunity to send out a large army overnight to defeat the Great Wall Army in one fell swoop." Xiang Yu said: "What do you mean?" Fan Zeng said: "Wang Li's camp is still very strong. If not If you attack it, you can't break it. Tonight, you have to intercept Zhang Han's grain cart first, and then capture some equipment and flags. Then you can go to Julu under the banner of the Qin army. We will inform Ji Bu in advance that as soon as your troops arrive, we will Take advantage of the momentum and rush into Wang Li's camp. Wang Li will definitely come out to respond, and you can capture him with the momentum. This opportunity is very rare! If Wang Li is captured, the Great Wall Army will collapse without a fight, and the siege of Julu will be easily solved. ." Chen Ping added: "You can also ask the coalition general to issue another letter of challenge to Zhang Han, so that Zhang Han will not dare to come out tonight." After hearing what the two said, Xiang Yu said impassionedly: "Okay. , the victory over Wang Li is tonight, I must capture Wang Li and lift the siege of Julu!" He immediately sent people to notify Chen Yu and the generals of the coalition forces, and asked them to go and declare a war against Zhang Han.
An hour later, all the sergeants sent came back to report, saying that only Chen Yu had signed a gauntlet, and no one from Yan, Qi and other countries dared to sign a gauntlet. Not only that, when they heard that there was going to be a battle tonight, they simply broke up the camp and evacuated. . Xiang Yu asked where they had gone. The sergeants replied: "I heard that they returned to their original camp." Xiang Yu was extremely angry when he heard that the coalition generals did not even dare to declare war. Chen Ping said with a smile: "General, don't be anxious. Zhang Han is afraid of the Chu army anyway, but he is not afraid of them, so it doesn't matter if they make a gauntlet." Xiang Yu had no choice but to sneer and give up.
In the Great Wall Army's camp, after the death of General Su Jiao and the lack of food for two days, the morale was already very low. Wang Li was sitting on pins and needles, thinking hard, when suddenly the sergeant he sent came back to report that Zhang Han agreed to attack the rebels from a flank, and that he would raise fire as a signal to defeat the Chu and Zhao camp in one fell swoop. Wang Li was very moved when he saw Zhang Han's righteousness, and immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter of a pincer attack.
As the sun sets over the mountains, the head of Julu City is shrouded in a bleak and desolate sunset, showing a scene of decay and decay everywhere. At this time, Zhang Er and Zhao general Sima Mao were patrolling the city together. When they came to the south gate, suddenly a loud arrow shot out and hit the red pillar of the watchtower. Zhang Er was shocked and saw a letter tied to the arrow branch, so he and Sima Xian hurried to get the letter and read it. The letter said that the Chu army was going to attack Qin tonight, and asked the Zhao army to break out according to the situation and make preparations in advance. Zhang Er was so excited that tears filled his eyes after reading the letter. He asked Sima Yan to guard the city while he took the letter and hurriedly reported the good news to King Zhao.
That night, after the Chu army had dinner, Xiang Yu summoned the generals, reassembled the troops, and then issued an order: "Soldiers, it has been four days since we crossed the Zhang River, and now everyone knows that we have no way out! The battle tonight is between the Chu army and the Chu army. The showdown with the Qin army! Wang Li has a hundred thousand troops besieging the city. To lift the siege of Julu, they must be eliminated first! But I heard that the coalition generals would urinate when they heard about Wang Li, because the Great Wall Army was Qin's Our border guards are elite!" As soon as Xiang Yu finished speaking, he aroused laughter. Xiang Yu signaled silence with his hands, and then continued: "The Qin army is not terrible, the terrible thing is ourselves!" If every Chu person is determined to die in battle, then the Qin army will definitely be defeated by the Chu people! More than ten years ago, Wang Jian destroyed the Chu State. tonight! I want to capture Wang Li alive to avenge the Chu Kingdom’s destruction! The hatred of my grandfather Xiang Yan’s defeat! Please work hard to cooperate with me and see if what I say can be realized? The soldiers of the Chu army shouted like thunder: "We must win!" Must win! …”
At the same time, in the camp of the Great Wall Army, Wang Li was also discussing with the generals about attacking the Chu and Zhao camp. Suddenly, a general rushed in and reported: "General Wang, the soldiers are going to kill the war horses because they are hungry." Wang Li hurried out with the generals to take a look, and sure enough, he saw a group of soldiers tying up a war horse to the ground. Wang Li said angrily: "How dare you! How dare you be so presumptuous?" When the sergeants saw Wang Li coming, they said: "General, we are all hungry. How can we have the strength to fight if we don't eat?" Wang Li said: "I know. You haven't eaten anything today, but I'm the same as you. If we kill the horses tonight, what else will we use to fight?" The sergeants said, "It's not that we haven't eaten anything today, we haven't had a full meal in two days. Really. You are so hungry!" Wang Li said: "This is all the fault of the abominable Chu army. They destroyed the grain roads and robbed the grain. But please hold on for one more night. General Zhang Han will send troops to attack tonight. Enemy, as long as we fight this battle well, we will definitely have food to eat tomorrow. We will defeat the rebel army tonight! The war horses are our lifeblood, and the entire battalion will not have food to eat. Not just you, as long as everyone can survive tonight , everything will change, please believe me!" At this time, a soldier suddenly climbed down, hugged the horse's neck and cried: "Actually, we can't bear it!" Seeing this, Wang Li felt a sore nose and held back tears.
Wang Li returned to the main tent and ordered She Jian: "When Zhang Ping and Sima Xin arrive tonight, they will attack from the middle. We will take care of both sides. You attack the left wing and I will attack the right wing. We must defeat the bandits. The Chu bandits are Our nemesis, as long as he defeats the Chu Kou, he will be able to preserve the great cause of the First Emperor!" Shejian said firmly: "I will obey the general's orders!" Wang Li then said to the eight generals who were besieging the city: "You must besiege the city with all your heart. , No matter how fierce the battle in the camp in the south of the city is tonight, you are not allowed to leave without authorization, otherwise military law will be imposed!" Wu Ming and other eight generals accepted the order impassionedly, and then went to defend the camp separately.
