When Pei Gong returned to the city, he ordered people to take Guo Meng and Chen Xi into custody. He scolded: "I, Liu Bang, have upheld justice for heaven and entered the pass righteously. If you surrender, you will still be able to do something in the future. If you don't surrender, you will be beheaded immediately!" Guo Meng was righteous! Ci Yan said: "Guarding the land for the country, but not being able to protect the land, this is the shame of being a minister! Now he has become a prisoner, and he can be killed and chopped up as he pleases!" Chen Kui was afraid of being killed, so he quickly knelt down and said: " I am willing to surrender." Pei Gong laughed and made Chen Xi a general. Then the soldiers pushed Guo Meng out and chopped him up. Guo Meng turned around and left without fear. Someone pleaded on behalf of Guo Meng: "Pei Gong, Guo Meng is a loyal minister. It would be a pity to kill him!" Pei Gong quickly ordered Guo Meng to be escorted back, and then he personally released him and said, "I know that General Guo is a loyal minister. I just wanted to Test it out, and the general will be frightened. I will let you go now, hoping to see you again on the battlefield in the future." After hearing Pei Gong's words, Guo Meng said in shame: "I am just an insignificant warrior. The general is so proud of me, and I am willing to serve for the rest of my life. Serve the general and never abandon him!" Pei Gong was very happy to see Guo Meng willing to surrender, so he made Guo Meng the captain of the school.
That night, Yang Xiong was discussing matters with his tribe in the camp. Suddenly someone came to report that the county guard Zhao Bi was besieged by Pei Gong's generals in Quyu. The situation was urgent. Lord Zhao asked the general to come and rescue the siege. Yang Xiong confidently said: "I should attack him unprepared and attack the thieves overnight." Then he led the Qin army to kill Qu Yu. Fan Kuai and Guan Ying were unprepared and were killed by Yang Xiong. Zhao Ben saw that the Chu army was withdrawing from the siege, and the sound of killing outside the city was loud. Knowing that Yang Xiong was coming, he went out of the city to kill for a while. After Yang Xiong and Zhao Ben reunited, their strength greatly increased, and they stationed themselves in Quyu City.
After Fan Kuai and Guan Ying were attacked by Yang Xiong, they retreated ten miles to camp. Fan Kuai was furious and said: "I want to challenge Yang Xiong overnight, otherwise I will make my elder brother laugh!" Guan Ying said: "Winning or losing is a common thing for military strategists. We will camp here and report to Pei Gong. When Pei Gong comes, you can challenge Yang Xiong challenges." Fan Kuai said: "You have the nerve to tell my elder brother that you have lost the battle?" He was about to raise troops. Guan Ying promised not to report to Pei Gong, but only said that they would fight again tomorrow, and Fan Kuai gave up.
At dawn the next day, Fan Kuai jumped out of the camp and shouted at the top of his voice: "Gather immediately! Prepare to fight! Those who are slow will be punished with eighty sticks!" After hearing the order, the sergeants ran out to stand in line. Guan Ying saw that Fan Kuai was in a hurry, so he also dressed up and cooperated with him. Fan Kuai said: "Brothers, we were sneak attacked by Yang Xiong yesterday. Today I will challenge him in a duel! After defeating Yang Xiong, come back for dinner!" After saying that, he and Guan Ying led the sergeants towards Qu Yu. .
Yang Xiong and Zhao Bi returned home after a great victory last night and held a celebration banquet, so Yang Xiong was very drunk. That morning, while he was still fast asleep in the mansion, he heard a report that Fan Kuai called him a ball and wanted to challenge him to a duel. Yang Xiong was very angry, so he and Zhao Ben came to the top of the city. They saw Fan Kuai looking like a ferocious spirit, and said, "You butcher, you just fight when we fight, why do you have to curse people? Am I not afraid of you?" Fan Kuai said: "The surname is Yang. , you attacked me yesterday, what are you if you are not a ball? If you dare to come out, I will break your neck!" Yang Xiong said angrily: "I am the general of the Kingdom of Heaven, how dare you, a bastard, be so presumptuous?" Kill him immediately out. Fan Kuai shouted: "Okay, I'll give you a good harvest." He patted his horse and came forward, and the two fought in front of the pass. But because Yang Xiong was drunk, he felt dizzy after less than twenty rounds of fighting, so he feinted and fled into the city. Fan Kuai chased him to the suspension bridge and laughed wildly: "Our defeated generals, surrender the city quickly!" Arrows were shot from the top of the city, so he had to retreat. Seeing that Fan Kuai breathed a sigh of relief in front of everyone, he happily returned to the camp to have breakfast.
That day Pei Gong learned that Yang Xiong was going to attack Qu Yu. He was worried that Fan Kuai and Guan Ying were weak, so he led his troops to attack Qu Yu. After Fan Kuai and Guan Ying had breakfast, they were preparing to go to the city to challenge him. When they heard that Pei Gong had arrived, they hurried out to greet him. After Fan Kuai saw Pei Gong, he told him about the battle. Pei Gong then took all his troops to camp at the foot of Quyu City.
The next day, Peigong prepared his battle in advance, and then ordered Fan Kuai to continue challenging Yang Xiong. Fan Kuai was full of confidence and neatly dressed. He was a black man with black armor and a black shirt. He had a golden saddle and a black gelding. He was wielding a sword that was more than ten feet long. He came to the front of the formation and shouted in a rough voice: "Big brown bear, get out of here." Challenge Mr. Fan to a duel!" Yang Xiong heard the news and came out angrily. He came to the front of the battle. He had golden armor, a golden helmet, and a yellow battle robe. He had a red face, a yellow beard, broom eyebrows, a gold-maned flaming horse under his crotch, and a square-headed machete in his hand. He came to the front of the battle with great dignity and said: "Don't show off to the pig-killer. Grandpa will teach you a lesson today!" The two fierce men killed each other in one place. The two fought fiercely for a hundred rounds, with no winner or loser. After three days of this, the two still couldn't tell the difference.
When Pei Gong saw that he could not win after three days of fighting, he became worried. Li Shiqi said: "Yang Xiong is very skilled in martial arts, and with Zhao Ben serving as his adviser, it is difficult to win in a hurry." Guo Meng said: "I have a way to defeat Yang Xiong." Pei Gong asked what the way was. Guo Meng said: "Tomorrow, please ask Pei Gong to withdraw his troops back to Kaifeng first, and then say that the Qiang, the governor of Yingchuan County, is attacking Kaifeng. When Yang Xiong hears the news, he will definitely send troops to chase you, and Quyu City will be empty. But you secretly sent an army. The army was hidden outside the city of Quyu. After Yang Xiong left the city, Chen Xi and I went to call the city. There were many friends in the city, and they would definitely let us into the city. As long as we entered the city, we would cooperate inside and outside and win the city in one fell swoop. Yang Xiong heard that Qu Yu was lost, and he will definitely come to rescue him. When Pei Gong leads all the troops to counterattack, Yang Xiong will definitely be defeated!" Pei Gong thought for a while, and praised: "This strategy of yours is really good! "Let Guan Ying, Guo Meng, and Chen Xi go to attack Qu Yu.
Early the next morning, Pei Gong acted as planned. He first asked Fan Kuai to challenge, and then suddenly ordered a retreat, pretending to be very anxious. Yang Xiong saw it from the city and asked Zhao Bi what was going on. Zhao Bi replied: "Liu Bang suddenly withdrew his troops. Something must have happened in the rear." Yang Xiong smiled and said: "When the opportunity comes, we should chase him quickly." Zhao Bi said: "We will wait until we find out more clearly." He sent people out of the city to investigate the situation. An hour later, the sergeant came back and reported: "I heard that the Yingchuan County guard came to attack Kaifeng, and Liu Bang withdrew his troops." When Yang Xiong heard the news, he was very happy and said: "I must capture Liu Bang alive!" He went with Zhao Ben to chase Pei Gong. Zhao Ben said: "Liu Bang is cunning, I will defend the city first. When he really retreats to Kaifeng, it will not be too late for me to send troops to help you." Yang Xiong thought it was okay, so he led Yuan Yang, Yang Chun, Pan Long, and Jin Chou The four fathers and four generals rushed out of the city to chase Pei Gong.
Yang Xiong chased after him all the way out of the city. Suddenly Fan Kuai came out to block the way and said: "Big Brown Bear, you were ambushed by my Pei Gong!" Yang Xiong said: "Butcher! Do you still dare to fight alone?" Fan Kuai said: "Could it be that you were ambushed by my Pei Gong!" Master Fan, don't I dare?" After saying that, he stepped forward to fight Yang Xiong. Yang Xiong brandished his weapon and struck Fan Kuai head and face. Fan Kuai quickly raised his weapon to fight back. The two fought for thirty rounds, and Fan Kuai was defeated and fled. When Yang Xiong saw Fan Kuai defeated and fled, he called him a coward, a coward, and a coward, so he quickly chased after him. Although Yang Xiong had no plan, he was still smart enough. When he saw that the Chu army was escaping in an orderly manner, he ordered the pursuit to stop. When Fan Kuai saw that Yang Xiong had stopped pursuing him, he turned around and shouted, "There is an ambush in front of me, even if you don't dare to chase me!" It didn't matter that Yang Xiong didn't listen. When he heard this, he was angered again and led his soldiers in hot pursuit. Everyone on the left and right reminded him whether Fan Kuai would play any tricks. Yang Xiong sneered and said: "How can a butcher have such stupid tricks? He deliberately said there was an ambush because he couldn't beat him. If there was an ambush, he wouldn't dare to say it." He then chased after him. After chasing for more than twenty miles, suddenly a group of people blocked the way again, it was the Jin brothers. Jin Qiang shouted: "Yang Xiong, you fool, you have been ambushed by my Pei Gong, take your life!" Seeing that there were not many of them, Yang Xiong laughed and said, "I am about to take you two children to task!" Urging the horses to engage in battle. The Jin brothers worked together to fight Yang Xiong. The two fought for a while and then retreated to the southeast.
When Zhao Ben saw that Yang Xiong was chasing the Chu army, he was still worried, so he sent a sergeant to catch up with Yang Xiong and said, "Liu Bang is a cunning man. He must have a conspiracy to break away from the stronghold now." Yang Xiong stopped chasing, and then Send sergeants to the front to inquire. In the evening, the sergeant came back and reported: "General Yang, Yingchuan County Guards came to help, they are besieging Kaifeng, the news is true." After hearing this, Yang Xiong was pleasantly surprised, and wanted to wipe out Liu Bang in one fell swoop, so He sent someone back quickly to report to Zhao Bi, asking him to come and fight together to retake the city occupied by Liu Bang.
On his way to retreat to Kaifeng, Pei Gong suddenly received a report from Cao Shen that Qiang Yuan, the governor of Yingchuan County, had led his army to attack Kaifeng. Pei Gong was horrified when he heard the report, and said to Li Shiqi: "We used Guo Meng's plan to capture Qu Yu. It was just a plan, but why did it become true? What should we do now?" Li Shiqi pondered. He said: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei. General Cao Shen is very skilled in martial arts. Even if the Qiang people besiege Kaifeng, he may not be able to capture the city. Now, please continue to lure Yang Xiong. If Zhao Ben also comes to reinforce him, Qu Yu will definitely be able to get it. Guo Meng's The plan will never go wrong." Pei Gong made up his mind and rushed towards Kaifeng.
When Peigong arrived at Kaifeng City, the Qiang people were already attacking the city. Pei Gong then entered the city from the east gate. When Cao Chao saw Pei Gong, he asked him why he came so quickly. Pei Gong told the story of using the plan. Cao Shen reported an important piece of information to Pei Gong. He said that Yingchuan County Governor stored all the grain in Changshe. Li Shiqi said: "Please Pei Gong quickly send a force to seize the grain, and then threaten to attack Yangzhai City. The Qiang people will retreat without fighting after hearing the news." Pei Gong asked who was going to rob the grain. Li Shang said: "I used to work in Yingchuan and am familiar with the roads there." Pei Gong said happily: "I will send another general to help you." He called Zhou Bo and said: "Didn't my dear brother say that there is no chance of meritorious service? Now you and Li Shang go to rob grain, which is a great achievement!" Zhou Bo happily accepted the task, and the two set off overnight.
Yang Xiong pursued him all the way to Kaifeng City. When he saw the Yingchuan troops arriving, he met with the Qiang Yuans. The two discussed it and then came to the city to challenge. Yang Xiong shouted: "Liu Bang's traitor, come out and sacrifice your head quickly!" Pei Gong replied loudly: "Yang Xiong, although you are highly skilled in martial arts, you are still a fool. Today I am not going to compete with you in bravery, but I want to compete with you in wits. Do you dare?" Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Am I afraid of you as a pavilion chief? How do you compare?" Pei Gong smiled and said, "I am chatting with you here. In ten days and a half, I will piss you off to death! Do you believe it?" Yang Xiong laughed and said: "Village man! What ability do you have, how dare you speak such nonsense?" Pei Gong said: "I have already asked people to forget about it. A hexagram says that you are going to be in bad luck and there will be a bloody disaster within three months!" Yang Xiong laughed wildly. Qiang Yuan said: "I heard that Liu Bang is cunning. Is he playing some tricks?" Yang Xiong said: "He said it deliberately because he couldn't defeat us. Now that our two armies are gathered below the city, Liu Bang is already the turtle in the urn. He will definitely Let us capture him." He challenged Pei Gong. Pei Gong saw that the Qin army had many people and did not fight, so he ordered his soldiers to guard the city.
Yang Xiong's sergeant came to Quyu and told Zhao Bi about the victory in the battle and the help from Yingchuan County Governor. Zhao Ben heard that the Yingchuan County Governor had also arrived in Kaifeng to help in the battle, so he asked the County Lieutenant Han Meng to guard the city, and then led Sanchuan's troops and horses to gallop towards Kaifeng. Yang Xiong was very happy when he saw that all three troops had arrived, so he surrounded Kaifeng. Thinking that Liu Bang must be caught, he cooked some wine.
At this time, Guo Meng, Chen Xi, and Guan Ying had already secretly plotted a misfortune. When the three of them came to the city, Guo Meng asked Guan Ying to ambush in the hilly area to the south. They agreed to raise a fire as a signal and then come to the city to seize the city. After the three people made a plan, Guo Meng and Chen Xi came to the city and shouted: "We are Guo Meng and Chen Xi. We have just escaped from the bandit army. Let us enter the city quickly!" The defender of the city happened to be Jin Chou's father, so he asked "Weren't you two captured by the rebels?" Guo Meng said: "The two of us have been detained in the rebel camp. General Yang attacked the rebel army and won. Liu Bang was defeated and fled. We took advantage of the chaos and escaped. Hurry up. Let us enter the city quickly!" Jin Chou's father said: "The county captain has an order not to let anyone enter the city!" Chen Xi said: "The eight of us are General Yang's capable generals, and now the two of us are in trouble here. , General, can you bear to see us two homeless?" After hearing this, Jin Chou's father said: "You guys wait for a while, I will report to the commander-in-chief." Commander-in-chief Han Meng heard that Guo Meng and Chen Xi He escaped alone and agreed to let them into the city after some thought. Guo Meng and Chen Xi came to the city, met with the county captain, and weaved the story of how they escaped in detail. Han Meng asked them to guard the city gate. The two of them were secretly happy.
That night, Guan Ying quietly led his troops to a place not far from the city to ambush. At about midnight, Guo Meng and Chen Xi came to the top of the city to watch. They first saw the signal sent by Guan Ying, so they lit a fire on the city, and then asked Chen Xi to open the door. When Guan Ying saw the fire on the top of the city, he immediately led his troops to the city gate. When Guo Meng saw that Guan Ying had arrived, he cut off the suspension bridge cables with his sword and shouted: "Pei Gong is the master of benevolence and righteousness. We have surrendered to the Chu army. Anyone who resists must die!" After that, he went to the city to kill. When Chen Xi heard the sound, he had already killed the guard guard and opened the city gate. Guan Ying led the Chu army into the city. Suddenly, the sound of killing broke out. Qin Jun was stunned by the sudden sound. When Han Meng heard the news, he came to Central Street in panic and happened to meet Guan Ying who was coming to the city. Han Meng was flustered, so he exchanged a few moves with Guan Ying, then made a feint and retreated towards the north gate. After Guan Ying killed Han and Meng, he occupied the city and immediately reported to Pei Gong.
Li Shang and Zhou Bo led the Chu army to march day and night for more than a hundred miles and arrived at Changshe City. When the two saw that the city was prepared, they discussed who should capture the city first. Li Shang said: "General Zhou is Pei Gong's capable general, and his reputation has spread throughout Chu. You should sit in the camp and I will complete the siege." Zhou Bo said: "Since I am older than you, I should attack first. How can we leave the heavy responsibility to a young man?" Li Shang said, "How about we draw lots and whoever wins first will attack the city." Zhou Bo said, "It's a deal." Li Shang agreed. So the army commander was called to draw lots. As a result, Li Shang was caught. Zhou Bo felt depressed in his heart and said, "After all, I am the older one, and even the lot goes to the younger one." After hearing this, Li Shang felt funny in his heart, and said, "Why don't we go together and see who can attack the city first? Great work." Zhou Bo was very happy and asked the army commander to watch from the watch cart. Each of them led a thousand soldiers, one to attack the east gate and the other to attack the north gate. The Qin army guarding the city saw two troops coming to capture the city, so they counterattacked from above. All of a sudden, thousands of arrows were fired, and trees and stones were beaten randomly. The two of them attacked at the same time, regardless of their safety, holding shields in their left hands and long weapons in their right hands. The army commander shouted happily: "The two generals have boarded the city at the same time!" When the Qin army heard that the Chu army had boarded the city, they hurriedly retreated. After the two entered the city, they brandished weapons and killed the people who came to the city, and then opened the city gate. The sergeants swarmed in. The two rushed to the place where the grain was piled and were very happy to see dozens of granaries. Zhou Bo said: "This is what Pei Gong is short of. Now load it all into the truck and carry it back together." Li Shang said: "Pei Gong wants us to make a big splash." The two men threatened to attack Yangzhai City.
Yang Xiong and others faced off with the Chu army in Kaifeng. After more than ten days, when they saw that the Chu army would not fight, they led their troops to attack the city together. They even asked the sergeants to shout: "If you don't surrender, no chickens or dogs will be left behind!" Suddenly something happened! The sergeant came to report that Quyu City had been occupied by the Chu army. Yang Xiong asked what was going on. The sergeant said that Guo Meng had deceived the city gate into opening, and the inside and outside were coordinated, so he dedicated the city to the Chu army. Yang Xiong was shocked. Before he finished speaking, sergeants from Yingchuan came flying to report. They said that Liu Bang had sent Li Shang and Zhou Bo to attack Changshe and had taken away all the food. They also said that they were going to attack Yangdi City. Qiang Yuan shouted: "We have fallen into Liu Bang's trick! He came here to lure, but secretly sent people to attack everywhere. If Chu Kou and Han Cheng's rebels unite, Yingchuan County will be doomed!" He hurriedly asked for instructions. retreat. Yang Xiong had no choice but to let Qiang Yuan go back to Yingchuan.
When Pei Gong saw that the Yingchuan army had retreated and that Changshe had been captured by Li Shang and Zhou Bo, he led the Chu army out of the city. The two leading generals were Cao Shen and Fan Kuai. One of them wielded the sky-opening sword and the other picked up the earth-cleaving ax and rushed out of the city gate. Yang Xiong's left and right captains came to resist, but they were split into four pieces one by one. Yang Xiong was shocked, so he and Zhao Ben led all the soldiers and horses to fight. A great battle broke out between the two sides. Although Yang Xiong and Zhao Ben were fighting desperately, there was already a fire in the backyard, so they had no intention of fighting and had to fight and leave. Pei Gong led his troops to pursue him all the way. The Chu army launched a massacre on the battlefield for dozens of miles, and the Qin army was defeated. The Chu army fought all the way to Quyu City and won a complete victory. A few days later, Li Shang and Zhou Bo escorted hundreds of carts of grain to deliver the order. Pei Gong was very happy, so he called back all his troops and prepared to march towards Sanchuan. He also strictly enforced military discipline and ordered the sergeants not to disturb the people.
When the people heard that Pei Gong was benevolent and the Chu army was benevolent, they escorted their children to join the army. Peigong was so powerful that he alarmed Sanchuan County. At this time, the news of the Battle of Julu also came. Pei Gong and the generals heard that Xiang Yu defeated the Great Wall Army in nine battles at Julu, killed Wang Li, and defeated Zhang Han, so everyone was excited. , everyone is happy, everyone seems to have heard the death knell of Qin's demise.
