Fan Zeng finally understood that the Qin army was feint to the west in order to attract the attention of the Chu army; The north is the main force of the Qin army, they have already attacked the camp, and he ordered the camp in the north to prepare for an ambush as soon as possible.

Xiang Yu was extremely depressed and immediately rejected Fan Zeng's ambush suggestion, and he went out unexpectedly to take the initiative to attack and attack the Qin army.

Fan Zeng's persuasion several times was ineffective, so he had to let Xiang Yu be willful once, and Xiang Yu ordered 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Qin army immediately.

In the dense forest not far west of Langxi County, Han Xin and Ziying were analyzing the military situation transmitted back by the messengers, and when they heard that the Chu army in the north had tens of thousands of troops attacking, Han Xin decisively ordered Ji Bu Da * arrow and Chang Ge Yan in the north to retreat. At the same time, the Qin * arrow in the west was ordered to open the way to remove the antlers of the Chu army camp and clear the traps, and when the cavalry saw the rocket appear in the air, they immediately began to charge.

The sentry of the west camp of the Chu army once again ordered a large number of Qin troops to appear, and the captain had already received Fan Zeng's estimate and arrangement, the main force of the Qin army was in the north, and the west was a feint, and ordered: "Brothers, just defend well, the Qin army will not attack here." ”

As soon as the words fell, the unique sound of the Qin crossbow sounded in the air, and the captain and the sentry were taken aback, and before they could speak, the crossbow arrows rained down were nailed to the ground and the observation tower respectively. Next, the shield team and spear team of the Qin army's front team appeared neatly in front of the Chu army's camp.

After half an hour of confrontation, the Chu army began to counterattack in an orderly manner under the command of Yu Ziqi after the commotion, but the antlers and traps on the periphery were occupied by the Qin army, and after a short confrontation, the Qin army fired a round of rockets and began to slowly retreat.

As soon as Yu Ziqi saw that the Qin army was repulsed, he immediately led the army in pursuit. Just when Yu Ziqi ordered Nanying to come to reinforce and assist Xiying, the earth began to tremble, and there were many old captains around Yu Ziqi, they were familiar with this voice, and immediately panicked and said to Yu Ziqi: "General, it's not good, the Qin army's iron cavalry has begun to charge us." ”

Yu Ziqi had already led 20,000 soldiers and horses to pursue out of the camp, and he could not quickly withdraw his troops back to the camp in the dark night, so he had to ruthlessly abandon the army and order to run south.

Just when the 5,000 cavalry of Han Xin's army frantically rushed to kill the Xiying Chu army, shouting to kill Zhentian, Zhang Han and Meng Zhi, the city head of Langxi County, were discussing.

Zhang Han said: "According to the secret report of the spies, this evening, reinforcements appeared in the west and feinted to attack the west camp of the Chu army in the middle of the night. According to the art of war, the attack from the north was the real thing, and we sent troops from the north to cooperate with reinforcements. ”

Meng Zhi hurriedly said: "No, when the last general chased after the shogunate, the general's arrangement of military formations never distinguished between virtual and real arrangements, many times each army was real, and sometimes all were virtual." Now that the west is shouting so loudly, it must be the west that is the main attacker at this moment, and our army should go out from the west to respond. ”

Zhang Han saw that Meng Zhi's statement was extraordinary, not to mention that he had long understood Meng Tian's military habits in the Jiuyuan Army, and his previous suggestions were basically successful, so he nodded yes, and ordered Meng Zhi to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses on standby to go out of the West Gate to attack the Qin army in the West Camp.

The commander of the southern camp, Long Ji, received a letter from Yu Zi asking for reinforcements, and immediately remembered the scene of meeting Han Xin in Xingyang, and ordered the whole army to strengthen its vigilance, and no matter what the situation was, he could not leave the camp. He rushed to support the western camp with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. Mengzhi attacked the western camp of the Chu army, the Chu army was in chaos by the enemy, and Mengzhi took the opportunity to order the whole army to attack and slash forward with a neat military formation.

Meng Zhi's cleverness began to work, he felt that the enemy army also had capable people, and he did not have the great ability of General Meng Tian, and this attack was also his own guess, and he didn't know if the judgment was right, and he would accept it when he saw it, and he immediately withdrew as soon as he saw the enemy's reinforcements.

Long Ji came to replace the deputy general of the Yuzi period to re-strengthen the camp defense, sent scouts out to investigate the situation of the Yuzi period army, and strictly ordered the army not to attack again.

Yu Ziqi led 20,000 foot soldiers to be charged and killed by Han Xin's cavalry, which was very miserable. The Chu army was already tired from attacking the city during the day, while Han Xin's army slept during the day and came prepared to attack in the evening, and in less than an hour, the 20,000 troops in the Yuzi period were killed in three sections.

The Qin army pursued and killed the Chu army until dawn, and the army of Yu Zi was basically annihilated, and he himself only had a dozen personal soldiers around him to guard and desperately run south to avoid the pursuit of the Qin cavalry.

On Xiang Yu's side, the Chu army fought hard to move forward, but not a single Qin army was encountered, and after walking for a while, there was a burst of crossbow arrows and rockets combined with shooting, and when the cavalry was gathered to chase the black shadow in front, they met Chang Ge left by the other party. After chasing all night like this, he lost hundreds of horses and a thousand soldiers, and he didn't even see a few figures of the Qin army, and he had to withdraw to the camp at dawn.

After a night of fighting, the Qin army suffered few casualties, while the Chu army paid nearly 30,000 casualties, and Yu Ziqi disappeared.

The Chu army, which had been tossed all night by the strange soldiers of Han Xin's army, did not attack the city of Langxie County again today, and Xiang Liang gathered in the Nanying tent to discuss countermeasures.

After dawn, the Chu army's scouts immediately went out to inquire about the situation of the supporting army. Fan Zeng did not receive a report from Tanma until noon, and saw three very large military camps 50 miles west of Langxi County, the finished product was arranged in a zigzag, and the barracks were densely covered with flags, and they were respectively hung with three big flags of "Win", "Meng", and "Ji", and the three camps were extremely huge, and they could garrison more than 500,000 troops. However, there was not a single shadow of the Qin army in these three camps, and the Qin army that attacked last night could not see where to hide.

After getting this report, except for Xiang Yu in Xiang Liang's big tent, everyone else was extremely surprised, and Fan Zeng muttered in his heart: Could it be that Meng Tian in Xingyang led the army over? Or is it a personal expedition of the Fusu Imperial Driver? He couldn't think of what Qin Jun's situation was at the moment. The Chu army had no choice but to send a large number of spies to check around to see if they could find this mysterious Qin army.

At noon, in a dense forest not far from the south of Langxi County, there were many black-armored Qin soldiers sleeping on the trees, and many war horses were hidden in the deep ditch, and the horsebacks were covered with branches and grass.

Han Xin and Ziying, who had rested for a morning, were discussing their next actions with the generals. Han Xin first said: "Now our army is not strong enough, otherwise we will be able to break the enemy army by attacking from all sides last night." I had to wait for General Ma (Ma Xing)'s 50,000 grain army to arrive before making a full-scale attack. The herald ordered the army to rest directly until the third watch tonight, and arrive at the Chu army camp an hour before dawn tomorrow to carry out a new round of attacks. ”

Meng Xin answered: "Our cavalry rushed to kill all night last night, the light was not good at night, and they were very tired from killing, can the general change the time of rushing and killing to daytime?" ”

Han Xin pondered for a long time and was silent.

Jibu began to speak: "Can we delay the attack?" After removing the antlers on the periphery, they will be killed by cavalry at dawn. ”

Han Xin said slowly: "Our army has few troops, we need a Tibetan army, and within five days, the Chu army's scouts will inevitably find traces of our army." The cavalry is easy to be exposed during the day, and once it is surrounded and killed by the Chu army, there will be a danger of annihilation. ”

Ziying, who had not spoken, said: "Can the general use last night's tactics again?" I think it's hard for the enemy to think that we would attack again in the same way. ”

Han Xin put the sword master on the ground and said: "Last night, it was because the generals in the city cooperated with our attack that there was such a great result, if we change the camp to attack this time, I wonder if they can also cooperate with it?" ”

Meng Xin moved his body and said: "The general's combination of virtual and real tactics is quite similar to that of the general, and the general Mengzhi in the city has learned a lot from the general's side, and he will definitely be able to comprehend the general's attack strategy, I guess they will cooperate with us." ”

Han Xin thought for a while before ordering: "Tonight, all our troops are secretly stationed in the three camps in the west that our army settled last night, and the eldest prince and I will lead 10,000 troops to the 'win' banner camp, and your two generals will each lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the camp under your banner." ”

Ziying's heart was at a loss at the moment, and she asked in a low voice: "General, we don't hide the army anymore?" ”

Han Xin said: "After another attack tomorrow night, we will hide the army, the Chu army is like a frightened goose, once we see our army suddenly appear in the camp, we will not dare to attack immediately, and after our army attacks again at night, we will hide, and wait until General Ma's grain army arrives and then encircle and annihilate the enemy." ”

After Han Xin gave a brief explanation, everyone realized and received orders to prepare to go.

After a day and a night of intense searching, the Chu army's scouts saw countless Qin troops appear in the three large battalions of the Qin army at dawn the next day, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to report to Fan Zeng.

After Fan Zeng hurriedly went to Xiang Liang to discuss, everyone was puzzled, and Fan Zeng was also confused in his heart: the Qin army had been hiding the army before, but now it is openly displayed......

Therefore, Fan Zeng suggested sending more scouts to find out how many of the Qin army were in the barracks and whether they were hidden elsewhere. Xiang Yu said impatiently: "Our army's elite is invincible in the world, in the peaceful wilderness, why be afraid of its conspiracy, just go directly to the decisive battle with the Qin army, and you will definitely be able to kill the Qin army without leaving a piece of armor." ”

Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng were all embarrassed by Qin Jun's tricks several times, and when they heard Xiang Yu's words, they said almost at the same time: "No!" Xiang Yu saw that his uncle was opposed, and knew that it would be impossible to send troops no matter how insistence, so he turned his head and withdrew from the big tent and went by himself.

Xiang Liang, He Fanzeng and others were discussing the strategy with sad faces, and Tanma came to report again: "The three large camps of the Qin army are all densely covered with banners, and the camp tents are quiet. Except for the sentry, the rest of the people were sleeping, and it was impossible to find out how many soldiers and horses there were. ”

Xiang Liang signaled the herald to retreat, and then said to Fan Zeng: "The Qin army dares to sleep under the nose of our army so assured, there must be a conspiracy, how do the military advisors think to deal with it?" ”