After the end of the alliance, Zhao Kuo ordered Li You to stay in Linzi temporarily, stabilize the old land of Qi Yan, and then follow King Zhao's chariot back to Handan.

Wang Che walked forward, but Zhao Wangjia's heart was full of doubts: "The details of the covenant King Chu promised so refreshingly, does the general think there is fraud in it?" Zhao Wangjia turned his head to look at Zhao Kuo, who was following the car.

Hearing King Zhao's question, Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said: "My division even destroyed Qi Yan, and the King of Chu was afraid that his ministers would move his army south, so he invited my king to join the alliance and make me turn around to attack Qin, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" How can there be him? ”

"Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and make a good plan! This king sent troops and destroyed the Chu State first! Zhao Wangjia slammed his fist on the body and cursed angrily.

"The king's wrath!" King Zhao's words surprised Zhao Kuo, "Chu is vast and there are many cities, so it will take several years for the whole country to have an army!" Now there is a strong Qin tiger looking at the west, and the alliance is newly established, if the army is suddenly raised to attack Chu, it will make Zhao lose his trust in the world! ”

"Can't you just let it sit back and reap the benefits?" Zhao Wangjia gasped with hatred.

"There is a way to ensure the best of both worlds." Suddenly, a loud voice came from behind Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo looked back in surprise, and it turned out to be Liu Bang, a newly recruited military officer in Qufu: "Liu Bang! Don't be presumptuous! Zhao Kuo's face sank and he scolded in a low voice.

"There are good strategies, but it doesn't hurt to say them." Zhao Wangjia waved his hand generously and motioned for Liu Bang to continue.

"No." Liu Bang lowered his head and arched his hand and said, "I thought that if Chu and Zhao formed an alliance, King Qin would be angry. However, the temples of Zhao State were clear and the military was strong, and Qin Duan did not dare to rashly invade the territory, and his resentment would definitely turn to Chu. The king only needs to send one person into Qin, and he can get miraculous results! ”

"In the other way, return his body! Good! Zhao Wangjia slapped his palm and laughed, "By the way, your name is Liu ...... Liu Shi? ”

"In Xia Liu Bang, the shogunate of the general." Liu Bang replied respectfully.

Liu ...... Bang, how about you stay with this king and be a royal family in the future? Zhao Wangjia looked at Liu Bang.

King Zhao wants Liu Bang to make a royal order? Zhao Kuo almost didn't jump up after hearing this. In his opinion, Liu Bang is too slippery, and letting this person stay by King Zhao's side will not be reassuring after all. Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo hurriedly advised: "King! Liu Bang ......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Wangjia had already glared at Zhao Kuo fiercely, and his face showed a little displeasure: "General, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head helplessly, and then suddenly pulled Liu Bang by pulling the horse.

When King Zhao's car drove away, Zhao Kuo said lightly: "Congratulations to Mr. ”

"If there is no adult to support him, how can Liu Bang be where he is today? Liu Bang thanked my lord! Liu Bang bowed deeply towards Zhao Kuo with a smile on his face.

"Excuse me! The old man can't afford it! After Liu Bang's salute was finished, Zhao Kuo raised his eyes and stared at Liu Bang, and warned in a low voice, "Beside the king, remember to keep to yourself, and you must not have a heart of disobedience!" Otherwise, Guo Kai will be the end! Do you know? ”

"The general's teachings, Liu Bang kept them in mind and didn't dare to forget! Don't dare to forget! Liu Bang still had a smile on his face, "If the adults are fine, they will retire first?" After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhao Kuo turned his head and did not speak, Liu Bang urged the horse to prepare to leave.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo suddenly called out to Liu Bang again: "That's right! In the previous words, can there be any guidance from a master? After getting along for a period of time, Zhao Kuo saw that Liu Bang did have political talents, but he was obviously a layman in the military, so Zhao Kuo didn't believe it at all, and the plan just now came from Liu Bang.

Liu Bang did not hesitate at all, and immediately nodded and said: "What the adults guessed is true, there is indeed someone behind the scenes, his name is Zhang Liang, who was originally a Korean Shentu, and after the death of Han, he was exiled to Chu, and he saw that his conversation was extraordinary, so he became a good friend." ”

"Oh? Zhang liang? Where is this person now? Zhao Kuo couldn't help but ask.

"After Han's death, Zhang Liangliang was disheartened and traveled all over the world all day long, and he didn't know it." Liu Bang shook his head and said.

"That's it! Go! Zhao Kuo could see that Liu Bang deliberately didn't say anything, but he didn't force it, just waved his hand to signal Liu Bang to leave, and then waved his horsewhip and chased after Zhao Wang's car......

It didn't take long for Zhao Gao, who was in Xianyang, to receive a secret letter from Zhao Kuo. Soon, under the persuasion of Zhao Gao, King Yingzheng of Qin made a decision without court discussion: he ordered Li Xin, the commander of the left army, to lead 200,000 iron cavalry and go south to destroy Chu.

Upon learning the news, the old general Wang Jian and the right prime minister Qi Qi broke into the palace overnight.

"King!" As soon as he saw Yingzheng, Wang Jian didn't have time to catch his breath, so he couldn't wait to go straight to the topic, "Chu is not an ordinary big country!" If you don't have the heart of the whole country to fight a decisive battle, how can you say anything about it? ”

This Wang Jian is really getting older and less timid! Ying Zheng put down the bamboo slip in his hand and said disapprerovitically: "The old general is making a big fuss!" The state of Chu is weak, and using 200,000 soldiers is already a knife to kill chickens, so why do you need to fight a decisive battle for the whole country? ”

Hearing what King Qin said, Wang Jian immediately became anxious: "Although Chu is weak, it is a divided country!" The fiefdoms of the clan and the various tribes of Baiyue not only have many private soldiers, but also do not govern each other, and they are in their own affairs. Even if our army can break through Yingshou and capture the king of Chu, it will be difficult to completely destroy Chu! The old minister thought that Chu could not be destroyed unless the soldiers of the whole country were not killed! If you start a war rashly, the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Got it." Ying Zhengqiang put out a smile and picked up the bamboo slips on the table noncommittally.

"Think twice! If you are not careful, you will fall into the quagmire and never recover! Seeing that King Qin didn't take Wang Qian's words to heart, Qi Qi couldn't help but stride forward and shouted loudly.

"Qi Qi! It's your brother, could it be that you want to collaborate with the enemy? Ying Zheng snorted coldly, and then left the bamboo slip and left straight away.

A few days later, King Yingzheng of Qin issued an edict ordering Qi Qi to leave for Chencheng on the same day to appease the old people of Chu. Chencheng is the old capital of Chu State, Yingchen, although it has long been captured by the Qin army, but it has always been a hot spot against Qin. As the prime minister of Qin and the prince of Chu, Changping Jun Qiqi has the dual background of the royal families of Qin and Chu, so it seems natural for him to go to Chen Di to appease him, but in fact, this is Yingzheng's strategy to completely squeeze him out of the center of power.

In late summer and early autumn, the army of Qin to destroy Chu finally set off.

After Chen Cheng completed the assembly, Li Xin divided the army into two routes: Li Xin personally led the first road, crossing Rushui to take peace; The second route was led by the adjutant general and the old general Meng Wu, and went south along the chasm to attack the sleeping hill. Li Xin's plan was to first divide Huaibei with two iron cavalry, cut off the grain route of the Chu army, and then meet with the city father to find Xiang Yan's main force for a decisive battle.

But what Li Xin did not expect was that the march was unusually smooth, the Chu army fled, and it seemed that there was no intention to resist at all, for a while, the Qin army was in Huaibei as if it was in a no-man's land, and after conquering Pingyu, Li Xinjun took advantage of the victory to go down to Yan and Ying, and then led the troops to the west to join the Mengwu army in the city father.

As soon as the armies converged, there was a military report: the main force of the Chu army had been assembled in Ruyin, and the boat division had also been stationed in the river with Izumo Mengze.

"Want to be cut off with a large army? The king of Chu wants to escape! Li Xin was in a hurry when he heard the news, "I ordered the whole army to go south immediately, open up Ruyin, and take Yingshou directly, and never let the king of Chu flee south to Yunmengze!" Immediately, Li Xin ordered Meng Wu to lead an army of 50,000 to stay in the city, and then personally led an army of 150,000 to Ruyin non-stop.

However, under the city of Ruyin, Li Xin encountered the fiercest resistance of the Xiang Liang Department of the Chu army, due to the long-distance attack, the large siege equipment did not keep up, the Qin army attacked for three days, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, but Ruyin City was still firmly in the hands of the Chu army. Looking at the battalion full of wounded soldiers, Li Xin had no choice but to order the whole army to suspend the siege and find another way.

At this moment, the scout's urgent report hurriedly came: Changping Jun Qiqi had raised troops against Qin in Chencheng, and captured Chencheng in one fell swoop, cutting off the Qin army's back route.

Li Xin was stunned, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to stop attacking Chu and return to Chencheng.

When the military order was handed down, the soldiers of the Qin army, who were already exhausted, had no choice but to start packing up overnight with complaints. Unexpectedly, at this moment, suddenly heard the shouting and killing sound around the roar, countless Chu soldiers wearing yellow clothes and leather armor roared and swarmed in, at the same time, the Xiang Liang army guarding Ruyin also opened the city at the same time to cover the Qin army barrier, and after three days of hard fighting, the Qin soldiers were already exhausted, how could they resist such a fierce rush of the Chu army, only in an instant, the Qin army camp was swallowed up by the yellow ocean.

Seeing that the army was about to collapse, Li Xin's mouthful of blood suddenly gushed out.

Finally standing up straight, Li Xin reached out to wipe the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, raised his long sword in a swaying manner, and shouted in a hissing voice: "The whole army retreats to the city father!" In Li Xin's opinion, although the Chu army has a large number, after all, it is a rabble made up of private soldiers from various families, as long as they can break through and return to the city father to join Mengwu, they will definitely be able to turn the tide of the war.

In Li Xin's incessant roar, the soldiers of the Qin army gradually regrouped, and it was a whole night of fierce fighting, and Li Xin led 80,000 Qin troops to finally desperately break out of the encirclement.

Approaching the city father, suddenly a sharp sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, Li Xin suddenly became excited, and hurriedly raised his eyes, only to see a team of Qin army knights coming towards him, and the front of the team was Meng Wu. Before he could reach Li Xin, he saw Meng Wu's body shake suddenly, and he suddenly fell off his horse, covered in blood, which was shocking.

"Quick, help the old general to get up!" Li Xin shouted anxiously.

"Qi Qi rate...... Led the rebels to attack...... Our army was defeated...... Defeated! Meng Wuqiang finished speaking, and then passed out.

"This ......" The loss of the city father means that the Qin army has no place to stand, Li Xin is like five thunderbolts for a while, "Our army is newly defeated, the ordnance is broken, and we must not fall in love with the war, so we will immediately send an order to retreat!" Li Xin closed his eyes tightly, forcibly held back the tears that came out of his eyes, and gave the order weakly.

But the disaster of the Qin army was not over, under the leadership of Xiang Yan, the Chu army followed and chased all the way for three days and three nights, until the border of Qin and Chu, Xiang Yan ordered the division to return to the army.

In this battle, the Qin army threw more than 90,000 corpses, and the rest of the soldiers were all wounded, and the grain, grass and ordnance were discarded, which can be described as a fiasco.