Chapter 9 Different Paths to the Same End Ninety-two Hanging Soldiers and Lone Fighters Can Help
At this time, the land of Chu located north of the Great River had all been lost, and the 100,000 Chu troops under the wall had become a lone army. Lacking food for several months, and it was the middle of winter, the soldiers were still wearing summer and autumn military uniforms, and the morale of the Chu army began to gradually collapse in the midst of hunger and cold.
Xiang Yu is in a deep predicament, how could Zhao Kuo miss such a God-given opportunity? He immediately ordered the whole army to march towards Qixia and start a final decisive battle with Xiang Yu. A few days later, a total of 500,000 troops of Zhao Kuo, Han Xin, and Di Bu marched step by step from the north and south directions, advancing in order, and finally completed the encirclement of the Chu army in half a month.
It is far away from Jiangdong, which means that the 100,000 Chu troops entrenched here, even if they can get out of the encirclement, are bound to be annihilated by the pursuit of the Zhao army along the way.
After inspecting the deployment of the military camp in Xiaxia, Yu Ziqi hurriedly walked into Xiang Yu's big tent: "King, our army's support is cut off, there is no food to defend, the matter has come to this, rather than sit and wait for death, it is better to fight to the death with the enemy!" "Xiang Yu once commanded the five tiger generals, Long He died in battle, Di Bu rebelled, Ji Bu and Zhong Liwu were also separated when the army retreated, and now only Yu Ziqi is still following Xiang Yu's side.
Xiang Yu was restless, he was already drunk, and he was secretly crying with Yu Ji in his arms.
Yu Ziqi couldn't help but be furious when he saw this scene, he casually threw his hat and helmet heavily in front of Xiang Yu, and scolded: "The decisive battle is imminent, the life and death of 100,000 soldiers are tied to the hands of the king, but the king is such a woman, don't you let me wait for the soldiers to be cold?" ”
Xiang Yu opened his hazy teary eyes, staggered away and pushed Yu Ji to stand up: "What are you yelling about?" And thou sayest, What can thou do if the army cannot defend, if it cannot retreat, and if it is lonely and does not drink? ”
"Xiang Yu! The big husband stands proudly between heaven and earth, and he is dead and dead, and he should be vigorous! Yu Ziqi strode forward and smashed his fist on the table, "Yu Ziqi has always respected his brother, but he didn't expect to see it today with the ears of the rat!" If my uncle knows, he should also hold a grudge against Jiuquan! ”
"What my brother said is not bad, if King Xiang continues to be depressed like this, the army's spirit will collapse without a fight." Yu Ji saw Yu Ziqi glaring at her, and hurriedly knelt beside Xiang Yu to admonish.
"Sub-period, let's talk about how to deal with the enemy." After losing his temper, Xiang Yu's wine also woke up most of the time.
"In today's situation, Zhao Kuoqin led 300,000 main forces in the north, Han Xin's army of 100,000 lived in the southwest, and the Tubu army of 100,000 guarded the southeast. The three-way army is the weakest in the southeast, and it is closest to Jiangdong! If our army is desperate and rushes through here, there may be a glimmer of life! "I have just inspected the military camp, Yu Ziqi has a clear idea of the military situation, and when he saw Xiang Yu asking, he immediately analyzed it impassionedly.
Xiang Yu turned his head to look at Yu Ji, and then waved his hand weakly: "You wait and retreat first, let Gu think twice." ”
In desperation, Yu Ziqi had no choice but to withdraw from the big tent with Yu Ji, and at this moment, a military official hurriedly came to report: "General Yu! Zhao Yinglai came and claimed to be a general. ”
"Oh?" Yu Ziqi was stunned, "What does this person look like, has he ever reported his name?" ”
"This person is a woman, covered with a white veil, and she refuses to give her name." The officer replied in embarrassment.
Yu Ji frowned slightly, and said in Yu Ziqi's ear, Yu Ziqi nodded after hearing this, turned to the military officer and ordered: "Introduce it into the tent, I will come later." ”
When the military officials walked away, Yu Ziqi whispered to Yu Ji for a while, and then walked towards the military tent.
After waiting for the idle people in the tent, Yu Ziqi asked straight to the point: "Who are you?" ”
The man didn't answer, but slowly raised his hand to uncover the white veil covering his face, and the woman who appeared in front of Yu Ziqi was already full of silver hair, but her face was as smooth as a girl, she was Ji Xue.
Yu Ziqi was stunned for a moment and said, "Auntie...... Aunt? Is it really you? "Although Yu Ziqi and Ji Xue have never met, in addition to Ji Xue, how can there be a second woman in Zhao Ying?
Ji Xue nodded lightly, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
Knowing the identity of the other party, Yu Ziqi naturally understood three points in his heart: "Is my aunt here to persuade her to surrender?" ”
"The overall situation has been decided, this time the king is fighting alone, what can he do? And the world has been thinking about one heart for a long time, and the only one who can take on this great task is Zhao Guoye! For the 100,000 soldiers of the Chu camp, he also asked for the period to advise King Xiang......
"Enough!" Yu Ziqi suddenly interrupted Ji Xue's words, "Ziqi has already persuaded the king to fight to the death, how can he fight to the death?" Besides, even if my Jiangdong disciples have broken their heads and blood flowing, how can they defeat the enemy? ”
"Sub-period! I have a fight with your mother and sisters, and I can't bear to see you die for Xiang Yu! Ji Xue looked at Yu Ziqi's resolute expression, and couldn't help but feel anxious in her heart.
"Auntie." While he was still talking, he saw Yu Ji suddenly walk in from outside the tent.
"Miaoyi! What will you do? "Yu Ziqi has made an appointment with Yu Ji before, if the person who comes is really Ji Xue, Yu Ji will not be allowed to meet him in the account no matter what.
Yu Ji didn't pay attention to her brother, just lowered her head and walked in front of Ji Xue, and said lightly: "Auntie's words, Miao Yi has heard them outside the tent." King Xiang is the lord of a country, and he is a hero of the world, so it is so difficult to make him descend to Zhao! However, although King Xiang has the courage of ten thousand people, it is difficult to return to Jiangdong, please rest assured that my aunt will not be able to return to Jiangdong. Yu Ji's eyes were locked, as if she had made a lot of determination.
"What do you mean by that?" Yu Ziqi's heart sank suddenly, and an ominous omen instantly permeated his whole body.
The corners of Yu Ji's mouth showed a slight smile: "Miao Yi's words are all here, aunt will understand one day." Yu Ji knew that as long as she died, Xiang Yu would never live alone, so she decided to stop Xiang Yu at a critical moment and stop the continuation of this war at the critical moment......
In the early morning of the next day, the final decisive battle between Chu and Zhao suddenly began.
Xiang Yu personally led 100,000 Chu troops and launched a desperate and crazy assault on the Duobu camp in the southeast. Seeing that Xiang Yu was coming fiercely, Duo Bu hurriedly ordered the whole army to avoid his edge, fight and retreat, and sent people to urgently ask Han Xin for help. Han Xin got the report, and immediately ordered Kong Xi and Chen He's armies to quickly maneuver to the left and right sides of the Chu army, waiting for an opportunity to outflank the Chu army.
After half a day of fighting, as the Tubu army retreated again and again, the Chu army became more and more scattered, and gradually fell into a situation of fighting on its own. At this time, Kong Xi and Chen He also launched an offensive on both flanks of the Chu army, because the cavalry was in front and the infantry was in the rear when the Chu army assaulted, so in only a moment, the Chu army's infantry was divided into two halves.
In desperation, Xiang Yu had to lead the cavalry back to rescue the infantry. By the afternoon, Zhao Kuo's 300,000 troops had also begun to enter the battle one after another. Xiang Yu saw that the situation was not good, so he had to lead the remnants of the army to break through from the opposite direction and retreat to the wall.
After this battle, the Chu army killed more than 40,000 people, 20,000 were captured and scattered, and less than 20,000 of the 100,000 army remained, and even the Yuzi period was killed.
Back in the big tent, Xiang Yu was worried for a while, so he called Yu Ji to accompany him to drink to relieve his boredom. When it was time to set the shift, I suddenly only heard the cold west wind outside the tent, which seemed to be mixed with the faint sound of Chu singing. Xiang Yu Huoran got up, strode outside the tent and listened carefully, the singing actually came from the Zhao army camp, and there were quite a few people singing.
"What's wrong, King?" Yu Ji followed out for some reason.
I saw Xiang Yu holding up the wine lord and muttered distractedly: "Could it be that all the land has been returned to Zhao Hu?" How many people are there? ”
Thinking of this, Xiang Yu couldn't hold back any longer, he took a sip of wine, and then sang sadly: "Pull out the mountain and cover the world...... The times are not good, and the times are not good...... It's not going to pass away, but what can I do...... Yu Xi Yu Xi Na Ruo ......"
Xiang Yu shed tears while singing, and sang several times in a row, and Yu Ji also sang along: "Zhao Bing has ...... Quartet Chu singing...... The king is full of spirits...... Concubine He Liaosheng ...... "Listening to the singing of the two, the soldiers standing on the side couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice, and it didn't take long for the crying to spread throughout the entire Chu camp.
That night, Xiang Yu stepped on the black horse, took Yu Ji and eight hundred soldiers to quietly break away from the encirclement, crossed the Huaishui, and ran towards Jiangdong non-stop. It wasn't until dawn that Zhao Kuo and Han Xin learned the news of Xiang Yu's breakthrough overnight. In a hurry, Zhao Kuo hurriedly dispatched five thousand elite flying horses, led by him personally, and chased them all the way to the south.
Huainan and Huaibei were all under the control of the Zhao army at this time, after a hard battle all the way, the eight hundred soldiers who accompanied them were killed and wounded, and when they arrived at the Wujiang River, there were only twenty-six horsemen left with Xiang Yu.
On the vast river, only a small boat was docked on the shore, and Zhao Kuo's flying horse was already roaring.
"King, get on board quickly! I'm waiting here to hold Zhao Jun! The twenty-six horsemen shouted almost in unison.
But just when Xiang Yu was about to get off the horse, something unexpected suddenly happened, only to see Yu Ji slam his backhand, and actually stabbed the short dagger in his hand into his heart.
"Yu Ji!" Xiang Yu only felt dizzy for a while, hurriedly stepped forward, and picked up Yu Ji, who was dying from her horse.
"King! If you don't get on the boat again, everything will be over! Seeing that the Zhao army was getting tighter and tighter, the twenty-six horsemen couldn't help but shout again.
"Yu Ji is dead, how can I steal my life?" After saying this, Xiang Yu suddenly got up, shook off the halberd "ghost god" that had followed him for many years, pulled out the short knife from his waist, and rushed straight towards Zhao Junfei.
The twenty-six horsemen looked at each other for a moment, and then hurriedly jumped off their horses, picked up their short knives and started the final hand-to-hand combat with the pursuers. After killing hundreds of Zhao soldiers, the last remaining twenty-six horsemen were finally all killed.
In the fierce battle, Xiang Yu suffered more than ten wounds, he slowly retreated to Yu Ji's body, then reached out to pick up Yu Ji, looked up and looked at the Zhao soldier who was approaching him step by step, and suddenly looked up to the sky with a long laugh, and casually wiped the short knife to his neck......