Chapter 228: Holding Back

The Chu army general Yingbu led 20,000 horses to cross the river in advance, and joined forces with Zhao to launch a tentative attack.

Yingbu was brave and cut off the Qin army's traffic channel first.

The 150,000 Qin troops besieging Julu City had already retreated after several small defeats.

It stands to reason that each other is only a tentative attack, and the casualties are limited.

But the Qin army just inexplicably shrank its forces!

However, although the number of troops has shrunk, more attention has been paid to the defense of the grain routes.

There are rumors that the 150,000 local army seems to have changed its commander!

The lord of trust will be Shiruma from Kamijun, who is the descendant of Fusu!

Although it is taboo to change the battle, the battle of Changping has been proved by the lesson of blood.

But the original coach was Zhao Gao's henchman, and it was rumored that he and the generals were inexplicably turned into ashes in the big tent!

After that, he was temporarily replaced by another military general who was quite prestigious but was ostracized.

At that time, the local army was still under the control of Zhang Han, and it was transferred to besiege Julu City.

Although the temporary commander knew that this was used by Zhang Han as a bait to attract the main force of the enemy army.

However, no new orders came from Xianyang, and he had to obey the arrangement knowing that the danger was huge.

Sure enough, Xiang Yu's fierce general Yingbu led his troops across the river and united with Zhao Xieli to launch an offensive in response to foreign cooperation.

Then, he also took the opportunity to attack the grain road.

Fortunately, the number of thieves crossing the river is not enough, otherwise they would have been besieged!

It's just that after the change of commander-in-chief, the 150,000 local army seems to be no longer controlled by Zhang Han, and shrinks its forces to protect the grain route.

And Zhang Han's army, which was originally watching the battle, pushed forward.

It seems that he is going to join the battle in advance!

Zhao Wangxie, who was in the city, was also helpless, knowing that he was used by Xiang Yu as a bait to attract the Qin army.

However, the situation is stronger than people and has to bow their heads, they have already besieged Julu City to ask for help from all the princes and kings, even if they know that they have become bait, they can only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs.

However, Zhao Wangxie and Chen Yu had already discussed.

Small-scale attacks can be cooperated.

In the event of a major war, resolutely close the city!

They are all already besieged, if this bit of family funds is exhausted again, I am afraid that the position of King Zhao will not be saved!

Even Zhao Wangxie, who was under siege, had the idea of preserving his strength, let alone others.

Those princes and kings who received the news and had to rush here also had the idea of preserving their strength.

After all, there are 550,000 Qin troops on the other side!

And the alliance of princes and kings, the full battle is only about 200,000!

Among them, half of the 100,000 people in the Chu army were accounted for!

However, the request for joint river crossing was not answered.

Tian Rong, who commanded the troops of the Qi State, did not object, but he had to ask the king of Qi first, and wait for the approval of the king of Qi before crossing the river.

Send someone to Qi to ask for instructions, and then send the edict, I'm afraid that Zhao Xie's first seven have already passed!

In addition, when Xiang Liang was besieged, Tian Rong refused to send troops to rescue, and he was already hated by Xiang Yu.

This obvious delay made Xiang Yu's murderous intent towards Tian Rong even worse.

If it weren't for the overall situation, with his temper, he would almost have to personally lead the sword to question!

Originally, Yingbu had a slight victory in a tentative attack after crossing the river, and it was time to be happy.

But they thought that these princes were each for their own interests, and they couldn't cross the river for a while!

In the big tent of the Chu army, Xiang Yugao sat above and listened to the report, his brows furrowed deeply, and his eyes were full of anger!

The generals below also turned pale, and they were all annoyed.

After Xiang Yu killed Song Yi, he was made a general by King Huai of Chu and took charge of the military power of Chu.

At this time, King Chu Huai had completely become an empty shelf without Song Yi's support.

Otherwise, he would not have heard that Song Yi was killed, not only did he not severely punish the murderer, but he was also promoted.

King Chu Huai no longer dared to hope to regain power, and he was already thankful that he could not be killed by the angry Xiang Yu.

Although he knew that at this moment, Xiang Yu still needed to rely on the identity of King Chu Huai to order all the princes, and he did not dare to touch him for the time being.

But that's Xiang Yu, can you use normal thinking to measure it?

Normal people, who dares to commit a crime, rush into the camp and kill the general?

When encountering such a rampant person, he can only be appeased, otherwise God knows if he will do something more out of line.

At this moment, Xiang Yu has actually replaced King Huai, but he is only nominally compliant.

In this way, after Xiang Yu issued a suggestion to all the princes and kings to cross the river together to fight against the tyrannical Qin, he was prevaricated for various reasons!

Obviously, he received Zhao Xie's request for help, and the princes from all walks of life rushed to the rescue under the call of King Chu Huai.

But now it's good, people from all walks of life have gathered, but they are reluctant to send troops one by one.

If it goes on like this, it is only a matter of time before Julu City is breached.

Originally, I wanted to lead by example and play a leading role.

Ordering Yingbu to lead 20,000 Chu troops across the river, he has also conducted preliminary tests with the Qin army.

At this time, his teammates dropped the chain, which put Chu Jun in a dilemma.

Zhang Han led an army of 400,000 people who were already approaching step by step, if he didn't make a decision.

When the Qin army approached, Yingbu and Zhao Xie were really surrounded!

And without the support of the rebels, Yingbu and Zhao Xie had only a dead end!

"General, let Yingbu withdraw his troops!" Yu Ziqi came out of the queue and said indignantly.

"Withdraw the troops~!"

"Anyway, it's the Zhao State that is besieged, and the other princes don't care, and we don't care either!"

"The Qin army's 500,000 army is approaching, if we can't unite, we might as well make plans early!"

Suddenly, many people agreed.

In the face of the 550,000 Qin army, the other princes obviously wanted to preserve their strength.

After all, the combined strength of the rebels was only 200,000.

It is natural to have the idea of preserving strength.

Anyway, it was Zhao Guo who was surrounded, what did they have to do with it.

In line with the style of the dead friends who do not die and the poor do, it is natural to wait and see.

Since the other princes did not plan to fight, the generals of the Chu army naturally did not want to be the culprit.

In troubled times, having soldiers in hand is king.

The dragon came out of the ranks, and said angrily: "General, give the order quickly!" If you don't make a decision, I'm afraid that the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Yingbu will not be able to withdraw back! ”

Others also spoke out in agreement.

The Qin army is getting closer and closer, and if it doesn't withdraw, I'm afraid it will be surrounded and pursued by the Qin army.

Especially when crossing the river, if you don't have enough time, you may be blocked on the river bank and wiped out!

Although they only recognized that the soldiers of the Chu army were all elite, their combat strength was far from being comparable to that of the prisoner army led by Zhang Han and the 150,000 local defenders.

But I can't stand the other party's many people!

550,000 against 20,000, you don't need to fight to know the ending!

Xiang Yu frowned, and he was a little hesitant in his heart.

However, the obsession of defeating Zhang Han to occupy Xianyang and becoming the king of Guanzhong made him reluctant to give up.

Just as he was hesitating, there was a sound outside.

"General, Wei Bao and Zhang Liang ask to meet!"