By the way, I would like to introduce Li Zuoche's situation, after offering a plan to help the Chu army force Zhang Han into a desperate situation, Li Zuoche, who was relatively low-key, did not run to Xiang Yu to ask for merit and reward, and directly left the Chu camp and returned to the camp of the Zhao army, but when Chen Yu, the general of Zhao State, asked Li Zuoche about the situation, Li Zuoche did not hide it, and directly told Chen Yu what happened.

Knowing Li Zuoche's plan, Chen Yu was very happy, and also thought that this time Zhang Han had to surrender. Then when it was close to noon the next day, Chen Yu suddenly sent someone to hurriedly find Li Zuoche, and said to Li Zuoche happily: "Guangwujun, good news, Zhang Handpifu really sent an envoy to negotiate with the former general of Chu to surrender, and the former general also asked us and other princes to go to his camp immediately to meet with Zhang Handip's envoy. Hurry up, Guangwujun, let's go to the Chu army camp together. ”

Hearing the good news, Li Zuoche, who designed the forced landing, did not show joy on his face, but paused for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Zhang Handpifu made up his mind so quickly?" Sent a messenger this morning to ask for surrender? ”

"Guangwu Jun's clever plan has forced Zhang Handpifu to have no way out, of course he can't do it if he doesn't want to surrender." Chen Yu replied with a smile on his face.

"It's broken!" Li Zuoche stomped his feet in annoyance, and said with great regret: "Why was I so careless yesterday and left without asking the general, now we are going to miss a good opportunity!" ”

After saying it in annoyance, Li Zuoche refused to give up, hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Chen Yu out, and hurriedly said: "General, hurry, let's go to see the former general of Chu State immediately, and now it may be too late to make amends." ”

Still on the way to Chu Ying, Li Zuoche explained the reason for his frustration to Chen Yu, who was full of confusion, and said: "Originally, my plan was like this, first to force Zhang Handpifu to surrender secretly, and then use his army to deceive the tyrannical Qin army under Wang Li from Huaixian, and then let Zhang Han's army join us inside and outside, and flank the tyrannical Qin army under Wang Li's command before and after. ”

"In this way, we can not only quickly annihilate Wang Li's tyrannical Qin army, saving time to directly enter the pass, but also let Zhang Han's army have blood on their hands, completely cut off their retreat from rebellion and return to Qin, and also allow us to safely drive Zhang Han's surrendered army to be the pioneer of the way, seize Hangu Pass and break through the Cuihan Road, and reduce the casualties of our soldiers. But I really didn't expect Zhang Han to make up his mind so quickly, and the former general of the Chu State summoned the princes to meet with Zhang Han's envoy with great fanfare, if the news leaked, we don't know how much time it would take to annihilate Wang Li's violent Qin army. ”

Hearing Li Zuoche's explanation, Chen Yu was also quite anxious, and hurriedly rushed to Chuying with Li Zuoche, trying to prevent Xiang Yu from announcing the secret of Zhang Han's request to surrender. But it's a pity that when Chen Yu and Li Zuoche arrived at the Chu camp, Tian An, Tian Du, Sima Wei and Zang Di and other leaders of the anti-Qin coalition army had already come to the door, and they were also excitedly shouting about Zhang Han's request to surrender, and the soldiers next to the door of the Chu army camp were also happy, obviously knowing that Zhang Han's army was about to surrender.

Seeing this scene, Li Zuoche of course knew that there was little hope of keeping it secret, so he could only sigh helplessly, and followed Chen Yu into the Chu camp to meet Xiang Yu, the commander of the anti-Qin coalition army recommended by the princes. However, to Li Zuoche's surprise, when he entered the Chinese army tent of the Chu army, a general of the Chu army happened to be admonishing Xiang Yu, urging Xiang Yu to block the news of Zhang Han's surrender, first using Zhang Han to lure Wang Li out of the Huaixian camp, and then making Zhang Han's surrender public after Wang Li was broken.

Faced with the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Qin army in the Central Plains in one fell swoop, Xiang Yu not only shook his head, but also scolded: "It's easy to say, we can force Zhang Handpifu to surrender now, the most critical point is to surround him on the east bank of Shaoshui, if he crosses Shaoshui to help us lure the enemy, what if he regrets and refuses to surrender?" ”

"Former general, we can take hostages." Na Chu will insist: "Let Zhang Han leave the surrender token and hostages, and then let him cross the river to help us lure the enemy, so that I am not afraid that he will regret it." ”

"Don't talk about it." Xiang Yu waved his hand arbitrarily and shouted: "I finally forced Zhang Han to surrender, don't make any more extraneous branches, let Zhang Han surrender directly, and talk about Wang Li's matter later." ”

Seeing that Xiang Yu refused to listen to the persuasion, the generals of the Chu army had no choice but to retreat in disappointment, Li Zuoche was glad in his heart, knowing that he was fortunate that he did not make this suggestion to Xiang Yu first, otherwise with Xiang Yu's rat eyes, it is likely that he will also ignore his own suggestion, and let himself open his mouth once and still feel angry in his heart. At the same time, out of curiosity, Li Zuoche couldn't help but whisper to Chen Yu: "General, who is the Chu general who just spoke?" ”

"Pei Gong Liu Ji." Chen Yu replied in a low voice, which also made Liu Laosan leave a very deep impression on Li Zuoche.

The next thing is relatively simple, after the princes arrived, Xiang Yu immediately officially announced the good news of Zhang Han's surrender, and introduced the two surrender conditions issued by Zhang Han, and symbolically solicited the opinions of the princes, and the anti-Qin princes who couldn't beat Xiang Yu of course unanimously implored Xiang Yu to decide, Xiang Yu then said in a big way: "Since this is the case, then I think, first, in order to save food, grass and time, and second, to reduce the casualties of our soldiers, we will accept Zhang Handpiff's surrender." ”

The anti-Qin princes unanimously praised the good, and Xiang Yu also sent someone to send Shi Cheng, the surrender envoy of the Qin army, to tell Shi Cheng the unanimous decision of the anti-Qin coalition army, and swore in front of the princes outside the Guan, swearing that he would never harm the soldiers of Zhang Han's army who took the initiative to lay down their arms and surrender, let alone pursue Zhang Han's previous revenge for killing Xiang Liang, and personally promised to make Zhang Han, Dong Fei and Sima Xin the princes and kings after the destruction of Qin, and also broke his sword with his own hands, swearing that if he broke his promise, he would be cut in half like his own sword in the future.

Seeing Xiang Yu make a poisonous oath in public, Shi Cheng was very determined, hurriedly returned to the Qin army camp, and reported the news to Zhang Han, Zhang Han did not hesitate after hearing the news, and immediately gathered the generals in the army and made his surrender decision public, as a result, although the vast majority of the Qin army generals were in despair and homesickness and war-weariness, they raised their hands and expressed their willingness to support Zhang Han's surrender, but there were still a few Qin army generals who refused to bend their knees to the six countries outside the Guan, but it was a pity that Zhang Han had already prepared, and just after he made a mouth, the guards in the tent immediately rushed up, A chaotic sword beheaded the few Qin generals who opposed the surrender.

In order not to make changes misunderstand the anti-Qin coalition forces, Zhang Han asked the generals in the army to appease their subordinates, and at the same time sent someone to contact Xiang Yu again, asking Xiang Yu to help suppress the Qin soldiers who refused to surrender, and at the same time agreed with Xiang Yu to formally surrender at three o'clock in the morning of the next day.

Fortunately, the veteran soldiers of Zhang Han were generally war-weary, and they had long been eager to end this endless war, and basically chose to follow Zhang Han to surrender to the anti-Qin coalition forces, and a few opponents were also cleaned up on the spot, and there was no turmoil. Then in the morning of the next day, Zhang Han also fulfilled his promise, under the supervision of the anti-Qin coalition soldiers who were waiting for the battle, led the Qin soldiers who had laid down their arms and surrendered out of the camp to surrender, and also brought Dong Fei and Sima Xin and other important civil and military forces of the Qin army to Xiang Yu at the first time, prostrate in front of Xiang Yu's horse and surrendered, and asked Xiang Yu to accept it with tears.

Xiang Yu is a face-loving person, he only swore to forgive Zhang Han in public yesterday, even if he still wanted to avenge Xiang Liang, he quickly restrained the impulse in his heart, and turned over and dismounted and picked up Zhang Han with his own hands, and comforted Zhang Han and others, Zhang Han cried bitterly, and just poured out his suspicion and persecution by the Qin court during this time, and tried to package himself as a loyal minister who was forced to surrender after being framed by traitors in the court, and successfully let Xiang Yu, who was famous for his tear ducts, shed a few tears of sympathy.

Next, after the anti-Qin coalition army took over the Qin army camp and confirmed that all the Qin army officers and soldiers had been disarmed, Xiang Yu handed over the mission of placing the soldiers to his henchman Cao Jiao, and led Zhang Han and Dong Peng and other Qin army generals to return to the Chu army camp, and also set up a banquet in the Chinese army's big tent, leading the princes outside the gate to suppress Zhang Han and others who took the initiative to surrender, and also took a step closer to appease the Qin generals who surrendered on their own initiative.

Because of the successful forced surrender of more than 120,000 Qin soldiers, the atmosphere of the banquet was of course very festive, and the princes outside the Guanxi were all smiling, and Zhang Han and Dong Fei and others were also quickly more settled, because during the banquet, Xiang Yu announced in public that Zhang Han's henchman Sima Xin would act as the general of the Qin State to replace the more than 100,000 Qin soldiers and soldiers who surrendered under Zhang Han's command, and take on the task of assisting the anti-Qin coalition army - of course, the weapons could no longer be issued to the Qin army for the time being.

Seeing that Xiang Yu was true to his words, he fulfilled the promise he made to himself in private, and Sima Xin, who also made great efforts in Zhang Han's surrender, was of course very happy, and immediately got up and bowed to Xiang Yu, swearing that he would loyally follow Xiang Yu to destroy Qin. But at this time, a herald suddenly rushed in from outside the tent, knelt down on one knee to Xiang Yu, and clenched his fists and said loudly: "General Qianqian, Huaixian Ferry Urgent Report, early this morning, Wang Lisuo's department of the violent Qin army stationed in Huaixian County suddenly left the camp with some baggage and light equipment, and took the initiative to abandon his camp outside the city and Huaixian Ferry, and there are many baggage that are difficult to carry. ”

"The king left the camp and went west?" Xiang Yu was shocked and asked, "We haven't had a lot of water yet, why did he run away directly?" ”

"It must be that the news of General Zhang Han's surrender leaked out, and Wang Lipifu was afraid that we would cross Shaoshui from Wude and surround him in Huaixian, so he hurriedly slipped away." Old man Fan analyzed.

"Cowardly dog thief!" Xiang Yu smashed his fist on the case, directly smashed the case, and the wine and food were spilled all over the ground, but Xiang Yu didn't pay attention to it at all, but just asked the herald who came to report the news: "Have you found out where Wang Lipifu is going to retreat?" ”

"Back to the former general, time is in a hurry, and the scouts we sent to Huaixian County have not had time to find out the whereabouts of the violent Qin army, so we only know that they have gone to the west." The herald replied truthfully.

"A bunch of rubbish!" Xiang Yu scolded angrily and shouted: "Quick, continue to probe, you must find out the whereabouts of the Tyrant Qin army for me as soon as possible." ”

The herald received the order and immediately rushed out, and the old man Fan got up and said: "Former general, if nothing else, Wang Li's violent Qin army is preparing to withdraw to Mengjin, cross the Yellow River there, and then go south to Luoyang, holding the danger to prevent us from entering Hangu Pass, the old man thinks that we should immediately send troops to launch a pursuit, delay Wang Li's retreat, and buy time for our main pursuit." ”

Xiang Yu nodded quickly, only thought about it for a while, and immediately ordered Tian Du, the general of the Qi army, to lead the headquarters to cross the river to pursue, Tian Du did not hesitate, immediately hugged his fists and received the order, threw down the banquet that had not been eaten and rushed out to lead the army to pursue, Xiang Yu felt a little at ease, first ordered all the troops to immediately start preparing to launch a pursuit, and then sat down again, beckoned everyone to continue drinking, and said confidently: "Rest assured, the king can't run away from Pifu, we will definitely be able to annihilate him on the north bank of the Yellow River." ”

Everyone said yes together, but unfortunately after this turmoil, the atmosphere of the banquet was greatly affected, and it was not as festive as just now, so Xiang Yu also gave up the plan to get drunk with everyone, and ended the banquet before it was time to Shen, and let the princes outside the Guanwai go back to rest and prepare, and at the same time ordered people to invite Zhang Han, Dong Peng, Sima Xin and others to the guest tent, and repeatedly told them to be hospitable.

The matter is not over, after everyone dispersed, Xiang Yu was planning to personally take a look at the placement of the Qin army's descendants, but unexpectedly, there were immediately pro-soldiers outside the tent, saying that Liu Laosan, the general of the Chu army, asked to see, and also said that there was an important military report, Xiang Yu casually ordered to summon, and then Liu Laosan also immediately entered the tent, while saluting Xiang Yu, he couldn't wait to say: "Former general, the last general heard the news, saying that Wang Lipifu ran away from Huai County this morning, former general, you also sent General Tian Du, the general of Qi State, to lead the army to pursue, dare to ask if there is really such a thing?" ”

"What's wrong?" Xiang Yu asked casually.

"If this is the case, then there will be a plan, maybe it can help the former general to trap Wang Lipifu to death on the north bank of the Yellow River." Liu Laosan said eloquently: "The last general speculated that Wang Lipifu fled west first, and he must have wanted to flee to Mengjin to cross the river, hold Luoyang and Cuihan Road, and prevent our army from directly entering Hangu Pass. The last general was not talented, and he was willing to immediately lead the men and horses of his headquarters to carry ten days of grain and grass to launch a pursuit, cross the Yellow River in Chenggao, and then rush to Pingyin day and night, seize the Mengjin ferry, so that Wang Li Pifu could not cross the river and flee south, and help the former general completely annihilate the tyrannical Qin army under Wang Li Pifu on the north bank of the Yellow River, and asked the former general for permission. ”

"Pei Gong, do you dare to run alone, interspersed to cut off the king's retreat from the horseman?" Xiang Yu became interested.

"As long as you can help the former general destroy Qin, why wouldn't the last general dare?" Liu Laosan replied confidently, and said: "The Chenggao ferry is too small, the boat collection is difficult, it is impossible for Wang Lipifu to cross the river there, but the headquarters of the last general is less than 10,000 people, and the problem of crossing the river there is not too big, as long as the last general can cross the Yellow River as soon as possible, there must be hope to rush to Pingyin before Wang Lipifu, seize the Mengjin ferry, completely cut off Wang Lipifu's return route, and help the former general achieve great achievements." ”

After that, Liu Laosan added: "Taking a step back, even if the last general fails to attack and fails to take the Mengjin ferry first, he can still see the opportunity to act on the south bank of the Yellow River, disrupt Wang Li's defensive deployment, and not give Wang Lipifu the opportunity to calmly deploy defenses, which can still help the former general break the enemy as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that Liu Laosan was reasonable, and seeing that Liu Laosan had the courage to take risks, Xiang Yu, who had drunk a lot of wine, did not think twice, and immediately patted the case and said: "Okay, since Pei Gong has this courage, then I will allow you to lead the men and horses of your headquarters to attack Pingyin, if you can succeed, I will also reward Pei Gong in the future!" ”

"The last general commands!"

Liu Laosan clenched his fists and sang loudly, and turned around happily to go out to lead the attack, but the old man Fan next to Xiang Yu suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Pei Gong, slow down!" ”

Liu Laosan's face changed slightly, and then he turned around and asked Old Man Fan, "What does Father Ya command?" ”

"Be careful." Old man Fan commanded: "If you can't attack, don't force it, you are in command of the Chu army, if there is any mistake, it will frustrate the spirit of our army." ”

Liu Laosan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Thank you for your advice, the last general will definitely act cautiously." ”

Walking out of the Chinese army's tent with a respectful attitude, Liu Laosan immediately changed his eager look, and returned directly to the camp of the army without touching the ground, and in accordance with Liu Laosan's instructions, Liu Laosan's headquarters was also ready to attack, so Liu Laosan didn't have to do much, in addition to instructing Xiao He to take people to receive military grain and grass, and directly told the purpose of the army's attack to Cao Shen and Fan Xu and a few other cronies, as a result, Cao Shen and Fan Xu and others were shocked when they heard it, and hurriedly asked: "Pei Gong, you want us to cross the Yellow River in Chenggao, Rushing to Pingyin to seize the Mengjin ferry, how is this possible? We're not sure we can do it, are we? ”

"I'm not sure I can do it, and I have to try to gamble." Liu Laosan's voice was cold, and he said: "Wealth and danger are seeking, this is our best chance to get ahead, if we don't want to obey the commands of others for the rest of our lives, we must take this risk." ”

Seeing Liu Laosan's resolute attitude and irrefutable, he didn't dare to say anything, but immediately organized the soldiers to pull out the camp and assemble outside the camp, and then Xiao He had just received ten days of grain and grass and necessary military supplies, Liu Laosan immediately took more than 9,000 soldiers from his headquarters to the west, and used the pontoon bridge left by Zhang Han's army and Tiandu's army to directly cross Shaoshui, and rushed directly to Chenggao Ferry, which was not suitable for large armies to cross the river, under the sunset, directly to Chenggao Ferry, which was not suitable for large troops to cross the river.

In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Laosan's army successfully arrived in Chenggao, in order to save time, in the evening just collected a ferry that can only cross seven or eight hundred people, Liu Laosan decisively ordered the army to cross the river overnight, and clearly required that all the troops cross the Yellow River before dawn, the result was also good, because the Qin army in this area is relatively scarce, and Liu Laosan's army, which was also born in the Huaisi battlefield, also has many sailors, Liu Laosan's troops still crossed the Yellow River when the sky is twilight, and Liu Laosan did not let the soldiers rest, Immediately, he marched westward with the army, and rushed to the direction of Pingyin day and night.

In the next two days or so, Liu Laosan's army marched more than 80 miles a day, neither attacking the city nor plundering the land, and even the pavilions and township markets along the way did not plunder, it was simply desperate to rush in the direction of Pingyin. The result was also Liu Laosan's luck, because Liu Laosan came too fast, I don't know if there are other anti-Qin coalition forces behind him, and the defenders of Luoyang, who are quite strong, did not dare to send troops to intercept them, and watched Liu Laosan go around the city and rush to the intersection of the north leading to Pingyin in the west of Luoyang.

To the surprise of Cao Shen and others, after arriving at the intersection leading to Pingyin, Liu Laosan, who kept urging the army to advance along the way, seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and suddenly asked the army to stop and rest at the intersection, and no longer rush at full speed to Pingyin County, which is more than 30 miles to the north, but just sent scouts north to investigate the situation of Pingyin County and Mengjin Ferry.

In the middle of the night, the scout Pegasus, who had gone north to investigate the enemy's situation, reported that a Qin army had rushed to the Mengjin ferry from the north bank of the Yellow River, and had crossed the Yellow River and controlled the north and south ferry terminals, as well as all the ships in the Pingyin area. As a result, when they heard the news, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Fan Xu and others were of course disappointed, and they all said with annoyance: "It's hard work now, we have already said that we are not sure about attacking Mengjin at all." ”

Contrary to the depressed Cao Shen and Fan Xu and others, Liu Laosan laughed and applauded: "Wang Lixiao'er is not stupid yet, and he still knows how to divide his troops to attack and protect his Meng Jin's retreat, now I don't have to worry about not being able to explain to Xiang Yu's stupid boy." ”

"Pei Gong, what do you mean by that?" Cao Shen asked suspiciously: "Listening to your tone, you don't seem to want to attack Mengjin Ferry at all?" ”

"Rushing to the Mengjin Ferry? Am I stupid? Liu Laosan smiled and asked: "Wang Lipifu is not a fool, so can we prevent our light troops from attacking Mengjin and cutting off his retreat?" Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if we are lucky enough to succeed in the attack, what kind of benefits can we get, is it worth our lives with the little money and food that Xiang Yu rewarded us? ”

"Then what do you want to do?" Fan asked with a puzzled face.

"If you eat too much dog meat, you're really as stupid as a dog." Liu Laosan scolded, and then said with a cruel smile: "Have you forgotten? Our king of Chu has issued an edict that the one who enters the customs first will be the king, and now you should understand why I said that sentence when you set off, right? Wealth, to seek danger! ”

Cao Shen and Fan Xu and others finally suddenly realized, and they admired Liu Laosan, who had admired him since childhood, even more, while Liu Laosan looked relaxed and instructed lightly: "Rest for a night, continue to march west tomorrow, go to attack Xin'an Michi, and seize the advantageous position in the military pass." In addition, he sent someone to contact Xiang Yu, and said that the violent Qin army had arrived first, and we had no way to seize the Mengjin Ferry, so we could only directly enter the Cuihan Road and cut off the road for Wang Lipifu to withdraw to Hangu Pass. ”