But as long as there was still a little hope, the decision-making level of the Chuji coalition army would not have made up their minds to launch a breakthrough so quickly.

But there is no way, the Chu-Ji coalition army is really hopeless, the Jibei army, which is small and thin, can no longer pull a decent army to rush to reinforcements, and the Western Chu army, which has accumulated small defeats and turned into big defeats, has long been seriously injured, and the mobile force is stretched, even if a little more army can be formed in Jiangdong and Huainan, I don't know when and what month will it be able to come north to rescue the trapped Chuji coalition army - and what's worse is that the rear of the Western Chu army, whose talents are gradually withering, can no longer find a decent general to lead the reinforcements and take on the rescue task.

In the end, in addition, the originally promising Qi rebels were also defeated by the Han army's partial division halfway, which completely shattered the last hope of the Chuji coalition army to get reinforcements nearby, so the decision-making level of the Chuji coalition army had no choice but to decide to take advantage of the temporary decline in the overall strength of the Han army to launch a breakthrough retreat overnight to keep the last viable force of the Western Chu side on the northern front.

Fortunately, although this important decision was made at dinner, but before that, the Chuji coalition army, which had long understood that the situation was not good, had actually made corresponding preparations early, and the army had been hoarding a large number of night battle torches and dry rations for three days, as long as it was quickly distributed in place, it was enough for more than 90,000 Chuji coalition soldiers to retreat directly to the Wenshui front line without having to make a fire to cook, and at the same time, bows and arrows, weapons and ordnance and other necessary things for marching and fighting had also been loaded into cars in advance, and they could go south with the army at any time. Therefore, it only takes an hour at most to make final preparations, and the Chuji coalition army can directly abandon the camp and launch a breakthrough.

The biggest problem is how to keep the army as much as possible, breaking out of the encirclement of the Han army, of course, it is impossible not to suffer some losses, but after all, the Chuji coalition army is still alive, as long as the establishment is not completely killed by the Han army, after rushing to the west of the open Taishan Mountains, the Chuji coalition army is still very sure that the formation will move south, and it is almost impossible to be annihilated by the Han army, and at the same time, the lost soldiers also have great hope of retreating to the Wenshui line to return to the front line.

Because of this, Xiang Zhuang and Tian Da and others quickly discussed and decided to break through in four teams, so that Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han, the most brave of the Xiang family's children, led 16,000 troops to serve as the pioneers, Tian Da led the remaining 20,000 more than 20,000 Jibei Army as the second team, Xiang Zhuang and Liu Laosan led the main force of the Western Chu Army as the third team, and Ji Bu, who was also good at fighting tough battles, led 15,000 troops to the fourth team. At the same time, Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others sent an order to the whole army early, clearly asking the soldiers who were unfortunately separated on the way to break through the siege to go south on their own and go to Boyang to meet the brigade.

The breakthrough time was chosen by Xiang Zhuang and others to be more than half of the night, that is, at midnight, and planned to break through the defense line of Hero Mountain, which was heavily guarded by the Han army, before dawn, and move to a relatively open area west of Hero Mountain, using the sufficient light at dawn to deal with the Han army's daytime dispatch to the southwest with great fanfare, and the ambush troops who were most likely to ambush in Qinglong Mountain. And after some intensive preparations, before the third watch, the Chuji coalition army was ready to make the final preparations for a breakthrough.

At the time of the third correction, more than 90,000 officers and men of the Chuji coalition army seized the time to eat the last supper before the breakout in accordance with the order, and replenished enough drinking water with them. Then, after the first moment of the third watch, the main generals of the Chuji coalition army returned to their own teams and patiently waited for the agreed breakthrough time to arrive.

Zero o'clock finally arrived, with the rapid fall of the Chinese army's big tent marshal flag, the breakthrough of the Chuji coalition army officially began, after the camp gate that had been closed for a long time suddenly opened, the general of the Western Chu army Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han walked out of the camp gate side by side, and the soldiers of the Western Chu army behind immediately followed quickly, without torches, all relying on the moonlight in the sky, quickly completed the assembly of the camp, and then rushed to the Han army under the northwest mountain siege defense line. During this period, the Jibei Army led by Tian Da himself also assembled at the fastest speed, ready to take on the heavy responsibility of backup.

Let Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han led the front team of the Western Chu army secretly happy in their hearts, they have all rushed to the side of the Han army's roadblock ditch, the Han army sentries on the opposite side of the ditch have not even noticed their arrival and raised the alarm, and then when the soldiers of the Western Chu army began to set up the trench on the trench, the gong alarm sound of the Han soldiers and soldiers sounded behind the sheep and horse wall on the opposite side of the trench, and the Western Chu army death squad did not hesitate, and immediately stepped on the pedal charge, crossed the trench and killed the Han army sentry behind the sheep and horse wall.

Relying on the first-mover advantage of the sudden move, the Western Chu army death squad easily killed the Han army on duty who hurriedly got up to intercept the night army, and did not give the Han soldiers the opportunity to block them on the opposite side of the trench, but correspondingly, with the shouting of killing, the Han army camp behind the sheep and horse wall was also a gong shocking, and hurriedly lit the beacon fire set up in the high place of the camp to warn the Han army teams in other camps, resulting in the sound of gong alarms quickly sounded in several Han army camps around the camp.

Seeing this scene, the front team of the Western Chu Army certainly did not dare to have any slackness, in addition to constantly stepping on the trench to charge through the trench to reinforce the death squad, and then threw the bundles of firewood brought by the army into the trench one after another, urgently opening up a more spacious road through the trench. At the same time, seeing that their whereabouts had been leaked, the officers and men of the Chuji coalition army behind them also immediately lit torches urgently, increased the lighting light, and charged down the mountain at full speed, shouting and rushing to the northwest position of Jinjiling, which was the key defense of the Han army.

Still let the Chuji coalition army open the way to the front team ecstatic, in their fast as lightning like the impact of flint, the first Han army camp was very easy by them to break through the camp gate, hurriedly got up the Han army soldiers did not dare to fight, they shouted and rushed out of the camp to flee to other camps for help, the West Chu army soldiers were overjoyed and did not hesitate, immediately set fire to the Han army camp in the military tents, baggage and fortifications, destroying the Han army camp at the same time to create more fires for the rear team lighting.

The soldiers of the front team of the Western Chu Army fought smoothly, but after seeing the fire quickly ignited in the first camp of the Han army, Han Xin, who was accompanying Xiang Zhuang to lead the troops out of the camp, changed his face and blurted out: "It's not good!" How did it go so well? ”

"Are you crazy?" Xiang Zhuang, who heard Han Xin's exclamation, turned around and said suspiciously: "Isn't it good to go so well?" Does it have to be unpleasant? ”

"Zuo Sima misunderstood, the last general didn't mean that." Han Xin hurriedly explained: "The last general just thinks that it is too strange to go smoothly, the fire of this Han thief camp is the first line of defense for the Han thieves to intercept us from the mountain, in order to prevent and buy time for the Han thief army behind, Uncle Zhou will definitely send the most reliable elite army to garrison this camp, and it will never be so easy for us to take this camp, but now the situation is completely different, so the last general feels that the situation is wrong." ”

After listening to Han Xin's analysis, Xiang Zhuang immediately realized that the situation was a little wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What should I do then?" ”

"To be cautious, we'd better stop the breakout right away." Han Xin hurriedly said: "It's best to Mingjin immediately and withdraw our army." ”

At the critical moment that tested Xiang Zhuang's decision-making ability, Xiang Zhuang hesitated, and then said: "It's all come to this point, it's a pity to give up, let's continue to break through, it's really not okay to think about it again." ”

At the critical moment of life and death, Han Xin didn't want to argue with Xiang Zhuang, but immediately changed his words and said: "If Zuo Sima must continue to break through, it's okay, but our plan has to be adjusted, please Zuo Sima immediately give General Ji Bu an order, let him temporarily stop leaving the camp, and first hold the camp for us, until we confirm that the Han thief is not fully prepared, and then send someone to send an order to let him out of the camp!" ”

Xiang Zhuang also knew that Han Xin was for the safety of the army, so he immediately nodded and sent someone to give Ji Bu an order, Ji Bu, who was worried that his army would be isolated, was of course furious, but there was no way, so he had to accept Xiang Zhuang's order with a blushing face.

At this time, the front team of the Western Chu Army had crossed the first line of defense of the Han army and killed the second line of defense of the Han army in the west. However, when things came to this point, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han had no choice but to urge the officers and men of the Western Chu Army to step forward bravely and attack the second line of defense of the Han army at any cost.

At the same time, the Jibei Army has also rushed to the front of the first line of defense of the Han army, and relying on the road opened up by the front team, it is very easy to cross the position of the trench sheep and horse wall, and Xiang Zhuang in the back judged the movement of the Jibei Army through the light of the torch, so he did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered the main force of the Western Chu Army to go down the mountain and charge, leaving only Ji Bu's rear team to temporarily guard the Jinjiling camp.

In this scene, Han Xin's face was gloomy, and a pair of sharp eagle eyes just stared at the second line of defense of the Han army, and secretly said in his heart: "If we can successfully take the second camp of the Han thief, then it is easy to say anything, and it can be immediately proved that the Han thief is indeed unprepared to let us successfully rush through their first line of defense, but if we can't take the second camp of the Han thief, then we will be in big trouble." ”

After a while, relying on the all-out onslaught at any cost, the front team of the Western Chu Army finally broke through the second trench and the defense line of the sheep and horse wall of the Han army, and killed the Han soldiers in this area, but when the soldiers of the Western Chu Army continued to storm the second camp of the Han army, they were stubbornly blocked by the soldiers of the Han army. And after a slight delay, the Jibei Army behind has also arrived at this battlefield.

In such a situation, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han had no choice but to discuss it a little, and immediately led the army to bypass the second camp of the Han army and continue to move forward, rushing to the third and final line of defense of the Han army, making room for the Jibei army behind to be responsible for dealing with the second camp of the Han army.

Luck abandoned the soldier immortal Han Xin at this moment, if he could go down the mountain a little later with Xiang Zhuang and continue to be in a condescending position, he could judge the movement of the front team of the Western Chu army by the light of the torch, and immediately guessed that the Chuji coalition army had completely fallen into the trap of the Han army. But when the front team of the Western Chu army began to bypass the second camp of the Han army and continue to move forward, Han Xin had already gone down the mountain with Xiang Zhuang, and in the dark night, he only saw the torches in front of him, and when he heard the sound of killing in front of him, he couldn't quickly judge the movement of the front team of the Western Chu army, so he naturally missed the last chance to save the Chuji coalition army......

In the end, in front of the last line of defense of the Han army, when they were intercepted by the Han soldiers more violently and tenaciously, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han vaguely found that the situation was not good, but it was too late to find that it was wrong, and under repeated delays, the main force of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Zhuang had also approached the second camp of the Han army, and the front team of the Jibei army accumulated here was crowded with each other, and it became extremely difficult to advance. At the same time, it was also at this time that Han Xin confirmed that the second camp of the Han army was still firmly in the hands of the Han soldiers......

"Zuo Sima, tonight is a trap! We can't delay any longer, and we will be able to retreat immediately, otherwise it will be too late for us to retreat! ”

Han Xin pulled Xiang Zhuang's horse reins and yelled before the words fell, and the war drums suddenly sounded in the camp of the Han army in the distance, and the flames soared into the sky, and then immediately on the top of several nearby mountains, fires also immediately ignited, Han Xin was shocked when he saw it, and blurted out again: "It's over!" ”

It was indeed over, in the shouting and killing sound that rose to the sky, the dark mountains and forests on both sides suddenly burst into flames, and countless Han soldiers rushed out with torches and shouted, killing at full speed to the gentle slope in the northwest of Jinji Ridge, Xiang Zhuang was shocked when he saw it, and quickly shouted: "Hurry up and mingle gold!" Mingjin returns to camp! ”

Jin Zheng's voice finally sounded around Xiang Zhuang, but the second and third teams of the Chuji Coalition Army, which had accumulated together, were in chaos, and they couldn't react in time in a hurry. On the contrary, it was the Han army general Li Shang who led the army to guard the second camp was extremely decisive, and immediately ordered to beat the war drums, personally led the army out of the camp, and directly killed Xiang Zhuang's handsome banner, and the Chuji coalition army soldiers who were impacted were even more chaotic, scrambling to flee in all directions and trampling on each other, and there were many dead, and the well-prepared Han army soldiers were slashing and killing, like chopping melons and vegetables, wantonly slaughtering the soldiers of the Chuji coalition army who were in turmoil.

At the same time, of course, the soldiers of the Han army on the third line of defense also began to counterattack with all their might, quickly throwing debris to urgently pave the road, crossing the trench to kill the front team of the Western Chu army, Xiang Sheng and Xiang Han were shocked, although they mustered up the courage to urge the soldiers to fight to the death with all their might, but they still could not stop the endless stream of Han soldiers who were killing from the front, and were quickly forced to retreat.

Although the third team of the Chuji coalition army also quickly retreated and withdrew to Jinjiling with all its might to protect the way back to the camp, the Han soldiers moved faster, and Leng rushed to the only gentle slope northwest of Jinjiling one step earlier than them, blocking the Chuji coalition army's way back to camp. Xiang Zhuang, Tian Da and others were shocked when they saw this, so they could only hurriedly urge the army to attack with all their might, in a vain attempt to fight a bloody way back to the camp.

Ji Bu, who was forced to stay on the mountain by Xiang Zhuang before, was also very decisive, seeing that the main force was ambushed, even if he was not convinced and dissatisfied with Xiang Zhuang's 10,000 people, he still decisively sent troops down the mountain and retreated back to the camp in response to the main force. At the same time, the Han army commandos who had been ambushed in the surrounding area also began to attack the mountains from other paths, striving to burn the camp of the Chuji coalition army and completely crush the last hope of the Chuji coalition army to return to the camp and continue to hold on.

One side blocked with all his might, and the other side charged with all his might, and the only gentle slope in the northwest of Jinji Ridge of course quickly became a hell of blood and fire, and in the deafening shouts of killing, the soldiers on both sides were like crazy, and they used their strength to eat milk just desperately with weapons to greet each other's bodies, blood continued to splash, and the heads and limbs and bones also continued to fly, and the soldiers who rolled on the ground in their arms around each other could be seen everywhere, and then they were quickly completely submerged by the tide of people.

Relying on the local strength advantage, the Chuji coalition army once had the upper hand on the gentle slope battlefield, and there were constantly soldiers who broke through the barriers of the Han army soldiers and fled back to the mountain, but as time went by, as nearly 2,000 Han infantry wearing pitch black armor gradually joined the battlefield, the soldiers of the Chuji coalition army found that they actually encountered a group of humanoid monsters that could not be killed or injured at all, and they were gradually stopped on the gentle slope by this group of humanoid monsters and Han soldiers wearing ordinary leather armor, and they could no longer flee back to the mountain in clusters. Even if Xiang Zhuang personally led the army to charge, and the peerless fierce generals under Liu Laosan, Fan Hao and Zhou Bo and others also rushed into battle to kill, there was no way to rush through the interception of the Han army soldiers.

During this period, of course, the Han army was still fighting in an endless stream of reinforcements, joining forces with the friendly forces that had been put into the battlefield before, and gradually compressing the Chuji coalition army in the narrow space under the Jinjiling Mountain like a flood ocean, but it was okay, because the south was the Taishan Mountain Range, which was high and densely forested, the Chuji coalition army was under little pressure in the south, and was constantly forced to move south in the fierce battle, slowly approaching the dense mountains and forests due south.

Even without Han Xin's guidance, Xiang Zhuang certainly understood that the Han army wanted to deliberately drive his army into the mountains, replace the army soldiers with hunger, poisonous snakes and beasts, and the old forests in the deep mountains that are difficult to see the light of day, and gradually weaken and eliminate the main force of the Chuji coalition army.

It's a pity that Xiang Zhuang, Liu Laosan and Han Xin and others understand this truth, but the soldiers under their command don't understand this, seeing that they really can't rush through the interception of the heavy armor soldiers of the Han army, countless soldiers of the Chuji coalition army still fled south into the mountains under the urging of the consciousness of survival, looking for a way to escape and escape in the mountains and forests, among which there are also serious middle-level and grass-roots generals of the Chuji coalition army.

In the end, because the Han army could not be intercepted by the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army, and saw that the Han army continued to reinforce the gentle slope battlefield under the response of the front army, and blocked the road back to the camp of the Chuji coalition army with more troops, even Tianda, the king of Jibei, gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, rushed to Xiang Zhuang's handsome flag in the chaos, and yelled at Xiang Zhuang with red eyes: "Zuo Sima, you can't go back!" Taking advantage of the hope we still have now, we will rush to the southwest at any cost, bypassing the mountains and breaking through to Boyang! How many troops can be saved! ”

"Let's go!" Xiang Zhuang replied extremely resolutely, and said loudly: "Ji Bu and our tens of thousands of soldiers are still trapped on the mountain, I can't leave them and run for my life alone!" ”

"Don't be stupid, okay?" Tian Da roared angrily: "Things have come to this point, what hope do we have? Ji Bu and them, they can only let them find a way to break through the siege and escape for their lives, the rest of the Western Chu army will all look at your banner action, if you don't leave, our Jibei army will not be able to break through the siege, and the remaining soldiers of the Western Chu army will also have to accompany you to death! ”

Xiang Zhuang hesitated slightly, but Han Xin next to him had already hugged him and yelled at his guards, "What are you still doing?" Hurry up and protect Zuo Sima away! ”

Tian Da, who was counting on the Western Chu army to join forces with him to escape for his life, did not hesitate, and also rushed up and joined forces with Han Xin to hold down Xiang Zhuang, pulled up Xiang Zhuang's war horse and went to the southwest, Xiang Zhuang's guards were either for survival, or out of loyalty and love for Xiang Zhuang, not only did not anyone come to help Xiang Zhuang, but on the contrary, they also swarmed up, forcibly swarmed to the southwest where the Han army was relatively weak, and the flag bearer hurriedly followed, and the Western Chu army team that still looked at Xiang Zhuang's banner also immediately rushed to the southwest, Fight for the last chance to survive at any cost.

"Let go of me! Let me go! You have to go, you go! I can't throw the soldiers on the mountain and run for my life! Let me go! That's an order! ”

Xiang Zhuang's roar with a crying voice did not prevent Han Xin and Tian Da and others from forcibly coercing him to throw down the rear army and flee for his life, and Ji Bu's department, which was still fighting at the upper end of the gentle slope, of course, could not hear Xiang Zhuang's crying, so after seeing Xiang Zhuang's banner abandon them and flee directly, countless soldiers of the Western Chu Army suddenly roared angrily, frantically cursing Xiang Zhuang who shamelessly abandoned them, Ji Bu was even more angry, his eyes were red, and he roared wildly......

"Xiang Zhuang Piff! You ruthless, unrighteous brute! Don't fight! Break down the mountain! Let's all run for our lives! ”