Because it was noon before the camp set out, even if it was along the gallop road that was tens of meters wide, the Qin army stationed in Zou County did not dare to send troops to pursue and obstruct, and when the sun was about to set, the main force of the Chu army carrying a large number of grain and grass and military supplies still only arrived at the city of Pingyang, twenty miles north of Zou County, and there were still more than forty miles left from Lu County or Bianqiu.

In the face of the main force of the Chu army, which had more than 70,000 troops, the Qin army and county soldiers stationed in Pingyang certainly did not dare to fight, and closed the city gate early to protect themselves, but Xiang Liang refused to let them go, and decisively ordered Yingbu to lead the army to launch an attack on the city. But it's a pity that after repeated tug-of-wars, the city of Binh Duong is already in ruins, the population is scarce, and the food is even more pitiful, even if it is taken down, it is useless.

The scheming Xiang Liang insisted on taking the already useless Pingyang town, of course, it was not without purpose, and easily swept away the Pingyang defenders who could send a message to Zhang Han at any time, and the next morning, Xiang Liang deliberately sent Feng Zhong's troops to take the county road to the north of the flawed hill, pretending to let Feng Zhongjun serve as the vanguard, preparing to take the county road north to the flawed hill to rescue the trapped division, and at the same time sent a large number of cavalry to expel the surrounding Qin army scouts, and the Qin army scouts were really fooled, and soon sent the erroneous news that the main force of the Chu army took the county road north to the flawed hill and sent it back to Zhang Han's army, once again misled Zhang Han's judgment of the movements of the Chu army.

It was only after Feng Zhongjun walked out of a certain distance that the main force of the Chu army, which had already loaded all the grain and grass baggage, suddenly set off, and flew north along the spacious and flat gallop road, and rushed directly to Lu County at the speed of a rapid march, and because the cavalry of the Chu army had successfully expelled the surrounding Qin army scouts, this movement of the main force of the Chu army was naturally not discovered by the Qin army scouts at the first time, and immediately reported to Zhang Han.

In the end, when Feng Zhong's headquarters of the Chu army, which had been hurrying north for more than 20 miles, suddenly turned around, withdrew lightly to Pingyang, and went at full speed along the gallop to catch up with the main force of the Chu army, the news that the main force of the Chu army directly killed Lu County was finally sent to Zhang Han by the scouts of the Qin army. As a result, when he heard the news, Zhang Han, who was deeply versed in military affairs, was of course shocked, and blurted out: "Not good! Hit the trick! I can't imagine that Xiang Liang's old man is so treacherous and wants to cut off our supply of grain and grass! ”

"The Admiral need not be anxious." Sima Xin persuaded: "The city of Lu County is high and deep, and there are our heavy guards, so there is absolutely no possibility for Xiang Liang's old man to quickly take Lu County." ”

"He doesn't need to take Lu County!" Zhang Han said angrily: "As long as he surrounds Lu County and cuts off our grain transportation road, so that the grain hoarding in Lu County cannot be delivered to our main army, it will not be long before our army is in danger of running out of grain!" ”

Sima Xin didn't dare to speak, Zhang Han thought about it a little, and immediately asked, "How much food is left in our army?" ”

"Thirteen days of food left." Sima Xin, who was in charge of logistics, hurriedly replied.

"Oops." Zhang Han was even more bitter when he heard this, and immediately said after quickly calculating: "Quick, tell Shi Cheng to load the grain immediately, send us a month's worth of grain, and then ask Zhou Zhi to lead 20,000 troops to the east immediately to bring the grain back." ”

"General, I'm afraid it's too late." Sima Xin reminded: "The traitor is going north along the Chi Road, marching quickly, once Xiang Liang's old thief divides his troops and rushes forward, I am afraid that before we can transport the grain out of the city, his army will have already killed the city of Luxian." ”

"How do you know it's too late if you don't try?" Zhang Han's temper was very big, and he roared: "If you don't hurry up and send the grain, when Xiang Liang's old thief kills the city of Lu County, the initiative on the battlefield will be his!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Han was already angry, Sima Xin didn't dare to say anything, but hurriedly put up a pen and drafted an order, and sent a fast horse to give Shi Cheng, the general of the Qin army guarding the granary of Lu County, an order, asking him to prepare to transport grain immediately, and at the same time asked another general of the Qin army, Zhou Zhi, to quickly gather 20,000 troops to march eastward, and rush to Lu County at full speed to protect the grain and grass to the west. However, it is a pity that less than half an hour after the departure of Zhou's army, Lu County sent a fast horse to deliver the news, saying that the Chu army Xiang Zhuang had rushed lightly to the city of Lu County, blocking the Qin army's grain and grass out of the city.

"Xiang Liang, old thief, is really thoughtful." sighed helplessly, Zhang Han then ordered: "Go and call Zhou Zhi back, it is impossible to transport the grain, don't let the Chu thief take the opportunity to break him down." ”

After a futile preparation, the Qin army finally failed to transport enough grain to the army in time, and watched the Chu army soldiers come to the city of Lu County, build various fortifications to block the Qin army's grain transportation road, cut off the grain and grass supply of the Lu County granary to the main force of the Qin army, and at the same time, the tactical initiative of the Xue County battlefield was also completely mastered by the Chu army.

When the news spread, the generals of the Qin army were inevitably flustered, and they ran to Zhang Han to inquire about the situation, and made suggestions, and generally believed that the encirclement of the flawed hill should be lifted and the troops should be concentrated outside the city of Lu County to get food. And although this method is feasible, Zhang Han was slow to make up his mind, and said: "You can't easily withdraw the siege, the main force of the rebels went north this time to rescue their trapped partial division, if the siege is directly lifted, let their partial division escape smoothly and join the main force of the thief army, the morale of the thief army will inevitably be greatly boosted, and the morale of our army will definitely be affected, even if the division is moved to Lu County to get food, the next battle will definitely not be easy to fight." ”

"But General, if we don't move to Luxian County as soon as possible to get food, and when the food in the army runs out, we won't have a problem of fighting a war." Dong Fei reminded.

Zhang Han didn't answer, and after thinking carefully for a long time, Zhang Han made up his mind and said: "Take advantage of our food to last for more than ten days, just take another risk and see if you can turn the tide of the battle again." ”

"General, how to take the risk?" The generals of the Qin army asked one after another.

"Immediately go and give Sima Duan an order, telling him to leave only 3,000 troops and two months of grain to guard Zou County, take the main force and the rest of the grain to the north, and come to Jianqiu to meet us." Zhang Han instructed, and said: "Tell Zhou to send troops tomorrow, still take 20,000 troops to Pingyang, and return to Banqiu with Sima Duan's army and food." ”

"General, there's no need for this, is it?" Zhao Ben, the love general, said suspiciously: "Sima has more than 20,000 troops, and there is not a lot of food in Zou County, so why bother to divide troops to meet his army?" ”

"It's necessary." Zhang Han replied very directly......

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Contrary to the nervous generals of the Qin army, after successfully rushing to the city of Lu County, even if they knew that the city of Xue County and the deep moat of the county would definitely not be easier to fight than Zou County, the major generals of the Chu army were still jubilant, because all the generals of the Chu army knew very well that the Qin army was now actually the only choice left to move to the city of Lu County to get food, and the officers and men of the Chu army did not need to take the risk to fight with the main force of the Qin army, and they could successfully rescue the self-army division that was surrounded in the city of Bianqiu.

Fortunately, learned the lesson of the last time in Xiangyi was turned over by the Qin army in one fell swoop, although the situation was obviously favorable to the Chu army, Xiang Liang still did not dare to have the slightest slack and underestimate the enemy, in addition to sending a large number of scouts to closely monitor the Qin army's main force every move, and let the Chu army soldiers build a large number of construction under the city of Lu County, build strong fortifications, so as to garrison for a long time, and at the same time send troops to station outside the four gates of Lu County, so as to strictly prevent the Qin army in the city from taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chu army's unstable foothold, and send troops to attack at night.

Xiang Liang somewhat overestimated the courage of the Qin army's Lu County guards, the difference between their strength and the main force of the Chu army was too great, and they guarded the granary, the lifeblood of the main force of the Qin army, and the cautious Lu County guard Shi Cheng said that he didn't dare to take risks at will, so the first night after the main force of the Chu army arrived in Lu County was spent safely. At noon the next day, the scouts who first went to investigate the movements of the main force of the Qin army came to report that the Qin army had divided 20,000 troops to the south and went to the direction of Pingyang. Then the garrison that stayed in Pingyang sent fast horses to deliver the news, saying that the main force of the Qin army in Zou County had gone north with grain and grass, and there was a possibility that they would return to the division to join the main force of the Qin army.

Coincidentally, when the movements of the Qin army in Zou County were reported to Xiang Liang, Xiang Liang happened to be receiving Kong Teng, the ninth grandson of Confucius, who took the initiative to come to meet him, and was still talking happily with him, and did not have time to think about and analyze the intentions of the Qin army's two moves, but Xiang Liang did not completely ignore these two situations, and after thinking about it, he ordered: "Send someone to tell Kang'er the movements of the violent Qin army, so that he can know about this matter." ”

Zheng Chang, the chief of Xiang Liang next to him, agreed, and immediately arranged for people to carry out the order, and Xiang Liang casually commanded, saying: "By the way, send another person to General Feng Zhong to inform him of these situations, and say that if he has any opinions, he can come to see me at any time." ”

Two messengers were quickly sent, and then after a while, Xiang Kang really came in a hurry to ask for a meeting outside the Chinese army's tent, Kong Teng was also very knowledgeable, and immediately asked to retire, so that Xiang Liang could discuss the military situation with his generals, Xiang Liang agreed with a smile, first sent someone to invite Kong Teng to the guest tent to entertain him, and then ordered to summon Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang had not yet entered the account, and there was a report from the soldiers outside the tent, saying that Feng Zhong also came to ask for a meeting. Xiang Liang smiled when he heard this, and said, "Do you want to think of it again?" See, tell him to come in with Kang'er. ”

The soldiers in the tent agreed, ran to the door of the big tent and gave a loud order, and then, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, who were each standing behind them, entered the tent and said in unison: "General, there is a problem with the movement of the violent Qin army, and Zhang Handpifu is afraid that he will play tricks again." ”

"What? Negotiable? How can they say exactly the same thing? Xiang Liang laughed, first ordered Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong to be given seats, and then said: "Kang'er, you say first, what's the problem with the transfer of the Tyrannical Qin army?" ”

"Returning to the general, the last general suspects that Zhang Handpifu's move may be deliberately paralyzing us." Xiang Kang replied: "Zhang Handpifu divided his troops to the south, and at the same time let his Zou County defenders carry grain and grass to the north, on the surface, it looks very similar to preparing to protect Zou County's grain stocks to go north safely, replenish grain and grass and concentrate troops to launch a decisive battle with us. But if we affirm this conclusion, we don't doubt that the Tyrannical Qin army will make other moves, and even divide our troops to the south to intercept the grain and grass of the Tyrannical Qin army, we are afraid that we will fall into the trap of Zhang Handpifu, giving him a chance to win by surprise. ”

Xiang Liang nodded, then turned to Feng Zhong and asked, "General Feng, do you think so too?" ”

"Back to the general, the last general also sees it this way." Feng Zhong nodded vigorously, and said: "And the last general suspects that Zhang Handpifu may want to repeat his old tricks, pretending to gather troops to deliberately paralyze us, so that we can take it lightly, and then he will take the opportunity to send troops to sneak attack, just like in Xiangyi, and kill us by surprise!" ”

"How did he sneak attack?" Xiang Liang was a little confused, and said: "His main force is far away in Fangqiu, and the tyrannical Qin army in Lu County is being stared at by us, even if he suddenly goes out of the city to attack, it is almost impossible to have a chance to succeed?" ”

"Uncle, I'm afraid Zhang Handpifu just wants us to have such an illusion." Xiang Kang hurriedly said: "His main force is far away in Defective Hill, but Defective Hill is only thirty-five or sixteen miles away from Lu County, if you send troops overnight, it is entirely possible to suddenly rush to the city of Lu County before dawn and kill us by surprise." ”

Considering the open terrain between Luxian and Fangqiu, strictly speaking, it is not too far away, and the roads that the Qin army had repaired before to facilitate the transportation of grain, Xiang Liang did not dare to ignore this possibility, and hurriedly asked: "If Zhang Handpifu sends troops to attack overnight, when will he do it?" ”

"It's probably tonight!" Feng Zhong grabbed the conversation and categorically pointed out the time when the Qin army was most likely to make a move, and then pointed to the clear sky outside the tent and said: "Two reasons, one is that it is now half a moon, there is sunny weather today, and the moonlight will definitely be bright tonight, which is suitable for the army to run overnight." The second is that we just arrived at the city of Luxian yesterday, and our foothold is not stable, and the camp fortifications have not yet had time to repair and strengthen it, so it is easiest for the violent Qin army to succeed in a sneak attack. Considering these two points, Zhang Handpifu will not fail to seize this opportunity. ”

"It's not very likely, it's only tonight." Xiang Kang said quickly: "The Tyrannical Qin divides the troops to the south to receive the grain and grass to the north, if nothing happens, the grain from Zou County will be transported to the Bianqiu within tomorrow, and when the strength of the Tyranny Qin army is strengthened, we will definitely increase our vigilance, and our camp has also been reinforced, and it will be more difficult for the Tyrant Qin army to sneak attack, so the little nephew thinks that the Tyrannical Qin army will only do it tonight." ”

Xiang Liang nodded slowly, and then asked, "Then how should we deal with it?" ”

"Prepare for battle in advance, arrange an ambush, and meet the stealing soldiers of the violent Qin army!" Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong replied in unison again.

"Hahahaha!" Xiang Liang laughed and said with great relief: "Kang'er, General Feng, with the help of the two of you, the old man is really like a tiger!" Okay, just do as you say, immediately raise the tent, gather all the generals to prepare for battle, and wait until the evening to surprise the tyrannical Qin army! ”

In this way, without finding any clues, just based on the analysis of Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, the best pair, Xiang Liang made up his mind, and immediately summoned the generals of the Chu army to assign tasks, and arranged a tactical plan to attack the Qin army's stealing camp troops on three sides. As a result, because the main force of the Qin army was a little far away from the Chu army camp, of course, all the generals of the Chu army were suspicious of Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong's judgment, but since Xiang Liang chose to believe Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong and issued a military order, the generals of the Chu army still didn't dare to say anything, but honestly accepted the task and hurriedly returned to their respective camps to organize the army to prepare for war.

As Feng Zhong expected, the night was really full of stars and the moonlight was bright, which was very suitable for the army to run overnight, but the soldiers of the Chu army arranged in and outside the camp waited until the third watch, but they never saw the shadow of half of the Qin soldiers. As a result, Xiang Liang, who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, was still calm, but Xiang Bo, who was accompanying him, couldn't help but complain, yawned and said, "Brother, did our unfilial nephew and Feng Zhong guess wrong this time?" Why is it more than half of the third watch, and the Tyrannical Qin army has not yet come? ”

Xiang Liang did not say a word, just read the military Chinese book to pass the time, patiently waiting for the arrival of the Qin army, but unfortunately the sound of four more bangzi had already sounded outside the tent, but the legendary Qin army stealing the camp still did not appear. Xiang Bo couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he said: "Brother, it's the fourth watch, the tyrannical Qin army will definitely not come, or take a break, you are not too young, you must pay attention to take care of your body." ”

"If you want to rest, you go and rest, I won't sleep tonight." Xiang Liang replied casually and said, "Kang'er and Feng Zhong's analysis is reasonable, I believe in them. ”

"But this time they clearly guessed ...... wrong."

"Bell, bell, bell!"

Before Xiang Bo finished complaining, the sound of a gong suddenly sounded in the west, and when he heard this sound, Xiang Liang, whose legs were already numb, immediately jumped up and rushed to the door of the Chinese army's big tent to check the situation. Then what made Xiang Liang overjoyed was that outside the west gate of the camp, there was a loud sound of killing, and countless enemies were charging towards the Chu army camp, and Xiang Liang immediately laughed loudly, "I have Kang'er and Feng Zhong, it's really like a tiger with wings!" ”

When Xiang Liang laughed, the soldiers of the Chu army who had been gathering momentum for a long time had already been dispatched, and they rushed to the fence of the camp to quickly release arrows, shooting the soldiers of the Qin army who attacked the camp on their backs, and the corpses were all over the ground, and at the same time, the Chu army Xiang Zhuang, Yingbu and Lu Chen, who were in charge of the battle, also quickly gathered troops and horses with torches, and just waited for the garrison army to shoot back the enemy with random arrows, and immediately opened the three gates of the western camp, and led the army to kill directly without hesitation.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Han, who personally led the troops to attack the Chu army's camp, was of course as pale as dirt, and immediately understood that the Chu army had actually been prepared for a long time, and had been waiting for him to come over for a long time to die. And the bad thing is that as the Chu army in the camp fought head-on, and the war drums in the Chu camp beat together, Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong, who had long been ambushed on the two flanks of the Qin army, also immediately led their troops to kill, one left and one right to attack the two wings of the Qin army.

There was no suspense in the battle, the Qin army was in ambush in a sneak attack, the military heart was already very flustered, and after the overnight attack, the physical strength decreased a lot, and the combat effectiveness was greatly affected, and the Chu army soldiers who had been sharp for a long time were killed, and they had to flee back to the direction of the flaw hill in a mess, and the Chu army soldiers took advantage of the victory to chase and kill, and beheaded countless people. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Qin army in Lu County took the risk of attacking the Chu army camp in order to cover the retreat of the main force, but was defeated by the Chu army that stayed in the camp, and had to quickly retreat to Lu County, with many casualties, but it was never able to help the main force in any way.

In this battle, the Chu army pursued and killed until it was full of dawn before Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and as a result, relying on the open terrain in this area, Zhang Han personally led the 50,000 Qin troops who went to attack the Chu army camp, although the losses were not particularly heavy, but after seeing the Qin army brigade fleeing back to the camp on the city of Defective Hill, the partial division of the Chu army that was besieged in the city of Defective Hill was still full of joy and thunder, and their morale was greatly boosted.

"Don't expect to win by surprise, Xiang Liang, this old thing, can't be fooled anymore." This was the first thing Zhang Han said after returning to the Qin army camp, and after gasping for breath for a long time, Zhang Han commanded again: "Try to collect our defeated troops as much as possible, and send someone to give orders to Zhou and Sima Duan, telling them to speed up and go north, and be sure to rush to Bianqiu within today." When they arrived, the army immediately crossed Surabaya and moved to camp outside the north gate of Lu County to get food. ”