Here is also a general introduction to the situation of Zhao State, after Chen Sheng became king, the first to re-raise the banner of Zhao was originally Chen Sheng's general Wuchen, with the assistance of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, the two great Qin late celebrities, re-established the Zhao State regime, and also successfully forced Chen Sheng to recognize Wuchen as the king of Zhao, and the scenery was for a while.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and Wu Chen's subordinate Han Guang learned and sold now, taking advantage of the opportunity of going north to pacify Yandi, and established himself as the king of Yan in Yan Land, which not only seriously weakened Wu Chen's power, but also turned against Wu Chen. Then, Wuchen's pit brother and sister drank and misbehaved, insulted Li Liang, the general of Zhao State, and was so angry that Li Liang directly launched a mutiny, slaughtered Wuchen's entire family and occupied the Zhao capital Handan. During this period, Zhang Er and Chen Yu were well-informed, and they ran away first, and gathered the remnants of the Zhao State to defeat the generals, and after supporting the pure blood Zhao royal family, Zhao Xie became the king of Zhao, defeated the unpopular Li Liang, recaptured Handan, and forced Li Liang to surrender to the Qin army and rebuild the Zhao state.

Previously, relying on the Chu army to pull hatred in the Yellow River, attracting the attention of Zhang Han's main force, and relying on the Taihang Heavenly Danger to block the Qin Army's Great Wall Corps, the situation of Zhao State is not bad, not only the situation is relatively stable, but also took the opportunity to establish a strong army, but after Zhang Han's main force, which was troubled by the autumn rain, suddenly crossed the Yellow River north and pointed the blade at Zhao State, the situation in Zhao State immediately began to tighten, so before the Qin army could make further moves, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were very self-aware, couldn't wait to send envoys, Ask for help from other anti-Qin forces.

Zhao Guo's call for help was very fast, but Zhang Han's action was faster, it only took three days after crossing the Yellow River to the north, Zhang Han broke the Zhao army in the Anyang area, and then divided his troops to attack Fukou, cooperated with Wang Li to attack before and after, completely annihilated Zhao's Fukou defenders, and the Qin Army Great Wall Corps successfully joined the division, and the strength soared to nearly 400,000, and then took advantage of the victory to break through Handan, razed the Handan city wall to the ground, Zhao army was defeated in successive battles, and was forced to take the initiative to abandon the city defense of Zhao Capital Xindu, which was not strong enough, and retreated to the city of high and deep giant deer to close the city and hold on, Don't dare to fight the Qin army head-on again.

During this period, Zhang Han made the mistake of being too cautious with his troops, in the case of obviously having the opportunity to go north from Handan to Julu, Zhang Han was reluctant to divide his troops too much, and did not send an army in advance to take Julu first, giving the main force of the Zhao army the opportunity to transfer calmly, or after discovering the important situation of the main force of the Zhao army transferring the main city, Zhang Han found that he had missed the fighter plane, and hurriedly took the main force north to attack Julu, but it was too late, the main force of Zhao State had not only successfully transferred to Julu, He also seized the time to repair a large number of city fortifications, making the already very difficult giant deer even more difficult to fight, resulting in the Qin army launching several frontal assaults without success, and there were problems with the supply of grain and grass.

As a last resort, Zhang Han could only make a mistake, and arranged for Wang Li to lead the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army to surround Julu, and led the main force to retreat slightly, first set up a strong camp in the Thorn Plain directly south of the Julu, built a wharf, relied on the Yellow River to transport and hoard grain and grass, and built a road between the Thorn Plain and the Julu with walls on both sides, transporting grain and grass to supply the front line, so as to besiege Julu for a long time, besiege the city and send reinforcements, induce the Zhao army north of Julu to go south to die, and also try to lure other anti-Qin forces to come over and break the Qin army.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the tactics of besieging the city and sending reinforcements can't succeed, there are waterways and Yongdao of the Yellow River to transport grain, and the Qin army is absolutely sure that it can consume the main force of the Zhao army, and then the Qin army can still sweep the anti-Qin divisions north of the Yellow River from the north, or go directly south to clean up the Chu army that has been greatly injured.

When Zhang Han made these arrangements and deployments, it was already the first half of the leap month of the second year of Qin II, and the continuous autumn rain that had been falling for three months had finally stopped, and the weather had improved significantly, so that the living conditions of the officers and men of the Qin army, who could only rely on military tents to block the rain, had greatly improved their living conditions and morale. At this time, the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army annihilated the advance of Chen Yu's subordinate of the Zhao Army who rushed to reinforce from Changshan in the northern suburbs of Julu, and beheaded the generals of the Qin Army, Zhang Huang and Zhang Ji, so frightened that Chen Yu did not dare to go south half a step further.

The good news came one after another, first Han Guang, the king of Yan, resolutely learned the lesson of the cold lips and teeth, and sent the general Zang Tu to lead more than 30,000 troops to the south to reinforce Julu, and then Tian Rong, the prime minister of Qi who supported his nephew Tian Shi, also sent his generals Tian Du, Tian Jian and Tian Jiao to lead an army of 40,000 to the west to reinforce, in addition to Zhang Ao, Sima Wei and Shen Yang and other Zhao generals also led troops from all over the country to reinforce, and were forced to form a decisive battle with the Qin army. I didn't dare to march at full speed, even if I rushed to the vicinity of the Julu battlefield, I was far away and was in danger of camping, and before I started fighting, I was ready to run away when I saw that the situation was not good, and the true face of the rabble was exposed.

The battlefield situation is therefore obviously beneficial to the Qin army, if Zhang Han is willing, he can send troops north at any time, and break the princes' armies without unified leadership, Dong Peng, Zhao Ben and Sima Qu and other generals also volunteered to lead the army north to attack the princes' reinforcements, but Zhang Han shook his head and said with a smile: "What's the hurry? At this time, I am in a hurry to do it, what should I do if I scare these thieves away? We have abundant grain and grass, and it is easy to transport food, and as long as we wait patiently, these thieves will surely take the initiative to come to the door and send them to death, is it not more convenient and easier than us to attack their camps? ”

Zhang Han's decision may be correct, in late September, there was a sudden good news from the Chu side, saying that Xiang Liang's eldest nephew Xiang Yu did not know whether he was alive or dead, and he really rushed north with the main force of the reorganized Chu army to reinforce Zhao State, Zhang Han was even more overjoyed when he heard the news, in addition to arranging manpower to closely monitor every move of the main force of the Chu army, and decisively ordered: "There is also Dangjun over there, and I have also kept an eye on Xiang Kang Xiao'er, if he makes any moves, no matter when, he must report to me immediately!" Xiang Yu is brave and strategic, not to be afraid, Xiang Kang is treacherous, especially good at attacking the enemy unprepared, he is our most dangerous and most guarded against opponent! ”

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Xiang Yu has no courage and no strategy, so he should not be afraid?

Zhang Han may have to retract this comment, and after making the decision to personally lead the army north to reinforce Zhao State, in the worried eyes of countless Chu State civil and military personnel, the short-tempered Xiang Yu suddenly seemed to be a different person, the preparation of troops and the allocation of grain and grass and military needs were orderly, thorough and perfect, and the morale of the soldiers was appeased, and he had the style of a general, and in the stunned eyes of the generals of the Chu army, Xiang Yu even took the initiative to send an envoy to contact Qi State, borrowed a road from Qi State to go north, and prepared to take the road in Qi State to go north to the plain and cross the Yellow River westward, Then go straight to Julu, which not only bypasses the frontal defense of the Qin army, but also reduces the difficulty of the march of the soldiers of the Chu army and reduces the burden of transporting grain.

Seeing that Xiang Yu made this decision, not to mention that the generals of the Chu army, such as Yingbu, Ji Bu and Liu Laosan, who knew Xiang Yu well, were dumbfounded, even Old Man Fan couldn't help but look at Xiang Yu with admiration, and said in surprise: "Former general, the old man thought that you were going to go directly north to Dongjun and forcibly break through the Yellow River defense line of the violent Qin army, but I didn't expect you to be so calm and think of borrowing the road from Qi and taking the road to save the giant deer." ”

"I'm not stupid." Xiang Yu smiled and said: "We have already suffered a big loss in Jishui, the Yellow River is far wider and difficult to cross than Jishui, if I don't know how to learn a lesson, what can I take to avenge my uncle?" ”

Xiang Yu's wise decision also greatly stabilized the heart of the Chu army, so that the generals of the Chu army who were worried in their hearts were relieved, and no longer worried about dying in vain under Xiang Yu's blind command, and then on the 15th day of the leap month, after leaving Xiang Sheng and Xiang It to guard Pengcheng, Xiang Yu personally led the Chu army with a total strength of more than 50,000 people to the north, first went straight to the East China Sea along the Chi Road, and then went north to Zou County from the East China Sea, and then went north to Jibei County by Chi Road.

I have to explain, because of the influence of Xiang Kang's demon moth wings, Liu Laosan, who should not have appeared on the Julu battlefield, couldn't resist Xiang Yu's obscene coercion, and was very reluctant to join the main force of the Chu army with more than 8,000 troops, and went north to reinforce Julu under the leadership of Xiang Yu. The wheel of history has therefore completely entered a huge fork in the road.

To get back to the point, although Xiang Yu's decision to borrow a road from Qi made the Chu army applaud together, no one expected that when the main force of the Chu army was about to enter the territory of Jibei County, the envoy of the Chu army who went to contact Tian Rong brought back bad news, and Qi Wangtian City and Qi Xiang Tian Rong didn't know what medicine they had taken wrong, perhaps because they were worried that the main force of the Chu army was preparing to destroy Yu on a false journey, so they refused Xiang Yu's request to borrow the road, and asked Xiang Yu to take other roads to go to Julu to rescue.

Tian Shi and Tian Rong's selfish decision made Xiang Yu furious, regardless of everyone's obstruction, Xiang Yu resolutely led the main force of the Chu army to the north directly, forcibly borrowed the road to Julu to reinforce Zhao State, and directly released the words, saying that if the Qi army dared to stop it, then the Chu army would fight with the Qi army! The result is also wrong, Tian An, the grandson of the king of Qi and the former king of Qi, the general of Jibei County of the Qi army, is dissatisfied with Tian Dan and Tian City's side branches as kings, and the other is that he hates Tian Shi and Tian Rong's disregard for the overall situation, not only did not send troops to stop the Chu army, but also directly betrayed the Qi country, and resolutely led more than 10,000 troops under his command to join the Chu army, and joined forces with Xiang Yu to go to Julu to reinforce the Zhao army! (Historical Events)

After receiving this news, although Tian Shi and Tian Rong were furious, they did not dare to openly confront the Chu army, so they could only swallow their anger and acquiesce to the Chu army to forcibly borrow the road, and since then they have formed a grudge with Xiang Yu. And after Zhang Han received the news, his face immediately changed, and he blurted out: "Oops! I underestimated Xiang Yu's horseman, I didn't expect this horseman to be so calm, and he would rather deliberately take a long road to bypass our Yellow River defense line, and cross the Yellow River from the plain west to reinforce the Zhao thief, now we have no chance to break the main force of the Chu thief alone. ”

"General, without further ado, we'd better hurry up and destroy part of the thief army on the Julu battlefield first, and then calmly deal with the main force of the Chu thieves." Sima Xin proposed: "Otherwise, if the Chu thieves are also successfully rushed to the Julu battlefield, then General Wang Li's forces will be in a weak position, which will be very unfavorable to us." ”

Zhang Han didn't answer, but just thought about the possibility of breaking through the reinforcements of Zhao before the main force of the Chu army arrived on the Julu battlefield, and asked casually: "What is the situation on Xiang Kang'er's side now, where is it?" ”

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At the same time, the main force of the Chu army along the wide gallop northward has also successfully arrived on the plain, and quickly raised a large number of boats and boats to prepare to cross the river, before leading the army to cross the river, Xiang Yu also asked Old Man Fan and others: "What news is there from General You, where has he arrived?" ”

"The last news I received, he has arrived in Yongqiu, and he is still more than two hundred miles away from Aocang." Old man Fan answered truthfully, and casually introduced the time when he received the message.

After calculating the time, Xiang Yu nodded and said: "According to the distance, he will definitely have reached Aocang, I hope he will go smoothly and put some pressure on Zhang Handip, otherwise, if Zhang Handipf rushes before we arrive at Julu, kill some of the princes' reinforcements, or drive them all away, even if we arrive at Julu smoothly, this battle will not be easy to fight." ”

"I hope so." Old man Fan nodded and said: "After all, the Tyrant Qin army has nearly 400,000, and without the help of the princes' reinforcements, it would indeed be difficult to create a miracle with our army alone, defeating the Tyranny Qin and rescuing the main force of the Zhao State." ”

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It's time to take a look at the situation on Xiang Kang's side, in fact, after just confirming the situation that Xiang Yu led the main force of the Chu army to the north to reinforce Julu, Xiang Kang also quickly took the main force of the young marshal army from Dangxian County, marched east along Suishui, and marched to Aocang, the world's largest granary set up by Qin Shi Huang, but there was no road from Dangxian to Aocang, and all parts of the way were destroyed by the war under the repeated tug-of-war of the Qin army and the Chu army. The main force of the Chu army that had made a detour had already entered the territory of Jibei County, and the main force of the young marshal's army had just entered the suburbs of Yongqiu.

Being seriously damaged by the war also has an advantage, that is, the Qin army has no way to organize heavy guards in Yongqiu Chenliu and other places, plus Xiang Kang previously adopted Li Shiqi's suggestion, Shi Renzheng bought the hearts of the people in Yongqiu, and he has a very popular foundation in the Yongqiu battlefield, so before the young marshal army launched an attack on the city, the people in Yongqiu City have already launched a riot under the instigation of the young marshal army Yongqiu soldiers, and forcibly opened the city gate to welcome the young marshal army into the city, so that the main force of the young marshal army took Yongqiu City very easily - but it's a pity, There was very little food in the city.

Another advantage of winning the hearts of the people is that there is no need for Xiang Kang to send people to the west to investigate, and countless people have taken the initiative to report the military situation of the Qin army west of Yongqiu to the young marshal army, and after carefully studying the situation of the Qin army, Xiang Kang's most effective accomplice in military affairs, Uncle Zhou, hesitated again and again, and couldn't help but say to Xiang Kang: "General Right, with all due respect, if we just stare at the grain of the main force of the tyrannical Qin, I am afraid that we will miss a golden opportunity." ”

"What good chance?" Xiang Kang asked casually.

"Rush to Guanzhong!" Uncle Zhou said in a deep voice: "The main force of Tyrant Qin has been exhausted on the Julu Battlefield, and Guanzhong is very empty, it is a great opportunity for us to attack Tyrant Qin in one fell swoop!" If we can be bold and bypass Xingyang and Aocang and other places and go directly to the military pass, it is entirely possible to go straight to Xianyang and establish a miracle of the world! ”

"General Zhou, are you kidding?" Chen Ping asked in surprise: "How narrow is the Cuihan Road, and how difficult is the Hangu Pass?" We are alone in Guanzhong, how can we succeed? ”

"Don't go through the Kuihan Road to enter the customs." Uncle Zhou replied quickly: "From Yongqiu directly to the west into Yingchuan, and then from Yingchuan south to Nanyang, take Wuguan to kill into Guanzhong, this road was not greatly damaged by the war, the people have a lot of grain, and the source of soldiers is also very abundant, we can completely use the war to feed the war, from Wuguan to Guanzhong, and lay the situation in the world in one fell swoop!" ”

Chen Ping hurriedly calculated, but Xiang Kang sighed lightly and said, "General Zhou, I know your method is feasible, but if we don't cut off the grain route of the main force of Tyranny Qin, what will happen to the Julu battlefield?" And what about our main forces? ”

Uncle Zhou was dumbfounded, and Xiang Kang said again: "If we do this, it may be possible to break through the martial pass and enter the pass, but if we want to achieve this goal, no one can guarantee how much time it will take?" If before this, Zhang Handpifu defeated the alliance of princes on the Julu battlefield and returned to reinforce Guanzhong in time, wouldn't we still be dead? ”

Xiang Kang's words are rare from the bottom of his heart, although Xiang Kang knows very well what the situation of the Julu battlefield in history is, and also knows that the path proposed by Uncle Zhou is also the correct path for Liu Laosan to create the Han Dynasty, but after all, history has changed a lot, and Xiang Yu has been weakened a little, Xiang Kang no longer dares to guarantee that Xiang Yu will be able to create a miracle as in history, and break the 400,000 Qin army with 50,000 troops. So after pointing out the danger, Xiang Kang said: "So we can't be dangerous, we must give priority to helping our main force win, and wait until we have established a victory in the Central Plains battlefield, and then consider entering the middle of the pass." ”

After resolutely rejecting the temptation to directly enter the pass, Xiang Kang continued to raise troops to the west, but the defenders of the Qin army of Chen Liu's army were closed and defended, refusing to fight or surrender, but Xiang Kang, who had no food at all, ignored it, and took the army to bypass Chen Liu and go north directly, and soon took the city of Daliang, whose city wall had been soaked more than ten years ago. Then it was at this time that Xiang Kang made adjustments on the route of the army, did not take Bolangsha to directly enter Aocang, and chose to go north to attack Yangwu.

The distance was only more than a hundred miles, and of course the movements of the young marshal's army were quickly reported to Sima Duan, the general of the Qin army who led the army to guard Aocang, but Sima Duan quickly came to a conclusion and said with a sneer: "It's quite smart, I know that I will first fight Yangwu and Sujuju, which have grain, seize grain and grass to supply the army, and then calmly attack Aocang, and also take the opportunity to lure me to send troops to rescue Yangwu, but unfortunately this general is not fooled." General Ben wants to take a look, even if you take down all Yangwu, sour dates and juanxian, can the food you grab be enough to consume me? ”

Xiang Kang may really be luring the enemy, and after leading the army to Yangwu City, Xiang Kang not only arranged for the army to prepare for the siege of the city, but also instructed Zhu Jishi, the general of the young marshal army: "General Zhu, you immediately lead the people of your headquarters to enter Aocang, go to the shore of the chasm to confront the violent Qin army, fight every day, and lure the violent Qin army to cross east to attack you." Also, if the Tyrannical Qin army transports grain to the lower reaches of the Yellow River through the chasm, it will stop it at any cost! ”

Zhu Jishi clenched his fists and sang a promise, and then said very worriedly: "General Right, but the last general is not sure that he can lure the violent Qin army across the chasm?" Also, even if we take all the grain near Yangwu, it is impossible for us to consume the Tyrannical Qin army that sits on the huge warehouse of Aocang, and we can't cut off the grain route of the Tyrannical Qin army for a long time? ”

"Don't ask, you'll find out in the future." Xiang Kang casually ordered: "Go quickly, remember, you must fight every day, and you can't be lazy." ”

Chain reaction, after the news of the young marshal's army entering Ao Cang was reported to Zhang Han, Zhang Han, who was hesitating whether to launch an attack before the main force of the Chu army arrived at the Julu battlefield, was also greatly relieved, in addition to immediately arranging an attack on the princes' coalition army, he also ordered his 10,000 mobile troops that had been arranged in Chaoge to immediately move west and rush to Ao Cang for reinforcements, so as to avoid accidents. - After all, Xiang Kang's personality is too despicable and vicious, and Zhang Han is also afraid that Xiang Kang will come up with tricks again, and if he really takes Ao Cang, the nearly 400,000 Qin army will really be finished.