There are 200,000 people in the Great Wall Corps of the Qin Army on the Julu battlefield, and 80,000 troops directly under Zhang Han, such a huge army wants to quickly evacuate the combat area in a short period of time, of course, it is not a thing that can be done as it is said, but fortunately, Zhang Han has always governed the army well, and Wang Li, who commanded the Great Wall Corps, is also a famous general of Great Qin, and the command of the army is a family heirloom eating craft, so it only took one day, and the more than 200,000 Qin troops on the Julu battlefield were still quickly ready to retreat. And on the morning of the third day when Zhang Han decided to withdraw his troops, he started to retreat.

Zhang Han's retreat plan arranged by himself was very orderly, first the Qin army of the 50,000 Great Wall Corps escorted the grain and grass to withdraw first, Zhang Han led the headquarters of the men and horses in second place, Wang Li led the main force of the Great Wall Corps in the third, and the important task of the palace was assumed by Wang Li's generals, and at the same time, in order to prevent the main force of the Chu army from crossing the river immediately, the Qin army stationed in the sand dunes was also arranged by Zhang Han to temporarily hold the troops, and then wait for the main force to open in turn and then go west and go south with the main force of the Qin army.

Of course, such a big move of the Qin army was discovered by the anti-Qin coalition forces at the first time, but unfortunately, because the strength was weak, and Zhang Han used a strategy to take a preventive shot in advance, so whether it was the Julu defenders or the other anti-Qin troops in the northern suburbs of Julu, they did not dare to take the opportunity to send troops to block and entangle the retreat speed of the Qin army, not to mention the Qi army and the Yan army that had even been killed by the Qin army before.

The same is true for the Chu army, although Xiang Yu never minds and is afraid of taking risks, but because the old man Fan who made a wrong judgment tried hard to dissuade him, the main force of the Chu army also did not take the opportunity to launch a rush to cross, or after the Qin army garrison in the sand dunes took the initiative to withdraw, Xiang Yu ordered the officers and men of the Chu army to grab a pontoon bridge on the Zhangshui River and start to cross the Zhangshui.

At this time, different voices sounded within the Chu army again, and after learning about the movements of the Qin army outside Julu City through the scout report, Liu Laosan, who should not have appeared on the Julu battlefield, found that something was wrong, and hurriedly said to Xiang Yu: "Former general, the situation is not right, the violent Qin army is transferring grain and grass and abandoning the camp, why do I think they are really retreating?" If the Tyrannical Qin army is to lure us into pursuit, is this cost too much? Aren't they afraid that luring the enemy will not work hard in vain, so that the giant deer army that has been trapped and killed will take the opportunity to escape? ”

"This man is insightful, insightful, and sensitive."

The soldier surnamed Han next to him raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but be a little impressed by Liu Laosan, who was usually relatively low-key in Chuying, and at the same time, the soldier surnamed Han also hurried to see Xiang Yu's reaction. But it's a pity, although Xiang Yu obviously looked a little hesitant, he still said: "It's not surprising, the city of Julu is strong, and the Tyrannical Qin army has not been able to attack it for a long time without rescuers, and now all the rescuers have gathered in Julu, of course, the Tyrannical Qin army is not sure that it can break through Julu, and it is worth taking a lot of money to lure us into pursuit, this risk is worth taking for the Tyrannical Qin army." ”

"Is that really the case?" General Liu Laosan was suspicious, and after a little calculation, Liu Laosan simply said: "Former general, if not, let me take my own army to cross the river immediately, go and hunt down the newly withdrawn Tyranny Dune garrison, and see what their reaction is. ”

"Pei Gong, you can't take risks." Old man Fan, who has a good impression of Liu Laosan at present, opened his mouth and persuaded him: "You only have 8,000 troops under your command, even if you immediately launch a pursuit, it will not play a big role, and once there is any accident, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Liu Laosan is not a person who likes to joke about his direct army, but based on the analysis of various enemy situations, Liu Laosan, who is intuitive, still insists on asking for orders to pursue, and refuses to listen to Old Man Fan's persuasion. As a result, the soldier surnamed Han next to him couldn't bear it anymore, and stood up again and said: "Former general, the pawn thinks that Pei Gong's suspicion is right, judging from the actions of the violent Qin army, they do not seem to be deliberately luring the enemy, but really retreating, our army should seize the opportunity to launch a pursuit, and don't delay the fighter." ”

"Bold! Who are you that dare to speak here? Xiang Bo on the other side was furious when he heard this, and immediately jumped out and shouted: "Come on, take down this pawn who talks about the military plane, push it down and behead it!" ”

Fortunately, Feng Zhong, who personally discovered the pro-soldiers surnamed Han, was also at the scene, and hurriedly stood up and pleaded: "The master is angry, the former general is gracious, this Han Xin was under the account of the last general before, and the last general has always allowed him to speak at will, but the last general has spoiled him, and I also ask the master and the former general to spare him this time." ”

Feng Zhong, who used to be the same general as Xiang Yu under Xiang Liang's account, was still a little popular, and for the sake of Feng Zhong's face, Xiang Yu also nodded, and waved his hand to let the soldiers who came forward to capture the soldiers surnamed Han retreat. Feng Zhong was an inch, and said to Xiang Yu: "The former general, the last general also thinks that the retreat of the Tyrannical Qin army this time is very strange, and it may be that they are really preparing to retreat south, please ask the former general for permission, let the last general lead the men and horses of the headquarters to cross the river first, pursue the Tyrannical Qin army that has withdrawn from the sand dunes, and test their reaction." ”

Feng Zhong's words finally moved Xiang Yu, the soldiers originally liked to take risks, and the roots of the ears were particularly soft, seeing that Liu Laosan and Feng Zhong insisted on immediately sending troops to pursue, Xiang Yu hesitated, but still nodded, and said: "Okay, then ask General Feng to lead the men and horses of the headquarters to launch a pursuit, and Pei Gong will lead the army to follow and report the pursuit to me at any time." But remember, if the situation is not right, you must withdraw immediately, and you must not take credit for granted. ”

Feng Zhong agreed, first glanced at the soldiers surnamed Han, and under the pretext of teaching him not to interject casually, he asked Xiang Yu to agree to take him to the side and whisper alone. The soldier surnamed Han can also be regarded as Feng Zhong's confidant, and as soon as he arrived next to him, he whispered: "After catching up with the enemy, immediately form a formation and fight, no matter whether the Tyrannical Qin army divides troops to reinforce the enemy caught up by you, you only take a defensive position to meet the enemy, if the Tyrannical Qin army really intends to retreat, it will definitely not entangle with you for a long time, and will only leave the battlefield as soon as possible." But if the enemy is crushed at the first touch and immediately defeated, then it is absolutely impossible to risk pursuit. ”

Feng Zhong nodded understandingly, and hurriedly led more than 5,000 people from his headquarters to immediately rush across Zhangshui, and lightly traveled to chase the Qin army garrison that had withdrawn from the sand dunes, and then Liu Laosan also immediately crossed the river with his headquarters, and followed Feng Zhong's troops from afar, and was also ready to meet Feng Zhong who might encounter danger at any time.

Feng Zhong's troops who were lightly chasing moved extremely fast, and before the Qin army's sand dune garrison had time to catch up with the main force of the Qin army, Feng Zhong's department had already chased behind them, and the sand dunes garrison had no choice but to quickly turn around to face the battle, Feng Zhong kept in mind the advice of the soldiers surnamed Han, and decisively let the men and horses of the headquarters form a circle formation and take a defensive position to deal with the Qin army's counterattack.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhang Han not only tightly sealed the news that the young marshal's army had taken Puyang, but also claimed in the army that the retreat to the south was to lure the enemy, but although this successfully avoided the panic of the army, it also led to the dunes garrison being caught up by Feng Zhong at a loss, I don't know whether to take the initiative to retreat and continue to lure the enemy, or to resolutely attack the formation, and kill Feng Zhong's department, which is not strong, so the dune garrison has no choice but to confront Feng Zhong in formation, While sending fast horses to contact the main force, he asked Zhang Han to make a decision.

After receiving the report, in order to cover the rapid withdrawal of the main force from the Julu battlefield, Zhang Han decisively ordered the Dune garrison to launch a counterattack, preparing to bluff first to intimidate the main force of the Chu army, and then withdraw to the Dune Qin army. As a result, the order was sent to the front line, and the Dune garrison did not hesitate to launch an attack on Feng Zhong's army formation, and started a fierce battle with Feng Zhong's troops in the eastern suburbs of Julu.

This battle was very fierce, the Qin army of the sand dunes with superior strength was divided into three ways, and attacked Feng Zhong's circle formation from three directions, and once surrounded Feng Zhong's circle formation on all sides, but then Liu Laosan, who came over, disrupted Zhang Han's wishful thinking, seeing that Feng Zhong had successfully entangled the Qin army in the sand dunes, and confirmed that the Qin army did not divide the troops to rush to respond, Liu Laosan seized the fighter plane and immediately launched an attack, and Feng Zhongli should join forces, killing the Qin army in the sand dunes and was forced to withdraw in a hurry.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qin army to withdraw from the sand dunes, Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan hurriedly bumped into each other on the battlefield, and quickly discussed and decided that Feng Zhong would continue to lead the army to pursue, Liu Laosan continued to cover, and then Feng Zhong's troops strode into pursuit, and soon caught up with the Qin army led by Shijian.

When fighting with the 30,000 troops, Feng Zhong's troops were of course under greater pressure, almost from the very beginning, they were surrounded by Shima on all sides, and they were suppressed to the point that they only had the ability to parry, and they had no power to fight back, and Liu Laosan, who came later, did not dare to risk attacking, and also hurriedly formed a circle formation, slowly approaching Feng Zhong's military formation, but Shima was merciless, while continuing to besiege the trapped Feng Zhong, while dividing troops to block Liu Laosan, and not giving Liu Laosan and Feng Zhong a chance to join forces.

At this time, the well-prepared main force of the Chu army had already built a sufficient number of pontoon bridges on the Zhangshui River, and at the same time, the situation of Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan was also reported to Xiang Yu by the Chu army's scouts Kuaima, which immediately caused a huge controversy among the generals of the Chu army, some people thought that they should immediately send troops to reinforce Feng Liu's second army, and some people thought that Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan's army should be withdrawn as soon as possible to concentrate their forces together to prevent accidents. Xiang Yu hesitated in his heart, and while asking the main force of the Chu army to immediately rush across Zhangshui, he quickly discussed countermeasures with Old Man Fan, Cao Ji and others.

Fortunately, the overlord of Chu is the overlord of Chu after all, although there are still many people among the generals of the Chu army who are worried that after sending the main force to reinforce Feng Liu's second army, the main force of the Qin army will be given the opportunity to start a decisive battle, but Xiang Yu, who is very confident in his military ability, thought about it, and still waved his hand and shouted: "Go to reinforce Feng Zhong and Liu Ji, the decisive battle will be the decisive battle, we are still afraid that Zhang Han will not succeed?!" ”

After Cao Yu led the men and horses of the headquarters to transport grain and grass and military supplies, the main force of more than 30,000 Chu troops immediately marched west under the leadership of Xiang Yu, and rushed to the southern suburbs of Julu at full speed to reinforce Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan. - By the way, at this time, Master Xiang Boxiang, who was not in good health, of course, found that his illness was worsening again, and took the initiative to stay in Cao Qi's army and assist Cao Ji to lead the rear army to carry military grain and grass.

It was Zhang Han's turn to complain, originally the Chu army pursued vigorously, and the Qin army had the opportunity to take the opportunity to start a decisive battle in the field, but if this was done, it would inevitably completely disrupt the retreat opportunity of the main force of the Qin army, once the main force of the Chu army could not be quickly defeated in the field battle, and the time was delayed, so that the messenger that Xiang Kang must have sent to get in touch with the main force of the Chu army, then the main force of the Chu army would definitely bite the main force of the Qin army to the death, and then the main force of the Qin army would have to pay a heavy price during the crossing of the river if they wanted to successfully cross the Zhangshui and Huanshui to the south. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Zhang Han could only decide to take the risk and continue to be false, and sent a fast horse to order Shijian to immediately lead the army to retreat south, and get rid of the entanglement of Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan at any cost, so that the main force of the Chu army could not judge the movement and purpose of the own army, and did not dare to pursue it to the end with cowardice.

Zhang Han's hand was indeed confusing the Chu army's pursuers, the Shijian Division, which had the advantage of the situation, suddenly retreated, and would rather pay a certain price when retreating in a hurry than quickly leave the battlefield, Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan, who were originally at a disadvantage, were inevitably apprehensive, and they couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Han's gourd, and they were afraid of falling into the trap of the Qin army, Feng Zhong and Liu Laosan simply gave up the pursuit for the time being, and chose to wait for the main force to come and meet in the same place.

After another period of time, Xiang Yu personally led the main force of the Chu army to the scene, Liu Laosan and Feng Zhong hurriedly stepped forward to greet the Hou, and personally reported the situation of the pursuit to Xiang Yu, during which Feng Zhong naturally had to peek at the reaction of the soldiers surnamed Han, the soldiers surnamed Han understood and nodded in the direction of the withdrawal of the Qin army. ”

Of course, Feng Zhong's suggestion to take risks was opposed by many Chu army generals, but it was still okay, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, has always been a master who likes to take risks, and after hesitating for a moment, Xiang Yu still made up his mind and said loudly: "Chase!" Let's talk about entangled the main force of Tyrant Qin first! ”

After that, Xiang Yu also arranged for people to rush to the northern suburbs of Julu to contact other anti-Qin righteous divisions, inform them of their decision, and ask other anti-Qin righteous divisions to also go south to participate in the pursuit. Then Xiang Yu ignored the dissuasion of many Chu army civil and military forces, and resolutely led the main force of the Chu army to pursue southward, carefully maintaining the distance from the main force of the Qin army, and quickly followed the main force of the Qin army south.

The enemy is outnumbered, Xiang Yu's decision to pursue the main force of the Qin army with weak forces is of course extremely dangerous, but it is wrong, his decision happened to hit Zhang Han's fate, so that the retreat speed of the main force of the Qin army could not be fast in any case, and what is worse is that at this time, the front team of the Qin army that retreated first has also arrived on the north bank of Zhangshui (Zhangshui is surrounded by giant deer in a semicircle), if the front team is allowed to cross the river immediately, the main force of the Chu army will definitely guess that the Qin army is really preparing to retreat rather than luring the enemy. Zhang Han was forced to have no other choice, so he could only order the front team not to cross the river, and formed a formation on the spot to prepare to meet the enemy, and at the same time led the main force of the Qin army to speed up the south, and rushed to the small pavilion on the north bank of Zhangshui to form a formation, planning to launch a decisive battle when the main force of the Chu army chased closer, defeated the main force of the Chu army, and then calmly crossed the river.

Zhang Han underestimated Xiang Yu's military ability this time, and the Chu army scouts had just discovered that the main force of the Qin army was forming a formation on the north bank of Zhangshui, and without asking anyone's opinion, Xiang Yu decisively ordered the main force of the Chu army to stop advancing more than ten miles away from the north bank of Zhangshui, and immediately began to repair the fortifications to prevent the main force of the Qin army from counterattacking.

It's still a hemp pole to fight the wolf, things have come to this point, the main force of the Chu army still doesn't know how to fight the next battle, should they muster up the courage to fight the Qin army head-on, or should they wait for the opportunity for the Qin army to cross the river to carry out a surprise attack, or should they run away when they see that the situation is not good? In addition, the other anti-Qin divisions on the Julu battlefield were afraid of giving the main force of the Qin army the opportunity to take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle, and they did not dare to raise troops to the south to reinforce the main force of the Chu army, so not to mention the generals of the Chu army, even Xiang Yu made up his mind early and decided that as long as the Qin army counterattacked, he would immediately take the main force of the Chu army away.

By the way, the reason why Xiang Yu dared to break the cauldron in history was because there were two very important objective reasons at that time, one was that Zhang Han's main force at that time was in the Thorn Plain, which was far away from the Julu battlefield, and was temporarily restrained by the Chu army's partial division Yingbu and Chai Wu's department, and could not immediately go north to reinforce Julu, and the second was that the anti-Qin coalition army on the Julu battlefield at that time had strong troops and many helpers, and at the same time, Wang Li's army also had a shortage of food and grass, so Xiang Yu dared to attack Wang Li's army desperately. And now these two objective reasons do not exist, and the main force of the Chu army is fighting against the fully formed Great Wall Corps alone with less than 50,000 troops, as well as the 80,000 elites under Zhang Han, Xiang Yu certainly does not dare to fight to the end.

To get back to the point, just when the Chu army and Xiang Yu himself were all nervous, the scouts of the Chu army suddenly escorted a young man, saying that he was a suspicious figure found in Quliang Pavilion in the west, and that the man claimed to be a messenger sent by Xiang Kang to contact the main force of the Chu army. As soon as Xiang Yu heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the man to be brought to him, but after the roe deer man was brought to Xiang Yu, before Xiang Yu could ask about his identity and origin, Feng Zhong next to him was already surprised and asked, "Wei Shan?" How are you? ”

"Pavilion Chief Feng, are you here too?" Wei Shan, who used to be a servant of the Ling Pavilion, also recognized his old boss at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Pavilion Chief Feng, good news, great news!" The right general has already taken Puyang and cut off the grain route of the tyrannical Qin army, as long as you entangle the tyrannical Qin army for a while, the tyrannical Qin army will run out of food! ”

"What? Brother, he has already taken Puyang?! ”

Xiang Yu's joy was of course not trivial, and he hurriedly asked Feng Zhong about Wei Shan's origin and identity, confirmed that Wei Shan was indeed Xiang Kang's accomplice lackey, and asked clearly Xiang Kang In order to inform the main force of the Chu army of the Puyang battle situation as soon as possible, Xiang Kang sent three secret envoys to take three different roads to the Julu battlefield, and after reading Xiang Kang's handwritten letter, Xiang Yu of course cheered and shouted excitedly: "No wonder the tyrannical Qin army wants to withdraw in a hurry, it turns out that Ah Di has cut off their grain route, if they don't hurry up and flee for their lives, It's definitely a dead end! ”

"It turns out that the situation is so favorable to us!" The generals of the Chu army were also ecstatic, and then they all rejoiced: "Fortunately, we entangled the main force of the Tyrannical Qin army and didn't give them the opportunity to calmly cross the Zhangshui, otherwise, the rare fighter plane would have been missed by us!" ”

When the generals of the Chu army cheered, the soldiers surnamed Han suddenly glanced at Feng Zhonglian, after Feng Zhong finally found out, he hurriedly walked to the side of the soldiers surnamed Han casually, the soldiers surnamed Han seized the opportunity and quickly whispered a few words in Feng Zhong's ear, Feng Zhong showed joy on his face, and said to Xiang Yu casually in a different position: "Former general, if nothing else, the news that the right general has successfully cut off the grain route of the tyrannical Qin army, Zhang Handpifu will definitely not dare to announce it to the tyrannical Qin soldiers." In this case, we should immediately send some rangers south to the front of the Tyrannical Qin army's position to loudly announce the news that their grain route has been cut off by us, so as to hit the morale of the Tyrannical Qin army. ”

"Great idea! That's it! Do it now! ”

Xiang Yu was even more overjoyed, and immediately sent someone to follow the plan. And Liu Laosan, who was standing next to Feng Zhong before, was as careful as a hair, and noticed the small movements of Feng Zhong and the soldier surnamed Han, and couldn't help but look at Feng Zhong suspiciously, and looked at the soldier surnamed Han who was whispering to Feng Zhong just now, and said in his heart: "What's the matter?" The plan that Feng Zhong proposed just now obviously seems to be the one who took the halberd? Feng Zhong is a famous general of our Chu army, how can he be willing to speak for a pawn? ”