The night attack of the Qi army was indeed a beautiful battle, unexpectedly attacked the Han army camp, took advantage of the opportunity that the Han army camp had not yet been built, and directly entered the front camp of the Han army, burned dozens of Han army camp tents and a lot of ordnance, and killed many Han army soldiers who were caught off guard.

Immediately afterwards, the Qi army deceived the enemy again, lured the pursuing Han army into an ambush circle and attacked on three sides, defeated the pursuing Han army again, and won a lot not to mention, but also ended the undefeated record of the Han Zheng Bu Corps since the north, and slapped the face of the Han Zheng Bu Corps who had repeatedly defeated the enemy, and the whole process was completed in one go, like a cloud of flowing water with peers, so beautiful, successfully played the prestige of the Qi army, and finally defeated the arrogance of the Han Zheng Bu Corps.

Encouraged by this victory, the morale of the Qi army, which had been affected by the friendly army, was of course greatly boosted, and the morale of the army was greatly excited, from top to small, they were no longer so afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and they no longer thought that the Han army that had defeated the Chu Ji Zhao army one after another was invincible, and the confidence of persisting until the reinforcements arrived greatly increased, so after Yu Ling and other generals returned to the camp, the commander of the Qi army, Tian Bu, even personally walked out of the Chinese army's tent to greet them, and praised their outstanding performance, and also regretted that he was too conservative and cautious, and the number of troops dispatched was too small, Missed an opportunity that could have inflicted heavy damage on the Han army.

Zhao Chu's army also followed the light, stunned to see the relatively weak combat effectiveness of the Qi army won a big victory, Zhao Chu army officers and soldiers in the shock, but also together with a great increase in confidence, the military spirit was greatly stabilized, even after the defeat of the haze accumulated in the heart of the haze was almost swept away, rekindled the fighting spirit and confidence. Zhang Er, Gan Gong and Zhou Yin and other high-ranking officials of the Zhao Chu army beat their chests and regretted that they were too afraid of the Han army and lacked confidence in the Qi army, and did not seize the opportunity to send troops to help the Qi army fight, and missed a good opportunity to seek revenge on the Han army and boost the morale of the army.

In addition to remorse, in order to express their gratitude and admiration for the Qi army, Zhang Er and Gan Gong naturally had to send people out of the city with pigs, sheep and wine, and sent them to reward the Qi army that had created a miracle. Sima Zhou Yin, the chief of the Western Chu Army, even personally went to the camp to congratulate the Qi army, and complained to Tian as soon as they met: "Brother Tian, you are too uninteresting, since you have such a good plan to break the enemy, why don't you tell me?" If you tell me, I will definitely send troops to help you and help you kill more thieves! ”

"Da Sima forgiveness, to be honest, in fact, brother, I didn't have much confidence yesterday, but I just wanted to send troops to try my luck, so I didn't bother you to send troops to help, but I didn't expect to really let me bump into it."

Tabe is quite sincere, and frankly admits that he really didn't have any confidence yesterday, but he just listened to the advice of his subordinates and tried his luck by sending troops. And when Zhou Yin asked curiously who gave Tian Bu the wonderful time, Tian was also very happy to point to the general Yu Ling who was standing on the side, and said: "It's him, General Yu Lingyu, don't look at his age, in fact, before the last Julu War, he had already joined the army in Jibei and joined the army of our king (Tian Jiao) at that time, and he can be regarded as a veteran of our Qi country." ”

Seeing that Yu Ling, who had a baby face, was indeed not very old, Zhou Yin was even more happy, and slapped Yu Ling, who came up to salute, and praised: "Yes, it is really a hero who is a teenager, and he has such insight and courage at a young age, which is amazing!" ”

After the compliment, Zhou Yin not only explained the jade pendant on his waist to Yu Ling, but also couldn't wait to ask Yu Ling: "Little Zhuzi, tell me quickly, is there any way for us to win a few more battles, and give the thief a little more look?" ”

"Da Sima, forgive me, last night's fighter is hard to find, so there is no more for the time being."

What kind of people bring what kind of soldiers, Yu Ling also spoke honestly and directly like his boss Tabe, and said: "And the last general also thinks that with the treachery and cunning of the Han thief, if we suffer a loss, we will definitely not be fooled a second time, if we are not greedy enough and take risks to fight again, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating, and it will once again affect the morale of the army that has been hard to inspire." Therefore, the last general suggested that in the future, it is best for us to go deep and high, hold on with all our might, never go into battle easily, and wait patiently for reinforcements to arrive, so as to completely reverse the situation in Zhaodi. ”

"Victory is not arrogant or defeated, and there is really the wind of a general." Zhou Yin laughed, and once again vigorously praised Yu Ling, a rising star in the Qi army, but he was faintly unhappy in his heart, and said secretly: "You still need to teach this?" I took my luck and won a small victory, and I dared to point fingers in front of me, the dignified Sima of the Western Chu Army? ”

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Contrary to the high-spirited Qi army general Yu Ling, his opponent last night, Tao Xi, the general of the Han army, was disgraced to the extreme, not to mention being scolded and reprimanded, when Yu Ling was in the limelight, he had to run to Uncle Zhou to take the blame, and honestly admitted that he was too disrespectful to Uncle Zhou under impulse last night, although Uncle Zhou was relatively humble and didn't care about Tao Xi's momentary gaffe, but it still made Tao Xi lose face and hold back his anger.

That's not all, after returning from Uncle Zhou's camp, because the face was really too lost, Tao Xi took the initiative to ask Zheng Bu for battle, and asked to lead an army to fight in front of the Qi military camp, and strive to lure the Qi army out to take revenge, but Zheng Bu not only did not agree, but also scolded: "Don't you think we have lost enough face?" The Qi State Thief Army is stationed on the mountain, and it is clear that they want to stick to it and wait for help, if you go to fight, how can the Qi State Thief Army go out of the camp and take risks? Running outside the camp of the Qi State thief army, a shrew like a clown scolds the street, and let others see jokes? (The word clown appears in the pre-Qin era of Zhuangzi.) ）

Tao Xi was helpless, so he could only obediently close his mouth, but he didn't think that Li Zuoche next to him suddenly said: "General Zheng, the lower officials think that since General Tao is determined to take revenge, then he should be given a chance, it is better to let him go, if you can't lure the Qi thief army in one day, it will take two days, and if you can't lure it out in two days, it will take three days and four days, anyway, our troops are sufficient, build camps and rush to build offensive weapons, and there is no shortage of manpower under General Tao." ”

Zheng Bu turned his head to look at Li Zuoche in surprise, Li Zuoche understood, and then attached to Zheng Bu's ear and said: "The courage of the thief army of Qi is greater than we expected, and they dare to have the courage to take the initiative." In this case, we might as well pretend to be angry and ruined, and let General Tao continue to fight outside their camp, so that the Qi thief army feels that there is an opportunity, as long as they still have the courage to take the initiative, our chance to break the enemy in the field will come. ”

Zheng Bu suddenly realized, and immediately changed his mind and agreed that Tao Xi would lead the army to fight outside the Qi military camp, Tao Xi was overjoyed when he heard it, regardless of the fact that the time was close to noon, he immediately took the army under his command, and ran to the Qi army camp to scold and fight, from the mother-in-law of the field to the sister-in-law of Tian Jiao, using all kinds of vicious language to stimulate the Qi army, and doing everything possible to lure the Qi army to fight.

In this regard, Tian Bu, Zhou Yin, Gan Gong and others were of course secretly happy in their hearts, and sure enough, they believed that the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army had been angry and had lost their calmness and reason, and Uncle Zhou, who was not subordinate to Zheng Bu, laughed and said silently, and said secretly in his heart: "It must be Li Zuoche's idea, but unfortunately, I'm afraid it may not work." ”

At the same time, with the efforts of the craftsmen that Zheng Bu had left to Uncle Zhou, the construction of the counterweight trebuchet of the Han army was basically completed, and soon the thirty counterweight trebuchets planned to be built were completed.

At this time, the drawbacks of the Han army's lack of unified leadership were also completely exposed, and in terms of the tactics of how to fight, there was a huge disagreement between Zhou Shu and his gang and Zheng Bu's gang, and no one could convince anyone, and the focus of the disagreement was not anything else, that is, the question of whether to fight the enemy outside the city or the enemy inside the city first.

Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche both firmly advocated attacking Julu City first, because the Zhao army had already suffered heavy losses, and the elite soldiers had lost all their losses, which was relatively the easiest to bully and the most sure to take it quickly, and at the same time stormed the Zhao army in Julu City, and could also force and lure the Qi Chu army to send troops to rescue, creating an opportunity for the Han army to break the enemy in the field. Moreover, after taking Julu City first, it can also solve the hidden danger of grain and grass that the two major corps of the Han army are currently supplied by the southern line, and then clean up the Qi Chu army on the mountain, you can feel much more at ease.

Uncle Zhou, Zhou Shu and Cui Guang insisted on dealing with the enemy outside the city first, and then freed up their hands to deal with the defenders in Julu City with all their might, the reason is also very simple, Julu City is too strong, Zhang Han and Wang Li's 400,000 army did not fight for several months, even if the Han army is equipped with siege weapons counterweight trebuchets, it may not be sure to quickly take Julu City, in contrast, it is undoubtedly more certain to storm and take the camp of the Qi Chu army without the protection of the city wall, and then as long as the enemy outside the city is killed, It's much easier to clean up the enemies in the city.

In addition, the psychological analysis of the Zhao army is also an important reason why Zhou Shu and others firmly advocate fighting the enemy outside the city first, Zhou Shu and others agreed that the Zhao army is currently only left with the strength of barely self-preservation, and has no strength to go out of the city to fight, so the Han army does not have to worry too much about the Zhao army going out of the city to fight and rescue during the storming of the Qi Chu camp, and the Han army only needs to leave part of the troops to prevent the Zhao army from going out of the city, and the main forces can be used to deal with the Qi Chu army.

Fortunately, differences are differences, Uncle Zhou and Zheng Bu are very aware of the dangerous consequences of their contradictions, and they all maintain restraint together, and never say anything unpleasant to anger each other, patiently just pointing out the disadvantages of each other's tactics, emphasizing the advantages of the tactics they chose, and trying to persuade the other party to accept their own tactics. But it's a pity that after arguing for a long time, Uncle Zhou's gang and Zheng Bu's gang still couldn't convince anyone, and they couldn't agree on their opinions.

Here I have to explain a few words for Uncle Zhou and others, Uncle Zhou and others have always refused to accept the opinions of Zheng Bu and Li Zuoche and others, the reason is not that Uncle Zhou is stubborn and insists on competing with Zheng Bu, but because Uncle Zhou has never seen the siege power of the counterweight trebuchet with his own eyes, and the understanding of the counterweight trebuchet is only a verbal introduction from others, and the understanding of the counterweight trebuchet is not enough, plus the Han army's previous two use of the counterweight trebuchet is in accordance with orthodox tactics, first kill the enemy outside the city to remove obstacles, Then they concentrated their forces on dealing with the enemy's city wall defense line, which was constrained by traditional tactical thinking, so Uncle Zhou and others were unwilling to choose to attack the city first.

It is because of this that the two major corps of the Han army have huge differences, and the tactical opinions have never been unified, but it is still okay, at this time, the news that Xiang Kang, the biggest boss of the Han army, decided to come to the Julu battlefield to command this decisive battle was finally sent to Uncle Zhou and Zheng Bu and others by the fast horse, and Uncle Zhou and Zheng Bu, who were trying to maintain restraint, finally breathed a sigh of relief, Zheng Bu also waved his hand generously and said: "General Zhou, don't fight, everything will be decided when the king comes, he said how to fight, we will fight, No more wasting saliva. ”

"What General Zheng said is extremely true." Uncle Zhou smiled and nodded, and said very calmly: "It's still the king who thinks carefully, only if he comes to the Julu battlefield in person, you and I can command the two armies in a unified manner, and the order is forbidden, and then even if Xiang Yu really comes to the Julu battlefield with reinforcements from the Western Chu thief army, the king can act at the opportunity and adapt to the situation, and you and I can finally let go of the burden of a thousand catties." ”

When Zheng Bu nodded in agreement, Zhou Shu, who was carefully reading Xiang Kang's letter, suddenly raised his head and said, "General Zhou, General Zheng, the king's sentence in the letter seems to be hidden in a mystery?" What does it mean that we must let the thieves know that he is going to the Giant Deer Battlefield in person? Why did the king tell this? ”

Hurriedly took the letter and read it carefully, seeing that Xiang Kang did write this nonsense in the letter, Uncle Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately understood what Xiang Kang meant, Zheng Bu took the letter and Li Zuoche looked at it again, Li Zuoche's eyes also lit up, and saw the smile on Uncle Zhou's face, Li Zuoche also immediately knew it, so he smiled and said: "General Zhou, if you don't mind, before the king arrives at Julu, how about we continue to act separately?" See who can give the king a congratulatory gift, and who can give the king a greater greeting gift? ”

"Guangwujun's words are right in my arms." Uncle Zhou applauded and smiled: "It's so decided, let's act separately for the time being, and see who has a bigger greeting gift for the king." ”

After leaving Zhou Shujun's camp and returning to Zheng Bujun's camp, Li Zuoche explained to the confused Zheng Bu: "The king deliberately told us to let the thief army know that he was going to come to Julu to command this battle in person, suggesting that we could use this matter to make some fuss and lure the thief army out of the camp to die." ”

"As for the reason, it's very simple, the king is coming to Julu in person, we must make a big show of etiquette to welcome his arrival, and we will no longer put all our thoughts on fighting against the enemy, and then we only need to deliberately show a little flaw, so that the thief army feels that there is an opportunity, and the thief army will definitely take the opportunity to go out of the camp and sneak attack, not only to give our king a dismount, but also to hit our military morale even more, when the time comes, as long as we set a trap in advance, we will not worry about not being able to get a victory to the king as a congratulatory gift."

Zheng Bu suddenly realized, patted his leg and said: "It turns out that this is what the king meant, that's right, it's this truth, instead of I am the chief general of the thief army, I heard that our king is coming, and I will definitely want to seize the time to win another battle, give our king a dismount, and then as long as I see the opportunity appearing, I will definitely dare to take this risk!" ”

After speaking, Zheng Bu hurriedly said: "Guangwujun, hurry, help me think of a way, how to use this opportunity to make a good article, and send a bigger congratulatory gift to the king than Uncle Zhou!" ”

"First of all, of course, according to the king's request, first make the news that he is about to come to the Julu battlefield publicly, so that the thief army will also know about this situation." Li Zuoche replied: "Then we must tell General Tao Xi to stop the daily fighting, so that the thief army thinks that we just want to wait for the king to come to Julu in person, and no longer rush to fight." And then ....... ”

When Li Zuoche and Zheng Bu were still discussing how to lure the enemy, Uncle Zhou's side had already launched a practical operation, first announcing the news of Xiang Kang's imminent arrival to the officers and soldiers of the whole army, and then ordering the soldiers to spread the news outside the camp, so that the scouts of the anti-Han coalition army could hear about the situation as soon as possible, and then let people find a set of spare clothes and armor of Zhou Yin, the commander of the Western Chu army, from the loot captured on the battlefield of Huanshui, as well as some Western Chu military uniforms, and arrange for people to wear them for drills......

With the joint efforts of Zhou Shu's corps and Zheng Bu's corps, the news that Xiang Kang was about to come to the Julu battlefield to command this decisive battle was only the next day, and it was successively detected by the scouts of the three armies of Qi, Chu and Zhao, and it was quickly reported to Zhang Er, Gan Gong, Zhou Yin, Tian Bu and others. Zhang Er's first reaction to this news was, "Oh no, if this news is true, our next battle will definitely be more difficult." ”

Zhou Yin's reaction was gloomy, and he said to himself after a while: "The hidden danger that the two Han thieves are not subordinate to each other will not exist, after the unification of the orders of the Han thieves, I hope that we will not fight the camp of our Western Chu army first, but also hope that our king can hurry up to save the giant deer." ”

Of course, the commander of the Qi army, Tian Ling, was also worried, and he was extremely worried that Xiang Kang would come to Julu with more troops, making the already critical situation more dangerousIn addition, there are hidden dangers behind Xiang Kang's rebel thief, Liu Ji, the king of Nanyang, and the generals of the Western Chu army, and he must leave enough troops to prevent accidents. Therefore, the last general can conclude that even if Xiang Kang's rebel thief really came to Julu in person, he would definitely not bring many reinforcements, as long as the rescue of the King of Western Chu arrived, we still had hope of turning defeat into victory on the battlefield of Zhaodi. ”

Listening to Yu Ling's analysis reasonably, Tian was relieved, and praised Yu Ling's great progress, and Yu Ling admonished again: "General, the last general also thinks that if Xiang Kang's rebel thief really wants to come to Julu in person, then the Han thief will definitely try his best to fight a few victories to present Xiang Kang's rebel thief in order to flatter and flatter, our camp and Julu City are all extremely strong, and it is unlikely that the Han thief will launch a strong attack, and the biggest possibility should be to lure us to take the initiative." Therefore, for the sake of safety, before the arrival of Xiang Kang's rebels, no matter what happens, we must not take risks and attack, giving the Han thieves a chance to take advantage of. ”

"It makes sense." Tabe nodded vigorously and said: "Just do this, so as to respond to all changes, no matter what happens, we will not move, and resolutely ignore the provocation and temptation of the Han thief." ”