"Useless shaft! Stupid as a guinea dog! Are they all wine bags and rice bags? If you can't hold the camp and be attacked by Han thieves, you can't even support it for a moment, but you lose the entire camp in a short time, and even our Xichu soldiers have suffered heavy casualties! If you are so incompetent, how shame do you have to live between heaven and earth? Why don't you kill yourself quickly and apologize to the soldiers of Western Chu and Jibei who were affected by you? ”

didn't have the courage to be mad at Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Guan, who also suffered defeat, Zhou Yin could only pinch the persimmon softly, sprinkled all the anger on the poor General Tian Xin, and scolded Tian Xin in front of everyone to be bloody, the sky was dark, and he also shirked all the responsibility for yesterday's fiasco on Tian Xin's head.

People in this era already attach great importance to dignity, and they have always regretted their cowardly behavior of throwing away the army and fleeing alone last night. Fortunately, Xiang Sui and the others next to him hurriedly stopped him, and Xiang Sui also grabbed his sword and shouted: "You can't kill yourself?" It's a big husband, and he has to get his face back on the battlefield! Don't dare to kill thieves, only dare to kill yourself, what kind of heroes are you?! ”

Roaring at Tian Xin, Xiang Sui turned back to Zhou Yin and complained: "Da Sima, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, General Tian made a mistake last night, but our losses have not reached an unacceptable level, why can't we give him a chance to make meritorious contributions and kill the enemy to take revenge?" Why are you forcing him like this? ”

is also Xiang Yu's cousin, and there is a famous Master Xiang Boxiang who likes to make bad trips stand behind him, Zhou Yin of course didn't dare to offend Xiang Sui, so he could only change his words and said: "Okay, General Tian, Ben Shuai just said a few angry words, can he really draw his sword and kill himself?" Okay, it's Ben Shuai's words, don't take it to heart, this matter will end here. ”

casually comforted Tian Xin, Zhou Yin quickly changed the topic and asked Xiang Guan, who was standing next to him with his head down, "General Xiang Guan, have our losses been counted?" How many soldiers and horses were lost last night? ”

"The infantry exceeded three thousand two, and the cavalry approached two thousand. In addition, three thousand-man generals were killed in battle. ”

Xiang Guan's ashamed answer made Zhou Yin frown again, but he still didn't open his mouth to accuse Xiang Guan, Xiang Sui also frowned a little, and turned to Tian Xin and asked, "General Tian, how are you over there?" ”

"It hasn't been counted yet, but it is conservatively estimated that the loss of soldiers is close to 10,000." Tian Xin replied even more guiltily: "In addition, most of the baggage, military supplies, and grain and grass have been burned. ”

Xiang Sui sighed, forced a smile and said: "It's okay, the overall loss is not too big, it won't have much impact on us, and heavy military supplies are not a problem, when we withdraw to Julu, Zhao will definitely supply us." ”

"Da Sima, go back to your teacher to take revenge! The last general, please be the vanguard! Xiang Guan gritted his teeth, asked Zhou Yin for an order, and said: "The main force of the Han thieves has followed us south, take advantage of this opportunity to take the initiative to turn back to the Han thief army for a decisive battle, capture and kill Uncle Zhou, and avenge the dead soldiers of us and the Jibei army!" ”

Zhou Yin shook his head and said: "Brother Xiang Guan, you are in a hurry to take revenge, but there is no way, Uncle Zhou's puppet is treacherous and cowardly, when he sees us returning to the north, he will definitely turn around and go north immediately, and he will definitely not fight us easily." ”

"Brother, don't worry." Xiang Sui also said: "You also know Uncle Zhou's temper, he is very similar to our traitor brother in terms of using soldiers, and he will not easily fight with others. But don't worry, I'm willing to bet that when we retreat to the area around the Bai people, Uncle Zhou's puppet will definitely speed up and move south, close the distance and entangle us, and at that time, we will have hope of a head-on battle with him. ”

"The Kashiwa area?" Xiang Guan only recalled for a moment, and immediately came to his senses and said, "Brother, do you think Uncle Zhou will take advantage of the opportunity that we have to cross the water and take the opportunity to attack?" ”

"That's what he's used to." Xiang Sui replied: "When he was in Jingcheng, he took advantage of the opportunity of the Zhao army to cross the Mianmanshui and defeated the Zhao army. As long as we seize the opportunity of his opportunistic tactics on the Bianshui battlefield, we will be able to adapt to the situation and make plans, and it will certainly not be difficult to defeat the enemy. ”

"Brother Xiang Sui is right." Zhou Yin approvingly: "With Uncle Zhou's treacherous character, he will definitely not miss the opportunity to attack in the middle of the water, as long as he doesn't hide in the turtle shell and doesn't come out, or runs like a rabbit when he sees us sending troops and takes the initiative to attack us, we have a chance to kill him!" ”

Xiang Guan thought about it carefully and found that it was also, so he also retracted the suggestion that Zhou Yin take the initiative to return to the division for a decisive battle, and Xiang Sui said again: "Da Sima, the Jibei army was defeated last night, which dampened the morale of the army, and lost a lot of military baggage, it is no longer suitable to continue the palace, and then let the last general lead the army to the palace." ”

Knowing that Xiang Sui was steady and calm, Zhou Yin of course agreed to Xiang Sui's initiative to ask for help, and at the moment the Chuji coalition army quickly adjusted the order of retreating south, so that the Jibei army, which had been injured, went to the front to open the way, and the main force of the Western Chu army walked in the middle, and Xiang Sui led 20,000 elites to the rear of the whole army, and the three soldiers and horses marched south together. The same is true of the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army, which has just received a scout report from the Chuji coalition army heading south, and immediately set off south, keeping a certain distance from the enemy and slowly moving south.

There was no more decent fighting, and both sides simply sent scouts to closely monitor each other's movements, and they were at peace for the time being. However, in the afternoon of the next day, the Zhao army, who was guarding Bairenyi in the south, suddenly sent someone to contact the Western Chu army, saying that Uncle Zhou sent an envoy to take the small road and rushed to Bairenyi first, in a vain attempt to bribe the defenders of Bairenyi with gold, jade and jewelry and high-ranking officials Houlu to defect, burn all the bridges and ships on the Huangshui River, and cut off the southward road of the Western Chu army.

"Shameless thief, he is really fighting the idea of water!"

After cursing, Zhou Yin was not in a hurry, and after careful consideration, he decided to order the Jibei Army to speed up and step forward, rush to the Fenshui Ferry to grab the pontoon bridge first, and establish a position to protect the ferry, pretending to want to cross the Bianshui to the south as soon as possible, so as to lure the Han army to speed up the pursuit and take the initiative to close the distance with the own army.

The Han army was really fooled, and the next morning, Xiang Sui of the palace sent someone to send the news, saying that the front army of the Han army had taken the initiative to shorten the distance between them and the rear team of the Western Chu army to about ten miles, and at the same time, the main force of the Han army also significantly accelerated the speed, and the distance was shortened to about twenty miles.

In the afternoon of the same day, the main force of the Western Chu Army took the lead in retreating to the north bank of the river, and joined the Jibei army that rushed here to grab the pontoon bridge, and then immediately set up a camp, and then immediately began to set up a camp, and then immediately when the sun began to set, Xiang Sui's rear army also successfully arrived at the Huangshui ferry, and at the same time the scouts also sent an urgent report, saying that the front army and the main force of the Han army had rushed to the north of the Huangshui ferry fifteen miles, stopped there, and immediately set up a camp, and put on a posture to be stationed in the local area for a period of time.

Confirming this, Zhou Yin not only asked the Western Chu army to seize the time to continue to establish camps, but also hurriedly convened the generals of the Western Chu army to discuss the next countermeasures. As a result, Xiang Sui proposed: "Da Sima, it is best to arrange it like this, our army has a little rest, and after preparing for a decisive battle, let the Jibei army cross the river to the south first, lure the Han thieves to send troops to prepare for a surprise attack, and then our main force will take the opportunity to send troops to the north and fight to the death with the Han thieves!" ”

"It's a solution, but let's not underestimate Uncle Zhou." Zhou Yin said: "With his treachery, unless it is confirmed that our main force also initiates a river crossing, I am afraid that he will not leave the camp easily, even if we go north in a big way, he will definitely only defend without fighting, making it difficult for us to take his camp." ”

"Then how does Da Sima plan to break the enemy?" Xiang Sui asked.

Zhou Yin smiled fiercely and said, "Doesn't Uncle Zhou's puppet like night surprise attacks?" It's also time for him to taste the taste of being attacked by others, taking advantage of his army just coming, the camp is not stable, tonight we dispatched the elite, sneak attack his camp, kill him by surprise! ”

"Brilliant plan!" Xiang Guan next to him applauded, and couldn't wait to say: "Uncle Zhou saw that we set up camp at the ferry, and must have thought that we planned to let the soldiers prepare accordingly, and then cross the river to the south or launch a decisive battle, never thought that we had just withdrawn to the Huangshui ferry, and immediately sent troops to attack their camp, and we will rob the camp tonight, and we will definitely win a big victory!" ”

"That's why I asked the soldiers to hurry up and set up camp." Zhou Yin smiled and said, "If you don't set up some pretense to deceive Uncle Zhou's husband, how can he be easily fooled?" ”

Xiang Guan applauded again, and even praised Zhou Yin's clever plan, Xiang Sui still hesitated for a long time before saying: "If Da Sima insists on sending troops to rob the camp, then the general will not object, but for the sake of prudence, we must divide the army into two teams, one team to rob the camp, and the other team to respond outside the camp, so that nothing goes wrong." ”

"Of course." Zhou Yin sneered and said: "Tonight, General Xiang Guan, you lead the army to the front, responsible for the sneak attack on the Han thief camp, Brother Xiang Sui, you have a stable personality, and you are responsible for leading the rear army to respond outside the camp, and the commander is waiting for your good news in the camp." ”

Seeing that Zhou Yin was properly arranged, Xiang Sui didn't say anything more, and then Zhou Yin immediately dispatched troops, let Xiang Guan lead 8,000 soldiers to be responsible for the sneak attack on the Han army camp, and let Xiang Sui lead 20,000 main troops to follow, and then seized the time to prepare enough things for night fighting, and sent troops at the third quarter of the first watch, one after the other sneaked towards the Han army camp fifteen miles away to the north.

In order to hide his tracks, Xiang Guan's department, which sneaked north, did not touch the door of the Han army camp until he was close to the third watch, and after a little preparation, he just confirmed that the rear army led by Xiang Sui had also arrived at the scheduled battlefield, Xiang Guan immediately waved his hand, and let the commando team composed of all elite soldiers step forward, and strive to steal the door of the Han military camp and directly enter the Han military camp protected by only a thin fence.

The operation of stealing the door was smoother than Xiang Guan expected, because the defenders of the camp gate of the Han army were almost all asleep, or after the commando team of the Western Chu Army took off the latch and opened the camp gate, the Han soldiers near the camp gate rang the gong and issued a warning.

After rushing into the Han army camp almost unstoppably, Xiang Guan originally wanted to directly impact the Han army's Chinese army camp, but before he could touch the serial car barriers of the Han army's Chinese army camp, Xiang Guan, who had followed Xiang Kang to fight a lot of night raids, found that the situation was wrong - although the Han army camp was full of gongs and the sound of alarms everywhere, the front camp of the Han army was empty, and almost no Han soldiers were seen rushing out of the camp tent!

"Not good! Maybe you have hit the trick! ”

When Xiang Guan came to this conclusion, it was already too late, with the loud sound of the explosion of several primitive grenades, the left and right battalions of the Han army suddenly burst into flames, and countless Han soldiers shouted to kill, Xiang Guan was shocked, and quickly took the army to turn around and run out, and the Western Chu army was also immediately chaotic in the dark night, and was quickly rushed by the Han soldiers who killed left and right, and could only flee to the camp gate in a mess.

At the same time, seeing the torches of the two battalions of the Han army on the left and right, Xiang Sui immediately understood the plan, and quickly ordered the soldiers to light the torches and line up to meet Xiang Guan's army, but in the rear of Xiang Sui, there was a series of primitive grenade explosions that gradually disappeared.

After all, it is the main elite of the Western Chu army, in a hurry, even if the army is quite panicked and anxious, but relying on the individual quality of the soldiers and the best equipment, Xiang Sui's army still temporarily resisted the Han army's ambush, and was not directly disrupted by the Han army's ambush, and at the same time, the former army of the Western Chu army was defeated and escaped from the camp, and after coming to Xiang Sui's position, he also turned around and fought to the death under the leadership of Xiang Guan, gritted his teeth and withstood the onslaught of the Han army's pursuers, and fought and walked with Xiang Sui's army.

It's a pity that Xiang Sui and Xiang Guan were only able to do one step, and after gritting their teeth and retreating south for five or six miles, something happened that surprised the Western Chu army - the camp of the Western Chu army in the south was also full of torches, and the flames were soaring, and it was obvious that it had been attacked by the enemy. Xiang Sui, Xiang Guan and others were worried about the safety of the camp, so they could only urge the army to speed up and retreat.

This urging is over, the army is quite flustered, and seeing the large camp being attacked, speeding up to the south, the formation of the Western Chu army is quickly chaotic, and the Han army takes the opportunity to attack fiercely, and the Western Chu army quickly shows signs of collapse, and many soldiers began to flee to the black land where no one is alone, which causes a chain reaction, causing the military heart to be more chaotic and fearful, and more soldiers are fleeing.

Seeing the opportunity, the insect Da who led the army to pursue roared loudly, ordered his own soldiers to step forward one after another, and threw a number of primitive grenades one after another towards the dense crowd of the defeated soldiers of the Western Chu army, the crowd of the Western Chu army was even more chaotic, the insect Da army took the opportunity to kill directly into the crowd of the Western Chu army, the rear team of the Western Chu army collapsed, and the Han soldiers on both sides also took the opportunity to charge up, almost cutting off the waist of the Western Chu army, Xiang Sui was even more unwilling to fight, leading the front army just to take the road and escape, Xiang Guan also roared and fled with the cavalry again, beating the horse and rushing to the south. The rear of the Western Chu army finally collapsed completely, and the Han soldiers took the opportunity to pursue, beheading and taking prisoners countless.

Or after escaping to the vicinity of the camp of the army, Xiang Sui realized that the army was on the Han army, and the camp of the Western Chu army was indeed full of torches, but there was no Han army into the camp of the Western Chu, only a small number of Han cavalry wandered outside the camp of the Western Chu army, and when he saw the defeated brigade of the Western Chu army fleeing back, he immediately dispersed in a hurry, and quickly fled without a trace, Xiang Sui scolded, but there was no way, he could only quickly lead the defeated soldiers to flee into the camp to hide. The pursuers of the Han army pursued them until they reached the gate of the camp of the Western Chu army, and then took the initiative to retreat and leave.

In this battle, the loss of the Western Chu army in terms of strength was indeed not very large, and only lost a total of just over 3,000 soldiers before and after, but even so, Zhou Yin still almost blew his belly, because the losses of the Western Chu army were all well-equipped and elite soldiers in their prime, and they were the core backbone of the northern line corps of the Western Chu army, and Zhou Yin would rather sacrifice tens of thousands of second-line troops than lose these 3,000 soldiers. So after counting the losses, Zhou Yin immediately yelled with a blue face, "Don't play any robbery camp sneak attack with the Han thieves!" Take a day off, send troops tomorrow, and fight to the death with the thieves! ”

At the same time in the Han army camp, Uncle Zhou also instructed the generals such as Worm Da and Yang Xi who participated in the battle last night: "Go back and rest, let our soldiers who participated in the battle last night rest well, and seize the time to recover their strength. ”

"A decisive battle?" Worm Daleng was stunned and hurriedly asked, "General, aren't you going to attack the Western Chu thief army halfway?" ”

"The Western Chu thief army is not stupid, our main force is close at hand, unless we are stupid, we will cross the river and go south, let us eat them one by one." Uncle Zhou smiled and said: "The reason why I chose to fight a decisive battle here in Bairen is because the Western Chu thief army has no way to retreat on this battlefield, so it can only take the initiative to fight, and is determined to fight to the end with us, so that we can wait for work at ease, and we don't have to worry about the danger of the long grain road, and we have never expected to win by half-crossing." ”

"That's the best!" Worm Da changed his words without hesitation and said: "Anyway, we don't need to be afraid of the Western Chu thief army, we will fight them to the death with dignity, and we are still sure of a big victory!" ”

"Dignified?" Uncle Zhou laughed directly, and his smile was extremely deceitful.