In order to protect the camp, the Han soldiers dug four deep and wide trenches outside the camp, built three horse-repellent antlers and built a sheep and horse wall, but these peripheral fortifications are now dilapidated and can no longer provide a buffer for the wall of the Han camp.

Most of the four trenches have been filled, used to fill the trenches, in addition to the bundles of firewood and stones, there are countless corpses of soldiers and ordinary people, Xiang Yu, who likes to kill innocents indiscriminately, learned from one of his vicious cousins this time, and forced all the people of Sanchuan who could be caught to carry earth, stone and firewood bundles to step forward, opening the way for the Western Chu army and the Henan army to fill the trenches, after the unarmed people were killed by the defenders with arrows, the Henan soldiers who served as auxiliary tasks took materials on the spot and threw the bodies of the people and their companions into the trenches to pave the way, Countless poor people who were still dying screamed and struggled in the deep trenches, and the scene was unbearable.

The sharp antlers were almost all burned, and many of the blackened wooden stakes were poked with corpses that were also blackened and stenched, and behind the walls of sheep and horses, which had caused great casualties to the attacking side, were covered with the corpses of countless soldiers of both warring sides, as well as countless broken ladders, broken feathered arrows, mutilated weapons and banners, and many places were emitting black smoke.

The attack of the Western Chu army still did not stop, the war drums had just been beaten again, and thousands of Henan soldiers with blood and dirt on their bodies once again carried the flying ladder and launched a charge, the arrows on the wall of the Han army camp were like rain, but there was no way to stop the Henan soldiers from charging, because behind the Henan army soldiers, there was a team of Western Chu army supervisors with axes, no matter who it was, as long as they took a step back, the axes of the war supervisors would not hesitate to cut off their heads, many axes were already stained with blood, and they also cut the blades, A gap was cut.

The Western Chu army is not an army that only relies on cannon fodder to fight, the Henan army has just rushed to the vicinity of the Han army camp wall, pinning down the Han army soldiers on the camp wall, so that they have no time to draw their bows and arrows, and the two thousand Western Chu army warriors who dismounted and fought have already charged up, carrying flying ladders and other offensive weapons to attack the Han army camp again, and the offensive queue is as turbulent as a sea wave.

Countless arrows rose from behind the wall of the Han military camp, and under the command of the lookout hand on the wall, the shooting height was adjusted, and the rain of arrows covered the heads of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army as accurately as possible.

If it weren't for the fact that the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army both seriously lacked strong long shields, and there was no way to set up temporary fortifications near the camp wall to cover their companions to release arrows to contain the defenders on the wall, perhaps the Han Army's Guangwu camp had been broken by the enemy in the last fierce battle, but even so, the soldiers of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army continued to rush up to the strong camp wall that was far less tall than the city wall, and fought with the Han soldiers who were defending the wall in the dark, and the sun and moon were dark.

At any time, you can see the soldiers of the attacking and defending sides rolling down the camp wall, and the soldiers of the Han army who rolled outside the wall needless to say, they will be killed immediately The red-eyed soldiers of the Western Chu army and the Henan army are stomped into pieces, and the Western Chu army or Henan soldiers who fall into the wall are the same, and in a moment they will be divided by the Han army reserve behind the camp wall, and there are no exceptions on both sides. But at this time, no one paid attention to these things, and the warring sides were red-eyed, almost fighting for the space at the top of the wall inch by inch, and the blood flowed.

Lu Oyster, a famous fierce general of the Western Chu Army who had followed Xiang Yu to defeat the Qin army in Julu, was the first to die, and then Wu Xing, a young marshal old man who had served under Xiang Kang, was also wearing a Western Chu military uniform and was pecked in the head by a Han sergeant with a battle ge, increasing the number of dead generals of the Western Chu Army by 11 people and above. On the side of the Han army, five thousand generals have been sacrificed on the battlefield, and Uncle Zhou's favorite general Li Bi was wounded for the second time, and his left hand was almost cut off by the halberd.

After being wounded again, Li Bi categorically refused the kind persuasion of his subordinates to let him withdraw from the camp wall for treatment, and carried a machete made of steel on the camp wall like a mad tiger, and successively cut down three or four Western Chu army first warriors, but the fierce offensive of the Western Chu army was still not accepted, Xiang Yu also decisively increased the front line again, and swore with red eyes that this time he would not break the camp of the Han army and never withdraw his troops.

With the follow-up troops of the Western Chu Army into the battlefield, the density of soldiers on both sides of the first line has also reached a rather terrible point, suffering from the narrow top of the wall, it is difficult for the Han army reinforcements to immediately replace the tired first-line army after a long battle, and the Han army's battalion wall defense line has also begun to show signs of shaking, at least three or four hundred warriors of the Western Chu Army have rushed to the top of the wall.

At the critical moment, the right door of the Han army's west camp suddenly opened, and five hundred Han warriors wearing bronze armor roared out of the camp, storming the flank of the Western Chu army to share the pressure on the frontal battlefield, Xiang Yu also decisively ordered the cavalry to attack, and the fast horse rushed to the vicinity of the Han army's camp to besiege the Han army's dead soldiers, cutting and splitting, and the offensive was extremely fierce.

In the end, relying on the bloody battle of the dead soldiers out of the camp, the Han soldiers finally barely stabilized the defense line, seized the opportunity to rotate the new force to continue to hold on, but less than 100 of the 500 Han warriors reluctantly withdrew to the camp, and the rest were all killed, and none of them were spared. Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu was also very proud, and sneered: "Uncle Zhou, see what tricks you can play!" ”

Uncle Zhou really can't play new tricks, Xiang Kang left him 26,000 troops, of which 3,000 were arranged by him to be stationed in Xingyang City, 7,000 to guard Aocang, and the remaining 16,000 troops, another 4,000 are stationed in the newly built Guangwu Mountain City (now Han Wangcheng), the local strength is already at an absolute disadvantage, and the individual combat effectiveness has also caught up with the elite of the carefully selected Western Chu Army, the disparity in strength is too huge, Uncle Zhou has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and he can't play any new tricks.

The general of the Han army, who led the army stationed in Guangwu City, sent someone to contact Uncle Zhou for the third time, asking Uncle Zhou to allow him to lead his army out of the city to reinforce the defenders of the Han army camp, but Uncle Zhou did not hesitate to categorically refuse, and clearly told the messenger sent by Worm Da, saying that if there was no order from him, even if Insect Da sent a soldier out of the city to participate in the war without authorization, he would be killed! Then Uncle Zhou shouted to Li Bi, who had just withdrawn from the front line, and said, "Li Bi, you and the messenger of the worm will enter the city, and your army will be handed over to your deputy for the time being!" ”

"No!" Li Bi covered his bleeding left hand and categorically refused, and said with red eyes: "General, even if you kill me, I won't hide in the city, if you want to die, I will die with you!" ”

"Shaft!" Uncle Zhou scolded angrily, but he still waved his hand to drive away the insect messenger, and shouted at Li Bi: "If you want to die, I will fulfill you, but first wrap your wounds!" ”

Li Bi agreed, so the military doctor hurried to bandage his wounds, and Uncle Zhou looked at the sky again, and said to himself: "It depends on whether we can hold on until it is dark, as long as we can hold out until that time, we still have hope." ”

"General Zhou, don't blame the last general for speaking unlucky." Li Bi hurriedly said: "The thief army's offensive is so fierce, it will definitely attack overnight, even if we hold out until dark, the thief army will probably not retreat." ”

"Of course I do."

Uncle Zhou's face was gloomy, and he didn't explain to Li Bi why he hoped to hold out until dark, but just ordered a reserve team to go out immediately, pour fire oil on all the military tents in the camp, pile up bundles of grass and prepare to burn, and then called the remaining few thousand generals to the front, showed a lottery holder and shook it, and said in a hoarse voice: "There are three red sticks in it, whoever draws the red stick, who is responsible for leading the army at night." In the future, I promise that the reward you deserve will be delivered to your family. ”

Including the few thousand generals who had just been raised by the line of fire, all silently stepped forward and pulled out a bamboo stick, and the three thousand generals who were responsible for leading the army behind the palace were also quickly selected, Uncle Zhou solemnly saluted them to show his gratitude, and then ordered: "After the sky is completely dark, with the general attack war drum as a signal, you will lead the army out of the camp at the same time, launch a counter-charge to the enemy's position, and cover our remaining main force to retreat to Aocang." ”

No one asked Uncle Zhou why he retreated to Aocang, because all the Han generals present knew that although the newly built Guangwu Mountain City was strong, the space in the city was too small, and the 4,000 troops that could accommodate the insects had reached the limit, not to mention letting the Han soldiers outside the city return to the city to station.

"General Zhou......."

Only Li Bi wanted to speak and stopped, but when the words came to his mouth but he closed his mouth, Uncle Zhou saw his thoughts, so he said: "Do you want to ask, when the Western Chu thief army had not launched an attack three days ago, why didn't I move to Aocang with the army early?" ”

Li Bi nodded hurriedly, and Uncle Zhou said: "It doesn't matter if you tell you, although Aocang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the battle line is too long and it is too difficult to defend, as long as the enemy breaks through our mountain beam position, we will have no danger to defend in the warehouse, which is like fish on the anvil." Defending the Guangwu camp, although we are still bound to lose, but at least we can buy a certain amount of time, and we can also consume a lot of the enemy's strength, and then transfer to Aocang to continue to hold on, we can buy more time, and rely on the defense battle to consume more of the enemy's strength, so that when the king takes our main force back to the division to save Sanchuan, it can be much easier. ”

Li Bi woke up and nodded, and a thousand-person general who had drawn a red sign reminded: "General, the thief army will definitely prevent us from abandoning the camp and retreating to Aocang, you have to be careful." ”

"Of course I know this, and I will try to find a way to solve this problem." Uncle Zhou sighed and said, "It's a pity that Li Zuoche's old fox is by Xiang Yu's side, whether he can deceive him, I really don't have any certainty." ”

After that, Uncle Zhou did his best and quickly arranged the retreat plan for abandoning the camp that he had planned before, and then there was no other way but to silently pray that the self-army could hold out until it was dark, and his own strategy could temporarily hide from Li Zuoche.

Relying on the bloody battles of the Han army's officers and soldiers, the Han army's Guangwu battalion was still barely supported until the night, and the result was the same as Li Bi's fear, when the sky was about to get dark, the well-prepared Western Chu army and the Henan army really lit countless torches and put on a posture to continue the attack at night. And the Han army also made adjustments, first Uncle Zhou's main general banner suddenly disappeared from the camp, and then soon appeared at the head of Guangwu Mountain City, announcing that Uncle Zhou had transferred his headquarters to Guangwu City.

Seeing this scene, the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army were of course cheering, knowing that this was a signal that the Han Army was about to collapse completely, but to the surprise of the officers and soldiers of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army, the Han Army camp sang the famous song of Qin again......

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear, and have the same enmity with the son! How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd, and work with my son! How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor, and walk with my son! ”

After many years of fierce battles with the Qin army, Xiang Yu and Sima Wei and others were of course extremely familiar with this military song, combined with the fact that Uncle Zhou had withdrawn to Guangwu City, and seeing the rising fire in the Han army's camp, Xiang Yu and Sima Wei immediately blurted out: "The thief army is ready to fight to the death!" ”

"It's not about preparing for a death battle, it's about preparing for a breakout and transfer!" Li Zuoche really saw through Uncle Zhou's small abacus at a glance, and immediately said: "King of Western Chu, the thief army is fighting to the death, the breakthrough transfer is real, the foreign minister dares to use the head guarantee, Uncle Zhou's puppet is still outside the city, he wants to take his remnants of the army to the north to break through, and transfer to Aocang to lure us to continue to attack the fortification!" Please divide an army immediately, and go north to intercept it first, so as not to give the thief army a chance to break through and transfer to Aocang. ”

Although Li Zuoche's analysis was doubtful, but there were many reserve troops in his hands, Xiang Yu still did not hesitate to divide an army to go north first, and intercept it on the road leading to Aocang from the Guangwu Battalion of the Han Army. As a result, seeing the transfer of the Chu army, Uncle Zhou suddenly sighed helplessly, and muttered: "It is worthy of Li Zuoche, and he really saw through my true plan at a glance." ”

Sigh to sigh, when things came to this point, Uncle Zhou had no choice but to ride on the war horse, lift the spear, hold the spear and bow to the heavens three times, pray silently for a few words, and then shout: "Beat the drum!" Breakthrough! Transfer to Okura! ”

Hundreds of cowhide drums sounded at the same time, and the four doors of the Han army's Guangwu camp, which had been closed before, were opened in the four gates of the Han army, and the three Han army thousand people who had drawn the red lot before would first lead the army out of the west camp and launch a suicide charge to the positions of the West Chu army and the Henan army, and the West Chu army and the Henan army immediately urged the army to come forward to meet the battle. Then, before the army behind the Han army could fight with the enemy, Uncle Zhou, who was under the banner of Li Bi, had already led the soldiers of the Han army to abandon the camp and move to the north of Aocang to break through.

There is no way to describe the tragedy of the scene, the three Han army that launched a suicide charge are not satisfied with the 1,000-strong team, and as soon as they take over the battle, they are immediately surrounded by the Western Chu army and the Henan army, surrounded them and slashed and killed, and they were ruthless, not to take any prisoners, and the surrounded Han soldiers had no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the ground, so they could only grit their teeth and fight hard with the enemy with the determination to fight one by one, and strive to pull an enemy back when they were dying. However, the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Western Chu Army is too strong, and there is no geographical advantage, usually three or four or even more Han soldiers can fight out a Western Chu elite soldier, and they are soon killed all over the field by the soldiers of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army, and the blood is pouring down.

Uncle Zhou's situation was not much better, he finally rushed out of the camp, and was immediately chased by the Western Chu army, and was killed by people on their backs, corpses all over the wilderness, gritting their teeth and desperately going north, and on the way, they were intercepted by the cavalry deployed in advance by the Western Chu army, and the army that was barely condensed into a group was scattered in a blink of an eye, and fell into the dilemma of their own hard fighting.

Things have come to this point, Uncle Zhou, who put on the clothes of ordinary soldiers in advance, has no way to show no matter how many strategies he has, so he can only personally wield a spear and fight desperately with the enemy, roaring and charging towards Ao Cang, and soon the blood is full of clothes, and Zhongchuang is injured, but no matter how Uncle Zhou and his personal team fight, the Western Chu cavalry in front of him seems to never be finished, and they keep appearing in front of him.

"Brother Zhou, go quickly!"

Li Bi suddenly led a team of Han cavalry to the nearest place, desperately fighting the enemy around Uncle Zhou, shouting and urging Uncle Zhou to go quickly, Uncle Zhou also knew that love would be a good intention, gritted his teeth or charged with horses, and rushed out of the encirclement of the Western Chu cavalry under the cover of Li Bi, and fled to the direction of Ao Cang with tears in his eyes. However, Li Bi, a young general of the Han army, who refused to take off his armor and cloak for anything, was heavily surrounded by the Western Chu cavalry and never had any chance to break through.

"Xichu thief, suffer death! Die! ”

Shouting, Li Bi waved the spear in his hand like a whirlwind, picking off the Western Chu cavalry one after another, and still refused to give up after dozens of wounds, and the Han cavalry around him was also fighting less and less, and soon he was left alone surrounded by the Western Chu cavalry, Li Bi, who had long been determined to die, was not afraid, and still roared a spear and pierced the chest of a Western Chu cavalry, but at this time, a spear handle suddenly swung and smashed heavily on his head, Li Bi's eyes were dark, and he could no longer support it, and suddenly fell off the warhorse............

When Li Bi woke up, he found that he had been carried in front of a large number of civil and military officers of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army, and a silver-armored general without a right eye was still looking at him with a sneer, and said, "Zhuzi, you killed more than a dozen of my elite cavalry alone?" ”

Item...... Feather. Li Bi's voice faintly recognized Xiang Yu's identity, and asked hoarsely, "What about our General Zhou?" Has he arrived in Aocang? ”

"What do you say?" Xiang Yu sneered and said: "Almost all of the thieves you left the camp were killed and slaughtered by the king's army, can Uncle Zhou have such good luck, and can he escape to Ao Cang to continue to be a shrinking turtle?" ”

"The heavens have eyes." Li Bi smiled confidently and said with difficulty: "I believe that General Zhou will definitely be able to go to Aocang, and he will definitely be able to." ”

It was also a coincidence that at this time, a Western Chu cavalry rushed over quickly, clasped his fists on the horse and said: "King Qiyu, the banner of Uncle Zhou's puppet has appeared on Ao Cangcang City!" ”

"What?!"

Xiang Yu yelled in disbelief, but Li Bi suddenly laughed wildly as if he had taken a shot of heart booster, "I'll just say, the sky has eyes, the sky has eyes, our General Zhou, sure enough, he still retreated to Aocang!" ”

In response to Li Bi, Xiang Yu kicked him up with his own hands, smashed him on the cheek with a heavy punch, directly knocked out half of his teeth, and roared wildly with red eyes: "Shaft, there is a kind of laughter again!" ”

Li Bi didn't smile, it's not that Li Bi didn't have the guts, it was that Li Bi suddenly saw something strange, and raised his hand with difficulty, opened his five fingers, and caught a white thing falling from the sky, the tentacles were cold, and quickly melted into water. When the faces of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army Wenwu who were present changed color together, Li Bi also laughed wildly again, "It's snowing!" It's snowing! Xiang Yupifu, it's snowing! What do I see you do this time? What do I see you do? Hahahahaha! ”

With a bang, Xiang Yu's fist directly smashed the bridge of Li Bi's nose, and with another punch, Xiang Yu smashed out one of Li Bi's eyeballs, and in the third punch, Xiang Yu knocked down Li Bi's remaining teeth and upper lip of his chin, making Li Bi's mouth continue to spurt blood. But no matter how Xiang Yu beat him, and even smashed Li Bi's skull alive, he still couldn't stop the happy laughter in Li Bi's throat, let alone the snow in the sky............

At the same time, on the top of Ao Cangcang City, Uncle Zhou also knelt on the ground with a thud, shouting at Ruixue falling from the sky, roaring with tears in his eyes, "It's snowing!" It's snowing! It's finally snowing! But my God, why didn't you get snowed a day earlier? Why didn't it snow a day earlier? Otherwise, why would our losses be so great? Why is it so miserable?! ”

That night, the Han army's camp was broken, more than 10,000 defenders only more than 1,000 people escaped to Aocang, the rest were almost killed, the seriously wounded and captured were all killed by the West Chu army and the Henan army, the future star of the Han army, the young general Li Bi, was also captured and killed by Xiang Yu himself.

It was still the same night, the Central Plains was covered with snow, and the temperature dropped sharply again, and the officers and men of the Western Chu Army and the Henan Army, who had no military tents to protect themselves from the cold, also fell into the dilemma of having to fight with the soldiers of the Han Army and the ice and snow at the same time.