The sudden Dongwu emergency report doomed the Han army to seize the fighter that appeared in advance, break through the camp of the Western Chu army in the case of serious lack of preparation, and completely grasp the victory of the Zhao battlefield, and then free up their hands to deal with the reinforcements of the Western Chu army led by Xiang Yu personally, and if this cannot be done, then perhaps two days later, the Zhao battlefield will have absolutely unfavorable changes for the Han army, and the chess game won by the Han army on the northern front may also be overturned by the Western Chu army in one fell swoop.

To a certain extent, Xiang Guan and others were too impulsive to initiate a mutiny, that is, their time to start was earlier than the Han army estimated, resulting in the Han army not preparing for a decisive battle before this, so that it was clear that the camp of the Western Chu army had undergone a huge change, and the Han army could not quickly move out and join the battlefield at the first time to take advantage of the fire, and at the same time, Xiang Guan and others took into account the reaction of the Qi army in advance and did it right, giving the Qi army time to prepare for the war in advance. There was also an opportunity to intercept the Han army, which also gave the Western Chu army hope to make up for its losses and resolve misunderstandings.

The dawn of the Western Chu army is still becoming more and more obvious, after the Han army's hastily dispatched 5,000 former troops were stopped by the Qi army in the distance of the battlefield, and the follow-up Han army was still in a hurry to the north, Zhou Yin urgently sent the herald soldiers, and the generals of the Western Chu army, who were still loyal to Zhou Yin, also acted according to the order, led the army to retreat temporarily, stopped the attack on Xiang Guan's rebels, and proved to Xiang Guan with practical actions the sincerity of Zhou Yin's hope for peace talks, and also made the scale of the melee in the Western Chu military camp shrink rapidly. The tragic internecine fighting quickly decreased, and it also gave the various units of the Western Chu Army the opportunity to reorganize their ranks and resume their formation.

At this time, the mediation envoy sent by Tian Bu, the commander of the Qi army, also got in touch with Xiang Guan, and tried his best to persuade Xiang Guan to act calmly on behalf of Tian Bu, give Zhou Yin a chance to explain and prove his innocence, and not to continue to fire and go down to cheapen the upcoming Han army in vain. And Xiang Guanyi knew very well the truth that the snipe and clam were competing for the benefit of the fisherman, and the second was that he saw that the army of the Western Chu army loyal to Zhou Yin stopped attacking according to the request, and after weighing it for a while, he also gritted his teeth and ordered the army loyal to him to stop the attack, and agreed to start face-to-face negotiations with Zhou Yin.

Immediately afterwards, surrounded by a team of personal soldiers with torches, Zhou Yin, who had been wounded before, also boarded the south gate of the Chinese army camp of the Western Chu Army, shouted loudly to identify himself, and asked Xiang Guan to come over to meet him and answer, Xiang Guan also soon came to the vicinity of the south gate of the Chinese army under the protection of a team of personal soldiers, and met with Zhou Yin in front of the two armies.

"General Xiang, misunderstanding, it's really just a misunderstanding!"

Holding the last vestige of illusions about Xiang Yu, and for the sake of his family in the rear of Xichu, Zhou Yin shouted loudly as soon as he saw Xiang Guan approaching, and shouted with grievances: "Ben Shuai can swear to the sky, if Ben Shuai has two hearts for the king, please send thunder and fire from heaven now, knock me to pieces, and let me die without a place to bury." You suspect that Ben Shuai and the Han thief secretly colluded, and planned to surrender Xiang Kang and betray the thief to seek glory, you really wronged Ben Shuai. ”

"Don't say those pretty things!" Xiang Guan shouted: "Since you have no dissent, then why did you meet the envoy of the Han thief twice or three times?" What is this not dissenting thoughts? ”

"General Xiang Guan, wronged!" Zhou Yin shouted again and said: "There is something wrong with me to meet the envoy of the Han thief, but I have no way, since ancient times, the two countries have been fighting each other, and if we don't kill the envoy, we also need to keep the envoy in contact with the Han thief, and their envoy will contact us, how can Ben Shuai not ask what the situation is?" ”

"Besides, the Han thief has sent an envoy three times, and you sent someone to beat him away twice, I didn't say anything, the second time you were not in our camp, Ben Shuai only read the letter sent by the Han thief envoy, and did not meet with the Han thief envoy, please General Xiang Guan think about it, if Ben Shuai really has a different heart, why didn't he take the opportunity to meet with the Han thief envoy that time? Why would you allow you to make decisions for me and let our soldiers knock the thief envoys out of the camp? ”

"How do I know if you're acting for me?" Xiang Guan asked angrily, "How do I know that you didn't secretly contact the Han thieves behind my back?" ”

"So you know now, right?" Zhou Yin said helplessly: "If I really have different intentions, why would I agree to your request and let our army stop attacking you?" And why don't you push the boat down the river and deceive our soldiers to continue besieging your army? ”

Xiang Guan finally closed his mouth, and finally regained a little trust in Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin hurriedly said again: "Brother Xiang Guan, since I have proved that there is no dissent, then we can resolve the misunderstanding now, right?" Don't worry, I also know that you are doing this because of your loyalty to the king, so I will never care about it, and when I come to the king, I will definitely speak for you, and ask the king not to pursue tonight's affairs. ”

"Brother Xiang Guan, is it okay?" Zhou Yin said loudly again: "Now please return to the camp with your army immediately, seize the time to regroup the team, prepare to defend the camp, and then continue to obey my orders and commands, we will work together to repel the army of the Han thieves first, and then discuss other matters?" ”

Xiang Guan was a little hesitant, and his brother-in-law Zhou Ji hurriedly ran up from behind, and whispered beside him: "General, we must prevent Zhou Yin's puppet from using the strategy of delaying the army, first deceive us into retreating, and then wait for the Han thief's brigade to arrive, and then suddenly attack, and take his comrades to meet the Han thief and kill our camp." The only way now is to ask him to temporarily hand over the military power, let you temporarily take over our army, and only when the thieves are killed can we really rest assured of him. ”

As soon as Xiang Guan heard this, he hurriedly said Zhou Ji's suggestion loudly, asking Zhou Yin to temporarily hand over the military power to himself, Zhou Yin was of course furious when he heard it, and roared: "General Xiang, you don't want to get an inch!" Tonight, you suddenly instigated the army to become chaotic, almost killing Ben Shuai, Ben Shuai didn't pursue you enough, you even kicked your nose in the face, asked Ben Shuai to hand over the military power, if this Shuai promised you, how will you command the troops in the future? How to convince the public? ”

"Only then will General Ben believe you!" Xiang Guan replied loudly, and took out the copy of Xiang Yu's warrant from his arms, and said loudly: "And this general asked you to hand over the military power, and he also acted on the orders of the king!" See? This is our king's handwritten warrant, so that this general can take over your military power if necessary, and now our army is in chaos, and I can't be sure if you are using a delaying tactic to buy time for the Han thief brigade, so you must temporarily hand over the military power seal to me temporarily! ”

"What?" Zhou Yin was taken aback and blurted out: "The king's handwritten warrant, where did you come from?" ”

"You don't care about it!" Xiang Guan replied proudly and said loudly: "If you don't believe it, call someone you trust to come down and see if this is our king's handwritten warrant!" ”

"General, you can't show him!"

Zhou Ji next to him was shocked and it was too late to stop him, Xiang Guan had already said it quickly, and then Xiang Guan turned around and asked suspiciously, "Why can't you show him?" ”

"Have you forgotten that the king wrote a warrant to ask you to kill Zhou Yin and take over the military power?" Zhou Ji hurriedly said: "Zhou Yin Pifu saw that the king allowed you to kill him, if you don't want to, you have to rebel!" ”

Xiang Guan woke up, and suddenly regretted it, and what made Xiang Guan and Zhou Ji secretly complain was still behind, Zhou Yin said loudly after a little calculation on the camp: "Okay, Ben Shuai wants to take a look, does the king really have such a warrant?" ”

After that, Zhou Yin really sent a personal soldier he trusted to go down the base, and came to Xiang Guan's front to watch Xiang Yu's warrant for himself, Xiang Guan was also in a hurry, and hurriedly whispered to the personal soldier sent by Zhou Yin: "Go back and tell Zhou Yin, just say that you can see clearly, it is indeed the king's handwritten warrant, and I want me to take over his military power if necessary, after tonight, I will reward you with 3,000 gold, and also named you Langzhong, do you understand?" ”

The personal soldiers sent by Zhou Yin were stunned, and then nodded, Xiang Guan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly turned the back of Xiang Yu's warrant upward, pretending to let Zhou Yin's personal soldiers watch, during which he repeatedly told him that he must not tell the truth, and then let the Zhou Yin personal soldier return to the base and go back to report to Zhou Yin in person......

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At this time, more than 10,000 people from the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army, which had been dispatched urgently, had become the second army to rush to the vicinity of the camp of the Western Chu Army, and joined the Han Army Wang Ling's Department who had rushed to the scene before, and then according to Uncle Zhou's order, the Wang Ling Division, which had been resting for a little time, immediately strode forward and attacked the left flank of the Qi army arrayed outside the Western Chu military camp with torches, and the Insect Da hurriedly reorganized the army and prepared to join the battlefield to help the Han army.

"Kill!" Wang Ling, who led the army to charge, shouted with red eyes, "Break through the Qi thief formation and open our way to march!" ”

"Hold your ground! Defend the battle line and buy time for our allies! ”

The left wing of the Qi army, which bore the brunt of the formation, soon sounded the roar of the Qi generals, and the soldiers of the left wing of the Qi army, who had already formed a dense circle formation, grasped their weapons one by one and stood firmly in formation......

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At the same time, Zhou Yin's personal soldiers had also returned to the Chinese army camp of the Western Chu Army, and the result was that Xiang Guan was absolutely mad, after meeting with Zhou Yin, the pro-soldier who saw the order actually told Zhou Yin the truth, and said in a low voice: "Da Sima, General Xiang only showed the villain the back of the letter, and asked the villain to lie to you that he saw the king's real warrant, and promised to reward the villain with 3,000 gold after the matter was completed, and the official was named Langzhong!" ”

"Good." Zhou Yin gritted his teeth and said, "I will reward you with 6,000 gold, you can go to the back account to receive it now!" From now on, as long as I am still in power, you will be my deputy! ”

The soldiers hurriedly thanked him, but Zhou Yin quickly calculated again, and said secretly: "Why did Xiang Guan's puppet lie to me? If he really had the king's warrant, there was no need to do this? And why are you lying to me? ”

At this time, Xiang Guan shouted under the base again, and said loudly: "Da Sima, you already know the content of the king's warrant, right?" Now you can hand over the military power to me temporarily, right? You can rest assured, as long as you have repelled the attack of the Han thieves after tonight, it has been proved that you really have no dissenting intentions, and as soon as the Han thieves leave, the last general will immediately return the military power seal to you! ”

"No matter what Xiang Guanxiaoer wants to deceive Ben Shuai, the purpose must be to be unfavorable to Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai must not be fooled into handing over the military power!"

Zhou Yin also came to a conclusion at the same time, and said with a roll of his eyes: "Brother Xiang Guan, the content of the warrant is known to Ben Shuai, but whether the king's warrant is true or false, Ben Shuai is still not sure, so I still can't risk handing over the military power to you!" Again, you first retreat to your camp, reorganize the army, and when we kill the Han thieves, the commander verifies that the king's warrant is not false, and immediately hands over the military power to you, and obeys your command from now on! ”

"Bold! There is a warrant from the king, and you still dare to resist the order? Xiang Guan roared.

"Then take the warrant! As long as the commander verifies that the warrant is not fake, he will immediately hand over the military power to you! ”

Zhou Yin's answer made Xiang Guan dumbfounded, if he didn't hand over the warrant, Zhou Yin would not hand over the military power, and handed over the warrant, so that Zhou Yin could see that Xiang Yu ordered himself to kill Zhou Yin on the warrant, and no one could predict the consequences, the chicken or the egg first, the egg or the chicken, how to solve this problem, Xiang Guan was really at a loss......

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Or at this time, the Han army led by Wang Ling has rushed to the left flank of the Qi army, and the Qi army soldiers launched a fierce hand-to-hand battle, the morale of the Han army is high and the support is sufficient, and the rush to kill is naturally extremely fierce and fierce, and the Qi army takes advantage of the formation and defense and relatively sufficient preparations, with the favorable defense of the circle formation, it is also a sound and impressive fight, and the Han army is in full swing outside the Western Chu military camp, and it is difficult to separate.

Immediately afterwards, Tao Xi, the general of the Han army, also led 10,000 soldiers of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army who rushed to the vicinity of the battlefield, and the insect Da, who had been in front of Xiang Kang for who led the army to attack Julu first and Tao Xi, who was blushing and thick-necked, did not say half a word of nonsense, but just sent someone to say hello to Tao Xi, so that Tao Xi could seize the time to reorganize the team and be responsible for the escort, and then immediately led the men and horses of the headquarters to launch a charge attack on the right flank of the Qi army's position.

Seeing this scene, Tian Be, the commander of the Qi army in the middle of the army, was of course so anxious that he had to send envoys into the camp again to contact Zhou Yin, Xiang Guan and others, asking Zhou Yin and Xiang Guan to reach a reconciliation as soon as possible and take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the camp by himself - otherwise, when more Han army rear teams arrived, the main force of the Qi army would also have to fall in!

Seeing that the situation was indeed too critical, Xiang Guan, who was in a stalemate with Zhou Yin, had no choice but to change his words and ask a few of his cronies how to solve the problem of chicken or egg first? Xiang Guan's dead party Dongfang Luo, who was quite decisive, quickly weighed the pros and cons for a moment, and could only quickly answer: "General, there is no way, we can only make concessions temporarily, first according to Zhou Yin's request, withdraw the army to our camp to reorganize the team, and first join forces with Zhou Yin to defend our camp." ”

"Listen to him? What if this is his delaying tactic? Xiang Guan asked in surprise, and Zhou Ji and Pang Yan next to him also immediately objected.

"At this point, we have to gamble." Dongfang Luo said in a low voice: "If you don't listen to him, continue to stalemate like this, once the brigade of the Han thieves arrives, defeats the Qi army that is inferior to us in combat effectiveness, and attacks our camp, our camp will not be able to hold it, and the consequences will only be more unimaginable." So the only way, we can only gamble, bet that we really misunderstood Zhou Yin! Bet he'll join us in holding the camp! ”

Xiang Guan hesitated, and the envoy of the Qi army urged repeatedly, asking Xiang Guan and Zhou Yin to reach a settlement as soon as possible, Xiang Guan had no choice, and he couldn't think of any good way to solve the current thorny problem, so he could only say loudly to Zhou Yin on the camp: "Okay, I'll listen to you!" I'll leave now, but Da Sima, the last general must remind you that your parents, wife, and children are still in Wu Land, and you have to think about them! ”

After saying it loudly, Xiang Guan gritted his teeth and waved his hand, and finally issued an order to retreat, Xiang Guan's chaotic army acted according to the order, and immediately withdrew to Xiang Champion's camp to reorganize the team, Zhou Yin had a gloomy face on the camp, and said secretly in his heart: "Xiang Guan Xiaoer, why don't you let Ben Shuai see Xiang Yu's warrant?" Did he fabricate the warrant? Impossible, if he fabricated Xiang Yu's warrant and caused such a big turmoil, even if he was Xiang Yu's cousin, Xiang Yu's puppet would definitely kill him? ”

It would be good if Xiang Guan could retreat earlier, if he could retreat earlier, and let the other teams of the Western Chu army who were watching him immediately enter the position and take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the camp on their own, then the Qi army could quickly withdraw to their camp and defend it by relying on the cover of the Chinese army that was not covered by the enemy, even if there were some losses, it would not be too big. However, it is a pity that Xiang Guan made this decision a little late, and when he withdrew from the Chinese army camp with the army loyal to him, the Tao Xi Department of the Han Army had already completed the pre-battle preparations and launched a charge attack on the Chinese position of the Qi army......

"Good news, General! Good news! Zhou Yin and Xiang Guan have already reached a negotiation, and the Western Chu army is guarding the camp, so we don't need to help them guard the camp outside! ”

"Good bird news!"

After all, he is from Shandong, and his mouth is a typical Shandong swear language, pointing to the Han soldiers who have rushed to the front of his Chinese army, Tian is so anxious that his eyes are red, and he roars wildly: "The Han thieves have already rushed up, how can we retreat?" Now that Mingjin retreats, our army will soon collapse completely, and it is no wonder if half of it does not die! Immediately go and contact Zhou Yin again, and ask him to send troops from the West Gate to help us catch the Han thieves and cover our retreat back to the camp! Quick, right away, the thief is coming again! ”

Even more so that Tian wanted to cry without tears is still behind, the envoy of the Qi army rushed back to the camp of the Western Chu army to ask Zhou Yin for help, not only the fire in the distance in the south was soaring, there were countless Han soldiers in the queue to kill, in the neighboring Julu City, the Han army general Lu Kuang hurriedly took 4,000 troops out of the city, and was very cunning did not rush to join the battlefield directly, and chose to line up on the road that the Qi army must pass back to the camp, which not only increased the difficulty of the Qi army's return to the camp, but also took on the task of intercepting the Qi army after the army left the camp.

The camp of the Chinese army has always been on the high ground, Zhou Yin is in the Western Chu military camp, of course, he sees the situation on the battlefield outside very clearly, and he also knows that at this time, he should send troops to help the Qi army and help the main force of the Qi army withdraw to their camp, but when he subconsciously calculated the candidate to lead the army to attack, Zhou Yin's heart was extremely hesitant, and he said secretly: "Is it the army that listens to me?" Or send the little vertical man with the crown to take the army out? ”

It was only when the envoy of the Qi army ran to the front and pleaded that Zhou Yin made up his mind and ordered: "Give Xu Xun an order, and ask him to lead the men and horses of his headquarters and the two armies of Guo Tong and Xu Twist to attack from the west gate, attack the back of the Han thieves, and cover the retreat of our Qi friendly troops back to the camp!" ”

The order was conveyed, and none of the three generals of the Western Chu Army named by Zhou Yin were not angry and gritted their teeth, and none of them were not scolding in their stomachs, "Zhou Yin's husband!" You're communiquéing your personal vendetta! We didn't listen to your orders just now, and we chose to be temporarily neutral when we helped your sworn friend attack Xiang Guan's back, so you deliberately sent us out of the camp to die now, didn't you? ”

What's even worse is still to come, after a little calculation, Xu Xun, who is the general of the Western Chu Army, not only did not immediately lead the army to attack, but instead sent people to contact Xiang Guan, asking Xiang Guan to make a decision on whether his army would attack according to the order!