Although there has been an agreement a long time ago, it has been said that the remnants of the Western Chu army are responsible for covering the battlefield of the north gate of Julu, and when the Han army sends troops to attack the north gate, it will send troops to share the pressure for the Zhao army, but during the battle of the East Gate, the Western Chu army naturally has to pay close attention to the movements of the battlefield at the east gate, and at the same time, at the strong request of Xiang Guan, Zhou Yin also organized an army to assemble early, ready to share the pressure for the Qi and Zhao army.

The reason why Xiang Guan put forward this proposition was, of course, that after the Qi and Zhao army was finished or suffered heavy losses, the northern line corps of the Western Chu Army, which was already greatly injured, would be even more isolated and helpless, and there was no hope of holding out until Xiang Yu personally raised troops to save the Julu battlefield.

It is precisely because of this that seeing that the Han army successfully attacked the head of the east gate of Julu, and saw that the Qi army attacked unfavorably, and was dragged into the melee of attrition by the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han army, Xiang Guan immediately made a suggestion to Zhou Yin, asking Zhou Yin to immediately send troops to help the Qi army, make every effort to reverse the field situation, and also indirectly reinforce the Zhao army that was fighting hard at the head of the city.

However, it is a pity that Zhou Yin has his own plans, considering that the vitality of the Western Chu army has been greatly damaged after being heavily damaged, even if it is reluctant to attack, it may not be able to reverse the situation, and there are some personal factors, Zhou Yin did not immediately agree, and said to Xiang Guan: "Calm down, don't be in a hurry, the Qi army still has a lot of spare strength, see the situation clearly first." ”

Zhou Yin only temporarily appeased Xiang Guan, who was in a hurry to fight, with the rescue of the rear army of Qi was unfavorable, the situation of the Qi army out of the camp became more and more critical, Xiang Guan was even more anxious and stomped his feet, and repeatedly said to Zhou Yin: "Da Sima, we can't hesitate any longer, the situation of the camp army of the Qi army is critical, if we don't help, the camp army of Qi will be in danger of being completely dispersed, and then the Qi army will also be greatly injured, and our situation will definitely be even worse." ”

Or after thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Yin asked Xiang Guan: "What if we also attack unfavorably?" We have already suffered heavy losses before, and if we take the risk and suffer losses, how will we fight next? ”

"Gotta gamble!" Xiang Guan replied categorically, and said: "The current situation is that our Chu Qi and Zhao armies are dependent on each other, if we don't go all out to rescue each other, it will only allow the Han thieves to take the opportunity to break us all, if the Qi Zhao army does not save us when they see death, even if we keep the rest of the army, there is absolutely no way to block the attack of the Han thieves alone." ”

Zhou Yin, who was quietly playing his own small abacus, still did not immediately relent, but at this time, the commander of the Qi army, Tianbe, suddenly sent a messenger, asking Zhou Yin to quickly send troops to help, and the Qi army outside the camp broke through and fled, and other generals of the Western Chu army also spoke one after another, all thinking that the Western Chu army should send troops immediately, Zhou Yin saw that it was difficult to disobey the public's will, and he didn't dare to show his selfishness too explicitly, so he could only reluctantly nod and said: "Okay, just bother General Xiang Guan to lead the army to attack and rescue the Qi army outside the camp." ”

Xiang Guan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ran away, leading 10,000 soldiers of the Western Chu Army who had been gathering momentum for a long time to stride out of the camp, bypassing the northeast corner of Julu City, and directly reinforcing the battlefield outside the Qi army camp in a critical situation, the other generals of the Western Chu Army also stretched their necks one by one, nervously watching Xiang Guan's attack, Zhou Yin was uneasy in his heart, and said secretly: "No way, no matter whether this attack can rescue the trapped Qi army or not, this commander will definitely further offend Xiang Kang's traitor, if that traitor swears to kill me in a fit of anger, Ben Shuai has no way out. ”

Not to mention, after all, it is a skinny camel that is bigger than a horse, although the Western Chu army has been hit hard and its vitality has been greatly damaged, but the combat effectiveness of the Western Chu soldiers is there after all, so after Xiang Guan led the army to attack, he immediately shared the huge pressure on the Qi army outside the camp, forcing the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army to immediately divide its troops to meet it, and could no longer besiege the Qi army outside the camp with all its strength.

The battle outside the Qi army camp also became more intense, the Han army Zhong Liwu who was blocking in front of the Qi army camp desperately blocked, and at the same time dealt with the two Qi army enemies inside and outside the camp, the main force led by Zheng Bu himself was also divided into two ways, one team struggled to meet the Western Chu army, one team went all out to slash and kill the Qi army outside the camp that had not had time to withdraw to the camp, the Qi army and the West Chu army also fought for the breakthrough and rescue, the three forces and six armies were all sacrificing their lives to fight, the melee was dark, and the sun and moon were dark.

Seeing this scene, in order to prevent emergencies and ensure the victory of his own army, Xiang Kang could only temporarily adjust his tactics, quickly transferred 5,000 troops from Zhou Shu's corps to the north, rushed to reinforce Zheng Bu's corps, and decisively used the Han army's ace heavy armor soldiers brought from the Puyang battlefield, and rushed into the battlefield with the heavy armor soldiers as the vanguard, directly impacting the dense crowd of Qi troops outside the camp.

The trump card battle is naturally extraordinary, accompanied by a series of primitive grenades to open the way, all the Han army heavy armor soldiers wearing iron armor are like a sharp blade stabbed into the tofu, straight into the dense crowd of the Qi army outside the camp, do not block or hide and let the Qi soldiers stab the steel armor on their bodies with bronze weapons, fiercely wielding steel knives and steel spears just to greet the enemy, bronze weapons stabbed in the iron armor of the Han army heavy armor of course had little effect, almost impossible to hurt the body of the Han soldiers under the iron armor, The steel weapons of the heavy armored soldiers of the Han army can easily penetrate the leather armor and leather helmets of the Qi soldiers, and kill the Qi soldiers to the point of falling flowers and flowing water, screaming endlessly, and the rear army of the Han army took the opportunity to rush up and help the heavy armored soldiers tear a cut in the crowd of the Qi army, and then tear the Qi soldiers outside the camp in half.

After successfully tearing apart the Qi army outside the camp, the situation of the Han army naturally regained the absolute upper hand, first Zhong Liwu, who was responsible for interception, greatly reduced the pressure, and then Zhang Zhong led the Han army's heavy armor to turn around and go east, impacting the most critical situation of the eastern Qi army, Zheng Bujun officers and soldiers also took the opportunity to strengthen the offensive, killing the eastern enemy all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, but in a moment it completely defeated the enemy in the east, and then concentrated his forces to the west, impacting the Qi army outside the camp close to the Western Chu army, and also impacting the Western Chu army that ventured out of the camp to rescue.

Seeing such a situation on the high ground in the self-army camp, Zhou Yin was of course cold in his heart, knowing that the operation of the self-army to rescue the Qi army was destined to be difficult to succeed, the fiasco of the Qi army outside the camp was a foregone conclusion, and the self-army would definitely suffer a lot of losses, and then Zhou Yin couldn't help muttering in a low voice, and said secretly: "Stealing chickens doesn't lead to rice, and offending Xiang Kang'er again in vain." ”

At this time, a personal soldier suddenly came to Zhou Yin, presented a white silk in front of Zhou Yin, and said in a low voice: "Da Sima, the Han thief has just sent someone to send it, please be sure to see it yourself." ”

took the white silk and quickly read the letter of persuasion written by Xiang Kang himself, Zhou Yin couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, and couldn't help but say in his heart again: "There is still hope, Xiang Kang Xiao'er didn't blame me, I still have a choice." ”

At this time, seeing that the victory in the northern battlefield was basically decided, Xiang Kang also ordered the Han army general Ling Jing to lead the army to attack and strengthen the offensive against the east gate of Julu.

There are friendly troops in the city to respond, Ling Jing's ant battle is naturally much easier, but in a moment, one after another flying ladders on the head of the giant deer city, the Han army shouted and stepped on the ladder, struggling to kill the enemy in the city, although the Zhao soldiers on the city wall also had all their strength to resist, smashing countless stone ash bottles to the Han soldiers who were climbing the ladder, but they were never able to block the brave impact of the Han soldiers, plus the insect army was also desperately rushing to the city, and the Han soldiers still rushed to the head of the giant deer city one after another. It has opened up a large area of new occupation space.

The offensive of the Han army was too fierce, the defenders of the east gate of the Zhao army could only retreat to the area of the city head position of the inner city gate, relying on the help of the friendly troops under the city, and fully defended the steps leading to the inside of the urn city and the inner city of Julu, the commander of the Zhao army, Gan Gong, also transferred almost all the reserves to the east gate for reinforcements, while constantly going to the city for reinforcements, while constantly killing the Han army in the city from the north and south gates, the corpses of the two soldiers on the city head position were densely packed, almost covering the city road.

Not only rushed fiercely, the Han army also fought very smart, the Han army trebuchet lined up outside the city saw the opportunity, and began to throw boulders to the north and south of the east gate of Julu, killing and injuring a large number of Zhao soldiers who tried to finch the Han army At the same time, they also shared the pressure on the Han soldiers on the city wall, and at the same time, the Han soldiers on the city wall used the ropes left by the enemy to constantly tie the ropes into the urn city, carrying and blocking the sandbags and earth stones on the urn city road, and responding to the collision car to impact the urn city gate, and the urn city wall section in addition to the west of the Zhao army. Almost all of them were captured by the Han army in Dengcheng.

Huge cheers came from the north, representing that the Han army had completely defeated the Qi army outside the camp, killing the Western Chu army in defeat and fleeing, encouraged by the victory on the battlefield outside the city, the Han army soldiers of course rushed to kill more fiercely and resolutely, killing the Zhao army even more defeated and retreating, ghosts crying wolves. The Zhao army has an army of more than 30,000 people in the city, but because of the narrow space in the city, the troops cannot be deployed at all, and they are affected by the psychological defeat of friendly forces, so they are even more unable to launch a counterattack.

When the Western Chu army was driven back to their camp, the cheers of the Han soldiers also sounded in front of the gate of the Julu Urn City, and the city gate was wide open, and the crowd of Han soldiers and soldiers who were crowded under the city suddenly found an outlet, and immediately poured into the urn city like a tide, and then took the steps up, and joined forces with the Han army in the city to pinch the Zhao army team that was guarding the steps, and the Zhao army suffered from the enemy on its back, and the situation was naturally more critical.

The situation report was in front of Zhang Er, and Zhang Er, whose eyes were already red, was so anxious that his eyes almost burst into flames, so he had to quickly send a messenger out of the city from the north gate to ask for help from the Western Chu army and the Qi army, and shouted in despair: "Tell Zhou Yin and Tianbu, please send the army out of the camp no matter what, attack the flank of the Han thieves outside the city, and help us share the pressure, otherwise, as soon as the inner gate is broken, the giant deer will be completely finished!" ”

It's a pity that although the messenger of the Zhao army who ventured out of the city quickly sent the news of asking for help to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin categorically refused to continue to send troops, and said: "You have also seen the situation just now, we will only send troops to death in vain, we can only ask you to hold on to yourself, and wait until it is completely dark and the Han thieves are tired, so we can find an opportunity to send troops." ”

The same is true on the Qi army's side, even Yu Ling's fellow villagers and soldiers said to him: "We can't go out to die anymore, we can only let the Zhao army defend until it gets dark, and the physical strength of the Han army has seriously decreased, revealing flaws, so we can send troops to gamble again, otherwise if we send troops now, we will only fail miserably as just now!" ”

"What if the Zhao army can't hold that time?" Yu Ling hurriedly asked.

"Then go all out to defend the high ground outside the city and continue to wait for reinforcements from the King of Western Chu." The fellow villagers replied very directly, and said: "No matter how powerful the Han thief trebuchet is, it is impossible to smash the stone to the mountain under the mountain, the north of the giant deer is close to Daze, and the water network is dense, it is difficult for the Han thief to completely cut off our water source, relying on the grain sent to the mountain by the Zhao army before, we still hope to hold on to that time." ”

After Yu Ling told Tian Bu that the words of his fellow villagers were his own opinions, Tian Bu, who had been killed by the Han army, also thought so, and immediately nodded yes, and also categorically asked Zhang Er to let the self-army immediately send troops to rescue, and in turn asked Zhao Jun to defend with all his strength and stay up until it was dark and then see the opportunity to act.

In fact, at this time, it was already more than half of the Shen time in the afternoon, and there were only two or three hours left before dark, the Zhao army was not completely hopeless, but it was a pity that the Achilles' heel of the elite soldiers of the Zhao army was completely exposed at this time, with a large number of Han soldiers going to the city, the Zhao army, which had completely lost its condescending advantage, could only rely on flesh and blood to carry the Han army to attack, and was attacked by the Han army that rushed into the urn city, and was attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen. No matter how the generals urged, no matter how bluffing the shouts, the Zhao soldiers on the city wall were always retreating, gradually giving up the position space on the north and south, and gradually giving up the key position of holding the steps of the city.

At the same time, among the two major corps of the Han army, which still had sufficient reserves, they jointly sent 30,000 troops to the Dongmen battlefield with food, water, and torches to reinforce the battlefield, which not only prepared for night battles in advance, but also ensured that the Han army had a sufficient number of mobile troops available.

Finally, with the cheers of the Han soldiers again, the last Zhao army team that was stuck at the top of the steps was successfully killed and dispersed by the Han army, either fled down the steps in embarrassment, or rolled directly down the city, completely giving up the west wall section of the urn city, so that the Han army completely controlled the upper end of the urn city at the east gate of the entire giant deer, and began to attack the city.

Then, something happened that made the soldiers of the Han army and the Zhao Qi Chu army unbelievable, and in the cheers, Xiang Kang's banner of the Han King actually appeared at the head of the city of Wengcheng, representing that Xiang Kang himself had come to the front line to observe the battle. Encouraged by this, the soldiers of the Han army, of course, attacked like fire, rushing from the top of the steps to the city like a tide, slashing and chopping, the offensive was extremely fierce, but in a moment they successfully captured two steps down the city, and began to attack the inner city gate Yongdao that was urgently blocked by the Zhao army with sandbags.

Seeing this scene, Gan Gong, the commander of the Zhao army, who was completely desperate, also gambled on the last bargaining chip, personally put on the battle, and led his direct army to launch a counterattack against the Han army, in a vain attempt to recapture the position in the city and buy time. However, it is a pity that the appeal and influence of Gan Gong are too far from Xiang Kang's, even if he saw his handsome banner appear on the battlefield, Zhao Sergeant was not moved at all, but watched Xiang Kang's Wang Qi continue to retreat in fear, gradually moving away from the city gate position.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, at this time, a new change suddenly occurred, without warning, the inner and outer gates of the north gate of Julu City suddenly opened one after another, and countless Zhao soldiers rushed out of the city under the leadership of Liu Jian, the guard of the north gate of the Zhao army, and rushed directly to the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army, which had been reorganized, put down his arms and surrendered, and yelled at Liu Jian at the front: "The general of the Han State, I surrendered twice before, and I was forced by Zhang Er's treachery, not that I deliberately deceived you!" I really surrender now, I really surrender to you! ”

Bai picked a big pie that suddenly fell from the sky, Zheng Bu of course laughed wildly, and immediately divided his troops into the city, and directly entered Julu City from the city gate opened by Liu Jian, and became the first Han army team to rush into Julu City, but of course this point also made the Han army's main siege force Zhou Shu's corps almost vomit blood, and even Uncle Zhou, who has a more generous personality, couldn't help but shout: "Zheng Bu, Zhong Liwu, you are too good at picking ready-made cheap!" ”

The sudden rebellion of Liu Jian, the guard of the north gate, not only completely shattered the last hope of the Zhao army's stubborn resistance, but also made Zhang Er, Gan Gong and others and the Zhao army completely turned into a turtle in the urn, the north gate was lost, the east gate was also controlled by the Han army, and the southwest two gates were blocked by the Zhao army itself, and it was impossible to re-dredge in a short period of time, completely desperate, the desperate Zhao soldiers could only lay down their arms and surrender, plus Xiang Kang judged the situation and immediately ordered the Han soldiers to shout the slogan of surrender and not killing, The soldiers of the Zhao army naturally surrendered faster and more, and the soldiers of the Han army took the opportunity to step up their actions, and soon dredged the inner door that the Zhao army hastily blocked, and directly opened the inner door from the inside.

Seeing such a situation on the high ground, the completely desperate Qi Chu army of course also completely dispelled the idea of sending troops to rescue again, and had to start preparing for the next step of the garrison battle in advance, but the Zhao army commander Gan Gong in Julu City refused to give up, and hurriedly protected Zhang Er with the army that could still be restrained, and once tried to break through from the north gate of the city, but there was no way, the Han army had already held the north gate of Julu, and the Zhao army was killed and retreated several times, and at the same time, there were fewer and fewer soldiers around Gan Gong and Zhang Er and others.

In the end, he was really helpless, Zhang Er had to make up his mind in a hurry, and howled and cried and ordered Gan Gong and the others: "Quick, tie me up, take me to Xiang Kang, only in this way can you have hope of living!" ”

"Enxiang, the last general will wait until death to swear not to do such unrighteous things!" Gan Gong and the others wept and replied.

"It's not unrighteousness!" Zhang Er stomped his feet and cried, "I am not only here to keep you alive, but also for my son!" Now only by surrendering to Xiang Kang can he spare my son's life!" If I resist you to the end, Xiang Kang will definitely not spare my son! ”

It was the second watch of the night, after ordering his subordinates to tie himself up, Zhao Xiang Zhang Er, who had held the power of Zhao for many years, finally came to Xiang Kang in front of him crying and surrendered, and said that he deserved to die as soon as he met, and was willing to accept any punishment from Xiang Kang, and only asked Xiang Kang to spare his son Zhang Ao's life for the sake of God's virtue of a good life. Xiang Kang replied lightly, and said: "Don't worry, this king has never been a person who kills indiscriminately, since you can know to repent at the last moment, of course this king will not kill your son, and will spare you a life." ”

In the end, because of Chen Ping's recommendation, Xiang Kang also appointed Zhang Er's chief of staff Wei Wuzhi as the Zong Zhengcheng of the Han army on the spot, so as to buy the hearts of Wei people who still miss Xinlingjun very much, and also appease Zhao to surrender civil and military by the way, so that the Han army can surrender and seize other Zhao land and cities in the next step.