Although it is a pity to miss an opportunity to severely damage and even annihilate Liu Laosan's main force, but after Liu Laosan shamelessly threw down the Western Chu Army's partial division, the Han army still completely reversed the passive situation on the southern front battlefield, and the Western Chu Army's partial division, which originally had the hope of containing the Han army on the southern front for a long time, was suddenly in an extremely passive state, and it was very difficult to retreat.

Under such background conditions, Gongao, who commanded the partial division of the Western Chu army, could only make a wise choice, while organizing the army to defend the camp, while sending people back to the main battlefield of Xingyang to ask for help, asking the main force of the Western Chu army to divide troops to reinforce him, or to respond to the retreat of his own army.

Of course, the situation on the side of the Han army was completely opposite, and as soon as it was confirmed that the Nanyang army had fled far away, Long He and Zheng Bu immediately made a statement to Xiang Kang, suggesting that they should seize the time to launch an attack, break through the camp of the Western Chu division before the arrival of enemy reinforcements, and completely annihilate the remaining enemy on the southern front. - Of course, the certainty is not very large.

To the surprise of Long He and Zheng Bu, after careful consideration, Xiang Kang not only did not take their suggestions, but also asked them: "General Long, General Zheng, if we go all out to attack the camp of the Western Chu thief army, are we sure that we will break through the camp and annihilate them before their reinforcements arrive?" ”

"This ......." Long Ji and Zheng Bu didn't dare to play this guarantee, so they could only answer honestly: "The grasp is not very big, it can only be said that I try my best to fight." ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and then asked Long He and Zheng Bu: "If you are now in the position of my elder brother King of Western Chu, and see that the Gongao soldiers are in danger of being annihilated by our southern front division, what will you do?" Is it to increase the southern front and continue to confront our Songshan area? Or did you send reinforcements to save Gongao? ”

After a few words of deliberation in a low voice, Zheng Bu replied: "King, if we are now in the position of the king of Western Chu, we will definitely choose to save Gongaoying." The reason is also very simple, without the help of the Nanyang Army to transport grain and grass, if the Western Chu thief army wants to continue to confront us in the Songshan area, it can only transport grain and grass from the north of Yingchuan to the Songshan battlefield to supply the army, not only the road is long, but also an ordinary road, there is no waterway to follow, and it is very difficult to transport, which is very unfavorable to the long-term confrontation. ”

"Then there is no need for us to fight to annihilate the partial division of the Western Chu thief army, we are not too sure, and the distance is too close, once the Western Chu thief army comes to help, we may still be able to turn victory into defeat, giving the Western Chu thief army the opportunity to take the opportunity to fight with us!"

After categorically rejecting the proposal to storm the camp of the Western Chu army, Xiang Kang said: "It's best to think of a way to use the partial division of the Western Chu thief army as a bait to lure my brother to come over with the main force of the Western Chu thief army and continue to confront us in the Songshan area, so that it can not only increase the consumption of grain and grass of the Western Chu thief army, but also let our main force on the Xingyang battlefield breathe a sigh of relief, so as not to fight hard and viciously one after another, and increase the casualties of our main force." ”

"The king is high, but how can we lure the main force of the Western Chu thief army to Songshan for a confrontation?" Zheng Bu asked with some concern.

"Just show my banner and let the Western Chu Thief Army know that I have arrived at the Songshan battlefield." Xiang Kang said very easily: "My brother is most eager to fight with me now, I heard that I have arrived in Songshan to command our partial division to fight, and he will definitely personally bring the main force to fight with me, so that our tactical goals can be achieved." ”

Zheng Bu and Long He were skeptical, and some of them couldn't believe that Xiang Yu could be impulsive to this point, and in order to get a chance for a decisive battle, they would pull the main force of the Western Chu army to the main battlefield that was very unfavorable to their grain transportation. However, since Xiang Kang had already made up his mind, Zheng Bu and Long, who were very convinced of Xiang Kang, did not dare to object, but in accordance with Xiang Kang's order, while officially showing Xiang Kang's banner, he divided his troops to camp behind the camp of the Western Chu army, cut off the retreat path of the partial division of the Western Chu army, and forced the main force of the Western Chu army to take action to reinforce or respond to their partial division.

Needless to say, seeing Xiang Kang's banner of the King of Han suddenly appearing in the camp of the Han Army's Cheyuanting, and hearing the slogan of Long Live the King constantly shouted by the soldiers of the Han Army, the Western Chu Army's partial divisions were of course all taken aback, and they all didn't know when Xiang Kang ran to the Songshan battlefield. At the same time, Xiang Kang also sent an envoy to publicly contact the Western Chu Army's partial division, demanding that Gongao immediately lead the Western Chu Army's partial division to lay down their arms and surrender, and threatened that if Gongao did not listen, the Han army would completely annihilate the Western Chu Army's partial division!

The situation has not yet reached the point of no return, Gongao of course categorically rejected the persuasion of the Han army envoy, and at the same time sent a fast horse back to the main battlefield of Xingyang again, reported to Xiang Yu that Xiang Kang had personally arrived at the Songshan battlefield, and asked Xiang Yu to hurry up and send reinforcements to himself.

As Xiang Kang expected, after Gong Ao's urgent report arrived in front of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu, who had only planned to send troops to meet Gong Ao's retreat, really changed his mind and temporarily decided to personally lead 60,000 elites to the south through Jingxian and rush to the Songshan battlefield to fight his scum cousin. Old man Fan, Kui Che and the others listened to the complaint, and hurriedly said: "King, don't be impulsive, Xiang Kang's rebel thief deliberately showed his banner on the Songshan battlefield, and it was clear that he wanted to lure you to the Songshan battlefield to fight with him. ”

"If that traitor doesn't fight, this king will storm his camp!" Xiang Yu's answer was full of arrogance, and he said: "This king can't do it, his temporary camp in Cheyuan Pavilion can be stronger than the camp of Aocang and Guangwu!" ”

After that, Xiang Yu resolutely refused to listen to the persuasion of Old Man Fan and Kui Che, and immediately arranged for his most trusted Cao Zhi to lead the main force to stay in the chasm camp, insisted on taking 60,000 elites to the south through Jingxian, and rushed to find his scum cousin on the mountain road violently!

Of course, Xiang Yu seriously underestimated the scout ability of the Han army, and the 60,000 elites he led had just crossed the mountains and forests south of Jingxian County, and Xiang Kang had already received a report from the Han army scouts, and then Xiang Kang did not even blink an eyelid, and immediately withdrew the Han army that surrounded the Western Chu army's partial division, and concentrated his forces on the dangerous terrain of Cheyuan Pavilion to stick to the camp, preferring to give the Western Chu army's partial division a chance to withdraw from the opportunity, rather than give Xiang Yu a chance to fight a decisive battle with himself.

Things have come to this point, originally Xiang Yu only had to take the opportunity to withdraw from Gongao's partial division, so he didn't have to confront the Han army for a long time in the Songshan area, but Xiang Yu refused to miss the opportunity to fight for a decisive battle with his scum cousin, and insisted on bringing 60,000 elites to the Songshan battlefield, meeting with his own partial division, and then without hesitation launched a frontal attack on the relatively weak Han army Cheyuanting battalion.

Under the personal command of Xiang Yu, more than 80,000 Western Chu troops on the southern front took turns to go into battle, constantly attacking the Han army's Cheyuanting camp, Xiang Kang commanded the Han army soldiers to defend to the death, relying on the geographical advantage and the fortifications to compete with his overlord cousin, even if the camp was in an emergency several times, Xiang Kang refused to take a step back, and also came to the front line many times to command and supervise the battle, so as to boost morale and boost the morale of the army.

In the end, relying on firm determination and the bloody struggle of the Han army's officers and soldiers, the Han army on the southern front always withstood the fierce attack of the Western Chu army, and persisted until there was a problem with the grain and grass supply of the Western Chu army, forcing Xiang Yu to reconsider whether to continue to fight with the Han army in Songshan, or withdraw to the chasm battlefield to provide food, and continue to attack the Han army from the front?

Xiang Yu likes to be brutal and everyone knows that during the discussion, Xiang Yu was of course more inclined to storm the Han army's Cheyuanting camp, but at this time, the bad news suddenly came, Zhao Xiang Zhang Er, who had been firmly on the side of the Western Chu army, suddenly sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that the Han army was partial to Zhou Shu's department, and had already broken the Jin Zhai coalition army in Jinyang, and at the same time killed Zhang Han, Dong Peng and Sima Xin, three loyal followers of Xiang Yu, and at the same time killed Zhang Han, Dong Fei and Sima Xin, three loyal followers of Xiang Yu, and could enter Jingcheng at any time and enter the territory of Zhao State, an ally of the Western Chu army!

Receiving this news, Xiang Yu, who was as strong as Xiang Yu, inevitably changed color on his face, and said in surprise: "How is it possible?" Uncle Zhou, who couldn't even look down on Wei Bao in Zhou City, was able to destroy the three kings of Jin Zhai at the same time so quickly?! ”

"Xiang Kang is a thief who knows people." Old man Fan sighed: "At the beginning of Pengcheng, Wei Bao drove Uncle Zhou's husband away, and Xiang Kang's rebel thief threw down the army and chased after him alone, and all of us, including Wu Xinjun, felt that the traitor was making a big fuss. Now I know that this traitor has seen that Uncle Zhou's puppet has the talent of a general, so he dug into Wei Bao's corner at any cost, and Uncle Zhou's puppet has finally played a huge role for him. ”

Xiang Yu snorted heavily and said: "That is, there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey is the king, if Uncle Zhou's puppet dares to face off with this king, this king can pinch him to death with one hand!" ”

"It's a pity that people just don't give you this opportunity." Kui Che first muttered in his heart, and then said: "King, Xiang Kang's current strategy is very clear, that is, to hold on to the front and attack on the flank, if we continue to blindly attack, I am afraid that we will only completely fall into the trap of Xiang Kang's thief, giving him the opportunity to cut off our wings and weaken our help." The best thing for us to do is to quickly adjust our strategic approach and not to fall completely into passivity in terms of strategy. ”

"It makes sense, that's what the old man meant." Old man Fan rarely echoed Kui Che and said: "King, for the problem of Zhao State, we must not take it lightly, if we ignore the problem of Zhao State, then it will not be long before Uncle Zhou's puppet enters Zhao State from Jingcheng, and the rear of Zhao State is in an emergency, Zhang Er and Zhao Xie can only withdraw their army to save the mainland, and then the pressure of the Han thieves in Hanoi County will be greatly reduced, and we can deal with our main force without distraction, making it more difficult for us to make a breakthrough in the Sanchuan battlefield." ”

Xiang Yu just likes to be brutal, but he doesn't even have the slightest strategic vision, and after snorting heavily, Xiang Yu still asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Kuaiche hesitated for a moment, and then said: "King, say something you definitely don't like to hear, we'd better not be hard to consume on the Songshan battlefield, this area of Songshan is too far away from our grain road, and the supply of grain and grass is too difficult, and it is difficult to win with confidence if it is hard to consume." ”

"The best way, we still hurry up to withdraw the chasm to get food, while confronting the main force of the Han thieves, patiently waiting for the fighter to appear, and on the other hand, we are ready to send troops to reinforce the Zhao State, so that Zhao Xie and Zhang Er can rest assured that we can help our Hanoi partial division continue to attack the Han thieves in Hanoi, and when Zhou Shupiff sends troops to the Zhao State, we will immediately send troops to reinforce the Zhao State, and as long as the Jin Di partial division of the Han thieves is successfully killed, we can seize the initiative in the Central Plains battlefield and defeat the Han thieves, it can also be as easy as a hand!"

Xiang Yu didn't speak with a gloomy face, just went to see Fan Zeng, Old Man Fan understood, and hurriedly said: "King, what Doctor Kuai said is extremely true, the strength of the Han thief is not bad, it is by no means a short period of time to break, the best way, we are still confronting their main force in the front, with the partial division and the partial division of the Han thief to win, as long as our partial division succeeds, the rear of the army and the Han thief is a smooth road, and when the time comes, if you want to destroy the Han thief, it will be much easier." ”

Xiang Yu pondered, and said for a long time: "Why do you have to wait for Uncle Zhou's puppet to enter the army to attack Zhao State?" Why can't we take the initiative and directly kill the deviant division of the Han thieves? ”

"King, Jingcheng's road is too dangerous, take the initiative to attack, unless you personally go out, no one will be able to defeat Uncle Zhou." Old man Fan replied with a wry smile, and hurriedly said: "But don't worry, the king, in order to share the pressure for the main force of the Han thieves, Uncle Zhou's puppet will definitely take the initiative to attack Zhao State, and he will definitely not stand still for a long time, so we just need to wait patiently, and we will definitely be able to wait until Uncle Zhou's puppet takes the initiative to come to the door to die!" ”

After thinking about it for a long time, considering that it was indeed too inconvenient to transport grain on the Songshan battlefield, Xiang Yu nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, let's withdraw to the chasm first, and then discuss how to send troops to reinforce Zhao State." ”

Kuaiche and Old Man Fan breathed a sigh of relief together, and hurriedly complimented Xiang Yu for his wise decision-making and far-sightedness. But the matter was not over yet, and after hesitating for a while, Kui Che said to Old Man Fan again: "Father, about the Nanyang King's side, I don't know if you have any high opinions?" ”

Old man Fan glanced at Kui Che, and said in his heart that you obviously have an idea, why do you have to ask the old man to help you speak? However, out of duty, after thinking about it for a while, Old Man Fan still cautiously said to Xiang Yu: "King, about the issue of King Nanyang, we had better treat it carefully, the old man thinks that we might as well consider sending him reinforcements to help him ......." ”

"Send reinforcements to Liu Ji's puppeteer?" Xiang Yu interrupted angrily and roared: "That puppet deliberately repelled with a single touch, almost killing our 20,000 partial divisions, this king doesn't settle accounts with him, and he still wants this king to send him reinforcements?" ”

"But Liu Jipifu is also extremely critical now." Old man Fan said helplessly: "He deliberately repelled with a touch, which is very hateful. But there is no way, he is very important to us now, if we see him defeated by Yingbu, Yingbu's puppet will definitely go north from Nanyang to Yingchuan, and join the main force of Xiang Kang's rebels, completely reversing the situation on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Only by dedicating part of the troops and helping Liu Jipifu clean up Yingbu, so that he can free up his hands to help us, this is the most beneficial to us. ”

"As long as Liu Jipifu can defeat Yingbu." Kuaiche hurriedly added: "We don't even need him to directly send troops north for reinforcements, as long as he nails him to the back of Xiang Kang's rebels, Xiang Kang's rebels will definitely not dare to continue to draw troops from the rear to reinforce the Central Plains battlefield, weakening countless resistance for us." ”

Again, Xiang Yu didn't have any strategic vision, and after thinking about it for a long time with a blue face, Xiang Yu still nodded reluctantly, gave an ambiguous answer, and said, "Let's withdraw to the chasm battlefield first." ”

In this way, after more than 20 days of tossing on the Songshan battlefield, many elite soldiers were killed and wounded in vain, and finally failed to get the opportunity to fight with his scum cousin, and at the same time, in the case of very difficult grain and grass transportation, Xiang Yu still took the initiative to withdraw from the Songshan battlefield with great helplessness, and returned to the chasm with the army to join the main force.

Fortunately, Xiang Yu didn't run in vain, at least he successfully rescued the 20,000 partial divisions led by Gong Ao, and Xiang Yu was not too ugly in face. However, correspondingly, after gaining more than 20 days of respite, the main force of the Han army on the Xingyang battlefield also hurriedly repaired the camp fortifications that were already riddled with holes, resurrected with full blood, and reappeared in front of the Western Chu army in the best condition.

Xiang Kang also made adjustments on his side, and as soon as it was confirmed that Xiang Yu was far away, Xiang Kang immediately adjusted his deployment, and arranged for Zheng Bu's general Dong Yu to lead 5,000 troops to garrison the Wu clan to prevent the Western Chu army from sending partial divisions to outflank and attack the hinterland of Sanchuan, and personally led the Long and the army to return to the Xingyang battlefield to meet the main force, and the main force of Zheng Bu's army was sent by Xiang Kang to the Hanoi battlefield to reinforce Zhu Jishi, who was attacked by the Zhao Chu coalition army, and at the same time, when he had already received Zhou Shujie's report, Xiang Kang also clearly explained to Zheng Bu and asked Zheng Bu to be sure to entangle the Zhao army. There was no way for the Zhao army to return to the mainland smoothly, creating an opportunity for Uncle Zhou to capture the Zhao State.

At this point, the Chu-Han War basically came to an end, and in an extremely passive situation, the Han army survived the huge crisis after the sudden defeat of its ally Shenyang, and did not give the enemy the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Sanchuan, and worked hard to maintain the draw on the Sanchuan battlefield. During this period, the main forces of the Han army and the Western Chu army were exhausted, with heavy casualties, and no one could help anyone, and they completely fell into a stalemate.

But fortunately, although the frontal battlefield is still in a state of passive beating, but the strategic balance of victory has begun to quietly tilt towards the side of the Han army, in the northern front, the Han army's partial division Zhou Shu's division has annihilated the main force of the Dai Jin Zhai coalition army, completely eliminated the hidden dangers of the northern front, and at the same time got the strategic initiative, which may cross the Taihang Mountains at any time and attack the loyal ally of the Western Chu army, the Zhao army.

On the southern front, after the Han army successfully won the help of the British army, not only did not have to worry about the threat from Liu Laosan for the time being, but also forced Liu Laosan to withdraw from the Sanchuan battlefield, which increased the contradictions and rifts between Liu Laosan and Xiang Yu.

At the same time, other advantages of the Han army were gradually reflected, the rear was stable and held Aocang, and there was no need to travel thousands of miles to transport grain from the rear of Guanzhong to supply the front line, and the saved manpower and material resources could be used for military production, constantly supplying the front line, so that the Han army could have sufficient military weapons in the front. On the contrary, with the consumption of more and more grain and grass and military supplies, there is gradually no food to adjust in the vicinity, and the supply roads of the Western Chu army are getting longer and longer, and in order to supply the front-line army to fight, the manpower and material resources consumed are becoming more and more huge.

In addition, there is a huge hidden danger in the rear of the Western Chu army, that is, Peng Yue, who was born at odds with Xiang Yu! It can be said that with him for one day, the supply line of the Western Chu army is getting longer and longer, and there is no need to have peace for a day! And this point is only because the Western Chu army can barely transfer grain from nearby to transport, and it is not immediately reflected.

Because of this, relying on the advantage of fighting on the inside line, after retreating to the main battlefield in Xingyang one step ahead, facing the Han army and civil and military forces who came up to congratulate him, even if he was still not his cousin's opponent in the front, Xiang Kang's smile was still extremely calm and confident, and said with a smile: "The frontal battlefield has basically stabilized, and the next thing is up to Uncle Zhou, Yingbu and Peng Yue, I believe they will not let us down." ”