The anti-Qin coalition army judged that the Qin army broke through the direction a little late, whether it was the Chu army located directly north, or the Zhao army on the battlefield in the west, they were not able to immediately send troops, and they could only make up for the defeat of the Qin army when they intercepted the defeated troops who were desperately breaking through, and hurriedly dispatched troops to attack the two wings of the defeated army of the Qin army.

However, the herald sent by Xiang Yu was fast enough, and Leng rushed to the Qin army's surrendered army assembled in the northwest of the battlefield in front of the Qin army's defeated army, and ordered loudly to Dong Fei, the Qin army's general who commanded the surrendered soldiers: "The former general of Great Chu has an order, ordering you to stop the violent Qin army from breaking through, and not allowing the king to escape from the puppet!" If there is a mistake, the punishment will be severe! ”

"Must stop the Tyrannical Qin army from breaking through?" Dong Peng was extremely dumbfounded, and said loudly: "How to stop it? We have no weapons or armor, so what can we do to stop Wang from breaking through? ”

"It's none of my business, I'm just giving orders for the former general!" The herald of the Chu army had a rude attitude, and shouted unreasonably: "I have already conveyed the order of the general before, how to fight is your business!" ”

After that, the Chu army herald slapped his horse and left, rushing before the defeated soldiers of the Qin army rushed to escape from the bloody blocking battlefield, leaving Dong Fei messy in the wind, and countless Qin army soldiers who heard the order looked at each other and said: "If you don't give us weapons and armor, you want us to block Wang Li's breakthrough?" How to block, use the chest to block the spear, and use the heavenly spirit cover to block the ge? ”

At this time, the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, who were in a hurry to flee for their lives, had already rushed to a place less than a hundred steps away from the surrender position, and were forced to have no choice, Dong Fei could only decisively order: "Form a phalanx!" Gather the flat dan to the front team and use the flat dan to kill the enemy! ”

Although he had been forced to surrender, the battlefield experience was still there after all, and after listening to Dong Peng's order, more than 30,000 Qin soldiers quickly formed a phalanx, and concentrated the flat farm tools that had previously carried soil and stones and excavated soil to the front team, and stubbornly blocked the defeated soldiers of the Qin army with sharp weapons in their hands.

The duck still failed to get on the shelf, when the defeated soldiers of the Qin army rushed to the front of the battle, although the soldiers of the Qin army also mustered up the courage to fight with the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, but the gap between the weapons and equipment is too big, unless it happens to hit the top of the head without helmet protection, even if the flat farm tools swung by the soldiers of the Qin army are smashed with all their strength, it is impossible to kill them with a single blow, and even seriously injure the enemy is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but as long as the sharp spear of the defeated soldiers of the Qin army pierces the soldiers of the Qin army who are not wearing armor, the lightest can also stab the soldiers of the Qin army into serious injuries, Therefore, just one face, there were hundreds of Qin army soldiers screaming and flying to death and being injured.

More defeated soldiers of the Qin army followed, as if chopping melons and vegetables, frantically slashing and stabbing the defenseless Qin army soldiers, and rushed directly into the phalanx of the Qin army's soldiers, shouting and venting the anger and resentment of the loss of the camp on the bodies of their former comrades, countless empty-handed Qin army soldiers were killed one after another, and the seemingly well-organized phalanx was also instantly chaotic.

Even so, there are still some Qin soldiers who have achieved some results, or desperately injured to grab the enemy's weapons, or pounce on them, hug the enemy tightly, and create opportunities for their comrades to snatch weapons, and some people use fists, stones, and even teeth to fight the enemy, more or less counter-killing some enemies, not completely sitting still.

The almost weak resistance was destined to be useless, the defeated soldiers of the Qin army who were in a hurry to break through the siege still broke down one after another Qin army surrender phalanx, and killed the Qin army soldiers who did not have decent weapons to turn people on their backs, and the corpses were all over the field, and also forced countless Qin army soldiers to kill and retreat and flee for their lives, and the hastily formed blocking positions quickly collapsed, and the Qin army soldiers fled everywhere, and the Qin army defeated soldiers cheered and rushed directly through the positions of the Qin army's soldiers, and under the guidance of Wang Li's handsome banner, they fled in groups to the west.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yu was of course furious, scolding Dong Fei and the Qin army for being incompetent, Xiang Bo was even more spittle, and said endlessly: "The old man has long said that none of these violent Qin soldiers can be relied on, and if you expect them to be of any use, don't even think about it!" Look at it, the old man dares to bet his head that taking advantage of this opportunity, there must be countless violent Qin soldiers who will take the opportunity to escape and flee with Wang Lipifu! ”

Master Xiang Boxiang was wise and powerful again this time, and as he expected, in the chaos, there were indeed many Qin army soldiers who were unwilling to endure the abuse of the anti-Qin coalition army to flee for their lives, and they also took the initiative to follow the actions of the Qin army's defeated brigade. What's worse is that because the Qin army soldiers and Wang Li's soldiers were all wearing Qin army uniforms, the Zhao Chu army that killed left and right simply slashed together indiscriminately when they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe, and sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of the Qin army soldiers who had already dripped blood in their hearts, causing more Qin army soldiers to flee in chaos, and the pursuit battlefield became more chaotic.

It's not bad for the anti-Qin coalition army, the Zhao army and the Chu army have quite strong cavalry forces, seeing that the situation is not right, the Zhao army immediately sent cavalry to attack, Xiang Yu personally led the Chu army cavalry to rush over and kill, with red eyes to stab Wang Li to death with a spear, forcing Wang Li to quickly let the soldiers put down their handsome flags, give up the command of the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, and flee for their lives in the crowd of defeated soldiers of the Qin army, and also took the initiative to give up the hope of breaking through the formation.

The brutal abuse of the Qin army by the anti-Qin coalition army helped Wang Li a lot at this moment, although the army had been defeated like a mountain, and Wang Li's banner could no longer be seen, but the Qin army that took the initiative to surrender was still very few, in order to survive, and in order not to be humiliated and tortured like those soldiers who were forced to fill in the trenches during the day, they were expelled by the anti-Qin coalition army and sent their lives in vain, almost all the defeated soldiers of the Qin army gritted their teeth and fled westward, insisting on following the action of the brigade, and no matter how the cavalry of the Chu army and the Zhao army attacked, the defeated troops of the Qin army were routed and not dispersed, always fleeing west in a group formation, even if they are forcibly dispersed, they will quickly regroup into a group.

The dark night also helped the defeated soldiers of the Qin army at this moment, it was difficult to see the direction of the road clearly, and the cavalry of Zhao and Chu could not step forward in a roundabout way, seize the advantageous position to effectively block the defeated army of the Qin army, let alone find Wang Li, who had already laid down the banner, could only be in the crowd of the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, wantonly slaughtered, and no matter how to kill the defeated soldiers of the Qin army, there was no way to completely annihilate the defeated brigade of the Qin army - after all, the number of defeated soldiers of the Qin army was too much, even if they stood still and let others kill, It was also enough for Zhao Chu's cavalry to kill for half a day.

In the end, he personally led the cavalry of the Chu army to chase for more than 30 miles, but Xiang Yu still failed to find Wang Li, who dared to kill his envoy, so he could only restrain the war horse with hatred, let the other troops be responsible for the pursuit, and return to Henan City to preside over the overall situation. As a result, seeing Xiang Yu coming back angrily, Old Man Fan immediately understood that Xiang Yu had not been angry enough, and hurriedly comforted Xiang Yu and said: "The former general doesn't have to worry, Pei Gong Liu Ji has already taken Xin'an first, although his army is not much, but the violent Qin army has been defeated, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they are not vulnerable at all. ”

Still had to be reminded by Old Man Fan, Xiang Yu suddenly remembered that Liu Laosan had already taken Xin'an first, and he was very sure that the Qin army could be defeated, so he turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "It's not for Ya Father to remind me, I have completely forgotten that we still have an army to guard the front, that's right, we don't have to worry about annihilating the remaining tyrannical Qin army, and we can't take the head of Wang Lipifu." ”

Before the matter was over, the grumpy Xiang Yu had just become happier, and Xiang Bo jumped out again as a-stirring stick, and said: "Virtuous nephew, there is something I must let you know, just now we counted the Tyrannical Qin Descendants, guess how many of the 40,000 Tyrannical Qin Pawns we brought are left?" ”

"How many are left?" Xiang Yu asked rhetorically.

"Less than twenty thousand." Xiang Bo's tone was a little gloating, and he said, "Except for some who fled to other places by taking advantage of the chaos, most of them ran away with Wang Lipifu. ”

"These puppets!" Xiang Yu was angry again, so angry that he stabbed a spear on the ground, directly into the ground for nearly half of the time, and roared: "Sure enough, none of them are reliable!" ”

Fortunately, Old Man Fan was still relatively calm in this matter, and hurriedly persuaded: "It is human nature for the former general to calm down his anger and flee by taking advantage of the chaos, I can't blame them, and don't be angry with other soldiers, there are still 100,000 soldiers in the Qin army, we should still give priority to appeasement." ”

"I'm afraid that our kindness has fed the donkey's liver and lungs." Xiang Bo said in a strange manner: "It's like this before we get to Guanzhong, and when we enter Guanzhong with the Tyrannical Qin soldiers and arrive at their hometown, I really don't know what kind of fame we are going to make." ”

Xiang Yu was silent, and he was indeed very worried about this matter, because Xiang Yu had already asked about the situation from Zhang Han and Sima Xin and others, and knew that the Qin army under Zhang Han was composed of Lishan prisoners who had been pardoned, but almost all of them were local Lishan prisoners in Guanzhong, born in Guanzhong and raised in Guanzhong. It is indeed a time bomb buried in the ranks of the anti-Qin coalition forces. So after listening to Xiang Bo's fanning again, Xiang Yu was inevitably worried - if when he entered Guanzhong and fought a decisive battle with the Qin army in Guanzhong, the Qin army suddenly defected like the slave soldiers in the Battle of Muye, what should he do?

Without Wang Li's protection, Henan County took the initiative to open the city and surrender that night, but the pursuers of the anti-Qin coalition army pursued and killed for a whole night, and still failed to cut off Wang Li's head, just killed a large number of Qin army defeated soldiers in the pursuit, and killed the Qin army's defeated soldiers scattered and scattered, and the soldiers and generals were scattered and scattered, and the soldiers and generals were scattered countless times.

As a last resort, early the next morning, after a hurried discussion with Old Man Fan and Cao Ji and others, Xiang Yu could only convene all the princes in the Chinese army tent of the Chu army, announce the next tactical plan, and decided to send Tian An, the general of Qi, to lead part of the Qi army to the west, and take the lead in pursuing Wang Li's defeated troops in the Cuihan Road, and cooperate with Liu Laosan to attack before and after, completely annihilating Wang Li's department, and decided to personally lead the main force of the anti-Qin coalition army to march eastward, seize Luoyang, Xingyang and Aocang and other military important places, and sweep away hidden dangers in the rear. Ensure the supply of grain and grass and the smooth flow of grain routes in the anti-Qin coalition army.

Some people are not worried about leading the army to pursue Wang Li's Qi general Tian An, Xiang Yu is very concerned and meticulously advised: "General Tian, after annihilating the remnants of Wang Li's puppet, you don't rush to enter the Hangu Pass, the violent Qin army still has heavy guards in the pass, and the terrain is steep, the road is narrow, you are alone in the depths, I am afraid that there will be danger, I have to wait for me to level the remnants of the violent Qin in Sanchuan County, come and learn with you, and then you can go west with peace of mind." ”

After the admonition, Xiang Yu added casually, "There is another thing, the current Qi Wang Tian City first claimed the king with a side branch, and then refused to borrow the road when our army went north to reinforce Julu, and deliberately helped the violent Qin army to attack Zhao State, which is really an unforgivable crime, so after destroying Qin, I will definitely ask the King of Chu to abolish Tian City and replace you, the grandson of the King of Qi, as the king." ”

Tian An understood Xiang Yu's voice, and knew that Xiang Yu was reminding himself not to peep into the throne of Guanzhong, and would use the throne of Qi to compensate and reward himself in the future, but fortunately, Tian An was more interested in the throne of Qi left by his grandfather, so he didn't care about Xiang Yu's selfish obstruction, and said: "Please rest assured that the former general, after annihilating the remnants of Wang Li's puppet, the last general will definitely not take the risk and advance lightly, and will definitely wait for you to turn back and join forces with the last general to enter Guanzhong." ”

"That's good." Xiang Yu nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Keep in touch at any time, and report to me immediately if the war progresses." ”

Tian An agreed again, and then hurriedly went down to organize the Qi army to launch a pursuit, chasing and killing the remnants of Wang Li, who was already vulnerable, and Xiang Yu issued the command in a big way, ordering the other anti-Qin coalition forces to pull out the camp and march westward to Sanchuan County to govern Luoyang, intending to take Luoyang first, and then go to clean up the Qin army Sima Duan, who had become a lone army.

Not to mention Xiang Yu's westward expansion, just say that Tian An's side, after taking more than 20,000 Qi troops under his command to pull out the camp and march westward, Tian An's department only took a little more than a day to rush to the vicinity of Xin'an, but what surprised Tian An was that when he saw the Xin'an city wall, the city wall was fluttering with the banner of the Qin army, and the city was crowded with the defeated soldiers of the Qin army.

Stunned, of course, Tian An hurriedly sent someone to inquire about the situation, and then after catching some local people, Tian An learned that Liu Laosan had taken his army west into the direction of Mianchi three days ago, leaving only the Xin'an Qin army that had been forced to surrender to guard the county seat, so after Wang Li's defeated army fled to Xin'an City, he quickly persuaded the Xin'an defenders to surrender and rebel, and was able to breathe and rest under Xin'an City and regroup.

"What kind of celebrity is Liu Ji? Why do you want to give up Xin'an? ”

Shocked and angry at the same time, Tian An did not dare to waste time, quickly urged the army to attack, did not dare to continue to give the Qin army under Xin'an City more respite, the result was okay, after the Qin army fled to Xin'an, just eat a little food and take a little rest, the vital weapons and equipment and bows and crossbows and feathers and arrows were not replenished at all, and were soon defeated by the Qi army, forced to abandon the city and flee westward, Tian An decisively launched a pursuit, while sending people to contact Xiang Yu to report the situation on Xin'an's side.

The next day, after chasing and killing the defeated soldiers of the Qin army marched west to the vicinity of Mianchi, the banner of the Qin army was still fluttering on the city wall of Mianchi, and Liu Laosan's army was still missing, Tian An had no choice but to urge the army to attack quickly, and did not dare to let the defeated army of the Qin army enter the city of Mianchi where the situation was unknown.

Fortunately, relying on the courage of the Qi army soldiers to kill the enemy, only part of the Qin army's defeated soldiers escaped into the city of Michi, and the other part of the Qin army's defeated soldiers were forced to flee west into the depths of the Cuihan Road, and the Qin army's defeated soldiers were once again killed with heavy casualties, and they had no power to fight back in front of the anti-Qin coalition army.

Tian An can only do this, the west road of Mianchi is narrow, it is easy to enter and it is difficult to exit, and at the same time, the Qin army of Mianchi categorically rejected Tian An's kind offer to surrender, if Tian An takes the risk of continuing to pursue westward, he will definitely be cut off by the Qin army of Mianchi to cut off his contact with the anti-Qin coalition army, as well as his food supply, so Tian An has no choice, so he has no choice but to let the Qi army set up a camp outside Mianchi City, rush to build various siege weapons, and prepare to pull out the nail of Mianchi before deciding whether to continue westward.

At the same time as setting up camp, the Qi soldiers also quickly inquired about the movements of Liu Laosan's army, it turned out that two days ago, Liu Laosan had directly crossed the Mianchi and marched westward, and he didn't pay attention to the Qin army of Mianchi who were closed to the city. Tian An was even more furious when he heard the news, and roared: "Liu Ji is crazy? What is he trying to do? Why go around Michi and venture alone? He is not afraid of being trapped and killed in the Cuihan Road by the violent Qin army? ”

The deputy Tian Li was more careful, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "General, Pei Gong shouldn't be taking risks, have you forgotten the time when he set off from Xin'an?" He set off from Xin'an four days ago to the west, calculating the time, he must have known at that time that our main force trapped the main force of Wang Li Pifu, and it was difficult for Wang Li Pifu to break through and escape into Cuihan Road, and even if he succeeded in breaking through, our main force would definitely divide his troops to chase and kill, even if he encountered Wang Li's defeated army, he was faced with a group of remnants of the defeated generals, and there was nothing to be afraid of. If it was replaced by the last general, the last general would also have the courage to take a risk and go directly to the depths of Cuihan Road with the army. ”

"Why would he do that?" Tian An didn't turn this corner for a while, and said in great surprise: "What is the purpose of his adventurous lone army?" ”

"The general forgot?" Tian Li reminded with a smile: "The one who enters the pass first is the king, but it is the order of the king of Chu, the leader of the anti-Qin Alliance. ”

Tian An slapped his forehead, suddenly realized, and then laughed angrily, and said with a smile: "What a treacherous horseman, he has such great ambitions, he just saw that our victory was decided, so he immediately sent troops to attack Hangu Pass." I can't imagine that a small Surabaya pavilion chief would dare to covet the throne of Guanzhong. ”

Laughing, Tian An's smile gradually turned into a cruel smile, and said: "It's a pity that he forgot a little, even if the king of Chu has an order that the first person to enter the pass will be the king, he will also be lucky enough to attack Hangu Pass, whether he can be the king of Guanzhong or not, it is not the king of Chu who has the final say." Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, Xiang Yu'er will be willing to go back and continue to be a courtier for Xiong Xin, and life and death will continue to be decided by others! ”

After smiling, Tian An made a little calculation, in addition to sending someone back to contact Xiang Yu again to report Liu Laosan's misdeeds, he arranged a team of cavalry and asked them to carry their own messages to chase Liu Laosan, saying that Xiang Yu had issued a clear order not to allow any army to attack Hangu Pass without authorization, and asked Liu Laosan to stop moving west, garrison on the spot, and wait for Xiang Yu's army to arrive and then join forces to march west. Tian Li saw the strangeness, and hurriedly said: "Brother, Liu Ji covets the throne and rushes to Hangu Pass alone, how can he listen to your orders?" What's the use of you sending him in contact? ”

"Of course, it will make this puppet die even more miserably!" Tian An smiled and said: "I sent someone to contact him and told him that Xiang Yu would not allow anyone to attack Hangu Pass without authorization, he refused to listen to persuasion, and of course Xiang Yu would not spare him!" I want everyone in the world to see what kind of fate will it be if a Qianshou mud leg who has no royal blood dares to covet the throne! ”

Tian Li came to his senses, nodded hurriedly, and wished that Liu Laosan, who wanted to pick a cheaper, would die more miserably, Tian An patted him on the shoulder and said: "Brother, you also have to work hard, if we are lucky, it is not good that Wang Li is now in Mianchi City, Xiang Yu has promised to crown me as the king of Qi, and promised that whoever can win the head of Wang Li's husband will be named the king of Nanyang." If we take down the pond and cut off Wang Li's head, I will ask you to give Wang Li's head to Xiang Yu. ”

When Tian Li heard the great joy, he hurriedly thanked Tian An, and after standing up, Tian Li also glanced at the county town of Mianchi in the distance with great greed, and said in his heart: "Wang Lipifu, you must be in Mianchi City, whether I can be crowned king or not depends on you." ”