There is still hope for the Western Chu army, Xiang Guan and others think that Zhou Yin colluded with the Han army to prepare for a mutiny, but it was just a misunderstanding of the suspected neighbor stealing the axe, and a big reason why he was forced to do it was because the arrow was on the bow and had to be sent, if he could clarify the misunderstanding and know the truth, Xiang Guan and others would definitely not be stubborn to the end for the sake of the overall situation, and would only choose to shake hands with Zhou Yin, reconcile, and work together to resist the Han army's upcoming robbery.

Zhou Yin is the same, because he is afraid of being held accountable by Xiang Yu for his fiasco in Huanshui, in the face of the persuasion of the Han army, Zhou Yin has indeed wavered, but considering his own small relatives, there is still some hope for the battlefield situation in Zhaodi, and it is impossible for him to be reused by Xiang Kang after surrendering to the Han army, and there is no hope of commanding an entire corps alone as majestic as now, but Zhou Yin has never made up his mind, and he can even say that he is desperate at the last moment, Zhou Yin probably won't be able to make this decision.

This point is also destined that if the misunderstanding can be resolved, Zhou Yin will not think about persevering, betting that the Western Chu army and the Qi army can hold out until Xiang Yu personally leads the army to help.

There are even more unpredictable variables, at the critical moment of the sudden great change, Zhou Yin even suspected that Xiang Guan and others launched a mutiny, in order to prepare to take down their surrender to the Han army, and exchange the remaining 50,000 Western Chu troops for their glory and wealth - this is certainly not possible, after all, Xiang Guan and Xiang Kang are also cousins, if they surrender to Xiang Kang, it is reasonable that Xiang Kang will not treat Xiang Guan and his relatives badly.

However, this thought only flashed in Zhou Yin's mind, because Zhou Yin could see that Xiang Guan's envy, jealousy and hatred for Xiang Kang was definitely not pretended, with Xiang Guan's rectal character, there was definitely no such good acting skills that could be pretended to be so vivid, so Zhou Yin quickly said in his heart: "It's unlikely, Xiang Guan's little shaft's previous hatred for Xiang Kang's traitor can't be faked, and besides, we still have hope now, and it is impossible for Xiao Juanzi to be shaken so quickly." ”

After basically denying this possibility, Zhou Yin was inevitably even more confused in his heart, and he couldn't understand why Xiang Guan wanted to launch a mutiny at this time, and kill himself as the boss at the expense of the Han army? However, the current situation did not allow Zhou Yin to think too much, after a little calculation, Zhou Yin could only make two decisions in a hurry, one was to send a number of personal soldiers out of the camp, urgently contact the Western Chu generals who did not participate in the mutiny in the outer camp, and let them bring the army to clean up Xiang Guan and other mutinous troops, and the other is to arrange for a messenger to come forward and go out of the camp with a white flag to contact Xiang Guan, and ask Xiang Guan in person why he suddenly launched this mutiny?

Zhou Yin's decision gave Xiang Guan and others the opportunity to clarify the misunderstanding, but unfortunately, when Zhou Yin's envoy came to the south gate of the Chinese army camp where Xiang Guan's chaotic army was located, the south gate was already shouting to kill the sky, and there were Xiang Guanguan's soldiers who were climbing the base and attacking.

That's not all, in the melee, a stray arrow happened to hit Zhou Yin's envoy in the chest, killing him on the spot. After the situation was reported to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin had no choice but to shout: "Send a messenger again, go out of the camp from other camps, and go directly to contact Xiang Guan's little shaft, and be sure to ask me what that little shaft wants to do!" Hurry, if nothing else, the thieves will soon find out that something is wrong with our camp! ”

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There is indeed hope for the Western Chu army, because at the same time, in the Han army camp more than ten miles away from the Western Chu army camp, Xiang Kang not only still hasn't had time to know what happened in the West Chu army camp, but on the contrary, he is rolling the quilt with the beautiful sister-in-law who has been reunited for a long time, and the fierce battle is in full swing, and the Han army officers and soldiers have generally fallen asleep, and they are not ready for any attack at all, let alone torches, dry food and drinking water and other necessary things for night fighting.

Prior to this, although the soldiers of the Han army stationed in Julu City had discovered the changes in the camp of the Western Chu army, they quickly reported the situation to Lu Kuang, the general of the Han army who led the army to garrison the city, but Lu Kuang did not dare to decide to send troops immediately because the situation happened too suddenly, and missed the precious opportunity to take advantage of the fire and loot at the first time, and just ordered the army under his command to assemble and prepare for battle, and at the same time sent fast horses to Xiang Kang and Zhou Shu, who was responsible for dealing with the Western Chu army.

The chaos in the Western Chu military camp bought the Han army a little time, even if the distance was not far, when Zhou Yin's envoy went out of the other camps to the outer camp, it still took a lot of time to get in touch with the soldiers under Xiang Guan's command, and it took a lot of words to get Xiang Guan's soldiers to escort him to Xiang Guan, who was commanding the attack camp, and then when the envoy carefully asked Xiang Guan why he wanted to launch a mutiny, Xiang Guan of course shouted with red eyes: "It's a shame that Zhou Yin still has the face to ask this question!" General Ben led the army to fight against the thieves, of course, because he Zhou Yin Pifu colluded with the Han thieves and was ready to betray our Western Chu army in exchange for his glory and wealth! ”

"Da Sima colluded with Han thieves? Ready to sell for glory? Zhou Yin's envoy was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in surprise: "General Xiang, where is this and there?" Da Sima, he has always been loyal to our King of Western Chu, how could he do such a thing? ”

"Don't give Lao Tzu nonsense!" Xiang Guan roared: "Go back and tell Zhou Yinpifu, if you are smart, immediately put down your arms and open the camp to surrender, I promise to leave him alive!" Otherwise, his dog's life would not have escaped. ”

Seeing that Xiang Guan's appearance was already angry, and he finally figured out why Xiang Guan wanted to initiate a mutiny, Zhou Yin's envoy did not dare to slack off, so he could only hurry back to the Chinese army camp by the same way and report to Zhou Yin the results of the negotiations with Xiang Guan. It was also when the envoy struggled through the chaotic crowd and returned to the wall of the Chinese camp of the Western Chu Army that the Han sergeant reported the news to Xiang Kang......

"There is chaos in the camp of the thieves in Xichu, and it seems that there is a thief army fighting in the army?"

Hearing the news, Xiang Kang, who was lying on the beautiful sister-in-law panting, was confused for a while, and couldn't help but say in his heart: "How is it possible? Chen Ping's plan for a forced landing, we still have a third step to go? Why did the Western Chu Thief Army have infighting? True or false, could it be a trick to lure the enemy? ”

Confused, after all, it was out of the wind and waves, but after a little calculation, Xiang Kang made a decision and ordered: "Give Uncle Zhou an order immediately, and tell him to immediately dispatch the army on duty at night to go north to check the situation, and gather another 10,000 troops to wait for orders, and ask Zheng Bu to immediately gather 10,000 troops to wait for orders." In addition, many scouts were sent out of the camp to closely monitor the movements of the Qi Chu thief army, and report changes in the enemy situation to the king at any time. ”

There is really hope for the Western Chu army, although it has also made certain preparations in time, but Xiang Kang's response is too conservative, not only the army that is urgently dispatched is too few, but the army that ordered the assembly of the waiting order is also too few, and at the same time, Xiang Kang did not let the two major corps of the Han army immediately start preparing all kinds of things necessary for night battles, so the Western Chu army still has time and opportunity to make up for the loss and reverse the passive situation......

This is exactly the case, after the envoy finally reported Xiang Guan's reply to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin also immediately realized, knowing that Xiang Guan must have misunderstood himself and thought that he was ready to defect to the enemy, so he made such a scene, and then Zhou Yin immediately had such a thought in his heart, "What should I do?" Is it to quickly explain the situation to Xiang Guanxiao and negotiate peace with him? Or take this opportunity to defect and really surrender to Xiang Kang's little shaft? ”

At this moment, countless thoughts immediately poured into Zhou Yin's mind, reminding Zhou Yin of the punishment and humiliation he might suffer after reuniting with Xiang Yu, and also reminded Zhou Yin of the glory, wealth and prominent power that Xiang Yu had given him before, as well as his wife and children in the rear of Xichu, all of which made it difficult for Zhou Yin to decide.

The shouting and killing sound from outside the Chinese army camp was even louder, it was obvious that other generals of the Western Chu Army had joined the battlefield and launched an attack on Xiang Guan's chaotic army, and several directly subordinate generals in the Chinese army's big tent were also so anxious that they said in a hurry: "Da Sima, it seems that this should be a misunderstanding, as long as we explain the misunderstanding, we should be able to persuade General Xiang Guan to withdraw from the army, it is better to send someone to contact General Xiang Guan, tell him the situation, and sit down with him to negotiate to solve this problem." Otherwise, if the thieves take the opportunity to send troops to attack our camp, we will have all the rest of the army! ”

Zhou Yin clenched his fists, and finally made up his mind, first said Xiang Yu in his heart, Lao Tzu has repaid your kindness, and then pointed to the messenger who came to report the news before, and shouted: "If you go to see Xiang Guan again, just say that Ben Shuai is willing to swear by Da Da Ze, and I definitely have no intention of betraying the king of Western Chu!" Tell him to withdraw temporarily, and I am willing to personally climb the South Gate camp and negotiate with him face to face to settle what happened tonight!" ”

Zhou Yin's envoy agreed, and hurriedly left the camp from the other camp gates, and made a detour to contact Xiang Guan. At the same time, after receiving Xiang Kang's order, the Zhou Shu Corps of the Han Army, which was responsible for dealing with the Western Chu army, only urgently dispatched 5,000 troops to the north, and did not have time to prepare for a large-scale use of troops and robbery to give the Western Chu army a fatal blow!

When Zhou Yin's envoy finally came to Xiang Guan again, at least five Western Chu armies were ordered to attack Xiang Guan's chaotic army, although Xiang Guan also sent people to contact them and asked them to help him crusade against Zhou Yin, but he did not receive a quick reply and effect in the chaos.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Zhou Yin's envoy had just met with Xiang Guan, and immediately told Xiang Guan what Zhou Yin had said, not to mention the result, Xiang Guan was really a little shaken under the suspicion of the letter, and almost wanted to agree to sit down and negotiate with Zhou Yin, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he could only ask a few cronies next to him: "What do you think?" ”

The situation was too complicated, and several cronies and subordinates did not dare to express their stance easily, but there was only one general who was injured in the melee before, and he didn't know if he was injured and resented Zhou Yin, or if he was really loyal to Xiang Guan, and said, "General, we must prevent Zhou Yin's husband from delaying the army, and buy time for the Han thief to send troops to meet him!" ”

Xiang Guan suddenly woke up, immediately pointed at Zhou Yin's envoy, and shouted again: "Go back and tell Zhou Yin's puppet, don't play any delaying tactics for Lao Tzu, if you want Lao Tzu to believe him, hurry up and open a camp for Lao Tzu to surrender!" I want to trick Lao Tzu into temporarily retiring from the army, buy time for the thieves, and dream! ”

Zhou Yin's envoy heard the bitterness, and hurriedly bowed again to ask Xiang Guan to calm down, but Xiang Guan, who was afraid of the scheme, didn't believe it at all, but just forcibly drove him away and commanded his army to step up the attack on the camp. In addition to immediately sending messengers to ask for help from the Qi army, he also strengthened the attack on the camp of Zhou Yinzhong's army again, and personally went into battle in the fierce battle, and personally went to the front line with the soldiers of the Western Chu army and the Zhou Yin army who was defending the camp.

After another period of time, when the envoy reported Xiang Guan's reply to Zhou Yin, Zhou Yin, of course, barely blew up his chest, and scolded: "Xiang Guan'er, you are really stupid as a dolphin calf!" If Lao Tzu is kind enough to negotiate with you, you even suspect that Lao Tzu wants to use a delaying tactic against you! ”

"Da Sima, you can't blame General Xiang Guan for everything." A close subordinate general kindly advised: "The situation is so complicated, it is not too strange that he suspects that we are using a delaying tactic." Otherwise, we will send another envoy to contact him to try to persuade him to calm down, and then send another envoy to contact the Qi army to explain the situation to the general of Qi State, Tabe, and ask Tabe to come forward to reconcile this misunderstanding and conflict. ”

Zhou Yin, who always had a little illusion about Xiang Yu, had no choice but to nod, agreed to this suggestion and immediately acted according to the plan. At the same time, the situation on the battlefield was constantly changing, and although Xiang Guan's messenger and several Western Chu generals loyal to Xiang Yu failed to persuade them to accept Xiang Guan's command instead, they also chose to temporarily withdraw their troops to remain neutral. Several generals of the Western Chu army who were loyal to Zhou Yin categorically refused to retreat, and still led the army to continue the battle with Xiang Guan's chaotic army, resulting in torches everywhere in the Western Chu military camp, and shouts of killing and shaking the sky everywhere.

At the same time, after receiving the report of the Han army's urgent dispatch, Tian Be, the commander of the Qi army, who was in a cold relationship with the Western Chu army, had no choice but to personally lead 30,000 troops out of the camp and hurriedly rushed to the outside of the Western Chu military camp to arrange the formation, temporarily blocking the Han army that was in a hurry for the Western Chu army, and at the same time constantly sending people into the Western Chu military camp to inquire about the situation without mentioning it.

On the side of the Han army, all kinds of meteor scouts and horses also kept coming and going between the outside of the Western Chu military camp and the Han army camp, reporting the changes in the enemy situation in the Western Chu military camp to Xiang Kang, and then after confirming the scale of the chaos in the Western Chu military camp, Xiang Kang and Zhou Shu hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to get up and prepare for battle, and hurriedly prepared all kinds of things for night battles - but unfortunately, it was destined to take a lot of time to do so.

There is really hope for the Western Chu army, it is ready for night battle earlier than the Han army, and the distance is close at hand, the 30,000 Qi army under the personal command of Tian Bu of course rushed to the outside of the Western Chu military camp one step earlier, and the queue is ready to meet the battle, the Han army is seriously underprepared, and the second is that the number of troops urgently dispatched is too small, and when they came to the Western Chu military camp, they saw that the huge number of Qi troops had already been prepared, and Wang Ling, who was urgently commanding the army, saw that he could not take advantage of the fire to rob, so he could only quickly line up to protect himself and confront the Qi army from afar, At the same time, fast horses were hurriedly sent to the rear to ask for help.

Fate is still in the hands of the Western Chu army itself, in the chaos, Zhou Yin's envoy saw Xiang Guan for the third time, and once again swore for Zhou Yin's gambling curse to ensure that there was no rebellion, Xiang Guan also wavered again, but considering that the Han army's brigade will definitely come soon, if he falls into Zhou Yin's delaying strategy, the consequences will be unimaginable, but Xiang Guan still did not order to stop the attack, just shouted: "Go back and tell Zhou Yin Pifu, tell him to let his army retreat first, I will stop attacking the camp immediately, and then negotiate with him face to face!" ”

After the envoy returned to Zhou Yin's face for the third time with a sad face, Zhou Yin was so angry that he almost wanted to make up his mind to surrender, but fortunately, several cronies and generals around Zhou Yin were still loyal to Xiang Yu, and they all persuaded: "Da Sima, agree, this is just a misunderstanding, as long as we can sit down and negotiate, we can resolve this misunderstanding immediately, and then we can go all out to deal with the robbery of the Han thieves." ”

It was difficult to disobey the will of the people, and knowing that it was indeed just a misunderstanding, Zhou Yin still yelled helplessly, and sent someone to give an order to the generals of the outer camp who were loyal to him, asking them to stop the attack immediately, in exchange for Xiang Guan to negotiate with him face-to-face. But it's a pity that the outer camp of the Western Chu army is now in chaos, and if Zhou Yin's orders are to be fully conveyed in place, it will naturally take a lot of time.

At the same time, Zhou Yin sent an envoy outside the camp to contact the Qi army, and also got in touch with the commander of the Qi army, Tian Be, and finally figured out the general situation, Tian Bu immediately suspected that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding, and then immediately sent an envoy to contact Xiang Guan, asking Xiang Guan to calm down and negotiate with Zhou Yin in person, and find out the details of the whole thing.

When the dawn of the end of the civil strife of the Western Chu army gradually appeared, a fast horse from the east suddenly rushed to the camp of the Zheng Bu Corps of the Han Army, and the knight on the horse had just shown his identity token, proving that he was a soldier of the Han Army Ni Ji stationed in Dongwu City, and then immediately fell off the war horse, and the Han soldier who came up to support him in a weak voice said: "In my arms, quickly, hand it over to the king immediately, and ...... quickly." ”

Before he finished speaking, the Han soldier passed out in the arms of his companion, and after the Han soldier hurriedly took out a military emergency report from his arms, he was also immediately sent to the imperial camp and presented it to Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang only saw a few glances when he opened the emergency report, and immediately his face turned pale, and then shouted loudly: "Immediately send 30,000 troops to attack the camp of the Western Chu thief army!" Uncle Zhou was the same, telling him to immediately dispatch the main force and attack the camp of the Western Chu Thief Army with all his might! ”

"King, our army is not yet fully ready." Zheng Bu hurriedly said.

"Call the already prepared army to go first! When you get to the battlefield, attack immediately! Xiang Kang said quickly: "The rest of the army, with only torches, drinking water, weapons and ladders for attacking the fortress, will go out of the camp and assemble when they are ready." The dry rations are in charge of the rear army, and when they are ready, they will be sent to the front for distribution! ”

Zheng Bu sang a promise, and hurriedly rushed down to personally organize the army to attack urgently, and it was also at this time that Zhang Liangcai next to him asked: "King, what's wrong?" The enemy situation is still unknown, why did you make up your mind to launch a decisive battle? ”

"Dongwu City urgently, yesterday morning, my brother personally led the Western Chu thief army to the plain, and immediately launched a river crossing." Xiang Kang said with a gloomy face: "Although there is a four-hundred-mile journey from the plain to Julu, with my brother's ability, the four-hundred-mile journey will only take four days at most, which means that within the day after tomorrow, my brother may lead the army to the Julu battlefield!" We can't seize this opportunity to kill the Western Chu thief army on the Julu battlefield, and the situation in Zhao Di may be overturned by my brother! ”