More than a mile apart, the light at night is poor, and only eye-catching firelight can be seen in the distance, and the specific battlefield situation cannot be seen, so the main force of the Qin army that is attacking the camp of the Chu army certainly does not know that the Qin army's partial division has fallen into the trap. On the contrary, when they saw the fire rising in the camp of the young marshal's army from a distance, many generals and soldiers of the Qin army who did not know the truth were still ecstatic for a while, thinking that the partial division had already succeeded, and was trampling the unprepared young marshal army on the ground and beating it violently, and the morale was also greatly boosted.

After coming to this wrong judgment, Nei Shibao, the general of the Qin army who led the front team to storm the Chu army camp, not only urged the army to move forward, but also kept shouting excitedly: "Quick! Fast! General Dong's side has already succeeded, and we must work our side! Above! Kill! Be sure to break through the camp of the rebels! ”

According to Nei Shibao's order, the soldiers of the Qin army's front team were not afraid of death and injury, and followed one after another, either carrying the bumper wood directly to the door of the Chu army's camp, or carrying bundles of firewood to rush to the Chu army's camp moat, striving to fill the trench with firewood bundles, and opening the road to the Chu army's camp fence for the self-army.

It's a pity that although the high-spirited Qin soldiers rushed fiercely, but the Chu soldiers in the camp shot their crossbows more fiercely, and the Chu soldiers and soldiers took turns to shoot in an orderly manner, and the dense feather arrows were like hail raindrops, shooting the Qin soldiers who rushed forward in front of them were killed and wounded, screaming and snorting, and the Qin army that was under the focus of the wooden team could not touch the camp gate, and was killed and wounded by the stormy feather arrows, and the Qin infantry who filled the trenches were also shot with blood, falling to the ground again and again, and screaming one after another.

"The thieves are definitely prepared!"

Zhang Han came to a positive conclusion, because Zhang Han knew very well that even if Xiang Liang arranged for the army to take turns guarding the camp, it would never be possible for the Chu army to enter the position in such a short time, let alone prepare so many bows, crossbows and feather arrows in advance, and there was only one explanation for the reason why the Chu army was so tightly guarded, that is, the Chu army had long known that the Qin army had come back tonight to attack the camp, and it had already been fully prepared! And then, a new question naturally surfaced in Zhang Han's mind, "How did the thieves know that I would come to attack their camp tonight?" My preparations for night battles are so secretive, it's impossible to show any flaws, huh? ”

At the same time, the ambush of the young marshal army ambushed in the camp has also tasted the huge sweetness of surprise, in the melee, the morale of the young marshal army who is good at fighting a smooth battle is like a rainbow, under the leadership of Xiang Zhuang, Feng Zhong and Chao Zhi, the three generals rushed to kill, excitedly roared and shouted the swords and spears desperately to the Qin army soldiers, and the unfortunate Qin army soldiers were in a hurry to run out of the camp to escape, and had no intention of resisting at all. Almost all the way forward on the dead and wounded companions, screams and wails were everywhere, and the embarrassed appearance could not be described with pen and ink.

The young marshal's rear moves have not been used up, seeing that the Qin army in the camp has been completely chaotic, the north gate of the young marshal's army camp suddenly opened, the young marshal army general Zhu Jishi led the troops to rush out, and rushed back to the Qin army outside the camp, although the Qin army rear team struggled to catch, but there was no longer any chance to cover the retreat of their own defeated soldiers, the young marshal army ambushed the soldiers took the opportunity to drive the Qin army's defeated soldiers like ducks to slaughter, first in the camp battlefield Qin army corpses were full of corpses, blood flowed, and then chased out of the camp, continued to pull the Qin army's defeated brigade of the ass to continue to slash, Dong Peng's troops had no fighting spirit, so they could only hurriedly go north to seek the protection of the main force of the Qin army.

At this time, the news that Dong Peng's tribe had fallen into the trap was finally stumbled in front of Zhang Han by Dong Peng's own soldiers, and he was shocked to hear the bad news, Zhang Han, who had long suspected that he had been tricked, suddenly turned around, and the generals of the Qin army next to him were even more surprised, and hurriedly said: "General, there is an ambush arranged on the side of Xiang Kang's rebel thief, which means that Xiang Liang, the dog thief, must have been prepared for a long time, this battle cannot be fought, and he must withdraw immediately!" ”

"Can't be withdrawn!" Zhang Han suddenly roared, and said very calmly: "Retreat at this time, Xiang Liang's traitors will definitely send troops to chase and kill immediately, our army's morale has fallen, and it will inevitably suffer another big defeat!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Han shouted again: "Form a circle on the spot, fight and retreat!" Go and give Dong Peng an order, telling him not to come this way, and to withdraw directly to the camp! ”

Although most of the soldiers were Lishan prisoners, and it was not easy to form a formation on the spot in the dark night, the soldiers of the Qin army, who had received Zhang Han's strict training, still acted quickly, and immediately formed a formation while immediately withdrawing the troops attacking the camp. And Xiang Liang, who has been following his father on the battlefield since he was a child, did not hesitate, and immediately shouted: "Beat the drums, an all-out counterattack!" The Tyrannical Qin army must not be allowed to form a formation! ”

The war drums in the Chu army camp sounded quickly, the camp door was wide open, Xiang Kang's overlord brother Xiang Yu took the lead, and once again led more than 2,000 Chu cavalry to take the lead, and after leaving the camp, he did not go to the season to line up, and directly rushed to the main force of the Qin army that was in a hurry.

The nightmare of the Qin army soldiers came again, after withstanding the messy feather arrows hurriedly cast by the Qin soldiers, Xiang Yu, who was even wearing armor with men and horses, just rushed into the enemy group, and immediately brought endless terror and panic to the Qin army soldiers. The cavalry of the Chu army, who had received strict training and countless actual combat experiences, were also like a torrential rain, following Xiang Yu's side and stabbing wildly, killing the soldiers of the Qin army who were in a hurry to meet the battle, and the dead bodies were all over the ground.

During the period, of course, the soldiers of the Qin army also struggled to resist, even if the front team was disrupted, the rear team also resolutely resisted, gritting their teeth and trying to stabilize their positions, but there was no way, Xiang Kang's overlord brother was too fierce, and there was almost no enemy on the opposite side between strides, just like a sharp knife stabbed into tofu as unstoppable, picking up one Qin soldier after another into the sky, and then smashing it down again, the Qin army soldiers kept screaming in disbelief, and involuntarily retreated again and again, and the overlord brother and the Chu army cavalry were advancing step by step, Quickly cut a big hole in the circle formation that the Qin army hastily arranged.

The cavalry raid was successful, and the infantry brigade of the Chu army, which then came out of the camp, was of course even more polite, followed the cavalry and strode forward, frantically slashing and stabbing the Qin army soldiers who had become a mess, and stabbing the Qin army's round array bigger and killing even more chaotically.

What's worse is still to come, because it was too chaotic when he fled in the wilderness, the heralds sent by Zhang Han in a hurry failed to find Dong Fei to convey the order, resulting in Dong Fei's defeated soldiers still rushing directly into the main position of the Qin army, and countless soldiers also rushed to the main force of the Qin army that had just set up the formation to seek rescue, which directly disrupted the position of the Qin army.

At this time, of course, Zhang Han didn't dare to dream of anything and retreat, and after a long sigh helplessly, Zhang Han could only order the army to retreat immediately and retreat to the camp overnight. As a result, as soon as the order was issued, the Qin army, which had lost its fighting spirit, immediately collapsed completely, fleeing in all directions, and the Chu army and the young marshal soldiers took the opportunity to chase and kill with all their might, like a strong wind blowing down the grassland, cutting down and stabbing the Qin army's rout into pieces, and the passionate shouts and screams of the Qin army's defeated soldiers converged into one and soared into the sky.

Seeing that there was a advantage to be taken, the three armies of Yingbu, Wei Bao and Lu Chen in Suiyang City also immediately attacked, and rushed to join the pursuit and killing battle with excitement and howl, and the various armies of the anti-Qin coalition army were guided by their own banners, and they rampaged in the rout of the Qin army all over the mountains, cutting down and stabbing countless Qin army routs, and even chopping them into pieces, which also turned the escape road of the Qin army's defeated soldiers into a road of death, and the corpses of the Qin army's soldiers were all over the wilderness, blood flowed, and countless blood puddles accumulated.

But there is no way, the terrain in this area of Suiyang is too open, there are teams that can escape everywhere, and the sky is too dark and the line of sight is not smooth, so no matter how hard the soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition army pursue and kill, they are doomed to have no way to annihilate the night attack army of the Qin army, and there are still countless defeated soldiers of the Qin army who fled back to the camp to hide, or fled to a hidden place to hide temporarily, and the Qin army defenders who stayed in the camp were also ready to respond, Even if Xiang Kang's overlord brother personally attacked the camp of the Qin army, he was still forced to retreat by the dense rain of arrows of the Qin army, and he was unable to create a miracle and break through the camp of the Qin army.

In the end, there was no way, the anti-Qin coalition army could only vent its anger on the defeated soldiers of the Qin army who had not had time to return to the camp, as long as it was the defeated soldiers of the Qin army who were discovered by the soldiers of the anti-Qin coalition army, but as long as they knelt and surrendered slowly, none of them were not divided by random knives, and there were even many Qin soldiers who had thrown down their weapons and knelt on the ground and shouted surrender, and they were also stabbed to death and pecked to death by spears and halberds. So too lazy to waste time to capture the captives.

The massacre outside the camp continued until it was over, and after the Qin army camp had been insulted and insulted, the various anti-Qin coalition forces gathered their troops and returned to the camp together, leaving countless mutilated Qin army corpses outside the Qin army camp, as well as countless blood puddles that had congealed and turned black.

In this battle, the Qin army lost more than 16,000 soldiers and many generals, not only hurt the vitality, but also suffered a heavy blow to the morale of the army, plus the military rations were gradually insufficient, and the road to transport grain was too long and dangerous, so after escaping back to the camp, Zhang Han did not hesitate, and immediately decided to withdraw the army to the west the next day, avoiding the sharp edge of the anti-Qin coalition army.

The forced retreat of the Qin army to the west has long been expected by Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang, and they have long been prepared for a comprehensive pursuit, the Qin army has just retreated westward, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang immediately led the army together to launch a pursuit, Yingbu, Wei Bao and Lu Chen The three armies also decisively joined the pursuit team, but unfortunately Zhang Han was also well prepared, and arranged the core backbone of Longxi elite to be in charge of the palace early, and at the same time worked hard to restrain the team, and tried his best to retreat without panic, defeat without chaos, so that the Chu army and the young marshal army launched two assaults, but failed to defeat the rear army of the Qin army, Once again, create an opportunity for a great defeat of the Qin army.

The Qin army retreated without panicking, and Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry to chase after them, because Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang both knew very well that whether Zhang Han retreated to Chenliu or Huang, he had to cross Suishui or Gushui on the road, and it would be difficult to stop winning a big battle at that time. Therefore, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry, but carefully followed the main force of the Qin army, which still had a clear advantage in strength, to advance westward, waiting for the Qin army to be forced to cross the river to appear.

Then, as expected, in the afternoon of three days later, when he was forced to retreat west to the Suishui Xiangyi ferry, where the city wall had been razed, the Qin army was forced to stop and carefully arrange the plan to cross the river, and at the same time, in order to avoid the army panic, Zhang Han deliberately did not rush to build a bridge on the Suishui bridge, but only temporarily set up camp at the ferry, Xiang Liang and Xiang Kang were not in a hurry to attack, they also set up camps several miles away, and waited patiently for the Qin army to launch a river crossing.

When he arrived at the battlefield of Xiangyi Ferry, it was not early, after the temporary camp of the young marshal army was established, it was already dark, according to the custom, after finishing dinner, Xiang Kang first inspected the camp, and then returned to the sleeping tent to rest, and was still quite tired, and soon fell asleep. But I don't know how long it took, Xiang Kang was suddenly woken up by the voice outside the tent, and in his sleepy eyes, he still heard some familiar voices shouting outside the tent, "Young marshal, young marshal, I have a big business, I have a big matter, I have an important military situation to report." ”

After another yawn, Xiang Kang suddenly remembered that the voice outside the tent turned out to be Uncle Zhou, a guest general he borrowed from Wei Bao, and then Xiang Kang didn't hesitate, quickly got up in his clothes, and asked out of the tent, "What's wrong?" ”

"Young Marshal, General Zhou suddenly wanted to see you, and the villain saw that you were already asleep, so he persuaded him to come back tomorrow." The soldier on duty in the sleeping tent said with some grievances: "But he didn't listen, and deliberately shouted loudly to see you." ”

"It's fine." Xiang Kang waved his hand, and then asked Uncle Zhou, "General Zhou, what's wrong?" ”

"Young Marshal, didn't you notice that the actions of the Tyrannical Qin army were a little strange?" Uncle Zhou said very directly: "It stands to reason that in order to facilitate the army to cross the river, after Zhang Handpifu arrived at Suishui Ferry today, he should have tried his best to build a large number of pontoon bridges to facilitate the army to cross the river, but he didn't do it, what is this for?" ”

"For what?" Xiang Kang, who hadn't fully woken up, was a little confused, and said: "It should be that Zhang Handpifu is afraid that his soldiers will be in a hurry to cross the river and affect the morale of the army, or it is too late, so he is not in a hurry to build a pontoon bridge, right?" ”

"That's certainly an explanation." Uncle Zhou nodded, and said, "But there is another possibility, I don't know if you have found it, young marshal?" ”

"Is there another possibility?"

Xiang Kang wondered, and then before Xiang Kang could think about it carefully, Feng Zhong had already led a few of his own soldiers to rush to the vicinity quickly, and shouted from a distance: "Young marshal, Brother Xiang, the situation is not good, we have to hurry up and prepare for war, in case we are overshadowed by the violent Qin army!" ”

"Brother Feng, what do you mean by that?" Xiang Kang asked in surprise.

"Pontoon! The pontoon bridge of the tyrannical Qin army! Too nervous, Feng Zhong was so anxious that he was a little incoherent, and said: "The Tyrannical Qin army arrived at the Suishui Ferry, but they deliberately did not rush to build a pontoon bridge, on the surface, it may be too late in time. But there is another possibility, that is, the tyrannical Qin army is deliberately paralyzing us, wanting us to feel that they will not cross the river overnight, relax their vigilance and rest in peace, and then they will highlight the surprise soldiers, and they can kill us by surprise! ”

Xiang Kang opened his mouth wide, and only yelled after a while, and then hurriedly asked, "What time is it now?" ”

"There is less than a moment left until the third watch!" Feng Zhong and Uncle Zhou said in unison.

"Quick! Brother Feng, go and call all your troops up and hold our camp fence! Xiang Kang hurriedly ordered: "Blow up the account, summon the generals to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss, I want to rearrange the camp defense!" ”

"Brother, don't worry, if you find something wrong, I have immediately asked all my troops to get up and prepare for battle." Feng Zhong replied loudly, and hurriedly reminded: "Brother, do you have to send someone to see Xiang Zhuguo quickly, so that his army, as well as Yingbu and Lu Chen, will also prepare for defense immediately." ”

Xiang Kang didn't dare to hesitate, he immediately pulled over the two personal soldiers, and quickly ordered: "Quick, take my order arrow to my uncle's camp, as well as Yingbu's camp, and tell them to prepare for battle immediately, the tyrannical Qin army may launch another night attack!" ”

The personal soldiers led the order and galloped away, while Xiang Kang ordered Feng Zhong to immediately return to the camp to organize his soldiers and horses to prepare for battle, and hurriedly returned to the tent to dress and put on clothes, and at the same time, according to Xiang Kang's order, the horn of the Chinese army's big tent soon sounded the horn of the overnight order.

Hearing the horn sound from the camp of the young marshal's army, Zhang Han, who originally planned to do it together during the third watch, did not dare to hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to beat the war drums and urge the three Qin troops to work together to attack the camp of Xiang Kang, Xiang Liang and the anti-Qin coalition army.

If it weren't for Feng Zhong's department to prepare in advance, the camp of the young marshal army would have been directly broken through by the Qin army, the hastily established camp was only protected by a fence, and the temporarily dug trench was narrow and shallow, and ordinary people could almost jump over, so the Qin army's raid team made a charge, and directly killed next to the camp fence of the young marshal army, and almost directly broke through the fence and entered the camp, fortunately, Feng Zhong's army reacted quickly, immediately rushed to the rescue, and fought to block the impact of the Qin army, which luckily avoided the doom of being rushed into the camp by the Qin army. However, even so, the other young marshal soldiers were still in chaos, almost causing a camp roar, so that the young marshal generals spent a lot of effort to barely pacify the army and organize troops and horses to join the camp battle.

Xiang Kang was lucky, and he had two first-class military geniuses in the world, Uncle Zhou and 'Feng Zhong', to give advice, and he made certain preparations in advance, so he was lucky to escape. However, the camp of Xiang Liang and the anti-Qin coalition army was unlucky, both were directly broken through the camp by the surprise attack of the Qin army, and both were defeated, and they were forced to abandon the camp together.

If it weren't for the filial Xiang Yu sacrificing his life to protect him, Xiang Liang would probably have been killed by the Qin army in advance, but even if he was lucky enough to escape by relying on Xiang Yu's protection, Xiang Liang's army was still completely broken by the Qin army, and he fled for more than 20 miles in one breath before barely stopping. And the anti-Qin coalition army was even more miserable, Yingbu and Lu Chen, two unlucky guys, were both injured in the melee, Wei Bao even fled so much that his shoes fell off, his feet were pierced with blood by sharp stones on the ground, and he couldn't even stand on his feet after seeing Xiang Liang, so he could only lie on the ground and wail in pain.

Xiang Liang is a good uncle, after the shock calmed down for a while, Xiang Liang didn't have time to think about his army losses, and first asked, "What about Kang'er?" How is he doing? ”

"Do you need to say?" Xiang Bo, who escaped the fastest last night, snorted coldly and said: "When I left the camp, I saw from a distance that his camp was also in flames, and it must have been broken by the Tyrannical Qin army. ”

The cruel truth soon swollen Xiang Bo's old face, and with the continuous return of the rout, when it was all dark, Xiang Liang and the others finally received accurate news, knowing that the camp of the young marshal's army was safe and sound, and it was still standing near the Suishui ferry, Xiang Liang, who was worried about the safety of his beloved nephew, was also relieved and said: "Fortunately, Kang'er is really angry, his camp is finally defended, even if we can't win this battle, we don't have to worry about winning and defeating, and we will be completely defeated by the tyrannical Qin army." ”

Clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, Xiang Bo refused to release his hatred, and ran to Xiang Liang again to provoke: "Brother, is Kang'er too selfish?" His camp is fine, and he saw us fleeing in defeat, why didn't he even send us a single reinforcement? ”

"He shouldn't be able to help it." Xiang Liang was very considerate of Xiang Kang's distress, and said: "In a hurry, the enemy situation is unknown in the dark night, even if it were me, I would never dare to rashly send reinforcements to give the tyrannical Qin army a chance to profit from the chaos." ”

"If he is really a filial nephew, no matter how dangerous it is, he should send troops to reinforce us." Xiang Bo continued to instigate, and said: "Also, brother, don't blame me for not reminding you, we lost so badly last night, but his camp was safe and sound, what will his subordinates think of you?" Next our army merges with his army, how can his subordinates be convinced of you? ”

Xiang Liang finally stopped talking, and at the same time, he was indeed a little embarrassed - his uncle was defeated, but his nephew's army was safe and sound, which was indeed a big blow to his prestige and prestige.