The Zhao army, who was on the Great Wall, naturally discovered the Chu army on the other side of the Zhangshui River, and immediately reported to Xu Chong, who sent a fast horse to report to Li Zuoche, who was heading south.

After the departure of the Xiangguo army, a fast horse rushed to the border to report to Xu Chong, and the king of Zhao asked Li Zuoche to lead the army, and Xu Chongji had 20,000 soldiers, which were dispatched by Li Zuoche.

Outside Handan City, today's snow has made this place covered in silver.

Now, the heavy snow has stopped. The county guard of Handan County, with the main officials, is here to welcome the arrival of the army, and part of the food and grass for the troops will be provided here.

Xiangguo is about 100 miles from Handan, and from the morning to the present, Li Zuoche arrived here with his soldiers and marched in a hurry.

It was already dark, and countless torches lit up the place, and the Zhao army would camp outside the city for the night, and then set out early tomorrow morning.

"Handan County Guard Ma Zhen, led the officials of the county, and met Guangwujun."

Ma Zhen and the county lieutenant, the county chief and other officials saluted Li Zuoche in unison.

Li Zuoche got off the horse and asked directly: "Ma Junshou, are the grain and grass ready?" ”

Ma Zhen said: "All the grain stocks in this county have been loaded, and the necessary vehicles have been prepared and ready to be transported at any time. ”

Li Zuoche took Ouyang Ling, Qin Dong and a small number of soldiers into the city, and came directly to the warehouse, where a batch of carriages were parked outside, and then entered the warehouse, full of bags of grain.

He nodded, quite satisfied.

Li Zuoche walked out of the warehouse, the cold rain fell on his head, and he hurriedly retreated.

Qin Dong next to him said: "This ghost weather, it's so cold and rainy, how can the soldiers still fight." ”

The weather is cold, as long as there are enough warm clothing, the soldiers can still brave the cold to fight, but if it is still raining, this is not good, if it is frozen by the cold rain, let alone fighting, people will inevitably freeze, or even freeze to death.

Li Zuoche laughed instead.

Ouyang Ling was puzzled: "Why is the general laughing? ”

Qin Tong was also puzzled.

Only listen to Li Zuodao: "The rain is not conducive to the operation of our army, and it is even more unfavorable to the operation of the enemy army." Our army is more hardy than the Chu army, and it is fighting within its own territory, so it is convenient to obtain all kinds of materials. The weather was not good, and it was even more unfavorable for the Chu army. ”

The two suddenly realized.

At this time, the fast horse came, and it was the military information sent by Xu Chong. In the report, it was said that this afternoon, in the direction of the south of the Great Wall, a large number of Chu troops were discovered.

Li Zuoche was not afraid of Xiang Yu's attack from the front, and he should be careful not to let him cross the river from the southeast.

The rainy weather will inevitably seriously affect the actions of the Chu army, and he hopes that it will always rain lightly, which will be beneficial to his side.

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To the south of the Great Wall, the Chu army went all the way to the east, and along the way, not a single boat was found on the surface of the Zhangshui River, and only occasionally boats were seen leaning on the north bank.

All the ships were collected by Xu Zhong in advance.

After marching for dozens of miles, the sky gradually darkened, and the Chu army stopped to set up camp and bury pots to make food.

Xiang Yu immediately ordered that he should get up on the fourth watch tomorrow, and he would cross the river as soon as possible to fight.

As soon as the order was given, a light rain began to fall in the sky.

Most of the tents of the Chu army had not yet been set up, and the cold rain caught them off guard.

A small number of tents that had been set up were crowded with soldiers, and other soldiers had to raise their tents to shelter from the rain.

In normal times, working in the rain would not be a big problem, but now it is so cold that few soldiers can withstand it if they get wet in the rain.

Xiang Yu and several generals stayed in a tent, discussing the next battle, no matter what the battle plan was, it must be that the rain stopped.

I stayed for an hour, and the light rain still didn't stop.

If it rains heavily, it usually doesn't rain for too long, but it rains lightly, even for a few days.

Zhou Lan said: "This damn ghost weather." ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "If you don't stop tomorrow, you can only postpone the march." ”

Xiang Yu was very helpless, he couldn't wait to capture Zhao Xie now, but no matter how anxious he was, it was impossible to march and fight in the freezing rain.

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Xiangguo, the royal palace.

Zhao Xie opened the door from time to time and quietly watched the rainy day.

This morning, the north wind has stopped, and it has rained lightly after nightfall.

Zhao Qian was next to him. Since she learned that Chu Jun was coming the day before yesterday, she felt her husband's anxiety, but since it rained, she has calmed down a lot.

After getting up the next day, Zhao Xie came to the door first, saw the light rain that was still falling, and smiled faintly.

The sleepy-eyed Zhao Qian also walked over and said puzzledly: "Wang, you seem to welcome rainy days, and it is inconvenient to do things when it rains." ”

Zhao Xie said with a smile: "Xiang Yu is even more inconvenient, this kind of weather is beneficial to our army." ”

He had already thought of a way to defeat the Chu army based on the current weather, and he believed that Li Zuoche should be able to think of the same.

After Zhao Qian heard this, she smiled on her pretty face, she didn't understand the war, but as long as she heard her husband's order, she could think of the truth.

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Handan, Li Zuoche looked at the light rain that still kept falling, and had a plan.

He immediately issued an order to collect rain gear and materials for its manufacture in the city as quickly as possible.

Li Zuoche planned to send cavalry to put on rain gear and set off to cross the river from the west, and if it still rained after crossing the river, he would find an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Chu army; If the rain has stopped, respond accordingly.

It doesn't rain much in winter, and he estimates that the Chu army has not prepared rain gear nine times out of ten, so he has to seize this opportunity to hit them hard.

The light rain may continue for another two or three days, or it may stop at any time, depending on luck.

After the order was issued, Zhao Jun immediately took action, and the army and local officials were quickly collected, and as for the people, they sent people to ask from door to door, whether there was rain gear, or the materials that could make rain gear, they all spent money to buy it.

In addition, someone specializes in sewing rain gear.

Handan was the capital of Zhao during the Zhao period, even if it was ruled by the Qin State for a period of time, most of the people did not identify with the Qin State and still regarded themselves as Zhao people.

King Zhao's recent reform measures are also conducive to the people's attachment, and the people have a relatively high degree of support for King Zhao and Zhao Jun, and they are more cooperative with the army.

The day before yesterday, when the army set out, Li Zuoche sent Zhuo Zhongkai to lead 5,000 cavalry to the southeast of the border to patrol along the Zhangshui River to prevent the Zhao army from crossing the river.

At the moment, only two thousand cavalrymen remained with them.

Captain Ouyang Ling was called to Li Zuoche.

Li Zuoche got straight to the point: "There is a difficult task to be handed over to you, do you dare to take it?" ”

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