16 days later, the armies of Qi, Wei and Zheng converged in Zheng State, and King Zheng thought about it for a long time, but did not find a suitable candidate to lead the troops, and finally decided to have Shen You lead the troops. Shen You prepared for 3 days and set off, because the Qi army had traveled a long distance and needed to rest for a few days.

Three days later, the Triple Alliance set out.

The next day, Xiang Yu received a report from the spies: Shen You led the 150,000 troops of the alliance of Qi, Wei, and Zheng, and set off yesterday, and should arrive within 3 days. Xiang Yu summoned everyone to discuss, and Lu Fei and Wang Hedong said: "General Xiang, Weiguo has also sent troops, we should transfer Liu Hu's 10,000 horses over to defend together." ”

Xiang Yu said: "No, the allies are generally not very united, as long as we win the battle once, they will be shaken internally." ”

Hua Long said, "Yes, big brother, we should find a way to disintegrate them. ”

Xiang Yu said: "Does the second brother have a good plan? ”

Hua Long said: "Not for a while, I didn't expect the Wei Association to get involved, but it's not in a hurry, they still have 3 days to arrive, we are waiting for work, they are all long journeys, especially the Qi army, after 20 days of travel, but also to rest for a few days, besides, Shen You suffered a loss last time, this time he will not rush in, he should be steady and steady." At the same time, the eldest brother's injury has not yet healed, and it is not appropriate to use force, and it is estimated that the two sides will hold on for a while. ”

In the evening, Hua Long found Xiang Yu and said: "Big brother, I have thought of a way, your injuries are not all good, it is not suitable to attack, we will defend with all our strength now, I will go back to King Zhou here, and ask him to send someone to defend the country to make peace, let the defense withdraw the troops, and the remaining Qi and Zheng 100,000 allied troops will be easy to fight." The siege weapons were all sent to Liu Hu of the Tiger Country to scare the country, and it was useless to stay here anyway, Shen You was hit last time, and this time it will also prevent us, and it won't play a role. ”

Xiang Yu said: "Second brother rest assured, I will hold them on my side, if they don't attack, I won't move." ”

Hua Long came to the palace of King Zhou, saw King Zhou and said, "King Zhou, I want to borrow someone from you." ”

King Zhou said, "Who to borrow?" ”

"Yan rate. Now that the 150,000 allied troops of Qi, Wei, and Zheng are attacking us, I want him to negotiate with King Wei and persuade King Wei to withdraw his troops. Hua Long said. And lend me the remaining 3,000 men and horses, and I will take them to the border of the Kingdom to scare King Wei. ”

King Zhou said: "There is no problem with borrowing people, but how can 3,000 people scare others?" ”

"We already have 10,000 horses on the border of the country, and I have other ways to scare them." Hua Long said.

The king of Zhou said, "The widow depends on you." Then he called someone to call Yan Su.

Yan Shu said to King Zhou: "King, this time I called Weichen to come, what is the send?" ”

King Zhou said: "Yan Aiqing, this time Hua Aiqing asked you for help?" ”

Hua Long told Yan Shu what he had just done, and after hearing it, Yan Shu said, "King, this matter, Chen Yuan will go." ”

So Hua Long and Yan Shu set off with 3,000 men and horses, and when they arrived in the Tiger Country, Hua Long stayed, and Yan Shu entered the Wei Kingdom with his entourage.

A day later, Shin You led 150,000 troops of the Three Kingdoms. When they arrived 10 miles outside the city of Jekook, Shin Yu ordered the army to rest for 3 days. The next day, he brought some of the generals to Xiang Yu's camp and asked to talk to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu also came out of the barracks, and the person Shen You saw was different from the general he attacked last time, and he was much taller and more powerful than the one last time, and he was domineering. He didn't know that Xiang Yu was injured last time, and it was Hua Long who led the army, Hua Long did not report his name, he thought that it was Xiang Yu who defeated him last time, so he said: "General Ben wants to talk to General Xiang, please call General Xiang out." ”

Xiang Yu said: "I am Xiang Yu. ”

Shen You is a little blind, there is a general surnamed Qi next to him, he went to the Zhou Dynasty with the King of Qi last time, knew Xiang Yu, and said to Shen You: "General Shen, this person is Xiang Yu." ”

Shen You was startled, and thought: The one who fought with me last time was very powerful, and he was not Xiang Yu, so he asked: "May I ask General Xiang, what is the name of the general who defeated me last time?" ”

Xiang Yu frightened him: "That's my lieutenant general, it's not enough to worry about." ”

Shen Yin said to General Zhang: "The one who defeated me last time used tactics well, and he is not Xiang Yu, so what about this real Xiang Yu?" ”

General Zhang said: "Last time in the Taimiao of the Zhou Dynasty, this person relied on the strength of his hands, and he casually lifted one of the nine tripods, and started a battle, killing the enemy as if entering a no-man's land, and one person was equivalent to thousands of troops. He is also scheming, so our Qi country suffers. He thought that the last time he dug a pit and trapped people, it was also Xiang Yu's doing.

Shen You didn't expect that King Zhou would have such a figure around him, and it was really difficult to deal with, no wonder King Qi didn't dare to send troops head-on, so he said to Xiang Yu: "Why did General Xiang invade Zheng State?"

Xiang Yu said: "I recovered the lost land for the king of Zhou, it was you Zheng Guo who sent 100,000 troops to attack, defeated, and now 15 people are entangled to come over, the world is the king of Zhou, you don't want to put the king of Zhou in your eyes." ”

Shen You was stunned for a moment, hesitated and said: "The Zhou Dynasty is weak, and now the princes of the world are divided, and there is no one who it is." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Since this is the case, then we will wait for General Shen to attack." ”

Both sides felt that there was no need to quarrel with each other, so they both went back, and on the way Shenyou said to General Zhang: "There is such a character around King Zhou, this battle is not easy to fight, I was defeated by another one last time." ”

General Zhang said, "I don't know about that. ”

"Let's rest for a few days." Shen You said, and at the same time thought to himself: Xiang Yu and they have just developed, if my army suppresses them here and does not attack, they will not be able to expand for a while, they will not be able to develop their strength, and the rear resources will be insufficient, we will slowly drag them down, and at the same time, Zheng Guo will slowly recover, but I am afraid that Qi and Wei will not accompany Zheng Guo to consume. Shen You sent someone to tell King Zheng what he thought.

When King Zheng heard this, he felt that this was very beneficial to him, and sent envoys to Qi and Wei to prepare to drag down Xiang Yu together.

Yan Shu had already arrived at the palace of King Wei, saw King Wei and said: "King Wei, King Zhou is willing to give up all the five countries that he occupied, including Fan, Su, Liao, Yuan, and Hu, to Weiguo, and ask Weiguo to withdraw his troops." ”

King Wei said: "When your king of Zhou fought, you didn't say a word to the widow, but now you can't parry, so you come to ask for peace." ”

Yan Shu said: "King Zhou regained the lost territory, Zheng Guo sent 100,000 troops to attack, defeated, and used your Qi and Wei to help, my King Zhou only wants to deal with Zheng Guo, King Wei should not go to this troubled water." ”

King Wei said: "Now that I have gone to the country, if I take it back, it will not be clean, and I will be laughed at by the other countries, saying that I have no faith in defending the country, how can I gain a foothold in the future." ”

Yan Shu said: "Actually, Zheng Guo just used you to drag King Zhou, and he couldn't wait to make peace with us." ”

King Wei said: "Zhou envoy, please go back, Wei Guo will not withdraw because of your few words." ”

Yan Shu said: "Since the king insists on not retreating, Xiang Yu's army will negotiate peace with King Zheng, and don't blame King Zhou for not greeting you King Wei at that time." ”

King Wei said unceremoniously: "Please ask the envoy of Zhou to go back and tell King Zhou that the widow is waiting here." ”

A few days later, Yan Shu came back, arrived in the Tiger Country, and told Hua Long about the situation, Hua Long said to Yan Shu: "Fortunately, Doctor Yan, you go back to the Zhou Dynasty, and we will do the rest." ”

Hua Long instructed Liu Hu to attack the city of Weiguo tomorrow, and at the same time asked someone to inform Xiang Yu to go and pretend to negotiate peace with Shen You.