Xiang Yu said: "This plan is good, what does the second brother think?" ”

Hua Long said: "I also agree, so on the surface, we have changed from 220,000 to 400,000 to 120,000 to 300,000, although we have suffered a little loss, but it will be a big blow to the morale of their coalition army, and Lu Guojun may also be shaken." ”

Hua Long then said: "Ji Yan, Ji Ling, Guan Biao, the three of you set off now, go to Yiling to support Shen You, led by Ji Yan and Shen You, lightning attack to attack the Song State, as long as the Song army here comes back to help, you will withdraw." ”

Ji Yan said: "Big brother, I can't bring so many soldiers." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Miss Ji Yan, if your eldest brother asks you to lead the troops, you can bring it, I also believe that you have this ability." ”

Hua Long said: "Sister, General Shen has rich experience in fighting, but he is relatively stable, you have strong adaptability, and you can see things more comprehensively, and there is absolutely no problem for the two of you to cooperate." ”

Guan Biao said: "Miss Ji Yan, although you are a woman, I really admire it, don't worry, I will definitely listen to you." ”

Ji Ling said: "Sister Ji Yan, I also support you, we have to help Brother Xiang and Brother Hua share some pressure." ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Ji Yan said: "Since everyone is optimistic about me, I'll go." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Chen Sheng, you take some people to compensate them." ”

Chen Sheng said: "Okay, Brother Xiang, I will definitely protect Miss Ji Yan." Then they set off.

In order to avoid burning the flames of war into Luoyi City, Xiang Yu and Hua Long brought their troops to the border of the Patriotic Kingdom and waited for the alliance of the Three Kingdoms to attack.

Within a few days, on the side of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, Wei Gongzi Zhou Hu led 400,000 troops, arrived at the border of the Zhou Dynasty, and camped 5 miles away from Xiang Yu's army. At the same time, Ji Yan and the others also arrived at Yiling, and set off with Shen You with 100,000 troops to Songgu a day earlier.

Zhou Yu also heard that Xiang Yu was powerful and did not dare to attack rashly, so he first sent people to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The next night, the spies reported that Xiang Yu's vanguard had only 80,000 cavalry, and there were 40,000 infantry after 40 miles, and there was not a single soldier in Luoyi City.

Zhou Hu felt a little strange and asked Shi Hou: "Doesn't Xiang Yu have 200,000 troops, he is too arrogant, so he will take 120,000 against us 400,000, where are the rest of the people." ”

Shi Hou said: "Childe, Xiang Yu's other armies should have attacked the Song State, and if they want to break up our coalition army, we should attack as soon as possible and not give them a chance." ”

Zhou Hu said: "Okay, we will attack Xiang Yu tomorrow." ”

The next day, Zhou Hu directly led 400,000 people to press, wanting to destroy Xiang Yu in one fell swoop, but Xiang Yu directly led 80,000 cavalry to withdraw. The state called on them to start chasing, but Xiang Yu was all cavalry, and they couldn't catch up, chasing for more than 30 miles, Shi Hou said: "Childe, you can't chase it, they have tens of thousands of people in ambush in front of them, and they may fall into Xiang Yu's plan in the future." ”

Zhou Hu listened to Shi Hou's suggestion, and still camped 5 miles away from Xiang Yu's army. In the evening, Zhou Hu asked Shi Hou: "Didn't they all say that Xiang Yu fought bravely, why did he withdraw before he fought." ”

Shi Hou said: "I really don't know about this, we will attack again tomorrow." ”

The next day, the whole army pressed again, and Xiang Yu retreated 40 miles back as yesterday. Zhou Hu said: "Is this feather in vain, how can it run faster than a rabbit." ”

Zhou Hu and Xiang Yu are like this, you attack me and retreat, and it continues for several days.

On Ji Yan and Shen You's side, as soon as 100,000 horses arrived in the territory of the Song Kingdom, they used catapults to attack the city. After laying one down, he continued to advance in the direction of Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom, the next day, and laid down 2 cities in three days, and Ji Yan ordered to advance in the direction of Shangqiu.

Shen You asked: "Miss Ji Yan, are we advancing faster, we have advanced more than 100 miles, it is too deep, it is more dangerous." ”

Ji Yan said: "General Shen, the maximum number of troops left behind by the Song State is 150,000, and we have 100,000, so even if we fight each other, there is not much danger." Our purpose is to break up their three-nation alliance, so the bigger the momentum, the better, we are close to the capital of the Song Kingdom, and we will arrive at it by advancing more than 100 miles, and we will strive to reach Shangqiu in 3 days. ”

Shen You said: "Okay, just listen to Miss Ji Yan, I'm old and too conservative." ”

Ji Yan and Shen You accelerated the siege of the city, and reached Shangqiu in 2 days, camped 20 miles outside the city, and sent spies out to inquire about the movements of the Song army, they were not ready to attack the city, but they just wanted to scare the Song king, as long as the Song army returned to help, they would retreat.

King Song never expected that Xiang Yu's 200,000 troops would not fight against the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but also divided 100,000 troops to fight him, and attacked Shangqiu in a few days, and hurriedly sent people to call the 100,000 horses of the coalition army back to support.

Xiang Yu retreated for six days in a row, retreated 240 miles, and had already arrived outside Luoyi City, and could not withdraw any longer, preparing to meet the next day.

On the side of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, in the evening of the same day, the generals of the Song army received an order from the King of Song: the army should return to China immediately to support. The Song army could not care about the opposition of the state, so they withdrew that night.

Zhou Hu was very angry, and Shi Hou said to Zhou Hu: "Childe, it's not good, Xiang Yu retreats every day, first, in order to delay time and force the Song army to return to China to support; The second is to lead us deeper so that we can launch a counteroffensive against us. ”

Zhou Hu said: "Although the Song army has withdrawn, we still have 300,000 horses, and Xiang Yu is only 120,000, so there is no need to be afraid." ”

Shi Hou said: "Most of our army is infantry, and in the past few days, the infantry has been chasing Xiang Yu cavalry, chasing for more than 200 miles, and the soldiers are already tired and tired, and the Song army has withdrawn, and the morale has been greatly reduced." This battle is not easy to fight, it is better to withdraw with the Song army now, and we will go back to defend. ”

Zhou Hu said: "The main battle is us, now before the fight is withdrawn, the king of Song will definitely withdraw my military power, my years of hard work will not be in vain, and you will not be able to get rid of the crime at that time." ”

Shi Hou thought about it, so he didn't say it anymore.

It was only 2 hours after the Song army withdrew, and Xiang Yu received a report from the spies that the Song army had withdrawn. So Xiang Yu immediately called everyone and discussed the counteroffensive plan, and after the discussion, Xiang Yu directly led 80,000 cavalry to kill the 300,000 troops in Xiangzhou.

Zhou Yu didn't expect Xiang Yu to come so quickly, and hurriedly responded to the battle, but for a while, he couldn't organize an effective formation, and the soldiers all responded to the battle separately, and they were in a mess. After more than an hour of fighting, the Coalition forces suffered heavy casualties.

On the Lu side, they felt that if they continued to fight like this, they would definitely be defeated, so they simply withdrew first. The withdrawal of the Lu army caused a chain reaction, and when the soldiers of the guard army saw that someone was withdrawing, they could not distinguish whether it was the people who defended the country or the Lu country at night, so they also withdrew, so that the combined forces of the two countries were even more chaotic, and after a while, a situation of unorganized retreat as a whole was formed.

Xiang Yu led the men and horses to start the pursuit, and the chase did not stop until almost dawn. The Wei and Lu coalition forces were still running forward, and after running for dozens of miles, they made sure that there were no more Xiang Yu chasing soldiers, so they stopped. The number of people was cleared, the guards suffered 100,000 casualties, and the Lu army suffered 50,000 casualties.

Zhou Hu said to Shi Hou in horror: "Xiang Yu is not only brave in battle, but also calculating, we have failed like this this time, and we will definitely be punished when we go back." ”

Shi Hou said: "Childe, I have a plan, but I don't know if you dare?" ”

"It's already come to this point, why don't you dare." ”

Shi Hou said: "Childe, after we go back, keep silent first, let King Wei punish him, find an opportunity to kill him, you take his place, you are the younger brother of King Wei, and no one will dare to object." ”

Zhou Hu thought for a while and said: "Originally, my father has always favored me, but Brother Ji Wan is the eldest son, and my father had to pass it on to him, but the military power has always been in my hands. Now that he is abolished, I just want to get back what I deserve. ”

Shi Hou said: "After Gongzi succeeded to the throne, he said internally that Ji Wan started the war, which led to the defeat of the army; At the same time, he sent people to sue for peace with the king of Zhou, and appropriately cede the land and pay compensation. ”