Now that the two armies are holding each other in Tengchi, the king of Yue ordered the army to attack the Lu army.

On the first day, the Vietnamese army beat drums and launched an attack, and the combined forces of Lu and Song did not move and defended with all their might. The Vietnamese army attacked strongly, the positions of the Lu and Song coalition forces were not chaotic at all, the two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour, and the casualties reached more than 10,000 people.

The next day, the Vietnamese army beat the drum again and launched an assault, and the troops attacked in three directions, from the front and from both sides. The combined forces of Lu and Song still stood still and defended with all their might. This time, the Vietnamese army had a slight advantage in fighting, and after more than one hour of fierce fighting, the combined forces of Lu and Song suffered 20,000 casualties, and the Vietnamese army suffered 15,000 casualties.

The Vietnamese army launched an attack for two consecutive days, not only losing physical strength, but also greatly reducing its vigor, exhausting the soldiers and greatly weakening their combat effectiveness.

On the third day, the two armies faced each other, and the king of Yue prepared to attack again. Suddenly, the drums of the Lu and Song coalition armies shook the sky and took the initiative to attack, and the soldiers of the Lu and Song coalition armies were like rainbows, and all 200,000 troops were killed. The morale of the Vietnamese army was low, and they did not expect that the combined forces of Lu and Song would take the initiative to attack on the third day, and they were immediately in chaos. The combined forces of Lu and Song defeated the Yue army in one go, and the king of Yue hurriedly ordered a retreat, and the combined forces of Lu and Song began to pursue, chasing all the way for more than 50 miles before stopping. In this battle, the Vietnamese army suffered 80,000 casualties, and the combined Lu and Song troops suffered 35,000 casualties.

After three battles in three days, the combined forces of Lu and Song suffered 70,000 casualties, and the Vietnamese army suffered more than 110,000 casualties.

The Vietnamese army had less than 90,000 horses left, and the combined Lu and Song armies had 160,000. The Vietnamese army retreated more than 100 miles and made a good defense, and after the Lu army recovered the lost city, and occupied part of the land of the Yue country, and did not advance again.

This battle ended in the defeat of the Yue Kingdom. The Song army knew that the Vietnamese army did not have the strength to attack again, so the army withdrew to the country. After the Qi army saw the defeat of the Yue Kingdom, they also retreated.

The battle of King Yue was beaten back to its original form, the total strength of the country was less than 300,000, and there was a shortage of food, and this battle lost a lot. So he sent an envoy to negotiate with Xiang Yu: he was willing to exchange half of the territory and overlord in the north of Wu for 600,000 stone of grain.

This time, Xiang Yu agreed without the slightest hesitation.

King Yue finally knew that these countries in the Central Plains were not as easy to bully as Wu State, and they were too good at scheming to fight, and now the entire Yue Kingdom was straddled under the herringbone by the Zhou Dynasty, with the sea in the east and barbarians in the south, and it was estimated that they would not be able to get out in a few years.

Now the terrain of the entire Zhou Dynasty is herringbone: at the bottom is the Yue Kingdom; On the left is the state of Chu; On the right, from top to bottom, are the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Lu, which used to be the state of Qi; Overhead is the Jin Kingdom; On the upper left of Jin Gu is the state of Qin. Yiling City is just at the intersection of herringbones.

During this time, in the upper right of the Jin State and the north of Qigu, there was a country that developed very rapidly, called Yan State, which laid a lot of territory, and its strength has surpassed Lu, Song and other countries, becoming the tenth country, these ten countries have not counted the three kingdoms of Yong, Ba and Shu in the West.

Xiang Yu exchanged grain for one-sixth of the territory of the Yue Kingdom, and everyone was very happy, and they all said to Hua Long: "General Hua, this time it is a real soldier who does not move and surrenders, the strength of the Yue Kingdom is less than a quarter, and the territory is less than one-sixth, so we just spent some money to buy some food." ”

Hua Long said: "These territories were originally fought by the Yue Kingdom, and besides, they lost more than 100,000 troops, and they were afraid that the Lusong coalition army would fight over and not be able to hold it, so they simply gave it to us in exchange for food." Besides, if this trick wasn't for my eldest brother, it wouldn't work, and Yue Guo was afraid of my eldest brother and didn't dare to fight us, so he attacked Lu State. ”

Ji Yan said: "Big brother, don't be modest, Brother Xiang's deterrent power is great, and you want to use it?" ”

Everyone said, "Yes, we used to fight and knew how to fight, but we really didn't think that there would be this way of fighting in war." ”

Xiang Yu suddenly said: "With my second brother here, my kung fu is about to regress, because I often sit at home to rest, and I don't have many opportunities to practice in actual combat." ”

Ji Ling said: "What does it matter if your martial arts regress, everyone is not 108,000 miles behind you, if you retreat completely, then I can win against you." ”

Everyone laughed again.

After a while, Xiang Yu said: "These countries, none of them have been destroyed, and now there is another Yan country, which is really troublesome." ”

Hua Long said: "Hey, nine and ten are all the same, there will always be a unified day." However, this time, the generals of the Lu army defeated the Vietnamese army had a strategy and used the strategy well, and we should also train more generals who can take charge of themselves, so that they can cope with multi-front operations. ”

Shen You said: "Such a person is not something that can be cultivated casually, but also requires a certain amount of talent, no matter how much I study, I can't do it." ”

Hua Long said: "General Shen, there is absolutely no problem for you to defend the territory, you can't fight even if you run into my eldest brother, and you have no problem when you run into others." ”

Shen You said: "When I meet General Xiang, I am afraid, when I meet General Hua, I am panicked, and when I meet the two of you together, my heart is dead, and I am not afraid or panic." ”

After hearing this, everyone laughed and said, "General Shen, you are more humorous than anyone else when you joke." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Second brother, we have been resting for so long now, what should we do next." ”

Ji Ling said: "Yes, dead rascal, I also have itchy hands and want to fight." ”

Hua Long said: "I want to think about this, think about it, and then discuss it together, and let everyone fight happily." But General Shen, do you think you can still recruit some troops, especially when we defeated Zheng Guo, it turns out that Zheng Guo's soldiers have left a lot, maybe some are willing to come back. Conscription is still collected by anyone. ”

Shen You said, "Okay, I'll arrange it tomorrow." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Disperse, let's discuss it later." ”

After King Yue went back, he was depressed and unhappy, thinking: After years of hard work, he finally defeated the Wu State, and developed some territory to the north, but he did not expect to be sent by the Lu State. Now that he is being pressed by Xiang Yu again, it is impossible to dominate the Central Plains again, it is better to take advantage of the past few years to develop the economy, this time he is trapped by Xiang Yu with food, otherwise he will not be in a hurry to attack Lu State.

The king of Yue began to cheer up and was ready to devote himself to developing the economy of Yue.

In the first battle between Lu and Yue, although tens of thousands of people died, they also ate some territory of Yue, so there was no loss. But through this battle, Lu knew that it was unreliable to count on the help of Chu and Jin, so it was better to join forces with Wei and Song, and the three kingdoms would be adjacent to each other and take care of each other quickly.

On Xiang Yu's side, Hua Long suddenly thought of a plan, so he called everyone over and said to everyone: "We have more than 200,000 troops, and it is not difficult to go all out to destroy a small country, but the three kingdoms of Lu, Song, and Wei have already joined forces, and it is not easy to fight." If you go all out to fight the country, you will have a greater chance of victory, and you will have a lot of casualties. Now the world is the strongest in Chu, and they are still expanding westward, and I want to contain the development of Chu. ”

Xiang Yu asked: "How to contain it?" ”

Hua Long said: "Isn't it now that the State of Chu and the State of Qin are grabbing territory in the west, we will send people to discuss with the State of Qin, so that they can increase their efforts to develop in the west, and we will harass the State of Chu here, so that the two sides of the State of Chu will fight, so that the momentum of the development of the State of Chu will be weakened." ”

Everyone asked again: "In this way, won't the Qin State develop?" ”

Ji Yan explained: "The Qin State is not very strong now, it doesn't matter if it develops a little more, but the Chu State is already the strongest, and if it continues to develop, it will be a dominant family, and it is not easy to control, my eldest brother is going to engage in checks and balances." ”

Hua Long said: "Big brother, you send an envoy directly to the Qin State to negotiate first, and the King of Qin will definitely agree." And at the same time, we sent an envoy to the State of Qi to tell the King of Qi what we thought, and asked him to help keep an eye on the Jin State and prevent the Jin State from supporting the Chu State. After Qin replied, I took Ji Yan, Ji Ling, Chen Sheng, Guan Biao, and Liu Hu to harass Chu State. You are sitting in Yiling, afraid that King Yue will suddenly come to take revenge, and King Yue's revenge psychology is particularly strong. ”